Chapter 116.1 – The Jiang Family And The Imperial Envoy

Shen Anxin boarded the boat arranged by Zheng Baoning.

Zheng Baoning used to draw pictures for many women and gers so he always had a good attitude towards women and gers. Shen Anxin did not seem to be in the right state so he told some jokes but after telling several jokes one after another, Shen Anxin still did not talk to him.

Shen Anxin had an unusual identity, but he was a young ger above all else so Zheng Baoning did not dare to say anything in front of him. Since he didn't seem to want to hear him, he closed his mouth.

Zheng Baoning stopped talking, but Shen Anxin suddenly asked: "You say it's not safe for gers to be outside alone these days?"

"In my village, it, it's alright but I am familiar with most places but you still need to be careful when you go far away." Zheng Baoning said: "People don't like to go far these days, but isn't it because it's dangerous to go far away? "Not to mention women, gers and men were the same. Yesterday, he went to meet a businessman surnamed Zhang from Jinzhen escort agency. He met robbers when he went out before, finally he got lucky and was able to escape…. That why so many people were willing to pay our Jinzhen escort agency to escort them."

"Really?" Shen Anxin frowned.

"Yes." Zheng Baoning said and then another thing came to his mind: "I am telling you that even our boss is very careful. When he took Mr. Zhao to the capital before he found several people who would follow him every time. Even with Mr. Zhao skill, ordinary people can not deal with him at all."

"Mr. Zhao you mean Zhao Jinge?" Shen Anxin asked.

"Yes, it's Zhao Jinge." Zheng Baoning nodded.

Shen Anxin clenched his fist, his fingernails dig so deeply into his flesh that they cut his skin.

He suddenly remembered that every time he went to Zhao Jinge he would see Jiang Zhen guarding outside. Was it Jiang Zhen who arranged them to protect Zhao Jinge?"

Jiang Zhen was indifferent to him, but was so kind to Zhao Jinge.

Why was Zhao Jinge so protected, but no one has ever thought about him?

Shen Anxin's expression twisted at the thought of what happened last night.

After being rejected by Jiang Zhen yesterday, he was very sad so he planned to wander around Hecheng County. Unexpectedly, he was dragged into a vacant house by two men.

What happened after that was like a nightmare to him.

When Shen Anxin remembered what happened last night, his whole body could not stop flinching for a moment but he soon calmed down.

It could not be found out, it couldn't.

He didn't suffer much physically, but when he woke up in that empty house this morning, he wished he was dead. Then he thought of Jiang Zhen.

He wanted to see Jiang Zhen. He almost couldn't walk but he still come to Hexi village and found Jiang Zhan. But as a result…. Jiang Zhen ignored him.

Shen Anxin was in a trance, then his hated started growing stronger and stronger.

As he grew up although there were many unhappy moments but in general It was still very smooth. Although the Feng family tried to frame him before in the end it could still be avoided. He also got Zheng Yi as a backer so never before he suffered such aggravation.

He naturally could not accept it.

Why did he have to suffer like this?

Why should he be so unlucky when everyone else can live happily?

The more Shen Anxin thought about it the harder it was for him. Then he suddenly felt a jolt.

How can things be so coincidental? How could it be that he had just made his feelings known to Jiang Zhen and then encounter such a thing?

Those two people…. It was not a coincidence but a deliberate ambush!

Also, who would do such a thing to him without hurting him? Not even robbing him from his belongings….

Shen Anxin suddenly thought of a person, Zhao Jinge.

When he was in the capital, he had a little crush on Jiang Zhen so Zhao Jinge let Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi mislead him but this time… was it also Zhao Jinge?

Was Zhao Jinge trying to ruin him? After all, when something like this happens, him and Jiang Zhen were even more impossible.

Shen Anxin envied Zhao Jinge from the beginning but now he only felt a deep resentment for zhao Jinge.

Even if Zhao Jinge did not hurt him, why was he so unlucky when he was happily protected by Jiang Zhen?

Even Jiang Zhen…

At this point, Shen Anxin resented Jiang Zhen.

If Jiang Zhen hadn't been so cold to him he wouldn't have run outside alone at that time….

Besides, Zheng Yi and Jiang Zhen were so powerful that Hecheng County was almost their own world, so can it really have nothing to do with them?

Shen Anxin bowed his head, to cover his eyes full of hatred.

After what happened, he wanted to ask for help from Jiang Zhen, but Jiang Zhen did not help him….. now only hated could keep him going.

Zheng Baoning didn't know Shen Anxin mind as he stopped the boat at the dock of Hecheng Country town and then went ashore. Only then did he look at Shen Anxin and said: "Master Shen do you want the boatman to take you to Zheng family?"

"No." Shen Anxin followed Zheng Baoning off the boat when suddenly a man ran towards Zheng Baoning: "Zheng Baoning!"

The person who run toward him was Song Li, Zheng Baoning thought that he once again wanted to persuade him to leave the Jinzhen escort agency so he wanted to run into the crowd to lose him.

That guy, Song Li can't be afford to be annoyed so should he hide?

When Song Li ran toward them, Zheng Baoning had already disappeared. He clenched his fist and gritted his teeth, still full of anger.

Then he focused on Shen Anxin, who came with Zheng Baoning: "Brother, are you here to do business?"

Shen Anxin didn't want to pay attention to Song Li and turned away, but Song Li wanted to persuade Shen Anxin to stay: "Brother I am telling you Jiang Zhen from Jinzhen escort agency is not a good person. If you want to do business, don't look for him. Be careful or he will cheat you!"

Shen Anxin stopped walking.

After Song Li's wife returned to her family house, his life became even more difficult. He simply had a hard time these days, and this made him hate Jiang Zhen and Jinzhen escort agency even more. When he saw there seems to be a chance, he immediately repeated what he had said countless times already: "Jiang Zhen is not a good person, he even beat his own parents…"

Song Li repeated what Jiang Chengxiang said to him.

Shen Anxin was stunned.

All this time he only heard good things about Jiang Zhen, even when he went to Hexi village to inquire about him no one told him about Jiang family so he did not know about it at all.

"Are you telling the truth?" Shen Anxin did not belive that Jiang Zhen was such a person.

"Of course it's true. This Jiang Zhen, he is not a good thing! If you don't believe me, I can take you to see Jiang Chengxiang, Jiang Zhen's brother who was almost unable to make a living because of Jiang Zhen." Song Li said.

Shen Anxin hesitated for a while before he looked at Song Li and said: "Where is he?"

Jiang Chengxiang lived in a country town.

Since the birth his daughter has been very ill and unable to support herself, but she has survived.

What about Zhu Shufen? Although she have many shortcomings, she really loved her daughter and took good care of her.

However, even though she took good care of her, the child was still ill and coughed badly.

Zhu Shufen was so frightened that a few days ago, she came to the county town in the middle of the night with the baby in her arm and asked the doctor to see her child.

Ever since Jiang Chengxiang took Zhu Shufen ten silver in order to give Jiang Zhen money, Zhu Shufen kept a close eye on her money, and even if she couldn't make a living, she refused to give him even a penny – she was married to Jiang Chengxiang family so she naturally asked the Jiang family to pay for her food!

However, even if she refused to spend a penny at that time when her daughter became ill she took out all her money to treat her.

It's just that when her daughter gets better, her money was gone.

In this way, Zhu Shufen did not want to go home but stayed in the county town. While urging Jiang Chengxiang to find a job, she also wanted to find her own job and become a wet nurse or something,

Her daughter was in poor health and she needed to take care of her carefully. Zhu Shufen felt that she needed to earn money so that she could have peace of mind and raise her daughter well.

So at this time, the three members of her family were huddled in the shabby house that Jiang Chengxiang had rented in the county town.

When Shen Anxin and Song Li went over, Jiang Chengxiang was cooking in a hurry, while Zhu Shufen was coaxing the crying child.

The room was dirty and messy it smelled of feces and urine.

Shen Anxin was not very comfortable so when he smelled this smell he directly vomited. Feeling disgusted he stood at the door, do not want to go in.

The commotion outside naturally alerted Jiang Chengxiang, who looked outside and saw Song Li and Shen Anxin.

Song Li was alright but this Shen Anxin…

After looking up and down at Shen Anxin's new clothes, Jiang Chengxiang heart warmed up.

When he worked on docks, Jiang Chengxiang eyesight was very good so he could naturally see that Shen Anxin was very rich and he should carry favor with him.

Then he heard that Shen Anxin wanted to inquire about Jiang Zhen.

Jiang Chengxiang did not hesitate to repeat to Shen Anxin what he had said to Song Li before.

When Shen Anxin returned to Zheng family house that day it was already late.

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Chapter 116.2 – The Jiang Family And The Imperial Envoy

He looked absent-minded and even bumped into one of Zheng family servant girls…. Feng Jingyuan seeing this scene from a distance, showed nothing on his face, but his eyes flashed with a little bit of pride.

Shen Anxin had been thinking about Jiang Zhen heartlessness all day which had already made Zheng Yi dissatisfied. Then after that…

"Mention more to people about young master Shen's situation today. If he is like this he may lose his footing and fell into the water later." Feng Jinyuan said to the person next to him.

From the beginning, Feng Jinyuan did not put Shen Anxin in his eyes. Before he was willing to tolerate Shen Anxin just to reassure Zheng Yi.

But he also can not let Shen Anxin live a good life….

Looking at the distant Shen Anxin, Feng Jinyuan coldly snorted disdainfully.

Before in the capital, Shen Anxin was not able to stand even a bit of gossip so at this time he might not even want to live….

Feng Jing origin thought he knew Shen Anxin very well and thought that Shen Anxin might try to kill himself but did not expect that he really thought wrong.

Shen Anxin really cared about chastity, very, very much.

Although he was raised as a man, but his mother's words and teaching always let him think of himself as a ger. After being violated he felt like the sky was falling at him.

At first, when he found that the sky was falling, he wanted Jiang Zhen comfort but after Jiang Zhen ignored him his thought completely changed.

He was not doing well so he wanted everyone to have a bad life.

Feng Jingyuan brought people to the south of the Yangtze River this time with him, so did Shen Anxin. Because he was doing business with Zheng Yi, he has resumed a familiar relationship with many of his father's old friends.

As a result, he knew one thing.

Famous official Zhou from the capital was coming to the south of the Yangtze River.

Shen Anxin, who lived in the capital since childhood, knew official Zhou very well. He also knew that official Zhou was the most cynical and hated the officials of the Empress Dowager and he had a problem with the Zheng family for a long time.

Before Zheng Yi's second uncle, official Zheng presented the cards for gambling, which made him extremely angry so official Zhou mercilessly wanted to get back at Zheng.

Of course, because the Empress Dowager hated him very much he not only did not participate in the official Zheng presentation which also made Empress Dowager very sympathetic to Lord Zheng, and privately subsidized him.

"Lord Zhou ……" Shen Anxin muttered, then looked to the people around him and asked them to inquire when that Lord Zhou had arrived.

"Young master, what are you inquiring about him for?" Shen Anxin little servant asked in confusion.

"Why are you asking so many questions? Just ask around." Shen Anxin said.

There was no expression on Shen Anxin face, seeing him behave like this the little boy servant did not dare to ask any more question.

Shen Anxin sent the young boy away and lay down and slept until the next day when it has already become very bright outside. By this time, the boy had already found out the news: "that Lord Zhou has already come to the south of the Yangtze River. He is now in Wanhe County. It's about two days away from here."

"Are you sure?" Shen Anxin asked.

"Young master, I heard it from a servant of the Zheng family. I heard that young master Zheng had been paying close attention to him and asked people to keep an eye on him." The young man said.

"Oh ……" Shen Anxin nodded, took out a pen and paper and wrote down a letter, then handed it to another servant: "Take this letter to Official Zhou and give it to him… .When you go out if the Zheng family asks, don't say you're going to official Zhou just say you just want to send it to capital…. Be careful on the way too, don't let anyone follow you."

