The general went out again at night

Breathing a sigh of relief, Xia Qingshu suppressed the roiling anger in his heart, stepped across the corridor and returned to the first wing room, sat down beside the crowd again, and casually asked about the two naughty young masters.

Zhao Xuexin and Zhou Bi are notorious among the people in the capital. If you encounter them on the road, you'd better stay away from them, otherwise disaster may fall on your head.

As soon as these two people were mentioned, the expressions and words of the wounded people suddenly became excited.

"The last time Mr. Zhou's family didn't pay for his meal at my noodle stall, I read a few words, and his servant lifted a table from me and smashed two stools."

"The same is true for Mr. Zhao. It seems that his family owns the entire block of Nanjing City. When he came to my fruit stall, he picked it up and ate it. Those servants are backed by their masters, and they are not polite. I hesitated to take it, but I wanted to stop it but dared not stop it. Hey, once they walked around, the fruit in the stall lost several catties, and the business they did in a day was not enough to pay for it.”

"What's even worse is that Mr. Zhao's family saw the beauty of my neighbor's daughter, so he became lustful and went to my neighbor's to snatch it. Later, the girl threw herself into the lake to protect her chastity."

"Really?"

"It is true that the young master of the Zhao family left angrily when he saw that his daughter was dead. The old man next door saw that his daughter was gone, so he went to ask for justice, but he was beaten severely."

"When did it happen?"

"About half a year ago."

Hearing that this young master of the Zhao family had a life in his hands, Xia Qingshu's face immediately became serious.

She glanced back, motioned Liu Yan to write it down, and then lured the speaker to explain the ins and outs of the matter in detail.

During this visit, Xia Qingshu got a lot of useful information. As for the deeper things, she sent her subordinates to investigate.

"Have all these confessions been affixed?" Before leaving, Xia Qingshu asked the accompanying officials to check again.

"Report to the general, I have a few copies here."

"Report to the general, I am correct here."

"Mine is fine too."

Xia Qingshu: "Okay, you guys have to work harder when you go back, copy a copy of these confessions, and send them to the General's Mansion."

"Yes." The officials responded in unison.

"That's the end of today, let's go back home."

"Yes."

At the entrance of Jishi Hall, everyone dispersed, Xia Qingshu, Liu Yan and his entourage walked towards the General's Mansion.Halfway through the journey, she met the servant Liu Qi sent to deliver a message.

"General, Elder Zhao Ge is visiting." The servant whispered in Xia Qingshu's ear.

Xia Qingshu was stunned for a moment, but soon became surprised again. What was supposed to come would come sooner or later.

"Run back and reply, saying that I will arrive after a stick of incense, and let Steward Liu treat the guests well, so don't be negligent." Xia Qingshu ordered.

"Yes!" The servant ran back to the house, not daring to delay for a moment.

Xia Qingshu was still walking on the street at the same speed as before, with her two "pig's trotters" behind her, her eyebrows slightly frowned, and Liu Yan and his party followed her silently.

Xia Qingshu was thinking about Zhao Yanyuan's purpose in coming to Fuyuan General's Mansion this time.Coercion?Please?bribery?

Zhao Yanyuan has gone through three dynasties, he has a wide network of contacts, he is very good at face-to-face, and has many disciples or officials who support him. If he wants to intercede for Zhao Xuexin, it is more appropriate for other officials to come to the General's Mansion.

Why is it that the old Zhaojiage personally dispatched it today?Don't avoid suspicion?Are you not afraid of being criticized by others?

Thinking about it, Xia Qingshu suddenly heard a woman screaming. When she looked up, she found that she had walked into an unfamiliar street. The people accompanying her saw that she was engrossed in something, so they didn't stop her.

Another shrill scream sounded, and Xia Qingshu shifted her gaze from looking around to the source of the sound.Ten feet away, a burly man with a ferocious face was beating a frail woman with a whip.

The woman was beaten up screaming and running around, her bun was loose, her long hair fluttered in a mess, and there were already several obvious bloodstains on her body.The man was fierce and brutal, and his pace was fast, but the woman was nimble but always running around in circles. She didn't run very far, and was easily overtaken by the man and severely beaten.

Xia Qingshu stared intently for a while, then frowned deeper: "Go and see what's going on?"

As soon as the order was given, the three plainclothes attendants rushed over immediately, Xia Qingshu and Liu Yan followed closely behind, and slowly walked down the gentle slope.

It had just rained heavily in the morning, and the loess road was muddy, and there was still a lot of water accumulated in the low-lying places of the streets and alleys.

The three plainclothes entourages were the soldiers of General Fuyuan's mansion. They had been trained, their steps were steady, and their feet were fast. They rushed to the vicious man in a few strokes. The leader of the entourage shouted: "What are you doing?"

The man was much taller than Xia Qingshu's entourage. Hearing the sound, he turned his head to look at the person who made the sound, and said in a bad tone: "I'm teaching my mother-in-law, don't be too fussy! Otherwise, I'll beat you together!" The three raised their whips, very arrogant.

