Rule over Ming Dynasty

That evening, news of Cheng Xin's disappearance spread.

The biggest suspects naturally fall on Song Cheng and Wang Yu, and Su Qubing is also a big suspect, and Su Qubing will naturally not admit that the person fell into his hands.

Su Qubing's situation was quite special. After all, his sister was the imperial concubine. No matter how arrogant the local officials were, they would not dare to arrest the imperial concubine's biological brother just because of suspicion.

This is true no matter which era, it is natural to pick weak persimmons, not to mention that the biggest suspects are actually the two outsiders who have just arrived in Suzhou City.

Originally, they quickly focused their suspicion on Song Cheng and Wang Yu, but they were both strangers, and no one even knew their names.

As the most prosperous city in the south of the Yangtze River in this era, Suzhou City has a particularly developed economy and trade, which has led to frequent population movements. Finding two strangers is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"Trash, why can't you find two people?"

"In my opinion, are they all hiding in the Su Mansion?"

"That guy Cheng Xin knows a lot of things. He even has to dig three feet into the ground to find the person!"

……

Faced with the fruitless search throughout the city, Hou Haotian was so angry that his veins popped out, and he finally couldn't help but focus his suspicion on Su Qubing again.

Aju!

Su Qubing suddenly sneezed heavily and muttered whether Hou Haotian or Wang Yanao was cursing him.

The next morning, the sky finally ushered in bright sunshine.

South of the city, Su Mansion.

The current head of the family, Su Bonian, is rich because of his daughter. Although he is a merchant, he has been awarded the fifth rank by the imperial court as the official salary of Qianhu Jinyiwei, Fusi Zheng, North Town, Nanjing.

Although this appointment does not require going to Nanjing to serve, Su Bonian seems to want to change his life and often lives in Nanjing.

Although he himself was not in Suzhou, as the focus of Suzhou's business shifted to Nanjing, the overall impact was not great, and it even expanded the market for Su family silk.

At this time, in the back room of the back house, Cheng Xin had been tied up. The bag he had eaten on his forehead after falling off his horse yesterday had become as swollen as a steamed bun.

Cheng Xin didn't understand a very common act of seeking revenge. As a result, he led people to surround the opponent and failed, but he fell into the hands of others.

Even though he was in a bad situation, he felt a lot more at ease when he thought that this was the city of Suzhou where his Jiangnan business had reached the sky.

When Cheng Xin saw Song Cheng and Wang Yu walking in from the door, he immediately yelled angrily: "You are in private confinement. Isn't it possible that you are not afraid of the king's law?"

"The King's Law? If you really had the King's Law in your eyes, you wouldn't be so unscrupulous!" When Wang Yu saw Cheng Xin talking about the King's Law, he immediately spoke with contempt.

This young master could not live without a king on weekdays, but now that he was in danger, he remembered the goodness of the Ming Dynasty King's law, and actually wanted to use the king's law to protect himself.

However, throughout the ages, there have indeed been many such people.

You talk to him about the law of kings, and he acts like a hooligan with you; when you play like a hooligan with him, he talks about the law of kings to you; in the final analysis, they are actually the ultimate egoists.

"Brother Cheng, you're welcome!" Su Qubing stuck his head out from behind and greeted with a hint of slyness on his face.

Although one day has passed, the scars from yesterday are still there, and there is still a dull pain. Compared with this pain, Cheng Xin's words were even more heartbreaking.

At this moment, seeing Cheng Xin fall into his hands, he felt a little happy in his heart.

When Cheng Xin saw Su Qubing appearing here, he turned and looked outside the door seriously: "Is this Su's house?"

Yesterday, after he fainted after receiving a sap on horseback, he woke up and found that he was stuffed in a sack, so he actually had no idea where he was.

"Huh? How did you know that this is the Su Mansion?" Su Qubing looked around and saw no obvious signs, looking very confused.

When Wang Yu saw Su Qubing's reaction, he helplessly reminded: "He is cheating on you!"

Cheng Xin was originally just guessing and testing, but now seeing Su Qubing's reaction, he knew that the place he was in was the Su Mansion: "You are really stupid!"

"What do you mean by this?" Su Qubing was feeling depressed that he had been deceived, and he suddenly asked with anger.

Cheng Xin looked at the angry Su Qubing, and said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth: "If you lock me up somewhere else, Suzhou City is so big, they may not be able to find me. I'm sure there won't be any need for this Su Mansion." I will come to rescue you soon!"

Originally, he was worried about his own safety, but now that he knew that he was actually in the Su Mansion, his worries were completely relieved.

After Wang Yu saw Cheng Xin's confident reaction, he couldn't help but frown and look at Song Cheng. Their arrangement seemed to be a mistake.

"Why are you so sure that they will come to rescue you?" Song Cheng kept his eyes on Cheng Xin and asked very seriously.

