Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 80 Let's go to Yicui Building at night

He Liu learned from Mabutang that Lu Da, the head of Jinyiwei in Nanjing, was actually one of the six private salt dealers in the south of the Yangtze River.

It is said that they followed the vine and followed the vine, and if they want to find out the salt smuggling case, they must arrest Lu Da and interrogate him strictly.

Any yamen in Ming Dynasty must pay attention to evidence and evidence when apprehending criminals.Jin Yiwei Beizhen Fusi is different, Beizhen Fusi arrests people, never needs a reason.

But Naluda is, after all, the boss of Nanjing.In charge of hundreds of brothers in Nanjing Jinyiwei.He Liu only brought dozens of wrestlers to Jiangnan.Dozens of people against hundreds of people, He Liu has no chance of winning.

If you can't arrest them by force, you can only outwit them.

He Liu and Lao Hu led dozens of warriors and rode to Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.He Liuming's warriors disguised themselves and sneaked into the city.Then he was dressed in a flying fish suit, rode a big horse, and swaggered across the market to Jinyiwei Nanjing to stay behind at the yamen.

The sixth Taibao from Fusi of Beizhen arrived, and Lu Da did not dare to neglect, so he went to the lobby of the yamen to greet him in person.

Lu Da bowed his head when he saw He Liu: "My subordinates pay homage to Master Liu!"

He Liu hurriedly supported Lu Da: "Commissioner Lu, in terms of rank, you are the fourth rank, and I am the sixth rank. In terms of official positions, you are the governor, and I am a small hundred. I should be the one to salute you." That's right!"

Lu Da hurriedly said: "The Sixth Lord is the Thirteenth Imperial Guard of our Jinyiwei. Back then, I was just under the Third Lord Jin. I don't care about the national rituals, the family rituals cannot be discarded!"

He Liu waved his hand: "You are welcome, Governor Lu! I'm here on business in Jiangnan, and this prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River belongs to your Governor Lu. I'll ask you to ask Governor Lu to entertain me."

Lu Da laughed and said, "Where is the sixth master talking? You have always come to Nanjing, this is our brother's territory. I didn't say anything, I will definitely let you go back to your heart's content!"

Lu Da's men served tea to He Liu and Lao Hu.

He Liu asked, "Are you Nanjing Jinyiwei still busy on weekdays?"

Lu Da laughed and said, "Sixth Lord is asking the question clearly. Although our Nanjing Jinyiwei bears the name of a Jinyiwei, it is not like Beijing's Nan and Beizhen Fusi, which specializes in dealing with major cases. There are many honored children in Nanjing. These The idle children like to pick fights in the market on weekdays. The local government can't control it, but we Nanjing Jinyi Guards can manage it. Well, we are just peacemakers for the noble children all day long."

He Liudao: "So, you are still free in Nanjing?"

Lu Da nodded: "It's very idle. Don't dare to lie to the sixth master. Our brothers in Jinyiwei in Nanjing receive a comfortable salary. At the hour of the morning, we will leave in the afternoon and go out to eat, drink and have fun."

He Liuda laughed and said, "Eating, drinking and having fun? You are envious of others! Well, I have arrived in Jiangnan, a place full of smoke and willows, and envoy Lu Zhenfu wants to take me to have a good time eating, drinking and having fun."

Lu Da said: "That's natural! By the way, a few days ago my people went to Yangzhou to arrest two swindlers. The people under my command didn't have eyes and caught Liu Ye by mistake. Please don't blame Liu Ye!"

He Liu said solemnly: "Nanjing Jinyiwei has arrested Beijing Jinyiwei. If this news gets out, Lu Zhenfu will make you lose your lord! You have to make up for me. Tonight, take me there... huh?"

Lu Da understood: "Ha! Sixth Master, you have found the right person! There is a Yicuilou in Nanjing City. All the women in it are stunning, and they are proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Let's go there tonight How about Le Yile?"

