Chapter 523: Good Tea
The hall was silent, and all the civil and military forces in Quanzhou were exchanging shocked eyes with each other!
The Pu family has been entrenched in Quanzhou for decades, the tree is big and the roots are deep, and the soldiers and horses in Quanzhou are almost the private soldiers of the Pu family, and they have changed their masters in the blink of an eye, and the Pu family does not dare to resist at all!
The military prestige of the Grand Governor can be seen!
Wan Ze elegantly refilled a cup of tea for Cheng Yue, and Cheng Yue called: "Pu Shougeng." β
Pu Shougeng sighed in his heart, got up and knelt in front of Cheng Yue, and said, "My subordinates are guilty, please punish most of them." β
Cheng Yue said expressionlessly: "How to punish you, I'll talk about it in a few days." You have to do two things for me right now. First, you have embezzled a large amount of farmland, and I want you to hand it over and pay three times the compensation to the peasants. Second, there is a group of Muslims in Quanzhou, relying on your protection to act arbitrarily in Quanzhou, calling our people of the Great Song Dynasty infidels, bullying and beating from time to time, and I want you to arrest all these people. I have a specific list here, if the people on my list are not among the people you arrested, one less I will arrest you Pu family to fill the number, do you understand? β
Pu Shougeng was sweating profusely when he heard this, and most of them were ruthless!
It didn't matter what happened to the farmland, after all, he had been prepared. But those Muslims are his closest minions or kindred, and at least they are quite prestigious among Muslims. These people are attached to him because they want to establish an Islamic state in Quanzhou, and they continue to do all kinds of dirty things for this reason. He knew this well, and he always turned a blind eye, and even secretly encouraged it, so the Islamization of Quanzhou became more and more blatant.
Cheng Yue's move is to make him openly break with these extreme Muslims, and it is likely that all Muslims will regard him as an enemy! What's worse is that he has no idea how many people are on the list in Cheng Yue's hands, so he can only expand the scope of arrest as much as possible and wipe out all the Muslims with bad deeds!
The Metropolitan Governor was threatening his net worth and his life. Come dig his roots!
It's ruthlessββ!
Cheng Yue called: "Shi Song." β
Shi Song straightened his chest, stepped out, and saluted, "Yes!" β
Cheng Yue said lightly: "You take five hundred people to protect the Pu family in case they are implicated and hurt by that group of madmen." β
Shi Song said loudly: "Yes, protect the Pu family!" "It doesn't stop. Go straight to the door to point troops.
In order to give Cheng Yue a place, Pu Shougeng's family moved to Pu Shou Chen's mansion. Pu Shou Chen's house is next to Pu Shou Geng, not as big as Pu Shou Geng's house, and five hundred people are enough to surround it. said that it was protection, in fact, everyone understood that if Pu Shougeng could not satisfy the Metropolitan Governor this time, he would probably be destroyed!
Pu Shougeng regretted that he scratched his heart and scratched his liver, this is the price of angering the Grand Duke, how miserable! And. The Metropolitan Governor has not yet decided what to do with their family, and the danger of the Pu family is far from over!
Cheng Yue took a few more sips of tea, let out a long breath, and smiled: "Good tea." β
Wan Ze nodded with a smile and said, "It's really good tea." β
Wang Jiweng picked up the tea bowl, raised his hand to the center of his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Governor, it's a wonderful tea." β
Xu Hanqing laughed and held up his teacup. Lang said: "Xiaguan has never drunk such delicious tea!" β
All the officials were smiling.
Cheng Yue turned his head to Pu Shouchen and said, "This tea is very good." I still want to drink more. β
Pu Shouchen smiled bitterly and said, "As the governor wishes, his subordinates should be served." β
Cheng Yue said with a smile: "Let's have a banquet, I have come all the way, and I haven't had a good meal, but I also want to thank you for your hard work on weekdays." β
Pu Shouchen said, "Yes." Please come down with the Governor and his wife. β
The reception banquet is set up in the garden of Pufu, with the flower hall as the center. Pu Shou Geng also has another garden, called Wan Garden, which is full of exotic flowers and plants collected from all over the world, and is well-known far and near.
This garden in Pufu is also exquisite. The Song Dynasty was very popular, and Pu Shougeng also loved to play chess. So he built a pavilion in the northwest corner of the garden, in which lived thirty-two beautiful women whom he had carefully selected, and in the middle of the pavilion was a chessboard drawn on the ground. With beautiful women as sons and flags as orders, they often play games with people here for fun.
This time Cheng Yue came, Pu Shougeng withdrew the ladies and maids from the back house, leaving only these thirty-two selected beauties, in case Cheng Yue suddenly wanted to play beautiful chess and couldn't find anyone unhappy.
Cheng Yue came to the garden, Pu Shougeng bent down and followed him to explain to Cheng Yue, and specially talked about the beautiful woman making chess pieces, Cheng Yue not only had no interest at all, but frowned and glanced at him, and said, "Isn't it interesting?" How do I not think? β
Pu Shougeng was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Speaking of which, these women should also get married, and their subordinates will immediately send them out of the house, and they will never play against people again." β
Cheng Yue said coldly: "That's your own business, it has nothing to do with me." β
As soon as he turned in front, he saw a woman waiting for a woman who was wandering around in the back garden, and all the civil and military officers came forward to meet him. Seeing the peerless elegance of Rou Niang and other concubines, they all stood on the spot. Mrs. Xu looked at the men's clothes on her body, and for the first time felt a little ashamed of herself.
Pu Shougeng was pleasantly surprised when he saw the two ladies of Song Luo who he had been thinking about for a long time, and he was reluctant to take his eyes off. However, Mrs. Gu next to her was even more glamorous, and all the civil and military officers were fascinated.
