Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty Three
The story was divided into two parts, but it was said that Jiang Xinghe sent Li Shiyan out to inquire about the details after learning that Zhang Xianfan had been arrested for rape.
Li Shiyan came back within two hours to report: Zhang Xianfan had been naked in the downtown area for nearly half an hour, and then he was sent to prison by Qian Jincai.According to the old rules of Duliang, adulterers and adulterers should be put into a pigsty and sunk in a pond, and Qian Jincai was reluctant to part with his young and beautiful wife, so he blamed the adulterer for his anger.He sent generous gifts to the people in the prison, trying to bribe the prison boss to secretly kill Zhang Xianfan.So, this time, Zhang Xianfan was in danger.
When Jiang Xinghe wanted to use Zhang Xianfan, he wanted to rescue Zhang Xianfan at all costs.After some analysis with Li Shiyan, he believed that Xiao Ziyu was not at home right now, so he could use Shu Zhenqian's efforts to save others.Considering that Li Shiyan's weight was too light and he was afraid that it would be difficult to persuade Shu Zhenqian, Jiang Xinghe decided to go out in person.
On this day, he took Li Shiyan with him, and took two luxurious sedan chairs to the police station to visit Shu Zhenqian.Shu Zhenqian was terrified, not knowing why the richest man in Duliang came to him.After the guests and hosts sat down, Li Shiyan saw that there were several policemen beside him, so he said: "Our boss has some private matters and wants to talk to Chief Shu." Then he looked around.
Shu Zhenqian understood, and immediately retreated to the left and right, and closed the door.Only Jiang Xing and his master and servant were left in the office.Jiang Xinghe asked suddenly: "How young is Chief Shu?"
Shu Zhenqian carefully speculated on Jiang Xinghe's meaning, but still couldn't figure it out, so he could only say: "The humble air chief is thirty years old."
Jiang Xinghe took a sip of the tea Li Shiyan had made for him and put down his cup: "Section Chief Shu is young and promising. It is rare to be the section chief at the age of thirty. Jiang is not in the officialdom. I heard that In the officialdom, the background is very important, is this true?"
Shu Zhenqian nodded: "It's true."
Jiang Xinghe said: "Listening to Mr. Shu's words, I think of an acquaintance. He was not in the officialdom, but because his brother became a high-ranking official, he became a dignified police chief. This person is you Director Xiao Ziyu!"
Shu Zhenqian was so frightened that sweat broke out on his forehead: "Boss Jiang's words are wrong. Our director not only has a background, but also his ability is really outstanding."
Jiang Xinghe smiled: "Section Chief Shu, don't worry, I'll show you something first." Jiang Xinghe gave him a wink, and Li Shiyan took something out of the bag and handed it to Shu Zhenqian.
This is the "National Daily", and there is an article in the newspaper that is drawn with a red line. When Shu Zhenqian read it, the title on it caught his eye—"Yunnan Finance Director Xiao Ziru Resigned".Shu Zhengan finished reading the article in one breath, and re-read it for fear of missing something, so he returned the newspaper to Li Shiyan.Then he looked at Jiang Xinghe suspiciously: "Boss Jiang means..."
Jiang Xinghe suppressed his smile: "How does Xiao Ziyu treat you?"
Shu Zhenqian tried his best to prevaricate: "It's still... yes... yes."
"Do you know what Xiao Ziyu was doing during this time?"
"Our subordinates have no right to ask about the director's affairs."
"Do you want to know what he is doing? He is planning to rob Zhu Qifeng's tomb, but he doesn't intend to use you, including digging Concubine Xia's tomb, and he didn't let you participate."
"This is his family's private matter. He does not allow us to participate, and we have no obligation to participate. I am the national police, not his family."
A smile bloomed on Jiang Xinghe's face: "Section Chief Shu is indeed a sensible person. With your words, I don't need to beat around the bush. Please release Zhang Xianfan. I will give you two conditions to choose from. First, you Boldly report the amount of money; second, make you the chief of police."
