Chapter 155: The Underworld
Jiang Boping, the inspector of the Hexiwu Inspection Division, was pulling the abacus in the lobby, and the batch of goods that he bought more than ten days ago finally had a buyer, and he could make a lot of money, so he naturally had to calculate the income this time. After deducting the things, he didn't dare to make a move immediately, for fear that the person really had a big backer behind him, but after waiting for more than 20 days, it seems that he doesn't have to worry about it.
However, this time the goods are a little unpopular, they are all things that can't be seen to be of any use, that is, more than 3,000 foreign guns are good, but no one dares to buy this thing. After a lot of twists and turns, I found the seller in the mountains, although the risk was a little bigger, but the price given by the other party was not bad, and Jiang Boping, who was in a hurry to get rid of it, couldn't take care of it. Those large things are all made of fine steel, but no one really wants them, Jiang Boping is going to find someone to collect scrap iron and sell them in a few days.
Hexi dock is the canal wharf into Beijing, whether it is to go to the water or to take the sea is indispensable to the oil and water here, and the inspection department is full of fat flowing oil. The inspection of Hexiwu is even known as a fat shortage that is not changed for a prefect, and there is no foundation in the court, so it is easy to get this position. Jiang Boping has roots in the court, but in order to maintain this root, he has to get two taels of water over the clouds in Hexiwu.
Jiang Boping can be said to be selfless and selfless, even if it is the caravan of the prince Baylor of the prince in Beijing, he can't miss his filial piety if he wants to cross Hexiwu. Rong Hong actually gave filial piety, otherwise how could he get to Hexiwu, and he wouldn't even be able to get out of Tianjin. But Rong Hong has too many things to transport, and the meaning of filial piety is a little smaller, Jiang Boping is a serious person, but he doesn't rub sand in his eyes, so he naturally wants to teach this little person who wants to get away with it well.
"My lord, it's not good, thousands of white-robed soldiers have entered the town!" A soldier ran into the lobby in a panic.
"What white-robed soldier?" Jiang Boping also took a jump, how could there be bandits entering the central area of the Qing Dynasty.
"The soldiers who are all wearing filial piety robes don't know where they came from!" The soldiers were not lightly frightened.
"Under what banner?" Jiang Boping's heart was thinking about the escape route.
"Blue Dragon Banner!" The soldier replied.
"You've fucking eaten too much!" Jiang Boping raised his hand and gave the soldiers a mouthful, the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty have entered the town, what are you panicking about.
"My lord, those soldiers are coming to us with great momentum!" The soldier covered his face and said aggrievedly.
"What are you doing here?" Jiang Boping had a question mark in his head, he had offended many people, but he had never seen the man who ate the gall of a leopard and dared to lead troops to find trouble. Hexiwu is an important place on the canal, and the blind one dares to mess around, and a piece of paper can make him lose his official position and resign.
"Library, library ......" The sound of neat footsteps shook the lobby and fell a little down, and dozens of soldiers in white robes rushed into the lobby, neatly setting their footsteps and lining up on both sides. Then a young Qing army official dressed in heavy filial piety walked in and tilted his head to look at Jiang Boping for a while.
"Are you the inspector of Hexiwu?" Guo Xing'a squinted at Jiang Boping.
"This official is Jiang Boping, the inspector of Hexiwu, who are you, how dare you trespass into the lobby of the inspection department!" The other party is a figure on the official face, and Jiang Bo is very confident.
"Lao Tzu Gu'an garrison Eight Banners Commander Guoxing, my pen post style Rong Hong escorted a batch of goods a few days ago and was detained by you, and said that he was a fake official. Lao Tzu came to prove to him, return the things to us, and the two are clear! Along the way, Saishan'a and Guoxing'a talked about the special features of Hexiwu, and Guoxing'a weighed it again and again, and gave up the plan to use force directly, after all, it is better to be a low-key person. And although the other party detained the goods from the head of Rong Hong as an official, he did not detain Rong Hong, and it seems that he also left a back hand.
"Well, since it's a misunderstanding, it's you!" Jiang Boping agreed very simply, he also knew that no one would suffer a dumb loss, but he didn't know why Guo Xing'a came after such a long time. The muskets already have a seller, and he will definitely not return them, and he will return those useless big guys. Jiang Boping originally wanted to extort some gold and silver, but Guo Xing's domineering appearance, he Jiang Boping hadn't suffered it for a few years, how could he be worthy of himself if he didn't deduct something.
"Thank you!" Guo Xing'a arched his hand and did not speak again. Rong Hong suffered a big loss on Jiang Boping, but people can't find fault with the official, and Guo Xing'a is not easy to attack.
The soldiers of the Inspection Department opened the storeroom and returned the seized machines, and Rong Hong, who was full, personally checked it. After some checking, Rong Hong's nose was almost crooked, and the only thing he returned back was the machine, a large number of raw materials and more than 3,000 rifles were gone.
