Idle courtiers

Chapter 25 The Enemy Meets
Same as what I saw on the boat last time, Mei Pu, the young master of the Mei family, was born with red lips and white teeth, looking like a handsome young man.It's just that this kid probably lived in a wealthy family since he was a child, and he probably has practiced martial arts for several years, so he is physically strong.There was also a hint of ferocity on his face.

He looked at Zhou Nan with sharp eyes: "You are Zhou Nan, Zhou Xiucai from Zhoujiazhuang?"

"Are you Mei Pu, the young master of the Mei family?" Zhou Nan asked casually while thinking of ways to escape.

"You thief who has eaten your heart and dared to come to our house, you don't even know who this young master is?" Mei Pu scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, are you right?"

"I'm the new acting head of the fast class at the Andong County Government. I'm not Zhou Xiucai. You've got the wrong person." The son of a daughter can't sit still, and when the son of a daughter is in danger, the first thing he does is to show his respect.Although he can be regarded as able to fight, but at that time he repaired Zhan Zhongcheng, it was based on mental calculation and unintentional calculation, and he was deceived that he didn't have a weapon in his hand.Today, Mei Pu and others are all dressed up. If they want to win the battle, it is not in line with scientific principles: "Since Mei Yuanwai is not here, I will come back another day."

After all, Zhou Nan didn't talk nonsense, stood up directly, and strode out of the flower hall.

"Stop!" Mei Pu screamed: "A real man will not change his name if he is going, and he will not change his surname if he sits down. Who would have thought that Zhou Xiucai, who was famous back then, was also a person who hides his head and shows his tail. Does he have any face?"

He blushed with anger: "The villain surnamed Zhou, you wrote a good poem on the boat that day. I thought you were a refined scholar from other places, but I didn't expect you to be a Zhou thief with a human face and a beast heart. Yes, yes, listen. Said that you were the number one talented person in the county back then, and you were the only one who could write such excellent works. Don't think I don't know, you willingly fell into the county government office as a subordinate, and you came to our house to investigate the case. The county magistrate has already sent someone to inform our house, telling me to wait for a good student to receive him. Evil thief, you dared to come to our house when you harmed my brother. You even pretended to be Liao. If you don’t pee out today, I will be a son of man in vain. .Someone is here, really fight, if someone dies, I will take care of it alone.”

Hearing Mei Pu's words, Zhou Nan was shocked and angry.Ten years ago, Zhou Xiucai killed the eldest son of the Mei family by mistake because of a dispute. It was big news. Today, I had to bite the bullet and come to the Mei family to inquire about the case. I took a huge risk.What I think is that when Zhou Xiucai left his hometown to serve in Liaodong, he was only a 16-year-old boy. Ten years later, his appearance has naturally changed.After he finished his question quickly, he retreated immediately, with a swift movement.

But he didn't want to, he left the yamen and then returned to the county magistrate to inform the Mei family that he was coming to ask the case. Isn't this fatal?

This bastard, dog officer, I haven't even met him once, and we have no grievances in the past, and we have no hatred in the present, why did you want to kill me?

Seeing the group of servants with weapons surrounded him, and if he was not careful, he would be beaten into a Transformer, Zhou Nan sweated slightly on his back.

He is not an idiot, he naturally knows that it is impossible to solve the problem today simply and crudely like he did with Zhan Zhongcheng that day.Even on that day, didn't Zhan Zhongcheng leave in despair because of his IQ?
At a critical juncture, it is meaningless to think about Guixian Cheng's motive of borrowing the Mei family's hand to make him look good.Even if you want to, you have to wait until today's test.

After all, Zhou Nan is a government servant, and he has a knife on his waist, so the servants are also very careful.They were not in a hurry to attack, but instead formed scattered opponents, outflanked left and right, and slowly approached him.

He took a deep breath, with a stern voice, and shouted: "What do you want to do? Don't forget, I am a servant of the government, representing the state apparatus, and Shizhi County. If you attack me today, you will be rebelling. Yes, I still have my companions with me today, if you kill me, the Mei family will be burdened with a sea of ​​blood." I was anxious, and the modern term "state machine" appeared.

Hearing this, all the servants had a meal.

Suddenly, a cold snort came from behind the screen in the flower hall.

Hearing this cold snort, Mei Pu's eyes were red, her face was drunk, and she shouted: "I forgot that you are a yamen servant, and a lowly subordinate is nothing, if you kill it, you will kill it! That's right, you can't stay Witness, kill this person too. Anyway, if one person is killed, two people are also killed."

As he spoke, he pointed to the painter who came with Zhou Nan, and signaled his subordinates to do it.

The painter was scared out of his wits and shouted: "Don't, don't!" This man was probably also timid on weekdays, but he got under the coffee table, only showing his buttocks outside.

Mei Pu even killed irrelevant people, treating human life like grass.Zhou Nan couldn't help taking a breath.As a young Zhongte emperor who was born in New China and grew up under the red flag, when he used to watch period dramas, he still had doubts when he saw the atrocities committed by local tyrants and evil gentry in the past.Today, I completely believe it. The Mei family's cruelty is not much better than Nan Batian in the film and television works!

Could it be that I, Zhou Nan, are really going to fall here today, regretting that I should have thrown myself into a trap and came to Mei's house to ask questions!

No, it is said that with such bloody enmity, Young Master Mei should kill me to repay his brother's life debt, so why wait until now.Moreover, when I saw this kid on the painting boat that day, he was just a gentle and elegant scholar, not a murderer who would kill without batting an eyelid.

