Chapter 20 Backstage
"stop!"
Jiang Xia shouted, and he walked to the yamen servants and said, "I'll go with you."
"Master Jiang!" Han Yu shouted anxiously.
Jiang Xia turned around and patted Han Yu on the shoulder: "Brother Han, I will still call me Jiang Xia or Brother Jiang from now on. What's the matter with you? We two brothers didn't have these rules before."
Han Yu nodded in emotion, and he whispered: "Brother Jiang, these people are obviously coming for you, and the people coming are not kind."
Jiang Xia also replied in a low voice, "It's okay, I probably guess who instructed them to come. Mom Kang went out to buy rouge and water powder. You can send someone to notify her immediately, and she will find a way to save me."
"Okay." Han Yu nodded and said, "Brother Jiang, be careful in everything you have."
"Yes." Jiang Xia responded and looked up at the yamen and said, "Okay, let's go."
The yamen officer who spoke before smiled and said, "That's right, there would be no such thing as this sensible person, right?"
Han Yu stared at the man and said coldly: "Listen, there are not many brothers that I, Han Yu, really recognize in my life, and Brother Jiang is one. If I have any harm to Brother Jiang after entering your yamen, I, Han Yu, are alone, and even if I fight for my life, I will seek justice for him."
Han Yu said this loudly. The yamen officer dared not take it back, but he was unwilling to lose face in front of so many people. He said timidly: "I...I am performing official duties. Why are you so brave to yelling at me? If you have the ability, go and yell at our elders."
"Your adults should be Li Qianshun, the eldest brother of Chunyilou, right?" Jiang Xia suddenly said, and immediately said who was instructing these yamen to come.
The yamen maid subconsciously said, "So what?" He felt something was wrong as soon as he said that he had admitted that Li Qianshun had taken his personal revenge and asked him to take him back to the yamen to rectify the situation?
Jiang Xia smiled slightly, looked back at Han Yu, Han Yu nodded, and Jiang Xia nodded too. Then Jiang Xia said, "Okay, let's go."
A yamen took out his shackles and handcuffs to come and put them on Jiang Xia. Jiang Xia looked at him gently and said, "What? Is this going to offend people to death, right?" After saying that, Jiang Xia narrowed his eyes slightly, and a cold light flashed through his eyes.
The yamen didn't know what to do. The yamen who had spoken before waved his hand and said, "Forget it, just take him back to the yamen and hand it over to Lord Li."
After saying that, the yamen raised his chin and said, "Let's go."
When Jiang Xia followed these yamen staff, he was secretly thinking. He had not been in the Ming Dynasty for much time and had rarely offended people. The only one he had offended was Li's mother. Li's mother happened to have a eldest brother as governor in Shuntian Mansion, so it was not difficult to guess that this time it was Li's mother's revenge.
Logically speaking, mother Li has no deep grudges with her, and she just talks a few words. At most, she can make a few tricks when she goes to the yamen. As long as Kang Qingyan can arrive in time to talk to her, I believe that those tricks will be exempted.
Originally, Jiang Xia was unwilling to follow these yamen members, but if these yamen members retreated just now, Li Qianshun would be justified. The brothel guards dared to threaten the yamen members with a knife, and this crime was much more serious.
What Jiang Xia didn't know was that as soon as he walked out of Qunfang Pavilion, the vendor selling tofu opposite Qunfang Pavilion closed the stall.
The vendor ran wildly to the entrance of the Dongji Factory north of Dong'anmen Square, which was the Dongji Factory. The vendor showed off his waist sign to the two factory guards guarding the door and ran into the Dongji Factory.
As the vendor arrived at the Dongchang, Jiang Xia and the group of yamen came to Shuntian Prefecture.
The Shuntian Prefecture Yamen is much larger than the ordinary ones. The yamen servants took Jiang Xia to the main body of Shuntian Prefecture, but the side yamen where the governors work specifically in Shuntian Prefecture, also called the governors' yamen.
As soon as he stepped into the governor's yamen, the attitudes of several yamen officers changed suddenly. One of the yamen officers pushed Jiang Xia's back hard and said, "Hurry up, sir, are still waiting inside."
Jiang Xia turned his head and glanced at the yamen officer who pushed him. He said coldly: "Some people have a noble character in their lives, so they are respected regardless of poverty or wealth. But unfortunately, some people will only flatter themselves when they are born with a low eyebrow and flattery. If there are good people who are not good, they will become dogs. Even if they are rich, they will not be able to be honest."
The yamen chasing Jiang Xia said something so angry. He blushed and said angrily: "What do you mean? Believe it or not, I will hit you three hundred times immediately?"
"I don't believe it." Jiang Xia said seriously: "If you don't hit me, you will be my grandson."
"You!" The yamen immediately concluded.
Three hundred big boards have already beaten to death. Not to mention himself, even Li Qianshun, who was sitting in the hall today, dared to do this. The death penalty was a more cautious punishment in the Ming Dynasty. It needed to be reported to the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and the Censorate for review, and then the list was handed over to the emperor to outline. Only when the emperor drew a circle with vermilion ink in his name, the prisoner could be sentenced to death in the autumn.
