Chapter 157: Can't afford to offend

Shima Lane Fushou Lou is also one of the top three restaurants on this street, and it is full of customers in and out, but it is particularly lively today.

Because there is a large group of people who look like servants of wealthy families at the door, they are chained and fall to the ground and cannot move, and at the steps of the gate of Fushou Building, there are more than a dozen children of wealthy families in tattered clothes, with blue noses and swollen faces, sitting there crookedly and crying out for their pain, and the shopkeeper and acquaintance of Fushou Lou are crying and making amends with sad faces.

Not only the passers-by who wandered, but even the people from the nearby merchants came to see the excitement, Fushoulou is said to have been opened by the nephew of a certain eunuch in the palace, and no one dared to cause trouble here.

Who would have thought that such a situation would be created today, what the hell is going on, the businessmen in Shima Lane have seen many nobles, and some people have recognized the children of the Hou family in Anping.

The noble system of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the feudal kings and county kings of the heavenly family, there are also the knighthood system of the duke, the marquis and the earl, the founding of the Taizu and the martyrdom of the ancestors, countless military exploits, and a lot of national dukes, marquises, and earls, which is the largest source of the noble class of the Ming Dynasty.

Later, the knighthood was quite rare, Jiajing reigned for forty-five years, and he also named two marquis, rare and expensive, the front or because of the crime, or because the children were not good, the family withered, and there were few later figures, such marquis figures, should be really noble and dignitary.

The young masters of the Hou family's family and other noble families were beaten, and the subordinates and guards were all chained, but those who claimed to be the servants of the Shuntian Mansion tied up the people, and let the young men in blue shirts leave, leaving the people behind.

The shopkeeper and the guys panicked, the chain lock could not be easily unfastened, and the dozen or so rich children were beaten and staggered, and they couldn't walk.

The shopkeeper of Fushou Lou went to tell the owner, and at the same time sent someone to find an official to see, the sky was getting dark, many shops began to close the door panels, and the lively idlers had a lot to talk about, and they should be able to talk to their families when they went back at night.

But here is even more lively, the third son of the Hou family of Anping was beaten, that is a great event, the guard who fell from the roof of the shed before couldn't move because of his body pain when he tied people, and the bundle was simpler, and he struggled to get up when the person left, and let a guy support him back to the mansion to report the news.

The shopkeeper of Fushou Lou sent someone to Shuntianfu to report the news, and the officials who sent someone over there hurried over, and the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division also sent someone over, and they were all carefully tracking.

The chief steward of the Marquis of Anping is fifty-one years old this year, and according to the rules, he is naturally surnamed Fang, and everyone else calls him Fang Da, this Fang Da stood on the steps and watched Lang Zhong treat his own young master who was crying out in pain, and scolded angrily:

"What did the Ming Dynasty do with spending money to raise you waste, let the bandits break into this place in broad daylight, and locked up the people in our house, what are you doing badly!?

The soldiers of the Shuntianfu and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division looked up, and they all continued to be busy with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and there must be anger in their hearts, but such a person can't afford to offend, anyway, this splint is too angry.

"Uncle Xiangcheng's second brother is too disproportionate, look at the face of my young master, how can he do this."

The reason was that his young master ambushed the second son of Uncle Xiangcheng's family, and the chief steward also understood it in his heart, so the first sentence of the words referred to the poor people behind him and the young men who also wore blue shirts.

"The descendants of Uncle Xiangcheng's family really don't know how thick the sky is, this time they must be handed over, at least in front of my young master, they must break their hands and feet!"

Several old messengers from Shuntianfu bent over and politely clenched their fists and said:

"Uncle Fang, the little ones want to check Fang Gongzi's injuries, do you always see it?"

Fang Da nodded impatiently, and a few poor people nodded and walked over, the messy store was almost cleaned up, and the lights were also lit, very bright.

That Fang Gongzi sat there, wanting to grit his teeth, but the muscles on his face touched the wound as soon as he moved, so he could only sit there and not move.

"The four words of this fortune and treasure, as well as the lines below, seem to be moire, this seal seems to be the Cao family's wood shop and sells it!"

The two catchers stared at Fang Gongzi's cheeks, carefully observing and discussing, and a small leader of the Five Cities Terracotta Division came over and interjected:

"People from several shops on the road have asked, saying that a group of young men in blue shirts bought it there with silver, and the guys who can beat people are all bought out, and the price is high, and they really make a profit."

The two catchers of Shuntianfu turned their heads expressionlessly, looking at the little leader of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, everyone looked at each other, and they all hurriedly lowered their heads, and they couldn't help laughing.

can have the money to buy the things of the Cao family's carpentry shop as fighting tools, these teenagers must have a lot to do with the Xiangcheng Uncle's Mansion, and they spend so much money, it seems that the Xiangcheng Uncle family is not so generous.