Moreover, his face is flushed now, his expression is excited, and it is obvious that he is also afraid in his heart.

Thinking of hearing a cold snort from behind the screen just now, Zhou Nan's heart moved, and he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

Mei Pu was furious: "Evil thief, what are you laughing at when you are about to die?"

"Haha, I laughed at your Mei family who said just now that I hide my head and show my tail, and you yourself hide behind the screen and refuse to show your true colors." Zhou Nan exposed his eyes to the screen, as if the clump painted on it was in full bloom. The peony sees through: "Mr. Mei, if you want to kill me Zhou Nan, why don't you avoid seeing me if you do it yourself? If you have something to say, you can come out and meet. Otherwise, I have to go."

After finishing speaking, he dragged the painter out and strode out of the flower hall.

He had expected that the Mei family was only threatening him today, and it was impossible to actually commit murder.Even if you want to kill, you can't wait until today.

Sure enough, seeing Zhou Nan striding towards him, the servants with weapons looked suspicious, and they didn't step forward to stop him.

At this time, there was a sudden roar from behind, and a middle-aged man in his early fifties strode out, shouting: "Little thief surnamed Zhou, you still have the face to meet this old man, how bold you are!"

This person is extremely majestic, his body is like a door panel, his face is dark, his face is powerful, if he guessed correctly, he should be the senior member of Mei Kangmei.

"Little thief, do you dare to predict that the old man will not kill you today?"

Zhou Nan stopped, cupped his hands slightly: "I've seen Uncle Mei Shi."

"Shut up, you little thief killed my son, the old man and you are at odds, and you have the guts to call me Uncle Shi?" Member Mei stared at Zhou Nan with burning eyes.That's right, it's him, that bastard surnamed Zhou.In the past ten years, his appearance has undergone many changes, and he has become much stronger, but his facial features still vaguely carry the refined air of the young scholar back then.

"Okay, let's get down to business, let's get down to business! The reason why I expected Yuanwai not to kill me today is because there is a good saying: Jade does not fight with tiles. Yuanwai is from a family in the water, and it was hard. Today, I am a big family in the city, and in the eyes of ordinary people, I am a jade. And I, Zhou Nan, am just a government servant, a tile." Zhou Nan said lightly: "Today I came to your house to investigate the case. Zhou Nan is the leader. After receiving the order from the yamen, when I came here, I don’t know how many pairs of eyes watched me and Painter Li enter the door of Mei’s house. But after entering, I didn’t go out, and members of the Mei family will inevitably come up with an explanation in the future.”

As he spoke, he sat back in the chair gracefully, and said, "That's right, the rich and powerful outside the staff, maybe you can use money to silence other people's mouths, and the government can't do anything about you. But, don't forget. Gui The third young master of the mansion is a scholar. It is said that if he is successful in his studies, he may not be able to get a good reputation in the future, and he will glorify the Mei family. If Painter Li and I disappear in your mansion, the future of the third son may never be discussed. Just imagine, Which examiner dares to admit a suspect?"

Zhou Nan said with sincerity on his face: "Mr. Mei, you want to kill me. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. Whether it's beating me up or waiting for me to be alone, there are plenty of opportunities. I chose my own home today. If I were to say which place in Andong County is the safest for me, it would be Mei’s.”

Mei Pu was furious: "Little thief, do you think my Mei family is innocent?"

"Okay, well said, as expected, he is my family's Ada's close friend back then, he really is a character." Mei Kang's eyes flashed like a knife: "The future will be long, the old man is here to ask the head of Zhou Dai to take care of his health and live a long life. "

Zhou Nan didn't care too much, and cupped his hands: "Cheng Yuan said auspiciously, let's talk about our personal grievances later, today we only talk about business matters."

"Third brother, if you have any questions from Zhou Dai's team leader, please cooperate." Mei Kang snorted coldly and left in a huff.

Seeing Yuanwai Mei leaving in anger, Zhou Nan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Today I guessed it right, the Mei family really cares about their children's fame.In the early years, the eldest son of the Mei family was a scholar, and now the third son is also an elegant scholar.Even Miss Mei Er is not a talented woman, she doesn't look like a product of a wealthy family at all.

In fact, this is also understandable. Didn't the ancients say that everything is inferior, but reading is high.

In the era of official status, only being an official is a good way out.Otherwise, even if you are as rich as an enemy, you will have to kneel and kowtow when you see a mere seventh-rank county magistrate.If you offend the local officials, there are ten thousand ways to destroy your family.The so-called county magistrate who ransacked the house was also the prefect who exterminated the family.

Meikang started his career by earning money, so he naturally knows the power of the state machine.After making a fortune, they put out a lot of resources for their children to study, in order to let their sons get fame in the exam, get an official position, and keep their wealth.

If Zhou Nan is killed today, although the government has no evidence, there is nothing they can do about him, but the third son Mei is afraid that his fame will be hopeless in his life.The reason is very simple, the examiner doesn't want the student he admitted to be a murder suspect to be implicated in the future.

Zhou Nan was also sure about Mei Kang's thoughts, so he was fearless.

As soon as member Mei left, the other servants also withdrew.Mei Pu was the only one left in the flower hall looking at Zhou Nan angrily, her small chest heaving violently.

Zhou Nan smiled: "Third son, we can start to ask questions, and please invite the women and maids who serve the widow's sister-in-law to talk. The son sees me like a bandit, it is better not to see each other, and the sooner the business is over, the sooner the eyes will be clean. "

(End of this chapter)