The new shopkeeper of the cloth village came to wander around again, hugged his fists and saluted: "The business of the shopkeeper Chen is good, congratulations." You're busy, you don't have to call me. ”

Rui Qian sneered: "I'm too lazy to greet you." Then he smiled and said, "Then I'm sorry, please sit down and pour tea for this shopkeeper." ”

"You don't have to, just take a look and go."

At this moment, a middle-aged lady came, and the momentum looked like the wife of the official eunuch's family. The two maids supported each other one by one. The horizontal silk meat on the face, looking at it is not a good stubble.

"Who is the shopkeeper Chen?" The tone of the speech is deliberately elongated and slowed down.

"What kind of cloth would you like to buy, lady?"

"I heard you have a kind of floor silk here, which is very wide?"

"It's polyester cotton silk, four feet five in size, specially used to make cotton pants."

"Then I'll buy five feet."

Rui Qian looked at her arrogantly, so he didn't bother to remind her how much she should buy.

"This lady, let me explain in advance that this cloth belongs to chemical fiber, and you are afraid of heat, so don't scald it with boiling water, and don't bake it in front of the stove in winter, otherwise it will be deformed and shrink."

"I'm crazy to scald my newly bought cloth with boiling water? All you have to do is give me five feet. ”

Ruiqian stopped talking, measured her five feet, cut it open and folded it with scissors, and handed it to the lady. Then the lady motioned to the maid to hand over the money and leave.

Early the next morning, this lady came to the door, and she didn't need to be helped, and she entered the store in a few big steps, threw the fabric she bought yesterday on the counter, and scolded: "You are a black-hearted shop, aren't you?" Look, look, all of you come and take a look, there are less than three feet of five-foot cloth left, you are very good at doing business, use this kind of rag to prevaricate us women! Is this cloth? Can you make clothes? If there is nothing else, hurry up and compensate! ”

"Wait a minute, this lady, yesterday I specially told you that this kind of cloth can't be scalded with boiling water, and your cloth has obviously been scalded with boiling water, and then you came to find a claim for compensation, right? Was that it like that yesterday, did you buy it? ”

"Hey, you big guys, listen, I'll take boiling water and scald the cloth and I'll be full?"

"How did it shrink? Small for no reason? ”

"How do I know? When I woke up in the morning, I saw that it was small and hardened. You have to double my losses, and we have nothing to do if you don't compensate, so if you don't pay you, find a place to reason. ”

The more and more people gathered to see the excitement, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that this woman was innocent and found fault. One by one, they whispered: "Shopkeeper Chen has always been a child who is not deceived in doing business, and he will never be fooled." ”

The new shopkeeper of the cloth village appeared: "This lady, you have to ask the shopkeeper about the conduct of the shopkeeper when you buy cloth, and the five-foot cloth becomes three feet...... Forget it, people have a backstage, and patience will pass. ”

Is this a fight? It's just fanning the flames, maybe these two are in the same group. Ruiqian simply ignored the woman.

At this moment, a few soldiers came, and when they came in, they grabbed Ruiqian's collar: "Okay, sell fake cloth, and come with us to the Criminal Department." I couldn't help but say, I pulled Ruiqian and left. Ruiqian understood that it was the shopkeeper of the cloth village next door who was broken, and he hurriedly glanced at Dazhang at the counter, and Dazhang took advantage of the chaos to retreat to the back room and ran away from the window. The other two guys in the cloth village and a bookkeeper were pushed out of the cloth village, and all the cloth was pulled away by the car outside, and a seal was affixed to the door.

At this moment, several personal soldiers who were responsible for protecting Rui Qian came over: "Let go!" The profit part of the cloth village of the shopkeeper Chen is to be given to the emperor, and you dare to compete with the emperor for profit, and it is against you! Let go! Do you want to let it go? ”

The soldier who grabbed Rui Qian's collar spread Rui Qian's collar, and several other people slowly retreated.

The gentleman-like shopkeeper of the cloth village came forward again: "Everyone, there is something to say, something to say." The military master of the Terracotta Division may not know that the shopkeeper Chen is a real imperial businessman, thinking that he is pretending to be tempted and tempted, since it is true, then forget it, right? Shopkeeper Chen, you invite a few brothers to a few tables, apologize and it's over. ”

"You fart! Why should I ask for a few tables? Why apologize? I don't know which dog hole you crawled out of, run here to fill people, you come to test me, see if I'm the one who loves to laugh cheaply, this woman scalded and shrunk the fabric and ran to make me pay for it, I didn't live for you! A flute-filled tail eagle! Get out of here! Get out of here! ”

Rui Qian is angry! How can there be such a shameless person, Leng Na is not to be taken for granted.

