What does it mean to arrest those who deserve to be arrested…arrest, and kill those who deserve to be killed…kill!
Prefect Chen was very frightened.
Among the four major families in Jinling, the Jia family appears to be the most powerful, but since he took office, the Wang family has been in the dominant position.
In Beijing, the Wang family and the Jia family had long since fallen out.
The six Japanese in the prison were all protected by the Wang family.
Is the Jia family going to take action against the Wang family again?
"Tell me quickly, what did you see today, and why did Madam Shen say that?"
There is a high possibility that the Jia family will take action against the Wang family again!
In addition, they believed that the Japanese were not good people.
Prefect Chen felt that he was in trouble.
He couldn't afford to offend either the Wang family or the Ningguo Mansion.
The Ningguo Mansion took out its anger on the Japanese and just walked away. As long as the Wang family was not completely suppressed, the Jia family members in Jinling would help to plead for them.
He will be the unlucky one then.
No, we have to think of a foolproof plan.
While Prefect Chen's mind was racing, he listened to his wife narrating what had happened today from the beginning.
“…That’s how it is.”
After a while, Madam Chen finished telling the whole story, but she still had lingering fears, "The ninth and tenth rooms of the Jia family are finished. Madam Shen must have been investigating this matter for a long time, otherwise, she couldn't block them everywhere."
this? Prefect Chen's face suddenly turned pale.
"Someone come quickly..." he shouted, "Go to the prison and tell the prison boss Li Mu to immediately withdraw all the preferential treatment given to Ito and others."
If you can check your own home thoroughly, why can’t you check the city of Jinling? Jia Jing was forced to death by the Japanese, and Madam Shen herself was assassinated several times by the Japanese.
Neither she nor Jia Zhen could forgive those people.
It was precisely because he knew this that he took on tremendous pressure and put Ito Rui and his people in jail.
Prefect Chen had a clear idea in mind. He would release the people after the people from Ningguo Mansion returned to Beijing.
After all, he is a legitimate businessman.
But now...
"Master, if we withdraw, won't they turn the tables?"
The housekeeper, who had just received another sum of money from the Wang family and came to report the good news, hesitated when he heard this, "And what about Master Wang..."
"Yes, and Wang Zipeng!"
Prefect Chen couldn't help but start talking in circles. "Oh, by the way, you should also go to Wang's house and tell him that the hatred of killing a husband and a father is irreconcilable. Madam Shen and Jia Zhen are probably already investigating those Japanese. Tell him to clean up the mess as soon as possible."
The main branch of the Xue family is now living in someone else's house.
"……yes!"
The housekeeper finally panicked. Just as he was about to say "I'll go right away", a servant came running in frantically, "Master, it's bad. Lord Jia from Ningguo Mansion has brought a lot of soldiers here and wants to see you."
What? Prefect Chen stumbled, "It's over."
No, we can't just sit there and wait for death.
Waiting means death.
"Quick, send someone to find Li Mu, accept all the preferential treatment from the Japanese, and then send someone to find Wang Zipeng, quickly, quickly!"
After the servant ran away quickly, he quickly put on his clothes and said, "Let's go, let's go see Jia Zhen!"
God bless him, let him buy some time.
In any case, first deal with the prison and get him out himself.
…
Although Ito Rui was in prison in Jinling Prefecture Prison, he still lived a very leisurely life.
The Wang family gave a lot of face, and the shopkeepers of the Xue family also gave a lot of face.
With the two families there, this prison was like an inn to him. Not only did he bring his bedding from home, but he could also order food and other things at will from the prison boss, who had disguised himself as a waiter, because the Wang family had given him permission.
After a few days, food boxes were delivered to every restaurant in Jinling City.
The only downside is that there is no freedom.
Jinling Prefect Chen is a wimp.
He doesn't even know that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake.
He is a legitimate businessman.
With the Xue and Wang families as guarantors, if Prefect Chen had been tougher, he would not have to suffer in this prison.
Humph~ Ito Rui was very angry. He thought that he could talk to the Wang family and find a way to replace the prefect.
"Ito-kun!"
Matsumoto Shuhei, who was next door and followed him, took out the Go board sent by the prison boss and said, "The day is long, how about we play a game of hand-to-hand?"
"please!"
Ito Rui bent down and made a gesture of invitation, then sat down beside the wooden fence where they usually played chess. "Matsumoto-kun, the Jia family bullied us so much, do you think we should file a complaint with Ishii and Nakamura-sama?"
"nature!"
Matsumoto Shuhei gently put down a white piece and said, "Wait for prisoner Li to come over and ask for a black pen so we can sign our names together."
At this time, their delegation should have arrived in Beijing together with the delegation of Rakshasa Kingdom.
"As for the Wang family and the Xue family, let's see if they can find a powerful censor to file a complaint against Ningguo Mansion as well."
