Chapter 74 Chapter 73: Evil Yao Cheng sees the old buddy Mei Jiangzhen privately releases the New Yellow Hall

Let's say that Ma Qiang sent Zhai Jiucheng to the county, and was about to search for the person who wrote the petition, when he saw a gentleman on horseback, followed by old servant Ding.Seeing him waiting, he was a little puzzled, so he came up with a calculation, shook the silk rein, greeted him, arched his hands and said: "Brother Zun, please."But did you go to Tianzhu to offer incense?It turned out that Ni Jizu was riding the horse, and he replied in the tone of a villain: Exactly.May I ask who is under your feet?How do you know that a student has entered the incense?The villain said: "My younger brother's surname is Ma, and he lives in the front village."My younger brother has a wish, as long as anyone who wants to offer incense, he must be invited to the village for tea, which is also a heart of charity and kindness.While speaking, he looked at the evil slave.All the family members understood, regardless of Ni Jizu's compliance or not, they stepped forward and took the bridle, pulled it away.Seeing this scene, Ni Zhong knew something was wrong, so he had to follow closely behind.Not long after, I came to the front of the village and crossed the bridge protecting the village, which was the gate of the village.Ma Qiang got off his horse, but he was not humble, and turned around and ordered: "Bring them in!"The evil slave promised, and rushed in the master and servant.Ni Jizu secretly said: I was about to visit, and I met him when I didn't want to.Seeing his power, I'm afraid he has bad intentions.Let's go in and see how he's doing.

At this time, Ma Qiang was sitting in the recruiting hall, with many heroes and bachelors lined up on both sides.Ma Qiang said, "When I met Zhai Jiucheng, I found a report, which was very well written."I immediately sent someone to send him to the county.Just as I was about to search for the person who wrote the statement, it happened that a gentle and talented man came. I thought he must have written the statement, so I tricked him here.After all, take out the certificate and hand it to Shen Zhongyuan.Shen Zhongyuan looked at it and said: "It's really well written, but I don't know if it's a scholar or not."Ma Qiang said: "It doesn't matter if he is right or not, just hang him up and torture him."Shen Zhongyuan said: "This is not the case for outsiders."Since he is a scholar, it is necessary to treat him with courtesy and question him with words; if he doesn't respond, he can be tortured later, the so-called courtesy first and then soldiers.Ma Qiang said: "What my brother said is very true."Order to invite the scholar.At this time, the evil slaves were all waiting for letters outside. When they heard that they were asking for a scholar, they hurriedly said to Ni Jizu: "We invite you from outside the staff."Be careful when you see it.When Ni Jizu came to the living room, he saw a plaque hanging under the corridor in the middle, with the words Zhaoxian hall written on it, and secretly said: what kind of person is he, how dare he set up a recruiting hall.It can be seen that they are outlaws.When he entered the living room, he saw Ma Qiang sitting on the top seat, and he was not polite.There are many people sitting on both sides. Looking at it, they are all not good.

But two people stood up, holding hands to give way: Please sit down.Ni Jizu had no choice but to hold his hand and replied: Excuse me.He sat down next to him. Everyone looked at Ni Jizu carefully, and saw that he had a plump face and a serene demeanor. Although his body was not gorgeous, he was neat.Standing behind him was an old servant.I only heard a person from the east ask: May I ask your name?Jizu replied: The surname is Li and the name is Shiqing.A person from the west asked, "what's going on here?"The ancestor replied: I went to Tianzhu to offer incense under my mother's order.Ma Qiang laughed and said, "If I don't mention pilgrimage, how can you talk about pilgrimage?"Let me ask you: Since you want to offer incense, why don't you bring all the sachets, money and food?Jizu said: "I have sent people to go to Tianzhu first."So take an old servant alone to enjoy the scenery on the way.After hearing this, Ma Qiang seemed reasonable.Suddenly Shen Zhongyuan asked in the east: "It was the scholars who enjoyed the scenery, but the scholars did it when they tuned the words and complained?"Ni Jizu said: "Where do you start with this remark?"When will the students come to make a complaint?I also heard Zhihua ask from the west: Can you recognize Zhai Jiuzheng?Ni Jizu said: "Students don't recognize the surname Zhai."Zhihua said: "I don't recognize it, and please sit down in the study."Then some evil slaves led their masters and servants out of the living room to go to the study.As soon as I got out of the hall, I saw a person coming towards me, wearing a big felt hat with a brim, wearing green cloth arrow sleeves, a belt around his waist, thin-soled boots on his feet, a riding whip in his hand, and his face was covered with dust.He took a brief look at Ni Jizu, but then took another hard look at Ni Zhong.Unexpectedly, when Ni Zhong saw him, his expression changed immediately, and he said secretly: Not good!Here comes the enemy.

