At the gate of Qin Garden, Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying saw a row of people kneeling on the bluestone corridor inside, all with their heads drooping and their clothes all in the same style. But just from Zhang Chen's angry voice just now, they knew that these people were the main reason for Zhang Chen's anger.
To put it in easy-to-understand terms, these people are not regular staff members of Qin Yuan, or the Qin Duke's Mansion.
Sure enough, the next moment, Zhang Chen's voice suddenly rose more than an octave: "Keeping an outsider privately? Do you believe that those censors in the court will dare to report our family for secretly accepting a fugitive if they get the chance? It's simply lawless! Tie them all up, tie them up tightly, and then send them to Shuntian Prefecture Yamen, and say that they..."
Zhang Chen was suddenly stuck on what crime to charge these people with when they were sent to Shuntian Prefecture. He was not very familiar with laws and regulations. When he heard the people crying and begging for mercy, he not only did not show mercy, but gestured to shut them up. But the more he thought about the crime, the more irritated he felt, and the more irritated he became, the more angry he became.
Just at this moment, he heard a gentle voice coming from outside: "If someone is not on the list of Qin Garden but is inexplicably in Qin Garden, then he is definitely trespassing and trying to steal."
"That's right, breaking into a private residence and attempting to steal!" Zhang Chen echoed, and then immediately looked outside the door.
When he found out that it was Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying who came together, he quickly dropped his whip and went forward to greet them. Before he could speak, Zhu Ying rushed to say, "It happened to my family before. We found out that an outsider had sneaked in. And those servants who I thought were diligent before, some were hiding filth, some were doing private accounting, some were fooling around, and some were thieves... Anyway, there were all kinds of messy people!"
Upon learning that Zhao Yuanzhong was in the same situation and that it was not just his own family that was in trouble, Zhang Chen's expression finally softened a little.
Zhu Ying continued, "I saw the sound of beatings in Xiaocuitang early in the morning. More than a dozen people were driven to the stone quarry and coal yard in one breath. Even many elderly people who had followed my father were sent to the same place. Thinking about it now, I feel sad. However, it is better to find out early than late, otherwise I don't know what will happen in the future."
"I have already whipped more than a dozen people, and if it were my temper, I would tie stones to their feet and sink them into the lake, or at least give them a good beating!" Zhang Chen said angrily, "Those people in my family are usually respectful to me, but who would have thought that they would bring in outsiders behind my back and set up gambling games and gather people to gamble!"
Zhu Ying glanced at Zhang Shou and saw that he had been silent after reminding Zhang Chen just now. She had no choice but to say, "I heard that other families are also checking after hearing the news from my family, so I plan to go around with Shou and apologize. After all, the incident started from my family."
"Then I'll go with you!" Zhang Chen was a man who acted on his own ideas. He even forgot that the chaos in his own family had not been completely settled. "If someone doesn't take your reminder seriously, then I'll remind them. I have really found out that there is a guy who had connections with the rebels in Linhai Camp in the past. He often leaked my whereabouts. What a bastard!"