The Sword of Smiling and Proud

Chapter 17 He Sanqi

I saw the old man selling wontons standing on the side of the road carrying a burden, his appearance was wretched, and he was even a little rickety. He didn't look like a martial artist at all, but he looked like a hard-working old man who had weathered all kinds of hardships and ran around for his life. .

"Old man He Sanqi, just now I heard two people talk about various strange things in Nanyang County at the stall, I would like to hear more about it."

It turned out that this person was He Sanqi from Yandang Mountain who was hiding in the market and selling wontons in the streets.This man sold wontons for a living since he was a child. After learning martial arts, he still carried around the rivers and lakes carrying a pair of wonton bags. This pair of wonton bags was his trademark.Although he is skilled in martial arts, he is willing to be indifferent and earn a living with a small business. People in the martial arts world say that they love each other.There are more than tens of millions of wonton sellers in the streets and alleys of the world, but since they are sellers of wontons and are from the martial arts world, it must be He Sanqi.

"I've seen Senior He, and my junior is Guan Yuan from the Huashan School." Guan Yuan had heard Yue Buqun mention this strange man before, and when he read the original novel in his previous life, he also had a good impression of this wonton old man who lived in seclusion in the city.

"It turns out that he is Brother Yue's disciple, no wonder he is so extraordinary at such a young age." He Sanqi smiled.

So Guan Yuan told He Sanqi what the two brothers had discovered.

After hearing this, He Sanqi twirled his beard lightly, "Hey, originally I heard that there were bandits in Nanyang, so I planned to stay for a few more days to see what happened. I didn't expect there to be such a dirty thing."

Brother Guan Yuan told He Sanqi about his helpless situation, and asked him how to act.

"It's rare for you to have such a chivalrous heart at such a young age. It's really precious. If I followed my temper when I was young, I would definitely sneak into these few houses and steal a lot. Let him really be stolen." He Sanqi said.

"However, this is a solution to the symptoms rather than the root cause. Those lands are still in their hands, and the poor are still living a miserable life."

"My two brothers also think the same way. We can't take advantage of them. It's just that the magistrate of Nanyang County has already been involved. It's hard to say whether any officials in Henan Prefecture have been bribed by them. There is no way to complain for a while, and it is very helpless."

"If you can trust me, give me a copy of the evidence. I heard that recently, Princess Xing of Luzhou, Anluzhou, Huguang, is going north to visit relatives, and will pass by Xinyang, Henan. King Xing is the uncle of the current emperor. Xianming, Princess Naxing, Princess Jiang, is the most upright girl in the general family. If she knows about such things, she will definitely take action to rectify them. At that time, if we can show evidence that the wealthy households in Nanyang violated the law, we will definitely let people They can't eat and walk around."

Naxing King Zhu Youtang was the younger brother of Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang of the Ming Dynasty.In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Emperor Xiaozong gave Jiang Shiyu, the daughter of a general, to his younger brother Zhu Youzhu as his concubine, and presided over the wedding for him.In the seventh year of Hongzhi, he became a vassal in Anluzhou, Huguang (now Zhongxiang City, HUB Province), and was named King Xing.His second son, Zhu Houcong, was even more remarkable, and he was the future Emperor Jiajing.

The two of Guan Yuan looked at each other, Guan Xiu nodded slightly, and said, "I'll leave it to senior then."

In this way, the three of them did a division of labor.

He Sanqi took a copy of the existing evidence, and traveled day and night to Xinyang to see if he could stop Princess Jiang of Naxing, and sued Wang Yunxuan, the magistrate of Nanyang County, for colluding with wealthy households, greedy for land, and evaded tax collection , Disastrous to the country and the people.

The brothers Guan Xiu and Guan Yuan continued to search in Nanyang to see if they could find further solid evidence, preferably the accounts of their private dealings and bribes.

According to Xinyang, there is also a distance of 2 to 300 hundred miles. He Sanqi estimated that within three days, there will be news back, so let them wait patiently.

When everything was arranged, Guan Yuan and Guan Xiu returned to the county office, and it was also dark.

Pushing open the door and entering Guan Xiu's room, the files and pens and ink were still on the table, but 500 taels of silver were neatly stacked on top of the bed.

It turned out that Guan Xiu had been collecting materials in the past few days, checking them day and night, and he had already been seen by interested people.They originally thought that Guan Xiu had just arrived and corrupted him with wine and meat every day, but they didn't expect Guan Xiu to notice something strange.They were worried that things would go wrong, so they sent money, intending to silence Guan Xiu.

"This is to drag our brothers into the water!" Guan Xiu pointed at Bai Yin on the bed and said with a disdainful smile.

"You really underestimated me, Guan Xiu."

After finishing speaking, Guan Xiu picked up Bai Yin, took it out of the door, and placed it on the ground at the door.He looked around the dark surroundings, snorted coldly, and closed the door.

After entering the room, Guan Yuan said, "It seems that this Nanyang county government office has also been thoroughly infiltrated by wealthy households. No, it should be said that the county magistrates have already been thrown into the water. Become an accomplice."

"Then Wang Yunxuan has read the sage's books for nothing. Being an official doesn't make decisions for the people. Why don't you go home and raise pigs!"

Guan Yuan knew that in this county government office, the rich householders dared not do anything to them for the time being, so he simply ignored them and went to bed early.

While the two of Guan Yuan were sleeping, several people were gathering together in a certain courtyard in Nanyang City.

The leader is Gong Yuqing, the Patriarch of the Gong family, "Hmph, I don't know what is good and what is bad, this Guanxiu is a rotten piece of wood that cannot be carved!"

It turned out that the spies in the yamen reported back about Guan Xiu's refusal to accept the money, and several members of the Gong family gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

"I think that Guan Xiu has a firm heart and is not an easy person." A few days ago, he drank with Guan Xiu and called him a brother, Lu Liangchang of the Lu family, "I thought that I could win him over to be my own person by eating and drinking. , I didn't expect to be self-defeating, but let him find a loophole. Now that he is so reckless, what can we do!"

"What should I do?! Just deal with him, and it's not like I haven't done it before. How can a small master book turn the world around?" Gong Yuqing said.

The principals of the other big households were whispering to each other below, discussing how to rectify this ignorant Guan Xiu.

"Master Fan, what do you think?" Someone asked Xiang, a middle-aged man with his eyes closed and resting his mind.

This person is the teacher of Wang Yunxuan, the county magistrate.It was not easy for the magistrate to come forward, so he sent his master to represent himself.

"It's nothing to worry about, it's just shutting down and repairing." The master first decided the nature of this matter.

"There have been many storms and waves before, but now we are united as one, and we can still be afraid of a master." A few words from the master stabilized the army's morale.

"Then Guan Xiu is in his 20s, and a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. He has never seen any big scenes. How can he know that the world is difficult and the world is dangerous." The master continued, "Since he refuses to drink a toast, why don't you let him have some fine wine?"

"Patriarch Gong, what do you think?"

Seeing that she was asked, Gong Yuqing put down her harsh words, "Since he doesn't want the white silver, if a gleaming knife is dangling in front of his eyes, he won't be afraid of being stubborn."

(End of this chapter)