Shu Zhenqian was taken aback: "I believe that Boss Jiang has this ability, and there is no joke, but is he worth the price for an idler?"
Jiang Xinghe said: "It's easy for you to understand my personality. What you need now is to make a choice. You don't need to study other things."
Shu Zhenqian thought for a while, then looked at Jiang Xinghe: "I choose the latter."
Jiang Xinghe stretched out a hand: "That's it, don't go back on your word!"
Shu Zhenqian also reached out his hand to hold Jiang Xinghe tightly: "Don't go back on your word!"
Shu Zhenqian immediately approved the note and handed it over to Li Shiyan for arrest in the prison.
Zhang Xianfan, who had only been in prison for less than two hours, said with a smile when he saw Li Shiyan: "You are too impatient, I haven't tasted enough of what it's like to be in prison, so let me out."
Li Shiyan said: "Bastard, you should die in jail for being so ignorant!"
Zhang Xianfan said: "The bastard is the shopkeeper of Zhige Pavilion. If you think it would be better for me to die in prison, there is no need to rescue me." The jailer opened the door and removed the lock for Zhang Xianfan.Zhang Xianfan moved his joints and stretched out his hand to Li Shiyan: "Bring it!"
Li Shiyan asked knowingly, "What did you bring?"
"Clothes and pants, why don't you let me go out naked!"
"Don't you like to mess around, it's more convenient not to wear pants."
"You are a beast. If you don't wear it for me, I will wear it through this prison!" Zhang Xianfan really sat down on his buttocks.
Li Shiyan was just teasing him, so he took out a summer suit from his bag and threw it in.Zhang Xianfan walked out of the cell door after getting dressed, and whispered to Li Shiyan in the corridor: "Don't worry, no matter how much your boss spends for me, it's guaranteed to be worth it."
The two walked out the gate of the cell and walked together on the street again. Zhang Xianfan and Li Shiyan separated when they reached a fork in the road.Li Shiyan grabbed him: "Where are you going? Why don't you come back with me to thank Boss Jiang?"
"Bullshit!" Zhang Xianfan shook off Li Shiyan, "I don't want to do that kind of nonsense. If I'm not allowed to do serious things, I'm willing to kowtow to Boss Jiang every day and call him ancestor. Is that okay?"
"Bastard, you don't know any manners!" Li Shiyan scolded.
Zhang Xianfan came to the horse farm in Shuiximen alone. He picked out a big bay red horse with a beautiful coat, and shouted without asking the price: "I want this horse, who is the owner?"
A horse dealer came and said, "This horse is mine."
Zhang Xianfan said: "My name is Zhang Xianfan, have you heard of this name?"
The horse dealer nodded again and again: "I know, I know, Jiang Xing and the boss have already told us that you just need to bet on which horse you want. Ah, I said, Mr. Zhang, you have made a fortune and now you are famous. But double happiness!"
Hearing that the man who came to buy horses was Zhang Xianfan, the horse factory suddenly became chaotic, and horse dealers came to look around.Zhang Xianfan knew that something was wrong, so he quickly escaped on horseback.He sighed to himself: "It's true that people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong!"
I'm a little hungry, where should I go for dinner?Zhang Xianfan hated Qian Jincai as soon as he thought of the scene of being naked and humiliated.Well, I have to go to Zhigeting for dinner!
Zhang Xianfan came to the Zhige Pavilion, tied his horse to the pillar outside, then swaggered into the hall and chose a conspicuous seat to sit in, and yelled for wine and food.The shop clerk recognized him, and because there were many diners in the hall, in order not to affect the business, he quickly uploaded the food and drinks.But Zhang Xianfan quit, patted the table and shouted: "I asked for money to be served, but I didn't ask you!"
The waiter said: "Our shopkeeper never personally serves the guests, and it's not the first time you come to Zhigeting to eat, you should understand this rule."
Zhang Xianfan said: "Today, I want your shopkeeper to personally serve the dishes!"
The diners gathered around immediately, and Qian Jincai, who was upstairs, hurried down after hearing the news. When he saw that it was Zhang Xianfan, he got angry, his chest heaved, and he said incoherently: "You, you...you are too deceitful. , I will fight with you today!"
