Chapter 31 The Prefect's Mind
With a sigh, Shen Chongming hurriedly raised his heels, leaving Wu Neng standing there motionless with a pale face, even if he was lost face by Shen Chongming, a proud disciple with a high arch, now even Chen Xiao dared to let himself not get off the stage in public, it was really unbearable!
One Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, and Wu Neng, who was in a rage, instantly succeeded in nirvana, turned around and strode out of the meteor, shouting: "Stop!" ”
Chen Xiao stopped angrily, and the two catchers who followed him could only stop.
Wu Neng stepped forward with a sneer, took out the middle waist card in his hand and said proudly: "Lord Chen, don't forget that this official is the chief official of this tolerance, don't be too presumptuous, now you can't meddle in this case at will without the order of this official, otherwise, the official will punish you for your crimes!" As he spoke, Wu Nengyou tilted his head and smiled proudly at Shen Chongming.
Shen Chongming naturally understood what he meant, and this was clearly not to let himself meddle in this case. "Hehe, it must be Lord Wu who made a mistake, the lower official is a member of the household department, this time he came to recover the lost 300,000 taels of tax silver, Lord Wu should not have the right to restrict the actions of this official, otherwise be careful that this official is involved in your crime of unauthorized power!" Shen Chongming said with a disdainful expression.
Wu Neng choked, took the waist card in his hand and took it back very embarrassed, turned his head to the puffing Chen Xiao and said: "Lord Chen, I hope you remember the words of this official, stay in the post station and don't walk around!" ”
After that, Wu Neng said to the two arresters who were standing there and didn't know what to do: "Now go with this official to the Yamen of the Political Division, this official is going to investigate the case!" ”
The two of them were even more embarrassed, and they looked at Chen Xiao to see what kind of attitude he had, but Chen Xiao nodded helplessly, signaling them to follow Wu Neng to handle the case.
Wu Neng has been paying attention to Chen Xiao's expression, seeing him like this, he is even more proud in his heart, this is not the capital, if you are not convinced, you can go directly to Lord Shilang, now you can only obey!
Thinking about it, Lord Wu walked out of the post station with his head held high and the two catchers. Chen Xiao smiled helplessly and shook his head at Shen Chongming. The first order of the official university crushed people to death, and this time it can be regarded as a real insight.
"Hehe, Master Chen doesn't have to worry. This official thinks that Lord Wu has inadvertently done us a favor, and if he stirs things up like this, maybe many things will surface. Shen Chongming smiled treacherously.
Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then understood. It can be concluded that Wu Neng went to the yamen to investigate the case so late this time, and he must have questioned Guo Mingyi according to what he wanted in his heart, and people with a heart would naturally come forward to list Guo Mingyi's criminal evidence.
And by doing so, he can also attract the attention of the mastermind behind him, which is just convenient for him to secretly investigate the case!
"Hehe, Lord Shen is high." Compared to the fact that he only thought of this section after being reminded by him, Chen Xiao couldn't help but admire Shen Chongming, this is a real master.
Shen Chongming smiled, waved his hand and said, "It's not early, let's hurry up and rest after a busy day, everything is handled by Lord Wu for us." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, it's hard work Lord Wu, hahaha." Chen Xiao is also in a good mood, Wu Neng, Wu Neng, you are really incompetent.
But Wu Neng was very excited at this time, and the evil qi held in his chest finally dissipated, and he couldn't help humming a slang song while he was in a good mood.
However, when it came to the Yamen of the Political Division, the Yamen was dumbfounded, and the officials were also going home when it was dark, and no one would leave their obligations to come to investigate the case.
Looking at the strange looks of the two subordinates beside him, Lord Wu couldn't help but be embarrassed, and it was not good to lose his temper directly, he looked at the two big lanterns in front of the Yamen of the Political Secretary and nodded: "Well, this lantern is good, it's similar to that of our Criminal Department." ”
The two catchers forced a smile and replied, and one of them asked cautiously: "My lord, it's not early, should we go back first?" ”
"Nonsense, if you don't go back, you're going to spend the night here." Finding an opportunity, Lord Wu let out a small breath of anger and turned around and walked towards the carriage.
The two catchers smiled at each other and raised their heels.
"Lord Shen, someone is looking for you outside the door." Just in the early morning, the handyman knocked on Shen Chongming's door.
Although the errand was not too busy when he was in the capital, Shen Chongming never dared to be vague about the matter, and he had to get up early in the morning every day.
He opened his eyes in a daze, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Who is looking for this official?" ”
"If you go back to your lordship, you will be the housekeeper of the prefect's family." The handyman replied quickly.
As soon as he heard that the housekeeper had arrived again, Shen Chongming immediately sobered up a lot, and wondered in his heart, why did this old man come every day.