"Yes, young master." The man answered, took the letter and left.

Between Shen Anxin and Feng Jinyuan, Zheng Yi was at ease with the former, thinking that although Shen Anxin lacked the means and experience, he was at least not a bad person so in contrast, he was warier of Feng Jinyuan.

If Feng Jinyuan suddenly let his men leave, Zheng Yi would definitely send people to keep an eye on them a little but when Shen Anxin send a person away he did not care.

However, he more or less thought that Shen Anxin… was a bit problematic.

He was looking forward to Shen Anxin development so he cooperated with Shen Anxin but as a result… after Shen Anxin come to the south of Yangze river he did not seem to do any business well… Zheng Yi suddenly thought about Shen Anxin but then let it go. Instead, he thought it was about to be Jiang Zhen's mother in law birthday.

Jiang Zhen attaches great importance to Zhao Jinge as well as Zhao Liu and Zhao Fugui. This time for Zhao Liu birthday, of course, he will go over and send a good gift.

Zheng Yi used to give gifts to his elders, all of which were calligraphy, painting, jade, and so on, but then he thought that Zhao Liu might not able to appreciate these things.

"Have someone use pure gold to create a Guanyin (https/en./wiki/Guanyin)." Zheng Yi said to his men.

Since the Qingfeng building in Fucheng would not be opened for a while, Jiang Zhen carefully prepared fro Zhou Liu birthday banquet making Hexi village even livelier than before.

Jiang Zhen Jinzhen escort agency brought great changes to Hexi village.

Many people from Hexi village found jobs at the docks so that the people of Hexi village could have better live, because of this they were more and more grateful to Jiang Zhen.

Since they were grateful to Jiang Zhen, they also were naturally less friendly to the Jiang family.

"Old lady Jiang, Zhao Liu life is so good now, but it is a pity that you drove Jiang Zhen away ……"

"Yes, you have driven a golden Bodhisattva out!"

"Well, your family is now….. if Jiang Zhen was still around would your life still be so hard?

……

The people of Hexi village said it to old lady Jiang.

Old lady Jiang used to be very, very angry when she heard such remarks, but this time, she lowered her head and then quickly returned home.

After she got home, old lady Jiang immediately looked at Jiang Chengxiang: "Chengxiang, what you say is true? Is there really a noble gentleman who is willing to help us meet the imperial envoy and complain?"

"Mother, it's true!" Jiang Chengxiang said:"That noble gentleman is kind-hearted and will help us."

"But…. To officially complain." Old lady Jiang was a little frightened at the thought of going back to the Yamen to complain, only to be rejected at the door.

It was said that all officials protected each other, was it possible that the imperial envoy would also be on Jiang Zhen side?

Jiang Zhen has a lot of money, so it would not be difficult for him to buy an imperial envoy, wasn't it?

"Mother, I heard that this imperial envoy is very jealous of evil and like revenge! This gentleman said that he would help us! " Jiang Chengxiang said.

Jiang Chengxiang courage had long been frightened out by Jiang Zhen. When that man put forward such a request, he did not dare to go for fear that Jiang Zhen would know and he would eventually lose his life.

But the dignitary advised him again and again, telling him that this imperial envoy hated the Zheng family very much so he still agreed.

Jiang Zhen was such unfilial to his parents, so they can sue him for a crime of unfilial piety!

Once upon a time, the Jiang family had the idea of suing Jiang Zhen, but it did not succeed but now they had this idea again.

As long as they can sue Jiang Zhen and get his money, in the future their family will be allowed to eat delicious food and drink spicy food.

Nowadays, most of the people in Hexi Village were on Jiang Zhen side and even some relatives of the Jiang family no longer paid attention to them. It could be said that in this village Jiang Zhen eyes were everywhere.

Worried about being seen by these people, the Jiang family packed up their things and went to the county town at night.

When they were in the countryside Jiang Chengxiang and Jiang Chengwen seemed to be at odds with each other, but now that they have a common enemy, they got along a lot better.

When the whole family once again started to act affectionate, they went to the county town.

The Jiang family was having a very bad time these days. Because no one has time to wash clothes, all of them were wearing smelly and dirty rags.

Shen Anxin had never been in close contact with such people before so as soon as he saw them he could not help feeling disgusted. But what he hated even more were faces that bore some resemblance to Jiang Zhen.

Shen Anxin also knew that what these people said was not necessarily true, but he was still eager to teach Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge a lesson.

At this time, if he doesn't do something, he might go crazy.

Now all kinds of images flickered in his mind, Jiang Zheng and Zhao Jinge regretting this, Jiang Zhen having everything taken away from him and he even imagined that he would die together with Jiang Zhen.

In any case, he did not want to see Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge acting sweet again. When they were together, they were simply poking him in the heart with a knife.

"Young master Shen, this is an imperial envoy. We do not dare to stop him, if we try to stop him he might attack us and we will lose our lives!" Chengwen said.

"Yes, master Shen, there are old and small ones in our family…" Jiang Chengxiang also said.

Shen Anxin frowned at the two men, but at first he could not react but then they started to talk more and more. But then he also realized that they actually just wanted money.

He became more and more disgusted, but when he saw the ragged clothes of these people, he thought it was normal…. He threw out ten silver: "Take it first, and tomorrow I will ask someone to bring you 200 silver."

Jiang Chengxiang hurriedly thanked him.

At this time, Jiang Chengxiang also saw that this young master Shen, who had a grudge against Jiang Zhen, wanted to use them to deal with Jiang Zhen.

But he didn't care.

As long as it can make Jiang Zhen miserable, even if he was taken advantage of, so what?

This young master Shen was from capital and he may really have a way to help them bring down Jiang Zhen!

Seeing Jiang Chengxiang like this, Shen Anxin started to hate him even more. He got up and said: "You can buy food with this money but you can't buy clothes or change your clothes!"

Jiang Chengxiang nodded and answered quickly.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. But on the other hand, the imperial minister threw a letter on the table: "How outrageous! In this world, there are still such unfaithful and unfilial people!"

"It also in Hecheng country where Zheng family can cover the sky with one hand so there is no way for this people to ask for help!"

The author has something to say: In yesterday's chapter, many people were angry and left negative comments. The explanation is here:

First of all, Shen's experience has nothing to do with his idea of becoming a mistress. So I hope no one will think he deserved it because of this, and don't say anything about "when the mistress has to be * too much" or somehow derived from "just like the protagonist has to be *", this two things have nothing to do with each other. Like the protagonist also from the beginning to the end had nothing to do with him, this two things also have nothing to do with each others.

This matter actually has a foreshadowing, he already have a conflict with Feng Jingyuan before he knew Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge. Before he took a fancy to Jiang Zhen, Feng Jingyu is the son of Feng Chenglin who tried to harm him before (Jiang Zhen saved him then.)

It had nothing to do with him from beginning to end, and I foreshadowed it when I wrote about what was happening in capital.

Jiang Zhen also warned him to be careful before.

Second, it has nothing to do with the theory that girls are victimized because they wear less.

This was a deliberate attempt to harm him.

It doesn't even matter whether he is a ger or a woman. Even if he was a men? Would Feng try to hurt him after having a grudge with him?

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In the final analysis, it is character that determines his fate.

Feng Jingyuan used this method to harm him because Shen Anxin cared about this. If Shen Anxin didn't care about this, there would be another method used.


Chapter 117.1 – The Imperial Court's Reward

The Qingfeng building in the county town has been on the right track for a long time and there was no need for him to watch over it. The Qingfeng building in Fucheng city would not be opened for the time being…. In that case he stayed in Hexi village and looked after his escort agency.

His escort agency will recruit people again so he comes to check on it.

Before, Jiang Zhen did not have scholars under his hands but now he could recruit a scholar, but he still mainly recruited escort guards.

He recruited an escort guard and looked for local people that have family nearby. These days were not like in modern times and there were no identity cards so naturally he could not rest assured to hire outsiders.

Jiang Zhen was very busy, but as long as he could he would take Zhao Mingzhu with him wherever he goes.

It was his first child, and he was already so old so he simply liked this child very much.

Because of this, when Zhao Mingzhu who had always been very energetic, suddenly became ill, Jiang Zhen became anxious.

Zhao Mingzhu was a very good child and easy child to take care of. In the past, even if she was crying, as long as someone hugged and coaxed her, she would be fine. But this time Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge took turns to hug her but she still looked very uncomfortable.

Not only that, Jiang Zhen also found that she seemed to be a little feverish.

The child has a fever!

In modern times, it would be possible to get a thermometer to take the child temperature and go to the hospital for a checkup, but there was nothing here.

Not even Baidu ( Chinese Google.) which was full of all kinds of unreliable information.

Jiang Zhen immediately became anxious: "What are we going to do? Mingzhu seems very uncomfortable!" Zhao Jinge was also a complete novice. As soon as Jiang Zhen became anxious, he also felt worse and both of them became very anxious. Naturally Zhao Liu was also anxious.

Even Zhao Fugui, who has gained some of the old man's authority these days and just returned from "inspecting" the fields in his new clothes, rubbed his hands together and became uneasy: "This …… is… our two children, Jinhu and Jinge did not have something like this when they were children!"

"Either they did not or you just did not know." Zhao Liu took a look at Zhao Fugui. The two children she gave birth to also had uncomfortable experiences when they were young, but they did not have much money at that time so even if children were ill they could only endure and after a few days they would be better.

But she doesn't remember what happened.

Moreover, some children in this Hexi Village would survive even after becoming ill, while some others couldn't make it. The more Zhao Liu thought about it, the more worried she became.

"Let's go to the country town."Jiang Zhen said without hesitation, in any case it was better to show it to the doctor first.

iang Zhen held his daughter in his arms and hurriedly went to the country town. After arriving to the country town he hurried to the doctor.

"Is this child ill? What kid of symptoms it have? Did it throw up or spit? How many days has it been like this? " The doctor glanced at the child in Jiang Zhen's arms and asked.

Traditional Chinese medicine was concentrated about looks, smell and questions. For such a small child pulse could not be taken so they could only rely on parents illness disruption.

"It started today, she's fussing a lot and her body is a little hot." Jiang Zhen said all the symptoms of Zhao Mingzu illness.

"It's only been one day, maybe she was too cold so she is a little fussy…. I will take a look first." The doctor said, he was not a pediatrician who specializes in pediatrics. If such a young child did not have a visible problem he would not dare to prescribe medicine to her at will.

"Doctor, but she has a fever." Jiang Zhen was most worried about it now.

The doctor touched Zhao Mingzu's forehead with his hand and said: "Nothing is wrong, it's not too hot, it's okay if she can eat."

"She can eat, but she's eating less." Jiang Zhen said.

"Your child is sick, let me take a look." At that moment, a rather old woman suddenly came from the room.

Jiang Zhen nodded without hesitation and asked that person to help him take a look.

The woman looked for a while, and then asked Jiang Zhen to open Zhao Mingzhu's mouth.

Jiang Zhen nodded and opened Zhao Mingzu mouth for the old women to see, then he heard the old women say: "It's nothing but teething. Just make something hard and let her grind her teeth."

Teething? Jiang Zhen looked carefully and found that Zhao Mingzhu gums were a little res. When he found this he immediately felt relieved.

Zhao Jinge and others also breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the child was only teething, there is no need to worry too much. Jiang Zhen takes Zhao family to the grain store to buy some good flour and sugar for Zhao Mingzu to eat and then went back.

During that time, he also met the Zheng family.

In Hecheng County, it could be said that there was Zheng family everywhere. Jiang Zhen hurried to the city and went directly to the doctor. It was only natural that someone would report it to Zheng Yi, therefore, Zheng Yi sent people to ask around.

Zheng Yi couldn't help laughing when he learned that it was just the child's teething. He immediately put it aside, and then asked his people: "You said that you lost trail of Zhou Maohe?"

The official Zhou was coming to the south of the Yangtze River, it was a message from the capital sent by the second Master Zheng. In addition to this news, the second Master Zheng also asked Zheng Yi to keep an eye on this official Zhou.

