Chapter 60: Prison Disaster (1)
There were crowds of people on the streets, and the people of Junzhou City were eager to watch the annual "Porcelain Appreciation Conference". People from all walks of life had to give some advice and talk about it whether they knew porcelain or not.
Although Liu Yixuan was also in the venue, his mind was not on these porcelains. He wanted to complete the task assigned by Xiang Zhonghui as soon as possible so that he could go to the Prince's Mansion to take a look at the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" that he had been thinking about day and night.
Liu Yixuan pulled Ling'er around the porcelain judges team, listening to talk about their professional knowledge, and then running to the audience to sit down and rest. Although the onlookers were staring at the officials from the Prince's Mansion, some tricky "old oxen" were also trying to squeeze in to the front of the stage, and the guards' intimidation and curses came from the sidelines from time to time.
Liu Yixuan looked into the crowded crowd, but saw that Zhang San, who was selling porcelain for him, was also in the crowd. Zhang San had already discovered him, but because he was a gangster, he had no courage to say hello to them. At this time, Zhang San saw Liu Yixuan discovering him, and waved to him with a smile. Liu Yixuan smiled and gave him a gift, and waved to him gently. After all, he had stayed in their inn for a night and was considered a friend.
Zhang San was just concerned about greeting Liu Yixuan, but he didn't want two decent servants to come from behind. The two servants grabbed his arms tightly from behind, held his shoulders, and pulled them from the crowd to the back.
"Hey, who are you? Why did you pull me out?" Zhang San couldn't be angry when he saw that the good position he had finally grabbed was lost like this.
A servant smiled and said, "We are the officials in the government office. You kid are lucky today. Come with me to meet the governor!"
When Zhang Sanyi heard that he was an official from the government office, he knelt down and begged for mercy, "You are wronged, the two adults are good, let the villain go!"
An official laughed and said, "I am wronged? What are you wronged?"
"Although the villain opened an inn, it has always been a legal business and honest. The shop moved to the west gate two years ago. I dare not compete for business with Honglai Inn. I beg you to beg for kindness and spare the villain!"
The two officials heard him explain, and obviously the donkey head was not right. They laughed and said, "Who asked you this? We lord called you for something else! Come with me!" As they said that, they took him up.
"What else? The villain has always been timid and has never done anything illegal. The prefect must have made a mistake!" While speaking, he pushed the ground with his feet and refused to go with them. As the saying goes, "The word "official" is opened and he hides when he sees it. In the feudal era, ordinary people just wanted to live a stable life, and no one wanted to get involved in a lawsuit."
"Damn, how come there is so much nonsense! If you don't follow me, you will be arrested and punished more! Wait for the first time." An official officer lost his patience and threatened him, which scared Zhang San's legs so weak that he had to obey.
When Liu Yixuan saw someone pulling Zhang San down from the crowd, he felt something was wrong. From the eyes of the two servants just now, Liu Yixuan felt that they seemed to be coming to him. He became wary for a moment and quickly looked around. Sure enough, there were several suspicious servants watching him.
"No, we are being targeted!" Liu Yixuan said to Ling'er in a low voice.
"Hmm? I'm being stared at us? Why didn't I see that?" Ling'er heard that she was being stared at by others, quickly turned around and looked behind her, trying to find any suspicious eyes, but there was a crowd behind her, so where could she tell her.
"Okay, don't look at it! Avoid being discovered by them! I don't know what these people do, so we should be careful. Tonight we will go to the Prince's Mansion to look at the painting and rush back to the capital early tomorrow morning. This place is too dangerous and can't stay any longer!"
Seeing that he was talking so seriously, Ling'er became nervous for a moment, shrank her head and stared at her big eyes and secretly looked into the crowd. She didn't know what the bad guy looked like, she just wanted to have a long experience.
Liu Yixuan gently turned her head and said, "Look at me, don't look around. No matter what happens, do you have to listen to me? In this place of Junzhou, you have no one to trust except me! Did you hear it?"
Ling'er flashed her eyes and nodded obediently, as if she felt something big was about to happen.
As expected, the prefect of Junzhou, Meng Hai, had received an order from the Grand Tutor Zhu Fan. In order to obtain the evidence that Liu Anguo had made private friends with the prince of Junzhou, Liu Yixuan, the son of Liu Anguo, could be arrested on the spot. When he reported to the emperor, he would like to issue an imperial edict to investigate the case.
Wang Menghai hurried to the venue with more than 100 soldiers from the government office. As soon as he turned into Mahua Street, he saw two yamen runners sent before escorting Zhang San.
"Sir, I brought Zhang San!" A yamen runner came to serve with a smile.
"Sir, please spare me, sir, I'm so unjust!" Zhang Sanfu bowed and kowtowed and shouted for justice.
"When you get up, what's wrong? I haven't convicted you yet? Why are you calling me wrong?"
"In the past, when the villain saw those who had sued the lawsuit, they would first complain when they entered the lobby, so they learned as well. I hope the adults would be kind and let the villain go!"
"I am really an ignorant and unfair person. I don't understand the rules at all. The master asked you to come and ask questions today. As long as you answer truthfully, you will naturally let you go back!"
When Zhang Sanyi heard this, it turned out that the prefect was asking him for a question, so he felt relieved and quickly wiped his tears and stood up.
"I don't know what the adults want to ask Xiao, and if the young one knows, he will tell the adults truthfully."
"I'll ask you, a few days ago, were there two young people from Beijing living in your store?"
"This... this, the villain really doesn't know."
"What? You dare to deceive me. If I don't have any evidence, how could I ask you to come and ask? I think you are tired of living. Come on, pull me to the wall and beat me!"
"No, no... Sir, please listen to the younger one's explanation. The younger one did open an inn, but the inside and outside of the inn is managed by the inner and outer part of the inn. I don't know the guests coming and going. How could I know any young people from the capital?"
"What? How dare you say you don't know. Those two young men lived in your place. They were leaving the next day and had dinner with you couple. But you said you don't remember it. You are so brave. Do you think I don't know? Call me!"
"No, no... I remembered that there were indeed two young masters who lived in the shop, but the two young masters did not say that they came from the capital. When the adults asked just now, the young master never remembered it for a while!"
After hearing this, Wang Menghai was half-believing and half-doubted about him, and asked again: "Do you still know these two people?"
"Recognize it, they are still attending the 'Porcelain Appreciation Conference' there!" Zhang San said, pointing at the venue over there, and wanted to go back and continue watching his excitement.
"Okay, just recognize him! The person who came, took him to the government office to watch. The master still had to let him testify in court!"
After Wang Menghai finished speaking, he led a group of yamen runners to the venue. When Zhang San heard that he was going to take him to the government office, he didn't know whether it was a bad or a good thing, he quickly shouted again and wronged. The two officials who escorted him kicked and beat him, which made him quiet.
Wang Menghai came out of Mahua Street and headed straight for the venue, and rushed into the porcelain appreciation conference angrily... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!