Aspirations

Chapter 126
At this moment, in the Yamen of Zhending Mansion, Cui Xiang was in the study, with a solemn face, and opened a letter from the capital in his hand.After reading it three times, he got up and lit the letter, and he didn't look away until all the letter was reduced to ashes.

"Come here, pass on the knowledge of Cheng Daotong, the judge of Zheng Hao, and the dismissal of the official Li Heng." Cui Xiang sent the order.

Not long after, Cheng Daotong and Li Heng came to the study. After the two of them greeted each other, Cui Xiang asked dissatisfiedly, "Where is Zheng Tong's sentence?"

Li Heng hesitated to speak, and looked at Cheng Daotong.

Cheng Daotong, who is over [-] years old, has a thin beard and a dark and old face like a [-]-year-old man. When he frowned slightly, his forehead was covered with ditches. It’s time to enjoy autumn. The children of the aristocratic family often do things as they please without restraint. Although the situation is understandable, it is not in accordance with the rules. Alas, the world is going down, and the etiquette is falling apart..."

"Going to the county office again?" Cui Xiang's face darkened, he was very unhappy, "Zheng Tongpan is too shameful, he is the general judge of Zhending Mansion, not the magistrate of Zhending County."

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he remembered that Xu Heguang often came to the government office, so he couldn't help coughing, and hurriedly dismissed the matter: "Let's not talk about him now, I have something I want you two to take care of!"

Li Heng hurriedly said respectfully: "Your Majesty Cui just give orders."

Cheng Daotong smiled faintly: "As a respected official of the Cui Mansion, I should obey my orders."

Cui Xiang sat down, motioned for the two to sit down as well, and said slowly: "I received a letter from Mr. Hou, who was very dissatisfied with Zhending County's grand trial of Fu Ke's case, and I was extremely dissatisfied with allowing Xia Xiang to act recklessly. Furious. Mr. Hou said that the land of Zhending is the land of Longxing, and Xia Xiang’s torment cannot be tolerated. Moreover, the emperor will come to Zhending this winter to pray for blessings. If Xia Xiang’s reckless actions startled the holy car, Xia Xiang will certainly be guilty. You I am also to blame..."

Li Heng's heart skipped a beat. Although Cui Xiang's objection to Xia Xiang's continued trial of Fu Ke's case is well known, he has never said it in a serious manner like today. From this point of view, the controversy surrounding Fu Ke's case , Cui Fuzun is about to draw a conclusion.

"I have appointed the two of you to go to the county government office to convey to Xia Xiang the order of Zhending Mansion, ordering Zhending County to settle the case of Fu Ke within three days!" Cui Xiang said solemnly and in an unquestionable tone, " If there is another problem, this official will report to Hou Xianggong and the emperor to accuse Xia Xiang of a crime of dereliction of duty, and completely overturn the case of Fuke in Zhending County."

Cheng Daotong stood up and said, "I understand, I will do it right away."

Li Heng sighed in his heart, Xia Xiang was dedicated to serving the country and the people, but he was still going to be suppressed by Cui Xiang.Although he didn't have much thought about Fu Ke's case, and he didn't want to know who and what forces were involved behind it.He has a good personal relationship with Lian Ruohan, and he also has a good impression of Xia Xiang. In addition, Xia Xiang is humble, refined, and decent in handling things. Based on the idea of ​​caring for young people, he hopes that Xia Xiang's official career will go smoother Longer.

It's just... the situation is stronger than people, but the case of Fu Ke has touched the interests of too many people, Xia Xiang's test may be very difficult to pass.Cui Xiang didn't come forward to embarrass Xia Xiang directly, but asked Cheng Daotong and him to put pressure on Xia Xiang. On the surface, it seemed to save a little affection for Xia Xiang and let Xia Xiang have a step down, but in fact he wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone.

Xia Xiang obeyed the order and that's all. If not, Li Heng believed that Cui Xiang would surely take Xia Xiang's copy for the crime of dereliction of duty, and would detain him again on the grounds that Xia Xiang had a quarrel with Cheng Daotong, the same Zhicheng of the Zhending Mansion, and Li Heng, the pusher. A crime of disobedience to God's order, two more crimes added to the body, Xia Xiang can't argue with it, and he will definitely be punished.The most important thing is that Cui Fuzun did not commit more than one fact of bullying in this matter, nor did he directly order Xia Xiang, and still did not damage the reputation of being a high-spirited and righteous man. It is really a brilliant move.

"Is there any difficulty for Li Tuiguan?" Seeing Li Heng bowed his head and said nothing, Cui Xiang felt slightly displeased. It's fine for Zheng Hao and Xia Xiang to get close. Apart from his fellow acquaintance Cheng Daotong, this mansion lord has no one around him whom he can trust.

"No, Cui Fuzun is too worried. The next official is just thinking about how to report this matter to Xia Xianzun tactfully, without hurting the harmony of the prefecture and county, and not dampening the morale of Xia Xianzun. It's because of Cui Fuzun's love for Xia Xianzun..." Li Heng shook his head with a troubled expression on his face, "This matter is really difficult."

