Chapter 64 Confiscating the house and arresting the whole family
The sun breaks through the clouds and shines on the earth. Xiangyang City is bustling with traffic.
Liu Cong led Fan around for a stroll. Fan was like a free bird, looking at this and that in front of various stalls. Liu Cong only felt that from ancient times to the present, women's nature of not being tired when shopping has been the same.
"ah!"
"I think I think highly of you, why don't you know how to appreciate me?"
There was an exclamation, and everyone looked around to see a young man wearing turban talking to a woman. The woman looked young, only fifteen or sixteen years old.
The young man was grabbing the woman's wrist, and her father was pinned to the ground by the slave the young man was leading.
Look at the stall in front of them, which is full of fruits.
"Pah!" Seeing that the woman was still resisting, the young man slapped her, "How shameless? If you follow me, you won't have to follow your father to show off."
"You beast, let her go, or I will report it to the police." Although the girl's father was being held in custody, he still said to the young man with wide eyes.
"Report to the official?" The young man seemed to have heard some joke, "Hahahaha, I laughed to death." He even laughed so much that he let go of the girl's hand and covered his stomach.
Wiping away the tears caused by his wild laughter, the young man stepped on the head of the girl's father, then knelt down and said: "Listen up, my name is Fei Tong, and the state shepherd's office signed the contract for Fei Guan's son. You can go ahead.
See if anyone can take care of me. Call me!"
After saying that, he stood up and grabbed the girl again, "How about you come with me and play for a few days and then I'll let you go, or else I'll beat your father to death."
Seeing her father roaring and howling on the ground, looking at her father being beaten, the girl trembled and nodded with tears in her eyes.
"Hahaha, okay, stop it, let's go back home!" Feitong still smiled wildly. In fact, he could take the girl away by force, but he preferred to force her and the pleasure of watching others surrender to him.
"Stop." Someone finally couldn't stand it any longer and called out to Fei Tong.
Fei Tong turned around and saw a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian shirt.
"Who are you?" Fei Tong is not stupid either. There are not many people who can read and wear Confucian shirts these days. Please ask clearly.
"Zigui County Magistrate, Li Yan, Li Zhengfang!" Li Yan looked at Fei Tong with disgust and disdain.
"Hahaha." Fei Tong laughed again, "These days, what kind of monster has the courage to meddle in other people's business? Since you are still an official, get out of here now, I don't care."
Li Yan angrily scolded: "You are committing murder and causing misfortune in the street in broad daylight. Do you still have the law?"
"Brother, there is no need to talk nonsense to this kind of person. Let's go and report to the official." Another young man in a scholar's shirt spoke to Li Yan.
Feitong looked ugly: "Who are you?"
"Jiang Wan, Lingling, Jiang Gongyan!" Jiang Wan didn't even look at Fei Tong, but instead cupped his hands at Li Yan.
Li Yan returned the greeting, "I have also heard of Gongyan's name in Nanyang."
Feitong's face was no longer ugly, but angry, "Hit me!"
Liu Cong winked at Xu Feng. Xu Feng agreed and immediately rushed forward with his soldiers. Within a moment, several slaves were subdued.
"My lord." Xu Feng saluted Liu Cong and Fan who came forward.
"Is there a beast like you in the world?" Liu Cong looked at Fei Tong coldly.
Fei Tong then looked straight at Fan, who was holding Liu Cong's arm and wearing a veil.
"Boy, hand over that woman, I don't care if your people beat my servant."
"Xu Feng!"
"The end is here!"
"Go and pluck out his eyeballs for me."
"promise!"
Looking at Xu Feng and others walking towards him, Fei Tong finally panicked, "I am Fei Guan's son, how dare you?"
"Little brother, wait a minute." Li Yan stopped him again. "This Fei Tong is indeed a heinous bastard, but the power to punish him lies with the court and the government. If everyone is like you, how can the government punish itself? How can the law convince the people?
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"What Zhengfang said is good, but you don't know what to do?" Jiang Wan also looked at Liu Cong and asked.
Liu Cong saluted the two of them and said, "I admire you two great talents, but if he dares to covet my woman, it won't be that easy."
When Fan heard this, his face turned red with embarrassment, but his heart felt warm.
"My wife is also here. If I really take action, wouldn't it stain my wife's eyes?" Jiang Wan was a little angry. Are there all people in Xiangyang City who are so ungrateful?
"Xu Feng, sent someone to take my wife back to the house. I took Fei Tong into custody and took people to ransack Fei's house. I arrested the whole family. I sent someone to the county government office and asked Xiangyang County Magistrate Liu Xian how he did his job.
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After Liu Cong finished giving orders to Xu Feng, he said to Fan: "You go back first, I still have some things to do."
Fan nodded and got into the carriage brought by the soldiers.
Xu Feng directed his people to handle the several things Liu Cong just mentioned.
Liu Xian, the magistrate of Xiangyang County, once sent an envoy to Xu Du. Cao Cao was speechless because he mocked Liu Biao. Maybe he is not famous, but his nephew is named Zhou Buyi!
As soon as Liu Cong gave the order, Li Yan and Jiang Wan also realized that the seemingly harmless young man in front of them was not that simple.
Liu Cong didn't pay attention to the shocked looks in their eyes. He stepped forward and helped the girl's father up first, "Xu Feng, leave some money for them."
"Oh, I don't dare. It's already a huge favor to get help from a noble person today. How can I still dare to accept your money?" The girl's father waved his hands repeatedly.
Liu Cong felt a little guilty, "Take it and go see the doctor. The public security in Xiangyang is like this. I also made mistakes, so just think of it as my apology."
The girl and her father did not understand what Liu Cong said, but they no longer dared to refuse.
At this moment, Liu Cong understood why he was depressed, because he was free. The public security and people's livelihood in Xiangyang and even Jingzhou were so bad that he suddenly knew what he should do.
"Are you Liu Cong?" Jiang Wan suddenly asked.
When Li Yan heard what Jiang Wan said, he bowed to Liu Cong and said, "Magistrate of Zigui County, I pay my respects to my lord."
Liu Cong quickly stepped forward and helped Li Yan up, "Zhengfang, please don't be too polite. If something like this happens in Xiangyang, Cong's face will be tarnished."
Then he looked at Jiang Wan and said, "Gongyan, Zhengfang, can we find a place to have a chat?"
"I obey." Li Yan was the first to speak. Jiang Wan hesitated and nodded.
In the restaurant, Liu Cong, Jiang Wan, and Li Yan knelt down and sat by the window on the second floor. (The restaurant was established in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, so the plot here requires it)
The food in the Han Dynasty was not as varied and delicious as that of later generations. There was only a piece of pig meat (pork) and a roast chicken on the table.
"It's a great honor for Cong to meet you two today. Gongyan is a great talent. Ma Jichang has recommended Gongyan to me many times." Liu Cong was the first to speak.
Jiang Wan and Li Yan continued to say nothing, and Liu Cong continued: "I wonder why you two came to Xiangyang?"
Jiang Wan sneered, "Ji Chang sent me a letter. I heard that you were retreating from Sun Quan in Jiangxia and killing Jinxuan in Wuling. I originally wanted to join you, but seeing Xiangyang like this today, I might as well forget it."
Li Yan looked at Liu Cong's expression and said, "My lord, I'm here to resign."
Li Yan in history also resigned and entered Shu before Cao Cao went south.
Liu Cong smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that these two great talents would leave him.
[Author's digression]: This chapter is not very well written, so I will gladly accept the readers' criticism.