There are many people who come to Longquan Temple to pray for blessings today, and slowly, the entrance of the temple is surrounded by people who have done good things.

As soon as she saw someone watching the excitement, Mrs. Wang reversed the black and white and told everyone about it. Zhong Nan didn't care, but Jiao Yufeng couldn't look past it, pointed to the wheel tracks of Wangfu's carriage, and refuted the other party's lies one by one.

In ancient times, the common people's trust in the government was not comparable to that of later generations, and there would be no official judgment that "the more you explain, the more problematic it is". At least, now that Mrs. Wang and Jiao Yufeng are speaking, everyone still believes more in the official people who have the identity of head-catchers. It's just that in this way, Jiao Yufeng refutes Mrs. Wang's face, and completely offends her.

It didn't take long for Mrs. Wang's reinforcements to arrive—men and horses led by a man from the Criminal Department.

"Wei Langzhong, why didn't the master come?"

Wei Langzhong's name Wei Shitong is a descendant of Wang Shangshu of the Criminal Department.

"Mrs. Wang, Lord Shangshu is seeing an important guest, and he can't pull away, so he asked Xia Guan to come over first."

"Okay, Wei Langzhong, you go and arrest the other party for me and put him in the prison of the Criminal Department first, and give me a good treat." Mrs. Wang pointed at Zhong Nan and his group, gritted her teeth and said, and then pointed to Jiao Yufeng, "And that head catcher, find a way to get him for me!" ”

After listening to Mrs. Wang's words, Wei Shitong had a constipated expression, and said in his heart that the Criminal Department was opened by your Wang family, you can arrest whoever you want, and you can do whoever you want; And even if you really want to do this, you shouldn't just shout with your mouth open in public. I really don't know how Lord Shangshu could marry such a woman and bring trouble to him alive!

Wei Shitong can only think about these slanders in his head, after all, he came to support Mrs. Wang. After stepping forward and whispering to appease Mrs. Wang for a while, Wei Shitong walked up to Zhong Nan, first looked at the other party, and then asked a little arrogantly: "I heard that you are a waiter in which part, why haven't I seen you, it can't be Ying Tianfu, right?" ”

No wonder Wei Shitong guessed so, Zhong Nan has been in Beijing since April last year, and it has been less than a year since he went to Beijing, and he was not in Beijing before, except for the civil and military ministers and colleagues in the military department who were qualified for the early dynasty, other officials in Beijing definitely don't know much.

As for what Wei Shitong said, it was a certain squire of Ying Tianfu, which was actually a joke. Because of the officials of Nanjing Yingtianfu, except for a very few who have a backstage, the vast majority of people can only wait for retirement in this life.

Zhong Nan was not annoyed, but said calmly: "It doesn't matter if I'm the squire of the Jingshi or the squire of Ying Tianfu, it doesn't matter. ”

"Today's accident, the officials of Shuntian Mansion have also made an investigation and decision, and Mrs. Wang should indeed be fully responsible. There is also the family of Wang's house, in broad daylight, beating the driver in my house, after the results of the injury test come out, I will ask Wang Shangshu for an explanation! ”

After finishing speaking, Zhong Nan didn't wait for Wei Shitong to react, and walked straight to Jiao Yufeng, who was on the side, and stated the causes and consequences of Da Mao's beating.

“…… Jiao Zhutou, this is what happened, you can ask passers-by for verification, or you can ask Mrs. Wang and his family for verification. I still have family members in the car, if there is nothing else that requires my cooperation, then I will say goodbye first! ”

Jiao Yufeng asked for a few details, and then let Zhong Nan and his party leave. Seeing this, Mrs. Wang shouted loudly: "Who let you go, this matter is not over yet!" ”

Zhong Nantou dropped two sentences without looking back, "Don't worry, this matter will definitely not be over." And if the government wants to summon me, they will go to my house, and Mrs. Wang will not bother. ”

Mrs. Wang was immediately choked and speechless, and waited for Zhong Nan's carriage to go away before she eased up. She pointed to the carriage in the distance and shouted, "Look how I clean you up!" ”

Wei Shitong on the side found some clues from this, and he concluded that the other party must be a certain squire who served in the Beijing Division. Because if it is Ying Tianfu's servant, even if the other party is reasonable, it is impossible not to give Wang Shangshu face. It's just that it stands to reason that there is no one in the six departments that he doesn't know.

Wrong! Wei Shitong suddenly woke up, there was really a waiter he didn't know, but this waiter he didn't know was the most unprovoked among all the waiters in the six departments.

The guard walked to Jiao Yufeng's side tremblingly, and asked cautiously: "Jiao Zhutou, is the other party's surname Zhong?" ”

Jiao Yufeng knew Wei Shitong, and when he saw that the other party finally came to his senses, he nodded, and then took a few arresters to visit passers-by and investigate the case.

The guard informed that this problem was a bit tricky, he walked up to Mrs. Wang, and after a while, he spoke: "Mrs. Wang, today's matter may be a little troublesome, and the other party is Zhong Nan, the right attendant of the military department." ”

Where did Mrs. Wang understand the relationship between the two countries, and she still didn't give up, "I don't care if he Zhong Nan or Zhong Bei, go back and let the master take off his official uniform!" ”

Seeing that it didn't make sense, Wei Shitong planned to persuade Mrs. Wang to go back to the house first, but after a long time, Mrs. Wang got into the carriage slowly.

