Updated: 2012-09-13

Chapter 537 Giving

"Since Lord Zhang is determined to find out this matter, then I will wait and see." Seeing Zhang Chang's statement, Tan Zong smiled slightly and raised the wine glass at him: This guy wants to stay out of the matter, but there is no door.

When Zhang Chang heard this, he couldn't help but feel relieved. He raised the wine glass in his hand to Tan Zong with a smile. He finally passed this level of Tan Zong. As for Judge Xue's life or death, it was not something he should worry about.

After dinner, Zhang Chang said goodbye and left, and began to deal with the rape and murder case involving Niu Wu. When he arrived at the Wucheng Military Affairs Office, he received shocking news: under the leadership of Niu Wu, several large inner guards took Liu Tongtong and Tongtou away in full view of the full moon banquet of Liu Tong's son and took him to the Supervision Office. It seemed that there was a lot of danger.

"What a sharp counterattack!" Zhang Chang was stunned after knowing this, then let out a long sigh, and said in his heart that he had made the most correct choice at noon.

In the afternoon, after finishing all the ingredients to be prepared tomorrow, Tan Zong, Sanqiao and Du Min were walking in the yard while chatting. The children gathered together to set off firecrackers and had a lot of fun. This was the happiest Spring Festival they had in their lives.

"There are more and more people here. You have to be busy with inns and other businesses every day and take care of the people here. I'm so distracted. I think it's better to build this place into a special charity and ask someone to take care of them." Tan Zong looked at the children with firecrackers, remembered something, and said to Sanqiao with a smile, "Brother has a house in Beijing, and he doesn't have much time to live in. You and Ergou live in the house of the eldest brother. If you have time, come here to take a look. In this way, you will not delay your business."

"Brother's proposal is good. What's the name of our charity?" Sanqiao couldn't help but lit up when she heard this, and looked at Tan Zong excitedly. As Tan Zong said, she had to be busy with business and take care of these children. It was really hard to get some rest time.

"Since you are pulling this place with one hand, I think it's better to call it Sanqiaotang." Tan Zong pondered for a moment, thought of a name, and said to Sanqiao with a smile.

"It's not good, it's too good to gain fame." San Qiao immediately shook her head like a rattle when she heard this. This name is a bit creepy.

"Then, what about Juyuantang?" Tan Zong was just joking about Sanqiao, so he said another name.

"Jiyuan Hall!" Sanqiao thought for a while and nodded affirmatively at Tan Zong, "Brother's name has been well obtained. If you are destined to meet thousands of miles away, will everyone come here from all over the world just gather together?"

"Since that's the case, then when the elder brother enters the palace, he will ask the official family to see if the official family can give a name. With the official family's imperial pen, there will be less trouble at that time." Seeing that San Qiao liked the name, Tan Zong smiled, so he said, so that he would not be able to stumbling to San Qiao by then.

"Thank you, brother." Sanqiao turned her back with her hands behind her back and looked at Tan Zong with a smile. She enjoyed the feeling of being cared for by Tan Zong very much.

Du Min stood aside and looked at the scene in front of her enviously. She didn't know when she would be so harmonious and natural with Tan Zong like San Qiao. Although Tan Zong did not reveal it, she could still feel Tan Zong's vigilance against her. Who made her approach San Qiao have a purpose?

But there is nothing we can do about this. Who made Tan Zong stay in the capital for so short time and then went to the capital imperial village so suddenly, which disrupted Zhao Yalan's deployment.

Zhao Yalan was unwilling to give up Tan Zong like this. Although there were rumors in Beijing that Tan Zong might lose power, she had experienced the incident in Fangshan County personally, so she naturally knew that Princess Zhaoning was deeply in love with Tan Zong. Princess Zhaoning was the favorite princess of the government and the prince's own sister. With Princess Zhaoning here, how could Tan Zong lose power?

So, Zhao Yalan, who was unwilling to ask about the people related to Tan Zong in the capital, had no need to rely on the An Prince's Mansion. She couldn't get to the top, and she realized the origin of Sanqiao and Tan Zong, so she created an opportunity to let Du Min, who was about the same age as Sanqiao, approach Sanqiao and become friends with Sanqiao. In this way, she would have the opportunity to approach Tan Zong.

Niu Wu came back later, with a happy face and walking with great joy. Today he showed his face. At the full moon banquet of Liu Tongpin's son, he directed the guards to take Liu Tongpin and Tongtou away in front of many prominent figures.

