Chapter 086: Sit in jail once
Chen Cao then spoke: "I still say what I said, I can go to the Yamen, but according to the Ming Dynasty law, this girl must be handed over to the Qiantang County Yamen for trial. The Inspection Department is not qualified."
When Liu Youwei saw that Chen Cao was talking clearly and eloquently, he thought that he must be a scholar or a scholar, otherwise, what kind of dandy would be familiar with the Ming Dynasty Law? Besides, there were so many people watching, so naturally he couldn't lose his face, and he also had something in his heart. After some calculation, he said: "What you said makes sense, but you, a plain-headed commoner, have contradicted the official for no reason. After the Qiantang County Government handles the matter, I will come to you to settle the account. Someone, come and escort these people to the county government."
Chen Cao held his head high, gave Zhao Xin a look, and then followed the yamen servant to the county government office. On the way, he could vaguely hear the squad leader and the yamen servant discussing how to deal with him when the county government office arrived.
The Qiantang County Government Office is very close to the West Lake. It is across the river from the Zhifu Government Office. The Zhejiang Sansi Government Office is on the right side of it. As soon as Chen Cao stepped into the county office gate with his front foot, the leader of the team behind him hit him with a stick of water and fire. On the hollow of his back knee.
This blow really caught him off guard.
When Zhao Xin was about to explode, the government officials behind him swarmed up and threw Zhao Xin to the ground.
Because the blow was too sudden, Chen Cao fell forward like a habit. Years of military career made him reluctantly throw forward. When he was about to turn over and fight back, the squad leader hit Chen Cao on the back of the head. stick.
"Uncle...Uncle..." Zhao Xinsi shouted: "You guys are murderers. This is Uncle Dingwu, the imperial governor of Zhejiang Province. Do you want to die?"
The squad leader sneered: "Imperial envoy, hehe... go out and take two people with you. If you are an imperial envoy, I will be the prince of the country. Call me..."
When Chen Cao woke up, he was covered in straw, and then there was a suffocating unpleasant smell: "Ahem...fuck..."
"Uncle..." Zhao Xin dragged his injuries and moved to Chen Cao's side, and helped Chen Cao up: "Uncle, are you okay?"
"I wipe..." Chen Cao reached out and touched the back of his head. There was a big swelling. If he hadn't been young and strong, he might have really hit the back of his head with a stick and said, "Xin Zhao, you Where’s his fucking belt?”
Not to mention, it was such a coincidence that today, Zhao Xin and Chen Cao went out in casual clothes, but he forgot their waist badges in their official uniforms: "My subordinates didn't bring them with them. Uncle, don't worry. After they go out, my subordinates will definitely kill them all." .”
The county government prison cell was dark and damp, which was probably a common feature of all county government offices in the Ming Dynasty. There were quite a few prisoners in the prison, both men and women, all disheveled and looking extremely pitiful; and Chen Cao and the others were locked up in a In the Tong Prison, the prisoners who usually live in single rooms are either death row inmates or have connections. People like Chen Cao, who have no status, only have access to Tongbu.
Looking at Xin Zhao's bruises and bruises everywhere, Chen Cao sighed: "I got a good deal from this blow." They weigh the same, so lucky..."
Xin Zhao's face turned green, thinking how could he think so.
While they were talking, the cell door opened. Under the leadership of the jailer, the team leader walked into the cell and mocked Chen Cao in front of the cell door: "When you enter the yamen gate, I have the final say on everything. If you don't cooperate, hehe." , if the family members go out sideways when they come to collect the child, the reason will not be found."
When Xin Zhao was about to curse, Chen Cao stopped him because he suddenly noticed that the green man whom Xin Zhao had beaten was behind him, and then he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, if you have any requests, please feel free to ask."
"It's easy to say." The squad leader is just an official, and it is very useful to be called "sir." "Your chief has beaten this young man, and he has to pay for the soup and medicine."
"How much is the compensation? Sir, please tell me. To be honest, my family is a wealthy businessman in Jinling. As long as you forget the past and let us out, money is nothing." Chen Cao looked like a bitch.
His appearance was very funny in the eyes of the class leader, but it also proved the class leader's idea that Chen Cao was just a wealthy businessman who only went out to fight injustices.
Of course, no one has trouble with money.
"The young man's decoction costs three hundred taels of snowflake silver." The squad leader said coldly.
"Okay, no problem, three hundred taels is three hundred taels." Chen Cao agreed: "Sir, are there any more?"
"And you deliberately contradicted the official. According to the Ming Dynasty law, this crime will lead to one year in prison..."
"I realize my mistake..." Chen Cao interrupted the class leader, and then politely handed over his hand: "It's my fault. I'm young and energetic. I hope you won't take offense. I'm willing to offer you two hundred yuan as a gift." Two, as an apology.”
