You can't be in a hurry, let alone return to the capital rashly... If you want to return to the capital, you have to wait until the matter with King Qin is settled, and in the process, you can't show that you are aware of anything wrong.
Han Du took a deep breath and thought of this.
At the same time, Liang Hai was also desperately looking for those people who had been bankrupted by the King of Qin and sold their children and daughters. Since Han Du wanted to protect the King of Qin, he even came with an army, hoping to take advantage of it to bring Shaanxi Chief Envoy Si Press down forcefully. Then he would find all the evidence. He wanted to see if Han Du dared to shield King Qin unscrupulously under the overwhelming evidence.
Han Du was not idle either. After arriving in Xi'an, he began to receive news from various counties. Among them, there are various rumors about what King Qin did in the fiefdom.
What about wine pools and meat forests, what about singing and dancing to promote peace... these are all child's play...
There are even rumors that King Qin was so lustful that he would have a hundred young ladies waiting on him in one night. This is simply nonsense. Are you kidding me? One hundred in one night. Even if Zhu Xi has the guts, he doesn’t have the body. Even if he has the heart, his kidneys won’t agree.
Moreover, it was rumored that Zhu Ping and Deng were very affectionate. Except for Deng, Zhu Ping had never been close to any other concubines. Even Princess Qin was placed under house arrest by him and refused to see each other. If Zhu Ping were all lustful, there would be no single-minded person in the world.
It would be great if Zhu Xi could really conquer hundreds of girls in one night. I'm afraid he would have run out of energy and flown into the sky, and he wouldn't have to plan so painstakingly for him here... Han Du sighed secretly.
The most famous brothel in Xi'an, the entire brothel was taken over by Han Du. For several days, Han Du completely regarded the brothel as his home. He holds banquets and enjoys singing and dancing every day, which completely fits the image of a playboy from the capital.
The experience of Jiaofangsi made Han Du feel like a fish in water in this kind of situation. Even the veteran Huacong had no choice but to bow down and admire Han Du's style.
On this day, Liang Hai hurried to the brothel with some things. There was singing and dancing in the building, and cigarettes and incense were lingering around, giving him a feeling of reality and fantasy... When he saw the singing and dancing in front of him, he couldn't help but frown, adding another layer of disgust towards Han Du. Although Liang Hai is not disgusted with this kind of fireworks place, and he has even been here more than once, Han Du, who completely regards this place as his home and never leaves the place like a hungry ghost, still let him I despise it from the bottom of my heart.
But despise is contempt, and you still have to go in, otherwise Liang Hai will not be able to see Han Du. Avoid the two enchanting women with trembling flowers in front of the door, and avoid their young hands greeting Xia San Road. Liang Hai quickly walked through the front hall and went straight to the balcony where Han Du was sitting.
When I came outside the balcony, I could hear the chirping of warblers, which made me feel the blood in my lower abdomen and the sound of changing glasses was continuous. Pushing the door open, I saw a dozen young women wearing hibiscus-colored loose gauze clothes with wide sleeves made of light silk. Some were playing music, some were dancing, some were drinking in Han Du's arms, and some were even worse. He drank the wine in his mouth, then showed a naughty smile and passed it into Han Du's mouth little by little with the tip of his tongue. In order to prevent the wine from spilling, I can only drink a little bit at a time. The delicate tongue goes in and out, and the tenderness at the touch makes people linger.
The high platform is brightly lit, and the beams and columns are outlined with simple patterns using gold paint, making people fall into the illusory sea of splendid clouds and mountains.
Seeing Liang Hai come in, Han Du was stuck in the soft land just like before and was unwilling to get up. He didn't let the singing and dancing stop, he just glanced at Liang Hai lazily and said with a smile: "Master Liang is here just in time, let me have a drink with you."
Liang Hai's face was as gloomy as water. Did he mean to drink with Han Du?
Seeing Liang Hai's sullen face, Han Du suddenly felt very bored, the smile on his face disappeared, he stood up, looked at Liang Hai impatiently, and said absently: "Tell me, what do you want to see me for? "
Liang Hai didn't speak, he just looked at the singers on the left and right with a faint smile, and said with a smile: "Master Hou, let me say it here?"
