Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Conspiracy After Huang Mei's Transfer
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This fan is not a Chinese treasure, and foreign countries are entering with me today.
There, your grandfather has made great contributions, long live to give loyal and good ministers.
When I was married to my mother, as long as I had a treasure fan, I had it with me.
Take the white fan to Beijing, and my grandfather will definitely send troops when he sees the fan! ”
Under a tea shed on the periphery of the Jingshi overpass, a woman of eighteen or nineteen years old was singing the Huangmei tune euphemistically and melodiously, and on her right were two musicians accompanying her, the two musicians, one old and one young, the old one was in his fifties, with a white beard and ragged clothes; The youngest was only eight or nine years old, and he was a thin young man, and his robe was draped over his body, which looked very ill-fitting. At their feet, the song "The Legend of the White Fan" and the flower name of the young woman "Golden Cicada" were written in thin gold font.
Because the tea gardens and teahouses of the Tianqiao have different resident artists performing, such as storytelling, opera, drums, single strings, children's books, etc., there are special performance venues, most of which are in the tea shops around these Tianqiao, and artists like "Jin Cicada" who have been displaced from the south to Beijing cannot enter those places to perform and make money, and can only perform temporarily in these tea sheds that provide a resting place for the common people, and ask for some rewards.
Most of these artists who came to Beijing from the south were displaced by the disaster in their hometowns, and they were half-art and half-begging for their livelihood. In recent years, there have been many flower drum opera artists who have come to Beijing from Anhui to perform, and it is not uncommon for some idlers to listen to the opera on the flyover, but there are very few yellow plum tunes, so this golden cicada has been performing here for seven or eight days, and there are more and more spectators.
In addition, although this golden cicada is dressed simply, but it is beautiful and moving, slender and colorful, and it has attracted a lot of good idlers to watch it for a while, so that the tea shed that can only accommodate twenty or thirty people has gathered more than 100 people at once, and the crowd is crowded and bustling.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! ”
Just when the young man who accompanied the golden cicada was holding a large bowl to ask the audience around for a reward, a group of officers and soldiers suddenly rushed into the crowd, led by the official uniform of the seventh-grade silk emulus complement, came in violently, picked up a stool with his feet, and sat down proudly.
Some of the people who watched were often wandering around the overpass, and they knew that this seven-rank official was in charge of patrolling the city in the overpass area, named Wan Chao.
The full name of the Imperial History of the Patrol City is "Inspecting the Imperial History of the Five Cities", which is in charge of the inspection of public security, the trial of lawsuits, the arrest of thieves, and the rectification of customs in the eastern, western, southern, northern, and central five cities of the Beijing Division. Because the five cities are divided into: the middle city is divided into two squares: the middle and the west, and the middle and the middle; Dongcheng is divided into Chaoyang and Chongnan two squares; Xicheng is divided into customs outside and Xuannan two squares; The south city is divided into southeast and east squares; The north city is divided into two squares, such as Lingzhong and Rinan, so the imperial history of the city patrol is usually called "the master of the square".
This Wan Chao was assigned here a few months ago from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, due to the large number of foreign populations in the Tianqiao area, so Wan Chao has handled several major cases one after another since he took office, and searched and captured many rebels involved in the remnants of the White Lotus Sect and the Tianli Sect, and moved the capital. However, some people who know the inside story say that this Wan Da Yushi is the best at framing good people, and accepting these cases is just taking the opportunity to ask for bribes, although these rumors are difficult to have solid evidence, but this Wan Da Yushi has only been in office for a few months, and he has changed a big house in the city, which may also corroborate these rumors from the side.
"Where did you come from?" Wan Chao stroked the teapot on the table and asked proudly to the golden cicada who was singing.
Jin Chan hesitated slightly, and the soldiers brought by Wan Chao shouted loudly: "The master asked you something, and you still don't kneel down to answer!" ”
"Back to the words of the lord," Jin Chan hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed and replied, "The little woman from northern Anhui, because her hometown has been affected by disasters for many years, she has been living all the way north with her uncle and cousin, and makes a living by performing arts. ”
Wan Chao turned his head to look at the old and young who were playing with him, wiped the short mustache on his lips, and said slowly: "Recently, there have been many chaotic people in northern Anhui who have entered Beijing, set up altars to practice boxing, and are ready to move. ”
"My lord," begged the old musician, who was to accompany him, knelt down and pleaded, "we are good citizens! I really have nowhere to make a living, so I came to Beijing to beg for my art, please be gracious......"
