Border Cook

Chapter 221 Terrible

Sooner or later you will regret it!
Zou Fuquan was so angry that his whole body was shaking. After moving his lips again and again, he couldn't utter a word.

Pei Chenghe saw that he had said almost everything, so he stroked his sleeves and said, "Manager Zou, if you have nothing else to say, please go back. As for the matter of Yueran Restaurant and Xia's, I will handle it impartially."

After saying that, he put his hands behind his back and went to the back hall.

A servant came over and bowed to Zou Fuquan, "Boss Zou, please come in."

He drove people away very decisively.

Zou Fuquan was already very angry, and now he became even more annoyed. He walked away angrily.

After walking a few steps, he turned back, picked up the brocade box that had been placed on the coffee table, and then strode away.

The servant escorted Zou Fuquan out, but Pei Chenghe called Feng Maocai over again. "Zou Fuquan came just now, and the conversation was not going well. He left in anger, but he also knew our attitude. He should stop what he is doing. Send someone to arrest Gensheng immediately to prevent him from escaping."

The net must be closed quickly and efficiently.

Not a single fish should be left behind.

"Yes." Feng Maocai hurriedly ordered people to go, but he was a little worried, "But if we are so tough, Zou Fuquan will inevitably exaggerate. If Lord Zhao blames us then..."

Lord Zhao, Zhao Mingjie, is the director of the Changping Division of Heyang Road. He is a fifth-rank official, and his official position is much higher than those of them who are at the bottom of the seventh rank.

Moreover, the Director of the Ministry of Revenue is usually in charge of warehouse closing, market trade, river ferrying, water conservancy and other matters, and he often comes into contact with local officials. If anything happens, he can take advantage of it, which will be a disaster for local officials like them.

"As officials, do we have to follow others, admiring the strong and bullying the weak, without any principles?" Pei Chenghe asked.

Feng Maocai remained silent.

Of course he didn't want to.

After ten years of hard study, he passed the imperial examination and became an official. When he first put on the official hat, all he wanted to do was to serve the people and the court.

But the officialdom is also a place of fame and fortune, like a big dye vat in a dyeing workshop. Once you enter it, it is impossible to remain a blank sheet of paper.

All he can do is to try not to let himself be tainted so badly, and try to keep his original intention as much as possible, to do things for the people and do fair things.

However, the prerequisite for him to do things for the people is that he is still an official.

If one day he was dismissed from his official position for offending the powerful, he would really be unable to do anything.

This is a contradictory thing, and it is difficult to find the key point to maintain the balance.

When Feng Maocai thought of this, he let out a long sigh.

Pei Chenghe walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't be afraid. We just need to do what we should do. Even if he is in charge of the Changping Department, he can't find any fault with us. What's more, he is just the director of the Changping Department. There are always people who are better than you. Are you afraid of him?"

Feng Maocai was stunned.

A mere county magistrate, isn't he afraid of a fifth-rank official?

Pei Chenghe is usually calm and composed, but he can say such words, and at this moment, his expression can only mean...

He found a backer!
But Pei Chenghe seemed unwilling to reveal who this backer was.

It doesn’t matter. Pei Chenghe is his superior, so Pei Chenghe’s backers are his backers. He just needs to do what Pei Chenghe says.

"I'll go right away!" Feng Maocai bowed and hurriedly summoned some yamen runners, ordering them to go and arrest Gensheng from Yueran Restaurant.

The yamen runners who went to capture him left very quickly and arrived almost at the same time as Zou Fuquan.

And because Zou Fuquan went to the county government office as leisurely as if he was strolling in his own back garden, Gensheng was not at all wary of the people from the county government office, and did not dodge or resist when he was arrested.

Instead, his face was full of disdain and mockery, and he even said shamelessly, "You must send me back tomorrow in the same way you captured me today. You must also pour tea to apologize and say that you were blind!" Upon hearing this, the yamen runners looked at each other in bewilderment and then laughed.

They have heard these words so many times during this period that their ears are almost callused.

But what is the result? Are they not all arrogant and domineering when they are arrested, full of arrogant words, but after being interrogated and tortured, they all wilt like frost-bitten eggplants?

This person is not the only one, and perhaps not the last.

When Gensheng saw that the runners all ignored what he said, his heart sank.

But when he was taken away by the yamen runners and saw Zou Fuquan standing beside him with a gloomy face, his heart felt like someone was gripping it tightly.

The shopkeeper's...

It seems like you have no intention of stopping him or speaking for him?
Just let these yamen runners take him away like this?

So this time the shopkeeper went to the county government office not to criticize and hold Pei Chenghe accountable, but to reach some kind of consensus with Pei Chenghe and hand him over?

Or maybe the shopkeeper didn't reach an agreement with Pei Chenghe, and was afraid of Pei Chenghe, the county magistrate, so he decided to cut off his own arm...

Either way, his end was terrible.

Gensheng opened his mouth but didn't say a word.

After Gensheng was taken away, Zou Fuquan was so angry that he smashed a set of tea sets on the table.

This tea set was made from the Ru kiln and was given by the master. Zou Fuquan loved it very much and used it every day.

Seeing this, the guy didn't dare to say a word and could only silently clean up the debris on the ground.

This Pei Chenghe was so bold that he actually dared to treat his Yueran Restaurant like that. When he got the chance, he would definitely complain about him in front of his master!
Just expect difficult days to come!

Zou Fuquan cursed silently in his heart, his brows furrowed.

No matter how you vent your anger, or how you target Pei Chenghe in the future, those are things you can only do in the future.

And now, Pei Chenghe's attack was quite heavy-handed.

Those thugs who were locked up will definitely not be able to be rescued.

But it doesn’t matter. Those people were paid to do the work, so they should naturally bear the corresponding consequences.

As for Gensheng, I can only try my best to help him and see how far I can go.

During this period of time, he could not, and probably would not be able to find anyone to work for Yueran Restaurant even if he spent a lot of money, to cause trouble for Xia Ji.

This is the most frustrating thing.

He failed to bring down Xia Ji and instead just looked for trouble. Anyone could see that he was not strong enough and it would be a laughing stock if the news got out.

I'm afraid Xia Ji will also use this incident to expand its business, and regard Yue Ran Restaurant as a thorn in its side...

The future is scary!
Zou Fuquan was very annoyed, but still surprised by Pei Chenghe's attitude.

Pei Chenghe did not give face to his master and Yue Ran Restaurant, probably not because he did not know the background of Yue Ran Restaurant, but perhaps because he had reasons to favor Xia Ji.

But he had checked the background of Xia Ji and Xia family.

Xia was a commoner, and Lu Qiyan was just a small captain in the army, neither of them had any great ability.

The only person who can support Xia family and Xia Ji is Wu Xiong.