When Ji Qingwen heard the officers and soldiers coming, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, twisted his waist, and wanted to move his muscles and bones, which had been standing for a long time.

Xu Hongru saw that there was some movement on his body, and immediately straightened up the long sword in his hand, making Ji Qingwen feel that a wound the size of a mung bean seemed to be pierced in his stomach, and immediately stopped moving.

However, Ji Qingwen's body couldn't move, but his mouth was not idle, and he said: "Sect Master Xu, you are a smart person, you won't be unaware of the current situation - there are many of us in the restaurant, and there are officials and soldiers outside. Even if you have some martial arts, it's not easy to get out of this army, right? ”

Ji Qingwen's words were very reasonable, so that Xu Hongru couldn't refute them, but he still said stiffly: "That's also the number of days, the old man will fight with you today!" ”

Ji Qingwen's mind is extremely clear, the so-called "you live and die", isn't the first person to "die" is himself who is under Xu Hongru's sword!

So he reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said, "This is not called 'you die and I live', it is called 'you die and I am too', so why bother with Sect Master Xu?" As long as you put down the sword in your hand, then after the officers and soldiers come in, I can say that everyone has some disputes and send the officers and soldiers away. Then we went back to our own homes and looked for our mothers, so that the well water would not interfere with the river water. Otherwise, even if you kill me now, you won't be able to escape this net. ”

This is Xu Hongru, a shriveled old man in his fifties and sixties, who is subconsciously unwilling to give up his life in this unknown restaurant.

So he pondered for a moment and said, "You have said this nicely, but if I let you go, if you regret it, what will I do?" The sword in his hand still went straight to Ji Qingwen's belly.

Ji Qingwen said: "Sect Leader Xu can rest assured of this. You are standing next to me, with your martial arts, you want to kill me, isn't that a blink of an eye? ”

Xu Hongru pondered for a while, then slowly put down the sword in his hand, moved to stand next to Ji Qingwen, and did not forget to warn: "Then you have to be careful, don't play any tricks!" ”

Ji Qingwen hurriedly nodded in agreement, and said loudly: "Everyone, I don't want to cause trouble, now that the official army is here, please put down the guys in everyone's hands!" ”

What Ji Qingwen discussed with Xu Hongru just now, the governor of the Qin Palace, Shi heard it clearly, and saw that the prince Zhu Cunshu had no objections, so he hurriedly ordered his guards to throw the weapons in their hands on the ground.

Seeing this, Li Zicheng also put down the bench that was temporarily used as a weapon in his arms, and the few dead friends behind him also put down their weapons.

At this moment, the door of the "Lao Wanxing" restaurant was kicked open with a "bang", and a person wearing a four-grade civil official uniform walked in from the door, glanced at everyone coldly, and asked, "What's the matter with you?" Make such a mess? Is there someone making trouble here? Where is the shopkeeper? Please come out and speak! ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to the official, and said, "Yo, it turned out that the prefect was here, and he lost his welcome, and he lost his welcome!" ”

The prefect of Xi'an, who was in his forties, looked serious and said: "You don't talk nonsense, let me ask you, what's going on here?" ”

The shopkeeper could not tell the truth, and he did not know how to tell lies, and he did not know how to answer.

Ji Qingwen knew that the person who came was Chen Yingyuan, the current prefect of Xi'an, although he was a little pedantic, but he was a rare good official who was upright and honest.

So Ji Qingwen stepped forward and said, "It turns out that Lord Chen is here!" The grass people said goodbye to Lord Chen. As he spoke, he made a gesture from afar.

Chen Yingyuan's eyes swept and asked, "Who are you?" The official didn't ask you, how dare you come out and answer? ”

Ji Qingwen hurriedly replied: "Xiao Ke Ji Qingwen." Today is the better it is for my family and the tenants to negotiate here. It is inevitable that there will be some disputes, so just now a few tenants quarreled with a few Zhuang Ding of my family, and Xiao Ke has reprimanded him......"

Chen Yingyuan sneered and retorted: "Nonsense! Let me ask you, how many tables do you have on this side? How many tenants did you invite? How many Zhuang Ding were sent over? ”

These few words immediately made Ji Qingwen stupid.

In the atrium of this "Lao Wanxing" restaurant, there are only 30 tables of seats, and no matter how crowded they are, they can only accommodate 400 people to eat, but now the atrium is full of as many as six or seven hundred people - so Ji Qingwen's statement is obviously untenable.

