Emperor's Grace

Summer went to autumn, and it had just entered autumn, and it became cold day by day. A brazier was set up in Zhu Yunjing's room, and a thick tiger skin blanket was spread on the ground, so that Yuanbao could roll on it.

After Yuan Bao learned to climb, he couldn't stop for a moment, fearing that he would fall into the brazier without paying attention, Zhu Yunjing could only ask people to stare at him to prevent him from climbing far.At this moment, the little thing finally got tired of crawling and calmed down. He sat obediently at Zhu Yunjing's feet and played with the cloth tiger. His saliva kept dripping down. He was not happy that the mother would wipe it for him. He screamed as soon as he wiped it, and waved his hands in protest. Temper grows.

This little thing always looks silly and happy only when facing Zhu Yunjing. Zhu Yunjing touched his head while flipping through the book, and the little thing immediately posted it on it, acting like a baby, and shouted "da" inexplicably. Da", it was only later that Zhu Yunjing realized that he was calling himself "Daddy".He Huailing taught well, this little thing is also smart, he will shout at people at such a young age.

Zhu Yunjing hugged him, lowered her head and kissed his cheek, Yuan Bao smiled, Zhu Yunjing felt soft in her heart, and gently shook him in her arms.

After arguing with Yuan Bao for a while, Zhu Yunjing glanced out the window, called someone over and asked, "What time is it? Why hasn't Master Hou come back?"

Today is the day when He Huailing returns from the barracks. He should have arrived at this time in the past, but today there is no sign of anyone.

The servant hesitated and said, "Maybe it's on the way."

As soon as the words were finished, someone came in to report that something happened temporarily in the army, and Lord Hou would not be back today.

Zhu Yunjing frowned upon hearing this: "Do you know what happened?"

"For example, when Vice President Ding was patrolling the customs, he found contraband on the caravan delivering goods, and arrested and tortured them. The matter seemed to be related to Vice President Chen. Vice President Ding took a team of people to find Vice President Chen. The general questioned, and the two sides quarreled, and the quarrel was very serious, and Master Hou has already dealt with it himself."

Zhu Yunjing wanted to ask again, and the steward hurried over to report that someone had come from Huyang City, and something had happened to his shop.

Zhu Yunjing's expression darkened instantly: "Call someone in."

It is not the first time that he has had an accident in the past few months since the opening of his shop in Huyang City, because he has often been troubled by people who cut off his fortune. The previous few times were all small troubles. I endured it, but this time there was a big incident, the shop was flooded, most of the stock was burned, and people died, two helpers guarding the shop died.

Someone came to report: "The fire was strange, as if someone did it on purpose. I don't know if the shopkeeper should report it to the officials. Please decide."

"It's unreasonable!" Zhu Yunjing felt that his self-cultivation was much better than before, but this time he was still very angry. He just wanted to make some money, but someone insisted on making trouble with him, "Ask someone to prepare a horse!"

After handing the ingot to the nanny, Zhu Yunjing led the people to Huyang City in a hurry.

The extent of the burnt shop was more severe than he had imagined. There were scorched and fallen wooden beams everywhere in the house, and it was completely unsightly. The two corpses carried out were placed at the door of the shop, surrounded by many people pointing fingers. give pointers.Zhu Yunjing glanced coldly, and saw a few suspicious people poking around in the crowd, he ignored them, turned around and asked the shopkeeper, "What's going on?"

The shopkeeper said in a low voice: "Just now a guy who was fainted by the smoke woke up. I asked, and he said that after the fire broke out last night, he did see some people sneaking away. One of them also came to the store to make trouble before. , was hired by the Zeng family."

Zhu Yunjing gritted her teeth: "Go report to the officials!"

The courtyard outside the government office was deserted, and the servants were all dozing off. They were woken up by the sound of the drums, and they shouted impatiently: "Go, go, it's okay to play the drums!"

Zhu Yunjing sat in the car and listened to the cursing from the yamen servants outside, her eyes darkened. With the yamen's attitude, it's no wonder that the Zeng family was unscrupulous and dared to kill and set fire blatantly.

He got out of the car, walked forward, and asked in a cold voice the few yamen servants who were still chasing people away: "It's already this hour, is the magistrate still sitting in court? Who will come to beat the drums if there is nothing wrong? Naturally, there are grievances to report .”

The head of the yamen servant looked him up and down, saw that he was well dressed, he didn't look like an ordinary kid from a rich family, he was a little hesitant for a while, but he was not as domineering as before, he hesitated and asked him: "Who are you going to sue?"

"The Zeng family of the Huyang Chamber of Commerce, sue them for murder and arson in my shop, will the magistrate take care of it?"

Those yamen servants suddenly widened their eyes, looked at him with the expression of a lunatic, and after realizing it, they started to chase people away: "Hurry up, what's the trouble here if you have nothing to do!"

"Trouble?" Zhu Yunjing narrowed her eyes lightly, "Is this Zeng's family the king of Heaven? Is it okay to sue?"

Coincidentally, just after he finished speaking, Zeng Yaozu also showed up at the gate of the yamen with someone, and before he approached, he shouted extremely arrogantly: "I heard that someone came to the yamen to accuse my Zeng family of murder and arson? Is there any law for the blood sprayer? My shop has been smashed and the public is watching with countless pairs of eyes, and I haven't sued yet!"

Zhu Yunjing turned around and looked at the other party with expressionless cold eyes. Zeng Yaozu was taken aback for a moment, and then he laughed: "It's you, you make it easy for me to find, this time I really have nowhere to find It doesn't take much effort! You are brave enough to ask someone to smash my Zeng's shop?"

