The scream of Nian Gonggong became the most lively topic of the Lantern Festival in the twenty-third year of Zhengchang. Whether in the streets or alleys, or in the mansions of high-ranking officials and magnates, many people held high-priced or cheap tea, ate valuable or worthless snacks, and described the farce with foaming at the mouth.

Combined with the gambling contract between Qin Fei and Nian's father-in-law, which was rumored in the entire Eastern Capital some time ago, this matter has gradually become a public event. The people of Dongdu have a strong sense of pride, have lived at the feet of the Son of Heaven for a long time, and they are born with the feeling that they know more about politics than people in other places.

As a result, Niang's father-in-law was castrated for the second time, and in the mouths of the people of Dongdu, he became more and more associated with the secrets of the palace and the contradictions in the prosecutor's office. Every Dongdu person, who was born with political cells, spared no effort to carry out his own analysis, and the matter has been deduced into thousands of development directions, involving no less than 500 officials. Even Qin Fei, the initiator, did not expect that the imagination of the people of the Eastern Capital would be so powerful.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the major yamen began to formalize. Although every morning, the gate of the yamen has to be closed until noon, but after noon, at least a few figures can be seen in the office. Although the common people walked into the yamen, those officials all looked like they were ignorant of answers, and their minds were still on leaf cards and mahjong, but at least they had no reason not to show up.

Kind-hearted people can tolerate their slackness as well as their arrogance. As long as they can solve their own problems, but the officials, who have gone crazy, still cause all kinds of troubles as in previous years.

On the evening of the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, Qin Fei finished his day's work and walked out of the prosecutor's hall with a relaxed body. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a fat figure behind the stone monument, cowering with a probe poking his brain. That figure was very familiar, Qin Fei smiled softly, raised his chin at the man, and smiled, which could be regarded as a greeting.

When the man saw Qin Fei smiling at him, he suddenly came to his senses, jumped to Qin Fei's side in three steps and two steps, looked flattering, and said with a smile: "Governor Qin, it is difficult for you to be promoted and make a fortune, and you have not forgotten your humble position." ”

"Ma Zhensu is the chief of my inspection, how can I forget?" Qin Fei spoke, but there was a little strange in his heart, why did Ma Zhensuo come to the prosecutor's hall at this time? Didn't you get into some trouble?

"Where does the chief dare to be? Qin Zhendu is a young hero, and now his official position has been promoted again and again, and he has already soared, hehe, hehe! Ma Zhensuo laughed twice, and seeing Qin Fei's kind face, he still had the courage to say his purpose: "Governor Qin Zhen, in fact, I am here to wait for you. In other words, the brothers of our vegetable street inspection office have always wanted to find the governor of Qin Town to catch up with the past. But you are busy now, where do you have so much free time to socialize? Hey...... Inside, our brothers set up a table in Lefeng Nian, and wanted to invite Qin Zhendu to drink a glass of water and wine. ”

Qin Fei let out a faint 'hmm', noncommittal. Lefengnian is also a well-known restaurant in the Eastern Capital, and it is a very formal and old-fashioned restaurant. There's absolutely nothing erotic about it here, it relies on performances such as opera acrobatics and well-known storytellers to attract guests. The wine and food here are also a must in the Eastern Capital, especially the crispy roast duck, which dares to be called the second in the Eastern Capital, and no one dares to say that they are the first.

It stands to reason that Ma Zhensuo and others, who have always been prodigal, should go to those places where beautiful women perform to be normal even if they invite guests to dinner. Their favorite is the leaf brand mahjong, as well as the woman's thighs and chest......

The strangest thing is that Lefeng's consumption is definitely not low, and it takes almost two months for Ma Zhensu to set up a table for twelve people there. There is no free lunch in the world, and Ma Zhen has suffered a lot of money, and what he wants must be not small.

Qin Fei wanted to refuse him, but when he looked down and saw Ma Zhen's pitiful appearance, he was almost saying that if Qin Fei didn't go, he would be ruined. Qin Fei sighed secretly, let's go once, after all, he has a colleague in the vegetable market, and if he doesn't give him any face, it will inevitably hurt the heart of his old colleague.

Qin Fei nodded, Ma Zhen was overjoyed, he had already prepared a carriage at the intersection, and immediately asked Qin Fei to get in the car and head towards Le Fengnian.

Le Fengnian is a somewhat quaint old restaurant, with a stage set up in the lobby on the first floor for performances by troupes and storytellers. The boxes on the second floor are a little cramped, and interestingly, each room has a tube with a bell mouth. It is guaranteed that the guests in the private room can also hear the opera or books on the first floor.

Ma Zhen led the way diligently, led the box to the second floor, pushed open the door, and saw that Lao Xu, Zhao Jia and others were all seated. When they saw Qin Fei coming in, they hurriedly stood up and greeted them, but their expressions were a little embarrassed.

Qin Fei saw his old colleagues one by one, and suddenly a blue-shirted man stood in front of Qin Fei, and said with a smile: "Governor Qin, Mi Hualiang is in charge of the Homicide Department of the General Inspection Bureau." ”

Qin Fei's heart suddenly seemed like a mirror, this Mi Hualiang definitely stabbed the basket, and eighty percent of them were going to be investigated by the Prosecutor's Office. But he had no other way to find someone in the prosecutor's office who could talk, so he hit himself with the idea. With his position in the General Administration, Ma Zhensuo and others were naturally afraid of him when they saw him. This meal was arranged by Mi Hualiang, and the so-called gathering of colleagues in the vegetable market street was just a disguise.

