Chapter 66
The next day, it was peaceful. The fourth uncle did not leave the store, and the eldest young master did not come to the store to disturb him.
Xin Wenzhao was not at ease, he had to wait for the result. In one day's work, he inquired about the details of the Yu family in various parts of the city. It's better not to ask, and to inquire clearly, it strengthened his determination to take care of this idle business.
The tail foot of Vientiane Mountain stretches out of the city, and it connects with Xiaokuo Mountain for two miles. Xiaokuo Mountain is a local scenic spot, the mountains are clustered, the shape is like a lotus, it is also called Liancheng Mountain, the path is thin, it is also called Jiuling.
The old town of Xiao Kuoshan was still in ruins ten years ago. No one went up to the mountains to live and earn a living. Since Yu Tong, the richest man in the city, asked the government to take the place as a fungus farm, it has become the Yu family's summer residence, and within a radius of twenty miles nearby, no idlers are allowed to approach.
Yu Wuye has more than ten local product shops, there are thousands of hectares of good land cultivated along the river outside the city, and there are three vast mushroom farms belonging to him, with strong financial resources and a rich party. His wives and concubines were in groups, rampant in the township, befriending the government and making traitors, most of the thousands of hectares of fertile land were occupied, and the slaves were in groups and became a tyrant in the state. His two sons, Yu Yuan and Yu Yuan, have all become families, but they are famous hungry ghosts in the city, and the eldest Yu Yuan is the person who negotiated with the fourth uncle in Keqian that day, nicknamed Playboy. The second Yu Yuan, who is ugly in life, seems to be more interested in beautiful women, and is nicknamed Huahua Tai Sui. The people of this city are afraid that these two little animals are more powerful than they are afraid of Yu Wuye, and those who rebel against them will never end well.
At the eastern foot of Tongshan in the south of the city, there lived a person surnamed Cheng Jinjiang, ranked third, was a local head snake who was not afraid of the earth, once served as a patrol in the government, although he was an idle prodigal child, but he was quite chivalrous, never blackmailed from small households, nor reached out to the big households who guarded themselves, he liked to fight and hug unevenly, and his subordinates had a lot of hooligans and ruffians, no one could help him, only this Cheng Sanye, dared to move to Yu Wuye's head, the children of the Yu family had stammered in many ways, and sent a large number of property to do the apprenticeship, Cheng Sanye only snorted, and sent people to the Shude Bridge near the south gateγ
Xin Wenzhao didn't know the cause and effect of the incident, but just Chong Chong's residents' comments on Yu Wuye's family, he could know that the eldest young master Yu was definitely not kind to the young lady in the mouth of the fourth uncle, and after returning to the inn, he called the account room and changed to an upper room to live in, which was close to the fourth uncle's room, and paid attention to the movements of the neighboring room.
At dusk, three big men with broad shoulders and round waists entered the upper room of the fourth uncle.
Xin Wenzhao had been waiting for a long time, and he used a gold needle to drill a small hole in the wooden wall, peeking into the movement of the neighboring house from the small hole.
The big man led by him was born with a leopard's head and ringed eyes, big ears and a square mouth, a square face, and a mustache. The expression is not angry but mighty. He is the famous prodigal son Cheng Sancheng Jinjiang in the city.
The fourth uncle came in with the guest, bowed to the ground, and said with tears in his eyes: "The third master is gracious......
Cheng Sanye helped the fourth uncle up in a panic, pressed it on the chair and said, "Uncle, don't be like this, aren't you afraid of breaking Xiao Ke's Yangshou?" Sit down and talk, please start from the beginning." Li San once told the general story to the subordinates, but he was vague, in order to know the truth, Xiao Ke had to ask the old man for advice. β
The fourth uncle burst into tears and told the past one by one.
More than 90 miles north of Fu, it is Jinyun County, and Zhang Siren of a scholarly family lives in the county. Mr. Zhang is originally from Longquan, moved to Jinyun 20 years ago, and his wife is the daughter of the Hu family in Longquan.
