The female supporting role never believes in fate

"Open the door! Open the door! Officials are visiting, open the door quickly!"

In the middle of the night, outside the door of Cheng's stone shop, there was a sudden loud knock on the door.

The voice was full of anger. If it weren't for the thick door of Cheng's shop, the force of this frenzied banging on the door should be able to break the door open.

"Miss? What's the matter?"

The servant girl Liuyun was awakened, and immediately ran to Cheng Yuguan's bed, saw that the young lady had got up in her middle coat, and asked with some fear.

After all, Liu Yun was a girl, she looked sharp and pungent during the day, but at night she was frightened by such movement, her face turned pale and her voice trembled.

"It's okay, you get dressed first, and I'll go take a look later."

After explaining to Liu Yun, Cheng Yuguan first put on his coat and buckled his belt, then gathered up his long hair and tied it into a simple but neat ponytail with a hairpin.

Seeing that the lady was not in a hurry, Liu Yun seemed to gain confidence, and with his heart beating slowly and violently, he began to tidy up himself.

When the two of them were fully dressed and walked out of the room, in the courtyard, a few night-watchmen had come from the front hall to the courtyard, waiting for Cheng Yuguan to appear.

"Missy, Xiao Wu is standing in front. Listening to the movement outside, it should be an official who came to pick up someone. Brother Lang took someone out to deliver the goods, and Brother Shitou is not in the store tonight. I have already sent someone to call Shitou." Brother, I’m afraid we’ll have to wait a while when we come here.”

The sound of knocking on the door became more and more intense, as if the door was about to be broken into in the next second.

With the Cheng family gaining a firm foothold in Tongcheng, many people from the Cheng family have bought houses in Tongcheng in the past two years. When they don't need to be on night duty, it's good to have a decent place to stay.

Cheng Lang was not here tonight, and Cheng Lei, who was in charge on weekdays, was not in the shop, so the shop assistant came to Cheng Yuguan for advice.

"Let's open the door. Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover us, it seems that we are guilty if we keep dragging."

Cheng Yuguan ordered to open the door.

As soon as the door was opened, officials rushed in like flowing water, rushed into the store and came straight to the backyard.

"Knocking on the door late at night, what's the matter? Do you know that this is Cheng's stone shop."

The guys stood in front of Cheng Yuguan and questioned him.

The officer was a stranger, not the one who was on duty in the street of Cheng's shop in the past. Hearing this, he grinned grinningly, "I'm looking for your Cheng's stone shop. This is the lady in charge, Cheng Yuguan, right? Miss Cheng, Today the gambling shop caught a troublemaker, but during the cross-examination, the inspector Zuo found out that that person was a bandit on the water. These days the gangsters are rampant, the inspector Zuo is loyal to his duty, interrogated overnight, and found out that the man is actually There is a suspicion of collusion with the Cheng family's fleet, Miss Cheng, the matter is of great importance, and the Zuo inspector asked me to come to the door overnight and ask Miss Cheng to cooperate with the investigation. If there is nothing wrong, it is better to return the Cheng family's innocence."

"Bold! You don't even ask, what is the background of our Cheng family, and you dare to come to arrest someone? My family head is General Shenwei, who holds an important position in the capital. How dare you slander the Cheng family at will?"

"Don't dare!"

The official said he didn't dare, but he showed no restraint on his face. He still stared at Cheng Yuguan, "Miss Cheng has an extraordinary background, so she shouldn't be able to breathe to escape the summons, right? .”

"you!"

The clerk of the Cheng family pointed at the officials angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

The emperor committed the same crime as the common people. Although the Cheng family was protected by a title, they were helpless.

Cheng Yuguan came out, "Let's go, I'll follow you back to the Yamen."

"Miss."

Liu Yun naturally refused.

In places like the yamen, a big man would have to peel off his skin when he went there, let alone his own daughter.

"It's okay." Cheng Yuguan patted Liu Yun's hand to comfort him, then looked at the man behind him, "Go to the magistrate, and tell him to ask the magistrate to take care of him this time. Not everyone can spoil the innocence of our Cheng family. Dirty water."

Seeing his young lady being taken away by the officials, the man quickly went to the back street of the county government office to find the county magistrate.

Since the Cheng family came to Tongcheng, they have been on good terms with the Tongcheng defense. The Deputy Commander of the Army and Horse Division in Lin County, the magistrate of Tongcheng, has been promoted, and has always had a good relationship with the Tongcheng defense and the Cheng family.

This time, my family was inexplicably involved in a lawsuit, and the one who could solve the siege most was the county magistrate of Tongcheng.

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Cheng Yuguan followed the officials to the execution hall deep in the county government office. It was pitch black outside. There were only two high light stands erected on both sides of the main case in the execution hall, and the rest of the place was pitch black. The kneeling rogue-looking man had a clear appearance, while the rest of the yamen servants and the high-ranking inspector behind the main case were all hidden in the dark, with blurred faces.

