Chapter 93: Forbearance
After listening to Zhou Yuting's murderous words, Li Yuntian couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seems that Zhou Yuting was really angered this time, and actually wanted to smash the Yandao Yamen. The update is the fastest, the most stable, the fastest update, and the fastest eye-to-eye
When she was sixteen years old, Zhou Yuting entered the palace with the Marquis of Zhongyong to participate in the dinner set by Emperor Yongle.
Emperor Yongle was very happy when he saw this, so he gave her the title of Yingrui County Lord, and the county lord was the title of the daughter of the county king, which shows Emperor Yongle's love for Zhou Yuting.
In the nineteenth year of Yongle, after the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beiping, Jinling set up a post of Nanjing Guard, which was in charge of controlling the Southern Zhili Guards, as well as Nanjing's left-behind and protective matters.
Yangzhou Mansion belongs to Nanzhili, so Yangzhou Wei is naturally more expensive than you, who stayed behind in moderation, loyal and brave marquis and Nanjing stayed in the past when they were in the past to save each other's lives on the battlefield, and it is an out-and-out friend of life and death.
The commander of Yangzhou Wei also participated in the Battle of Jingyan that year, otherwise he would not have been stationed in a prosperous place like Yangzhou with his military merits, so he must know the relationship between the Marquis of Zhongyong and the guards left behind in Nanjing, and he would definitely not sit idly by and watch Zhou Yuting in prison.
According to the law, Zhou Yuting has a royal title, so even if she commits a crime, then it must be tried by the Zongren Mansion alone or in conjunction with the Criminal Department, and the local government has no right to try it at all, otherwise there will be a suspicion of trespassing.
Those guys from Yandao Yamen threw her into prison without even figuring out Zhou Yuting's identity, and they have already committed a big taboo.
The question now is, how can Li Yuntian operate to confirm the charge of the judge on duty, and also put the son of the salt merchant who hooked up with the Yandao Yamen to frame Zhou Yuting, and that bastard is the culprit.
After all, the people in Yandao Yamen are not stupid, and if something goes wrong, they will definitely protect the judge on duty, shirk the responsibility, and let the people below carry the black pot, what Li Yuntian wants to do is to let the judge push it.
As for what Zhou Yuting said about letting the commander of Yangzhou Wei lead the troops to smash the Yandao Yamen, in Li Yuntian's opinion, it was angry words, and it was absolutely impossible.
The two Huai salt affairs are related to the tax plan of the Ming Dynasty, and it is an important source of tax revenue for the Ming Dynasty, and there are a lot of accounts in the Yandao Yamen in Yangzhou, once it is lost because of the impact of the sergeants of Yangzhou Wei, it is a big crime.
"Bear with me a little longer, and I'll find a way to get you out." Li Yuntian groaned for a while, and comforted Zhou Yuting in a low voice, "If someone wants to misbehave during this period, you will reveal your identity!" ”
"Hmm." Zhou Yuting bowed slightly, and said coldly, "This girl wants to let those guys know what retribution is this time!" ”
"Alright, ready to go." Not long after, the stout jailer came back and said to Li Yuntian, who was whispering to Zhou Yuting and the others in the prison.
"Wait for me, I'll give you this breath." Li Yuntian stretched out his hand and gently stroked the angry Zhou Yuting, nodded to the green calyx, Chen Ningning and Zhang Wanrou on the side, packed up the food box and walked away.
The three of them actually didn't want to stay in such a dirty, messy and smelly place, but Zhou Yuting was not only Li Yuntian's wife who was about to pass the door, but also the daughter of the dignified Hou Ye, so they naturally wanted Zhou Yuting to take the lead.
After leaving the prison, Li Yuntian changed back into his clothes, wrote a piece of paper, similar to the nature of a form, and wrote thousands of words in a sprinkled manner, defending Zhou Yuting and others, preparing to wait for the Yandao Yamen to open in the afternoon to the judge on duty.
Although there are thousands of words in the document, most of them are inconsequential words found by Li Yuntian, and the core content is very simple, Zhou Yuting and others are official dependents, and it is impossible to have an affair with the salt owl.
