Chapter 409 Are you going to laugh to death? (Please vote for me!)
In history, there was indeed a story about two eunuchs coming out of the palace to molest women of the people. Lin Tailai had some impressions, but he had forgotten the details. After all, it was not a big deal.
Lin Tailai asked the Li family slave who came to deliver the message: "Are they sure they will take revenge?"
The slave said with certainty: "My governor deliberately made a few words before releasing him.
If they were beaten by the shop, they would definitely be angry and would probably borrow someone from the Zheng family to take revenge."
So what are you waiting for? Without further delay, Lin Tailai immediately gathered his servants and set off, and asked his right protector Zhang Wu to ride to the front station.
Those two eunuchs came out of the Imperial City from Xi'an Gate, so the place where the incident happened was also in the West City, not too far from the Lin Mansion, almost right between the Lin Mansion and Jiaofang Sixiyuan Hutong.
Lin Tailai walked northwest for a while and saw a dim sum shop at the corner of the street.
Probably because the Chinese New Year was approaching, in order to attract business, the door of the bungalow was left open without even a curtain, so that the situation inside could be seen clearly from the outside.
So Lin Tailai saw outside that this shop not only sold noodles and pastries, but also preserved fruits, melon seeds and the like.
With the productivity of this era, the price of these foods will not be too cheap. Ordinary people can think of it as a face-saving gift to buy them.
It seemed that he was not late, so Lin Tailai asked the servants to disperse around him, and only he walked in.
A middle-aged waiter greeted him and said, "This is our guest."
Lin Tailai asked directly: "Two people were teasing civilian girls here before noon?"
The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then replied: "The matter is over."
Lin Tailai went straight in, looked around, and asked, "Where's the girl? I heard she's from your store."
The middle-aged man's face darkened. Is this man here to cause trouble?
After saying this, Lin Tailai saw clearly that there was a young woman standing in front of the shelf, playing with the scales.
If we take a closer look at this woman, she is not very old. She is wearing a cotton-padded jacket and ear protection. Her appearance can be said to be fair and beautiful, with picturesque eyebrows. She is very charming and cute.
Could it be that the concept of this store is so advanced that it already understands the beauty economy?
Suddenly, Lin Tailai felt that he might lack a bed warmer in the capital.
Mainly because Lin Tailai couldn't bear to see such a good little lady being ruined by eunuchs or powerful people.
Are the people in this store too arrogant? The young lady who was just molested is released to continue working?
The middle-aged waiter who had greeted Lin Tailai earlier stood in front of Lin Tailai and replied: "If this strong man wants to watch the fun, he will be late."
Lin Tailai didn't mind and said: "Not too late, not too late! Maybe there will be fun."
"What does this mean, strong man?" the middle-aged waiter felt a little nervous and asked quickly.
Lin Tailai stopped talking, and stood at the door looking out, as if expecting something.
Originally, the business of the shop was good as the Chinese New Year was approaching, but Lin Tailai, who was very large, blocked the door, directly blocking the shop's way of making money.
The middle-aged waiter was so angry that he really thought Lin Tailai was causing trouble. He called two more waiters out from the backyard and wanted to drive them away directly.
At this moment, Lin Tailai suddenly pointed to the distance and said: "Come on! Come on!"
The middle-aged waiter looked out, and sure enough he saw a group of people coming out of the street corner. The two leading them were the same two who had caused trouble in the shop before noon, and they were heading toward the shop aggressively.
The middle-aged waiter's heart moved, and he was about to ask Lin Tailai, who seemed to understand what was going on.
But Lin Tailai quickly ran into the shop from the door and hid.
The middle-aged waiter's eyes showed a bit of contempt, why should he watch the fun if he is so timid?
Lin Tailai explained: "Don't get me wrong, I can't let them see me, otherwise they may not be able to fight."
The little lady shouted in panic: "Dad! The other party won't give up. Let's escape through the back door!"
Seeing that several people were about to go to the backyard, Lin Tailai immediately shouted: "You can't escape!"
The middle-aged waiter asked in confusion: "Why?"
Lin Tailai said with certainty: "Because I have sent people to block the back door in advance."
Middle-aged guy: ""
This strong man, what on earth did you do?
Lin Tailai hid behind the shelves and encouraged: "Don't run away, fight the evil forces to the end, I support you."
The middle-aged man wants to cry but has no tears. What type of mental illness is this?
At this time, he suddenly heard shouts from outside the house, and the middle-aged waiter looked outside again.
Outside the store door, a big fight involving dozens of people suddenly appeared. Looking more closely, it looked like dozens of people were surrounding a dozen or so people.
