Chapter 20: Three Messages
At the suggestion of the master, the magistrate announced his retirement from the court with great skill, and detained all the witnesses in the county jail and sent people to guard them closely.
At the same time, it was announced that in three days, the outcome of the case would be announced.
These three days are the time left for the activities of both sides.
The master accompanied the county magistrate to the backyard, and after a busy morning, all kinds of officials who had not yet eaten poured out of the county office, went to the wine shop opposite to order some wine and meat, and talked about the big case encountered today with different expressions.
Some officials don't care about eating, jumping up and down to help the patrons behind them find out all kinds of news, of course, this is also charged.
The ordinary little gossip in the county government spread outside, and there was no car and horse fee of a few taels of silver, which could not be taken down.
As for the bigwigs involved in this case, there is no movement in Ximen Mansion at present, but his housekeeper has been detained in the county jail, whether he will be rescued, and how to rescue him is still unknown.
There may also be a person who abandons the car to protect the handsome and survives with a broken tail.
Zhang Zhisi sat in the room of the head of the thunder hunt for a while, and left with his hands in his hands, and his back was very calm when he left, this was the news from Li Quan.
However, the county lord, who has always had a weak sense of existence, constantly sent his cronies around him to move around to contact, as if he wanted to overturn the case for the Ximen family.
Cao Jun sat in the class room for a while, and also received an invitation from the county lord, and made an appointment to drink at the restaurant under the bridge on Lion Street tomorrow evening.
"In the county office, who else did the county lord invite?"
The messenger replied: "Only Cao Dutou was invited." ”
Cao Jun clearly didn't believe it, since he wanted to help Ximenqing overturn the case, the more people he could unite the better, but this time he only invited himself, which was obviously unreasonable.
Cao Jun stared at the little guy with a cold face, and he didn't speak, but he just looked at the other party for a while.
The little guy couldn't do it, so he had to say secretly: "I also invited the master, but the master couldn't shirk it." ”
Cao Jun nodded secretly, before the results of this case came out, the master's identity was sensitive, and he would definitely not participate in any drinking parties and activities.
Cao Jun asked again: "Who else is going besides me and Lord Xiancheng?" ”
The little servant replied: "There is also Ximen Qing, a big official of Ximen Mansion." ”
Cao Jun nodded and waved his hand to signal the other party to go down first.
It seems that a few days ago, he received 200 taels of silver from Ximenqing, and said a beautiful word, so that the other party mistakenly thought that he was his own person.
Do you want to go or not?
Cao Jun was a little unsure.
After sitting in the class room for a while, Li Quan suddenly brought another person in from outside.
But it was the princess of Zishi Street.
I saw her cautiously leaning sideways, following behind Li Quan with her head down, looking like a terrified countryman entering the city, and she couldn't find her slick face in the past.
"Cao Dutou, the old man has important news to announce."
As soon as Wang Po saw Cao Jun, she knelt down with a shout, and her head hung down to the ground, making the latter a little confused.
But said that the princess, after receiving Ximen Qing's seven or eight taels of silver, the more she thought about it, the more uneasy she became, tossing and turning for a night, and finally couldn't help it the next day, and ran to the county government to find Cao Jun alone.
"Cao Dutou, that Ximenqing is a bold and undesirable master, relying on his family's big business, idling all day long, bullying men and women, and his old body has long looked at him unpleasantly."
"This time I definitely can't complain about the old body, he asked me to help him say the matchmaker, as soon as I heard that the object was the little lady of the Pan family, I refused again and again, and also pointed out the relationship between Cao Dutou and the Wuda family, who knew that he actually ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, and did not listen to the advice of the old body at all, and finally forced the old body to ...... forced the old man to help him collect Pan Niangzi's preferences in private, and also forcibly stuffed the silver to the old man...... This, this matter is true, I really don't blame the old body! ”
Cao Jun quietly stared at the princess who kept screaming in front of him to show her innocence, and the first thing in his mind was the invitation he had just received.
It seems that the inertia of history is unstoppable, and Ximen Qing really set his sights on Pan Jinlian.
If he hadn't dealt with Wang Po early, he would have been mostly kept in the dark.
It's hateful!
Damn it!
There is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door to hell for you to come.
Thinking of this, Cao Jun's body faintly began to get excited.
My mind is full of the picture of Wu Song punching Ximen Qing on the lion tower in the original book.
He waved his hand and motioned for Wang Po to go down first.
The latter glanced at Cao Jun, who had a calm face, thinking that the other party would not forgive him, and he was so frightened that he fell to the ground and expressed his position again and again, for fear that this fire would burn on him.
"Cao Dutou, don't worry, as long as Ximenqing has the slightest offside, I will definitely come to inform Dutou, I am ...... is a watchdog raised by Dutou's family, and he will definitely help you take care of Mrs. Pan, and she will not be asked to do something that insults the martial arts. ”
Hearing Wang Po's confession, Cao Jun's face finally had a trace of expression, he nodded with satisfaction, and waved his hand again, indicating that he knew.
"That'...... All this silver? ”
After getting Cao Jun's statement, his life was safe for the time being, and he began to think about taking advantage of it again.
Wang Po's eyes rolled, staring at the seven or eight taels of silver that had just been shown to be loyal to her to show her innocence, and rested on the table.
There is even a faint trace of regret in my heart...... If you are loyal, you will be loyal, and if you knew that this Cao Dutou was so good at talking, she shouldn't have told her about the silver.
What if the other party takes it for himself?
"You can put away the silver, remember the promise you made just now, help me keep an eye on Ximenqing, and also, my sister-in-law is also keeping an eye on it, if there is any trouble, hurry up and report to me."
"It's... Yes, Cao Dutou has something important to do, so the old body will retire first. ”
Wang Po picked up the silver, withdrew from the class room with a twist of her waist, and began to look at the furnishings of the county government with her head held high.
Just now, I just lowered my head and hurried away, staring at the bricks and tiles under my feet, what is there to look at the bricks and tiles?
I almost missed a rare opportunity to enter the county government, this time I must take a good look, and I will have more capital to brag about in the future.
After Wang Po left, calm returned to the room.
Cao Jun tapped his fingers on the table one by one, "Ximen Qing, this guy, take out the invitation from the county lord, is it asking me for help?" Or is it a demonstration? ”
If the other party takes a fancy to Pan Jinlian, according to the inertia of history, it must be done.
In this case, he who sheltered the Wuda family became his obstacle.
What if the other party is in ambush in the restaurant?
Hiss!
It is said that the other party should not be so stupid, and now the crude drug shop case is at a critical moment, and the other party's focus should be on how to get the Simon family out of the brazier.
But what if this guy is so daring?
Now that he has the protection of Lord Cheng of the county, the crude drug shop case should not be able to move his roots.
Cao Jun's fingers on the table tapped faster and faster, and gradually became impatient.