Chapter 48 The fox borrows the power of the tiger
It was hot.
There was a patio in the side room of the county government office, which was ventilated and cool.
The yamen runners liked to cool off there
, brag and show off their money. They were all regular staff with plenty of money. They walked around the county with their heads held high and had a lot of face.
The yamen runners were permanent, but the masters came and went. They were all old-timers.
The masters above them could manage the powerful ones, and the less powerful ones could coexist peacefully. The weaker ones could not be managed at all and were bullied.
The current master was quite powerful, but he was too lazy to manage them. He was obsessed with making progress, reading and writing poetry.
The master was in charge of all matters in the county government office.
A group of yamen runners were gambling, but most of them left when the master came.
The remaining yamen runners couldn't gamble, so they wandered around aimlessly.
A yamen runner who was more familiar with Xiao Jiang from the Medicine Preparation Department wandered over.
A lot of herbal medicines have arrived today, and Jiang Changtian is sorting them out. He has to classify each medicine that is put into the warehouse, and then mark the medicinal properties, place of origin, year, etc.
In fact, it was not so complicated at the beginning, but Jiang Changtian did it this way, which led to their county being praised by the higher-ups when they donated medicines, and the medicine signatures made by Jiang Changtian were promoted throughout the country.
Jiang Changtian's identity was awkward, but he managed to keep his status as a temporary worker.
"Xiao Jiang, are you still sorting out the medicines? Your brother Feng is in trouble again." The yamen runner Lao Liu who came over said at the door.
Jiang Changtian's hand stopped while preparing the medicine, and he accidentally dropped the medicine. He stood up in a hurry, as if he was too nervous after hearing the news. He shouted to the person at the door: "Brother Liu, come in and sit down, come in and sit down, I'll make you a cup of cool tea."
"My kid is fighting with his group of friends again? I'm really worried about you. Brother Liu is the best. Brother Liu, your Baozhu can already work independently in the prison." Jiang Changtian said as he handed over a cup of tea.
Old Liu walked in and took the tea. It was in a bamboo tube and had a faint bitter taste, but after drinking it, he really felt that the heat in his heart was reduced and he felt much more comfortable.
"My Baozhu is not good either. It's all thanks to his uncle. He is just calm and his uncle likes him." He boasted about his son.
Old Liu continued, "Master said that a guard in the Jiang Mansion is missing, and they suspect it is related to your son Feng Ge'er, so they sent people to capture Feng Ge'er. By the way, Master also said that the two kidnappers don't have to die, saying that the noble man pleaded for them, and considering that they were buying medicine to save the baby's life, they were pitiful."
Jiang Changtian also poured himself a cup of tea. Hearing this, he drank very slowly, feeling the bitter and cool tea drifting into his throat bit by bit.
...
Jiang Changtian smiled faintly: "My Feng Ge'er is not as capable as your Baozhu, who just hangs around on the streets. If he really gets into trouble, he is too timid to dare. He may have offended Master Jiang's guards, who beat Feng Ge'er a few days ago. This may not be enough to vent their anger. I'd like to ask Brother Liu to show mercy. The child is ignorant."
"Okay, okay, this cool tea is not bad."
Jiang Changtian took out two packets of prepared herbs and handed them to the yamen runner: "Cool tea is made by mixing these two packets of herbs. My wife picked them herself. Put two large packets and one small packet. It can relieve heat and help sleep. Children and the elderly at home can also drink it."
Old Liu took the herbs and strolled away happily.
The long-haired young man in the small room continued to prepare the herbs.
He arranged the scattered herbs bit by bit, and arranged them neatly. He used a knife to cut off the protruding ones, very neatly, and it was neat with a light cut.
A little light came through the small window in the hut.
A door could be seen through the small window, and the door was tightly closed.
...
The yamen runners asked along the way and soon found Jiang Feng.
They didn't expect that Jiang Feng, this playboy, was actually in Qingfeng Restaurant.
They, the regular yamen runners, rarely came here to eat, and only came here occasionally when someone invited them.
If it was somewhere else, the yamen runners would rush over with a fierce momentum, tie up the person, and take him down.
Here, it is inevitable to encounter some people who are not easy to offend.
The yamen runners went upstairs politely.
