blue ribbon bouquet

Fan An didn't have time to shave, he left Nanchang Mansion and went directly to Yongle Building.He didn't realize that Yongle Building was originally a brothel until he stood in front of Yongle Building.It was still dark at this time, the gates of the brothels were closed, and there was no Yingyan soliciting business.

Bai Guoqi came quickly with his team. He brought nearly a hundred people with him. These people were dressed in different clothes, holding knives, sticks and long guns. They were aggressive. Fan An glanced back and was startled. Like a yamen servant, like a group of robbers.He was surprised and said: "Where did you get these people? Didn't I tell you to go to the Yamen to borrow people?"

"This is a person borrowed from the magistrate." Bai Guoqi sighed, "We are poor here, and we are not as elegant as the mansions in the capital. Everyone is like this."

Fan An was stunned for a moment, and Bai Guoqi said: "My lord, the field guard surnamed Liu said that Sa Fanpei is not from the Central Plains. He can be easily recognized by his appearance. It must be easy to arrest him, but what is our purpose for arresting him?"

"Buying and selling officials and criminals." Fan An said, "You break through the door and ask someone to block the east and west entrances on the first floor so that no one can escape."

"Buying and selling officials and criminals" Bai Guoqi thought for a while and asked, "Is there such a crime in promulgating laws and decrees?"

Fan Andao: "Yes, the third volume of Daxuan's "Criminal Code" states that officials and criminals buy and sell, the seller is guilty, and the buyer is guilty of one more crime, and can be sentenced to five to ten years in prison."

Bai Guoqi was from the Ministry of Punishment, he was stunned and said, "There are only two volumes of Daxuan's "Punishment Code", how come the third volume? Who wrote it?"

"Where are you talking so much nonsense!" Fan An turned around and slapped him on the head, cursing, "I used to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and I wrote the third volume! It's just that it's too late to officially announce! You idiot hurry up!"

Bai Guoqi was so drunk by him, he quickly said yes, he led the crowd to break in, and commanded the yamen servants to arrest people from all sides of the road.

Not long after, the frightened screams of women came and went from the second and third floors, and the whole Yongle Building trembled like a frying pan.Fan An stood at the bottom of the building and looked up. He was so cold that the porcelain vase fell from the second floor and shattered at his feet. He was startled, frowned and cursed: "Look at these people! They are no different from bandits ! We are on official business, not here to rob!"

Standing downstairs, he ordered the yamen not to destroy anything privately, and to pay for anything broken, and ordered those caught not to make a sound, otherwise they would be beaten with a stick.As soon as he uttered these few words, the whole building fell silent, and a group of Yingyans were pushed down from the crossing with their shoulders clasped. Their faces were terrified, but they covered their mouths vigorously.

The benefactors and prostitutes gathered downstairs. Fan An stood at the gate, glanced at him, and asked, "Who is Sa Fanpei?"

Everyone looked at each other when they heard the words, and finally their eyes fell on a man at the crossing.The man had wide cheekbones, deep eyes, thick black eyebrows, and stood naked, with only a quilt wrapped around his lower body.

"Everyone go back to sleep." Fan An pointed to the man and said, "You follow us."

The man's eyes widened, and he said loudly in confusion: "Who are you? What did I do?! Why did you arrest me?!" He didn't speak fluently, but it was rare for him to speak clearly.Fan An didn't reply to his words, and the real servant dragged him out of the gate of Yongle Building. Sa Fanpei struggled hard, but the servants who drove him saw that he was dishonest, and threw him out of the building, fighting with fists and kicks. After a meal.

Fan An watched from the side, and Wei Lie waved his hand to signal everyone to back off, and asked, "Are you in the slave trade?"

The man named Sa Fanpei raised his head, and said pitifully, "Yes..." Fan An let out a groan, and then asked, "Where is your slave farm?"

Sa Fanpei didn't answer, but asked: "What are you going to do?" Seeing that he didn't answer, the yamen servant next to him wanted to come up and beat him, but Fan An grabbed the man's hand and shouted: "We are government servants! We are not bandits. !" He shook off the man's arm with one hand, stood up and said, "I want to buy a slave. Take me to your slave farm."

Savanpei wanted to say that you should find someone else to buy slaves, but mine is sold out.But he looked up at the aggressive appearance of this group of people, and he could only say yes.

Sa Fanpei's slave farm is three miles away from Yongle Tower. It is a courtyard of nearly [-] square meters, surrounded by high walls, and there are four gatekeepers at the gate.

When Fan An was about to reach the slave farm, he met a carriage on the road, with red flowers and solid wood, decorated with phoenixes and embellished with Su, its elegance and luxury could be compared to that of a rich man in the capital.In Heyang, ordinary people are so poor that they can’t even eat enough. Such a luxurious carriage is really eye-catching. Fan An was puzzled for a while, but he thought of Li Jianbi in his heart, so he didn’t care about it, so he passed by in a hurry.

There were several people on duty at the gate of Sa Fanpei's slave farm, Fan An ordered them to be taken down, and asked Sa Fanpei to open the door lock, Sa Fanpei tightened the sheets on his body, saying that my lock was still on the bed in Yongle Building Well, I didn't have time to get it.Fan An froze for a moment, and simply ordered someone to break the lock with a stone and kick him in.

