It was time to send Master Gu back, and then return to Zhuzi's house.

Han Xiufeng ate a bowl of dandan noodles at the yamen, Pan Er ate earlier than him, neither of them was hungry, so they didn't have to wash rice in the dark and make a fire for supper. When I went out in the morning, I asked Siniang from the shroud shop opposite to help look at the store, there were dozens of copper plates on the table of the Eight Immortals, and I knew at a glance that Siniang also helped to do a few deals.

Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and the neighbors who set up shops in Zouma also help each other in this way, Pan Er is used to it, and while helping to count the copper plates, he asked absentmindedly: "Fourth brother, Zhuzi Niang is going to live in Zouma for a few days, when do you plan to come back?" ”

"It's rare for her to go to relatives, and it's rare for her to go far away, so she naturally has to stay for a few more days." Han Xiufeng took the copper plate, put it in the wooden box resting on a pile of yellow paper, and turned around and said, "It's so late, wash and sleep early." ”

Today I entered the yamen and witnessed a life lawsuit, Pan Er was on the rise, where could he sleep, and couldn't help asking: "Fourth brother, you said that the tea gang will really eat this dumb loss, can you really swallow this breath?" ”

"Master Gu has said that now it is not just the matter of the Sichuan Gang and the Tea Gang, but it has aroused public anger, do you know what the next sentence is to arouse public anger?"

"What?"

"Then stir up a popular uprising!"

"Civil uprising? Guilty of trouble? ”

"Hmm." Han Xiufeng nodded with a smile.

Pan Er felt a little ridiculous, and asked stupidly: "Fourth brother, if you make a mess, you will lose your head, what you said is too bizarre!" ”

"It's not bizarre at all," Han Xiufeng walked into the kitchen, scooped out half a basin of water from the tank, and walked out with a smile: "Don't you know how powerful the Eight Provinces Gang is in the city and outside the city, let's put it this way, those warehouses on the side of the dock outside the city, nine times out of ten, are theirs." Most of the shops on the street in the lower half of the city are also theirs, and they are still buying houses and land everywhere to expand the guild hall and buy Yitian Yizhuang, and all the money is earned by them, not to mention that the locals are running out of life, even the gentry like Master Gu are about to look at their faces, isn't this the anger of the people? ”

Pan Er asked: "They have money, and they are willing to give silver, what if the county lord accepts their silver and favors them?" ”

"They are rich, and the county magistrate also likes their silver, but he prefers the black gauze hat on his head, if the black gauze hat is lost, who will stuff him with silver in the future."

"The county master doesn't dare to offend Master Gu?"

After washing his face, Han Xiufeng poured water into the footbasin, and explained while taking off his shoes: "It's not that the county lord doesn't dare to offend Master Gu, but he doesn't dare to offend the local gentry. As the saying goes, 'if you are a gentleman, you will be happy, and if you insult a gentleman, you will be resentful', if the county lord really offends all the local gentry, there is no need for Gu Lao to come forward, and those meritorious students in the county school alone are enough for him to drink a pot. ”

Pan Er asked in surprise: "Xiucai has not rebelled for ten years, will the county master be afraid of those Xiucai?" ”

"I'm usually not afraid, but when those showmen make trouble to the government and the county magistrate, I'm afraid, if it makes trouble to the Yamen of Chengdu, he, the main hall of Ba County, will be done." Han Xiufeng smiled, and continued: "The county lord now wants the money of the Eight Provinces Gang, but he doesn't dare to offend the local gentry, so he can only order the guest head of the Huguang Guild Hall to appease the bitter master of the Tea Gang. And the tea gang must be unconvinced, after all, a person died, but they will have to make a living in Ba County in the future, if they don't listen to the greeting of the guest chief, they won't want to have so many goods like now in the future. ”

The more Pan Er thought about it, the more frightened he became, and muttered: "A life lawsuit, you don't even need to try it, so it's over?" ”

"That's it, this is the best result," Han Xiufeng put aside the footcloth and sighed: "Thinking about it, the big head is really blessed with a great life, and it is just in time for the Eight Provinces to set up a 'Public Adjustment Bureau', obviously making money in Ba County, he is still unwilling to pay money to the local gentry to cultivate his ambitions, and offended all the local gentry, otherwise Master Gu would not help him with this." ”

"Master Gu has been grinding with the county magistrate for a day, so he is angry with the local gentry through this matter?"

"It's not just for him, it's for himself. If you think about it, even a human life lawsuit can be turned over, and the first thing that comes to mind when someone encounters something in the future must be to ask him for an idea. The thousands of footmen of the Sichuan Gang are even more grateful to him, as long as he sends a word in the future, Jiang Liu and they can really help him go to the knife mountain and go to the oil pot without saying a word. ”

"After all, he was a big official, and he helped him come forward and say a few words, not only earned money, but also earned a lot of favor!"

"I have also earned fame, and when it comes to Master Gu in the future, who won't give a thumbs up!"

"Domineering, really domineering!"

"Don't be envious, this is someone else's ability, hurry up and fetch water to wash your face and feet, there are still a bunch of things tomorrow."

……

Early the next morning, after the two of them finished breakfast, they asked Siniang on the other side to help take care of the paper shop as yesterday, and rushed to the county office again.

Whether the matter of the big head can be settled or not is today, the eighth master, Jiang Liu and other Sichuan gang husbands are all here, seeing Han Xiufeng looking back at the teahouse opposite, a husband hurriedly said: "Fourth brother, I just went from house to house, but the people from the tea gang didn't come." ”

Han Xiufeng groaned: "I didn't come, it seems that they admitted it." ”

On the past night, Jiang Liu didn't sleep at all, he was busy asking someone to find out about the movements of the tea gang, and was about to speak, when a scribe who was helping in the torture room hurriedly walked out and said in Han Xiufeng's ear: "Four babies, Jing Cheng said that you must be at the door, let me bring you a letter." ”

"Let's go over there."

The scribe looked back at the husbands of the Sichuan Gang, followed Han Xiufeng to the corner, and said with a god: "The Tea Gang has admitted it, and early in the morning, the guest head of the Huguang Guild Hall came to tell the eldest master that the short-lived ghost was sick and dying before the fight, and he died of illness and was not killed. said that it was the hot season, and the corpse was stinking and flowing, and he wanted to bury it quickly, so he begged the master to be exempted from inspection. ”

Han Xiufeng was overjoyed and asked eagerly, "What did the eldest master say?" ”

"The eldest lord is approved, and he just sent Uncle Yang and Liu Bantou to go to the Huguang Hall to find someone from the tea gang to record a confession. may be worried that someone in the tea gang will repent, and send the head of the team to inform the pillar and ask the pillar to find a place to bury the short-lived ghost. If they don't see the corpse, even if they retract their confessions, it's useless. ”

"Great, thank you Uncle Wang for helping me."

"Yourself, your business is our business, thank you?"

Han Xiufeng forced down his excitement and asked, "When will the big head come out?" ”

The scribe looked back at the husbands of the Sichuan Gang, and said in a low voice: "This has to be according to the old rules, Zhang Biao may have guessed that you came yesterday to protect the melon baby, let me also give you a letter, the melon baby wants to come out with all the beards and tails to get a hundred taels, and the porters of the Sichuan Gang who took it later want to come out with all the beards and tails to get ten taels, and the money is released to the people, and the money is not enough to be put in prison. ”