"Wait for the caravan to stop!"

Wang Zhong ordered to stop, and arched his hand towards the leader of the team, with a proud expression.

"Who are you, and why are you stopping us and the caravan?"

Is this a person with a background?

Cheng Hai, the head of the Suzhou Mansion Yamen Express Team, shrank his eyeholes slightly, but when he thought of the forces standing behind them, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he shouted loudly.

"Someone reported to the official, and you waited for the caravan guards to innocently beat the people of my Suzhou Mansion and robbed the property!

Call out the caravan steward, and we'll ask questions!" ”

"Who reported to the official?"

Wang Zhong asked stiffly.

"Can't you see these wounded people behind me?"

Cheng Hai snorted coldly, his face full of impatience.

"Why haven't you come out yet, is it because you are contemptuous of us? In this way, you and others will go to the yamen with us, and the county will personally interrogate you and others! ”

"Interrogation?"

Wang Zhong was furious, "We and the caravan just came out of the inn, and they were walking on the road, preparing to go out of the city, but these street ruffians came up to make trouble, and wanted to rob our caravan property, and were beaten away by us, you don't uphold justice for us, why do you still take me and others to the yamen?"

What makes sense? ”

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Cheng Hai couldn't help but be angry on his face, but he was very happy in his heart, this kind of person who spoke extremely impulsively, although it seemed that there was some big background behind his caravan.

However, it is also the easiest person to be manipulated by them!

"You have beaten these people like this, as the head of the yamen, can't I take you to the yamen and let the county ask about it?

Otherwise, we still have the face to wait for this fast shift leader, how to maintain law and order in Suzhou City, and how to protect the safety of the people in Suzhou City? ”

Cheng Hai's face was righteous and awe-inspiring, and beside him, all the officials were all full of righteousness.

In addition, there are a group of street ruffians who are mixed with blood and have pitiful faces.

It seems that Wang Zhong and others are the biggest villains!

"Suzhou Mansion is the place where the Beijing division is directly subordinate, and under the Langlang Dynasty, you dare to do this, reversing black and white?"

Wang Zhong was furious.

"Bold!"

Cheng Hai's face sank, and he shouted directly: "What a group of Diao people, they dare to be so sharp and fanged, refute our officials, you must be a group of thieves!"

Come on, take this caravan to the yamen and hand it over to the county for interrogation! ”

"Yes!"

As he spoke, the officials directly pulled out the steel knives on their waists and wanted to do it!

"You dare?"

Wang Zhong and Yu Chang and other Shenji battalion generals immediately guarded the carriage tightly, staring at Cheng Hai and the other officials with fierce faces.

Inexplicably, Cheng Hai and the other officials felt like they were being targeted by a group of vicious beasts, and they would die in the next second, and they shivered subconsciously, and even, some timid officials directly weakened their legs.

Cheng Hai instantly sensed that something was wrong, these caravan guards had seen blood on their hands?

Directly said inwardly: "Who are you waiting for, dare to resist arrest?" ”

"Resisting arrest?"

At this time, Guo An had already gotten out of the carriage, walked forward, and looked at the head of the squad Chenghai coldly.

"What reason did you use for arresting me and this caravan?"

Seeing the weak Guo An, Cheng Hai inexplicably felt that he was doing it again!

"You beat the people, rob the people of their money, and contradict our fast officials......"

"How did you beat the people, how did you beat the people and rob them of their money? How did you contradict the officials such as you? ”

Guo An stared at Cheng Hai tightly and asked in a cold voice.

“……”

Cheng Hai felt an inexplicable chill in his heart, he had a feeling that he seemed to be facing his own county?

"Who the hell are you?"

Thinking about it, Cheng Hai felt that something was wrong, and this time, they seemed to have kicked the iron plate!

"You haven't answered yet, my guards just drove away a group of street ruffians, how did it become a crime, and you have to wait for the magistrate to interrogate him personally?"

Guo An continued to ask.

"Who are you talking about as a street ruffian?"

Without waiting for Cheng Hai to speak, the group of street ruffians suddenly became angry.

One by one, they glared angrily and scolded: "We are all poor people who keep to themselves, but we have just earned some silver as coolies, and we want to drink some wine and treat ourselves."