The children of the bigwig's family in Beijing were fighting, but they had to dispatch the power of the government to investigate, and the children in the two streets of Tianshui and Kushui Hutong on South Street fought every day, and there were not a few people with broken heads and bleeding that day, and I didn't see anyone's parents come to report to the official.

There were quite a few cheeks with the red mark of "Fortune and Treasure", red and swollen, and the servants couldn't help laughing when they examined their injuries, and Fang Zhongping, who was already unhappy, slapped the table fiercely, and wanted to open his mouth to speak, but his cheeks hurt again, so he had to close them.

But Fang Da became angry, looked left and right, and said:

"What about Lu Wancai, for such a big matter, why didn't he, the responsible magistrate, come?"

"Uncle Fang, our Lord Lu is now a general sentence!"

"What's worth it for the general judgment, tomorrow my marquis will hand over a note to enter, and he won't want to be an official in his life."

There was an official over there who was untying the locked subordinates and the guards, and after opening a few locks, someone trotted over and called the heads of the Shuntian Mansion and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses to the side.

The one who came from the Shuntian Mansion was a chief catcher, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division was a general, and the messenger of the Shuntian Mansion who asked them to go over looked cautious and said in a low voice:

"Two adults, the shackles of this lock man, our keys can be opened, this ...... This ......"

"If I'm not mistaken, the shackles of Shuntianfu are all the same style, right!?"

"Well, there is a special official workshop to build, and there is no need for private goods."

After a few questions and answers, everyone's expressions were a little strange, and the general manager of the Five Cities Terracotta Division rubbed his hands, sneered and said:

"Our two yamen are on an errand in Beijing, but I didn't expect Shuntianfu to be angry recently, this matter is better for the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to withdraw, who doesn't know that this Anping Hou is famous for caring for children."

This always clenched his fist and arched his hand, and when he turned around, he raised his voice and said:

"Brothers, the errand of patrolling the city is important, the adults of Shuntianfu said just now, they have taken care of the work here, let's go!"

Who wants to be angry here, hearing the shouting of his own leader, he immediately got up and followed, and the group of people in the Hou Mansion were all staring at each other there, and they didn't react when they left.

Those people in Shuntianfu looked at the head catcher, and after waving their hands impatiently, they had to continue to check the wounds and untie the shackles, and the one who came to speak just now leaned over and whispered:

"Head, Lord Lu transferred a lot of people out of the mansion this morning, this ......"

Hearing this, the head catcher was agitated, coughed a few times, turned around and shouted:

"Brothers, it's almost over, untie the shackles and loosen the ties, everyone will go back quickly, and they will come out on duty tomorrow!"

After speaking, he walked to the big one with a smile, scratched his head and said:

"Uncle Fang, the next thing is not much help, the little ones can't help much, let's go back to record the matter first, and I will check it out of the family, and when the time comes, I will send you the results over, the little marquis and the sons are not lightly injured, go back and find a Lang Zhong to have a look, take some medicine, say goodbye, say goodbye."

After speaking, he bowed his head and made a gesture, led everyone to turn around and leave, leaving the people of the Hou family in Anping to look at each other, they are also big families, several generations of nobles, until now, they also understand that things are a little wrong, and the carriages and horses of the Hou Mansion have also rushed over, and hurriedly transported the wounded away.

Back to the Anping Marquis Mansion, seeing the tragic situation of his son, and then looking at the embarrassed appearance of the long-term and accompanying servants who followed, Anping Marquis Fang Rui was furious, but after listening to the report of the Fang Da, he quieted down, knowing that something was wrong, but he had already called the documents from home and wrote a note, ready to send it to Shuntian Mansion to ask what was going on.

The matter came to the door the next day, when the Hou Mansion was having breakfast, the door was banged, and in a place like the Hou family in Anping, the gate would not be opened at all except to meet the will of the Son of Heaven.

The entrance and exit of the house are the side doors, and the doorkeeper inside opened the door with an angry face, and just stuck out his head, and before he could say anything, the door was pushed open by two people, and a fat old man of medium stature strode in.

The old man was wearing a purple robe, a square face, and he was smiling when he didn't speak, but now his face was full of anger, and the porter wanted to scold, but when he saw the two big men with gloomy faces behind the old man, the people who dared to break into the Hou Mansion with such a swagger were not ordinary people, and they swallowed back the words they wanted to scold.

The fat old man didn't let him go, and came up with two slaps in the face, and scolded angrily:

"Are you deaf, I've been banging on the door for so long, grandpa."

He slapped him twice, went up and kicked him again, and kicked the gatekeeper into the courtyard, and the guards and family members nearby were alarmed, but seeing this posture, no one dared to do anything, the old man glared viciously, and said in a loud voice:

"Old man Li Wei, tell Fang Ruixing to come out to see me, go quickly, or you will demolish your shabby place!!"

(To be continued)