Chapter 25: Unexpected Conflict
The fight at the entrance of the 'Jun Again' restaurant ended with more than a dozen yacha besieging Li Ba falling to the ground and snorting miserably. The onlookers couldn't help but cheer in unison when they saw Li Ba's bravery. The people living in Caizhou Mansion have never seen any kind of fight, but this is the first time I have seen a fight between this yacha and a soldier.
In addition, the people didn't have a good impression of these yacha, and seeing them being beaten by Li Ba all over the ground looking for teeth, not to mention how happy they were. But while being happy, I can't help but worry about the fate of Li Ba and others, Chang'an, the prefect of Caizhou Mansion, is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Salt farmers and salt merchants have been exploited by countless people, who are cautious and greedy for money and lustful, and have been the prefect of Caizhou for eight years, and the people have long complained and complained, but they dare not speak out. There have long been rumors in the market that his background is the clansman of a high-ranking official in Beijing, and in the early years, there were also people who could not bear its oppression, and the complaints in Beijing were gone, and the prefect Chang'an still lived his comfortable life as always.
Just as everyone was cheering for Li Ba, a heart-rending howl attracted everyone's attention, and they all looked for prestige. I saw that the fat prefect Chang An was punched in his mouth by Zhu Yong, and several bloodstained teeth fell to the side, Chang An covered his bleeding mouth with both hands, and screamed non-stop.
There was a look of astonishment and disbelief on his face, he couldn't have imagined that he would be beaten in the street in Caizhou City, what is this not a rebellion? The expression on his face changed sharply, and then looked at the yacha who fell to the ground, Chang An finally came to his senses, and these people in front of him alone couldn't take down these three villains.
As soon as he turned around, he glanced at the two people behind him who were dressed as domestic servants, and waited until the two of them withdrew from the crowd, and then asked Zhu Yong coldly, "Who are you and whose subordinates?" If you dare to beat the prefect in the street, if you don't hurry up and arrest you, the official may save you from death. ”
Zhu Yong showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said disdainfully: "What bullshit prefect, seeing that you were beaten and applauded by the people, you know that you are definitely not a good thing, and I will come and talk to you when grandpa cripples you." ”
Chang Zhifu looked at Zhu Yong with a grim face with wide eyes and fear, he had already declared his identity, and the stunned young man in front of him didn't care at all. This person is either crazy, or he must be absolutely sure that he can have no worries. Looking at Zhu Yong, who was getting closer and closer, Chang An seemed to be beginning to regret it at this moment.
It's been a long time, he has long forgotten the crisis in the officialdom, and at this moment his life is at stake, and for the first time in his life, he feels that the threat is so close to him. Just now, my two servants have already run to call someone, why haven't they come yet?
Zhu Yong had already raised his fist high, and he was about to swing it again, he really couldn't get used to Chang'an's fat face, and he was about to give him plastic surgery. Suddenly, the crowd of onlookers began to stir, and was pushed to both sides of the street by a group of soldiers armed with spears, and more than a hundred soldiers, led by a man with a full face, surrounded the place with a hula.
When the prefect Chang An saw this person, the worry on his face was gone, and he hurriedly took a few steps back and opened a distance with Zhu Yong. After glancing at the field, the middle-aged man with a meaty face came to the prefect Chang'an and was about to salute, when he saw the injury on his face, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Chang An seemed to guess the thoughts of the person in front of him, and shouted with an angry face: "What is Xiao Ethics still doing in a daze? Hurry up and arrest a few thieves here! ”
Xiao Ethics knew that he was rude, so he didn't dare to say more, and after saluting with his fists, he shouted coldly to his subordinates: "Take it all down for me, and those who dare to resist will be killed." ”
Tang Ming and Li Ba's expressions began to become solemn, they didn't expect things to evolve like this. Unexpectedly, the soldiers defending the city in Caizhou Mansion were dispatched, and the prefect who was punched by Zhu Yong will definitely not give up now. Compared with Tang and Li's worries, Zhu Yong is still extremely arrogant.
In his eyes, these soldiers guarding the city were nothing at all, not to mention that he had already seen his men rushing to this side. When it comes to fighting, Zhu Yong has never been afraid of anyone.
Xiao Conduct gave an order, and the government soldiers had already begun to move, holding spears and pointing at the three people, and were about to subdue them, when there was a commotion behind the crowd. The crowd began to split their ways, regardless of the obstruction of the government soldiers, Li Ba's men and Zhu Yong's men rushed directly to the side of the three of them, and then pulled out the Mitsubishi thorns on their bodies and the Caizhou government soldiers confronted each other.
More than 50 people against more than 100 people, Weihaiwei's soldiers did not show weakness at all in terms of momentum. They all straightened their backs and clenched the weapons in their hands, as long as those soldiers dared to make a move, they would definitely not hesitate to give a fatal blow. If you are facing a group of veterans who have been on the battlefield, these soldiers of Weihaiwei will definitely not be able to beat them, but these government soldiers they are facing now are just some rabble in their eyes.
The change came too suddenly, and the people on both sides seemed to be at an impasse in the opposite direction. Xiao Zhengshou naturally saw that these soldiers who were killed halfway were definitely not easy to mess with, just from their neat movements, as well as the momentum they exuded when facing himself and others, he was sure that these soldiers of unknown origin were definitely an elite army.
