Chapter 585: There is no king's law
The prefect's yamen is the most magnificent building in the whole Qiantang Prefecture, with many buildings and a vast area. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThis is not only the place where the prefect works and lives, but also the office of the entire Qiantang Mansion, the household room, the ceremonial room, the military room, the torture room, and the workshop. It can be said that the political affairs of Qiantang Mansion are all running here. In a way, it's the equivalent of a small court.
In the evening, the officials of each room went home from work, so it was dark and deserted inside the one, two, and three doors.
But inside the four and five gates, the lights are bright.
Don't look at the prefect's family living here, but the population is not a small number, the prefect's family of ten, the teacher teaches more than a dozen people, dozens of maids and grandmothers, dozens of family members, and hundreds of soldiers, adding up to more than 200 people.
More than 100 soldiers are scattered throughout the government office and are responsible for maintaining the security of the government office. The sound of the two soldiers at the gate shouting "someone is making trouble" spread to at least three gates, and the soldiers on duty patrolling inside the first, second, and third gates immediately rushed to the gate when they heard the shouts.
At this time, Song Qi and the others had already arrived at the second gate, and five or six soldiers blocked the way with horizontal guns, and shouted: "Hey, who are you, you dare to break into the prefect's office!" ”
"I'm Song Qi, Lai Xingchi called me!" Song Qi said in a deep voice, "If you get out of the way for me, I won't embarrass you!" ”
Song Qi? Those soldiers were shocked when they heard Song Qi's name, although they didn't go to the banquet to listen to it, but they heard Song Qi's name from the mouths of those who caught fast, and they also heard Song Qi's deeds of throwing the catcher out of the window in front of the prefect.
Those soldiers saw that Song Qi was followed by a large number of people, their faces showed horror, and they looked at each other one by one, who dared to come forward to stop them? A soldier rushed to the backyard with his legs drawn, on the one hand, to report the news to the Lai Governor's Mansion, and on the other hand, to escape from the land of right and wrong.
Song Qi and the others were unimpeded, as if they were in a no-man's land, they directly entered the four gates, and met Lai Xingchi, who came in a hurry with a large group of people, in the courtyard of the four gates.
When Song Qi broke into the mansion gate, Lai Xingchi was drinking and talking with the Qiantang defense envoy Zha Qianhu in the orchid hall inside the five gates. Today he was insulted by Song Qi, and his heart was resentful and angry. He couldn't wait to put Song Qi in prison immediately and serve him with capital punishment. But all he can mobilize is the thousands of famous catchers, and those quick catches are commonplace, and they can only deal with some unarmed ordinary people and those petty thieves. It is really not qualified to deal with the arrogant and domineering Song Qi.
Although there are more than 100 soldiers in the government office, it does not belong to the management of Lai Xingchi, but belongs to the jurisdiction of Cha Qianhu, which is mainly used to maintain the office security of the government office. Of course, there is a huge difference between the status of those soldiers and the Lai Governor's Mansion, and it is too late to confront the Lai Governor's Mansion, as long as the Lai Governor's Mansion is sent, who dares not listen? So I can transfer it on a regular basis. But these 100 soldiers are only responsible for guarding the door, and their martial arts are not much stronger than those who catch fast. Of course, Lai Xingchi didn't dare to count on it.
Lai Xingchi hoped that Zha Qianhu could send heavy troops to suppress Song Qi, so he sent the chief bookkeeper to solemnly invite Zha Qianhu to the government office, set up a banquet in the backyard, and invited four beauties to accompany him. These four beauties were invited by Lai Xingchi from Pingkangli, and their real appearance was about six or seven points, and after heavy makeup, they seemed to be close to nine points.
"Cha Qianhu, we have long heard that you are a big hero, are you still afraid of that little deflated three Song Qi?" The four beauties toasted Qianhu's wine one after another.
"Master Cha, this is 10,000 taels of silver." Lai Xingchi raised his hand and pointed to a box of white flowers and silver next to him, and said with a smile on his face, "After the matter is completed, the lower official will give another 100,000 taels of silver as a reward!" ”
It seems that Lai Xingchi spent a lot of money in order to deal with Song Qi, but these silver taels are just a drop in the bucket for him. He served as the prefect of Qiantang Mansion for three years, and at least 10 million taels of silver.
