The ups and downs of life happened so fast that Zhao Er felt a little dizzy.
A year ago, he was still the dominant tyrant in the main street of the capital. He had many younger brothers under his command, such as Yun, who ruled all the small and medium-sized vendors on the main street. Everyone respectfully called him Mr. Zhao.
The turning point came when the housekeeper of the Zhao family ordered him to deal with a poor scholar who was telling fortunes on the street. He immediately said that he would handle it, and it was a trivial matter that was not worth mentioning.
Then he was beaten by a poor scholar, and defrauded of five taels of silver, until finally he was sent to prison, where he spent half a year in a life worse than death.
The most hateful thing was that he later found out that the housekeeper of the Zhao family had received money from Liu Tong before instructing him to cause trouble.
Now that Liu Tong has been promoted to the Right Minister of Household Affairs, he shamelessly shows off that his son-in-law is Xiao Feng, while he has been crying behind bars for half a year. Is there any justice in this world?
Finally he bounced back, and with the care of all parties, he not only got out of prison, but also became a manager of the Fair Office in Datong Mutual Market, and everyone respectfully called him Manager Zhao.
The most awesome thing is that the dignified Governor-General Xuandang is so kind to me that he is afraid of melting when he holds it in his mouth, and he is afraid of exploding if he holds it in his hand.
If you want money, you have money, and if you want women, you have money. You have recovered your lost youth, your former pride, your dignity and fun as a man, and you have returned to your peak!
Today, he was riding wildly on the top of the mountain. He pointed at a Tatar who refused to give him money and shouted: "What they bought was a horse. Is what you gave them a horse? You didn't even look at it. How could a horse look like this?"
Even a donkey is too small!"
The Tatar brought his girl with him to do business. Seeing Zhao Er being so arrogant and unreasonable, he was so angry that he trembled all over and argued in very broken Chinese.
"Master Steward, you can't refer to a horse as a donkey. This is a pony, a pony! It won't take long for it to grow up!"
Zhao Er waved his hands impatiently, but his eyes fell on the Tatar girl. This girl was clean and could be regarded as a rare beauty among Tatars. She was just a little small, but Zhao Er didn't care.
Although he had money, the exchange market was remote after all, and there were no brothels nearby, so he could only go and enjoy himself when he was back in the city to do business.
During this period, the mutual market entered a trading climax. He was busy with his black whistle business and had indeed not returned to the city for a while. He was very angry. When he saw the little girl, his eyes lit up and he felt that the two taels of silver given by the Han people suddenly disappeared.
Fragrant.
"Here, ah, brother, what you said makes sense. Come here, I'll talk to you."
The Tatar didn't know why, so he followed Zhao Er to the side. Zhao Er whispered: "It's easy for you to want me to make the decision for you.
As long as you agree to my request, not only will I let you win this time, but I will let you win every time you have a business dispute in the future!"
The Tatar understood what he meant and said with a grimace: "Sir, I also know that I should be filial to you. It's just that all my money has been used to buy goods. I was deceived just after I opened my business. I will be filial when I make money."
Zhao Er shook his head and said with a lewd smile: "That's not necessary. I have plenty of money. I like your sister very much. As long as you let her accompany me, you will be my brother-in-law from now on. I will naturally take care of you in everything!"
The Tatar was furious, but thinking of his family's livelihood and the hard-earned trade quota, he had to swallow his anger.
"Sir, that's not possible. My sister is still young. I hope you can let her go. I will definitely find a way to get some money to show my respect to you."
Zhao Er patiently persuaded him: "What are you afraid of? Didn't you just say that the pony will grow up and be able to ride it?"
The Tatar couldn't bear it anymore and shouted flatly: "No, it just can't be done!"
Zhao Er's brain was already full of sperm, so he couldn't hear it. In addition, he was used to being domineering and majestic these days, and his ears could no longer hear the word "no".
Immediately he turned his face, pointed at the Tatar and shouted: "How dare you pass off inferior goods and disturb the court's mutual trade. It is a heinous crime! Come here, arrest his whole family and temporarily detain him in the justice office until I deal with it!"
