The situation in the market is getting more and more chaotic.

Fortunately, the Liu family was an exception, the two-month period expired, and for three consecutive days, the silver number did not come to the door, and Liu Yuan and his son were relieved, thinking that if the money village did not pay the interest, it seemed that the silver number would also be postponed.

But I don't want to, on the fourth day, a team of officials from Yingtianfu came to arrest Liu Yuan and his father, saying that it was a silver number suing the Liu family for not paying off the debt, and the Liu family was sued by the government on a piece of paper, and asked the yamen to sentence the Liu family to a fine and deliver the collateral according to the contract.

Liu Yuan's father and son were inexplicably arrested and taken to Yingtianfu.

During the confrontation, the silver horn took out the contract, which was written in black and white, and could not be questioned.

Liu Yuan and his son took out the deposit certificate of the money bank and proposed that the money bank pay the principal and interest to repay the arrears of the silver number.

So Ying Tianfu Yin Yuan Ermei will come to Qianzhuang as a director.

The director of the money bank handed over the silver deposit contract signed with Liu Yuan and his father, pointing to the above road, the money bank did have the Liu family's silver deposit, and also owed the Liu family several months of interest, but according to the contract, the one-year deposit is due, and if it is not withdrawn within one month, it will be regarded as a one-year extension.

Therefore, it will take another ten months for the principal of the Liu family to be redeemed, but the interest owed for several months can be paid on the spot.

Isn't that a joke?

Can a few months' interest be worth 700 taels of borrowed silver?

At this time, the father and son of the Liu family realized that Chen Zhongkui took the initiative to sign the extension contract with the steward surnamed Song with the silver number, in order to delay the time to a month away.

After the head of the money bank met the interest for several months on the spot, Shi Shiran left.

And this silver was taken away by the silver number before it even passed the hands of the Liu family's father and son, and part of the arrears were paid.

But the question is, what to do with the more than 600 taels still owed?

If it was in the past, when there was no household money bank to absorb savings at high interest, it was still possible to borrow a few hundred taels of silver after the reputation of the Liu family in the capital for several generations, but now, the family is short of money, who to borrow?

There was no way, Liu Yuan's father had to offer to sell the collateral to repay the silver.

Ying Tianfu Yin Yuan Ermei also talked about some feelings, and gave the Liu family a three-day grace time to find someone to sell the collateral on their own, but the delivery must be carried out at the government office to ensure the interests of the silver number.

The father and son of the Liu family had no choice but to go home and start looking for someone to sell the land, thinking that it was a three-fold mortgage, and twenty acres of fertile land could be sold for at least a thousand silver at the market price, right? At this time, even if it is sold at a seven-fold discount, it is enough to repay the silver number.

But after three days, there was not even a single person who cared.

At this time, in the capital, all the land was sold, and no one collected it, even the usual rich families, as soon as they heard about the sale of land, they closed their doors directly.

This is really a shout that the heavens should not be heard, and the earth is not spiritual.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and Yinhao took the contract and went directly to the yamen.

At this time, Yin Yuan Ermei of Yingtianfu didn't even say hello, and directly made a judgment, handed over on the spot, reissued the house deed and land deed, and in a blink of an eye, the Liu family's ancestral house belonged to someone else, and there was no place to stay.

When Liu Yuan heard the news, he ran to the government to beat the drum and voice his grievances, and was blasted out, if it weren't for the fact that he still had a talent and fame, I was afraid that he would have to be beaten.

When he returned home, he was actually no longer home, and Liu Yuan was horrified.

When he went to the government office, his father hung the beam, and his mother threw himself into the well.

In less than half an hour, a home was gone.

Liu Yuan cried: "Originally, I also wanted to go to Huangquan with my father and mother, but when I thought of my wife and children, I survived, thinking that I had to avenge my father and mother no matter what." ”

A wave of anger welled up in Wu Zheng's heart, this was definitely not just a collection of wealth, but a premeditated plunder.

What makes people even more angry is the numbness and ignorance of the imperial court from top to bottom.

Not to mention how serious the prefectures under the jurisdiction of the imperial court are, in the capital, in the past two or three months, no one has made such a public opinion to the imperial court, and even Zhu Cihong has been kept in the dark and has no idea.

This made Wu Zheng even suspicious of Huang Daozhou, Wang Yi and others.

Indeed, there is such a fuss in the streets, as the first assistant and the imperial history of the capital, they don't even notice the slightest rumor?

This is obviously impossible.

But Wu Zheng still suppressed his anger, because this was just Liu Yuan's one-sided words.

As the saying goes, people are most afraid of regret after anger has poured out.

Wu Zheng took a deep breath and asked calmly, "Where are your wife and son now?" ”

"The Xuancheng family of the Humble Jingning State Mansion has been married for five years, and she has not returned to her parents' home, and the capital is in chaos, so she took advantage of the New Year to return to her parents' home."

"How did you get here?" Wu Zheng looked at the dilapidated tavern, "How did you set up this tavern?" ”

Liu Yuan replied: "Yinhao took away the yard, but it has not occupied the ancestral house of the Liu family for a while, I rely on the neighbors to eat leftovers during the day, and go back to the ancestral house at night to settle down, the door is not able to enter, so I sleep under the eaves of the ancestral house." After three or five days, one night I was woken up in my sleep. ”

"A man woke me up and asked me if I wanted to avenge my father, and I naturally said yes. So, he ...... He asked me to contact my neighbors and make trouble with the people everywhere, saying that this would force the court to pay attention to the cases of money fraud and embezzlement of money...... I agreed, and as he left, he threw down about twenty taels of silver. But twenty taels in the city is not long to live, in addition to studying, and no skills, so I had to come to the North Gate Bridge, in the North Gate Bridge also knew Zheng Yijin and a few of them, they used to transport goods for the two shops of the Liu family, and they also knew the roots, through them, with these twenty taels to buy this dilapidated house, opened a tavern to make a living. ”

Zheng Yijin nodded to Wu Zheng again and again to show that Liu Yuan was not lying.

But Wu Zheng ignored it, stared at it and asked: "That person gave you twenty taels for nothing, and only asked you to contact the neighbors to make trouble together, which is too unreasonable...... Are you a scholar who doesn't even understand this simple truth? ”

Liu Yuan was stunned.

Wu Zheng sighed lightly: "Since you have told all the grievances in your heart, let's talk about what you have done in this month, and what did you do when the people in the city were in turmoil?" ”

Liu Yuan's face turned pale, and he squeaked.

Wu Zheng continued to ask: "On the night when the Qing army came to the city and fought fiercely, a civil unrest broke out in the city, what did you do?" ”

Zheng Yijin got up and defended Liu Yuan and said: "Liu Laosan just wants to avenge ...... father." ”

With a "bang", Wu Zheng slapped his palm on the table, and pointed at Zheng Yijin and shouted: "Ignorant puppeteer, dare to talk more?!" ”

Then he pointed to Liu Yuan and said: "He is a dog slaughterer, you don't understand, you are a scholar, your family hates the country, you don't understand the reason for how to choose?" ”

Liu Yuan's lips trembled.

Wu Zheng took a breath, sat down slowly, and said: "Let's say, since you trust this official and tell you about your grievances, then also tell me what evil things you have done, the revenge that should be avenged must be avenged, and the debts owed must also be repaid." Heavenly reincarnation, you can't hide it! ”