Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Chin Messenger Arrives

(PS: The results of the monthly pass are dismal, and I ask for a monthly pass at 360 degrees.) )

Shengjing Pass, is a very magical pass, there are two pairs of stone lions under the famous archway, facing the stone lion of Yunnan side, covered with dry thin soil red dust for many years, facing Guizhou side but covered with lush moss, separated less than three feet but distinct, and at the foot of the stone lion, it is the natural formation, more distinct soil demarcation line, Yunnan side is red soil, Guizhou side is brown soil, like a line over the mountains and mountains, through the river and the stream, stretching for hundreds of miles, neatly separating Guizhou and Yunnan provinces, Nature's magic axes are majestic and magnificent, which is really fascinating and breathtaking.

…… The above paragraph seems to have been plagiarized from there, but the original author will definitely not pursue it and will not prosecute, so let's not plagiarize.

In June, the child's face, said to change, the morning is still clear, to noon, the sky of Shengjing Pass is suddenly covered with dark clouds, the wind is strong, and it is about to rain, so that the pedestrians on the road are running around, looking for shelter from the rain. But under the archway of Shengjingguan, there was a large group of people who did not move at all - in fact, they didn't dare to move, because under the parasol in front of them, there were a large number of Qujing civil and military officials standing and sitting, as well as Li Xingyuan, the Yunnan envoy to Zhentai, and the two big men of the Qing Dynasty, Gegekong Sizhen, who were charming and dignified.

"Sigege, why hasn't Lord Qincha come yet? It's raining fast. Looking at the sky, Li Xingyuan, who was invited by Kong Sizhen and Li Shuzu to cheer on the drums, was a little worried, turned to Kong Sizhen next to him and asked, "Sigege, are you sure that Lord Qincha will come to Shengjing Pass today?" Will it be in vain? ”

"That's absolutely right, Yu Chengchan stayed at the Pu'an Hall (now Pan County) last night, and he set off for Shengjing Pass this morning." Kong Sizhen nodded in confirmation, and said: "Calculate the distance, he will definitely be able to reach the Shengjing Pass at noon today, no matter how patient he waits, it will rain, he will definitely speed up the journey." ”

Li Xingyuan had no choice but to wait patiently, but waiting left and right, there was no team looking like a Qincha coming up on the mountain road under Shengjing Pass, but the dark clouds in the sky were getting denser and thicker, and there was already a little rain in the wind. In this way, Kong Sizhen under the parasol also couldn't sit down, thinking about this rainstorm, the parasol above his head must be useless, and Kong Sizhen, who didn't want to be drenched in soup, had no choice, stood up and said: "Let's temporarily go into the guard barracks to hide from the rain, and come out when the rain stops." ”

"Cover." The officials happily agreed, and hurriedly rushed to the barracks to take shelter from the rain, but Zhou Peigong suggested to Kong Sizhen: "Sigege, we can go in to shelter from the rain, these people pretended to be children, soldiers and errand servants don't have to move, let them get drenched in the rain and then complain in front of the Qincha, the effect is better." ”

Anyway, it's not to let yourself get drenched in the rain, of course Kong Sizhen agreed to such a good suggestion, and at that moment Kong Sizhen called Li Shuzu, Di Sanpin, An Shiji and others, and asked them to order their babies, soldiers and servants to continue to wait, and not to scatter to avoid the rain. Li Shuzu and others followed the order, pretending to be the babies of the people of Qujing, the errand soldiers, and the green battalion soldiers all scolded in their hearts, but they didn't dare to disobey the order, so they had to watch Kong Sizhen and Li Shuzu and other big figures enter the customs room to take shelter from the rain, while they stayed where they were and waited for the rain.