As a result, you passing thieves saw it, and they deliberately made trouble for us, not only beating us like this, but also robbing us of our money! ”

"You evil businessmen, you actually have wicked people sue first!"

"Hmph, this is Suzhou Mansion, not your hometown, not your arrogant place!"

"Exactly, Cheng Catcher, you can't be threatened by these thieves and let them go......

With the angry scolding of a group of street ruffians, Cheng Hai was calm and his face was solemn.

"No matter what, since someone has reported to the official, you must go to the yamen with us!"

One by one, the officials had already raised their steel knives and aimed at Guo An and the others.

Guo An chuckled: "I have to send these goods to Songjiang Mansion in time, if I miss the time, who will bear the loss and responsibility?" I don't know if the head of the class has to bear? ”

"Bold!"

A servant scolded Guo An angrily, "You cheap businessmen, you missed the time, why did you lie to my family leader?"

Also, didn't you plan to rob the money and want to get out and run away? ”

Cheng Hai also smiled faintly, "No matter who you are or what your background is, since you have committed something in Suzhou Mansion, you must go to the yamen."

As for the delay in your delivery, this matter is your business and has nothing to do with me.

However, don't worry, as long as you prove your innocence, you can leave at any time! ”

"Prove my innocence?"

Guo An suddenly realized, and his face was full of indignation.

"Are you the same as those Xiaoxiao who wanted to blackmail us last night?"

"It's really Meng Lang's people!"

Cheng Hai was a little relieved, as long as he entered the yamen, no matter how cruel these people were and how big their background was, they would not be at their mercy.

Thinking about it, Cheng Hai said angrily: "Today, this is the first time we met, why are you framing me like this?"

As for the extortion of the young people, as long as you show it to the county honor, the county will inevitably give you justice! ”

"In this case, then I will wait to go to the yamen!"

Guo An nodded slowly, "But, I wait for the carriage and the goods are expensive, and I need to wait for these guards to escort them personally!" ”

"Yes!"

Cheng Hai nodded directly.

Immediately, a government official led the way in front, and Cheng Hai and a group of officials were staring at Guo An and the others in the back.

After walking for about half an hour, Guo An and the others came to a yamen in the city of Suzhou.

"Teacher, I'll follow you in!"

Guo An was about to go in, when Zhu Gaochi stepped out of the carriage and said slowly.

"Don't be a young master!"

Guo An was taken aback.

"Young Master?"

However, Cheng Hai on the side was happy, stared at Zhu Gaochi, and asked, "You are the person in charge of this caravan?" ”

"Self!"

Zhu Gaochi glanced at Cheng Hai, and then said to Guo An: "Teacher, I also want to see, is this official of Suzhou Mansion a corrupt official or a virtuous official?" ”

Guo An nodded slightly.

"So, young master, please!"

Behind him, several guards immediately followed.

Seeing this, Cheng Hai sneered and did not stop it.

Familiar county office!

After entering, Guo An looked around with some nostalgia, and then said to Zhu Gaochi: "Young Master, the county government of Suzhou Mansion is still not as good as the county government of my Beiping Mansion!" ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Gaochi nodded slightly, and didn't say much.

Peiping Mansion?

Behind him, Cheng Hai's ears suddenly stood up, thoughtful.

And at this time, a group of people have already entered the court.

Above the public hall, there was an official in an official uniform, looking at Guo An, Zhu Gaochi and others who walked in slowly with a cold face.

It's just that he watched it for a long time, but Guo An, Zhu Gaochi and others in the public court were looking at the Quartet unscrupulously, and they didn't take him as a magistrate in their eyes at all.

There was a flash of anger in his eyes, and he slapped the wood violently.

"You are the businessman and thief who dares to beat and rob the people of my Suzhou Mansion in broad daylight?"

Guo An smiled faintly, "Why did this magistrate wait for me to come in, and didn't ask, and directly convicted me?" ”

"You cheap businessman still dare to ......"

The magistrate Tan Ping's face turned cold, and he wanted to scold even more, but Cheng Hai, the head of the fast shift, had already quietly stepped forward from the side.

Coming together in front of Tan Ping, the magistrate, he whispered, Tan Ping's expression moved, and when he looked at Guo An and the others again, his expression suddenly improved a lot.

