Chapter 14: The Afterhand
In front of the county jail in Yuzhang County.
"Brother Lao, be accommodating, let my master go in and see my son-in-law. The housekeeper of Du Mansion said to the jailer in front of him in a low voice, and handed over a bunch of money.
This is the third time Du Rong has been here.
"Steward Du, it's not that I don't help you, it's really a death order from above, Du Gongzi is a big murder case, without an order from above, how dare I, a little jailer, let you in?"
Perhaps for the sake of money, or because he was really tired of the other party's repeated pleas, the jailer's tone was no longer so harsh.
"Why don't you go find the next week, and if he agrees, I'll let you in." A small smile tugged at the corner of the jailer's mouth.
Hearing this, Du Rong reluctantly turned around and left. The cell boss surnamed Zhou, Du Rong had gone to visit him a few days ago, but he was closed, thinking that the person surnamed Zhou before the accident looked like he was willing to be a little brother in front of him, so Du Rong was angry.
"Are they gone?" Not long after Du Rong left, a middle-aged man walked out of the prison, with a round belly, presumably the head of the cell that week.
"Not long after he left," replied the jailer, "sir, if we let him in, nothing will happen, and he will still make a fortune for nothing." ”
said that he turned the copper coin in his hand, I am afraid that there is consistency.
"What do you know! It's because Du Rong is so rich that he won't be able to get by this time. Before the trial of the eldest master, the traffickers must not make the slightest mistake, otherwise they will kill your head!"
Cell Boss Zhou shouted at the jailers.
"Wait, it won't be a few days before he Du Fang Zheng will fall into our hands, and it will not be easy to squeeze some oil and water out of him at that time, and there will be opportunities to make a fortune. Cell Leader Zhou whispered to a few henchmen.
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"Brother Chen, as you expected, Du Rong went to the prison again today, but he still couldn't get in. The leather monkey said to Xu Chen as he rushed into the wing.
It had been several days since the battle that night, and after the young men withdrew to the Imperial City Temple that night, Xu Chen could no longer support it and passed out.
When he woke up, it was already two days later, the wounds on his body were properly bandaged, and the injured teenager was also treated. The utility room in the backyard could no longer accommodate so many wounded, so the abbot ordered someone to prepare a side room for guests.
At present, more than a dozen teenagers are crammed into this small wing.
Except for the seriously injured stone, the rest of the injured teenagers woke up one after another, but fortunately, the stone was young, the bones were soft, and the injured place recovered quickly, plus the abbot's medical skills were really good, and the stone was no longer in a big problem.
The leather monkey was almost uninjured this time, and Xu Chen was anxious to know Du Rong's dynamics after waking up, so he immediately sent him out to find out the news.
"It seems that our county lord has become interested in Du Rong, and the first step of the plan has been achieved. After Xu Chen heard Wang Tieniu finish speaking, he muttered to himself.
"Then what do you have next? This time, we and Du Rong will not die, if we can't completely defeat it, we will be in trouble!"
Hearing the sound of the iron bull, Lu Hao and the other teenagers who were resting in the courtyard walked in.
"If we can't defeat him this time, let's prepare to die. Xu Chen laughed at himself.
"There are some in the back, but we currently have too few resources in our hands, and we can only do our best to obey the fate of God. I'm going to make a fuss about Du Rong's two lake beads. ”
"Now these two beads should be in the hands of the county, the day after tomorrow is the birthday of Wang Taishou, if the county does not have a better birthday gift in his hand, it must be to send this lake bead, as for whether he is sending a big or small, we don't know. For this reason, we have to get that empty-handed ruffian out of prison, and tomorrow Tie Niu you go and divide a share of the belongings collected from Sun Batian and send it to the leading jailer, and take advantage of the absence of the head of Zhou's cell to find a brother of the same size as the ruffian to change him out. ”
Xu Chen instructed.
"Do you want to drop the gift of the county lord? Where can you do it? The county government is heavily guarded, and you can't get in with just one gangster, if you do it on the road, how can you be sure that he will carry both beads with him?" Lu Hao asked.
"Our county lord loves money like life, especially these jewels and jade, I guess he will definitely bring both beads with him, and he will hesitate which one to give before entering the Taishou Mansion. As for how to drop the bag, we don't necessarily have to really drop the bag, just let him find out that he has been patronized by the thief, and then we will go out the morning after tomorrow to spread some 'rumors' about the county lord getting the treasure, so that the guests who go to the birthday banquet will know about it, so that he will have to give the lake pearl, and at least the big one. ”
Xu Chen slowly analyzed.
"When the time comes, the good treasure will be sent out before it is hot, even if it does not belong to him, but after all, he has been in control of it, and he will definitely be very disappointed with the temperament of the county to respect and love money, and then when he thinks of Du Rong, the fat sheep to be slaughtered, it is not difficult to guess what choice he will make. ”
"Gain and then lose, this kind of loss is difficult for ordinary people to avoid. What Xu Chen said was a little meaningful......
"But most of this plan is your wishful thinking, and the risk is too great!" Lu Hao still couldn't help but object after hearing it.
"Of course, I know that there are too many factors beyond the control of this plan, but that's all we can do now. Do you have a better way?"
"I ......"
In fact, Xu Chen still has a trump card, after these days of observation and intelligence accumulation, Xu Chen found that the abbot of this imperial city temple Huineng is indeed not an ordinary monk, although I don't know where Huineng is sacred, but presumably in front of the county Zun should be able to speak, if after the birthday banquet, the county Zun has not yet done anything to Du Rong, Xu Chen had to pretend to be Master Huineng to go to the county office.
If that didn't work, then he had to take a few teenagers away.