Han Du knew that Liang Hai came here mostly because of King Qin's affairs. He also felt that it was difficult to discuss this matter with these singers around, so he clapped his hands helplessly and said, "You all go out first."
After many singers exited, looking at Liang Hai with a serious face, Han Du said with a playful smile: "Master Liang, what are you doing? I have never offended you, right? Why do you want to disturb my enjoyment?"
Liang Hai couldn't help but snorted.
After hearing this, Han Du's expression suddenly changed, his face sank, he looked at Liang Hai sternly, and sneered: "What? What do you have to say, Mr. Liang?"
Although Liang Hai looked down upon Han Du's actions, he did not dare to conflict with Han Du head-on. He suppressed the anger in his stomach and said instead: "The Marquis is here to verify the affairs of King Qin. Please don't indulge in pleasure."
When Han Du saw Liang Hai giving in, he was not unreasonable. Tantanshou smiled and said: "I will naturally investigate the matter of King Qin. However, when I came to Xi'an, I found that the matter was not as simple as I thought. Someone reported to impeach King Qin. There were many illegal things here, but after I came, I didn't I found out that these things are very old, and I’m afraid it won’t be clear for a while.”
After Liang Hai heard this, his anger surged in his heart and he looked at Han Du blankly. He has seen shameless people, but he has never seen such shameless people. After Han Du came to Xi'an, he didn't do anything and just lingered in the brothel all day long. Did he seem to want to investigate the case seriously?
Jiang Chengling believed that Han Du wanted to protect King Qin and would even deliberately delay the investigation, which echoed in Liang Hai's ears again.
Taking a deep breath, Liang Hai suppressed his anger and said to Han Du: "Master Hou has been in this brothel all day, and he doesn't look like he is investigating a case."
After a pause, Liang Hai continued: "If the Marquis finds it difficult to verify, why not ask the lower official to help you?"
Seeing Liang Hai's reluctance, Han Du's face suddenly became dissatisfied. He raised his eyes and said contemptuously: "I naturally have my own methods to investigate the case. Do I need to report it to you?
This is the feudal kingdom of King Qin. When I walked into Xi'an City, I didn't know how many princes' spies were eyeing me. What would be the effect if I conducted a large-scale investigation? Such a blatant investigation will only make the people in Prince Qin's Mansion more vigilant and extremely careful. I am afraid that they will sweep away the situation before I can find any useful evidence. Therefore, despite the fact that I have been in this brothel all day just to paralyze them, I have already sent people to investigate secretly. "
Verification is verification, but Han Du did not say when the results would be available.
Liang Hai also saw that Han Du was deliberately stalling for time. He didn't even bother to ask Han Du when the results would be available and how long it would take to verify.
After all, there were things that both of them knew well, and even if he asked, he would only get a few nonsense words from Han Du to fool him.
"Master Hou is so busy with everything..." When he said this, Liang Hai had a special smile on his lips, and glanced at the singers outside the door, expressing his contempt for Han Du. Beyond words.
Han Du didn't care at all. Anyway, if you say what you say, I will listen to mine. Even if you understand, I will treat it as if you don't understand.
Liang Hai saw Han Du listening calmly and nodding slightly from time to time. He suddenly felt that this person's face was too thick, and his thick face could not be broken by just a few pointed words.
Then he said bluntly: "The lower official knew that the Marquis was busy, and it was not for the sake of the Marquis, so he found some evidence that the King of Qin had taken away people's wealth, and asked the Marquis to review it."
Han Du looked at the stack of documents handed over by Liang Hai and did not reach out to take it. Instead, after pondering for a moment, he suddenly laughed. Pointing his chin towards the table, he gestured to him and said, "Master Liang is serious about it, just let it go."
The anger in Liang Hai's heart suddenly surged, and his face turned red. You must know that he spent all day and night to verify this, even with his eyes turning red. Unexpectedly, Han Du turned disdainful and didn't even mean to take a look.
