Chapter 20: Ascension to the court

Before Qian County Ling and Master could understand it, they were taken down by Ying'er and Gouwazi. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Who the hell are you who dare to kidnap the imperial court officials?" Qian County Ling asked.

"Blind your dog's eyes, you don't know Lord Qincha." The dog shouted.

"You are Zhao Renjie? Aren't you dead? Hell yes, hell heck. Qian Xianling's face turned pale with fright.

"Lord Qian, why did you want to take my life? What enmity do I have against you? Zhao Renjie asked.

"Lord Zhao, it's none of my business, I'm also acting on orders." Qian County Ling argued.

"Whose order did you take? Still not from the truth? Zhao Renjie asked with a dignified face.

"I, I'm 、......" Qian County ordered to swallow and vomit.

"Needless to say, it was the Yangzhou prefect who did all the bad things that gave the order." Hu Dahai said.

"I don't think you're that bold as a little seven-rank official, let's not talk about this matter for the time being, you first explain the bad things you've done in the past few years, and I can consider your crimes." Zhao Renjie said.

"My lord, Xia Guan has indeed done a lot of things to be sorry for the people in the past few years, but that was not my idea, it was instigated by the master." Qian County Ling said.

"Qian Fugui, don't spray people with blood, I'm your master, if you don't do this, do I dare? Didn't you say that you spent 500,000 taels of silver to buy this official, and you must get it back. You asked me how I could get it back as soon as possible, and I just said: get it back where you spend it. It's up to you to do it. Master said.

"Don't fight, both of you can oppress the people, both of you have a share. If there's anything to say, we'll talk about it in the lobby.

Ying'er, go and call all the officials, bring all the prisoners in the cell to the lobby, and I will interrogate them one by one. Zhao Renjie said.

Ying'er agreed and hurriedly went, and soon after, I saw Ying'er, Ouyang Jiashen, Liu Yifei and a few prisoners who were being detained. When those prisoners saw that Qian County Ling and Master were captured, they knelt down together to thank him.

"Lord Qingtian, you have to be the master for us, we are wronged, we were all arrested because we couldn't pay the silver." The prisoners knelt down and explained the reasons for being arrested in the cell one by one, and Zhao Renjie was furious when he heard it.

"Qian County Order, what else do you have to say now?" Zhao Renjie's sharp eyes looked at Qian Fugui, and Qian Fugui drooped his head like a defeated rooster.

"Ying'er, Gouwa, you take two people to the treasury to check, register the money and property looted by the Qian County Order, and return it to the people in full, in addition, give each of these wronged people twenty taels of silver as compensation." Zhao Renjie said.

"My lord, my subordinates have been wronged! Make decisions for me. The master suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhao Renjie was surprised when he saw his master kneeling down and kowtowing to cry out grievances.

"Master, what grievances do you have?" Zhao Renjie asked.

"My surname is Li, my name is Li Feifei, I live in Hangzhou, I was a person who went to Beijing to catch the exam, only because I passed through Taihu Lake, encountered lake bandits and robbed, and all the valuable things were taken away, so I fell into the small place of Linjiang. I walked aimlessly on the streets, hungry and tired, begging for something to eat, but afraid of losing my identity. When I saw the recruitment list posted by the county government, I cheered up, and I came to the county government to apply for a job and was selected. I thought that Master Qian had a good eye for talent and followed him to show his life's ambitions, but who knew that he got on the thief ship by mistake. Qian County Ling does not learn and has no skills, he only knows how to eat, drink and have fun every day, and the affairs of the yamen are all handled by me. It's just that I'm hard and tired, who knows that the Qian County order is empty, forcing me to increase taxes and donations. In the past two years, I got up early and worked hard for him, but in the end I didn't get anything. My lord, do you think I am wronged? Master said.