Old Hu suddenly interjected: "I'm getting old, that thing can't even scare birds now. I won't go with Lu Zhen Fushi and Liu Ye to Yicuilou."

Lu Da said: "Then I will send a few brothers to accompany you to find a good restaurant to drink."

He Liu suddenly changed the subject: "Commissioner Lu Zhen, I have been in Jiangnan for a long time. How did I hear that the private salt trade in Jiangnan is rampant? Could it be that the government in Jiangnan and your Nanjing Jinyiwei don't care about it?" ?”

Lu Da was taken aback for a moment, and replied after a while: "My subordinates are not very clear about the matter of private salt. According to the rules of our Jinyiwei, the governors of the South and North Towns in Beijing can control the sky and the land, but Nanjing Jinyiwei stays in the yamen but is not allowed to interfere with local government affairs. The matter of private salt should be handled by the Lianghuai Salt Transport Yamen. One more thing is worse than one less thing, so the subordinates don’t want to go to that muddy water.”

He Liu nodded: "That's right, that's right. Guarding the city of Nanjing, which is full of flowers and brocades, is easy and enjoyable, who cares about that when they are idle?"

The three of them were chatting idlely in the lobby.A warrior under Lu Da suddenly came to the court to report: "Tang En, the eldest son of Uncle Zhongyong's family, and Zhu Xiping, Lieutenant of Fengguo, are fighting!"

Lu Da said, "Oh? Where are these two now?"

Li Shi said: "We have been 'invited' to the hall by our brothers."

Lu Da looked at He Liu.

He Liudao: "Professor Lu Zhen has official business to do. Let us also see your methods of handling cases."

Lu Da nodded, and ordered the strongman to say: "Bring the two of you to the hall."

The two sons came to the lobby.

The royal titles of the Ming Dynasty are divided into prince, county king, general of Zhenguo, general of Fuguo, general of Fengguo, lieutenant of Zhenguo, lieutenant of Fuguo, lieutenant of Fengguo and so on.The grandsons below the sixth king of the county were granted this Fengguo lieutenant, which is the lowest rank among the royal titles.

Although that Zhu Xiping can be regarded as a member of the royal family, he is the lowest rank.

Tang En, the eldest son of the loyal uncle's family, is also a down-and-out honorable man.No one in his family has been an official for three generations.

Lu Da asked, "Why did you two have a dispute?"

Tang En said: "I first fell in love with a thrush at the Nancheng Bird Market. This guy actually snatched it from me! I offered 500 taels to the store, and he offered 600 taels. I offered 600 taels, and he offered 700 taels! Mr. Lu, how about you?" Tell me, is he deliberately finding fault?"

Zhu Xiping said angrily: "I am the seventeenth grandson of Lord Hongwu! A dignified royal nobleman. How dare you snatch that spiritual object from me, a small foreign surname?"

Tang En cursed angrily: "Seeing your unreasonable appearance, Lord Wu might crawl out of the Xiaoling Mausoleum and beat you up, this unworthy descendant!"

If this is the case, if you say it in Beijing.Maybe the people from Beizhen Fusi will take Tang Ensuo immediately.Nanjing is different, the sky is high and the emperor is far away.It's just staying in the capital, and it's not at the feet of the emperor. No one cares about these things.

Lu Da coughed: "Okay, okay! Isn't it just a thrush? How about this? You two just take a gamble. Whoever wins, the thrush will belong to him."

The honorable children in Nanjing are the best bets.

Tang En said: "A man, what is there not to bet on?"

Not to be outdone, Zhu Xiping said, "Just bet! Who is afraid of whom? Master Lu, tell me, what are you betting on?"

Lu Da took out a pair of ivory dice from his pocket: "Let's bet on size!"

Lu Da poured out all the tea in the teacup, flipped the dice upside down into the teacup, and shook it a few times: "Okay, please guess, is the dice big or small?"

Tang En said: "I guess it's big!"

Zhu Xiping confronted each other: "You guessed big, but I guessed small!"

(End of this chapter)