"Okay, okay... Lord Marquis, I will take my leave." Liang Hai stood up immediately, turned his head to the side, not wanting to look at Han Du, and held back the discomfort and said.
Han Du glanced at him with a smile and said casually: "Master Liang, please go slowly and don't see me off."
As for those documents, Han Du did not ask Liang Hai to stay and allowed him to take them away.
After seeing Liang Hai leaving, Han Du's face darkened. Although I didn't read those documents just now, I can tell from the number of documents that there are many people involved. When he thought of so many people who were forced to sell their children and daughters and become homeless, Han Du wanted to fly back to the capital and beat up this bastard.
This Zhu Ping really didn't do anything good in Xi'an.
After thinking for a moment, Han Du stood up and shouted loudly: "Where are the people? Where have they gone?"
Liang Hai angrily returned to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen and went straight to find Jiang Chengling. When he came in front of Jiang Chengling, he was so angry that he didn't even want to say hello. He sat down at the bottom of Jiang Chengling, poured a cup of tea and drank it in one gulp.
When Jiang Chengling saw Liang Hai losing his temper, he guessed what was going on. He laughed and asked, "Why, did you go to see Han Du today?"
"That's too much... Sir, Han Du is here to verify the King of Qin's expropriation of people's wealth, not to find love. Why does he hang out in the brothel all day long and ignore the verification?"
Jiang Chengling was not as angry as Liang Hai, and said in a gentle and unhurried tone: "Didn't we already expect it? Now it seems that Han Du is just here to cause trouble and prepare to protect King Qin. By doing this, he is stalling for time. "
The anger in Liang Hai's heart slowly dissipated, he stood up, twirled his beard, and walked around the table twice. Suddenly he turned around and faced Jiang Chengling and said: "We can't let him drag on like this. With his moral character, if he sees that the time is almost up that day, he will directly say that there is no evidence and cover up the King of Qin. I am dissatisfied, sir. I believe he can do it." Something like this comes.”
"Yes, we have to be on guard. If he protects the King of Qin, wouldn't the suffering of the people be in vain?" Jiang Chengling also nodded in agreement, while gritting his teeth at the King of Qin.
He looked up at Liang Hai and asked in a deep voice, "What do you think should be done?"
Liang Hai sneered twice, approached Jiang Chengling, and whispered: "Isn't Han Du messing around and trying not to admit his guilt? Then let's just find the owner of the suffering. I would like to take a look. Facing those poor people, Han Du How can Du have the face to protect King Qin!"
"What a good idea!" Jiang Chengling suddenly stood up in excitement, rubbed her hands and walked around in front of Liang Hai several times, becoming more and more happy.
He turned around and looked at Liang Hai with great satisfaction, and said: "This is a good idea. To be honest, I really don't know what to do with Han Du these days. You said he brought a large army, but we can't do anything about it." He uses force.
Your method is good, but I don't believe it. Facing the people, he dares to let the army attack the people. If this is really the case, then I will go to Beijing to complain even if I risk my life. "
"Then let's get ready!" Han Du was so angry that when Liang Hai saw Jiang Chengling agreeing, he couldn't wait to get up and leave.
"Go ahead and do it in the right direction. Try to find everyone who has been taken away by King Qin. No matter where they are, dig three feet into the ground to find them all." Jiang Chengling waved his hand and supported Liang without hesitation. ocean.
However, after Liang Hai took a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned to look at Jiang Chengling and asked doubtfully: "Then Han Du stayed in the brothel all day and couldn't come out. He is really hurt. Shouldn't you go and persuade him?" "
"No need!" Jiang Chengling waved his hand grandly, "Let him continue to stay inside, so that we can do things easily. If he finds out, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."
"I understand."
...
For more than twenty days in a row, Han Du spent the day immersed in the gentle countryside, and at night he began to sort out the news from all parties.
After so many days of careful investigation and combined with various information, Han Du finally got a rough idea of the specific situation. Generally speaking, Jiang Chengling was not exaggerating when he talked about the many illegal things done by King Qin. On the contrary, he also missed some statistics.
