Volume 2 A Light Walks in the Night Chapter 64 I Come Out (II)
As soon as Zhao Ning said this, Mo said that Shi Xun and Wu Shaochen were surprised, and even Zhang Zongqi, who was sitting on the side, like a transparent person, cast his surprised eyes on him.
Wu Shaochen immediately sneered: "Jingzhao Mansion has suppressed our Duwei Mansion for many years, and the benefits of any major case are theirs, no one has ever been able to change it, you are a ...... from the general banner of the six products."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shi Xuan raising his hand, staring at Zhao Ning and asking, "Zhao Zongqi really has a way to prevent this case from being taken away by Jingzhao Mansion?"
As the governor of the Governor's Mansion, Wu Shaochen just said that Jingzhao Mansion suppressed the Governor's Mansion, although it was the truth, but it was also like a knife, piercing the heart of him, the chief official of the Governor's Mansion.
Today, Wu Shaochen was beaten by Jingzhao Mansion, and came back to complain to him about his grievances and unwillingness, hoping that he could help find the scene and breathe a sigh of relief, although Shi Xuan gathered the government soldiers and made a posture of going to fight with Jingzhao Mansion to win or lose, but he knew in his heart that even if he went to Jingzhao Mansion, he could only say a few words to the other party's red ears, and it was impossible to have practical results, let alone recover the face lost by the Duwei Mansion, and it was even possible to lose more dignity, and even the case of Feixue Mansion would eventually be taken away by Jingzhao Mansion.
Shi Xuan has served in the Governor's Mansion for many years, and he knows too well the relationship between the Governor's Mansion and the Jingzhao Mansion.
Over the years, the Governor's Mansion has not received many decent cases and made many political achievements, so that the imperial court's appropriations have become less and less, and even the official buildings have not been repaired with public funds.
This is not to say that there are no cases in the capital, but that any case that is slightly more important and has oil and water, whether or not it is in the hands of the Governor's Mansion at the beginning, will eventually fall into the pocket of the Jingzhao Mansion! The military cannot even resist the official position of "supervising the army," so how can it do anything for the Governor's Mansion; if the military has no military exploits in peacetime, it will have no importance and status, so how can it fight with civilian officials?
Today, the general flag of the Governor's Mansion was beaten by the people of Jingzhao Mansion, this incident has indeed never happened, and it can be called extremely bad, but Shi Xuan, the Captain, knows better than anyone that he went to the Jingzhao Mansion by himself, and he only had to suffer a loss, and there was no possibility of earning face - the other party even dared to fight the General Flag of the Governor's Mansion, how much fear could he have of this captain?
To tell the truth, after being bullied for a long time, Shi Xuan was a little afraid of Jingzhao Mansion in his heart.
He didn't want to go, but Wu Shaochen made a lot of trouble, and now that all the people in the Governor's Mansion were looking at him, he couldn't help but go.
Therefore, after hearing Zhao Ning's words, he realized that this was an opportunity, an opportunity to get himself out of the dilemma and kick the ball to others.
Regardless of whether Zhao Ning succeeds or not, he doesn't have to lose face in person, even if the face of the Governor's Mansion will still be lost, his own majesty can be retained a little more.
Shi Xuan made up his mind, Zhao Ning is willing to come forward and be an unlucky ghost, then let him go, if the other party misses, he can just kill his prestige, let him, the heir of the first noble family of Jiangmen, the first place in the success of the autumn hunting, and the sixth grade given by His Majesty, lose some prestige and prestige in the Governor's Mansion, and reduce the possibility of threatening his position as the chief official.
"Zhao Zongqi is a century-old genius of the Zhao family, the first family of the dynasty, even if Jingzhao Mansion ignores Wu Zongqi, he must not dare not give Zhao Zongqi and Zhenguo Gong face, if Zhao Zongqi is willing to come forward, this matter must be promising, this official is very much looking forward to it!"
