Chen Gong returned to the General Military Mansion with an unhappy look on his face.
As the most important staff member around Wang Bao, he had never felt so aggrieved in Xuan Mansion as he did today.
In the past, no matter where he went, he was always praised by the people around him. Even the guards at various places had to be careful to laugh in front of him.
As a staff member of the General Military Mansion, in the entire Xuan Mansion, except for the people in the Governor's Mansion, there was no one else he could be wary of.
But this time, Zhao Yutu, the man with the tiger character flag, hit him with a soft nail. Even if he took out Wang Bao, the commander-in-chief, the other party would push him back neither softly nor hard.
"Sir, you are back. The commander-in-chief is waiting for you in the back office."
A government servant who often worked in the back office saw Chen Gong and hurriedly came up to greet him.
Chen Gong nodded and walked past the government servant expressionlessly.
The yamen servant looked at Chen Gong's back as he went to the yamen, frowned slightly, and whispered to himself: "What's wrong with Mr. Chen? He has a bitter and resentful look on his face. Could it be that he got angry somewhere?"
He couldn't think of anyone else in Xuanfu who could make Chen Gong angry.
In order not to get into trouble, he decided to wait and see the officer who accompanied Chen Gong on errands to see what happened to them when they went out.
The back office needs someone to do something.
The yamen servant stood there for a moment, and then immediately chased in the direction where Chen Gong was going.
Chen Gong walked into the back office, saluted Wang Bao and his party who were sitting in the back office, and said: "Dong Weng, the student has returned from Zhao Yutu in Tiger Character Banner."
"How is it? Has the other party admitted that they were responsible for the recent incident in Xuanfu?" Wang Bao put the tureen in his hand on the table aside.
Chen Gong shook his head slightly and said: "The student has met Zhao Yutu and asked him about it. Unfortunately, he did not admit it. However, the student can be sure that the recent events in Xuan Mansion must be related to the Tiger Flag."
"Hmm! It seems that this time you went to meet the people of the Tiger Flag, but nothing happened." Wang Bao stroked his beard.
He had always suspected that the slave thieves who died in Xuan Mansion were related to the Tiger Flag, but there was no evidence to prove it.
Chen Gong said: "Although Zhao Yutu did not admit that the tiger character flag was responsible for this incident, he did not completely deny it. He even admitted that the people in the Xuanfu who died were spies who were bribed by slave thieves."
"As I guessed, this matter was really done by Tiger Character Banner." Wang Bao nodded slightly, and then said, "What puzzles me is why the people of Tiger Character Banner are so hostile to slave thieves. , you know, the slave thieves have no problem with the Tiger Character Banner in Xuan Mansion, but this Tiger Character Flag has to attack those slave thieves."
Chen Gong hesitated for a moment and said, "Could it be because the owner of the Tiger Character Flag has always been hostile to slave thieves? There are often rumors that the Tiger Character Flag does not like slave thieves."
"There are many people who don't like slave thieves, but among the people of the Ming Dynasty, there are also a few who like slave thieves. This explanation alone is not enough to make Huziqi do such a thankless thing." Wang Baowei said slightly Shaked his head.
He always felt that the reason why Huziqi killed the slaves and thieves in Xuanfu was too far-fetched.
If it were him or anyone else, he believed that he would not do this.
After all, doing something like this to offend slaves and thieves for no reason is completely worth the loss.
Chen Gong hesitated for a moment and said: "Students have heard a rumor that all the people in Master Liu's family of Tiger Character Banner died at the hands of slave thieves, that's why they hate slave thieves so much."
"It seems that Liu Heng is quite motivated." Wang Bao suddenly laughed.
In his eyes, people like this who always act on their own impulses are stupid. In officialdom, they act on their own impulses and become the scapegoat of others sooner or later. In the end, they don't even know how they died.
Chen Gong laughed twice and said, "Master Liu is still very young. It's normal for him to be impulsive even if he has something to do."
I say this not to praise Liu Heng, but because I feel that people like Liu Heng can be put to good use.
"Did the Zhao Yutu you met say when they would stop?" Wang Bao asked.
The killing of the slave thieves in Xuanfu was barely a good thing, but as more and more unidentified people in Xuanfu were killed, this put a lot of pressure on him, the commander-in-chief.
After all, the people who were killed in Xuanfu were not slaves and thieves, and he had no evidence to prove that these people who were killed were related to slaves and thieves, so they could easily become tools for political opponents to target him.
There are also battles between generals. The chief soldier is already the top of the military generals. Unless he can be knighted, unfortunately, the title is precious and few generals have the opportunity to obtain it. Therefore, the chief soldier of important border towns like Jiubian has become a general. Each family competes for the position.
Chen Gong said: "Before the students came back, Zhao Yutu had promised that the Tiger Character Flag would not continue to target those Xuanfu people who could not prove their identity."
"They are sensible, otherwise I would never let them have an easy time." Wang Bao snorted coldly.
Chen Gong said at this time: "Dong Weng, the student has something you don't know whether to say or not?"
"You said that?" Wang Bao gestured to the other party and said.
Chen Gong said: "Students feel that this tiger-shaped flag should be beaten. They killed people so unscrupulously in Xuan Mansion, even if they killed people related to slaves and thieves, they should inform our General Military Mansion. Instead of carrying out such a secret assassination, Dong Weng will have to bear all the pressure from the outside world."
Taking offense from Zhao Yutu, he did not hesitate to put eye drops on the Tiger Flag next to Wang Bao.
"This general is also very displeased with what Tiger Character Flag did this time." Wang Bao said, "But this Tiger Character Flag is not a simple business name. It has complicated personal connections in the officialdom. Even this general cannot do much. What."
Hu Ziqi bribed many officials with the money he transferred from the smuggling business. Even he, the commander-in-chief of the Xuan Mansion, now benefited from the profits and was unwilling to embarrass Hu Ziqi over a trivial matter.
Seeing Wang Bao's concerns, Chen Gong advised, "The students understand Dong Weng's concerns, but the students feel that if they don't beat the tiger flag, they will inevitably do similar things again, and they don't care about Dong Weng at all." "
Wang Bao pondered for a moment.
Then he said: "I have just accepted the benefits sent by the tiger-character flag, and I am going to deal with the tiger-character flag. I'm afraid it won't be too good!"
"The advantage of sending the tiger-character flag is that I hope you, Dong Weng, will deal with the Tian family. Now that the Tian family has been imprisoned, it will be destroyed sooner or later. Dong Weng has also completed his promise to the tiger-character flag, and the tiger-character flag is in Xuan Mansion. They kill people indiscriminately, and they obviously don’t take you Dong Weng seriously. If they don’t teach them a lesson, they may become even more arrogant and unscrupulous in the future.” Chen Gong said from the side.
A gentleman supported by a mere business company dared not give him face, and he didn't mind taking revenge on Tiger Flag.
