Chapter 34: A Chance Encounter (Seeking Follow-up)
In the prison priest's house.
After Hu Prison Si invited Xu Boqing to take a seat, he diligently went to make a pot of tea, and said with a smile after pouring it full: "The prison priest's house is simple, not as good as the palace, and the place where the hospitality is not well received is more than Xu Gonggong Haihan." β
"Prison Secretary Hu is polite..."
Xu Boqing picked up the teacup and skimmed it, took a sip, and said: "This tea not only smells fragrant and pleasant, but also tastes rich and sweet, and it is no worse than that in the palace." β
"I never thought that my father-in-law was also a good tea person."
Seeing Xu Boqing's gentle attitude, Hu Prison's favor increased greatly, and when he learned that his relatives were still in prison, he could almost conclude that he was here to 'talk about business'.
At the moment, he said with a smile: "This tea is fried by the first silver needle of this year, and it took a lot of effort to get some, if the father-in-law does not dislike it, he will bring a few taels when he returns to the palace." β
"A gentleman does not take the love of others..."
Xu Boqing smiled and declined his kindness, explaining: "Actually, I am not a good tea person, mainly because the general manager of Cining Palace Huang is quite good, I follow his old man all day long, although I don't say how proficient I am, but I can also tell the difference between good and bad tea." β
"Mr. Huang..."
Hu Prison Si was slightly distracted, as if he remembered something, and asked: "Father-in-law Xu, take the liberty of asking, is the manager Huang Xingxian Huang you are talking about?" β
"Exactly."
"Grandpa Huang's body is still tough?"
"Body?"
Xu Boqing frowned and thought about it, and said incomprehensibly: "If nothing else, Manager Huang's body will not be in much trouble in a short period of time, what's the matter?" Is Prison Secretary Hu old with Mr. Huang? β
"No, no, no, Grandpa Xu, you misunderstood..."
Hu Prison Si hurriedly explained: "Gonggong Huang is a close attendant of the first emperor, and he once served as the chief eunuch of the palm seal of the celebrant eunuch, and also supervised the factory of the East Factory...
When he was whipped by the Holy Driver, I was just a little jailer who had just inherited the shadow of my father's generation.
It is rare to be lucky enough to see him more than 20 years ago, how can you dare to kiss again? β
Xu Boqing bowed slightly, he only knew that Mr. Huang's martial arts were unfathomable and he was kind to others, but he really didn't know that Mr. Huang was so beautiful in the Shengyuan Dynasty.
The two chatted for a while...
You praise me for being young and promising, and my future is limitless;
I praise you for being in the prime of life, and learn more from you.
Everyone carries the sedan chair, and they all know each other's meaning.
Xu Boqing was quite interested in the martial arts strongman imprisoned in the prison, but he only knocked on the side and didn't ask anything...
And the old fritter of Hu Prison Si is deliberately guiding the assassination of the previous emperor...
During this period, I also continued to sigh that it was not easy to be an errand at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the inspection of the inner and outer cities was even more innocent...
Xu Boqing didn't know what he meant, so he pretended to be sad and asked: "Prison Secretary Hu, you also know that my second uncle's family is all loyal and good, but now they are in prison.
My heart as a nephew is like a knife, and I hate to replace him with my body, I don't know if the prison director can show me a clear way? β
"Father-in-law Xu, don't worry."
Hu Prison Division also pretended to sigh, and said meaningfully: "Although the lowly position is the Heavenly Prison Division, he does not have the right to release people directly, and if he wants to appeal, he must be agreed by several adults in the Criminal Department." β
Xu Boqing nodded clearly and asked, "If the prison director can help move the joints of the criminal department, does it mean that people can be released?" β
"Yes, yes."
Hu Prison Division's eyes moved slightly, and he said with a smile: "As long as the joints on the side of the Criminal Department can be opened, not only can the people be released, but the sealed mansion can also be unsealed, and even the official can be reinstated." β
It's all an industrial chain, isn't it? β
Xu Boqing sneered in his heart, so he simply didn't pretend, and asked directly: "Then according to the opinion of the Hu Prison Division, how many silver taels do you need to get for this movable joint?" β
"Different people, different things, this price is naturally different."
Hu Prison Si took a sip of the teacup, and then said: "Like Xu Inspector, if you want to get out of the prison, you need to get three thousand taels of silver, five hundred taels to unseal the mansion, and another five hundred taels if the official is reinstated. β
His voice paused, and seeing that Father-in-law Xu's face was not very good, he sighed and said, "Father-in-law Xu, this is not a price set by a humble position, but an adult in the Criminal Department." β
"Prison Secretary Hu doesn't have to worry too much..."
Xu Boqing also knew that he was just a faΓ§ade, and the criminal department behind him was the master, so there was no need to be angry with others.
After thinking about it, he casually took out the money bag from his arms, poured the eight large gold ingots inside on the table, and then pushed it in front of Hu Prison Division.
"There are eighty taels of gold here, for eight hundred taels of silver, which is my deposit for ransom, and I will gather the remaining ransom funds within half a month, and I hope that Prison Secretary Hu will help take care of my second uncle's family during this period."
Hu Prison Si's eyes lit up a little when he saw the gold in front of him, and he quietly held the eight gold ingots into his pocket, and directly packed the ticket with an old smile on his face: "Father-in-law, rest assured, in the prison, the humble position will definitely not let Xu Inspector suffer at all." β
"Thank you very much."
Xu Boqing got up and arched his hand, and said: "It's getting late, this family has also visited, the tea has been drunk, and the business has been discussed, so it is inconvenient for me to bother the Hu Prison Division anymore." β
Seeing that the God of Wealth was leaving, Prison Secretary Hu also got up and said, "Inspector Xu should have been transferred to prison, why don't you see your father-in-law and come back?" β
After thinking about it for a while, Xu Boqing nodded and responded: "It's okay to explain before returning to the palace, they are worried." β
"Father-in-law Xu, please."
After the two of them were released from the prison and laughed, they went directly to the prison under the leadership of the jailer...
Different from the dark and cramped prison, there is not only good air circulation, good lighting, but also exquisite food, bedding and toiletries, and there is no sense of prison.
When he passed by a cell, he even saw an arrogant and obedient young man playing with a woman inside...
The young man also noticed that someone was looking at him, and when he saw that the people outside were wearing eunuch clothes, he seemed to see something interesting, and he became more and more energetic...
He also shouted wantonly: "Little eunuch, hahahaha... Little eunuch..."
Hu Prison Si was like an ostrich, nodding his head and not daring to speak, and a layer of cold sweat seemed to overflow on his forehead.
Xu Boqing shook his head and ignored him...
Don't think about it, that young man is so rampant in the prison, he must be the son of a powerful person.
After leaving the confines of the cell, Prison Secretary Hu cautiously came over and explained: "Father-in-law, that young man just now is Zhang Xiang's second son, and his words are offensive, so please bear with me." β
"It doesn't matter."
Xu Boqing bowed slightly, and said casually: "People are crazy and have their own harvest, and I won't be angry with him." β
Hearing this, Hu Prison Division also breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Xiang's full name is Zhang Song, and he is the right minister of today's imperial court, and Queen Zhang of the harem is his daughter, and the prince of the East Palace also has to call him grandfather.
The emperor ignored the government affairs, and most of the government affairs in the court were handled by this old man, who could be said to be one of the powerful figures standing at the top of the Yonghe Dynasty.
The second son of such a character, being caught in the prison is just a formality, and if nothing else, he won't even spend the night here......