"Under the inspector's seat, don't kneel down for interrogation!"

On the side, there are officials calling for peace.

Cheng Yuguan wanted to see clearly the person sitting on the seat through the swaying candlelight, staring at the dark figure behind the main case, Cheng Yuguan bowed his hands and saluted, "I have seen the inspector."

"Bold! Why don't you kneel? Come, teach Miss Tutor how to behave."

Two men in official uniforms sprang out from the dark, and they were about to rush forward.Both of them had the look of tigers and wolves on their faces, as if Cheng Yuguan entered the hall, he was a sinner and would be treated viciously by the official uniform.

Cheng Yuguan dodged to dodge, "I am the daughter of General Shenwei, and according to Dagan's law, I can bow but not kneel in court."

Seeing Cheng Yuguan's extraordinary momentum, the two officials didn't dare to act rough, and only looked at the inspector at the top.

"Miss Cheng knows that it is a felony to pretend to be a noble family."

Cheng Yuguan raised his head, "Your Excellency, you can check it at will. When my third brother and I came to Tongcheng, it was recorded and sealed in the household registration office."

Dagan's household registration management uniform is very complete. From a certain place to a certain place, the wayfinding is basic. If you stay in one place for a long time, you must register and file locally to facilitate local management.

Of course, these things are handled by the yamen's house, except for the owner of the special household, only the county magistrate in charge knows.

Seeing what Cheng Yuguan said was categorical, the inspector at the top waved his hand, "Forget it, this is a trifle. Miss Cheng, this gangster said that Cheng's collusion with the gangsters on the water for many years, robbing property, killing people to intercept goods , hitting your peers is the reason your Cheng family was able to flourish in Jingzhou in just two years, do you agree or not?"

Cheng Yuguan frowned, "May I ask what evidence the inspector has to prove that this person is related to the Cheng family? If only one person makes a false accusation at will, the inspector will summon others. Then this person will falsely accuse ten or a hundred people at will. Are they going to be summoned to the torture chamber?"

"Of course there is evidence!"

As soon as Cheng Yuguan finished speaking, the patrol inspector above replied firmly, "This is the badge of your Cheng family. Everyone in Tongcheng knows that your Cheng family is in the stone business and has a sapphire mine. Use this sapphire to give Everyone in the Cheng family has made a belt badge. This bandit has a special sapphire belt badge, if it wasn't for your gift from the Cheng family, how could he have a unique sapphire belt badge?"

Naturally, the Cheng family's stone business is not limited to stone materials. Cheng Yuguan often searched for stone records in the palace, and sent special personnel to search for stone materials wherever he went.Some special jade mines have also been excavated in the past two years.

Cheng Yuguan took the sapphire waist badge handed over by the yamen servant, and with just one glance, his heart fell to the ground. The sapphire waist badge was very rough, and it was not of the same grade as the Cheng family's specially made sapphire.

Moreover, the words on the Cheng family's waist card are also simplified characters written by Cheng Yuguan himself. The waist card in front of him has the word Qian Hai. , but it is not the simplified word "Qian" at all, but nondescript.

Cheng Yuguan raised the badge in his hand, "Master Inspector, this badge is not my Cheng family's badge."

"If you say it's not, then it's not? What evidence do you have?"

The yamen servant who summoned Cheng Yuguan just now was aggressive.

Cheng Yuguan looked at the yamen servant, "You might as well go to Cheng's stone shop again, and compare it with the mileage badge of the shop. The difference is a hundred and eight thousand miles. Of course, if the inspector judges a deer as a horse, it is very important." If it's the same word, it's my Cheng family badge, then I have nothing to say."

"You! You have a sharp mouth and sharp teeth. The inspector is impartial and selfless. You can distinguish right from wrong. How can you be stigmatized just because of your words!"

The eager look of the yamen servant made Cheng Yu care about Li, and couldn't help but speculate, and the eyes he looked at the yamen servant became deeper and deeper.

"Okay," said the inspector at the top, "it's easy to fake waist badges, so it's not counted. But what the gangster said, your Cheng family conspired with the gangsters several times to rob goods and attack your colleagues, but there is evidence. It can be checked, and the number can be matched every time. What else does your Cheng family have to say?"

The voice above was light and ethereal, but the more he said it, the more Cheng Yuguan frowned.

"Master Inspector, you should pay attention to witnesses and physical evidence in handling cases. Right now, this belt badge is not physical evidence, and there is no physical evidence. You only listen to the accusations of this bastard, and ask my Cheng family to give an explanation. This is against the law." ?”

"Besides, my lord said that the bandits correct me. The Cheng family robbed goods several times. When and where? Is there any official guide to confirm each other? If there is evidence to prove that the Cheng family happened to be outside on those few times. Suspicion, then I will explain it to the inspector, otherwise, I will have no way to talk about it."

