Chapter 18: The Plague of Innocence (I)
In the Garden of Heroes, the banquet continued, and nothing changed because of the loss of a few people. Push the glass and change the lamp, you come and go, and after a while, those young juniors will come forward with wine glasses and toast Bai Lotian one by one. The invitation has already hinted that Bai Lotian wants to find a wishful husband for his youngest daughter Bai Ruoshui, Baichuan Villa is wealthy, and Old Man Bai has some status in the rivers and lakes, not to mention that Bai Ruoshui's gentle and beautiful name is not a lie. Therefore, whether it is for the future or really for Bai Ruoshui's beauty, there are not a few people who have the heart to marry this family.
For Bai Letian, Baichuan Villa's status in the rivers and lakes can be said to be single-handedly broken out. The Bai family has been in business for generations, and the way that can be opened in the officialdom shopping mall has already been almost opened, and if it goes up, even if he has the heart, he may not be able to find a way. And the rivers and lakes are different, if they are handled properly, this will definitely become a good move for the Bai family to further grow, which is also the reason why he has been interested in making friends with people in the rivers and lakes over the years. As for Bai Ruoshui's relatives, he naturally hopes to bring benefits to Baichuan Villa, and so far, his favorite son-in-law is ......
"Sir! Master! Oh no! Oh no! Master! ”
Bai Lotian was looking at several young talents who came forward to congratulate him on his birthday with satisfaction, and introduced Bai Ruoxi to everyone while greeting him, when he was happy, suddenly a domestic servant stumbled in.
"Panicked, what a system! What happened? Bai Lotian reprimanded unhappily.
"The old man is angry! Back to the master, a group of people came outside the village for some reason, saying that we should hand over some daughters or something, Lord Zhao also surrounded the door with the officials, please go out and have a look! Li Shi, who was in charge of guarding the door, replied in a hurry.
"How can it be!" Bai Lotian slapped his palm on the table, "Sit down, please forgive the old man for missing for a while, Ruoxi, greet the guests for me." ”
"Yes, father, don't worry." Bai Ruoxi hurriedly responded, the prefect Lord Zhao came to see that Bai Letian should come forward, he is not the head of the Bai family now.
The birthday banquet was approached by the government, and it was only the banquet the day before yesterday, and anyone would feel disgraced. It is inevitable that the people in the rivers and lakes under this kind of thing will not whisper, curious about what happened to the Bai family, and it came to the birthday banquet.
"Don't be impatient, the Bai family lives in Hangzhou City, and has helped the prefect deal with a lot of things before, you don't have to mind, please rest assured." Bai Ruoxi said this very cleverly, which meant to tell everyone that the Bai family was very important in Hangzhou City, and nothing would happen, and this time it must just be that the prefect had something to ask for.
Where there are Jianghu sects, it is common for the government to bow its head, and everyone doesn't care when they hear him say this.
But Bai Lotian walked out of the door, and saw the prefect Zhao Yuanxin Zhao standing in front of the door with a group of officials, next to a group of crying people. He was holding a banquet today to celebrate his birthday, and at this time, how could he be happy when there were people crying and crying in front of the door, so he asked with a calm face and unceremoniously: "What does Lord Zhao mean by this?" ”
This Zhao Yuanxin was the one who knelt down in front of Ning Qi that day to plead guilty, but in the face of Bai Letian, he was naturally an official, and replied calmly: "The owner of the white village is not in a hurry, the official naturally knows that the owner of the village is having a banquet today, and it is really helpless to come to disturb him, has the owner of the white village ever heard of the disappearance of a woman near Hangzhou City today?" ”
Seeing him say this, Bai Letian's face softened slightly, but the latter sentence made him wonder: "I have heard a little, but what does this matter have to do with the old man?" Also, why do these people do this in front of my Baichuan Villa? Please also make it clear to Lord Zhao! ”
"It has nothing to do with the owner, but it has something to do with the white prince." Zhao Yuanxin replied.
Bai Lotian suddenly changed color: "Lord Zhao, what do you mean?" Xiao'er has always been law-abiding, how could he be involved in this matter?! Lord Zhao is aware of everything, and he can't talk nonsense! ”
"Don't be angry, it's like this, Wang Xiaocui, the daughter of Wang Ji of Wangjia Village outside the city, also disappeared a few days ago, but yesterday evening she fainted on the side of the road outside the city and was rescued, as soon as she woke up today, Wang Ji took her to the palace to complain, saying that after she was arrested, she had heard the murderer say that the matter was done by Bai Dagongzi. It was for the sake of fairness that the official had to invite the eldest prince Bai to the palace to confront him. It's just that the official knows that the owner of Bai Zhuang is banqueting guests today, and I am afraid that he will directly order someone to take away the Bai Dagongzi and the reputation of the owner of the village will be hindered, so he came in person, and hoped that the Bai Zhuang master would cooperate and hand over the Bai Dagongzi to the official. Zhao Yuanxin explained one by one, if it was someone else, he could go directly to the door to get someone, but Baifu was a different matter.
"It can't be!" Bai Lotian categorically vetoed, "Xi'er can't do such a thing, how can an adult come to such a conclusion based on only one side!" ”
"I heard those people say it with my own ears!" A thin woman stood up and said that it was Wang Xiaocui. On that day, she got up early and went out, but she didn't expect to lose consciousness after walking for a short time, and when she woke up, she went to a strange place, surrounded by women who had been arrested like her, all of them fifteen or sixteen years old. In order to be able to escape, she has been pretending to be well-behaved, and once those guards drank too much wine, and when she said that she leaked her mouth, she realized that it was the famous Baichuan Villa who captured them!
