Lord Qu didn't expect Du Jie to ask so straightforwardly, and even the prepared words were useless. Finally, he said with some embarrassment: "Little Duke Du, when you came to Yongzhou, the Holy Spirit issued an edict. If there is anything that cannot be solved, everything will be based on Little Duke's opinion."
Du Jie didn't expect that the prefect would actually say that. Qu Zhishui was only a fifth-grade prefect, and there was absolutely no way he could falsely pass on the imperial edict. In this way, the little emperor really issued such a decree. The army in the northwest could not move, but they left the Yongzhou mess to themselves. What does the little emperor want to do?
"My opinion is more important? So, Mr. Qu is here to hand over power?" Du Jie said playfully after hearing this
Qu Zhishui shook his head guiltily and said, "Mr. Wu An, taking charge of Yongzhou is an errand assigned to me by the imperial court after all. If you have any instructions now, just tell me and I will definitely comply with them."
Du Jie nodded: "I won't hand over the power, but if anything goes wrong, I will be held responsible? Mr. Qu, you made a good plan."
Qu Zhishui hurriedly stood up and saluted Du Jie and said, "Mr. Wu An, please calm down. I'll keep my subordinates quiet. I'll do whatever the superiors tell me."
Du Jie waved his hand and said to Qu Zhishui: "Since it is the emperor's order, then you and I will try our best to complete the errands. You can go and wait outside. The Li Mansion will be your temporary yamen. This matter will not be resolved for a day. Just don’t go back yet.”
When Qu Zhishui saw that Du Jie really took the job, he was immediately overjoyed. He originally didn't want to come to Li's Mansion, but this was an opportunity. If he really did this job well, he might not have a career in the future. It's more stable, and secondly, I'm afraid that if Du Jie really doesn't take the job, he'll be in trouble. But now there were signs that Yongzhou City was uncontrollable. He was sensitive enough to realize that this matter might not be simple, so he hurried to Li Mansion.
When Qu Zhishui left the room, Du Jie showed a bitter face and said to Kong Miaozhi: "Lao Liu, do you have any good ideas?"
After Qu Zhishui came in, Kong Miaozhi said nothing. He listened to the prefect's words and kept blinking his eyes. When Qu Zhishui left, Kong Miaozhi was still a little confused. When Du Jie asked him, he said: "The matter seems to be more serious than I expected. I didn't expect that the Li family has so much power in Yongzhou. This is not easy to handle. But it shouldn't be so serious. Is there someone behind it?"
Several people said nothing, quietly waiting for Kong Miaozhi to think about something.
"First, there was a robbery at the rice store. This matter will soon spread to cloth stores, restaurants and even medicine shops. Finally, it will be collected at the bank. But even if it really reaches the bank, it shouldn't be like this, unless it is..., something happened!" Kong Miaozhi stood up suddenly as if he thought of something.
Others hurriedly asked: "Lao Liu, have you figured out anything?"
Kong Miaozhi grabbed Du Jie and ran out. When he arrived at the door, he saw the yamen servant shouting: "Go and call your master. Go to the Li family's bank now! Senior brother, please find someone to call Mu Yanbin over. Go to Li's house." Let’s meet at our bank, now!”
Kong Miaozhi said so urgently that Chu Mu didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly agreed. Qu Zhishui had just pushed the errand out and was about to take a leisurely sip of tea when he saw Kong Miaozhi pulling Du Jie and running out, followed by his men.
Qu Zhishui wanted to say hello, but Kong Miaozhi and Du Jie ran outside without even looking at him. He looked at the two of them in annoyance, shook his sleeves hard, and snorted coldly. When he saw his subordinates coming from behind, he stopped him and asked, "Why are you in such a panic? What's going on?"
The men pointed at Kong Miaozhi and Du Jie who had already left in Qu Zhishui's sedan and said, "Sir, Mr. Wu An and Kong Shaoxia asked you to go with them to the Li family's bank."
Qu Zhishui looked at the sedan chair leaving and slapped his subordinates hard: "Why did you just say it now!"
At this time, Yongzhou City was in chaos, and most of the pedestrians were in a hurry. Every shop was either packed with people or smashed and robbed. Kong Miaozhi and Du Jie finally arrived at Li's bank after a long time.
The Li Family Bank is located in the center of Yongzhou, where merchants gather, and both buyers and sellers like to deposit their money in the bank. After all, the Li Family Bank has interoperability with the other three major merchants. With the banknotes from Li's Bank, you can exchange for money at any bank. This time, the Li family made money while lying down. When the other three major businessmen wanted to come to the northwest to get involved, they were blocked by the Li family. In the end, the four banks negotiated and finally came up with a business that was interconnected by the four banks. The bank's business was divided into four, with each of the four families having a share. Although the Li family suffered a loss, the business went beyond the northwest, and they could also go to the Central Plains to get involved.
At this time, the outside of the bank was crowded. People held up banknotes and surrounded the bank, asking the bank to exchange them for silver.
The clerk at the bank couldn't resist, and saw some mobs starting to gather others to rob.
When Kong Miaozhi saw it, he quickly said to Du Jie: "Old Qi, stop it quickly, the bank can't be in chaos."
