Zhang Shixun looked at Nie Shan's back and felt very curious. In his memory, apart from Bao Gong, there seemed to be no other famous Kaifeng prefect in the Song Dynasty who was not afraid of power.
This Nie Shan seems to be impartial and just, so why have we never heard of such a person in history?
Several yamen runners came over, and one of them whispered, "Young Master, please leave now. Don't make things difficult for us."
"Don't pull me, I can walk on my own. Humph! It's just the Kaifeng prison, I'm not afraid." Gao Yanei pushed the yamen runners aside and said arrogantly to He Ji and Li Shiyi, "You two, I'm going to Kaifeng for a few days and will be out soon."
"You haven't broken any law, so just go ahead. Who are you afraid of? We'll welcome you back when you come out." He Ji was very righteous.
Zhang Shixun didn't say anything either, and walked towards the door with Gao Yanei.
Kaifeng Prefecture is located west of the central axis of Tokyo City. Zhang Shixun roughly estimated the location and it seemed not far from Jinqian Lane where he lived.
When the group was escorted to Kaifeng Prefecture by the yamen runners, it was already midnight and there was no sign of Nie Shan.
The yamen runners pushed and shoved, locked up the group of people in jail, and turned around to leave.
Wang Hongfu grabbed the bars of the cell and yelled at the top of his lungs, "You thieves! Don't forget to send a message to my father. Tell him I'm in jail. Whoever gets there first will get a tael of silver."
The yamen runners stopped, looked at each other, shook their heads together, and left without caring about anything.
"Haha! Wang Fangdang, you are so stingy. You want others to help you deliver a message, but you are not willing to spend money... Your mother! You keep saying that your father is the prime minister, but you only reward people with one or two taels of silver. It's really shameful." Gao Yanei mocked in the next cell.
"Bah! They are just small yamen runners. Rewarding them with one or two taels of silver is already giving them enough face." Wang Hongfu didn't take the yamen runners seriously at all.
The yamen runners were still wary of these two yamen officials because their fathers were very powerful.
One was the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards, and the other was the deputy prime minister of the dynasty. None of the yamen runners could afford to offend them.
If something happens to these two young masters here, no one can escape responsibility.
Therefore, the yamen runners set aside two cells specifically for them, one for Gao Yanei and Zhang Shixun, and one for Wang Fangdang and his minions.
Zhang Shixun looked around the cell in the dim light from the lantern outside. There was a torn mat on the ground against the wall, covered with a layer of straw, and a quilt so dirty that the color could not be distinguished. In the middle of the cell stood a small wooden table and two low stools.
According to the yamen runners, they had been given special treatment and such cells were prepared for the wealthy or people of status.
The prison was in chaos, and people in other cells were cursing: "I don't know where these thieves came from, and they still need us to vacate their cells for them."
Wang Hongfu roared, "Shut your mouths."
Someone asked back: "You thief! Who the hell are you?"
"My father is the prime minister, the current emperor. Is this enough?"
"Tsk! I'm still Wang Xiang's father... Who are you kidding?"
Wang Hongfu was furious: "Who? If you have the guts, come out and show me. If I don't kill you, I'll write the character 'Wang' upside down."
Gao Yanei, unwilling to be left out, said sarcastically, "Wang Husun, you still haven't studied hard enough. 'Wang' turned upside down is still 'Wang', and 'Turtle Ba' turned over is still 'Turtle Ba'... Change the sentence, change to something fresh."
"High Birdman, if you don't speak, no one will think you're dumb. I like to say this, but what's it to you?"
"Wang Niao Ren, are you a dog? You bite whoever you catch." Gao Yanei paced around the cell with his hands behind his back, and continued to tease him: "Wang Niao Ren, don't tell everyone that your father is the prime minister... Can you be a little more promising?"
"I like it, what's it to you?"
Wang Hongfu was arguing with Gao Yanei and spitting on the ground. I don't know what the damn yamen runner stuffed his mouth with just now, and there was a strange smell.
"Sir, it seems that Gao Yanei was the first to take action today." The attendant reminded Wang Hongfu.
Wang Hongfu then remembered what had happened today and said angrily, "Gao Niaoren, you were the one who started this fight today. Don't forget to confess when you're tried."
"I invited you to gnaw on some chicken feet. It was clearly a good intention, but you took it for granted and punched me... Ouch! It hurts so much, my nose is still bleeding."
"You smashed my head with a teapot, why don't you tell me?"
"There's nothing much to say. Since we're going to hit him, it doesn't matter if it's his head or his balls, just hit him."
"Hmph! The next time I see you, I will definitely not let you off easily. Just wait and see."
"Wang Husun, you killed someone. Nie Fuzun will not let you go easily."
"I didn't kill anyone."
"You beat him to death."
"Bah! Why do you say that we beat the man to death? You are slandering me with empty words." Although Wang Hongfu was arrogant, he also knew that beating someone to death was not a trivial matter.
"That man was hit to death with a brick. You were the only ones throwing bricks around in the shed. Of course you killed him. You can't deny it even if you want to."
Gao Yanei shook his head and sighed, "Wang Husun, openly killing people in a busy city is too disrespectful of human life. Even your father can't stand for such a thing."
"Don't scare me. I'm not someone who can be scared." Wang Hongfu was about to retort when he felt a strange taste in his mouth again. He stopped talking and spat on the ground.
"Haha! You're at your wit's end." Gao Yanei said with a wicked smile, "Mr. Nie won't let you go easily. There's actually another reason. Do you want to hear it?"
"I don't want to hear your bullshit." Wang Hongfu wiped his mouth. "These thieves didn't even give me some tea. Where have they been? ...Prison boss! Prison boss!"
"Stop yelling. It's the middle of the night. Who would bother with you? Don't you see where you are? You still want tea. Bah! Do you think this is your home?"
"My father is Prime Minister Wang!" Wang Hongfu shouted, "Prisoner, bring me some water quickly."
"Here you go again! All you keep talking about is your dad. Can you please stop being so useless? Don't you feel embarrassed?" Gao Yanei was full of contempt. He curled his lips and returned to the previous question: "Do you want to hear another reason why Nie Fuyin won't let you go so easily?"
Wang Hongfu didn't say anything. The strange taste in his mouth was too torturous.
"Okay, since you didn't say anything, it means you want to listen." Gao Yanei said to himself: "I heard that your father and Nie Shan both fell in love with... ahem! A court prostitute. That court prostitute was so beautiful, so beautiful... How did you say that? Let me think about it..." Gao Yanei scratched his head.
"She is so beautiful that she can captivate the whole country, and her beauty can make fish sink to the bottom of their chests and geese fall to the ground." Zhang Shixun smiled and reminded him. After all, it's no big deal to watch the fun, and he has nothing to do anyway.
"That's exactly what it means! A beauty that can captivate a nation, a beauty that can make fish sink to the depths and geese fall to the ground." Gao Yanei slapped his thigh. "Any man who sees a beauty like this will...will...will..."
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