The two men who were eyeing Jin Xia were Li Si and Zhao Liu, who had been robbed of their precious gold and silver by Jin Xia and the others last night.
Li Si and Zhao Liu carried their luggage, which contained one hundred taels of gold and silver given by Yan Qing. They originally planned to return home overnight and become rich, but they never expected to be spotted by Yinzhi and the others, who followed them there. In the suburbs, not only did they steal their gold, but they almost lost their lives.
Especially Li Si, who was stabbed in the butt by Jin Xia and felt very angry.
Last night, the two of them had already discussed that they would go to the city after dawn to have a look before deciding what to do. In the end, the two decided to go to Kaifeng Mansion to report Yinzhi and the others, maybe they could get their gold back!
The two of them managed to survive the night. At dawn, they entered Tokyo City, asked for food at a breakfast shop, and then walked along the street, asking for the address of Kaifeng Prefecture, so that they could sue Fang Layu Party to the Kaifeng Prefecture. Yinzhi and the others asked the Kaifeng Mansion to arrest them so that they could get their gold back.
The two people were asking around along the street. They saw the street in front of them was full of people, noisy and lively, so they came over to see what was going on. It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, you will be shocked when you look at it. It turns out that it was the daring girls Yinzhi and Sixia who actually set up a ring in Tokyo city in broad daylight and in front of everyone to compete for a bride!
"Ah!" Li Si exclaimed. Zhao Liu asked: "Ah what?" Li Si pointed to the ring and said: "Isn't that the Jinxia girl who always follows Princess Fang La?" Zhao Liu looked in the direction of Li Si's finger and was also shocked. "Ah!" he said, "It is indeed the Jinxia girl next to the second princess."
It takes no effort to get there even if you wear iron shoes.
When Li Si and Zhao Liu saw this, they were overjoyed and said to themselves: We were about to report them! Just because they were worried about not being able to find them, they, a group of bold rebels, turned out to be competing at the feet of the emperor to find a bride! He is truly lawless, bold and unscrupulous!
Li Si hurriedly pulled Zhao Liu's hand, and the two of them got out of the crowd and quickly asked for the address of Kaifeng Mansion, searching for it like a mad dog chasing a wolf.
Under the guidance of others, Li Si and Zhao Liu came to Kaifeng Mansion. Seeing a big drum standing in front of the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, they ran over, picked up the drumsticks, and beat it vigorously.
The "dong dong dong" sound of the drum alarmed the officials in Kaifeng Mansion. Xu Bingzhe, the governor, went to the court and ordered the yamen to quickly bring the drum beater to the court so that he could inquire about the case.
After receiving the order, the government officials hurried to the front of the government office, caught Li Si and Zhao Liu who were beating the drums vigorously, and brought them into the lobby.
Li Si and Zhao Liu entered the lobby, knelt on the ground with a plop, and shouted loudly: "Master Qingtian is here, I have an important case report."
When Xu Bingzhe heard this, he clapped the gavel with all his strength. The officials on both sides shouted "mighty" in a long voice, and banged the wind and fire sticks on the ground in a very strict manner. This formation scared Li Si and Zhao Liu so much that they trembled all over.
After the officials finished shouting, Xu Bingzhe asked: "Zhuo! Who are you two? Is there any important case you want to report? Report it quickly."
When Li Si and Zhao Liu asked questions, they kowtowed again. After kowtow, Li Si cried and said: "Master Qingtian, the two of us are servants of Yun Fengwei's family, because..."
"Clumsy!" Before Li Si finished speaking, Xu Bingzhe shouted loudly: "You are bold and cunning, and full of nonsense! Let me ask you, who is Yun Fengwei? There is no official in this dynasty, so where did Yun Fengwei come from? Recruit quickly and truthfully!"
After Xu Bingzhe finished speaking, he banged the gavel again, and the officials on both sides banged their sticks again, shouting "might...wu..." in a long voice.
Li Si and Zhao Liu were frightened and kowtowed.
