Fan Xian taught Ye Linger some small tricks by the lake, in fact, he secretly learned the Ye family's big coffin splitting, but the other party called the master from last year to today. This fact made him a little funny and a little happy, and said: " Where are you going?"
Ye Ling'er replied: "I'm going to meet Wan'er at your house." After saying this, she glanced at Miss Shen's family beside him, snorted, and said nothing.
Fan Xian disliked the arrogance and indulgence in her bones most of all, judging others based on her own right and wrong, and silently did not answer. He put out the master's score, but Ye Linger liked it very much. After getting along with her this year, she also knew that Fan Xian was a person who paid special attention to details, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, I know that you are now the Overwatch Council." If you want to hide your beauty in a golden house, you won’t be able to bring it to the street.”
Fan Xian smiled and didn't say anything. At this moment, the crowd in front seemed to ease a little. The Ye family's carriage rushed over there first, but stopped there again, as if Ye Linger found something exciting to watch.
Fan Xian waved his hand to signal the carriage to go side by side. After reaching the Ye family's carriage, he got out wearing a raincoat, and Deng Ziyue and several members of the Qi Nian team hurriedly followed.
Ye Ling'er in the carriage saw them wearing that gray and black raincoat and walking in the rain. Only then did she know that Fan Xian didn't pass by Dengshikou, but came to Dengshikou specifically for business.
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Dai Zhen, the Vegetable Inspection Department of Dengshi Port, waits for his subordinates to bring in vegetables and fruits from outside the city, and then classifies them for sale in different markets. Well, to be precise, he was a handyman for the chefs of the noble families of the Qing Kingdom—it’s just that the scope of this handyman was a bit broad, one celery was worthless, but a hundred celery was worth something. One chicken is not worth much, but a hundred chickens are enough to exchange for a good banquet in a stone house.
The Vegetable Inspection Department is not considered a yamen, it has no products or grades, and because there are too many supply places, there is not even a yamen in charge directly under it, perhaps because the officials feel that delivering vegetables to the capital city can't get much money. So I didn't pay much attention. In fact, Fan Xian knew that the emergence of this phenomenon was inseparable from the New Deal that was sometimes implemented and sometimes abandoned halfway over the years. His Majesty was playing around, and the institutions below were naturally chaotic and redundant.
As the chief officer of the Vegetable Inspection Department, Dai Zhen has been earning money from eggs and vegetables steadily all these years. He thinks that only he himself knows how many benefits are mixed in these inconspicuous things. He often laughs secretly under the covers in the middle of the night, even The concubine whom he loves the most urged him to go to his uncle to seek a serious official position every day, but he refused.
It's beautiful, he can be regarded as the first person in the ages to sell vegetables for his own level - Dai Zhen couldn't help complimenting himself like this in his heart.
But today he was neither beautiful nor smiling. In this autumn rain, the officials from the first office of the Overwatch Council directly sealed off his pitifully small yamen, and even blocked the tent in Datongfang—— Datongfang is full of vegetable sellers, and one-third of the daily vegetables in Kyoto are provided here.
With a livid face, he rushed to the tent. Looking at the black-clothed ghosts inside, he patted his cheeks twice to make his smile more gentle, and said: "It turns out that the adults from one place have come, and they are thinking about the depth of autumn, and there are more strange things in the workshop." I have to pay tribute to my melons and fruits someday..."
Mu Feng'er is the first to investigate today's case. He knew that today's action was a demonstration that Fan Tisi wanted to make in the capital, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he looked at Dai Zhen and said coldly, "Master Dai, come with us."
The officials in the first place had already sealed the account books familiarly, and began to point out those people in the workshop according to the names in the list, and put them on the carriage outside the workshop.
The autumn rain was still falling, and Dai Zhen's heart became colder and colder, and he said with an apologetic smile: "How dare I call you a master, Master Mu must have misunderstood something." He habitually stuffed a bank note into Mu Feng'er's sleeve.
