Under the questioning of everyone, Boss Chen not only told the whole story of the case, but also told the various crimes committed by the Shan family and his son who gathered rogue gangsters to oppress the business community and the people. He also said that after the case was solved, the business community actively raised funds to repair the city, including Suizhou City. Today's scene.
One thing that Boss Chen was embarrassed to mention at the banquet was that Li Shun had returned to the Chen family once as the former housekeeper after Shanjia Mutual Insurance had completed understanding the aftermath of the case.
When he walked to the door of Chen's house, he found that the paint on the newly painted door and the walls had peeled off, making it even more ugly than the original dilapidated scene.
At that time, he only scraped off the putty when he was hired, and painted and dusted the outer layer before it was dry. It only took more than 20 days for the new paint and dust to peel off.
He came to Chen's house this time for two things. One was to pay the 200 taels given to him by Boss Chen, and to organize the wedding banquet, which cost Li Shundao more than 100 taels in total.
"With the remaining money, you can spend some time renovating Chen's house and restaurant."
Boss Chen said bluntly that he would not accept the money no matter what.
"This money is not ours."
Li Shun said.
"This money is the Shan family's spiritual compensation for your Chen family."
Boss Chen still refused to accept the money. Li Shun put on the arrogant attitude of the former housekeeper and attacked him. Only then did Boss Chen reluctantly accept the money. Second, he and Miss Chen explained.
"Miss, we, Li Shun, were born to suffer. You will not be able to eat or drink with us. We wish you can find a good husband and marry a good wife in the future."
As a result, the brand-new Guanjiang Tower was built. }
When the imperial envoys were drunk and the noodles were hot, Boss Chen stood up and cupped his hands, making some unusual noises from other tables.
"Imperial envoy, please use it slowly. Some of the dishes on the table are cold. If you are a small child, go to the kitchen and let them cook two hot dishes."
As soon as Boss Chen left, Yu Wenxian, who had just been listening to him talking attentively, seemed to be a little uncomfortable with the laughter at other seats. When he looked up, he saw a woman toasting a man under the light, so he frowned and said to Hou Longen beside him.
"Go over there and see what's going on. Why would such disgusting words appear on such an occasion?"
After a while Hou Longen came back and said.
"It was several family members of imprisoned human traffickers who heard the news and came to pay their respects to the officials of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Personnel."
"Why are those women so frivolous when we meet? They have no sense of propriety."
"They are all the wives and concubines of human traffickers. Their husbands are suffering there. How can the women's families be better off? They went to the capital to complain. In Chang'an, I met the officials of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel of the Taishi Prefecture."
"It's unreasonable for women to look like this when they first come here."
After Yu Wenxian left the table, he just walked across the stairs and happened to meet the waiter carrying a tray of steaming dishes upstairs. Yu Wenxian said angrily to the waiter serving the dishes.
"Why are you bringing the dishes here after you've already finished them?"
When he walked downstairs, Boss Chen, who didn't know the details, came forward with a smile on his face and said.
"I respectfully ask your Majesty the Imperial Envoy to leave a calligraphy treasure for my shop."
Yu Wenxian suddenly stopped and saw a table with several cases temporarily placed next to the accounting room on the first floor. On top of the cases was a well-placed white silk lamp. The four treasures of the study were neatly placed on the top right of the white silk. He took another look and stood respectfully. Boss Chen on the side hesitated for a moment and then said.
"We failed. We are really too tired today. Let's talk about it later."
Yu Wenxian angrily rushed out of the hotel door and looked around at the unfamiliar people. He couldn't tell the difference between east, west and north.
Pang Huang saw the imperial envoy walking away angrily, so he quickly got up and went downstairs. He saw Boss Chen standing blankly next to the cases downstairs, so he took out a wad of baht money that he had prepared and said to Boss Chen.
"It's all for the sake of drinks. We'll send someone to pay the bill tomorrow."
Pang Huang went out to meet Yu Wenxian and groped his way towards the Dongcheng Hotel without saying anything. When Hou Longen saw the imperial envoy throwing away his hands angrily and leaving, he realized that the problem was indeed serious, so he walked over again and pointed at the women and scolded them.
"Get out of here quickly. This situation is not suitable for you."
The lonely men and women present were already drunk and looked at Hou Longen with smiles and said angrily.
"Guards, drag these bastards downstairs for us."
The guards, who had long been disgusted with it, stood up with a roar, and the few gorgeously dressed women fled away in panic.
"It's all gone."
Hou Longen waved his hand angrily. People stood up and walked downstairs. As soon as Yu Wenxian and Pang Huang returned to the door of Dongcheng Hotel, the guard who stayed on duty reported.
"My lord has a visitor. They have been waiting for a long time."
Yu Wenxian glanced around and asked.
"Where are the people?"
The guard said.
"In your room."
Yu Wenxian was already angry, so he said extremely angrily.
"Who is it? How dare you let him enter our room without permission."
"Report to your lord."
The guard said in panic.
"The person who came here came with an autographed letter from the Grand Chief and a very heavy box. How dare you put them at such a conspicuous door? What do you think?"