Zhao Er is not alone in the Justice Office, there is a group of staff. Although these people are also selected from the Datong garrison, the trees are big and have dead branches, and there are naturally soldiers in the Datong garrison who have the same odor as Zhao Er.
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Zhao Er went through strict screening and kicked out anyone who disagreed with him, creating a market management team that was absolutely loyal to him and had extremely strong combat effectiveness.
These people got rich together with Zhao Er and blew whistles together. Their relationship was unbreakable. As soon as they saw Zhao Er raise his butt, they knew what kind of hemorrhoids he had.
Seeing that Zhao Er had turned against him at this time, he immediately rushed forward and prepared to arrest him. The other Tatars gave up and began to make a noise, and someone shouted.
"Where are the people of the Qilagut tribe? Where is the leader of Qilagut?"
A tall and majestic man rushed out of the tent in the distance, followed by several followers. They were all empty-handed, which was the rule in the mutual market. Neither party was allowed to ride a horse, and neither was allowed to carry weapons.
The man rushed forward, blocked the Tatar brother and sister behind him, pointed angrily at Zhao Er and shouted.
"Ananda Khan said that he had negotiated a mutual trade with the Ming Dynasty, and wanted to allow all tribes on the grassland to enjoy the rain and dew, and allocated quotas to each tribe.
We also came to trade with Ming Dynasty with a grateful heart. Didn’t we expect that Ming Dynasty would be such a bully?
Although the Chiragut tribe is small, they are all tough guys! If you want to fight, just come!"
Zhao Er was shocked when he saw that he had encountered a tough situation, but he was already at the peak of his madness, how could he give in so easily? Besides, the girl was really beautiful. If he let her go, how would he spend the night?
"Brothers, come on! In the territory of our Ming Dynasty, how can we let the Tatars act violently? Don't be afraid, there are many of us in the market, and our troops are outside the market!"
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, a faint voice suddenly sounded behind Zhao Er, causing Zhao Er to tremble instantly.
"Second Master Zhao, you are so majestic. Did the imperial court ask you to manage the mutual market like this?"
Zhao Er turned around in horror, and saw his broom star at a glance, Xiao Feng, dressed in blue and white robe, holding a folding fan, looking airy, followed by Qiu Luan, looking at Zhao Er with a strange look.
After Zhao Er was shocked, he calmed down again. He firmly believed that his backing was strong enough, and Qiu Luan was so kind to him as proof!
But he did have a psychological shadow on Xiao Feng, so he didn't dare to be too tough and spoke with an apologetic smile.
"Master Xiao, why are you here in Datong? Please let me know early so that I can rush back to the city to meet you.
This market is very chaotic, the Tatars are always making trouble, and my work here is too tight. You go back to the city, and after the villain has finished handling the things here, he will go back to the city to serve you!"
Xiao Feng burst out laughing. Both the Tatars and the Han people were confused by the laughter. Is there anything funny about this?
"Zhao Er! The Ming Dynasty has decreed to establish mutual trade with all the grassland tribes. All tribes, big or small, strong or weak, have the right to participate in the mutual trade! If there is any obstruction, the Ming Dynasty will uphold justice!
This is a good thing that is mutually beneficial! But you treat people differently if they have money or not, and whether the tribe is strong or weak! You act tyrannically, confuse right and wrong, take bribes and pervert the law, and let down the emperor's favor!
You made the grassland ministries mistakenly think that the Ming Dynasty was bullying them! You made the Han people mistakenly think that the Ming Dynasty was all corrupt officials! You made the court mistakenly think that the road to mutual trade was difficult!
As an imperial envoy, how can I allow scum like you to harm the people and harm the fate of the Ming Dynasty! Come on, arrest me!"
Zhao Er was shocked and shouted: "Governor, Governor, you have to speak! Governor?"
When Zhao Er saw Qiu Luan's expression of grief over the death of his son, he knew something was wrong. He knew that the governor was unreliable. The only way to survive now was to escape and buy time for the strict party members to rescue him.
"Brothers, you can't just sit back and wait for death! We are all in the same boat, they will not let you go, rush out and seize the horses to escape!"
Although Qiu Luan's personal soldiers did not carry weapons, their combat effectiveness was definitely much stronger than Zhao Er's combat team.
