Chapter 20: Two Birds with One Stone (Part II)
The county government was not far from here, just three streets apart, and he did not look for a carriage, so he ran to the street where the county government was located, and three hundred steps ahead was the county office.
"Stop!"
There was a sudden coquettish sound from behind, and as soon as Wu Jin turned around, he couldn't help but secretly complain, it was really a narrow road, only to see a foot behind him, the tomboy Zhao Shengnan was riding on a rouge horse, wearing a man's hat, staring at him viciously.
Wu Jin quickly calculated, there are still three hundred steps away from the county office, and the human legs may not be able to outrun the horse's legs, and if the officials are alarmed, those officials will definitely help her, or so, come soft first.
He stepped forward and gave a salute with a smile, "It turned out to be Miss Zhao, last time I said goodbye, I always wanted to apologize to Miss Zhao, but I heard that Miss Zhao is a lady of the official family, I didn't dare to come to the door rashly, since I met today, then I apologize, last time I said inappropriately, apologize to Miss Zhao, I hope Miss Zhao is magnanimous and forgiving." β
After speaking, he bowed down and gave a salute, if Wujin just scolded a few tomboys last time, maybe Zhao Shengnan could really accept his apology, and he also gave her most beloved rouge horse a whip, and his buttocks were red and swollen, almost turning Zhao Shengnan to the bone, Zhao Shengnan hated it, but she thought that the seafarer had escaped from the sea, she was sullen these days, and she came to the county office today to find the Su family sisters, but she happened to see Wujin, and she recognized it at a glance.
Zhao Shengnan remembered the humiliation last time, his heart burned with anger, and he gritted his silver teeth, "If you want me to spare you, you can, you kneel down and let your aunt and grandmother smoke twenty lashes first..... Do you hear me, get on your knees! β
Wu Jin wanted to be soft, just apologize to her, last time she was the first to ridicule, don't care about her, but listening to her deceive people too much, he couldn't help but get angry, glared at her and scolded: "What's wrong with scolding you tomboy, if you want to be a man, don't wear earrings, if you want to be a woman, don't dress up like a man, Lao Tzu hates you the most like a second chair that is not a man or a woman...."
"I'm going to kill you!"
Zhao Shengnan was almost mad, she screamed, pulled out the sword and slashed at Wujin, but the sword had not been cut down, only to feel a pain in the hand, the long sword actually ran to Wujin's hand, Wujin backhanded a sword stabbed on the fat round horse's buttocks, this sword pierced very deeply, the poor rouge mare was indecent by Wujin for the second time, it screamed in pain, the front hooves raised, almost lifted Zhao Shengnan down, and then jumped away from the horse's hooves, and ran frantically to the north, Zhao Shengnan screamed, hugged the horse's neck tightly, and ran away......
Wu Jin shook his head, why do you have to make a feud every time you see her, forget it, now he doesn't care about this, he galloped all the way to the county office, the two officials stood on the steps, blocked by the corner, and didn't see the scene that happened just now, they only saw Miss Zhao riding a horse galloping in front of them, and they were praising Miss Zhao for her riding skills, and the women didn't let her eyebrows.
"The two elder brothers, please report the history of Su Thorn for me, just say that the younger generation has no Jin to ask to see."
A servant still had a rare impression that Thorn Shi was very polite to this young man, so he smiled, "Wait a minute, I'll report it!" β
After a while, the official came out and waved his hand, "Thorn Shi let you in!" β
This time, Wujin had no intention of visiting the county office, he hurried to the office of the assassin with the officer, and the officer reported: "Master Su, he is here." β
"Come in!"
Wu Jin walked into the room, only to see Su Hanzhen sitting behind the table, holding a pen in one hand, looking at him with a smile, he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Wu Jin see my lord!" β
Wujin's gambling made a lot of noise, and Su Hanzhen also heard about it, but since he had agreed, he didn't embarrass him and said hello to Zhao Sima, so Wujin's gambling would go smoothly and was not questioned by the government.
Su Hanzhen saw him coming in a hurry, so he guessed that there must be a gambling accident, he was most worried about too many people and a stampede, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and asked with some concern: "Is there a gambling accident?" β
"Back to my lord, the gambling is going well, the people I invited to maintain order effectively, and there was no stampede, but the county did not allow me to do it."
"I see!"
Su Hanzhen breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly, "Since the county doesn't allow you to do it, then you don't do it, originally!" If you make such a big noise, if the county doesn't care, it is their dereliction of duty, if I hadn't promised you, I wouldn't have allowed you to do it. β
Wu Jin shook his head, "Lord Su, things are not as simple as you think, because my gambling has aroused the jealousy of the Huang family, they monopolize Weiyang's gambling industry, and I am not allowed to share the pie, Zhang County Order is their backstage, originally Zhang County Order went to the countryside to inspect these days, it was the Huang family to move the rescue troops, Zhang County Order rushed back overnight, this morning, Zhang County Order came to interfere, the head of the Huang family is behind him, Zhang County Order is out of selfishness, please make the decision for me!" β
Wujin mentioned that the county ordered Zhang Rong to go to the countryside to inspect, Su Hanzhen's face was gloomy, he knew that Zhang Rong was giving himself a horse, he would not accompany him when he went to the countryside, and he would go to the countryside when he came back, obviously deliberately provocative, the reason is also very simple, Zhang Rong's father Zhang Xiangguo supported the king of Chu, and the relationship with the prince was not harmonious, Zhang Rong naturally got his father's instructions.
