Ming Dynasty: My Father Zhang Juzheng

Chapter 146 Losing the Car to Save the Commander
Two days have passed since Qian Liang was arrested.

In the past two days, his mood has been up and down. These Jinyiwei dared to arrest him, so they must have received instructions from some important person.

Otherwise, who would dare to touch me?
Moreover, that big shot is at least someone who can talk to Wu Qinghou.

When people thought that this silver dollar was launched by Zhang Yunxiu, he became the first target of suspicion.

Just as he was thinking about it, Sun Xiang in the cell next to him suddenly said, "Brother Qian, we are doomed this time."

Qian Liang turned his head and looked at Sun Xiang who was leaning against the fence. He pouted and said unhappily, "I'm different from you. I'm just here temporarily. Wu Qinghou will definitely not ignore me."

"That's it, who are you? You are the steward of Wuqing Hou!" Sun Xiang sneered secretly in his heart, but still flattered on the surface.

Qian Liang was quite pleased, straightened his back, and straightened his prison uniform, with a look of pride on his face. Sun Xiang knew that this man was about to die, so he was also happy to chat with him about wild cotton.

"Brother Qian, I also read some miscellaneous books in my early years. Seeing that you have a full forehead and a round face, you will definitely be able to avoid this disaster."

Qian Liang nodded when he heard the voice, stretching his neck to act like a hero: "Don't worry, these Jinyiwei are probably just trying to scare us. After we get out, we will act immediately and get you out as well."

"Then let me thank Brother Qian first."

Sun Xiang clasped his fists and bowed to Qian Liang.

As the two were talking, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded in the corridor outside the cell.

The two men looked up and saw four or five strong men of the Jinyiwei Guards carrying a large table of wine and food coming forward.

When they arrived at the cell of the two men, the first person took out the key and opened Qian Liang's door. Qian Liang took a step back, and several Jinyiwei strongmen brought in wine and food.

Qian Liang looked at the table full of delicious food and wine, and combined with Sun Xiang's auspicious words, most of his confusion disappeared.

He grinned and got warm with a few Jinyiwei: "Brothers, when can we go out?"

"It's almost there, almost there." One person replied with a smile, then left without looking back.

After the few people left, Qian Liang invited Sun Xiang to the banquet. Sun Xiang ate a few bites, returned to his original seat, sat cross-legged on the ground and closed his eyes to rest.

Qian Liang was no longer polite and started to eat the food and wine with relish.

Just as Qian Liang was enjoying his meal, a warm sedan with an apricot-yellow fence and a blue roof, carried by four people, slowly drove into the sedan hall of Wuqing Marquis' Mansion.

As soon as the sedan chair was lowered, the head of the group lifted the curtain and a person walked out from inside.

He was wearing a bean green cotton robe with a python pattern on the outside, a cashmere jacket on the inside, a jade belt around his waist, and a thick cashmere hat on his head.

She wrapped herself tightly, leaving only her fair face exposed.

It was Wei Qing, the eunuch in charge of ceremonies and the manager of the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, two days had passed since Qian Liang was arrested. The entire capital was paying attention to this matter, and Marquis Wu Qing was jumping up and down in anxiety.

During this period, Wuqing Hou visited Zhang Yunxiu several times, but unexpectedly this guy went to Tianjin Wei, as if he wanted to clear himself.

At this time, his son Li Gao suggested: "Wei Qing and Zhang Yunxiu are so close that they wear the same pants. Why not call him over to ask him?"

Wu Qinghou was already dizzy at this time, and when he saw a plan, he agreed without thinking.

Wei Qing stepped in, and just as he walked around the screen wall, he saw mourning clothes hung everywhere, along with funeral music and the wailing cries of old women.

Wei Qing became alert and walked forward quickly.

When we arrived at the hall, we saw a coffin standing upright inside.

A middle-aged man in mourning clothes was kneeling in front of the coffin, with his family members kneeling behind him.

As soon as Wei Qing came in, drums and music started playing, and the old woman started crying at the top of her lungs:

"Oh, my Wuqing Hou, why are you so depressed?"

"You are so cruel, abandoning this orphan and his widow!"

"One step onto the Naihe Bridge."

"I'm going to the underworld to meet Yama."

"Oh, my Wuqing Hou."

When the crying woman shouted, the family members in the hall began to cry at the top of their lungs. In a moment, the whole hall was filled with deafening cries and became a mess.

Wei Qing was suspicious and hurried to the front and asked the middle-aged man, "Uncle of the King? Who is in here?"

This is Empress Dowager Li’s younger brother, Li Gao.

"Who else could it be? That's my father!" Li Gao rolled his eyes at Wei Qing in anger, pulled off the white hat on his head and cursed viciously, "Look, my father was such a good man, but you forced him to hang himself." "The father-in-law hanged himself?" Wei Qing was so shocked that his facial features shifted.