"Let's go!" Wan Chao didn't want to listen to his ramblings, stood up and waved his hand, signaling his soldiers to take them down, "Whether it is a good citizen or not, when you get to the yamen, you can tell by yourself!" ”
"Uncle," Jin Chan seemed extremely calm, she picked up the old musician, and persuaded, "Don't panic, there are many yamen on the ground in the capital, and since we are good citizens, are we afraid that there is no justice under the feet of this Son of Heaven?" ”
Wan Chao had already walked out of the crowd, and when he heard Jin Cicada's words, he couldn't help but look back at her again, only to see that her eyebrows were high, and she was not afraid, and she secretly admired her in her heart, so she sneered at the moment and said, "Then let's go, go to the yamen and take a good look at what the feet of the Son of Heaven look like!" ”
So, a group of officers and soldiers escorted Jin Chan and others to the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division, and there was a man who looked like a merchant in the tea shed looking at them from afar, and couldn't help but sigh: "I'm afraid this is another unjust case!" ”
"Yo?" An idle man said, "How did you find out about this unjust case?" ”
"Hmph," the merchant sneered, "These petty officials and cool officials have done less to frame good people and bully people's women?" ”
"Hey," the idle man said in a weird manner, "You are so arrogant in what you say, why didn't you go to the hero to save the beauty just now?" ”
When everyone next to them heard this sarcastic remark, they all sneered and ridiculed.
The merchant ignored it and just asked, "Where will they take people to the church?" ”
The idle man had been messing around the overpass for a long time, but he still had some common sense, so he replied: "It must be to go to the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division, and first put him in the signing room for trial, this kind of thing will not be promoted to the court in the capital!" Drumming and ascending, that's all in the play! ”
The merchant nodded, turned and walked away.
"This man," the idle man looked at the merchant and said half-jokingly to the man next to him, "you can't be bold enough to rob the prison, right?" ”
Everyone laughed again, and the idler felt very proud, and shouted in the direction where the merchant had gone: "Hey, if you really want to rob the prison, say it, I'm worried about the excitement!" When I turn around, I will move a bench to the gate of the Terracotta Division to see you in the war workshop! ”
"Haha!" The onlookers dispersed amid laughter.
After Wan Chao escorted the three of Jin Chan to the signing room of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, he hurried to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to meet with the official appointment and give Shuangshou in the matter. Shuangshou heard that someone had a report, so he hurriedly came out to greet him, and the two went around to a secluded place, Wan Chao took out a piece of paper and said in a low voice: "I just arrested three people who came to Beijing from northern Anhui, and their names are written on it." ”
"Have you interrogated them?" Shuangshou took the paper and looked at the names on it carefully, "Are the names accurate?" ”
"It hasn't been tried yet," Wan Chao replied, "the name was reported by them themselves, so it doesn't matter if it's true or not, right?" ”
Shuangshou frowned, and Zhengse said: "This is an errand assigned by the Dingjun Palace, you must not mess it up, you must interrogate it clearly when you go back, and you must let them bite someone in the confession!" ”
"Bite whom?" Wan Chao asked, "I've arrested all the people now, who are you going to bite this time?" ”
Shuangshou looked around cautiously, and then said softly: "The sixth child of Prince Zheng's mansion is named Su Shun!" ”
"The sixth child of Prince Zheng's mansion?" Because the children of the Eight Banners often mix with the flyover, Wan Chao knows everything about Beile Jueluo in the palaces of the Jingshi, but he has never heard of the name of Su Shun, "When did Prince Zheng's Mansion have a sixth child?" ”
"Say it and you'll recognize it!" Shuangshou said, "It's the one who used to say cross talk on the flyover, his name is Su Xiaoliu!" ”
"Huh?" Wan Chao was shocked, "How did this grandson get mixed up in Prince Zheng's mansion?" ”