Cheng Xin didn't expect that the dark-faced young man in front of him would ask such a stupid question, so he immediately laughed and said, "With a little investigation, they will know that I am being imprisoned in the Su Mansion by you, so they will naturally come to rescue me!"

"Who do you mean by them?" Song Cheng didn't look embarrassed and still asked seriously.

Cheng Xin was about to answer, but suddenly realized that he was too passive: "Why do I want to tell you?"

"You were talking about them just now, not your Cheng family, so you should be referring to the people from Jiangnan Company. It's just that you can be so sure, either they need your resources very much, or you have something they care about. Something or a handle, but your Cheng family is already in dire straits and you can't help them much, so I think it's the latter!" Song Cheng, who has strong logical ability, immediately speculated.

In fact, while speaking, he was also observing Cheng Xin. The reason why he can repeatedly solve strange cases is not only his criminal investigation ability, but also his ability to keenly capture the emotional changes of the other party.

Cheng Xin couldn't help but re-examine this taciturn, black-faced young man, but suddenly he became wary: "Who are you?"

Originally, he had been focusing his anger on Wang Yu and Su Qubing, but after a brief encounter with them, he realized that the truly terrifying person was the black-faced young man in front of him.

But at this moment, there was a movement at the door of Su Mansion.

"right here!"

"No one came in just now!"

"We have found out who is inside!"

……

Hou Haotian personally came with a bunch of losers, who had already laid an ambush here, and they walked towards the gate of the Su Mansion as if they were interrogators.

"Do you know what kind of place this is? Is it a place where you can run wild!" After hearing the commotion, the housekeeper of the Su Mansion came out with all the guards.

In this March spring, there was a tense situation in front of the Su family's door, and the atmosphere became very tense. Hou Haotian looked at the Su family who was blocking him, but he immediately said: "We already know that your Su family has locked up Cheng Xin, hand him over as soon as possible, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"

Since he could not find any trace of the two strangers from yesterday, he had no choice but to cast his doubtful eyes on Su Qubing.

Initially, he didn't have high hopes, but after they inquired through the servants of the Su Mansion, they found out that Cheng Xin was really being imprisoned in the Su Mansion by Su Qubing.

Now that Su Qubing was caught committing such a crime, he not only wanted to rescue Cheng Xin, but also let Su Qubing stay in prison in Suzhou Mansion.

"Mr. Hou, I know that your father is the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, but the Su Mansion is not something that you, a small government official, can break into!" The housekeeper didn't seem to be afraid at all, and he immediately said in a stern tone.

Hou Haotian couldn't help but was stunned, and then he realized that this family was no longer the merchant's family it used to be. If the other party didn't sell his father's face, it really meant nothing.

Just being blocked by a little house slave, I was already furious.

Hou Haotian took the initiative to stop his men who were trying to break in, but he loudly questioned: "Your Su family detained people without authorization, do you still have the law in your eyes?"

"This is Concubine Jing's natal family, and my master is a member of the Jinyi Guard Qianhu. Who do you think you are? It's not your turn to point fingers here!" The steward of the Su Mansion looked very tough and said with contempt for Hou Haotian.

Say a thousand, say ten thousand, the current Su Mansion is the dignified family of Concubine Jing, and it is not the turn of a yamen leader without fame or official position to break into it.

Damn!

Hou Haotian has always been the number one young man in Jiangnan surrounded by tens of thousands of people since he founded the Jiangnan business with Zheng Jie. When did he receive this kind of anger, the other party was just a domestic slave.

"What about me?"

It was at this moment that a rather majestic voice came.

An official sedan arrived here at some unknown time, accompanied by a group of government officials from Suzhou Prefecture. Behind him, Master Su Songbing Beidao also brought a group of armored soldiers.

When the sedan door was opened, a slightly obese middle-aged fat man walked out, wearing a brand new fourth-grade official uniform. He was very fair and had a beautiful mustache.

When Hou Haotian saw the person coming, he immediately stepped forward and saluted and said, "My nephew, I would like to say hello to my uncle!"

The person who appeared here was Feng Zhong, the prefect of Suzhou, who was full of official authority.

He was a native of Cixi, Zhejiang Province. He was a Jinshi in the 14th year of Chenghua. He was first appointed as the head of the Ministry of Punishment, later promoted to Yuanwailang, and left Beijing to serve as the prefect of Yangzhou. Because of his good performance in Yangzhou and his knowledge of management, he was now promoted to the prefect of Suzhou.

Feng Zhong showed a warm spring smile when facing Hou Haotian, but when he looked towards the Suzhou gate again, he immediately returned to his full official style.

Although the Su Mansion can stop young masters like Hou Haotian, he is the superior magistrate of Suzhou and the parent official of this most prosperous place.

