Chapter 15 Zou Huainan
“Heh.” Liang Yue smiled, “You don’t dare, right?”
Chen Ju also saw that something was wrong, and seeing the guilty expressions on the opposite side, he asked : "What's going on?"
"Looking at his symptoms, it's clear that he's suffering from some kind of poison." Liang Yue looked at the two men, "You rescue him." His movements are very skillful, and he probably knows this very well. You must have done it intentionally when you came here, right?"
"Guan Ye, what are you talking about?" The man who had been shouting softened his voice at this time, and said with a embarrassed look on his face: "How can we joke with our brothers' lives? We are sworn brothers and are as close as brothers! I don't even know what the disease you are talking about is, It must be a misunderstanding.”
"Yes or no, let's take them back to investigate their origins first." Liang Yue said to Chen Ju.
Looking at the situation of several people, he felt that this matter was not simple.
If they are scoundrels who want to extort money, they should not be so eager to see the official. Moreover, Linmen Street had just experienced an arson case before, and now there is another incident, which inevitably makes people think about it.
As for this person’s method, it’s really not complicated. He is simply severely allergic to alcohol. After drinking a bowl of wine, his whole body becomes red, his throat is swollen, and he has difficulty breathing. All of his performances are not staged. Because Only in this way can it appear real.
If you're just pretending, it's definitely not that easy to bluff people.
There may not be a clear concept of "allergy" in this world, but some medical books record the so-called "alcohol syndrome", and the symptoms are not comprehensive. He is really bluffing like this.
It's a pity that he met Liang Yue, and he found out what was wrong with this man after just a quick look.
Seeing that something was wrong, the two men looked at each other, suddenly turned around and ran away!
The fainted companion on the ground immediately opened his eyes and shouted weakly: "Hey! You can't ignore me!"
It turned out that he was also pretending to be faint, and now his teammates were running away She didn't want to take him with her, so she spoke urgently. As for those two people, they looked concerned just now. They were sworn brothers and were as close as brothers...
Now it’s just two words.
Really unfamiliar.
Although they ran fast, they couldn't hold back Pang Chun standing at the door. Before taking three steps, the two of them found that all four legs were in the air, and they couldn't even move forward.
It turned out that it was Dachun who lifted the two of them up like little chickens.
He stood there like an iron tower, silently taking action, and quite intimidating.
However, he turned his head and smiled naively at Liang Yue, showing two rows of snarls, "Ayue, I have completed the task."
As soon as he entered the house, Liang Yue reminded him to stand on the outside near the door. When he saw someone trying to run away, he took action and caught the two of them effortlessly.
Liang Yue gave him a thumbs up to express his praise.
"Guardians, this is really... thank you so much." The old couple came forward and thanked them repeatedly, and the three imperial guards waved their hands to express their politeness.
Liang Yue thought for a while, pulled the old couple to the corner, and asked in a low voice: "Have any suspicious people come to you recently? Or have you provoked some gang forces?"
"This..." the old couple recalled for a moment and replied: "To say that it is more suspicious, there is indeed one!"
"A few months ago, it was said that there was a businessman from Yuezhou who wanted to buy a large sum of money. Go down the entire Linmen Street and build your own shop. Because the prices are a bit higher than usual, and there are some threats, half of the shops on the street have been sold. You see, they are all closed." The tavern old man pointed outside. Street, the story goes.
“But we elderly neighbors, who have inherited their ancestral property since childhood and have been operating here for generations, are reluctant to sell it. They came here twice later and raised the price. When it doubled, the implication was that if we didn’t sell it, we wouldn’t be able to continue operating. However, the remaining old neighbors united and told each other that they didn’t want to sell it, so they never showed up again.”< br>
"Then there are the arson cases of the past few days, plus what happened today..." The old woman then said angrily: "I have long suspected whether it was done by that group of people!"
"Do you know the name and origin of the person who wants to buy your property?" Liang Yue asked.
The criminal who committed the last arson case has been taken out of the station and has disappeared. He is only known to be related to the powerful Longya Gang in Nancheng. But the role played by the Longya Gang in this is still unclear. I don’t know whether it is to collect money to do things or whether it is the real mastermind.
Looking at this wave after wave, if you want to help the merchants on Linmen Street completely solve the problem, you still have to find out who is behind it. The huge Longya Gang is difficult to use as a breakthrough point. If there is a specific person, it will be much easier to trace.
“I only know that he is a wealthy businessman from the south, and I don’t know anyone else.” The old man replied: “But according to the neighbors who sold the shop, the government made it easy for them to hand over the business, and they must have a lot of background. "
"Okay." Liang Yue nodded, "We will try our best to investigate, but we should be a little more vigilant recently, maybe someone else will come to make trouble next time."
"Alas." The old man lamented, "They have great wealth and power, how can our small family fight against them? If I had known better, I would have sold it..."
"What are you afraid of?" The old woman frowned, "We have lived enough at our age! We have to die here!"