In the torture room, as Cheng Yuguan's voice fell, it became quiet, only the sound of candle flames crackling.

The patrol inspector above took a deep breath and leaned back slightly in his chair.

I thought that Cheng Yu locked up a little girl and shut her up indiscriminately with a few words of scare. Before Cheng Lang came back, making an iron case would be considered to have fulfilled Mr. Liu's entrustment. Now it seems that the iron plate was mentioned.

"Dare to ask my lord, if there is no other need to ask, I will leave first. After all, before coming down, let the clansman notify the magistrate, if you don't go back for a long time, let the magistrate misunderstand and worry, it will be bad."

Cheng Yu said loudly.

Hearing Cheng Yuguan's confident voice, Zhao Xunjian had no choice but to wink at the servants below.

"Of course, it's time to let Miss Cheng go home. Zhang San, take the interrogation record and sign it for Miss Cheng, and send Miss Cheng back."

"Yes, my lord!"

The yamen servant who brought Cheng Yuguan back from the door of Cheng's shop promised loudly, then went to the secretary's office at the door, and brought a copy of the inquiry record, which was densely packed with small characters and a copy of bright red ink pad.

"After Miss Cheng draws the deposit, she can go back."

As the yamen servant spoke, he held the wooden tray on which the interrogation records were placed in one hand, and the opened inkpad in the other hand, and asked Cheng Yuguan to detain it.

Cheng Yuguan dipped his thumb in the inkpad and was about to pick up the inquiry record to browse.

But the yamen servant retracted his hand to avoid Cheng Yuguan's hand, "Don't read it, the handwriting is scribbled, can our yamen still fool Miss Cheng? Put your fingerprint on it and let you go back, please!"

The yamen servant's voice no longer had the stern words just now, and he handed the tray to Cheng Yuguan again, coaxing.

Hearing this, Cheng Yuguan smiled, reached out to take out a handkerchief from the armhole, and wiped off the ink paste on his hand.

"Miss Cheng, don't make a toast and don't eat fine wine!"

The yamen servant lost his coaxing smiles and became ferocious again.

Cheng Yuguan didn't look at the yamen servant, but looked up at the inspection behind the overhead light.

"Ming people don't speak dark words, and the inspector is doing this trick, where did the so-called come from?"

Inspector Zhao shook his head, and seemed to sigh in the dark, "Miss Cheng's precious body, why bother to pierce it and suffer unnecessary pain, there are all rough guys here, and they can't do it lightly or hard. Let Miss Cheng lose her daughter's dignity, and it will not be good for Miss Cheng's reputation if it is spread."

What Zhao Xunjian said was a pity, but the yamen servant in front of Cheng Yuguan seemed to have received an order, and reached out to grab Cheng Yuguan's arm for her to draw.

Cheng Yuguan quickly dodged, and the yamen servant threw the tray, "Do it! Hold her down!"

Cheng Yuguan looked around, and two yamen servants rushed out from the dark, rushing towards them like wolves and tigers. The bandit who had been kneeling on the ground at Cheng Yuguan's feet quickly ran away with his head in his arms, as if he was afraid of being hurt.

When a woman walks outside, it is always unavoidable to be despised.

The biggest reason is at this moment, the weak innate strength will make others look down on him.

If it was a man, at the moment, at least three or five strong men would rush over to subdue him.

Unlike now, including the old yamen servant, there are only three people.

Cheng Yuguan took a step away from the ferocious old yamen servant, grabbed the old yamen servant's arm and twisted behind him.

"what!"

The old yamen servant's arm was twisted, and he was bent over and couldn't move.

With one hand, Cheng Yuguan twisted the old yamen servant's arm behind his back, and with the other hand, he pulled out the loose saber from the old yamen servant's waist, put it on the old yamen servant's neck, and looked at the two young head catchers who had stopped.

"Don't move around, or if you die, it can only be caused by your mistakes, and it has nothing to do with me."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Yuguan turned his head to look at the inspector who stood up from his seat in shock, "Master Zhao, you don't want to cause trouble, do you?"

Shocked and annoyed by being called to reveal his identity, Zhao Xunjian pointed at Cheng Yuguan with a trembling finger, "Don't you dare! Don't dare!"

Cheng Yuguan pressed his hand and slid it lightly, and a bloodstain appeared on the neck of the old yamen servant, "I was killing sheep in Bingzhou when I was six or seven years old, and it was the first time I killed a sheep when I was nine years old. The blood of the horse bandit sprayed on my face , I still remember it. I am the daughter of General Shenwei. Do you want to rebel by lynching me? If I kill one or two rebels, who will care? Besides, the knife in my hand belongs to you, who can Prove that I killed the person?"

Cheng Yuguan's voice was light and light, but his hands were exerting force. The old yamen servant finally cried out in horror. He felt the feeling of his flesh being cut by a knife, and finally stopped belittling this woman and begged for mercy loudly.

"Miss Cheng, please forgive me!"