Chapter Twenty-Six: The Dagger (Part II)

"The city management handles the case, and the idle people avoid it!" With a snap, more than twenty veterans dressed in black rushed in, two serving one, and Zhou Buhua and his accomplices were all captured and brought to justice.

At this moment, all the scholars inevitably hated and feared in their hearts. What I hate is that I have been reading books for so many years in vain, and I have been tricked by a few liars. What I'm afraid of is that if I am arrested this time, I will have to go to the prefect's yamen. Even if it is regarded as a safe escape from the bitter lord later, according to the rules of the past, dozens of family fortunes must be destroyed. Otherwise, the group of tigers and wolves in the yamen will ask you to make a personal certificate today, and tomorrow they will ask you to press a handprint, which will definitely toss you to five tuberculosis and seven injuries, and you will no longer be able to sleep overnight.

Just when he was so sorry that he couldn't grab the ground with his head, the officer surnamed Zhang stepped forward again, pulled out a scholar surnamed Cui from the crowd, and said with a sneer: "Shout, why don't you shout." When you were raising money for Zhou Buhua just now, didn't you shout the loudest? ”

"Wronged!" The scholar surnamed Cui struggled and shouted loudly. "Lord Qingtian, the villain was just confused for a while, so he was surnamed Zhou. Villain, villain knows it's wrong, please be sure to open the net! ”

"I just look into the case, not the case. Whether you are wronged or not, you go to the yamen of the Jiangning prefect to say it! "The errand surnamed Zhang is very powerful, and he carried the scholar surnamed Cui to the door like a chicken, and made a bunch of scammers with the liars." You take the lead in donating, and then Liu Sheng, Li Sheng, and Deng Sheng follow suit. After that, the money donated by a few of you will be returned twice, and the rest will be withdrawn by 20%! Zhang Mouke is wrong! ”

"Wronged!" As soon as the words fell, Chang Xiaoer's wine table, a person surnamed Deng, and the other three or two table owners, jumped up one after another, bowed their heads and threw themselves towards the window.

It's just that no matter how neat their actions are, how can they compare to the veterans in the chengguan team? In an instant, they were intercepted by the latter, one after another, ropes and ropes.

When the scholars saw this, they became more and more frightened. No one knows how many handles of the companions around him are still in the hands of the official surnamed Zhang.

However, although the face of the officer surnamed Zhang looked ruthless, he acted extremely uprightly. After staring at the chengguan and tying up the fishers in troubled waters one by one, he turned his head and shouted at the others: "You group of big people, don't you all read the books into the dog's stomach?" You will believe what others say, one day the surname Zhou said that he was the son-in-law of the Dragon King, could it be that you still want to invite him to go to the clouds and rain? Think about everything carefully in the future, even if the township test list in the province in the middle of the year before last, you people can't copy it! I don't believe it, this surname is Deng, the surname is Cui, and there are several other people who are usually virtuous, none of you know! ”

There are only a few people in each province who can pass the guò township exam every year, not to mention the red list announced by the government, and even the articles made by the top few exams, almost everyone is familiar with it. And those guys who took the lead in giving generously, and later took the surname Zhang as a raccoon dog to arrest and bring to justice, are also well-known iron roosters. It's just that everyone patronized and admired Zhou Buhua for daring to find trouble with Zhu Butcher, and no one had the heart to distinguish these flaws in front of them.

In an instant, all the scholars were scolded so red that no one had the courage to fight back. The officer surnamed Zhang couldn't help but shake his head when he saw it, and continued to count: "If there is really something good to be gained, forget it." After all, people die for money, and birds die for food. It has been more than 70 years since the establishment of the Tartar court, and how many imperial examinations have the Communist Party been held? From the imperial court to the locality, how many times have you seen it as a human being? 'Han and Nan people are not allowed to participate in state affairs', this is not what the head of my family said. Now the head of my family is to open the imperial examination, run the academy, and restore the government, county, and social studies; What's so sorry about you? You big people don't know how to be aggressive, but you are bent on going against him? Do you think that when the Mongols come back, they will treat you as a kindred? ”

scolded, and didn't bother to worry more about everyone. took out a stack of papers from his arms and handed it to the black-clothed city management leader, and explained loudly: "According to the rules, our military intelligence department only has the power to investigate cases, but it does not have the power to interrogate and arrest people. So this matter will be handed over to Jiangning Mansion from now on. The general facts of the case and the specific people involved in the case are all above, and the above means that do things according to the law and do not implicate the innocent! ”

"Yes!" The leader of the black-clothed city management first saluted, and then took the case file with both hands. "I will definitely convey Lord Zhang's words to the prefect. However, after all, this matter is very important, and I don't know where the military intelligence department is."

"The Military Intelligence Department will ask the Military Intelligence Section of Jiangning Prefecture to send special personnel to assist the prefect's yamen in adjudicating the case. Who's in charge, you'll see when you get back. Zhang also has to rush back to Yangzhou today to report to the principal, so he won't delay here. Today, there are brothers of Lao, and there will be a period in the future! The officer surnamed Zhang raised a salute to the black-clothed city leader and his brothers, turned around and floated away.

