Chapter 138: Something to hide
Everyone's mood is extremely heavy, and they are all worried about the body of adults, and a year is not a good time. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info but on the morning of the first day of the new year, the good news came that Lord Hu's illness was cured, which shocked everyone......
was originally a good thing in the eyes of everyone, but he didn't expect it to become a disaster for the people of Yuncheng.
After recovering from a serious illness, Juan Zhi's temperament suddenly changed drastically, and he not only ordered the local tax to be increased, but also the government collected "Baohe Silver" from the people on the grounds of maintaining local security, which is simply a mandatory protection fee.
Lin An advised him many times, but Hu Anzhi not only didn't listen, but also poured all his anger on Lin An and was beaten several times.
Whenever Lin An was disheartened, Hu Anzhi confessed his mistakes to him again, but not only did he not restrain himself afterwards, but he also became more and more reckless, causing the people to complain and make a living.
These are not over, since Juan Zhi woke up, he began to pay little attention to the affairs of the government, connived at the rampant bandits but did not manage them, Lin An also found some clues in several cases of bandit murder and plunder.
Juan Zhi would meet with the bandit leaders in private every time, as for the content of their meeting and conversation, he didn't know very well, the relationship between him and Juan Zhi had become more and more stiff in the past two years, and Juan Zhi would not discuss with him again if he had something, let alone those things that were not visible.
Lin An suspected that Juan Zhi was secretly colluding with the bandits, but there was no evidence, and he thought that he was his friend and friend, so he turned a blind eye and persuaded Juan Zhi from time to time, hoping that he could stop the precipice as soon as possible.
The matter is far from over, just a year ago, Juan Zhi was still infatuated with women and robbed people everywhere. Lin An couldn't look at it, and angrily reprimanded Juan many times, and spent a few days in prison for it.
After listening to Lin An's narration, not only me, but even Zhao Cheng and Xie Wenyuan were already furious.
Zhao Wei was born as a military general, and he couldn't get used to this kind of thing, so he slapped the table and said angrily: "This bastard, Lao Tzu is going to kill him!"
Saying that, Zhao Chengcheng was going to take the door away.
"Zhao Cheng, don't be impulsive!" I drank Zhao Cheng.
"There are such people in the world, is he still worthy of being the parent official of the people?" Zhao Cheng said hatefully.
"Zhao Cheng, don't worry, I think Master Lin's words haven't been finished yet!"
Zhao Cheng glanced at Lin An, and then reluctantly returned to his seat.
Compared with Zhao Cheng's reaction, Xie Wenyuan was much calmer. Although he was calm, the hand on the table kept tightening inward into a fist, and his nails scraped against the table, making a piercing sound.
Lin An looked at me in a daze, as if he didn't quite understand the meaning of my words, he almost said everything that should be said, and my words made his expression tighten.
Xie Wenyuan sneered, and said with a gloomy face: "Master Hu, where is his temperament changed greatly after his illness, he is simply a different person!"
When Lin An heard Xie Wenyuan's words, his body trembled unconsciously, and it fell into my eyes, which was a clue.
A good person, who has been seriously ill for several months, and has searched all the doctors and said that he has no power to return to heaven, but he has recovered by himself, and then his temperament has changed greatly, and I have never heard such a ridiculous and bizarre thing since ancient times.
If a person comes back from the ghost gate, he looks down on life and death, or his temperament has changed somewhat, which is normal.
And this Juan's side behaved as if he had changed into a different person, how could this be possible, during this period, there must be some hidden circumstances or reasons.
Lin An must have hidden something else from what he said to us, and the matter has not been clarified, so no one can make a rash judgment.
But my mind just tells me that there is something wrong with this Juan.
"Master Lin, if there is anything you haven't said, let's talk about it today!"
Lin An glanced up at me, his eyes flickering, "The villain has finished what he should say." ”
"Is that the end of it?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. ”
"Master Lin, then you want this princess to be the master?"
"Lin An hopes that the princess can return the people of Yuncheng to a blue sky, and give everyone a parent official who asks for the people's lives!" Lin An said loudly, and then kowtowed his head fiercely, and his body fell to the ground, trembling slightly.
I stared at him, didn't tell him to get up, but asked, "Why doesn't the court know about such a big thing?"
Lin An's body trembled more and more, but he didn't squeak for a long time.
I slammed the table and drank: "You don't dare to tell the truth to Princess Ben, do you still want Princess Ben to make decisions for you and the people of Yuncheng?"
Lin An was so frightened by my anger that he lowered his body a little, and replied tentatively with trembling: "Princess, what the villain said is true, and he dare not hide anything. ”
"Don't you dare to hide anything? What about the unjust case three years ago? So many people died, but you didn't say a word!"
The gangsters are such a big thing, and so many people have died, but Lin An didn't mention it, if there is not any ulterior secret, then he is deliberately hiding something.
I was skeptical of Lin An's words, and if I didn't give him power, it was probably difficult to get the answer I wanted from him.
Referring to the unjust case of gangsters three years ago, Lin An's eyes were full of fear and self-blame, and he knelt there in a daze, raised one hand tremblingly, and slapped himself hard when we were caught off guard.
A crisp sound echoed throughout the room!
Then, Lin An's tears came down in an uproar, resentment and self-blame all broke out at this moment, and he was an adult man who cried tears and snot, Zhao Cheng, and Xie Wenyuan were stunned.
Xie Wenyuan's eyes were cold, "Master Lin, what are you doing? A dignified seven-foot man, crying like this, what kind of body is it?"
Lin An cried for a while, and it seemed that that incident hit him hard, and I was even more sure that things were far more simple than I had learned.
After stabilizing his emotions, Lin An began to slowly tell us about the incident three years ago.
It happened shortly after Juan Zhi woke up, before the New Year had passed, and everyone was still immersed in the joy of the New Year.
On that day, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, although the weather was cold, but the red lanterns were hung high in every household, and they were full of joy.
At night, the crowd on the street was bustling, young boys and girls, in groups of three or five.
All kinds of lanterns hang overhead, and they are full of light.
There are those who enjoy the lanterns and guess the lantern riddles, there are those who watch juggling, there are those who sing operas, and there are those who invite three or five friends to list poems and books while they are drinking......
Just when everyone was immersed in the bustle, a group of bandits wearing ghost masks broke in without warning, burning, killing and looting, and the crowd was so frightened that they fled in all directions.
The group of ghost-faced bandits killed men and women, old and young, and robbed everyone they saw when they saw it, whether they were rich or poor. A good Shangyuan Festival has become a nightmare that everyone is unwilling to think about overnight, and it has been haunting the hearts of the people of Yuncheng and lingering.
There was such a big incident, but the government did not make any move, and some people went to report to the official, but they were stopped by the government on the grounds that they were spreading rumors and causing trouble, and the government did not accept it.