The class leader was full of joy. His salary was only two taels a month, and he only got less than 2 taels a month by cheating. Now he made two hundred taels all at once. He must have made a lot of money, so he put on a smile. : "Well, you are very sensible, your injury..."
"I don't think I bumped into him in prison, hehe..." Chen Cao giggled.
The class leader was very satisfied: "How can I contact your family?"
This is what Chen Cao wanted, so he handed it over: "I don't dare to deceive you. I have a fleet in Zhejiang this time. Today I contradicted you because I was young. As long as you let me go back with you and go to the fleet to get the money." "
The squad leader looked at Zhao Xin's appearance seriously, and then looked at Chen Cao's arrogant appearance, and nodded happily: "I understand that you can't do any tricks, Zhao San, just go back with him to withdraw the money."
The green-skinned man nodded: "Okay, big brother."
When Xin Zhao was about to refuse, Chen Cao patted him on the shoulder: "Xiao Zhao, my safety depends entirely on you, sir. Go back quickly to get money to protect me. If it's late, I will definitely make you look good when I get back. "
Zhao Xin affirmed, then nodded: "Young master, don't worry."
Seeing Zhao Xin being taken out, Chen Cao felt relieved, because it would soon be his turn to take revenge. The squad leader said to him to wait, and then led others away.
The toilet was not far to the left of Chen Cao, and the smell was really unpleasant. Looking at the people huddled in the cell, all of them looked at him dirty, Chen Cao was curious, so he asked the only woman in the cell: "Girl, Why are you in this prison?"
The woman was huddled together, shivering and not daring to talk. There were four or five men in the cell. I think the woman must have been humiliated in prison.
"Hey..." Chen Cao sighed and thought to himself that the classification of ancient prison cells was not so strict. Male and female prisoners were kept together. If they were kept separately, the jailer would have to give benefits. Otherwise, he would have no money and power and would have to be abused by other prisoners in the prison. Insulting//humiliating is a bad thing if you think about it.
Chen Cao had nothing to do. He stood up and walked around in the cell. Then he suddenly became interested and said: "It was just when the gods were in trouble. He came to the southern country again to step on the fragrant branches. The green pines were angry towards the sky, and the fallen leaves were rushing along the clear water... ."
Chen Cao only remembered these few sentences, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion after reading them.
"good..."
A shout of approval came from inside the cell, and then he said: "It's a good poem, but it only sounds like the upper part. Where is the lower part?"
The voice reminded him of the man's youth, so Chen Cao said: "I'm going to say it because I feel it. I haven't thought of it yet. I'll talk about it later."
"Brother, you are so talented, why do you have to go to jail and suffer?"
This man spoke well-founded and could understand Chen Cao's poems. He guessed that this man was also a man who had read books, so he replied: "Brother, it seems that you are also a man who has read books. Why are you put in prison?" ?”
"Hey, it's hard to put it into words..." He sighed and then became quiet.
"Dare I ask my brother's name?" Chen Cao asked again.
It took a long time before he answered: "I am Huang Chunyao, my name is Yunsheng..."
"Huang Chunyao," Chen Cao muttered silently. There were so many talented scholars in the late Ming Dynasty. How could he know who this person was? He nodded: "Brother Huang, what did you commit?"
Huang Chunyao sighed again and did not answer.
When Chen Cao didn't get an answer, he wandered around the cell. One of the prisoners suddenly stood up, and in front of Chen Cao, he walked straight to the woman huddled in the corner, took off his pants, and then He reached out to grab the woman.
The woman cried, how could Chen Cao endure such torture.
How can I get you to do it even though I haven't even done it before?
"Stop..." Chen Cao shouted loudly. Now it was interesting to see. The prisoners in each cell crowded in front of the wooden fence and looked at the scene in Datong Prison.
The prisoner turned his head and glanced at Chen Cao, then continued to move his hands and feet, pressing the woman under him.
"What a bitch..."
When Chen Cao saw that the guy was about to rush into the hole, he stepped forward at the critical moment and gave the guy a sweeping kick. He kicked the guy on the head with a strong kick and knocked him down with one kick. He kicked and flew away.
As soon as the guy fell to the ground, the three remaining prisoners in the cell stood up together and rushed towards Chen Cao. They were unable to exert their strength because they were hit with a sap. At least they were the ones who survived after several battles. How can we be afraid of these green-skinned gangsters who hold on to Datong Lao.
After only three rounds, the remaining three were beaten by Chen Cao until they lay on the ground crying for their fathers and mothers.
Chen Cao took off his outer robe. It was still cold in the middle of October in Jiangnan. He took off his outer robe and stepped forward to cover the woman: "Don't be afraid, girl, you're fine."
