I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 635
"Let go of me..." Early in the morning, a terrified shout sounded, causing people passing by the alley to stop involuntarily.

"In broad daylight, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, do you still dare to kidnap people in the street? The messenger from Shuntian Mansion will come over soon!" The big man angrily put down the cart full of vegetables, and took advantage of the situation to block the vicious hooligans.

Cook Xiao, who took the opportunity to get away, also calmed down now. Yufeng Tower is actually not far away, and she was also frightened when two strangers suddenly grabbed her arms just now.

A few aunts next to me who also came out to sell vegetables also frowned and helped.

"Whoever steps forward and shouts, no one dares to behave wildly on East Street."

"If you have a wronged person, you have a debtor. If you have anything to do, go to the man in charge. What kind of skill is bullying a woman!"

"Don't be afraid, big sister, it will be fine when the messenger comes."

Cook Madam Xiao was dressed plainly, but she was clean and tidy from head to toe, her hands were clean holding the basket, her face was kind, and she looked like a daughter-in-law of a good family.

The few men who stopped her looked like sharp-mouthed monkeys with erratic eyes. Such ruffians and rogues are not common in East Street, but there are quite a few at the entrance of North Street where dragons and snakes are mixed, so these people who live in East Street are a little bit afraid. Grandpa will not help these hooligans.

Li Er, the leader, looked angrily at these nosy people, raised his fist and shouted at the big man who blocked him, "Go away if you don't want to die, if you dare to obstruct your Master Li from doing things, look at your fist and agree!" No promise!"

The rest of the hooligans also yelled, and one of them pulled out a knife. Although it was only a half-foot-long dagger, it scared the enthusiastic aunts back a few steps.

Cook Xiao frowned and looked at these ruffians, with an ominous premonition in her heart, but her face was still calm, "I am a cook, and my lady is temporarily staying in Yufeng Building. Did you recognize the wrong person?"

When they heard about Yufeng Building, the aunts who lived nearby were all surprised. After all, the worst Datong shop in Yufeng Building costs [-] Wen a night, and my men only earn this after working hard all day. After all, this Datong shop is still for the servants who serve the nobles. I heard that the rooms of the Tianzi shop cost one tael of silver a night.

"Didn't you hear what this big girl said? You misunderstood the person." The long-thin aunt rolled her eyes and stood next to Cook Xiao with an anxious look. A nobleman, if you tip yourself a little silver, it will be enough for the whole family to eat and drink for a month.

Several other aunts who were scared away by the knife also said: "The people who live in Yufeng Building are noble people, you can't afford to offend them!"

These few looked like ruffians and scoundrels, so they frightened and frightened the ordinary people. If they really met noble people, they would probably be scared to pee. Then they looked at the vegetables in Xiao's bamboo basket.

Well, this must be a cook, the black-bone chickens in the basket are not cheap, one cost half a tael.

Not to mention the green onions and vegetable seedlings, and two emerald green cucumbers, which can only be grown in the hot spring village. A cucumber is more expensive than a black-bone chicken.

"What is noble or not, our master is the uncle of the country!" Li Er announced the identity of the person behind him extremely embarrassingly, and looked even more proud at the frightened look of a group of people, "Okay, Master Li is happy today Don't care about you bastards, let me get out of the way, otherwise don't blame me for being rude to you!"

At this time, even the thin-faced aunt who wanted to curry favor with the nobleman retreated into the corner in fright, and was arrested and sent to the prison if she didn't get the reward money.

Even the man who wanted to help at the beginning stepped away with an ugly face when he saw the sharp dagger. If he was stabbed, even if he didn't lose his life, the family didn't have the money to go to the hospital to treat him.

Seeing the two hooligans who triumphantly came over to catch her, Cook Xiao took two steps back with a solemn expression. When the name "Uncle Guo" was mentioned, Cook Xiao couldn't help but think of the Wen family. Madam and Concubine Min in the palace are relatives. Sister, these people are probably sent by the Min family to arrest me.