When the thunder exploded and the raindrops of broad beans began to fall, behind the team of the fake people, a beggar who had been hiding under the shade of a tree on the side of the road ran out and asked the fake people unkempt: "Lords, why don't you hide from the rain?" It's raining heavily, what are you doing standing stupidly? ”

"Dodge! Don't you see you guys running errands here? A messenger pretending to be a citizen roared angrily, "Get away, stinky food, don't be an eyesore here!" ”

"On an errand?" The middle-aged beggar realized something, and was about to walk away to find a place to shelter from the rain. I never thought that a strong man with a face full of meat but wearing tattered animal skins came out of the team, beckoning and shouting: "If you want food, stop, do you want to earn ten cents?" ”

"Earn ten cents?" The beggar was first stunned, and then his face was happy, and he hurriedly said, "Think, think, this lord, what do you want Hanako to do?" ”

"I don't want you to do anything, I'll take advantage of you." The strong man with a meaty face said: "You just stand here, as soon as a big official comes, you will kneel when others kneel, you will kowtow when others kowtow, and others will follow and shout injustice, and you don't need to say a word else, and when the big official is gone, I will give you ten cents, do you want to do it?" ”

"Okay, okay, I'll do it, of course I'll do it." The beggar happily agreed, and quickly followed the strong man into the ranks of the false people, and hid in the crowd. At this time, the sky was thundering one after another, and the heavy rain poured down, turning the sky and the earth into a world of white water in an instant, and also drenching all the fake people on the official road into soup chickens.

Fortunately, the summer thunderstorm on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau came and went quickly, and after a small half an hour, the rainstorm was stopped, and the rain was clear, and a rainbow hung on the eastern sky, Kong Sizhen, Li Xingyuan and Li Shuzu and other big men finally swaggered out of the room and sat under the parasol again. Looking at the team of fake people who were drenched in embarrassment, Kong Sizhen was very satisfied, nodded and said: "Okay, I want this effect, so that the minister can see the resentment of the people of Qujing against Lu Fatzi - in order to stop the horse and complain, he will not hesitate to be drenched in the rain." ”

After another quarter of an hour, a team finally appeared at the foot of the mountain, a total of thirteen people were still riding horses, just like the tip that Kong Sizhen had received. Kong Sizhen and the others didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly asked everyone to prepare, and confirmed a confession to each other, just waiting for the team to go up the mountain. And when this team came to the Shengjing Pass, Kong Sizhen, Li Shuzu and others hurriedly stepped forward together, bowed to the team, Kong Sizhen also shouted coquettishly: "Dare to ask your lords, can there be any imperial history of the Imperial Court from the capital Yu Cheng Chan Yu?" ”

"The next official is Yu Jackie Chan." A middle-aged man led by him agreed, turned over and dismounted to Kong Sizhen to fight a thousand, and said respectfully: "Yu Chengchan, the inspector of the Imperial Palace, has seen Kong Sigege, and asked Sigege to say goodbye." ”

"Do you know Bengege?" Kong Sizhen looked at Jackie Chan with a smile and found that this person was about thirty years younger than Jackie Chan, with a thin body and an ordinary appearance, but his eyes were very bright and sharp, and he looked quite shrewd and capable.

"Back to Sigege, on the first day of the Lunar New Year this year, I entered the palace with hundreds of officials to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor, and I saw Sigege." Less than Jackie Chan explained: "At that time, Sigege was dressed in a military uniform, which was very eye-catching, so he was very impressed. I remember that at that time, outside the palace gate, the humble post also asked Sigege to be safe with some imperial histories of the Imperial Inspectorate. ”

"Really? No wonder Bengege thinks you're a little familiar, it turns out that we've met and talked. Kong Sizhen's small mouth was like smearing honey, but she was very proud in her heart - she was very charming, as long as the men in the world had seen him, there was no one who did not remember his flower and moon appearance.

"Lord Yu, let me introduce myself, the next official is Li Shuzu, the prefect of Qujing." Li Shuzu came up, saluted first, and asked tentatively: "Dare to ask Lord Yu, this time I came to Yunnan, but I came here for the impeachment of Xia Guan and Lu Yifeng of Qujing Zhixian County?" ”

"It turned out to be Li Futai, Yu Jackie Chan was rude." Yu Chenglong returned the salute, nodded again, and said calmly: "Yes, recommended by the general constitution of the emperor of the imperial history of Mengzuodu, and the emperor approved it, Yu Chenglong went south to Qujing this time to investigate the impeachment case of you and Lord Lu attacking each other." ”

"It turned out that Lord Qincha arrived, and he was not welcome from afar, and he hoped to forgive his sins." Li Shuzu was pretended to be taken aback, and hurriedly called Yu Chengchan a thousand.