Do you know who this person is?His surname was Yao Cheng, and it turned out that it was not Yao Cheng, but Tao Zong. Just because he woke up drunk with He Bao, Yang Fang and Li Shi were gone, thinking that Yang Fang had abducted Li Shi.After a while, I learned that Yang Fang was working as a servant in Nijiazhuang and changed his name to Ni Zhong, but he couldn't find out the whereabouts of Li Shi.Later, the two of them robbed a group of merchants and were reported to Ganquan County, where they were arrested urgently.The two of them collected it and fled to Hangzhou overnight.Spending that unrighteous wealth is like dung, and it won't take long for it to be exhausted.The two started their old business again and robbed some property.He Bao then married a remarried wife.Tao Zong, however, recognized that Zhang Hua was too old and asked him to tell Ma Qiang that he changed his name to Yao Cheng.He followed suit, and within a few days, he coaxed Ma Qiang into full bloom, and regarded him as a confidant and became a supervisor.Because of reading the Chaozhongdi newspaper, I saw that there was an imperial eunuch in Hangzhou, Ni Jizu, who was the second in the list and used as an editor, and a student of the prime minister of the current dynasty.Ma Qiang felt a little confused, so he specially sent Yao Cheng to pretend to be a traveler, go to the provincial capital, inquire carefully and come back, so that he can prepare.So Yao Cheng came back from the road, but just entered the door, he bumped into Ni Zhong head-on.

Let's say that Yao Cheng went to the hall, paid homage to Ma Qiang, and met with everyone.Ma Qiang asked how the inquiry was going.Yao Chengdao: "When the villain arrived in the provincial capital, he inquired carefully. It turned out that Ni Jizu, the second best in the imperial court, was the eunuch.Since he took office, he has received many cases, all of which have some obstacles to outsiders.Hearing this, Ma Qiang panicked secretly, and said, "Since there are many complaints, why haven't I been brought to the case these days?"Yao Chengdao: "It's just because of the wind and frost all the way in the government, I caught a cold, and now I'm sick, and I don't even know how to report to the officials."The villain wanted to wait for the truth to come out, but there was no more news, so the villain came back.Ma Qiang said: This is it.I said, you can make two round trips a day, how did you go for four or five days?If you dare, you have to wait for the truth to come to light.How can we wait?Just take a rest and go.Yao Chengdao: "Who was that gentle master and servant just now?"Ma Qiang said: "That's when I met a lie."Then he told Zhai Jiuzheng about it.I suspected it was his letter, but we all cross-examined it once, and it wasn't him.