"Rice is from the vegetable market?" Qin Fei asked unceremoniously.

Mi Hualiang is very well-cultivated: "I was born in Beicheng. ”

"Why did Host Nami come to dinner?" Qin Fei pretended not to know and asked in surprise.

Mi Hualiang didn't expect Qin Fei to speak so directly, officialdom pays attention to speaking three points, and doing things seventy percent. As soon as Qin Fei came up, he was full of words, and he suddenly fell into a very embarrassing situation, and he didn't answer, and it was rude not to answer.

Fortunately, Mi Hualiang's brain turned very fast, stretched out his hand and pulled over Ma Zhensuo, and said with a smiling face: "Qin Zhendu doesn't know, he has been friends with Ma Zhensuo for many years. Listening to what Ma Zhen said, today's gathering of colleagues in the vegetable market, and the Governor of Qin Town is coming, and I have heard the name of the Governor of Qin Town for a long time, but it is a pity that I am on the side, so I have a cheeky face to beg for a meal. ”

Mi Hualiang said it so humbly, it made Qin Fei uncomfortable.

Ma Zhensuo just looked at Qin Fei with a smile on his face that was uglier than crying. For him, both sides are unprovoked masters, and he just hopes that he won't offend Qin Fei because of this.

Qin Fei sighed leisurely, pulled a chair and sat down, and as soon as everyone saw that there was a play, they all quickly sat down, and even gave up their seats.

After a few idle words, Mi Hualiang felt that the time was about the same, so he spoke: "Governor Qin, there is something that is really strange to say. ”

"Just say it's weird!" Qin Fei said lightly.

"The cause of the incident is an officer in our Eastern Capital, who is old and addicted to gambling. After returning home from the army, it didn't take long for him to lose all his money. Seeing that the old couple will not be able to support the elderly. The officer threw the idea on his granddaughter's head. ”

His son and daughter-in-law died at an early age, and the granddaughter has been raised by her grandmother, who is sixteen years old and quite beautiful. I had already promised to marry someone. But the officer went home and told his wife not to marry the family, break the marriage contract, and marry a distant relative in Captain Lei's family. What do women know? As soon as I heard that I could get close to Captain Lei, I was immediately fascinated and agreed. found an excuse and pushed off the marriage contract. ”

In fact, he didn't marry his granddaughter to a distant relative of the Lei family at all, but sold his granddaughter to Qinglou at a high price, and sold a lot of silver! After that, I found many reasons to coax my wife. said that the Lei family has big rules, and said that the granddaughter is not qualified to be big, she can only be small, so the wedding will not be held, etc. In short, he deceived his wife. ”

But his granddaughter, after being sold, has been loyal and unyielding, refusing to accept customers. The Qinglou was beaten, hungry and hungry, and drugged, but this girl messed up many times in one go. Qinglou saw that he couldn't make money, so he sold it to another Qinglou...... The matter has been staged again and again, and it has been resold by five Qinglou in a row. ”

Qin Fei said slowly: "There is such a thing, and there are such grandparents?" ”

Seeing Qin Fei's response, Mi Hualiang felt a little confident in his heart, and immediately said: "The world is so big, there are no surprises. Later, the officer's wife, missing her granddaughter, went to the Lei family's relatives' house with her own crutches, saying that she wanted to see her granddaughter. Unexpectedly, the Lei family said that they didn't know this person at all. The old woman knew that she had been deceived, so she went home and fought hard with the old man to get his granddaughter back. ”

The officer was forced to have no choice but to grit his teeth and try to redeem his granddaughter cheekily. But the brothel was sold back and forth, and people ignored him, and later they couldn't find out where his granddaughter was sold. Mi Hualiang sighed quietly: "That's the law of Da Chu, once you enter the Qinglou, you will be a pariah." Untouchables can buy and sell, and they can not be recorded! ”

"The family had no choice, so they went to report to the official. When the inspection office received the case, they first arrested the officer because he had violated national law by selling his granddaughter to a brothel without permission. Then go to the woman......" Mi Hualiang smiled bitterly: "Later, I caused two troubles." ”

"What's the trouble?" Qin Fei asked rhetorically.

"His granddaughter was sold into the Qinglou earlier, and later had to be redeemed by one person and bought home as a maidservant. That person, we can't afford to mess with ......" Mi Hualiang continued: "Qin Zhendu, there is a murder case below, and this kind of case is not under my control. But the officer didn't know why he couldn't think about it, so he committed suicide in prison. Well, the case has come to me...... I received the case less than a day, the murder department was smashed, in the lower legs and feet fast, seeing that the opportunity is not good, quickly slip away, so as to leave a piece intact. Pity my brothers in the murder department, all of them have been beaten with blue noses and swollen faces, broken bones and tendons......"

Mi Hualiang suddenly knelt down: "In the entire Eastern Capital, I know that the person who can talk to these two people is none other than the Governor of Qin Town. Nian is also from the first line of inspection in Qinzhen, please help us! ”