Volume 2 A Light Walks in the Night Chapter 123 The Storm Descends (4)
Zhao Ning turned around and got on the horse.
The soldiers of the Duwei Mansion led the Zhao clan and the shipowner and others to stride through the center of the crowd, and the people in front of them automatically moved out of the way, and the onlookers on both sides retreated silently to make room.
There was a sense of solemnity in the silence.
Some people followed the team, and some people were quite reluctant to give up, but because they couldn't let go of the work in their hands, they could only scatter their respective posts.
Inevitably, there were elders who remembered the progress and outcome of the matter, and scolded and scolded the young men who ran out to follow the team of the Governor's Mansion, so that they could have a snack and remember the trial process, and come back to tell them.
The officials of Jingzhao Mansion were pushed aside, and no one paid attention to them anymore.
A few months ago, I nodded to them, not daring to offend their half-point porters, but now when they pass in front of them, they all raise their heads with their chests and brisk steps, which is somewhat fearless.
They consciously turned their backs to the Governor's Mansion. The officials of Jingzhao Mansion were knocked unconscious by Zhao Ning in public, and the officials of Jingzhao Mansion couldn't compete with the soldiers of the Duwei Mansion, so naturally they could no longer control them.
The officials of Jingzhao Mansion were resentful, but they also looked lonely beside the flow of people.
There was not only one disciple of Pang Ling in the official mission, but a Lu Junyan used pills to help Pang Lian relieve his injuries and let the latter wake up quickly.
Pang Ling, who was dazed for a moment when he opened his eyes, suddenly blushed after remembering the plot where he was beaten twice by Zhao Ning in public.
He didn't care about the pain in his mouth and nose, first he felt ashamed and wanted to die, and then he became angry and jumped up and scolded the officials for being rice buckets.
accusing them of not making a move against Zhao Ning, recovering face for him and Jingzhao Mansion, and getting the case in their hands, is really not a son.
The officials were scolded so low that they could only bear it silently, they couldn't say that they didn't have the courage to do anything to Zhao Ning, and they couldn't say that the strongest Pang Ling was put down by the two, and they were asking for their own hardships.
After roaring for a while, seeing that the officials were all bowing their heads, Pang Ling self-hypnotized that they had all recognized their problems, felt ashamed, and would no longer pay attention to his facelessness.
It made him feel a lot more comfortable.
"I want to see if I catch up with them, how the bastards in the Duwei Mansion are going to try the case, thinking that they can do whatever they want with the case in their hands, it's really wishful thinking
"The evidence of the murder is conclusive, the Zhao clan committed murder and violated the law, this is a fact, I see how Zhao Ning's vertical son can exonerate his clansmen"
After saying this, Pang Ling snorted coldly, pushed away the official in front of him, strode to the horse without squinting, turned over to the horse quickly, flicked the horsewhip, and suddenly walked away.
His movements were as fast as he was fleeing.
Escape from the dock where the people looked at him strangely.
When he arrived at the Duwei Mansion, as soon as Zhao Ning got off the horse, a subordinate of the Zhao family, who hurriedly came to report: "There was an accident in the grange in Shimen County, because of the irrigation of the water source, the people of our grange clashed with the nearby villagers, and a fight broke out, which has caused more than 20 deaths and injuries
"But this is not a reasonable thing at all, the people of our grange, whether it is our own tenants or the cultivators of the nursing house, it is impossible for them to do anything to the people, and the distribution of water for the irrigation canal has never been wrong."
It is now the busy season for spring ploughing and farming, and it is not uncommon for various localities to break out into fights over irrigation water sources.
The Zhao family has a large area of fertile land manors in Shimen County, which is under the jurisdiction of Jingzhao Mansion, and it is also a busy time there, but it has never caused any major problems because of the water source before.
"Got it. Zhao Ning signaled to the other party not to panic, "I have my own arrangements, you can do your own thing." ”
As he spoke, he turned to Wei Wuxian and said, "You take them back to the Du Wei Mansion, and ask the Du Wei to open the court to hear the case in a moment." I'm going out for a trip. ”
The dock case can be managed by the Governor's Mansion, but Zhao Ning can't hear it, he must recuse himself. Wei Wuxian nodded in agreement and didn't ask more. He didn't need to ask because he knew what was going to happen next.
Zhao Ning and Pang Ling left the Caoyun Wharf, but this does not mean that the matter has ended. In fact, the real things are just beginning to happen.
It is clear that it is impossible to go without bloodshed in the life-and-death power struggle between families.
This level of bleeding is by no means comparable to the little blood that Pang Ling shed when he was beaten by Zhao Ning.
In addition to the warehouse, there are many houses near the wharf, and most of them are where the wharf coolies live. In addition, there are also many courtyards of large families, which are generally for the people who manage the goods of their own docks.
When there are more people, there will be shops that do all kinds of buying and selling, forming a market town.
Su Yeqing was sitting in a restaurant.
The restaurant is small, located in a small alley, with no more than three tables in total, and at the moment it is the middle of the day, there are few customers.
In addition to Su Yeqing, there are only a few old men who are over half a hundred years old, chatting together while eating soup cakes, and from time to time they will glance at the proprietress who is busy coming in and out.
Compared with Su Yeqing, who is just a girl, the delicate and beautiful boss lady is undoubtedly more attractive to these old men.
