Recap "The Lady in Butcher’s House" Episode 22

Apr 14, 2022

Xu Qingjia couldn't bear it anymore, and finally took the initiative to go to the prefect, Han Nansheng, and angrily scolded him for taking the court salary as the official party. However, the matter of Nanfengzhai had nothing to do with Han Nansheng's nephew at all. He was just a nominal shopkeeper, and there was another person behind the scenes.

Under Han Nansheng's narration, Xu Qingjia learned the truth of Xiangzhou. It turned out that Tang Ze and Nanfengzhai were inextricably linked. Although he was often busy with official duties in the Judgment Office on weekdays, he actually handed over Nanfengzhai full authority. Take care of my concubine Han Wenfang. Xu Qingjia thought of his conversation with Tang Ze and all the suspicious encounters he had encountered recently, and finally came to a realization.

The reason why Tang Ze has such power is that the backing behind him is definitely not something that the prefect and others can shake. Neiku is the imperial household department, which means that it involves members of the royal family. Although Han Nansheng persuaded Xu Qingjia not to continue the investigation, Xu Qingjia thought about it and decided to ask Tang Ze first.

Sure enough, Tang Ze didn't hide anything, and indirectly admitted his relationship with Nan Fengzhai. As for why the imperial court secretly monopolized medicinal materials, he did not fully respond directly. Now Tang Ze and Xu Qingjia have differences in political views, and both have different views. Hu Houfu felt that his brother-in-law could not turn the tide on his own, but Hu Jiao defended Xu Qingjia and insisted on justice.

At the same time, Han Wenfang looked embarrassed when he mentioned the financing of the keel, because the buyer's demand was too large, and it was still 20% short. Moreover, it is not only difficult to excavate the keel, but sometimes it depends on luck. Han Wenfang knows that the Xiangzhou keel is the best among the bones. .

Since what Nan Fengzhai did was indeed using power to oppress people and making profits with power, but it did not touch the laws of the imperial court, Xu Qingjia did not know where to start. Hu Jiao thought of a strategy, and she would take the lead in confronting Nan Fengzhai, so she went to Hua Tuo's house to buy medicinal materials the next day.

Hua Tuo, thinking of the kindness of the Xu family, resolutely agreed to help, and soon under his call, the neighbors and villagers actively participated. But when Nanfengzhai's thugs came to threaten everyone, fortunately, Hu Houfu appeared with Yongshou, and the "fake and fake tiger's might" finally scared the other side away, and everyone was very happy about it.

Knowing about this, Han Wenfang thought that even if other pharmacies dared not speak out, they would buy it from Hu Ji Pharmacy in private, so she suggested that Tang Ze ask Mr. Fu to take action. Tang Ze took into account that King Ning was sitting behind Xu Qingjia, and he offended King Ning at that time. I am afraid that even Master Fu couldn't protect him, so he wanted to try Xu Qingjia's attitude again.

As Tang Ze said, the master behind the scenes of Nanfengzhai is the elder Fu Taishi of the three dynasties, the biological father of the current empress, and the grandfather of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. offend. Instead of being afraid, Xu Qingjia was even more indignant, and scolded Taishi Fu for being a bastard. Seeing that he was so stubborn, Tang Ze ordered Zha Pi to do it.

However, Xu Qingjia, considering that there would be problems during the acquisition of medicinal materials, asked Gao Zheng to escort him all the way, but he did not expect to encounter mountain bandits on the way. Gao Zheng saw that the bandits were coming on the wrong way, and beat him back a few times. That night, Zhabi took two yamen officers to disguise the group of bandits and deliberately killed the injured third brother.

Early in the morning the next day, the door of Hu Ji's pharmacy was surrounded by people who made trouble, and the leaders carried the body of the third brother, accusing Gao Zheng and Hu Ji of killing people. The two sides insisted on their own words, and there was a conflict in the street. Hu Jiao and the others did not have the evidence to snatch the medicinal materials, but Gao Zheng admitted the fact of hurting the third child.

Although there is no direct evidence to prove that the third child died at the feet of Gao Zheng, Duan Gongcao, the presiding judge, was under pressure and could only order Gao Zheng to be imprisoned. Zhabi handed over the corpse of the third child to Zuzuo, and he was ready to convict Gao Zheng. Tang Ze didn’t care whether Gao Zheng was guilty or not. He needed to make Xu Qingjia submit to himself, so he ordered Zhabi to let Gao Zheng eat some food in prison. suffering.