"Isn't Jinlin a thing in the pond? It turns into a dragon when it encounters a storm..." Duan Fei got up early in the morning and when he was standing in the yard, his heart suddenly became confused. He stopped and stood up, sighed and said to himself: "Emperor Zhengde will
In the city of Nanjing, I can't see him. Want to leap over the dragon's gate? It's difficult..."
Duan Fei couldn't help but feel a little elated after hearing so much flattery in the past two days. Although he had not passed the provincial examination, and did not have the golden signature of being promoted or even promoted to Jinshi, but if someone with enough weight was willing to recommend him, he could become one first.
He was a junior official of the sixth or seventh grade, and then slowly accumulated qualifications and rose up. Yang Shiqi of the Yongle Dynasty was recommended to compile the "Yongle Dadian" because of his good handwriting, and eventually became a cabinet assistant.
Yangzhou Tongpan recommended Duan Fei at the beginning, but Yangzhou Tongpan was only a sixth-rank official. Of course, his recommendation was not as good as that of the third-rank magistrate Ma Wentao. Duan Fei was already looking forward to one day becoming a recommendation official of the first government...
"Sir, it's not good..." Butler Huang Bo stumbled in and shouted to Duan Fei: "Sir, a group of people came from Yingtian Yamen and said they have trouble with the master. It seems that the situation is not good."
Duan Fei was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Did they say anything?"
Uncle Huang couldn't explain clearly. He only knew that the government officials came in a fierce manner, and the leader was named Ning Zhuqi, a promotion official.
Just when he wanted to be a recommendation officer, a recommendation officer came in front of him. Duan Fei did not dare to neglect and said to Huang Bo: "I will go meet them right away. You go and inform Shi Bin and the others, as well as Miss Su, to respond at any time."
The words "response at any time" seemed very forced, but when he blurted it out, Duan Fei felt something was not good. The sky was unpredictable, could something bad happen?
While he was thinking about it, he came to the front yard, walked through the corridor and walked into the main hall. He saw a man about forty years old with a short three-strand beard and wearing a sixth-grade official uniform, sitting swaggeringly on the main seat and drinking.
During the tea, several other government servants were standing or sitting there looking around.
Seeing Duan Fei come out, Team Leader Liu, who had cooperated with Duan Fei to solve the case yesterday, hurriedly glanced at him and told him to be careful. Duan Fei nodded slightly at him, then saluted the officer and said, "Master Ning
, I am polite. I moved to my new house the day before yesterday and hosted a banquet for you all. When I learned that Master Ning was working away from home, I once lamented that I was only acquainted with you. I didn’t want you to come here in person today. It really makes me proud!"
Ning Zhuqi sneered: "Stop talking nonsense. If your house is still called Pengpi, I'm afraid only the imperial palace would dare to call it magnificent. Stop talking nonsense. I received a report today and came to handle the case. Duan Fei, I heard you
I only became a detective to fill a vacancy in mid-March, am I right?"
"Not bad." Duan Fei replied calmly.
"Before this, you were just a street gangster?" Ning Zhuqi asked immediately.
After asking the two questions, Duan Fei already knew the purpose of his visit. Thoughts were running through his mind quickly, and he answered unambiguously: "Not bad."
Ning Zhuqi slapped the coffee table and shouted: "Then tell me, your monthly salary is only one bucket of rice plus half a shilling. Even if you work as a detective all your life, you still can't buy half an inch of land in Yingtian Mansion. In less than two months, how do you do it?"
From a penniless gangster to a wealthy man with a mansion? Could it be that you have been embezzling and stealing tens of thousands of taels of silver in the past month!"
Duan Fei was prepared in his heart. Facing Ning Zhuqi's questioning, he said calmly: "Master Ning, this is an injustice to me. Master Ning can send people to Yangzhou Mansion to investigate. What have I done since I became a policeman?"
Have you ever done something illegal? I'm afraid you have been deceived. I was not poor before, but I just didn't want to use the money. The money I used to buy a house was left to me by my late father."
"Late father?" Ning Zhuqi shouted: "Aren't you an orphan? Where did a father appear?"
Duan Fei said sternly: "Sir, I have never said that I am an orphan. In fact, my father is a rich man in Sichuan. The reason why I never tell others is because I hate him. He abandoned my mother back then and caused great harm to me.
