Chapter 272

"Although we only met a few times in the Wenhua Palace," Yuan Yunzhong took the hot tea handed over by Shao Qing, "but he often punished the servants and attendants around him for the smallest things."

At this time, Xu Guangzeng, Deng Chen and others took their men to "harvest bandit leaders", while Song Jiyun, Jiang County Magistrate, Shao Qing and others returned to the county government from Hongshan'ao. After a while of people rolling over, Yuan Yunzhong washed himself and changed his clothes. He was sitting on the Arhat couch in the main hall of the main courtyard of the Hou Yamen and was being checked by the doctor for his pulse.

Song Jiyun and others sat around him, waiting for the doctor's diagnosis results.

"Mr. Jinghu once commented that he was a 'little disciple'." Yuan Yunzhong said calmly. Jiang Xiaosi helped the doctor smooth the sleeves of the doctor's veins, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. "He suddenly asked me to meet at Wuming Temple, and I knew it was the Hongmen Banquet."

County Magistrate Jiang couldn't help scolding him: "Then you are still going?"

Yuan Yunzhong glanced at Magistrate Jiang and continued: "Before I came to Jiangxi, I specifically inquired about his behavior over the years."

Prince Ning's tyranny and unruliness were tacitly acknowledged by Jiangxi officials and even the imperial court. Otherwise, how could the emperor have sent his confidants to investigate him based on just a smuggler.

"In these years, he has been a local emperor in Jiangxi. He speaks the truth and calls deer a horse. My investigation into his affairs has made him lose face. If he doesn't win back, how will he run rampant in Jiangxi in the future? Rather than letting him go on a killing spree and hurt innocent people People, it is better to let him hit the south wall and restrain himself."

Yuan Yunzhong took back his other arm, which had been checked by the doctor, and slowly adjusted his sleeves.

Shao Qing quickly brought the noodles sent from the kitchen to Yuan Yunzhong: "Sir, the dumplings that go out are the noodles that come in. Although they are not very authentic, there are eight dishes at least. You can just eat a few chopsticks. Respond to the scene."

Yuan Yunzhong nodded.

Song Jiyun was already asking the doctor: "How is it? Is there anything inappropriate?"

There was a hint of urgency in her heart.

Yuan Yunzhong couldn't help but glance at her.

The doctor was a local, and had heard about the relationship between Song Jiyun and Yuan Yunzhong. He smiled and said: "It's okay, it's okay. Mr. Yuan has a good body and bones. Although he was sleeping in the open air, it was just a trivial matter and he didn't even need a prescription." open."

Song Jiyun always felt that Yuan Yunzhong was the kind of young man who never touched the spring water, and his common sense of life was worse than hers.

She said worriedly: "Would you like to prescribe some regular prescriptions for killing insects and detoxifying? He didn't come home last night, and he roasted two rabbits to eat."

Who knows how these two rabbits Yuan Yunzhong got into their mouths.

She felt a stomachache just thinking about it.

The doctor smiled and said, "Miss, are you talking about deworming medicine? You can prescribe a few doses. We have many mountains and forests here. Mr. Yuan came from the capital. The climate in the north and the south is different. It is always right to be cautious."

Song Jiyun thanked him and rewarded him, and Zheng Quan took him to write a prescription.

When she turned around, she found that the whole room was quiet. Yuan Yunzhong, County Magistrate Jiang and others were all looking at her.

"What's wrong?" Song Jiyun asked in confusion, wondering if they felt that they were overstepping their bounds.

She explained: "It's better to be careful. Mr. Yuan has never drunk raw water, so he may not be able to withstand the spring water in the mountains."

Shao Qing was about to say something, but Yuan Yunzhong nodded and said, "What Miss Song said makes sense."

Magistrate Jiang simply stopped talking after seeing this, and instead talked about the fact that he was being hunted: "You are too courageous! You dared to go to the Hongmen Banquet alone even though you knew it was the Hongmen Banquet. Do you know how Guan Yu died?"

Yuan Yunzhong said: "I brought my sleeve arrows and hid a Miao knife in the horse's belly."

Magistrate Jiang was furious and asked him: "What can you do? Shoot rabbits?"

Yuan Yunzhong said nonchalantly: "I know it well." He also said: "Didn't I come back safely?"