"He was found in time and saved." Li Gao had a sad face. He gave some instructions to the family members and pulled Wei Qing to the side hall.

As the two of them sat down, Wei Qing was still thinking about Marquis Wuqing hanging himself, so he couldn't wait to ask: "How is the Marquis now?"

"The person was rescued, but his soul was lost. The doctor said that our family had lost a person, and his soul was taken away by that person." Li Gao shook his head and blinked at Wei Qing.

嗐!
What did he think it was? It turned out to be waiting for him here.

He came to see Li Wei's family after discussing it with Zhang Yunxiu.

He knew that Zhang Yunxiu just wanted to teach this father-in-law a lesson and let the matter go. As for this easy way of attacking the paper horse shop with fire, he was naturally happy to see it happen.

However, he did not express his opinion immediately, but pretended to be surprised and asked: "Who is missing from the Marquis's house? Could it be that there was a thief?"

"Qian Liang is lost."

"Ah, how did he get lost? I've been in the Palace of Heavenly Purity for so long that I really don't know what's going on outside."

"Eunuch Wei!" Li Gao couldn't help but shout at him when he saw that he was being unruly.

"Hey, uncle."

Wei Qing responded respectfully.

At this point, Li Gao lost his temper. He just bit his cheek and looked at Wei Qing, thinking to himself: This guy must have received instructions from Zhang Yunxiu. It seems that our family is bound to suffer a big setback this time.

He was as anxious as a monkey, but he didn't know how to start.

Several times, he wanted to talk to his sister about this.

But when he thought of his sister's appearance, Li Gao trembled all over and couldn't even speak clearly. How could he dare to talk about this?

"Uncle, why don't you talk about this with the Emperor? Ask him to send someone to help you look for it?" Wei Qing, who had been silent for a few seconds, suddenly reminded.

"The emperor is very busy, so let's not trouble him with such a small matter." Li Gao shook his head repeatedly.

"Oh." Wei Qing replied in a drawn-out tone, turned around, picked up the hot tea at hand, took a sip, and said, "By the way, what does the uncle-in-law want me to do today?"

Seeing Wei Qingyun's nonchalant look, Li Gao was so angry that his teeth itched, but he thought that he had something to ask him, so he could only grit his teeth and said, "Eunuch Wei, we treat you as a friend, and we won't hide it from you. Qian Liang was arrested by the Jinyiwei."

"Ah? Who caught him?" Wei Qing was shocked.

"Who else could it be? Your old friend must have caught him."

"Oh, uncle, please stop playing dumb with us. Who caught him?"

"Zhang Yunxiu sent someone to catch him!"

Li Gao said bitterly.

"This..." Wei Qing laughed secretly in his heart, always holding the right to speak, "There couldn't be any misunderstanding during this period. Zhang Sicheng went to Tianjin to supervise the construction of the treasure ship. How could he be arrested?"

"Well, you, Eunuch Wei, are as close to him as wearing trousers. You know very well how your nephew Qin Tianzhu got the position of Qianhu." Li Gao was immediately unhappy and said with some dissatisfaction, "Han San is the dog raised by the Zhang brothers. The dog bit someone, we have to find the owner."

"Why did Han San arrest Qian Liang?"

"We don't know either. All of these Jinyiwei are like loaches, running around everywhere and causing trouble for you out of nothing."

Seeing that Li Gao was still stubborn, Wei Qing simply said, "My Lord, if you say that, then we have to argue with you. In the past, when these Jinyiwei met the people from Wuqing Marquis's Mansion, which one of them didn't smile?"

"If Qian Liang hadn't committed something serious, even if you had given Han San a hundred guts, he wouldn't dare to touch anyone in your mansion."

Li Gao frowned and was about to explain himself, but Wei Qing interrupted him and said, "Uncle of the King, when it comes to making money, you have to know what money you should make and what money you shouldn't make. This money is good, but we have to eat it in a nicer manner."

"Okay, you let him go, and we'll stop right away."

"Why did you stop, uncle?"

Wei Qing leaned forward and pretended to be surprised, "Wasn't it that the evil servant Qian Liang who did this behind your master's back? Now that he has been brought to justice, the father-in-law and the uncle-in-law of the emperor should sacrifice their relatives for the sake of justice. This is the right thing to do."

"Ah! Yes, yes, yes." Li Gao smiled and nodded, knowing that he could get away with it. He didn't care about Qian Liang's life or death, and shouted fiercely, "Qian Liang is such a bastard. How dare he do such a wicked thing behind our backs?"

"Go back and tell Zhang Yunxiu that we don't care about this guy anymore. Let him deal with it as he pleases."

"Okay, but you have to be careful in the future, uncle."

"We know."

(End of this chapter)