When Niu Wu took Liu Tongtong and Tongtou away, he did not say that it was because of something. Therefore, the Tongzhi of Jingzhao Prefecture asked his subordinates to block their way. After all, Liu Tongtong was also a member of Jingzhao Prefecture, so how could he be taken away so unknown?

However, as soon as the guards lit up the waist sign of the Great Inner Guard, the complex scene became quiet in an instant. The people blocking the road hurriedly retreated. Who was so full that they could not stop the Great Inner Guard from doing business? Niu Wu left in the awe-inspiring eyes of the people at the scene.

After Liu Tong and Tongtou were taken away, the guests who had eaten the full moon banquet left one after another. Everyone knew that Liu Tong was in trouble, so how could he still stay here? In an instant, the originally lively Liu family became deserted, and some relatives came out, and other guests left.

When he brought the panic-lost Liu Tongzhang to the gate of the Supervision Office, he, who was already extremely nervous, took a few breaths of cramps and collapsed to the ground and was pulled in by two guards with arms.

After receiving the notice from Tan Zong, Lin Qingliang had arranged everything and pulled Liu Tongting, who was so scared that his face was bloodless, and his terrified bronze head into the torture room.

After Niu Wu finished the record of some dirty things committed by Liu Tongzhang and Tongtou, he left the Supervision Office. The people in the Supervision Office were very polite to him, making him not feel that he had come to the place that was circulated as the "Hell Palace" by the people in the capital.

Niu Wu knew very well that Liu Tongtong and Tongtou must have finished this time. In fact, as he thought, the activities between the two were verified by the Supervision Office, and then together with the judge Xue, they were all sent to the northern border and eventually died in an invasion of the Northern Barbarians.

Tan Zong's counterattack did not end with Liu Tongtong and Tongtou being arrested into the Supervision Office. That night, Niu Wu gathered his younger brothers and took advantage of the fact that Tongtou's crowd was in panic and annexed his territory in one fell swoop, which more than doubled his territory and became the largest and most powerful gangster brother in Nancheng.

What surprised Tan Zong was that Jingzhao Mansion did not respond to the matter of Liu Tong. He just asked symbolically and left behind, because neither public nor private, they had any reason to stand up for Liu Tong:

With the public, Liu Tongzong did do those dirty things that violated the law and discipline with Tongtou. With the private matter, Liu Tongzong actually provoked Tan Zong, which indirectly did not take Princess Zhaoning seriously. None of these two points could kill him.

Jingzhao Mansion is in trouble first. If they have to stand up for Liu Tong without knowing the current situation, then they will be humiliating themselves and waiting for others to laugh at.

What is particularly important is that the people from the Prince's Mansion made a statement and asked the Supervision Office to strictly investigate Liu Tong's Punishment on the grounds that the nature of the matter Liu Tong committed was bad. In this way, even if some people wanted to do something on the grounds of Tan Zong's overstepping power, they were scared and shrunk back: the Prince's Mansion clearly supported Tan Zong. If they dared to hit the gun, they would be uncomfortable.

Through this incident, the officials in the capital clearly realized that Tan Zong changed his course and relied on the prince, transforming himself from a frustrated person to a new nobleman in the officialdom.

Although Tan Zong's counterattack was sharp, he did not take the matter between Liu Tong and Tongtou seriously. In his opinion, these two people were just "chicken" that he used to kill chickens and scare monkeys. What is important is the reaction of those "waitings", rather than these two unlucky "chicken".

At noon the next day, not only Tan Zong, but also Zhao Yuzhao came to join in the fun, and distributed wine, food and red envelopes to the beggars in Dongcheng who had been waiting in a square.

In order to please Tan Zong, Zhang Chang specially sent soldiers from the Five City Military Command to the scene to maintain order. Every beggar who received the wine, food and red envelopes would thank Tan Zong, Zhao Yuzhao, Sanqiao and others for their gratitude, and then squatted on the ground and ate it voraciously.

Looking at the beggars who were in a bad mood, Zhao Yuzhao couldn't help but feel sad. These people were all great people. They should have lived and worked in peace at home, but now they are in a state of being unable to eat. It's so pitiful.

Seeing that the food and red envelopes were about to be distributed, a noise suddenly came from the entrance of the south side of the square. Tan Zong looked up and saw some beggars clamoring there, as if some dispute had arisen.

