Touring the Ming Dynasty

"Is the golden scales a thing in a pond? It turns into a dragon when it encounters a storm..." Duan Fei got up early in the morning, and when he was standing in the yard, his heart suddenly became confused. In the city of Nanjing, I can't see him, want to jump into the dragon's gate? Difficult..."

He has heard a lot of flattery in the past two days, and Duan Fei can't help but feel a little elated. Although he hasn't passed the provincial examination, and he doesn't have the golden signboard of being a scholar or even a Jinshi, but if there is someone who is worthy enough to recommend it, he can be a first-timer. Small officials of the sixth and seventh ranks, and then gradually accumulated qualifications and promoted. Yang Shiqi in the Yongle Dynasty was recommended to write "Yongle Dadian" because of his good handwriting from a small scribe in charge of copying, and finally became a cabinet assistant.

Yangzhou Tongjuan had recommended Duan Fei at the beginning, but Yangzhou Tongjuan was only a sixth-rank official, and his recommendation was certainly not as good as the recommendation of Ma Wentao, the third-rank magistrate. Duan Fei was already looking forward to becoming a government official one day...

"Master, it's not good..." The housekeeper Uncle Huang stumbled in and yelled at Duan Fei: "Master, a group of people came from Yingtian Yamen and said they were looking for the master. It seems that the situation is not good."

Duan Fei was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Did they say anything?"

Uncle Huang couldn't explain clearly, he only knew that the yamen servants came aggressively, and the leader was Ning Zhuqi, a pusher.

Just when he was about to be a pusher, a pusher came in front of him, Duan Fei didn't dare to neglect, and said to Huang Bo: "I'll go meet them right now, you go and inform Shi Bin, Miss Su, to respond at any time."

The words "responsive at any time" seemed to be forced, but when he blurted out, Duan Fei faintly felt that something was wrong. Unforeseen circumstances, could something bad happen?

Thinking in his mind, he came to the front yard, walked through the corridor and walked into the main hall. He saw a man about forty years old with three short beards and a sixth-rank official uniform, sitting on the main seat and drinking wine. Tea, and several yamen servants either stood or sat there looking around.

Seeing Duan Fei coming out, Team Leader Liu who cooperated with Duan Fei in solving the case yesterday hurriedly gave him a look, telling him to be careful, Duan Fei nodded slightly at him, and then saluted the pusher: "Lord Ning I'm so polite, I moved to a new house the day before yesterday, and I hosted a banquet for all my lords, I learned that Master Ning is working outside, and I once lamented that I don't have a relationship with my lord, I don't want my lord to come here in person today, it really makes my lord shine!"

Ning Zhuqi sneered and said: "Stop talking nonsense, if your house is still called Pengpi, only the imperial palace would dare to call it magnificent, stop talking nonsense, today I received a report and came to handle the case, Duan Fei, I heard you It was only in mid-March that I became a police officer because of filling in the vacancy, am I right?"

"Not bad." Duan Fei replied calmly.

"Before that, you were just a street gangster?" Ning Zhuqi asked immediately.

After the two questions were asked, Duan Fei already knew the reason for his visit, and his thoughts quickly turned in his mind, before he answered unambiguously: "That's right."

Ning Zhuqi patted the tea table and shouted: "Then tell me, your monthly salary is only a bucket of rice plus half a penny, even if you are a policeman all your life, you can't buy half an inch of land in Yingtian Mansion, less than two months, how do you do it?" From a penniless gangster to a man who owns a mansion? Could it be that you have corrupted the law and swallowed tens of thousands of taels of silver in the past month!"

Duan Fei was prepared in his heart, facing Ning Zhuqi's questioning, he said calmly: "Master Ning, this is wronging me, Master Ning can send someone to Yangzhou Mansion to investigate, since I became a policeman, how have I ever done anything?" Illegal things? My lord, I'm afraid I was deceived by others. I was not poor before, but I just didn't want to use the money. The money I used to buy the house was left to me by my father."

"Father?" Ning Zhuqi shouted, "Aren't you an orphan? Where did a father appear?"