Yu Chenglong smiled, stopped Li Shuzu, and said with a smile: "Li Futai doesn't have to be polite, although Yu Chenglong's grade is slightly higher than yours, he is still your junior in the officialdom, you still call Yu Chengchan's name directly, so get used to it." (Note: The grade of the Qing Dynasty supervision of the imperial history changed frequently, at first it was the third grade, and then the seventh grade was corrected, and then the fourth grade, the seventh grade, the fifth grade, and the sixth grade were corrected in turn, and finally it was determined to be from the fifth grade.) Kang Mazi supervised the imperial history for the fourth grade from six to nine years, so the official rank of Jackie Chan was above Li Shuzu at this time. )

"Don't dare, don't dare." Li Shuzu was humble and said, "Lord Qincha has arrived, how dare you take the liberty of calling Lord Qincha by name?" ”

"Then call me an official." Yu Chenglong was very modest, and asked curiously: "Sigege, Li Futai, why are so many of you coming to Shengjing Pass?" Look at all the adults around you, it seems that they are all local officials in Yunnan, right? ”

"Of course I'm here to greet you." Kong Sizhen smiled coquettishly: "Lord Qincha has arrived, and the magistrate has a reason to welcome each other for a hundred miles?" Hehe, a joke - if the local official neglects you, the imperial historian, and you play it together, and the fifteen daos of the imperial history of the imperial history are supervised by one hundred and twenty pens to beat the drum and cheer together, can the local official afford it? ”

"Welcome me?" Yu Chenglong was very surprised, and said: "Don't blame Sigege, the lowly post was ordered to go out of Beijing this time, and his whereabouts are very secret, and the name and position of the lowly post were not announced in the Tingfa Mansion newspaper, and the lowly post also planned not to alarm the local government and quietly investigate the case." Si Gege and Master Li, how did you know that the lowly position had arrived at the Shengjing Pass today? How did you know that the person sent by the emperor to investigate the case was a lowly position? ”

"Of course, the ...... about this must not be revealed." Kong Sizhen laughed and trembled, and said in her heart that you kid is a little tender, and if you want to quietly investigate the case and make a private visit, you should make a fake one and bring it on your body, otherwise, you won't reveal your identity when you pass that pass?

"Okay, okay, Yu Yushi won't ask about these little things." Kong Sizhen changed the topic again and introduced Yu Chenglong to the officials present one by one, and the first person to be introduced was Li Xingyuan, the envoy of Yunnan, "Yu Yushi, let the slave family introduce these adults to you." This lord is Li Xingyuan, the envoy of Yunnan, and he has come from Kunming to meet you. ”

"It turned out to be Li Zhentai, please say hello to Lord Zhentai." Yu Chengchan hurriedly saluted.

"You're welcome." Elder Li Xing showed a smile on his face and said, "Yu Yushi, I heard that you are a person with a yellow flag?" The old man is also, in the future, the two of us minions with yellow flags will have to be more close. ”

"That's, that's, I must ask Li Zhentai for more advice after I am humiliated." Yu Jackie Chan agreed repeatedly, and his attitude was very respectful. Over there, Kong Sizhen and Li Shuzu introduced Di Sanpin, Liu Wenjin, Zhang Gaomo and Xie Chun to Yu Chenglong, and Yu Chengchan returned the salute one by one, until the end, Yu Chenglong asked Kong Sizhen and Li Shuzu curiously: "Sigege, Li Futai, why don't you see Lu Yifeng and Master Lu?" Didn't he come? ”

Kong Sizhen and Li Shuzu quickly exchanged a look, and Kong Sizhen spoke first: "Yu Yushi, don't expect him to come to greet you - say a word that is not afraid of your anger, the slave family is Gege, after arriving in Yunnan, that Lu Yifeng has never taken the slave family in his eyes, let alone you?" ”

