In front of us is the gate of the Fang family.
The Fang family is worthy of being a big family. The gate alone has been specially built. On the vermilion gate, the copper lock is shining in the sun, and the two big stone lions at the door are even more majestic and dignified!
A porter had just cleaned the steps and was about to leave with a broom. Wen Jiucheng shouted to him.
"Is this Fang's?"
The porter stopped, looked at them and asked, "are you?"
Wen Jiucheng said kindly, "we are friends of Fang Wujiu. We learned that his uncle's family lives here and want to visit."
Then he took out a letter of worship and handed it to him with both hands.
But the porter suddenly changed his face when he heard the words Fang Wujiu.
He didn't look at the worship note, but stubbornly threw down a sentence: "we don't have people called Fang Wujiu here. You recognize the wrong person."
Then he quickly walked into Fang's house and slammed the door.
Shang Kui had some disagreements with each other's house. At this time, he became more and more angry when he saw the concierge being so rude.
He was about to go up and clap the door, but he was stopped by Wenjiu city.
"Forget it, don't waste your energy. The family knows there's a ghost in their heart. They won't pay attention to us."
Wen Jiucheng came here specially to test the attitude of his family. Now it seems that the innkeeper should say that he is eight, nine and ten. The relationship between the Fang family and Fang Wujiu is really bad.
Shang Kui frowned and said, "what shall we do? Is that it?"
Wen Jiucheng did not answer and asked, "have you brought your token?"
Shang Kui took out a metal token, which represented the identity of the commander of Yu Linwei.
"Sir, you mean this?"
Wen Jiucheng nodded: "that's it. Let's go to the sheriff's house."
They rode to the sheriff's house.
After seeing the token of commander Yu Linwei, the long history of the sheriff's office hurried out to meet him.
Chang Shi politely invited them into the house. In a moment, they met Jian Shujie, the Sheriff of Lu'an county.
Jian Shujie is a middle-aged man in his forties. He is tall and thin. He has a small beard under his chin and small eyes. His eyes will narrow when he smiles.
There is a shrewd almost philistine in him. He doesn't feel like an official, but more like a businessman.
The sheriff is a senior official of the third grade, while the commander of Yulin Wei is a military officer of the fourth grade. From the perspective of official rank, Jian Shujie has a higher status than Shang Kui.
But Shang Kui is a close Minister of the son of heaven and can't offend easily.
Seeing that Shang Kui wanted to be polite, Jian Shujie quickly helped people up with a very warm attitude.
"There are no outsiders here. General Shang, don't be polite. Please sit down."
When Shang Kui and Wen Jiucheng sat down, Jian Shujie hurriedly asked people to serve tea, especially telling them to get the best tea.
Jian Shujie looked at Wen old city and asked, "who is this?"
Shang Kui said slowly according to the words given by Wen old city in advance.
"This is Mr. Wen, my friend. We came here to find someone, but we are not familiar with here. We encountered a little trouble in the process. We really have no choice but to ask Jian Junshou for help."
Jianshu said immediately, "who are you looking for? I'll send someone to help you find it. As long as that person is in Lu'an County, he can certainly help you find someone!"
"The name of the person we are looking for is Fang Wujiu. He came to Fufeng city to visit relatives in half a month.
His relatives live in Yangliu street.
But we just went to Fang's house in Yangliu street, but the family refused to admit that they knew Fang Wujiu and shut us out.
I beg Jane to help make peace and let us meet the family. "
Jian Shujie immediately replied, "it's just a small matter. I'm free now. I'll accompany you to Yangliu Street myself."
Shang Kui was overjoyed and got up to bow his hands and salute: "thank you, Sheriff!"
The party came to Fang's house in Yangliu street again.
The soldiers of the sheriff's house came forward and called for the door. The door was smashed.
The concierge quickly ran to open the door and said angrily, "be gentle. If the door is broken, you can afford to pay..."
Before he finished, he stopped abruptly.
He opened his eyes and looked at the officers and soldiers outside the door. Among them, the sheriff in official clothes was particularly dignified.
The porter was so frightened that his legs softened and he almost fell to the ground.
He hurriedly opened all the gates and knelt on the ground to salute the sheriff.
Almost all the people in the city have seen the sheriff, but they can only look at him from a distance. They rarely have the opportunity to contact the sheriff so closely. The porter is really frightened.
Soon the rest of the Fang family came to hear the news.
Now Fang Huai is the leader of the Fang family. He is nearly 40 years old this year. Carefully observing his facial features, he can vaguely see some traces similar to Fang Wujiu. He can barely be regarded as a middle-aged handsome man, but he is not as tall as Fang Wujiu. He is still a little fat. He looks a little greasy, and his temperament is much worse than Fang Wujiu.
He knelt down with his wife and children and saluted the sheriff.
By observing Fang Huai's appearance, Wen Jiucheng has been able to determine that he is indeed related to Fang Wujiu.
They must have found the right person this time.
Jian Shujie said to Shang Kui with a smile without looking at the people kneeling in the middle of the room.
"General Shang, have a look. Is there anyone you're looking for here?"
Shang Kui shook his head: "the man is not here."
Then he looked at the Fang Huai family kneeling on the ground and asked if they had ever seen Fang Wujiu?
As soon as Fang Huai heard the name of Fang Wujiu, his white and fat face shook, as if he was greatly frightened, but he soon forced himself to calm down.
"Back to the official, the grass people don't know Fang Wujiu."
"Stubborn and reluctant to admit mistakes or defeats" registered residence.
Although Fang's liquor has been removed from the genealogy by Fang Huai, there are still records in registered residence. If it is to be checked, it will be able to find out the relationship between Fang and the Fang Huai.
Fang Huai immediately panicked and burst out in a cold sweat.
He dared not hide any more and said in a trembling voice.
"Please forgive me. The grass people confirm that he knows Fang Wujiu. He is the nephew of the grass people, but he left Fang's house 20 years ago, and the grass people haven't seen him since."
Jian Shujie frowned and asked, "since he is your nephew, why did you just say you don't know him? What's the secret?"
Fang Huai hesitated to speak.
His appearance in Jian Shujie's eyes is obviously that there is a ghost in his heart.
Jian Shujie became more and more dissatisfied and said in a harsh voice, "I order you to tell the truth quickly, otherwise I will immediately have you locked up in prison and punished!"
Fang Huai was so frightened that he trembled all over.
He kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, just like an old dog begging for mercy. He no longer looked like the head of the family in the past.