The two people who were causing trouble in the shop before noon were tightly surrounded, and their faces were pale.
Maybe I don’t quite understand why such an ordinary dim sum shop is so crouching tiger, hidden dragon?
How can we open a snack shop when we mobilize dozens of powerful men in one afternoon?
Lin Tailai came out from behind the shelf, pointed at the two people in the middle, and said to the middle-aged clerk:
"You know, these two are eunuchs who came out of the palace. They probably wore fake beards and pretended to be ordinary civilians."
The middle-aged waiter was stunned again, "Housewife?"
Then Lin Tailai introduced: "Were they beaten by you? The dozen or so people they invited to help in the boxing should all be from Zheng Guozhang's house.
You should have heard of Concubine Zheng’s name, right? Don’t you commoners in the capital like to spread this kind of news?”
The middle-aged waiter asked numbly: "Then who are the people besieging them?"
Lin Tailai answered truthfully: "That's my servant."
After Lin Tailai finished his introduction, the fight outside also ended. The result is self-evident. A dozen servants of the Zheng family were beaten so hard that they couldn't even remember.
The two eunuchs were not beaten again, but were surrounded tightly. This is a damn sense of propriety.
At this time, a thug walked outside the door, looked into the room, and reported to Lin Tailai: "That's right, he's from the Zheng family."
After Lin Tailai heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he was a little worried just now, fearing that he would hit the wrong person, which would be more embarrassing.
The middle-aged waiter finally came to his senses and said to Lin Tailai sadly:
"You know clearly that they are eunuchs in the palace and relatives of the emperor, so why don't you let us escape? You still want to beat them, so what should we do now?"
Lin Tailai looked at the young woman who had been teased before and said with a smile: "You have already caused trouble, where can you escape to? How can you abandon the shop?
I am doing this for your own good and helping you solve the problem completely, you should be grateful to me."
The middle-aged man had a glimmer of hope in his heart. After beating the Zheng family, they still dared to talk and laugh freely here. Could it be that he was also a confident person?
He asked hurriedly: "You said you can solve the problem? What's next?"
Lin Tailai said very righteously: "If such a big thing happens, we must report it to the official!"
If it doesn't go to the official stage, how can the matter escalate? How can the news spread faster?
"Don't!" the middle-aged waiter yelled.
What's the use of reporting this kind of thing to the official? It can even be said that the more you report it to the official, the more unlucky you will be!
Could it be that the strong man in front of him was sent by his competitors to trick him? But what kind of competitor could hire such a lineup?
Lin Tailai comforted him and said, "Don't worry, my people went to the Xicheng Procuratorate to report to the police when the fighting started!
There is a fight involving dozens of people, and the Censor of Xicheng will definitely arrive as soon as possible!"
The capital is different from other places. The two county governments do not have much responsibility for public security and judicial issues on the ground. Instead, the Five Cities Military and Horse Division and the City Patrol Censor are responsible.
The people in charge of this place are the Xicheng Military and Horse Division and the Xicheng Censor. Wang Xiangmeng also served as the Xicheng Censor back then and had a year of qualifications.
Just hearing that someone had already gone to report to the official, the middle-aged man was completely stunned.
Lin Tailai tried his best to hint: "Also, for you, I have to have a reasonable reason to go out and confront the eunuchs and the Zheng family, don't you think?
Otherwise, others will question my motives and things will appear less reasonable."
The middle-aged guy was confused and had no ability to think at all.
Lin Tailai had to go further and hinted: "I heard that officials who have lived in the capital for a long time, if their family members are not around, they often raise children locally.
And many poor families in the capital are willing to let their daughters have their houses taken over by officials so that the whole family can benefit from it."
These words are not made up by Lin Tailai. This kind of habit does exist today. As the saying goes, to become a Jinshi is to "change your name and marry a younger one."
Moreover, when those officials left Beijing, the local concubines were often unwilling to follow them, and the whole family would often go into battle to cause trouble, and there were many bloody stories.
The middle-aged guy dares to be angry but dare not say anything. Until now, others have only teased civilian girls. You, a strong man, want to rob openly and then call others a thief?
After Lin Tailai finished hinting, he sighed that the middle-aged clerk was ignorant and reality would teach him how to be a good person, while he walked out of the store.
The servants of the Zheng family who were lying on the ground were still yelling and cursing, but after seeing Lin Tailai's tall and majestic figure, they all choked their voices, and the scene instantly became quiet.
This is called aura, this is called deterrence.
After waiting for a while, he saw dozens of officers rushing over surrounded by an official sedan.
