Chapter 085: Courtesy first, then attack
Some people who were aware of current affairs immediately got up and left with Chen Cao. Most of those who stayed in the private room were Liu Weisi and his group.
Peng Chun is the fattest one, and he is also the most excited now: "My lords, what should we do now?"
Liao Kaiwen turned to stare at Liu Weisi: "Brother Boshan, do you see this?"
The three divisions are independent, and their official positions are all the same, but there are differences between Beijing officials and local officials. Liao Kaiwen and Chief Envoy Liu Weisi are on the same level. If calculated carefully, Chief Envoy is still bigger.
At that moment, the rest of the people looked at Liu Weisi. Chen Cao made it clear that he did not want to be merciful about this matter, but the turning point of the matter was Liu Weisi.
Liu Weisi drank a glass of wine and looked at the untouched dishes on the table: "Oh, why are you looking at me? It's not my chief envoy who arrested the person, so what does it have to do with me?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then understood instantly. Huang Chongtao looked at Liu Weisi uneasily and said: "Master Liu, even so, if Uncle Dingwu can't hand over anyone tomorrow, do you think he will?" meeting?"
Liu Weisi put down his wine glass and looked around the crowd: "I am just the chief officer of the Zhejiang Chief Secretary, and I am not the one who arrests people. There is no need to be afraid even if I go to the capital. Besides, how can Mr. Ge let this kid do whatever he wants in Zhejiang? That eunuch I took the money and did nothing, but I had to close my eyes for the sake of the money. What should I be afraid of? If Chen Cao dares to arrest me, hey..."
With Liu Weisi taking the lead and not speaking up, who among the rest would dare to be the one who stands out.
Sure enough, early the next morning, after Chen Cao woke up and had breakfast, there was no movement in the front office. Zhao Xincai hurriedly walked to the backyard of the courtyard and said, "Uncle, no one from the Third Division of Zhejiang Province came."
"Well..." Chen Cao took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth: "It's expected."
Xin Zhao continued: "Zhang Yangming made an announcement about Tiqi's reward from Hangzhou before he came to Beijing. Nothing in the Yamen will be handled until he comes back."
"Zhang Yangming is also a member of the Donglin Party..." Chen Cao let out a long breath: "Let's go to the governor's Yamen to meet Lao Xu first."
With Chen Cao personally coming forward, the right counselor who stayed behind at the governor's office did not dare to stop him, let alone the large number of imperial guards behind him.
Xu Kaixian looked a little tired, and the wounds on his body were enough to prove that this life was completely picked up.
"Uncle...uncle..."
Chen Cao patted him on the shoulder: "You're welcome. Recuperate here and I will avenge you."
"Thank you...Uncle Xie..."
After briefly visiting Xu Kaixian, Chen Cao walked out of the yamen, looked at the blue sky and took a deep breath: "The air in Zhejiang is so good. No wonder Jiangnan is a good place to raise people. Look at those officials. All of them are white and fat. Compared with the common people in Liaodong, they are like heaven and earth. It’s no wonder that old boy Zhang Heming doesn’t want to go.”
Xin Zhao followed: "Uncle, what should we do next?"
"Let's put Lao Xu's matter aside for now. He will still be of great use in the governor's office. Even if Zhang Yangming wants to return it to me, he will have to let me think about how to charge him."
"Charge?" Xin Zhao was confused.
Chen Cao walked down the steps of the governor's office and walked towards the bustling downtown area of the city: "Xin Zhao, last time you came to Zhejiang to recruit troops, where in Zhejiang has the most untouchables?"
"The closest ones are Hangzhou Prefecture, Shaoxing Prefecture, and Jinhua Prefecture, and the far ones are Chuzhou Prefecture and Taizhou Prefecture." Zhao Xin replied.
"I heard that Qi Xianzong's hometown is in Taizhou Prefecture?" Chen Cao asked again.
Zhao Xin replied: "Yes, Taizhou General Qi Changguo is stationed in Taizhou Fucheng. Do you want to take a look?"
Chen Cao nodded: "You are already here, not to mention that Qi Xianzong is still my subordinate. We have to go and see this old general. In this way, we will set off tomorrow and go to Taizhou Mansion first."
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"I didn't...you misunderstood..."
Chen Cao liked to watch the excitement in his previous life. In the ancient society for so long, apart from visiting the brothels and drinking wine, he had never participated in any serious excitement. Even in a prosperous city like Nanjing, firecrackers were not allowed in the city.
Chen Cao and Zhao Xin squeezed into the crowd and saw a young man holding on to a woman in coarse clothes. The woman begged him to let go.
Chen Cao was curious and asked the man next to him: "Brother, what's going on?"