Cheng Yue ignored their gazes, gathered with all the women, and walked towards the flower hall with a smile.
Chen Hangyan stabbed Xu Hanqing in the back and whispered: "Brother-in-law, the little ladies of the Metropolitan Governor are all very beautiful!" β
Xu Hanqing sighed and praised: "Really, if you don't see it with your own eyes, who would believe that there is such a stunning beauty in the world?" The most beautiful one must be Mrs. Xie, who deserves to be the appearance of the country, I heard that the Metropolitan Governor is extremely fond of her, even Mrs. Wen wants to let her score three points. β
Chen Hangyan swallowed his saliva and said, "Don't say that Mrs. Xie, even if it is the palace maid next to the Grand Governor, give me any wife as a wife, and I will listen to her for everything." β
Mrs. Xu glared at the two of them angrily, and said, "Ladies who dare to talk about the Metropolitan Governor behind their backs, do you owe a beating?" β
Xu Hanqing said with a smile: "Don't be angry, madam, you are also very beautiful, I think you are no less than the palace maid next to the Grand Governor." β
Mrs. Xu said angrily: "I know that I am not as good as the little lady of the Grand Governor, so I don't need you to say it." β
When he came to the flower hall, Cheng Yue did not give in to anyone, and sat down on the top, and Kuo Kuolun and Babahan naturally sat next to Cheng Yue, which surprised the Fujian officials again! It seems that the Grand Governor is also unspeakably noble in the palace of the Yuan Dynasty, and even the empress of Kublai Khan is under him!
Quanzhou is close to the sea, and seafood is indispensable. Pu Shougeng took into account that not everyone is used to seafood, so he specially prepared more stir-fried dishes and Mongolian usual meals, which made Cheng Yue very satisfied.
When the dishes were served, Cheng Yue first toasted everyone with a glass of wine, and then ate it at will. There was a plate of conch in front of him, Cheng Yue was worried that the women didn't know how to eat it, so he first picked out the conch meat, then removed the brain of the conch, dipped it in a little garlic paste, and handed it to the wives and concubines and the three ladies such as Kuo Kuolun, Babahan, and Wan Ze.
The women enjoyed Cheng Yue's thoughtfulness, and their hearts became sweeter and sweeter. The conch is delicious again, and I want to eat them one by one. Cheng Yue was busy cooking for the women, but he didn't have time to eat.
Babahan felt sorry for Cheng Yue, so he took Mongolian barbecue with his own hands and fed it to Cheng Yue's mouth. This was supposed to be Wan Ze's job, but she couldn't rely on it, so Ba Ba Han replaced Wan Ze.
Fujian's civil and military forces looked at each other, and most of them had a big face, and they could let Kublai Khan's imperial concubine serve him for dinner! However, I heard that Mongolian women are bold and generous, maybe the princess didn't think so much, and it may not be.
There are many people with mixed eyes, and Babahan can't be too obvious, just point to the end, and it's not good to make Wan Ze suspicious.
Pu Shougeng took this opportunity to try his best to curry favor with Cheng Yue, and all kinds of seasonal melons and fruits were constantly offered, and everything was respectfully delivered to Cheng Yue by him and his three sons.
Cheng Yue ate happily and was in a better mood. Pu Shougeng saw Cheng Yue's smile again, the panic in his heart calmed down a little, and he presented a well-prepared song and dance, singing all Cheng Yue's works, and Cheng Yue's complexion was even more relaxed.
The wine was hot, and all the civil and military officers stepped forward to toast.
Cheng Yue drank a little casually, and there was no toast. When it was Mrs. Xu's turn, Mrs. Xu didn't follow and insisted that Cheng Yue drink a whole cup.
In order to show her sincerity, Mrs. Xu made an exception to present a sword dance. Although it is just a sword dance, I only see the sword light like mercury pouring on the ground, the cold is pressing, dazzling, a sword is faster than a sword, the move is dangerous, and the essence of swordsmanship is obtained!
Cheng Yue couldn't take his eyes off it, and applauded again and again, and when Mrs. Xu finished dancing, Cheng Yue laughed and raised his glass and said: "Madame can use this swordsmanship, you can fight against a hundred, and come and go freely in the enemy formation!" Good! I toast Madame. After saying that, he drank it all.
Mrs. Xu received Cheng Yue's face-to-face compliment, and she was so excited that she was so excited that she drank three glasses in return to Cheng Yue. Cheng Yue is a world-class fighter and the world's No. 1 general, so what he says will naturally not be bad.
A reception banquet was enjoyed by the guests and hosts, and the solemn atmosphere in the middle hall was diluted a lot. After the dinner, Cheng Yue instructed Wang Jiweng, Xu Hanqing and others to come to see him alone the day after tomorrow, and the banquet ended.
Cheng Yue was slightly drunk, and hugged Wan Ze and Zhang Shufang back to the room. Wan Ze and the concubines first served Cheng Yue to wash, and then fell asleep with him.
Cheng Yue can rest, but the Pu family does not have this kind of blessing. After returning home from Pufu, he immediately saw Shi Song leading a heavily armed escort army to surround Pu Shouchen's mansion, although there were no restrictions on entering and exiting, it had caused the people of Quanzhou to be restless, and Pu Shougeng smiled bitterly.
The Pu family and a group of henchmen did not have time to delay, and discussed the list and countermeasures overnight. It is not difficult to find notorious Muslims in Quanzhou, and they are all clear on weekdays. As a result, a long list was quickly sorted out, among which there were many people who were close to Pu Shougeng, but now Pu Shougeng was seeking self-protection and couldn't take care of his usual friendship.
Pu Shougeng finally read the list, signed it ruthlessly, threw it to his officials, and ordered to arrest people immediately. (To be continued.) )