Zhang Xianfan said: "Fight as hard as you can, come up!"
"You, you...you..." Qian Jincai rushed forward, but was held back by the shop assistant.
"What's wrong with me? Didn't it just trap your wife? There are eight hundred if not one thousand of this kind of thing. I tied up my buttocks to show the public and sent him to prison. What happened? I came out, you want to bite I didn't bite the bottom, all the bites are teeth marks!"
Qian Jincai's face turned pale with anger: "I'm not going to live anymore, I'm not going to live anymore, let's just fight!"
A diner next to him couldn't see it, so he persuaded: "Mr. Zhang, stop messing around. You have taken over his wife. This is a shame and a shame for any man. Now you are still calling to anger him. You are really going to make a fuss." If you die, you will be the one who suffers because of his age."
It made sense for Zhang Xianfan to think about it, so he patted his ass and walked away, led the horse to a nearby shop to solve his stomach problem, and then went to the Yudai Bridge Inn.
The store owner Huang Yuanfu was surprised when he saw Zhang Xianfan, and then said: "You still come here, the long-term private room has already been returned."
Zhang Xianfan said: "It's no big deal to return it, just rent it out again, are you afraid that you will run out of money!"
Huang Yuanfu smiled and said: "You still want to have a happy event, Xia Mei, would she like it? I really opened the house for you, please draw a bet."
Zhang Xianfan ignored it, climbed up to the second floor, and pushed open the door when he saw a room full of commotion—Yang Yunzhi and his accomplices in the room were pushing Pai Gow, and they were surprised when they saw Zhang Xianfan.Yang Yunzhi, who was the first to react, said, "The surname Zhang, can you still come out? I thought you were doomed this time."
Another accomplice said: "We saw with our own eyes that Qian Jincai took money to bribe the jailers, asking them to encourage the cell boss to let the bully kill you."
Zhang Xianfan said: "You don't want to take revenge after I die."
Yang Yunzhi put down the Pai Gow and approached Zhang Xianfan: "It seems like we can't take revenge without you?"
Zhang Xianfan said: "If you are hiding at home all day pushing Pai Gow, could it be that Xiao Ziyu will come to your door to kill you!"
"Then what do you say we're going to do?"
Zhang Xianfan stared at Yang Yunzhi and asked, "Why did you inform Qian Jincai?"
Yang Yunzhi said, "How do you know I was the one who informed you?"
"It really is you! How many people can know my secret, can't I guess?"
"You are so annoying. If you told us earlier, just in time to kill Xiao Ziyu, you let us lose the opportunity, of course we have to teach you a lesson."
"Your lesson is too heavy. If it weren't for my great ability, I would have been killed by you."
"Didn't you come back? Tell us how to take revenge."
Zhang Xianfan said: "Okay, then I will repay the grievance with virtue and help you again. Xiao Ziyu will return from Baoqing in ten days sooner or half a month later. You should go to a secluded place by the river outside the city and set up checkpoints to wait for him to return. "
Yang Yunzhi said: "Does he also take a boat when he returns? It's a boat against the current, it's very slow."
Zhang Xianfan said: "He went by boat, so he can only return by boat, and it's even slower to come back by sedan chair."
A friend said: "Actually, he should go on horseback, so we can easily find him, and there is no need to wait here now."
"Talking nonsense!" Yang Yunzhi patted Zhang Xianfan on the shoulder, "What do you say about you? You are the one who does good things, and you are the one who does bad things—you are a teacher and a ghost, you are such a guy! I heard that you recently Shaking, what's going on?"
Zhang Xianfan said: "What's shaking, I just made a bet with Jiang Xinghe and won."
"What bet? Let's bet with Jiang Xinghe another day!" Several accomplices surrounded him.
Zhang Xianfan didn't want to get entangled with them, so he got away and slipped away.
