Be a master through ancient times

"You mean, those Japanese people disguised themselves as water bandits to plunder in our southern Fujian province? Nephew, do you have evidence for this? The two countries have had diplomatic relations for a long time. Although they are not brothers, they are still good neighbors. This is really unbelievable." ah……"

Meng Fan was very surprised. Their Great Wei has always been considered a powerful country among other countries. Although natural disasters have been frequent in recent years, the emaciated camels are bigger than horses. How dare they do it easily?

Chu Ci shook his head and said: "This matter is just my guess. It is said that the looted ship has narrow ends and travels very fast. It is not the standard of our Wei ship. It must be made by a foreign country. Every time the navy catches up , They will go around the reefs in the sea to hide, making the pursuing navy helpless. After thinking about it, only the Wa Kingdom is the closest to Nanfu Province. Come to think of it, they must be very clear about the topographical distribution of these reefs, right? "

"What you said makes some sense..." After listening to his analysis, Meng Fan felt that he was not aimless, and appreciated Chu Ci even more.

"The most important point is that I heard that Wa Kingdom paid tribute every year in the Jiayou Dynasty, but now it has been the third year of Tianhe, but they only sent people here when the new emperor ascended the throne. Wenhui, they didn't come. The surrounding countries have sent envoys to Beijing. Such behavior will inevitably arouse suspicion."

Meng Fan's face turned serious: "You're right, the Japanese are living in a small place, and they are ambitious. They must want to take advantage of my Wei's weakness to deliberately cause trouble. I will write to them later and tell them to be more careful!"

Chu Ci nodded, it's best to draw everyone's attention to this matter, and don't treat them like ordinary water bandits.He believed that with Meng Fan and the Fang family's contacts, there must be people who could speak in both the Governor's Yamen and the Navy's Yamen.

After warning, Chu Ci got up and said goodbye.Aunt Fang wanted to keep him, but Chu Ci had already registered his name at the post house, if he didn't come to live there, it might cause suspicion and leave a clue.

Aunt Fang had no choice but to let him go.

It was night, Chu Ci and Chang Xiao lived together in the guest room of the post house.Chang Xiao was small, and immediately fell asleep after explaining what he had inquired outside today.Chu Ci thought about tomorrow's affairs for a while, imagined how to deal with it, closed his eyes and began to recharge his energy.

Early the next morning, Chu Ci and Chang Xiao left the post house.They came to a remote inn and found a man in a shop in the backyard.

This person is the yellow salesman.When he was found, he was fully clothed and lying on the bed, his eyes full of red silk were staring straight at the ceiling, his face was bruised and swollen, as if he had been severely beaten.

"Brother Huang, do you still remember us?"

Hearing the words, the yellow shopkeeper turned his head slowly, and when he saw the person coming, his eyes filled with tears for an instant, but he insisted on taking them back.

"It turned out to be Brother Kou, I made you laugh, sit down." When he turned over, his movements were slow, and it seemed that besides his face, there were many injuries elsewhere.

"Brother Huang, why are you here alone, where is your sister and brother-in-law?" Chu Ci asked with concern.

"He...they..." Speaking of them, the peddler Huang choked up, "They were arrested by County Magistrate Wu!"

It turned out that the scholar surnamed Han went to the local county government office as soon as he landed. I don't know what he said. Before the boat boss's boat left the dock, a group of government officials came and took them away.

The peddler Huang followed and watched them go to court. The magistrate and the scholar talked in a cloud, and he made a verdict that the boss of the boat should pay the three scholars a total of 100 taels of silver.

Lord God, I'm afraid they will never see 100 taels in this life, let alone have one.But the county magistrate said that if he can't raise money, he will wait to be distributed by the board. When the family property is confiscated, the money can probably be raised.

The yellow shopkeeper was dissatisfied and wanted to come forward to argue, but was persuaded by the people who came with him.They said that for now, the only way to get the county magistrate to withdraw the judgment is to go to the magistrate's office to file a complaint.Hearing this, Huang Merchant hurried to the provincial capital, and before he could beat the Dengwen drum, he was beaten by the yamen guarding the door for disrupting official duties, and then thrown out.

"How unreasonable!" Chu Ci said angrily, "They don't even give you a chance to appeal for grievances! Come on, I'll go to the Yamen to reason with you."

The price of beating the Dengwen drum is thirty big boards, but after the beating, you can get a chance to redress your grievances no matter what.Now what is the reason for them to beat someone but not allow them to seek grievances?

"Brother Kou, thank you for your kindness." The yellow peddler wiped his face, "But I can't implicate you. I will go again later by myself. If they don't let me in, I will..."

His eyes were full of anger, some of which were decisive, Chu Ci was startled, this man was afraid he was going to do something stupid!

