Chapter 149 The concubine was robbed
At the banquet, everyone talked about the Lu Ming Banquet, a juren celebration held a few days later. At that time, they would sing the poem "Lu Ming", dance the Kui Xing dance, recite poems and essays. They all said that Yang Qiuchi should prepare early, and then let it go, and everyone would have a lively event.
Yang Qiuchi fainted and agreed, thinking, there were so many scholars at the door, and there were so many poor people. Isn’t it enough to spend money to buy a few poems from him to memorize?
Then I thought about it again, why do I need this brain to do? At worst, I can finish memorizing two poems of Chairman Mao. However, Chairman Mao’s poems are too domineering and cannot be used randomly. If they are not done well, they will cause problems. No one in modern society can write ancient poems well. What should I do? I have to think about it carefully.
Jia Hanlin and Gu Fuyin said that they would wait for Yang Qiuchi to take the imperial examination and the palace examination list to celebrate well at that time.
Speaking of this topic, Yang Qiuchi smiled and said, "Sir, don't laugh at me. I know the best of how capable I am. I won't participate in this exam or the palace exam. I am going to ask someone to register at the Ministry of Personnel to participate in the exam. If you are lucky, you will be satisfied if you can be selected and become a sesame official."
Through this period of understanding, Jia Hanlin and others also knew that Yang Qiuchi was telling the truth, so he stopped talking politely.
Gu Fuyin volunteered to say that he had many friends everywhere. If Yang Qiuchi became an official in the future and happened to be where he had friends, he would be able to take care of him. Jia Hanlin also expressed his willingness to help.
Yang Qiuchi's heart moved, yes, these two guys were considered local senior leaders in the Ming Dynasty, especially the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, who is equivalent to the current mayor of Beijing and member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo. He is a national leader and should have a lot of relationships across the country. Don't waste this relationship.
Although I don’t know where to become an official, I can use their relationship to take care of Mrs. Bai and Bai Sumei. Of course, it would be even better if I were with them where I became an official.
Thinking of this, Yang Qiuchi asked, "Sir Gu, I wonder if you have any relationship with me in Yunnan?" If you ask others for help, you are a little polite.
Gu Fuyin smiled: "This Yunnan Censor Kang Huai and I were classmates from the past, and they were also Jinshi on the same list. They have always had a good relationship."
When Yang Qiuchi heard this, he was immediately happy.
Gu Fuyin was puzzled and asked, "Young Master Yang suddenly asked about Yunnan. But I don't know why?"
Yang Qiuchi looked at Ma Du with a smile.
Ma Du understood and interrupted, "Mr. Gu, the wife and daughter of Bai Qianhu, who was executed by fate a few days ago, were also implicated this time. Thanks to Mr. Yang's entrusting his relationship with him, the emperor's kindness was saved from death. The sentence was changed to Liushou, and the Liushou was in Yunnan. Bai Qianhu had a good relationship with Mr. Yang. Mr. Yang was kind-hearted and pitiful to her mother and daughter, so he agreed to Bai Qianhu to take care of them."
Speaking of this matter, Gu Fuyin immediately knew. The rebellion case was personally seized by the emperor. In addition to the executed person, those who were implicated in the relatives who were implicated in the final execution were handed over to the Yingtian Prefecture local yamen, Gu Fuyin, to be responsible for the specific responsibility.
Gu Fuyin sighed: "It is also a blessing for her mother and daughter to meet a good person like Mr. Yang in their previous lives. Please rest assured that Mr. Yang will hand over to me after the New Year to be escorted to me Yingtian Mansion to be responsible for the specific escort to Yunnan Liuyuan. I will make specific arrangements at that time. I will definitely not let her and daughter suffer grievances."
Yang Qiuchi bowed his fists and said, "Thank you, Lord Gu." He paused and continued, "But, I have agreed to Mr. Bai Qian and personally sent them to Yunnan to settle down and leave."
The Gu Gongyin raised his thumbs up and praised: "Young Master Yang is so righteous and unfair to the sky. Since that's the case, I will arrange for the young master to escort all the way and compile a letter to Kang Huai, Yunnan's criminal commissioner, so that he can receive you well."