The middle-aged man was dressed like a market veteran. When he saw Chen Cao's brocade robe, he folded his hands and said, "I guess this young man's accent is from Jinling, right? Well, that guy is famous in this street. Qingpi, you are trying to get married here, this girl has a good heart, how could you know she has been deceived..."
The voice was not loud, but Chen Cao heard it clearly. He thought to himself that in the Ming Dynasty, there was a saying of "touching porcelain". People at that time were not new: "Since the elder brother knows it, why doesn't anyone speak up for this girl?" Where’s the relief?”
The man looked Chen Cao up and down, and then said with a smile: "Come on, we are the people in the city. That guy is a bastard, we can't afford to offend him. If I offend him today, do I still want to be here tomorrow?" pass?"
While he was asking, Qingpi said loudly: "Listen carefully, this bracelet was passed down from my mother. It will be given to my daughter-in-law in the future. If you break it, it doesn't matter if I have no money to compensate you. I will also compensate you." Okay, if you don’t want to, don’t blame me, let’s go to the Yamen and ask the county magistrate to make the decision.”
The woman begged bitterly: "Brother, please do it. It wasn't me who broke it. I just wanted to help this old man. Old man, please tell me that it wasn't me who broke it..."
When an old man on the ground saw this, he repeatedly waved his hands and said he didn't know. It was a typical serial routine. More and more people were watching the excitement. Hangzhou was a big city, and the street patrol officers from Qiantang County Government arrived carrying water and fire sticks.
The leader of the squad shouted loudly: "What are you doing?"
The squad leader over there started asking normal questions, and the man next to Chen Cao shook his head repeatedly. Chen Cao asked again: "Brother, let me ask you one more question, does that squad leader know that Qingpi?"
Because the yamen came, the man did not dare to speak too loudly, so he tilted his head, turned sideways and whispered to Chen Cao: "Those people are very familiar with each other, they are just acting. In our Ming Dynasty, this is common , I heard that the great talent Nalan Rongruo, who is well-known in Jinling, would give up a beautiful woman in broad daylight... Hehe... I wonder if this young master has a family, and whether he can understand our whispers. "
Chen Cao's face turned green. It was obvious that someone was touching him. Behind him, Xin Zhao lowered his head and covered his mouth to hold back laughter. Chen Cao had to pretend to be surprised and said: "Is there such a thing? I've been in Jinling for a long time and haven't heard of it yet." Is this something?"
The big man said again: "You don't know? It's impossible. Then you should have known that he and Bai Mengsheng fell into the trap and ate enough shit when they were having an affair with a girl in the mansion."
"puff..."
Xin Zhao couldn't help it anymore and laughed out loud. When the big man saw it, he said: "Look, your followers are all laughing, so this is what happened."
Chen ** stared at Xin Zhao with a sullen face for a long time, which made Xin Zhao's scalp numb with fear: "Uncle..."
Chen Cao frowned at him and signaled him to stop talking, and then tried his best to smile and said: "I know... I know..."
It became more and more interesting because of the intervention of the Yamen servants. The big man stopped talking nonsense with Chen Cao and continued to watch on tiptoe.
Chen Cao took two steps back, kicked Xin Zhao hard on the butt twice, and then said harshly: "Why do I want you to block the news?"
Zhao Xin said with a sad face: "My subordinates did it, but I didn't know that the news would spread so fast in Nanzhili..."
"Master... I was wronged... Master..."
Chen Cao was reminded by the woman's cry, and then turned around to see that the officer had already shackled the woman's hands and was about to take her away.
Only then did Chen Cao pay attention to the woman's appearance. Her crying face looked so charming. Only then did he realize that this woman was a typical beauty.
It is said that Jiangnan women are as gentle as water. Li Fengchun is like this. This one must be more... water...
"Stop..." Chen Cao shouted.
The people who were watching all looked over. When the leader of the squad saw Chen Cao speaking, he became angry at that time: "You are so brave. You make loud noises in the street and gather people to make trouble. Come, take this man back to the Yamen and torture him for interrogation. Look." Is he a demon from the Maitreya religion?"
Chen Cao was shocked at the time. He didn't expect that a small class leader would dare to give him such a big label. He must have done a lot of wrongdoings over the years.
"You government officials framed me in broad daylight with the intention of arresting good people and pretending to be members of a cult to take credit. You are really audacious." Chen Cao scolded sternly.
This is Hangzhou, not Jinling, let alone the capital. There are no nobles stationed there, and there are not many dignitaries in the court. The only people the government officials can usually meet are the prefects, and they can't even meet the officials of the third division. Although Chen Cao dresses like a scholar. He is a rich young man, but this does not mean that he has the support of high-ranking officials behind him.
Just because there are too many talented people and wealthy people in Hangzhou...