Zhao Renjie sneered when he heard this: "Master, your name is Li Feifei, I think you are indeed an extraordinary person." Don't think I don't know when you see the trick of the wind and rudder, as long as you honestly confess your crimes, I can open the net. Let me ask you: The killing of the owner of the Four Seas Inn and the shopkeeper was carefully planned by you? Did you already know about my trip to Yangzhou? You say, isn't that the case? ”

"Lord Zhao, the case of the Four Seas Inn has nothing to do with us, we only found out last night, it was done by the Taihu Gang, as for who instigated it, the subordinates don't know." Master Li said.

"The Taihu Gang and the Yangzhou Prefect have long been in contact, the Taihu Gang obeys the orders of the Yangzhou Prefect, and the Qian County Order and the Yangzhou Prefect are relatives, so it is impossible not to know about this matter. Li Feifei, this official asks you again, this is the last chance for you, you have to take advantage of it. Zhao Renjie said.

"My lord, my subordinates must be honest." Master Li said.

"The prefect of Yangzhou colluded with the Taihu Gang to plunder the official salt, kill the official errand, and resell the official salt, do you know these things? Are you guys involved? Zhao Renjie asked.

"The subordinates know a little about this matter, the prefect once asked us to resell part of the official salt, and the profit was divided fifty-fifty, and the money agreed, we once sold the official salt to the smuggler for profit, and the official salt was in short supply, so we raised the price by three times. Mr. Qian also asked us to mix sand with salt. This is the case, and everything that the subordinates say is true. Master Li said.

"Li Feifei, I have always regarded you as a brother in vain, but I didn't expect you to stab you in the back." Qian Fugui stared at Li Feifei.

"Master Qian, do you have anything to say?" Zhao Renjie asked.

"Lord Zhao, I'm a rough person, I can't speak, and I can't tell lies. I admit that I have done a lot of things that harm the common people, but everything I did was secretly instigated by my master, he told me to buy and sell, told me to raise the price of salt, told me to mix sand, told me how to collect protection money and bail money, all of this was taught by him, please be aware of it. Qian Xian Ling said frankly.

Zhao Renjie believed that Qian County Ling was telling the truth, and after a day or two of observing his words and feelings, he saw that Master Li was a treacherous and cunning villain.

"You both have a point, but I'll have to find someone to confirm it. In the past two days, this official is going to investigate a case, so you will stay in the cell for a few days, think through the problem clearly, and then explain it to me. Zhao Renjie said.

Qian Xianling and Master Qian glanced at each other and didn't say anything.

Zhao Renjie instructed Ouyang Jiashen and Liu Yifei to put Qian County Ling and Master in prison and guard them carefully.

"Wu Huan, Sun Xuezhi, you two stand up." Zhao Renjie shouted.

All the people in the hall looked at me, I looked at you, and no one stood up.

"Where is Zhao Yu?" Zhao Renjie shouted.

No one answered.

Zhao Renjie faintly felt that something was happening. He looked around, and among all the detainees, there were no Sun Xuezhi, Wu Huan, Zhao Yu, and no Cao Shangfei and Xu Dapeng brothers.

"Could it be that something happened to them? I left the county government for a day, I don't know what the county commander and the master did this day, it seems that they still have a lot of things to hide from me, I must find out to the end. Zhao Renjie was worried in his heart.

"Ying'er, Zhao Yu and Cao Shangfei are nowhere to be seen, will they encounter accidents?" Zhao Renjie asked.

Yinger also has a feeling of 'the mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings'. Open guns are easy to block, hidden arrows are difficult to prevent, Yangzhou prefect is not simple, he will not let Qian County Ling and Master Li fall into the legal net so easily, even if they can't be saved, they will kill people.

"My lord, I don't think it's easy, it's better for us-" Ying'er came to Zhao Renjie's side and muttered a few words in a low voice, Zhao Renjie listened and nodded with a smile.

That night, Zhao Renjie was faced with a life-and-death struggle, and he thought about it again and again, and finally came up with a strategy to lure the enemy.

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