"My lord, the raw materials and rifles are gone!" Rong Hong glared at Jiang Boping fiercely after coming to the court, and then said to Guo Xing'a.
"Lord Jiang, something is wrong! Let's make up for the shortcomings! I don't want to cause trouble! "If something happened to the machine and the firearm, there is no difference between it and moving Guo Xing'a's life, if it weren't for the dissuasion of Sai Shang'a and others, Guo Xing'a would have killed people a long time ago, where would he be polite to Jiang Boping.
"Your Excellency, don't wronged the officials, after the goods were seized, they were sealed on the spot, but no one touched them. That's all we have to do in Hexiwu, and nothing else. Guo Xing'a's attitude made Jiang Boping just want to drive Guo Xing'a out, because the room full of soldiers was not easy to attack, but the tone of his speech was still revealed, Lao Tzu is fooling you!
"You're sincere in stirring up trouble, aren't you?" Goshinga's hand was already on the hilt of the sword.
"Don't dare to mess around, this is the court of the imperial court, you and I are both officials of the imperial court, and you can tell the truth. If you have any objections, tomorrow Lord Wuqing County will come to my Hexi Dock to inspect, and adults can go to the county Lord to appeal! Jiang Boping tilted his head and said coldly. He doesn't care if he is a flag man or not, what can the prince in the capital do, the Son of Heaven and the scholar share the world, and I am afraid that you will not be able to become a captive young master.
"Good! You wait for me! Let's go! Guo Xing'a took his hand back, turned and left.
Guoxing's department was stationed outside the town of Hexiwu that night, and Saishan'a and others discussed and discussed but there was still no way, and this dumb man was decided. Rong Hong was beaten out by someone with a stick, and there was no voucher for what was deducted, so it was clear what was detained at the beginning. Now the Hexiwu Inspection Division is sure that Guo Xing'a really can't say anything in front of the official, and Hexiwu is a key force at the feet of the Son of Heaven. Just look at Jiang Boping's fearless look, let alone Wuqing County, I am afraid that the people in Beijing have already bought it, and there is no one in Guoxing Achao, and the lawsuit will definitely not be won.
"Hi Shou! I don't care what method you use, all the infantry battalions are under your command, and Lao Tzu wants the Hexiwu Patrol Division to leave no chickens and dogs! Guo Xing'a dropped the teacup and gave the death order with a snort.
Early the next morning, Mu Tong, the magistrate of Wuqing County, received two lawsuits at the same time, one was that the Gu'an Counselor Guoxing'a complained that the Hexiwu Inspection Division had seized his military funds and refused to return them, and the other was that the Hexiwu Inspectorate asked him to play on his behalf, and the Gu'an Counselor Guoxing'a Columnist kidnapped the families of all their subordinates.
"Guoxing Ashenling, you said that Hexiwu detained your military funds and refused to return it, but there is still evidence!" Mu Tong dealt with the matter in front of him first.
"God knows that you know and I know, there is nothing else, if he doesn't pay it back, I won't leave!" Guoxing Adangtang played a bachelor.
"Lord County, he is clearly blackmailing his subordinates!" Jiang Boping shouted and hit the sky.
"Humph!" Guo Xing'a sat in the Taishi's chair and picked up the teacup, refusing to say a word.
"My lord, this Guoxing'a column has kidnapped the family members of the subordinate officials and subordinates, please play for the subordinate officials and participate in him!" As soon as Jiang Boping came home last night, his wife and children were gone, and now he was so anxious that he was blistering.
"Write it! Lao Tzu didn't do it, and you don't have any evidence, so the saliva lawsuit will go! I've heard that the kidnappers caught someone, chopped off a finger a day, and slowly grinded it! I'm not in a hurry! Guo Xing'a spoke coldly with an obvious intimidating nature.
"Lord Counselor, you are also a member of the state...... Mu Tong couldn't stand Guo Xing's scoundrel look.
"Don't talk about that, I'm just a soldier, and there are many outlaws under my hands, and if I talk too much, I will cause trouble!" Guo Xing'a interrupted Mu Tong's words very rudely.
"This ......" Mu Tong didn't dare to continue, these generals who have been on the battlefield are really not easy to mess with, the official can't get you, it is really possible to send two dead soldiers to find a place where no one is there to hack you.
"Who said that we have no evidence, in broad daylight, how many people have seen with their own eyes that it was your soldiers who kidnapped my family!" Mu Tong extinguished the fire, and Jiang Boping bluffed.
"Is there one? You bring in the witnesses, and as long as one person says that he saw it, I will compensate your family! Guo Xing'a said in a weird way.
"Please make a notarization for the county lord!" Jiang Boping arched his hand to Mu Tong, turned around and asked the soldiers to find witnesses to go to the court.
Mu Tong's heart was secretly bitter, Jiang Boping's roots were far deeper than him, Guo Xing'a was directly threatened with violence, and both sides couldn't afford to offend, he was too difficult to behave. In a short time, more than a dozen people were brought to the lobby, and the soldiers and officials were also urging tightly, and their families were also kidnapped, how could they not be in a hurry.