Yang Qiuchi was overjoyed, stood up and bowed, "I would like to thank the elders for their kindness for the sake of her mother and daughter."
Gu Fuyin smiled and said, "Young Master Yang, don't be polite. You are helping me so much. I'm just a simple task and it's nothing."
After this matter was settled, Yang Qiuchi was in a very happy mood. He had always been worried that he would not be familiar with the land in Yunnan and even if he had money, he would have no place to give it to him. Now with the introduction of Gu Gong and the response from the Yunnan Censor, this matter would be easier.
This criminal prosecutor is different from the general. The local judicial system of the Ming Dynasty established a criminal prosecutor at the provincial level, which was responsible for the criminal prosecutor of the whole province. At the regional and prefectures and counties, the prefectures and county levels were still managed by the prefectures and counties. This criminal prosecutor is equivalent to the current president of the provincial Higher People's Court, and also serves as the director of the Provincial Discipline Inspection and Supervision Department and the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Provincial Procuratorate.
If I am sent to Yunnan to be an official in the future, with Kang Huai's relationship and having a backend to handle the case, it will be even easier. I just don't know if there is such a good thing.
Everyone was happy to drink until late at night before it dispersed.
The next day, Yang Qiuchi was still sleeping while drinking while covering his head. Song Yuner ran in and lifted his quilt and shouted anxiously: "Brother, get up quickly, it's amazing!"
When Yang Qiuchi heard this, he was startled, sat up suddenly and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Your female guard Xia Ping is here, waiting for you outside, saying that there is something urgent, it seems, yes..."
Yang Qiuchi was anxious: "What is it? When did you learn how to be so mother-in-law?"
"It's the clay doll missing!"
"Ah~!" Yang Qiuchi screamed, "What did you say? The mud doll is gone? Why is it missing?"
"How do I know? You can ask the female guard yourself, she will be waiting for you in the living room outside."
Yang Qiuchi got up, hurriedly put on his clothes, rushed out of the door, and came to the living room.
Song Yuner and Yang Qiuchi's guard Nangong Xiong also came to the hall.
When Xia Ping saw Yang Qiuchi, she knelt down on both knees: "I am incompetent, please punish me!"
Xia Ping was wearing a bandage on her right hand and hung it around her neck. Blood was soaked in her arms, and a large piece of bright red was obviously seriously injured.
"What's going on? Tell me quickly!" Yang Qiuchi asked anxiously.
"At the early morning of the day before yesterday, a masked middle-aged female thief stole the third young master's grandmother Song Qing. After discovering it with three other guards, she stepped forward to intercept me. The female thief fought with me and the three of them with unconscious grandmother. This female thief was very skilled, and we were afraid of hurting the third young master's grandmother, so we were worried about taking action. After hurting the three of us, we escaped calmly. We were incompetent and could not recover the third young master. Please punish the young master."
Yang Qiuchi was stunned. Qin Zhihui was also robbed in this way. Could it be the same person? If so, she would have left a note like last time. Thinking of this, Yang Qiuchi asked: "Did this female thief leave any note?"
Xia Ping was stunned. She thought to herself why I hadn't said anything, but the young master knew it. She nodded, took out a small note from her arms and handed it over. She said, "This was thrown to her subordinates before the female thief escaped, and asked her subordinates to hand it over to you."
Yang Qiuchi quickly took the note and opened it. Sure enough, there were still familiar handwriting on it: "Zun Jia, this concubine, has taken it away. I'm fine, I'd do it myself." The font is beautiful and the ink traces are clear, obviously I've just written it.
It's that martial arts female senior again! Last time this man stole the concubine Qin Zhihui from him, and now he robbed the clay doll Song Qing, and he was robbed under the eyes of three Jinyiwei masters.
Although I don’t know how good Xia Ping’s martial arts are, Eunuch Li said that this was sent by Ji Gang, the commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei, and his martial arts skills are not first-class, but they should be very good. The three of them couldn’t keep one of them, and they still had one person in charge. The high level of martial arts is conceivable. Moreover, this female senior may have shown mercy, otherwise it would be difficult to take the lives of the three of them.
Why did this female senior rob her two concubines in a row? Did she fall in love with her and was jealous and wanted to marry her? I don’t want this old pious wife! Yang Qiuchi thought angrily.