“I’m afraid the Xue family can’t do that!”
As Ito Rui followed suit, he sighed, "The Xue family's direct descendants now live in Rongguo Mansion, and since the second master and the second wife of the Wang family fell, Rongguo Mansion has always followed the lead of Ningguo Mansion."
"...It's already like this, doesn't the Wang family know how to make an effort to suppress the Jia family?"
Matsumoto Shuhei was a little confused. "Why did I hear that among the four major families here, the Wang family is the most powerful?"
"The Wang family was indeed the most powerful in the past."
Ito Rui said: "One of the two aunts married into the direct branch of the Jia family, and the other married into the direct branch of the Xue family. With the two of them, the Wang family naturally prospered. But since last year, Shen from Ningguo Mansion began to suppress the influence of the Wang family in the Jia family, and then she won."
The worst thing was that some of their lurking people here had tried to assassinate her several times, but all failed.
"Alas~"
As Matsumoto Hidehei made his move, he sighed, "I heard that no one in Xuzhou has ever collected the bodies of our compatriots who died in the battle."
“…”
Ito Rui didn't say anything.
When he first heard about it, he wanted to spend a lot of money to hire someone to help collect the body.
However, no matter whether it was the Wang family or the Xue family, no one agreed even if he made a lot of concessions.
All government offices along the canal were afraid of the power of the Jia family.
"We still have to think of a solution for Dazhao."
Matsumoto Shuhei whispered, "I heard that the one taking action over there is Lord Kaneda Shoji."
"…It's difficult! The emperor of Dazhao is now in the stage of making the first three fires after taking office."
Ito Rui said: "Now we can only rely on the adults in the delegation. As long as they come forward, Dazhao will always give them some face."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard hurried footsteps coming towards him.
The jailer Li Mu was sweating profusely. "Hurry up, collect your things. The Ningguo Mansion will soon send someone over to check."
What? Ito Rui and the others were still a little confused.
This is Jinling Prefecture, and the Jia family of Ningguo Prefecture are just passers-by who are carrying the coffin back home.
According to the laws of Dazhao, the whole family is in a state of mourning.
What rights do they have to inspect the prison in Jinling Prefecture?
"Hey, stop standing there."
Li Mu was so anxious.
But the more anxious he was, the harder it was to open the lock of the prison door.
"Hurry up and collect what needs to be collected. I will bring it back to you after inspection."
"Li Sang, I want to see Master Wang Zipeng."
Ito Rui did not stand up, and Matsumoto Shuhei did not put away his son. Both of them looked at Li Mu with anger in their eyes.
They have been in Jinling City for many years and have paid a lot of tributes to the upper and lower classes every year. Now the Jia family is taking their anger out on the entire Japanese people because of the behavior of a few individuals. This is really too much.
Based on this point alone, one can find a stubborn censor to file a complaint with Emperor Dazhao.
"Oops~"
Li Mu stamped his feet anxiously. At this time, he finally opened the prison door. "It's too late to find anyone now. Not to mention Mr. Wang, even the direct descendants of the Wang family were kicked out of the Jia family by Madam Shen."
Who is Wang Zipeng?
"Hurry, hurry, brothers, help me quickly. I'll treat everyone to a drink later."
While Li Mu was rolling up his bedding and preparing tea, he anxiously called out to two colleagues who were running over.
He had gone home before, who knew such a big thing would happen?
But the expressions on the faces of the two people who had just come in were no longer the same as before.
"Li Mu, you are so brave."
The bailiff who was speaking came over, took the chain in his hand, and put it on his head, "You took a lot of money from them, didn't you?"
Before he finished speaking, the sound of uniform footsteps was heard outside.
It was Jia Zhen who came in person.
"Master Chen, if you spend a little more money, your cell can be turned into an inn."
Jia Zhen looked coldly at Mr. Chen, who was sweating profusely.
"...Good for you, Li Mu."
Even Prefect Chen didn't know how he did things.
They asked him to come over and clean up the mess. It has been such a long time and it is still like this.
This is seeking death! "Come here, arrest him and give him thirty lashes first."
"Master Chen..."
Ito Rui saw Li Mu suddenly fall to the ground and couldn't help but shout to him, "I'll wait..."
"You have committed the crime, the evidence is conclusive."
Prefect Chen's expression became even colder. "Come here, put him on the cangue and bring him to court."
He didn't expect that Jia Zhen would cut off the source of the problem and let the Xue family sue all those shopkeepers.
Ito Rui is finished.
As for people like Matsumoto Hidehei, none of them has clean hands.
Either they kidnapped people's wives and daughters, or they used Ito Rui's relationship to get in touch with the Wang family and force them to buy and sell things.