"You have the nerve to say that?" Magistrate Jiang sneered, pointing to the middle coat he had changed into, "Is this your safe and sound? Where is your outer shirt? If we hadn't picked up your broken safety button, we would have thought you were safe. Were you killed? If you hadn't taken off other people's clothes and torn them up to make road signs, would we have misunderstood that the person in the cave was you? Since you realized that something was wrong, why didn't you find a way to have someone send us a message? "

Yuan Yunzhong disagreed and said: "No matter whether it is the inspection department, the inspection department, or the people from the yamen, they have no chance of winning against the captain of the palace."

The prince's captain was higher than them in terms of status.

When they met the captain of the royal palace, they would only be timid, and even lost their lives when they were sure of victory.

Of course Magistrate Jiang knew.

It was precisely because he knew that he was even angrier.

While walking back and forth in the hall, he asked Yuan Yunzhong: "How many people did King Ning send to surround you? Why are there the prince's captains and dead soldiers? Logically speaking, these people should not appear at the same time. And half of them were dead soldiers. We spent a lot of time checking the identities of these people.

"And Prince Ning also made a fuss about the identities of these people, saying that the captain he sent out was to pick you up, and that you must have offended someone and been tricked by someone. His captain must have been implicated by you. .

"Fortunately, you're fine, otherwise he would definitely frame you like this. He might even use this as evidence to write to the emperor saying that you were acting rebelliously in Jiangxi and aroused public indignation, which is why you ended up like this."

He smiled bitterly and said: "If he had more brains and mobilized officials to impeach you, I'm afraid you would still be accused of being a sycophant even if you died without a body. By then, I'm afraid the Yuan family's century-old reputation will be ruined."

"That's not the case." Yuan Yunzhong said in an understatement, "At best, it's a mixed bag of praise and praise."

As for how many people King Ning sent, he said: "I don't know the exact number of people. We met one wave at Wuming Temple, one wave at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, and another wave at Hongshan Col."

"So many people!!" People in the room exclaimed in unison.

However, Yuan Yunzhong calmly said to County Magistrate Jiang: "It was too dark at that time, and I don't know how many people I killed. Xu Guangzeng and Deng Chen were shouting in a hurry just now, fearing that their men would be cut short. I didn’t bother to tell them for a moment, remember to send someone to tell them, there must be a fish that slipped through the net, and the size is also a factor, don’t feed it to your mouth and not be able to eat it.”

He sneered coldly: "I want to see how he plans to report to the court after so many people have died!"

This him naturally refers to Prince Ning.

Magistrate Jiang exploded when he heard this: "How could you do this? Who is Prince Ning? He is just one of many royal vassals, and you are the only one that the Yuan and Wang families have been waiting for for many years. If you are born, Mrs. Wang is definitely dead. If you don’t think about yourself, you should also think about Mrs. Wang. You are not alone."

"Really?" Yuan Yunzhong glanced sideways at County Magistrate Jiang and said, "Didn't Mrs. Wang say that without me, she would still have you and the two senior brothers? Will you all respect her in the future and provide for her in her old age? ?”

Magistrate Jiang touched his face feebly when he heard this and said, "Those are angry words! How old are you this year? Why can't you clearly distinguish these things?"

Yuan Yunzhong didn't speak, pushed the noodle bowl forward, and said to Shao Qing: "I'm here to take the opportunity. Please serve me something that normal people can eat. Is there any porridge? Or cooking. Don't say it's spring. Is it the season for bamboo shoots? Does the chef know how to make pickled pork? I remember Jingdezhen’s pickled meat is also quite famous.”

Shao Qing hesitated to speak, hesitated for a moment, and then went out to give instructions to his servants.

However, Magistrate Jiang sighed and said sincerely: "Yunzhong, you are not the only one in this world. You cannot fight alone. You should trust your teammates. You must have someone who can take care of you."

This is a bit harsh to say.

There was silence in the hall.

Yuan Yunzhong's face also looked a little ugly.

But he drank tea without moving his eyebrows, obviously not prepared to talk to County Magistrate Jiang.

"County Magistrate Jiang!" Song Jiyun suddenly spoke weakly, "Mr. Yuan, he doesn't know the way very well!"