Chapter 431 Dong Buhan was captured
This incident also made the shopkeeper begin to understand that people should not be too arrogant, otherwise they might offend important people and affect the future of their descendants.
"Your son passed this year's science exam?" Di Jiang keenly caught this information point, "Who is your son?"
The shopkeeper was sweating profusely when asked this question. He suddenly regretted mentioning his son. Now his son was going to be implicated by him.
He was sweating from nervousness. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead and said, "Yes, yes, yes... You Wenting."
"He..." Di Jiang knew this person. He was the third place winner in this year's imperial examination and his essays were indeed very good.
I didn't expect that he was the son of the restaurant owner.
The shopkeeper felt more and more uneasy when he heard Dijiang's meaningful tone. "Your Majesty, no matter how wrong it is, it's all my fault. It has nothing to do with You Wenting. Your Majesty, please don't embarrass You Wenting. You Wenting is wholeheartedly trying to serve the Southern Kingdom."
"Really?" Di Jiang said and looked at Jiujiu. Their eyes met and they nodded in tacit understanding.
The next moment, Jiujiu stood up and raised his eyebrows and said, "Since he is determined to serve the court, then he should go and repair the river dam! The south has been flooded for many years, and someone should go and repair it."
"Repair the river dam?"
After hearing this, the shopkeeper seemed to wilt, and instantly became dusty and listless, with no energy at all, and even felt some pain in his chest.
Repairing river dams is not an easy job!
Let’s not talk about feng shui and sun exposure for now, and let’s just talk about the good things of whether to repair it or not.
If it can't be repaired, you will lose your head.
I heard that several officials who were repairing the dam earlier were investigated and punished.
It's all his fault. He offended His Majesty and caused his son to be assigned such a difficult task. He was wrong.
"Your Majesty, please, please take back your decision?" The shopkeeper pleaded, but it was of no use, Di Jiang did not change his mind.
As for why Dijiang and Jiujiu did this, whether it was because the shopkeeper had offended them and assigned such a difficult task to the shopkeeper's son, or whether they wanted to test the shopkeeper's son, only the two of them knew.
"Okay, let's talk business." Di Jiang said, "Shopkeeper, tell us everything about the fake Southern King. Tell us everything you know. Don't hide anything."
The shopkeeper was afraid of displeasing Dijiang again and causing his son to suffer, so he answered Dijiang's questions truthfully.
After listening to this, Dijiang said nothing.
Jiujiu said angrily: "It's another cold winter!" The shopkeeper just said that a man in red was entering and leaving the counterfeit's room.
The Man in Red...
He also secretly opposed Brother Dijiang, intending to smear Brother Dijiang's image and ruin Brother Dijiang's reputation...
This person is none other than Dong Buhan.
"Brother Dijiang, how about this..."
Jiujiu planned to use a trick against the enemy and suppress the fact that the impostor was exposed today, pretending that nothing had happened, and then let everyone in Dijiang pretend to be the impostor, live in the restaurant, and wait for Dong Buhan to take the bait.
Di Jiang thought the same thing; the two of them really had the same thoughts.
Dijiang smiled and said, "Okay, let's do as Jiujiu said."
Di Jiang ordered his men to suppress the matter, then set up an ambush in the restaurant, and he and Jiujiu quietly waited for Dong Buhan to take the bait.
The restaurant owner didn't dare to be negligent or act recklessly this time. He would do whatever Dijiang arranged, trying to atone for his sins and make his son feel more at ease.
But the shopkeeper's wife did not know the shopkeeper's intention to correct his mistakes. She only knew that her son was sent to build a dam because the shopkeeper had offended the emperor.
At night, she closed the door, picked up a feather duster and started beating him violently.
The shopkeeper was in the wrong, so he dared not talk back or fight back, and could only let the shopkeeper's wife vent her anger.
"You bastard, you've squandered my life, and I haven't had a single day of peace. I have to pay off your debts month after month, year after year. That's fine, I accept it."
"But now you are harming our son again?"
"He studied hard for so many years and finally made it through. He can become an official as he wished, but now he is implicated by you."
"You are his biological father, how could you hurt him like this?"
"Is repairing river dams a good job?"
"No, look at those officials who were repairing the river dams. Which one of them had a good ending? Some were dismissed from office, some were beheaded. It was very dangerous."
"You also pushed our son into the fire."
"You bastard."
The shopkeeper's wife was so angry that she continued to wave the feather duster in her hand, beating the shopkeeper to death.
The shopkeeper's face was covered with several red marks, his appearance was ruined and he wouldn't be able to see anyone tomorrow, but he said nothing.
"I'll beat you to death." The shopkeeper's wife beat him as much as she wanted.
The next morning, the restaurant opened for business. The shopkeeper went out to supervise the waiters' work and the dishes in the kitchen.
When everyone saw his bruised face, they all laughed behind his back and talked about it.
The shopkeeper heard this several times and felt even more hurt.
What is going on?
He killed himself.
He is so stupid and dumb!
No wonder I have to pay off my debts for a lifetime and never have a day of peace.
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Dijiang and Jiujiu waited for two days, but Dong Buhan still did not show up.
Jiujiu couldn't help but wonder, "Brother Dijiang, do you think Dong Buhan may have known something, so he didn't come to this restaurant again?"
"He should be hiding in the dark, thinking of some shady tricks to deal with you."
"No." Di Jiang picked up the teacup on the table next to him with his bony hands, took a sip, and said, "He will definitely come."
Dijiang believed in his subordinates' ability to do things, and the fact that the counterfeit was exposed would not be revealed.
Jiujiu was about to continue talking when she heard footsteps approaching, "Brother Dijiang, there's movement."
"Could it be that winter is coming?"
It’s really not cold in winter.
Dong Buhan came to see how the counterfeit was helping him smear Dijiang’s reputation. How was the smearing going?
As a result, as soon as he entered the door, he saw that there was no one queuing up to see His Majesty today.
Dong Buhan was a little confused and also a little wary.
He couldn't help but wonder if he had been discovered.
Just in case, he suddenly decided not to meet the faker and prepared to run away.
But it's too late.
He was surrounded by Jiujiu and Dijiang.
Not only that, there were many people lying in ambush around the restaurant, and all of them were experts. Dong Buhan couldn't escape this time.
Jiujiu Dijiang and Dong Buhan started fighting. After several rounds, Dong Buhan seemed to be overwhelmed, especially since he did not let his Soul-Destroying Sword drink blood in order to avoid being found by Dijiang and Jiujiu these days.
The Soul-Destroying Sword is not powerful enough.
Dong Buhan was caught.
Jiujiu was also ready to take the sword from his hand.
But as soon as Jiujiu stepped forward, Dong Buhan said, "Jiuer, are you really going to treat me like this? I like you so much, care about you, and have always given everything for you, but you treat me like this?"