The middle-aged gentleman entered the palace and went directly to the Queen Mother's Cining Palace. After the confession, I listened to the Queen Mother's admonition: "It seems that this shopkeeper Chen is soft and hard, and this palace just wants you to test whether he is a lover of money." Since his bones are very hard, let him go to the punishment department to see if the torture equipment is harder than him. ”

Ruiqian was arrested by the Criminal Department, very suddenly. Not only the people from the Criminal Department, but also the people from the Soldiers and Horses Division, where can the few personal soldiers who protect Ruiqian beat them?

The guy ran to the palace like crazy, he knew that if he entered the criminal department, he would have to be beaten, the young master was a scholar, where could he withstand the torture? Fortunately, Dazhang was born in the capital, and he knows every street and alley in the capital well. didn't care about being polite, so he said eagerly to the soldiers standing guard: "This military master, the younger one is a guy from Yulong Buzhuang, my shopkeeper was arrested by the Criminal Department, hurry up and inform the second master!" ”

"Okay, you can go directly to the mansion with your subordinates." As he spoke, he pulled Dazhang and entered the inner courtyard.

It happened that the prince and Tian Liang were both here with Mr. Chen, and when they saw the big white face, they hurriedly asked what was going on. opened his big mouth like a trumpet and cried: "The shopkeeper has been arrested and sent to the criminal department!" ”

The prince said to Tian Liang: "Hurry up, let's ride into the palace." ”

The prince's prince was in Fujin's place, and he hurried upstairs and found clothes to put on. Sue sù Fujin: "Young Master Ruiqian was arrested by the Criminal Department, I will go to the emperor." ”

"Okay, watch out on your way."

Tian Liang also changed into the horseshoe sleeve tight-fitting arrow suit of the prince's guards, followed the prince out of the mansion, got on the horse and galloped. Along the way, Tian Liang shouted to open the way: "Get out of the way, be careful!" ”

The prince didn't have time to kneel and kowtow, so he directly told the emperor about Ruiqian's arrest, and the emperor immediately became furious, patted the kang table and scolded: "These dog officials, there is no him to do the right thing, but he dares to arrest the people who make money for the court, but the other way around?" Tie Yan! Come in, come in! ”

Zhao Tieyan, the emperor's personal guard, entered the main hall, clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Majesty, please command." ”

"You hurry up with Tian Liang to go to the Criminal Department, and first ask the shopkeeper Chen of Yulong Buzhuang who has just been arrested to come out, and just say that I said, whoever moves this person will lose his head."

"Huh! Subordinates obey! ”

The emperor was so angry that he walked around the hall, and suddenly remembered something, and went to the desk to spread a piece of rice paper, and the prince hurriedly grinded it. The emperor closed his eyes to calm the anger in his heart, took a deep breath, and wrote four big characters on the paper, "Jade Dragon Buzhuang". The inscription directly wrote: "Emperor Shunzhi Imperial Gift", and then picked up the jade seal and covered it with the emperor's imperial treasure.

Shangshu of the Criminal Department was drinking tea in the yamen, and suddenly saw Zhao Tieyan, the personal guard next to the emperor, and he sighed in his heart, and hurriedly greeted "Zhao Guard......"

"The emperor's message! Shangshu of the Criminal Department quickly went to the prison of the Criminal Department and released the shopkeeper of Yulong Buzhuang who had just been arrested. ”

"Huh!" With a cold sweat on his head, Lord Shangshu rode to the prison, and it was not easy for the emperor to release him personally.

At this time, Ruiqian was tied to a stake in the torture chamber and waiting to be whipped. Don't look at him as a scholar, his backbone is also hard. was arrested here for no reason, and said that the cloth had committed a big taboo, and there were any cheats and abductions, and trumped-up charges came up. A person sitting behind the opposite table was sneering: "Knowing that you are a scholar, I can't help but fight, as long as you tell the origin of the cloth sold in the store, I will let you go." ”

"From a foreign country."

"Who are you confused about? As far as we know, you've never been out of the capital at all. ”

"If you don't believe it, forget it."

"Your cloth is very different from the Qing Dynasty, we suspect that you have a secret origin, otherwise how could there be a steady stream of cloth for you to send to the store? Who brought you the cloth? I'll kill you if I don't say anything! ”

"Okay, don't call, I'll say what I should say, and I won't say anything I shouldn't. Even home-weaving is not illegal. ”

"Do you believe that I can charge you with a former Ming remnant?"

"I believe, of course I do. What is the danger of adding to the sin? ”

"Your bones are very hard, hit me! Hit hard! ”

"Stop!" There was a loud shout outside the prison fence, and the cell head who was interrogating was trembling with fright, and quickly knelt down: "My subordinates ask Lord Shangshu for peace!" ”

"Smack! Smack! Three large slaps in the man's face.

