Chapter 138 The Famous Garden of Eighty Liang (Please vote for me!)
Although Liu Tuiguan repeatedly warned himself to be cautious, there is no room for haste in judging cases, especially serious cases!
But he still made an impulsive mistake and signed the county government's verdict. The review upheld the county government's verdict!
Everyone at the scene can actually understand Liu Tuiguan's mood. The main reason is that Lin Daguan in the hall is too irritating!
A serious criminal keeps shouting below, "Sentence me if I am a man." How can any criminal officer resist sentencing him?
Official Liu wrote the last word in the case file and completed his duty.
Then he raised his head and was about to curse a few words to vent his anger, but saw Lin Tailai turn around and run away, not giving Liu Tuiguan a chance.
"Why didn't you stop him!" Liu Tuiguan shouted angrily at the officials on his left and right.
The yamen officer replied: "Seeing that the case has been completed, the young men thought that there was no need to keep him.
Besides, when it comes to jailing and executing punishments, it’s up to the county government to take action, and our government offices don’t have to deal with such specific details.”
Liu Tuiguan could only throw the case file to the clerk and ordered: "Get the seal for signing the house and send it back to Wu County!"
Lin Daguanren, a dangerous felon carrying the punishment of "a hundred rods and three thousand rivers", came to the street again.
Then Lin Daguan and his men ran all the way south, and finally rushed to the procuratorate in Nancheng before dark.
Then he shouted at the door: "Here comes the patrol officer! This villain was framed by the prefecture and county jointly, and he has appealed for his grievances throughout the ages!"
In the current city of Suzhou, the governor is absent, so the official with the greatest judicial authority is the Jiangnan Inspector, and the temporary residence of the Inspector is called the Procuratorate.
This is the imperial envoy of "Surveying on behalf of Heaven". His duty is to observe customs, supervise local areas, clear up criminal cases, and correct grievances.
Therefore, it is a professional counterpart to come to the procuratorate to complain about injustice.
Originally, Jiangnan Inspector Xing Dong had planned to leave Suzhou City a few days ago and go on inspection elsewhere.
But when he passed by Xushuguan, he met Wang Zhidu, who asked him to stay in Suzhou City for a few more days.
In the past ten years, this was the first time Wang Zhidu had made a "request" to him, so Xing Xunjian couldn't resist it.
Anyway, it's not a big deal to stay a few more days. Xing Xunjian returned to Suzhou City from Xushuguan.
Then the grievances of Mr. Lin were brought to the hands of Xun Xun just before the government office closed today.
On this night, the officials in Suzhou city each had their own plans.
Magistrate Deng was thinking about how to deal with Lin Tailai after the review.
It's already late today. I heard that Lin Tailai hasn't left the city yet. Tomorrow we'll close the door and beat the dogs and arrest the whole city?
Then beat him with a hundred sticks and hang him in front of Xumen for three days?
Magistrate Zhu thought that if Lin Tailai was removed from the government examination, the capital city would accept it.
After all, what the capital of the king needs most is the official Lin Tailai, and he will not care about Lin Tailai's imperial examination achievements.
Only Xing Dong, the Jiangnan patrol officer, was cursing the capital of the king. This cheater really had no good intentions!
No wonder Wang Zhidu wanted to save him, he wanted to give himself such a big trouble!
After filing a complaint with the Procuratorate, Lin Tailai needed to find a place to stay.
He said to the officers and soldiers following him, "You are arresting me so that I can go to the Yamen for trial. Now that the Yamen trial is over, why do you need to continue to follow me?"
Anyway, I, Lin Tailai, won’t leave the city tonight, I can’t run away!”
The officers and soldiers had no enthusiasm to begin with, but they dispersed after hearing the words and allowed Lin Daguanren, a serious criminal, to roam around the city. This shows the strict military discipline of the guard station.
Now that Mr. Lin has no followers, it is more dangerous to be alone in the city.
After thinking about it, I decided to leave Wuxian County in Xicheng and spend the night in Changzhou County in Dongcheng.
The Zhang family is over there in Changzhou County, so Lin Daguan decided to join the Zhang family tonight.
He was thinking to himself that he didn't know if Zhang Youyu had come back.
As a result, when they arrived at Zhang's house, they found Zhang Youyu and Zhang Fengyi quarreling in the atrium.
Lin Tailai listened to a few words and found out that Zhang Youyu returned home this afternoon and wanted to withdraw a huge sum of one hundred taels of silver from his account, but was rejected by the eldest brother Zhang Fengyi.
Just listen to Zhang Fengyi say: "In the past few decades, I have relied on buying and selling calligraphy and painting, and worked hard to run the calligraphy and painting market, and I can barely maintain the expenses of my family.
I just eat, drink and have fun on weekdays, how come I never miss you?
But one hundred taels is really not a decimal, how can I let you just leave with just one word?"
Zhang Youyu argued: "I didn't take the one hundred taels for food, drink and fun! I learned the confidential information last night and want to use the one hundred taels to buy real estate!"
Zhang Fengyi persuaded hard: "As the eldest brother, I am begging you, just eat, drink and have fun in peace and don't think about reproduction!
Do you still remember when you opened a winery ten years ago and lost a shop?
This time I have to buy ten acres of land twenty or thirty miles away from the city, but you can’t imagine it!"
Zhang Youyu jumped to his feet and shouted: "I told you it's a secret! The reason behind it cannot be spread out!
If you don’t believe me, brother, I’ll raise the money myself!”
Then Zhang Youyu said to Lin Tailai: "Didn't we agree on the garden before?
I will take you to see the garden tomorrow morning and sell it to you for eighty taels!"