Cheng Daotong chuckled: "Officer Li Tui is really worrying too much. This matter is just a business. It is a business, but it is a business, and it is selfless. Why bother?"

How could Cui Xiang fail to realize that Li Heng was implying that the matter should not be too tense, he smiled lightly: "Cheng Tongzhi is very right, just do business, don't need to think too much."

Li Heng was shocked again. So, Cui Xiang is not afraid of tearing his face?It can be seen that the situation has reached a very critical juncture, so he didn't say any more, and immediately responded, and walked out of the Fu Zun with Cheng Dao, and walked out towards the county government.

Along the way, Cheng Daotong was in the car with Anbu, walking with ease, but Li Heng was preoccupied. The two walked to the Zilong Bridge, but they were blocked by the packed crowd.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Daotong, who is not tall, wanted to separate from the crowd and go inside to have a better look, but was pushed aside, and he couldn't help saying, "Since Mr. Xia took office, he has only done superficial feats of great success, and he doesn't know how to educate the people to know etiquette. Rules, dereliction of duty, great dereliction of duty."

Li Heng didn't answer, just looked around, he was a little taller than Cheng Daotong, jumped up, saw the situation clearly, and said in surprise: "It seems that something big happened, and a fight is about to start."

"What?" Cheng Daotong turned pale with shock, "It must be a peaceful place. In broad daylight, how could anyone dare to commit murder in the street? Such a reckless act, reverse, reverse!"

Li Heng responded with Cheng Dao's contemptuous look, and was about to say a few more words, when there was an exclamation in the field, and someone in the crowd shouted: "It's not good, people are going to die!"

Li Heng was shocked, turned back and said to the young servant: "Go back to the government office quickly, and the head catcher Zhang Tianxiao will lead the catcher here quickly."

The little servant responded and rushed away.As soon as he turned around, Zhang Tianxiao happened to be leading someone passing by, and the servant stopped Zhang Tianxiao.Zhang Tianxiao hurried forward to salute Cheng Daotong and Li Heng, and then told the police to leave the crowd.

Under the protection of a group of police officers, Cheng Daotong and Li Heng came to the venue boldly.In the field is a carriage and several tall horses confronting each other.The carriage was extremely gorgeous, and there was a man standing in front of the carriage, who was not as young as a weak crown, dressed luxuriously, with his head held high, and was confronting the two on the horse.

Immediately, although the two of them were dressed in ordinary clothes, their expressions and demeanor were not ordinary people.Not to mention the arrogance on their faces, just the handsome horses and exquisite saddles, it can be seen that the two of them are extraordinary.

One of them had a bandage on his right arm, and his face was still a little pale, obviously an old wound that hadn't healed.But even so, he still looked directly at the person in front of the car with contempt, and said coldly: "Cao Shujun, ran all the way from the capital to Zhending, and met on the narrow road on the Hutuo River. Too long? Well, I will fulfill you today!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Jianyuan slashed down with the knife in his left hand, and grabbed Cao Shujun's right shoulder.

When Cao Shujun and his party arrived at the Zilong Bridge, Lian Ruohan wanted to stop on a whim to enjoy the scenery on the river.After parking the car, a few people came down and looked at the mighty Liotuo River with their hands on the railing. Before they had time to say a few words of emotion, they were surrounded by Gao Jianyuan, Yan Hao and his party.

Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao did not expect to meet Cao Shujun and his party unexpectedly on the Zilong Bridge. Remembering the humiliation and injury they suffered at the gate of Xingwang Mansion, Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao were willing to let Cao Shujun go. Strange.The two immediately galloped forward to fight Cao Shujun.

There were several people in Cao Shujun's group, and he was the only man. He stepped forward without hesitation and let Lian Ruohan, Cao Shuli, and Xiao Jia get into the car. He wanted to argue with Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao single-handedly.Lian Ruohan wanted to come forward to resolve the matter in person, but Cao Shujun refused, insisting on showing his masculinity, Lian Ruohan had no choice but to let him.

It was because Lian Ruohan believed that there would be no big troubles in the real place, after all, Xia Xiang and Cui Xiang were there, so she returned to the car with peace of mind.Unexpectedly, Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao were so arrogant and arrogant to the point of lawlessness, and it was because she did not witness what happened at the gate of Xingwang Mansion with her own eyes, otherwise she would not let Cao Shujun, Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao confront each other head-on.

Cao Shujun also thought that Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao didn't dare to act presumptuously in the real place, and wanted to make Gao Jianyuan and Yan Hao feel ashamed with his three-inch tongue. hands on.

Fortunately, although Gao Jianyuan was daring, he was not really lawless, and he didn't dare to commit murder in the street. He cut it down with a single knife, leaving some leeway.Cao Shujun jumped to the side in panic, narrowly dodging the blow.