Yao Chengdao: Although it's not him, don't let him go.Ma Qiang said: What's your idea?Yao Chengdao: "I don't know outside the staff, but I know that servant."His real name was Yang Fang, but he changed his name to Ni Zhong because he became a servant in Nijiazhuang.Shen Zhongyuan was listening, and hurriedly asked: How many years has he been in the Ni family?Yao Chengdao: It has been more than 20 years.Shen Zhongyuan said: It's not good!Yuanwai, you deceived the prefect.After Ma Qiang heard this, he stared in fright, opened his mouth wide, and after a long while, Fang asked: "Xianxian brother, how do you know?"Little Zhuge said: Director Yao recognized the old servant as Ni Zhong, how could his master not belong to Ni Jizu?Furthermore, when asked his name, he said that his surname was Li and his name was Shiqing.This obviously means that I should be clear in handling things, so what's so difficult about it?Ma Qiang felt terrified when he heard Rumeng Fangjue, and said: How can I do it?Brother, you should think of an idea.Shen Zhongyuan said: This matter needs to be decided by outsiders.Now that it has been lied to, it is difficult to release it.Lock him in the empty room for the time being, and when the night gets darker, invite him to the hall, and everyone begs with courtesy.That is to say, knowing that he is the magistrate of the mansion, he deliberately invited the man of the mansion to the village to analyze the circumstances of the case.If he accepted the favor, he would not be able to break some furniture outside the staff, buy him an order, ask for a printed letter, and send him to the government office with glory.Outsiders heard that, except for the Taoist government's friends, no one dared to sue.I'm afraid there will be some care in the future.If he didn't respond, he had no choice but to execute him, and secretly informed King Xiangyang that it would be fine.Zhihua was listening, and repeatedly boasted: Good plan!Good plan!After Ma Qiang heard this, he had no choice but to do so.So he ordered his master and servant to be locked in an empty room.

Although it was locked, he hesitated and fidgeted.Out of the hall, came to the bedroom, saw Guo Shi'an, and sighed.It turned out that his wife was Guo Huai's niece. Seeing her husband frowning, she asked, "What's the matter?"Such troubles.When Ma Qiang asked, he told the story of the past.After hearing this, Mrs. Guo said: "It's getting better and better, and the prefect of Huangtang ordered by the imperial court has come to the house."I said that all you make friends with are cronies, if you don't believe me.I also heard that you snatched another girl, named Jinniang, who almost didn't get cut.You pinched the woman in the cellar.Now, what if the magistrate is locked at home again?Although he said so in his mouth, he was also anxious in his heart.Ma Qiang told Shen Zhongyuan's plan again, but Guo Shifang was silent.At this time, the sky was already beginning to drum, and Guo Shi knew that her husband was worried and had not eaten, so she ordered the servant girl to prepare a meal.The husband and wife sat and drank opposite each other.

Unexpectedly, these words were overheard by the servant girl serving Guo Shi's confidant.This girl's name is Jiangzhen, she is nineteen years old, and she is the daughter of Juren Zhu Huanzhang.His father and daughter were originally from Yizheng County, Yangzhou Prefecture.After the death of Mr. Zhu's wife, his family business withered, so he took his daughter to Hangzhou to visit relatives.Unfortunately, he didn't meet his relatives, so he rented a few huts in Xilengqiao, Gushan, half of which lived with his daughter, and half of which he studied in private school.Just because Mr. Zhu has a Duan inkstone, he loves it like a treasure, and whenever the wind is breezy and the window is clear and clean, he will personally hold it out, enjoy it, and get used to it.Unexpectedly, half a year ago, there was a library boy who was dismissed because his husband could not afford to support him, but he threw himself into Ma Qiang's house, unintentionally telling Duanyan.Immediately, Xiao Qiang was in trouble, and the villain immediately sent people to knock on the door and buy it.When I met my husband with a pedantic temperament, not only did he not sell it, but he cursed at him.When the evil slave came back, he added leaves to the branches, which made Ma Qiang so angry that he immediately handed over his husband to the former prefect, saying that he owed five hundred taels of silver, and he had borrowed coupons as evidence.The prefect knew that Mr. Zhu was wronged, and he was a juror, so he couldn't add punishment for the account.Because of being heavily bribed by the villains, he had to be handed over to the county for custody.Taking advantage of this time, Ma Qiang went to his husband's house, not only found the Duan inkstone, but also snatched Zhu Jiangzhen, intending to take him as a concubine.Unexpectedly, she was caught by Guo's Anren, who knew that her work was not confidential, and she released the old vinegar, making a fuss for a while, and took Zhu Jiangzhen to be her maidservant by her side.Ma Qiang had no choice but to pay a lot in secret to please An Ren.From that day on, when Ma Qiang met Zhu Jiangzhen, he was slow to talk to each other, even if he looked him straight, he didn't dare.