Mu Feng'er glanced at him, and felt sorry for the other party. Could it be that the other party has never even heard of Fan Tisi being in charge of a house? Two indifferent Overwatch Council officials beside him had already stepped forward, unceremoniously kicked Dai Zhen in the crook of his knee, kicked him to the ground, took out a secret rope from the back of his waist, and beat him on both hands. He tied a knot that was extremely difficult to untie, and his movements were exceptionally clean and neat. Thinking about coming to a place, he did a lot of things like this back then.
Dai Zhen fell to the ground, his heart was flustered, his wrist was in severe pain, he was ashamed and angry, and finally couldn't help but cursed: "What are you doing!"
Mu Feng'er touched the means in her bosom, thought for a while, but still did not take it out, and said: "I am ordered to handle the case, please cooperate with Master Dai."
Dai Zhen panicked, rolled his eyes, and shouted loudly: "Help! The Overwatch Council murdered for money!"
When a team from the Overwatch Council rushed into the Vegetable Inspection Division under the heavy rain, the Qing people who liked to watch the excitement had already surrounded them, but they were afraid of the thick black of the Overwatch Council, and the people did not dare to get too close. Seeing the normally arrogant Master Dai being captured so embarrassingly, he felt uneasy, but the thugs that Dai Zhen secretly raised used this shout to make a fuss and blocked the way of the Overwatch Council people.
Dai Zhen's hands were tied, but his heart was spinning very fast. Knowing that the Overwatch Council had taken action, there was no reason to stop it, so he howled desperately: "The Overwatch Council is murdering for money!" Nothing came out, so I had no choice but to yell out the words "seeking money and murdering my life", hoping that the uncle in the palace would receive the news as soon as possible, and find a way to get me out before the Overwatch Council put me in that terrible prison. Come.
Seeing the agitated people crowding up, Mu Feng'er frowned, took out the document from her bosom, and read Dai Zhen's crimes to the people.
Most of the coolies in the capital believed in the officialdom, and they believed it in their hearts. After all, everyone knew that Dai Zhen's hands and feet were not clean, but it was not easy for everyone to retreat. It is a bit embarrassing to look at the account books and relevant witnesses.
Seeing this scene, Mu Fenger was furious, but she caught a glimpse of the crowd of onlookers from a distance, beside the two carriages, there were a few unfamiliar Overwatch Council colleagues wearing raincoats guarding Fan Tisi, standing indifferently in the heavy rain. Looking at this side intently, he panicked for a while, and shouted: "Let's go!"
Dai Zhen's hands were tied, but he knew that the hell in the Overwatch Council was really not a place for officials to go, so his face flushed, his voice became hoarse from crying, and he sat on the ground desperately like a child, refusing to go down the steps.
And his confidants also coaxed them to surround him. Although they didn't dare to do anything to the Overwatch Council members, they effectively prevented Mu Feng'er from arresting and returning to the team.
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In the heavy rain, Fan Xian looked coldly at the scene of the stone steps not far away, and made an unusable comment to Mu Fenger in his heart, but he heard Ye Linger's curious voice from the carriage behind him: "Master, What you Overwatch Council is doing now is really a bit absurd, it's in broad daylight, and it's not proper to gossip with that petty official, let the common people see it, where will the court face it?"
The rain beat against the brim of Fan Xian's hat, knocking the brim down even further, covering half of his face.
"Officials don't want face themselves, so the court doesn't have to give them face." He said calmly, "Ling'er, don't think this official is small. He can extract more than five thousand taels of silver from the palace expenses a year. As for The benefits gained from Datong Fang in these years are countless."
Ye Linger rested half of her body on the car window, and the rain wetted the strands of hair on her forehead, and her clear eyes were full of interest. She went to Fan's mansion today to play, but she didn't expect to meet Fan Xian on the way, and followed him to watch the excitement, only then did she realize that such a small official can covet so much money.
