There was only a baby corpse there, and the dignified governor of Zhejiang actually knelt down and talked to himself.

Wang Shao, Xu Fan and other officials were thoughtful, while a few officials and gentry were skeptical, after all, many people at this time believed in the existence of ghosts and gods.

A gentry surnamed Zhang couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Wang......"

"Silence!" Yuan Da scolded in a low voice.

The man immediately shut up, and the rest of the gentry did not dare to say anything more.

I saw Wang Yuan say to the air above the baby's corpse: "Heavenly Concubine Niangniang is merciful, but such a heinous crime is intolerable under the law of the country, and must be severely punished!" ”

After saying this, Wang Yuan stared ahead, as if listening to some voice in the dark.

After a while, Wang Yuan said to the air again: "The ladies of the Li Mansion can't be spared lightly, especially the wife of Li Bohan, Du Shi. Her own flesh and blood were carried by domestic servants and drowned, and she, as a mother, did not stop it, what kind of face did she have to ask for forgiveness? ”

There was another silence, and Wang Yuan seemed to be waiting for the Heavenly Concubine to speak.

Sure enough, Wang Yuan quickly said: "Concubine Tian's mother is graceful, although the Du family was forced by her husband, it is forgivable, but it is difficult to tolerate the law. The law is the foundation of the country, if it cannot be violated, it must be prosecuted, then where is the prestige of the imperial court? Niangniang said that only about the main culprit, let go of the male and female servants of the Li Mansion, and the governor did not dare to agree. These servants could not prevent their master from acting, but since the Governor had announced that the punishment for infant drowning would be severe, they should have quietly reported it to the Governor's Palace. When a family cries, why cry all the way? ”

There was another dead silence.

Wang Yuan suddenly kowtowed to the air: "Concubine Tianniang is wise, this governor should send you back to the throne." ”

I saw Wang Yuan stand up, walked to the baby corpse, took out a talisman from his arms, and recited a mantra: "Taishang Taitai Star, there is no stop." Protector kings, defend chanting. The mighty gods of the eight directions, help me help my soul. The original spirit returns to its place, and the Dao Qi lasts forever. Haste as a law, edict! ”

Wang Yuan's handprint changed suddenly, and he rubbed it on the rune paper, and the rune immediately spontaneously combusted without fire.

Regardless of the officials and people, everyone present was frightened, and Zheng Chengzuo even threw himself directly to the ground and kowtowed.

Wang Yuan's fingers were burned, and he hurriedly threw away the talisman in pain, and said casually: "You don't have to kneel down, the Heavenly Concubine Yuan Shen has already left." ”

A gentry surnamed Chen asked, "Governor Wang, was the concubine really here just now?" ”

Wang Yuan corrected: "It's not the Heavenly Concubine, it's a wisp of the Heavenly Concubine's primordial spirit." When he was a child, he studied art with strangers in the mountains, and he opened his eyes to communicate with the gods. Yesterday, the concubine Yuan Shen dreamed, saying that she was reincarnated in the calamity, but she was drowned by her parents in the world, and asked Ben Du to help send her Yuan Shen back to the throne. ”

The officials and gentry were skeptical of this nonsense, but a few were convinced.

Someone exclaimed: "The baby girl drowned by the Li family is actually the reincarnation of the concubine?" ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Exactly, the Heavenly Concubine was born after a tribulation, and the reincarnation family must be rich and noble, maybe the Li family can produce another champion." However, Li Bohan actually drowned his daughter, causing a wisp of the primordial spirit of the heavenly concubine to be bound here, and she could only ask the dream to Bendu to help her return the primordial god. ”

"The Heavenly Concubine is as powerful as a prison, and her primordial spirit can also be bound?" Someone praised it again.

