From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 428

If Zhang Tao had a sword, he would have wanted to stab all those idiots in the government office to pieces.

The head of the inner court came to the Guangdong Provincial Government in person, which almost scared him to death. He thought it was a false alarm, but he was told that his surname was Guan.

Oh my God, others may not know, but how could he not know? The emperor of the current dynasty has the surname Guan!

Although his majesty's family is very low-key and rarely shows up, it doesn't mean that they are easy to mess with!

As for Zhou Yuan, he has been locked up in the prison.

This is obviously a temporary prison, a large room, without a stone bed or straw mat, more than a dozen people gathered together, hot and smelly, with a smell of sweat.

"Oh, the new guy is quite tender."

A hand was placed on Zhou Yuan's shoulder.

Zhou Yuan's face was full of black lines. It was rare for him to come here, and he had to encounter such a disgusting thing?

He turned around and kicked the man away.

The people around were stunned, and then rushed towards Zhou Yuan directly.

Zhou Yuan's kung fu is average, but that is compared to the masters. It is not difficult to deal with these hooligans in the prison. He beat them all down in a dozen breaths.

Seeing this scene, Liu, the head of the police, also became interested and couldn't help laughing: "You are quite skilled, no wonder you dare to beat Mr. Huang, but judging from your accent, you are from the north, right?"

In fact, Zhou Yuan's accent is closer to the Liangjiang area, but for the people here, the Liangjiang area seems to be considered the north.

Zhou Yuan said: "What? Are you going to make things difficult for me?"

Liu, the head of the police, squinted and said: "Yes, you are a tough guy, and you are still stubborn until now."

"It's a pity that you met Mr. Huang. He gave me the money. I have to make arrangements for you. After I have lunch, I will come to play with you."

"At that time, let's see whether you are stubborn or my iron is hard!"

Zhou Yuan glanced around and was really in no mood to talk nonsense with such people. He wanted to contact the government, not some hanging head of the police.

So he frowned and asked, "Where is your prefect?"

"Hey, you're the only one who wants to see our prefect?"

Captain Liu kicked him and shouted, "Who do you think you are?"

Then his foot was caught by Zhou Yuan.

Then, he gently bent it...

It broke...

"Ah!"

Captain Liu screamed in pain and quickly pulled out his knife, shouting, "Someone! Someone! Bring him out! I'm going to chop him up!"

These constables were also dedicated. They quickly ran over, opened the prison door and rushed towards Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan kicked them all out one by one, and then honestly locked the door again.

He smiled and said, "I won't go out today. I'll play with you guys slowly."

Captain Liu had a heart-wrenching headache and howled, "Call someone! Go to the Criminal Justice Bureau and punish him. This man is trying to escape from prison! He wants to rebel!"

They are very good at accusing people, especially when they are furious.

However, the Criminal Justice Bureau did not come. Instead, the legal advisor of the government office came. When he saw the fractured leg of Captain Liu, he was also shocked.

He couldn't help but say, "This thief is so bold. Let's take him to the court. The prefect must personally try him."

Zhou Yuan was also confused and asked in confusion, "Personally try him? On what charge?"

The lawyer grinned and said, "Tax evasion and smuggling, collusion with foreign races, aiding the enemy and treason."

Zhou Yuan glared and said, "Damn it, I haven't started selling goods yet, and I'm evading taxes? Smuggling? And aiding the enemy and treason?"

The lawyer said, "We found out that the silk cloth from Xiangruifang was secretly sent to Haojing. If this is not aiding the enemy, what is it?"

Xiangruifang is the dyeing and cloth workshop opened by Zhou Yuan.

Okay, okay, this is how you play, right?

Zhou Yuan sneered, "Okay, I'll go to the court with you and have a good time!"

He took the initiative to put on the shackles and went all the way to the court.

Sure enough, among the onlookers, Zhou Yuan saw Mr. Huang sitting in a wheelchair with a sinister look on his face.

Seeing Zhou Yuan, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Master Guan, why are you wearing shackles? Last night you forced Huang to discuss cooperation with the intention of smuggling. Huang refused, and you beat him. Have you ever thought about today!"

Zhou Yuan didn't say anything, just looked at the prefect on the high platform.

