He said with a proud look on his face: "I am the elder brother of General Weiyuan. If you have the guts, just arrest me and see who ends up in jail."
The guard looked at him and sneered, "Don't be ridiculous. General Weiyuan has a beggar brother?"
This remark hit the nail on the head for Lao Xiao's family, "We were robbed by bandits on the way here, that's why we look like beggars."
"But we are indeed relatives of General Weiyuan. If you don't believe me, you can go and call Xiao Laoer to the city gate."
Boss Xiao turned around and helped Old Man Xiao, "This is his father. If he dares to disown his parents, he would be unfilial."
Xiao Dalang on one side pointed to the guide and said, "I am the nephew of General Weiyuan. You can go and ask. This is where my second uncle was born."
The guard looked at the group of people who looked like beggars but acted with a righteous manner, and he was a little undecided.
If they were really the family of General Weiyuan, they would stop them from entering the city, which would offend the general's mansion.
But if these people lie and come to the capital to beg, that would not be good either.
So the two of them huddled together and whispered.
One of them looked at the people from Old Xiao's family and said, "Do you know where General Weiyuan's Mansion is?"
Boss Xiao shook his head, "I don't know, this is our first time in Beijing."
"Didn't you ask General Xiao to send someone to pick us up? Or did you agree to wait at the city gate at a certain time?" someone asked doubtfully.
Boss Xiao cursed Boss Xiao in his heart. How could that beast be so kind as to pick them up?
If we had known that they wanted to go to Beijing, we would have stopped them directly.
But of course, this couldn't be said. "We had written a letter before we set out, but who knew we would run into bandits on the way, which delayed us for several days."
One person stepped forward and said, "Okay, I'll take you to the General's Mansion."
If these people were really the general's family members, he could take them with him as a favor.
If not, he would throw the person into jail for a few days.
They remembered what the group of people had just said about them being blind.
Mr. Xiao coughed lightly and said, "Then I'll trouble this uncle."
Now it is more important to find the general's mansion first.
So the group, led by the doorman, walked to South Street in Beijing.
South Street is where the powerful and wealthy who have emerged in recent years live.
The city gate is not close to South Street and it takes nearly half an hour to walk there.
Everyone in Old Xiao's family was dressed in rags. There were more than a dozen people in total, young and old, and there were several children who were unable to walk and were crying.
Therefore, wherever you go, there is a beautiful scenery.
When some people were curious and asked, the people from the Xiao family proudly said that they were family members of General Weiyuan's Mansion.
Especially when the old lady met someone who asked her about it, she would cry and complain, implying that after Xiao Laoer became rich, he only thought about his wife and power, and ignored their relatives in the village.
This was Shi Qing's doing. After arriving in the capital, he intentionally or unintentionally spread the word that Xiao Lao Er was unfilial.
He said that he would use some kind of public opinion to put pressure on Xiao Lao Er and take the initiative.
As long as the other party does not want to be reported as unfilial by some censor, he has to do it for these people to see. He dare not chase them away, but has to keep them as his worshippers on the surface.
But if they arrived in the capital and there was no movement at all, and the beast Lao Er secretly sent them away without anyone knowing, they would have no way to deal with it.
Originally the old lady felt that it was a bit of a betrayal for her second son to imply to everyone that he was unfilial.
But after encountering the bandits, she suffered the most hardships she had ever experienced in her life. She was filled with anger and was looked at strangely. She could not stand this grievance.
So he couldn't help but put into practice what Shi Qingluo had taught him, adding fuel to the fire.
Xiao Lao Er is an unfilial beast, just scold him.
As expected, everyone on the road was surprised. They never thought that this was General Weiyuan's family. Moreover, General Xiao was indeed a bit unfilial, otherwise how could he allow his parents to beg in Beijing.
When they were almost there, several young men in brocade robes were wandering around the street with their servants.
One of them fanned his nose in disdain, "Where did you come from, you stinky beggar? South Street is not a place for you to beg for food, get out of here."
The others also looked on with disdain.
The Xiao family was particularly upset that they were once again mistaken for beggars.
Xiao Dalang was on the verge of collapse.
Thinking of what Shi Qingluo had told them, that his second uncle was a newly promoted powerful general who was deeply favored by the emperor, they, as family members, did not need to be afraid when encountering things or people, otherwise it would bring shame to the general's mansion.
So he glared at the young men in a bluffing manner and said, "We are the family of General Weiyuan, and we will not tolerate your slander."
"Believe it or not, I'll have my second uncle send you all to jail."
He put into practice what the guard had said before.
When the teenagers heard this, their faces changed.
It’s not that I’m afraid of really going to jail, but I can’t stand the humiliation.
A young man sneered, "What a big general! I wonder if General Weiyuan dares to send us to jail."
Their families are also newly-emerged dignitaries or powerful families, not much worse than the generals.
Their elders are not vegetarians either.
The leading young man sneered, "That's right, he's just a great general, but he really thinks he's a piece of cake."
He was a young man from a prominent family on East Street, the legitimate son of the Duke's Mansion.
When Xiao Dalang heard that he actually humiliated his uncle, he said, "Don't be so arrogant. Just wait, I will let my uncle punish you and make you pay for it."
He was used to being domineering in the village, and was spoiled by the old Xiao family. Ever since Xiao Lao Er became a general, many people flattered him when he went to the county town.
The youthful vigor, coupled with the hardships he had endured along the way, caused him to explode.
Anyway, Shi Qingluo said that if they got into trouble, his second uncle would clean up the mess.
The young man was also angry, "I'm going to make you pay for what you have done now."
So he waved his hand and ordered his servants to go up and beat the man.
He was a well-known playboy in the capital, especially since he had a great-aunt who was the empress dowager. He had always been arrogant in the capital.
I can't tolerate meeting a beggar who is more arrogant than him.
So the servant rushed up without hesitation and started beating Xiao Dalang.
The old man and the old lady were heartbroken when they saw their beloved grandson being beaten.
The old man asked his two sons and other grandsons to go up, and the old lady also brought the female relatives to tear the slaves apart.
Soon, the area became a mess.
Xiao Erlang took advantage of everyone's carelessness and rushed forward to punch the leading young man.
Although he hadn't eaten enough recently, the punch was not heavy, but the person who was hit was not happy with it.
So he took a group of young men and servants and went straight up to fight.
He even asked people from the yamen to come.
There was nothing we could do, since the one causing the trouble was the most favored young dandy in the Duke’s Mansion.
Weiyuan General's Mansion.
At this time, Xiao Yuanshi had already returned home and was talking to his wife.
Suddenly the housekeeper came to report.
"General, the governor of Kyoto has someone here to report something."
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