Wang Yuan explained: "You must know that infant drowning is a great evil, and the end is extremely cruel. Ordinary female ghosts are reincarnated, and if they are drowned by their parents, they will never be able to be reborn, and they will turn into powerful ghosts and stay in the family house for a long time. It is the reincarnation of a wisp of the primordial spirit of the heavenly concubine, and she will be bound to the place where she is buried if she is drowned by her parents. If there is no Protector to see him off, it will take at least 7749 years for the Heavenly Concubine Yuan Shen to return to the throne on its own. ”

This statement has made it difficult for many people to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

The main reason is that the spontaneous combustion of the talisman just now is quite magical, and Wang Yuan is pretending again, looking like a master with true mana. In addition, Wang Yuan was the champion in his teens, suppressed bandits and thieves, rejuvenated the army and destroyed the country, and was both civil and military, and his own experience was legendary.

The combination of the two, everyone secretly thought: this governor, I am afraid that he really has a strange skill and has the power to communicate with the gods!

Wang Shao, Yuan Xuan and Xu Fan, the three of them are all old fritters in officialdom, so it is naturally impossible to be bluffed by Wang Yuan's pretending to be a god. But they didn't dare to speak, let alone debunk, so they could only pretend that they didn't see anything today.

"The Governor is quite tired from his work, and must recuperate in peace for a few days, so you take your leave!" Wang Yuan pretended to be forced and ran.

The people looked at each other and dispersed.

The body of the baby girl was taken away by the government and temporarily used as physical evidence, and the ashes were burned into ashes and sent to the temple for interment two days later.

Zheng Chengzuo deals with the dead all the year round, and is very superstitious, and he prays to God and Buddha on weekdays. He stayed to cooperate with the trial of the case, and returned home in the middle of the night, when his wife Yang asked him if the Li family had been raided.

"There is no raid on the house," Zheng said, "Governor Wang has rules and regulations, and the imperial court stipulates that the drowning of infants will be confiscated into the army, and the Li family will definitely be confiscated into a large number of troops." Many of the female dependents in the house will be sent to the Teaching Division. ”

Yang sighed: "Governor Wang is really powerful. ”

Zheng Chengzuo said while soaking his feet: "How powerful! Let me tell you, the drowned baby girl of the Li family this time is the reincarnation of a wisp of the Yuan God of the Heavenly Concubine. Why did you say that the Li family was arrested for drowning? It was the concubine Niangniang who gave a dream to Governor Wang, asking Governor Wang to help her return to the throne. ”

"Jing Blind said," Yang said with a smile, "A few days ago, you also went to Yuhang Huang's house with Governor Wang, was that also a dream of the Heavenly Concubine?" ”

Zheng Cheng said in a count: "What do you know about this woman? The day before yesterday, I went to the Huang family, and someone exposed the Huang family's drowning daughter, and Governor Wang went to find out that it was a false accusation. This time it is really a dream of the heavenly concubine, and Governor Wang still carries a spirit talisman with him! ”

"Talismans?" Yang is energetic.

Zheng Qizuo said quite exaggeratedly: "At that time, the spirit of the Heavenly Concubine flew out of the baby girl and talked to Governor Wang for a while. Governor Wang took out the spirit rune, pinched the magic seal, and recited the incantation, and the spirit rune ignited at once, and the fairy music in the room was bursting, and the divine light flashed everywhere. Don't believe it, there were a lot of people in the house, and everyone could see it clearly. ”

Yang Shi exclaimed: "Governor Wang still does magic mantras? ”

Zheng Qizuo said: "Governor Wang won the champion when he was more than ten years old, and he killed countless thieves on horseback, how did you come here?" People have learned strange arts since they were children, opened their eyes to the sky, and can pass through ghosts and gods in all directions. Have you also heard that Governor Wang led 200 soldiers to kill more than 10,000 thieves, which is something that ordinary people can do? Governor Wang must have recruited the protection of the gods, and all the soldiers under his command are invulnerable, which makes sense! ”

"I'm afraid this is true, otherwise how could two hundred officers and soldiers defeat more than 10,000 thieves?" Yang believed it instantly.

