Do you know: I am Xu Jiazi

Chapter 454 Borrowing a Yard [Thank you! Goodbye! I owe you 43k]

Quyuan Street,
As the weather gets warmer, there are many people setting up night stalls on the streets.

"Hand out!"

At the gate of a courtyard along the street, a woman's scolding voice was heard.

Hearing this scolding,

Many customers who were eating at street stalls looked over.

"Snapped!"

Hearing the sound of the bamboo stick hitting people, some people shrank their necks.

"If you dare to come back so late next time, I will smash your hand!"

Chu Zhan carried the tray of dishes to the nearby stall with one hand and turned around to look over there.

Go back to the stall.
Chu Zhan looked at Shu Bo, who was counting coins in a gloomy mood, and said, "Shu Bo, the food is delivered!"

"Oh, I see!"

Shuber nodded beside the candlelight.

Chu Zhan looked at the copper coin in Shu Bo's hand and said, "Shu Bo, don't keep thinking about what you said to the guards before. You didn't give change just for the sake of good luck! They understand your intentions!"

Shu Bo sighed and shook his head, "Come to think of it, the babies in the two families who didn't come back were not very old."

When Xu's eldest son Zaiduan returned to Beijing, he brought back various rewards and silver coins.

Marquis Yongyi returned to Beijing recently, and brought back the ashes of his personal soldiers who died in battle.

In the past two days, many of the marquis's personal soldiers had their meals at the stall, and Shu Bo would give them the change of what he owed them.

Most of the guards had already forgotten about this matter. When they saw Shuber's change, they would first be stunned, then laugh, and then feel uncomfortable.

Before the Chu War, I didn't feel much.
But when he saw the personal soldiers of the Marquis' Mansion at the stall,

Thinking about the several brothers in the Marquis's personal guards who were familiar to him before and used to joke with him, but whom he could no longer see, Chu Zhan's feelings suddenly became clear.

Chu Zhan took a deep breath and said, "You have a son to take care of, so don't think too much about these things."

Shu Bo sighed, sorted out his feelings and said, "Just now I heard that it was this newly moved lady who was teaching her younger brothers and sisters a lesson?"

Chu Zhan glanced at the gate of the courtyard which was a little distance away: "Yes! Madam Zou is quite strict in managing the household. The Zou family's son and daughter will be beaten if they come back late."

"excuse me!"

There was a shout in the distance,
Chu Zhan quickly leaned forward to take a look: "From the sound of his voice, it seems to be Brother Qingyun!"

Then, watching Qingyun running to the gate of the mansion, dismounting and quickly entering the mansion, Chu Zhan and Shu Bo looked at each other in surprise: "What's the emergency?"

After more than half a quarter of an hour,
Qingyun walked out quickly again.

Chu Zhan looked at Qingyun who was riding over and shouted, "Brother Qingyun, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Watch yourself!"

"Oh~"

Chu Zhan stood on tiptoe, following Qingyun who was riding away on horseback, his eyes full of envy.

"Keda"

"Keda"

The doorway echoed with the sound of horseshoes on stone slabs.

Xu Zaijing looked at the young man who had just woken up and lay on the horse's back and said, "I say, Liao Sanlang, the location of your ancestral home is really good! It's so close to the Imperial City Office, which saves me a lot of trouble."

Watching Liao Sanlang, whose mouth was sealed with a cloth strip, checking the rope buckle, Xu Zaijing said with a smile, "Liao Sanlang, what do you think? My way of tying the tongue of a Western Army scout is authentic, right?"

Then he added: "If you don't want to bring harm to your family, don't move, and don't try to run away."

After a moment of shock, Liao Sanlang continued to lie on the horse's back with hatred.

The man in the sack behind Xu Zaijing was still struggling just now, but after hearing Xu Zaijing's words, Manager Qi in the sack stopped moving, as if he was thinking about something inside.

