novelpro Chapter 233 Applause
Chapter 233 Applause
Sure enough, when the county magistrate came in, he knelt on the ground and paid homage: "My ministers see Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
This county magistrate was Jing Yan's first Jinshi after he ascended the throne, and he had attended the Qionglin Banquet, so he knew Jing Yan and Jiang Yuqing.
"Get up!"
Cang Hai made people surround Feng's mansion tightly, and gathered all the Feng family members together to take care of them.
Jing Yan stood up, walked in front of Feng San, and said condescendingly: "I heard that your family's private salt business is doing well."
On the one hand, he said to Wu Ya: "Take someone to search, maybe you can find something useful."
Wu Ya was very familiar with this task, and immediately led people to search the house one by one.
Soon, a large sum of gold and silver and more than a dozen account books were copied from the darkroom of Feng's study.
Jing Yan casually picked up a book and flipped through it, and saw that it clearly listed on a certain day, month and day in a certain year, how many catties of salt came from Meisha County, Yuedong Prefecture in the south, and sold to a certain place, and how much profit was made .
The other book records the bribery records of the Feng family to officials at all levels.
For example, on a certain day of a certain year, a certain month and a certain day, how much money was sent to Mr. Feng in Beijing for favor management.
On a certain day in a certain year, the magistrate's mother celebrates her birthday, how much money will she give...
Jing Yan closed the ledger without any expression on his face.Just ask Gaoping county magistrate: "Do you know where the second son of the Feng family works?"
Gaoping County Magistrate said respectfully: "Return to Your Majesty, the second son of the Feng family is serving as County Magistrate in Meisha County, Yuedong Prefecture."
Jing Yan knew it in his heart.He ordered people to seal up the account book, and after the search of Feng's residence, he brought the account book back to the county government office.
At the same time, he ordered to send a letter to the capital to capture Feng Da, and to send a letter to the south, and don't let Feng Er run away.
At the same time, let the Ministry of Criminal Affairs send special personnel to investigate and deal with this major salt smuggling case.
No matter how high the official position is, who is involved.Catch what should be caught, and what should be killed will not be tolerated.
At this time, in the dark place outside Feng's residence, there were many people who were watching the excitement with their heads poking around.
Seeing so many soldiers besieging Feng's residence, it is likely that something serious happened to Feng's residence.
When they saw the Feng family's master and servant being taken away in a string by the government, many people applauded secretly.
The Feng family has been powerful over the years, and has often bullied others.I don't know how many people have suffered from them overtly and secretly.
Feng San relied on the power of his two elder brothers to become the head of the Cao Gang, and even threatened these poor brothers of the Cao Gang to help them sell illicit salt.
Selling private salt is a felony, and if you are caught, you will lose your head.
Therefore, the behavior of the Feng family has attracted fierce opposition from many poor brothers who are well-behaved and live on coolies.
Tell the officials, there are people above the Feng family, and the officials usually pretend they didn't see them.
What's more, after being found out by Feng Laosan, he will directly lead someone to beat the complainant, which can range from disability to death.
Therefore, many people dare not speak out because of the reality.
Seeing that they were finally taken away by the government and sent to prison, they all applauded and made up their minds to go to the county government to beat drums to complain for their grievances the next morning.
It was already late at night after the Feng Mansion was searched and sealed, and everyone's stomachs were singing empty city plans.
The group stayed at the inn arranged by the county magistrate, asked the back kitchen to bring some food up, ate some hastily, and fell asleep.
Feng Man'er never dreamed that her willful act would lead to the catastrophe of ransacking or even exterminating the family.
Therefore, when he was thrown into the yamen prison, he was still in a daze.
She was imprisoned together with her grandmother, Mrs. Feng, and her father's five concubines.
If her biological mother was still there, she might not be able to escape this prison at this moment.
After the yamen servants left, Mrs. Feng slapped Feng Man'er's face fiercely, and cursed: "You little whore with a mother but no mother.
On weekdays, you are asked to restrain yourself, but you just don't listen.Now it's all right, the whole family is in bad luck because of you.That's the emperor and queen, how dare you humiliate them. "
Feng Man'er cried while covering her painful face, not daring to say a word.
How could she know that His Majesty, who is as honorable as the emperor, would condescend to enter such a shabby shed.How could that place be worthy of his distinguished status.
And that damned woman, how can she marry His Majesty and give birth to a prince.It would be great if she was the one who married His Majesty.
Until this time she was still dreaming unrealistic dreams.I have to say that her brain circuit is really quite strange.
Because of falling into the water and being frightened again, Feng Man'er developed a high fever in the middle of the night and became very ill.
Although Mrs. Feng hated her for causing disaster to her family, she still loved her granddaughter for many years, and she didn't want to watch her die.
So he slapped the cell hard, trying to ask the guards to find a doctor to take a look.
The yamen servants all knew that this bold Miss Feng family was a master who dared to "want" even His Majesty and Empress.
Therefore, he ignored Mrs. Feng's shouting at all.Drinking some wine and eating peanuts on their own, chatting about what happened in Feng's residence tonight.
One of the yamen servants was annoyed by Mrs. Feng's noise, so he walked over with a whip and slapped the cell door hard.
"What are you arguing about, if you keep arguing about this whip, it's not like locking the prison door.
You all thought it was the honorable old lady of the Feng family, I am! "
This really frightened Mrs. Feng, and she didn't dare to make a fuss about asking for a doctor.