Zheng Qizuo said with a sense of matter: "I heard from the firecrackers who came from the capital by Governor Wang, that the pirates of Zhoushan were also recruited by Governor Wang. Moreover, it was Governor Wang who floated from Hangzhou to Ningbo on a bamboo pole alone, and frightened those pirates so much that he knelt down on the spot and begged for mercy. Those pirates have been on the loose for decades, the government can't be destroyed, and the governor of the king will surrender as soon as he goes, how can he do it without the help of the gods? ”

Yang guessed: "Governor Wang must be which star in the sky descends to earth." ”

"Of course, you still need to say it? The champion is a Wenqu star. Zheng Cheng laughed.

Yang's eyes rolled and said, "Mr. said that our eldest man is a seed of study, and you follow President Wang to supervise things, have you got anything to do?" ”

Zheng Yanzuo took out a tea bowl from his arms and said proudly: "This is the tea bowl that Governor Wang has drunk, stained with the aura of Wenqu Xing, I quietly came back." From tomorrow, you use this bowl to make tea for Da Lang to drink, so that he can get the aura every day, maybe he can be admitted to the Jinshi. ”

Yang said angrily: "Why did you only take out such good things now?" Put it away, don't break it! ”

Zheng Yanzuo suddenly had a serious expression and admonished: "You go back to your mother's house and say it, so that they don't spoil women over there anymore." Governor Wang said that drowning babies will turn into ghosts, and they will never be able to live beyond their lives, so they can only stay in their parents' homes forever. ”

"I'll save it, I'll talk about it tomorrow." Yang said.

The next day, Yang returned to his parents' house, and after a few days, the news spread all over the neighborhood.

On the county side, the speed of transmission is even faster, and several versions have evolved on the streets.

Not only that, but there are also people who secretly add fuel to the fire and carry out planned and large-scale propaganda. Hangzhou was originally a commercial city, and there were many tourists from the south to the north, and these stories quickly spread with merchants to the northern and southern provinces.

The commoner's house may not have seen any effect, but the gentry and wealthy businessmen in several counties of Hangzhou Prefecture immediately did not dare to do the thing of drowning babies, and they were purely frightened by Wang Yuan's deception.

Li Bohan was not raided, but the Li family was confiscated into the army of 24 people (male) and was beaten into the Jiaofang Division 27 people (female). His house is finished, only Li Wanqing, who is an official in Guizhou, is left, and he can't have another son like that.

Even Li Wanqing's wife, Li Bohan's mother, was also beaten into the Teaching Division.

This official wife is in her forties, and because she has no body, she was directly punished by Chang Lun in accordance with the law. And at that age, I can't entertain people with sex, so I can only do some handy work of pulping, washing and sewing in the teaching department.

This move frightened the gentry of Hangzhou, and no one dared to touch the moldy head of the governor of Wang, including Chang Lun, who played a great official prestige.

Anyone who is rich and powerful near him will send someone to inquire at the governor's palace at any time. If it is discovered that the Governor has issued a new decree, even if he does not support it, he will inevitably hide it obediently.

Joke!

Li Zhuangyuan has only been dead for a few years, and the grandson of the third room has been confiscated, and the daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law of the third room have also been thrown to the Jiaofang Division, what can't this Governor Wang do?

Together, the angry statues of Guanyin in the major temples were built faster in an instant. The gentry and wealthy families donated money to help the temple build the Guanyin statue, accumulating merit and currying favor with Governor Wang, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Zhejiang town guard eunuch Wang Tang, frightened to eat fast and chant Buddha directly, and did not dare to send minions to collect wealth and harm the people, for fear that Governor Wang would convulsive and deal with him.

For a time, Hangzhou was in order. The officials are honest, the wealthy are charitable, the people are law-abiding, and there is a thriving scene of governance!

At the end of the year, Governor Wang said that he would build a junior college in Hangzhou, and he received more than 1,000 taels of donations in an instant. The kindness of the gentry and wealthy merchants in donating to the school greatly touched the Governor.

In fact, the gentry and wealthy businessmen in Hangzhou Mansion wanted to donate money to Wang Yuan to buy officials.

It's a pity that they don't have that ability, Wang Yuan is already the right attendant of the military department, and then promotion is not something that money can do at all.