Chapter 24 Beating the Governor
Hearing this, Guocheng knew that Li Changgeng was about to tear his face apart, so he hooked his finger at Li Changgeng. Li Changgeng thought he was planning to compromise with him and was about to reveal the secret of perfume. He happily left his seat, walked to Guocheng, lowered his head, and turned his ears over.
Guocheng swung his arm and slapped him, "Pan". This crisp slap can be said to be like a bolt from the blue, which fooled Li Changgeng.
Li Changgeng took a few steps back and pointed at Guocheng and angrily scolded: "You... dare... dare... beat the third-rank official of the court?"
Guocheng clapped his hands: "Since you know that I was confined by the emperor, you should know the reason. Even a first-rank general and a hereditary count, I dare to fight, let alone you, a small prefect of Yingtian."
The audience at the hall realized that this handsome boy with red lips and white teeth was actually a tough guy. Many people heard that the magnificent Ningyuan Mansion was demolished and they even went to visit. Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty did not have photography skills, otherwise it would be the most famous photography place.
Guocheng pointed to the golden belt and said, "See, high-end goods, the imperial gold belt, with a circle of jail engraved on it. Do you know what it means? The emperor is wise and has the style of an ancient gentleman, and he draws the ground into a prison. As long as I am in this belt, I am in jail. Master Li, you know that I was being confined to this place during my confinement, and then accused me of escaping from prison. What do you mean?"
Li Changgeng touched his cheeks that were beaten red, and secretly regretted that he shouldn't have caused trouble for Guocheng. In fact, the chief assistant Fang Congzhe had already said hello to him and told him not to mess with the people in the children's playground. But he took the chief assistant's concern as a threat, thinking that Guocheng had given Fang Congzhe a gift and asked him to plead with him, which was very unhappy. Later, he saw the sales of perfume, and became even more annoyed. With such a huge profit, he didn't know how to deal with himself. As the saying goes, county officials are not as good as county officials.
Now, you are in charge. You are doing business in Shuntian Mansion, and you don’t follow my way. You just knock on the back door of the Prime Minister. You think that Shuntian Mansion is made of mud or paper. The more you think about it, the more angry you become, Li Changgeng simply makes up his mind, thinking, if you are not kind, don’t blame me for being unrighteous. I stolen your perfume technique and drive you out of the capital. Although you have the emperor’s grandson, the crown prince still cannot protect himself. The phoenix is not as good as a chicken. Even if you forcefully rob it, what can you do?
This is how he directed a perfume murder incident. Li Changgeng was a man of the third-rank Shuntian Prefecture, but he could not see the falsehood of the words of Qiuqiu. He just wanted to use this matter to suppress Guocheng to see if he could leak the method of making perfume in panic. Who knew that Guocheng's language was leaked, and he saw the flaws and caught himself off guard.
After Li Changgeng sat back on the desk, he stroked the scars on his face with his hands, and was both ashamed and annoyed. He grabbed the gavel and slapped hard. With a "click", the givel cracked into two pieces.
Guocheng laughed: "Gaoke, Gavel, now there is finally no one to be sorry for you."
Li Changgeng was frightened and his reason gradually disappeared. He shouted: "Although the statement of asking for the ball is wrong, a woman died in perfume. The facts are clear and the evidence is conclusive. Guocheng, what else do you have to say?"
Guocheng said: "Since you are not giving up, just take the evidence."
Li Changgeng said: "Present the perfume bottle of evidence."
A yamen runner brought a transparent glass bottle to the court.
Li Changgeng said: "This glass bottle was found on the dead woman. The woman also smells of perfume. According to the offense, the woman died of poisoning. The evidence was connected. Doesn't it mean that the woman died of perfume poisoning?"
