Chapter 27 The Second Master is Mighty
East Street is always crowded, and the horse pulling the cart is a warlike and fierce one. Baifu holds the reins tightly and dares not relax at all.
Even so, he almost bumped into someone.
"Are you trying to kill yourself?"
He looked unhappily at the young man who rushed over with a big black dog to stop the car.
The man didn't answer him. He rushed to the front of the carriage, grabbed the frame and climbed up.
Baifu: “…”
What a courage!
He was speechless, grabbed the whip and was about to roll the man off the car.
"It's me."
The man opened his mouth and made a woman's voice.
Sounds familiar.
Baifu hesitated for a moment, and that moment allowed the man to climb onto the car. The dog also jumped in, filling the front of the car.
“…”
The dog also looked somewhat familiar.
I immediately remembered that there was a dog just across from the orphanage I visited a few days ago! It even interacted with Feng.
The voice that said "It's me" just now was Feng's voice!
Is this man Feng in disguise?!
He was stunned.
The next moment, more than a dozen thugs came running and surrounded the carriage.
"Get down here now, if you know what's best for you!"
The leading thug said ferociously.
He turned his head and saw that Feng had already rushed into the carriage with the dog.
“…”
In the carriage, Ji Changqing put down the book in his hand and looked at the man and the dog in front of him with an expressionless face.
"Explain?"
Feng Qingsui said quickly, "Yesterday I asked Wuhua to go to the orphanage to check on the children. She discovered that this big black dog had been sold by its owner. The buyer took it to Paiyun Tower and disappeared. I was worried that it would be killed and eaten, so I disguised myself and came to Paiyun Tower today to rescue it."
"I unexpectedly discovered an underground arena where people and dogs fight each other for the amusement of rich young men."
"I secretly brought the big black dog out, but the building manager found me and ordered people to hunt me down."
She looked at Ji Changqing seriously.
"Daxi law strictly prohibits the killing of humans and animals. Paiyun Tower privately set up an arena, openly violating the law and trampling on human life. Second Master, please investigate the cause and bring justice to the slaves and fighting dogs who were tortured to death."
Ji Changqing: “…”
"Sister-in-law will find trouble for me."
He said indifferently.
Before the investigation into the corruption at the Salesian Home was complete, another underground arena emerged.
Feng Qingsui smiled and flattered, "Those who are capable should do more work. Second Master is extremely talented and outstanding, so he should take on more responsibilities."
Ji Changqing looked at her face so made up that it was impossible to recognize her original appearance, and couldn't help but hold his forehead.
"Take off your makeup and smile again."
Feng Qingsui: “???”
Ji Changqing: "This face looks too ugly when it smiles flatteringly."
Feng Qingsui: “…”
I am so sorry for polluting your eyes.
Suddenly, an angry shout came from outside the car: "What are you all standing there for? Tear the car apart! Drag the people out!"
It was the manager of Paiyun Tower who arrived.
Ji Changqing suppressed his barely perceptible smile, bent down and walked out of the carriage, flicked his sleeves, and cast a faint glance at the steward.
"I didn't know that Paiyunlou had such ability that they even dared to dismantle my car."
When the steward suddenly saw Ji Changqing, he was first startled by his official uniform, and then startled by what he called himself.
Is this the newly appointed Prime Minister who confiscated property?!
He sent the people who came to their Paiyun Tower to cause trouble?!
Doesn’t this mean that the imperial court already knows about the existence of the underground Colosseum?
He felt dizzy.
Scenes of people having their homes confiscated, beheaded, and their entire families exterminated flashed through my mind.
Then I felt something was wrong.
If the imperial court knew what they had done, why didn't they send officers and soldiers to seal it off, but instead sent people to sneak in quietly and replace the foreign fighting slave with the concubine of the son of the Marquis of Rongchang?
This is unreasonable.
He looked carefully at the carriage in front of him. The horse was a good one, but the carriage was just an ordinary one without any decoration. It was not even as luxurious as their boss's carriage.
Would a first-rank prime minister take a car of this rank?
Could it be an imposter?
His confusion disappeared.
It makes sense that he was impersonating someone. This person and the two people who sneaked in were accomplices. They came for the slave fighter. When he saw that he couldn't escape, he pretended to be the prime minister who was confiscating property in order to scare them away.
So instead of kneeling down, he stood up a little straighter.
"What a courage!"
He sneered.
"You even dare to impersonate the Prime Minister!"
He waved his hand and told his men to continue.
Ji Changqing: “…”
I've seen people seeking death, but I've never seen anyone so eager to die.
Baifu whipped the thugs to stop them from dismantling the car. He took out a short flute from the pouch hanging on his waist, put it to his lips and blew out a few high-pitched notes. After a few breaths, the sound of dense horse hooves rang out.
The manager was stunned.
I glanced towards the end of the street and almost lost my soul.
"Imperial...Imperial Guards?!"
How could that be!
He looked at Ji Changqing in astonishment.
Ji Changqing stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the Imperial Guards commander who was galloping towards him, and said calmly:
"Paiyun Tower secretly set up an underground arena. After being discovered by Benxiang, they attempted to kill people in the street to silence them. This is a heinous crime. Commander Fu, please immediately seal off Paiyun Tower and let no one escape."
"yes!"
The manager's legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
Ji Changqing handed the matter over to the commander of the Imperial Guards without even looking at him, returned to the carriage, and ordered Shi An to drive back home.
“Pah pah pah!”
As soon as he sat down, applause broke out.
Feng Qingsui clapped his hands and cheered, "Second Master is mighty."
The big black dog raised its two front legs with a silly look on its face and patted the dogs as well.
Ji Changqing: “…”
He said meaningfully, "This dog looks like your long-lost pet."
The big black dog is not her pet.
Feng Qingsui replied without a trace of guilt: "Second Master, you are joking. We just fell in love at first sight."
Ji Changqing: “…”
"Isn't it my eldest brother who you fell in love with at first sight?"
Feng Qingsui blinked. "Does the law stipulate that a person can only have one love at first sight?"
Ji Changqing was speechless.
At night, Shi An reported to him the results of the investigation into Paiyun Tower.
"The underground arena in Paiyun Tower was built a year ago. So far, 52 fights have been held there, and 43 people have died. The dead were eaten by dogs, and their remains were discarded in the cesspool."
"A woman died at the Colosseum this afternoon. According to the steward, she was the concubine of the Marquis of Rongchang, who was replaced by someone who infiltrated. When the Imperial Guards seized the place, the Marquis of Rongchang had already left. He denied ever going to the Colosseum and denied that the deceased was his concubine."
Ji Changqing pondered for a moment and asked him, "What was the name of this deceased concubine?"
"She's called Aunt Cui. I don't know her exact name. She's the skinny horse that the son of the Marquis of Rongchang brought back from Jiangnan."
Aunt Cui?
Ji Changqing immediately thought of the "Delphinium" who was adopted from the orphanage.
Could this Aunt Cui be Cuique?
So, Feng Qingsui is Feng Sui?
Thinking that the daughter of Feng Xi, Feng Sui's adopted father, was drowned in the Rongchang Marquis Mansion, he seemed to have grasped the thread of Feng Qingsui's actions.
She came for revenge.
Everyone in the Jiang family died in mysterious circumstances, and the only one who survived was Feng Sui, whose whereabouts were unknown.
She insisted on pretending to be his elder brother's widow, just to use his widowed sister-in-law's identity to move in and out of wealthy families and wait for an opportunity to take revenge.
If that's the case, should we let her continue to stay in the mansion?
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