Speaking of the Longquan Hu family, it can be said to be a household name in Zhejiang. In the early years of the Hu family, there was a big man, surnamed Hu Mingshen and the word Zhongyuan. Outstanding literary and martial arts, and the study of fine arts, won the appreciation of Taizu, Feng Jinyun County Bo, after the peace of the world, Hu Shenshen governed the township and county, controlled the public and magnanimous, revitalized culture and education, emphasized public security, never killed a person in his life, was the guarantee of eastern Zhejiang in the early years of this dynasty, and won the love of the people.
Zhang Siren's wife, Hu, is another branch of Hu Shen's family, and her mother's family is in a bad situation. Hu died three years ago, and Zhang Siren also died a year ago, leaving behind a son and a daughter, named Zhang Anguo and named Mingu. An Guo is eighteen years old, and Min Gu is sixteen. An Guo studied at Jinyun General School and likes to travel in the mountains and rivers. There should be something, on September 9, Chongjiu ascended, Aunt Min and a few friends, on the way from Xiandu Mountain to Yuxu Palace, were met by Yu Yuan, who came to visit friends.
After that, Huahua Tai Sui stayed in Jinyun and successfully became friends with An Guo. An Guo was young and ignorant, ignorant of the difficulties of the world, and finally fell into the trap laid by Huahua Tai Sui, and drowned in Haoxi without knowing why. The good stream was originally called the evil stream, there are fifty-eight bends in the south flow of ninety miles, the water flow is turbulent, among which many water monsters harm people, the Tang Dynasty thorn history ruled the state and had good governance, the water monsters avoided far away, so it was renamed the good stream. A young scholar fell into a treacherous stream, and it is a miracle that he does not die.
Before An Guo's bones were cold, the Yu brothers sent someone to propose marriage and asked to marry Aunt Min as a concubine. The Zhang family has only one old servant and four uncles, and it is hard enough to take care of a sixteen-year-old girl, how can she stand the entanglement of the Yu brothers?
After discussing it, the master and servant decided to sell the family property and move back to Longquan's hometown to live according to their mother and uncle.
To return to Longquan, you must pass through Fucheng, and it is bad, it is equivalent to throwing yourself into the mouth of the tiger and sending it to the door. When the Yu brothers got the news, they kept sending people to harass them. The hypocrisy said that he would take care of his old friend's weak sister, and that he would take the master and servant to settle down at home. The fourth uncle knew the cause of the young master's death, how could he be willing to obey it? Miss Zhang was even more cold and afraid, and washed her face with tears every day.
Cheng Sanye only heard the smoke of the seven tricks, discussed with the two companions for a while, and said categorically: "Uncle, tomorrow you and Miss Zhang are going to stop, and I will personally send you out of the country to see who dares to stop you." β
The fourth uncle sent Cheng Sanye away with great gratitude, and told Miss the good news, and the master and servant immediately packed up and prepared to leave.
Xin Wenzhao's expression was solemn, knowing that Yu Wuye had not moved in the past two days, and there must be a vicious conspiracy in the planning. But he was not familiar with the place and could not send a warning signal to Cheng Sanye, so he had to be on alert to prepare for emergencies.
Early the next morning, Yu Yuan brought seventeen or eighteen big men, escorted a sedan chair, and arrived at the door of the store. Hua Hua Tai Sui took two masters and two thugs and strode into the store.
The fourth uncle was meeting in front of the counter, and Cheng Sanye brought four brothers to wait on the side.
Xin Wenzhao didn't bring his bags and was having breakfast in the hall.
Cheng Sanye saw Hua Hua Tai Sui coming in, sneered, and slowly greeted him.
"Third master, long time no see, has always been good, I heard that the third master is very proud in Hangzhou this time......
"Haha! I couldn't talk about being proud, I met a few good friends, and I just had fun for a few days. Recently, our friends will come to pay a return visit, and Cheng came back in advance to prepare for the reception. Yu Yuan, drink! You brought your master to visit this small inn, it's rare!
