Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 599 A perfect strategy
"Second Young Master, please forgive me, we don't have the power to release anyone."

Mou Bin could only refuse with a slightly tough attitude.

Zhang Yanling's face suddenly turned ugly, and he asked coldly: "You don't have the power to release people, but you have the power to arrest people, right?"

Master Shun quickly stepped forward to persuade them: "Calm down, both of you, let's talk it over."

Mou Bin said: "If someone openly beats someone in the capital, the government must intervene, otherwise it will not be enough to appease the public anger!"

"is it?"

Zhang Yanling said, "You tell me about the law, so I will tell you too. It was originally a fight, why did they only arrest our people and ignore the people on the other side?

"Could it be that just because we are relatives by marriage, we get special treatment? Others came to our house to cause trouble, insulted my sister, and even insulted the royal family. The people my family invited were just to maintain order, but they deliberately made things difficult for them and beat them. We had to fight back...but it became our fault?"

Mou Bin argued: "It was obviously the Zhang family who started it first. I have asked many people, and they all said the same thing. As for what you said about insulting the queen, there is no evidence for the time being."

"hehe."

Zhang Yanling laughed and said, "Captain Mou, you are very fair in your work... You have irrefutable evidence for things that are unfavorable to our Zhang family, but there is no evidence for things that are favorable to us?"

Mou Bin said seriously: "At present, those in custody have not been interrogated, and it is not clear who is behind them to do this... I believe that after the investigation, the truth will be revealed."

"Investigate what? Just tell me it's me?"

Zhang Yanling stood up and looked very domineering. "Captain Mou, please take me into custody as well! It just so happens that the printing and dyeing project cannot be completed within the time limit set by the court. I am also a criminal and cannot explain to His Majesty and the Queen. It would be better for me to tie my hands and go to the imperial prison to reflect on myself... Or you can torture me to see if there is anyone behind me who is behind this?"

"Second Young Master, please stop talking nonsense."

Mou Bin said coldly, "This is the Shuntian Prefecture Court. What you said can be used as evidence in court and recorded."

Zhang Yanling pointed at Master Shun and said, "Is this from Shuntian Prefecture? Please record my words and say that it was my master who ordered my servants to beat people up. The responsibility is all on me!"

Master Shun is not stupid.

He was also wondering why Captain Mou was so stubborn today?
You arrested someone's craftsman, and he came to you to ask for his return with sufficient reasons. If you didn't want to let him go, you should just give him a perfunctory response. Why are you fighting back so harshly?
Or is it that your backers are so powerful that even you are not afraid of Zhang's relatives?
Master Shun said quickly, "These are just angry words. Please calm down... If someone really insults the queen, it would be useless even if we beat him. Besides, Mr. Chai is also injured. We all see it and naturally know what is right and what is wrong."

Mou Bin's face flushed red as he said to Zhang Yanling, "Everything must follow the rules... Second Master, what you did is a blatant violation of the law."

"Mou Qianhu, are you the one who makes the laws?"

Zhang Yanling questioned.

Mou Bin cupped his hands and said, "Of course not. I am just acting in accordance with the Great Ming Law and the Great Edict of the Ming Dynasty, and I have a clear conscience."

"I have explained the reason to you clearly. It was the group of scholars who started it first. I can find many witnesses, all of whom are from the surrounding neighborhoods. They are neither my people nor the people on the other side...

"As for the insults to the Queen, I can find no less than ten people to testify. I can even drag them to court to testify and find out who started it... They have signed and sealed to prove that this incident really happened...

"Captain Mou, now that we have come to this, don't you think it is not enough?"

Mou Bin seemed to be stubborn. He turned a deaf ear to Zhang Yanling's words, closed his eyes immediately, and shouted coldly: "Second Master Zhang, if you don't leave, don't blame me for having someone kick you out."

Zhang Yanling glared at him and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a stubborn person. Oh, by the way, Commander Zhu shouldn't have reported this matter yet, right? I don't want to ask what Eunuch Tan said, because this matter is more or less related to him. I just want to ask, what did Eunuch Huai say?"

At this moment, Mou Bin's heart was filled with alarm.

But he still didn't pay enough attention.

He was just wondering, how did the young man in front of him know that Eunuch Huai and Eunuch Qin had already asked about this matter, and even listened to his report in person?

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "So, what Eunuch Huai meant was that... it was our Zhang family that was making trouble unreasonably and we should be punished, right? Then you didn't report the situation truthfully? Did you only pick out the key points and brushed aside the insults to the queen and the focus of the dispute between the two sides?"

Mou Bin still didn't answer.

As for how the Jinyiwei reported the matter, he didn't want to waste his breath on a little uncle who didn't hold any official position.

At least in his opinion, Zhang Yanling was not qualified to dispatch the Jinyiwei to do things.

Even Zhang Luan's work was despised by others, and now one of Zhang Luan's younger sons wants to borrow his father's power to show off his power in the Jinyiwei?
None of the doors!
"I really didn't expect that Captain Mou would be so principled that he would not budge. I can only report it myself." Zhang Yanling sighed, "Excuse me!"

After saying this, Zhang Yanling seemed as if nothing had happened and was about to take his people away.

Mou Bin waved his hand and said, "Second Master, please stay."

Zhang Yanling stopped and looked back, then asked with a smile: "What? Do you regret it and want to detain me? Come on!"

"No."

Mou Bin frowned and said righteously, "Second Master, I need to make it clear to you that the capital is an important place, under the feet of the emperor, and this is a place where the law is enforced. We cannot let people do whatever they want."

