Criminal investigation in ancient times

This man named Zhang Youcai was considered to be a distant cousin of Zhang Rui's father, but this man was closer to the current Zhang family in Xuzhou, so it's no wonder that Lao Han got angry when he saw him.When the branch of the Zhang family came to occupy the ancestral property, he also followed it to make a lot of money.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Han? Look at my bad eyes and I didn't even recognize you just now. What's the matter, why did you two come back from the capital? Uncle Lin drove you back? Tsk tsk tsk... Back then I advised you to hand over the Zhang family boy to his uncles to raise him, but you didn't listen, now that everything is gone, how will the two of you live when you come back."

Uncle Han got up angrily to argue with him, Zhang Rui stretched out his hand to grab him and said, "Whether we were driven back or not, it has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to worry about it."

Zhang Youcai snorted: "Don't tell me I didn't remind you, the Zhang family in Xuzhou is not something anyone can offend. If you dare to sue the county magistrate, be careful of your life!" After speaking, he waved his sleeves and led his friend out of the restaurant.

His friend said, "Who is this kid?"

Zhang Youcai pursed his lips: "Sangmen star."

"Oh oh oh! Is that the Zhang family boy who killed the whole family?"

Zhang Youcai hummed: "Why did they suddenly come back from the capital? No, I will tell my elder brother about it. I won't accompany you today, and I will have a drink with Brother Zhao some other day." After finishing speaking, the two parted and bid farewell.

In the restaurant, Uncle Han put down his chopsticks and panted heavily, "It's really deceiving!"

Zhang Rui picked up his chopsticks and said, "Uncle Han, why bother to get angry with them, since he said that the Zhang family in Xuzhou is unusual, let's see how they are unusual."

Qing Luo raised her small face and said worriedly: "My lord, are they stronger than the prince?"

Zhang Rui chuckled and said, "Not as powerful as the prince."

Qing Luo nodded: "Then there is no need to be afraid." After speaking, he continued to eat.Everyone looked at each other and the unhappiness was wiped away, but after thinking about it, these people are so different from their identities that it is nothing at all. If it is really too much, Zhang Rui does not need to do it himself if he reveals his identity, and the county magistrate will deal with them.As the saying goes, the people don't fight with the officials, they are the people, and they are the officials themselves, so why bother to get angry with them.

After dinner, Uncle Han led everyone to his house.

Walking to the gate, the gate was closed tightly. Uncle Han took out the key from his pocket and opened the gate.

"Squeak~~" Pushing open the heavy door, the sight was desolate, the yard was full of withered hay, and Zhang Rui saw the pots of chrysanthemums that had withered long ago in front of the door.Going forward, I remembered that Uncle Han dug in the wild when he and Uncle Han came here because he saw that he was sad.Little did he know that Zhang Rui was not sad because his mother died, but because he came to this strange world out of nowhere.

There may be thieves in the house, and the only oil lamp was also taken away by someone. There was only a wooden bed in the room, and it was really a barren house.

Zhou Yin looked at it and said: "Since your father is a general, how could the family decline to such an extent?"

Uncle Han: "This is not the ancestral house. This is the house given to me by the old man when he was alive. It has not been lived in for many years and has not been repaired. It is dilapidated and dilapidated."

Zhou Yin nodded and said, "Your ancestral property was taken over by those clansmen, right?"

Zhang Rui: "I don't have many things. My mother dragged me to grow up, and I couldn't go out to show my face. Just pointing at a few shops can't support the family's expenses. Later, I even pawned the dowry."

Zhou Yin took his hand and said: "Forget it, let's go. Although this king doesn't have mountains of gold and silver, he should at least be richer than you. If you don't have enough money, ask me for it."

Zhang Rui smiled and said, "Ha, let's meet a local tyrant."

After looking around, there was nothing there, so a few people came out, and Uncle Han locked the old house again. I don't know when he will be back next time.

It is said that this piece of money went out of the restaurant and hurriedly took a carriage to Zhang's house.Although the other Zhang family that now occupies Zhang Rui's family property is also surnamed Zhang, they are separated from Zhang Rui's father Zhang Qingze by a cousin named Zhang Qingyun.Because of the reasons in the old life, the two branches are not close, and there is basically not much communication after a long time.If it weren't for such a thing, no one would have thought that the two families were related.