The most important thing is that Li Yuntian indicated Zhou Yuting's identity in an inconspicuous place in the text, and he was sure that the judge on duty would definitely disdain his paper document, and it was impossible to read it carefully, and it was impossible to know Zhou Yuting's identity, so the judge on duty would be dumb and eat Coptis chinensis, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering.
In the afternoon, as soon as the Yandao Yamen was opened, Li Yuntian rushed over, and the doorman who guarded the door was still the doorman in the morning, and after going in to make a report, he let him go to a side room inside and wait.
After Li Yuntian arrived at the wing, he handed the paper to an errand officer, and asked the errand officer to take it to the judge on duty.
waited until the day was waning, and the judge did not see Li Yuntian, Li Yuntian urged several times, and the errand officer deduced that the judge was busy with official business.
"Sue your judge, this official has been waiting for an afternoon, since he doesn't care about this official's case, then give this official a certificate to report to the official, and this official will find someone to comment, this official doesn't believe that there is no royal law here!"
Seeing that the Yandao Yamen was about to be closed, Li Yuntian could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, suddenly slammed the teacup on the table on the side, rushed out of the wing, and shouted at several errand officers who were chatting in the courtyard.
Several messengers glanced at the angry Li Yuntian, and then left quickly, and after a while, he took a piece of official paper and gave it to Li Yuntian, which was a certificate given by the judge on duty, on which it was written that he had read the documents handed in by Li Yuntian, but this matter involved the salt lord, and the matter was serious, so he could only handle it carefully.
Li Yuntian looked at the reply of the judge on duty on the official paper, especially when he saw the judge's big seal stamped on the signature, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, what he wanted was this paper.
It seems that this unlucky judge really didn't look at what was written on his paper, at least he didn't read it carefully, otherwise he wouldn't know Zhou Yuting's identity.
"This lord, I am persuading you below, this is Yangzhou, not your Jiujiang, some things should be bowed, it is not good for you to make things too stiff, and it is not good for those little ladies."
When Li Yuntian walked out of the Yandao Yamen with an expressionless face, the doorman who had accepted the benefits in the morning couldn't help but persuade him, the doorman had not yet met the magistrate who was so unintelligent, and he waited in vain all afternoon.
"Do you really think that this official has no way to take your salt road yamen?" Li Yuntian stopped, glanced at the doorman, and asked meaningfully.
The doorman was slightly stunned, looked at Li Yuntian in surprise, and didn't react for a while.
Li Yuntian didn't want to entangle too much with the doorman, so he walked away, got into the carriage waiting outside the door and left.
"What a madman!" The doorman came back to his senses and muttered to the carriage that was far away, and it was ridiculous that a person who could not even see the face of the judge should say such a big thing.
"Brother-in-law, I inquired, Lord Shi Fan, the Salt Patrol Imperial Officer, has a wine bureau in Mingyue Building tonight, and the president of the Salt Merchants Association, Yang Muen, has a banquet." On the way, in the carriage, Zheng Boxin said to Li Yuntian, who was sitting there with his eyes closed, "I have already booked a seat in Mingyue Tower, as long as Master Fan arrives, you will know." ”
"Have you found out the bottom of the people who clashed with Yuting in the gold shop?" Li Yuntian nodded and asked quietly, now that he has the initiative, the next thing is how to punish those hateful guys.
"The leader is Wei Zhennan, the second son of Wei Deguang, vice president of the Salt Merchants Association, who made a statement about Miss Chen, but Miss Zhou injured him, so he held a grudge and found someone from the Yandao Yamen to frame Miss Zhou and them." Zheng Boxin said with a solemn expression, several vice presidents of the Salt Merchants Association are the kind of people who have hands and eyes to the sky, and they are not so easy to provoke.
"Wei Zhennan!" Li Yuntian opened his eyes, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Where will he go at night?" ”
"Emerald Pavilion." Zheng Boxin replied in a deep voice, he has been doing business with Zheng Gui for many years, and he is naturally sophisticated and steady in doing things, and he has inquired about everything that should be inquired about.