"Lu Yifeng has always had this temper." Li Shuzu also fanned the flames and said: "Lin Tianqing, Lord Lin took office, that is the middle of the province, the second-grade officer, he didn't go out of the city to greet him, and he did his best to meet his subordinates - you are the fourth grade, of course, he doesn't pay attention to it." ”

"Really?" Yu Chenglong remained silent, and asked again: "Since Lu Yifeng is so snub to his boss, why did Li Futai impeach Lu Yifeng for bribing Lin Zhongcheng?" Isn't that a bit of a contradiction? ”

"It's ......." Li Shuzu was a little dumbfounded, but fortunately, Li Shuzu's officialdom experience was also very rich, so he quickly defended: "Lord Qincha didn't know, it was because Lu Yifeng neglected his boss and annoyed Lin Zhongcheng, Lin Zhongcheng became angry, and Lu Yifeng did something to remedy the rooster and dog thief." Also, the humble position is only to impeach Lu Yifeng for bribery, and Lin Zhongcheng is suspected of accepting bribes, but he did not dare to directly say that Lu Yifeng paid bribes to Lin Zhongcheng. ”

"Alleged?" Yu Chenglong snorted coldly, and said in a surprising voice, "If it's just suspected, Lu Yifeng is so neglectful of the constitution, will Lin Zhongcheng still favor him?" ”

"Huh? There's a play! Kong Sizhen, Li Shuzu and others all had their eyes lit up, and they heard the dissatisfaction in Jackie Chan's words. Yu Chenglong snorted again: "Since Lord Lu refuses to come to greet this official, then this official does not force him, although this official is the first time to go to Beijing on an errand, he doesn't want to put an official to coerce people and ruin the reputation of Beijing officials." ”

Hearing this, Kong Sizhen was so happy that he almost hugged Yu Chengchan on the spot and kissed him a few times, and hurriedly gave Li Shuzu a few glances under great joy, Li Shuzu understood, and quietly sent a signal, and the two or three hundred people behind immediately knelt down and shouted, "Wronged!" Wronged! "Wrong! Lord Chincha, we are wronged! "Wronged, please ask Lord Qincha to be the master of the grass people!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Yu Chenglong obviously encountered such a scene for the first time, and was immediately taken aback.

"Don't blame Lord Chincha." Li Shuzu said pretendedly: "These people are all local people in Qujing, because after Lu Yifeng of Qujing Zhixian took office, he expropriated violently, poisoned the living beings, and caused hundreds of people's wives to be separated and their families destroyed, and they are a small part of the victims. This time, the lower officials and the four geges came to Shengjing Pass to greet Lord Qincha, and I don't know who accidentally revealed a little rumor, so these people spontaneously followed, and they must state their grievances to Lord Qincha in person, accusing Lu Yifeng of his accumulated crimes - the lower officials couldn't drive them away, which disturbed Lord Qincha, and asked Lord Qincha to forgive him. ”

"Why do the people rush when they cry out for injustice?" Yu Chenglong asked rhetorically, and carefully observed the large group of people who blocked the road in front of him and shouted grievances, nodded, and said: "It rained so heavily just now, these people refused to disperse, they were so pitiful and insisted on blocking the way to complain, it seems that what Lu Yifeng did in Qujing has almost forced them into a corner." ”

"Lord Qincha knows that the people of Qujing are indeed too bitter by Lu Yifeng." Li Shuzu was secretly happy in his heart, but he sighed again and again. At the end, Li Shuzu asked again with a hypocritical expression: "Lord Qincha, what do you think these people should do?" Are you going to meet their representatives? Let's let the lowly officials collect their papers, and you will take a look at them when you get to Qujing. ”

"Then I'll go meet their representatives." Yu Chengchan is a generation of famous ministers, he is very serious, and he led a few entourages to the front of the people. And under the secret signal of Li Shuzu and others, the sound of the group of people crying and shouting injustice was immediately louder, and the strong man who hired a beggar to cheer with ten cents came out on his knees, shouting with tears in his eyes: "Lord Qincha, we are wronged, we are wronged, please you must be the master for us!" That county master named Lu Yifeng made us too miserable. ”

"Oh, how did Lu Yifeng harm you?" Yu Chenglong asked seriously.