My mother died of hemorrhage when she gave birth to me. Five years ago, he sent someone to find me and wanted me to return to Sichuan to inherit the family business, but I refused. Although I was just a gangster at the time, I was not greedy for his money.
, I hate him, I still hate him a few years after he died, and I don’t want to touch even half of the inheritance he left me. However, in February of this year, after I survived the catastrophe, I read Li for a few days, "Heaven and Earth, Lord and Master, Father"
No matter how wrong it is, he is still my father. He left me the inheritance so that I can live better. If I abandon him and continue to hang out, not only will my father be in pain, but my mother will also be disappointed, so I will
I changed my mind and decided to use the inheritance my father left me. If you don’t believe me, you can go to Datong Bank to check. My father left me a large sum of money."
Ning Zhuqi is just a small promoter. The backstage of Datong Bank is very strong, and he cannot just check it casually. Sichuan is also far away, and it will take at least two or three months to send someone to check back and forth. If Ning Zhuqi
Qi Dang really sent someone to investigate, and Duan Fei had time to respond. Besides, if Ying Tianfu really wanted to pursue the case, he probably wouldn't have sent a policeman who was familiar with Duan Fei to come. Duan Fei had a big banquet that day and secretly stuffed it into Master Ma.
The bank note with Mr. Zhang is not for nothing.
Ning Zhuqi sneered and said: "Do you think that I am a three-year-old child with your tongue full of flowers? I will continue to investigate this matter. As long as one sentence is found to be untrue... Huh, you have to know that I
That's great! Duan Fei, because you are now under suspicion, you cannot stay in Yingtian Mansion any longer. The recommendation letter from Yangzhou Mansion to the Ministry of Civil Affairs has also been rejected. Mr. Ma asked you to return to Yangzhou and wait as your little catcher.
News about my investigation into the case.”
Duan Fei was speechless. This result was something he had never thought of. He saw Ning Zhuqi snorted and stood up with his sleeves. Duan Fei suddenly woke up. He cupped his fists and bowed to Ning Zhuqi, blocking the arrests.
With quick eyes, he thrust a thousand-tael silver note into Ning Zhuqi's hand and said, "Master Ning, I am really wronged. Master Ning wants to clear my name!"
Ning Zhuqi showed a smile on his face and said in a low voice: "Master Ma, let me tell you, if you succeed or fail, your noble person will become your evil god in an instant. Go back and stay peacefully.
Time will tell, Mr. Ma still values you very much."
Only then did Duan Fei understand what had happened, but no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't figure out why that noble man suddenly turned against him. Could it be that that noble man was an upright but pedantic defender like Hai Rui? No.
Do you like to be deceived by Duan Fei using his name?
Duan Fei was still confused after sending his people back. Shi Bin, Guo Wei and several other policemen from Yangzhou and Su Rong came to greet him. Shi Bin asked: "Brother Fei, what we heard behind the screen just now
Half, what’s going on?”
Duan Fei took a breath and said: "It's okay. I was a little worried that this house would cause me trouble two days ago. Now this hurdle has been overcome. Thanks to my hard work in solving the case for Mr. Ma these days and the stuff I put in the past two days.
Silver..."
Su Rong said calmly: "Is it just because of this house? When did the officials in Yingtian Mansion become so petty?"
The officials of Yingtian Mansion were well-informed and would not get jealous over this house. Duan Fei glanced at Su Rong and said, "It's really not that simple. A big shot was unhappy with me and kicked me back to Yangzhou."
Let’s go, everyone is going to get ready, I’m going to say goodbye to Master Ma, Master Zhang, and then go back to Yangzhou…”
Duan Fei went to Yingtian Mansion to meet Mr. Ma, but he couldn't even get in through the yamen gate, so he had to return disappointed. Except for Huang Suliang, who had to stay in Yingtian Mansion to deal with business accidents, Su Rong and the policemen from Yangzhou followed Duan Fei.
Charter a boat to return to Yangzhou.
Along the way, Shi Bin and the others were full of complaints, but Duan Fei ignored them and kept closing his eyes to rest, not knowing what he was thinking.
When he opened his eyes this morning, who could have predicted that something like this would happen? Falling from heaven to hell is this feeling... Duan Fei suddenly remembered another sentence: "Heaven will send a great responsibility to this person."