Chapter 149: Door-to-door questioning

Cheng Yue rolled his eyes at Zhang Shijie and said, "Brother Shijie, just spare me." I now have four concubines in my family, and there are six waiting to enter the door, and Ding Niang will enter the door again, and there is another princess on the Mongolian side, which is already twelve. You also know that I also bought eight courtesans, and I heard that the Mongolian princess also has a bunch of dowries, and I don't know how many wives I will have in the end. Brother Shijie, I really don't lack women, I understand your kindness, if I have a relationship with your niece, then I will talk about it later. ”

Zhang Shijie sighed softly with some regret, and then said, "Then shouldn't we leave now?" ”

Cheng Yue got up and said with a smile: "Of course you have to go, and you have to hurry up and rush back overnight to find someone." Brother Shijie, thank you for your hard work, let's go back. ”

Zhang Shijie got up and followed Cheng Yue, saw Cheng Yue take out two flashlights, grabbed one of them with joy, and said loudly: "Metropolitan Governor, you owe me a favor this time, I've heard of this thing, it's called a flashlight, right?" If you don't return it, this thing belongs to me, hehe, let's clear both, clear both. ”

Cheng Yue shook his head and said: "You don't know why, this thing won't be out of power for a long time, and you will have to return it to me when the time comes." However, let you use it until you run out of power. Don't break it, I'm very useful, I have to rely on it for night surgery, it's life-saving. ”

Zhang Shijie is a person who knows the severity, and hurriedly said: "Just kidding with the Metropolitan Governor, this thing is so important, I don't dare to ask for it, but the Metropolitan Governor has to remember it, and I have to return it to me in the future." ”

Cheng Yue smiled: "I asked you to bring my marines, how can you thank me?" 10,000 men are under your hands, and you owe me 10,000 favors. ”

Zhang Shijie couldn't talk about him. I had to say haha: "Hurry up, go quickly." At night the horse runs slowly. Don't get suspicious. ”

The two turned on flashlights, rode horses and trotted all the way, and finally returned to Lin'an when they were about to pass the third watch.

When Lu Xiufu and the others arrived at the Wen Mansion on the other side, Wen Tianxiang was pretending to tidy up the family, wiping the armor, unsheathing the knife, and winding the bow, looking like he was ready to kill the Cheng Mansion. Lian Wen Tianxiang is a scholar. He also straddled a knife around his waist.

Seeing this, Lu Xiufu and the others didn't care about being polite, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Wen Tianxiang.

Yushi Sun Rongsuo stretched out his hand and pressed the handle of the knife on Wen Tianxiang's waist, and said: "Wenshan (Wen Tianxiang's self-name) is slow, the matter of the eldest lady is purely a misunderstanding, Zhang Shijie has gone to the outside of the city to find the governor, presumably after the governor receives the news, he will soon be able to rush back to Lin'an to deal with this matter." Wen Shansu is good friends with the governor of the capital, why should he meet each other because of a misunderstanding? There is still work to be done. Wenshan must calm down and don't be angry for a while. Let the DPRK and China be in turmoil. The saint sent me and others to come, just because of this matter, Wenshan, please be relieved, this matter is not difficult to solve. After saying that, he held the handle of the knife and never let go.

Sun Rongsuo is famous for his integrity, whether it is Jia Nidao before, or Liu Mengyan and Chen Yizhong now, he has been impeached many times, Wen Tianxiang respects him and is very friendly with him. Seeing that he refused to let himself move, he sighed and said, "Alas, how can I be willing to turn my face with the Grand Duke." It's just that my baby daughter is the heart of the cheap, as soon as I heard that she was taken away by the Cheng Mansion's family, the cheap one cried all over the night, if I don't do anything else, I'm afraid that the daughter hasn't snatched it back, and the lady has no one first. As a last resort, the only way to surround Chengfu with domestic soldiers is to let them hand over Dingniang as soon as possible, so as to protect Dingniang's reputation. ”

Right Zhengyan Chen Zhongwei said: "Wenshan is not in a hurry, the metropolitan governor is not unreasonable, and the generals who forgive him will not dare to treat the eldest lady as well." If Wenshan really surrounded the Dadu Governor's Mansion with his family soldiers, the Dadu Governor's family soldiers were not angry for a while, and the two sides clashed, which would make things unmanageable. Why don't we accompany Wenshan to the Dadu Governor's Mansion to ask for someone, although the Dadu Governor is not there, but the people in his house see you coming to the door in person, how can they refuse to let people go? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to explain to the Grand Governor? ”

Chen Zhongwei has always been known for his outspokenness, and he is quite famous, and he has popular popularity wherever he has jurisdiction.

Several ministers also deeply agreed, and persuaded Wen Tianxiang to come.

Wen Tianxiang saw that his goal had been achieved, so he pretended to hesitate and said again and again: "Zhiguang (Chen Zhongwei's words) This is very true, I was in a hurry, but I didn't expect it here. Okay, I'll invite a few adults to come to Chengfu with me, and I must ask them to hand them over. ”

Seeing that they had finally persuaded Wen Tianxiang in time, several ministers couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they worked tirelessly to accompany him to Chengfu, and the knife on Wen Tianxiang's waist was naturally thrown to the soldiers for safekeeping. Only Lu Xiufu was thoughtful and followed behind without saying a word.

Wen Tianxiang and several ministers came to Cheng's mansion, and the sky was about to darken. Ding Yi and Shi Xiu saw that Wen Tianxiang and the ministers really came to the door, and hurriedly entered the mansion to pass Yang Ting and the others who had been waiting there, and the other let them in and accompanied them to walk in slowly.