At this moment, Zhong Nan had already returned to the Zhong Mansion and was lying on a chair in the backyard pondering.

Originally, today's incident, Zhong Nan planned to trivialize, but Mrs. Wang was too arrogant, so he deliberately made a big deal about it, not only could he teach her a lesson, but if he operated it properly, he might also get some benefits in the political situation.

The situation in the imperial court is becoming more and more disordered, and he must do something to improve the strength of himself and his faction, otherwise it is difficult to say that he will not be sacrificed by relying on the emperor's "holy family" alone.

Today's traffic accident outside Longquan Temple was a trivial matter. Zhong Nan plans to use public opinion to make things bigger first, and then make a decision depending on the situation, maybe he can reach some private deals with someone who cares.

Just do it. Zhong Nan found Sun Chengzong and Shi Qian and told him what he wanted, and the two strategists felt that it was feasible, so they divided into two ways to create public opinion.

All the way to start from the market. Sun Chengzong went to Guozijian and summoned some former classmates to tell Mrs. Wang's bullying behavior vividly. Although it is a slight exaggeration, the basic truth is that there is not a trace of adulteration.

The vast majority of the prisoners were hot-blooded young people, and they took spontaneous action without Sun Chengzong's guidance: some of them went to major restaurants to expose Mrs. Wang's evil deeds with words and voices; Others planned to go to the Shuncheon Mansion in a few days to hold a sit-in demonstration.

Shi Qian was not idle, he found a few famous storytellers and gave them a script, the content of which was roughly the story of the family members of Lord Shangshu, relying on the power of their husband's family, bullying the people everywhere. Although he didn't name him, it was obviously an allusion to Mrs. Wang, not to mention that some things were true, but Shi Qian spent a lot of money to find out the inside story!

The other way is to start with the imperial court. Zhong Nan found Ye Xianggao and asked him to quietly exaggerate the matter in the Hanlin Academy, but he told the truth, without a trace of falsehood, and did not make any subjective evaluation.

Although it was still in the Spring Festival holiday, this little incident outside Longquan Temple spread quickly with lightning speed. Two or three days later, in the streets and alleys of Beijing, the common people were discussing this matter.

Zhong Nan's side was carefully planned and took the initiative to attack, while Wang Shangshu's side was an afterthought.

On the third day of junior high school, after sending Mrs. Wang home, Wei Shitong found Wang Zhonghua and reported what happened to his boss 1510. Wang Zhonghua didn't take it seriously, he thought that this was just a traffic accident that couldn't be smaller, even if Shuntianfu punished it impartially, it was just a big deal to let him compensate some money.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Wang Shangshu couldn't calm down. Since yesterday, people have come to ask him about Mrs. Wang's collision, and he asked his wife about it, only to know that he was in big trouble.

However, it was too late for Wang Zhonghua to save the situation at this time.

During the Wanli period, the Spring Festival holiday of the imperial court was not short, almost a month, from about 20 to about 20 of the first month. In fact, Emperor Taizu, who was more than a model worker, initially only gave everyone a one-day Spring Festival holiday, but later he couldn't help the complaints of the ministers, so it was increased to three days.

When Emperor Chengzu took charge of the world, he added ten days of vacation, but the ministers still felt that it was not enough. It was only during the Muzong period that the Spring Festival holiday was determined, and it has been used since then.

Although the holidays are long, there are still staff on duty at each yamen every day. On the afternoon of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, outside the yamen of Shuntian Mansion, a group of special people came, holding several banners, some of which read, "Private morality is a loss, and they are not worthy of being officials", some wrote "Recall corrupt officials and corrupt officials", and some wrote "What should be the crime of conniving at the family members to beat the people"......

These people are the prisoners of the country, and there are twenty or thirty of them. They sat in the open space in front of the yamen in an orderly manner, neither shouting loudly, nor disturbing the order of the office of the criminal department, but the lethality was surprisingly large

It was surrounded by ordinary people, three layers inside and three layers outside.

Meditation and banners were all Zhong Nan's ideas, which seemed extremely common in later generations, but they were whimsical ideas in the Wanli period. Seeing that the movement outside was getting louder and louder, the officials on duty hurriedly found the prefect Qin Yonggui.

Qin Yonggui had already heard Jiao Yufeng report the ins and outs of the matter, he originally thought it was a trivial matter, and it was the Spring Festival holiday, so he didn't pay much attention to it. It's just that today's movement is too big, he can't help but pay attention to it, and after thinking about it, he sent someone to Wang's mansion.

Not long after, the person sent to Wang's mansion came back to report: Wang Shangshu was not at home. Qin Yonggui knew that Wang Zhonghua didn't want to get his hands on this hot potato, so he excused himself from not being at home.

Since you are unkind, then don't blame me for being unjust, Qin Yonggui is ruthless. He quickly rushed to the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, looked at the large group of people in the open space, and said in a heavy tone: "The descendants of the country's eunuchs, all the fathers and villagers, I already know about someone's crime that you accused. It's just that my official is soft-spoken, and I can't move that family member, if you really want to seek justice, you might as well go to that person's house! ”