Hua Hua Tai Sui said with a smile: "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and I am here to welcome the bride for Master Yu, who has given up." It's a good thing to have money and no money to ask for a wife for the New Year! Master Yu once instructed his brother's fists and feet, so he personally brought people to Zhang Luo. β
Cheng Sanye was stunned, and he understood three points in his heart, and couldn't help but be furious, and asked in a different color: "Are you marrying Yu Chenglong?" Is the woman a girl from Jinyunzhang's family?"
If the third master is free in the evening, please go to the house to drink two glasses of wine. Less accompaniment, the brother has to discuss with the fourth uncle of the Zhang family, he sent his relatives. Hua Hua Tai Sui said politely, his eyes fell on the fourth uncle who was trembling as if he had been hit by five thunders.
"You beast!" the fourth uncle burst out with a curse.
Cheng Sanye is a prodigal son who wanders the rivers and lakes, he doesn't have to think much to know that this is a poisonous plot set up by Yu Yuan, he grabbed Yu Yuan's collar suddenly, and said sharply: "The surname Yu, unless you don't want to die, hurry up and take back your despicable and vicious thoughts for me." β
Hua Hua Tai Sui was caught stiff and couldn't straighten her waist, and shouted urgently: "Third master, let it go...... Let go, you...... You can't be unreasonable. β
The two thugs came up left and right, and Cheng Sanye's four brothers sneered and pounced forward.
The master stepped aside and shouted, "Third master, you have something to say, you can't fight, you can't fight." β
More than a dozen thugs outside the door screamed and poured into the store, and they couldn't help but say that the two sides were entangled.
Xin Wenzhao hugged the table with his hand, pretending to protect his food, and kept shouting: "Can't fight, can't fight." Oh, my food, my rice ......."
With a cry in his mouth, his hands waved in turn, and he slammed his palm on the vest of one of the thugs at the table, and the thug stepped forward and fainted. Then, with a flick of his right hand, he stunned another thug.
Cheng San had already pressed Huahua Tai Sui on the table, full of old fists, only to beat Hua Hua Tai Sui's ghost screaming. In the midst of the chaos, the cheers outside the door were deafening: "Lord Hu, the governor of the state government, has arrived." β
Then, the shouts rang out again: "Stop! All the brawlers will be taken down by the official." β
More than a dozen servants poured into the store like wolves, and the brawl stopped.
Xin Wenzhao circled the table with both hands to protect his food. Who can say that he participated in the brawl? No one can believe it.
Lord Hu, the pusher, wore a seven-grade official uniform, was about forty years old, was born with a short figure of five years, and his face was gloomy, and he stepped into the store majestically under the support of eight public officials. More than a dozen other officers have sealed the front and rear doors.
Cheng Sanye put down Huahua Tai Sui. He did not dare to openly resist the magistrate who was in charge of the punishment of a government and held the power of life and death. The magistrates themselves are not brave, and these errands and patrols are under the jurisdiction of Lord Tongzhi. But if he is not convinced and resists, it will be tantamount to having trouble with the Tongzhi Lord, and it will be even more difficult for him to be intentional and push the official.
He strode forward and saluted: "Lord Hu, Wan'an, the people of the Yu family are committing murder here......"
"Cheng Jinjiang, are you making trouble again?" asked Master Hu unhappily.
Cheng Sanye used to be a patrolman, so he naturally knew Lord Hu, the pusher. In the past, Lord Hu appreciated him a lot, and he also assisted Lord Hu in many ways to solve many difficult cases, but today when he heard that the tone was wrong, he couldn't help but be shocked, and said stubbornly: "It's not the grass people who make trouble, but Yu Yuan, who entered the store in broad daylight and robbed the women of good families." At a disagreement, the grass people had to stop him from acting willfully. β
"What's going on? Who is Yu Yuan?" asked Master Hu to everyone, as if he really didn't know Hua Hua Tai Sui.
Huahua Tai Sui wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth, climbed down and kowtowed: "Yu Yuan, grass people, ask the adults to call the shots." β
"What's the matter with you?" asked in a deep voice.