The Guangzhou prefect slammed the gavel and said loudly, "You bold and unruly people, how can you be arrogant in the court? Kneel down and report your name."

Zhou Yuan scratched his head and thought to himself, I have to make up a name!

The eldest sister is called Guan Miaoshan, what am I called Guan? Come up with a more awesome name.

Guan Yutian? No, this character doesn't end well, and this name is not appropriate.

"My name is Guan Ziyi!"

Zhou Yuan's attitude became arrogant.

The Guangzhou prefect frowned. These days, young people are so arrogant.There are many, but it is rare to see someone who dares to be arrogant in court.

He sneered: "Guan Ziyi, you opened a factory in Xiangruifang without paying taxes, smuggled goods to the enemy, and forced the head of the Huang family to join you in corruption. Do you know your crime?"

Zhou Yuan said: "My Xiangruifang has complete tax payment receipts, so how can I say I pay taxes? As for smuggling to the enemy, do you have any evidence?"

The Guangzhou prefect snorted: "It turns out that you not only evaded taxes, but also forged receipts, which is aggravated."

"As for smuggling to the enemy... Come on, bring the evidence!"

I saw a constable holding a piece of cloth with beautiful prints and bright colors and presented it to the court.

The Guangzhou prefect said: "This is the cloth produced by your Xiangruifang, but now it is found on a smuggling cargo ship. There are all kinds of evidence. According to the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, he should be executed."

"Come here, let this unruly and unscrupulous businessman sign and seal. If he is not honest, put him in the tongs directly."

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but give a thumbs up. Good, good, it is true that the emperor is far away and the case is handled by money!

I didn't expect that corruption and abuse of power in the Guangdong-Guangdong region would reach this point...

He had a sense of absurdity. All this was not like what he encountered normally, but like an exaggerated plot in a vernacular novel.

Zhou Yuan was in no mood to play. The middle-level officials here were rotten and there was no need to cooperate.

As a prefect, let alone being compared with a person like Ye Mian, he was not even as good as Lord Wangwang.

At least Lord Wangwang was normal.

This also indirectly shows that freedom has been here for too long.

Zhou Yuan looked around and shook his head slowly, saying, "It's really boring. It's time to make a complete change here."

He shouted, "Zhuang Xuansu, why haven't you arrived yet!"

It was unknown how far the voice had spread, but there were already shouts from outside.

Then, a large group of people poured in from outside the court, and Zhuang Xuansu strode in with more than ten female guards.

The knife in his hand was already unsheathed.

Guangdong Governor Zhang Tao walked quickly into the court, first glanced at Zhou Yuan, and made sure that he was not tortured, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he shouted, "Prefect Qi! What are you doing!"

"Inspector, Governor... Your Excellency!"

The Guangzhou Prefect was immediately panicked. Why did the Governor come here?

He hurriedly said, "This, this subordinate is... trying a smuggling case!"

Zhuang Xuansu saw the shackles on Zhou Yuan's body and immediately cut them off with a knife.

With a clang, the court suddenly became silent.

Until this time, Zhuang Xuansu said coldly: "What a good smuggling case, Lord Zhang, you will try the case yourself this time."

Zhou Yuan also laughed, looked at Zhang Tao, and said slowly: "Is this the Governor of Guangdong?"

Zhang Tao was nervous, not knowing the specific background of this person in front of him, so he could only whisper: "Yes, yes, meet you, Master Guan."

Zhou Yuan said directly: "I can show you my cards. Xiangruifang is a dyeing and weaving project supervised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, funded by Shanxi merchants, and co-organized by me. It aims to promote the dyeing and weaving industry of our Great Jin. "For this reason, Princess Qinshui went to Liangjiang to conduct research, and I also went south from Shenjing to Guangzhou Prefecture." "But now the cloth has not started selling yet, and I have encountered such a thing, and I have been charged with a series of serious crimes such as tax evasion, smuggling, and aiding the enemy." "Governor, if you don't give me a reasonable explanation for this matter, I can only ask Qi Changshi to explain it to me." These words made Zhang Tao sweat coldly. Qi Changshi, the newly appointed Governor of Fujian and Guangdong, his immediate superior, is looking for someone to attack and establish his authority...