Seeing that the lie was about to be exposed by Chen Yingyuan, he heard one of the people in the crowd say, "Lord Chen, do you still recognize me?" ”

Chen Yingyuan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked at the person who spoke, but saw that it was Zhu Cunshu, the son of the King of Qin, so he hurriedly walked up a few steps and saluted him, and said: "It turns out that the prince is here, and the officials are polite." I don't know why the prince is not studying in the palace, why did he come here? ”

Although the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were strictly controlled by the imperial court, after all, they were the grandsons of dragons and phoenixes, and the relatives of the emperor, and their status was much higher than that of ordinary officials.

Therefore, when Zhu Cunshu talked to the prefect, he was a little more confident, and said: "I led people to inspect the city defense, and I saw that there seemed to be some disputes here, and because Ji Qingwen was my friend, I came to help him stand and cheer." ”

Chen Yingyuan frowned and said, "According to the prince of the world, so many people here are all guards of the Qin Palace?" ”

Zhu Cunshu nodded and said, "Yes, it's the guards in my palace, what's wrong?" Isn't it possible? ”

According to the usual practice, the vassal king's guards were not allowed to meddle in local government affairs at will, but the Qin Wangfu was an exception, and according to the regulations, it was indeed responsible for the defense of Xi'an and the security affairs in the city. Therefore, Zhu Cunshu, the son of the King of Qin, led the palace guards and intervened in the matter of the Ji family's tenants, although it was not in line with the norm, but it was also beyond reproach in legal theory.

Just as Zhu Cunshu and Chen Yingyuan were talking with each other and me saying a word, Xu Hongru, who was standing next to Ji Qingwen, was almost about to regret it.

He regretted that he hadn't seen that the young man sitting next to Ji Qingwen was actually the prince of King Qin. If he had known it earlier, then why bother to deal with Ji Qingwen, just kidnap Zhu Cunshu, and face the official government that throws the mouse, and he can occupy an undoubted active position.

But now that the prefect of Xi'an has led the official army to arrive, Zhu Cunshu has already retreated to the protection of a large group of palace guards, not to mention that Xu Hongru is now old and weak, even when he was at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, he was not completely sure that he could hold the current Zhu Cunshu.

But seeing Chen Yingyuan ponder for a moment, he said: "Since the Qin Wangfu has come forward, then this dispute over tenants should also be invisible, right?" I don't know what else needs to be served? ”

Ji Qingwen was bent on sending Chen Yingyuan away, so he grabbed the conversation on his side and said, "It's okay, it's okay." When the prince is out, who else dares to make a mistake? After a turmoil, Xiao Ke has already negotiated with the tenants, and the tenant rent will not rise or decrease, and according to the situation last year, the tenant rent per mu of land will be 30%. Ladies and gentlemen, is there any objection? ”

The situation has developed to this point, of course, no one dares to come out to oppose it, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Xu Hongru, Xiuying and others who made a lot of trouble just now are all silent, as if they are dead.

The prefect Chen Yingyuan was still not at ease, a pair of eyes scanned over and over again, knowing that there must be something strange in it, but he couldn't ask what the reason was, so he said: "Since the tenant has been discussed, then there is nothing to eat for this meal." In this way, the official is in charge, and all the free officers and soldiers are escorted home, and they are not allowed to stay here for a long time! ”

After speaking, Chen Yingyuan made another gesture towards Zhu Cunshu and asked, "Lord Shizi, is it safe for this official to deal with it like this?" ”

Zhu Cunshu was at a loss, and when he heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Ji Qingwen, and saw that he was nodding secretly in agreement, so he said, "It's okay, it's quite safe, just do it according to your method." ”

Chen Yingyuan took over the conversation and said: "Since this is the case, then ask the prince to lead the palace guards back first, and the security and defense here will be taken over by this official." ”

When Zhu Cunshu heard this, he was unhappy again, and asked rhetorically: "Are you trying to drive me away?" ”

Chen Yingyuan said with a stern expression: "I don't dare, it's just that the lower officials heard that the imperial court has sent the governor of Yansui down, and as early as this evening or tomorrow morning, they will be stationed in Xi'an City." It is good for the palace to guard and maintain the safety of the city, but it seems that it is a little inappropriate to meddle in civil disputes, for fear that the governor's face will not look good. ”