Zhang Qingyun frowned after hearing Zhang Youcai's words. In the final analysis, it was their fault, but if they didn't take it, someone else would definitely take it. How could a half-grown kid like Zhang Rui keep such a big family fortune.It is better for them to come than to make others cheaper.At least it was justifiable to go to the government to say that I took over Zhang Qingze's family business on the grounds of taking care of him.Wait for Zhang Rui to be crowned and return it to him, but at that time, the shop and the land are just things that you can pay back as much as you want!

But later, Han Baozhu inserted a tank horizontally and took Zhang Rui to the capital to find his uncle. This made Zhang Qingyun very worried. Zhang Rui's uncle Lin's family was a high-ranking official in the capital. If he angered them, how could they Ordinary people can solve it.After half a year, there was no news from the capital, so Zhang Qingyun finally felt relieved. Uncle Lin probably hated Zhang Qingze from the bottom of his heart, and didn't even bother to take care of his family business.After leaving the relationship, the county magistrate changed the deed of the ancestral house to his own name.

Now that the kid is back, I don't know what he came back for. Could it be that he wants to regain his ancestral property?The current Zhang family is different from before, not to mention that my eldest son donated an eighth-rank acting man, and he has a bit of face in the yamen. If they really toast and refuse to eat fine wine, don't blame him Nostalgia.

If it is said that the father and son of the Zhang family are connected, his father had just thought of this, and the son who got the news had already acted.

"What did you say, that kid is back?!"

Zhang Youcai nodded hurriedly and said: "Nephew, I saw it with my own eyes in the restaurant, and there were a few children and adults around him. I guess he must not be able to stay in the capital anymore when he comes back this time. He came back to ask for family property. That's right." !"

Zhang He narrowed his eyes and said, "This has long belonged to our family, how can you still spit it out?! Besides, Second Uncle, you have swallowed a lot, right?"

Zhang Youcai hurriedly said: "Where is it, uncle is doing it for your own good." But he said in his heart: Damn it, I just got a shop selling sesame oil, and the money for a year is not enough for the family. tear it off.

"What should we do now? If this kid sues the Yamen, it's our fault."

Zhang He said: "I can't wait for him to come to the Yamen. I still have to point to the magistrate to promote me. How can I let him ruin my good deed! Go and take a few house slaves to have a look. If he eats soft, give him Send him away with some money, if he doesn't eat soft ones, then let's give him some hard ones, I don't believe it, this young master can't cure him!" He said and summoned more than ten servants in the family , looking for the inn in the county in a mighty way.

I searched several inns and found Zhang Rui and the others. When they met Zhang He raised his neck and said, "Are you Zhang Rui?"

Zhang Rui nodded to look at this person, and sneered in his heart, he hadn't bothered them yet, but they actually dared to trouble him.

Zhang He looked him up and down, and saw that he was wearing ordinary commoner clothes, not very finely made, with a wooden hairpin on his hair, and only a sachet around his waist.

"This is 50 taels of silver. You take it and leave Qiushui County today. Go wherever you like, and you are not allowed to come back in the future. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude."

Zhang Rui looked at the banknotes in his hand and laughed angrily. Although his family business is not much, he still has a few thousand taels in total. He reached out and gave himself 50 taels and hoped that he would accept the banknotes gratefully Can't you leave now?

"Hahaha, you can really be joking. How dare I ask for your money. Besides, Qiushui County is my hometown, and my parents are buried here. Why can't I come?"

Seeing him like this, Zhang He was afraid that such a small amount of money would not be appreciated at all. You said: "100 taels of silver, no more, I will give you two ways to go today, one is to leave with the money, and two, don't even think about taking the money. Kicked out of Qiushui County by my subordinates!"

Zhou Yin looked at the dozen or so servants behind him and "puchi" laughed and said, "Why don't you try the second one."

Seeing his ridicule, Zhang He immediately became angry from embarrassment, "Come on, beat these people out of Qiushui County!"

These little servants were probably following him domineeringly on weekdays, and they came up with sticks to beat them, Duan Xiaobai and Zhan Qing basically beat them to the ground rolling and moaning without much effort.

Zhang He watched his servants being knocked to the ground one by one, his lips trembled in fright and said: "You...you wait!" After speaking, he ran out scrambling and crawling.

Zhang Rui looked at his back but couldn't laugh, kicked the stool angrily and said: "I didn't intend to argue with them, but now it seems that these people are probably out of heart."

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When Feng Xuan and Du Yuan returned to the inn, three or four servants of the Du family were standing at the door waiting for Du Yuan.Seeing him coming back, he hastily greeted him and said, "Oh, master, you're back!"

