Chapter 20
Looking at the bustling crowds around, Han Yueniang said, "After all, it is the big wharf on the Bian River, and it is also a county town. It is much more lively here than Linying. In my opinion, it is almost catching up with Xuzhou City."
Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "That's natural. How many businessmen here, buy and sell, are gathered here in several states around."
In fact, Yongcheng County is not big, and it is almost the same as Linying in terms of area. However, the commercial area here is concentrated and there are many shops, so it looks much more prosperous.
There was nothing wrong today, Du Zhongxiao took Han Yueniang to the county town, wandering around and relaxing. Han Yueniang was born in a small family, and she did not have the rules of wealthy women, and she would not have the entertainment of them. When she was in the state city, other officials had arrived at the homes and they would be bored when they arrived at the inspection camp.
While walking on the street, Chai Xin in front suddenly said, "Hey, isn't Ma Meng sitting in the restaurant there? The official asked Yongcheng County to detain him and examine the Tao family's medicinal materials case back then. Why did this guy drink in the street and be so carefree?"
Du Zhongxiao looked up and saw that the person sitting in the pavilion on the second floor of Linbian Restaurant was not Ma Meng, who was sitting next to him? A gorgeous sister sat next to him, drinking there laughing and laughing.
Seeing this scene, Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but be furious and couldn't help calling the county magistrate to come and ask for the crime. Then he thought, if he became famous, Ma Meng ran away from the restaurant, and the county magistrate came and died without evidence. In this era, he could not take out his mobile phone to leave a photo. As long as someone ran away, he would say that he was a person with similar faces in the restaurant and had no place to say anything.
After looking around, Du Zhongxiao pointed to the tea shop across the road and said to Chai Xin: "I'll go there to drink a bowl of tea. You go to the county government and let the magistrate and the county magistrate come here together. I want to watch them capture Ma Meng with my own eyes! Remember, be careful not to let people see it!"
Chai Xin Yingnuo, and kept saying a word, mixed in the crowd and headed towards the county government.
Du Zhongxiao and Han Yueniang brought a few followers to the tea shop, ordered a few bowls of tea and sat there to drink.
Han Yueniang said strangely: "The restaurant above is Ma Meng, the official said two days ago. Didn't he say that he framed Tao Shiqi's family and was arrested in prison? How could he still drink there?"
Du Zhongxiao shook his head slightly: "There are mixed things in the place, and there are all kinds of strange things. Such people must be familiar with each other. Someone will release him out when he is imprisoned and act like this. As long as you spend a few chunks of money, the prisoner will pretend not to know and let him go in and out."
Han Yueniang had never heard of such a thing before. She was very curious and kept looking at the restaurant.
Du Zhongxiao whispered: "Don't look up at the restaurant. He was discovered by that guy and escaped back to prison. It was a difficult lawsuit. What's so strange about this kind of thing? Back then, we were in Linying County, and I made a living by selling sheep's hooves. I offended Wu Xiaowai, and I was caught in prison. He even used lynching, saying that the yamen was opened by his family. The court sent three or two officials to the court, thinking that they could control a county? It was all up to the help of the public officials below. Of course, there were those who were obedient, but very few of them, and most of them did this."
Han Yueniang heard this and sighed, "I understand it a little when you say this. When we were in a down-and-out period, we were bullied by a young official who opened a restaurant and had nowhere to cry. If my father-in-law was a Jinshi in a village and had a complaint, he would have been living a life now. Alas, without a good official, the poor life would be really sad. By the way, Wu Xiaoman Wai, although he was so arrogant back then, he was like a dog with a broken family. His restaurant business was not good and no one helped him, and life was getting worse every day."
Du Zhongxiao said lightly: "That's natural. Why do I say that I am also a Jinshi, and the people in my hometown don't take care of my face?"
Everyone knows that the Wu family was ruined because of offending the Jinshi Du Zhongxiao. From officials to the people, everyone knows that it’s okay to bully his family, so they don’t want to have a good life in their lives. If Du Zhongxiao doesn’t speak, their family is the target of being suppressed by the villagers. Unless they move to another place, it will be difficult to turn over.
Ma Meng in the restaurant turned his head by chance and saw Du Zhongxiao in the tea shop opposite. He was stunned. After looking for a while, he saw Du Zhongxiao and his wife just drinking tea with peace of mind. Looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, they did not pay attention to him, so he felt relieved. In Ma Meng's mind, if Du Zhongxiao found out that he had escaped from the cell, he should immediately recruit people to capture him. How could a state official use a strategy against a criminal?
After looking at Du Zhongxiao for a while, Ma Meng became more and more interesting as he thought about it. He said to the female prostitute beside him: "Sister, do you know who is sitting in the tea shop opposite? Yes, it is the man and woman, and the young two people."
The prostitute looked at it for a while and covered her mouth and said, "This place is facing the Bian River. I don't know how many foreigners can recognize it every day! The young woman is pretty, especially the pair of bracelets on her hand. You can tell that she is a great product when you see it from afar."
Ma Meng smiled and said, "If you think it looks good, you will also buy a pair for you to wear in two days. I tell you, the person sitting there is a procurator in this state and a new Jinshi. This guy has been studying for two years and has been lucky enough to pass the Jinshi. He realized that he was an extraordinary person. Since he came to the local area, he has been fighting me. Because a few years ago, a medicinal material merchant who failed to make money from his capital caught me in prison, and he didn't know what to check me. But he didn't expect that the cell in this county was opened at my house, so he went there and left if he wanted to leave. Haha, maybe this guy was thinking in his heart, how much suffering I would suffer in prison, but he didn't want me to hug my sister on the stairs opposite him to drink. Come, let's have a drink."
The woman smiled and said to Ma Meng, and drank a glass of wine together.
Putting down the wine glass, Ma Meng looked at Du Zhongxiao opposite him, and the more he looked, the more interesting he felt, he said, "Official, this is the official! I thought that a casual word could frame a good person? Hehe, if it were my opponent, I would be guilty if I had no guilt. If I had no guilt, I would have taken human life and occupied his wife. What would I do if I had stayed in prison for a few days, but I gave the court face. Do this guy think it was his ability?"
The woman laughed and said, "Who doesn't know about Ma Daguanren, who has gold and silver at home, and what he wants. This young man doesn't seem to have all his hair, so how dare he offend the Daguanren! Let's drink and ignore him."
Ma Meng hugged the woman in his arms, looked at Du Zhongxiao opposite him, and laughed and only cared about drinking.
Han Yueniang accidentally swept to Ma Meng upstairs and spat: "Oh, that person is so shameless!"
Du Zhongxiao looked plain and said to Han Yueniang: "That guy has been looking at us, and I think he saw me sitting here. This is called being proud. Later, when Chai Xin comes back, he takes this guy and doesn't beat him up. This time it will be difficult for me to get angry. The court has its own laws, and I can't deal with him according to the law, and there are always other means to deal with him!"
Han Yueniang frowned: "How can there be such a person in the world? He did all the bad things and was shameless, and he really pissed off. Such a person deserves to die, but he lives here well. Tao Shiqi, who killed people in the street, was obviously avenged his father, but was taken to death."
Chapter completed!