Qiantang Mansion is not a military town, only 5,000 troops are stationed, and the military power is in the hands of Qiantang Mansion's defense envoy Cha Qianhu. Zha Qianhu is not a general, his rank is equivalent to Chen Guo's captain, but it is slightly higher than the rank of lieutenant and slightly smaller than the junior general. Cha Qianhu and Lai Xingchi are of the same grade, they are both positive five grades, they do not belong to each other, and no one can transfer anyone at ordinary times.
Zha Qianhu didn't want to listen to Lai Xingchi's dispatch, but considering that there were people in Lai Xingchi's court with a deep background, it was not easy to refuse Lai Xingchi's request. Now, in front of the sexy and hot beauties and white flowers provided by Lai Xingchi, he couldn't resist the temptation, and agreed: "Don't worry, Lord Lai, isn't Song Qi just a businessman, tomorrow Zha will take a thousand soldiers to seal up the business!" ”
"Song Qi, if you dare to go against me, you will die!" Lai Xingchi was very proud in his heart.
"Report, Lord Lai, it's not good! Song Qi broke into the gate of the government office with a large group of people, and now he is killing in the backyard! The soldier rushed in in a panic, panting for breath.
"What? Song Qi actually broke into the government office? And with a large group of people? Lai Xingchi's face turned pale with fright, his fat body shook violently, and the wine glasses in his hand were not held steady, and he fell to the ground with a bang, and the wine splashed everywhere, and some of it was sprinkled on the hem of his robe, making him embarrassed.
"That Song Qi is here?" Zha Qianhu was so frightened that he woke up, his eyes rolled a few times, and he stammered to Lai Xingchi: "Lord Lai, you quickly take someone to take a look, what can be resolved peacefully, try to solve it peacefully." ”
"Master Cha, what do you mean by this, don't you want to help the officials?" Lai Xingchi frowned and asked in annoyance.
Although Zha Qianhu proudly promised to seize Song Qi's business tomorrow, it was on the premise of bringing a thousand soldiers and horses. He had come to the banquet tonight, and had only brought a dozen or so of his own soldiers with him. Although there were still a hundred soldiers in this house, he did not dare to rely on them. A person who gave the Lai Governor, who was known for his domineering, a headache, how could he dare to face it with a hundred soldiers in charge of guarding the door? If he was such a careless person, how could he have been mixed up in the position of a thousand households that everyone envied at the age of forty?
Zha Qianhu spread his hands and explained to Lai Xingchi with a smile: "It's not convenient for Zha to show up today, if people know that I'm drinking with you, it won't be convenient for you to show up tomorrow." ”
Lai Xingchi saw Cha Qianhu's bear-like appearance, and he was also very annoyed at first, and said in his heart, if you don't come forward at the critical moment, why should I send money and beautiful women to you? Later, I thought about what Zha Qianhu said was not wrong, what he asked Zha Qianhu was to ask him to lead troops to seize Song Qi's business tomorrow and destroy Song Qi, instead of letting him be a shield for himself tonight. Now, there are not a few soldiers under Cha Qianhu, just a bare-rod commander, no different from a puppet, which is not helpful at all to deal with Song Qi who broke into the mansion.
Lai Xingchi had no choice but to gather the soldiers of the sect leader Ding of the Mansion by himself, and hurried to the four gates to intercept Song Qi. What he relies on most now are the three leaders who are responsible for teaching his son's martial arts, and the others are just filling people's heads, creating momentum, and scaring children.
The men and horses on both sides met head-on in the inner courtyard of the four gates. The lights in the four courtyards are bright, and they shine like daylight.
Lai Xingchi saw that Song Qi really led dozens of people to swagger into the inner courtyard, he was furious, raised his hand and pointed at Song Qi, and shouted sharply: "Song Qi, you dare to trespass into the prefect's government office, you are really bold, and you have no king's law!" ”
"Lai Xingchi, why are you talking so ugly?" Song Qi stopped, smiled at Lai Xingchi, and reminded kindly, "Didn't you personally come to Tianfeng Tower to invite me to the Yamen?" You won't be so forgetful, will you? (To be continued.) )