As for the Huang family, Su Hanzhen has also heard that there are six major families in Donghai County in the past few days: Guan, Huang, Ma, Huangfu, Chen, and Wang, three of which are in Weiyang County, but Su Hanzhen still doesn't know the relationship between these six families and local high-ranking officials, and he knows that Zhang Rong is the backstage of the Huang family.
"Are you saying that Zhang Xianling personally came to trouble you?"
Wu Jin heard him use the word 'trouble', and couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart, these two people really had a bad relationship, and when the opportunity came, he hurriedly bowed down and saluted and said: "Lord Hui, Zhang Xianling asked me to do business, I said that there is no store, there is no need to do business, and he said that I gathered people without the consent of the government, and I said that I have obtained the consent of Lord Assassin......"
"And what did he say?" Su Hanzhen interrupted Wu Jin's words and asked.
He didn't say anything, just snorted, turned around with his hand, and ordered me to be arrested!"
Wu Jin had dealt with political axe officials for many years in his previous life, he knew what to say in this situation, if he said that Zhang Rong scolded what bullshit Su Thorn History, it would be too naΓ―ve, Su Hanzhen would not believe it, the power struggle between officials would never scold a dirty word, especially the son of Xiangguo, it is generally a tone, an action, or aimed at a relevant third party, so Zhang Rong snorted coldly, turned around his back, and grabbed someone, which was no less than a heavy slap in Su Hanzhen's face.
Su Hanzhen's heart burned with anger, Zhang Rong couldn't help but deceive people too much, if he didn't go today, he wouldn't want to mix in Donghai County in the future, he squinted his eyes and asked, "Then why didn't he arrest you in the end?" β
Wu Jin didn't say a word, he glanced at it, and saw that there was a bluestone at the door, slightly longer than a brick, he picked up the bluestone with his left hand, faced the door, and aimed his right hand at the bluestone is punch, 'Click! With a sound, the bluestone broke in response.
"Hmmm! Have real skill. β
Su Hanzhen laughed, he stood up and smiled, "Let's go!" I'll take a look at it with you. β
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After a while, Su Hanzhen's carriage stopped at Beishi Square, and he and Zhang Rong hugged each other differently, with only two entourages following.
"Lord Thorn Shi has arrived, please get out of the way!"
Wu Jin opened the way in front, everyone dodged away one after another, making a way, Zhang Rong saw that Su Hanzhen was really coming, he couldn't help but look at Wu Jin differently, and secretly thought in his heart: "This young man is really a little weird, he can actually invite Su Hanzhen here, and this person's martial arts are not low, he can't have anything to do with the prince!" β
Thinking in his heart, he stepped forward with a smile and bowed his hand, "Xiaguan Zhang Rong see Lord Assassin Shi!" β
Su Hanzhen is the history of the county thorn, and he is a fourth-rank official, while Zhang Rong is only from the sixth-rank county order, and the official rank is more than one level worse than Su Han, although he is the son of Xiangguo, but on the surface he has to do enough to be a low-profile subordinate.
Su Hanzhen is not good at disguise, he just restrained the hatred in his heart, and said lightly: "Zhang County's order doesn't need to be polite, let's talk about business with business." β
"Oh! Since this is the case, then the lower official is presumptuous. β
Zhang Rong pointed to Wujin, "This person has set up a stall to gamble without the approval of the county, causing tens of thousands of people to gather, and the lower officials are hereby forbidden to ask for the crime out of their duties!" β
"Zhang County Order has misunderstood, Huangfu Wujin has applied to this assassin history in advance, and this assassin history has agreed, according to the above rules, he does not need to apply to the county government again."
"That's good! Since Lord Assassin has agreed in advance, I will not mention the matter of gathering crowds to gamble, but I suspect that this person is suspected of defrauding the public by gambling, so I must find out. β
Su Hanzhen glanced at Wujin and asked, "How do you say this?" β
Zhang Rong just got a little clue from Huang Shilang, general gambling will hide cats, gambling is no exception, there is only one grand prize in total, but now there are only 10,000 lottery tickets left, and the jackpot has not yet been opened, then there must be a fake in this, the lottery ticket of the grand prize is definitely not in this 10,000 lottery tickets, as long as this can be exposed, the crime of fraud in Wujin is confirmed, don't say that the history of assassination, even the prince can't save him.
Zhang Rong turned around and pointed to a plate of white flowers and silver on the high platform, "I suspect that no one will win this thousand silver at all, they are used to lure the people into being deceived, I will expose his deception on the spot and punish him for fraud." β
Su Hanzhen glanced at Wujin worriedly, since Zhang Rong dared to say this, he must have some certainty, I don't know how Wujin should deal with it?
Wu Jin stepped forward and said with a smile: "Then I don't know how the county magistrate verifies that I am fake?" β
Zhang Rong pointed at Huang Shilang, his eyes narrowed with a smile, "It's very simple, the last 10,000 lottery tickets were bought by this Huang proprietor, a total of five hundred taels of silver, he scratched them one by one, if you win the jackpot, then you are not guilty, if not, then you will have a lawsuit." β
Wu Jin glanced at Huang Shilang, and when he saw that his face was full of smiles, he couldn't help but sigh, of course he knew that the grand prize of one thousand taels of silver was in these ten thousand lottery tickets, but he cheapened this dog thief for nothing, allowing him to earn five hundred taels of silver.
"Alright! I agree. β
Huang Shilang is extremely proud, he was born as a gambler, he has never won or lost, his move is either a net profit of five hundred taels of silver, or no Jin is in prison, which is a pleasant thing.
With a wave of his hand, he ordered a group of casino guys, "Do it!" β
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