Du Jie understood this and hid in the crowd. He originally wanted to use the 'Lightning Technique', but there were too many people here and most of them were intimidated. Du Jie thought to himself, it's enough to scare him. Just find out a few troublemakers.
At this time, he even thought about Sima Zhongcai, the ghost who urged him back then. His skill in 'reciting' Zi Jue was limited and he could not achieve such power at all. Think about it this way, every kind of Kung Fu has its own unique use.
Du Jie transported his true energy to his Dantian, and then there was a huge thunder in the sky for no reason. Everyone was startled by the loud thunder. Du Jie took advantage of everyone's distraction and shuttled back and forth among the crowd, tapping the laughing acupuncture points of a few people who were leading the troublemakers.
After the thunder, the crowd was in chaos. There were sounds of laughter from time to time, but Kong Miaozhi and Du Jie ignored it and slowly squeezed into the bank from the crowd.
I didn't see the situation clearly until I got inside the bank. In the inner hall, the shopkeeper was running around anxiously. He glanced outside the door from time to time. There was a stick of incense placed on the table. There were three young people sitting steadily on the side. One of them glanced at the shopkeeper and said: "Three sticks of incense will be here soon. Shopkeeper, whether you want a sign or money, you can choose for yourself."
The shopkeeper bowed repeatedly and said: "Guys... please be patient, our young master's family is already on the way here. You are all our big customers. With such a big business, our young master's family will definitely not delay. Wait a moment, wait a moment.”
"We brothers are not unreasonable people, but the time we agreed to burn three sticks of incense is just the time for three sticks of incense. If you really can't come up with so much money, we won't make it difficult for you. Give us the plaque. Our brother They both left immediately."
The signboard is the foundation of a business, if he really wants to tear it down. The shopkeeper has finally finished his work. Therefore, even if a fight was about to break out outside, the shopkeeper would not dare to just leave these three people alone. While he was accompanying him, looking at the small amount of incense that was left in the corner of his eye, he sent another subordinate to see why the owner hadn't arrived yet.
Not long after his men left, they came back. There was a commotion outside. The shopkeeper was overjoyed and asked hurriedly: "Is the boss here?"
The subordinate shook his head and whispered to the shopkeeper: "My boss is not here, but the prefect is here. It seems that he ran here, and it looks like the house is on fire. I don't know if something happened."
Not only did his subordinates not bring any news about the boss, but they also brought such bad news. The shopkeeper secretly shouted bad luck and was about to greet him. A government official had already opened a path, and then the prefect Qu Zhishui ran in furiously.
The shopkeeper came forward with a smile on his face: "Greetings, Mr. Magistrate, why do you have time to come to the trumpet today?"
Qu Zhishui ignored him. He looked around the crowd. When he saw Du Jie and Kong Miao, he hurried over and said to them: "Gong Wu An, Kong Shaoxia, you are so fast. Have you thought of something?" .Start from here?”
When Kong Miaozhi saw Qu Zhishui coming, his mind turned around, and then he whispered something to Du Jie. Du Jie understood this and walked out to Qu Zhishui and said, "Master Qu, someone wants to take advantage of the situation. Look at this..."
Qu Zhishui's mind was so clear. Before Du Jie finished speaking, he understood it when he saw the three people sitting next to him. He immediately gave Du Jie a look, and then shouted: "Come here, bring the three people who are causing trouble back to me."
Before the three people understood what was going on, they were about to be captured, and they hurriedly shouted: "I have not committed any crime, why do you want to capture me!" Qu Zhishui sneered, not wanting to explain at all, and gave the left and right a look. The officer took the chain and walked up.
One of them saw that the prefect no longer cared about everything, and immediately shouted: "Sir, I am Master Wan's subordinate, how dare you take me without asking why!"
"Master Wan?" The prefect's heart moved, he stopped the servant and asked: "Which Master Wan?"
The man curled his lips and said, "Master Wan San Jin Wan!"
Wan Sanjin is the No. 1 God of Wealth in this dynasty. Not to mention that he is a small prefect, even his immediate boss would not dare to offend such a person easily. Why did Wan Sanjin's men come to the Li family's bank? Only then did Qu Zhishui realize that things were not as simple as he thought.
Qu Zhishui looked at Du Jie, and Du Jie knew that Qu Zhishui was timid. Without letting him continue to lock the person, he walked over and asked the person: "Are you Wan Sanjin's subordinate? What is your name?"
The man had a long face and thin eyebrows, and looked like a philistine. Seeing that Du Jie was so young, he asked with some contempt: "Who are you?"
Qu Zhishui shouted hurriedly: "Wangzhi, this is Duke Wu An. If Wu An asks you a question, answer it well!"
Chang Lian was startled when he heard this. He looked at Du Jie carefully and bowed hurriedly: "The young man was ignorant and bumped into the adults. My name is Jin Chou Chou."
The man said his name was Jin Chou Chou. Du Jie was obviously stunned. He looked up and down several times before saying: "I heard that Wan Sanjin is called Wan Sanjin because he has three guys named Jin. It’s a life-threatening problem. You must be one of them.”