This official Zhou was not clear about the affairs outside the imperial court. Second Master Zheng was by no means the only official he disliked so Zheng Yi was not too worried at first, but later he found that the official Zhou was very jealous and cynical so he temporarily gave up on the construction of Qingfeng Building in Fucheng.

He did not want the fact that he built Qingfeng Building in Fucheng used by official Zhou as the pretext to attack his second uncle, or feel that they were embezzling or accepting bribes.

Because of heaven and earth conscience, although their Zheng family has gained many benefits from his second uncle, his uncle has been honest and clean as an official, after all, his own family has money, and being to greedy… will not make a good political achievement.

Zheng Yi was afraid that this official Zhou would look for trouble during this imperial inspection and had been paying close attention to him. But as a result, someone told him that this official Zhou suddenly disappeared.

This… did he go for some private visit?

Zheng Yi thought about it for a while but did not come up with any result so he only people to pay more attention to the news of the imperial minister.

He thought that he had done nothing wrong, so naturally, he was not afraid of being investigated.

After Jiang Zhen took Zhao Mingzhu back to Hexi Village, he found something for Zhao Mingzhu to bite.

It was just that it was cold now and Zhao Mingzhu wore a lot of clothes so he was not happy to put things into her mouth, afraid that she would hurt herself.

Thinking about it, Jiang Zhen simply washed his hands clean, and then give Zhao Mingzhu to bite.

With Jiang Zhen finger to bite, Zhao Mingzhu really did not make a fuss.

She has not grown teeth yet so she also has very little strength. Jiang Zhen hands were also full of calluses so even if she bit him it did not hurt him much. At most just makes his finger a little itchy.

When Jiang Xiaomei came looking for Jiang Zhen, she saw that her big brother, who had changed a lot, was giving her finger to Zhao Mingzhu to bite and play with.

Looking at Zhao Mingzhu, she suddenly remembered her own childhood …… his big brother at that time also would take care of her and be good to her. He just never talked so as he grew older she was not happy to follow the always silent him.

"What can I do for you?" Jiang Zhen asked.

Jiang Xiaomei bowed her head, a little embarrassed, but quickly raised her head and said: "I want to marry,

Zhang Bai."

"Zhang Bai?" Jiang Zhen was stunned and after thinking for a moment he remembered that it was the son of the father and son duo who fired green bricks that he had brought back.

He bought the father and son with money, but in order to encourage them to burn more bricks, he gave them a reward.

The father and son saved their reward and came to him not long ago, saying that they wanted to redeem themselves but they were willing to continue to work for him so he agreed.

However, he did not expect that Jiang Xiaomei would take a fancy to Zhang Bai.

He remembers that Jiang Xiaomei seemed to be interested in Jiang Ming before? However, he had too many things to do, so he didn't take care of the development of this matter.

"Yes, that's him." Jiang Xiaomei bowed her head.

She used to like Jiang Ming, but she only liked him because Jiang Ming had a good background. She had no contact with Jiang Ming so she couldn't say she was sure about marrying him.

However, she went to work in the brick kiln every day these days, and she made eye contact with Zhang Bai.

This Zhang Bai has the craft of burning bricks so he will not be short on money in the future. His job was also better that that of Jiang Ming who had to go out for months at a time. But if she marries Zhang Bai they could always be together.

"You can marry him if you want, but not until my mother's birthday party is over." Jiang Zhen said, he had a good impression of this young men who worked hard burning bricks all day. If nothing else, he was quite honest and willing to work.

He built only one brick kiln in Hexi village but later it was not enough, so he went to the neighboring village to build another brick kiln and let Zhang Bai's father take care of it.

The two brick kilns are of the same size, and as a result Zhang Bai always burned more bricks. It was said that he spend almost all his time on the brick kiln except for eating and sleeping.

Jiang Zhen has no problem with this man and Jiang Xiaomei could marry him if she wanted. He doesn't care. At this time, he still intended to finish the birthday banquet of Zhao Liu first.

When Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge got married, it was impossible to make the wedding reception lively at all. After all they had too few relatives and friends, but now it was different.

At this time, Jiang Zhen have countless people, so he can find a large group of people to celebrate Zhao Liu birthday!


Chapter 117.2 – The Imperial Court's Reward

Jiang Zhen finally decided to host Zhao Liu's birthday banquet.

On the day of Zhao Liu's birthday, the sun was strong and there was no wind. On this side of Hexi Village, there was a saying, "Poor in debt, cold in the wind." If a person was not in debt, he was not poor, and if there was no wind, it will not be too cold.

That day the sun was good, and there was no wind. Although it was winter, the weather was no different from spring.

"See, as soon as you live a good life, even god will give you a good face," a Hexi villager praised Zhao Liu.

Jiang Zhen was going to have a birthday party, so those who were friends with Zhao Liu in Hexi Village came to help early in the morning.

Zhao Liu was wearing new clothes and gold jewelry, and there was a big smile on her face. "Oh, it's all Jiang Zhen . . . I said that my old bones are almost in a coffin, but he still had to spend a lot of money on my life. It really . . ."

When Zhao Liu said this, she also privately told Zhao Jinge that she felt it was too expensive, but in her heart, she felt very happy. Her face was full of smiles. Seeing that the tables were all set up and there were many guests coming to the door one after another, she was happier all the more. She had never had such a face in her life.

Zhao Liu was very happy, but at the moment, a middle-aged man with a pale face came down from a boat. The middle-aged man had two guards around him and looked like a rich merchant. When he came he asked the people on the dock, "I heard that there is a Jinzhen Escort Agency here?"

"Yes." The man who carried the goods said, "There is a Jinzhen Escort Agency here. Are you looking for them? They rented the house over there for their business." As the man carrying goods spoke, he pointed to a shop not far away with the plaque, "Jinzhen Escort Agency."

"Oh . . ." The middle-aged man nodded and asked, "I hear there is a Qingfeng House here?"

Besides looking for Jinzhen Escort Agency, this man also wanted to go and play in Qingfeng House? The man carrying the goods hurriedly said, "Yes, if you find a boy on the street and spend two copper pennies, he will take you there! Tut-tut, in Qingfeng House, I heard that there are a lot of dishes and plays only available in the palace there, and it's a good place!"

"What?" The middle-aged man's face changed. How could people take out the things from palace and give them to the group of merchants to enjoy? This was outrageous!

Seeing that the middle-aged man did not look good, the man who carries the goods was startled. "Gentleman . . ."

"It's nothing." The middle-aged man waved his hand.

This middle-aged man was Zhou Maohe, the imperial envoy from the capital.

A few days ago, Zhou Maohe received a letter saying that there was a Jinzhen Escort Agency in Hecheng County, and the person in charge not only beat his parents but also bribed officials to make his parents unable to ask for help.

Zhou Maohe inquired around and found that Hecheng was the Zheng family's territory. Also, the Zheng family had also made a Qingfeng House with Jinzhen Escort Agency. Although it was not long after opening, there were already countless people who knew about this place.

That Qingfeng House cost ten silver just for a visit? With so much money, it was enough for ordinary people to spend for a year!

Could such a place be a good place? The Zheng family doesn't know what they are doing!

Zhou Maohe had always had a problem with Official Zheng, who had been trying to curry favor with the empress dowager all day long, so when he heard about this, he immediately decided to come and have a look. He had concealed his identity and decided to have a look at the Qingfeng House.

The place that everyone praised, he did not know what disgusting activities the people inside were doing! The Qingfeng House in Hecheng County also set a threshold: If you want to enter, you must first pay 20 silver at the door. After entering, all the expenses except for the chip exchange would be deducted from this twenty silver and the rest would be refunded.

This was nothing to the people who come to Qingfeng House. Who would have come here without 20 silver?

However, Zhou Maohe was shocked by what he heard. "Twenty silver?" He was born in a poor family and he was not rich, so even if he wanted to eat a meal of meat, he had to be very careful. Although this time, because he was going out, he brought more silver, but it was not as much as twenty silver.

This man asked him for twenty taels of silver!

"My lord, if you don't have any money, you can come back next time," the man at the door smiled at Zhou Mao and said.

Although Zhou Maohe looked like he had no money, Zheng Yi explained that they had to greet even people in rags with a smile, so their attitude was excellent.

Unexpectedly, their behavior of asking for money and such an attitude made Zhou Maohe feel even more that he was like a male ghost in this Qingfeng House.

He gritted his teeth and, at one, took out 20 silver and went inside . . . Because he could not take out any more money his two guards were left outside.

Qingfeng House was very luxurious. Although Zhou Maohe had lived in poverty, he still had a vision. After seeing this luxury, the angrier he was, and after a while, he was taken to the hall.

The hall was the place where people played cards. In the middle of the hall, some arc-shaped tables were arranged in a circle, and within sat Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi.

It was still early, and there were few people in the Qingfeng House, so they were idle, only letting others deal cards to the guests who came to the door and play with them. The two of them were currently the signboards of Qingfeng House, and depending on their mood, they would sit and deal cards.

"This is a great job, but when we get older, we won't be able to do it," Liu Qianqian said.

"What are you afraid of? When we get older, we'll already have saved up a fortune!" Zhao Lingxi said. This Qingfeng House did not pay them much, only two silver a month, but the reward money given by the guests were all theirs to take!

The guests here were generous, and the reward was not given in copper coins but was basically all in silver! It would not take them long to save up a lot of money. Speaking of which, they did not want to go out easily because they also discovered that they could raise their price and get more rewards.

"You are right about that . . . At that time, I will set up a female household and look for a child to raise," Liu Qianqian said.

"You're not getting married?" Zhao Lingxi looked at Liu Qianqian in bewilderment. Liu Qianqian wanted to get married before.

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth now," Liu Qianqian said. "When I was in the flower house, I was given medicine so that I would not have a child at all." This was also the reason why she wanted to be a concubine but never thought of getting married. She could not have a child, so how could she get married properly. How could she live a good life then?

It was different being just a concubine. She was good-looking enough to charm a man, and then secretly make friends with her mistress, saying that she can't have a baby . . . just for this the main wife would surely want to keep her in the backyard.

Zhao Lingxi was stunned hearing her words, but finally, he did not comfort her and only said, "Then save money. I don't think I can marry either, so in the future, we can be companions."

As they spoke, their hearts became a bit heavy. At that time, they suddenly heard someone shout, "The world is really declining! The moral degeneration of the world is getting worse day by day! Instead of being at home with her husband and children, the woman and gers came out to hang out with a group of men . . . This is really disgraceful!"

When they looked together toward the source of the voice, they found that it was said by a middle-aged man.

"Where does this old man come from?" Liu Qianqian could not help frowning.

"This place is a gambling house and a brothel, isn't it? What a Zheng family! I can't believe they are doing such a thing!" Zhou Maohe became furious.

In this Qingfeng House, there were some women dressed in men's clothes teasing men! Why the name "Qingfeng House" was given to such a dirty place!

Because of Jiang Zhen's speech, these women who worked in Qingfeng House did not actually talk much with their guests. As they knew, Jiang Zhen said at the beginning that if they hook up with guests, they should find another job and he will immediately let them go . . . What letting go! Wasn't it just driving people away?

These women and gers also have big hearts, but in the absence of a definite target, they really did not dare to do anything with guests. Even with a target . . . they also intended to find the right one too. If they step on two boats, it will capsize!

Of course, most of them did not want to find a target anymore. It was better to have money than to follow someone and then ask for money from the other. Therefore, no one had ever really teased the guests at this time. But in Zhou Maohe's opinion, it was wrong for the woman and gers to stay in such a place.

"What are you doing here if you are looking down at this place?" Liu Qianqian said angrily. She just scratched at her scars, so she was very angry!

"That's right. Coming to a place like this and staring at us specifically while looking like this . . . Tsk, tsk." Zhao Lingxi helped.

Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi were definitely the two most popular people there. Which of the men in the hall didn't like them now?