Du Yuan: "What's wrong?"

Boy: "Master told you to go back quickly! At home..." Looking at Feng Xuan, he said in a low voice, "I'm afraid something happened at home."

Du Yuan hurriedly said: "Then pack up your things and go back immediately!"

Speaking of the Du family, although their ancestral home was in Yuzhou, they shifted their focus to Jiangzhou more than ten years ago because of business.But Du Yuan came from his hometown in Yuzhou the day before yesterday, met Fengxuan outside Jiangzhou city, and followed him all the way to the inn.

Master Du was very angry when he found out that Du Yuan is the only son of the Du family, and he will take over the entire Du family's jade line in the future.This child has already been crowned, and he is about to start a family and start a business. Now he is so playful, will he be able to take over the family business in the future!

Du Yuan bid farewell to Fengxuan, and hurried back to the Jiangzhou other courtyard with his servants, and was called to the study as soon as he entered.

"Father..." Looking at Du Ruoheng who was checking the accounts in the study, Du Yuan felt chills in his heart. What happened, he called himself back in such a hurry.

"Hmph, do you know how to come back? I thought you didn't know how to go home."

Du Yuan looked down at his toes, "Father, what's the point of calling me back in such a hurry?"

Du Ruoheng threw down the writing brush in his hand and said, "If you have nothing to do, you won't come back! You said that you are about to start a family and start a business, why are you still so playful now! The Du family still expects you to take over in the future, can you take over? ?!"

Du Yuan said: "Isn't dad still young, it will be fine in a few decades."

Du Ruoheng said angrily: "What if I die! What about your mother and your sister? Can I count on you? This Du family has not been divided up by other jade houses yet!"

Seeing this, Du Yuan hurriedly knelt down and said, "Father, the child knows his mistake, don't be angry."

Du Ruoheng sighed a few times, took a sip from the tea bowl, calmed down and said, "I'm going to ask your mother to prepare for your wedding. You're not young anymore, so it's time to get married and take care of yourself."

When Du Yuan heard it, his head buzzed and he said, "Father! The child doesn't want to get married yet."

Du Ruoheng snorted coldly: "I can't help you, I have already arranged for you the daughter of Ge Shi, a great salt merchant in Jiangzhou. Both of us are merchants, so we can be considered a good match."

Du Yuan stood up, "I don't want to marry Ge Shi! I don't even know what she looks like, so how can I marry her as soon as I say it? I don't want it!" After finishing speaking, he turned and ran out.

Du Ruoheng: "Nizi! Come back to me!"

Du Yuan's head was confused, he ran out of the house, walked aimlessly on the street, thinking in his heart that he was going to get married?What does Ge Shi look like, and he doesn't even know that he is going to marry him? !If he looks like Yasha, he will be ruined in this life!Although it won't be so overwhelming... But at least it must be like Feng Daxia.

Speaking of thinking of Feng Xuan, he clenched his fist with his left hand and beat the palm of his right hand: "That's right! Go find Mr. Feng."

He came to the inn in a hurry and asked Xiaoer about Fengxuan's room.Standing outside the door hesitated for a while, just about to reach out to knock on the door, the door opened from the inside.

Feng Xuan: "Why are you here again? Didn't you go home?"

Du Yuan said with a flattering smile: "Well...he came out again, Mr. Feng is going out?"

Feng Xuan shook his head and said: "I'll go to Chu Gong, you go inside and wait."

Du Yuan nodded and entered the room. Looking around, the room was in an ordinary inn style. There was only a table and two chairs.

The quilt on the bed was neatly folded, as if he had never slept with anyone, Du Yuan went back to the table and sat down to pour himself a cup of tea.

After a while, Feng Xuan opened the door and came in, "Come to see me, do you have anything to do?"

Du Yuan: "No... nothing, I... I, alas, to be honest, I escaped from home when I got up."

Feng Xuan raised his eyebrows, cleaned his hands and sat opposite him and asked, "Why did you run out?"

Du Yuan slumped on the table, propped his chin on one hand and said: "My father wants to marry me, it is said that it is Jiangzhou salt merchant Ge Shi, but I have never even seen what Ge Shi looks like, so I don't want to marry her at all For a wife."

Feng Xuan: "Marriage matters are the orders of your parents and the words of the matchmaker. Since your parents have already made a decision for you, then you can only follow orders."

Du Yuan's face became even more ugly when he heard that, "But I really don't want to marry her... That's why I escaped."

