Xuannv Heart Sutra 2

Chapter 72 Returning to Hangzhou, feeling timid near the hometown (4)

After Li Yulong walked into the private room, he saw a fat man with a rich appearance bowing his back in front of Wu Mengde. Fortunately, this man was a man. If it was a woman, it would be difficult to get married. The tired flesh was trembling constantly, so Li Yulong wiped the fat man's sweat. I was afraid that his two legs would not be able to support his body. With a gold ring, one can tell that he is a rich man.

Seeing Li Yulong walk into the room, Wu Mengde threw down the fat man and came to meet Li Yulong, his aloof look in front of the fat man disappeared instantly, "Li Shaoxia, this is Liu Zhifu of Hangzhou City, what is Liu Zhifu doing standing there? Why don't you come over to see Li Shaoxia."

The fat man moved very slowly, as if he used up all his strength with every step he took. That hill-like body made the wooden building tremble. Don't look at how difficult it is for the fat man to move, but Li Yulong It was obvious at a glance that Liu Zhifu was a master. I really didn't understand how such a fat person practiced martial arts. When confronting others, wouldn't he be a living target with his figure?
"Xiaguan Liu Minhong met Li Shaoxia." The fat man finally walked in front of Li Yulong, wanting to bend down to salute Li Yulong, but his tired body made him unable to bend down at all, which made Qiuyun and others laugh extreme.

"Okay, Prefect Liu, don't be too polite. Hangzhou is my hometown. As the parent official of Hangzhou City, Prefect Liu has taken good care of Hangzhou City these years! This Hangzhou city is prosperous, and Prefect Liu's body is getting stronger and stronger. You are so rich, you deserve to do your best for the city of Hangzhou!" Li Yulong's words were full of ridicule.

Regarding this prefect Liu, Li Yulong actually knew him. This guy has been the magistrate in Hangzhou for more than ten years. There is probably no one in Hangzhou who does not know this prefect Liu who is fatter than a pig. It's not that Hangzhou City's economy is very developed. It is estimated that after more than ten years of searching like him, Hangzhou City is not what it is now. This Liu Zhifu is a typical corrupt official. At least Li Yulong clearly remembers that his father was taken by this guy before. The only difference between Liu Zhifu and other corrupt officials is that he will help others if he accepts the benefits. Otherwise, he will not be able to hold the position of Hangzhou prefect. He is a smart person. Seeing Liu Zhifu, Li Yulong couldn't help but think of many past events.

"Li Shaoxia is also from Hangzhou?" Liu Zhifu didn't care about the ridicule in Li Yulong's words, but looked at Li Yulong very vigilantly. Of course, the superficial respect was enough.

"Yeah! I haven't been back to Hangzhou City for more than four years. I haven't seen Liu Zhifu. It's strange. I clearly remember that Liu Zhifu was not as rich as he is now. I haven't seen him for four years. Liu Zhifu's blessing It is getting heavier and heavier, it seems that it has a lot to do with the water and soil of Hangzhou!"

Li Yulong bypassed Liu Zhifu and Wu Mengde, walked to the table, sat between Qiuyun and Chen Yuhe, and continued: "When I was young, Liu Zhifu often went to Lijiazhuang, how is it? Is it the past four years?" Also, do you go to Lijiazhuang every year during the holidays?"

"Li Shaoxia is talking about the Li Family Village in the east of the city?" The smile on Liu Zhifu's face disappeared suddenly, and drops of sweat appeared on his forehead. He knew what he had done. As the richest man in Hangzhou, the Li family Every year, he often goes to play the autumn wind.

"Of course, is there another Li Family Village in Hangzhou?"

Seeing Li Yulong's appearance, Wu Mengde moved his footsteps smartly, and distanced himself from Liu Zhifu. He was afraid that Li Yulong would be unhappy because of Liu Zhifu's affairs, and then the fire would burn himself. Come on, in fact, it is normal for Liu Zhifu to do this. Didn't he often do this before?It's just that Liu Zhifu's luck was really bad. Wu Mengde looked at Liu Zhifu with pity and shook his head.