Afterwards, a hesitating voice came from the sack again, but Manager Qi had his mouth blocked and no one knew what he was saying.

The young man on horseback, Liao Sanlang, glared at Xu Zaijing as if he were a traitor.

Xu Zaijing entered the inner city through Jinglong Gate.

Turn left.
not far away,
At the heavily guarded gate, a soldier shouted from behind the barricades, "Who are you? This is a key area of ​​the Imperial City Investigation Department! Anyone who is not there, please retreat!"

As he spoke, a pawn nearby vaguely pointed the crossbow in his hand at Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing did not dismount, but said loudly on horseback: "I am a descendant of the Xu family, the Marquis of Yongyi. I wonder if Xiaozhao is in the government office?"

The voice passed on.
A man dressed as a lieutenant came out of the room next to the gate.

After taking a look outside, he patted the pawn who had just spoken on the head and said, "You can't recognize the mount of Xu Jiawulang? Are you still idle?"

As he said this, he glared at the pawn who was holding a crossbow beside him, and the pawn quickly put down the crossbow.

"Wu Lang, Xiao Zhao is not here! Gao Dutou is on duty tonight! I wonder why you come to our department tonight?"

"You are polite, Lord Yu. I have something to ask of you tonight. Please come out and see me, Brother Gao."

"Wait a moment, Goro."

quickly,

Gao Yunqing's quick-walking figure appeared outside the gate.

"Brother Jing, what's wrong?"

Gao Yunqing asked with a smile while glancing at the horse beside Xu Zaijing and the sack behind him.

"Brother Gao, there is something."

After hearing what Xu Zaijing said, Gao Yunqing, who had witnessed Xu Zaijing's bloody battles in Yangzhou, did not look surprised. He just nodded and said, "When Brother Jing is done, let me know and I'll send someone to clean up."

Xu Zaijing glanced at Liao Sanlang, who was about to accept his fate and wait for death, and bowed: "Okay!"

Gao Yunqing nodded, whispered a few words to his subordinates beside him, and then bowed: "Brother Jing, I will go back first!"

"Brother Gao, take care."

Gao Yunqing walked a few steps, then suddenly turned back and asked, "Do you want to get some torture instruments from the office?"

"That's not necessary!"

Xu Zaijing waved his hands quickly.

In the night,
At the gate of a courtyard not far from the busy street,
Standing here, you can vaguely hear the girls in the wooden buildings of the roadside brothels laughing and soliciting customers.

The wooden door was opened from the inside by an old man.

The clerk of the Imperial City Office sent by Gao Yunqing nodded to the old man who opened the door, turned sideways and saluted: "Wu Lang, this is the courtyard that is not often used by the office."

Xu Zaijing nodded and said, "Then please go to the back bridge alley and wait for me. Tell Qingyun that I am here."

"Don't worry, Wulang. I will definitely convey your message."

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing led the horse,
Liao Sanlang and Kang Jia's steward Qi were carried into the yard.

"I wonder which room you would like to use, sir?"

The old man asked as he closed the gate behind him.

Xu Zaijing hesitated for a moment: "Father, is there a house with good drainage?"

"This way."

The old man pointed to the wing on the left.

Xu Zaijing carried Liao Sanlang and Qi Daguanshi into the house and said, "Father, please prepare a bench, towels, and a few jars of water."

"Sir, there is only a large tub in the yard. Is it okay to use a bathtub?"

"Yes, yes!" Listening to the conversation between Xu Zaijing and the old man in the yard,
Manager Qi, who was lying on the ground with his body tied up and his mouth gagged, sneered at Liao Sanlang standing opposite him, with a look that said 'your life has come to an end'.

Liao Sanlang leaned against the wall, secretly pushing his arms outwards.

But he gave up after trying once, because he could feel that the rope that tied him was made of cowhide and he could not break free from it.