With his words and the case file provided, the troubles faced by the scholars are undoubtedly less than half. The black-clothed city management boss did not make any other troubles, and only asked the names and addresses of all the people present, and then escorted a criminal back to pay his errand. The scholars who were already ready to spend money to avoid disasters were unable to adapt at all. I stood in the room for a long time, and after a long time no one came to the door to settle the score, I finally let out a long breath, one by one, and sat back into the chair softly.

The shopkeeper and the guys of the wine store were also scared half to death. At this moment, I found that I didn't eat any hanging, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed. And then, when they saw the scholars who had almost pushed the tavern into the fire pit, they couldn't feel half a good feeling in their hearts. Picking up an abacus, kitchen knife and fire chopsticks, he stepped forward and reminded loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, our store will be closed soon." Please also settle the bill first, so that no one will smear the soles of their feet with oil! ”

"Ridiculous, how could we do such a detrimental act!"

"Hehe, it's so fast to turn your face. You don't go to singing, you're really wronged! ”

"Who said that it was a seven-fold discount just now, how could you forget it so cleanly in a blink of an eye?!"

"The shopkeeper is doing business like this, I'm afraid he doesn't want me to wait and turn back!"

Suddenly, the drinkers began to clamor one after another, and while paying the bill, they pointed at the noses of the shopkeeper and the buddy and sneered. The shopkeeper and the boys, it's too late to send the plague god, how can they expect everyone to continue to "take care" of their business? So no matter what the other party says, he doesn't pick up the stubble, just collects money with a straight face.

The vast majority of drinkers didn't have the heart to entangle, and left coldly after paying the bill. At the table where the few people who were originally determined to be the bureau Dong'er, but were arrested by the black-clothed city management as an accomplice to Zhou's liar, the guests could only consider themselves unlucky. Only the few people who are at the same table as Chang Xiaoer, one by one, you look at me, I look at you, and no one wants to stand up first.

"Ahem!" Seeing that the guys' eyes were getting colder and colder, a slightly older scholar surnamed Xu on the table quickly cleared his throat and said in a low voice: "This, I'm afraid it's a bit strange that this Brother Cui was arrested as an accomplice of liars." His family has more than 300 acres of fertile land, and there are four or five houses for rent in the city, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he can earn 100 gold every day. How can you covet the little bits and pieces of copper that others give?! ”

"Yes, yes, what is the danger of adding sin? Since the surname Zhang has been staring at Zhou for a month or two, why didn't he stop him earlier. Do you have to wait for Brother Cui and a few of them to fall in, and then contact the government to arrest people? According to my opinion, it is clearly looking for an opportunity to suppress dissidents! Another scholar surnamed Wang immediately echoed the case.

When the other scholars at the same seat heard this, they also instantly recovered a little bit of energy, and said one after another: "Yes! My generation's family has food and clothing, how can I set up a situation to deceive people? The surnamed Zhang must have been deliberately planted. ”

"And you say that you don't sin because of your words, but what is it that you don't sin because of your words?"

"Although Zhou Buhua is greedy for money, he is also a member of my generation. He embarked on this road, it wasn't Zhu Tu, and he wasn't forced by the Huaiyang government? Besides, isn't it just a matter of hundreds of times, and you can poke his ass with a dagger?! ”

Every sentence is quite reasonable. However, no one would put their hands into their money bags. The guy standing at the table to collect the accounts is a cloud of air.

Chang Xiaoer took the initiative to pay the bill every day for several days, originally willingly. But after experiencing such a stimulus today, I can't help but keep a few more eyes. At this moment, seeing that none of the seniors at the table refused to pay for it, he smiled and stood up, touched his purse and said, "Oh, a few brothers are right, how can I care about that little bit of stuff as a scholar." Little second brother, how many copper coins are in total, tell me the account! ”

"Yes!" When the shopkeeper heard this, he quickly opened his throat and repeated loudly, "A few guest officers, you ordered steamed Jiangxian at this table, vegetarian fried reed sprouts, red stewed pheasant, braised crucian carp, and a lotus seed soup, two pots of aged daughter red." A total of seventy-three texts, I have benefited!! ”

"It's only seventy-three Wen, not much, not much!" Chang Xiaoer said as he quietly moved his body outward. Suddenly pushed the second little man of the shop, and fled, "Brothers, use it slowly, I'll retire first!" ”

"Where is Brother Chang?" All the scholars were slightly stunned at first, and then got up in unison. "Brother Chang is back!"

"Brother Chang, this little money, who is out of it!"

"Friends have the friendship of wealth, we brothers are like-minded"

"Stop!" The shopkeeper was fooled once, how could he be willing to go a second time. Immediately opened his arms and stopped a few people at the door of the store, "Stop, a few guest officers." Since you are not short of money, please buy your face back and leave! ”