"well said."

Zhang Yanling also nodded, "Others came to our Zhang family's private territory to cause trouble, and it became our Zhang family's fault. This law really needs to be interpreted carefully.

"Hmph, I can only say that our Zhang family's backers seem to be a little weak. Even the laws don't favor us... Forget it, I have to go to the palace again. I'm really too busy. Otherwise, I really want to have a good argument with you today.

"Brother, let's go!"

"Humph!"

Zhang Heling snorted coldly, feeling extremely proud in his heart.

How dare you offend the real boss of our Zhang family, my second brother! ?
I'm sorry, you, Mou Bin, are going to be in trouble. Although I don't know how you will be in trouble, my past experience tells me that you will be miserable, because the person my second brother personally dealt with last time was named Liang Fang.

By the way, there is also a guy named Peng Mianfu.

Anyway, I only know these two unlucky guys, and I don’t know the others.

……

……

"Captain Mou, what do you think...?"

As soon as Zhang Yanling and his men left, Master Shun was almost frightened. He quickly grabbed Mou Bin's hand and pleaded, "There is no good outcome for offending the in-laws... You should transfer those people to another place."

Mou Bin asked coldly, "He's not being held in your Shuntian Prefecture, why are you so nervous?"

Master Shun said with a bitter face: "This matter has become a big deal. Didn't you hear what the young uncle said? He wants to enter the palace..."

Mou Bin rebuked: "What if he enters the palace? Even if he sees Your Majesty, given Your Majesty's wisdom, will he be unreasonable?"

"No, you..."

Shun Shiye was confused, and then asked in an incredulous tone, "You didn't hear what the young uncle said, right? He did say that there are witnesses who can prove that the other party insulted the queen! There are also witnesses who can prove that the other party started it first.

"If it is really as he said, with your majesty's wisdom, can you still...turn your elbow outward?"

Mou Bin frowned and said, "He's talking nonsense, and you believe it?"

Shun Shiye said quickly: "Although I have never dealt with this young uncle, based on my experience of knowing and observing people at the government office for so many years, he doesn't seem to be talking nonsense.

"Besides, with the current connections and power of the Zhang family, is it that difficult to find a few such people to testify, even if it is false testimony?"

Master Shun here was also very confused.

Isn’t it said that officials protect each other?

On the opposite side are a group of merchants and scholars, while on this side are the relatives of the emperor's wife. You, the Jinyiwei, serve the royal family, but in this matter you don't help the relatives of the emperor's wife, but help those common people with no background and no power?
Is it that we in Shuntian Prefecture did not have the latest information and thus failed to detect the latest trends in the court?
How does it feel...

Not enough brains?

Of course, Mou Bin could not say that this was a deliberate plot by Qin Chang and others. Given his gratitude to Huai En and Qin Chang, he would definitely not go against them on such a matter. No matter what Huai En had said before, he felt that he had an obligation to stick to the judgment that "the Zhang family is guilty" to the end.

Mou Bin said with a straight face: "If that is the case, then I would like to trouble you to go to the Daxing County government office and use whatever method you can to get those people to speak up and prove that it was the Zhang family who unreasonably provoked them and that they did not hear any words insulting the queen."

"Captain Mou, what are you doing?"

Master Shun felt that the problem was serious and might even involve the crime of deceiving the emperor, so he quickly refused, "We in Shuntian Prefecture cannot make the decision on this matter! If you can't take the person away, I can only ask the Shuntian Prefecture Governor for permission, or let the person go before sunset today!"

Mou Bin had a cold expression on his face: "Anyone who dares to shield them will be guilty of the same crime!"

He immediately retorted to Master Shun.

Master Shun swallowed his saliva and said with a dark face: "If you Jinyiwei really need a confession, you might as well go and get it yourself. We will definitely not torture them into confessing, because based on my experience, even if these people are detained, they will not be detained for a few days..."

Mou Bin ignored Master Shun who was protesting and left with his men.

……

……

Zhang Yanling led his men out of Shuntian Prefecture and felt very happy.

Zhang Heling said, "If it were me, I would definitely smash the Shuntian government office! Humph, Mou, you are so shameless. It's useless to reason with him? Second brother, you are really awesome today. Talking to those self-righteous guys... sounds so cool!"

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "This is momentum, just like cockfighting, whoever has weaker momentum will lose."

"Then hurry up and go to the palace to find our brother-in-law and let him deal with them!"

Zhang Heling urged with a smile.

Chai Meng said in embarrassment: "Second Master, is this really okay? Will it be too awkward?"

While speaking, he glanced at Qin Yun beside him, as if to say, there is a Jinyiwei by our side.

It would be fine if you had a quarrel with the government, but now you are having a quarrel with Mou Bin.

Although Mou Bin is only a captain, he is different from ordinary captains. He has a strong background and is about to be promoted to a high position.

Zhang Yanling laughed and said, "Mou Bin wants to be the leader of the Jinyiwei, and he is working against me and trying his best to gain recognition... Can I make him happy?"

Qin Yun asked curiously, "Second Young Master, do you really have those...evidences?"

"Brother Qin."

Zhang Yanling said, "I might as well tell you something. I had already noticed and prepared for it long before they started the trouble. If I had been prepared, I would have arranged everything and blocked all their escape routes before they started the fight. Do you think I would have easily sent someone to teach them a lesson?"

Qin Yun understood immediately and nodded, "I see. You must have made a perfect plan. It's their turn to be in trouble next!"

(End of this chapter)