Wang Dashan asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What happened to me? It's ridiculous. Please tell me, what did I do?"
Zhu Qiyu suddenly became serious and replied sternly: "Just five days ago, His Majesty's personal army marched to Tumubao and was suddenly attacked by the Ora cavalry. Five hundred thousand Ming elites were completely destroyed, and almost all the accompanying distinguished officials were killed. Death, His Majesty’s life or death is unknown.”
Everyone present was shocked when they heard this. Wang Dashanren was so shocked that his face turned pale and he almost fell to the ground.
Steward Wang was the first to react and shouted: "Nonsense, His Majesty has an army of 500,000 people, how can it be possible for the whole army to be destroyed? You are a monster and you are deceiving the public and cursing Your Majesty. Come on, please capture this person quickly and escort him to the government."
The servants of the Wang family gathered around him one after another, and the guards of Prince Xin's Mansion also drew their swords out of their sheaths. The conflict between the two sides was about to break out.
Zhu Qiyu's face remained calm and calm, and he smiled confidently: "Counting the time, the latest newspaper should have arrived at the prefect's Yamen. You will know if you send someone to ask."
When Butler Wang heard this, he said fiercely: "Okay, I'll go there myself. If not, I'll directly ask the magistrate to come and deal with you."
Zhu Qiyu smiled softly and made a gesture of invitation.
Steward Wang glared at Zhu Qiyu fiercely, and hurried away with a few people.
Because Wangyue Tower is in the most prosperous part of Fucheng, it is very close to the government office. So within a short time, Butler Wang and his entourage came back in a furious manner, bringing with them official servants.
As soon as Butler Wang came closer, he smiled triumphantly at Zhu Qiyu and said: "You are stupid, this is the prefect, Mr. Zhang. Please have a good chat with Mr. Zhang."
Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile: "Why, the Dibao hasn't arrived yet? It may be that the dignitaries in Beijing are sending their families to Nanjing, and the post road may be blocked. Wait, wait, the Dibao will arrive soon. It will arrive."
When the magistrate Zhang heard this, he said angrily: "What are you waiting for? Who are you? Why are you gathering people here to make noise and confuse people with your evil words? Do you know your sin?"
Zhu Qiyu turned around and asked Cheng Jing to ask for the big inner waist card, and threw it to Magistrate Zhang, but still smiled and said: "I know the crime, I know the crime, how can I not know the crime.
It's just that I heard that the headquarters of the Daning Capital Command is in Baoding Prefecture. If you don't send someone to ask, the military report there should be earlier than the one at your residence. "
Magistrate Zhang carefully looked at the waist card in his hand, but he didn't dare to make a mistake easily, so he turned to look at Butler Wang.
Butler Wang had no choice but to make another trip to the Daning Capital Command Department.
When Zhu Qiyu saw this, he secretly admired him: This family is really energetic. If you want to enter the prefect's Yamen, you can go to the prefect's Yamen. If you want to enter the Commander's Office, you can go to the Commander's Office. It is as easy and enjoyable as visiting your own home.
The yamen of the Commander-in-Chief of Daning City was not far away, and Butler Wang would be back soon. But this time Butler Wang came back feeling lost and dejected, with a military newspaper in his hand.
Seeing that something was wrong, Wang Dashan hurriedly stood up and grabbed the military newspaper. He only glanced at it briefly and then fell back on his chair. His hands dropped weakly and even the military newspaper fell to the ground.
Magistrate Zhang didn't bother to put on airs and hurriedly picked up the newspaper and looked at it carefully.
When the people watching around saw their reactions, they knew that Zhu Qiyu was lying. Suddenly, there was an uproar and heated discussions.
Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile: "Do you still want to arrest me?"
Magistrate Zhang, Wang Dashanren, and Butler Wang looked at each other in silence for a long time.
In the end, it was Wang Dashan who reacted first and asked angrily: "The defeat of the Ming army you said is true, but so what?
What does this have to do with me? Why do you say that my incident happened? Why do you snatch my female slave? Is it because the Ming army was defeated that it is not against the law for you to rob my female slave? "
Zhu Qiyu sighed heavily, remained speechless, and asked: "What did you commit? Don't you understand in your heart?"
"I do not understand."
"Since you don't understand, why were you so frightened when you heard that the Ming army was defeated? If you insist that I explain it clearly in public, fine, then I will do as you wish.
Think about it, everyone, that desert is desolate and bitterly cold. How many handfuls of grain and rice do the Mongols have in their hands? How can we support a long-term offensive of 200,000 troops? The reason why Wala Yexian was able to mobilize a large army and invade the border areas for a long time was because the big businessmen in Shanxi and Zhili were collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country and sending grain, grass and baggage to Wala.
And you, the great good king, are one of them. Miss Lin next to me overheard your treasonous remarks and reported it to me. She is an important witness.
So even if Miss Lin is your slave girl, I can't return her to you. You go home and wait for the investigation. No one in the family is allowed to go out. Magistrate Zhang, go and send officers to seal up the Wang family. Tomorrow at the latest, someone from the imperial court will arrive at Baoding Mansion. "
Wang Dashan was so frightened that his face turned pale. He raised his trembling hand and pointed at Zhu Qiyu, angrily yelling: "Slander, slander, this is a baseless slander. Come on, arrest them all."
The servants of the Wang family just responded, but they all hesitated and no one dared to step forward.
Zhu Qiyu didn't care. He turned to Magistrate Zhang and asked with a smile: "Master Magistrate, what do you want to choose? Be loyal to the court, or cover up those who informed the traitor and openly conspire to rebel?"
The big label of rebellion was thrown off, which frightened Magistrate Zhang into fearing and hurriedly ordered everyone in the Wang family to be driven home and placed under confinement.
Wang Dashan was so shocked that he did not dare to say anything more and left in despair with his servants. As for himself, he came here to capture Lin Xiangyu, but now he doesn't care about it at all.
Zhu Qiyu won the first battle and was victorious. He showed his hands to Lin Xiangyu coolly, saying that everything was a piece of cake, then turned around and walked towards his small courtyard.
Lin Xiangyu followed Zhu Qiyu back to the small courtyard. As soon as she entered the main hall, she asked curiously: "How do you know that Mr. Wang Dashan is selling grain and grass to the Mongols?"
Zhu Qiyu looked innocent and replied nonchalantly: "I don't know, I'm not one of the big guys from the Ministry of War. Even if he resells food and grass, there's no way he can give me hush money. Where do I know where to go?"
Hearing this, Lin Xiangyu asked with a look of surprise: "You are just lying, and you are trying to deceive them. What you said outside just now, so confidently and shamelessly, are you all pretending?"
Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills."
Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "You said that there will be important officials from the imperial court coming tomorrow. Then after tomorrow, won't the secret be exposed?"
Zhu Qiyu was completely pleased with himself, and he blurted out: "When falsehood is true, truth is also false; when truth is false, falsehood is also true."
Lin Xiangyu finally couldn't hold it any longer and asked seriously, "Who is the young master?"
Zhu Qiyu smiled faintly, and five words popped out of his mouth: "I am the king of Qi."
