Idle courtiers

Chapter 147

As expected of a well-known scholar, although my elder brother Xun Xiucai has no masters, he speaks things in a clear and orderly manner, and he can tell the whole story clearly in just a few words.

After hearing the question, Zhou Nan was speechless for a while.My own cheap old Taishan Xunju is upright and kind, with a righteous heart, a typical idealist, how could he give birth to such a bastard son.

Xun Xiucai really panicked and whispered: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, you are from the Criminal Justice Department, let me go quickly, I don't want to die, I don't want to die."

"Let people go..." Zhou Nan was terrified in his heart, smelling a hint of danger.

"Yes, yes, let me go, I want to go home, I want to go home." Xun Xiucai cried in a low voice: "I didn't kill people, I don't want to die, I don't want to die."

As he spoke, he grabbed Zhou Nan's arm tightly with his hands, and it hurt so much.

At this moment, Zheng Shuban's panicked voice came from outside: "Master Li Xing, the squad is right here."

Then came Xiong Ren's angry roar: "Zhou Nan, you are so bold!"

Zhou Nan didn't talk nonsense, he grabbed a pair of iron pliers on the ground, and with a "hoo" sound, he hit Xun Xiucai hard on the back of the head.

It turned out that the Governor's Office in Qingjiangpu of the Judicial and Criminal Department was responsible for local security and arrested criminals who committed crimes.Whenever a prisoner is caught, he will be interrogated by torture.This pair of iron pliers is used to clamp the red hot soldering iron.In ancient times, there was no such thing as civilized law enforcement, and evidence obtained through torture was also recognized by law.

Poor Xun Xiucai was too drunk and physically weak, and he was not mentally prepared. After eating the iron tongs, he rolled his eyes and passed out.

Zhou Nan hugged him hastily, pretending to be sad and shouted: "Xiucai, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you, wake up, wake up! Ah... Li Xing, why are you here?"

Xiong Ren's face was ashen, and he shouted: "Zhou Nan, I want to ask why you are here?"

"Reporting for punishment, I got a letter from my family. The concubine in Anton's hometown rushed home just after giving birth to a son, but she was blocked here." Zhou Nan's eyes were red: "This Xun Xiu is my concubine." Brother, I don’t know why he was imprisoned here, and he is still awake. He must have been tortured.”

As he said that, he looked at Zheng Shuban with angry eyes, and shouted angrily: "The surname is Zheng, did you knock him out? You are so bold, I didn't know that Xun Xiucai was famous, I didn't know that he was my relative Is it? I am not finished with you, tomorrow I will report to Xuezheng to seek justice for him."

After speaking, he jumped up and stretched out his hand to hit him.

Zheng Shuban was shocked: "Governor Zhou, a lowly position is also a matter of business!"

Xiong Ren yelled: "Zhou Nan, stop, how can you allow a villain like you to be rampant in front of the boss. Zheng Shuban, let me ask you, what's the matter with Xun Xiucai?"

Zheng Shuban: "As for the punishment, I don't know what's wrong with the lowly position. It is estimated that this scholar was overly frightened, so he fainted, and I don't care about my business."

Xiong Ren asked Zhou Nan again: "Zhou Nan, was Xun Xiucai like this when you came in?"

Zhou Nan: "That's how I came to be a scholar, and I shouldn't call it that. You can't ignore Zheng Shuban's abuse of criminal law against a famous scholar. Also, Xun Xiucai was arrested by the Judiciary and sent to the prison. Ask him what he did?"

When Xiong Ren came in, his face was tense, but at this moment his expression relaxed: "Zhou Nan, a good person is running around in the street at night, either rape or robbery, so naturally you have to ask, and you will let him go if you find out. Zheng Shuban is also responsible. Didn’t he just say that Xun Xiucai was not punished by the governor? This matter has nothing to do with him, so don’t make troubles.”

