Zhou Zheng and Hu Qingzheng were still playing chess, talking about some things that they didn't have.

Hu Qingzheng looked at the messy chessboard and said helplessly: "Don't play chess in the future." ”

Zhou Zheng naturally knew his chess strength, and he was a little embarrassed in his heart, but his face did not move, and he still cared about himself.

He Gong, Wei Zhong didn't seem to see it, his eyes looked at his nose and his nose and his heart.

At this time, a government official came to report: "My lord, Ningzhi County asks to see you." ”

Hu Qingzheng glanced at Zhou Zheng and saw that he didn't speak, so he said, "Let him come in." ”

Zhou Zheng didn't seem to hear it, and continued to stare at the chessboard, thinking about how to win.

Ning Shan came in and saw Zhou Zheng and Hu Qingzheng playing chess, secretly twisted his eyebrows, stepped forward and raised his hand and said, "Xiaguan has seen two adults." ”

Hu Qingzheng was the prefect of Hejian Mansion in the end, turned around, and said with an official ceremony: "Do you have anything to do with this official?" ”

Ning Shan thought of the wording along the way, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Back to my lord, the public resentment of the 'Stability Operation' in Hejian County is boiling, rumors are spreading, the officials are panicked, and they have no intention of doing anything, and the lower officials dare to ask your lordship, when will this 'Stability Action' end?" What should be done with those who are arrested? I also ask the lord to give a charter to the lower officials, and the lower officials can also give an explanation to the upper and lower levels of Hejian County. ”

Hu Qingzheng was just about to open his mouth, Zhou Zheng pinched the chess pieces, and said lightly: "Who is spreading rumors?" Who believes in rumors? Which officials are panicked and have no intention of doing things? You make a list for the officer, and the officer will deal with it himself. ”

Ning Shan looked at Zhou Zheng's side face, and his expression couldn't help but condense slightly.

He and Zhou Zheng only met once, that is, when Hejian Mansion welcomed the arrival of the envoy, and at other times, including Chen Wuyong's visit to Tianjin to see Zhou Zheng, he didn't go, and he didn't see Zhou Zheng.

This is the second time.

Zhou Zheng's face was distinct, his expression was calm, and no emotion could be heard in his indifferent tone.

Ning Shan glanced at Hu Qingzheng, and saw that he didn't speak, so he had no choice but to say: "My lord, now there are dozens of gentry blocking the county office, asking the lower officials to give an explanation, and asking the adults to show them." ”

Zhou Zheng still didn't look at him, and said, "Do you want to say the law?" Let them come to the official, come to the people, open the government office, let them in, and the official is waiting for them here. ”

Immediately, a servant responded and quickly opened the door.

Chu Jin behind Zhou Zheng glanced at him, and more than forty guards poured out everywhere, standing on both sides of the road, from the gate of the mansion to behind Ning Shan.

Ning Shan looked at this scene, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he knew that it would be useless to say more, so he had to raise his hand and said, "Lord Zhou, the son of the lower official was also arrested by the official, I don't know what crime he committed?" ”

Zhou Zheng slowly put the chess pieces that he had pinched, turned his head to look at Ning Shan, his eyes were indifferent, and said, "Bring the file." ”

He Gong glanced at Ning Shan, sighed secretly in his heart, and promised to quickly let people be transferred.

The people in the torture room have been combing, and the son of Ning Shan is the top ten people, so it is naturally easy to find, and the file will be brought soon.

Zhou Zheng looked at the file and read it to Ning Shan: "In the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Ning Tao and the servants of the Ning family were jealous of others in the Qinglou, injured seven people, and burned three people to death in the Qinglou. In the same year, Ning Tao killed the county students, and you threatened with the child test to ask the family to settle the matter. In the first year of Chongzhen, Ning Tao robbed the people's daughter, beat her husband to death, and pushed the complaining parents downstairs, one dead and one injured, and the case was unsolved. In the second year of Chongzhen, in order to do business, Ning Tao extorted 30,000 taels from the gentry, put the people who went to the province and Beijing to complain, and killed three people, and now there are more than a dozen people in prison. This year, a month ago, Ning Tao set fire to 16 houses, burning five people to death, and the case is still closed. Half a month ago, he forced a woman from a good family to sell a green building and forced three people to death. Ning Zhi County, can you explain it to this official? ”

Ning Shan listened to the cold sweat that broke out behind his ears, and the corners of his face were tense.

