An old man lying on the ground suddenly grabbed Gu Peng's thigh: "How can you turn your face and not recognize people?" At the beginning, you said that we would do you a favor and you let my son go, but now that my whole village has been killed, you still refuse to let go of my son, are you still human? ”

"Where did you come from, old madman, I don't know you at all, my lord, you have to know it." As he spoke, the surrounding guards stretched out their hands to pull the old man away, who knew that the guards tried their best, and the old man grabbed Gu Peng so hard that he couldn't pull it away at all.

Yang Youcai frowned: "You said you didn't know him?" ”

"I've never seen it before, my lord, you quickly let this old madman pull away, what kind of system will he become in public."

Gu Peng also felt a little resentful in his heart, if it weren't for Jinyiwei and these people standing here, his guards would have beaten this old man half to death with a big stick, but now in full view, if they beat someone, in case the old man dies in a blink of an eye, they will have to suffer a lawsuit, the Gu family has decided not to be an imperial businessman, if the court uses this to embarrass them, it will inevitably be another trouble.

Therefore, Gu Peng was very honest and refused to let Yang Youcai grasp a little handle. Yang Youcai scolded the old fox in his heart, and lowered his body: "I said boss, what grievances do you have to stand up and say, you will become a scoundrel if you do this, even if you are reasonable, you will be short-lived." ”

The old man was obedient: "Since the old man Qingtian said, then I will stand up, but the old man must be the master of this matter, hundreds of people in my village were killed by the official army, all because of the goods that the Gu family unloaded in our village, if there is no explanation for this matter, we will not agree." ”

Yang Youcai nodded: "Although the old man can rest assured, although the Gu family is an imperial businessman, I will not protect their family, I will definitely handle it impartially and give your village justice." ”

The people around who didn't know the truth suddenly shouted: "Okay, only when you become an official and an adult can you be regarded as worthy of the sky and the ground." ”

"My lord is really the Lord of the Blue Sky when he says such things."

"I haven't seen such a good official for many years, we are fortunate to meet this old man, are we afraid that the wicked will bully us again?"

Gu Peng already hated the roots of his teeth when he heard the discussions around him, how did these ignorant people know that the Gu family had decided not to be the imperial businessman, and the court was itching with hatred, even if they didn't trouble them, how could they cover them. Yang Youcai said this just to sell it well.

Yang Youcai bowed to the people around him: "Old and young masters of Chengdu City, now this old man said that his son is hiding in the mansion, you can take a good look at the small gate of the ancient family, the wall tiles, if you let people run out, it will be a dereliction of duty of the official." ”

The people around were even more excited when they heard this, the Gu family was originally unkind and unrighteous in doing business, and now they have the opportunity to take revenge, which is really exciting for everyone. Almost all the people on the street got the news, and immediately surrounded the Gu family tightly, and it seemed that not a single ant was going to be released.

Gu Peng probably didn't expect that the price of two cents of grain, which was usually inflated, would become like this, and the people would usually accept it, and once they had the opportunity, they would do it.

A few imperial businessmen around Cheng Xiaolian were a little dissatisfied: "Your Highness, it's a bit too much to do this, look at those people, you can't wait to wipe out the ancient family immediately, wouldn't this chill the hearts of Chengdu merchants?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian smiled: "If the Gu family usually does business for a penny and a penny, will the people gloat like this?" I think a few people should also be vigilant, Tang Taizong said, water can carry a boat, can also capsize a boat, if you don't want the people to remember your benefits, it is better to do business with a conscience. ”

Several merchants around nodded yes, but they were smiling bitterly in their hearts: "This highness is really young, businessmen seek profit, this is instinct, if you want to do good things, why do business, it is better to go to open a good hall, as for the silver earned, when it comes to the New Year's Festival, take out a dime to give porridge and charity, and naturally someone will think of benefits." Thinking of this, they also remembered that the Gu family never seemed to be willing to give porridge and charity, although the wall had not yet arrived, but the situation of everyone pushing was already obvious, and they should indeed take it as a warning.

At this time, a majestic voice suddenly sounded: "Who dares to bully our Chengdu merchants?" ”

Yang Youcai raised his eyes and saw that Hall Master Xu was here, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, you old fox can't hold it back.

"We Jinyiwei do things according to the law, where is the bullying?"

"If there is real evidence to prove that the ancient family has violated the laws of the imperial court, it should be taken out and made clear in 1510, when the time comes, it should be killed, and the house should be raided, if there is no real evidence, then it should not be used to make people jump at will with a few crazy words of this crazy old man, and it will not make my Chengdu merchants chill when it is passed out?"

Yang Youcai looked at him with a cold face: "Now it is the court's Kampot that has been robbed, and the court's guards have been killed, not to mention that this kind of major event is half-false and half-real evidence, that is, rumors and rumors have come over, and we will also search the house, and if we find the evidence, we will directly exterminate the clan, do you have any opinions?" ”

"Nonsense, where are the imperial court guards in the caravan?"

"Hehe, Hall Master Xu is very clear about the composition of the caravan, but I don't know why you inquired so clearly? Besides, Jin Yiwei handled the case, if there was real evidence, he would directly send the person to prison, and it was precisely because there was no evidence that he investigated, do you think our methods of handling the case are not good? ”

Master Xu Tang suddenly lost three points of arrogance, since ancient times, the people do not fight with officials, the reason why he stood up was just that he felt that he was reasonable, but he didn't think that he would talk about it, and he was not an imperial businessman, how could he know if there was a court guard in the imperial business. But Gu Peng had already confessed this matter to him, and said it casually.

Now that the master of the Xu Hall is dumbfounded, the team immediately entered the ancient house and began to search.

Gu Peng's face is not very good-looking, the kid of the Han family is indeed in the house, yesterday after Yu Dadao came back, he said that things were going well, and he didn't plan to move that kid to other places, in his opinion, the house is his own people, even if the kid has three heads and six arms, he can't run out, if he looks outside, if he runs away, it will be a disaster, who knows that he was blocked in the house early this morning.

When Hall Master Xu saw Gu Peng's face, he immediately understood something, and quietly stretched his hand to his neck, the meaning was very clear, since people can't send it out, just kill it, and when the time comes, if they don't admit it, who can really do anything to the Gu family because of this trumped-up charge?

Gu Peng gritted his teeth and nodded, turned around and walked into the mansion: "You all listen to the arrangements of these officials, and no one is allowed to violate the will of the officials, otherwise I won't pick his skin." ”

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