"Okay, let Master Li go obediently, so you won't have to suffer a lot." Li Er looked at the cook Xiao who didn't dare to struggle with satisfaction. The job was done, and he was also famous in front of Uncle Guo. An idiot like Zhao Hu sent himself to the prison in Shuntian Mansion the first time he was on an errand.

The policeman on patrol quickly strode over, pushed away the people surrounding the alley and said loudly: "Get out of the way, who is making trouble here!"

"The messenger is here..."

The surrounding people retreated to the two sides at once, and several police officers saw Cook Niang Xiao who was captured by Li Er's group, and the dagger that had not been put away in time.

"Hey, I've troubled some officials this early in the morning." Li Er winked at his subordinates, then walked over quickly, lowering his voice to show his identity, "The fugitive slave of my uncle's family, Don't take him back here, but ask some officials to make it easier for you."

With the cover of his body, Li Er quickly stuffed five taels of silver ingots into the hands of the catcher.

Detective Ke frowned quickly and looked at Li Er with a flattering expression. The money in his hand was indeed tempting.
The salary of these street patrolling catchers is only two taels of silver a month, and five taels of silver is one share for four people. At least two taels of silver for themselves are worth a month's salary.

Not to mention the Uncle Guo mentioned by the second Li. Of course, Captain Ke is not stupid enough to think that he is from the teacher's family. The Empress only has two elder brothers. Being the most noble, she would definitely not have anything to do with such a local rascal.

Detective Ke quickly guessed that the Uncle Guo mentioned by Li Er was the natal family of a concubine in the palace, but as long as he had anything to do with the nobles in the palace, it was not something they could offend.

"Don't worry, my lord, even if Lord Bai finds out about this fugitive slave, we will take him back." Li Er added that the government of the White House is strict, and no arrester dares to lose his job for a few taels of money. .

Hearing this guarantee, Detective Ke quickly felt relieved, and with a flick of his wrist, the money in his palm was still put away, and at this moment he said with a straight face: "In this case, you take him back, but don't cause more trouble."

"Don't worry, my lord, we are all law-abiding people, and we will never mess around." Li Er laughed, as long as he took the cook back, the matter would be settled.

From the corner of her eye, she caught sight of several people walking by, and the hanging heart of Cook Xiao who was pushed and shoved was finally relieved.

"Why didn't I know that my cook became a fugitive slave of my uncle Guo's family?" A crisp voice sounded, and Zhan Feiyu walked over slowly.

Without even looking at Li Er, Zhan Feiyu quickly said to Catcher Ke: "I bought this cook from a tooth shop, and I have already signed the deed in the government office three days ago, so I still say that this person is talking empty words." Is it more effective than the official seal of the yamen?"

Ke Tan, who was questioned, quickly changed his expression. Unexpectedly, something happened because of the convenience. Zhan Feiyu obviously did not have the slightest arrogance, but her outfit and demeanor made people dare not underestimate her.

"I didn't know that the cook was bought by the lady." Detective Ke quickly put himself aside before continuing: "Since I have already obtained the contract in the Yamen, everything is based on the contract, and we are negligent. , Miss, please include more."

Li Er glared at Captain Ke angrily, but just looking at him in his uniform, Li Er didn't dare to really turn against Captain Ke, his anger could only be directed at Zhan Feiyu.

"Miss." Li Er looked down at Zhan Feiyu because of her height. If she was dressed more ordinary today, Li Er would not be so angry.

"If you want to come, Miss also knows that this cook is not sold by the master's house, but by the tricky slaves below to sell her to the tooth shop. Therefore, the contract of sale in Miss's hand is illegal. This matter is my uncle Guo. Already got through with Mr. Hufang Ge."

Detective Ke quickly didn't speak, but his complexion was obviously a bit ugly. I'm afraid that the uncle of the country is sloppy. Ge Zigui is just the head of the house, a seventh-rank official. Master Bai would at least be Sun Fucheng and Lu Tongpan to say hello.

"Master Ge of Hufang?" Zhan Feiyu asked back with a flat expression. Seeing Li Er nodding his head proudly, Zhan Feiyu smiled, "So I heard correctly. They were deposed."