Seeing them angry, the men immediately looked at Zhou Maohe and denounced him one after the other.

Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi were told that they could not offend the guests, so they did not dare to use dirty words. But the people there were different. They exposed their thoughts clearly in front of Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi, so when facing Zhou Maohe, they were not polite at all. Most of the people who come here were merchants so when it came to swearing . . .

"Degrading! Insulting!" Zhou Maohe became more and more infuriated. His mouth was quite sharp; in the imperial court, he could quote the scriptures and make people speechless. But when scholar met soldier, it was not so clear.

The businessmen present had loud voices and cursed people in their dialect very smoothly. They also did not understand what Zhou Maohe said.

Zhou Maohe finally decided to escape from there, but as soon as he left, he bumped into a boy.

"Sir, please go outside." The young man in Qingfeng House faced Zhou Maohe. At first glance this person was looking for trouble, so he must be sent away as soon as possible.

Zhou Maohe also had no face to stay, so with a flick of sleeves, he went out.

He walked fast, and after a long walk, he heard someone behind him shouting, "Sir, don't you want your money?"

Zhou Maohe's steps stopped. Clenching his teeth, he went back "Silver?"

"You didn't spend any money in our Qingfeng House, so except for one or two as entrance fee, I will give you back the rest," the young men at the door said with a smile.

The young man was respectful, but Zhou Maohe felt insulted and belittled, but the silver . . . After taking the silver, Zhou Mao turned around and left.

At this time, Zheng Yi, holding a heavy Guanyin, gave it to Zhao Liu.

"It's heavy!" Zhao Liu held Guanyin with her hands, but her eyes it up as she hurriedly beckoned someone to bring a table so that she could put Guanyin on it and show it to others.

The tacky gold Guanyin was finally placed on a table covered with red cloth. Looking at Zhao Liu telling people that this was a gift from him, Young Master Zheng touched his nose in a helpless gesture. In his life, he gave such a tacky gift for once, but to have it so widely publicized . . .

Young Master Zheng did not want to stay outside and finally took Jiang Zhen inside the house. "Jiang Zhen, I have good news to tell you."

"What?" Jiang Zhen asked curiously.

"It was you who came up with the method of stitching up the wound. Someone had tried it before, and it was confirmed to be useful, so the emperor gave you a commendation!" Zheng Yi said. "This is a message from my second uncle. As for the reward, I guess it is on the way at this moment."

If Zheng Yi did no say it, Jiang Zhen would have already forgotten about it. So at this time, he was surprised to hear it: "What's the reward?"

"I heard it just some money . . . My uncle didn't elaborate. " Zheng Yi was a little embarrassed. Jiang Zhen was only a civilian, so it was impossible to give him too many rewards. "However, with this reward, your status will be different in the future."

Jiang Zhen nodded. Zheng Yi was right; with such a reward, his business would indeed be much better.


Chapter 118.1 – The Imperial Envoy's Visit

Jiang Zhen was quite looking forward to the reward from the imperial court. Although this reward may not be a lot of money, it was very symbolic.

These days, the emperor was a supreme being in the eyes of the common people. He had been rewarded by the emperor; as for those small businessmen and common people, Jinzhen Escort Agency would be different.

These officials from all over Hexing Prefecture . . . knowing that he received a reward from the emperor, after the Jinzhen Escort Agency's ships sailed, they would no longer come out with various excuses to ask for money.

Jiang Zhen was very happy after Zheng Yi said this, then he asked, "Jiang Zhen, why did you specifically explain that you could not take Shen Anxin and Feng Jingyuan with you?"

"I don't like those two," Jiang Zhen directly said.

Needless to say, Feng Jingyuan had bad intentions. But as for Shen Anxin, Jiang Zhen has made up his mind not to contact him again.

"I don't like them very much either," Zheng Yi said. "Feng Jingyuan is very comfortable to get along with, but he wants something from me. If something happens to me . . . He definitely will run fast. As for Shen Anxin, I thought he could get up, but as a result . . . " Zheng Yi didn't know how to evaluate Shen Anxin. He originally thought he would be more competitive, and in the future, it would be possible to do only business with him. But the way it was going . . .

Recently, many people in the Zheng mansion had been saying that he was lovesick; otherwise, he would not be in a daze all day.

After taking a look at Jiang Zhen, Zheng Yi wondered what Jiang Zhen might know that he no longer wanted to see Shen Anxin. He has deliberately told Shen Anxin something about Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge; if Shen Anxin could not get over it, Zheng Yi would need to change his partner.

Neither of them continued with this topic. At this time, the birthday party had already begun.

In the countryside, no matter what kind of banquet you go to, you would always bring some money and other things to give as a gift. In fact, it was just to help the host family in a way, or for the vast majority of families, holding a banquet would empty their family's wealth. However, Jiang Zhen did not charge for Zhao Liu's birthday banquet.

They could have a free meal without giving a gift, and it's all good wine and food . . . so when everyone looked at Zhao Liu, all kinds of good words were said with so many boasting words and the face she was given, Zhao Liu smiled happily form ear to ear.

At that time Zhou Maohe, who left Qingfeng House, came to Hexi with his two guards. He came to Hexi to see what was going on there.

Zhou Maohe hired a boat to come over, and as soon as he came over, he saw a very magnificent dock.

The docks in Hecheng County were much worse than the one here, but it was a businessman who built such a big dock.

Zhou Maohe had always disliked businessmen. These people speculated and drove up prices to make themselves rich. They were so rich that they did not care whether the people would live or die. They were nothing more than cockroaches! And seeing such spacious docks, he thought of the hard-earned money taken from the common people. Zhou Maohe's impression of Jiang Zhen became even worse.

That day was Zhao Liu's birthday, and many of Jiang Zhen's men went to the Zhao family house, so there were fewer men on the dock. These people still had things to do, but no one had time to take care of Zhou Maohe, so no one spoke to him.

Zhou Mao looked around; the more he looked at the bustling scene, the more dissatisfied he became, then he went to the village.

At the same time, a man came to the Jiang family, who was Shen Anxin's bodyguard. The men also delivered the letter to Jiang Chengxiang.

When Jiang Chengxiang read the letter, his whole person became excited. "Young Master Shen wrote that the imperial envoy came to Hexi!"

"Really?" Jiang Chengwen was also a little happy, but soon become worried again. "Can we really sue Jiang Zhen?"

"Of course, we can. Why not?" Jiang Chengxiang said, but he was also a little uneasy in the end.

Had it not been for Shen Anxin's repeated assurances, he would never have dared to sue Jiang Zhen. After all, Jiang Zhen was not comparable to others now.

Jinzhen Escort Agency had two or three hundred escorts alone, there were so many people . . . If he wanted to kill their family, it was as simple as crushing an ant.

"Can't we have a good life?" Old man Jiang sighed. Jiang Zhen's attitude was very obvious. As long as they don't go to find trouble with him, he would not come to trouble them.

So as long as they live in peace, they could still live.

"Can you live a good life right now? Where did you get a good day?"' Old lady Jiang didn't want to go. Their family could not get enough food or clothing, but Jiang Zhen could drink and eat spicy food. Just thinking about this, she found it unbearable and couldn't sleep all night.

She must bring bad luck to Jiang Zhen!

The Jiang family was worried, but they agreed again that they wanted to sue Jiang Zhen.

The man sent by Shen Anxin told them what the imperial envoy looked like. Jiang Chengxiang hid the letter that Shen Anxin had given him, put on his shabby clothes, and went out. He saw Zhou Maohe from a distance and determined that he should be the imperial envoy, so he stumbled and fell directly in front of him.

"What's the matter with you, little brother?" Zhou Mao asked worriedly.

"I'm fine . . ." Jiang Chengxiang struggled to get up from the ground and said with a wry smile, "I'm just starving."

"Hungry?" Zhou Maohe's eyes flashed with sympathy. It was at this time that Jiang Chengxiang, who just got up, fell down again.

When Jiang Chengxiang was very young, he was able to make up his own complaint that Eldest Jiang had bullied him. Since he was well-prepared he naturally performed even better so Zhou Maohe believed it almost immediately.

"Little brother, where is your home? Let me help you go back," Zhou Maohe said.

Zhou Maohe eventually followed Jiang Chengxiang and came to the Jiang family house.

The Jiang family house still looked good but the people in the house were all dirty, dressed in rags, looking extremely pitiful. At the moment, old lady Jiang and Jiang Chengwen were still crying bitterly.

"My son, it's all right. Where did he hit you again?

"It's not that he hit me, it's the people under his hands who did not like me."

"Isn't that what he ordered? How could he do this . . . You are his brother. How could he not give you a way to live?"

"Mother . . . He even beat you . . ."

. . .

Zhou Maohe came here this time to find Jiang Zhen's parents in Hexi Village, but unexpectedly, he already found them.

After listening for a while, he asked, "What do you have to do with Jiang Zhen?"

"That Jiang Zhen is my son," old lady Jiang cried.

He did not expect to find the Jiang family as soon as he came here . . . Zhou Maohe immediately asked about the specific situation.

"That Jiang Zhen is my eldest son. The day before he was born, his father went to work as a soldier. I was alone with him, and life was extremely difficult so I was not very good to him . . ." Old lady Jiang according to what Jiang Chengxiang had said to her repeatedly. Old lady Jiang cried and said, "He was born on a bad day, and he was lonely. I never liked him, but I raised him because I didn't want him to hold a grudge against me. He was dissatisfied with my partiality for his younger brother . . ."

"How outrageous!" Zhou Maohe's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

The son should not speak about his parents' faults even if the parents have done something wrong; a child should not disobey his parents. But what about Jiang Zhen? Not only did he injure his parents and brothers, forcing them to give him a share of the family, but he also snatched away his sister and refused to support his parents . . . There were too many things to write about!

What's even more annoying was that this Jiang family wanted to get justice, but they had no way to ask for help!

"Today is his mother-in-law's fiftieth birthday and all village people except us are invited to it. So I went to dig wild vegetables. Before, but got too close to the Zhao family and was beaten by the people under his hands," Jiang Chengwen added, revealing the red marks on his face.

He was certainly not beaten by Jiang Zhen's men, but by Huang Min. He just merely mentioned that he wanted to try to go into business again but was beaten by Huang Min . . .

Zhou Maohe was already furious. He sprang to his feet and went to the Zhao family house.

The house was built along the dock of the Zhao family and it was very easy to recognize. Zhou Maohe soon got there and found that there were many tables at the gate, on which there were all kinds of chicken, duck, and fish, and many people sat there eating and drinking. While looking inside. . . there was a table covered in red cloth with a golden Guanyin and other things.

That was simply extravagant!


Chapter 118.2 – The Imperial Envoy's Visit

His life was so extravagant over here, but he left his parents to suffer at home . . . Zhou Maohe immediately shouted, "Where is Jiang Zhen?"

"Who are you?" Jiang Zhen was greeting the guests outside. Seeing Zhaou Maohe, he immediately came over and asked with a frown.

Seeing the appearance of Jiang Zhen, Zhou Mahe had already deeply believed the words of the Jiang family. "You are unfilial to your parents and brothers. You simply don't deserve to be a human being!"

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Zhen frowned: "Did the Jiang family put you up to this?"

"Do you still know the Jiang family? Do you know they are your parents and brothers?" Zhou Maohe asked angrily.

"Somebody, throw him out of here," Jiang Zhen said without hesitation. This was Zhao Liu's birthday banquet, and he didn't want it to be ruined by someone irrelevant.

As soon as Jiang Zhen's words left his mouth, some of his men grabbed Zhou Maohe and his guards and threw the three of them out.

"Stop it, you guys!" Zhou Maohe's face became black as he was grabbed; how could he have ever thought that he would have such a disgraceful day. However, how could Jiang Zhen's men listen to him? They threw him out directly.

After throwing people away, Jiang Zhen returned to the house, and in the inner room, he sat on a separate seat. Only the Zhao family and Zheng Yi sat there.