Especially the three shops on Gulou Street, the original owner's daughter-in-law hanged herself and his son had his legs broken. Now with Jia Zhen's support, he not only sued Matsumoto Hidehei and others, but also Wang Zipeng.
This matter can no longer be pressed.
Prefect Chen now only hopes that Wang Zipeng and these Japanese can be smarter and take on the responsibilities that should be taken, otherwise..., not to mention him as the prefect, even the four major families in Jinling City will be massacred by Jia Zhen.
You know, Madam Shen from Ningguo Mansion is not afraid of a bloodbath in her family.
If even the family can be massacred, what about other families? They really took on all the Japanese!
Otherwise, Jia Zhen would not have been able to find out so much in just a few days.
At this time, Prefect Chen couldn't help but take another look at Xing'er.
This guy, who was sent by Jia Zhen to buy sacrificial land just last year, has never had any difficulties!
The government office had given him all the conveniences that could be provided, but the ones who really made things difficult for him were the people in the Jia family themselves!
While Prefect Chen was complaining in his heart, Wang Zipeng was also invited over by the yamen runners.
That's really please.
They came here by car.
Instead, the yamen runners cleared the way for him.
As the Wang family's spokesperson in Jinling, Wang Zipeng is still somewhat capable.
He just didn't expect that someone in the Xue family would dare to turn against them.
It was clearly working fine before.
The second branch of the Xue family had to leave their hometown.
now……
When getting off the car, Wang Zipeng straightened his clothes and walked in with his head held high.
…
Tianjin Wharf.
The Rakshasa delegation, who still couldn't dock, were going crazy.
Deputy Prime Minister Basil Ackerman and Admiral Iris Roberts were left without water to wash.
The members of the delegation shouted loudly on the deck, but the soldiers on the dock were unmoved.
The translator rowed his boat over again and again, and even gave a lot of silver coins, but all he got was a sentence that the Japanese delegation had connections with some Japanese pirates, and that they had assassinated Dazhao's first-rank lady and first-class general in Xuzhou Prefecture a few days ago.
The case is still under trial, and officials from Dazhao suspect that both the Japanese envoys and they supported the assassination.
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Deputy Prime Minister Bazel Ackermann was furious.
Just say that those bastards are up to no good when they get close to you.
I was really cheated.
"If it doesn't work, let's go to the Japanese delegation's ship and have a look!"
Iris Roberts was at her wit's end.
Even if they didn't wash and tried to save water, the fresh water would not last for three days.
And food...
Even if you only eat half full every day, you still can't last for three days.
"May I?"
Basil Ackermann glanced at the cannons and muskets that were always staring at them.
"How do you know if you don't try?"
Anyway, you can't wait to die here.
"Okay then, let's be careful."
The boat here is moving again.
But the Japanese ships were right on the shore.
They want to get on board, but how can they hide it from the eyes and ears of Guardian Chen?
Bang~ He fired a shot as a warning just before the Russians tried to board the boat.
He had already used a telescope to observe the current situation of the Rakshasa delegation.
It's not the end of the road yet.
He stayed here day and night just to push them into a corner, forcing them to cry and beg.
In short, now that this ship has come to his side, there is no way it can leave.
I can’t go to the front line to make achievements, here…
Although he was not a negotiating official, when everyone in the Beijing camp followed Jia Jing to learn the art of war, the first thing that Chen Shoubei remembered was that war is the art of deception.
Negotiation is the ultimate military strategy.
Although he is not a negotiator, as Jin Muchuan said, he is the vanguard of this negotiation.
Bang bang~ When the two Rakshasas refused to give up and still wanted to climb onto the boat, Guard Chen waved his hand and two of his bodyguards opened fire at the same time.
Not only that, the artillery was also quickly put into position.
The Rakshasas were furious and they were shouting and yelling.
But Chen Shoubei remained unmoved.
He didn't need to understand their language.
Their translators will come to their senses on their own.
In short, before the emperor issued an order and there was news from the capital, these people were just a dish on his table.
…
In Jinling, Ningguo Mansion, Chen Ning listened to Xing'er's report that Ito Rui and his men were each beaten with thirty boards and were now being shackled at the gate of the government office for public display.
"How is Wang Zipeng now?"
This person is the money bag of the Wang family and is the one who is keeping a close eye on the Xue family.
Aunt Xue probably knew this, which is why she refused to return to the Wang family after arriving in Beijing, and instead clung to the Jia family.
“He has been imprisoned.”
Xing'er said, "Madam, the Wang family will definitely protect him."
"Save?"
Shen Ning sneered, “Tell your uncle, whoever protects it will be investigated.”
She wanted to see who would dare to guarantee it.
"Remember, don't be so harsh first, give some hope..."
As she spoke, Shen Ning looked at the sunset glow that dyed half the sky red, and said in a faint voice, "This Jinling City - it's time to see blood." (End of this chapter)
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