The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 84 Scare
When they returned to Xingyuan, it was already past noon, and they saw groups of fans and soldiers coming in and out everywhere, transporting all the proceeds from the house raids.

Jia Lian was standing at the door supervising. Seeing some people coming back, she hurriedly greeted them. After bowing to the three of them, she complained with joy, "My lord, the two father-in-laws, this time the house was stolen too much. The front yard of Xingyuan has been placed I can’t let it go, I don’t know what to do.”

After hearing this, Mu Xu and Wang An were both a little speechless, thinking that something went wrong, it turned out that it was because of too many belongings.Mu Xu was so angry that he said to Jia Lian, "I remember that there are a lot of rocks in the front yard, so find someone to move them to one side. If you still can't put them down, then free some of the front yard buildings for storage."

Jia Lian responded and hurriedly found someone to deal with the matter.Mu Xu was about to cross the gate with Wang An when he heard a shout from a distance, "Master Imperial Envoy, please stay."

The three of them stopped and turned their heads to look back.After Mu Xu took a look, he realized that Huang Yishan had brought Mo Qing, the magistrate of Yangzhou, with him.Mu Xu whispered to Wang An and the two, "The man in the official uniform at the back is Mo Qing, the magistrate of Yangzhou. I guess in the next few days, those officials of all sizes from around Jiangsu and Zhejiang will come to disturb us and intercede for those salt merchants. By then It depends on the two father-in-laws to get rid of these people." Wang An and Liu Hong looked at each other, and then nodded to Mu Xu.They also knew in their hearts that Mu Xu had made great efforts in this matter before, and now it was their turn to contribute.

Huang Yishan and Mo Qing came in front of them, Huang Yishan showed a helpless expression to Mu Xu, and was about to speak, when Mo Qing spoke first, "Master Imperial Envoy, why did you do such a big thing today, and how will it end?"

Mu Xu pretended to be surprised, "What is the meaning of this, Mr. Mo? As an imperial envoy, I patrol the south of the Yangtze River on behalf of the emperor. Now that someone has violated the laws of the country, do you want to turn a blind eye?"

"This..." Mo Qing was stunned by Mu Xu's preemptive attack, and was immediately speechless.Can he say that those people are innocent?He was figuring out how to speak in his mind when he heard a person next to the imperial envoy say,
"This lord seems to have some sympathy for these prisoners. Could it be that you have taken their benefits, so you want to speak for them?"

When Mo Qing heard this, he immediately became angry from embarrassment, saying that he was corrupt and accepting bribes, how could he do such a thing as a dignified scholar.Even if there is, it is because the servants in the family do not obey the rules. What does it have to do with him, a disciple of the saint?
So the prefect Mo was ready to see who was so unruly and dared to interrupt the conversation between the superiors. He looked at Liu Hong who had just interrupted, and opened his mouth to teach him a lesson, "This..."

Just halfway through speaking, I heard Mu Xu's introduction, "These two are Eunuch Wang An and Eunuch Liu Hong, both of whom are serving His Majesty personally."

"Cough, cough, cough..." Mo Qing almost choked to death upon hearing this.It took him a long time to show a sincere smile, "This Eunuch Liu's words just now made people know that Eunuch Liu is a person who hates evil. And this Eunuch Wang is very handsome at first glance, it must be..."

Wang An and Liu Hong acted politely in front of Mu Xu like uncles leading the family, making others think that these eunuchs are not worthy of their names.Now facing a small magistrate, the momentum of the two of them suddenly rose. Wang An saw Liu Hong speak, so naturally he would not interrupt, but raised his chin high and exposed his nostrils to him.

And Liu Hong was even more stern, "You haven't answered our family's question, why are you speaking for these prisoners?"

"Well, Eunuch Liu, you have misunderstood your dismissal." Mo Qing explained while wiping the sweat from his forehead, "The subordinate is worried that if all these salt merchants are arrested, it will affect the operation of the salt road. If the common people don’t have enough salt, they won’t be able to cause trouble, so I just said that, because I want to speak for those people.”

Liu Hong squinted his eyes and glanced at Mo Qing, then snorted coldly, "Don't worry about this, my father-in-law was sent by His Majesty to manage the salt road."

"Yes, yes, the official is talking too much." Mo Qing naturally nodded and bowed again.