'boom'

Xu Zaijing carried in a half-person-high water tank and bathtub with one hand.
Soon the tub and the water tank were filled with water from the wooden barrel.
Xu Zaijing closed the door in the dim candlelight, walked to the side, took the cloth ball out of the mouth of Qi Daguanshi, who was lying on the ground, and threw it aside.

Looking at Liao Sanlang by the wall, Xu Zaijing said, "Although I have been a scout in the Western Army for quite some time, this is the first time I have used such torture methods."

Hearing this, the smug look on Qi's face could not be concealed at all, and he said in a flattering tone: "Wu Lang, I also know a little bit about how to torture people, why don't you..."

Then, the tone of the steward Qi became surprised and panicked: "Wuwulang, no, little grandpa, what are you doing? Our two families are relatives!"

Under Liao Sanlang's surprised gaze, Xu Zaijing tied Manager Qi to a bench, covered his mouth with a cloth, and finally covered his face with a wet towel.

Seeing that Manager Qi twisted his head hard to throw the towel to the side, Xu Zaijing had to add a rope to tie his forehead and put the other end of the stool on the edge of the bathtub.

Subsequently,

Xu Zaijing scratched his head while holding the gourd filled with water: "How long should I water it for?"

A quarter of an hour later,
Xu Zaijing looked at the steward Qi, who was in good spirits despite his wet face, and shook his head in frustration: "Forget it, let's just go straight to the point."

As he said that, he placed the bench with the person tied to it diagonally into the bathtub.

After a dozen breaths,

Xu Zaijing pulled the bench out of the water, looked at the steward Qi who was choking on water and said, "You are really stubborn."

Hearing this, Manager Qi's eyes were filled with panic and he kept shaking his head: "Uh-huh!"

Xu Zaijing: "Don't tell me?"

After saying that, Xu Zaijing put the bench in again.

After four rounds of this,
Xu Zaijing looked at the butler Qi struggling violently in the bathtub, and then pulled him out: "Can you speak now?"

Steward Qi nodded quickly.

After removing the cloth from his mouth, Manager Qi broke down emotionally and cried weakly, "Ask, just ask! Wuuwuwu!"

Xu Zaijing glanced at Liao Sanlang and shook his head, "Do I need to ask this?"

Then he put the person into the water again.

"No no no!"

Steward Qi opened his eyes violently in the bathtub. After pulling out, he sprayed water from his mouth and said, "Ahem! Grandpa, I was wrong. I was really wrong. I shouldn't have used the name of the Marquis' Mansion to scare others!"

Feeling the bench beneath him tilting again and sliding towards the water, the water level covering his forehead, the steward Qi, who was tied to the bench and stood upside down, said anxiously: "Grandpa, Yanei, listen to me! I will tell you everything, everything!"

Time to speak,
The water level had already covered my eyes and stopped at the bridge of my nose, and I was almost submerged again.

"This, Yanei, is Liao Sanlang's sister. She thinks she has studied mathematics for two years, and somehow she knows about my wife's loan sharking."

"Ahem, she still wants to use this matter to threaten the Madam and make her Jin'er's concubine. I was instructed by the Madam to do this, and I had no choice but to do it!"

Hearing this, Liao Sanlang, who was tied to the side, burst into tears and began to struggle violently.

"Oh!"

Xu Zaijing nodded, and with a thoughtful look in his eyes, he put the person into the bathtub again.

"Young Master! Young Master! No! I am just... Guludududuwuwu!"

Manager Qi was immersed in the water again, and his violent struggle caused water to splash everywhere in the bathtub.

Xu Zaijing pursed his lips and said to the person beside him: "Liao Sanlang, this may be the case!"

"I have heard about the Kang family using my family's name! But the person who did it did not inform my family beforehand. Afterwards, my family also told the person who did it. This is just one time and it will not happen again!"

"I just didn't expect it to be your house."

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing walked up to Liao Sanlang, untied the cloth that sealed his mouth, and continued:
"But he is gone! If you were to serve under my brother, you would still have a bright future!"

