Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 129
Luo Jinxing and Yu Zixi had always been suspicious, and asked, "Has the real identity of this Yu Zixi in Korea and the purpose of coming to Beiliao not been found out yet?"

Xu Lin said: "On Beiliao's side, it was only found that he had contacts with the envoys of Goryeo, but they couldn't go any further. The investigators have already sneaked into the territory of Goryeo to investigate, and they probably will be back soon in a few days."

Luo Jinxing nodded and said: "Well done, they will report to me immediately when they come back, and at the same time, you should also pay more attention to this man named Qi Xing. If Gao Li can't find out anything, we will have to rely on us to find out his identity."

Xu Lin said: "Yes, I know."

The next day, under Yu Zixi's control, the "owners" of each shop and the family members of the clerks took turns to fight, and the officials stopped beating drums to appeal for grievances, and everyone shouted outside the yamen, causing a commotion at the yamen gate of Huikang Mansion. The market is the same.

The incident was provoked by Xu Zongde and Jiang Borui. This time, the judge Tao Yixin also hid himself and watched the excitement, but Xu Zongde didn't think it was a big deal to be surrounded by the crowd at the gate of the yamen, so he didn't show up at all. Jiang Borui was so anxious that he went to the courtyard of the government office to look out from time to time. When he saw the crowd walking away and pulling up again, he couldn't hold back anymore, so he simply went out from the back door of the government office and went directly to Xu Zongde's mansion. .

Xu Zongde was happy to clean up those shops that were against him, but he didn't expect Jiang Borui to come to him.

When he heard that Master Tongzhi had arrived, he hurried out to greet him.

Although he had Cao Mingquan to rely on, seeing that Cao Mingquan didn't want to stay in the Huikang residence, he had to find another backer, right?

Jiang Borui said straight away: "Mr. Xu, how long will the person you arrested be locked up? Now there is a commotion outside the yamen. How decent is it to go on like this!"

Xu Zongde said: "Your Majesty, why should you be so angry? They are just a bunch of thugs, just beat them away with sticks. If it doesn't work, then arrest some people to frighten them, and others will not dare..."

While talking, he moved in and said, "Come, please come inside."

Jiang Borui walked in with him and said: "Mr. Xu, you see things too simply. There are a hundred of those family members, plus the shop owners, there are more than a hundred. You want me to catch them all? The more than 30 people were convicted by force, and now the prison is crying out for grievances all night long, and if their family members are arrested, you, don’t you sincerely want me to stir up a civil uprising!"

Xu Zongde said: "But it was caught yesterday and released today, what's the use of it?"

Jiang Borui said: "It's fine if you don't let people go, then remove the seals of those shops first, do you know that the shopkeepers of those people hold the certificates, and a few of them hired lawyers, all of them are famous in Huikang's mansion. I tried every means to submit the case to the mansion, and now Mr. Tao and I have become cowards, hiding in the yamen and not even daring to ask about other cases!"

Xu Zongde hurriedly said after hearing this: "Oh, that's even worse! As soon as those shops open, the arrests will be in vain. They can hire another employee to open again, and our busy work will be in vain."

During the conversation, the two entered the hall, Xu Zongde asked his servants to serve tea and patiently said to Jiang Borui: "I said Mr. Jiang, please don't be so impatient, so what if those mobs continue to make trouble? What will happen now?" Mr. Cao has the final say in the Kang Mansion right now, if they make trouble again, they will turn against the sky? When Mr. Cao comes back, everything will be calm!"

Jiang Borui wiped his forehead and said: "But who knows when Lord Cao will come back? If he is really transferred, I don't know what kind of temperament the prefect will come again."

Although Cao Mingquan kept it from the crowd, the matter of going to the capital to transfer relations was still known by these people.

Xu Zongde smiled, and said: "It's not been a year or two since Mr. Cao wanted to transfer, no, it has never been done. I think most of the efforts this time are in vain."

Jiang Borui said: "Oh, I hope so!"

After pausing for a while, he sighed and said, "It's strange to say, it's not like the merchants have never been caught before, why didn't they make such a big fuss this time? And there was one family that didn't miss out, and the family members of those fellows were also exposed. There was a rush of arrogance, as if someone was backing them up."

When he said this, Xu Zongde also became vigilant, and said: "Yes, Mr. Jiang didn't say it, I really didn't remember it. Judging from the appearance of these people, it really seems to be planned."

Although Jiang Borui didn't know the grievances between Xu Zongde and Xianglai, but he knew that Tianxiang cloth shop had robbed the business of Xu's cloth shop, so he asked tentatively: "I said, Mr. Xu, could it be that you offended someone? Let's work together to fix you?"

Xu Zongde frowned and thought: Could it be that these people are really the ghosts of that village girl Chen Xianglai?But I clearly checked that these shops have nothing to do with Chen Xianglai?Besides, Chen Xianglai's subordinates are all counted by herself, she has no manpower to open so many shops for her, and these days when the incident happened, she stayed in Tianxiangbuzhuang honestly, without any changes.

But then again, she has no subordinates, and her concubine who runs the bank may not have no subordinates. Could it be that guy helped her?
Seeing that he was silent, Jiang Borui asked again: "Why, did you remember someone suspicious?"

Xu Zongde said: "I think of one, but it doesn't feel like it. How about...you try it for me and arrest this person first?"

Jiang Borui shook his head again and again, and said: "Forget it, the one who hit someone before finally had some reason, this is for no reason, you let me arrest him, are you really acting like a king?!"

That is to say, Xu Zongde is supposed to be eager to kill Xianglai now, but Xu Che really makes him afraid. He is really worried that if he touches Xianglai, Xu Che will jump into his mansion in the middle of the night one day and put He was as miserable as those two killers. God knows that since Xianglai and Xu Che came to Huikang Mansion, he dared not go out every night. Even when he went out in broad daylight, he would bring three or five thugs with him, for fear that Xu Che would find him on a whim. He is in trouble.

After the two discussed for a long time, Xu Zongde still insisted that Jiang Borui should keep him in custody, and Jiang Borui took advantage of him, so he agreed.

Yu Zixi led people to quarrel at the gate of the yamen for a few days, and then came to Xianglai to discuss it.

Yu Zixi said: "Xianglai, if this trouble continues, it won't solve the problem. Although the merchants and people in Huikang City are all on our side, they won't let them go, and the shops have been closed. We are the ones who suffer, and we can't attack them at all. To Xu Zongde."

Xiang Lai said: "Troublemaking is just to show Huikang Mansion and Xu Zongde color, and we need to use another method to attack Xu Zongde."

"what way?"

Xianglai said: "Didn't Xu Zongde think that he would be able to do business with peace of mind after closing our shop? Hmph, I won't let him do what he wants. You will tell the shops tomorrow and put the goods on hold, pretending that you can't do it." Go down and clear the inventory at a low price. These days, the common people already know that the government has closed many shops, and they will definitely come to buy cheap goods when they know the news."

(End of this chapter)