Chapter 159: The lion opens its mouth
The people from the Jiang family politely welcomed Chu Xiu into the main hall. Jiangxi Chen bowed to Liu Chengligong, who came in first, and said, "Mr. Liu, you haven't been here for some time. I wonder what's the price for you to do this time?"
In Jianzhou Prefecture, the most familiar leader of the Jiang family is Liu Chengli. His Qicheng was under the jurisdiction of Liu Chengli.
Liu Chengli pointed to Chu Xiu behind him and said, "This is Lord Chu Xiu Chu, the new inspector of Jianzhou Prefecture."
Jiangxi Chen and the Jiang family were just about to go to see each other, but after seeing Chu Xiu's strength, they were all stunned.
Obviously, they did not expect that the new inspector had only the outer realm of the army.
However, Jiangxi Chen did not show too many unexpected expressions. He just smiled and said, "It turns out that it was Lord Chu in person. It's really a sin. Lord Chu was too low-key when he took office. Otherwise, my Jiang family would definitely send a gift in person."
Of course, Jiangxi Chen's words were just polite. Even if Chu Xiu was low-key, Jianzhou Prefecture was so big. Can the new inspector not know when he took office? But they had no plans at all.
Chu Xiu waved his hand indifferently and said, "You are polite to the head of the Jiang family. My guards in Guanzhong Punishment Hall are all formal things, and it doesn't matter whether there is or not."
Jiangxi Chen smiled and said, "Mr. Chu doesn't care, but my Jiang family doesn't care. I will prepare wine and food immediately. Lord. Chu also invites you to take a seat."
Seeing that Chu Xiu's attitude was quite kind, everyone in the Jiang family breathed a sigh of relief.
They were afraid that the new inspector would follow Fang Zhengyuan, who would not get into the oil and salt, and would not eat soft and hard food, so that they would have a headache.
Chu Xiu shook his head and said, "Don't worry about eating. Actually, I came here this time to ask the Jiang family for help."
As soon as this was said, the atmosphere suddenly became a little nervous. Others from the Jiang family were afraid that Chu Xiu would say something like asking their Jiang family to help investigate the death of the inspector in the accident.
Jiangxi Chen said with a normal expression: "Mr. Chu said it just because he has something to do. As long as my Jiang family can help, my Jiang family will never refuse!"
Chu Xiu smiled and said, "It's okay, actually I'm here to beg for the head of the Jiang family this time.
The situation in Guanzhong, you know that the head of the Jiang family, the warriors and caravans from the three places of Northern Yan, Dongqi, and Western Chu, as well as some miscellaneous people gathered here, resulting in the entire Guanzhong land being mixed with dragons and snakes, and also attracted many demonic murderers who wanted to take advantage of the chaos.
It is not easy for me to protect this peace in Guanzhong Punishment Hall. I have sacrificed a lot over the years, such as Fang Zhengyuan, the chief of the Jianghu under my command not long ago. These people died on duty to protect Guanzhong."
Others from the Jiang family were a little nervous when they heard the three words Fang Zhengyuan, but Jiangxi Chen's expression remained unchanged because he knew that the newly appointed inspector in front of him did not come for the matter of Fang Zhengyuan, otherwise he would not have added Wu Siping.
What happened to Wu Siping? People from the outside world can see clearly that this rebellious captain of the martial arts world used to be careful in his work and would never take any risk easily. As a result, the new inspector Wu Siping died on duty as soon as he came. How could such a coincidence happen in the world?
However, this kind of Wu Siping's case is the same as Fang Zhengyuan's case. Without evidence, it is useless to suspect it. If the people do not procur the officials, they will not investigate it. Anyway, as long as no one investigates it, it will be absolutely safe.
So Jiangxi Chen focused on the word "begging alms" that Chu Xiu said, and he couldn't help asking: "What does Lord Chu mean?"
Chu Xiu said lightly: "It's very simple. I am the Guanzhong Punishment Hall guarding the side of Ankang, but my brothers are reluctant to exchange the swords in their hands when they are broken. I heard that the Jiang family is rich and even has the title of Jiang Bancheng in Qicheng, so I was so shameless and wanted to ask the head of the Jiang family to support it."
When the people from the Jiang family heard Chu Xiu say this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
It turns out that it is the autumn wind, so since that's the case, it's too much to say.
In other places, if the local martial arts forces were beaten by the people of the court, they would naturally hate and resist it very much.
But in Guanzhong, 99% of the aristocratic families are based in Guanzhong and rely on transactions with people from other Three Kingdoms.
Guanzhong Punishment Hall controls their lifeline, so it is necessary to establish a good relationship with Guanzhong Punishment Hall. Not to mention the Autumn Feng, the Qingxin and Warm Jade Buddha given to Wei Jiuduan even spent one-fifth of the entire Jiang family's property, which was considered a heavy bleeding.
Why did Fang Zhengyuan, the first inspector, die? It was not because he was greedy, but because he was not.
Now Chu Xiu takes the initiative to contact them for things, which is a good thing.
So Jiangxi Chen immediately found a servant, whispered a few words, turned his head to Chu Xiu and said, "Don't worry, my Jiang family has been in Guanzhong for so many years and has been protected by Guanzhong Punishment Hall for so many years. We should make some contributions to Guanzhong Punishment Hall."
