allonlinenovel Chapter 152 Incredible
Chapter 152 Incredible
“No hurry, wait until uncle finishes his meal.
I just packed some beef for everyone, Uncle Dahuai, you should eat some too." Shen Lingzhu didn't think it was anything very important.
She didn't even go back when her seventh uncle sent the bellows to a carpenter's shop, let alone two outsiders.
"I'm not in a hurry, but Zhang Xiaobing looks a little anxious." Dahuai sat down and drank half a cup of tea.
Huang Zongqi said to him, "You send them back. I'll leave after I finish eating."
"I wonder what the urgent matter is?" Shen Xianzhu was a little worried. When he got up to leave, he even forgot to take the two bags of beef with him.
Shen Lingzhu calmly turned around and took it away, "Maybe he'll ask me for the medicinal wine."
She approached Huang Zongqi and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, where did you go with him?"
"Alas," Huang Zongqi nodded to his ear, then dipped his finger in tea and wrote two words on the table.
Shen Lingzhu frowned as he watched, "He went in and never came out?"
"He didn't come out of the door I was guarding." Huang Zongqi was unsure, "Since this matter has been involved, let's not bother him anymore.
We are, after all, just ordinary people."
"Okay." Shen Lingzhu nodded happily. She knew the importance of things. In front of the real powerful people, their lives might not be worth anything.
"Medicinal wine? How can we have the time to make it?" Shen Xianzhu became even more worried.
But when they returned to the inn, Zhang Xiaobing did not come to urge for the medicinal wine, but instead told the two siblings alone that Mr. Han had been dismissed and would be sent back to Beijing soon.
Shen Lingzhu and his sister were surprised: "Why? He just took office not long ago."
Zhang Xiaobing sighed, "A prince of a vassal state brought a complaint against me, saying that I had violated etiquette by riding in a sedan chair in the city with my status as a mere fourth-rank official.
His guards were also under surveillance. When we went to visit him, no one from the capital was allowed to meet him.
The Tongzhi is asking if you could quietly escort Mr. Han from behind when they set out."
"Yes." Shen Lingzhu agreed without thinking, and she asked, "Do you know when we will set off?
Please find someone to come and start learning how to make medicinal wine from me now."
"Thank you." Zhang Xiaobing clasped his fists, then told the approximate time and where Mr. Han was currently being detained, and then said goodbye and left.
Shen Lingzhu asked in disbelief, "Brother, aren't all civil officials allowed to ride in sedan chairs?"
"Third rank and above are allowed, but fourth and fifth rank are only allowed with the emperor's grace.
But in recent years, there have been low-grade sedan chairs, and no one has specifically investigated them. Shen Xianzhu thought for a moment and said:
“This prince, who filed this complaint, must have a grudge against Mr. Han.
When it comes to issues, he is indeed right.”
"It must have happened because everyone in the capital knew about it, so he was dismissed on the spot as a sign of respect for his superiors." Shen Lingzhu didn't know before that not all civil servants could ride in sedan chairs.
No wonder the only memory she had of her uncle was that he rode a donkey to and from the yamen.
"Oh, I forgot to ask which prince it was." Shen Lingzhu heard from Mr. Li that many vassal kings were enfeoffed in Jin.
Shen Xianzhu: "Let's talk about this later. Master Wang is still waiting outside."
"What's going on with him?" Shen Lingzhu thought that Master Wang would be very unhappy if she revealed that she was being followed.
But the clothes he was wearing had the obvious logo of the Wang Family Grain Store, and she couldn't pretend not to see it.
The Wang family is quite clever, printing their store name on the back of their employees' clothes. That's considered quite an early work uniform, right?
When I met Mr. Wang Erye again, this one was quite interesting. He said frankly that he had sent people to chase them just to find out where they were staying.
Of course, Shen Lingzhu and his sister did not believe what he said, because the people who were tracking them had no idea where they lived.
But this is not important. When she heard that the other party wanted to introduce her to Zhang Tongzhi, she was stunned for a moment, and it took her a long time to come back to her senses: "But we don't have such great ability to bring anyone we want to the Tongzhi."
“In fact, we only met the Tongzhi once before we set off.
Even if we could introduce him, he might not agree." Shen Xianzhu was telling the truth.
But Mr. Wang didn't believe the truth. He had just seen Zhang Tongzhi's nephew have a private conversation with them.
He said, "Mr. Shen, I really have no other choice but to come to you for help.
It was the only time I used my savings of many years to enter into a business partnership, but after entering customs, all my goods were confiscated by the Tongzhi.
"Why?" Shen Lingzhu went straight to the point.
Mr. Wang Er paused for a moment and said, "It didn't go through the horse market."
Smuggling!
She asked, "Do you think we can get the goods back?"
Master Wang waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, I definitely won't take it. I just want to apologize to the Tongzhi in person.
I accept the punishment, but this has nothing to do with the Wang family; it's purely my greed."
Shen Lingzhu and his elder brother exchanged glances, and both of them could hear the earnestness and urgency in his words.
She carefully considered her words and said, "Second Master Wang, you came at an inopportune time.
Tongzhi Zhang is currently worried about something and may not be in the mood to see anyone, including us."
"I don't know what it is, but if I can help, I will do my best." Mr. Wang Er was really trying. He knew Zhang Xiaobing's identity when he was pacifying the situation, and he had no idea how much he had lost by waiting for the Shen brothers and sisters just now.
But Zhang Zongqi has always been indifferent.
Shen Lingzhu looked at her elder brother again, because she didn't know whether Mr. Han's news had spread.
It was not convenient for Shen Xianzhu to say too much to her in front of outsiders. This kind of things always spread very quickly. Of course, the so-called fast is only in the eyes of those who are paying close attention.
Said: "Han Guancha, who worked on the case with Tongzhi, was suddenly dismissed."
"Ah?" Master Wang was quite surprised. He asked, "So?"
"The magistrate wanted to see someone but couldn't, and he is angry." Shen Lingzhu decided to tell the truth to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding.
Master Wang couldn't help but ask, "Imprisoned? Why?"
"He was reported for riding in a sedan chair and is currently in the Censorate and no one is allowed to visit him." Shen Xianzhu asked tentatively, "I wonder if Mr. Wang has any relatives working there?
If there are any of our own people inside, we can also let the magistrate know how the master is doing now."
“Yes, I asked someone to pass on a message and check on Mr. Han’s condition.
It's very cold at night, I'll prepare some warm stuff and send it to you." Master Wang immediately perked up, turned around and called his confidants outside, and after giving them this and that, he waited for the result.
As a result, the Wang family's relatives in the Censorate sent in some warm clothes.
He also replied that everything was fine with Mr. Han except that he didn't talk to others.
"We will send this news to the Tongzhi immediately.
As for whether I can see you or not…" Shen Lingzhu thought about it and said,
"Why don't you come with me to find the Tongzhi.
Tell him what happened face to face."
"Really?" Master Wang's eyes lit up. He never thought that he could accomplish it today.
Shen Lingzhu replied: "Of course it's true, let's go now."
"Okay, okay. Wait, should I go change my clothes?" Master Wang brushed off the dirt on his body.
Shen Lingzhu shook his head: "This opportunity cannot be missed."
The brother and sister explained their past to their seventh uncle and went to find the Dusi together. Soon they were led to see the Tongzhi.