"He embezzled and took bribes, robbed people's daughters, was domineering, and was insatiable, scraping our Qujing to the sky." The strong man with tears on his face said: "The grass man's name is Chen Er, he is a Qujing hunter, he hunted a tiger in Nule Peak a few days ago, and transported it to Qujing City to sell tiger skins, tiger meat, tiger bones and tiger whips, unfortunately he was bumped by the county master Lu Yifeng outside the city, he insisted on buying the tiger whip for two cents to make wine, and he had to take the tiger skin away as a tax. Of course the grass people didn't give it to him, so he asked his servants to beat the grass people, and he snatched the grass people's tiger and injured the grass people. In the end, he also said that if the grass people dared to make trouble, he would arrest the grass people in prison and beat them to death! ”

"Lawlessness, simply lawlessness!" Yu Chenglong was furious, stomped his feet and shouted: "Do you have a witness?" ”

"Yes, yes." The strong man agreed, beckoned to the back, and quickly crawled out of the back, shouting together: "Lord Qincha, we can testify to Chen Er, the grass people saw with their own eyes that the county master snatched Chen Er's tiger, and also saw that his subordinates called Fang Shiyu's black fat man to beat Chen Er." ”

"Where's your paper?" Yu Chenglong was even more furious, stretched out his hand to take the paper handed by the strong man, and looked down angrily. Li Shuzu, Kong Sizhen and others were secretly happy in their hearts, knowing that the first step had basically succeeded. But at this moment, in the woods in the distance, two people suddenly rushed out, but it was Liu Zhen and Liu Xu, the lackeys of Lu Fatzi, who ran quickly towards Yu Chengchan's side together. Kong Sizhen knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly glanced at Di Sanpin next to him, Di Sanpin understood, immediately waved his hand, and commanded the green battalion soldiers behind him to step forward to stop the Liu family brothers.

"Chincha-sama." Liu Zhen and Liu Xu brothers fought from afar, and Liu Zhen shouted loudly with his fists: "Liu Zhen of Qujing County Prison and Liu Xu, the official of Qujing, come and see Lord Qincha." We were ordered by Lord Lu of Qujing County to report to Lord Qincha, but because my lord was the commander of Qujing County, he did not dare to set up his duties without permission, so he could not come to Shengjing Pass to greet Lord Qincha, please forgive Lord Qincha! Just wait for the honor guard of Lord Qincha to arrive at the handing over the water, and my lord will definitely welcome him. ”

"No need." Yu Chenglong's face was blue, and he shouted coldly: "Go back and tell your master, Yu Chenglong doesn't dare to be, don't bother him to greet him." Just tell him one more sentence, Yu Chengchan was ordered to come to Qujing to investigate the case, and he will definitely judge impartially, if he is not guilty, Yu Chenglong will definitely return him to a clean house! is guilty, Yu Jackie Chan will not be spared!! ”

"Lord Qincha, the little one dares to say it again." Liu Zhen said loudly again: "If Lord Qincha doesn't want to ruin the name of your brother of the same clan and the same name, Yu Qingtian, please don't listen to one-sided words, these so-called Qujing shouted wrongs to the people, and please also ask Lord Qincha to carefully investigate their identities, as long as you find out the true identity of three or five of these people, Lord Qincha will definitely understand the reason for their so-called injustice." ”

"Oh no, listen to the tone, Fat Lu already knows the identity of this Yu Jackie Chan - otherwise he will definitely confuse the size with Jackie Chan." Kong Sizhen complained bitterly in her heart, "Less than Jackie Chan's whereabouts are so secret, how did Lu Fatzi know about a seven-grade county order?" Could it be that someone has tipped him off again? Well, there is this possibility, and the person who reported the news must have leaked the secret to Lu Fatzi after the old lady and Li Shuzu left Qujing, otherwise, Lu Fatzi would have organized the people to come here and prepare in advance. ”

In front of everyone's eyes, Yu Chenglong was noncommittal to Liu Zhen's words, but just snorted coldly: "Thanks to the advice, of course this official will investigate the identities of these people!" After that, Yu Chenglong turned to Li Shuzu and ordered: "Li Futai, please collect all the pleadings of these people who are crying out for injustice, this official wants to look at them one by one, try them one by one, and be sure to avenge them!" Also, we must arrange manpower to protect these complainants, and we must not let people take advantage of them! ”

"Cover." Li Shuzu happily agreed, and said in his heart that it is best for you to look at them one by one and judge them one by one, and we will invite you to drink some wine, eat some meat, and play with women, and the time will drag on, and when my godfather-in-law, Prince Kang, arrives, even if you want to turn back, it will be too late.