Duan Fei said sternly: "My lord, I have never said that I am an orphan. In fact, my father is a rich man in Sichuan. The reason why I never mentioned it to others is because I hate him. Back then he abandoned my mother and killed me." My mother died of a blood collapse when she gave birth to me. He sent someone to find me five years ago, and wanted me to go back to Sichuan to inherit the family business, but I refused. Although I was just a gangster at the time, I was not greedy for his money , I hate him, I have been hating him for several years after he died, and I don’t want to touch half of the inheritance he left me, but in February this year, after I survived a catastrophe, I read it for a few days. No matter how wrong it is, it is also my father. He left me an inheritance to let me live better. If I ignore it and continue to wander, not only will my father suffer, but my mother will also be disappointed, so I will I changed my mind and decided to use the inheritance my father left me. If you don’t believe me, you can go to Datong Bank to check it. My father left me a large sum of money.”

Ning Zhuqi is just a small pusher, Datong Yinzhuang's backstage is strong enough, he can't check it casually, and Sichuan is a bit far away, it will take at least two or three months to send someone to check back and forth, if Ning Zhuqi Qi really sent someone to investigate, and Duan Fei also had time to respond. Besides, if Ying Tianfu really wanted to investigate, he probably wouldn't send the police who knew Duan Fei well. The bank note with Mr. Zhang is not Behcet's either.

Ning Zhuqi sneered, and said: "You have a lotus tongue, do you think I am a three-year-old child? I will continue to investigate this matter, as long as I find out that it is not true... hmph, you will know that I am a child." Awesome! Duan Fei, because you are under suspicion now, you cannot continue to stay in Yingtian Mansion, and the recommendation letter from Yangzhou Mansion to the Ministry of Officials has also been rejected. Mr. Ma asked you to go back to Yangzhou, and wait while you are your little policeman. The news of the official investigation."

Duan Fei was speechless, this result was something he had never thought of. Ning Zhuqi snorted and stood up with a flick of his sleeves. Duan Fei suddenly woke up. With quick eyes, he stuffed a 1000 tael banknote into Ning Zhuqi's hand, and said, "Master Ning, I have been wronged, and Master Ning wants to clear up my innocence!"

There was a smile on Ning Zhuqi's face, and he said in a low voice: "Master Ma, let me tell you, success is Xiao He, failure is Xiao He, your nobleman has become your evil god in a blink of an eye, go back and stay in peace, after a while Time will tell, Mr. Ma still values ​​you very much."

Only then did Duan Fei understand what happened, but no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out why that noble person suddenly became an enemy of him. Could it be that the noble person was an upright but pedantic moralist like Hai Rui?Don't like being deceived by Duan Fei using his name?

After Duan Fei sent him back, he was still puzzled. Shi Bin, Guo Wei and other policemen from Yangzhou, as well as Su Rong, all came up to meet him. Shi Bin asked, "Brother Fei, just now we heard what happened behind the screen. Halfway, what's going on here?"

Duan Fei took a deep breath and said, "It's okay. Two days ago, I was a little worried that this house would cause me trouble. Now this hurdle has been passed, thanks to the efforts to solve the case for Mr. Ma these days, and the previous two days. Silver..."

Su Rong said lightly: "Is it just because of this house? When did the officials of Yingtian Mansion become so petty?"

The officials of Yingtian Mansion are well-informed, and they really won't be jealous of this house. Duan Fei glanced at Su Rong and said, "It's really not that simple. A big man took a bad look at me and kicked me back to Yangzhou Let's go, everyone is going to prepare, I will say goodbye to Mr. Ma and Mr. Zhang, and then go back to Yangzhou..."

Duan Fei went to Yingtian Mansion to meet Lord Ma, but he couldn't even enter the Yamen Gate, so he had to go back disgruntled. Except for Huang Suliang, he had to stay in Yingtian Mansion to deal with accidents. Su Rong and the policemen from Yangzhou followed Duan Fei, Charter a boat back to Yangzhou.

Along the way, Shi Bin and the others were full of complaints, but Duan Fei ignored them and kept his eyes closed, not knowing what he was thinking.

When I opened my eyes this morning, who could have predicted that such a thing would happen?This is the feeling of falling from heaven to hell... Duan Fei suddenly remembered a sentence: "Heaven will send a great responsibility to the people, and it will..."