"How can I, Zhu Jinghong, with my famous name, be as bad as your idiot..."
As mentioned before, Zhu Jinghong still wants to have some face, and he really can't do such a thing of bullying.
It was just a lesson to Xue Pan, there was no need to involve his own reputation. If the father in the capital found out, he would be beaten half to death.
Thinking of this, Zhu Jinghong couldn't help but sigh, he was really a gentleman, and he must have left a good impression on Baochai.
After hearing these words, Baochai in the house finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the same was true for Aunt Xue.
"The Thirteenth Master is so magnanimous that the daughters of the people admire him!" Baochai spoke again.
"Whether I respect you or hate you, if I let the Xue family do evil again..."
"No mercy!"
The last four words, Zhu Jinghong's tone was so harsh that it scared Xue Pan almost to the point of incontinence.
"Don't worry, Thirteenth Master, the villain will never dare to do anything wrong again. From now on, he will only do good deeds and not bad deeds!"
Seeing that Baochai didn't say anything, Zhu Jinghong didn't bother too much. He still had business to do today.
Slowly sheathing the knife, Zhu Jinghong looked at Xue Pan and asked, "Did you just say that Hu Jinan was up to something?"
Seeing that he could clear his grievances, Xue Pan quickly replied: "That's right. This guy wants to make up for his shortcomings. It's time to focus on making money!"
Xue Pan knew more or less about government affairs, and he knew about Hu Jinan's troubles.
After thinking for a moment, Zhu Jinghong said slowly: "In this case, things are even more interesting!"
Now is the time to check the account books, but there are officials who force good people to settle the accounts, which can be treated as negative examples.
There is Hu Jinan in Yingtian Prefecture. Are there similar incidents in other prefectures and counties? This question is self-explanatory.
The current situation is that Zhu Jinghong needs to know the real situation in Jinling in order to allocate money, food and salary.
If any prefecture or county with a deficit engages in fraud like Hu Jinan, it is very likely that the suppression will be messed up later.
Then, it is necessary to strictly investigate Hu Jin'an's case and set him as a model to warn the local officials in Jinling.
After straightening his clothes, Zhu Jinghong asked slowly: "Xue Pan...do you know what the crime is for slandering an official of the imperial court?"
Seeing the opportunity to clean up, Xue Pan quickly replied: "Thirteenth Master, everything the villain said is true. If there is any falsehood, the sky will strike like thunder!"
Zhu Jinghong then asked: "Even if Hu Jin'an makes you resentful, are you willing to go to the palace gate to report this person and seek justice for yourself and Feng Yuan?"
In fact, there is something wrong with the logic of Zhu Jinghong's words. He came to cause trouble without understanding the situation. He should apologize to Xue Pan, why should Xue Pan bother Hu Jinan.
Xue Pan noticed something was wrong, but Zhu Jinghong was so powerful that he did not dare to tell the difference.
"What does Thirteenth Master mean?" Xue Pan could only pretend not to understand.
"Why, you don't want to?" Zhu Jinghong's voice suddenly turned cold, giving him no chance to shirk.
Xue Pan was excited and quickly replied: "The villain is willing, the villain is willing!"
Zhu Jinghong asked again: "When do you plan to sue? Where will you sue?"
"The villain will find someone to write a complaint tomorrow, and then go to the Chasi Yamen to sue him!"
"tomorrow?"
"No, no... today, I will find someone to write a complaint right away!" Xue Pan had a strong desire to survive and immediately changed his mind.
"good……"
Zhu Jinghong smiled, patted Xue Pan on the shoulder, and said, "If Chasi refuses to accept your complaint, you can sue to the palace, and the prince and I will seek justice for you!"
Although he was ready to cry at this moment, Xue Pan still managed to smile: "Thank you, Thirteenth Master!"
"I misunderstood you today, don't blame me!"
Seeing that this master was about to be sent away, Xue Pan smiled and said, "The Thirteenth Master's visit to my humble abode is a blessing to this little man's family!"
Zhu Jinghong nodded, and then walked to the main room of the courtyard. This scene made Xue Pan's heart hang up again.
But fortunately, Zhu Jinghong stopped when he walked up the steps.
I saw him cupping his hands and saying: "I just said something rude, and I asked Miss Xue to forgive me. Zhu said goodbye..."