"Master Fu, this is Concubine Jing's natal family, please give my Su family some face!" the Su family's housekeeper softened his tone and made a very serious request.

Although Feng Zhong's identity is indeed very strong, the Su family is the natal family of Concubine Jing after all, and their master is also the official member of Fusi in Nanzhen.

How can there be so much fairness and justice in this world? People are usually carried in sedan chairs, and this Suzhou magistrate can also sell their Su family's face.

Hou Haotian looked at Feng Zhong nervously, but Feng Zhong didn't even think about it: "What a joke! The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. Yesterday, Master Su kidnapped Cheng Xin. How can I turn a blind eye to this!"

Although his words were righteous and awe-inspiring, everyone knew that he was on Hou Haotian's side, otherwise local officials would usually be reluctant to offend the relatives' family.

"Search!"

Su Song prepared his troops and Chu Jian was already ready to go, and immediately waved his hand and said.

In fact, he had arranged for people to block the back door in advance. Now Su Zhai has become a turtle in the urn, and that Young Master Su will definitely have to pay for yesterday's actions.

"Wait a minute!"

It was at this moment that a voice came from not far away.

Everyone was looking for a voice, but when they saw the middle-aged man wearing a fighting fish suit, they couldn't help but be stunned.

This middle-aged man is none other than Su Bonian, the head of the Su family, who is now Fusi Qianhu in Nanzhen and the father of Concubine Jing.

Although Su Bonian was born as a businessman, he now has a straight back and a somewhat majestic look on his fat body, and he is also followed by a group of royal guards.

Su Songbing prepared Chu Jian's eyes flashed with surprise, and he also stopped the soldiers who were about to rush into the Su Mansion.

When Feng Zhong saw Su Bonian appearing in Suzhou City, he preemptively said: "Su Qianhu, you're back just in time! Your Su Qubing is so brave, he even dared to imprison Cheng Xin, the son of Cheng Siqing, privately. Such bad behavior is not tolerated by the king!"

"Prefect Feng, this is wrong!" Su Bonian, who had the shrewdness of a businessman, reined in his horse and said.

Feng Zhong frowned slightly, looking puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Huh?

Hou Haotian and Chu Jian were reduced to bystanders, but they looked at Su Bonian in confusion. No matter how protective Su Bonian was, he should not dare to violate the king's law.

"First, Cheng Minzheng was dismissed from office by the imperial court. Why did Cheng Siqing say this?" Su Bonian corrected him seriously when he knew that Feng Zhong was actually an anti-imperialist.

Feng Zhong also realized that there was indeed something wrong with his words, but he emphasized Su Qubing's crime and said: "My statement is indeed inappropriate, but Su Qubing couldn't be wrong in detaining Cheng Xin privately, right?"

"This is the second point I want to correct! The reason why Su Qubing detained Cheng Xin was actually Ben Qianhu's intention, and it was also the need of Nanzhen Fusi!" Su Bonian got off the horse. , a sly look flashed through his eyes.

It was indeed wrong for them to detain Cheng Xin originally, but who made him a royal guard? Now in the name of running errands for the emperor, they can naturally continue to imprison Cheng Xin.

Hou Haotian couldn't sit still and immediately asked loudly: "What's wrong with Cheng Xin? Why did your Nanzhen Fusi detain him?"

"Mr. Hou, don't Jin Yiwei still need to report to you when doing things?" Su Bonian said jokingly.

Su Songbing, who was riding on horseback, said that Chu Jian had already known Su Bonian's plan, and immediately accused him angrily: "You are clearly protecting the crimes committed by your son under the guise of running an errand!"

"I'm not afraid to tell you! This Qianhu is actually following orders. Cheng Xin is the person named by Mr. Wangge. Do you still want to stop him?" Su Bonian is already an old man in the world and seems confident.

King beheaded?

Su Song prepared his troops and Chu Jian couldn't help but nodded secretly when he heard that Cheng Xin was the person Wang Yue wanted.

Hou Haotian looked up at Su Bonian in horror. Wang Yue actually wanted to break through Cheng Xin.

Just when everyone thought the matter would end here, Feng Zhong, the prefect of Su Mansion, suddenly said in a deep voice: "Su Qianhu, what if I don't agree?"

"Prefect Feng, are you disobeying my order?" Su Bonian didn't expect how stubborn Prefect Feng could be, so he asked loudly.

Feng Zhong knew that Cheng Xin could not fall into Wang Yue's hands, so he immediately raised the banner of justice and said: "This government is not disobeying orders, but to repay justice. You, the young master of the Su family, are looking down on human life, and you, the noble guard Qianhu, are aiding the evildoers. Therefore, for the sake of local peace, I have to take care of it! If anyone comes, let me go in and search immediately, and Cheng Xin must be rescued!" (End of Chapter)