"Are you from Beiping Mansion?"

"Self!"

Guo An nodded slightly, "These street ruffians hurriedly came up to set up a bureau as soon as we went out, but because of the tolls we asked for yesterday?" ”

"Tolls?"

Tan Ping looked stunned, his eyes full of doubts.

"What did you misunderstand?"

Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi's expression eased slightly.

However, Guo An sneered, "Everyone present is your own person, why do you need to pretend like this?" ”

Tan Ping's expression suddenly stiffened.

Guo An continued: "Deliberately embarrassed the businessman, asking for transit money and peace money...... These, everyone knows well, since the county is already like this, why is it still so twisted?

Southerners are just not upright in doing things, hiding their heads and showing their tails, and they still use these street ruffians, hehe......"

"Bold!"

Cheng Hai directly scolded Guo An angrily, "You are a cheap businessman, you dare to insult the county like this, do you know what kind of crime you are guilty of?" ”

Guo An glanced at Cheng Hai, his face full of disdain, "You and other officials are only the lowest people in the yamen, not much higher than the status of merchants, you can't enter the main gate, you can sit in the public seat, and the offender will be severely punished......

The county is promoted to the hall, but you are standing on top in a grand manner, so you don't understand the rules, but you want to be on the board? ”

Cheng Hai's expression froze, and he hurriedly bowed to Tan Ping with a panicked face.

"Please also ask the county to forgive the sin, the villain was in a hurry, and for a while, he lost his manners!"

"Hmm!"

Zhixian Tan Ping waved his hand casually, and looked at Guo An with interest.

"I heard that in Beiping Mansion, there is a academy built by His Majesty and Dingguo Gong, so that the people of Beiping Mansion, even if they are businessmen, can be enrolled, and study my Confucian scriptures and history, the original official did not believe it, but now he believes it!"

"Oh?"

Guo An smiled slightly, "I have also heard that due to the rise of the Beiping Academy, there are more and more Jinshi in the northern examination every year, and the county and other southern officials seem to be very disgusted with the academy, why can't they see it in the county honor?" ”

Tan Ping, the magistrate, grinned, "According to his origin, this official is also a northerner!" ”

"It turns out that the county is a northerner!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then laughed.

"In this way, it is how presumptuous it is for us to wait, and please don't blame the county!"

Zhu Gaochi on the side suddenly found that the atmosphere in the public court suddenly relaxed.

Zhixian Tan Ping also lost the hostile look he had at the beginning.

"Who is behind you, since they are all people who understand, then why are you so tough?"

"It's inconvenient to reveal the name of my master, but the eldest young master of my family is surnamed Zhu!"

Guo An smiled lightly.

"Zhu?"

Tan Ping looked shocked, "But the Ming Zhu?" ”

Zhu Gaochi just looked at Tan Ping lightly and didn't speak.

However, the extravagance made Tan Ping's guess more and more firm.

"Self!"

Guo An gave the final blow.

Tan Ping's legs were weak, and he was very glad that he didn't say anything rebellious.

The people of the Zhu family from Beiping are still so old, and only one person is in line!

It's just that how dare that person leave Beiping without permission?

After coming back to his senses, Tan Ping hurriedly got up and smiled at Zhu Gaochi: "It turned out to be a noble person from Beiping, and it was the lower officials who were not strict in discipline, so that the following officials collided with the nobles, and the lower officials apologized to the nobles!" ”

"Just a collision?"

Guo An sneered, "County Zun, this is the first time that my young master has been humiliated like this, and he only sent a letter, and he wanted to ask for money?"

If they couldn't get it, they sent out a few street ruffians to use these indiscriminate methods......

This time, my young master is going out for the first time, if this is the case, then where will my young master's face go? ”

Tan Ping's expression was even more frightened, "Dare to ask, I don't know what compensation the noble person wants?" ”

"Huh?"

Guo An's eyes widened, "You dare to humiliate my young master like this, how can my young master be a family that lacks those copper-smelling things?" ”

"Yes, yes, the noble man has taught him a very good lesson, it's the subordinate Meng Lang!"

Tan Ping nodded hurriedly in response, and began to think crazy in his mind about how to apologize to this noble of the Zhu family in Beiping.