Xiao Ethics didn't know what to do in the face of this scene, and when he was in a dilemma, he could only look at the Chang Governor Mansion around him, whether to fight or not, of course, he had to decide for himself. He Xiao is just a small integrity, if the other party is really a big person, he must not be offended.
Chang Zhifu was also very uneasy at the moment, with a look of hesitation in his eyes, although he had a backer in the capital, from Zhu Yong's performance just now, he also guessed that the identities of these three people must not be simple. Later, these dozens of soldiers who suddenly surrendered made him affirm his thoughts.
But if these three people are allowed to leave like this, Chang Zhifu feels unwilling, he usually beats others, and when it is his turn to be beaten, he has to swallow bitterness in his stomach. If he gives the order to fight, he will not have much chance of winning, and if he can't arrest all these people without falling behind, the consequences will be worrying.
Chang Zhifu's face changed, and at this moment, a middle-aged man dressed as a businessman, holding a token, came directly to Chang Zhifu, glanced at him coldly, lit up the token and handed him a small note by the way, and turned around and left without saying anything.
When Chang Zhifu saw the token in the middle-aged man's hand, he was slightly shocked. It was engraved with the six big characters of 'Jinyi Wei Commander', and Chang Zhifu's legs instantly swung up, and after composure, he slowly opened the note with trembling hands.
"Withdraw your troops immediately, don't do much!"
In just eight words, Chang Zhifu's face changed again after reading it. Unwillingly, he glanced at Zhu Yong and the others for the last time, and then waved his hand to signal Xiao to withdraw his troops.
Although the onlookers didn't know what was going on, the Chang Governor's Mansion, who had always been rampant and domineering, suffered a loss, and everyone suddenly burst into warm applause when he left, which shows that Chang Fatzi is not popular in Caizhou.
Zhu Yong was like a victorious general, holding his head high and accepting the warm applause of the onlookers with peace of mind. Tang Ming sat at the door, although he didn't know why the fat prefect suddenly withdrew his troops, but when he saw a fight disappear invisibly, he was happy and put down the big stone in his heart.
An old man with a bamboo pole walked out of the restaurant, arched his hand at Tang Ming, and said with a smile on his face: "Please come to the second floor for dinner, if you have any offense, please forgive me." ”
This old man is the shopkeeper of the restaurant, and he also saw everything that happened at the door just now, although he didn't know what he meant about the Chang Governor's Mansion withdrawing troops first. But he also guessed that the identities of Tang Ming's three military masters should make the Chang Governor jealous, otherwise he would not have let them go like this.
Even the prefect of Chang has to be scrupulous, of course, he is a small shopkeeper of a restaurant, and he does not dare to be presumptuous. The abnormal prefect has left, and the second floor that was taken down by him should be regarded as an apology and let these military masters eat.
Tang Ming saw the politeness of the shopkeeper, and it was not easy to hit the smiling person with his hand, he originally wanted to change places, but now he simply didn't change it, and went straight to the second floor with the invitation of the shopkeeper.
Tang Ming and Zhu Yong didn't see the middle-aged man holding the token, but Li Ba saw it clearly, plus he was originally from Jinyiwei. At first glance, I recognized that the middle-aged man in disguise was Jinyiwei, and from his steady appearance when he walked, he guessed that this person's level must not be too low.
It seems that Jin Yiwei is really monitoring himself and others, and with them protecting him behind his back, Li Ba is much more confident in this mission. At this time, he also understood why the emperor gave him that contradictory holy decree, it turned out that he was just using Tang Ming as a bait and wanted to pull out Jianwen's remaining party.
After thinking about this, Li Baren immediately became cheerful, no longer worried about his life, and immediately pulled Zhu Yong, who kept bragging to his subordinates, and wanted to have a drunk with him.
Tang Ming shook his head and changed to a seat near the window, and took Xiaobai to look out of the street while eating, watching those all kinds of people shuttling back and forth on the street. At this moment, he felt that he was slowly blending into this era, and the sound of the vendors bargaining on the street sounded so cordial that Tang Ming had a feeling of returning to modern times in an instant.
Tang Ming, who was staring out the window blankly, didn't know that a pair of cold eyes were secretly staring at him at this moment. Opposite the restaurant is a ready-to-wear shop, and there is a small window on the second floor facing Tang Ming's seat. The white-faced man who had threatened Tang Ming not long ago was hiding behind the thick curtains at the moment, staring at Tang Ming with all his attention.
Behind him, an old man dressed as an outsider bowed his hand and said, "Manager Huang knows the hairy boy opposite, do you need to wait for the evening when his subordinates send someone to kidnap him." ”
Manager Huang sneered when he heard this, and said: "This son is the Tang Ming who has improved the crops, and he is the person who the sect leader wants, and I have received the news hidden in the stronghold of the Jingshi in the morning, saying that the commander of the Jinyi Guard of the East Factory personally took dozens of good men out of the city overnight, and he was missing. ”
"Today coincides with the appearance of this son in Caizhou Mansion, and there was a dispute with Chang Governor's Mansion just now, and after the chief executive goes to meet Chang Fat in the evening, he will come to discuss this matter." Mr. Huang went downstairs alone in a burst of dark laughter.