"Lord Shangshu, you are ......"

"Who told you to arrest people casually? Do you know who you're arresting? Release them immediately! ”

"Huh!" This man personally untied the ropes on Ruiqian's body.

Lord Shangshu looked Ruiqian up and down, fortunately, he was not punished, otherwise his black gauze hat would be in danger. A smile appeared on his face: "Shopkeeper Chen, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, you are frightened." Guard Zhao, will you bring people back? ”

"Let's go, shopkeeper Chen, I am the emperor's imperial guard surnamed Zhao. You please. ”

Rui Qian clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you Guard Zhao for the rescue." ”

"It was Lord Rui who really rescued you. Please follow me. ”

Rui Qian was a little hesitant, he didn't know this Zhao guard at all. Tian Liang said: "Big brother, do you remember that the younger brother told you that when you came back from Mount Emei, your parents were killed and homeless, and it was my father's senior brother Lao Zhao who took in the younger brother?" This Zhao guard is the son of the Zhao guard back then, and he is my senior brother. ”

"Ahh You are the son of Zhao Guard, it was really thanks to your family back then......" Rui Qian clasped his fists and saluted.

"Eh, it's no one else, it should be." Tie Yan hurriedly returned the salute.

"Senior brother, you also know that the younger brother recently got together with his long-lost parents, and this shopkeeper Chen is the son of the younger brother's uncle, that is, the cousin of the younger brother. My cousin is older than you, so you can call him Big Brother. ”

"Oh, Brother Chen, it's Tie Yan who has lost his respect." Tie Yan clasped his fists and saluted.

"Brother Zhao, thanks to you coming in time, otherwise the eldest brother would have been miserable. Thank you for your great kindness, big brother. ”

"It's the prince who came to find the emperor, it's very timely, if you want to thank the emperor and the prince, please ask Brother Chen to go with his subordinates."

"Okay, I'm sorry."

This kind of place is a place that Ruiqian, a "small citizen", has never visited, and I am glad that I can still come out after entering here.

The person was not so nervous when he came out, and when he was leaving, Tie Yan asked: "Brother Liangzi, why don't you come to the house when you and the prince come back?" My mother misses you. ”

"I'm really sorry, I want to go and see my aunt when I come back, but the prince has too many things to do, and I have to help him. I'll go back when I find a time, and there's a gift for my aunt. ”

"Thank you for thinking about it, and there are gifts for my mother? Got mine? ”

"Naturally, there is, give you a tensile device, an arm strength machine, and you strong man can exercise well."

"What are you talking about, big brother doesn't understand. I have been out for a year, and I am good at learning. ”

There is a carriage at the entrance of the prison, which does not look very gorgeous, but it is certainly not something that ordinary people can have. Since this Lord Zhao Guard knows the prince and Liangzi, he can only go with him. What Ruiqian doesn't understand is that if he lets himself go, let him go home, where else will he go?

The wheels of the carriage "creaked", Ruiqian lifted the corner of the curtain and looked at it, and said in his heart What kind of place is this?

Rui Qian was suspicious in his heart, and he didn't know where this imperial guard was going to take him? It seems that I want to meet someone. I couldn't guess it for a while, so I had to close my eyes and recuperate.

At the moment he was arrested, Ruiqian was also a little flustered, and then thought that he had always been operating in accordance with the law, but he was selling a few pieces of cloth to the prince, and his main business items were his own cotton cloth and home-woven homespun cloth, and he was not guilty at all. It was the gentleman-like man who wanted to pry himself into selling wool polyester cloth, and asked about the place of origin. Ruiqian really doesn't know the origin of these lasafras, and he can't weave them. provoked this gentleman, it seems that he has someone in the criminal department, and the official is not small, if you don't say who you will arrest? Together, a nest of snakes and rats!

Suddenly, Ruiqian's mind was clear, did the emperor's personal guard bring him into the palace to see the emperor? The emperor found himself in the Forbidden City, didn't he just want to ask the ins and outs of this matter? Isn't this a good opportunity for a person like himself to reach Heaven in a situation like this? The prince is the emperor's elder brother, so he sent the guards to get himself out of prison so quickly, which means that he can treat himself well in the face of the prince Rui, and he will not add any sin to himself, and he must tell the emperor the truth!

Ruiqian was asked to get out of the car in front of a huge city gate, and when he looked up, above the huge arched gate, there were three words "Shenwu Gate" written on it, even if no matter how ignorant people are, the north gate of the Forbidden City in the Imperial Palace! Ruiqian was suddenly nervous.