They occasionally gossip with each other and say something that is not salty or light, and the proprietress most of the time just laughs and laughs like coping, and does not get angry or talk.
But this is enough for the old and serious, the proprietress is too beautiful, and the sackcloth skirt can't hide her style, even a perfunctory smile is enough to make their hearts flutter.
They ate a bowl of soup cakes for most of the hour, probably for this reason.
In contrast, Su Yeqing ate the soup cake very quickly, and three empty bowls were stacked on the table in a blink of an eye. In the process, she didn't even lift her head.
At the end, Su Yeqing didn't pay the bill, but walked directly into the small courtyard of the back kitchen with an empty bowl.
This scene made the old man's eyes light up, and they began to discuss, whose young offspring is worthy of this little girl, when will he call over to match.
In this way, they have more excuses to stay in the restaurant, even if it is just to see the proprietress more and take care of their eyes.
In the small courtyard where the back kitchen was located, it was already full of kneeling people at this time, Su Yeqing moved a small stool, sat in front of these people with blue noses and swollen faces, and pulled the head of the leader.
She asked with a cold face, "Say, who instructed you?"
The people kneeling in the courtyard were all on the dock before, saying that they had witnessed the Zhao clan's oppression of goodness, took the initiative to attack and kill the shipowner, and took the lead in echoing the Jingzhao Mansion and accusing the Duwei Mansion of bending the law for personal gain.
"I don't know what you're talking about, you let us go or we'll go and report to the official," led by the big man's fierce quibble.
"To whom to report to the official"
Su Yeqing's face was indifferent, and when she said this, she laughed, beckoned, and motioned to Liu Yu, the proprietress who was taking a bath in Yantai, to come over, and Zhengse said to her, "Everything has a beginning." ”
Liu Yu was silent for a while, turned around and went to Yantai to get a kitchen knife, and in the puzzled and frightened eyes of the big man, without waiting for the other party to shout, he went over and covered his mouth, and the kitchen knife rose and fell violently, slashing at the other party's shoulder
The big man's eyes were about to fall out, and he struggled to get out, but he found that the proprietress who looked delicate had a surprisingly strong hand, and he couldn't take it off no matter what, and he couldn't even make a sound.
Liu Yu, who was already a cultivator of the Forging Body Realm, had a face as white as paper, his forehead was covered with fine sweat, and the kitchen knife was also stuck in the man's shoulder bone, and he couldn't pull it out for a while.
She bit her lip, her eyes became fierce, she forcibly suppressed the slight tremor of her arm, kicked on the man's back, and finally pulled out the kitchen knife.
glanced at Su Yeqing, and saw that this lively and lovely little girl on weekdays was as pale as frost at the moment, without any pity, and without the slightest intention of stopping, Liu Yu gritted his teeth and slashed down again.
Blood flowed everywhere.
Knife after knife.
Blood splattered her apron and adorned her pale face.
The man struggled, his body kept writhing, and he almost fainted.
This scene made the other men kneeling in the courtyard so frightened that they wanted to escape, but there were cultivators from Yipinlou on the left and right, and they had seen the fierceness of the other party, so they didn't even dare to make a sound.
When the man's arm was cut off shoulder to shoulder, Su Yeqing waved his hand, but Liu Yu, whose eyes were scarlet, didn't notice it at all, and was still wielding the knife, Su Yeqing had to take two steps forward and take the kitchen knife down.
pressed Liu Yu's shoulder, asked her to calm down and wash her face, and when she broke the other party's hand covering the man's mouth, Su Yeqing said to the bloodied big man, "Dare to scream, you will die immediately." ”
Liu Yu mechanically entered the kitchen, his eyes were stunned to wash his face, Su Yeqing said to the man who was holding his shoulders and fell to the ground, "Say, who instructed you?"
The man said in a trembling voice, "I, I don't know him, like a rich businessman, wearing satin clothes, I, I just took his money and didn't know that it would cause such a big thing, spare my life, the woman spare my life."
Su Yeqing was as cold as a heartless killer, turning a deaf ear to begging for mercy, and asked in a deep voice, "People you don't know, let you pour dirty water on Zhao's body, you dare"
Dahan regretted and said, "I, I didn't know it would be like this, I thought, I thought it was just a few shouts in the crowd, and I didn't do anything, it would be fine."
"That person, I gave too much silver, I, I can't refuse I haven't made money for a long time, I think, I want to use this money to ask for a daughter-in-law, the heroine spares her life, I really don't want to go against the Zhao family."
These people in front of them are a group of lazy ruffians, who are at the dock but refuse to work hard to make money, and are idle all day long.
Su Yeqing has been in Yipinlou for many years and has seen a lot of such people and things.
From this point of view, from these people, there is no evidence that the Zheng family designed to frame the Zhao family.
Judging from the fact that the Zheng clan did not use their own people to mix in the crowd, but bought the ruffians who did not know the truth and were just greedy for money, we can know the other party's caution, and maybe the so-called businessman who connected with these ruffians was just a middleman.
Su Yeqing was not discouraged at all, Yipinlou didn't just arrive at the dock today, she had all kinds of arrangements and arrangements early, and now she was going to meet another person and get some other useful things.
There wasn't much time, Su Yeqing immediately got up, and before leaving, he ordered, "Concentrate these people and wait for Gongzi's people to take over." ”