Yicui Pavilion is one of the famous ** in Yangzhou, and the owner behind the scenes has the background of salt merchants, so salt merchants like to come here for recreation, and business is very prosperous.
"Tell those guards of the Hou Ye Mansion and let them go to Yicui Pavilion at night to arrest Wei Zhennan." Li Yuntian immediately lifted the curtain and whispered to Li Manshan, who was following outside the car, that Wei Zhennan had been proud for so long, and it was time to close the net.
At night, Mingyue Tower, a private room in the backyard.
Li Yuntian casually tasted the wine in the wine glass in his hand, although there were dishes on the table, but Zhou Yuting and the others were still in prison, where did he still have the heart to put down chopsticks.
Zheng Boxin sat quietly on the side, it was difficult for him to understand Li Yuntian's approach today, in his opinion, the Yandao Yamen and the salt merchants were not to be provoked, it was better to reconcile in private.
"The eldest young master, aunt, Master Fan is already here." A servant of the Zheng family hurriedly walked in and reported in a deep voice.
"Let's go, we'll meet Fan Ruhai." Li Yuntian immediately put down his wine glass, got up and walked out of the private room, and Zheng Boxin hurriedly followed.
Since it is Yang Muen, the president of the Salt Merchants Association, who is entertaining, it is natural to choose the best house in Mingyue Tower, which is located in a small courtyard with an elegant environment.
At the gate of the courtyard, there were a few soldiers who patrolled the salt imperial history yamen and a few strong men who were five big and three thick, who were talking there.
"What for?" Seeing Li Yuntian and the others coming over, a strong man blocked his way sideways and looked him up and down.
"This is my family's greeting post, please give it to Lord Fan Ruhai, the two Huai Patrol Salt Imperial History." Li Manshan handed a letter of worship to the strong man and said in a deep voice.
Hearing that Li Yuntian was an official, and seeing that he had an extraordinary bearing, and that he wanted to see Fan Ruhai by name, the strong man did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly walked in with a prayer post.
In the hall of the house, a thin and elegant man in his thirties sat at the head of the wine table with a smile, and everyone in the audience patted his ass, and his face was full of flattering smiles.
"Master, there is an official from other places who wants to see Master Fan with a post." The door was pushed open, and a lean middle-aged man walked in, holding Li Yuntian's prayer note in his hand, and said in a deep voice to a wealthy middle-aged man sitting next to the elegant man.
The elegant man is Fan Ruhai, the two Huai patrol salt royal historians, and the rich middle-aged man sitting next to him is naturally Yang Muen, the president of the Salt Merchants Association, and the lean middle-aged man who came in is Yang Muen's housekeeper and his confidant, waiting outside the door.
Yang Muen felt a little strange, he didn't expect that the officials from other places would come here, so he looked at Fan Ruhai, Fan Ruhai nodded slightly, and the housekeeper handed him the post.
The greeting slip is the business card of the later generations, with the name and position of the person who came to visit it.
"Xin Chouke's second-class jinshi, Jiangxi Jiujiang Prefecture Hukou County magistrate Li Yuntian!" Looking at the content of the worship post, Fan Ruhai secretly read it in his heart, and his eyes showed a look of surprise.
In fact, the magistrate of Hukou County, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province is just a small official of sesame mung beans to him, and he is not qualified to meet him at the banquet, so he can wait in line at the Yamen of the Imperial History of Salt Patrol.
However, with the addition of the previous "Xin Chouke Second Class Jinshi", then Li Yuntian's county is different, you must know that he was only a top three Jinshi back then, Li Yuntian's results are one rank higher than him, and he is also a new Jinshi, this identity is enough to impress him.
He was very curious, with Li Yuntian's palace examination results, he could stay in the major ministries and courtyards in the capital to improve his qualifications, but Li Yuntian went to the local place to serve as a small county magistrate, which was a little different.
"Ask him to come in." After pondering for a while, Fan Ruhai put down the greeting post in his hand and said to the housekeeper quietly, since Li Yuntian saw that he was in such a hurry, then there must be something important to talk about. One