Song Che borrowed two wolf dogs to Xu Xiao.

Xu Xiao led the dog and hurried to the wharf in the west of the city with the officials to arrest the evil wife of Zhu Wei's family and search for the abducted women and children.

Song Che waited for good news in the market.

An hour later, midnight approached.

Xu Xiao personally led the wolf dog back to Yunshuifang.

"My divine dog, how is it doing?" Song Che asked, stroking the dog's head.

Xu Xiao said: "Most of the people who can go to the dock to sell coolies are honest men who support their families, the Hong brothers were arrested, the trees fell and scattered, I didn't even pull out the knife, and someone explained it." ”

"How many women and children are there?" Song Che asked.

Xu Xiao's tone was not lacking in heaviness: "Seven women, six children, were imprisoned in the bottom warehouse of a cargo ship, and when they were found, they were all unclothed, and they were almost stupid......"

"At least they regained their freedom," Song Che asked again, "Those wicked women of the Zhu family are also caught?" ”

"One pot end."

"Very good, then take all the women and children to the yamen to beat the drum and sound the grievances, and we will deal with these wicked people tonight."

"So, you've got Master Zhou?"

"I'm going to get him right away."

Anything that can be solved with money, it's not a problem.

Song Che wrapped three thousand taels of silver and drove to Yamen with Xu Xiao.

Inside the carriage.

"By the way, Xu Dutou, I've always been a little curious, how much money can you have in a month?" Song Che asked.

Xu Xiao was puzzled: "What are you asking for?" ”

Song Che smiled: "I suddenly remembered, so I asked casually." ”

Xu Xiao was silent for a moment before slowly spitting out a number: "Three thousand Wen ......"

"You have a head, and the moon is only three or two? The female celebrities weaving in my workshop are taller than you, uh......" After finishing speaking, Song Checai didn't have a good consciousness, "There is no heart, there is no heart......"

Xu Xiao grimaced and snorted lightly: "What if you have money? If you sin and do evil, I will arrest you in the same way. ”

The position of the head of the capital, in modern times, has to be a police chief, if he really wants to make money, it is easy for him to come by.

For example, the three thousand taels of silver that Song Che was carrying on his shoulders were for those who knew how to make money.

Xu Xiao stared at the bulging burden on Song Che's shoulders and asked, "Are you going to bribe Lord Zhou?" ”

Song Che said: "There are many ways to give silver, why do you have to name it with the word 'bribe'? ”

Xu Xiao said: "You businessmen can turn black into white. But I still have to remind you that Lord Zhou wants to be a clean official in his bones. ”

How could Song Che not understand?

Whether or not to be a clean official is only secondary, the important thing is that everyone who is an official wants others to think that he is a clean official. Therefore, how to give away the money without destroying his honest and honest image, and let him accept it as a matter of course, this is a very deep technical work, and its name is "human sophistication".

The sophistication of human feelings is a mixed word, the positive meaning is to be mellow, and the derogatory meaning is to go with the flow.

Song Che always believes that knowing the world but not being sophisticated, being sleek and naïve, being good at self-deprecation but not mocking others, and being in the rivers and lakes and far away from the rivers and lakes is the real way of life.

"Xu Dutou, are you married?" Song Che asked with a smile.

People like Xu Xiao are often high in force, low in emotional intelligence, wrong is wrong, right is right, this kind of person is very "simple", very "cute", not too much heart, very suitable for making friends.

Looking at Xu Xiao's appearance, about twenty-five or sixteen, although his income is secondary, his profession is not bad, and he looks masculine and mighty, so he should be very popular with women.

Who knew that Xu Xiao said lightly: "I'm not interested in women." ”

Song Che's body was shocked, and he subconsciously moved his buttocks back, in fact, there were not a few people who had a habit of breaking sleeves in ancient times.

Xu Xiao glanced at Song Che, "I'm not interested in men either." ”

Song Che breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "In life, you have to find some fun for yourself, for example, I like money," he shook the package on his shoulder, and the ingots touched each other, making a loud noise, "This is simply the most beautiful sound in the world." ”

Xu Xiao looked at the street scene outside the window, and said for a long time: "I am a martial artist, I want to do good but I don't have the ability to do good, I can only catch more bad people, because I have always believed that as long as there is one less bad person in the world, there will be ten more good people, and there may be more than twenty." ”

Song Che wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he felt that it was a little redundant, so he had to smile bitterly, compared to this simple capital, he liked money, it was too vulgar.

In the middle of chatting, the yamen arrived.

On the left is the public court, and on the right is the mansion.

Song Che got out of the carriage in front of the mansion and instructed Xu Xiao: "Two quarters of an hour later, you take the abducted woman and child to beat the drum and voice the grievances, and the Hong brothers will definitely not escape the death penalty tonight." ”

Xu Xiao nodded and went to the court with the carriage.

Song Che came to the door of the house and snapped the knocker.

After a while, the door of the house opened a crack, and the family rubbed his sleepy eyes and yawned: "Who?" Knocking on the door in the middle of the night. ”

Song Che said: "I am Song Che, the son-in-law of the Shen family in the north of the city, and I have something important to find Lord Zhou, and I am tired of the little brother to make an announcement." ”

When the family heard that it was from the Shen family, his attitude was a lot more respectful, but he said: "Now that the third watch has passed, the master has already gone to bed, why don't you come back tomorrow?" ”

"But there are some things that happen to be done at midnight," Song Che said, taking out two or three taels of silver from his sleeve and stuffing them into the hands of the family: "Trouble little brother, just make a notice." ”

The family took it when he saw it, "Then I'll just tell you, if you can't get out of bed, you can only come back tomorrow." With that, he took the door of the house.