After kowtowing for a few times, Li Si replied: "To tell Master Qingtian, that Yun Fengwei is not a court official, but the Fengwei officer of Fang La's son-in-law Ke Yin..."
"Clumsy!" Hearing that Yun Shiwei was the lieutenant of Fangla's son-in-law Ke Yin, Xu Bingzhe became anxious and shouted again, interrupting Li Si's words and reprimanding loudly: "You two guys! It turns out that they are rebels. Fang La's people and government officials are about to be overthrown by me. Let's put twenty boards in place first."
The government servants on both sides rushed over like tigers and wolves, toppled the two of them, pressed them on the stools, and started beating them with "slap, snap". The wooden board hit Li Si and Zhao Liu on their buttocks until Li Si and Zhao Liu cried.
Li Si and Zhao Liu screamed in pain: "Master Qingtian, we have suffered unjustly!"
When Xu Bingzhe heard this, he became even angrier and shouted to the government officials: "Hit! Beat harder!"
The yamen servant was afraid that Mr. Fu Yin would see the blame, so he used all his strength, held the board high, shouted "Hey! Hey!", and hit Li Si and Zhao Liu on the buttocks with the board.
Li Si's butt had already been stabbed by Jin Xia. At this moment, the board hit the wound again, and he almost fainted from the pain.
The pain made Li Si unbearable, and he shouted as if he was risking his life: "Master Qingtian! We are here to report Fang Layu's party, and your beating is unreasonable! If you beat us to death, you will have to There is no important information left.”
When Xu Bingzhe heard this, he shouted: "Stop!"
The officials stopped holding the boards in their hands.
Xu Bingzhe scolded Li Si: "You unruly people! How dare you threaten me! You said to yourself that Yun Shiwei was the lieutenant of Fangla's son-in-law Ke Yin. I want to ask you, since you are servants of Yun Shiwei's family, Aren’t you a member of Fang La’s party?! It’s a trivial matter to get slapped with a stick, but I’m going to kill your head later! How can you say that this slap is unreasonable?”
Li Si cried and said: "Master Qingtian! Listen to me. Ke Yin and Yunbi are the generals of Song Xianfeng's account. Their real names are Chai Jin and Yan Qing; Ke Yin and Yunbi are their pseudonyms. . The two of them infiltrated Fangla's interior to spy on the military situation and survey the terrain. My master Yan Qing, named Fangla's son-in-law, was named Fengwei. In fact, he was a general of the imperial court. We are the entourage of the imperial general. In order to defeat Fangla , who has made great achievements.”
After Xu Bingzhe understood what was going on, he hurriedly ordered the government officials: "That's it. Quick! Quick! Help these two people up quickly. If this is the case, these two people are really meritorious people!"
After hearing the order, the government officials hurriedly helped Li Si and Zhao Liu off the tiger bench.
Xu Bingzhe said to all the officials: "Bring these two people to the front of the hall, set up a seat for them, and let them sit down and talk."
Several government officials helped Li Si and Zhao Liu to the middle of the hall.
Several other government officials moved stools for Li Si and Zhao Liu to sit on.
What kind of despicable people are Li Si and Zhao Liu, who dare to sit on a stool in front of the governor of Kaifeng? In addition, my butt was bleeding from the spanking, and it was so painful that I could still sit on the stool! Therefore, the two of them knelt on the ground again.
Seeing this, Xu Bingzhe said: "You two, there is no need to kneel down. Get up quickly and sit on the stool. If you want to report any case, just tell it quickly."
When Li Si and Zhao Liu heard this, they raised their heads and said, "Master Qingtian, how despicable we are, how dare we sit down in front of the Lord? We can feel at ease kneeling."
Xu Bingzhe said: "You are meritorious people, but there is no harm in sitting down."
Li Si and Zhao Liu kowtowed and said, "Master Qingtian, it's better for us to kneel down!"
Xu Bingzhe was anxious to know the situation of Fang La's remaining party, so he treated Li Si politely. Zhao Liu, these two people did not appreciate it, and Xu Bingzhe was so angry that he cursed: "You are a natural slave! If you are willing to kneel, then kneel!"
