Only a quarter of an hour later, several officials sealed the shop. The leader, a red-robed policeman with a thick body and dark skin, walked in with a saber in his hand. After scanning around, he said in a deep voice: "Steward Yang Mansion reported the case.
, it is said that there are people here who are under house arrest of the guards of the Yang Mansion, and are pretending to be imperial officials, please come with me!"
Li Yu put down the tea cup in his hand, stood up slowly, and said to Song Yao: "Sister Yao, take Sister Jiang back first. Tang Ji and I will go back and come back."
"Okay, then please pay attention to safety." Song Yao was not worried that someone would dare to attack him openly in Kyoto City, so she took Jiang Ran's arm and walked towards the gate.
"Stop, I'm telling you, all of you, come back with me!" Xu Haofu spoke again, then stretched out his hand to block the way of the two women.
Song Yao didn't waste any more words and took out a black token from her waist: "What now?"
Xu Haofu had been a police officer for five or six years. He recognized at a glance that the person holding the token was the imperial guard's token. He couldn't help but think of what Butler Yang said in the county government about the person pretending to be an official of the imperial court. He couldn't help but turn his attention to Li
Yu and Tang Ji felt a little uneasy in their hearts.
Seeing that the other party didn't reply, Song Yao didn't care anymore, took back the military ban order he just got this morning, and left with Jiang Ran.
"Let's go!" Li Yu straightened his sleeves, ordered Song Xiao to take the Yang family guards in the corner, and walked toward the gate.
...
Taiping County Yamen, back hall.
A middle-aged man wearing a light crimson official uniform was sitting at the main seat drinking tea. He had a long face, prominent cheekbones and thick beard. After putting down the tea cup, he looked at Butler Yang with a smile: "Butler Yang
, don’t think too much, just drink tea, I will definitely give you an explanation on this matter!”
"Okay, okay, thank you, sir." Butler Yang recovered his thoughts, responded with a smile, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and continued: "When this happens, the Yang family will definitely prepare a generous gift to thank you, sir."
"Hahaha, easy to say, easy to say!" Hou Yuanzhi stroked his beard. The Yang family has always been generous. Recently, several good things have been bought into Yichun House. I wonder if the things prepared this time are enough for him to marry another concubine.
Licking his lips, his mind was filled with romantic affairs.
Soon, an official rushed in: "Your Excellency, we have been brought here!"
Hearing this, Butler Yang quickly stood up and said, "Sir, I'll go out first."
"Okay, I'll make some preparations." Hou Yuanzhi raised his hand and motioned for the officer to take him down.
Even so, he just waited for Butler Yang to leave, straightened his official uniform a little, and then quickly walked to the front hall.
The court hall of the Taiping County Government Office is much larger than that of the local county government offices, but the layout is very ordinary. There are officials standing on both sides of the hall, holding court staffs in their hands. There is a long dark table above and on the wall behind
There is a painting of a red sun going out to sea, and a plaque with the inscription "The mirror hangs high" hangs on it.
Hou Yuanzhi walked directly from behind the side screen to the top of the court hall. After sitting down on the chair, he took the gavel and knocked lightly: "Ascend to the court!"
"Mighty!" The officials on both sides of the hall gently hit the ground with their imperial sticks.
Immediately, Butler Yang, who was standing in the hall, knelt down and said: "Sir, I am Yang Weicai, the steward of Yang's mansion. These two people injured my bodyguard of Yang's mansion, seized the shops of Yang's mansion, and pretended to be an official of the imperial court.
Threatening the common people, please make the decision for the common people!"
"Bold, who are you in the hall? Why don't you kneel down quickly and tell me your name!" Hou Yuanzhi tapped the gavel tree again and looked at Tang Ji and Li Yu with displeasure.
Li Yu twisted his neck twice and said in a deep voice: "Master Hou, do you recognize the four big characters on the plaque behind you?"
Hou Yuanzhi turned his head and glanced, but did not answer. He said in a deep voice: "If you don't kneel down when you see me, I can punish you for contempt of court right now!"
"The mirror is hanging high, firstly, it reminds officials to be fair and strict in judging cases, and secondly, it tells the people that they believe that the judge will understand everything clearly. May I ask, have you done this? Are you worthy of the people?" Li Yu frowned and continued.
Hou Yuanzhi seemed to have been stabbed in a painful spot by the words, his face became dark, and he raised his hand and shouted: "Come on, take them down for me, twenty feet tall, let's see if you dare to speak to me like this next time!"
Upon hearing this, four officials from both sides of the courtroom immediately walked out and walked straight towards Tang Ji and Li Yu.
Song Xiao quickly protected them in front of them and said in a deep voice: "How dare you!"
Li Yu pushed him away from behind and showed a paulownia-colored token with three large characters clearly engraved on it - "Dali Temple".
"Li Yu, acting young minister of Dali Temple, has met Mr. Hou." Li Yu said calmly.
Hearing this, Hou Yuanzhi's heart made a "thump" sound. He looked at the token carefully twice. After confirming that there was no problem, his back suddenly felt cold. He was a county magistrate who was promoted from the local county government. Previously,
I have never met King You, but I heard that he had returned to Beijing yesterday. I didn't expect to meet him so soon. He actually had the position of acting Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Although he and he were in the same position, Li Yu's
The prince's title was there, so of course he couldn't accept the other party's courtesy. He jumped up from his seat and walked quickly to the hall: "I don't dare. I'm afraid. I'm going to meet His Highness Prince You, Taiping County Yamenhou Yuanzhi."
Immediately, the officials in the court fell to their knees one after another: "See His Highness King You."
Hou Yuanzhi lowered his head, but his eyes were fixed on Butler Yang. If he had known earlier, he should have investigated it himself instead of believing this idiot's words!
Butler Yang's eyes were also shrouded in fear. He didn't expect that the other party was actually the prince!
"No gift!" Li Yu put away the token in his hand, lowered his head and glanced sideways at Butler Yang: "Why don't you tell me again, whose Kyoto belongs to this Kyoto?"
Butler Yang lowered his head silently, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he cursed Guan Longqiang in his heart.
Li Yu looked back and said to Huang Anzhi: "Come to the front and tell Lord Hou what you said to me before!"
"Yes!" Huang Anzhi stood up and knelt down next to Butler Yang.
Hou Yuanzhi had heard about the Yang family and Huang Ji's pastry shop before. Huang Anzhi came to the county government office to complain about his grievances before he ordered people to drive him out. He did not expect that the other party would get close to King You, and his eyes became a little panicked.
But he still forced himself to calm down and said with a smile: "Hey, Your Highness, please take a seat, and this little brother, who are you?"
"Tang Ji, the head of the Xiaguan Tuntian Department, has met Mr. Hou." Tang Ji imitated the other person's behavior and bowed his hands.
Hearing this, Hou Yuanzhi immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was just a minor official, otherwise his Taiping County government office would have really changed. He casually returned the greeting: "Hey, Mr. Tang, you're welcome!"
But the conversation between the two made Butler Yang raise his head suddenly.