Zhou Nan still refused, Officer Xiong Tui was annoyed immediately, and scolded: "What are you rambling about, I have my own opinion on this matter. Aren't you going home to visit relatives? Why didn't I know? You left your post without authorization. It’s all right if I don’t punish you, and you dare to yell in front of your boss. Forget it, since you have something to do at home, why don’t you go back quickly. I’ve granted you three days off, and the canals have been opened, so you can go!”

Zhou Nan was still furious, pointing at Zheng Shuban's nose and scolding: "If Xun Xiucai has any troubles, I will never stop with you, you wait, you wait for my lord!"

After scolding for a long time, he left unwillingly.

Looking at Zhou Nan's cursing back, Xiong Ren couldn't help spitting: "What a villain!"

Zheng Shuban: "Master Xun Xiucai, I really didn't punish Xun Xiucai, I was wronged!" He was very wronged.

Xiong Ren looked serious: "Stop talking nonsense, and take Xun Xiucai with you. You are not allowed to tell anyone about what happened tonight, so just pretend you don't know. Otherwise, you will not be spared."

Sure enough, as Xiong Ren said, the canal has been closed.

The boats that had been stranded on the river for two hours began to move again, but dozens of hundreds of boats all spread their sails, and the lanterns hanging on the masts were connected together to form a long dragon of lights.

The Ming Dynasty, where you can't see your fingers as soon as it gets dark, is a rare beauty.

After the boat sailed for more than an hour, Zhou Nan let out a long breath, and said in his heart: It was very dangerous before, if I hadn't made a quick decision to knock Xun Xiucai unconscious, I'm afraid I would have fallen into it.

This is a serious case of human life. It involves both the prefect of Song Dynasty and the Yang family of Bozhou.

Not to mention Song Zhifu, that is the immediate boss of Zhou Nan's immediate boss, and he can make Mr. Zhou feel overwhelmed by just moving a finger.

As for the Yang family in Bozhou, they are even more vicious.In particular, Yang Yinglong, the next-generation Patriarch, was the protagonist of the battle against Bozhou in the three major campaigns of Wanli, a historical celebrity in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.

Bozhou is Zunyi City, Guizhou for later generations.

Guizhou is located in the center of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. The natural environment is harsh. It has always been sunny, the land is flat, and the people are not three cents silver. It is a typical area of ​​old and young.The modern society has been developed for many years, the country has built a large number of roads, and there are favorable policies, which have finally lifted the local area out of poverty.

But in ancient times when transportation was backward, that place was a typical barren place, and the central rule of the Ming Dynasty could not radiate it.Therefore, only the native official system and local autonomy can be implemented.

There were two types of local officials in the Ming Dynasty: local officials and Liuguan. Liuguan refers to officials sent by the central government to manage local affairs.Native official is to grant local tyrants and chiefs official positions to govern the local natives on behalf of the imperial court.

The Yang family in Bozhou is a local chieftain who has guarded the Zunyi area of ​​Guizhou for generations. So far, there have been more than ten generations. The name of the family is unknown. The Yang family intermarried with the local people.However, the Yang family always said that they were Han Chinese to show their naturalization.

The Yang family has been operating in Bozhou for more than ten generations, and their power is powerful, like a separatist regime.The current head of the family is Yang Lie. When he passed away and Yang Yinglong succeeded to the throne, Bozhou rebelled.Emperor Wanli mobilized a large army to suppress it. This battle was called the Battle of Bozhou, and together with the Battle of Korea and the Battle of Ningxia, it was known as the Three Great Marches of Wanli in history.

There were 1 rebel soldiers recruited by the Ming Dynasty after Bozhou quelled the chaos. What is the concept?In the 27th year of Wanli, when Li Hualong went to Sichuan to reorganize his armaments and prepare to encircle and suppress Yang Yinglong, the standing army in Sichuan Province did not have 1 soldiers.

The Yang family is a typical earth emperor, the powerful one.For the Yang family, the imperial court has made many courtesies, constantly adding officials and ranks to the head of the Yang family.