"Old man Bai, please! Give my daughter back! Please! Please! As soon as Wang Xiaocui's words fell, those people surrounded them and begged Bai Lotian to let their children go.
Bai Letian was so angry that his hands trembled when he saw this: "You, what are you doing!" I said that my son would never do such a thing, and this girl must have lied and slandered! ”
"Master Bai, please listen to me, whether it is or not, you still have to ask Bai Gongzi to come out and make it clear......"
"Bai Ruoxi is here!" There was such a fuss in front, and someone had already run to the back to report to Bai Ruoxi, so he arrived at this time.
As soon as the people saw Bai Ruoxi coming, they immediately surrounded him, "You return my daughter!" Give back my daughter! "Master Bai is kind enough to let my daughter go!" "You bastard, I'll fight with you!"
"Ladies and gentlemen! Everyone, please be calm! Bai Ruoxi didn't expect this to be the case, he thought that as long as he came out and explained clearly, he didn't expect these people to be so angry.
"Silence! Spread out! Seeing that the scene was out of control, Zhao Yuanxin was afraid that Baichuan Villa would hurt these people in anger, so he had to order the official to step forward and separate the people, and when the scene was under control, he asked Bai Ruoxi: "I think Bai Dagongzi already knows what happened, and I also ask Bai Dagongzi to go with this official." ”
So far, if the stalemate continues, I am afraid that it will get bigger and bigger, and no matter how embarrassing the facts are, it will be Baichuan Villa, Bai Ruoxi had no choice but to nod and agree: "Yes, but this matter really has nothing to do with Zaixia, and I hope that the adults are still innocent." ”
Bai Lotian was full of anger, and he had to press it down at this moment, "This matter will definitely be investigated, and when the time comes, please ask Lord Zhao to be sure to return my son's innocence!" ”
Zhao Yuanxin replied: "This is natural, this matter was originally a last resort, if there is no investigation of this matter, the official will definitely not let Bai Gongzi be wronged, please rest assured." Don't disturb the owner of the feast and drink, and say goodbye below. With that, he left with Bai Ruoxi and the officials.
The speaker has no intention, how does this latter sentence sound different from ridicule in Bai Lotian at this moment? It's just that the full house is still there, so he has to turn around and go back, holding up a smiling face until the end.
After the banquet, Bai Ruoxi, the eldest son of Baichuan Villa, kidnapped the people's daughter, and the matter spread throughout Hangzhou overnight, and those who lost their daughters came to the door to ask for explanations, they were just ordinary people, and if Baichuan Villa accidentally injured people, it would be even more intelligible.
But said that in the palace, Bai Ruoxi was not locked in prison after being brought back, Zhao Yuanxin specially arranged a room with him, although it was not as good as his residence in Baichuan Villa, but it was also very good.
"The prefect just believes that he is not a murderer?" Bai Ruoxi looked at Zhao Yuanxin opposite and said with a smile, he was originally a gentle and elegant son, and even if he was stigmatized, he would not panic at this time.
Zhao Yuanxin put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile: "It's just that I really can't think of any reason for Bai Gongzi to do such a thing." ”
"Oh?"
"Bai Gongzi is both civil and military, he is already the next owner of the village, and he has a bright future, and the official really can't think of any reason for Gongzi to kidnap the people's daughter," Zhao Yuanxin explained. He also felt strange about this matter, not to mention that Bai Ruoxi had no reason to do this kind of thing, it was really him who did it, so how could Wang Xiaocui escape so easily with his means? "So Bai Gongzi might as well think about it, who have you offended during this time?"
Bai Ruoxi frowned and thought for a long time, he had already heard what Zhao Yuanxin said, and now there were rumors outside, and they were getting more and more outrageous, which made him have to suspect that someone was secretly pushing against him. However, he has always been kind to others, even in the business field, he is mostly friendly and wealthy, and has never made any enemies, "I really can't think of it in Xia", he shook his head and said, "It's just that there is a reluctant request in Xia, can you please allow Bai Liang, the entourage below, to come, there are some things I want to tell him." ”
Zhao Yuanxin saw that he didn't plan to say it, so he had no choice but to say, "Naturally, if the son has any eyebrows, it is better to tell the official, after all, it is the lives of more than a dozen girls!" ”
"Don't worry, if there is any news, you will know everything!" Bai Ruoxi said.
"This official said goodbye, and before the matter was clarified, Bai Gongzi was wronged to stay here." With that, Zhao Yuanxin got up and left.
When he came out, the master greeted him, "Did you find anything out of your lordship?" ”
"Bai Ruoxi is not so good, the official feels that he seems to know something, and he doesn't seem to be sure, in short, there is nothing to gain from this trip. By the way, where is that Wang Xiaocui? ”
The master replied: "She was placed in the backyard with her parents, but the little one felt that what she said didn't look like a fake." ”
"Alas, the whereabouts of the grain and grass are unknown, and now there is this matter, if it is not handled well, I am afraid that this official will really be in trouble this time!"
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In a dark room.
"Have you done everything I commanded?" The man's voice rang out.
Another voice replied: "Back to the master, everything is done, but there is something unknown to the subordinates." ”
"You think I'm too impatient?"
"Yes, if it falls into the eyes of Youxin, it is not difficult to see that it is more likely to be planted and blamed."
"I have my own opinion on this matter, and you can only do what I tell you to do. What is the situation in the north now? ”
"Back to the master, everything is going well."
"That's good, you go, there have been a lot of people lately, don't come to me if you have nothing to do, so as not to alarm others."
"Yes."