Everyone could tell from the impatient look that Han Du was extremely satisfied with the wine.
This made Jiang Chengling, who had been dismissed and despised by Han Du many times since meeting Han Du, feel that he had finally come back. Xiaoyinyin and Han Du explained: "This wine is Yufrogchun, which is the best wine in Xi'an. I heard that there is also a wine in the capital called Shenxian Zui. It is obvious that the Marquis has tasted this Immortal Drunk after living in the capital for a long time. No. I know according to the Marquis’s opinion, which one is better, Shenxian Zui or Yu Dongchun?”
After saying that, Jiang Chengling laughed loudly and turned around to look at everyone.
Some of these people echoed Jiang Chengling and smiled. Some people looked at Han Du with dissatisfaction, thinking that there might not be anything good to say in this dude's mouth.
But what surprised everyone was that Han Du actually continued to ponder, as if he was drunkenly asking after reminiscing about the gods, and he was seriously competing with Yu Dongchun.
After a few breaths, Han Du looked at Jiang Chengling, nodded and said with a smile: "Yu Fang Chun? What a good name, and this wine is also very good. It should be on par with Immortal Drunk."
Hearing Han Du's praise of the wine, Jiang Chengling couldn't help but be stunned for a few times, she couldn't believe his ears. As soon as Han Du arrived in Xi'an, he looked at everything with a condescending attitude, as if there was nothing that Han Du could like in Xi'an. Didn't expect that he would rate this wine so highly?
"Master Hou, are you trying to trick me?" Jiang Chengling's tone was suspicious, with a look of disbelief.
Han Du smiled and asked lightly: "What? You don't believe what I say?"
"How dare you, how dare you. Of course I believe what the Marquis said." Jiang Chengling laughed and laughed, but she didn't expect that Han Du was really satisfied with the drink.
Thinking about it, judging from Han Du's initial performance, if the drink did not satisfy him, he would definitely sneer at it without hesitation. How could there be even half a word of good words?
After picking up the wine glass and clinking it with Jiang Chengling, Han Du drank it all in one gulp. Seeing that Jiang Chengling was unprepared, Han Du asked unconsciously: "This is good, but why haven't I heard of it before?"
Jiang Chengling didn't think too much and explained Han Du's doubts casually: "This has only appeared in the past two years. It has never been seen before. It is impossible for the Marquis to have heard of it. The restaurant we are sitting in now was originally just a somewhat famous restaurant. Restaurants have always been tepid. But since the creation of Yu Dong Chun, in just one year, it has transformed and become the most famous restaurant in Xi'an."
Han Du followed Jiang Chengling's fingers and looked around the room. When I came in just now, I didn't notice that the house seemed to have been renovated not long ago, probably because it was renovated after business picked up.
Two years... The time is right, it really has changed... Han Du secretly noted it.
He took the initiative to raise his glass and drank with Jiang Chengling. While drinking, he chatted and asked: "Where is this wine made? Seeing such a good wine, I was so happy that I wanted to take a few jars back." "
"No one knows who brewed the wine. But if the Marquis wants wine, it's easy, just leave it to me. When the time comes, I'll tell the restaurant and ask them to prepare a few jars for the Marquis. That’s it.” Jiang Chengling agreed with great enthusiasm.
Imperial envoys like Han Du often asked for gold and silver when they arrived. It's rare for someone like Han Du to just ask for a few jars of wine.
Although this jar of jade frozen spring is expensive, it is nothing to Jiang Chengling.
"Thank you so much, sir." Han Du also smiled with satisfaction and said to Jiang Chengling.
Seeing that Han Du accepted it so happily, Jiang Chengling unknowingly got closer to Han Du. He leaned into Han Du's ear and said, "No one knows who made this wine, but I have heard about it. thing."
Jiang Chengling paused deliberately and looked at Han Du with a smile on his face.
Han Du's eyes lit up, and he suddenly became interested. He approached Jiang Chengling and asked, "I don't know what kind of thing it is. Is it convenient for you to tell me?"
