Shen Zhonglei asked in a low voice as he walked out: "What happened?"
"It seems that a few people have been arrested by Mr. Fan. I don't know what happened for the time being, but fortunately Mr. Fan didn't make it public, and other officials and people outside don't know yet."
Shen Zhonglei's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about the possible scenarios of this matter.
Fan Yuru appeared here to arrest people. Is it his personal move or official business?
But regardless of personal or official matters, one should not rush to cause trouble at this juncture. If it affects the fertility ceremony, it is no joke.
Shen Zhonglei was thinking wildly and quickly followed Mo Ze through the back hall of the Flower Temple. He immediately saw Fan Yuru standing under a tree in the backyard. Several people behind him were tied up and thrown to the ground.
"Master Shen, we meet again." Fan Yuru was the first to say hello.
"Master Fan." Shen Zhonglei also said hello, but his eyes uncontrollably roamed around the faces of several people on the ground, confirming that he didn't recognize them at all, "I wonder what's going on?"
"Master Shen, don't panic, this is what happened.
"I went out on business in the name of the Crown Prince and met a group of sneaky thieves. I was afraid that they were going to do something bad, so I sent a secret guard to follow me. I didn't expect these people to come to destroy Yongzhou. The harvest ceremony of Fuhua Chao Festival.
"After confirming that the information was correct, I brought people over and based on their confessions, I captured a few more accomplices, which are the ones Master Shen is seeing now."
"Destroy the fertility ceremony?" Shen Zhonglei's heart suddenly tightened when he heard this.
The fertility ceremony is actually just a beautiful vision, which does not hinder anyone and does not infringe on anyone's interests...
If he had to say who was affected by disrupting the proceedings, it seemed that he was the only parent.
I just received a letter from my family after the New Year, saying that I have helped him run some activities. As long as his performance is still excellent this year, he can leave Yongzhou early and return to Beijing to report on his work.
As a result, after the new year, rumors first spread in the city, and now there were people organizing people to disrupt the fertility ceremony. This was all aimed at him.
Thinking of this, Shen Zhonglei sincerely thanked Fan Yuru.
"This is all thanks to Mr. Fan, otherwise I really don't know how to clean up the mess."
Fan Yuru quickly turned away and said: "Master Shen, this is really embarrassing for Fan. Mr. Yu, you are a court official, one of the parents, I am just a commoner, and privately, you are the elder and I am the junior. How can this happen?"
"I will ask someone to send the few people I caught before and the accomplices caught today to the government prison. However, I am not sure if there are still fish that have slipped through the net. I hope Master Shen will pay more attention to them."
"Thank you for the tip, Mr. Fan. Before leaving today, my daughter was also worried about this matter and specially arranged for extra manpower. I originally thought it was my daughter's filial piety and didn't want to refute it, but I didn't expect it to actually come in handy now."
Fan Yuru nodded and said: "Fan and the eldest daughter of the Shen family have met several times. She is indeed very smart, otherwise she would not be deeply loved by the Dowager Empress."
Speaking of this, Shen Zhonglei suddenly began to look at Fan Yuru.
A humble gentleman with a very talented appearance, he is of similar talent and appearance to Shen Tianshu, and is similar in age.
The Fan family can be regarded as the leading aristocratic family in Huguang area, and their family status is not too high.
So Shen Zhonglei suddenly opened his invitation and said, "Young Master Fan has helped you so much today, so you should be well entertained. It's a pity that I have to host everyone to dry your seeds to pray for good harvests, so I can't get away.
But today, my daughter went for an outing in the suburbs with many young men and women in the city. Mr. Fan is similar in age to them, and they met at the Jiang family's banquet years ago.
If Mr. Fan has no other important things to attend to and is celebrating the festival today, why not go over and join in the fun and relax, just in time to see if the Flower Festival in our Yongzhou Prefecture is any different from that in Wuchang Prefecture.
"When I finish my work here, let's have a few drinks."
"The official business has been completed and we are on the way back. It doesn't matter if we delay for a day. Since Mr. Shen invites you sincerely, Fan will be disrespectful."
Fan Yuru originally wanted to find an excuse to meet Shen Tianshu, but then he suddenly received an invitation from Shen Zhonglei. Even if he didn't agree, he immediately agreed.
In fact, at this time, Shen Tianshu was still preparing at home and hadn't even gone out yet!
Nanny Yang and Mingyu didn't know where their muscles were in the wrong place, and they had to create a shocking effect for Shen Tianshu.
He asked her to sit in front of the dressing table and combed her hair for more than half an hour. Finally, it took shape. The two of them were not very satisfied yet, so they walked around and looked at it.
"That's it, I think it's good..."
As soon as Shen Tianshu opened his mouth, he was blocked by two people in unison.
"Girl, you just rely on your good looks, so you never pay attention to these things."
"How good is enough? It has to be the best."
Mi'er walked in quickly from outside, went to Shen Tianshu's side and whispered back: "Girl, as expected, the second girl is trying to find a way to get out right now!"
"She recovered quickly after being so drunk last night."
"You haven't seen it. The second girl's face is ugly and her temper is very bad. People kneeling on the ground in the yard begged her, but they were scolded by her."
Shen Tianshu asked Mingyu to take out a few pennies and give them to Mi'er, and said, "Take these pennies and go and give a cent to those on duty in the backyard. Just say it's a festival today and I'll let you reward everyone."
Remember to tell them that now that the master and his wife are not at home, the eldest girl and the third girl will also go out of town for an outing soon. Let them perform their duties and not get drunk or gamble with cards. "
Mi'er didn't quite understand what Shen Tianshu meant, but he didn't talk too much. He took the money and went out to share it.
Seeing that Mingyu was also puzzled, Aunt Yang explained for Shen Tianshu: "Being on duty in the backyard is not an important position, but now I tell them that the master and his wife are not at home, and the girl will take the third girl out of the city soon. , wouldn’t it be a great time to be lazy?
"In addition, that lazy wife took our girl's reward money. Thinking of celebrating the festival today, she must not be in the mood to be on duty. She must find a place to play cards and gamble. The rear guard is unattended, and the second girl wants to go out again. Isn’t it convenient?”
Mingyu suddenly realized that his mind could only think one or two steps away, but the girl had already predicted what would happen a few steps away.
But what she still can't figure out is: "Aren't you afraid that the second girl will go out and make trouble again?"
"I'm not afraid of anyone who stabs me, so what am I afraid of?" Shen Tianshu said, standing up and saying, "Okay, that's it. It's getting late. Let's change our clothes and go out quickly, otherwise my few strings of copper coins will not be in vain."