Li Si and Zhao Liu hurriedly said: "Thank you, Mr. Qingtian, for your permission!"
Xu Bingzhe wanted to know what these two people wanted to report, so he stopped worrying about whether Li Si and Zhao Liu were sitting or kneeling, and asked directly: "What case do you two want to report? Tell it directly, don't waste time."
Li Si said: "Master Qingtian, the two of us found Fang Thief's second daughter, Princess Yinzhi, on the street. They were setting up a ring to compete in a martial arts competition to attract a bride."
Xu Bingzhe was shocked when he heard this situation. He stood up suddenly and asked, "What are you talking about?!"
Li Si repeated the original words again.
Xu Bingzhe asked hurriedly: "How many remnants of thieves are there? Where are the martial arts competitions now to recruit brides?"
Li Si replied: "There are not many people, just five female prostitutes. We can't tell the specific names. We can take the police to catch them."
Xu Bingzhe originally thought that Fang Layu's party was a large number of people who had sneaked into the capital to cause trouble. Now that he heard that it was just five women, he felt a little relieved and hurriedly ordered the Yamen: "Let them lead the way, and you go and arrest Fang Layu's party. "
The Yamen servants ordered Li Si and Zhao Liu to get up and lead them.
Li Si and Zhao Liu stood up with difficulty. Li Si looked up and reported: "Master Qingtian, this beating has made it impossible for me to walk."
Xu Bingzhe glanced at Li Si and Zhao Liu, and shouted to the government officials: "Go ahead, we must capture Fang La's remaining party."
After hearing the order, the government officials carried Li Si and Zhao Liu on wooden boards and asked Li Si and Zhao Liu, who were lying on the wooden boards, to guide them to catch Yinzhi and the others.
After the government officials left, Xu Bingzhe sat in the lobby, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
Xu Bingzhe thought to himself, if Fang Layu's party consists of five women in the open but a large number of people in the dark, then what can a dozen government servants do? Wouldn't it be a mistake? !
Thinking of this, Xu Bingzhe stood up suddenly and hurried to the outside of Kaifeng Mansion.
At the gate of the government office, Xu Bingzhe took a sedan chair and said to the bearer: "Go to the Palace Commander's office, and hurry up!"
The bearers of the sedan chair carried Xu Bingzhe and ran hurriedly to see the palace commander's house.
Xu Bingzhe was going to find Gao Qiu, the commander-in-chief of the palace, to ask Gao Qiu to send troops quickly to capture the remnants of Fang La.
Gao Qiu was sitting in the Commander's Mansion when suddenly an officer on duty came in to report: "Lieutenant, Mr. Xu, the Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture, is here to see you."
Gao Qiu was shocked when he heard that the governor of Kaifeng had come to see him, and hurriedly said: "Please come in quickly, Mr. Xu."
The duty officer then went to invite Xu Bingzhe into the mansion.
Gao Qiu immediately got up and walked out to meet the governor of Kaifeng.
Accompanied by the duty officer, Xu Bingzhe hurriedly walked into the palace commander's house.
Gao Qiu hurriedly stepped forward to greet Xu Bingzhe and said, "Master Xu is here in person, and Gao Qiu is waiting to welcome you from afar."
Xu Bingzhe also hurriedly greeted Gao Qiu, and then said: "Lieutenant Gao, seeing that the matter is urgent, I don't have to worry about it anymore. You quickly send a sergeant to capture the remnants of Fang La."
Gao Qiu was also shocked when he heard this, and asked Xu Bingzhe urgently: "Master Xu, please explain in detail, hasn't Fang La been wiped out by Privy Tong? Where are the remaining members of Fang La's party in the capital?"
Xu Bingzhe then told Gao Qiu about the situation that Li Si and Zhao Liu had reported just now.
After hearing this, Gao Qiu immediately sent out the imperial army to blockade the whole city and search for the remnants of Fang La.
Xu Bingzhe then said goodbye to Gao Qiu and returned to Kaifeng Mansion, waiting for the government officials to report on the arrest of Fang La's remnants.
