Chapter 62: First Strikes First
"You have grievances, why don't you go to your boss, go to the Ministry of Officials, find the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to complain, why do you want to come to my Jinling Mansion to sound the drums, do you think Jinling Mansion is a vegetable market, come if you want. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Song Wei asked angrily.
"Lord Song's words are wrong, of course, there is a factual basis for the lower officials to come to Jinling Mansion to sound drums, first, although the lower officials are the head of the Criminal Department, but the person reported by the lower officials is not a person in the officialdom, and he cannot complain to the upper peak, so he can only come from Jinling Mansion; Second, Jinling Mansion has this responsibility; Third, there is no explicit provision that lower officials cannot sound the drum of grievances. Shen Yan's eyes showed a hint of clarity, glanced at Song Wei and Yu Xiaoze, and said seriously.
"Well, since you say so, who are you accusing, and what crime?" Hearing the reason Shen Yan said, the corners of Song Wei's mouth couldn't help but show a wry smile, this Shen Yan is completely a freak and doesn't take officialdom in his eyes at all, no wonder the officials of the Manchu Dynasty look down on him in their bones and regard him as a thorn in their eyes, because he is a mud leg in his bones.
"The lower officials want to sue Su Shifu, the shopkeeper of Juxiang Building, as for the crime, defamation." Shen Yan ignored the helplessness and bitterness that appeared at the corner of Song Wei's mouth, and said righteously.
"What? I heard you right. Hearing Shen Yan's words, Song Wei's mouth opened wide, and he could swallow an egg in one bite, and looked at Shen Yan with wide eyes, as if he wanted to see from the other party's eyes that this was not a farce, he had been an official for so many years, and he had never heard of someone suing others for slander.
"What? Look at Lord Song's expression, it seems that he doesn't want to accept this case? Looking at Song Wei's slightly exaggerated expression, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and a trace of inexplicability appeared in his eyes, "What are you afraid of?" ”
"Ridiculous, there are gods in the head of the head, what is the fear of this official, I just read that you just got involved in the officialdom and don't understand the rules, and I didn't plan to hold you accountable for beating the drum of injustice, but you are full of nonsense, Shen Yan, this official asks you, do you have my Great Xia King Law in your heart?" The corners of Song Wei's mouth were obviously filled with bitterness, who and what is this, looking at his demeanor, it doesn't look like he is idle and has nothing to do, but the crime of slander is really unheard of, could it be that the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds as he said?
"Lord Song, it is the lower official who has the law of the Great Xia King in his heart to come to Jinling Mansion to beat the drum and complain, maybe in the mind of Lord Song, the lower official's move is really absurd, but the lower official is not absurd this drumming, but he really wants to sue Su Shifu, the shopkeeper of Juxianglou, for defamation, and accuse him of slandering Wangjiang Lou for plagiarizing Juxianglou's dishes." Looking at Song Wei standing up with a look of seeing off the guest, Shen Yan shouted unhurriedly, and then a faint confidence appeared in his eyes, and he said indifferently.
"If Lord Song is unwilling to accept this case, it doesn't matter, the lower officials don't force it, but the lower officials will never allow the people who have slandered Wangjianglou to go unpunished, and in desperation, the lower officials have no choice but to go to the palace gate and beat the drum, so that the emperor will personally try the case." Shen Yan's face showed a rogue look of if you don't accept it, I'll go to someone else, and Song Wei's teeth rattled.
"Presumptuous, you dare to blackmail this official." Song Wei stared at Shen Yan coldly with anger in his eyes, and his face was blue with anger.
"Lord Song misunderstood, how dare the lower officials threaten the lord, but the lord should know that the lower official has a cabinet walking title above his head, although this title does not have any special power, but he is always in charge, think about it, what a privilege that people envy and hate." There was obviously a hint of coercion in Shen Yan's eyes, and he ignored the anger in Song Wei's eyes at all, and said to himself, "It's just that the lower officials feel that this matter is a civil dispute, and there is no need to see the emperor who is in charge of the day to try it in person, so I came to Jinling Mansion to hope that Lord Song will hear it impartially, but the current result makes the lower officials very disappointed." ”
"If Lord Song is unwilling to accept it, and the lower officials have no other complaints, they have to be cheeky to go to the emperor, and it is a big deal to be reprimanded by the emperor, and it is also an honor for the courtiers to be reprimanded by the emperor." Shen Yan's face was completely a scoundrel.
"You ......" Song Wei never thought that Shen Yan would dare to use the emperor to blackmail him, but this blackmail is still in the middle of the matter, if this matter goes to the emperor, he will not only be a matter of dereliction of duty, with a trace of anger, Song Wei looked at Shen Yan coldly, and wanted to swallow the other party raw, "Okay, this official will make an exception to accept this case, and this official wants to see what tricks you can toss." ”
"Someone, go to Juxianglou to spread the word that Su Shifu came to Jinling Mansion to assist in the investigation." Song Wei immediately looked at the officials in the lobby with a gloomy face, and said through gritted teeth.
"Lord Song, you'd better let someone go to Wangjiang Tower to find Shopkeeper Su, if Xiaguan guessed correctly, Shopkeeper Su should appear in Wangjiang Tower at this time." Shen Yan kindly reminded Song Wei.
"Su Shifu, didn't you keep saying that you want to see the official, then I'll take the lead first and see who sues whom."
"Shen Yan, yesterday you refuted the old decay like that, and stimulated the old decay like that, how could the old decay not know your intentions, but in order to complete Steward Su's explanation, the old decay endured it." Su Shifu walked slowly in the direction of Wangjiang Tower, and a hint of smugness appeared on his face.
His layout this time can be described as seamless, who would have thought that he would be able to tell the characteristics and cooking methods of the dishes by ordering Wangjianglou's signature dishes for a few days in a row, this time he is not completely determined by Wangjianglou, forcing Wangjianglou to no longer serve these signature dishes, and completely cutting off the source of despair Jianglou's business, this is the fate of refusing Steward Su, Cheng Keer, don't blame the old man, who made you the closest person to Shen Yan.
Thinking of this, a wonderful scene flashed in Su Shifu's eyes: when he walked into Wangjiang Tower, Cheng Keer and others begged him for mercy and begged bitterly, while he trampled Shen Yan and his group under his feet, and he looked at them with a condescending look and a victor's look of pity on his face, and then coldly refused their pleas.
It's cool to think about this. A pleasant smile appeared on the corner of Su Shifu's mouth, and then a cruel smile appeared in his eyes.
"May I ask you are the shopkeeper of Juxiang Building?" Just as Su Shifu was looking comfortable, an abrupt voice broke his reverie in his ears, with a hint of anger, ready to scold the person who did not have long eyes to destroy his sweet dream, turned his head to look, and saw two officials running panting behind him, and he gestured with a surprised chin on his face.
"Someone sues you for defamation, and my lord hopes that you will go to Jinling Mansion to assist in the investigation as soon as possible."