Without waiting for Zhao Ning to answer, Shi Feng immediately added, touting and elevating Zhao Ning inside and out, just to make the other party unable to erase his face, and completely agree to this matter.
"What the lower official said, naturally there is no reason to take it back for no reason, Lord Du Wei rest assured, the lower official will deal with this matter later. ”
Zhao Ning knew the meaning of Shi Fu's words, but this was exactly what he needed at the moment, he was not worried that Shi Fu was afraid that he would not take care of things, if the other party did not let him take care of things, then it would take a lot of effort.
Wu Shaochen was not convinced, and he didn't want Zhao Ning to be in the limelight, so he made some achievements in this matter, and hurriedly said: "Lord Duwei, Zhao Zongqi has just arrived at the Duwei Mansion, and he is not familiar with the rules and regulations at all, and he may not even understand the rules......"
"Wu Zongqi!" Shi Xuan lowered his face, displeased, "Do you want to negotiate with Jingzhao Mansion again? With your current appearance, can you still go and win back a city?"
He emphasized Wu Shaochen's "self" twice, which is nothing more than saying that he will not lose face anyway, if Zhao Ning does not come out to block the gun, he can only go to Wu Shaochen himself.
Wu Shaochen is not stupid, seeing Shi Xuan's face, listening to the other party's words, he immediately realized that Jingzhao Mansion and their Duwei Mansion can't deal with it at all, and this will not change anything because of the identity of Zhao Ning and Zhao's son.
"I have already lost face, and my prestige in the Duwei Mansion has been greatly reduced, but if Zhao Ning also loses face, help me share everyone's attention, and let everyone realize that it is not that I am incompetent, but that the Duwei Mansion really can't fight Jingzhao Mansion, then my prestige in front of people and prestige in front of my subordinates will not lose much. ”
Thinking of this, Wu Shaochen was calm, squinted at Zhao Ning, took out the bottle of pill that Zhao Ning gave him, and sneered: "Mr. Zhao, I will keep this bottle of wound medicine for you, and it will be easy to use when you come back." ”
Zhao Ning was too lazy to deal with Wu Shaochen, but when he saw that he insisted on coming to him, he decided to take advantage of the situation to find something, "Wu Zongqi said before that I don't have a heart for the Duwei Mansion, I see that you have the same face as you now, and I wish I would be like you in front of the Jingzhao Mansion and lose the face of the Duwei Mansion, right?"
"Don't talk nonsense, if Wu Zongqi has the guts, he will make a bet with me, if I let Jingzhao Mansion return and hold this case in the hands of the Duwei Mansion, when I am successful, can Wu Zongqi learn a few calls from my watchdog, and promise never to touch this case again, let me handle it?"
The corners of Wu Shaochen's mouth twitched, and he looked at Shi Xuan again.
Shi Xuan naturally looked at his nose and nose and looked at his heart, acting like a bodhisattva, saying that he was not partial to anyone, but in fact, he allowed Zhao Ning and Wu Shaochen to fight.
"Okay, I'll bet with you!"
Wu Shaochen did not admit defeat as a shrinking turtle, "If I lose, the case will be yours! If you lose, what should you do?"
"Not only does the case belong to me, but Wu Zongqi also has to learn how to bark, how about it, do you dare?" Zhao Ning asked after him.
"What if the official agrees? If you lose, do you dare to do this?" Wu Shaochen roared with red eyes.
"In a word, Lord Lieutenant can testify. Zhao Ning achieved his goal, no longer entangled with Wu Shaochen, hugged his fists towards Shi Xuan, turned around and walked out of the lobby.
In the courtyard outside the hall, there were many officials of all sizes who stretched out their necks and looked inside, so there were many witnesses to the gambling game between Zhao Ning and Wu Shaochen.
As for Zhang Zongqi sitting in the hall, although his status is higher, in the eyes of Wu Shaochen and Zhao Ning, this witness has no weight and can be ignored.