Turning his head, the man grabbed the woman's hair again, pulled her violently, dragged her into the puddle in front of him, and beat her fiercely.

The water splashed from the puddle wet the trousers of the attendants. The three of them looked at each other, rushed up, grabbed the man's wrist and arm on the left and right, squeezed hard, and then broke the man's wrist. There was a heart-rending pain, the palm suddenly let go, and the whip fell off.

"What are you doing! What are you doing!" The man began to struggle violently, trying to break free from the shackles of the two people on the left and right, but the two men were not tall, but the strength in their hands was indeed great, and the strength that restrained him firmly, after a few strokes , man exhausted.

Two followers supported the man and walked towards Xia Qingshu, and another follower helped the beaten woman from the puddle.

"Who are you? I don't know you. Why are you tied up!" The man's face was ferocious, and he had no strength to struggle, so he could only yell, "Let me go! Let me go!"

The two attendants knelt down on his body and scolded: "General Fuyuan is here, I won't allow you to be so presumptuous!"

"General Fuyuan?" The man was stunned for a moment, the resistance on his face was reduced by half, his hands and feet no longer fluttered and struggling, and then he looked up at Xia Qingshu who was slowly approaching.

"Women are married to be cherished, how can you frantically beat them with a whip?" Xia Qingshu looked at the bruised woman and reprimanded her in a cold voice.

The man's expression became agitated, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore. Of course he knew who General Fuyuan was.

"General, is that woman's fault? I beat her because she made a mistake?"

"You hit her when she made a mistake?" Xia Qingshu asked back.

"Yes!" The man showed an aggrieved look.

Xia Qingshu squatted down, her expression suddenly became fierce: "She made a mistake, you just sue the officials, who gave you the right to beat her?"

The man trembled in fright at the sound, his voice immediately dropped, and he pursed his lips and said: "She... she went to steal the man behind my back."

"I didn't!" Hearing this, the woman who was beaten to the ground suddenly screamed, dragging her bloody body, kneeling in front of Xia Qingshu, anxious to prove her innocence: "General Xia, I didn't steal the man, he framed me!"

"You have! I've seen it all!" The man lunged at the woman beside him, and wanted to grab her hair, but Xia Qingshu's entourage behind him grabbed him tightly.

Xia Qingshu's gaze scanned the faces of the two of them back and forth a few times, then moved to the front of the woman, looked at her and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

***

"Hey, why hasn't the general come back yet? Didn't you just say that you will come back after a stick of incense? It's almost an hour now, why is there no one at all? Old Zhao Ge is still waiting inside!" Liu Qi said in the general The gate of the mansion eagerly questioned the servants.

The servant who went to look for Xia Qingshu just now was covered in cold sweat: "Butler Liu, how dare I lie to you. What General Xia said was the time for a stick of incense, but I don't know why he hasn't returned yet."

"What about the people who were sent out later? Didn't you ask you to send more people to find them?"

"The manpower has been sent out, but no one has sent back the news. I'm afraid... I'm afraid the general has not been found yet."

"You..." Liu Qi waved his hand angrily, put his hands behind his back, and turned his gaze to the street outside the door, hoping that Xia Qingshu would appear soon.He can't stand that cunning and treacherous old fox in the mansion, if he stays in the inner hall, if he says something he shouldn't say, it will be very bad.

"Ahem!" Liu Qi was waiting anxiously, when the old man coughed suddenly from behind, turned around and saw Zhao Yebin supporting Zhao Ge up the steps, followed by the servants, watching the situation, he was about to return home.

Finally going back.

"Elder Ge, Lord Zhao, General Xia is not here, I'm not waiting for the servants to entertain you well, please take care of me." Liu Qi bowed down and said respectfully, and when he looked up, he heard Zhao Yanyuan laugh, while Zhao Yebin beside him didn't look very happy. good.

"General Xia is really a hero among women. No one among the ministers can make the old man wait so long. Your general is the first, haha. It was getting late, and the old man's legs and feet started to hurt. I'm staying at the Fuyuan General's Mansion, so I'm going back to the mansion." Zhao Yanyuan spoke slowly, smiled softly, and had kind eyes and kind eyes, but made people feel cold all over his body.

"Master Ge, go slowly, Mr. Zhao, go slowly." Liu Qi and all the servants of the General's Mansion bowed to see him off.

"Steward Liu stay." Zhao Yebin left this sentence angrily, then carefully helped Zhao Yanyuan onto the sedan chair, and left angrily.

Coincidentally, just as this mighty group of people disappeared at the corner of the street, Xia Qingshu's figure appeared.Liu Qi hurried up to greet him: "Hey, General, why did you come back?"

"There were some problems on the way back, so it was delayed. Where is Mr. Zhao Ge, are you leaving?"

"As soon as he left, you came back, General. Did you avoid him on purpose?" Liu Qi asked.