"What's wrong?" seeing Jiang Zhen come in, Zheng Yi asked.

"Nothing. Dealt with a troublemaker," Jiang Zhen said.

Jiang Chengxiang said bad words about him outside. Zheng Baoning had already mentioned it to him, so he figured that the person today should be similar to that Song Li. He was too lazy to bother with such a person, so he left him alone.

Jiang Zhen didn't take this matter to heart at all, but Zhou Maohe was already so angry that his body trembled. He straightened his clothes then went to the pier and said to the boatman who brought him here, "Go to Fucheng. I want to go to Fucheng."

"Master, Fucheng is too far away . . ."

"If you send me there, I will give you one silver!" Zhou Maohe said.

"Master, quickly sit steadily!" The boatman was immediately overjoyed.

Zhou Maohe calmed down a little bit by then, but he was still a little worried about silver.

Zhou Maohe left Hexi Village, and Jiang Chengxiang and Jiang Chengwen watched him leave.

"Is this man really an imperial envoy?" Jiang Chengwen couldn't help asking.

Jiang Chengxiang's expression was also tangled, this man . . . could he really help them?

Zheng Yi did not know that Zhou Mao, who he had been observing before, suddenly came to Hecheng County and left again. He did ask his men to inquire about this man, but only a few of his men knew Zhou Maohe, and the others could not recognize him, so naturally, no one knew that Zhou Maohe had appeared in Hecheng County and went to Hexi Village.

Of course, Shen Anxin knew about it because Zhou Maohe was deliberately brought in by him. Thinking of what Zheng Yi said to him when he met Zheng Yi a few days ago, Shen Anxin turned very pale. Jiang Zhen's daughter was only teething, but Jiang Zhen was so concerned about her, but what about him? Also, was it arranged by Zhao Jinge? These days, Jiang Zhen suddenly did not come to the county town; was he stopped by him? Did Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi know something? Why did Zheng Yi say that to him?

"Young Master, it's time to eat," Shen Anxin servant's boy, who came from outside, announced to Shen Anxin.

"I don't want to eat it. Just pour it for me," Shen Anxin said. He had no appetite at all and felt very sick. He also had a headache and chest tightness and just wanted to stay quietly by himself.

"Young Master, your health is very important. Why don't you have some?" Shen Anxin's servant boy was very worried. When he found out that Jiang Zhen had a concubine, the young master of his family became seriously ill and then changed a lot. But what would happen this time?

"Get out!" Shen Anxin grabbed the inkstone in his hand and threw it.

The servant beside Shen Anxin no longer dared to persuade him and left in hurry.

Zhao Liu's birthday banquet was very respectable.

After eating, Jiang Zhen had all the dishes left on the table packed and taken away. Then he asked his men to clean up the tables, chairs, bowls, and chopsticks, and after a while, his house was clean.

When hosting a banquet at home, she did not have to work at all. Zhao Liu was emotional and then went back to her room with golden Guanyin in her arms.

After a while, she came out of the room again and found Zhao Jinge. "Jinge, put this Guanyin in your room and put it at the head of your bed. You should often look at it in the future!" She wanted to have more grandchildren!

"Mother . . ." Zhao Jinge felt a little helpless.

After thinking about it, Zhao Liu probably felt that this was inappropriate, so she added, "Wait a minute. Let's forget it. If someone comes to rob such a large piece of gold . . . "

"Mother, you might as well dig a hole and bury it." Jiang Zhen saw Zhao Liu's worried appearance and gave Zhao Liu an idea.

"What are you talking about? This is a Bodhisattva. How can it be buried! " Zhao Liu immediately retorted. Thinking about it, she said, "Forget it. I'd better put it at the head of your bed. No one should dare to come to our house to rob things."

Jiang Zhen: ". . ."

There was only one golden Guanyin on the bedside of Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge's. Zhao Mingzhu wanted it after she saw it and looked longingly at Jiang Zhen, who did not give it to her, but her look made Jiang Zhen's heart melt.

"That Bodhisattva is heavier than you. Be careful it hits you." Jiang Zhen thought for a moment and found a few bricks of gold and silver and washed them carefully before giving them to Zhao Mingzhu: "Come on. Let's play with this. Dad will teach you how to build a structure with them."

Zhao Jinge: ". . ."

After Zhao Liu's birthday banquet, Jiang Zhen went to the county town again the next day.

Jiang Zhen made an appointment with Zheng Yi to meet at Qingfeng House. He went early, but as soon as he arrived there, he heard a story from Qingfeng House people, that someone had come to make trouble yesterday, but he was scolded by the guests.

After listening to a few words, Jiang Zhen became clear about the whole context: "It is estimated that some old scholar has mistakenly entered."

"Yes, that old scholar have even made Miss Liu and Mr. Zhao angry." The boy was a little resentful.

Jiang Zhen couldn't help laughing at his angry look. Liu Qianqian and Zhao Lingxi mixed like a fish in water in this Qingfeng House and already had a group of fans.

Jiang Zhen went to Zheng Yi this time because he wanted to find a shipyard to order some big ships, as well as workers who could build ships if he could have them.

Wang Haisheng said at first that he could build ships, but he only knew how to build small boats. In fact, he knew nothing about building big ships. In Hecheng County, there was no one who could build big ships.

"I can help you contact someone so that you can custom-built large ships, but this worker is not easy to find. These craftsmen are all in the hands of sea merchants," Zheng Yi said.

In fact, there was a sea ban in Daqi, which stipulates that merchants could not enter the sea. It was just that becoming a sea merchant was very profitable, so this rule had always been laid down in vain. In the south of the Yangtze River, the number of sea merchants was very large. In fact, Hecheng Country was still very good, but if you go further south, there will be even more sea merchants there.

The reason why Hexing Prefecture was like this was because there was the Hongjiang salt farm here, which occupied a large area of the seaside and closed off a large area of the territorial sea.

"That's all right," Jiang Zhen agreed; it didn't matter if he couldn't build his own boat for the time being. Slowly, he could always get more workers.

After Jiang Zhen and Zheng Yi made a deal, they went home.

Meanwhile, Zhou Maohe in Fucheng was looking for people everywhere.

Although he was an imperial envoy, he didn't have many people with him. The Zheng family had deep roots and luxurious leaves in Hecheng County, so he could only take a long-term view.

Zhao Maohe was not liked by most officials in the court, but a few still admired him highly, and many scholars regard him as a role model, admiring his character and wanting to be like him. He also has many people who can talk to each other, many of whom were from the south of the Yangtze River.

"The country is in chaos, Now that the imperial court is controlled by a ger, even if there are many officials in the court who follow his lead, how will His Majesty be put in charge of the government in the future?"

"The man surnamed Zheng is going to give it to the merchants, so they could prepare items needed in the palace. But you don't know what it means!"

"That ger went so far as to return the official post to the merchants. It's simply forgetting his ancestors!"

"The Zheng family could hide the shy with one hand in Hecheng County . . ."

"That Jiang Zhen is really abhorrent! I can't believe he doesn't even care about his own parents!"

. . .

Zhou Maohe found some like-minded people, and after talking for some time, he himself became angrier and angrier. At this time, he did not want to deal with Jiang Zhen alone, as well as the Zheng family backing him.

There were few people around Zhou Maohe he could use, but his identity as an imperial envoy was real. He can naturally mobilize a lot of people if he wanted to.

If it was in Hecheng Country, the county magistrate of Hecheng County might obstruct him and not give him even four people but he was in Fucheng now. There was also a Zheng family in Fucheng, but there were also some other people who were not very easy to deal with.

These people do not have a life-and-death feud with the Zheng family, and it is impossible for them to tear up their faces and sue the Zheng family or something like that. But even if they did not dare to deal with the Zheng family, they did not mind adding fuel to the fire.

As a result, Zhou Maohe who went around Fucheng unexpectedly found a lot of helping hands. He took these people to meet the officials of the city,and after he changed into the clothes of the imperial envoy, he also had the ostentation of the imperial envoy.

Without delay, Zhou Maohe, who already found people, went straight back to Hecheng county.

"You said that Zhou Maohe appeared in Fucheng?" Zheng Yi looked at the servant of the Zheng family in front of him and asked.

"Yes, Young Master," the subordinate said. "From what Master Hu said, Official Zhou seems to be looking for people everywhere and seems to be doing something."

Zheng Yi nodded and was about to send someone to keep an eye on Zhou Maohe again when someone else came.

"Young Zheng, Master Hu family has sent someone."

Zheng Yi's wife was surnamed Hu and the current master of Hu's family was the uncle of Zheng Yi's wife.

The Hu family and the Zheng family had always had business dealings and had an excellent relationship except that the Zheng family had always stayed in Hecheng Country while the Hu family had always been in Fucheng.

"Quickly call the man in," Zheng Yi said. He had always been very careful. But at this time, he could already sense that something was wrong.

Soon, someone ran in from outside, "Young Zheng, my master told me to come and talk to you!" The man was panting and took a few breaths before he said, "That imperial envoy seems to be trying to deal with the Zheng family. After finding people in Fucheng, he went straight to Hecheng County!"

"He's coming to Hecheng County?" Zheng Yi frowned.

"I am afraid that he is already halfway here," the subordinate said.

Then why did Zhou Maohe suddenly come to Hecheng County? The Zheng family had nothing to do with him!

Zheng Yi frowned, not understanding what Zhou Maohe was going to do, but at this time, Zhou Maohe who bought people had already gone to Hexi.

Zhou Maohe really couldn't get hold of Zheng Yi, but he found a breakthrough with Jiang Zhen.

Jiang Zhen committed the crime of unfilial piety! He would arrest him first and then deal with Zheng Yi!


Chapter 119.1 – Putting It All Together

A big ship slowly headed toward Hexi Village docks.

Jiang Zhen deliberately hired some people to receive the merchants at the pier so when someone saw the ship he immediately went up to help and let the dock. When the dock was docked, someone else went up and asked: "Where are you from?"

The person who went up to inquire did not receive a reply and was just pushed away by others. Meanwhile, many people came from the ship

"What are you doing?" The man who was pushed away staggered and fell to the ground. He frowned and got up from the ground and looked angrily at the people in front of him.

He went up to ask a question so why was he pushed by someone? Who were these people?

This commotion naturally attracted the attention of the people around them.

The security guards under Jiang Zhen took turns in guarding ships and those who did not have to go out with the ships stayed on patrol on this side of the dock.

When working on the docks, they could go home after finishing their work. In addition two days off every month would be given as for when these two days would be it could be chosen by them but if something important was happening they would not be approved.

He Chunsheng was the one at the patrol today.

He Chunsheng has been with Jiang Zhen for a long time and has been one of the top guards in the security division. His life was getting better and better. In the past, their family was nearly destroyed by Liu Heitou, but now Liu Heitou and his people were working under him.

Seeing someone causing trouble, He Chunsheng immediately led people over: "Who are you people? What are you doing here?" After the business of the escort agency became bigger there were always people who came to make trouble so He Chunsheng was very vigilant at this moment.

He Chunsheng and others have been with Jiang Zhen for more than a year. Jiang Zhen was paying them generously, and the food was good. Although they were not necessarily tall, all of them were dark and strong. They are also wearing uniform clothes which give them their own momentum,

The man who had pushed the person angrily before suddenly froze.

Zhou Maohe stood at the bow of the ship and could naturally see this scene with his own eyes. He frowned and came to the side of the ship and exclaimed: "I am Zhou Maohe, the imperial envoy. I came here to handle a case! Get out of the way quickly!"

The imperial envoy? He Chunsheng looked at the ship and saw a middle-aged man in official clothes standing on the ship. By his side there were several people dressed as government officials.

The imperial minister, the person he only saw in plays before was now actually standing right in front of him?

He Chunsheng was startled but when he looked at him carefully he found out that this imperial minister seemed to look familiar.

