My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 26 Who will compensate for my losses?

Xu Qin rode his horse very quickly to Xiao's Cloth Shop. At this moment there were many people gathered there, some were there to buy cloth, and some were there just to watch the fun.

Xu Qin and Xiao Ningyue squeezed to the innermost part and found that the place had been surrounded by people from the Nancheng Military Division. Then Xu Qin saw Jiang Xin, the commander of the Nancheng Military Division, who was looking at the cloth shop in front of him with a worried look on his face.

Jiang Xin didn't want to come at first, but someone deliberately reported him, and someone else put pressure on him, so he had no choice but to come. How could he not know whether there were any wanted prisoners here?

Xu Qin recognized Jiang Xin when he saw him. Jiang Xin had dealt with fights several times before, so he shouted at Jiang Xin's back, "Jiang Xin, what do you mean?"

When Jiang Xin heard someone calling him, he turned around and saw that it was Xu Qin, his face instantly turned ugly.

"Move aside, my cloth is inside. This is the owner of Xiao's Cloth Shop!" Xu Qin said to the guarding soldiers.

At this moment, Jiang Xin was also walking towards Xu Qin.

When the soldiers saw this, they made way, and Xu Qin and Xiao Ningyue walked in.

"Sir Jiang, it's okay. You can close my shop? You can do it!" Xu Qin said to Jiang Xin with a smile.

Jiang Xin had a worried look on his face at the moment, and he bowed to Xu Qin and said, "Mr. Xu, this, this, I also received a report, so I came here to check it out!"

Xu Qin walked over, hugged Jiang Xin's neck, pointed at the besieged Xiao's cloth shop, and said with a smile: "Just check and surround it? How many people were dispatched? I think it should be no less than 300 people? What kind of imperial prisoner is so important? Have you found out?"

When Jiang Xin heard what Xu Qin said, it was almost October and Jiang Xin couldn't help but sweat on his back.

"I'm asking you a question. Have you found out anything?" Xu Qin continued to look at Jiang Xin with a smile.

"Still, still, still investigating!" Jiang Xin said stutteringly.

The reason why he didn't want to come here was that he knew that this place was under Xu Qin's protection, but there was no other way. He couldn't stand the pressure from the people who put him here, so he had to come here with gritted teeth.

I thought Xu Qin would not take the initiative to do this. After all, the Xiao family is now headed by a woman, a merchant girl, and Xu Qin would probably look down on her.

"How long have you been checking? Has it been a quarter of an hour?" Xu Qin continued to ask with a smile.

Jiang Xin didn't dare to answer. It was a store this big, so it would take more than a quarter of an hour to search it, even half a quarter of an hour would be enough. And they had been here for at least two quarters of an hour.

"Speak!" Xu Qin hugged Jiang Xin and asked.

"Mr. Xu, this is not your shop! This!" Jiang Xin was helpless and just wanted to ask Xu Qin if he could just stop interfering in this matter.

"My cloth is being sold inside. What's the meaning of sealing it up like this? Well, don't you know how poor I am? Don't you know that I don't even have money to eat now? I can't sell my cloth and I can't get the money back. What should I do? Where can I eat tonight?" Xu Qin asked Jiang Xin with a smile on his face.

"Here, I'll let them retreat right now!" Jiang Xin was scared. This kid was blackmailing him.

"Retreat? Are you kidding? Let's check. Let's go in and check. Who do you think is the criminal? Let's go!" Xu Qin said as he hugged Jiang Xin and walked into the store.

Jiang Xin didn't want to go, so he could only shout, "Mr. Xu, no need, no need, the investigation is almost finished!"

"Shakyabao, you are so bold. You are bullying the commander of the South City Army like this?" Suddenly, an abrupt voice came from behind Xu Qin. Xu Qin had never heard this voice before.

Xu Qin turned his head and saw a young man in his twenties. One could tell from his clothes that he was of noble birth, but Xu Qin did not recognize him.

Jiang Xin looked much better now, and Xu Qin noticed this, so he smiled and said to Jiang Xin, "Did he ask you to come?"

Jiang Xin didn't dare to say anything. Silence meant that he agreed.

Xu Qin let go of Jiang Xin at this moment, walked up to the young man with a smile, and asked with a smile: "Did you ask Jiang Xin to come over?"

The young man smiled confidently and said, "I want to meet Master Xu, yes."

"Snapped!"

Before the young man could finish his words, Xu Qin slapped him, stunning the young man and Jiang Xin as well. Then Xu Qin kicked the young man, sending him flying into the crowd.

Xu Qin didn't even look at him, and then walked to Jiang Xin. Jiang Xin was so scared that he wanted to hide, but Xu Qin still hugged his neck and said, "Let's go, let's continue investigating. If we can't find anything, hehe!"

"No more investigation, no more investigation, I've checked and there's no prisoner, no!" How could Jiang Xin dare to go? The young man just now was kicked away by Xu Qin, so how could he dare to investigate now?

"Xu Qin, you are so brave!" At this moment, the young man was also helped up by the servant he brought with him, and shouted at Xu Qin angrily.

"If you want to die, I'll grant your wish. What the hell, come and yell at me!" Xu Qin turned his head and warned the young man with his eyes, and continued to walk into the store with Jiang Xin in his arms. Xiao Ningyue was completely stunned. Just now, Xu Qin beat someone up and acted like nothing happened, and Jiang Xin was so afraid of Xu Qin. In addition, the young man was obviously born extraordinary, but Xu Qin beat him up like this.