"Oh..." the class leader said with a grin: "You, a talented scholar, really don't know how high the sky is. It seems you haven't experienced any hardship..."
As he said this, he winked at the people next to him. Chen Cao was obviously dressed like a rich man. After catching him, it would be a good thing even if he was not a member of the cult who extorted a fortune.
The government officials on both sides walked toward Chen Cao with gleaming eyes. Zhao Xin stepped forward as soon as his eyes changed, and the scars on his face immediately appeared in a very scary way.
The yamen officer immediately froze, and the squad leader smiled: "Hey, I think I met the rightful owner. Come back to the yamen quickly to report that important personnel of the Maitreya Sect have been captured, and the adults from the Inspection Department will be suppressed."
"yes..."
A government official ran away quickly. The big man who had just watched the excitement shook his head slightly and prayed for Chen Cao in his heart.
Chen Cao said: "I am just redressing an injustice. I have not committed any crime. The people watching can see clearly and can all testify."
The class leader sneered, then looked around: "They, how can they testify?"
Seeing this, the onlookers all took a few steps back. It was obvious that everyone was just watching the fun, so why did they have to take it in themselves?
Besides, once you enter the yamen, you won’t be able to explain clearly even with ten mouths.
Chen Cao couldn't help but sigh when he saw this, and then shook his head slightly: "This girl is innocent. This matter has nothing to do with her. You don't need to arrest her."
"Why, you admit that you are a cult and rebel against the Party?" The squad leader sneered.
The Qingpi immediately grabbed the woman's hand: "I am determined not to let her go. Who will pay for my family heirloom if she takes it away?"
The woman cried and saluted Chen Cao: "Young Master is so kind to me, but I don't want to say thank you, but this matter has nothing to do with you, so please don't get involved."
It's beautiful...if you could enter from behind...
Chen Cao's imagination went off track again, and then he recovered from Zhao Xin's whisper: "Uncle, the people from the Inspection Department are here."
As soon as they saw the soldiers, the people who were watching the excitement dispersed one by one, and the road became much smoother for the onlookers.
"I, Deputy Inspector Liu Youwei of the Qiantang Inspection Department, where are the rebels of the Maitreya Sect?" A fat man appeared in the casual clothes of the Inspection Department. Perhaps because of his wide body and fat body, the outer armor should be worn There should be no such code.
Chen Cao couldn't help frowning, thinking to himself that there was a reason why the Qing Dynasty entered Hangzhou and couldn't resist. These Jiangnan people were used to staying in a corner, so they were no match for the strong Jurchens.
The class leader came forward and said with a smile, "Mr. Liu, that's the guy."
The flesh on Liu Youwei's face was trembling. He first glanced at Chen Cao, and then was attracted by the appearance of the woman held by the Yamen servant. He immediately became interested: "Old Zhao, this woman?"
The class leader smiled forward, and then whispered in Liu Youwei's ear. Liu Youwei looked at the woman with a squinting look, and then said: "Okay, here, escort all the people back to the inspection department first." , and then deal with it.”
"Wait a minute..." Chen Cao said loudly: "This big brother from the squad leader said that I am an evil party of the Maitreya Sect. Since I am an evil party, it is not the turn of your inspection department to intervene; besides, this The dispute between the girl and this rogue..."
"Who the hell are you calling a scoundrel?" The Qingpi immediately rolled up his sleeves and wanted to hit Chen Cao.
"Pa..." A crisp slap sounded.
The green-skinned man was so disoriented that he couldn't find his direction after being slapped by Xin Zhao.
'Pah...pah...pah...'
Xin Zhao slapped him three times in succession, causing Qingpi's face to become red and swollen, one of his big teeth was knocked out, and his mouth was bleeding.
"Presumptuous..." the squad leader shouted angrily.
Liu Youwei was just a deputy inspector from the ninth rank. He was too young, but he still had good eyesight. Anyone who dared to beat someone in front of an official usually had a backstage behind him. Look at Chen Cao's dress and Looking at the scar on the man's face, Liu Youwei began to guess whether Chen Cao was the son of the prefect official or the capital official.
"Kneel down..." Xin Zhao shouted angrily. Qingpi, who was already lying on the ground, covered his mouth and was frightened by the loud shout.
"How brave are you to beat someone in broad daylight in front of an official? Do you really think you are a dragon crossing the river?" The squad leader shouted, and then ordered the government officials to detain all Chen Cao.
"Who dares?" Zhao Xin shouted again, and then stared at a group of people with angry eyes, so scared that the gang of servants did not dare to move.
The crowd that had originally dispersed gathered around to watch the fun again because someone started beating someone and stopped the official business by shouting.
Customers in tea shops and restaurants on both sides of the street also poked their heads out. This kind of thing is rare to see, so how could you miss it.
