Chapter 151: Making a big fuss in court
I went north with the two immortals, and these two people wanted to take the waterway from the Yangtze River into Shuzhong, which was also a way, but the two of them quarreled and fought along the way, which made me very big.
Recently, the imperial court has won successive battles in the coastal area, and the three major Kou have been beaten to pieces, and it will no longer be able to become any climate.
The follow-up caused by the defeat of both sides in the battle of Fengyun Island has not yet been revealed, but soon the redistribution of forces will be caused by the imbalance in strength, which is also to be expected.
In an inconspicuous corner of Xiaosheng Jianghu, a martial arts notice of the Nangong family was recorded: Cui Yufeng, the young owner of Cuiyun Villa, worshiped under the Nangong Changqing Gate and became the righteous son of Nangong Changqing. The 1,000 acres of fertile land, 18 pawnshops and 3 green buildings of Cuiyun Villa were given to Nangong Changqing by Cui Yufeng as a gift.
The name Cuiyun Villa has since disappeared from the rivers and lakes.
This is also a helpless thing.
Cui Yufeng was on Fengyun Island, and under the coercion of Xu Ruonan, he killed Liu Cui, and there were many witnesses on the spot, and it didn't take long for it to reach the ears of Liu Xingshan, the owner of Green Willow House.
It is said that when Liu Xingshan heard this, he vomited blood three liters in anger, he did not have the strength to challenge the Netherworld God Sect, but a Cuiyun Villa that killed Liu Yunshan, he was afraid that he would not have so many taboos.
It is precisely for this reason that Cui Yufeng sought refuge in Nangong Changqing and finally took refuge in the Nangong family. It is rumored that the owner of the Green Willow House also went to the Nangong family to ask for someone, but was rejected by Nangong Changqing.
Liu Xingshan waited for more than ten days, didn't even drink a cup of hot tea, was respectfully invited out by the steward, and conveyed a sentence from Nangong Changqing: My Nangong family can't even protect the people who surrender to themselves, so there is no need to mix in the rivers and lakes.
On the way back to Jinling, I made a detour through Songjiang to visit Wu Saburo.
Anyway, for the two immortals, Xu Ruonan only specified who they wanted to kill, but did not stipulate the time requirement, and the two of them were also happy, along the way, they were very happy.
After the Songjiang Rebellion, some of the people who came back replanted rice, and the other part changed rice to mulberry. Silkworms are divided into spring silkworms, summer silkworms, autumn silkworms three kinds, now is the autumn silkworm harvest season, the mulberry tree is covered with snow-white silkworm cocoons, look very gratifying.
I said that if this continues, these autumn silkworms will have a good harvest this year, which can be regarded as God's compensation for natural and man-made disasters. The two immortals sneered on the side, you think too much.
What do I mean by that?
The facial paralysis monster said that Xiaosheng Jianghu once wrote an article "Four or Five Buckets Overcharged", which discussed this truth.
No eyebrows, I don't know anything else, but from my years of experience in eating rice, rice in good years and disaster years are even cheaper, there is no cheapest, only cheaper.
I think that Songjiang Mansion is exempted from tax and conscription for three years, this is the emperor's favor, and this year is the first year, even if this Songjiang Mansion wants to do things, it has to pay attention to the appearance of eating, right?
We came to Wu Saburo's house in Chongming County, Songjiang Prefecture.
Wu Saburo is single, and there is no mother-in-law at home, this so-called home, that is, three mud houses, a row of fence yards.
There were a few vines planted in the yard, and it was the red hour, and a few of the children were greedy, and they went over the fence to steal the grapes, and when they saw us, they were so frightened that they fled.
I asked, is Takezaburo at home?
After a few sounds, no one answered. Not far away, an old man was enjoying the shade, and we went to inquire, but we were told that Wu Saburo had been arrested by the Songjiang Mansion for being a tongwa.
I exclaimed: How is this possible?
The old man said, hey, San Lang hates the Japanese the most, how can he be through the Japanese, but he ...... The old man seemed to know something, but he had some scruples, and I said I might as well go to the back room and talk.
It took some conversation to figure out what was going on.
This thing is really related to autumn silkworms.
This year, there are quite a lot of farmers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who have changed rice to mulberry, and now the autumn silkworm harvest is imminent, and Songjiang Prefecture buys silk at the price of six coins of silver for one pound of raw silk, which has caused dissatisfaction among mulberry households.
If in previous years, the price of a pound of raw silk was about one or two dollars, this year is a disaster year, and the mulberry farmers originally expected to rely on this to survive the famine, who expected that a year of hard work, three acres of mulberry fields for half a year, not even ten taels of silver can be sold.
When he heard that the price of raw silk in Linfu was nine dollars a catty, Wu Saburo took the people to other states and counties to sell silk, but was learned by the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, and casually charged him with a crime of being a widow, and arrested the leader Wu Saburo.
Now Wu Saburo is locked up in the prison of Songjiang Mansion, and he will be promoted to the court tomorrow to be questioned.
When I heard this, I said angrily, this is really unreasonable, who is the prefect of Songjiang?
The old Han Dao is not the original prefect Luo Youdao, Luo Sanchi.
I asked, what is Luo Sanchi?
The old man said angrily, Luo Youdao is an official, he really collects money, and there is a way to be an official, and the land of our Songjiang Mansion has already been scraped clean three feet inside and three feet outside.
Why did this guy reinstate again? Didn't he run away with his aunt Sanfang after the Japanese invaded Chongming Island? According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, those who escaped from the battle of the city guards should be charged with treason.