The woman put on her robe, then knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Cao: "Thank you, Master...Thank you, Master..."
Bang...
There was a loud noise, and the cell door was violently kicked open. Just as the two guards guarding the door were about to shout and question, they saw a group of people breaking in. The leader was Zhao Xin, who was wearing a Feiyu suit.
"Do you look familiar?" Xin Zhao stared at the two jailers coldly: "You two, when you came in, one of you hit me with a stick, and here comes a hundred sticks for each of you. You are lucky to be alive. I will let this be past. , dead, hehe..."
The two jailers fainted immediately.
Zhao Xin led a large group of Jinyi guards and walked toward the inside of the prison with knives in hand, and came directly to Chen Cao's prison.
"Uncle..." Zhao Xin shouted, and everyone in the prison looked sideways: "How to deal with this guy."
The school captain immediately pulled in two people, the green-skinned Zhao San and the Yamen servant who followed him. Both of them had their heads drooped and looked closely, covered in blood.
"Open the door first, I stink too much..." Chen Cao said with a frown.
"Sir..." The woman hugged Chen Cao's leg: "Sir, help me, the women of the people are wronged, the women of the people are wronged..."
Chen Cao was in a good mood, because he wanted to take revenge, and he couldn't see these women crying at the moment, so he stopped Zhao Xin who was about to pull the women away: "My uncle, Ming Dynasty Dingwu Bo, Chen Cao, if what you have committed is unjust, I will make the decision for you today.”
When Huang Chunyao heard that it was Chen Cao, he rushed to save the wooden fence and shouted: "Uncle, uncle, student Huang Chunyao, please help me..."
When Chen Cao heard that it was the person who had just praised his poems, he said: "Come here, go and fetch Huang Chunyao. I will start a trial at the Qiantang County Yamen today to see how honest the county magistrate is." "
"Thank you uncle for your kindness...Thank you uncle for your kindness..." The woman kowtowed repeatedly.
The entire Qiantang County government office was now in chaos. Zhang Fengnian's team of guards, who were responsible for guarding the county government office, had occupied the entire county government office. They were full of soldiers carrying flintlock rifles inside and outside. Because of this scene, the onlookers had formed a crowd. wall.
The county magistrate Qi Shangwen saw Chen Cao last night. He was sleeping in the house in the backyard of the county government office because he drank too much. Even so, Zhao Xin took him out of his concubine's bed and slapped him twice. He was beaten so hard that he felt dizzy.
All the officials of the county government were detained in the lobby by the royal guards. Chen Cao walked in, stroking the back of his head. Qi Shangwen quickly stepped forward and handed over his hands: "I have seen Uncle Dingwu."
Chen Cao didn't respond, so he went straight to the magistrate's seat and sat down, then he was stunned: "Magistrate Qi, do you recognize me?"
Because Qi Shangwen received two slaps for no reason, and because of the presence of the Jin Yiwei, he was wondering in his heart whether his dark crime was discovered: "Xiaoguan...Xiaoguan...recognize Uncle Dingwu. "
"You know it, that's fine. I'll deal with the other people first. Please look after me and don't say that I wronged you." Chen Cao said coldly: "Zhao Xin, first deal with the one who beat me." Bring everyone here."
The squad leader and several government officials were already beaten to death, and they were speechless when they were carried and slipped into the hall.
"Qi Zhixian, my uncle today..." Chen Cao told Qi Shangwen everything he saw and heard on the street, which made Qi Shangwen tremble with fright: "I don't know if Qi Zhixian knows what this thief said about entering the Yamen Gate. Did he have the final say?"
"Uncle Dingwu, I will go down to the official position... I will go down to the official position..."
"Okay," Chen Cao waved his hand: "You, a little official, dare to call yourself the Duke of the country. You are really audacious. You dare to knock my uncle's neck. It is really abominable. Qizhi County, how should this person be sentenced according to Ming law? ?”
"I'm the official..." Qi Shangwen was trembling and couldn't speak clearly, so he looked at the county magistrate.
The county magistrate was getting older, and he was afraid of being implicated at this moment, so he hurriedly handed over his hand: "Qi Dingwu Bo, pretending to be a court official or a distinguished person, shall be punished by exile according to the law, beating a court official or distinguished person, shall be... Sent three thousand miles away or exiled to the army."
Xin Zhao shook his head: "Can you clearly see the injuries on my body?"
The county magistrate looked up at Zhao Xin, whose face was all red and purple, and was so frightened that he said, "You should die..."
Xin Zhao shook his head again: "You are wrong. You beat the imperial envoys and the royal guards for no reason. You intend to rebel and kill everyone."
"Spare your life...spare your life..."
The squad leader and several government officials shouted feebly, but to little effect.
