Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 98 Threat letter (3)
Xianglai had never been to Huikang, and Xu Che was not very familiar with it, but Xianglai didn't plan to go directly to Xu Zongde's house, since he was an enemy, there was nothing to show mercy.Xu Zongde was familiar with the magistrate of Huikang, so it would be better to find Cao Mingquan, the prefect of Huikang. Going directly to Xu Zongde would seem to be weak.

After arriving at Huikang Mansion, the two first found a place to stay, and that night, Xianglai dictated, and Xu Che wrote a letter and a note on behalf of them.As for why Xu Che was asked to write on behalf of him, he didn't need to think about it. Xianglai's two strokes were really hard to come by.

The next morning Xu Che took the letter and went to the Huikang government office alone.

Xianglai didn't follow because she was afraid, but because of the effect of her actions. Otherwise, if the two of them were together, they wouldn't be able to accomplish anything.Besides, Xu Che doesn't care about being a pawn. Ever since Luo Jinxing "admitted" his relationship with Xianglai in front of him, Xu Che felt at ease. But his strength will not be in vain, besides, he has been with Xianglai for more than a year, and it is quite interesting for him to see Xianglai move forward step by step with his own efforts, so it is much more natural to do things for her .

It is impossible for a stranger's letter to be sent to Huikang magistrate without money.Xu Che also imitated Xianglai's style, and came outside the gate of the mansion to explain his intention to the door, then gave the door ten taels of silver, and handed over the book he wrote last night.

It was easy to do things with money, and the doorman picked up the money and happily went in to deliver the letter. Xu Che turned around and left without waiting for the result, and stayed in an inn near the government office in a grand manner.

Besides, his letter was sent all the way to Cao Mingquan by Menzi.

Cao Mingquan was in his early fifties. Although he was corrupt, he hadn't grown fat. With his thin body and the official prestige accumulated over the years, he was quite energetic.

Of course, this spirit is aimed at the subordinates. If you see Luo Jinxing, or see Xu Zongde's money, it will be a different look.

He wasn't too surprised when he took the letter in Menzi's hand. Usually, there were many people who wanted to curry favor with him, and they couldn't see him, so they had to find ways to send gift slips and invitations.

But when he read the contents of the letter, he couldn't keep his composure from before.

I saw that the content of the letter was as follows: Mr. Cao, the daughter of the people is Chen Xianglai from Yanjiangxi Village, Songning County. Because of grievances and nowhere to sue, she was forced to come to Mr. Cao.Miner's father, Shen Wanlu, was beaten to death for no reason by a gold miner run by Huikang businessman Xu Zongde. He failed to appeal for three years, so he came to disturb the adults. The daughter had no other choice but to sprinkle the note attached to the letter all over the capital, and the people of Bo Wangdu lamented to comfort the spirit of the late father, that's all.

Look at the note below again, it says: Xu Zongde, an evil businessman in Huikang, opened a gold mine privately and killed people, which is intolerable according to the law!

Although there are not many words, they are concise and to the point, and anyone can understand what is going on.

After reading the letter and the note, Cao Mingquan was so angry that his beard pouted, he slapped the table and said, "It's too arrogant, it's clearly a threat, that's all!"

As he spoke, he asked the doorman who delivered the letter: "Where is the person? Go and bring it in for me immediately!"

Menzi ran out to look around, and came back to report: "My lord, that person left without waiting for news."

"Where did you go? What does it look like? Go and find out for me immediately!"

Menzi immediately ran out to run an errand again, Cao Mingquan thought for a while and shouted: "Come on, call me Xu Zongde immediately!"

Xu Zongde didn't dare to despise Cao Mingquan like he did to Chen Changzhi, he immediately let go of what he had done and rushed over after hearing the word.

After Xu Zongde arrived, Cao Mingquan immediately asked, "What did you do? You made a broken gold mine, but you didn't get much gold out of it, but it made the city full of storms. Now I'm even sued for life. Why don't you do it for me?" Aren't you reconciled to having some trouble?!"

Xu Zongde was taken aback. There were more than one life lawsuits on the gold mine, but Shen Wanlu's family was the one who really caused the trouble. However, he didn't think that Xianglai had really found Huikang, but thought it was Chen Changzhi who sued him for black complaints, so he said : "Why, Chen Changzhi came to chat with you about this again?"

"Chen Changzhi? It would be great if only he!"

As he spoke, he took a heavy photo of Xianglai's letter in front of Xu Zongde.

After reading it, Xu Zongde was speechless with anger. This was the first time he had seen Xianglai's methods, but he hit him hard.

He shook the letter paper and the note for a long time, and finally said: "This, this Chen Xianglai is really bold! How dare you come to Huikang Mansion..."

He raised his head and said, "Master Cao, why don't you send someone to catch her and throw her into prison if you are still here, and see how she continues to make trouble!"

"Throw it into prison?"

Cao Mingquan sneered and said: "You are so easy to catch, people have been guarding against you for a long time! I just sent someone to inquire, and the person who came to deliver the letter was only Chen Xianglai's servant. After delivering the letter, he lived in an inn not far from the yamen. Wait for the news, as for that Chen Xianglai who didn't even show her face, if there is something wrong on your side, she will immediately enter the capital, and if she really does what she said in the letter, let alone you, even I will have to follow suit Tired!"

Xu Zongde gritted his teeth and said: "I don't believe that this country girl who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth dares to make trouble in the capital!"

Cao Mingquan knocked on the table and said, "What's going on in your head? She dares to send a threatening letter to the magistrate of Hui Kang, so what are you afraid of if you go to the king's capital? It's a cheap life for her, so it's not worth the trouble! Now she doesn't even offer a condition, so she just threw a letter at me, making it clear that it was just to say hello, if she can't give her a satisfactory answer, she will have to go to the capital immediately!"

Xu Zongde sat there grinding his back molars for a long time, and said: "She opened the condition, and asked Chen Changzhi to convey it to me, asking me to kill the miner who killed her father, and then give her Songning's farm, and I will not be held accountable. responsibility."

Cao Mingquan stared and said, "Since there is a solution, why didn't you agree?"

Seeing him angry, Xu Zongde said in embarrassment: "But the death of a person is only a matter of paying a few dozen taels of silver. How far is it that she wants my farm with her mouth? What's more, she wants my miners. The miners there are all I paid a lot of money to poach corners from the official mine, and killed one or two. Needless to say, the loss, other miners would also be sad! If they really found the big golden vein and didn't tell us, you said it would be a huge loss How big!"

Cao Mingquan said: "You also said that you have been looking for your big golden vein for several years? Why don't you just find out that small broken gold mine, the big golden vein is just a legend of gold diggers, you can believe that!"

Xu Zongde was silenced by his scolding, sat there for a while and asked: "Then what do you say about this matter?"

Cao Mingquan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back and said, "What should I do? I've seen such thorns a lot. If you coaxed me a lot earlier, you might have spent some money to get rid of it. It's up to the current situation. It depends on what she said. Do something, or if you make a big mess, don't blame me for not being able to keep you."

(End of this chapter)