This time Zhang Xianfan didn't stop on the road, he went straight to Jiang's house, and saw that Li Shiyan was also in Jiang Xinghe's study as soon as he entered, he called out, "Li Shiyan, what did you say bad things about me in front of Boss Jiang?"
Li Shiyan glanced at Zhang Xianfan: "I've said all the bad things I need to say."
Zhang Xianfan sat down across from Jiang Xinghe: "Boss Jiang, don't trust him, my rudeness doesn't mean I'm unfaithful to you, my loyalty is shown through practical actions - I'm really playing with hypocrisy." No."
Jiang Xinghe smiled: "Li Shiyan didn't say anything about you at all. What practical actions have you taken to show your loyalty to me?"
"My every move is a practical action - just now I have done a big thing, encouraging people from Maple Ridge to go to the lower reaches of the Nanshui River and wait for Xiao Ziyu to come back."
Li Shiyan said: "I think you are crazy. You say you want to protect Xiao Ziyu for a while, but then you encourage people to kill him. I don't understand what tricks you are playing!"
"I'm not crazy. It was your parents who poured water into your brain when they made you. I made this arrangement just to ensure Xiao Ziyu's safety on a deeper level—do you understand?"
Li Shiyan also turned the corner now, so he didn't say any more.Jiang Xinghe, who never praises others, also said: "Yes, the fruit is not a thing in the pool!"
Zhang Xianfan was very proud, and squinted at Li Shiyan: "Did you hear that? I'm not a thing in the pool!"
Li Shiyan sneered and said: "Give me a little smile and you will be brilliant, such an impatient guy, I don't think you are worthy of being a thing in the pool!"
Zhang Xianfan said: "You're right, I'm not a thing in the pool."
Jiang Xinghe gave a dry cough, and the two stopped bickering.Jiang Xinghe asked: "When do you think Xiao Ziyu can come back?"
Zhang Xianfan said: "The earliest will be the 28th day of the seventh lunar month, and the latest will not be later than the 29th day of the seventh month. During these two days, I will wait by the riverside to wait for him to come back."
Then Zhang Xianfan found out the whereabouts of Yang Yunzhi and his gang, and knew that they set up a checkpoint five miles away from the city on the lower reaches of Nanshui River.On July 28th, Zhang Xianfan rode his horse to the lower reaches of Nanshui River, ten miles away from the city, and waited.He would call for any boat coming from Baoqing, and he would not let go until he called out the boat passenger hiding in the tent and confirmed that it was not Xiao Ziyu.
On the twenty-eighth day, Xiao Ziyu did not come back.On July 29th, Zhang Xianfan cheered up, and in the morning, he stopped Xiao Ziyu and told him that there was danger ahead, and that people from Fengmuling were waiting for him.
Zhang Xianfan did not leave immediately after sending Xiao Ziyu home, but stayed on Liushan Road.After a while, he found that Shu Zhenqian rode a horse into the Xiao family compound, so he tied his horse to a willow tree and sat to rest.
After waiting for a while, Shu Zhenqian came out, Zhang Xianfan quickly stood in the middle of the road and stopped him.Shu Zhenqian collected himself, recognized Zhang Xianfan, got off his horse and asked, "Why do you stop me?"
Zhang Xianfan said: "Congratulations to you, Director Xiao called you as soon as he came back, which shows how much he thinks highly of you!"
Shu Zhen snorted dryly: "Whoever makes him think highly of him will be hard to protect himself."
Zhang Xianfan heard some clues: "He can't protect himself? Is Xiao Ziyu about to fall?"
Shu Zhenqian said: "I read the newspaper at Jiang Xinghe's place the day before, and it said that Xiao Ziru had taken the blame and resigned. , I forgot to ask you, what is your relationship with Jiang Xinghe?"
Zhang Xianfan asked back, "Is this against the law?"
Shu Zhenqian said, "It's not a violation of the law."
Zhang Xianfan said, "Since I didn't break the law, I have no obligation to tell you."
Shu Zhenqian became angry: "Look at how boring you are, why did you stop me?!"
"I want to be friends with you and chat more, can't I?"