"If you want to kill someone to pay for his life or repay a debt, that's only natural! I won't stop you."

Liao Sanlang looked at Xu Zaijing with a sneer, his eyes full of contempt, as if Xu Zaijing was up to something.

Xu Zaijing untied the leather rope on him and shook his head, saying, "Liao Sanlang, if I were to protect you and kill you here, how many people would know?"

Liao Sanlang was stunned, thinking about the Imperial City Division he had just visited, and stopped sneering. After a moment of silence, he said, "I have heard of your name in the Western Army many times. I will take this as what my Western Army comrades said to me."

Xu Zaijing nodded, frowned and looked at Liao Sanlang, "Okay! But the Kang family was able to settle this matter, no matter how you look at it, it is because of the reputation of my Yongyi Marquis Mansion! If you can escape the pursuit of the Bianjing yamen runners, go to the north of Xiangzhou Zhujiabao, I will protect your life."

"You don't need to protect my life! That man is dying."

Liao Sanlang raised his chin and gestured to Manager Qi who was in the bathtub.

Xu Zaijing quickly stood up and walked to the bathtub.
Then Xu Zaijing frowned, he smelled a stench of feces and urine, and looking carefully in the candlelight, he could vaguely make out a yellow liquid on the bench.

Pull the stool out of the bathtub.

Xu Zaijing patted Manager Qi's face in disdain.

"Ugh~"

Dirty water poured out of people's mouths.

After seeing the man's appearance clearly, knowing that he would really kill him, the steward Qi said with fear in his eyes: "Yanei! Yakekekeke! I really didn't mean to deceive you!"

He spoke in a hurry, and another mouthful of water came out.

"I would never dare to say anything nonsense."

Xu Zaijing glanced at the stunned Liao Sanlang and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, if I hear your nonsense again, you will sink into the bucket and never get up again after someone else serves you."

"Yes Yes"

Manager Qi nodded repeatedly.

"Yanei, the girl from the Liao family is good at math, I don't know how..."

Xu Zaijing shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll just ask someone to come."

Liao Sanlang interrupted, "Who does Yanei want to invite?"

Xu Zaijing placed the bench diagonally outside the bathtub and said as he lowered his sleeves:

"I knew a capture envoy before, who could cut out a person's blood vessels and tie them into a caisson knot."

"Many notorious bandits have been taken care of by him. Their calves were shaved to the bone. Wow, that was so miserable! Oh, and he also has medical skills. He can guarantee that you won't die even if you tell him all the details."

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing looked at the trembling appearance of Manager Qi, smiled, opened the door and walked out.

"Yanei, I'll tell you! I'll tell you! It was my family that withheld 30% of the interest, and Fourth Miss Liao found out about it, so my mother pretended to be the eldest lady and asked her to go to Jin'er's room, and then she accused her of seducing the young master and punished her."

The steward Qi saw Xu Zaijing stopped walking, looked back with a look of surprise, and his eyes suddenly widened: "You...you don't know about this!!!"

"I know now."

Hearing this, Manager Qi completely collapsed.

Walking out of the door, Xu Zaijing said to the old man beside him: "Father, don't let this man commit suicide."

"Don't worry, my lord."

At this time, Liao Sanlang also untied all the cowhide ropes and walked to Xu Zaijing in the yard.

in the yard,
The spring breeze blows from time to time,

In the distance, the laughter of the brothel girls soliciting customers could still be heard.

Liao Sanlang looked up at the moonlit night sky and said, "Is what he said true? This is too bizarre. How could a maid from a noble family have the guts to withhold the interest from the master family?"

Xu Zaijing glanced at Liao Sanlang and said, "This is a long-time personal nanny who is very trusted by the mistress. The manager of the outer courtyard is her own son. What is there for her to be afraid of? This is a huge profit, and she doesn't have to bear any infamy! Tsk tsk tsk tsk"

(End of this chapter)