Guo An opened his mouth again: "With the boom of maritime trade, in the hands of those merchants who came from the mainland, there should be a lot of toll money and peace money, right?" ”

Tan Ping was stunned, aren't you greedy for money?

Zhu Gaochi, his eyelids trembled.

"It's okay if it's inconvenient to say, I'm just curious!"

Guo An didn't seem to care about this, but it made Tan Ping's heart sink.

"Since the nobleman is an understanding person, the lower officials do not dare to hide it, because Suzhou Mansion is still some distance from the sea, and there is no city department.

There were not too many caravans coming to Suzhou Prefecture, so they didn't receive much tolls and safety fees.

On the contrary, in Songjiang Prefecture, there is a city ship, where you can receive a lot! ”

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

"Before I came, I told this team leader that the goods transported by my caravan should be sent to Songjiang Mansion in time and could not be delayed, otherwise I would lose a lot of money.

Now, please ask the county to have a good trial, am I waiting for this caravan to be charged?

Or was he framed by these officials and street ruffians? ”

Hearing this, the head of the team, Cheng Hai's face turned pale, and he directly puffed, knelt down, and begged for mercy from Guo An, Zhu Gaochi and others.

"It's me who was blind and collided with the nobleman, and I asked the nobleman to spare his life!"

On one side, the stunned street ruffians who had already seen it also hurriedly knelt down, begging for mercy with panic on their faces.

"Please spare your life, we have no eyes!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are all forced to have no choice, there is not only an eighty-year-old mother at home, but also a young child who is waiting to be fed, so we can only use these three indiscriminate means to get some money from the passing merchants......

"I don't dare to wait any longer, and I ask your nobleman to spare your life......"

Guo An still smiled slightly, and said lightly: "You all calm down, which is right and which is wrong, still needs to be judged by the county honor."

In addition, the Ming Dynasty has a Ming law, no one can cheat for personal gain, and it is useless for you to ask me to wait! ”

After speaking, Guo An looked at Tan Ping, the magistrate in front of him.

Cheng Hai and a group of street ruffians also looked at Tan Ping with anticipation.

Tan Ping bowed heavily to Guo An and Zhu Gaochi.

"This time, it was these street ruffians who were consumed by their interests and framed the nobles.

And these officials, favoring these street ruffians, indiscriminately brought nobles into the yamen, and made mistakes, and the lower officials will definitely be punished according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty! ”

"Very good!"

Guo An nodded slowly.

Cheng Hai and a group of street ruffians suddenly turned pale and looked desperate.

This caravan is really a noble person they can't afford to offend?

Guo An said again: "However, you only offended me and my caravan today, and you haven't seen my young master, or even heard of anything!"

If not, the three hundred guards of the caravan, each holding the lives of dozens of barbarians in their hands, would not have waited for these! ”

Cheng Hai and a group of street ruffians were overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded in response: "Yes, yes, I haven't heard or seen anything!" ”

"Very good!"

Guo An nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Tan Ping, "County Zun, can I leave later?" ”

"Leave?"

Tan Ping looked at Zhu Gaochi, who had not spoken on the side, with some surprise, looked at Guo An again, and nodded again and again.

"The nobles are these subordinates who have no eyes and are rashly offended, if the nobles want to leave, the nobles will personally send the nobles out!"

"Young master, shall I wait for you to leave, or will I stay a little longer?"

Guo An asked Zhu Gaochi for instructions.

"Let's go!"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head slowly, and then walked out by himself.

Guo An hurriedly followed.

"Noble man go slowly!"

Tan Ping, the magistrate of the county, hurriedly followed behind him, sending him all the way!

When Guo An, Zhu Gaochi and the others got into the carriage and the caravan went a long distance, Tan Ping, the county magistrate, breathed a long sigh of relief.

As soon as he turned around, he remembered something, and shouted at the street ruffians on the side.

"Hurry up and invite the big boss!"

"Yes, county honor!"

The street ruffian ran out.

Soon, the big boss with the goatee, under the escort of several strong men, entered the backyard of the county office.

Here, Tan Ping, the magistrate of the county, has already asked people to serve tea.

As soon as he came in, before he sat down, the big boss hurriedly asked, "County Zun, is it really the one from Beiping Mansion?" ”

…… (End of chapter)