He opened the curtain and put his hands on his hips and said angrily: "Why are you driving the car? What if this hurts my wife?"
The coachman bowed repeatedly, "It's not that the young man didn't drive the carriage well, it's that someone suddenly ran out and frightened the horse in his panic."
Lian'er followed the direction of his finger and saw a young boy lying in the middle of the road.
He quickly opened the curtain and explained a few words to Wei Jingwei.
Wei Jingwei closed her eyes and thought for a while, "Go out and see what happened."
Lian'er had just shown up, and many people knew that she was their maid, so it would be hard for her to ignore them any longer. It is better to ask clearly what is going on, otherwise it will be true.
Lian'er took the order and left, got off the carriage and stood in front of the young boy. Seeing that he was dressed in rags, she knew that he was a commoner.
"Why did you suddenly rush out to intercept our carriage?"
The boy sat up, his body covered in dust, but his eyes were particularly bright. Underneath the dust, his face was vaguely handsome.
He said solemnly: "I didn't mean to disturb your wife. It's just that I was wronged and those people were arresting me. I had no choice but to do this. It's my fault that I disturbed your noble lady."
Lian'er frowned. This man spoke and acted in a moderate manner, and was polite and courteous. He was almost like a child from an aristocratic family. But when she saw that he was not dressed properly, she was a little undecided, so she just said: "You Wait here for a moment.”
The boy was sitting on the ground, his knees were scratched, revealing some bright red flesh.
Three people rushed out from an alley next to them. The leader had a fat head and big ears, and was wearing a dark green brocade robe. As soon as he saw the boy, he said angrily: "Good boy, I have been chasing you for a long time and finally you caught me. If I don't give you a good beating today, you don't know how powerful I am, grandpa."
Lian'er replied and was saved, so she got off the carriage and stood in front of the boy to stop the people who were about to take action.
"My wife said that if you have any legal disputes, you must go to the Yamen to defend yourself. You must not hurt anyone without reason."
The leader looked at Lian'er for a few times and saw that she was dressed unusually. He looked back at the carriage and made a judgment in his mind.
He smiled and stepped forward, cupping his hands and saying, "I don't know who your wife is."
Lian'er snorted, "My wife is the mistress of Mei Mansion, her surname is Wei."
The man rolled his eyes after hearing this. He was a well-known dandy in Beijing, but he knew very well who should be offended and who should not be offended. Wei Jingwei had some reputation in Beijing before she got married, so he naturally knew about it.
And standing behind her were the Wei family and the Liu family, so they should not be underestimated.
The smile on his face grew wider and he made a helpless expression, "Your wife doesn't know something. I have been arresting this kid for several days. He bumped into me on the street that day. , the buns on my body made me all oily. My clothes are worth a lot of money, but as you can see, he didn't seem to have money to compensate, so I said I would give him a chance to work in my house. Compensation..."
Hearing this, the boy suddenly stood up with difficulty. He endured the pain in his knees and said coldly: "You asked me to do work. You clearly asked me to sell myself into slavery! And it was obviously you and me that day. The people around me talked and didn’t look at the road. If they bumped into me, I haven’t asked you to compensate for my meat buns.”
His voice was not quiet, so it naturally attracted many theatergoers around him.
"It's too much to actually want people to sell themselves into slavery."
Another grandma said: "Yes, this is so good. Anyone who wants to sell himself as a slave will be beaten and killed."
"That's right, these officials really don't care about the lives of us people!"
Everyone's voices became louder and louder, and many people looked at the three people with uncontrollable contempt in their eyes.
The leading young man also had a look on his face.
He couldn't say it, but he thought the boy had a good face and wanted to take it home and give it to others. Thinking of this, his eyes darkened a bit, and he said in a bad tone: "If you don't want to be a slave, then pay me for my clothes. My clothes are worth a hundred taels. If you can't pay back, you must come with me today!"
As he spoke, he winked at the two people beside him, and they were about to step forward.
"Wait a minute!" Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, a crisp voice sounded from the carriage.
No one noticed this noisy situation. On a carriage at the corner of the street, the curtain was half opened. Jiang Yinbai, who was sitting cross-legged in the carriage, looked at this side with cold eyes.
The young man Erji sat on the edge of the carriage, rolled his eyes, and said close to him: "Does the young master want to take care of this matter? How about letting the young man go up and drive those people away."
Jiang Yinbai glanced at him and said nothing. He just pressed his browbones with his hands, calmed down his thoughts, and looked at that end quietly.
Erji didn't worry even if he got a roll of his eyes. He just sighed in his heart and said that he really couldn't understand his young master more and more.
After Wei Jingwei spoke, he opened the curtain and slowly stepped out of the carriage with the help of the maid.
Her natural beauty attracted everyone's attention as soon as she got out of the car, including the leading dandy.
Although he tried his best to hide it, his lewd expression still showed up naturally.
Su'er naturally saw it. She took two steps forward to block the man's gaze and said coldly: "My lady said that since this man encountered our carriage today, we can't ignore it. Since you guys Both sides are justified, so just go to the Yamen to argue. Mr. Qin, who is in charge of this area, is famous for being fair and honest, so he will definitely not indulge anyone." After a pause, her tone became a bit colder, " Or wronged someone.”
The man finally came back to his senses after hearing this language, and his eyes became clearer.
He stepped forward and stopped a few steps away from Wei Jingwei. He bowed and said, "My name is Dong Chen, and my father is the governor Dong Liping."
This person named himself at this time just to tell Wei Jingwei that their family was not an ordinary family and that they were well-known here. It would be better for her to mind her own business.
But in her opinion, he was just a governor, not an official in the capital. Although he had considerable power in the local area, he was not allowed to act arbitrarily at this time.
And she had a vague feeling that half of the grievances between the boy on the ground and him were Dong Chen's fault.
It couldn't be easier to design a powerless person in this way in Beijing.
"Oh? Mr. Dong is obviously very capable as a governor, but does he know that his son is going to fight a common man in this crowded place in Beijing?"
"If he knew, he would probably not approve of your behavior."