Now is the Jiajing Year, there are still several years before Yang Lie's death, and thirty years before Yang Yinglong's rebellion.

In fact, Yang Yinglong's rebellion had complicated reasons. For now, the Yang family is still loyal to the Ming Dynasty.Now, the daughter of an officer of the Yang family died in Huai'an. Although the officer's status was low, she was only a humble sixth-rank military officer.

However, politics is a delicate thing.If someone makes an article out of this matter, or the Yang family feels insulted, they want to seek justice.When the bomb exploded, it was unknown how many people would be killed.

Diplomacy is no small matter. Once this matter gets out, the officials of the Lifan Academy in the capital will be the first to jump out, holding a big stick of unity.

No one can bear this stick.

Under the big millstone of politics, Zhou Nan can only be regarded as a small millet, which is easily crushed into powder.If you want to be wise and safe, don't jump on the millstone.

This is why Zhou Nan directly knocked Xun Xiucai unconscious just now.

Xiong Ren obviously knew about this case, otherwise it would not have been possible for him to rush to Qingjiangpu in the middle of the night to interrogate the prisoner.If he saw Zhou Nan and Xun Xiucai together, Zhou Nan might not be able to explain clearly.

When Xun Xiucai was in a coma, Zhou Nan could pretend that he didn't know anything.He has watched a lot of spy war dramas, so he naturally knows that knowing nothing is the safest truth.

I only wronged my brother-in-law, but the back of the head is a vital part of the human body, so don't be beaten to death by my pliers.If that's all I can say is sorry, let Xiong Tuiguan and Zheng Shuban deal with the headache!

Zhou Nan is quite proud of his decisiveness and quickness, and he is also vigilant in his heart: mixing officialdom, especially ancient officialdom, is really in danger at every step.Regarding today's matter, if I hadn't known Yang Yinglong's history in advance, I might have gotten into this big trouble if I was confused.It can be seen that it is not necessarily right to think twice before acting.At a critical juncture, we must act decisively.

Yes, this matter is not small, since I already know the inside story, do I want to write an article?

There was a vague idea in my heart, and I began to think about it carefully.

After staying on the boat overnight, Zhou Nan's boat arrived in Andong County in the morning of the second day.

As soon as I got home, I heard the loud baby crying.Zhou Nan felt a sudden sweetness in his heart, as if he was soaked in a jar of honey, and his whole body seemed to be stepped on in a fog, feeling a little dizzy.

At this time, I saw Lettuce coming out of the stove with a pot of hot water. Seeing Zhou Nan, I was overjoyed: "The master is back, madam, the master is back!"

Zhou Nan hurriedly called out, "Ruotu, where is my son?"

Lettuce threw away the wooden basin in her hand: "It's in Madam's house!"

Yunniang's surprised voice came from the room: "Master, come in and see our son."

Zhou Nan was stunned, why is the child in Yunniang's house, something is wrong!

When he entered the room, he saw a child wrapped in swaddling clothes, crying loudly in Yunniang's arms.

Yun Niang patted the child's vest with her hands lovingly.

Although the doll is small, it is also a little thin, and looks a little malnourished.But he was born with a handsome appearance, which was three points similar to his mother, Sister Su.

Strange to say, as soon as he saw Zhou Nan, the little guy stopped crying and looked at his father curiously with black and white eyes.

Zhou Nan stretched out a finger to tease, but was held tightly by his son.

A warm current hits from the fingers and spreads directly to the heart.

Zhou Nan was so happy that he seemed to be melting, and he kept saying: "Good baby, good baby."

The father and son were so affectionate, Yunniang also looked at them with a smile.

After a long time, Zhou Nan asked strangely: "Yunniang, isn't this child Sister Su's? Why is it in your room? Where is Sister Su?"

Yunniang said softly: "Sister Su is confinement in the house."

Lettuce interjected: "Master, according to the rules of the big family, the young master is raised by his wife, who is his real mother, so naturally he wants to bring this house."

(End of this chapter)