A few days later, at noon, the officials of the government banged the gong and shouted as they walked and shouted that everyone should gather at the entrance of the vegetable market to watch the prisoners be tortured, and everyone should go, and there should be no mistake.

For this reason, all the people who are at home can only lock the doors and windows and follow, and the shops that are open outside can only be temporarily closed, and the shopkeeper will take the guys in the store to watch.

There are one or two wet markets in each city, and at noon on this day, everyone gathers at the market in their own district to watch the so-called prisoners being tortured.

For a time, every vegetable market was full of people, densely packed with a large area.

The newspaper of the Literary Newspaper is no exception, so Chi Fei asked Zhang Xiao'e, Da Niu, and Peng Daqiang, the four adults, to take all the children to watch and take care of them, so as not to get lost.

Just when everyone was talking, the people from the government finally appeared, and they carried a few people on stretchers to the center of the vegetable market, and then threw the few people who tied their hands and feet to the ground for onlookers.

What's going on, are these prisoners?

The crowd looked at the men on the ground in discuss.

"Everybody's silent." A middle-aged man in an official uniform shouted.

The audience suddenly fell silent, and everyone closed their mouths and looked at the official master.

The official said loudly: "These people are all criminals who have colluded with foreigners to sell black incense, and in order to set an example, the Holy Majesty has decreed that everyone will see clearly what the consequences will be after black incense addiction."

No one spoke now, just waiting to see what would happen next. After saying that, he sat down on the chair specially prepared for him by the officials, and then looked at the prisoners with a serious expression.

In order to allow the prisoners involved in the case to clearly show their tragic situation, the Criminal Department has already made these people addicted to Wuxiang in the past few days.

Once you stop taking the medication, you will be in great pain and scream.

After many experiments, the officers and soldiers have mastered the time interval between the onset of the prisoner's drug addiction.

Lord Yao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, saw that it was time, so he began to exhibit these prisoners in public according to the emperor's orders.

While everyone was quietly watching, the prisoners' drug addiction began to kick in.

Most of them first began to shiver, then their bodies continued to tremble, and then their bodies continued to twist and twitch as if countless ants were biting.

Many began to weep, sweat, and snort, and moved to and fro, with piercing screams and wails, as if something was biting them, and they looked in great pain.

Many people are so uncomfortable that they keep hitting their heads or bodies on the ground to relieve the discomfort that seems to itch out of their bones.

If it weren't for the hands and feet tied, they would probably scratch their faces.

As time passed, these people reacted more and more, banging their heads on the ground, screaming incessantly, and simply going crazy.

For a while, the screams, crashes, and beast-like wails came and went, making people feel creepy to hear.

All the people were frightened by this terrible scene in front of them, they did not expect that the black incense would be so terrible after being addicted, and the audience was almost suffocatingly quiet.

As for Chi Fei's side, not to mention the children, even the four adults, Zhang Xiao'e, Da Niu, and Peng Daqiang, were dumbfounded, and they almost couldn't bear to look at it anymore.

Unlike them, Chi Fei watched all this with almost indifference.

Don't look at how pitiful these people look now, but there are countless families who have been victimized because of them. These people are definitely innocent and not worthy of pity at all. It's just the news of the world.

He did not regret coming up with such a method, and if the tragic situation of these people could wake everyone up and make the poison of opium disappear in Great Wei, he would be sincerely gratified.

This kind of exhibition that is both intuitive and brutal really worked, and after this day, the whole capital almost talked about black fragrance and changed color.

After the exhibition in the capital, those prisoners were immediately locked in prison vans by officers and soldiers and transported to other places for exhibition, like animals.

In order to keep these prisoners addicted to drugs, the officers and soldiers in charge of escorting them did not cut off their supply of black incense along the way, but gave them as much as they wanted. Only on the day of the exhibition will they be given the medicine, and their tragic situation will be vividly displayed.

As for the foreigners who provided opium, most of the foreigners with higher status and some missionaries were ransomed back by the foreigners' merchant groups at high prices, but all of them were addicted to drugs without exception. The remaining low-class foreigners, who no one was willing to pay for, had to join the queue of the exhibition like the other prisoners.

After all these prisoners are on display, the only way waiting for them is to ask for beheading.

So far, following the smuggling salt case, the Wuxiang case has been closed.

Yao Shangshu's third brother, Yao Jingtang, also became famous all over the world because of this case, and was praised by many people and literati.

When the emperor learned that Yao Jingtang had not held any official position since he fell ill a few years ago, he promoted him to the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, replacing Zhang Ting'an, who had been beheaded. The post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites was succeeded by Feng Youming, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites.

As soon as this appointment came out, many people were immediately surprised.

As we all know, Feng Youming, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, is over 60 years old this year, only a few years younger than the current Shangshu Deng of the Ministry of Rites, and he is almost at the age of returning to his hometown.

Therefore, everyone thought that Zhang Ting'an, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, was the most likely candidate to succeed the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and they had never thought about it to Feng Youming, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites. Because how can an old man who is about to return to his hometown take over the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites? Even if you do, you won't be able to do it for a few years.

But the person who succeeded him was not surprising.

However, some smart people think that this appointment is not simple.

Indeed, Feng Youming can't work in the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites for a few years, but isn't there still a new right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Yao Jingtang?

As soon as Feng Youming is old, isn't the position of the Ministry of Rites equivalent to falling into the hands of Yao Jingtang?

In other words, the candidate for the Ministry of Rites that Jin Shang really wants is this Yao Jingtang.