In the room, Baochai turned his head to one side angrily and cursed the word "Deng Tuzi" in his heart.
Zhu Jinghong, who was outside the house, suppressed the idea of communicating face-to-face with Baochai, turned around and gestured to the guards on the left and right.
But when he saw him walking down the steps, a group of guards surrounded him and walked out of the yard.
"Farewell to the Thirteenth Master..." Xue Pan kowtowed again.
It stands to reason that he should send it off in person, but unfortunately his legs really don't obey him, so he can only kowtow and send him off.
After Zhu Jinghong left, the man yelled at the maids and women around him: "Why are you still standing there? Why don't you help me up quickly!"
These maids and women quickly got up and came to Xue Pan to help him up. Then Aunt Xue and Baochai also walked out of the house.
"Pan'er, are you okay?"
Seeing the injury on her son's neck, Aunt Xue was so anxious that she quickly ordered the maid to ask for a doctor.
With a forced smile, Xue Pan replied: "Mother... my son is fine!"
At Aunt Xue's greeting, Xue Pan was helped into the house and sat down. His legs were still trembling at this moment.
"Pan'er, tell me honestly what's going on here!" Aunt Xue was full of worry.
Having no other choice, Xue Pan told Aunt Xue everything about what happened a few days ago.
Aunt Xue and Baochai were shocked to learn that the so-called son of Zhenjiang Wei was actually Zhu Jinghong in his name.
According to the situation at that time, the servants of the Xue family besieged Zhu Jinghong and his party, and Xue Pan was not killed by the guards. It was really lucky that God had blessed him.
"Pan'er, are you really going to sue that person named Hu?" Aunt Xue looked even more worried.
"Mom, you just heard that the Thirteenth Master forced his son to sue, how dare he refuse to go?"
Hearing this, Aunt Xue turned to look at Baochai: "Bao girl, what do you think about this?"
Sighing, Baochai said helplessly: "I'm afraid this matter is very involved. We know too little information to guess the Thirteenth Master's intention for doing this!"
"It's just Hu Jin'an. We're still afraid of him, so we'll sue him..." Xue Pan said carelessly.
As long as he is not allowed to confront Zhu Jinghong, he is willing to do whatever is asked of him now.
Baochai shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple!"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
After thinking for a while, Baochai said to Aunt Xue: "Why don't you write a letter to your uncle and uncle in your mother's name, explain the cause of the matter and let them help make decisions!"
It took at least ten days to go back and forth to see him off. Fortunately, the current trial procedures are complicated. Normally, it would take two months to finalize the case.
What's more, it is still such a big case now, and the officials handling it will definitely be cautious. Unless there are special circumstances, it will only take longer, so the letter delivery time is barely enough.
Xue Pan nodded, took a sip of tea to calm down his shock, and then said: "This is a good method. My uncle and uncle are officials in Beijing, and they all know about any major events!"
Aunt Xue also nodded. Just when she was about to give instructions for writing, she heard a noise outside, and it was people from each room of the Xue family who came.
When she thought of the bad intentions of these people, Aunt Xue's face suddenly turned ugly, and she felt angry when she mentioned these people.
"Madam, my second uncle and the others want to see you!"
Ignoring the maid's complaint, Aunt Xue said directly to Xue Pan: "Pan'er, these people have no good intentions. Go and send them away!"
Knowing the thoughts of these people in the clan, Xue Pan nodded and stood up to leave.
Facing Zhu Jinghong, his legs trembled, but he was not afraid of these people in the clan. How could he not obey his mother's orders?
Xue Pan was a fool. When he came to the courtyard gate, he scolded everyone without waiting for anyone to ask.
The reason was that everyone did not treat Zhu Jinghong well, which led to today's disaster. It was not easy for him to beg Zhu Jinghong to appease his anger.
In other words, Xue Pan established himself as the savior of the Xue family, and in turn gave his clan members a lesson.
With the confidence brought by this rhetoric, Xue Pan said to everyone in a stern tone: "That's it for today. I don't want to pursue you, but if anyone makes another mistake on the emperor's mission, don't blame me for using family methods!"
In fact, Xue Pan's bastard character is very effective in suppressing these clan members with evil intentions.