Zhu Jiangzhen secretly thanked Guo.She was originally a clever woman, so she coaxed Guo Shi like a mother and daughter. All the hairpins, rings, jewelry, clothes, antiques and locks were all in his charge. Today, because Ma Qiang arrived, he hid aside and eavesdropped on the matter.I thought to myself: My father has been wronged for half a year, when will he be able to come out?Now why don't I quietly release the prefect and ask him to save my father.How can he not repay his kindness! After thinking about it, I lit the lantern and came to the door of the empty room.It happened that there was no one guarding him.It turned out that the evil slaves thought they were gentlemen and old servants, and they didn't care about their abilities, so they were left unattended.It is also a sign of auspicious people and heaven, and there is a silent blessing in secret.

Seeing Qu Xu's upside-down lock, Zhu Jiangzhen quickly shined a light on the door, recognized the locked door, took out many keys from her waist, picked one that just threw the spring, and the lock was unlocked.Prefect Ni Zhengzheng had no idea with Ni Zhong, when he saw the door open, he thought that the evil slave was coming to frame him, he couldn't help but panicked.Suddenly, a woman came in, she shone a lamp, she was just opposite Ni Taishou, looked at each other, each surprised.Zhu Jiangzhen took a picture of Ni Zhong again, and said quietly: "Come with me!"As soon as he stretched out his hand, he pulled Ni Jizu out and left.Ni Zhong followed closely.After a while, after passing the corner gate, it was a garden.After walking east for a long time, I saw a door with a lock and a horizontal bar on it.Zhu Jiangzhen put down the lantern and unlocked it with a key.Unexpectedly, the key was thrown in, but the lock was not opened yet.The key can no longer be pulled out.Prefect Ni was anxious and asked Ni Zhong to find a stone and slam it down, and then he opened it.Busy to open the door.Zhu Jiangzhen said, "you just run away."The slave asked me with a word: Are you offering incense, or are you really the prefect?If it is the prefect, I will be wronged.

What a smart woman!She didn't ask earlier, but at this time, it was all a brainstorm.How do you see it?If he was in the middle of the empty room, his master and servant would have thought that the villain was using a trick to ask questions, so how could he tell the truth?Furthermore, Zhu Jiangzhen was afraid that he would not be able to rescue the prefect.Fortunately, Xi ran all the way to the garden, did not meet anyone, and secretly prayed to Buddha.She didn't ask this question until the door was opened, which had saved people completely.Are you smart or not?It's a brainstorm, isn't it?When Taishou Ni arrived at this time, he had to say something, and hurriedly replied: Xiaosheng is the new Taishou Ni Jizu.What wronged my sister, tell me quickly!Zhu Jiangzhen quickly knelt down and said: the elder is above, and the concubine Zhu Jiangzhen kowtows.Ni Jizu hurriedly returned the salute, saying: "Sister, don't be too polite, tell me that you are wronged!"Zhu Jiangzhen said: "My father's name is Zhu Huanzhang, and he was falsely accused by the villains of owing him five hundred taels of silver. He has been in custody in this county for half a year.He also robbed the slave's family, but fortunately Ma Qiang was afraid of his own crimes, and the slave's family was now with his wife, Guo Shi, so he was not poisoned by him.I beg the elder to rescue my father after arriving at Yamen.Don't say too much, just wait and go!Ni Zhong said: Don't worry, Miss.My master and servant all took notes.Zhu Jiangzhen said: "When you go out of this gate, go straight to the northwest and you will find the main road."The two masters and servants were waiting to move, and Zhu Jiangzhen called again: "Turn around, turn around." I don't know what to say, let's listen to the next chapter.