A few days ago, someone made trouble at Zhao Liu's birthday banquet, and it was He Chunsheng who drove them away. The man in front of him was one of the people who made trouble at that time.

He Chunsheng was startled and froze, at this time many people got off the ship.

The people who came down at first were still alright, looking very ordinary, but the people who came down later… they were all dressed as Yamen officers.

He Chunsheng knew all Yamen officers in Hecheng County, but he doesn't know any of these people. Obviously, they were not Yamen officers from Hecheng County.

He Chunsheng felt uneasy. Thinking of nothing else, he ran directly to Jiang Zhen residence.

Before long, He Chunsheng ran to the door of the Zhao family's new house and met Zhao Liu, who had taken her granddaughter to bask in the sun.

"Aunt Zhao, something is wrong." He Chunsheng said, and then rushed in quickly.

Jiang Zhen was reading his account book when he saw He Chunsheng hurrying in, followed by Zhao Liu who was holding Zhao Mingzhu. He asked puzzledly: " "What's wrong?"

"Boss, there's an imperial envoy outside!" He Chunsheng said, "Last time when Aunt Zhao celebrated her birthday, the person we drove away was him."

"Imperial envoy?" Jiang Zhen frowned, he remembered the middle-aged man who helped the Jiang family question him. He was actually an imperial envoy?

Jiang Zhen's heart jumped, almost immediately, he remembered the Jiang family yelling before that they would sue him.

Jiang Zhen used to threaten the Jiang family with going to Yamen and killing people. But at that time he did not know much about ancient laws and did not even know anything about some aspects.

However, later, he specifically looked for the "Daqi Law" and looked for some other materials. He then found out that some of these ancient laws were baffling to him.

Such as the crime of unfilial piety.

In ancient times, the crime of unfilial piety was very serious. In the previous dynasty, there was even a law like "cursing, parents and grandparents." To explain it, those who abuse their parents and grandparents would be hanged.

For scolding parents you would be hanged, let alone for beating them….

In addition, if parents commit crimes and it would be exposed by their children, the children would also be hanged – the law expressly written, "all those who report their parents and grandparents will be hanged."

Even those who separated from their parents and grandparents and saved money privately, have committed the crime of unfilial piety and would go to prison.

In other words if parents were still alive you can't have private money… otherwise it's crime!

But in Daqi, many penalties have been changed, for example if a child agree to splitting up the family the child can separate from them….. . Had it not been for this law before, it would have been difficult for Jiang Zhen to split up, but there were still a lot of things that have not been changed.

Of course, there were still laws, but the actual implementation was different.

It was only when someone goes to the government to sue that the government will arrest and sentence people. Most ordinary people if it was not a last resort, or life and death feud they would not dare to go to the government to sue people.

However, that Jiang family was not ordinary people.

"Boss, what should we do? He brought a lot of Yamen officers over, and those Yamen officers are not from our Hecheng country." He Chunsheng said.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Jiang Zhen said.

After seeing that harsh legal regulations, he could not have made any arrangements nor could he remind to be completely defenseless.

Although he had beaten Jiang father and mother before during his various arguments at that period of time he made it a way that Hexi village would not go to testify for Jiang's family, as for not supporting his parents ……

Even if Jiang family sued him over this he would be all right– he had gone to the Zhao family!

These laws are all aimed at the son who stayed at home. But he had gone to another house. What does that have to do with him?

In this world there was no reason for married women to take money from her husband's family to support her parents.

"Jiang Zhen! Are you sure it's all right? " Zhao Liu held his daughter in her arms and looked at Jiang Zhen anxiously.

"It's okay." Jiang Zhen said soothingly.

Zhao Liu believed in Jiang Zhen 100% so she calmed down when Jiang Zhen said it was fine, but at that moment, a Yamen officers already come from outside.

"Who is Jiang Zhen?" The person in charge asked.

"I am Jiang Zhen." Jiang Zhen directly admitted it.

"You are Jiang Zhen?" The person in charge glanced at Jiang Zhen with some surprise, he was here to arrest Jiang Zhen so of course already heard about Jiang Zhen crimes. Knowing that this men actually beat his parents and brothers and forced his parents to split up, he thought that this men would be a ferocious man, but he did not expect that the real person would be completely different from what he had imagined.

"He is Jiang Zhen, quickly take him down!" Just then, Zhou Maohe also came in from outside.

"You're that Lord Zhou, the imperial envoy from the capital?" Jiang Zhen looked at Zhou Maohe: "Lord Zhou wants to arrest me, on what charge?"

"Beating your parents, not supporting them with your wealth while they are still alive!" Zhou Maohe said, "You are unfilial!"

"For the first charge, does Lord Zhou have evidence? As for the last two ……, does Lord Zhou know that I have long since joined the Zhao family?" Jiang Zhen said directly.

Jiang Zhen did not feel guilty at all and did not think he had made any mistake at all.

But when Zhou Maohe saw him like this, he became furious and just felt that this man was simply stubborn!

"Marriage should be arranged by a matchmaker by your parents and it doesn't count if you go to Zhao family without permission! You can't get away with this either! " Zhou Maohe sneered.

Of course, he knew about Jiang Zhen's involvement in the Zhao family, and even felt that this men was more and more hopeless. A true men should not marry into his wife's family like this or humiliate himself like this… Of course, Jiang Zhen thought it was not humiliating. He was just unfilial to his parents and unexpectedly lost the surname given by his parents without even thinking about it.

"Tie him up!" Zhou Maohe loudly said.

All Yamen officers listened to Zhou Maohe and hearing his words all went toward Jiang Zhen, surrounding him and wanting to arrest him.

Jiang Zhen's face sank.

He could see that this person was deliberately trying to find trouble for him! He was afraid that this matter would not be settled.


Chapter 119.2 – Putting It All Together

"What are you doing?!" At this time, Zhao Jinge hurriedly came running from outside.

Zhao Jinge went to brick kiln today and just counted the nimber of brick halfway when someone told him that something happened at the pier… He hurriedly ran here, just in time to see Jiang Zhen being surrounded.

"Stop!" Zhao Jinge hurriedly stopped in front of Jiang Zhen.

The brick kiln was very dusty so it was especially easy to get yourself dirty. That's why he put an old coat over his new clothes. In the past he would take off this old coat at the brick kiln before coming over but this time because he was too anxious he did not do it, so he looked very dusty.

"Who are you? Don't hinder us from doing our job." Zhou Maohe saw Zhao Jinge dirty look and his face eased a bit.

"I am his wife, what has he committed that you want to arrest him?" Zhao Jinge asked again.

That person was actually this Jiang Zhen's wife? Zhou Maohe froze, and then said: "Does this Jiang Zhen usually abuse you, or ……"

Zhou Maohe wanted to ask a few more questions, but suddenly thought that wife suing her husband should receive a hundred sticks so he stopped his questioning in the middle and just said: "Take this Jiang Zhen away quickly! Take him to Hecheng Country! I also want to ask Hecheng County magistrate why he was shielding this men and did not let people appeal at his door!"

As soon as Zhou Maohe spoke, Yamen officers wanted to catch Jiang Zhen. But Zhao Jinge who was anxious, grabbed one of them by the hand and threw him out. After following Jiang Zhen for a long time, his skills ware getting better and better.

"Jinge."Jiang Zhen called.

Zhao Jinge suddenly stopped his movements and looked at Jiang Zhen.

"Calm down." Jiang Zhen said.

Zhao Jinge was very anxious just now, but now hearing Jiang Zhen words he suddenly calmed down.

After calming down Zhao Jinge, Jiang Zhen said: "Lord Zhou, you don't have to tie me up. I will go with you myself. I hope Lord Zhou is really a clean and good official instead of being someone who doesn't know right from wrong!"

"You!" Zhou Maohe looked at Jiang Zhen angrily, but saw that Jiang Zhen had already walked out with big strides, his footsteps were very relaxed, looking nothing like a captured prisoner.

When Zhou Maohe saw Jiang Zhen's straight back, he couldn't help but feel very angry again. But he just waved his sleeves and followed Jiang Zhen out of the door.

Zhao Jinge watched them leave, his fists clenched tightly. He then turned his head sharply and looked at He Chunsheng before asking: "What the hell is going on?"

"That imperial envoy said that he boss had committed the crime of unfilial piety." He Chunsheng said, although he also began learning how to read and write he still did not read any books. So this unfilial crime thing, he really did not know about it.

"Jinge, what should we do now?" Zhao Liu asked anxiously, she had been holding Zhao Mingzhu all this time. Afraid that those people would hurt Zhao Mingzhu she did not dare to come close so now she was about to cry from the anxiety.

As for Zhao Mingzhu, she just froze up and now she was already grimacing as her tears could no longer be restrained from falling.

This child cry was like thunder during a light rain and often cried without a drop of tears, but this time, as if she could not stop crying and began to sob looking extremely pitiful.

if it had been before, Zhao Jinge would have been very distressed, not to mention Jiang Zhen for who she was a little sweetheart that he would already try to coax.

But now Zhao Jinge really did not have time to take care of her.

"I need to think about ……" Zhao Jinge said, his expression miserable and face white.

For a long time, Zhao Jinge always followed Jiang Zhen lead to come up with a lead. All decisions were made by Jiang Zhen and all he had to do was just listen.

But now, Jiang Zhen has been taken away!

Zhao Jinge was in a state of confusion for a while, he felt like he just lost his backbone, and he had no idea what he could do or what to do.

However, when he discovered this, he immediately slapped himself in the face.

Jiang Zhen was still waiting for him to save him!

This slap startled Zhao Mingzhu who cried with 'wow' which also woke up Zhao Jinge,

"He Chunsheng, go and arrange boat for me. I am going to find young master Zheng… also He Chunsheng, let me ask you one thing. "

"Go ahead, sister-in-law." He Chunsheng immediately said, those people come and arrested Jiang Zhen but he did not dare to stop them, which made him feel very guilty, now that Zhao Jinge wanted to ask him for something he was very willing.

"He Chunsheng, I want to beg you to find your father and ask him to sue He Qiusheng." Zhao Jinge said: "Don't worry, I will find some other people and will not let anything happen to you, and after the matter is completed, there will be compensation."

He Chunsheng was stunned but quickly reacted. Zhao Jinge wanted to find some people to sue his married ger brother to divert attention!

After he came back from the capital, he settled his own marriage matter, and not long after he married He Qiusheng to a man from the next village who was working for Jiang Zhen escort agency like him.

Although his brother was good looking he was also very delicate. It was estimated that he could not serve his in-laws, so this colleague has a good advantage, that both his parents were dead and also single-mindedly liked his brother.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'll go right away."

"No need to rush, this is something you discuss with Qiusheng first, and also, if there are still suitable people, you immediately tell me, as long as they are willing to do so, I will give a hundred silver." Zhao Jinge said.

"Good." He Chunsheng nodded.

Their family had a good life now because of Jiang Zhen so he was naturally willing to do his part to save Jiang Zhen.

Zhao Jinge and He Chunsheng hurriedly spoke in few words and then they immediately ran outside and went directly to the county town.

He left the boat near country town and run all the way to Zheng family house knocking at the door. Zheng Yi had no idea that Jiang Zhen was arrested.

"Zhao Jinge? What are you doing?" Zheng Yi looked at the dirty Zhao Jinge in surprise.

Zhao Jinge knelt directly to Zheng Yi and kowtowed: "Young master Zheng, Jiang Zhen was arrested by an imperial envoy surnamed Zhou. I beg young master Zheng to save him."

"What?" Zheng Yi was surprised. Did the imperial envoy arrest Jiang Zheng?

At the same time, He Chunsheng rushed into the gambling shop in Hecheng County and found his father who was still working in the gambling shop.

"Chunsheng, you're here at last…." Father He was very excited when he saw his son.

As a matter of fact, the people in this gambling shop treated him well. They did not beat or scolded him. He did not get meat or fished to eat but at least he had enough to eat. After he has lived here for more than a year he has even put on some weight.

But he was really homesick.