The old man saw that I was puzzled and explained: This Luo Zhifu is said to be the godson of Feng Gonggong of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and he boasted in front of Feng Gonggong that he would collect 20,000 catties of raw silk for the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.
I suddenly thought in my heart, so it was, this Luo Youdao wanted to make meritorious contributions, but he refused to buy silk at the market price of the imperial court, so he forced the people to secretly go to Linxian to sell it, and Wu Saburo was the one who took the lead.
I sorted out the key and took my leave.
I asked the two immortals, Dabao and Erbao, what do you think about this?
No eyebrows ghost said, how can there be so much nonsense, go directly to Na Luo Sanchi's house in the middle of the night, and cut off his head, this can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people, isn't it?
Facial paralysis said, no, no, you are too cruel, cutting your head is too cruel, I suggest that it is better to make it into a meat puree.
I smiled helplessly, two great immortals, this is officialdom, and the rules on the rivers and lakes will not work here. The two immortals snorted, for us, there is a rule in the world, whoever has the biggest fist has the final say.
I knew in my heart that telling them this was tantamount to playing the piano to a cow, and now that Takezaburo was locked up in prison, I had to find a way to meet him.
I found the head catcher in Tsing Yi, the sixth door of Songjiang Mansion, this person's surname is Mao Mingtai, and I saw it once when I was in Jinling. Although he is nominally under the jurisdiction of Zhuge Baked Cakes, I am of a higher level than him, and after receiving my post, I hurriedly rushed to the Songhe Tower where I held a banquet.
This person is addicted to alcohol, I got a pound of Moutai, and immediately smiled, saying that Master Su will come, and bring wine, and he should be a subordinate to do Dongcai, which is really ashamed.
I explained my intention, the rescue of Wu Saburo, it is a last resort, I don't want to show my identity, this involves the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and even the palace, if it is really big, I am afraid that things will not be controlled.
Over the past year or so, I have traveled from place to place in the rivers and lakes and officialdom, and have come to a completely different truth. Jianghu stresses straightforwardness, fists are the truth, and officialdom stresses a balanced way, and things must be done under the rules.
A famous saying of Zhuge Baked Cake is: In the Ming officialdom, there is nothing that cannot be done.
After a pound of wine, I got the information I wanted.
Luo Youdao caught Wu Saburo this time because he wanted to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey.
Now that the deadline is approaching, less than half of the 20,000 catties of raw silk task has been collected, and people are sent to collect the silk.
Although Wu Saburo is a member of the family, these Jianghu figures, unless they are masters of Xu Kaishan's level, they still seem extremely weak in the face of state violence.
The trial was scheduled for the following morning.
We only have half a day to open the joints, as the saying goes, fortresses are breached from the inside, and the ancients summarized it as a disaster.
In the Ming Dynasty, the key is to find the right person.
Typhoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes, are not as good as pillow winds in the end.
Luo Youdao has a wife and two concubines, and under the recommendation of Maotai, we visited the eldest wife Luo Gou and the third wife Luo Yang respectively, but we skipped the jealous second wife Roman, and gave a gift that was enough to make Roman's heart move.
Then I opened the joint and replaced Wu Saburo's defense lawyer with me.
Early the next morning, the three drums sounded, and Lord Luo ascended to the court to try the case of Wu Saburo's Tongwa. Because the notice was posted in advance, there were many people who came to watch.
For Wu Saburo, the people still admire, but admiration is admiration, and Xiaomin is naturally afraid of three points of officials after all. As soon as the old man's official mansion was worn, the third-class officials shouted, so it was not majestic.
Master Luo's eyes were dark, he yawned again and again, and he was shocked, and said: Take someone to commit it!
A servant shouted, lead someone to commit Wu Saburo!
Master Luo said lazily, who is in the audience?
Wu Saburo was silent, and the official said, "My lord asks." Wu Saburo Dao, surnamed Wu Saburo.
Master Luo said again: What crime did you commit?
Wu Saburo said that the villain was not guilty.
The prosecution lawyer He Cai shouted, still don't you have the crime of being guilty of complication?
I stood up and said, Lord Luo, this case has not yet been tried, and Wu Saburo has been convicted, is it against the judicial process to do so?
He Cai said loudly, who are you?
I took out a piece of paper and went to defend him with an attorney authorized by Takezaburo Shimono. Dare to ask Your Excellency, you said that Wu Saburo was a widow, what evidence do you have?
He Caidao, in the summer battle of Chongming, what is the name of the leader of the Japanese Kou?
I said Inoue Thirteen.
He Cai ha, yes, it is Inoue Shisanlang, and the person in the audience is called Wu Dalang, just by his name, it can be concluded that this Wu Saburo is a widow!
I wondered, Your Excellency's IQ is so touching, if according to your statement, our Yang Jian is known as Yang Erlang, could it be that he is also a widow?
He Cai sneered, didn't Your Excellency know that Yang Erlang is now a member of the Stick Country, what is it if he is not a wolf?
I said in my heart, oh, this guy is thoughtful, meticulous, clever and skillful, and his answers are so seamless that it is impossible to refute, and he is really a master among masters.
I'm not a vegetarian either, though.
It didn't take long for me to hear a woman crying outside the door, shouting: Da Lang, you have to give me a reason, they are all wives, why do you send Hetian jade to the eldest and emeralds to the third child, and I am here, and there is not even a wool?
This person is Luo Youdao's second aunt Tai Rome, yesterday I gave gifts to his two wives in the name of Luo Youdao, and skipped the jealous second aunt, and then bought the maid to make it clear today, so there was a scene of making a big fuss in the court.
I asked He Cai, if Mrs. calls the prefect Dalang, according to Your Excellency's logic, Lord Luo is also a widow?