Feng Xuan smiled and said from the bottom of his heart: As expected, he is still a child. The Jiangzhou salt merchant's daughter his father asked for him is envied by many people before it's too late. He actually dared to escape.

Du Yuan looked at Feng Xuan's slightly raised lips and was stunned unconsciously, "Hero Feng...good-looking."

The corners of Feng Xuan's mouth twitched, this is just now, if anyone dared to say this in front of Feng Xuan ten years ago, his life would basically be lost.

"Then you plan to hide with me all the time? You have to face this matter."

Du Yuan came back to his senses, his ears were red and he said: "Well, let's just hide for a while, anyway, I don't want to go back now."

Feng Xuan said: "But I won't stay in Jiangzhou for a long time, I will return to the capital in a few days."

Du Yuan: "By the way, I haven't asked Hero Feng why he came to Jiangzhou?"

Feng Xuan's eyes darkened: "Look for someone."

Du Yuan: "Are you looking for a fight?"

Feng Xuan: "Soon..."

The two talked for a while, when they suddenly heard loud voices outside the door.Du Yuan said: "No! My father must have sent someone to arrest me! What should I do? What should I do! I don't want to be caught." Looking around the room, there is not even a cabinet, and you can see it under the bed at a glance. What can be done is good!

Feng Xuan reached out and grabbed him, took him to the bed and lifted the quilt to cover him, and lay down on the bed himself.

Du Yuan was startled, grabbed Feng Xuan and wanted to get up.

"Don't move around if you don't want to be caught back."

Du Yuan lay obediently beside him, covered tightly from head to toe.The air in the quilt was so thin that he couldn't breathe, but the faint smell of wine was all around him - the unique smell of Feng Xuan.

"Dong dong dong." There was a knock on the door.

Feng Xuan: "Please come in."

Xiao Er pushed open the door and said, "I'm bothering the guest officer, they are here to look for the young master who just looked for the guest officer."

Four or five servants came in and looked around: "I'm really sorry, did our young master come to look for you just now?"

Feng Xuan said: "I have been here, but I just left."

"Leaving?! Young master, do you know where he went?"

Feng Xuan shook his head and said, "I don't know."

A few servants checked and found that there was indeed no son of their own, so they arched their hands and left the room.Xiao Er smiled and closed the door.

Feng Xuan listened to the footsteps and left: "Come out, they have already left."

Du Yuan lifted the quilt: "Hoo hoo... so dangerous."

Feng Xuan turned around and looked at him with his chin propped on one hand, "How long do you want to lie on my bed?"

Du Yuan blushed and stammered: "I...I, no, no..."

Feng Xuan turned over and leaned on him, put his hands on his ears and looked down at the stunned person below him with a slight smile: "Do you like me?"

Du Yuan swallowed and nodded.

Feng Xuan slowly lowered his head and whispered in his ear: "It's a pity that I'm not interested in children." The scorching hot smell of wine sprayed in his ear, which made Du Yuan blush half of his face.Seeing his appearance, Feng Xuan couldn't help laughing, stretched out his hand and threw him off the bed and said, "Those chasing you may come again, you should figure out how to escape them now."

Du Yuan's heart was pounding, his head was filled with the image of Feng Xuan bowing his head and talking in his ear just now, thinking of a place under him that actually stood up unconsciously...

"Then...then I'll take my leave first." After speaking, she ran out in a hurry.

As soon as the mistress downstairs saw him, she hurriedly said, "Oh? You weren't the one just now..."

Du Yuan came back to his senses, took out a piece of silver from his bosom and handed it to Xiaoer, "If those people came to look for me just now, you'd say you haven't seen them, did you hear me?"

Xiaoer looked at the money in his hand and immediately smiled and nodded hastily: "I understand, young master, go slowly."

As soon as the cold wind blew out of the inn, Du Yuan retreated from his lust... What should I do, I actually had lust for a man, oh my god, could it be that I am a broken sleeve?Dad... I'm sorry for your old man!

Hero Feng can't stay here anymore, Du Yuan thought of his cousin Jiangzhou, why don't he go and hide with him first?It's better than going home and being tied up to get married. Looking back at the inn behind me, Feng Xuan, how could I treat a man, eh...

Seeing him leave, Feng Xuan put away the smile on his face, got up and took a few sips of wine from the package.

A sourness spread from the bottom of my heart. Once upon a time, someone said that sentence in my ear: "Little Phoenix, I'm not interested in children."

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