"Old man, please don't worry." Liang Yue solemnly said: "We will never I won’t sit back and ignore it.”
……
“Ayue!”
While talking here, I heard Pang Chun shouting outside the door.
Liang Yue hurriedly walked out, and as soon as he exited the tavern, he found three more imperial guards blocking the door, confronting Chen Ju and Pang Chun. The leader is a slender young man with arrogant and sharp eyebrows. He is also wearing the official uniform of an imperial guard. The scabbard of his sword is inlaid with gold patterns, which looks quite noble.
"I am Zou Huainan from the Chengnan General Office. This poisoning case will now be taken over by the General Office. You people in Fukangfang don't need to worry about it." The young man ordered Chen Ju .
“From the general office?” Chen Ju frowned and looked at the other person, as if he saw something.
“That’s right.” Zou Huainan waved his hand to his subordinates, “Go and take these three people back with the two shopkeepers.”
The old couple who had just sent Liang Yue out suddenly panicked when they heard this.
Ordinary people are naturally afraid of yamen, especially if they don’t know the origin of the other party. They have to be reasonable in public. Once they are captured, you will be blackmailed or blackmailed. Just for nothing?
“Wait.”
Liang Yue took a step forward and reached out to stop him: “The case has been found out. These three people used their illnesses to cause trouble for no reason. Now it is time to The three men were escorted back and interrogated to see if anyone was behind the instigation. There was nothing wrong with the store, so why did they take them back? "Zou Huainan completely ignored what Liang Yue said. , scolded lightly, "It's not the turn of any of the guards to speak here."
"Zou Duwei, it's not your turn to speak, my brother." Chen Ju immediately became unhappy, "We have finished this case, you can take the prisoner back if you want, but there is no need for the innocent shop owner, right? "
"Huh." Zou Huainan snorted coldly, "How do I know if you are colluding with the store to bully the common people?"
With an order, the two followers behind him Wei then stepped forward again.
“Stop!” Liang Yuedun shouted and also stepped forward to stop him. The two sides were immediately at war with each other.
"Roar——" When Pang Chun saw someone choking with Liang Yue, he immediately roared and stepped out like a ferocious beast. The power frightened the two guards and took several steps back.
From childhood to adulthood, he has always been the protector of Liang Yue.
I even don’t care if I get bullied sometimes, but if someone wants to fight Liang Yue, that’s absolutely not allowed.
“What are you going to do?” Zou Huainan shouted quickly when he saw his terrifying momentum.
“I don’t know what I’m going to do!” Pang Chun replied domineeringly. Regardless of the content of his words, his voice alone was still very intimidating.
"Calm down!" Chen Ju quickly grabbed Dachun, gently pulled Liang Yue, and whispered: "I have heard the name of Zou Huainan. He is the son of Zou Fang, the commander of the south of the city. Today Things are weird. I think they are on the same page with this group of people. We should try not to do anything until we find out the inside story.”
Liang Yue's eyes turned, and he had already seen the situation clearly.
The people in the general office do not patrol the streets on a daily basis, nor do they go out to do errands easily. They suddenly came here today, so they must have informed them in advance.
This group of scoundrels caused trouble here. After attracting the crowd around them, several imperial guards showed up and took the shop away. When they returned to the Yamen, there was no need to worry about them refusing to sell the shop.
With such a bloody example, other old neighbors on Linmen Street should not dare to resist anymore.
Collusion between black and white is quite vicious.
But the only surprise was that Liang Yue and the others happened to pass by here while patrolling the streets. They arrived earlier than the people from the general office and solved the case quickly. Those scoundrels probably thought that they were officials who had colluded with each other, so they just winked and winked.
Several troublemakers were about to be escorted away, and they arrived late.
It seems a little anxious now.
“You still want to take action?” Zou Huainan’s eyes were gloomy, “It seems that there is serious collusion between officials and businessmen in Fukangfang Station, and we should conduct a thorough investigation.”
“Oh.” Chen Ju sighed.
He didn't want to use the name of a noble family to oppress people, but if he couldn't intimidate the other party today, the matter would be difficult to solve.
With his status as a branch of the Chen family, there is no need to be too worried about the son of the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard. The reason why he advised Liang Yue and others to calm down was because he didn't know who was behind the scenes, so he didn't want to expand the conflict for the time being.
The person on the other side who can command the Imperial Guard’s Office must have a strong background, and it is not easy to provoke him rashly. Once a fight breaks out and the matter becomes big, it will not be a good outcome whether you win or lose.
However.
While avoiding physical violence, there is no need to coddle the other person verbally.
He immediately opened his mouth, as if it was covered with honey.
"Haha, my name is Chen Ju. You can check my origin when you go back." Chen Ju raised his head and said tit for tat, "Whoever colludes with evil people today will be killed by my dear father. Do you dare? Bet? "
Good morning.
(End of this chapter)