The prefect thought very clearly that he was a local official after all, so what if Mr. Huang had more money?
You still have to listen to yourself about everything here.
He has the power to put this "Master Huang" in jail until this Master Huang returns the things.
Han Xianzong laughed angrily.
How dare this corrupt official come to your door? He even thought that Gu Cheng was his son and wanted to arrest Gu Cheng to threaten him?
To say that he is stupid, he knows how to arrest people and put pressure on them; to say that he is smart, he does not see their true intention, and he has found the wrong person...
When it comes to his children, it’s only Ah Xuan.
Thinking of this, Han Xianzong couldn't help but think about how he would feel if the prefect did not arrest the wrong person and caught his daughter.
Anger flashed across his brows and eyes. This prefect would never be able to avenge his crime, but if A-Xuan was frightened by him, he would let her die in an extremely painful way.
"I think you are a coward! How dare you bully me? Are your eyes covered by your pants? They have caught the wrong person. You are a coward. You are going to hell. !”
Gu Cheng was not afraid of the prefect in the first place, but now that he saw the emperor's uncle and father coming, he felt more confident and even spat on the prefect's face.
"You!" The prefect was in charge of everything in Kaifeng. How had he ever suffered such a shame and humiliation? He wiped the saliva off his face and raised his palm to hit Gu Cheng.
"Why don't you hurry up and arrest this thief? How dare you disrespect the prince? I think he is tired of living!" Seeing Han Xianzong nodding towards him, the Sixth Prince hurriedly kicked Gu Cheng before the prefect's hand fell on his face. Kick this person away.
The prefect was caught off guard and fell to pieces.
Seeing this, other officers and soldiers stepped forward to catch the Sixth Prince, but at this time Zhenbeihou took out his waist badge. Even though these officers and soldiers did not understand what the "Yan" on the waist badge meant, the prefect on the ground did.
His angry eyes disappeared immediately after seeing the waistband, and even his lips turned white with fear.
Isn't this... this group of people just a group of ordinary wealthy businessmen? Why does this person have a waistband representing the identity of the Marquis?
The magistrate is not that blind yet, and the aura of Zhenbei Hou is not meant to deceive others.
His eyes like a bereaved dog said everything. The officers and soldiers instantly turned against each other. After all, they were officers and soldiers of the imperial court. Naturally, whoever's officials listened to whom.
The situation suddenly changed. The prefect, who was preparing to arrest and bring the person to justice, ended up being the one who was sent to prison.
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All of the above are the result of what Gu Cheng told Gu Xuan out of grief and anger.
Gu Xuan smiled unkindly when she heard that he was arrested by people sent by the prefect.
"You have the nerve to laugh at me!" Gu Cheng said angrily: "Who am I doing this for? That dog official thinks I am Mr. Huang's son. Sister A-Xuan, I have suffered for you. You don't know how to be grateful. Why?" Instead, you laughed at me!"
Gu Xuan, a little heartless person, if it weren't for herself, how could she stay out of it?
Gu Cheng couldn't calm down when he thought of this, and when he saw Yan Zui holding back a smile, he wanted to curse even more.
Could it be that I was in a daze that morning? I don't think about working hard on weekdays, but I planned to get involved that morning, and made such a big joke!
Gu Cheng felt that he had lost a lot of face in front of his two friends. He turned his head in anger and simply stopped looking at anyone.
"Okay, why are you angry? Didn't my dad and your dad take turns comforting you? Besides, I don't think I will be so unlucky..." When Gu Xuan said this, she saw Gu Cheng's accusing eyes and immediately begged for mercy. :
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore. You are my savior, my big savior."
Gu Cheng didn't say anything.
"That dog official! He did everything after he was caught. Did you know? There is actually a secret passage in his mansion that leads to our house. It's really... the money he embezzled has already been enough for him. His head has been chopped off a hundred times, but it’s a pity that he has to live a few more days in order to let him reveal his accomplices.”
Gu Cheng gritted his teeth bitterly. He had never cared much about these things, but now that he knew all about them, one could only imagine how much he hated the prefect.
Gu Xuan thought thoughtfully: "Then we can't go out now?"
"Of course not," Gu Cheng looked at Gu Xuan in surprise:
"Sister A-Xuan, good sister, you're not still thinking about going out to play now, are you? Now because of this dog officer incident, people everywhere are in panic. Even the officers and soldiers guarding the city are restless. Let's just be nice. Just stay at home."
The group of people all thought that they could stay in Kaifeng for a while because of the corruption incident. Who knew that they would leave for Yangzhou in three days.
Gu Xuan asked Han Xianzong for a long time, and then Han Xianzong revealed the reason. It turned out that they learned another thing from the prefect, and they were going to Yangzhou to capture this person.
The distance between Yangzhou and Kaifeng is not far. The group only walked on the road for two days before reaching the border of Yangzhou.
Different from the decadent environment in Kaifeng, before entering Yangzhou City, you can hear the cries of vendors, and the hearty laughter of the people can be heard across the streets. Everyone's faces are beaming, but it doesn't look like political corruption.
After walking into the street, you can see steaming breakfast stalls on both sides of the street. Han Xianzong and his party stopped the carriage, and the boss next to them greeted them with a smile:
"What would you like to eat, gentlemen?"
"What do you have here?" It was the Sixth Prince who asked. His eyes were interested in the steaming pot next to the boss.
Perhaps because of the lack of business, although the pot was steaming, there was nothing visible.
"Where are the wontons! This must be your first time coming to Yangzhou. You are not frivolous. My wontons are ranked among the best in Yangzhou. I guarantee that all our guests will be satisfied."
The boss was generous in conversation and his manner made people feel comfortable. When Han Xianzong saw Gu Xuan frequently looking at his pot, he also knew that his daughter was hungry, so he decided to order wontons.
The wontons at the boss's house are indeed good. After they were served, everyone asked the boss about it while eating the wontons in their mouths:
"Boss, when I walk into your Yangzhou territory, I feel that the market is quite lively. It's really good."
"That's not the case!" The smile on the boss's face suddenly became brighter: "Our place has good scenery, good people, good geographical location, and people from outside the area often come here. Dear guests, you are right to come to our place. You will not be disappointed. .”
As soon as these words came out, everyone became even more suspicious.
This doesn't seem like a realm that corrupt officials can bring out.
Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with Han Xianzong's expression. Instead, he asked: "Then your parents and officials here have good governance, unlike my family."
"That's right!" the boss sighed, and started chatting: "Our governor is a nice person, approachable, and truly loves the people like a son. We can often meet him by the lake, and we people are grateful to him."