Detective Ke quickly twitched the corners of their mouths, this young lady dared to joke, Mr. Zhao is the left servant of the third-rank household department, how could he be dismissed so easily.

But Captain Ke quickly understood that "Uncle Guo" might not be Zhen Guojiu, but the young lady in front of her definitely has a lot of connections. Since she dared to talk about Mr. Zhao, she must have contacts with the Zhao family.

Li Er didn't expect that his uncle Zhan Feiyu, who moved abroad, still had the same attitude, and he couldn't help becoming annoyed, "Miss, don't toast or eat fine wine! In the boundary of the capital, there are some people that you can't offend."

Li Er squinted his eyes and smiled contemptuously, "Even the Master Zhao you speak of can't afford to offend! That's Uncle Guo, you have to think clearly, don't harm the whole family because of a runaway slave!"

"Mr. Li is talking nonsense with her as a girl. Let's take her away and see if her parents dare to go to the uncle's mansion to ask for her!" Several subordinates clamored in agreement, it was just a no-no The daughter of a rich family who is short of money, bah, it doesn't count as a fart in front of Uncle Guo.

"In front of the arresters from Shuntian Mansion, you still dare to rob people in the street?" Zhan Feiyu glanced at the four of the arresters Ke pointedly, and then said to Li Er: "You said that Cook Xiao is a runaway slave. The deed of selling one's body does not count, then let the uncle you are talking about go to Shuntian Mansion to submit the case. Right and wrong can be judged by themselves. If you think that Mr. Bai is of low grade and dismiss your uncle Guo, I will accompany you to the end even if you knock on the drum .”

"You!" Li Er glared at Zhan Feiyu angrily. This little girl is not bold but not young. She has already moved out of the country, and she is still biting her tongue.

Knowing that the writing is not good, Li Er also became angry, and sternly shouted: "You are very talkative. Today, my master Li took him away. I want to see how you stop me! Let's go!"

A few hooligans suddenly yelled viciously, and forced Cook Xiao to leave.

Seeing this, Zhan Feiyu not only didn't stop him, but took two steps back with a smile, which made Li Er and his party suddenly arrogant, thinking that Zhan Feiyu was afraid.

"stop!"

It's a pity that Li Er's smug expression couldn't sustain him for three breaths, and a bright sword blocked his way.

Detective Ke had no choice but to stop them, and he didn't care who was powerful behind the two. Detective Ke only considered business affairs and didn't favor anyone, so the cook couldn't be taken away by Li Er, at least not Taken away in front of the police.

"The cook's deed of prostitution is in the hands of this lady. If you want to take her away, go to the Yamen to hand over the certificate." Detective Ke quickly took advantage of the opportunity to stop him and stuffed five taels of silver ingots into Li's second hand.

The money sent out came back again, and Li Er looked at the stern and selfless Inspector Ke angrily, but he also knew that it was impossible to take people away in front of them.

But you don't lose if you lose!Li Er said viciously to Zhan Feiyu, "Since this is the case, Miss will wait to go to court, but I don't know if Mrs. Zhao in Miss's mouth will offend Uncle Guo for being a fugitive slave!"

"Why didn't I know that Uncle Zhao knew you as a girl from other places?" The mocking voice sounded, Zhejing stood outside the crowd and seemed to listen for a long time, then she walked over and looked at Zhan Feiyu with contempt for revealing her true face, "You've only met my sister-in-law twice, yet you dare to talk about Uncle Zhao without shame."

Uh……

No matter whether it was Detective Ke or Li Er and the gangsters, including the people watching around, they were stunned for a moment, and all looked at Zhan Feiyu with unison. They were all fooled.

Could it be that the uncle of this country really refers to Concubine Min's elder brother?Zhan Feiyu glanced at Li Er suspiciously. The Min family is also a noble family, so they have a relationship with local ruffians?

"The true face has been exposed, so you know you're afraid?" Seeing that Zhan Feiyu was silent, Zhejing only thought she was afraid, and looked at Zhan Feiyu contemptuously with raised eyebrows.

"I won't make things difficult for you either. First, I took this cook away and gave it to me with both hands. Secondly, if you kowtow to make amends, I'll pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, you dare to tease court officials at will..."

Li Er is a local ruffian. Although he knows that Shuntian Fu Yin is Lord Bai, he really doesn't know that Lord Zhao is the household servant. But since Zhe Jing's sister-in-law is Lord Zhao's daughter, no matter how stupid Li Er is, he knows that she must be the same Official daughter.

The four of Detective Ke recognized Zhe Jing at a glance. She has been chasing the eldest son of the Ning family all over the capital. Detective Ke and the others have met several times while patrolling the streets. Everyone also knew that Zhan Feiyu was the benefactor who rescued Bai Zhaohui in Yufeng Building that day.

"I let Miss Zhe down, I still say the same thing, I bought Xiao from a tooth shop, and I also signed a contract in the government office. Miss Zhe wants to rob people in the street, I'm afraid the prison in Shuntian Mansion will have to wait for a while." Wait." Every time Zhan Feiyu said a word, Zhejing's expression turned ugly.

But what Zhan Feiyu said made sense, and she had rescued Bai Zhaohui. As officials of Shuntian Mansion, Captain Ke and the others would stand by Zhan Feiyu's side due to reason.

"Okay, I want to see if you can still be so stubborn after going to the Yamen!" Zhe Jing laughed back angrily, since she was going this trip, she was naturally well prepared.

A quarter of an hour later, the house of the government office.

Touching his mustache, Mr. Ge's mouse eyes were shining, but now he was pretending to flip through the file in his hand, and after a while, his brows frowned, as if his face was distressed.

"My lord, it's the young one who shouldn't have accepted a bribe of ten taels of silver." Suddenly, a clerk knelt on the ground begging for mercy, and took out a ten tael silver note from his pocket, "The young one accepted Mrs. Tang's bribe." Yinzi, please forgive me..."

The plump and round Mrs. Tang no longer had the aggressiveness and domineering in Zhuangzi. At this moment, her face was pale, her legs trembled and she knelt on the ground, "It was the women who gave the money...My lord, it's all because of this bitch's shameless seduction." My father-in-law, the woman was forced to have no other choice, so she made such a bad plan and sold her to a dental shop, my lord, please forgive me."

Mrs. Tang is the son of the Wen family, and she is also a servant, so she has no right to sell Cook Xiao.

He also put medicinal materials for Miss Wen Er's body in the cabinet of Cook Xiao, and also stole a lot of Miss Wen Er's jewelry.

Mrs. Wen wanted to sell Chef Xiao in a fit of rage, but it was just a sentence, but Madam Tang cheated and deceived Chef Xiao from the nanny in charge with this sentence. The deed of prostitution, lest Ye Changmengduo would find a dental shop overnight and sell Cook Madam Xiao.

Tang Niangzi was also worried that the housekeeper would send someone to Wen's house for verification, so she bribed the clerk with silver. That's why Zhan Feiyu bought Chef Xiao from the tooth shop, and the contract was so simple and easy.

"My lord, my wife really doesn't know about the betrayal of Chef Xiao." The second steward of the Wen family bowed to Master Ge, expressing the attitude of the Wen family, and then asked Zhan Feiyu.

"Miss Zhan, please forgive me. Chef Xiao has been serving the second lady in Zhuangzi for the past few years. The second lady is sick and her time is numbered. She has not eaten or drank for several days because of the change of cook. Forgive me a little, Miss Zhan, for the safety of my second lady, Chef Xiao must take her back to Wen's house."

What the second steward said was an apology, so it wasn't like roasting Zhan Fei's fish on the fire. Cook Xiao's betrayal was done by servants, and the deed of sale was innumerable.

If Zhan Feiyu stubbornly refused to let him go, if something happened to the Second Miss of the Wen family, the crime of killing someone's life would fall on Zhan Feiyu.

(End of this chapter)