"Xu Qin, wait for me. I will go to the emperor to report you. Just wait!" the young man shouted at Xu Qin.

"Hey, am I afraid of this?" Xu Qin didn't even turn his head. He was not the first person to report himself to His Majesty, and he would not be the last one.

But Jiang Xin was afraid. Even though Xu Qin was holding his neck, he still bowed to Xu Qin and said, "Master Xu, I was wrong. I can't help it. He is Li Zhuang, the son of Princess Daming, and he is now serving in the Front Army Commander's Office!
Moreover, it's not just him, there are several princesses putting pressure on me, Master Xu, I was wrong, please forgive me this time, I will never come again next time!"

"Li Zhuang? Li Jian's son? So useless?" Xu Qin said to Jiang Xin after hearing it.

Li Jian could be considered a good man. During the Jianwen period, he fought back and forth with Zhu Di. Later, he was captured by Zhu Di and died on the way to Beijing. Therefore, Zhu Di did not punish Li Jian's family. Instead, he treated Princess Daming and her son Li Zhuang well. Princess Daming was the seventh daughter of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's sister.

"Mr. Xu, this is your own business. You should know that Chen's Cloth Shop belongs to those princesses. They wanted to see you, but you refused, so they used this method. Mr. Xu, there is nothing I can do about this kind of thing!" Jiang Xin was helpless. It was not that Jiang Xin did not dare to arrest him. The previous official had arrested him, and Xu Qin was released soon, but his predecessor was transferred to the north and demoted.

Jiang Xin had also been arrested, but before he even arrived at the Nancheng Military Command, he was asked by his superiors to release him.

Jiang Xin certainly knew who was behind Xu Qin, and he couldn't afford to offend him! But he couldn't afford to offend those princesses either. With so many princesses putting pressure on him, he had no choice.

"Oh, do you mean I'm easy to bully?" Xu Qin said to Jiang Xin with a smile.

Jiang Xin continued to bow to Xu Qin and begged: "Aren't we familiar with each other? I was thinking that if I came here, Master Xu would at least forgive me!" He said this with a look of confusion on his face.

"Hehe, Jiang Xin, your tenure as the commander of the South City Army has come to an end!" Xu Qin smiled happily.

"Ah? Mr. Xu, please spare me. I, I, we are so familiar with each other. You can tell me yourself, every time you fought, I turned a blind eye. I didn't provoke you!" Jiang Xin was about to cry and bowed to Xu Qin repeatedly.

"Why would I mess with you? You are the commander of the Five Cities Army, such an important position, and you let the princess command you at will. Hehe, how do you think His Majesty will deal with you when he finds out? Those princesses have long arms, and you, Jiang Xin, are quite capable. How can you have such a good relationship with the princesses?" Xu Qin said while patting Jiang Xin's face with a smile.

"Ah?" Jiang Xin was dumbfounded at this moment.

He had never thought of this before, and now that Xu Qin has reminded him, it would be strange if Jiang Xin was not scared to death.

Then he was completely out of strength and collapsed. Xu Qin didn't want to help him up, so he just let him sit on the ground.

Then Xu Qin squatted down and said to Jiang Xin with a smile: "This matter has nothing to do with me! Get up and continue investigating!"

"Master Xu, help me, this has nothing to do with me. With so many princesses passing on messages, I, I, I!" Jiang Xin was crying. He just came with the soldiers to scare Xu Qin, but he never expected that there would be such a big trouble later!

"I can't save you. Get up and continue investigating. Give me an explanation as to whether there is a criminal of imperial power or not!" Xu Qin stood up with a smile and said to Jiang Xin.

At this time, a team of Jinyiwei came from a distance and headed straight for Xu Qin.

Xu Qin looked at the person leading the team and didn't want to pay any attention to him.

"Jiang Xin, His Majesty has ordered that you be put in prison!" The centurion came to Jiang Xin and spoke.

Immediately, two Jinyiwei captains dragged Jiang Xin up.

The centurion shouted at a deputy commander of the South City Military Division, "Take him back. Where did this imperial prisoner come from? If you found an imperial prisoner, what do you need us, the Imperial Guards, for?"

As he said this, the captain bowed to Xu Qin and left with his men.

The people from the Five Cities Military Department were immediately taken away by the deputy commander.

Xu Qin stood there, feeling depressed!
Xiao Ningyue was also dumbfounded, but she quickly reacted and came to Xu Qin's side and said to him, "Mr. Xu, the matter has been resolved. How about going in for a cup of tea?"

"What's solved? Who will compensate for my losses? It's been closed for so long, how many goods have been lost? They just take it away like that? I haven't asked Jiang Xin for compensation yet!" Xu Qin stood there, cursing in frustration.

Xiao Ningyue was stunned for a moment, then she couldn't help laughing and said to Master Xu, "Master Xu, you forgot that I will pay you first and take the goods later. If I can't sell them, you won't lose money. And we will take all the goods tomorrow!"

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it! Okay, you go and do your work, I'm going to the workshop, it's very cold!" Xu Qin thought it was right, it didn't seem to matter to him whether it could be sold or not.

"Come in and have a cup of hot tea!" Xiao Ningyue still hoped that Xu Qin could go in.

Xu Qin waved his hand and left. He still preferred to lie down in familiar places.

Xiao Ningyue stamped her feet in anger and could only watch Xu Qin mount his horse and return to the workshop.

(End of this chapter)