"Go and see what's going on." Seeing this, Tan Zong said to Niu Wu who was standing beside him.

Niu Wu immediately ran over happily when he heard this. He not only showed off yesterday, but also took over Tongtou's territory. Now he was full of energy. He knew how he had all this now, so he followed Sanqiao's pace and came to help today.

"Sir, I have figured it out that it was two victims from Huguang. I just entered the city this morning and learned that someone from Dongcheng gave charity, so I came to find food. The beggars here were afraid that they would take advantage of them, so they asked them to go to Nancheng and wait for the charity in the afternoon." After a while, Niu Wu ran back happily, thinking to Tan Zong and said in a deep voice.

"The victims of Huguang?" Tan Zong couldn't help but frowned slightly when he heard this. If he remembered correctly, Huguang's disaster relief supplies had been allocated by the Ministry of Revenue as early as August, which was enough to deal with the food shortage caused by the drought. But why did Huguang's victims travel thousands of miles to the capital? Is this just a coincidence?

Tan Zong felt something was strange, so he asked Niu Wu to bring the two victims of Huguang. The two victims of the two victims of the same family, men and women, young and old, were unkempt, ragged, pale and thin, with green eyes, staring straight at the food in the pot of the donation, and swallowing saliva.

"Give them food." Seeing this, Tan Zong said to Ergou who was distributing food. It seemed that these people had been hungry for a long time, and I'm afraid that what they are most interested in now is a full meal.

When Ergou heard this, he immediately served food for the two victims. The victims of the two families thanked Tan Zong very much and squatted there and started eating voraciously.

"Where are you from Huguang?" While they were having dinner, Tan Zong walked over and asked one of the old men in their fifties and gray hair with a smile.

"Young Master, we are from Changsha Mansion." The old man saw that Tan Zong was dressed brightly and had extraordinary momentum, and quickly led his family to kneel down at Tan Zong, "Thank you for your kindness. If it weren't for your son, we might have starved to death."

"Get up quickly. There are many people in the capital who are kind and generous. I just happened to catch up. It's a trivial matter, not worth mentioning." Tan Zong smiled slightly when he heard this, stepped forward to help the old man up, and asked quietly, "I heard that there was a drought in Huguang last year, but the court had already allocated funds for disaster relief. Why did the old man come here?"

"The food for disaster relief has been greedy for those officials, so there is no way for us ordinary people to live." Before the old man could speak, a young man of seventeen or eighteen who stood behind the old man said indignantly.

"Don't talk nonsense." The old man turned his head and glared at the young man, then smiled and said to Tan Zong, "The child is ignorant and knows how to complain all day long. Young Master must not take it to heart. The old man is a tailor. I heard that the capital is the most prosperous place in the world, so I brought my family to the capital to make a living."

When the old man glared at this, the young man of seventeen or eighteen stopped talking and stood there with his head hanging down.

Tan Zong felt that the old man was not telling the truth, and there seemed to be something hidden. He did not ask questions, and after chatting with the old man for a few words, he got up and left.

"Hurry up, it's still too late." After the old man and his group thanked Tan Zong again after dinner. As soon as they were about to leave, You Hongsheng walked over quickly and smiled at Tan Zong. He knew that Tan Zong was going to give alms here today, so he rushed here as soon as he finished the work of the Hanlin Academy.

In the past few months, Zhang Yuzhi and Li Yannian and other "brothers in distress" in the inns have been sent by Emperor Qingping to various places in Dashun and served as local officials. They are embedded in the local power system like nails, leaning against Tan Zong, each with a proud and full of energy.

Nowadays, the originally lively inn is deserted, and only You Hongsheng still lives there, assisting the people of the Beijing Cao Transport Department to build the Jiangnan Cao Transport Department.

As for the position of Jiangnan Grain Transportation Envoy, it is no longer You Hongsheng, because almost all the personnel of the Jiangnan Grain Transportation Office were determined by You Hongsheng. In other words, after the New Year, You Hongsheng will be promoted to a higher level, from the deputy fifth-rank Hanlin Academy to the fifth-rank Jiangnan Grain Transportation Envoy. The rapid promotion speed made the officials in the capital talk, and they were both jealous and envious.

"You... are you Grand Master You?" When he saw You Hongsheng, the old man couldn't help but stop, looked You Hongsheng carefully, then stood up in front of him and asked tentatively.
Chapter completed!