Lin Tailai was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that it was about him, "Ah, that's okay too!"
Although the funds have been almost exhausted recently due to the huge expenses of the Western Expedition, as a high-ranking official, there are always ways to raise money.
The worst-case scenario is to borrow money from usury, and then the moneylender will be wiped out after the loan is finished.
Or you can ask the royal tax envoy to withdraw some of the fees for opening and closing the customs, and then embezzle it.
"Pay the deposit first, just twenty taels." Zhang Youyu said impatiently.
This made Lin Tailai confused again, and he confirmed again: "Is the garden you want to sell me really a very famous and culturally rich garden?"
Zhang Youyu stared and said, "I swore to Xu Jiang the night before, but you still can't believe me?"
Lin Daguan still had some money with him, so he took out the only bank note and handed it to Zhang Youyu as a deposit.
There was nothing to say all night, and in the early morning of the next day, Lin Tailai looked at the government officers and soldiers outside who had not yet come to arrest him, and urged Zhang Youyu to quickly lead the way to see the garden.
The two of them walked west looking towards Changmen, but before they reached Changmen they turned north and arrived at the northwest corner of Suzhou City.
Lin Tailai was a little surprised. Although Wufeng Garden is far less famous than the four famous gardens, it is still a garden that can leave a name.
Even hundreds of years later, the scenic spot Wufeng Garden still exists.
Anyway, if you buy Wufeng Garden for only 80 taels, you will definitely make a lot of money, and you will still make money if you add several times more!
"You want to sell Wufeng Garden to me? Eighty taels?" Lin Tailai asked excitedly.
Zhang Youyu smiled and said: "What good things do you want? Now Wufeng Garden is the property of the Wen family, how can I sell it to you? I just pointed out the place to show you!"
Lin Tailai: "."
After passing by Wufeng Garden, we entered another alleyway.
At the end of the alleyway, Zhang Youyu opened the courtyard door and greeted Lin Tailai: "Come in!"
Official Lin walked through the courtyard gate and took a look at the scene inside the courtyard.
The yard is about two acres in diameter, with a length of thirty to forty meters and a width of thirty to forty meters.
There are two dilapidated halls to the north, surrounded by a few dead trees.
Then Lin Tailai asked Zhang Youyu doubtfully: "Why did you bring me here?"
At some point, Zhang Youyu hid behind several domestic slaves and replied: "I'll show you the garden, right here!"
Lin Tailai just felt that the three flowers gathered together and he was so angry that he wanted to buy a garden, not a yard!
This shabby yard is not worth eighty taels!
Zhang Youyu shouted: "What's that look in your eyes? It's as if I lied to you. This place completely meets your needs!"
Lin Tailai clenched his fists and said through gritted teeth: "You'd better explain to me what a garden is! What it means to be very famous! What it means to have great cultural heritage!"
Zhang Youyu explained through the slave: "This is called Taohua Temple! A hundred years ago, Tang Liuru's Taohua Temple!
Do you dare to say that it has no reputation? Do you dare to say that it has no cultural heritage? Suzhou people do not lie to Suzhou people!"
Lin Tailai: "."
Damn! This is Tang Bohu’s Peach Blossom Temple? The Peach Blossom Temple that would become famous hundreds of years later?
If only the two conditions of "fame" and "cultural heritage" are limited, it is indeed consistent.
Lin Daguan suddenly looked around the courtyard a few more times and questioned: "Peach Blossom Temple? Is it so small?"
This shabby yard only has two acres of land!
Zhang Youyu muttered: "Tang Liuru was not a wealthy person to begin with. How big of a garden could he create?"
A hundred years ago, the total land size of the Tang family's residence and Taohua Nunnery did not exceed five acres.
There are only so many places in Peach Blossom Temple, you can just call it Tangjiayuan.
According to my research, this is the smallest garden in Suzhou City! You see, this is another famous selling point!
For such a famous historical garden, you only need eighty taels, is that much? Is it too much? Not much!"
Lin Tailai asked without giving up: "What about Taohuawu? Doesn't Tang Liuru live in Taohuawu?"
Zhang Youyu replied: "This area of thousands of acres in the northwest corner of Suzhou City is called Taohuawu!
How can such a big place belong to Tang Liuru? He built a Peach Blossom Nunnery here."
So there are still only two acres of land? Lin Tailai felt that he could not express his feelings in words. He silently took out the Iron Finger Tiger and played with it in his hand.
Ever since time travel, it has always been him, Lin Tailai, who deceived others!
Unexpectedly, I hunted geese all day long, but today I was pecked in the eye by a goose!
You, Zhang Youyu, are such a good man, you dare to pluck the hair from the tiger's head and disturb the Tai Sui's head!
At the critical moment, Mr. Nian Ba's voice suddenly came from the alley outside.
"Is Lin Tailai inside? Someone saw you coming this way!
Your retrial verdict has come out, and we have been asked by the county government to arrest you and bring you back to punish you!"
Suzhou City is so big, but he can still be found quickly. Lin Tailai is not surprised at all.
Because his appearance is so cool and famous, there is a high probability that he will be recognized wherever he goes.
As long as you show your face and walk around the streets, your whereabouts cannot be kept secret.
But Lin Tailai still reached out and grabbed Zhang Youyu, angrily yelling: "I didn't expect you to betray our friendship and be willing to be a hawk and betray my whereabouts to the government!"
Zhang Youyu: "???"
Lin Tailai tugged at Zhang Youyu's pocket and continued to yell: "I will punish you on behalf of heaven! Give me back the deposit! Give me the land deed to the garden as well!"
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