"If you lose, this case must not be touched again!" After Zhao Ning arrived at the courtyard, Wu Shaochen remembered that he had asked for a bet less, and he was very losing, so he hurriedly shouted at Zhao Ning's back.
Zhao Ning just waved his hand casually.
"Do you really have a way to get the Jingzhao Mansion, especially the Liu officials among them, to give up snatching this case? Wei Wuxian came out of the crowd in the courtyard and walked out with Zhao Ning, he thought about it for a long time, but he didn't get an answer.
"Actually, it's very simple, and it's not worth mentioning if you say it. Zhao Ning sold a pass, and pointed to his head again, meaning to let Wei Wuxian think for himself.
Wei Wuxian was originally quite curious and couldn't wait to ask what was going on, but when he saw Zhao Ning's movement pointing at his head, he resisted this impulse.
He has always boasted of being smart and wise, and thought that the use of his brain was greater than that of cultivating his combat power, but at this moment, when he heard Zhao Ning say that things were actually very simple, he couldn't tolerate that he was too stupid to deduce the answer, so he began to meditate and fight for himself.
Wei Wuxian didn't know how interesting it was for a majestic bear to touch his chin and bow his head in serious contemplation. Zhao Ning only glanced at him, and couldn't help laughing.
"Have you been notified of all the manpower in your family, it's not good to make a mistake when the time comes. Zhao Ning walked as he walked.
"On the way back, won't I let people go back? Don't worry, they'll come back to me later. Wei Wuxian was absent-minded.
On the way back from Yipinlou, both of them sent their own children back to explain the beginning and end of the battle between Yipinlou and the Baiyi Society and the Liu family, and asked the family to arrange for Keqing to worship such masters who are not members of the family and usually do not show up, and come over to help when the time comes.
Zhao Ning and Wei Wuxian went back to the class room, and they buried themselves in the case and did not go out again. In fact, there wasn't much to do in the Duwei Mansion, and Zhao Ning, the general banner, didn't have much to deal with in his daily affairs, so he quickly picked up an idle book and began to flip through it.
Wei Wuxian asked again, why didn't Zhao Ning go to Pingkangfang, or Jingzhao Mansion to solve the problem, what to do in the class room and read books, after Zhao Ning just smiled and didn't answer, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he already knew what the answer was that he was thinking hard about.
After waiting for a long time, around noon, the people from Jingzhao Mansion finally came. They were menacing with great fanfare, led by a fifth-grade official, followed by dozens of officials, many of whom were Yuan Shen Realm cultivators.
As soon as these people arrived at the gate of the Duwei Mansion, they handed over the so-called official document from the Jingzhao Mansion to raise the witnesses in the murder case last night, shouting that the Duwei Mansion should hurry up and do so, and warned that once the delay affects the cracking of the case, the blame will be blamed, and that is the important ministers of the Dali Temple and the Criminal Department who will come to embarrass the Duwei Shi Xuan.
Hearing the news, Wei Wuxian sneered, "They're here, it's time for us to come forward." ”
Zhao Ning smiled lightly, put down the idle book in his hand, and walked out of the class room with Wei Wuxian, and came to the main hall without hurrying - the people from Jingzhao Mansion were already sitting here drinking tea, and the officials of the Liu clan led by him looked arrogant, and spit out the tea after taking a sip, saying that the Duwei Mansion couldn't even afford good tea, and what kind of murder was investigated.
Shi Xun and Wu Shaochen naturally didn't show up, they both sat in the second hall, waiting for Zhao Ning to deal with this matter, and then watching each other's jokes.
The officials and soldiers of the Governor's Mansion also quietly approached the lobby and pricked up their ears outside, wanting to see how Zhao Ning, the new Commander-in-Chief, would deal with the officials of the Jingzhao Mansion who had never taken the Governor's Mansion in his eyes and suppressed the Governor's Mansion so much that he couldn't raise his head.