"I have official business and I don't have time to entangle you!" Shu Zhenqian got on the horse and said to Zhang Xianfan, "I'll talk to you when I'm free."
"Can you still be free? You will be even busier when you become the director. You are in such a hurry to leave. Does Xiao Ziyu want you to deal with the people in Maple Ridge?"
"You know what I'm talking about!" Shu Zhen raised his whip, and the horse galloped away...
Zhang Xianfan didn't dare to stay any longer, so he rushed to five miles downstream of Nanshui River to report to Yang Yunzhi.When Yang Yunzhi heard that the police were coming, he left the checkpoint in a hurry without asking any further questions.When Zhang Xianfan returned, he happened to see Shu Zhenqian leading a team of armed policemen to the lower reaches of Nanshui River at Yudai Bridge.Zhang Xianfan was secretly proud of himself, and felt that it was really fun for him to play around with these groups of people.
After being busy for a long time, Zhang Xianfan felt hungry in his stomach. These days he ate in many hotels, and the dishes in Zhigeting were always not as good in comparison.He came to the lobby of Zhige Pavilion and sat down, and the waiter pretended not to know him and asked, "What do you want, guest officer?"
Zhang Xianfan said: "A pot of Duliang Xiang, a plate of duck in blood sauce, a plate of braised pig's ears, a plate of fresh kidney, and a plate of three delicacies soup."
The waiter in the shop reported the names of the dishes to the kitchen like a microphone, and after a while, the wine and dishes came up, and Zhang Xianfan poured his own drink, feeling that it had a special flavor.At this time, a nearby diner recognized Zhang Xianfan, moved a stool and sat down and whispered: "Mr. Zhang is so comfortable, isn't he afraid that people will sit at home, and disaster will come from the sky?"
Zhang Xianfan was gnawing on a duck leg, he stopped: "How do you say that?"
The diner sat a little closer, and his voice became softer: "The treasurer Qian just left the house, and he wants to sue you at Xiao Ziyu. He said that no matter how much money he spends, he will kill you!"
Zhang Xianfan sneered secretly, and said in a low voice: "He, Xiao Ziyu, can't protect himself, he can't do anything to me!"
The diner looked at Zhang Xianfan puzzled: "What do you mean by that?"
Zhang Xianfan then told the diners what he heard from Shu Zhenqian.As if the diner had found a treasure, he left Zhang Xianfan and spread the rumors he had just heard from table to table. It didn't take long for the news that "Xiao Ziru had lost his official position" to spread... The Xiao family is a famous family in Duliang, and it is also the only Jinshi in modern times Compared with the matter of Qian Jincai wearing a cuckold, the degree of attention of the people is even greater than that of Qian Jincai's cuckold.
While tasting the delicious food, Zhang Xianfan looked at the gloating expressions of the diners, feeling very satisfied in his heart, he felt his appetite whetted, and the pot of wine and the dishes on the table quickly bottomed out.So I added another copy to the waiter in the shop.While eating deliciously, Qian Jincai came back from the outside, and some diners deliberately teased him: "Boss, do you have any clues?"
Qian Jincai soon found out that Zhang Xianfan was there, so he deliberately loudly said: "It's not just a clue, today is very lucky, Xiao Ziyu happened to be at home, he saw that I was generous, and he promised to severely punish the adulterer!" He secretly glanced at Zhang Xianfan.
Zhang Xianfan didn't say anything, just laughed in his heart.Slowly, the words in the hall reached Qian Jincai's ears, and he was depressed for a moment. Fortunately, Xiao Ziyu's housekeeper returned the bribe money after a short while, and then he turned his worries into joy and said, "Xiao Ziyu is not bad at all." Knowing the situation, knowing that it is impossible, dare not accept my things."
Zhang Xianfan was already full of wine and food, and when he left, he hummed a little tune with the victor's attitude: "Thinking that you didn't get it at the beginning, you were so anxious to meet each other, but now that you got it, you've got the slave family!"
