With the third master borrowed the promotion of overseas grain to hand over the mission of the household department, Hongqing's busy life has returned to normal, every morning into the study to study, at noon to report to the Ministry of Industry, occasionally go to the "Qilin business" or small skewers alley to inspect, the days are also very happy, no, Tiananmen corner tower on the bell just rang, Hongqing has been stepping out of Tiananmen Square, just want to go to the east of the square to the Ministry of Industry Yamen, but see Liu San'er monkey rushed straight from the car and horse parking place, The anxious look on his face suddenly made Hongqing's heart suddenly, and the raised foot immediately took root, and he waited not far from the palace gate with a slight frown.

"Little prince, something happened, there was news from the palace before, saying that Mu Ning and several sons and brothers of the two Huai salt merchants were arrested by the people of the Nine Gate Admiral's Yamen."

Liu San'er hurriedly rushed to Hongqing, and before he even had time to catch his breath, he had already reported with a roar.

"Huh? Let's be clear, what the hell is going on? ”

Mu Ning's person, Hongqing knows it, speaking of which he has had a lot of dealings with him when he was in Henan, and his impression of this person is acceptable, but the time of communication is still shallow, far from being a confidant, and considering the factor of his father Rongzhu, although Hongqing has a good relationship with him, he has no intention of pulling him into his own circle, after all, the identity of the third master is sensitive at this time, and it is not a good thing to have a close relationship with the feudal officials. The brows that were originally slightly frowning inevitably became a little tighter.

"Back to the words of the little prince, here's the thing, according to the news from the other side of the Yamen of the Nine Gates, it was said that Mu Ning and others arrived in Beijing yesterday, and they ran overnight. Wanhualou's leisure, somehow with Prince Yu's second son Bao Shou had a dispute, and then started to fight each other, provoked the soldiers of the Nine Gate Admiral Yamen, one was taken to the Nine Gate Admiral Yamen, closed overnight, self-reported that it was the little prince your friend, but no one paid attention to it, or a cronie under Lord Heda got the letter, so he quickly reported to the house, and it happened that the prince went to the suburbs of Beijing Zhuangzi, the little prince you are in the palace again, the little ones have no choice, they can only wait here. ”

Seeing that Hongqing's face was wrong, Liu San'er didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly explained the matter in detail.

"This guy can really cause trouble!"

After listening to Liu San'er's explanation, Hongqing's face not only did not ease, but it was a little more ugly, there is no other, Prince Yu Fuquan is seriously ill at this time, and he is about to die, with the old man's favor to Fuquan's brother, no matter who has a conflict with Fuquan's family, whether it is reasonable or unreasonable, it will definitely be difficult to escape the heavy punishment, not to mention Mu Ning, the son of the governor who has no foundation in Beijing, it is Hongqing himself who has committed something at this time, and it is difficult to escape the old man's board, if this case is not big, it will be easy to handle, It's a big deal to carry the brand of the third master, and Hongqing will come forward to say that it will be able to turn big things into small things, and small things will be turned into small things.

"Little prince, do you see this matter......"

When Liu San'er was in Henan, he didn't have a lot of dealings with Mu Ning, and he didn't have a little benefit, although he didn't take anyone's money, but he didn't do a lot of eating and drinking together.

"Hmph, go and inform Cao Yanshan, send more people, and make every effort to find out the news for Ben Baylor, and wait for Ben Baylor to go to the Ministry of Industry to take a leave, and then go to the 'Qilin Firm' to make a decision."

As far as the friendship between each other is concerned, Hongqing can completely ignore it, but all matters in Henan still need Rongzhu's full cooperation, whether it is the river or the river management of the hundreds of thousands of acres of land, Hongqing is still waiting for the money from the sale of land to deliver the boats ordered by the shipyard, even if he is reluctant, Hongqing can not stand by in this matter, and in desperation, he had to order with a black face.

"Hey, let's do it for the little ones."

As soon as he heard Hongqing's command, Liu San'er's hanging heart finally relaxed a little, and he obviously spat out, hurriedly responded, and rushed towards the parking place of the carriage and horse......

"Yo, Brother Qing is here, what's the matter, the Ministry of Industry is not doing errands today?"

Hongqing went to the Ministry of Industry to take a turn, then took the carriage to the "Kirin Firm", and then walked into the lounge in the account room, and saw the old fifteen and sixteenth brothers who slipped away early in the morning were leisurely making tea and chatting, and before Hongqing sat down, the fast-talking old sixteen was already laughing and laughing and teasing Hongqing.

"Something happened today, I'm afraid I have to have Uncle Sixteen go out and take a trip."

Hongqing was upset at this time, and he had no intention of playing haha with the old sixteen, so he slowly walked to the coffee table, pulled out a rocking chair, lifted the hem of his robe, sat down, and opened his mouth with a solemn expression.