Although I don’t know why this female senior robbed her concubine, it is obvious that she doesn’t want to hurt herself or her concubine, otherwise this would be easy for her.
So what purpose did she rob her concubines? Should she teach them martial arts so that they can come back to protect themselves? Yang Qiuchi thought this idea was ridiculous. Although both of her concubines were only fifteen or sixteen years old, it was still too late for learning martial arts. Besides, she wanted to ask someone to protect herself, wouldn’t she just need to protect herself? So what’s the trouble?
I definitely didn’t want to blackmail me. If so, I should have blackmailed after I kidnapped Qin Zhihui last time.
It wouldn't be the people of Emperor Jianwen. If they want to take revenge on themselves, they can kill them with one knife. There is no need to kidnap their concubines one after another. Do they expect this to be able to make themselves lose their children? That would be too childish. Moreover, if they really have this idea and directly crack themselves, wouldn't it be completely clean?
Yang Qiuchi couldn't figure it out and stood there in a daze.
Xia Ping knew that Yang Qiuchi was the commander and envoy of the Jinyiwei, and had the power to act first and then report. Her duty was to protect Yang Qiuchi and her family's safety. But now that she lost her young grandmother, if Yang Qiuchi killed herself first and then report, no one would say anything. Even if Yang Qiuchi did not cut off her head, the Jinyiwei was disciplined and such a big mistake would be 100% punished.
Xia Ping saw Yang Qiuchi standing there in a daze without saying a word, perhaps because she was thinking about how to torture her to relieve her anger, and she couldn't help but sweat.
Nangong Xiong followed Yang Qiuchi. Seeing this, he stepped forward and fisted and said, "Young Master, Xia Ping has dereliction of duty. You can ask for the punishment. Please tell me." Although Nangong Xiong had a good relationship with Xia Ping, Xia Ping committed this big mistake and did not dare to plead for mercy. He pressed the handle of the knife, and as long as Yang Qiuchi signaled to take action, he would have to execute Xia Ping.
Yang Qiuchi had been thinking about why this female senior in the martial arts world wanted to rob his concubine, and she didn't think about how to punish Xia Ping and the other three of them with poor protection. After hearing Nangong Xiong's words, he realized and stared at Xia Ping without saying a word.
Xia Ping smiled miserably: "My subordinates know that they are guilty and are willing to die. I just want to spare their family members. My subordinates commit suicide and apologize." She kowtowed three times in a row. Her right hand was injured, and her left hand turned to pull out the long sword on her waist.
"You're crazy!" Song Yuner screamed, stepped forward and held Xia Ping's hand, turned her head to look at Yang Qiuchi, with a look of unbearable expression.
Niu Qianhu and Ma Du have also received news. They know Yang Qiuchi's identity and dare not interfere randomly. Moreover, they of course also know the discipline of the Jinyiwei. Xia Ping is dereliction of duty and can't be punished. In this case, the punishment can be flexibly mastered. How to punish depends on Yang Qiuchi's decision.
Yang Qiuchi was indeed very angry at Xia Ping and others' negligence, but he had already estimated that this female senior was not going to kill his concubine, and Qin Zhihui and Song Qing should not be in danger, so there was no need to execute Xia Ping, who had negligently worked.
However, Yang Qiuchi also knew that the Jinyiwei was disciplined and if he was too soft-hearted, he would probably be unable to suppress these people in the future.
Yang Qiuchi snorted coldly: "Do you think you're dead?"
Xia Ping's husband died in the Jingnan Campaign, and there were two children and parents. Now, when he heard this, his face changed drastically and his whole body trembled. He thought Yang Qiuchi wanted not only to kill her, but also her whole family. In horror, he cried and said, "I deserve to die of sin. Please let my family go, and I will be a cow and a horse to repay the young master's kindness."
Nangong Xiong and Xia Ping had a good relationship. Seeing that Yang Qiuchi was going to implicate Xia Ping's relatives, he plucked up his courage and turned over and knelt down, clasped his fists and said, "Young Master, Xia Ping had dereliction of duty, which caused the third young lady to be kidnapped by a female thief, and her life and death were unknown. He should be executed. But I ask the young master to think that she was injured in her sincere efforts to protect the master. This time, she was unable to do anything, so let her family go."