There is almost nothing in the courtyard except a few thatched huts, which are dilapidated like a chicken coop.A few slaves were sitting dryly on the sand outside with shackles, and when they saw Fan An coming in, they lifted up to look at him.

Fan An hurried up to take a look. None of the people sitting there looked like Li Jianbi. He pushed away the thatched huts in the courtyard and checked one by one, but there was still no one he was looking for.Fan An hurried back to Sa Fanpei and asked, "Where are the official slaves you bought from the Pingqing quarry?"

Sa Fanpei was taken aback, pointed at the tree next to him, and said, "That's the group of people." Fan An looked in the direction he pointed, and saw several people crowded in the shadows under the tree. He quickly walked over to take a look, and raised his chin to look carefully one by one. "Not these, there is another person." Fan An came back and grabbed Sa Fanpei's skirt, and shouted, "Is there another person?!"

"If you don't tell me, I will beat you to death here today." Fan An said, "Do you believe it?"

A group of slaves sitting on the ground raised their heads upon hearing this, and couldn't help looking at him expectantly.

Sa Fanpei met his eyes, couldn't help swallowing, and said, "I sold the other one." Fan An wanted to strangle him to death with one hand, and said angrily, "Who did you buy it for?!"

"Beiyong Fan Mansion." Sa Fanpei said, "It's the richest family in Heyang. The eldest son of the Fan family wanted a companion and fell in love with him. He gave me a deposit yesterday. went."

Fan An was taken aback for a moment, and the gorgeous carriage he met suddenly flashed in his mind. He said in his heart, "Hurry up, hurry up! Go out and chase west, stop the red carriage. With a golden phoenix carved on his head!" As he spoke, he led the way out of the slave yard, and the servants behind him immediately chased after him, followed Fan An for three streets, and finally saw the red carriage at the end of a street.

Without saying a word, everyone surrounded the carriage. There were two grooms sitting on the left and right of the carriage. Seeing the situation, they turned pale with fright, and scolded: "What are you doing? How dare you stop the Fan family after eating the bear's heart and leopard Carriage?!" I didn't want to be dragged down before I finished the last sentence.

Fan An stepped on the horse fence, opened the bamboo curtain and got in.Behind the bamboo curtain hung a water-green gauze, Fan An raised his eyes and took a look in. The carriage was dim, and only thin mottled light spots leaked in from the bamboo curtains on both sides. The slowly swaying ripples in the sky are dizzying.

Fan An didn't see the face of the man in the carriage, he only saw the outline of the man, and there was an inexplicable thump in his heart, a feeling of soreness surged from the bottom of his heart to the tip of his nose, making his limbs sore and numb, he wanted to cry , It seems to want to laugh, I don't know what to say.After being stunned for a long time, he said, "Hehe, Mr. Li... you are here."

The man inside was obviously startled when he heard his voice, he stretched out his hand for a long time, and slowly lifted the gauze curtain, he took a close look at Fan An, his eyes widened in disbelief. "Fan Pingqiu...?" He murmured, grabbed Fan An's skirt and pushed it back until Fan An's face was exposed to the sun. He looked and looked, and said, "How could it be you?" ?!"

Fan An grabbed his hand and said with a smile, "It's me." He led Li Jianbi out of the carriageway, "I'll take you back, take you back to the capital!" Joyfully said: "You come with me, come with me now."

Li Jianbi hadn't recovered yet, stared at him in a daze and didn't speak.Instead, Bai Guoqi who was next to him held him back and said, "My lord, Zhu Yan is now an exile, how can he go back to the capital with you?"

Fan An gave him a cold look: "Didn't Zhu Yan be crushed to death by a stone in the quarry? Didn't you read the report Liu Zhangwei gave you?"

Bai Guoqi was stunned for a moment, Master Fan seemed to be so happy that he was silly, but in fact his mind was very clear.He was at a loss, when Sa Fanpei next to him suddenly came up and hugged Fan An's leg.

"My lord, you can't take him away! You took him away, how can I explain to the Fan family! I collected the deposit from his family, if he doesn't send it, they will kill me!" Fan An He glanced at him lightly and said: "This man is an official slave, an exile from the imperial court, he cannot be bought or sold, and you should be content that I didn't accuse you of any crime."

"How did I know he was an official slave when I bought him?! I bought it for money! The eldest son of the Fan family has his contract of sale! You take him away and he is not yours!"

"The contract of sale?!" Fan Anhe glanced at him in confidence, "Zhu Yan is an official slave, where did you get the contract of sale?!"

But Sa Fanpei said: "What Zhu Yan?! I bought him, and his name is Qian Wu! This prisoner who sold himself as a slave in the Changfu of Qinan has passed the seal, and I signed a bond with Mr. Fan. Seriously. Why is there no deed?!"

Savan Pei said: "You took him away, but you won't let me live. I'm a serious slave trader, I can sue you at the magistrate!"

The corner of Fan An's mouth twitched. "Then you go and sue." He dragged Li Jianbi and said, "I'll take him away right away and see who dares to stop me."

"Who is going to take my people away?" As soon as Fan An's words fell, the sound of horseshoes came from the corner of the street. Fan An looked up and saw a handsome young man in a fine attire riding a white horse. over here.The man held the horse rope in one hand, and held a jade-colored bone fan in the other.

Fan An looked up at him, and felt that this person was indeed the kind of idiot who could call Li Jianbi "Qian Wu".