I had no choice but to settle for the next best thing, and asked for a bowl of water to let those concubines take care of Feng Man'er.
Because Feng Man'er was born in the main family and the only child of Feng Laosan, she often bullied several concubines on weekdays.
Now that we are in trouble, even if the old lady personally orders, several people are still indifferent.
Old Mrs. Feng became anxious, and opened her mouth to curse: "Sure enough, she is a little bitch from the countryside, an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf.
Now this is to see that our Feng family is in trouble, and we can't command you, right? "
Several concubines curled their lips and rolled their eyes.No matter how much she scolds, she just won't move.
One of them who was more aggressive pointed at her directly and sneered: "You can save yourself some effort.
You offended His Majesty and Empress Empress.Especially you, old lady, are so majestic.
Openly shouting at His Majesty, Empress, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.This is disrespectful, and it will kill your head.
Not to mention the things Feng Laosan did in private.
What if we don't know?Selling private salt is a felony, and it will punish the nine clans.
We can't live anymore, so why should we listen to you and serve a Miss Jiao who treats us like slaves and beats us up on weekdays.
To be honest, we wish she could meet her mother sooner. "
Old Mrs. Feng was so angry that she couldn't speak a word, her chest heaved violently.People can't help worrying that she will pass by in the next moment.
The concubines didn't care, and Mrs. Feng had no other way.I had no choice but to tear off a sleeve of my jacket, wet it with water, and apply Feng Man'er's forehead.
I never thought that I accidentally knocked over the bowl, and the water immediately flowed everywhere.Seeing this, Mrs. Feng burst into tears again.
Without water, we can only let her stand like this.Life or death is up to fate.
After tossing around for most of the night, she was really tired.
So he staggered to the wall and sat down, closing his eyes and planning to sleep for a while.
However, after a while, she felt something crawling around her body.
She subconsciously reached out to touch it, just in time to touch a furry thing, which screamed "squeak".
The old lady Feng suddenly screamed and jumped up in fright.After realizing that it was a mouse, Fang Cai held the thumping thump, and cried loudly with his heart that was about to jump out of his chest.
The concubines were awakened by her crying, raised their heads and glanced in her direction, then closed their eyes and fell asleep again.
The news that the Feng family committed a crime and was raided by the big men above spread throughout the city overnight.
Therefore, the Caobang brothers who came to the county office early the next morning to beat the drums and complain, crowded the county office.
The county magistrate and master were busy recording the case for them, as well as the more criminal evidence and clues they provided about the Feng family.
Including the occupation of civilian land, coercion and coercion within the gang, and the extraction of high poll taxes.
Most of the brothers of the Cao Gang are coolies.Or day and night at the wharf to resist packing and protecting goods, or running a boat in the water, it is real hard-earned money.
Feng Laosan still has to take [-]% of his hard-earned money, otherwise he won't do it for you.It's just insane.
Everyone was cursing him behind his back, no wonder he had no son, it turned out that he had done too many immoral things, he deserved to have no offspring.
Youwei reported that Feng Man'er was found dead in the prison this morning.
"How did you die?"
Youwei said: "He died of an emergency. According to the old lady of Feng's family, Yue Mo fell into the water during the day and got cold, and developed a fever in the middle of the night, but no one took care of him.
As a result, I found out early this morning that I didn't know when I was out of breath.Even the fingers were half bitten off by the rats. "
Jiang Yuqing nodded to show that he understood: "Forget it, you can deal with insignificant people as you want."
Two days later, the people sent by the Ministry of Punishment arrived.Came over to meet Jing Yan and Jiang Yuqing, took over the things confiscated from Feng's residence, and started to handle the case.
Jiang Yuqing, Jing Yan and his party also left Gaoping County, continued southward, and arrived at Qizhou Fucheng within two days.
The prefect of Qizhou had just been taken down because he accepted bribes and acted as a protective umbrella for the Feng family. After all the crimes were investigated, he was sent to Beijing for trial and awaiting punishment.
The party didn't stay in Qizhou Mansion too long, and continued to go south.After walking for another seven or eight days, they arrived at the southernmost counties of Qizhou Prefecture.
The largest river in Daxia, "Jinghe", enters the sea here.
To the north of Jinghe River is Qizhou, and to the south of Jinghe River is Wuzhou.Jiang Yuqing and the others needed to take a ferry if they wanted to go to Wuzhou.
Such a ferry is not available every day, only every two days.
Jiang Yuqing and the others had no choice but to choose to live in a small town near the pier, waiting patiently for the arrival of the next ferry.
She suddenly regretted it a little now. If she had known, she would have gotten a big boat and put it in the spirit realm. It would be more convenient to go anywhere.
She decided that if she went south this time and passed through Fuzhou again, she would go to Feng Zhan to get a big boat and put it in the spirit realm.
Then engrave a driving formation that can be activated with spirit stones or spirit crystals.
In this way, when encountering big rivers or oceans, you can cross them directly, and you don't need to go elsewhere to get a boat.
Well, this idea is just perfect!
At this time, it was the end of February, and the ice melted.
Green buds have quietly sprouted on the branches.They are like countless little green elves, secretly and carefully observing this beautiful world.
As everyone knows, the world is about to become full of vitality because of their arrival.
The town is small and there is really not much to do.
Seeing that the weather was fine and there was no wind, Miracle Doctor Qiu proposed to go fishing by the Jing River, not only to pass the time, but also to have fun.
This idea was unanimously approved by everyone.