"What's the inconvenience of this?" Jiang Chengling quickly smiled generously, then approached Han Du and whispered in his ear: "I heard that I didn't have the idea of taking advantage of this jade frozen spring. Some people want to find out about this jade. As for the origin of frozen spring, Bian sent people to follow the people in the restaurant, wanting to know where they got the frozen spring. What do you think the result was?"
Han Du was already not optimistic about the ending, because if the ending was good, then there should be more than one store selling this wine in Xi'an.
"How is it?" Han Du asked smoothly, pretending to be curious.
"I heard that both the people who went to investigate and the people who sent people disappeared without a trace." Jiang Chengling's tone was a bit mysterious.
When Han Du saw that Jiang Chengling spoke very casually, as if the matter had nothing to do with him, Han Du felt a little suspicious of him.
People are missing in Xi'an City, and there are more than one. As the chief envoy, Jiang Chengling's understatement was questionable.
After thinking for a while, Han Du did not rashly regard his guess as a guideline, but continued to ask as if unintentionally: "Have you never investigated this matter?"
"I've checked, why haven't I checked? Such a thing happened under my nose. If I don't check, how can I explain it to the court?" Jiang Chengling first said with his head held high, even with a slight anger in his tone, okay I imagine how angry he was back then.
"However, I sent people to investigate for more than a month, but nothing was found. In addition, due to the people's indifference to officials, it is impossible for me to put a large number of manpower on a matter that has no clue. Slowly, this matter will be settled." Jiang Chengling curled his lips, and a few drops of transparent wine slid down his beard.
However, when Han Du asked about this matter one after another, Jiang Chengling couldn't help but wonder why Han Du was interested in this matter.
When Han Du saw Jiang Chengling looking at him with doubts in his eyes, he knew that he already had doubts in his heart. He smiled and reluctantly explained: "I am also interested in this, so I asked a few questions at random. It's purely out of curiosity. It's purely out of curiosity. ..."
As he said this, he raised his glass and gave a toast to Jiang Chengling.
Jiang Chengling didn't think much about it when he saw it, and he didn't think Han Du in the capital had anything to do with it. Then he put the matter out of his mind and concentrated on drinking with Han Du.
A night of banquets, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.
The next day, Han Du followed his usual routine and didn't get up until about three o'clock in the morning.
When we arrived at the Chief Envoy's Office, it was almost noon.
When Han Du walked in, there were many officials coming and going in a hurry, and few even greeted him.
Many officials were not used to Han Du's arrogant look last night, so they also ordered the officials below today not to be polite to Han Du. The county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now. These low-level officials will naturally obey the orders of their immediate superiors.
This caused Han Du's current predicament. Dressed in a marquis attire, he walked into the Chief Envoy's Yamen, but no one paid him any attention.
Han Du's face showed just the right amount of anger and dissatisfaction. Just when Han Du wanted to get angry, Liang Hai stood up from the side.
Chao Handu cupped his hands and said, "I have met with the Marquis, Si Zuo, the Councilor Liang Hai."
Counselor Zuo... This is also a senior official of the third rank, and the official position in the Chief Envoy Department is only under the Chief Envoy Jiang Chengling.
Han Du happened to get off the donkey along the slope. He pretended to be angry and said to Liang Hai very depressedly: "It turns out to be Mr. Liang. I remember you and was sitting next to Mr. Jiang last night."
"Master Hou has a good memory." Liang Hai nodded and complimented Han Du casually with a smile.
Han Du raised his chin arrogantly and said with some dissatisfaction: "Didn't Lord Jiang want me to come to him today? I came but I couldn't see him. What does this mean? I don't take him seriously." Are you here? If this is really the case, then after I return to the capital, I will report to the Emperor and explain it properly."
The nobles can report to the emperor at any time, and Liang Hai did not have the slightest doubt about Han Du's words. However, he was not afraid of Han Du at all. There were countless memorials sent to the emperor by honorable nobles. Given his noble status, the Emperor is not even interested in taking a look at these memorials. Even if Han Du was to play, it would be like a stone sinking into the sea, unable to stir up the slightest storm.