In the shouts of the people thanking Dade, Li Shuzu sent people to put away the papers one by one, and asked Yu Chengchan to get back on the horse and set off to Pingyi to rest for the night. Also taking advantage of this chaotic opportunity, Kong Sizhen asked Zhou Peigong alone, "How is it?" Do you think it's reliable to be less than Jackie Chan? ”

"Sigege already has an idea in his heart, why bother asking the minion?" Zhou Peigong smiled and asked, "Will it be so simple for the person trained by the iron-faced Wang Xu?" ”

"Dog minion, what a worm in the belly of the slave!" Kong Sizhen threw Zhou Peigong a roll of his eyes, and then lowered his voice and said, "Then what do you think should be done?" What the hell is this guy up to the rescue? ”

"What's the idea? Of course, it's one set in front and one set on the back. Zhou Peigong sneered and said: "If he is deliberately acting, then he will definitely find ways to get in touch in private, and he will also get rid of us to investigate the case alone." The only way to deal with such a person is to keep an eye on him, keep an eye on him every step of the way, and the twelve followers under him, all of them have to be kept an eye on, and none of them can relax! As long as it drags on for a while, when the prince arrives, this fledgling little imperial history is just a loach in a small ditch - it can't turn up the big waves! ”

"Clever." Kong Sizhen smiled and said in a low voice: "From now on, you and Li Shuzu will stare at Yu Chengchan inch by inch, and then gradually put pressure on him according to the plan, and do other things in a proper manner." ”

Zhou Peigong nodded, and looked at Kong Sizhen with a smug smile.

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After another moment, Yu Chenglong, Kong Sizhen, Li Shuzu and others' teams left Shengjing Pass together and rushed to Pingyi to rest for a banquet. After they went away, the fake people secretly organized by Li Shuzu also began to scatter and return to their respective homes, and the twenty or so beggars who had been temporarily organized by the strong man found the strong man and stretched out their hands to him to ask for wages, and the strong man was also very generous, and generously paid the wages he had agreed before--five wen per person!

"Master, isn't it ten cents per person? Why did you give Wuwen? A beggar asked timidly.

"It's ten cents per person, but Lao Tzu takes care of you so well, shouldn't I charge you a little labor fee?" The strong man asked rhetorically.

"Master, you just said that the ...... of Shiwen is good." A little beggar pleaded pitifully, "We've been standing here for most of the day, so you can reward us with two more and buy us something to eat." ”

"Fuck off!" The strong man kicked the little beggar away, and scolded viciously: "You stinky poor ghosts, it's your fate to earn five wen today, if it is changed to last year and the year before that, you stinky begging for food, Lao Tzu will collect a tax of three cents from each of you every day, and now you don't collect your tax, so let's have fun." ”

"Master, are you from the yamen?" The beggar who joined the group last asked.

"Of course." The strong man said triumphantly: "Don't look at the old man, I am dressed like this now, in fact, my lord, I used to be the deputy head catcher of the Qujing prefect's yamen, and I can arrest you in prison at any time and put you on dozens of boards!" What do you think? Scarewright? ”

"Oh, it's the head catcher." The middle-aged beggar nodded, put away half of the labor fee that had been deducted, pulled up the little beggar before and walked south, and said: "Little brother, let's go, don't let the head catcher get angry, let's go to another place to ask for food." I'm not familiar with this place, do you know the way to Qujing? ”

"Yes, uncle, are you going to Qujing to ask for food? I came from Xuanwei to ask for food, and I heard that there was a new good county master in Qujing, and he said that he was getting better, and he could find something to do there, and he would not die of hunger. ”

(To be continued)