"May I ask what is the relationship between Li Shaoxia and Li Jiazhuang?" Liu Zhifu is not stupid. Just by looking at Wu Mengde's performance, he knows that the background of this young man in front of him is not simple. Otherwise, Wu Mengde will at least say a few good words for him now. Over the past few years, Wu Mengde has not missed his benefits.

"I'm Mr. Li San, do you still have any impressions of Liu Zhifu?"

"The third son of Li? Li Yulong, the third son of Lijiazhuang who has been missing for more than four years?" Liu Zhifu wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hands, and the fat on his body kept shaking.

"It seems that Liu Zhifu still remembers me! That's good!"

With a sound of "dong", Liu Zhifu knelt on the ground with both legs, kowtowing his head continuously.

"Get up! I don't want to talk about the past anymore. Please Liu Zhifu send all the 'holiday expenses' and 'entertainment fees' that I have taken from Lijiazhuang these years back to Lijiazhuang tomorrow. I will pretend that I have never done those things before." It happened, the second stall Wu, it's getting late now, let them serve the food!"

"Yes, Li Shaoxia, I will definitely visit the mansion tomorrow, for sure." Liu Zhifu stood up, feeling as if he had gone to the underworld, his clothes were already wet with sweat, It is not a good thing that this person is too fat, especially in summer, when he moves a little, he will sweat continuously. Of course, the sweat on Liu Zhifu's body is more from being scared.

"Li Shaoxia, the villain is going to order them to serve the food, please wait a moment." Wu Mengde passed by Liu Zhifu's side and whispered: "Liu Zhifu, be careful yourself, don't annoy Li Shaoxia, otherwise, you will die , ask yourself to be blessed!"

Liu Zhifu has not figured out what Li Yulong's identity is until now?However, seeing that the second-tier bosses in Dongchang were so respectful, he knew after thinking about it that he would never afford to offend such a person. It's really difficult, he can't remember how much benefit he got from Li's village?It's too little, it's definitely not good, and it's too much, and he feels distressed again, standing where he is, thinking about it.

"Prefect Liu, since you still have a distinguished guest, then I won't keep you. Let's see you at Lijiazhuang tomorrow?" Li Yulong couldn't understand the fat man in front of him, so he issued an order to evict him.

"Li Shaoxia doesn't have any distinguished guests. Now that Li Shaoxia and Wu Er are here, I have to do my best to be a landlord!"

"Don't bother Prefect Liu. Prefect Liu, don't forget that Hangzhou is also my hometown, and I'm also a landlord! Another day! Today I have important matters to discuss with No. [-] Wu."

"Then the lower officials won't bother Li Shaoxia and Wu Ertai to talk about business, tomorrow! Tomorrow at noon, the lower officials will set up a table here to clean up the dust for Li Shaoxia and Wu Ertai."

"Then I would like to thank Prefect Liu."

"Don't dare! Don't dare! It's what I should do, I'm leaving." Liu Zhifu walked to the door and suddenly turned his head, saying: "Li Shaoxia, you should be returning to Hangzhou City tonight, right?"

"Yes, what's the matter, is there something wrong?"

"Then..." Prefect Liu hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth and said, "Then Li Shaoxia doesn't know what happened in Lijiazhuang during this period?"

"What happened to Li Family Village?" Li Yulong was a little puzzled. Li Family Village is a big family in Hangzhou, and it also has a famous name in the rivers and lakes. Ordinary people don't dare to think about Li Family Village. Could it be that he hasn't returned in four years? Home, what happened at home?
"Li Shaoxia, you really don't know?"

"Let's talk about it! For the past four years, I have been practicing martial arts, and I rarely care about outside affairs. I really don't know what happened at home."

"Then let me talk to Li Shaoxia!"