At this time, Mu Feng'er and his party finally worked very hard to escape from the Vegetable Inspection Department and came to Fan Xian. But Dai Zhen was dragged by them, dragged here in the rain, very desolate.
The thugs also surrounded them, but they seemed to see the power and power represented by the two carriages, and they didn't dare to make mistakes. However, the people in the capital, looking at the outfits of Fan Xian and Deng Ziyue, seemed to feel Seeing the chill emanating from the bodies of these people in raincoats, they subconsciously backed away a little.
Dai Zhen is really a pungent little official, his official uniform has already been completely stained by sewage, and his hair is scattered on his slightly round face. He looks embarrassed, but he still swears: "You Overwatch Council! Yes, eat our food, drink our food, haven’t you got enough money yet?... I want to arrest this official and go back to torture for money!”
The foolish people around him couldn't help showing a look of sudden enlightenment when they heard what he said.
Fan Xian lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the official in front of him who was lying in the rain, kicking his legs like a dying pig, and was not in a hurry to shut his mouth, because the Overwatch Council had long been in the hearts of the people in the world. Even if Dai Zhen swears a few more words about that extremely gloomy image, it won't affect the overall situation. And today he just beat a kitten. The key point is that he wants to see how well his subordinates are capable of doing things.
Seeing Mu Feng'er with a guilty face and a trace of anger in front of him, Fan Xian shook his head and asked, "Why didn't you choose to go to his house in the middle of the night to pick up someone? Even though it's raining today, you also know that there are many people in Datong Workshop. It's easy to mess up."
Mu Feng'er was startled, thinking that in the new rules and regulations, you have written clearly, and you should try to follow the clear path when handling cases in the future, so you chose to be a Yamen, wanting to do it beautifully and make a name for yourself Head—if it was the same as before, if the Overwatch Council really wanted to arrest any official, of course it would be in the middle of the night, and they would go to his house to arrest him and leave—how could this be his own fault again
Fan Xian didn't wait for him to explain, and said again: "Even if you want to come during the day, you can leave immediately after closing the tent... With your methods, can't Dai Zhenan go back to the hospital quietly? Keep those methods What is it for? What crimes are you reading official documents? Do you think you are the hall official of Dali Temple? Do I have to hire a scholar to follow you to proclaim the holy religion?"
Hearing these bitter words, Mu Feng'er cried out again and again. On the one hand, Dai Zhen's backing is really strong enough, and he is afraid of future troubles if he uses random methods;
... It was only after he heard Fan Xian's sarcasm that he realized that although Mr. Tisi had the name of a poet, he didn't seem to be against those shady methods in the Overwatch Council, and even seemed to be more enthusiastic than himself.
At this time, Dai Zhen was still crying in the rain, seeing who Mu Fenger was reporting to, and knowing that it was an adult in the Overwatch Council, he couldn't help being a little scared. He didn't recognize Fan Xian, but he recognized Ye Linger in the carriage behind him—Ye Linger was the only daughter of the Kyoto garrison. several.
Dai Zhen immediately wailed at the woman in the carriage, "Miss Ye is the boss..."
Ye Ling'er took a look at Fan Xian's strangely calm face, she didn't dare to say anything, she snapped her head back.
Dai Zhen knew that the day was over, so he finally used his trump card and cursed loudly: "Do you know who my uncle is? Dare to arrest me! My uncle is... woo!"
After receiving Fan Xian's wink, Deng Ziyue knew that the adults didn't want to hear Eunuch Dai's name, so he slapped Dai Zhen's mouth with a horizontal knife!
Mu Feng'er finally understood at this time, she took out a small wooden stick with a rope attached to both ends from her bosom with a little shame, and put it into Dai Zhen's mouth extremely rudely, the wooden stick was made of extremely hard material, and it broke Dai Zhen Two streams of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, so he couldn't speak.
