C69 (2/2)
Although the mouths of the minor official s who were kicked out of Prime Minister's Office were filled with blood, they did not forget to thank Wu Feng and Chen Ying. Seeing that there were so many people spectating, and that this was not the place to speak, Wu Feng immediately pulled the minor official's hand and walked out of the crowd, while speaking to him.
”There is no need to thank me for helping him out when he sees injustice in the way.” Seeing that the lord was also an official of the imperial government, how could he have been beaten up by those random branches of the yamen runners? ”
”Hai, it's hard to explain it all.”
minor official sighed towards the sky, as if he had suffered a great grievance. Wu Feng immediately thought that it would be much more convenient to find someone familiar with the government to save someone in North Sea County. He immediately thought of an idea. He looked at Chen Ying and pulled minor official away.
”Let's go, let's go. If adults look down on us brothers, how about we have a drink together?”
”Alright, I'll drink to ease my worries.”
The three of them walked onto the street. Under the guidance of the minor official, they went straight to a not too big or small tavern. They got a private room and sat down. It was obvious that this minor official was a regular customer of this tavern, even the waiter was very familiar with the minor official.
After drinking a few cups of wine, minor official started to talk more. He probably had a lot of things to tell others, and before Wu Feng could start talking, he started to talk nonstop. Not long later, Wu Feng understood everything.
So it turns out that this was a scribe named Wang Li who specialized in handling Prime Minister's Office documents. Due to his poor family background, he had yet to marry after the age of thirty. A few days ago, State's brother had been killed by Qian Lin, leaving behind one wife and three concubines. When dealing with this case, he had the good fortune to see those beautiful concubinage s, so he asked them to reward Zhang Jin's concubinage s to be his wives.
Who knew that Minister of State would be so angry and beat him up, making him embarrassed. But later he found out that the Minister of State had taken over Zhang Jin's concubinage, and even Zhang Jin's wife was taken over. Although the furious Wang Li endured, he still blurted it out after being drunk. In the end, he was ordered by the Minister of State to beat the constables up.
”They speak of righteousness and morality, and their stomachs are filled with male thieves and female prostitutes! What are you still doing, State? If there is an official playing the imperial court, let's see how long you can stay awe-inspiring for. ”
Wang Li scolded angrily, as though his hatred for the State was as deep as the ocean. Wu Feng was secretly happy, he had interacted with the officials many times and knew that with the help of the scribe, he would be able to take someone's life or overtake him, so he asked.
”Master scribe, then is there any way to exempt the Qian Lin family who killed Zhang Jin from death penalty?”
”Don't call me master, I am just a small scribe. Qian Lin's family have already been sentenced to death by the State, unless the Emperor pardons them or the State changes their sentences. ”
Hearing that, Wu Feng's heart turned cold, if he wanted the Emperor to pardon him, it would be no different from sitting on a stool, and if he wanted the State to change his judgement, even if he wanted his life, he would not change it. After all, Qian Lin had killed his own brother, and he wished that he could kill Qian Lin with his own hands.
”To be honest, Master, that Qian Lin is my master's relative, we came to the North Sea States to save his life, what good plan does Master have to teach us?”
”Saving Qian Lin's life is not easy. Then, with the seal of the North Sea phase in Zhang Xian's hands, who can make him change his judgement?”
Wang Li was, after all, a scribe, so he was extremely clear about the details of the judgement trial. In the North Sea States, whoever had the most power depended on who had the North Sea phase's seal. As the saying goes, when a saber leader kills a person, they would see blood. When a saber leader imprints a weapon, they would see blood.
”Master, according to you, if there is the North Sea phase's seal, can you change the judgement?”
”Of course. With the seal from the North Sea phase, it will not only be a revision of the judgement, it will also cause those villas which Zhang Xian has occupied to vomit. ”
”Master, I won't hide it from you. We can create the seal of the North Sea States, but we don't know how to use it. Master, as a scribe, you must be familiar with how to use the seal, can you help? Of course, if we succeed, we will not mistreat the Lord. ”
Wang Li looked at Wu Feng in shock. The little bit of alcohol he drank earlier had long disappeared without a trace. Stealing the seal was not a small crime. Although he was alone, he did not want to die. He had not even married his wife yet. How could he bear to die!
”Brothers, it was just a joke just now. It's better if you leave it at that. Stealing the seal is a capital offense.”
”Lord, we are not joking. Regardless of whether you do it or not, we will definitely get the seal out. At that time, even if it's a death sentence, you will be there to accompany me. ”
”Why am I so unlucky?”
Only now did Wang Li realize that the two fellows sitting in front of him were not kind people either. Unknowingly, he had already boarded their ship. He lowered his head and thought for a while before coming up with an idea.
”Forget it. If you really want to do it, you have to listen to me. We'll prepare the documents now, and you can take the seals out tonight, seal them, and send them back immediately. Tomorrow morning, save the Master Qian. We will leave the North Sea States immediately. ”
”Yes. But, didn't you say earlier? If we want to take back Master Qian's Villa, Zhang Jin's Villa, Qian Feng's Villa and the others' Villa, and break off their name in Master Qian, we can't do it for nothing, right? ”
”Then what if Zhang Xian takes revenge after this? You won't be able to move the North Sea States from those villas. ”
”That's none of your business.”
The three of them came out of the tavern and found Liang Tian and Dong Jian. Seeing that they were all drunk, Liang Tian and Dong Jian were about to get angry. Unexpectedly, Wu Feng pulled them to the side and told them about his previous plan. When Liang Tian and Dong Jian heard this, their anger turned into joy.
That night, Wu Feng and Chen Ying sneaked into the Prime Minister's Office. This was their usual practice, previously, they had only stolen money, and were never interested in printing letters. The State was not on guard either, they easily obtained the letter.
When he returned to the tavern, the scribe had long prepared a set of official documents and each of them were sealed with a large seal. Wu Feng and Chen Ying acted as if they had returned to their own homes, they went back to the Prime Minister's Office and placed the letter back where they came from.
However, they didn't leave immediately. Instead, they rummaged through the boxes. As the proverb goes, thieves don't leave empty-handed. They wouldn't leave empty-handed. After searching for a long time, he finally found Zhang Xian's secret cabinet. Looking at the chest filled with gold, Wu Feng and Chen Ying felt troubled. With this much gold, how would they be able to take it out?
Wu Feng found two cloth bags full of gold, and took all of Zhang Xian's house and land deeds. There was still a lot of gold, so Wu Feng and Chen Ying could only give up. They closed the secret cabinet without moving, and then went to Zhang Xian's room.
Maybe his luck was too good, and it just so happened that Zhang Xian and his brother's wife were sleeping together tonight. The two of them had worked hard in the middle of the night and had long since fallen asleep like dead pigs. Wu Feng held a pair of scissors and cut off both of their long hair. Then, he hung them on the bed of the bed before he exited the Prime Minister's Office.
Early morning of the next day, the few of them came to the prison and presented and his son's judgement documents. Although the few yamen runners were suspicious, in front of the huge pile of money, they still chose to carry out Minister of State's decision, accepted the official documents, and released Qian Lin and his son.
After a few people left the city, they immediately led the group to the few villas. Qian Lin had suffered such a huge setback, and would never let go of the people who had harmed him.
After going through this ordeal, Qian Lin immediately learned his lesson. He recruited many servants and village men, and was ready to let his eldest son and second son bring some village men to follow Liang Tian and Dong Jian to seek revenge on one side Yang Lin, and on the other side, for his two sons to find an official and a half job. And for the third and fourth son to bring the servants to guard their own courtyards in the North Sea States to help Yang Lin gather food and fodder.