Yang Ting and the other four received the report, looked at each other and smiled, pretending to be surprised.

Both sides were in a hurry, and when they met head-on in the side hall, Yang Ting was very anxious to give a salute first, and let the ministers enter the side hall first. As soon as he sat down, he couldn't wait for the tea, so he immediately asked: "The governor is not in the mansion, and the prince and the adults suddenly came here, but what is the teaching?" ”

Wen Tianxiang said angrily: "Lord Yang should pretend to be confused, what is the reason why the people of your Cheng Mansion arrested my eldest daughter Dingniang into the mansion today?" If you want to do this, then your Cheng Mansion must give me an explanation. Dingniang is quiet by nature, when did she offend Cheng Fu? If there is a misunderstanding, then it is even more necessary to ask, why have you not released people until now? Is there no one to take care of Cheng Mansion? The words were extremely heavy, but they were all reasonable, and all the ministers nodded frequently.

Yang Ting and the others were "shocked", Ma Fu jumped up suddenly, walked quickly to Wen Tianxiang and knelt down: "I don't want Ma Fu to cause a big disaster!" The last general just wanted to take the courtesans back to the mansion smoothly, but unexpectedly, those courtesans actually got into the carriage of the eldest lady. The last general only said that it was the carriage they had hired in advance, and regardless of the coachman's explanation, he escorted the carriage into the palace, and all the women in the carriage were sent to the back house, and when the governor returned to the palace, he was released. ”

Wen Tianxiang said angrily: "It turned out to be you!" You are also a confidant of the Grand Duke, how can you be reckless? Does anyone dare to pretend to be in my Wenfu's carriage? What's more, it's in Lin'an, can't you go to my house to check it? Ridiculous! It's ridiculous! ”

Ma Fu honestly knelt there and listened to Wen Tianxiang scolding him angrily one after another, his heart and Wen Xianggong deserved to be the champion, and he acted so well, and he and the governor were really a good pair of sons-in-law.

Yang Ting saw that the heat was almost over, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said: "Minister Wen is angry, I also have something wrong with this matter, so I rashly believed him and didn't verify it." When the rain clears, we will go to the house to plead guilty. ”

Wu Jian, a member of the Privy Council, said in a deep voice: "Since you admit your mistake in this matter, why don't you immediately ask Miss Wen to apologize and send it back to Wenfu?" ”

Wu Jian is Xie Daoqing's cousin-in-law, who has been a eunuch all his life, has political achievements, and has a very good official reputation. In history, Liu Mengyan and Chen Yizhong fled after the siege of the Yuan army, while Wu Jian insisted on staying with Xie Tang and several other scholars, and later was ordered to go to Dadu to send the surrender table, and died of illness in Dadu. But Cheng Yue's birth inadvertently saved his old man's life. But he "took revenge" and went to Cheng Yue's Mansion to ask about the guilt. History, it's really interesting.

Zhao Mengfu said in embarrassment: "My lords, how can we trespass on the inner house of the Grand Governor?" Not to mention giving orders to the inner house. Please wait a moment, the two little ladies of the Metropolitan Governor will return to the house soon, and as long as the two little ladies give them an order, they can send Miss Wen out immediately. We will make amends, and the Governor will also ask for punishment. ”

The ministers knew that Zhao Mengfu was a clan, and the etiquette was very strict, and it was reasonable. Now that it is dark, Cheng Yue's two concubines should be back soon, and they are not short of this moment, so they nodded one after another.

Wen Tianxiang sighed and said, "Okay, it's good for you to know your mistakes." Ma Fu, get up too. We'll wait here for a while, it's dinner time, do you have any food at home? Serve it to a few adults. They should be hungry after a hard day's work, hurry up and do it, we will wait while we eat. ”

Yang Ting and the others said in their hearts, this old Taishan of the Metropolitan Governor, didn't he come to eat? Looking at his straightforward and commanding appearance, it is likely that he is using the topic to play and take some benefits first. After all, if her daughter wants to marry into the Cheng family as a concubine, it is natural that she is not happy.

How dare the four of them offend Cheng Yue, the future father-in-law, and hurriedly ordered the kitchen to cook a few dishes and send them over, and they were also here to accompany them.

Because it was dinner time, a lot of food was prepared in the kitchen, and it was easy to bring some out to them.

After the meal was served, although the ministers were full of worries, they still ate deliciously, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed, and they almost forgot the business they were going to do this time.

It's also strange to say, it's dark outside, but Cheng Yue's two concubines still haven't come back, the more Xie Tang thinks about it, the more wrong it becomes, and he said, "Lord Yang, I don't know when the two little ladies usually come back?" Don't let Wen Xianggong wait too long. ”

Xie Tang is Xie Daoqing's nephew, who knows the affairs of the Privy Council, knows how to be flexible, and has a good relationship with the ministers. With his identity, he often makes people feel approachable, so he can eat quite well in the court.

Yang Ting also said strangely: "This is really strange, usually the two little ladies should come back now, did they hear something outside and rushed to report to the Governor of Dadu?" You don't have to go all of them. If this is the case, then we will have to wait for Lord Zhang to find the Metropolitan Governor to come back before we can deal with this matter. Please wait a little longer. ”

The Southern Song Dynasty basically had a late curfew, and the night market was quite bustling, so it was not strange to go home late.

As he was talking, he heard Shi Xiu's shout from afar at the gate of the house: "Mrs. Xiao Su is back home!" Palm light! (To be continued......)