Chapter 210: Full of Evil
The thug who was waiting in ambush watched for a long time, frowned, and thought to himself that something was wrong.
"Let's go. You two stay here and guard the place. The rest of you, follow me to the back door to stop them!"
After a while, a carriage drove out from the backyard of Fumanlou.
The thugs, armed with sticks, stopped the carriage at the corner.
Seeing the fierce looks on the faces of this group of people, the owner of Fumanlou took a closer look and recognized the leader.
He trembled and said, "Lin Ajiu, why did you stop my Fu Manlou carriage?"
The leading thug, Lin Ajiu, said, "Boss Fu, I advise you to be sensible and hand the man over honestly!"
The boss of Fu Man Lou stretched out his hand to stop him, and asked in confusion: "People? What people? My carriage is full of dishes ordered by nobles, but there is no one!"
Seeing his shady appearance, Lin Ajiu gritted his teeth and snorted coldly: "If you don't accept my toast, I'll punish you!"
He strode forward, grabbed Boss Fu by the collar, and threw him to the ground.
Boss Fu howled and shouted, "This car is full of food ordered by Her Royal Highness the Princess. If you guys destroy it or delay it, will Master Lin be able to take the consequences?"
Hearing this, Lin Ajiu, who had been moving roughly, became more gentle.
The car was empty to begin with, with no place to hide. When the curtain was opened, food boxes of various sizes were revealed inside.
Lin Ajiu squatted down to check under the car again, but still found nothing.
Seeing this, he forced a smile and helped Boss Fu up with a stiff smile.
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Fu. Our Lin Ye's shop was robbed today. A valuable jade bracelet pawned by a customer was stolen. We followed the thief's trail all the way to Fu Man Lou."
"Those two thieves must have sneaked into Fu Man Lou. I'm afraid Mr. Fu's store will be robbed by then. Why don't we brothers help Mr. Fu search for the thieves now?"
"Why didn't you report it to the police when you got robbed? Your Master Lin is really careless. There are no thieves in my store. Stop talking nonsense and get out of here!"
Boss Fu waved his hand away and climbed back onto the carriage. "I have to hurry and deliver food to the princess. If I'm delayed and you blame me, I'll report Master Lin to the princess!"
Lin Ajiu frowned and waved his hand, signaling the others to make way.
"Brother Jiu, are you just going to let him go like this?"
Lin Ajiu rolled his eyes and said, "Otherwise, it's fine if we don't find the person, but if we really offend the princess, Master Lin can't protect us!"
"Then...then should we still go into Fu Man Lou to search for people?"
Lin Ajiu's face was full of disgust. "Even if we find the person, it will be difficult for Master Lin if Fu Man Lou reports the case to the police. It's better to come secretly. You two guard the back door, and the rest of you follow me into Fu Man Lou and wait."
"I don't believe these two people can hide in Fu Man Lou forever!"
At the gate of the princess's mansion.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
The doorman opened the door and saw a few dirty little beggars.
He said disdainfully, "Go away, do you know where this is? How dare you knock on the door of the princess's mansion? Don't you want to live?"
Several little beggars were talking in a mess.
"Boss Fu said that Master Lin wants to arrest the eldest princess!"
"No, it was Boss Fu's son who said he wanted to capture the eldest princess's maid."
"What you said is wrong. It was Boss Fu's son who said that Master Lin wanted to arrest the princess's people!"
“…”
The doorman thought it was outrageous. Who in Kyoto would dare to arrest the princess's people? Not to mention the princess!
Just when he was about to chase everyone away, he happened to meet Leng Yue who was about to go out to Qiufangzhai to buy cakes.
"What's going on?"
The doorman said, "Aunt Lengyue, these little beggars came knocking on the door for no apparent reason, saying that Master Shilin wanted to arrest the princess or her people. It's so strange, I was just about to chase them away!"
One of the brave beggars said anxiously, "What we said is true. Boss Fu's son asked us to come and tell him that Lord Lin's men are waiting outside Fu Man Lou and want to capture the princess' men!"
Leng Yue saw that the little beggar's dirty face was full of seriousness, so she turned around and asked the servant: "Who left the house today?"
The doorman said, "My aunt, Master An Zhen and Aunt Xiang Zhu left the house together today."
Leng Yue pointed at the bravest beggar and said, "You, come in with me. I will arrange for the other children to go down and give each of them some food."
The doorman said, "Yes, auntie."
Leng Yue: "Who is the Master Lin you are talking about?"
"Mr. Lin is the owner of the Jixiang Pawnshop. He is a well-known local tyrant in Kyoto. On the surface, he is a good man, but secretly he commits all kinds of evil, including rape and robbery!"
Hatred flashed in the little beggar's eyes. He asked, "Aunt, are you going to take me to see the princess?"
Leng Yue's cold eyes shot straight at him, examined him, and found that his eyes were clear, then she replied: "Yes."
Hearing what He Xiang brought in, Qi Yue climbed up from Shao Siyan's legs and said, "Let Leng Yue bring the person in for questioning."
Shao Siyan helped her tidy up her hair and clothes, then stood up and stepped aside.
As soon as the little beggar entered the room, he knelt on all fours and said, "I pay my respects to Her Royal Highness the Princess. May Her Royal Highness live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
Qi Yue: "Tell me who this Master Lin is, how dare he arrest my people?"
Little beggar: "My dear Princess, that Master Lin's name is Lin Fugui, and he is related to the eunuch in front of the emperor. That's why he acts so arrogantly. My sister was also captured by Master Lin a year ago, and her whereabouts are still unknown..."
Qi Yue frowned. Master Lin? A local tyrant? Is he related to the eunuch who serves the emperor's brother?
Come to think of it, this was a cannon fodder bully in the original book.
He is Xiaotongzi's uncle and also the culprit who killed Xiaotongzi's parents.
"Leng Yue, you take this news to the palace, take Xiao Tongzi to see the barefoot doctor in Xiaohe Village, give the barefoot doctor a silver ingot, and ask him to tell you the cause of death of Xiao Tongzi's parents."
"He Xiang took the token from the Princess's Mansion to the Jingzhao Yin, and asked him to take people to the Jixiang Pawnshop to arrest the man. Also, the small courtyard where Lin Fugui lived, the pond in the courtyard is full of corpses of the people he killed."
Qi Yue looked at the little beggar kneeling below. As she spoke, the child's shoulders trembled slightly.
She sighed in her heart, even when she first entered the book, she couldn't save her sister.
His sister died on the night she was captured by Lin Fugui a year ago. The next day, she was tied up with chains and heavy stones and thrown into the lotus pond to feed the fish.
Qi Yue paused for only a second before continuing, "The shop should be closed down, the property should be confiscated, and everyone inside should be sent to prison."
"He Lu, follow me to Fu Man Lou to pick someone up."
Leng Yue/He Xiang/He Lu: "Yes, Princess."
She squatted down, without any disgust at the little beggar's dirty head, put her hand on it and gently touched his head.
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