"Huh? What is it that makes Brother Qing so annoyed? Anyway, if you can do it, you can do it! ”

Seeing that Hongqing's complexion was wrong, Lao Sixteen didn't dare to laugh casually, but he didn't have the slightest excuse, and gave a big promise.

"It's not a big deal, a friend of mine is from Henan, well, it's Mu Ning, the youngest son of Henan Governor Rongzhu, yesterday he had a conflict with Uncle Bao Shou in the 'Wanhua Building', and called the Nine Gate Admiral Yamen to be arrested, and now he is still in prison, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to come forward, so I want to ask Uncle Sixteen to go on a trip, not afraid of spending money, as long as the person is fished out first, as for Uncle Bao Shou's head, I'll go and explain it."

Although the matter is not big, there is also such an inside line as Heda in the Yamen of the Nine Gates, but Hongqing is still not good to come forward in person, and the root is in Tuoheqi, after all, Hongqing and Tuoheqi have a lot of old grievances, if Hongqing himself goes, it must be worse, but it is more suitable for Lao Sixteen, a small local snake with a wide network to catch people, which is the root reason why Hongqing is in a hurry to come to the "Qilin Firm" to discuss with Lao Sixteen.

"Hey, it's such a trivial matter, it's very difficult, yes, Brother Qing'er just sit and drink tea, and I'll go back, master!"

As soon as he heard that it was just a small thing about the restaurant fight, Lao Sixteen didn't care much about it, he patted his little chest proudly, and dropped a sentence to confess......

"Huh? Old Sixteen, what's wrong? ”

The old sixteen went fast, and he didn't come back slowly, not even half an hour before and after, the old sixteen had already walked into the account room with a gloomy face, and the annoyed appearance suddenly surprised the old fifteen, and couldn't help but ask.

"Damn bad luck, Tuoheqi's bastard made a bullshit, he actually sent everyone to the prison of the Criminal Department, shit, this is clearly to make a big fuss, the master is not finished with him!"

The old sixteen confidently ran to the Yamen of the Nine Gates, originally thought that with his face, he could easily settle the matter, but he didn't expect to get to the ground, only to know how difficult it was for Tuoheqi, and he didn't give the slightest face to escort Mu Ning and others to the prison of the Criminal Department, or the order in front of the old sixteen, which made the old sixteen anxious, and had a big quarrel with Tuoheqi, but still failed to change the result.

Sent to the Ministry of Punishment? Damn, Tuo Heqi didn't think about it, it should be the prince's idea of the muddy ball, I'm afraid things are going to be tricky!

As soon as he heard Lao Sixteen say this, Hongqing's brows suddenly tightened into the word "Sichuan", and an ominous premonition surged uncontrollably in his heart - the restaurant brawl is not a big deal, even if it provokes a powerful clan like Baoshou, at most it is just sent to Jingzhao Mansion to make a board, but Tuo Heqi stuffed people into the yamen of the criminal department, making it clear that he wanted to treat small things as big things, and the idea of fighting was nothing more than to ask Hongqing to mix with the eighth master's side, and this matter could not be ended in private. Even if the eighth master is willing to be selfish, the prince will definitely refuse to give up, and the trouble is obviously a bit big.

"Sent to the Punishment Department? If you don't do it, isn't it just a big thing, what are you sending to the Criminal Department? ”

Lao Fifteen didn't have Hongqing's keen mind, but he was just blindly curious about the unreasonableness of Tuo Heqi's actions.

"Who's to say it isn't? Grandma's bear, what the fucking shit that Tuoheqi did was not a fucking thing! Brother Qing, why don't you go to the criminal department again? ”

Lao Sixteen is a small snake, where there are familiar acquaintances, whether it is the Admiral of the Nine Gates or the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, they are all very familiar, but they are a little scratching their heads for the Criminal Department, the root is naturally from the Eighth Master and his brothers, the Old Sixteen is really not sure that the Eighth Master and his gang can sell his face, but he feels that it is not good to do things, and he is ashamed of Hongqing's entrustment, so he is not very confident and asked.

"No need, this matter doesn't seem to be so simple, the two uncles don't have to interfere, go back and discuss it with my Amma, and then make a decision."

If you run to the criminal department without preparation, not only can you not solve the problem, but there is a possibility of being dragged into the quagmire, this is obviously not a situation that Hongqing is happy to see, the matter has come to this point, and you can really only seek safety first and then care about the rest.

"This ......, it's good, if Brother Qing is useful to my brothers, just open your mouth, come in the fire, go in the water, and say nothing!"

failed to help Hongqing, the old sixteen was very guilty, but since Hongqing said so, he didn't want to talk more, so he could only express his attitude.

"Well, that's it, I'm afraid it's hard to have peace these days, and the two uncles will have to worry about the business here!"

Seeing that he couldn't get help from the old sixteen brothers, Hongqing didn't want to stay in the business any longer, and after a word of encouragement, he got up and left, and hurried to his palace in a carriage.