The King of Qin had only been a vassal for a few years, but so many people were ruined. Han Du didn't even know what to say about him? All we can say is that he was too stupid and deserved to be beaten by Lao Zhu.
A dignified prince has no ability to make money at all. The income of Prince Qin's Mansion only relies on the production of the fields given to him by Lao Zhu. If these productions are only used for food, it will definitely be enough. Lao Zhu is still very generous to his son and will not let his own son go hungry.
But if you want to carry out large-scale construction projects and go to the coast to buy pearls and jade as Deng demanded, this income is far from enough.
When he was short of money, the King of Qin didn't think of other ways. He would simply and rudely take money from the people. Even if Zhu Xi grabs a few shops in Xi'an city and starts a business, Han Du will look down upon him.
But Zhu Ping is a tough guy. He knows nothing except stealing.
If Han Du had Zhu Ping's status and resources, he would have already made a fortune by doing business. Why would he need to make decisions about the people?
On this day, Han Du was going to the brothel early in the morning as usual. But he didn't expect that Liang Hai would deliberately block the door.
"How come Mr. Liang has time to come to see me today?" Han Du raised his eyes to look at the sky, the look of surprise on his face became more intense, and he asked in confusion: "So early? Is there anything wrong with Mr. Liang?"
Liang Hai was now confident and confident. Not only did his resentment towards Han Du disappear, but he looked at Han Du with a smile on his face. If someone who didn't know what was going on met them, they would think that the two people had a good relationship. They would never have imagined that just a few days ago, the two people were in a tit-for-tat confrontation without giving in.
This guy actually smiles at himself? Maybe there is some serious illness... Han Du thought.
Before Han Du could understand what was going on, Liang Hai raised his hands and said, "Master Hou, Lord Jiang, please come over. I have something important to discuss with him."
Jiang Chengling is looking for me? Han Du pondered for a few seconds, then nodded and agreed: "Master Jiang, what do you want to see me for? In that case, let's go."
"Master Marquis, please!" Liang Hai took a step forward, stood sideways on the edge of the road, and extended his hand to signal.
Han Du walked out first without hesitation.
Liang Hai smiled and quickly followed.
Han Du came to the Chief Envoy Si Yamen and was led all the way to the court by Liang Hai.
Logically speaking, if Jiang Chengling really wanted to meet Han Du and talk about old times, he should have done so in a study or some other place, and would not have met Han Du in court. Because the court is usually the place where prisoners are interrogated, everyone considers this kind of place unlucky and usually avoids it intentionally or unintentionally.
Unless Jiang Chengling wanted to offend Han Du to death, she would not see him in court. Of course, there is an exception, and that is inviting Han Du to observe the trial.
Seeing that Jiang Chengling was the only one sitting at the top of the court, with no one around him, Han Du's face suddenly darkened. Step by step, he came to Jiang Chengling, stood up straight, and said in a bad tone: "Master Jiang, what do you mean by this? Do you want to interrogate me?"
Facing Han Du's questioning, Jiang Chengling took the initiative to stand up, smiled and apologized: "The Marquis misunderstood, I want to invite the Marquis to come and observe a case today. Please take a seat, Marquis."
Since it wasn't directed at him, Han Du had nothing to be angry about. He casually sat down on the seat on Jiang Chengling's left hand and looked at Jiang Chengling with an indifferent expression.
Jiang Chengling smiled and bowed slightly towards Han Du, thanking Han Du for his generosity and lack of care.
After turning around and standing up straight, Jiang Chengling suddenly slapped his face in shock and shouted sternly: "The person who is responsible for this case will be the one who suffers."
"Bring the Lord of Suffering to the Hall~" Liang Hai stood next to Han Du and shouted immediately.
Suddenly there was movement and clattering sounds outside the lobby, and two rows of government servants ran in neatly, lining up on both sides. Under the guidance of the government officials, a large group of ragged people walked in outside the door. The courtroom, where Jiang Chengling was alone just now, was suddenly packed with people.
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