The surrounding people exclaimed, Fan Xian turned a deaf ear to it, and only said to Mu Feng'er, "I don't care who his uncle is, I only care who your uncle is. Do things better, don't embarrass Mu Tie."
Mu Feng'er responded in shame, and threw Dai Zhen, whose face was covered in blood, back onto the carriage. Then he led his subordinates to arrest a few thugs who were hidden among the onlookers, without giving them any chance to resist, and just used The foreskin iron rods that are always in the courtyard smashed them to the ground.
Seeing that the action was started, the onlookers were all afraid, shouting and scattered, but stopped at the corner of the street, looking back curiously.
Amidst the torrential rain, several Overwatch Council spies in raincoats were wielding sticks, beating the big men on the ground with gloomy faces. Maybe it was because of the accumulated power of the Overwatch Council over the years, those big guys didn't dare to fight back.
The scene was a little bloody.
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Fan Xian looked at the spectators in the distance and shook his head imperceptibly. Surprisingly, he didn't go back to his carriage, but lifted his hat and walked directly into Ye Linger's carriage.
Ye Linger was frightened and thought, why did you, a big man, get into your car
Fan Xian pretended not to be aware of this, looked at Ye Linger's wet hair, was stunned, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to her. Ye Ling'er took it and wiped her wet hair, sniffed the faint scent on the handkerchief, thought it was for Wan'er, smiled, and then began to ask what happened earlier
Fan Xian smiled wryly, and told her what Dai Zhen had done. Ye Linger said curiously: "How can you be qualified to watch such a trivial matter in person?"
Fan Xian sneered, and said, "The water in this capital is deep. Don't think that Dai Zhen is just an official in charge of selling vegetables, but he has a lot of greed. The reason why he is so courageous is not because he has a good friend. Backer. His uncle is Eunuch Dai in the official, I came to sit in the township personally today, because I was afraid that my subordinates would be too slow to startle Lao Dai.
Ye Ling'er opened those bright eyes: "Daddy once said that things in the palace are the most complicated, and told us brothers and sisters not to touch them as much as possible. Master, you are so courageous."
"It's just a eunuch." Fan Xian smiled, thinking in his heart that eunuchs have no human rights in the first place.
Ye Ling'er shook her head disapprovingly, and said, "Don't underestimate these father-in-laws in the palace, they also have masters, and if you lose face to them, that means you don't give face to those women in the palace."
Fan Xian was slightly taken aback, as if he had only thought of this question at this time, and after a while, a sunny smile returned to his face, and he said, "Then what are you afraid of? I don't like Wan'er going to be a lobbyist in the palace. If those girls make trouble for me , I’m a fake son-in-law, at worst I’ll just eat the rules of the palace.”
Ye Linger tilted her head slightly, looking at this fearless guy, wondering what was going on in her heart.
The car arrived at the gate of Fan's mansion, and the two got out of the car. Teng Zijing was already waiting outside. Fan Xian ordered his wife to come and put Miss Shen's family in a house in the back street, and then led Ye Ling'er to the mansion. But he still didn't forget to ask for the handkerchief in Ye Linger's hand back.
The handkerchief was stolen from Haitang, and Fan Xian was reluctant to give it away.
Eunuch Dai is a celebrity in Concubine Shu's palace, and Ye Linger is about to become the second concubine, which means that Concubine Shu is Ye Linger's future mother-in-law, and Ye Linger will soon be half master of Eunuch Dai—Fan Xian It was because of this relationship that I had gossip with Ye Linger before, and I was reluctant to give her the handkerchief, but I must use it where it can be used.
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It rained continuously for a whole day in Kyoto, and it finally lightened a little at dusk. After receiving the news, Eunuch Dai rushed out of the palace angrily.
He is a popular figure in the palace, because Concubine Shu is very talented, he often helps His Majesty to copy some dictionaries, and even with him, Concubine Shu's close servant, he is also on a mission to deliver imperial edicts to various palaces, just like Fan Xiandi Once when he received the priesthood and was appointed as the coordinator of Taichang Temple, it was this Eunuch Dai who delivered the decree. Passing decrees to various prefectures naturally gained a lot of benefits. Now that he has violated the rules and entered the palace, no one dares to say a word of gossip.