When Zhang Xianfan left the Zhige Pavilion, it was already evening, he untied his horse from the pillar, and rode for a walk by the river.A little drunk, the cool breeze blowing, I don't know how long I walked, a man who spoke official language stood in front of him and asked him: "Mr. Riding, is there Liushan Road here?"
Zhang Xianfan replied without thinking: "Yes."
"Is there someone surnamed Xiao on Liushan Road?"
Zhang Xianfan said casually, "Yes."
"It's getting late, may I ask which inn in Duliang is clean and hygienic, and the store is warm and thoughtful? I just came from Baoqing, so I don't know much about the local situation."
"No matter which inn in Duliang, the shopkeepers are warm and thoughtful. In terms of hygiene, there is a Yudai Bridge inn all the way from here, which is the cleanest." Zhang Xianfan pointed in the direction of the inn, and then he looked at the person who asked him—it turned out to be a foreigners.
Zhang Xianfan rode for another half an hour, it was dark early, and the wine was mostly woken up by the evening wind, when he suddenly remembered that the foreigner who came from Baoqing mentioned the surname Xiao on Liushan Road, he understood a little bit.As soon as he clamped the horse with his legs, the horse let go of its four hooves and ran "dede".
When they arrived at the Yudai Bridge Inn, Zhang Xianfan saw Huang Yuanfu and immediately asked: "There is a ghost, I introduced him to come here, which room does he live in?"
Huang Yuanfu said, "He lives next door to you."
Zhang Xianfan handed the rein to Huang Yuanfu: "Please tie it up for me, feed me more food."
Zhang Xianfan went up to the second floor, and saw that the light was on in the next room, but the door was not closed, and the foreigner was sitting on the bed shaking a sunflower fan.He also recognized Zhang Xianfan, he was surprised at first, and then asked: "Are you a shareholder of this inn?"
"Just like you, I am also a resident." Zhang Xianfan sat down on the wooden chair opposite the foreigner, "I'm not wrong, the sanitary conditions here are very good, and the most rare thing is that it is near the river, which is cooler than other places."
The foreigner said, "Thank you. My name is Bill, an American. What's your name, sir?"
"Mianzun's surname is Zhang." Zhang Xianfan asked, "Why is Mr. Bill coming to Duliang?"
Bill spread his hands and shrugged: "Nothing, come to your place for sightseeing, and visit a friend by the way."
"Mr. Bill's friend is surnamed Xiao and lives on Liushan Road. You just met in Baoqing not long ago, right?" Zhang Xianfan stared closely at Bill.
Bill looked at Zhang Xianfan in surprise: "How does Mr. Zhang know this?"
"Not only do I know this, but I also know that this time you came to Duliang not for sightseeing, but for ancient paintings."
"What kind of ancient painting, I don't understand Mr. Zhang's meaning." Bill shrugged again.
"Tang Yin's "Four Seasons Carrying Happiness", a group of thirty-two pieces. To be honest, Mr. Xiao does not have this painting, and it is still in the tomb."
Bill was startled, and stopped pretending to be crazy. He looked at Zhang Xianfan seriously, and asked after a long time, "Mr. Zhang's meaning...?"
Zhang Xianfan said: "I don't mean anything. You, a foreigner, come to this place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away. I just want to help you, and I'm afraid you will suffer."
Bill was puzzled: "Will I suffer?"
Zhang Xianfan asked back: "Haven't you suffered a loss yet? They have coaxed you around before they got the antiques. The Mr. Xiao you mentioned must be a liar."
Bill was surprised: "Is he a liar? Are you saying that Duliang doesn't have "Four Seasons Carrying Happiness" at all?"
Zhang Xianfan said: "There is definitely "Four Seasons of Joy", but it will not fall into the hands of someone surnamed Xiao. To put it more clearly, you are looking for the wrong person!"
Bill said: "Whom can I go to? Tell me, Mr. Zhang, as long as I can buy "Four Seasons Carrying Happiness", I will definitely thank you very much."
Zhang Xianfan looked at Bill slyly, and said: "If you want to buy "Four Seasons Carnival", it's useless to pray to the little devil. I'll take you to see the real Buddha."