Half a quarter of an hour later.

The door of the house slowly opened half a door, and the family was polite: "The master heard that it was the aunt of the Shen family who visited, so he immediately got up and changed his clothes, and Aunt Song, please follow me to the guest hall." ”

Song Che happily entered the house and went with his family.

The small candle flame in the hall is lit with a faint light, and an emaciated old man with a sixtieth armor is only wearing a coat and sitting alone in the high hall, quite stylish.

"Late-born Song Che, see Lord Zhou, disturb me at midnight, please forgive me." Song Che bowed and bowed.

"Oh? Are you the son-in-law of the famous Shen family recently? Zhou Jinchun looked Song Che up and down with a shrewd gaze.

Song Che said: "I am just a little business, and this visit is also to do business with Lord Zhou." ”

Zhou Jinchun squinted his eyes and did not speak.

Song Che took off his burden, put it on the coffee table, and slowly opened it, it was a snowflake silver ingot, and then he looked at the words and colors - Zhou Jinchun saw the silver, and his old eyes instantly lit up.

Looking at this greedy look, Song Che knew that it would happen tonight.

"What does Aunt Song mean by this?" Zhou Jinchun retracted his gaze and pretended to be reserved.

Song Che said politely: "The Hong brothers, forming gangs, monopolizing the dock business, selling women and children, kidnapped my shopkeeper the day before yesterday, set fire to my workshop, and even threatened to take my life...... Come here tonight and beg Lord Zhou to cure his capital crime and eliminate the harm to Suzhou City! ”

Zhou Jinchun's face lowered, and his voice became colder: "If the Hong brothers are really guilty of such crimes, this official will deal with them according to the laws of Daliang, you came in the middle of the night to send money and bribes, do you want to make this official lose his evening festival?" ”

"Quite the opposite!" Song Che said: "Lord Zhou is over the age of six, and soon he will not be tired of the case, and return home to enjoy his old age in peace - the Hong brothers have done a lot of evil in Suzhou City, and everyone will be punished, if Lord Zhou can eliminate harm for Suzhou in front of Zhishi, he will be deeply loved by the people, and his name will always be hung among the bamboo silks,"

At this point, Song Che pushed the silver taels forward again, "Don't misunderstand, my lord, these three thousand taels of silver are definitely not a bribe, but a personal donation." ”

Zhou Jinchun stroked his beard, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Song Che said again: "The Great Liang Dynasty was in flames, and all the taxes collected by the local government filled the treasury, resulting in insufficient local finances, and even the government officials could not recruit more, so that they were helpless in the face of the powerful local snakes like the Hong brothers;

My father often taught that businessmen take from the people and use them for the people, and my Shen family, as a wealthy businessman in Suzhou, should also make a modest contribution to the elimination of evil in Suzhou;

However, a merchant is a merchant after all, and it is difficult to compete with evil because he has wealth but no power, so he raised this silver to solve the financial embarrassment of the government and help the government clean up the evil! ”

Zhou Jinchun nodded with satisfaction, pressed the silver with his hand, and sighed: "Aunt Song, it really deserves its name......

He added, "Well, if that's the case, then I'll accept the donation, but—"

He changed his words again: "The Hong brothers gathered at the dock and had a wide range of power, and it was difficult to control them unless the city defense army was dispatched. ”

Song Che said with a smile: "Lord Zhou doesn't know, while you are sleeping, I have already designed to capture the Hong brothers together with Xu Dutou, and now they have been locked up in the Yamen prison waiting to be released,"

He bowed deeply to Zhou Jinchun again, "Here, I also want to apologize to Lord Zhou, because the situation is urgent, and I am afraid of disturbing the rest of the adults, without your consent, I will cut off the head with Xu Dutou." ”

Zhou Jinchun waved his hand and said: "That's it, the Hong brothers, I have already had the intention of eradicating, but I have been led by them by the nose, since you have arrested them and brought them to justice, then you will be promoted to the court tomorrow morning and sentenced to justice." ”

Song Che said, "Why should the trial wait until tomorrow? The Hong brothers have been entrenched in Suzhou for many years, and there are many fanatics under them, and the longer they delay, the easier it is to change, so they proposed to be convicted tonight and beheaded tomorrow. ”

Zhou Jinchun frowned slightly: "Even if you know that his crimes are heinous, you have to pay attention to evidence when trying the case——"

"Knock knock!"

Heavy drums pierced the night sky.

Zhou Jinchun was shocked: "Who is beating the drum to complain?" ”

After a while, the family hurriedly ran into the guest hall: "Master, there are a lot of women and children from outside the yamen, saying that they want to sue the Hong brothers and Zhu Wei's family...... It's so hard to watch! ”

Zhou Jinchun was stunned for a moment, and immediately glanced at Song Che.

Song Che smiled politely: "Lord Zhou, the human and material evidence has arrived, are you tired and go through the motions?" ”

"Yikes! Your talents, Suzhou's luck! Zhou Jinchun couldn't help but admire and greeted loudly:

"Come on, wide clothes, ascend to the hall!"