Eunuch Dai stood at the gate of the Vegetable Inspection Department with his face flushed, looking at the mess inside, and hearing the screams of those around him, he couldn't help being angry, pointing at his nephew's subordinates and screaming Said: "I told you a long time ago! Other yamen in Beijing can ignore it, but this Overwatch Council must flatter you!"
A man covered his swollen face and cried, "Grandpa, you don't miss the favors on weekdays. Today, the uncle also handed over a bank note, and the officials at that place also accepted it. Who knows that they still don't want to give away money?" Copy it right."
Eunuch Dai was trembling with anger, and scolded in a shrill voice: "Who dares to be so disrespectful! Which bastard led the team? I'm going to find Mu Tie's black face... How dare you touch my Miao Jian of the Dai family? sharp!"
He was an eunuch in the palace, and the Overwatch Council had no control over him, so he did have the confidence to say this. Feeling ashamed and angry, he sat in a sedan chair and went to a place to ask for someone. Although Dai Zhen was a worthless nephew, he still gave him a lot of money every year, and he couldn't just watch him be killed by those punishments in the Overwatch Council. Go to the officialdom in Kyoto, who doesn't know a place like the Overwatch Council, even if you can come out alive after entering, I'm afraid there will be a few missing parts!
The sedan chair came to the door of a yamen, but Eunuch Dai was suspicious, so he asked his little follower in to inquire first.
After a while, the little follower came out and whispered a few times in his ear. Eunuch Dai's complexion immediately changed, and after lingering for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Go back to the palace."
The thug with injuries all over his body saw that the palanquin of the ancestor was going back to the palace, and he panicked, and he didn't care about being at the door of a place, so he shouted directly: "Old ancestor, you have to uphold justice for us! !"
Eunuch Dai really deserves to be a man from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. He has acquired a good mouth skill through the experience of promulgating the decree. He spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and it just happened to spit on the man's face. He cursed in a trembling voice: "Our family is father-in-law! It's not fair!"
After saying these words, he nestled back into the sedan chair, feeling extremely uneasy. The little follower had inquired clearly before, but the person who personally led the team today was actually Mrs. Fan!
Eunuch Dai just remembered at this time that the Holy Majesty had allocated a part of the courtyard to Fan Tesi to take care of it... But, why did this little Master Fan fall in love with his nephew? Eunuch Dai knew that even though his nephew was greedy, he was really just an ant compared to the court officials.
How could he have thought that Fan Xian just wanted to train soldiers and start a business, but he thought of himself. Thinking of the power of the Fan family now, Eunuch Dai couldn't help but feel cold in his heart.
Dai Zhen's thug, looking at the sedan chair leaving in the dust, wiped away the disgusting phlegm on his face stupidly, still confused in his heart, who is Eunuch Dai afraid of
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In the next few days, Eunuch Dai took an opportunity to mention this matter in front of Concubine Shu, hoping to get his nephew out, and also wanted to find out the news. Unexpectedly, Concubine Shu knew about this in advance from nowhere, she was very clear about what his nephew Dai Zhen had done, she was very annoyed, and severely punished him.
It was only at this time that Eunuch Dai realized that the little Mr. Fan had already cut off his retreat through a certain method. In shock and fear, he finally let go of this old face and ran to Yigui concubine humbly. After trying to please the palace, through Liu's relationship, they quietly handed over a thin bank note to Fan's residence.
On the other side, Mu Feng'er, who was in charge of hearing the case, was also scratching his head. He looked at Dai Zhen who hadn't been transferred to the prison, and felt annoyed. The Secretary ordered not to torture this small character, why? He touched the generous silver allowance that had just been distributed in his belt, and he couldn't help muttering.