"I've seen all the masters, kowtow to the masters!" A crowd of people knelt down.
"Don't make these false courtesies, look at it, if you are dressed like this when you rushed into the town yesterday to tie up people!" Jiang Boping became the protagonist of the hall, pointing to the soldiers beside Guo Xing'a and asking the people.
"Back to the eldest master, but it's like this, exactly the same!" The people looked up and bowed their heads.
"Goxing, what else do you have to say!" Jiang Boping was like thunder.
"Where do you all live? How did you see my soldiers kidnapping! Guo Xing'a didn't pay attention to Jiang Boping at all, and asked the people kindly.
"The villain lives in ......" The people honestly told the address of their homes, and retold how they saw the scene of the soldiers kidnapping people.
"Oh! Okay, Hishou, go check it out! Let's see if they're right, don't really be our soldiers! Guo Xing'a said lightly.
Xishou strode out of the Inspection Division, and the Second Infantry Battalion was sitting in the open space outside the Inspection Division.
"All of them, stand up!" Xishou enjoyed this feeling of obedience to orders from all over the army.
There was a "whoosh", and the soldiers stood up neatly.
"Get on the bayonet!" Xishou shouted loudly again.
"Click, whoa!" The movements of the soldiers were already very skillful, and the sound of more than 300 people collectively loading their bayonets was quite amazing.
"Five companies and one platoon, go to the ......" Xishou reported the addresses of the people who confessed just now, and listened to the cold sweat of the people in the hall, what are these soldiers going to do in their own homes.
"These people testify that we have kidnapped hostages, you must investigate carefully and do not leave anything out! The adults strictly ordered, it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let go of one! Let's go! "Whoever listens to Xishou's words is a threat.
"Kill!" The soldiers roared in unison, shaking the lobby of the Inspection Department and falling to the ground.
"O lord! The villain drank too much yesterday, and the villain didn't see anything! A very quick reaction of the people immediately stepped out of the crowd and took a few steps forward on his knees. So many soldiers killed in their own homes, but they didn't do anything, and their homes had to be destroyed.
"Xishou, he doesn't have to go!" Goxinga shouted out the door.
"My lord, we drank too much yesterday, and we didn't see anything!" All the people have retracted their confessions, they are not fools, this is a fight between the gods, they are blindly mixing and making peace, and they have to peel off a layer of skin if they don't die!
"How could they have drunk too much! You talk nonsense in the halls, but you will be punished! "Guoxing'a is cheap, so he naturally has to sell well.
"We drank together, drank together, drank too much!" The first people were very righteous enough to pull the difficult brother and the difficult brother. Jiang Boping, they can't afford to mess with them! He was the first to come out, and it was hard to ensure that Jiang Boping didn't hold a grudge against him, so of course he had to pull more people to be shields.
"Hi Shou! You don't have to go! Guo Xing'a played with the teacup very pleasantly.
"You threaten witnesses in court!" Jiang Boping moved forward, if he hadn't been able to beat Guo Xing'a, he would have wanted to do it.
"I'm not threatening witnesses, I'm threatening you!" Guo Xing'a put down the teacup and walked in front of Jiang Boping, he had endured enough, he had never been so angry since he crossed. What kidnapped his family to threaten Jiang Boping, Guo Xing'a didn't play, just pick it out!
"I Guowu killed from Jiangnan to Shandong, Li Xiucheng can't bully me with more than 100,000 horses, I can still let you bully! People are tied up by me, how about it? If you don't give me anything back for a day, I'll chop off one of their arms each, and the arms are gone, and the legs are gone. You have four days, and after four days, I don't want anything, and I'll give you back all the sticks in your family! If you are a soldier, you can't be reasonable! We're going to kill people, and if we don't pay me back within five days, I want you to be headed, and you want your whole family to become a stick. You don't need to write it, I sealed the town, you can send a word to me, I'm amazing! I heard that five days later, the horse bandits crossed the border, and there was a martyrdom in Wuqingzhi County and the Hexiwu patrol force, and the whole family was abused by the horse bandits, which is really scary! Guo Xing'a said to Jiang Boping word by word.
"You dare?" Jiang Boping trembled with fright, and the murderous aura refined in the blood river of Guoxing A's corpse mountain let him know that Guoxing Ah really did it.
"You try!" Goxinga laughed very coldly.
"I'll pay you back!" Jiang Boping was silent for a long time, and finally gave up fighting against this madman, although if Guo Xing'a really did this, he would also get into trouble. But Jiang Boping believed that when Guo Xing'a was in trouble, he was already a corpse.
"See something and release people!" Guo Xing'a smiled and walked out of the inspection department.
A few days later, a member of the concert was suppressed by someone, and then someone returned to his mansion and thought of various ways to kill Guoxinga.
"Guoxing, you little bastard, dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, and let you know your master's methods sooner or later!"