Then they saw Jiang Feng and his group of playboys drinking with two young masters from the capital.
There was also a table of guards next to them.
They saw the young master's guards yesterday, all wearing armor.
The guards had captured the kidnapper and brought him to justice.
The yamen runners were very envious.
Although they were regular yamen runners and were very powerful in the county, compared with the guards of the young master from the capital, they were just local dogs. They
had never worn armor in their lives, let alone riding horses, spears, swords...
these were not their thing.
A rusty knife and a thick stick were enough.
Anyway, they were county officials, so who would dare to resist them?
Seeing the delicious food and wine in front of them, the high-ranking yamen runners said politely today: "Jiang Feng, please come with us."
The group of playboys were startled first, they were naturally afraid of the yamen runners.
"What did my brother Feng do to go to the yamen?" Gou Zi asked.
Jiang Feng also asked in surprise: "Is it about the two kidnappers yesterday?"
The yamen runners were justified in arresting people, but in front of the two young nobles in gorgeous clothes, they were inexplicably a little short of breath.
"The Jiang family guard has been missing for a few days. It is said that he had a conflict with you before he disappeared, so we have to take you back to the yamen for questioning." The yamen runner who spoke was a little embarrassed, because he was one of the yamen runners who saw Jiang Feng being beaten on the street that day and received ten taels of compensation.
Jiang Feng was surrounded and beaten by Master Jiang's servants and guards. The guards even had weapons. Jiang Feng's head was covered in blood and he was almost beaten to death. The guards stopped only when they saw them.
Hearing this, Jiang Feng gently touched the wound on his forehead.
He recovered very well, but there was still a large wound.
He looked at it in a basin of water. Father was very good and treated his wound well. It looked like a flower from a distance.
But it still felt bumpy to the touch.
It didn't hurt anymore, but sometimes it would itch, as if it was itching from the skull.
"He's missing, so they want to arrest my brother Feng and bring him back to the yamen, just because he almost beat my brother Feng to death?" asked the wounded man with a puzzled look on his face.
That's right, but it seems that something is wrong when he says it this way.
"I know the yamen runners have orders to do this. It's okay. I can check my whereabouts in the past few days. I believe you won't wrongly accuse a good man." Jiang Feng said to the yamen runners.
"I'm sorry, it's just routine." The yamen runners were about to put on the shackles.
Jiang Feng turned around and apologized to the two young masters: "I'm sorry to disturb your pleasure. If I can get out of here, I hope I can have a chance to finish this meal with you."
"Wait." Meng Shaoxia stood up to stop him.
He believed that the young man in front of him, when he encountered the kidnapper and was so angry, he showed mercy and did not kill him. Such a person would not retaliate rashly.
"Let's go together and see how your master judges the case. I am Meng Shaoxia from the Meng family in Beijing, and the Nine Gates Commander is my uncle."
"I am He Chen from the He family in Qingzhou, and I am also curious about how your master judges the case. It just so happens that the ordinary He Yushi is my uncle."
"Hiss!~~"
A group of playboys stared at He Chen with envy, admiring him very much.
Because they have heard the storyteller's jokes about how He Yushi brought down the treacherous prime minister.
The literati's two mouths, open their mouths, and the whole family will be wiped out.
The yamen runners also had a tingling scalp.
Jiang Feng was curious, what kind of official is the Nine Gates Commander? What kind of official is Yushi?
After hearing the two young masters mention the two relatives, the yamen runners immediately bowed their heads.
They didn't even put him in shackles.
They politely asked him to leave.
Jiang Feng felt that this experience was magical.
He tasted the power, although this power was far away and had nothing to do with him, but he did feel it.
It turns out that power is so shocking, like a god, and it can make people in awe when it is mentioned.
Jiang Feng was surrounded by yamen runners and went to the county government office.
The vagrants were not afraid at all, and followed him swaggeringly, from being a street rat to being heroic and proud, as if Brother Feng was not being taken in for questioning, but being invited as a guest.
Standing tall in front of the yamen - a bright mirror hanging high.
Jiang Feng saw the group of people in the reflection of the high-hanging houseplate.
The proud son of heaven, the down-and-out boy, laughing and joking, restless, the villain succeeds, the fox borrows the power of the tiger, the fox borrows the power of the tiger!
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