Chapter 347: A complete show
Xiong Jiushan stared at Feng Chen, coldly, not quite understanding the intention of Feng Zhixian’s words.
Feng Chen loosened his hands, clasped them in front of his abdomen, and said with some instructions: "If there are rich people among the prisoners you are escorting, you should be careful when you enter Yucheng. I think that eating and drinking like this can easily lead to trouble."
There are some things that Feng Chen can't stop now. He just reminds them that it's up to them whether they listen or not.
Maybe it was because when Xiong Jiushan was in the yamen before, when faced with his questioning, he not only did not evade in every possible way, but patiently explained the misunderstanding, allowing Feng Chen to change his senses. Later, he learned that they happened to be from Come from the direction mentioned by the hexagram master outside the city.
By chance, Feng Chen thought of coming to take a look in person. Such a large number of exiled prisoners all had experience in serving officials.
In addition, Feng Chen was also quite curious about the Xie family among the prisoners escorted by Xiong Jiushan, who was said to have been blessed by gods.
“Can Xiong Jiecha make a recommendation on my behalf?”
Feng Chen’s words were too polite.
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"Magistrate Feng came here in person?"
Xie Yuchuan was slightly startled when he heard that Feng Chen came in person and wanted to see him.
Xiong Jiushan nodded and said: "I must be curious about your Xie family's gods, so I came to see it myself."
As soon as Xiong Jiushan came back, Han Qiguang stopped staying here and followed Xiong Jiushan. After saying hello, as Taoist Priest Guanghan, he said he would go to the city to have a look.
Xiong Jiushan didn’t stop him either.
"Have you seen him?"
Xie Yuchuan raised his head, "When the Lord summons me, I naturally want to go to see you."
So he put his hands and feet shackled again and followed Xiong Jiushan to see him. Feng Chen, the magistrate of Yucheng County.
Han Qiguang had already inquired about Feng Chen's identity and background clearly and told him about it.
But after meeting the real person, Xie Yuchuan discovered that Feng Chen was indeed young. It was not easy to pass the exam at such a young age.
"Prisoner Xie Yuchuan has met your Excellency."
Before Xie Yuchuan could kneel down and bow, Feng Chen waved his hand to avoid his courtesy. He stood up from his seat and came to Xie Yuchuan. He first looked him up and down before being polite. Angrily, he raised his arms and said, "General Xie has served the country and the people for many years, and Feng Chen admires him deeply."
Xie Yuchuan glanced at Xiong Jiushan, and Xiong Jiushan's eyes swayed slightly.
Neither of them understood where Feng Chen's courtesy came from.
"It's inconvenient to stand and talk, so why not sit down and chat." Feng Chen looked at Xiong Jiushan, pointed to a set of shackles on Xie Yuchuan, and asked, "I wonder if Xiong Jiecha can temporarily remove them, inside and outside. They are all under guard. I think General Xie will not cause any trouble to you and me."
The shackles on Xie Yuchuan were removed.
In silence, Xie Yuchuan secretly observed Feng Chen's thoughts.
Even Xiong Jiushan was a little confused at this moment. Before he came, he looked like he was going to attack the enemy. Now something seems not right.
The two sat down on the left and right, their eyes meeting each other in the air.
——Did you talk to Feng Chen about the banditry?
——How is that possible? !
The two men had a sharp look in their eyes, but Feng Chen didn't see it clearly. He just thought it was his own attitude that made the two of them a little uneasy.
There was a store clerk outside the door bringing tea and snacks, but people were stopped outside and were let in after being checked by the government officials.
The waiter came in to serve tea, observed carefully, and then left in a polite manner.
Going back to the front desk downstairs, Gan Rong, the shopkeeper, said: "Master Feng is coming here, and you can see people from those families on the street. Shopkeeper, what do you do?"
Gan Rong said: " As long as you can't see it, you are an official of the imperial court, so you can go wherever you want."