Liu Zhifu walked towards the table, and when he reached the table, he stopped, stood in front of Li Yulong, and said, "Eldest Master Li and Second Master Li got into trouble with the Four Ghosts of Laoshan in Yangzhou not long ago. The second son was seriously injured by the four ghosts of Laoshan, and he is still unconscious. The officials heard that the four ghosts of Laoshan are inviting the masters of the rivers and lakes to ask the Li family to get back. Now there are many people in Hangzhou with swords. The owner of Li Zhuang invited to help the boxer, and one side was invited by the four ghosts of Laoshan. The two sides had a fight this afternoon, and the casualties were heavy. This afternoon, Lijiazhuang was defeated by the masters brought by the four ghosts of Laoshan Mountain. Although the four ghosts of Laoshan Mountain have withdrawn from Lijiazhuang, they are still in the city. If the officials do not expect, they will go to Lijiazhuang tomorrow. I hope Li Shaoxia will make a plan early."

"How is my second brother? Is his life in danger? And how did they get into trouble with the four Laoshan ghosts? I hope Liu Zhifu will tell me the truth." Li Yulong's face became a little anxious.

"I really don't know about this, this lower official. I heard that it seems to be for a woman."

"Woman?" Li Yulong was slightly taken aback, and said, "Prefect Liu, the four Laoshan ghosts seem to be part of the underworld! Could it be that you just let them bully people in the city? How did you, the prefect, do it?"

"You can't blame the lower officials! Li Shaoxia, the lower officials have done their best to help the Li family village this afternoon. If there is another fight tomorrow, the lower officials can only be Li Shaoxia, and the Jinyiwei people have already followed. The official said hello, and ordered the subordinate officials not to help Lijiazhuang anymore, there is nothing the subordinate officials can do about this matter!"

"Jin Yiwei?" Li Yulong frowned deeply. In the imperial court, there are not only those from Dongchang, but also Jin Yiwei. Together, each one is more terrifying than the bandits.

Li Yulong kept remembering various deeds about Dongchang and Jinyiwei in the Ming Dynasty: Jinyiwei was the commander of Jinyi's pro-army, the emperor's bodyguard organization.It was formerly known as the Royal Gongwei Division set up by Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.In order to monitor, investigate, and suppress the illegal behavior of officials, Taizu appointed trusted civil and military officials as "inspectors" successively, "specially in charge of investigating and hearing about injustice, lawlessness and rumors of officials in the big and small yamen in Beijing." Ming Hongwu two years ( 1369) changed the Douchi pro-military governor's office, and set up Jinyiwei in 15 years (138 Wu Mengde), as a military institution for the emperor's bodyguard.In order to strengthen the centralized rule, Zhu Yuanzhang specially ordered him to be in charge of prisons, and gave him the power of inspection and arrest to engage in reconnaissance, arrest, and interrogation.

The military system in the early Ming Dynasty was relatively simple. Its grassroots units were "guards" and "suo". Each guard had about 5000 regular soldiers under its jurisdiction. There are 48 guards under the jurisdiction.In the 15th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang decided to reform the imperial guards and established twelve pro-military guards, the most important of which was the "Jinyiwei".

Jinyiwei officials in Jinfeiyu suits and wearing Xiuchun knives The leader of Jinyiwei is called a commander (or commander of the same knowledge, commander of the affairs), usually served by the emperor's trusted military generals, and rarely by eunuchs.Its functions are: "directly drive the guards, patrol and arrest", a pause, basically dividing Jinyiwei into two completely different departments.The guards in charge of the bodyguards, displaying guards of honor, and accompanying the emperor on tour are basically the same as the traditional imperial guards, among which the more famous one is "General Dahan".Although these people are called "generals", they are actually only responsible for standing in the palace, delivering the emperor's orders, and also doing guard work. To put it bluntly, they are stakes on the palace hall.Of course, these "stakes" are not idle people. They are generally tall and strong, with a strong back, full of spirit, loud voice, and dignified from the outside. They have a deterrent effect on people who don't know the details of the Ming court .The Great Han Generals formed their own battalion in Jinyiwei. At the beginning, there were about 1500 people. Now, due to the expansion of the bureaucracy, the Great Han Generals once increased to more than 5000 people.

(End of this chapter)