It's just that if Yao Jingtang is asked to take over the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites as soon as he comes up, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, so he is allowed to stay in the position of the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites for a few years to get some qualifications. When the time comes, it becomes a matter of course to move up the ladder.

In addition, Yao Jingtang is the third brother of Master Yao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the Yao family has always been a neutral royalist.

In this way, the position of the Ministry of Rites is equivalent to falling into the hands of the royalists.

Neither give it to the eldest prince nor to the second prince, it can be said that the two do not help each other.

After thinking clearly about the intentions of Jinshang, the people on both sides of the eldest prince and the second prince suddenly stopped, and no one dared to fight the idea of the Ministry of Rites again, so as not to anger Jinshang.

After doing this for a while, Chi Fei was called to the Zhenguo Mansion by his father-in-law.

When Ning Zhiyuan saw him, he directly threw him a house deed.

This is a house deed of a four-entry courtyard house on the east side of the inner city, and the head of the household actually wrote his name.

"Father-in-law, what is this?" Chi Fei looked at Ning Zhiyuan with some surprise.

"This is what Lao Yao asked me to hand over to you, and it can be regarded as a return gift for the Wuxiang case."

"This gift is too heavy, how can my son-in-law be embarrassed to accept it." Chi Fei knew very well that a house located in the inner city, and it was also a four-entry courtyard house, and it would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver to get it.

Moreover, houses in the inner city have always been expensive, and they cannot be bought with money. This gift is really not light.

Ning Zhiyuan said with a smile: "A house of tens of thousands of taels is nothing compared to a four-grade right attendant of the Ministry of Rites."

You can take it with peace of mind. If you don't accept it, Lao Yao will feel uncomfortable, thinking that you have other plans. ”

Hearing him say this, Chi Fei had no choice but to reluctantly accept it, "Then please trouble your father-in-law to say thank you to Yao Shangshu on behalf of your son-in-law." ”

"Don't worry, I told you earlier. This time, you did a good job, not only helped Yao Jingtang's old boy, but also did a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people.

Lao Yao is also very satisfied with you, and said that if I knew you earlier, I would definitely marry my daughter to you, but it's a pity that I was one step ahead, haha. ”

"Yao Shangshu has won the award, and the son-in-law is just lucky."

"No matter how lucky you are, you have to have a brain to deal with it, otherwise good things will turn bad. By the way, Sister Xiaozhi's family affairs have been booked, and after she finishes her marriage, you can also bring Geng Tie over, and then you and Xiaozhi's family affairs will also be officially booked. ”

"Yes, father-in-law. Which one did the eldest lady order? ”

"It's Qiu Yuchen, the second son of Princess Qingping. The eldest princess of Qingping is the elder sister of Jinshang, and later attached to Ma Yi'an Bo Qiu Junhai.

Although it's not a sibling of the same mother, the relationship with Jinshang is not bad.

The eldest princess of Qingping and the attached horse Yi Anbo never got involved in the affairs of the princes, and they are all people who live in peace.

The eldest princess of Qingping has a total of three sons and a daughter, and this Qiu Yuchen is the second, a scholar, and has been admitted to Xiucai.

I sent someone to check, and this sub-character is not bad, basically nothing wrong.

Your mother-in-law also thinks that this offspring is very good, Sven is polite, kind to people, and should be a person who loves her daughter-in-law. ”

"Then congratulations to the eldest lady first."

Ning Zhiyuan said with some feelings: "I don't ask for anything else, as long as she is comfortable in the future." Watching the children grow up and get married one by one, before I knew it, I was also old. ”

"My father-in-law and mother-in-law are in the prime of life, where are they old. The people in the whole capital who can beat you are probably not born yet. ”

"Haha, you're pretty good at coaxing people. But you're right, there are really few people in the whole capital who can beat me.

My kung fu is a family heirloom, and the other is a real knife on the battlefield, which is completely different from those useless shows. Ning Zhiyuan said proudly.

After coming out of Ning Zhiyuan's study, Chi Fei really saw Ning Yazhi standing outside waiting for him.

As soon as she saw Chi Fei come out, she immediately ran to him excitedly.

"Waiting?" Chi Fei smiled and touched her head.

"Nope." Ning Yazhi said duplicityly.

"In the future, when my father-in-law comes to talk to me about things again, don't stand outside and wait stupidly. When the matter is over, I will naturally go to you. ”

"Actually, I didn't have to wait long." Ning Yazhi listened to his father-in-law's call one by one, and her heart was so sweet that it was about to leak out.

After Chi Fei pulled her to the garden, he took out the house deed that had just arrived from her body and handed it to her: "This is the house that Yao Shangshu gave me, you can help me keep the house deed."

In a few days, we will go over to see how the environment is there, and then discuss how to decorate it better. ”

"Well, that's our home from now on, isn't it?" Ning Yazhi asked with a flushed face.

"Yes, Ah Zhi is so smart. It's our home from now on. Chi Fei looked at the girl in front of him tenderly.

Ah Zhi's feelings for him are very direct, although she will also feel shy, but she will not deliberately hide her feelings.

Ning Yazhi threw herself into his arms with some uncontrollability and said, "Ah Zhen, I'm so happy, really happy......"

Chi Fei hugged her fragrant and soft body and said: "After your sister has made a marriage appointment in a few days, I will ask the matchmaker to come to the door with a Geng post to formally propose marriage, and then you will be my rightful fiancée." ”

"Hmm......" Ning Yazhi buried her head deep in his arms, her body trembling with excitement.

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