However, Liang Hai still had to give Han Du face, otherwise he would not be able to come to power.
Liang Hai bowed slightly, apologized and said: "My lord, please forgive me. The chief envoy has been waiting for the lord early in the morning. But after waiting for a while, I didn't see the lord coming, so my lord went to deal with government affairs first. .”
Han Du felt a little embarrassed when he heard this. He slept until about three o'clock in the morning, while the others must have gotten up before dawn and started nodding.
"Ahem," Han Du coughed twice, covering up the embarrassment on his face, and said, "What about now? Can I see Mr. Jiang?"
"Of course, Mr. Jiang is waiting for the Marquis at any time. Please come with the Marquis." Liang Hai was so happy that he stepped aside, motioned for Han Du to go first, and sent Han Du to the lobby where Jiang Chengling was. .
When Jiang Chengling saw Han Du walking in, he immediately put down what he was holding and stepped forward to greet him.
After the greetings, Jiang Chengling smiled and said to Han Du: "Master Hou is here at the right time. I have sorted out some of the illegal things done by King Qin at the time, and the documents that were sued by the people are just right for Master Hou to have a look at. This is just Some of them are still being sorted out. Don't worry, Lord Marquis, as soon as they are sorted out, I will deliver them to you immediately."
After hearing this, Han Du's expression suddenly changed. He didn't even have time to drink the tea that reached his lips. He suddenly placed the teacup heavily on the table with a loud bang.
Han Du stood up suddenly, raised his head high, and looked down at Jiang Chengling and Jiang Chengling through the slits of his empty eyelids.
He said disapprovingly: "Official documents? What official documents?"
Jiang Chengling's heart suddenly sank when she saw Han Du's attitude. She didn't expect that her bad premonition would come true. Han Du was really here to protect King Qin.
He raised his chest quickly, took a deep breath, and suddenly opened his eyes. Jiang Chengling looked at Han Du firmly and said in a deep voice: "Since King Qin became a vassal, he has been building a lot of construction projects in the palace, and in order to raise money, he has done so more than once The tyranny of the government has caused the people to complain, and even worse, hundreds of people have been forced to go bankrupt..."
"Okay, stop talking!" Han Du looked at Jiang Chengling with cold eyes and interrupted him angrily.
The air in the hall was as solid as steel. No matter Han Du, Jiang Chengling and Liang Hai were motionless, the entire hall was so quiet that one could hear a needle drop.
After a while, Han Du said in a low and slow voice: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin is a prince, but a group of common people dare to sue the King of Qin after repairing it like this? It's just some unfounded reasons to sue the King of Qin? Isn't this what you want? Are you deceiving the king?"
I heard that Han Du not only had no intention of making decisions for the people, but instead blindly wanted to protect King Qin, and even bit back the people.
Jiang Chengling was furious and shouted with fire in his eyes: "Master Marquis, the evidence of King Qin's many illegal things is conclusive..."
Han Du was very impatient. Before Jiang Chengling could finish speaking, he waved his hand and interrupted him rudely. He picked up a copy of the case, flipped through it a few times, and then said with a sneer: "What kind of evidence is conclusive? This is just one-sided statement. There is no witness or physical evidence, how dare you say that King Qin is illegal? Who gave you the courage? !”
Han Du angrily threw the documents on the long case, completely dismissive of the so-called evidence.
When Jiang Chengling and Liang Hai saw Han Du's attitude, they watched the document fly out of Han Du's hand, fall on the long desk, bounce twice, and finally fall to the ground. Their hearts followed the document involuntarily. They fell to the ground together.
"Master Hou, everything said by the official and others is true. His Highness the King of Qin is indeed ruthlessly extorting money here. Some people even came to ask the King of Qin for an explanation, and one of them was beaten to death by the guards of the King of Qin's Mansion." Liang Hai felt a little sad. Looking at Han Du, his hands trembled and he said.