The guard said and pursed his lips towards the street opposite the hotel. Yu Wenxian and Pang Huang looked towards the opposite side and saw some men and women standing shadowy in the shadows of the street. Yu Wenxian asked.
"Who are the people on the other side?"
"They are all here to see the officials of the Ministry of Punishment."
The imperial envoy had no choice but to turn around and enter the hotel and walk towards his room. Pang Huang's room was at the other end. He turned around to go to his room. Yu Wenxian was as careful as a needle, grabbed Pang Huang and said.
"Don't leave yet, please allow us to meet our guests together."
The door of Yu Wenxian's room was open. Before the owner could enter, two guests, one tall and one short, came out to welcome him.
"I'll pay my respects to you sir in Xiadanqiong."
The short man said and bowed deeply.
"Shan Qiong, who are you? I don't know you."
Yu Wenxian looked at him and said coldly.
"How come you are so good at this imperial envoy's room?"
"I am the youngest son of General Shan Yutong."
Shan Qiong then bowed again and said.
"I'm sorry for being rude to Shan Qiong."
Yu Wenxian asked, pointing to the tall man.
"Then who is this?"
The tall man said calmly, bowing like a shrimp.
"This is the housekeeper of the Shan family who went to the capital with the Shan family's young master, was received by the Grand Chief, and stayed in the mansion."
"You are too presumptuous."
Yu Wenxian suppressed the anger in his heart and said.
"Leave our room immediately."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, we have a letter from the Grand Chief here to you. He asked us to come to you if we have anything to do."
Shan Qiong picked up a letter that had been placed on the table and lit it up. At the same time, Yu Wenxian noticed at a glance that there was also a large and well-made box on the table. He finally couldn't bear it and approached and roared.
"Leave the letter and take back the things you brought intact."
The guard on duty didn't know what was going on in the room. Hearing the sound, he rushed over and bumped into the two people who had gone out in a hurry. Yu Wenxian, who was full of anger, looked at the treasure box made of red sandalwood on the table and said to the guard who came over.
"Carry the box out and return it to them."
The guard mentioned it casually and did not expect that the box was very heavy, so he dropped the treasure box. As a result, the box fell apart and the gold and silver treasures of pearls and silk fell to the ground.
Early the next morning, Yang Jian followed his habit and used his fists and kicks in the yard to target a thousand-year-old mulberry tree. He hit hard with softness, soft with hardness, and used softness to overcome the hardness. He sent forcefully, horizontally, inwardly, and with several different strands of strength. In one breath, the ancient mulberry tree was formed. It breaks from it.
After the momentum ended, Yang Jian started sweating and looked up to see a golden glow among the blue sky and white clouds. The weather was getting warmer day by day. Yang Jian went straight into the upper room and ordered two big steamed buns without even changing his clothes. A bowl of thick millet porridge and a pile of pickles were eaten in the place where the staff usually ate.
"Sir, why don't you have dinner alone in your room today?"
After a while, Fan Wei came over. Seeing that Yang Jian was eating so deliciously, he gave a thumbs up and joked deliberately.
"This is a really nice place."
"How can this place be said to be better than bad?"
The place where Yang Jian ate was just a passage with air leakage from all sides. The weather was warm and everyone set up two tables for convenience and ate here. Yang Jian glanced at Fan Wei and said something in return.
"We think you are becoming more and more eccentric."
Yang Jian is young, Fan Wei is older, young man controls the elder. The two have been together for more than a year and a half, but their relationship has become increasingly harmonious. Fan Wei didn't take Yang Jian's sarcasm seriously and joked.
"I said this place is nice because at least it doesn't feel suffocating in the room."
Yang Jian almost spat out all the millet porridge in his mouth.
"It's fine today. You can rest at home. Why did you come here so early in the morning?"
"Sir, we are here because we have something to do."
Then Fan Wei told everything that happened in Guanjiang Tower and Dongcheng Hotel last night.
"Now there is a lot of talk in the city that someone from the imperial court is going to reverse Shan Yutong's case."
Yang Jian pondered for a long time. From Fan Wei's few words, he smelled something unusual about Yu Wenxian and said.
"It seems that the conduct of the imperial envoy and his younger brother Yu Wenzhi are quite different. How did you know what happened last night?"
"The governor asked us to take charge of public security in the city. If we can't even figure out this matter, how can it be done?"
While the two were talking, the doorkeeper Zhu Bo came over and said.
"Two men said they came from Chang'an yesterday and wanted to see the governor."
"Oh, didn't you say we were fine today?"
Yang Jian and Fan Wei looked at each other and immediately got up and walked towards the front door. Outside the door was a very elegant carriage. Hou Longen and Lu Ben stood beside the car. Yang Jian and Fan Wei came forward to salute and gave instructions to Uncle Zhu. The driver parked the car in the backyard and followed Yang Jian.
"Two imperial envoys, please come in quickly."
Hou Longen immediately corrected him.
"There is only one Imperial Envoy, Da Sima. The rest are all working for the Imperial Envoy."
"same."
Fan Wei said and led the two of them into the living room with a smile on his face. Yang Jian pointed to the practice clothes on his body a little embarrassed.