"Wait a while, the official will put on his clothes and go." With that, Shen Chongming left the bed with difficulty.
"Old butler, you've been waiting for a long time, hehe." Shen Chongming walked into the main hall with an apologetic face.
"Lord Shen is polite, the little one came to apologize on behalf of my lord, yesterday's case was really difficult, I originally planned to keep you for dinner, but I had no choice but to delay, don't be angry."
Shen Chongming hurriedly waved his hand and said with an open-minded smile: "The prefect works hard for official business, and this official only has admiration for the junior, where can he be angry." ”
The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief, he was really guessed correctly by the master. "It's great that Lord Shen can think like this, my lord has nothing to do today, so I want to invite you to have a light meal again, and I hope Lord Shen will not refuse."
Shen Chongming was stunned, why do you want to eat again, won't you release your own pigeons again? "This ...... This is not good, I always go to the house to beg for mercy, and this official is really a little reluctant to go. ”
"Hey, you're worried. Besides, my young lady also told her what she had seen and heard outside for Master Shen again, and she was always looking forward to your visit. The old housekeeper took out Zhao Ziqian and seduced.
Shen Chongming was stunned, and then laughed, it's really inappropriate not to go to this matter, but you can't make Miss Zhao wait.
"That'...... The official was disrespectful, hehe. Shen Chongming smiled dryly and agreed, and when the old housekeeper saw him agree, he quickly stretched out his hand and said, "Then Lord Shen, please, the sedan chair is waiting outside the door." ”
It's still yesterday's route, walked into the back garden directly from the back door of the mansion, and the old housekeeper who led the way in front of him paused, turned around and bowed and said: "Lord Shen is here for a while, the little one will report to my master, if you think it's boring, you can go to the pond over there, Miss She will feed the fish at this hour every day, hehe." After that, the old housekeeper didn't wait for Shen Chongming to agree, and hurriedly walked into the distance.
Shen Chongming wondered for a while, this matter looked so evil, it seemed that he invited himself to accompany his young lady. Shook his head, raised his feet and walked towards the pond, the picture of the beauty feeding the fish, a good picture.
"Miss, that Lord Shen is here again!" Seeing Shen Chongming coming from afar, the maid Hong'er, who was accompanying Zhao Ziqian, hurriedly said.
Zhao Ziqian, who was feeding the fish, looked back and her eyes suddenly lit up. The story told by Shen Chongming yesterday kept her awake all night, and she kept thinking about asking her father to invite Shen Chongming to tell him what she had seen outside, but she didn't expect him to come again overnight.
"Miss Ziqian, I'm so interested, this feeding fish is a meticulous job, and only a talented woman like you can do it." Shen Chongming stepped forward with a smile on his face, and said shamelessly, to tell the truth, he really didn't know how to greet the girl's family.
"The adults smiled, and Zi Qian was just throwing some fish food at random." Zhao Ziqian blushed a little.
After saying this, there was inevitably a silence between the two, and neither of them knew what to say.
"Lord Shen, why are you here again?" Hong'er couldn't help but ask, as soon as the words came out, Shen Chongming immediately fell into an embarrassing situation, why did he come again.
"Oh, it's the prefect who has something to discuss. Maybe the prefect has something to delay again, and he walks around this garden when he has nothing to do, but he didn't expect to meet Miss Zhao, it's really fateful, hehe. Shen Chongming lied a lot, and he didn't dare to say that it was the old housekeeper who told him that Zhao Ziqian was feeding the fish here.
Hearing him say this, Zhao Ziqian couldn't help but blush, how did this person meet at my house is that the two of them are fated.
Hong'er smirked, and couldn't help but tease: "Lord Shen, this is our family, it's normal for you to meet Miss." ”
Shen Chongming's old face turned red, and he was drenched in cold sweat, the lethality of these words was too great, and the cheekiness of the miscellaneous family was a little unbearable.
"Miss Ziqian, why don't we feed the fish together." As he spoke, without waiting for someone to agree, he stepped forward and grabbed a handful of the fish food bowl in Hong'er's hand and came to Zhao Ziqian's side.
Zhao Ziqian smiled slightly, and threw the fish food in her hand into the pond, but the action was elegant and the sprinkling was very even.
Shen Chongming was different, with a wave of his hand, the fish food smashed into the pond like hail, and the fish who were so frightened that they came to the surface of the water and waited for the food to eat scattered!
"Lord Shen, move gently, and if you scare the fish, they won't dare to come again." Zhao Ziqian reminded with a smile.
Shen Chongming nodded hurriedly, looked back at Hong'er and said, "Miss Hong'er, give this official some fish food." ”
Seeing her young lady nodding, Hong'er couldn't help but shake her head and handed the fish food to Shen Chongming.