He used to not liked staying at home but now he missed his family more and more. Being so homesick when he finally saw his son he did not feel he was annoying at all.

"Father, I have something for you to do, if you do a good job, I'll pick you up." He Chunsheng said. He was now working in the docks of Hexi Village so he also had a bit of power now. If he needed someone to observe his father so he will not go gambling anymore it would not be a big problem anymore.

"Chunsheng you can say whatever you want." He father immediately said.

"It's like this ……" He Chunsheng told the story of how he was going to get his father to sue He Qiusheng.

"This …… how can this work?" He father was stunned. Although he was an asshole for such reason he would not sue his own son…

In fact, when no one was forcing him to pay off his debt he still loved He Qiusheng who was such a good-looking son.

"It's to save people." He Chunsheng said: "If you do this, Zhao Jinge is willing to pay you 100 silver."

100 silver? Father He eyes lit up immediately and he suddenly asked: "Does he want to find more people?"

"Yes." He Chunsheng said.

"I know a lot of people who are willing to do this! I'll call them. We'll just give them 50, no, no even 20 would be enough. We'll take the rest. " Father He discussed it with his son.

Originally He Chunsheng was anxious to do it but after being frazzled by his own father he become a little speechless.

In the country town both Zhao Jinge and He Chunsheng were busy. In the Hexi village Zhao Liu left her granddaughter in cook Lu and Ruo'er care before going out with Zhao Fugui.

"I'll go beg one by one, kowtow to them, and ask them to testify to Jiang Zhen!" Zhao Liu said: "What did Jiang Zhen do to them? Why should Jiang Zhen be arrested?"

"Slow down, we can't do that, we can't go begging." Zhao Fugui stopped Zhao Liu's.

"Why can't we?" Zhao Liu asked, puzzled.

"We should make others think that our family is fine!" Zhao Fugui said. If others find out that the Zhao family was in bad condition, those people may not want to help, which he clearly felt after his son died and Zhao Liu fell ill.

Therefore, he wanted to let people know that the Zhao family was doing well.

Although Zhao Fugui was not very talkative, but many things in his heart were like a clear mirror.

He first took Zhao Liu to the village chief house: "Village chief this time the Jiang family sued Jiang Zhen, this is simply going against the whole Hexi village! If Jiang Zhen got wronged and go to prison, we'll have to move out from here in the future. It will definitely be more convenient to do business elsewhere than in Hexi Village so we won't have to see this family anymore!"

"No, don't…" Jiang Ping hurriedly stoped it.

Jiang Zhen was taken away in full view of the public, so naturally Jiang Ping knew about it. Originally he did not want to get involved in this matter, after all the other person was an imperial envoy so he could not afford to offend him.

But when Zhao Fugui said this…

If Zhao family really move away… what will happened to them?

Despite the fact that the Zhao family has only been developing for more than a year. Now almost everyone in Hexi village relied on them to earn money!

His youngest son was a security guard under Jiang Zhen, and the eldest son found a bookkeeping job on Jiang Zhen dock because he could read. Their life became much better and so were the lives of other people in Hexi Village.

If the Zhao family moved out…. Will their days suddenly change back to what they used to be?

"Don't worry. I'll take you to everyone right away." Jiang Ping went out with Zhao Fugui: "Let's talk to the people in the village. I'm sure everyone will be willing to help."

Zhao Fugui nodded: "Then I will need to trouble the village head."

The people in Hexi Village ware really willing to help.

They are now more or less, all relying on Zhao family to live, if Zhao family really leaves ……

Nothing must happen to Jiang Zhen!

They used to be afraid of Jiang Zhen, but now they were not afraid at all. They only have admiration toward Jiang Zhen and they even hope that Jiang Zhen becomes even more promising – even since Jiang Zhwen built a wharf, the people of Hexi Village have gone outside, which become an envy of other villages.

Moreover, Jiang Zhen…. As a matter of fact hasn't done anything bad so aren't the Jiang family the one who is not good?

On the side of Hexi Village, many villagers soon gathered together.

At this time, a ship came to the dock in Hecheng country.

The ship was not big, but it was very delicate. After it stopped, guards come from it holding the swords.

"Eunuch, we have arrived to Hecheng country. ." After these guards got off the boat, they called outside the cabin they were guarding.

"Finally we have arrived ……" a feeble voice came out from the cabin. The voice was breathless, as if the owner of the voice was very uncomfortable: "Little Lizi give me a hand… Ships are so troubling. I don't want to board a ship anymore in my life."

"Eunuch Zhang is tired, you should think of taking a carriage when you will be heading back." Another younger, but equally sharp voice said.

Two white-faced and beardless people, one old and one young, walked down the ship with each other help.

As soon as they got off the boat, they noticed that there was a lot of activity next to them, and people were yelling about the arrival of the imperial envoy.

So Zhou Maohe was here? The old eunuch looked bitter: "Oh, why is this guy here? I still wanted to taste the delicacy of Jiangnan but he came… " Will young master Zheng still dare to entertain him well?


Chapter 120.1 – The Farce Of The County Government

When Jiang Zhen left Hexi village, he was in a bad mood.

Although he transmitted to the ancient times, he didn't have a great sense of identity with the world at this time so he now had a feeling of powerlessness.

His people were everywhere on the dock in Hexi Village and those people all looked at him anxiously, but they did not dare to come near him who was surrounded by government officials because they were afraid of the government.

It was just him who was not afraid of the government.

In modern times, although it was not 100% fair at least everyone was equal. But here?

This was the place where the imperial power was supreme, and the power of the government was even greater.

The Jiang family was fine and their life was not unbearable. He did not do anything to Jiang family for a long time but under such circumstances, Jiang's family could still sue him. The imperial envoy mentioned by Zheng Yi before, arrested him.

A long time ago, Jiang Zhen actually had some worries that his life would not be guaranteed in this time and place. When he first discovered that Zhao Jinge was pregnant, he also worried about the future of his child and that she might suffer injustice in the future.

But now he himself has encountered injustice.

Jiang Zhen, whose expression was very heavy, followed the government officers to board the ship and then asked: "Where am I going?"

Jiang Zhen was just a civilian but he was not afraid to look at them and even behaved like an uncle… One of Yamen officers become dissatisfied and reached out to push Jiang Zhen: "Be honest with me… Ouch!"

His hand was caught by Jiang Zhen.

"What do you want to do?" All the Yamen officers around him looked at Jiang Zhen warily, but at this time, Jiang Zhen looked at Zhou Maohe who was following them and said: "Lord Zhou, even before we get to the Yamen you are going to have people torture me?"

"Nonsense!" Zhou Maohe said angrily, he didn't like being wronged so he immediately said, "Let go of this man. After the trial, let's see what else he can say!"

The Yamen officer angrily let go of Jiang Zhen, who ignored him and directly went into a nearby room.

At this time this matter was not big or small.

But, that Lord Zhou obviously wanted to make a big deal out of it. He even involved the Hecheng county magistrate so at this time he was obviously aiming at Zheng family.

He did not know whether the Zheng family implicated him or he was just a way to get to Zheng family.

Jiang Zhen heard Zheng Yi mention this lord Zhou, at that time Zheng Yi obviously did not care much about him and he must have made some preparations, but he didn't know why he would suddenly appeared in Hexi village.

Jiang Zhen was confused, but he didn't think much about it. He soon thought about his present situation and began to think about what he should do and what he could do.

Then he found that there was nothing he could do for now.

He actually had the ability to escape from this ship, but he was no longer alone. He had Zhao Jinge, Zhao Mingzhu, Zhao Liu and Zhao Fugui.

As soon as he escapes, what will these people do?

But if he stays here…

Jiang Zhen clenched his fists tightly, he could no longer control his emotion. At the same time, he suddenly thought of many people who died unjustly in history.

After returning to Hexi Village from the capital, he wanted to live a good life, open an escort agency to earn some money and have a little influence to just live a peaceful life in Hexi Village….

However, was there really a peaceful life in this world?

Even Zheng Yi's uncle, the second-ranking official of the current dynasty may be dismissed and killed if he makes a mistake at some point, let alone such a small person like him.

Now he was like an ant for other people that could be crushed at will.

He was not capable of being an official, but could become a big merchant but what if he was big? He may still be killed as a fat chicken by others.

In this world, was this kind of thing something rare? Throughout history, people have been killed for no reason sometimes.

Not to mention the war.

Perhaps, he might be able to avoid all of this but what about his Mingzhu?

What about his Mingzhu children?

If it was in modern times, he could graciously say that children and grandchildren have their own blessings, because there, without running into a very small probability of some events their live would be safe. But how could he guarantee it here?

Jiang Zhen's heart, which had been slowly settling down because of the birth of his daughter, suddenly beat faster.

Closing his eyes, Jiang Zhen slowly let himself calm down.

The people who were taken away by Zhou Maohe from Hexi village were not only Jiang Zhen, but also old man Jiang and his wife, as well as Jiang Chengwen and Jiang Chenxiang.

As for Zhu Shufen and Huang Min, they stayed home with their children.

The Jiang family also had a separate cabin to stay in. Looking at everything around them old lady Jiang was surprised.

She touched the furnishings in the room and hated that she could not carry it away in her arms…

"Mother, don't move around, it would be bad if you break something." Jiang Chengxiang reminded. "

"Alright I will not move around." Old lady Jiang no longer moved and asked: "Chengxiang, this time …… we can make it, right?"

"Mother I am sure we can. The imperial envoy has come to help us!" Jiang Chengxiang said, he also read the laws of Daqi. What Jiang Zhen did was definitely a violation of the law!

"That's good, that's good." Old lady Jiang burst into laughter.

The Jiang family was very proud at this moment. But Zheng Yi who stayed in Zheng's house was filled with anxiety.

Jiang's family was all right and Jiang Zhen didn't poison Jiang's family. In addition, Jiang Zhen married into Zhao family and never put that Jiang family in mind but now it seems… If he had known this, he should have sent this family far away.

Zhao Jinge has already told Zheng Yi the previous situation, and what happened. Then he asked Zheng YI: "Young master Zheng, what can we do now?"

"You did a good job, let's do it like this ……" Zheng Yi and Zhao Jinge started to discuss it but just after a few words someone came to report that Zhou Maohe ship had docked at the pier, and he had brought many people with him as he was heading toward the Yamen building.

"Let's go take a look." Zheng Yi said, taking Zhao Jingo with him and heading out. But just as they went out, they met Feng Jingyuan.

"Young master Zheng, I heard that something happened?" Feng Jinyuan looked at Zheng Yi worriedly.

Zheng Yi didn't have time to talk to him, and together with Zhao Jinge walked outside.

Seeing this, Feng Jinyuan hurriedly followed.

For the people at this time, government officials were legendary figures.

Zhou Maohe did not conceal his identity this time, and brought many people with him, so naturally, his identity soon become known.

Originally, people did not dare to approach Zhou Maohe and his entourage after becoming aware that government official had come but still dared to watch from afar for a fear of what Zhou Maohe come here to do.

However, this time Zhao Maohe have a lot of people around him.

In addition to the yamer officers there were also many Zhou Maohe readers. A great scholar from Wexing House, who was friends with Zhou Mao, even asked his disciples to follow Zhou Maohe. He also let Zhao Maohe borrow more than 20 subordinates from his own family.

These scholars thought they had come to do something big so they naturally felt very excited at this moment. They wanted to let everyone know what they were doing so in the end they explained it to the people around them.

As a result, when Zheng Yi and others arrived, more and more people were surrounding Zhou Maoge and his party and everyone was still talking about it.

"I heard that an imperial envoy come here to catch the head of the Jinzhen escort agency."

"Yes, I heard that Jiang Zhen is disobedient and unfilial and he beat his parents!"

"The people of Jinzhen escort agency are very nice, but I didn't expect that they were such a person in charge."

"It's a good thing I didn't work for Jinzhen escort agency."

……

When Zhao Jinge heard these words, he became more and more anxious, and Zheng Yi also frowned.