"I'm sorry, sir, we've been feeling a bit nervous lately, so we've been having a lot of fun in the backyard. I'm going to change my clothes and come back to accompany you two adults."
"So the Governor likes to play with guns and sticks? It just so happens that we have nothing to do today. How about we compete with you?"
Yang Jian, the first-level officer who was killed, could only obey the order and fetch the Panlong sword. Yu Wenxian took the Xiang Wang gun and walked out of the court to start his posture.
After accumulating strength, Yu Wenxian jumped up and stabbed Yang Jian with the tip of the spear. The Panlong sword emitted a golden light. Yang Jian used the dragging method and turned around. Yu Wenxian was shocked. When there was a flaw, Yu Wenxian saw the right moment and hit Yang Jian with the sword, staggering back a few meters.
"Your Majesty, please allow me to change my clothes and I'll be here soon."
When Yang Jian got dressed and went to the living room again, Li Shun was refilling the teacups of the two adults. Hou Longen saw Yang Jian sitting down and said.
"We are here on the orders of the Imperial Envoy. We would like to ask the Governor to find a suitable hotel for us to stay in."
As soon as Yang Jian heard this, he turned around and looked at Li Shun. Li Shun had booked the hotel. He was also looking at Yang Jian's eyes. Li Shun, who was standing and refilling his water, bowed and said.
"The hotel is a small one and is reserved for adults. I don't know what's wrong with it."
Lu Ben said hurriedly.
"Everyone thinks that the smell of horse excrement and urine in that store is very unpleasant, and some idlers sneak in without paying attention, disturbing their rest and hindering their errands."
Yang Jian was originally an official in the capital and his family was settled in the capital, so he explained with a smile.
"Suizhou is not as good as Chang'an, Kyoto, where there are large hotels specially designed to entertain officials from all over the country for the convenience of noble people. And most of the hotel guests who come to Suizhou are businessmen. How can there be people who don't drive carts, lead mules, and ride horses?"
Fan Wei interrupted before Yang Jian could finish speaking.
"If the Imperial Envoy doesn't avoid suspicion, these problems can be easily solved, and there is no need to pay."
"What does Mr. Fan mean?"
Hou Longen looked at Fan Wei with inquiring eyes.
"I mean, is it okay to stay in the military mansion?"
Lu Ben said.
"We have more than 60 people."
"Not to mention No. 60, even No. 600 Military Mansion can be accommodated. Every winter, the Military Mansion rotates and trains military officers. There are more than a hundred people in each batch. More often than not, more than 200 people are accommodated at a time."
Lu Ben glanced at Hou Longen.
Hou Longen said to Fan Wei.
"Can you ask Fan Yi to take us to the military mansion first?"
"Hey, what's the problem?"
The Military Mansion is at the northwest corner of Suizhou City. There used to be a moat outside the city, and an inner ditch was dug along the inner wall. Now the city wall has been in disrepair for a long time, and the inner ditch has long been silted up into an impassable mud pond. The Military Mansion was built on the mud. The corner of the pond has become a unique place surrounded by water on three sides with only one road leading to the neighborhood.
Hou Longen's carriage went directly into the military palace and got off. The two officials from the capital looked around and praised each other. At this time, Suizhou, which was not far from the north bank of the Yangtze River, was already a land of warblers and grasses with long banks of green willows.
The uniformly colored bungalows in the military mansion are orderly and tidy. The playground for military training is covered with a layer of gauze and there is no grass. Behind the building, there is a vegetable patch. Some seasonal vegetables grow in the spring sunshine as if they are covered with a layer of oil. Particularly glamorous.
Fan Wei pointed at the vegetables and said.
"You can eat vegetables if you live here."
Then they came to the pond and saw that among the rotten leaves of the river, green sharp corners were sticking out of the water. Fan Wei said again.
"If the imperial envoy is tired from running errands, we have a boom in the room, so you can come here to fish. It's the time when the fish bite the hook most fiercely."
"well."
Hou Longen responded suddenly and said.
"There are two guards at the door here. Why don't you see anyone else?"
"Last year, the army suffered a big disaster. All the farmland outside was flooded. Everyone went to work in Dahong Mountain. We must complete the flood drainage project before it rains this year. If the imperial envoy hadn't come to comply with the case, I’m also at the foot of Dahong Mountain.”
The two capital officials went back and told the situation at the military mansion. Yu Wenxian immediately made the decision and more than 60 people moved over immediately. Everyone was overjoyed when they saw the environment here. Fan Wei insisted on giving up his luxurious suite to the imperial envoy in order to avoid danger. The adults lived by themselves but moved to Duzhou Yameni.
Hou Longen said immediately.
"The Imperial Envoy is not a stranger to you. He has told you to stay here to assist the Criminal Department in complex cases and to take care of everyone's food and life. This case involves many people and things. We are not familiar with this place. Where can we find a house here?" Isn’t it difficult to arrange the house for Imperial Envoy Duoduo?”
Now that Hou Longen had talked the matter out of the way, Fan Wei stopped talking about moving out.