Two days later, Yuzhang Taishou and Jiangnan West Road interviewed Wang Milling 50 birthday, Wang Milling as a member of the Taiyuan Wang clan, although the political performance is mediocre, but the identity of the Wang clan is there, plus now the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Yuzhang City is a thousand-year-old city, all aspects of development have long been on the right track, can play is not much, in Wang Milling wants to come down as long as there is no mistake is enough. So he became more and more obsessed with the way of poetry, and claimed to be inactive to the outside world.
When the local Haoqiang saw Lord Taishou like this, he naturally shouted Shengming. Today, Wang Taishou celebrates his fiftieth birthday, and the top families in each row of Yuzhang County have sent people to congratulate them, and those who can't enter the palace don't forget to prepare a generous gift.
Today's Taishou Mansion, everywhere is full of lights, at the entrance of the house, or gorgeous or elegant a wide variety of ox carts, blocking the avenue in front of the door, the guests on the car have to get off the car and walk on foot, followed by the strong servants who carry the birthday gift, shuttle between the cars and the cars, so a good look of human voice.
The guests who entered the house first came to a huge courtyard behind the house under the guidance of the subordinates, pavilions, pavilions, rockeries, and streams, which were scattered in every corner of the courtyard, and there were many fish swimming in the living water drawn from outside the city.
In a relatively large open space in the center of the courtyard, huge red candles were lit on the high candlesticks around the courtyard, and the scarlet candles were dripping like blood.
Under the candle flame are two rows of tables on the left and right, which are filled with all kinds of delicacies.
On the main throne is a white-shirted Taishou Wang Mill.
The seat under his left hand sat a young man named Wan Shijun in the restaurant that night. And our Yuzhang County Zun is sitting on the last seat on the right hand side at the moment, with a tangled face.
"Thanks to all of you, Wang Mo would like to give you a glass first. As he spoke, Wang Taishou raised the wine glass on the table.
"Lord Taishou, you're polite" Everyone raised their glasses in return.
"Lord Taishou has been in office for three years, ruling by doing nothing, recuperating with the people, and now the people of Yuzhang are full of food and clothing, and the roads in Yuzhang City are not left behind, and they are not closed at night, these are the merits of Lord Taishou!"
"I'm ashamed, Wang has been in office for three years, trembling and cautious, lest he live up to the high hopes of the saint and the people, Yuzhang can have today's grand occasion without the merits of everyone here!"
"Seriously, this is what we should do. ”
After three rounds of wine, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
Suddenly, a silent voice came from the seat of Yuzhang County, naturally unable to escape Wan Shijun, who had been paying attention to this place, for this young man, a banquet like this, I don't know how much he had experienced since he was born, naturally could not arouse his interest.
Most of the reason I came here to celebrate my birthday was because of the young man I saw in the restaurant that night.
Xu Chen's resolute style made this equally extraordinary young man a little interested, and the prediction of the other party made him want to find out, anyway, it was always much more interesting than staying at home and listening to the nagging of the older generation.
Therefore, as soon as this county dignitary entered the table, Wan Shijun noticed him.
"Lord Taishou, our county lord seems to have something on his mind!"
Seeing this, Wan Shijun raised his head and whispered to Wang Miao, and at the same time drew the attention of several people around him to the Yuzhang County Venerable.
As several VIPs on the table looked away, the venue suddenly fell silent, so everyone's eyes began to look at the county lord of Yuzhang County.
The sudden gaze made Wu Xianzun even more flustered, and the wine glass that had been lifted fell again, and the sound could be heard throughout the audience.
"Lord Wu has something on your mind?" the first guest asked kindly.
"Oh, no. Wu Xianzun hurriedly replied.
"In my opinion, there are not things of the heart, but things of joy. I heard that Lord Wu got two new lake pearls today, which is quite rare, I don't know if I can bring them today, can I open the eyes of everyone here?"
Wu Xian Ling just encountered a group of people blocking the road and shouting grievances on the way when he came, and when he got off the horse, the group of people actually rushed towards him, fortunately he was dispersed by the guards, but when he got on the horse, he found that the money bag in his arms was missing, fortunately, the two lake beads were hidden in the deepest part by him.
When I came to the gate of the Taishou Mansion, I heard a rumor in the crowd that said that Wu County, Yuzhang County, had obtained two new lake pearls and wanted to offer them at the Taishou birthday ceremony.
After hearing this rumor, where can he not know that he has fallen into someone's trap, as for who is trapped, it is difficult to say, the most important thing is that this time Huzhu must not be able to keep, so Wu County Ling will look like a god at the banquet.
At this time, Wu Xian Ling had no choice but to show the momentum of a strong man breaking his wrist!
"Returning to Lord Taishou, Xia Guan has indeed found two lake pearls recently, and at this good time, I will dedicate them to my lord, and wish my lord happiness such as the East China Sea and Shoubi Nanshan. As he spoke, he took out a box from his arms, and after opening it, the dazzling pearl light attracted everyone on the field, and everyone present was a person who had seen a lot of treasures, and they were speechless for a while.
"Lord Wu has a heart. "Although Wang Mo is not keen on pearl and jade, he will not refuse such a treasure.
"Lord Taishou doesn't know, this pearl is found by Du Rong in the 'Chongrenfang' workshop, and there is an interesting anecdote about the lake pearl on this Du Rong ancestor......" said, Wan Shijun said how Du Rong's grandfather found the lake pearl and how he made a fortune.
"Oh, it turns out that there is such an interesting story, this Du Rongzu is also a character. It's no wonder that it can create a great business. ”
"Yes! Du Rong! Regardless of whether you did this or not, Lao Tzu's losses can only be recovered from you!" Wu Xianling's eyes flashed with a fierce light.
"Hehe, don't let me down, I finally found an interesting thing to play. ”
After Wan Shijun saw the fierce light in Wu Xianling's eyes, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine.