The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 54
In the palace?
The morning sun is pouring in through the open window lattice, the light and dust are flying, and the green smoke is slowly rising around the incense burner. Geng Qing frowned and fell into silence. The public house was quiet for a long time. The county magistrate Zhao walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking at him from time to time.

"The county knows that you contributed the most to the matter of Er Gao, but if a county lieutenant dies, the angel will come over and investigate. If it is found that it is our design, even Gao Jun and Gao Sheng deserve to die, and it is against the law. This matter You have to come up with some ideas, the county has already written the official document for submission, let you, the chief examination officer."

Geng Qing raised his eyes, stood up with a smile and poured tea, "The county respects you, Qing is very grateful, just."

"Just what?" County Magistrate Zhao blew on the hot air from his cup, and when he saw he hesitated, he let out an 'ouch', hurriedly stepped back and forth, shaking his sleeves, and urged in his voice, "Say what you think of quickly, because the county is dying of anxiety. "

In the light and dust flying in from the window lattice, the young man took a sip of his tea, walked back and forth at a slow pace, did not rush to answer the urging words behind him, and stared at the swaying flames on the lamp.

'The people in the palace must be eunuchs, so they can't come over with the guards, right? '

Eunuchs are extremely difficult to deal with. Apart from being greedy for money, their personality is eccentric and distorted. You don’t need to guess the reason. This kind of person wants to please, but it’s really difficult to get away with it. You can’t do anything to the other party. If you get hurt or die here , the entire county government is estimated to suffer.

"Master County, right now, fill in the matter of the assassin's assassination of the second high-ranking officer. Don't make him aware of it. After the angel comes to Feihu County, he will think about how to deal with it after contacting the humble official."

The fat figure pondered and sat behind the desk, put his hands on the armrests, and nodded after a while.

"It has to be like this for now."

Geng Qing couldn't discuss with the county magistrate right now, so he took a sip of tea and said a few words of comfort not to mess up his position, then left and went out, found a shop to buy some snacks and went back to the public house to share with the civil servants. After eating, I asked the group of women how to arrange them.

When a few sheets of paper listing the roster were handed over, Geng Qing took them in his hands and sat down on his chair to unfold them. Most of the content on them was to record the process of the woman's arrest and where her hometown was.

Most of them were taken away with their husbands, and their husbands were killed. Their parents should still be there, and they could be sent back to their hometown. But when it comes to the section about Su Qiaoniang, she came out with her parents, so her parents are naturally gone.

'Ugh'

Geng Qing sighed, returned the roster to his colleagues, picked up the brush and began to practice his brushwork. During this period of time, with the occasional guidance from the clerks of the yamen, his writing improved a lot. It was much more neat than before, and he immersed himself in calligraphy unconsciously. inside.

Near noon, there were footsteps outside, and the guards from outside the yamen ran over, saying that someone from the Golden Knife Gang had invited him.

'It's already noon? '

The weather outside was bright and warm. Hearing the guard's words, Geng Qing remembered that he had made an appointment with him in the early morning. Everyone in the yamen didn't care that much about the surviving Golden Knife Gang. He raised his face and continued to do his own business, and only spoke a few words when the young man went out to leave.

"The rest of the gangsters are afraid all day long." "It's not always true, but I'm worried that if there is no one to restrain them, then it's better not to make trouble."

"No, no, didn't you see that gang of gangsters invited brother Geng over? This is about to hug a big tree."

"I don't care about these things, I just want to know, will the wife of the Golden Knife Gang be able to hug her?"

"An old tree with roots?"

Someone suddenly said something, which made everyone who was holding a pen to deal with the official documents roar, and the laughter spread outside. When the inspecting yamen servants and the policeman stretched their necks to look at the room over there, Geng Qing, who was far away from the yamen, joined them. A few members of the Golden Knife Gang who drove the carriage called Shang Dachun to get on the carriage with him and leave.

After crossing the noisy street, before arriving at the gate of the Golden Knife Gang's residence, Dou Wei led people to stand outside to greet him. When the carriage stopped, he hurried forward to meet Geng Qing and got off the carriage.

After "Brother Geng", there was a word 'brother' that I didn't say out loud. Realizing that it was wrong, I quickly changed my words: "Mr. Geng, this way please."

"Brother Dou, please." Geng Qing arched his hands to him, spread out towards the courtyard gate, looked at the gate of the gang courtyard with the word "high" written on it, looked away, smiled, and walked straight in .

The layout of the courtyard has not changed much from before, the gazebos and pavilions, and the square for martial arts always give people a somewhat bleak feeling.

The leader of the gang died first, followed by Lieutenant Gao. Counting the dozens of elite fighters of the Golden Knife Gang who died or were arrested last night, the whole mansion was empty. There were few maids and servants along the way, and most of them were from the Golden Knife Gang. The surviving low-level warriors crouched silently under the eaves with their swords in their hands, or chatted with others in low voices. Dou Wei led Geng Qing over, and then stood up one by one and clasped their fists.

"The leader of the gang comes in, and the rest are waiting outside the door!"

Dou Wei has some prestige among the ordinary gang members, when he heard his order, three men of different sizes came up and hugged Geng Qing respectfully.

"I met Mr. Geng."

"See you outside, let's go into the hall and sit down together."

Where did the three dare to go in together, Qi Qi made a gesture of invitation, but Geng Qing refused, and then stepped across the threshold, Dou Wei, who entered the hall first, stretched out his hand to invite one of the two big chairs in the middle of the first person.

"Sir, sit up."

"This"

Geng Qing frowned, sitting in that seat basically got all the properties of the Golden Knife Gang and the staff below, so he hesitated for a moment, the three leaders lined up on the left and right suddenly knelt down and shouted in unison : "Sir, sit up!"

"Brother died, so Geng will stabilize the affairs of the gang for the time being."

After finishing speaking, Geng Qing strode to the chair covered with tiger skin, lifted the hem of his robe, turned around and sat down with a big horse and a golden knife. The door at the back of the hall opened, and a red and purple dress decorated with cloud The young woman came in with a maid, wiped the corners of her red eyes with a handkerchief, smiled at the young man on the left chair, gave a slight blessing, and called out: "I have seen my uncle before."

Immediately, she got up and dragged the hem of her skirt and walked slowly to the big chair on the right to sit down, with her hands folded on her lap showing a quiet expression.

Geng Qing probably understood the reason for the woman's appearance, so he didn't say much, took a sip of the tea from Dou Wei's hands, and stretched out his hands to sweep the seats on both sides.

"Sit down, brothers."

"Yes!"

The three bosses clasped their hands together and sat down to the left and right respectively. Geng Qing turned his head to look at Dou Wei beside him. The latter put his hands on his hips and looked at Mr. Geng suspiciously.

"I've been standing here"

These words caused the woman on the other side to cover her mouth and chuckle, Geng Qing took a deep breath, turned around, cleared her throat, and then got down to business.

"Many of you must have a lot of doubts in your mind. What happened last night, why did Captain Gao pass away suddenly, right?"

Below, even the gangs gathered in the courtyard, all quieted down at this moment, and looked inside against the sun.

The sun is passing through the clouds, and the cicadas are neighing in the green trees in the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)