"Don't say whether you are involved or not. I have a way to make you sue successfully, but you may be beaten again. Do you dare?" Chu Ci said.

There was some hope in the eyes of the yellow peddler: "Brother Kou, if you really let me go to sue, what's there to be afraid of if I'm beaten to half my life?"

He lost his parents since he was a child, and his elder sister brought him up. Now that his sister and brother-in-law are suffering, he will try his best to rescue them.

"Then you just..."

Chu Ci spoke out his plan in detail, and the more he listened, the yellow shopkeeper's eyes became brighter, and the desperate atmosphere that surrounded him just now had disappeared at some point.

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"avoid!"

Fan Ju, the admiral of the navy, went out from the yamen with a guard of honor to inspect, and the officers and soldiers opened the way ahead with avoidance signs.The people on both sides did not dare to approach this side, they just watched from the side of the road, leaving a road in the middle for Lord Fan's guard of honor to pass.

"My lord!" The yellow shopkeeper suddenly rushed out of the crowd, stopped him and knelt down in front of the guard of honor.

The person holding the placard was startled, and then stopped, followed by those behind. Because of the haste, the sedan chair carrying the people shook a few times.

"What happened!" Fan Ju said angrily, he was worried about the water bandits, and now he can't even worry about crossing the street!When the Emperor Jinkou opened his mouth, he ordered them to arrest the person within a month, but suppressing the bandits is not that simple, no, naturally nothing has been gained in the past few months.As an admiral, he was scolded every day, and the people below were also suffocating.

"My lord, someone in front broke into the guard of honor." The officers and soldiers in front trotted over to report.

Fan Ju said: "The countryman doesn't know the rules, just beat him twice and drive him out."

After hearing this, the officers and soldiers went to the front to prepare for execution, and by the way, let others see the consequences of disturbing the guard of honor.Unexpectedly, as soon as he announced the result, the man yelled loudly: "My lord, you can't hit me! You can't hit me!"

Everyone was shocked, do you think you are the son of the Heavenly King Lao Tzu?Can't hit him yet!

Fan Ju heard it from a distance, and thought he was some kind of extraordinary person, so he signaled to put down the sedan chair and walked out.After he saw clearly that the person who came was just an ordinary citizen, he sneered and said, "Why can't I beat you, why don't you tell me?"

Huang Merchant said: "I know you are an official in the sea, and you are in charge of sea affairs. This is on the ground, and it is not your responsibility. Even if you want to beat me, you should let me go to the county government to be beaten!"

Fan Ju was amused by him: "I thought you were a common man who didn't know etiquette, but you don't know good or bad. Today I will let you know what is meant by joint management of sea and land. Come here, give him five big slaps!"

The people on the side of the road all twitched when they heard the sound of "cracking" boards. Everyone thought that this yellow salesman really couldn't control his mouth. It was obviously a matter of two boards, but in the end it turned into five boards.This foot-wide board is solid, and five blows would tear him apart.

The yellow salesman was also stubborn, and he didn't say a word when he was hit by the board, he just gritted his teeth and let them beat him.

After the beating, Fan Ju turned around and was about to return to the sedan chair, when another voice came from behind: "My lord, the grassroots have a grievance to sue!"

Fan Ju frowned: "I just patrol the sea, I don't care about adjudicating cases, if you have a grievance, you should go to the county government." After finishing speaking, he wanted to leave again.

"Lord Fan, wait a minute." A person behind said, "Your Excellency clearly said that you were in charge of sea and land when you beat people, why is it now that the redress of grievances has become a matter of maritime affairs? Could it be that your lord only cares about beating people?"

The people around started whispering after hearing this, and the sound of discussion reached Fan Ju's ears, which made him annoyed for a while.It turned out that that person actually had this idea!

If he had said at the beginning that he wanted to file a lawsuit, he would have definitely let him leave this troubled water, but now, people have also beaten him in public, and it's hard to get off.

He looked at the yellow salesman kneeling on the ground, then at the handsome scholar beside him, and finally accepted the case unwillingly.

At first glance, he was invigorated. The complaint was well written, not only well-organized, but also gorgeous and beautiful in rhetoric.After reading this complaint, he also changed his mind on this matter.

It would be fine if it was just an ordinary person, but the people behind him should not be underestimated.Those who can write such articles, even if they are still unknown now, will surely shine in the future.He looked at the scholar who had spoken just now, thinking that this person was the one behind him.

"Since this matter is also related to maritime affairs, you can go back to the Yamen with me and clarify the matter. Go back to the mansion!"

The yellow shopkeeper was so excited, he ignored the pain in his body, got up and followed the guard of honor without stopping, for fear that Mr. Fan would change his mind.