"It's just reciprocity." Zhu Yunjing said lightly, before coming, he did order someone to smash up the Zeng's shop, and vented his anger.If anyone dared to do this in Huyang City, there was probably no other person besides him.

Zeng Yaozu has come, and the officials have to take care of this matter. They were finally invited into the yamen. The magistrate named Zhang Liuren yawned and was promoted. kneel?"

Zhu Yunjing raised his chin to Zeng Yaozu who was beside him: "He didn't kneel either."

Zhang Liuren glanced at the arrogant Zeng Yaozu, and waved his hand impatiently: "That's all, if you have anything to say, hurry up."

Zhu Yunjing and Zeng Yaozu talked about the matter separately, and both insisted that they were the ones who suffered, and the other party was deceiving too much. After hearing this, the magistrate slapped the gavel and glared at Zhu Yunjing: "You made people smash other people in broad daylight. How dare the villain sue first! How courageous!"

"He burned my shop first." Zhu Yunjing reminded in a deep voice.

"Do you have evidence?"

"There are witnesses."

"The clerk in your store will naturally speak to you, how can he be a witness."

Zeng Yaozu looked at Zhu Yunjing triumphantly, Zhu Yunjing shook his head slightly: "Master Zhang, let's take a step to talk."

Zhang Liuren opened his mouth to refuse, but when he met Zhu Yunjing's playful gaze, he hesitated again in an instant.He can be regarded as a smart person, and he has already seen that the person in front of him is by no means a small businessman from the south of the Yangtze River with no roots and no roots. He invited people to the back hall to speak.

Zhu Yunjing didn't play tricks with him, and said straight to the point: "I'm from Dingyuanhoufu, and that shop belongs to Dingyuanhouhou. I think you'd better be acquainted, and stop helping those businessmen do evil things."

That Liu Ren's face turned pale when he heard the words, and he almost knelt up, Marquis Dingyuan?Isn't that the lonely general of the army? !The Zeng family moved soil on Tai Sui's head, and he actually helped!

After Zhang Liuren was afraid for a while, he immediately changed his face, and politely called someone to serve some good tea, nodding and bowing to flatter him: "It's the officials who don't know Mount Tai. Don't argue with me, a blind man. Those Zeng family members don't know good and bad, so they set fire to the place. Lord Hou's shop is closed, and the crime will be aggravated, don't worry, the next official will deal with it fairly!"

Although Zhu Yunjing didn't say it clearly, Zhang Liuren already guessed that he was the rumored Mrs. Hou, and secretly rejoiced that he hadn't offended someone thoroughly just now, but Zhu Yunjing didn't appreciate it, and said: "Master Zhang and this Hu The Yang Chamber of Commerce has close contacts, and it is very bold to dare to open a brothel with them."

Zhang Liuren said with embarrassment: "How dare you do such a thing..."

"You know whether you have done it or not, so why explain to me," Zhu Yunjing interrupted him disapprovingly, "Forget it, Lord Hou and you are not in conflict with each other, and there is no need to join you for this matter, but... ..."

Zhang Liuren's heart suddenly rose, and he looked at Zhu Yunjing with sweat profusely, and heard him say slowly: "Master Hou has just arrived, and many things are really difficult to do in this unfamiliar place, and the subordinates will not buy from him." Forgive me, then Vice President Chen... I heard that Mr. Zhang is quite close to him?"

"You misunderstood, the lower official and Vice President Chen, a civil servant and a general, are just nodding acquaintances, how can we get closer." Zhang Liuren laughed and laughed.

"I said, do you know in your heart that you don't need to deceive yourself and others," Zhu Yunjing said coldly, "How much do you know about the death of the former Qian Zongbing?"

Zhang Liuren's expression suddenly became serious, and he argued: "This really has nothing to do with the lower officials, I'm only a fifth-rank magistrate, even if I have ten guts, I wouldn't dare to assassinate the general guarding the border!"

"I'm sorry you don't dare, and I won't play charades with you, let's just say it, Lord Hou knows that you have been in the position of the fifth-rank magistrate for many years, and you have never had a chance to be promoted, so I will give you some pointers now." Ming Lu, if you can be used by Lord Hou, no matter it is Lord Hou, or the person behind Lord Hou, you will benefit from you, and there will be opportunities for you to rise to the top in the future."

Before coming here, Zhu Yunjing had already figured out Liu Ren's temperament clearly. Although this person was in collusion with the Huyang Chamber of Commerce and flattered Chen Bo, he was a cowardly idiot who opened a brothel He dared to do such things as collaborating with the enemy and treason, but he had been operating in Huyang City for so many years, so he must know a lot of things, and it was indeed useful.

Zhang Liuren's small eyes were bright, but she still pretended not to understand and confirmed with Zhu Yunjing: "You mean...?"

Zhu Yunjing smiled slightly: "You always know what Master Hou's surname is."

Zhang Liuren rubbed his hands excitedly, Zhu Yunjing hinted so clearly, he is not stupid, he naturally knows who he is talking about, and that person is indeed the most likely now, if this is on the right boat, it is like climbing a pavilion The prime minister is just around the corner, the more he thinks about it, the more excited he becomes, and his face turns red.Zhu Yunjing drank tea, feeling very funny in his heart, thanking Xie Chongming and his son for letting him know one thing, it is really very useful to use someone else's name to act.

Two quarters of an hour later, Zhang Liuren sent Zhu Yunjing out respectfully. Zeng Yaozu, who was waiting outside, wanted to make trouble again, Zhu Yunjing glanced at him coldly, and strode away.

That day, Zhu Yunjing stayed in Huyang City to deal with follow-up matters, and then rested in the inn in the city. When he got up early in the next morning, someone rushed to report that the young master had disappeared, and asked him to go back quickly.