What's more, those people who were usually bullied by Zhao Er, whether Han or Tatar, rushed up to help, and soon Zhao Er's team was tied up tightly.
The only one with a weapon was Xiao Feng. He was a civil servant and an imperial envoy, and no one took it seriously when he carried a knife. Xiao Feng took out the Xiuchun knife and handed it to Qiu Luan.
"Mr. Governor, I know that Manager Zhao has a deep friendship with you and treats you as a nephew. We are all responsible for him getting to this point. I am also very heartbroken."
Xiao Feng said and pretended to wipe his tears with his sleeve. Zhao Er, who was already pinned to the ground, cursed wildly and greeted all the women in Xiao Feng's family, whether they were living or deceased, and even the unborn ones.
, quite forward-looking.
Several soldiers went up to block his mouth, but Xiao Feng waved his hand: "This guy is about to die. If he refuses to give in even after being scolded, am I such a domineering person?"
Then he turned his head and continued to cry to Qiu Luan: "But the emperor's kindness cannot be denied, and the law of heaven cannot be violated. In ancient times, there was a prince Wu who beheaded Ma Di with tears, and today there is a governor who beheaded Zhao Er with tears in his eyes. Go ahead."
Only then did Qiu Luan suddenly realize why Xiao Feng wanted him to raise Zhao Er as his son. He glanced at Xiao Feng in fear and decided that he would get closer to this guy in the future, preferably by getting married or something.
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I don't have a daughter of the right age yet, let alone Xiao Feng. However, I heard that Xiao Feng has a maid as a dowry. If I can take her as a concubine, can I barely be considered a brother-in-law?
This is something to consider later. The thing now is to perform well. Any situation involving performance, Qiu Luan will immediately become lucky, just like during peace talks, he is definitely a genius acting school.
Qiu Luan's expression was extremely sad, and a few tears really squeezed out of the corners of his eyes, as if what he was about to chop was his own son.
Zhao Er and the 20 or so buddies team sincerely hope that Qiu Luan can grieve a little more. It is best to throw away the knife at the last moment and hide his face in pain: "I can't do this!"
Unfortunately, Qiu Luan did it. He chopped off the head of the nearest justice office officer with one knife. The head was sprayed with blood, rushed high, and fell to the ground.
The Han and Meng tribesmen, who had been severely bullied by these people, shouted at the same time, as if they finally raised their heads from the water and took a hearty breath.
"General Chou! General Chou! General Chou!" the Tatars shouted with great enthusiasm.
"Master Xiao! Master Xiao! Master Xiao!" The Han people immediately responded fiercely.
Just like a fierce football match, the home and away audiences each have their own supporters, but there are constant defections in the lineups of both teams.
Because many Tatars know Xiao Feng, they will also call for Master Xiao; and many Han people were originally let into the city by Qiu Luan to survive, so they will also support Qiu Luan.
Amid the cheers from the audience, Qiu Luan continued to control the ball and score points, dribbling the ball all over the floor until he reached Zhao Er, ready to score the winning goal.
Zhao Er's face turned pale and his whole body was trembling. The prideful man who had been so proud of himself recently had peed his pants. He looked at Qiu Luan in despair. Suddenly, he was so blessed that he finally became smart for once in his life!
"You did it on purpose..."
Qiu Luan didn't let his wisdom shine, so he chopped off his head with one knife.
Perhaps he had held it in for too long. Zhao Er's head flew higher than the heads of the group of buddies, and rolled down in front of the Tatar girl.
The Tatar girl didn't scream, bit her lip, and stepped on Zhao Er's face hard, knocking him to death.
The leader of the Chiragut tribe looked at the girl of his tribe, his face full of pride and admiration, and suddenly took her hand.
"Pearls like this are scattered on the grassland, but I didn't see them until today. Brave girl, I am Zheheng Aha, the leader of the tribe.
If you don’t mind, I will drive the cattle and sheep to your yurt and sing for you!”
Before the brave girl could answer, Qiu Luan's cries could be heard in the sky.
"Zhao Er, Zhao Er, you and I have depended on each other for so many years!
I have always taught and raised you as if you were my own flesh and blood, but I didn’t expect that a white-haired person would give a black-haired person to you today!”