"Okay, listen to the shopkeeper."
The waiter went down to work, and Gan Rong was at the counter. Finally, he took a sip of tea, thought for a while, walked around with the tea bowl, stepped over the threshold and walked out the door.
A cold winter wind blew in my face. He was holding hot tea at the door and greeting guests with a smile. He looked left and right to greet the guests. He walked around and picked up those who were acting suspiciously on the left and right. People, all in sight.
Oh, there’s more than one.
After observing, he pushed the water in the tea cup out and poured it.
Turn around and go back to the house. Not long after, two merchants came in behind the counter.
The two came in, looked around briefly, and then raised their eyes to look upstairs.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any guest rooms?"
Gan Rong smiled and said: "Yes! What kind of room do you two want to live in?"
" I want something better, not short of money.”
“Oh, you see, this is really unfortunate. We do have a few upper rooms in our small courtyard, but they are all reserved by adults from Beijing. Now, all the good apartments are full, but there are still a few clean and comfortable rooms in the backyard. I wonder if they are okay? "
"Backyard?"
" Hey, the backyard.”
The two looked at each other, "Who lives in the backyard? We don't like the messy people."
"This..." Gan Rong had a dilemma on his face, hesitated for a moment, leaned forward and leaned closer. The two of them quietly said to them: "To tell you the truth, there are officials and prisoners behind the small courtyard, which is indeed a bit indecent, but! Don't worry, you two, it will be absolutely safe for you two to stay here." Question, I can give you some good wine and food, I wonder..."
"Prisoner? Where did the prisoner come from?"
Gan Rong thought, where did you come from? have no idea?
Thinking this in my heart, with a friendly smile on my face, I walked around the counter and said, "If you two are worried, why don't I take you two to the back to take a look before you make a decision?"
These words entered the hearts of the two of them.
The two nodded repeatedly, "Shopkeeper, lead the way."
"Okay, this way please!"
Backyard.
Cheng Ye and a group of men were inspecting the prisoners door to door.
While they were drinking, they didn't expect to run into the magistrate head-on.
Drinking on duty is not a big deal at all, but it just doesn’t look good. Besides, he smells of alcohol, so it’s not easy for him to join in the fun in front of the county magistrate.
In this way, he won't be able to listen to what the adults are talking about above.
Cheng Ye was not too happy because he was not needed upstairs. Several of his subordinates suggested that since there was no need for trouble, he should go back and continue drinking and eating meat!
"Eat, eat, eat! Do you guys have pig brains? You just know how to eat!"
Cheng Ye led a group of people and simply went to the prisoners to vent their anger.
I searched from east to west. I went in and shouted for a while. I checked seven or eight rooms and then came out. Cheng Ye's suffocated anger was mostly gone.
When I came out, I happened to see the innkeeper Gan Rong coming in with two strangers. His face immediately darkened and he shouted to the opposite side: "Stop!"
Gan Rong was " "Shocked" for a moment!
Even the two people behind him stopped.
Cheng Ye and his men strode over, looking at the two strangers up and down with careful eyes.
The two of them looked a bit awkward.
Cheng Ye's sharp eyes glanced from the two of them to the face of the shopkeeper Gan Rong.
“I wonder who are the people in the backyard?”
Gan Rong hurriedly bowed and apologized: “My lord, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down! Two guests came from afar and were in the small shop. After resting, the villain thought that there were still three guest rooms in the backyard, so he brought people over to take a look."
Cheng Ye frowned and said in a deep voice: "The backyard is full of prisoners who were escorted to the North. It is not safe. Don't leave outsiders alone."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Gan Rong said yes again and took the two of them to the front yard with an apologetic look.
He bowed at the gate and apologized one after another: "I'm sorry for you two. The officials have spoken, and the shop doesn't dare to keep you two."
The two of them After leaving, Gan Rong went back to the counter and wrote a letter and handed it to the clerk.
"Hurry and deliver the letter."
(End of this chapter)