Jiang Zhen did do a lot of things.

Now that Zhou Maohe has incited the people like this, if it was badly handled…

"This kind of unfilial person should have his head chopped off!" An old man said, blowing his beard and glaring.

"I didn't expect Jiang Zhen to be that kind of person.

"Not only Jiang Zhen, but also the county magistrate …… heard that when Jiang Zhen's mother tried to sue him before, she couldn't. The Yamen officers directly threw her out."

"Isn't that normal? There is nothing good about the people in the Yamen. "

……

Zheng Yi face sank.

"Young master Zheng if this matter is not handled well, it will affect you. Young master Zheng should make a prompt decision." Feng Jingyuan persuaded Zheng Yi.

"What is the prompt decision?" Zheng Yi looked at Feng Jingyuan.

"Naturally, a strong man breaks his wrist." Feng Jingyuan said, he felt that Zheng Yi should give up Jiang Zhen and not let the matters of Jiang Zhen implicate him.

When Feng Jingyuan first spoke, Zhao Jinge did not understand, but he knew the meaning of "A strong man breaks his wrist" so he soon become inspired and quickly understood Feng Jingyuan's implication.

Without thinking about it, Zhao Jinge swinged his fist and punched Feng Jingyuan on the nose.

Zhao Jinge has always had a good temper, but now Jiang Zhen has been arrested!

He was already upset but at this time someone still advised Zheng Yi to break his wrist… Zhao Jinge did not stop after one punch and grabbed Feng Jingyuan's clothes to throw him to the ground.

Feng Jingyuan's fat body was just thrown to the ground, but he was not angry. He just sighed and said: "Zhao Jinge this is really the best way. Don't worry young master Zheng will protect you."

When Feng Jingyuan spoke like this, he secretly glanced at Zheng Yi. He felt that what he came up with was definitely a good idea for Zheng Yi, without Jiang Zhen wouldn't Jinzhen escort agency and Qingfeng Building become only Zheng Yi?

Zheng Yi kept a calm expression and did not speak, at this time Zhao Jinge gave Feng Jingyuan another kick.

"Zhao Jinge, let's take a look at the front." Zheng Yi said to Zhao Jinge.

When Zheng Yi said this it was obvious that he was not willing to give ip on Jiang Zhen, Feng Jingyuan frowned slightly.

He had already offended Jiang Zhen, and wanted to take this opportunity to suppress Jiang Zhen, but he didn't expect it to happen.

However, Jiang Zhen now, even if he will not end up dead will end with only half of life.

Feng Jingyuan wiped his nosebleed, rubbed the place kicked by Zhao Jinge and got up from the ground. Then he followed like everyone else, at this time a servant boy from the Zheng family ran from afar with a smile on his face: "Young master Zheng, young master Zheng…."

Zhou Maohe came from Fucheng overnight so it was still early when he took Jiang Zhen away. But after all this trouble it was already past lunchtime.

As soon as he arrived at the Yamen building in Hecheng County, he asked his people to take control of the whole building and then let the county courthouse doors open, to interrogate Jiang Zhen in public.

When Jiang Zhen was brought to the lobby, the entrance to the courthouse was already full of people.

Song Li was outside the courthouse, constantly propagating what Jiang Zhen had done, before no one had been to listen to him, but now all the people who listened to him just nodded their heads.


Chapter 120.2 – The Farce Of The County Government

Most people of the country town had nothing to do with Jiang Zhen or Jinzhen escort agency. At this time they were just excited to see an imperial envoy trial a villain.

"My lord, please give me justice!" Old lady Jiang who followed after Jiang Zhen knelt on the ground, howling and crying.

Jiang Zhen was beautifully dressed, but the Jiang family that was dressed in rags looked very pitiful.

People sympathize with the weak so when they saw this scene even if some people still have some doubts before they now also thought that Jiang Zhen was not good and just like Zhou Maohe showed sympathy for the Jiang family.

Zhou Maohe them slapped the wood chair and said to Jiang Zhen: "Jiang Zhen, do you admit your guilt?"

Jiang Zhen did not say anything.

Zhou Maohe looked at the indifferent Jiang Zhen very angry but suddenly found that… Jiang Zhen never knelt down!

He immediately slapped the wooden chair again: "You kneel down for me!"

After he crossed over, he had never kneeled to anyone, even when he met Zheng Yi's second uncle in the capital. He never keeled but now they wanted him to kneel down?

In fact, kneeling was not worth mentioning. It was said that man knees were made from gold but when he was trained he had to do everything. For those who kneel down to practice shooting guns, it was really not worth mentioning.

But kneeling down to Zhou Maohe he was still a little reluctant in the end.

"Someone, tell him to kneel down for me!" Zhou Maohe said.

As soon as Zhou Maohe words fell, someone came forward and wanted to kick Jiang Zhen in the crook of his leg.

"Wait!" Just then, a voice suddenly sounded outside.

That voice was familiar to Jiang Zhen, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Zhao Jinge.

Zhao Jinge after pushing away several people was now standing at the entrance of the court looking worriedly at Jiang Zhen.

"Impudent!" Zhou Maohe looked at Zhao Jinge with dissatisfaction.

Zhou Maohe was also very dissatisfied with Zhao Jinge, who was not filial to the two old people of the Jiang family. He would not have let Zhao Jinge go if he hadn't seen Zhao Jinge dressed in rags and seemed to have been treated badly by Jiang Zhen.

But now he was even more dissatisfied with Zhao Jinge.

"Jinge." Jiang Zhen frowned. He didn't want to kneel before and there was a little dissatisfaction in his heart but now..

He could not implicate Zhao Jinge.

Jiang Zhen was about to kneel when he heard a sharp voice saying: "Where is Jiang Zhen? There is an edict here! Jiang Zhen accepted the imperial edict!"

The imperial edict? Almost everyone in the room froze at these words.

How could an imperial edict come out of nowhere? This edict was even for Jiang Zhen?

Zhou Maohe couldn't help but frown, but no matter how discontented he was, he still had to give way for the imperial edict.

The Jiang family was stunned, the imperial envoy was already a legendary figure but there was also a imperial edict? That imperial edict? To Jiang Zhen?

What the hell is going on here? How could Jiang Zhen still receive the imperial edict?

Jiang Chengxiang's face turned white and he suddenly started to regret it. He had already made up his mind not to provoke Jiang Zhen so why he could still be persuaded to sue Jiang Zhen?

The people outside also felt it was very strange, surprisingly and imperial edict had come… What was going on?

No matter how doubtful everyone was at this time all people have to kneel down to listen to the decree.

"the Imperial edict from emperor Fengtian Chengyun… for Jiang Zhen from Hecheng County for offering the strategy of saving people lives…"

The imperial decree was the most ordinary single-colored imperial decree, after all, Jiang Zhen was just a civilian.

The reward was also not much, in addition to a hundred gold, there was only a plaque that was a little embarrassing to Jiang Zhen – the benevolence of the doctor.

In the previous dynasty, if he was calm and good-natured, he might have been given the lowest rank. But in Daqi, if he had not made great contributions to the country, he could not be given the title so naturally, it was impossible for Jiang Zhen to receive this honor.

But the imperial edict still give him preferential treatment.

"Awarded person do not need to kneel, so there you are." The middle-aged eunuch holding the imperial edict seemed to be a little uncomfortable, almost holding himself up to finish reading the imperial edict. At the end of reading his voice also becomes hoarse.

In Daqi as long as you have a scholar's reputation, you can see face officials without kneeling down. This preferential treatment was actually nothing, but at this time there was such an edict.

Zhou Maohe face become black.

When eunuch saw Zhou Maohe his heart beat like a drum.

Zhou Maohe even dares to defend the Empress Dowager, let alone them eunuchs. In fact he did not want to talk to Zhou Maohe at all.

Just …… young master Zheng forced them so there was nothing he could do.

"Lord Zhou, Jiang Zhen offered a method of healing wounds, saving the lives of many people. Many generals, attach great importance to him, Lord Zhou ……"

"What exactly is this Jiang Zhen this official will naturally judge it clearly! There is no need for eunuch to say more!" Zhou Maohe said.

Although this edict allowed Jiang Zhen to not kneel before officials, it ended there. He did not believe that he could not let Jiang Zhen obey the law!

Thinking in this way, Zhou Maohe looked gloomily at Jiang Zhen and planned to teach Jiang Zhen some lessons before going on with the trial.

"Where grandparents and parents are present, but the children and grandchildren have established separate registries to divide the property, the penalty is 100 hits with the cane." Zhou Maohe said: "Come on, men! Drag him out and beat him!"

In the previous dynasty, there were children and grandchildren who established separate household registers and divided property. This was splitting the family and hiding private money, they were sentenced to three years in jail, but in Daqi it was changed to a hundred sticks.

This change was made a long time ago but there were few who have been beaten for this reason. The people of Hecheng County did not even know that there was such a thing before.

This… it really worked like this? The people were full of doubts, but Zhao Jinge was very anxious.

"My Lord! Jiang Zhen became a member of my family so he can't afford to be accused of it! " Zhao Jinge said loudly.

Just then, the big drum outside the Yamen sounded, and at the same time, He Chunsheng's father came out of nowhere: "my Lord, I want to complain! I want to sue my son… for hiding money! "

He father was stopped by Yamen officer but he still shouted very loudly, not only that, but soon several middle-aged or elderly men rushed over and crowded around him: "My Lord, my Lord, I also want to complain!"

"I want to complain, too!"

"Me too!"

……

All this people were introduced to He Chunsheng by his father, one by one… they were all gamblers from Hecheng County.

If these people lose money, they would need to sell their own children and wife but now they could get money if they come to Yamen to sue so they were naturally willing to do so.

They didn't care about their married daughters or gers sons at all. Some of them even had gone to them to borrow money and were thrown out so they even held a grudge against their daughters.

'My Lord haven't eaten for several days, and I have no money to spend. My daughter won't give me any money. Your excellency, you must give me justice!"

"Your excellency, my son-in-law is very rich but he forbids my daughter from giving money to me. Your excellency, you must give me justice!"

Father He also shouted: "My lord, when my ger son got married he left me alone, my lord! I am very miserable!"

Zhou Maohe face becomes black: "Don't mess around!"

These people were obviously here to make trouble. In this world, who would anyone ask a married woman for money to make a living?

This was definitely Jiang Zhen doing so he would let him get off the hook!

Zhou Maohe was already becoming a little angry but at this time Jiang Ping came inside with the people from Hexi Village.

There were so many people coming that they squeezed out the onlookers.

As a matter of fact, some onlookers were reluctant to leave, but among the people in Hexi Village, they are mixed escort guards from the Jinzhen escort agency,

It was really easy for these people to push those people away.

"My lord, we are here to testify for Jiang Zhen. Jiang Zhen did not commit a crime. He did not commit a crime of unfilial piety! " Jiang Ping said but when he spoke he felt a little guilty.

But soon his guilt soon disappeared.

Although Jiang Zhen went a little too far at the beginning, what Jiang Zhen did was much better than what Jiang Chengwen and Jiang Chengxiang did!

These two men were very unfilial, not only squeezing all the money from the old Jiang couple but also refusing to work and insasting on letting these two old people do all farm work for them.

"Please be sensible, my lord." Others from Hexi Village also knelt down.

If Jiang Zhen had been unforgiving to Jiang's family, they would not necessarily come to testify, but in fact, Jiang Zhen did not do anything to Jiang's family! Before when the Jiang family wanted to sell Jiang Xiaomei, he also spent money to buy Jiang Xiaomei and let her live in his family. They also heard that Jiang Xiaomei will get married in few days and Jiang Zhen will even give her a dowry.

By contrast, it was…. Them who were not kind to Jiang family.

The Jiang family even went as far as wanting to sue their own son and brother, this… It's not sure what they will do to them in the future!

At this time many people were kneeling one by one at the county courthouse door, some were here to sue, some were here to testify so the commotion was very big.