"Yu Chenglong, the master of the grass people, agreed with the media in September, set a family affair for the Zhang family in Jinyun County, and said that he would welcome his relatives at the end of the year. I don't want the girl's brother of the Zhang family to die, and the girl is helpless, so she is sent by the old servant and the fourth uncle. A few days earlier, I arrived at the Lishui Inn and sent someone to deliver a letter and urge the family teacher to make a big gift early. The grass people brought a sedan chair to greet them this morning, and planned to take them to their homes to settle down temporarily, and choose a day to become a gift. Unexpectedly, Zhang Sibo was coerced and lured by Cheng Sanye, and the third master brought people to prohibit the grass people from picking up people, and couldn't help but say that he was murderous and beat people, and begged the adults to call the shots. Hua Hua Tai Sui snorted a handful of tears and said with a sharp throat.
Master Hu's face was ugly, he stared at Cheng Sanye and asked, "Cheng Jinjiang, you are so bold, are you rebelling?"
Cheng Sanye's face turned blue with anger, and he bowed down and said, "My lord, the grass people don't dare." This Yu Yuan bullied others, and in broad daylight and in the city, he dared to forcibly take the women of good families, his words were pure nonsense. At present, Uncle Zhang and Miss Zhang are in the store, and the adults only need to ask them to know the reason. The grass people only brought four friends, and planned to send the girl to Longquan to join their relatives, and the surnamed Yu brought more than 20 master thugs to make trouble, and no one dared to believe that the grass people were murderous. β
"My lord Mingjian, Miss Zhang's master and servant have been coerced by Cheng Sanye, how dare you admit it at this time? The grass people brought the marriage book, the three media and six certificates were all there, the gift list for the appointment on the day, the marriage letter of Miss Zhang's brother, etc., all brought, please take a look. Hua Hua Tai Sui shouted loudly and summoned Master Bao.
Master Bao took out a pack of open letters and gift cards and presented them with both hands.
Cheng San hurriedly said, "My lord, these ......"
"Shut up! Master Hu shouted unhappily, waved his sleeves and ordered Cheng Sanye to retreat, and then ordered Master Bao to open the letters and other things on the cabinet, slowly and methodically examine them one by one, and shouted to Master Bao for a long time: "Pass on the three media and six certificates." β
The three media and six certificates prepared by the Yu family were already waiting outside the store, and after a little inquiry, Lord Hu's face sank, and he shouted to the officers: "Escort all the people who participated in the brawl back to the yamen and re-deal with the culprit." β
"My lord......" Cheng Sanye shouted.
"Take him down!" shouted Master Hu. The officers couldn't help but say, took out the shackles, Cheng Sanye was angry, but he couldn't resist, the crime of resisting arrest was extremely serious, the officers were outnumbered, he was not a martial arts master, and it was in vain to resist arrest, he filed his steel teeth, and the same flower Hua Tai Sui sneered: "You did a good job, but you have caused a monstrous disaster." β
Xin Wenzhao was not taken away, no one saw him make a move, he was a traveler, just eating.
Uncle Zhang was also taken away, and two servants guarded outside Miss Zhang's room, and Miss Zhang inside didn't know anything about the outside. It wasn't until nearly noon that the shopkeeper's lunch was delivered, and he told her what had happened. What could she do? She could only cry in the room and die in the dark.
Although the accident occurred in the prefecture, it still had to be first interrogated by the Lishui County Yamen, and the officials of the government could not exceed their authority, so they handed over the criminals from both sides to the county government on the same day. At the same time, the Yu family's complaint has been submitted, accusing Cheng Sanye of coercing women, gathering crowds to commit murder and injuring people, falsely accusing people of theft, hiding murder weapons and premeditating murder, and snatching people's wives and daughters...... There's a long list of charges.
In the afternoon of the same day, the two messengers had just left, and a large group of henchmen of the Yu family rushed into the Lishui Inn, but Miss Zhang went to the empty room and disappeared.
At sunset, Zhao Ping'an carried a big axe and leisurely stepped into Chuzhou City.