After a moment, a servant came over with a brocade box. Jiangxi Chen put the brocade box in front of Chu Xiu and said with a smile: "Please accept it with a smile, Lord Chu."
Chu Xiu opened the brocade box, which contained a row of finger-sized purple gold bars and two bottles of elixirs.
Jiangxi Chenyi stretched out his hand and said, "Two hundred taels of purple gold, two bottles of five-turn pills, twenty bottles of spiritual nourishing pills, a little meaning, it's not worthy of respect."
Chu Xiu glanced at the things in the brocade box, picked up a purple gold bar and played with it, and looked at Jiangxi Chen and said lightly: "It's really a little bit. Master Jiang, do you think of me Chu Xiu as a beggar!?"
"Bang!"
Chu Xiu slapped the brocade box aside. The sudden explosion immediately scared everyone. Even Du Guangzhong and others did not expect that Chu Xiu would turn against the Jiang family on the spot.
A trace of anger appeared on the face of the Jiang family. Chu Xiu's behavior was simply slapping them in the face. He had a bad temper like Jiang Yao and was about to attack immediately, but he was stopped by Jiangxi Chen.
The smile on Jiangxi Chen's face had already calmed down. He looked at Chu Xiu and said coldly: "Mr. Chu, what do you mean?"
Chu Xiu said coldly: "What does it mean? Two hundred taels of purple gold and two bottles of five-turn pills are enough to send a warrior from the outer Gang realm, but can you send more than 200 gangsters and constables in the entire Jianzhou Inspection Commissioner's Hall?"
Jiangxi Chen said with an angry look in his eyes: "Well, Lord Chu, how much do you want?"
Chu Xiu said lightly: "Not much, one tenth of your Jiang family's property."
When Jiangxi Chen heard this, he was so angry that he laughed: "Mr. Chu has such a big appetite! People are all lions, and your mouth is ruthless than evil dragons. If you open your mouth, you will need one-tenth of the property of my Jiang family. Why?"
Chu Xiu said lightly: "You Jiang family is rich and powerful. You can take out one-fifth of your property at one time to send birthday gifts to the magistrate. Now, I, the inspector, aren't one-tenth worth of me?"
Everyone in the Jiang family could see that Chu Xiu was simply making trouble.
They took out one-fifth of the property of the entire Jiang family to give Wei Jiuduan a gift because their Jiang family had the courage and made up their minds to get protection.
In fact, this is true. Although the Jiang family is still a big force in Jianzhou Prefecture, it is very inconspicuous in the entire Guanxi area.
But when Jiangxi Chen was reluctant to go out with the public, he took out one-fifth of his property and bought a Qingxin Warm Jade Buddha and gave it to Wei Jiuduan, their Jiang family immediately stood out and became the most outstanding figure in the entire birthday party. Wei Jiuduan was indeed very satisfied with the gift given by the Jiang family.
When others saw Wei Jiuduan's attitude, they knew that Wei Jiuduan had recorded the favor of the Jiang family, so they would not provoke the Jiang family at any time, which also made the Jiang family smooth sailing in the past few years.
Of course, there are exceptions, just like Fang Zhengyuan doesn't care about Wei Jiuduan's attitude and insists on making things difficult for them. It is impossible for the Jiang family to transfer Fang Zhengyuan to another place.
Although Wei Jiuduan recorded the favor of the Jiang family, it did not mean that what the Jiang family said, and Wei Jiuduan would do, because it was just a favor, not a transaction. Wei Jiuduan would give it to him only if he wanted to give it to him. Wei Jiuduan didn't want to give it to him, and they couldn't ask for it.
If the Jiang family directly sends people to find Wei Jiuduan and asks him to transfer Fang Zhengyuan away, then Wei Jiuduan will definitely beat the Jiang family out, and thinks that the Jiang family is irresponsible.
When did a small family dare to interfere in the appointment of the inspector? It was simply life or death.
So at that time, the Fang family chose to take risks and eliminate Fang Zhengyuan. As long as they did something hidden and did not leave any obvious evidence, Wei Jiuduan would not let someone investigate the Jiang family when the matter was reported to Wei Jiuduan, otherwise a patrol would die, and according to convention, it should be strictly investigated.
After this series of things, they had already made back the money they gave Wei Jiuduan the birthday gift, and the deal was quite cost-effective.
Looking at Chu Xiu in front of him, although he is an inspector, he is just a newcomer. The most important thing is that he only has the outer realm.
What benefits and benefits can an outer Gang Realm have brought to them? The Jiang family could not imagine this, so Chu Xiu asked for one-tenth of the Jiang family's property as soon as he came up, so he could only describe it in four words, which is delusion!
At this time, even the elders of the Jiang family who had always seemed hesitant wanted to turn against each other, but at this time, Jiangxi Chen waved his hand suddenly to stop them from saying what they said next.
Looking at Chu Xiu, Jiangxi Chen smiled at the corner of his mouth and said, "Mr. Chu, what you want is too precious. You must report to the ancestor before you can make a decision.
Besides, not only one-tenth of the Jiang family's property is in Qicheng, but some are in the outside world and need time to collect it. I wonder if Lord Chu can be lenient for three days. After three days, my Jiang family will definitely give you a reply."
Chu Xiu looked at Jiangxi Chen deeply and said, "Okay, I will give you three days to the head of the Jiang family. I hope you will make a rational choice in three days."
Chapter completed!