Mu Xu watched secretly, and couldn't help sighing in his heart, these eunuchs in the palace are really majestic after leaving the palace.Just like Xia Shouzhong in the original book, relying on his coming out of the palace, he went to Rongguo Mansion every three days to fight the autumn wind.You must know that Mother Jia was still there at that time, she was the dignified wife of a super-class Duke, and she could enter the palace at any time to see the Queen Mother and Empress.But even so, Xia Shouzhong did not restrain himself in the slightest.Of course, Xia Shouzhong's behavior in the original book is probably related to Yuan Chun's disfavor.But in any case, it can be seen how arrogant and domineering the eunuchs who came out of the palace, especially those who served the emperor and queen, were so arrogant.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Mu Xu smoothed things over and said, "Okay, Eunuch Liu, don't be angry, Mr. Mo was also in a moment of impatience and just said something wrong."

Mo Qing listened to Mu Xu speak for him, gave him a grateful look, and sent another burst of good words.Only then did Liu Hong say, "Hmph, for the sake of the prince, let's forget it this time. But after returning to the palace, our family will have to talk about it in front of His Majesty."

Hearing this, Mo Qing really wanted to slap himself a few times. He just took a little money from those salt merchants, so why bother to wade into this muddy water?Besides, there are many people who are more anxious than me, and when the sky falls, there are tall people who will bear it. What am I afraid of?
If the eunuch went back to the palace and said a few bad things about him in front of the emperor, it would be bad food, so he had no choice but to cast his pleading eyes on Mu Xu again.

Mu Xu winked at Liu Hong, indicating that he was almost done.Then he smiled and said to Mo Qing, "Master Mo, don't worry, Eunuch Liu is just talking out of anger, besides, now is the time to use Master Mo."

Mo Qing was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly replied, "My lord and the two father-in-laws please give me instructions, and I will do my best to do it with all my heart."

"En." Mu Xu gave him a childish look, and then continued, "There are too many prisoners in custody today, and there is no suitable place to detain them, so don't bother, Mr. Mo, the parent officer of Yangzhou?"

Hearing Mu Xu's words, Mo Qing was in a dilemma. He knew that among those criminals, there were quite a few people who knew the big secret.If an accident happened in my hands, wouldn't it be impossible for me to jump into the Yellow River, but in this situation, how could I refuse.

Seeing his hesitation, Mu Xu pretended to be displeased and said, "Why, Master Mo is not willing to help even with such a little help?"

Mo Qing waved his hand hastily, "Your Excellency misunderstood this official, isn't this official afraid that there will not be enough servants in the yamen, and when the prisoner goes wrong, the official will not be able to take care of it?"

Wang An waited for a long time, and he was already impatient.Seeing the magistrate's slippery appearance and his non-stop pushback, he immediately became a little annoyed.In his opinion, how many people can condescend to talk for a long time with you, a little magistrate, is enough to give you face, but you dare to be so ignorant, so he scolded, "I think you must be so evasive." It's those people who are in the same party." Then he said to Mu Xu, "My lord, I think it's better to take this person down and interrogate him together."

Before Mu Xu could answer, Mo Qing fell to his knees in fright, and hurriedly defended, "My lord, there are two father-in-laws, I have wronged you. I am really afraid that these prisoners will make a mistake, and you will be troubled by then." .”

Mu Xu pretended to step forward to help him up, "Okay, I just trust you. But what you said makes sense, I will assign some people to you later, so it's okay?"

Mo Qing went there with a thousand thanks, and Huang Yishan watched a good show by the side.Seeing that Mo Qing, who had forced himself to lead the way just now, was scolded by several people, he felt very happy. Now that he had left, he hurriedly saluted the three of them and ran away.Looking at Mo Qing's back, Wang An frowned, "My lord, is it inappropriate to hand over these criminals to this person?"

Mu Xu smiled and nodded, "Of course I know that."

"Then this is it?"

Seeing that both of them were puzzled, Mu Xuyu said earnestly, "You two father-in-laws, this time we will wipe out all these salt merchants. I am afraid that the emperor has already made the old man unhappy." Then he said, "Thanks to Mr. Liu Only by finding a way can we calm down the anger of the Supreme Emperor."

Wang An was expressionless when he heard this, but Liu Hong's happy face was wrinkled, and he said, "Where, where, the prince has raised our family."

(End of this chapter)