Yang Qiuchi's face was cold and frost: "Isn't the power to do it? Is that female thief really that high in martial arts?"
Xia Ping kowtowed and said, "The female thief is extremely skilled in martial arts. She only saw her in her life. If she hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes, she would never believe that there were such masters in this world. Her subordinates did not intend to refuse, but she was willing to die, but just reported it truthfully so that the young master would be prepared."
Yang Qiuchi was a little curious and asked, "If you and her both do their best, how many moves do you think you can block her?"
"No more than ten moves." Xia Ping kowtowed.
Yang Qiuchi had never seen Xia Ping's martial arts skills, but when he ambushed Jianwen's pursuers that night, he knew a little about Nangong Xiong's martial arts skills and turned to ask Nangong Xiong: "How is your martial arts skills compared to Xia Ping?"
Nangong Xiong knew that Yang Qiuchi was evaluating the female thief's martial arts skills, so he dared not hide it. He clasped his fists and said, "In a hundred moves, his subordinates can beat Xia Ping."
Judging from the data comparison alone, this female thief can compare with at least ten Nangong Xiong. In this way, even if Nangong Xiong and all the guards are there, they may not be able to resist the attack of this female thief. They can't help but feel a little depressed: "If the rest of Jianwen's party has such a person, then wouldn't we..."
Nangong Xiong said: "Young Master, please rest assured. According to my humble opinion, there is probably no other person with martial arts skills like a female thief in the world, and it is impossible for Jianwen to use it, otherwise, he would not only rob the young grandmother."
The implication is that you don’t be afraid, there are probably no more people in this world who are as powerful as this female thief. And we Jinyi Guards are not just for a good meal. Apart from this female thief, other people are not so cowardly when they come.
Of course, Yang Qiuchi knew that this female thief could not be a native of Emperor Jianwen. Besides, it was useless to be afraid now. Besides, she also has a Type 77 pistol, but it really doesn't work, so she fought with her. No matter how strong her martial arts are, can she be stronger than bullets?
Yang Qiuchi said coldly: "Well, since that's the case, I won't cause trouble for your family." After a pause, he looked coldly at Xia Ping: "You have heard what Eunuch Li said that day, and you know what to do!"
That day, Eunuch Li said that if they fail to protect Yang Qiuchi and his family, and if something goes wrong, they will chop their heads and apologize.
Xia Ping knew that Yang Qiuchi's words meant to commit suicide, so she would not pursue her family. She kowtowed a few thankfully and said to Song Yuner: "Miss Song, thank you, I deserve it. Please let go of your hands and let me commit suicide and apologize."
Song Yuner was still pressing Xia Ping and said anxiously: "Suicide? Is your life worthless? If you die, it will not help you. Besides, the female thief obviously did not want to kill the clay doll. The clay doll will not be a problem, so you will not die of guilt." He turned his head to Yang Qiuchi and said: "Brother, I beg for her. You spare her first and let her make meritorious service. OK? Suan Yuner begs you!"
Of course, Yang Qiuchi didn't really want Xia Ping to commit suicide, but just used this matter to establish his prestige. He had guessed in his heart that Song Yuner would plead, and now he was just taking advantage of the situation and said, "Okay, since Nangong Xiong and Yuner both plead for you, I will temporarily leave your head on your neck and make you commit crimes and make meritorious service. If there is another time, it may be proved that this female thief killed the young grandmother, hum! You know what to do!"
He was talking about his heart. He is now fighting with the rest of Jianwen's party. The other party once organized a large group of troops to attack and assassinate him. If these guards do not fight to protect them in the future, then they and their family members will probably have to move in a short time. Therefore, they must feel urgency. If there is indeed a poor protection in the future, which will lead to injury and accidents in his family, Yang Qiuchi will still be determined to kill a few dereliction of duty guards to vent their anger and establish their authority.
Xia Ping escaped from death and couldn't help but burst into tears and kowtowed a few times: "My subordinates understand that if they have dereliction of duty, or if they are proven in the future, the third young lady has been killed, and the subordinates will immediately commit suicide and apologize!"
Chapter completed!