He picked up the slips on the long case and said solemnly: "Master Hou, each of these items are absolutely true!"
Faced with Liang Hai's cries of pain, Han Du just said "cut" contemptuously, and said with disdain: "It's fair to say that these documents are just written by people. Who knows if someone did it intentionally? Why did you fabricate these things to frame the King of Qin? To put it bluntly, these are not evidence. They dare to accuse the King of Qin without evidence. These unscrupulous people are quite courageous. I just don’t know if they know that falsely accusing the prince is a serious crime~ "
Han Du looked at the stacked documents and couldn't help but reveal a cruel and bloodthirsty smile on his face. He also deliberately turned his head to look at the two of them, showing his vicious side in front of them.
Han Du felt very satisfied when he saw the two people shrinking their necks subconsciously. With his hands behind his back, he walked away proudly.
When Jiang Chengling and Liang Hai saw Han Du's smile, they felt as if their hearts were being grasped by a ghostly hand. The bone-breaking coldness froze their thoughts. They couldn't even stop Han Du and could only watch. watched him leave.
"I didn't expect that it turned out to be a prophecy. I really got it right. This Han Du came to Xi'an just to protect the King of Qin and to help the King of Qin escape." Liang Hai looked at the direction Han Du left with hatred. I was very angry.
The King of Qin enslaved the people, causing hundreds of families to lose their property and sell their children and daughters. It's fine that Han Du didn't make the decision for these poor people, but he didn't expect that he would deny the people's complaints without asking the truth.
Jiang Chengling waved her hand towards Liang Hai, telling him to stop talking. She put one hand on the armrest and sat down slowly, feeling a little exhausted both physically and mentally.
Sighing, he looked at Liang Hai and said, "What's the use of talking about this now? Didn't we already expect Han Du's purpose of coming here? Now, it's just confirmed our guess."
"My lord, do you have a plan? What should we do now? We can't just watch Han Du confuse right and wrong and put the blame on the people, right?" When Liang Hai thought of what Han Du might do, he suddenly became anxious and confused. angry.
"He's just a young boy who wants to do whatever he wants on my own territory? Humph, it's a little early!" Jiang Chengling was also very angry with Han Du, not only did she not show any respect to him from the beginning to the end. , now even more arrogant, trying to confuse right and wrong in front of him.
If he doesn't fight back, it will really make people think that he, the chief envoy, is a fool!
Looking up at Liang Hai, Jiang Chengling said with a smile: "Didn't Han Du say that these documents cannot be regarded as evidence? Then let's find some evidence for him."
"My lord, you want to..." Liang Hai suddenly realized something and had some guesses about Jiang Chengling's thoughts.
Jiang Chengling didn't worry too much, nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's help him and find all the witnesses and physical evidence for Han Du!"
"My lord, you have a clever plan. As long as we put the personal and material evidence in front of him, Han Du, and let him speak eloquently in front of the public, it is impossible to confuse right and wrong!" Liang Hai put his hands in his hands and smiled, and he hit it off with Jiang Chengling.
Without even needing Jiang Chengling's instructions, Liang Hai said directly: "I'll take care of it now."
After saying that, he turned around impatiently and went to collect witnesses and evidence.
Jiang Chengling calmly picked up the tea cup and took a calm sip. He closed his eyes slightly and enjoyed the refreshing fragrance of tea.
After Han Du returned to his station, he did not worry about King Qin's affairs. Anyway, the bait has been thrown, and if nothing unexpected happens, things will go in the direction you imagined.
It was the Yu Dongchun incident that gave Han Du a rare look of solemnity and fear on his face.
In order to make money, Handu distilled bad alcohol into high-strength liquor. Only one person knows about this matter. If something really goes wrong with him, then all the family members in the Zhenhaihou Mansion are now in danger.
But facing this possibility, Han Du had no idea at all, let alone returning to Beijing directly. I was originally here to deal with King Qin's affairs. If I hurried back to the capital before the matter was settled, wouldn't I be telling that person openly that I had seen through his disguise? This is simply putting his family in danger by himself.