Then a censor official jumped out of the sedan chair, probably the censor Pan from Xicheng City.
"What happened here?" Pan Yushi glanced around the scene majestically.
Lin Tailai grabbed the middle-aged man, carried him to the censor, and shouted: "The censor has made the decision for you, why don't you express your feelings quickly!"
All the clerks in the store, including the little lady who was molested, were driven in front of the censor.
But the middle-aged waiter was shaking like chaff, stumbling in front of Pan Yushi, unable to even say a single word.
"Little Jia Fugui works as a salesperson in the store and also manages the accounts."
Lin Tailai understood that the middle-aged clerk was afraid of trouble and officials, but he was too lazy to continue, so he took the initiative to say to Pan Yushi:
"It's better for me, a person who knows the cause and effect, to come forward and explain it on my behalf!"
After Pan Yushi looked at it for a few times, he said to the calligrapher next to him: "Remember this person is Lin Tailai, the son of Suzhou!"
Since Lin Tailai dared to come forward, he didn't care about being recorded, so he said:
"Pan Shiyu, you see, such a beautiful little lady was molested by two beasts just because she had to make a living and sell goods in public.
What's even more hateful is that after these two beasts were stopped by the patrolling officers and soldiers, they refused to give up. They called a dozen thugs from Zheng Guozhang's house and ran over again.
I really don’t know what they want to do. If a beautiful young lady falls into the hands of such evil people, the consequences will be disastrous!
When something like this happened, I had to act righteously to help prevent the tragedy from happening.
At the same time, I sent someone to the Xicheng Procuratorate to report that everything was done in a reasonable manner. I hope Pan Shiyu will investigate!"
Lin Tailai was very emotional and deeply involved in the drama.
He really felt that he was doing a good thing. If he hadn't stepped forward, this young lady who had encountered sudden disasters would have definitely not ended well.
"That's nonsense!" the older of the two eunuchs suddenly shouted at the top of his lungs.
Lin Tailai was calm and asked calmly: "Then why were you beaten before? And why did you bring more than a dozen people back?"
He has seen this kind of tough-talking villain with a cruel look and a soft heart, and it is useless no matter how loud he shouts.
It is estimated that the next step is to officially reveal the identity of the eunuch and then make a lot of quibbles.
Pan Yushi did not have the right to punish the eunuch directly. He probably had to report to the emperor and notify the ceremonial supervisor or Dongchang to collect the eunuch.
But it doesn't matter to Lin Tailai. Anyway, his main goal is the Zheng family, and he just needs to drag the Zheng family to make things bigger.
The older eunuch pulled off his fake beard and said to Pan Yushi: "We are Hou Jinzhong, who came out of the palace!"
Pan Yushi scolded him unceremoniously: "Even the servants in the palace must abide by the rules and laws!"
Hou Jinzhong said with an angry face: "You know nothing! Do you only listen to one side of the story when judging a case?"
Then Eunuch Hou pointed at the little lady who was being molested and said: "We passed by this shop and were thinking about buying some snacks and preserved fruits, but we didn't expect to meet a profiteer!
They treat our family as ordinary people, and we are short of goods. I want to argue with them, but I am accused of molesting women. It is simply too much!"
Lin Tailai: "???"
What kind of painting style is this? Why is it different from the stereotype of eunuchs?
Pan Yushi frowned and asked the eunuch: "Do you have any evidence?"
Eunuch Hou replied: "The scale in the store is still there, go and check it, won't you understand?"
So Pan Yushi ordered the officer to get a scale and conduct a simple comparison with several nearby shops.
It turned out that what Eunuch Hou said was actually true. There was indeed something wrong with the scale in this pastry shop!
Pan Yushi looked at the middle-aged clerk Jia Fugui and asked, "What else do you have to say?"
Jia Fugui could no longer kneel firmly and collapsed directly to the ground.
Although he didn't say a word, you could tell from the way he didn't dare to argue that what Eunuch Hou said was probably true.
Seeing that Jia Fugui was like a ball of mud, Pan Yushi turned to Lin Tailai and shouted:
"What else do you have to say? What is the collusion between you and Jia Fugui?"
Lin Tailai: ""
Damn it! Why is the plot different from what I imagined? The simple shopkeeper turned out to be a dishonest person?
It seems that it is not the eunuchs who bully the common people and molest women, but the eunuchs who hide their identities and are tricked by the unruly people?
No wonder Jia Fugui's various behaviors were abnormal. How come he was stuck in his own fixed thinking and didn't notice it?
The dignified official Lin colluded with a dim sum vendor to make a profit. If word spread, it would make people laugh to death!