Guocheng raised a finger, shook it, and said, "Master Li, you don't know that knowledge should not be fooled, but you should not be fooled by me. I will just say a few doubts, and you can explain it to me. First, I just checked the female corpse and found that her hands were covered with calluses. Although her clothes were not ripped, they were old. It seems that the woman's family is not in good condition. Can she afford it? Second, what poison is in the woman? Is it an internal poison or an external poison? Third, is the perfume bottle contained in the perfume bottle the original perfume produced in our children's playground, or the poison perfume that someone changed into? Fourth, is the perfume sprayed before her lifetime or is applied after death? Has the prefect checked? "
Li Changgeng said: "No matter how many, having a perfume bottle is enough to say everything."
Guocheng snorted coldly and said, "I knew you wouldn't give up."
He made a gesture, and Wang Chengen took out two bottles of perfume from his arms and handed it over.
Guocheng said: "For you, I will waste two bottles of perfume. One bottle is 6 taels, two bottles are 12 taels. I will come to you later to get the money. Don't think of silly or discount it."
Guocheng opened a bottle of perfume and sprinkled it all over his body. In order to make everyone make sure that the perfume is not poisonous, he basically applied it directly to his skin. As Guocheng's movements, a strong fragrance spread throughout the court. The audience in the hall felt sorry for him. How great would it be if this perfume was applied to his wife.
Guocheng said: "Only using externally may not be enough to explain the problem. I will take it internally."
Guocheng opened another bottle of perfume, raised his head, and drank it in one sip. The capacity of a bottle of perfume was one and a half spoonful. This sip was equivalent to drinking a glass of high-alcohol liquor, which made Guocheng cry and said to himself: "It would be great if there was a mouthful of wine and food."
Li Changgeng said: "This cannot prove that the perfume is not poisonous. Maybe it is specially made by you."
Guocheng said: "Then how do you say it can prove that the perfume is not poisonous?"
Li Changgeng said: "You must let me go to your perfume workshop to check it out in person."
Guocheng sneered: "If you have a way in heaven, you won't go, if you have no way in hell, you will forcibly break through. Since you are ungrateful, don't blame me for turning against you. Let's change your clothes."
Guocheng took off his golden belt, and a guard reached out to take it. Another guard helped Guocheng take off his red bullfighting suit and put the golden fish suit on Guocheng. Then he helped Guocheng change his black hat.
"Jin...Jinyiwei!" Li Changgeng was shocked.
Not every Jinyiwei can wear flying fish suits, and they must reach a certain level. However, it is not surprising that Emperor Wanli can reward Guocheng with a bullfighting uniform that only a first-rank official can wear, and then give Guocheng a flying fish suit that only a high-ranking Jinyiwei can wear.
Li Changgeng's face looked like earth, knowing that he was kicking the iron plate this time. The officials in the Ming Dynasty were most afraid of the Jinyiwei. Even if the low-level Jinyiwei entered the door, they would be so scared that they were trembling. Suddenly, he noticed that Guocheng handed over the golden belt to the guards, and before he could even wear it again, he had a plan and winked at the clerk beside him.
The clerk understood the spirit and rushed towards Guocheng. When Guocheng saw the clerk rushing, he didn't have time to think about it and pulled out the embroidered spring sword he wore with him. Emperor Wanli was really careful. When he customized the flying fish suit for Guocheng, he also customized a small embroidered spring sword for Guocheng. This knife was small and exquisite, and even looked a bit like a toy knife, but it was blown and cut the blade and cut the iron like mud. It was really a magic weapon.
Zhu Youjian saw the clerk rushing towards Guocheng, and the clerk's face was distorted, looking fierce and evil. Zhu Youjian was shocked when he was worried about Guocheng's safety and couldn't help but pull out the guard's knife and aim it at the clerk.
The clerk never expected that these two beautiful children who seemed harmless would play with knives. They couldn't stop their feet and headed straight towards the tip of the knives.
With a "punch", two swords passed through the chest. Zhu Youjian and Guocheng did not expect that the man would not dodge or avoid it. They were shocked and drew the sword. Zhu Youjian's sword was too long and could not be pulled out in an urgent manner, so they had to give up the sword and retreat. Guocheng's sword was small and sharp, and it came out as soon as it was pulled out. Blood gushed out, and the two of them were all over their faces.
Chapter completed!