Liaocheng is the capital of Dongchang Prefecture, although the place is not small, it is not difficult to find a group of people in the city. If you can get the help of the government to catch quickly, it will be easy to catch.

Gui Gongzi was at an all-round disadvantage in terms of force, and he was beaten by Lin Fu and others, and he had already suffered a loss. It's just that they don't want to give up on this, and it seems that they have used official connections to find powerful helpers.

In addition to the big gang of arresters in front of him, there is also a middle-aged man wearing a five-grade official uniform, who should be the Tongzhi of Dongchang Mansion.

"What do you mean?"

Meng Zhao had long been accustomed to covering Lin Haoran's identity, and in the face of this large group of menacing catchers and people who came to seek revenge, he stood up and asked stiffly.

The noble boy and the fat boy listened to the momentum of the edict, but their faces showed mockery.

The middle-aged man in the five-rank official uniform arrogantly glanced at Meng Zhao and the people behind him, only unexpectedly stopped on the faces of Lin Haoran and Hua Yingrong, and then asked Meng Zhao: "Dare to ask you what official and what position?" ”

But no one is reckless, he believes that Meng Zhao is the leader of this gang, and immediately wants to inquire about Meng Zhao's official position, so as to make the next move.

"Which one are you?" Meng Zhao stood on the steps and looked condescending, as if he was knowingly asking about the truth.

As soon as the words fell, a fast catcher leader immediately said sharply: "Bold, this is the second master of my mansion!" ”

With this foreshadowing, Li Juzuo stroked his beautiful beard, and looked quite complacent to report to his family: "This official is Jiayin Kejinshi, and Li Juzuo, the same knowledge of Dongchang Mansion!" ”

The Tongzhi of Dongchang Mansion is naturally nothing in the Ming officialdom, but in the eyes of ordinary people and scholars, he is a big man, and in Liaocheng he is the second big man.

Meng Zhao confirmed that the other party was indeed a Tongzhi of Dongchang Mansion, so naturally he would not be frightened by this Tongzhi, and asked indifferently: "Li Tongzhi is so popular, I don't know what you are doing?" ”

Gui Gongzi and the others looked at Meng Zhao who was still so hard, and they really didn't cry when they didn't see the coffin, so they looked at the fat boy next to them.

Before the fat boy could move, his father had already stood up, pointed to his nose and asked angrily at Meng Zhao, "Have you ever recognized this official?" ”

Although he was instigated by the noble prince to seek revenge, his dignified Luoyang Mansion Tongzhi suffered such a "great shame", how could he give up, and he was full of anger.

In officialdom, relationships are always inextricably linked, and the same year, fellow villagers, teachers and students can connect officials intimately. He had already found his friend of the same year for the first time, and wanted to use the power of the government to teach these people who didn't know what to do.

Meng Zhao faced this angry Tongzhi and responded very calmly: "If my guess is correct, you should be the Tongzhi of Luoyang Mansion on the official ship just now, but I don't know what you have to do?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the fat boy couldn't help but jump out and accuse: "You beat my father, look at the bag on his head, you are attacking the court officials!" ”

Attacking the official of the imperial court is not a small crime, and once it is confirmed, I am afraid that I will face prison.

Meng Zhao is honest and calm, and he has also gone through some experience in the past six months, but he retorted righteously and solemnly: "Your ship forcibly cut into the queue first, and smashed people later, what crime do we have?" ”

"What a clever mouth, have you ever had a fake when you smashed the official with a stone?" Chen Pu, the same governor of Luoyang Mansion, pointed to the bulging green bag on his forehead, and asked angrily.

Meng Zhao knew that he had indeed hit this Tongzhi master, but he snorted coldly and said, "You are the first to provoke trouble, so that the flowing stone will hit you?" Why don't you ask yourself, why did you forcibly cut in line and break the rules of the court, and why did you attack us first, we just fought back in self-defense, and the culprit of this matter should be you! ”

At this point, it's already a counterattack.

Although it is true that he attacked the imperial court officials, Chen Pu's ship cut in line first, and then the noble prince took the initiative to provoke the incident, Chen Pu was at most a mistake.

Li Juzuo, the Tongzhi of Dongchang Mansion, originally wanted to help this same year, but he didn't expect the other party to be so sharp-tongued, and he didn't know where to start to rectify these people for a while.

"Why is this so noisy here?"

A middle-aged official wearing a four-grade official uniform strode into the lobby of the restaurant with several officials, and when he saw the rather noisy appearance here, he asked loudly.

Li Juzuo and Chen Pu saw that it was Wang Maolin, the prefect of Dongchang, who appeared, but they didn't care about holding Meng Zhao responsible, so they stepped forward to salute Wang Maolin respectfully.

Knowing that Chen Pu was ordered to go to Beijing to offer treasure this time, Wang Maolin was obviously a lot more enthusiastic and paid more attention to Chen Pu.

There are indeed many officials in the current Ming Dynasty who have risen to the top by offering treasures, such as Wang Bai, who has now been promoted to the head of the household department in Nanjing, like the current imperial physician Wang Jin, even if he is a cabinet minister of the current dynasty, it is by virtue of his good words that he has risen to prominence.

If Chen Pu really brought rare treasures to Beijing this time, he would definitely get the favor of the emperor, and he would definitely be an official again.

Lin Haoran didn't pay attention to the three officials who were shushing and asking for warmth, but noticed that the young officials who came in with Wang Maolin shook their heads with a smile.

Chen Pu was like a bitter master, pointing to the big bag on his forehead, and when he told the ins and outs of the matter, he insisted that Meng Zhao was attacking the imperial court officials.

Wang Maolin raised his eyes to look at Meng Zhao, and knew at a glance that this person's official spirit was not heavy, so he asked with a straight face: "What official position are you?" ”

Meng Zhao felt an invisible pressure, but after thinking about the person standing behind him, he responded proudly: "I have no official or position, so what? ”

When Wang Maolin got this answer, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise slightly.

Li Juzuo is a very smart person, and even accused: "Do you still not repent when you openly attack the imperial court officials?" ”

"Lord Prefect, they forcibly cut into the queue first, and then attacked us first, what are our crimes?" Meng Zhao's brows furrowed slightly, and he reiterated seriously.

Chen Pu also saw the flaws, a smug smile appeared on his face, and he arched his hand at Wang Maolin: "Lord Wang, they are presumptuous, and the ship of the lower official does not need to be polite to them at all!" ”

The fact is indeed the case, once it is proved that Meng Zhao's official position is pretence, then Chen Pu's cutting in line has changed from illegal to legal, and Meng Zhao still has to be charged with pretence.

Wang Maolin saw this flaw, and said clearly to Meng Zhao: "If you are ordered to go to Beijing, this official will only punish them." If you are presumptuous under the banner of the official family, then you can't complain about their preemptiveness, let alone the government to punish your crimes! ”

Looking at this scene, the noble prince also had a smug smile on his face, and looked at Meng Zhao and the others gloatingly, already thinking about how to punish this group of fanatics who didn't know the height of the sky and the height of the sky.

Lin Haoran had been standing on the stairs, condescendingly witnessing everything in front of him. When he saw that the situation had developed to this point, he had to change his original intention, and he directly gave Lin Fu a look.

Lin Fu immediately understood, but he did not give the official seal directly to Wang Maolin, but instead respectfully handed it to Meng Zhao.

This scene immediately attracted Wang Maolin's attention, but he didn't know which one the other party was going to sing.