But Gao Jianyuan refused to let it go. If the first strike was meant to scare Cao Shujun, the second strike really wanted to hurt him.The arrow wound on Gao Jianyuan's body still hurts from time to time. Although it was shot by King Qing, the blame has to be blamed on Cao Shujun's head, so he wanted to pick Cao Shujun's right arm with the second knife, so that Cao Shujun would also suffer. head.

How could Cao Shujuan have thought that Gao Jianyuan was being unreasonable at all, and would slash one after another without saying a word, and immediately screamed in fright.He wanted to hide behind the car, but he was afraid of hurting the beauty inside, so he simply jumped up and ran towards the railing.

Gao Jianyuan laughed out loud. Cao Shujun was being chased by him like an eagle catching chickens, and he was still under the watchful eyes of the crowd, and he was even more proud when he heard the exclamation of the crowd around him about to kill. Hold the knife and cut again.

Cao Shujun ran and hid, and the crowd gave way one after another. He danced and shouted for help: "Come on, help, I'm going to kill someone."

In the blink of an eye, he came to the railing, and there was no way to escape. Cao Shujun would not just sit and wait for death. Out of the corner of his eye, he found an egg stand next to him. Holding a basket of eggs in his hand, he turned around, threw the eggs on the ground, and then continued to rush towards the railing.

The egg shattered as soon as it was dropped, and the egg white and yolk flowed all over the floor, which was very creamy.Cao Shujun rushed to the front of the railing without slowing down. Everyone exclaimed, thinking that Cao Shujun was about to fall off the bridge, he suddenly turned around on the spot and flew to the right.On the right side is a vegetable stand. Cao Shujun threw himself into a pile of vegetables, and with a loud crash, the vegetable stand was smashed into a ball by his impact.

Everyone was surprised at first, and then laughed again.There happened to be a live poultry stand next to the vegetable stand. Chickens, ducks and dogs were locked up in cages. Chicken feathers scattered all over the place.

Cao Shujun rolled over on the spot and sat on the ground, in as much embarrassment as he wanted, not to mention a chicken feather in his mouth, a duck on his head, and a puppy next to him. She looked at him happily and licked a few mouthfuls on his face.

But compared to Cao Shujun's embarrassment, Gao Jianyuan is deadly and dangerous!

Gao Jianyuan rode on a horse and chased after Cao Shujun. When Cao Shujun threw eggs all over the place, he realized that Cao Shujun was playing tricks, but it was too late.As soon as the eggs were broken, the egg whites and yolks on the ground were extremely slippery. As soon as the horse's hooves fell, they immediately slipped. The horse's speed was so fast that it rushed to the railing in an instant.

If the right arm was not injured, it would be fine, Gao Jianyuan could suddenly lift the reins to let the horse stand upright and defuse the impact.Unfortunately, his right arm was injured, and he couldn't use his strength, so he had to pinch the horse's belly with his legs, trying to stop the horse.The horse wanted to stop, but his feet slipped, how could he stop?It slid all the way to the railing, and the horse's body hit the railing heavily.

The horse stopped, but Gao Jianyuan was driven by the incomparably huge impact force, immediately flew up from the horse, and fell headlong into the river.

Everyone was shocked!

Everything happened so fast that Yan Hao was too late to rescue him, so he could only watch Gao Jianyuan jump off his horse like a big falling bird, jump over the railing and fall into the river.

Gao Jianyuan is not simple either. After all, he has rich experience in battles. He is in the air, quick to wit, he straightened his body, and made a backhand knife. The tip of the knife in his hand got stuck in the stone crevice of the railing. A carp came and stood upright, but it actually folded back and stood firmly on the railing!

"Okay!" The crowd was stunned by Gao Jianyuan's amazing kung fu, and after a moment of stunned, they erupted in applause.

"What a chicken feather!" Cao Shujun spat out the chicken feathers in his mouth, glared dissatisfiedly at Gao Jianyuan, who was standing on the railing in the independent shape of a golden rooster, and said indignantly, "It won't kill you even if it hits you. It's really fate. Okay, sooner or later One day you will die in my hands, I don't believe it, just relying on my ability, I can't kill you alone!"

Although the big talk was enough to relieve his anger, Cao Shujun still made a decisive decision and got up quickly, trying to hide in the crowd so that Gao Jianyuan could not find him.Unexpectedly, as soon as he made a move, Yan Hao flashed to his side like a ghost, grabbed his arm, and twisted him to the front of the car.

Cao Shujun sweated profusely from the pain: "Take it easy, oops, my arm is broken."

However, Yan Hao's subordinates continued to exert force, and smiled coldly: "Now there is no King Jing and King Qing to support you, let's see if you can still escape from my palm? Cao Shujun, if you kneel down and beg for mercy, call me three Grandpa Sheng, maybe I will really hold my hand high, I won’t kill you, as long as you have one arm and one leg..."

Although Cao Shujun lost the strength to resist, he still insisted: "Bah, grandpa won't beg for mercy from grandson... oh!"

"stop!"

(End of this chapter)