A small yamen servant, who could be qualified to beat Jiangxia's 300 big slap, so Jiangxia's sentence directly made him speechless.
When talking, this group of people could not be Jiang Xia's opponent. Another yamen officer quickly advised: "Okay, why are you angry with him? Anyway, the adults won't let him have a good time later. Take him into the hall quickly, the adults are still waiting."
"Hmph! Let's see how you die in a while." Yachae said hatefully.
Jiang Xia couldn't help but answer again: "If I don't die in a while, you will be my grandson."
"You can't say it in other words?"
"Yes, if I don't die later, you will be my great-grandson."
Puff! This yamen immediately felt like he was about to be squirted by the air.
Under the leadership of the yamen, Jiang Xia walked into the lobby. In front of the lobby was a middle-aged man with a big belly and a face full of oil, a black gauze hat, a round collar shirt, and a belt around his waist. According to the official design of the Ming Dynasty, officials from the eighth rank should wear green robe and round collar tunic clothes, and the pattern on the patch should be yellow or rhino. Seeing that the man's service just fits these characteristics, it should be Li Qianshun.
Li Qianshun sat upright in the hall, and a master who was responsible for recording was sitting at the lower left of his house. Seven Yachas stood on the left and right sides of the hall. Yachas was slapped with water and fire sticks, half of which were painted red and half black. Red is the color of fire, and black is the color of water, which gave the meaning of indulgence, hence the name.
As soon as Jiang Xia entered, the two yamen operators immediately began to shout "Magic and mighty". After shouting, Li Qianshun picked up the gavel and slapped hard, "The unruly people in the hall, why don't you kneel when you see me?"
Jiang Xia looked up at Li Qianshun, smiled slightly, then bowed with fists and said, "Sir, Xiaomin is confused. Xiaomin has always been abide by the public and the law. Why did the adults arrest Xiaomin for the yamen for interrogation? Could it be that Xiaomin had violated any law?"
"You have any violation of the king's law and will make it clear. However, if you see the lord in the court, you will be able to roar and look down on the supreme official. Come on, drag it down and hit him five major boards first."
After saying that, Li Qianshun took out a prison sign from the sign and threw it on the ground. That sign represents five major boards. According to Li Qianshun's power, he can beat people up to fifty major boards, so there are only ten criminal boards in the sign and the stick punishment.
A yamen picked up the prison sign from the ground, then waved his hand and said, "Come on, take him down."
Jiang Xia did not expect that Li Qianshun would not even interrogate basic face and started fighting. He originally wanted to drag Kang Qingyan to handle the matter, but now it seems that he might have to suffer a little bit of flesh and blood.
It is rumored that there is an iron plate at the bottom of the water and fire stick. One stick can make people unable to get off the bed for two or three months. Some of these five big plates may be affected by Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia was still waiting to defend herself, and suddenly someone shouted: "Slow down!"
Then four people walked into the lobby. The four were wearing crimson cross-collar straight robes, with a black belt around their waists. A thin and long knife with uniform standards was hung on the right side of the belt, and a waist sign was hung on the left.
After entering the lobby, the four of them did not look at Jiang Xia at all, but went straight to Li Qianshun. Li Qianshun in the hall saw the four people obviously a little frightened. The four of them walked to Li Qianshun, and one of them took out a token from his arms and shook it in front of Li Qianshun.
Li Qianshun immediately stood up and walked out from behind the desk and saluted to the four people: "See father-in-law."
The four nodded, then turned to Jiang Xia and said, "You can leave, go."
Jiang Xia was stunned for a moment. It was a good thing to be able to avoid being beaten, so he turned around and left. However, Jiang Xia felt something was wrong after just two steps. These four people came too coincidental, and as soon as they opened their mouths, they stopped the yamen crew from beating him. Then these four people were probably for themselves.
If they didn't come for themselves and just asked Li Qianshun for something, then they could just let the Yachae beat him, so why stop it?
Jiang Xia made up his mind to test it, so he turned around and said, "Wait, can you just let it go? I have always been obedient to the public and law-abiding and self-righteous. How could I know that this adult caught me without saying anything, and even beat me to kill. My fragile heart was seriously damaged, and my firm confidence in the law of the Ming Dynasty was also shaken, so I must not just let it go. At least this adult must also give me an explanation."
"statement?"
The four of them who had entered the lobby were slightly stunned. The four of them were all guards of the East Factory. Recently, the East Factory received an order from the factory owner Liu Jin, which ordered the East Factory to do their best to protect the safety of Jiang Xia, the boss of Qunfang Pavilion in Shuntian Mansion.
The person who can be allowed to be protected by the factory personally will naturally not be a mortal, so these four people dare not be negligent at all. Now I heard that Jiang Xia was going to ask for an explanation.
After the four were stunned, one of the factory guards slapped Li Qianshun with his backhand and shouted loudly: "You have insulted the Ming Dynasty's laws and used the public to inform others of their private affairs?"
Jiang Xia was stunned when he continued to slap.
Chapter completed!