Some of these things he knows, some he doesn't know, and now whether he knows it or not, he is extremely remorseful, only to blame for not strictly restraining the son of evil at the beginning, allowing his wife and mother to spoil him, and committing so many big mistakes!

Ning Shan is a filial son, a good husband, and hopes to be a good father, his face is full of pain, his eyes are struggling, for a long time, he knelt on the ground with a puff, and said: "My lord, it is the lower officials who are confused, and let this son of evil create so many evils." The lower official is willing to compensate the victims, and the lower official immediately resigns and returns to his hometown, and then does not enter the office, only begging the adult to spare the child's life, and the lower official will never forget the kindness of the adult. ”

Zhou Zheng snorted coldly and said, "Your few fluttering words have offset so many appointments?" Offset all the evil deeds that Ning Tao did? It's okay, you bend the law for personal gain, and abolish the public for personal gain, what face do you have to be an official? Come on, take it for this official! ”

The four guards immediately pounced on him, knocked Ning Shan down, and immediately added all the chains and leg cuffs to him.

Ning Shan was shocked, he didn't expect Zhou Zheng to follow the rules of officialdom at all, and he came directly ruthlessly, and said urgently: "Lord Zhou! This official is an official of the imperial court, even if you are a messenger, you can't just take me! ”

Zhou Zheng picked up the teacup and said lightly: "You don't have to tell this official, when you get to the prison of the Criminal Department in the capital, you can cry out for injustice." He Tong sentenced, this is your business, and the case will be filed as soon as possible and submitted to the Criminal Department. ”

He Gong knew that if he really wanted to send it to the capital, even if Ning Shan was not beheaded, he would inevitably be imprisoned.

He Gong also understands that this is not the common method of officialdom, normally speaking, Ningshan should be let go, everyone should be decent to each other, maybe they can meet in the future.

However, Zhou Zheng didn't play cards according to common sense, and no one could stop him, He Gong raised his hand as usual and said, "Yes." ”

He Gong's voice fell, and Zhou Zheng's guards dragged Ning Shan to the prison of the mansion.

Ning Shan didn't seem to react a little, and was dragged away for several steps before he suddenly said loudly: "Lord Zhou, if you have any conditions, just say it directly, why do you have to be so ......"

Zhou Zheng didn't mean to talk nonsense with Ning Shan at all, a little magistrate, can he bother to speak?

The reason why he wants to take Ningshan is to Liwei, and secondly, to block the mouth of the imperial court, Ningshan, the magistrate of Hejian County, Hejian Prefecture, is the best candidate!

Hu Qingzheng saw that Zhou Zheng had taken Ningshan like this, his fat face was entangled again and again, and he said, "I will write a recital to the imperial court to clarify this matter." ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at him, didn't stop him, and said: "Those gentry and wealthy families who are clamoring for wrongs and trying to get people by all means, you don't care, I'll deal with it." ”

Hu Qingzheng knew what Zhou Zheng was doing in Yongping Mansion, and his fat face became more and more entangled.

When Hu Qingzheng was entangled, the news of Ning Shan's arrest exploded in Hejian Mansion.

The businessman was still blocked in the county office of Hejian County, and when he heard the news, his eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "Lord Ning has been arrested?" How can it be? He has always been honest and honest as an official, how could he be arrested? ”

The old priest was shocked, and said tremblingly: "I once taught him, he is self-denying and courteous, humble, and will not mess around, it must be the ghost who is doing it, he is going to mess with my Hejian Mansion......"

The middle-aged man behind the scholarly fragrance listened, his expression sank, and he said, "I'll go back and write a recital book for the imperial court!" ”

A group of people were gossiping, 'communicating' at the gate of the county government, and it didn't take long to find out more than a dozen people who were qualified to go to the court!

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