The place where Guo Yi settled the people in Chunfeng was a large open space between Chunfeng Li and the city wall in the west of the city, and each household was given a tent, and these people were temporarily placed in the cold winter wind.

The construction team arranged by Guo Yi is already urgently building the house.

However, the winter is cold, and the mood of the craftsmen is not very high. The hundreds of people in the spring breeze are the helpers of the craftsmen, and they are very active, because their families are still enduring the cold and building houses, even if they can only provide simple shelter from the cold wind, they will be satisfied.

When Fang Qi arrived with the county soldiers, everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at them curiously but cringingly.

Then, as they watched the two carriages that followed them stop in this noisy place, they wondered even more, what was this going to do? What's the big guy coming?

Zheng Sheng got out of the carriage and first looked at the slow progress of the project, on the original rows of burned houses, a lot of wood, bricks and tiles have been piled up, but more places are empty open space, and there are faint black and gray traces of fireworks burning on the ground.

On the other side, there were about 100 tents that were messily tied, and Zheng Sheng saw that many thin children were also looking at Zheng Sheng's side curiously.

Zheng Sheng frowned, could it be that Xie Zhou broke his promise? But he thought about it carefully, Xie Zhou's courtyard probably couldn't fit too many people, and it would be very good to be able to place the youngest and eldest!

A middle-aged man over forty years old came over the craftsman, who was the official who supervised the building, "Governor Fang, are you here?" ”

Fang Qi nodded at him, "It's all here, right?" ”

"I asked Liu Shangsheng, there are 733 people in Chunfengli, except for the 23 old and young people who are placed in Dongyang, there is no less, all of them are here."

Fang Qi turned to Zheng Sheng and said, "Zheng Shizi, is that the thief?" ”

Zheng Sheng asked Huang Chongru, who came over, "Which one is it?" ”

Huang Chongru swept his gaze to the middle-aged men who were carrying wood over there, and he pointed with his hand: "It's him!" ”

Following the direction of his finger, everyone looked over there, only to see a young man hiding in the crowd suddenly pull out his legs and run, running into the depths of the spring breeze. As soon as Fang Qi waved his hand, the county soldiers immediately dispatched and pounced over there like hounds.

The people in the spring breeze suddenly became noisy, "What's wrong with Li Zhonghu?" Why did the government arrest him? ”

"Why does Li Zhonghu want to run?"

"Li Zhonghu is very honest on weekdays, why did the government send so many people to arrest him?"

"What about the patriarch? Go find the patriarch and ......"

Zheng Sheng listened to the voices of the people over there and knew the name of this person, he looked at the figure in the distance silently, the county soldiers had already caught the person, and they were sending him back.

Zheng Sheng looked back at Liu Wei'er, who was silently speechless behind him, and asked, "Is this this person?" ”

Liu Wen'er glanced over there, nodded, and whispered, "It's him." ”

The county soldiers brought people to Fang Qi, and Li Zhonghu looked at Huang Chongru fiercely, his eyes full of disbelief.

Fang Qi gestured to Zheng Sheng with his eyes, what should he do next?

Before Zheng Sheng could speak, the people in the spring breeze had already gathered around, "My lord, what happened to Li Zhonghu?" Why did you arrest him? ”

"Li Zhonghu is an honest child, he must be innocent, let him go!"

Fang Qi waved his hand, and most of the county soldiers divided into half of them and blocked them.

"Zheng Shizi, what do you say?" Fang Qi asked again in a low voice.

Zheng Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Tell them what he committed." ”

Fang Qi nodded, took two steps forward, separated the human wall, and said loudly: "Now it has been ascertained that Li Zhonghu sneaked into the Zuixiangju Restaurant a few days ago and set fire to it. Today, I am ordered by Taishou to arrest him! ”

The people suddenly exploded, "This is slander!" My lord, Li Zhonghu would not do such a thing! ”

"Li Zhonghu burned down someone's restaurant? How is this possible? ”

"We were set on fire in the spring breeze, Li Zhonghu was busy building houses during this time, how could he burn other people's houses!"

Fang Qi watched their emotions become more and more excited and angry, and said loudly, "Do you want to make trouble?" The armies obey the order and draw their swords! ”

A platoon of county soldiers drew their weapons one after another, and in front of the bright swords, the emotions of the people were suddenly poured with a basin of cold water, everyone quieted down, and no one dared to say anything more.

At this time, an old man came out of the crowd, he glanced at Li Zhonghu, and then at Huang Chongru beside Zheng Sheng, and sighed: "Governor Fang, no matter what Li Zhonghu does, it is his own business. It has nothing to do with the other people in the spring breeze, you can take him away! ”

"Uncle Liu, they're going to take Zhonghu away!"

"Uncle Liu, you can't do this!"

The people were in turmoil again.

Zheng Sheng looked at the old man, he recognized it, this is the old man who was with Li Ju in the county government that day to petition, it seems that his name is Liu Shangsheng?

Fang Qi waved his hand for the county soldiers to withdraw their weapons, and then ordered Li Zhonghu to be brought back to the county office.

At this time, Li Juzai and Xie Zhou also came over from a distance.

Many people immediately stood behind Li Juzai, and in an instant, the atmosphere in this small open space became more serious.

Fang Qi commanded the county soldiers with a cold face and was on guard.

Xie Zhou walked between the two people: "Fang Du? I heard that Shunyang County wantonly arrested innocent people, what happened? ”

Fang Qi arched his hand to Xie Zhou and said, "Xie Sheren, I was ordered by Taishou to come to arrest the thief who set fire to the Zheng family's drunken incense house a few days ago. That's it, Li Zhonghu! ”

Xie Zhou didn't know about Drunken Xiangju, "Fire Drunk Xiangju? Have you figured this out? Did he do it? ”

"Got it. The essence of this matter, Zheng Shizi has made it clear. Moreover, the thief's companion who set the fire that day had confessed, and there was a witness who witnessed him setting the fire, and this was the man. ”

In the spring breeze, the people began to whisper. They looked at Li Zhonghu with suspicion, and even moved away from Li Juzai and the others slightly.

Li Ju was iron-faced, he looked at Zheng Sheng with a strange gaze, and then looked at Huang Chongru beside Zheng Sheng, his eyes were even more obscure.

Liu Shangsheng stood up again, he looked at Liu Wei'er behind Zheng Sheng, and said, "Zheng Shizi, who is the thief's accomplice?" Who saw the fire set by Zhonghu with their own eyes? ”

Huang Chongru took a step forward, "I am his accomplice. ”

Fang Qi looked at Zheng Sheng in surprise, he always thought that Huang Chongru was Zheng Sheng's cronies, how did he know that this was the thief who set the fire! You take this person with you like this, not afraid that the other party will run away?

Liu Shangsheng nodded, "Zheng Shizi, since this thief set fire to your restaurant, why don't you imprison him and not worry about him running away?" ”

Zheng Sheng smiled, "I promised him to help me find the person who set the fire, and I let him go." He helped me, and I won't break my word. So, of course he's fine. ”

Li Ju said angrily: "Zheng Shizi is acting like this, it is inappropriate. How can Zhao Taishou let you come nonsense! ”

The people around Li Ju also clamored, Fang Qi raised his hand, and the county soldiers raised their weapons again, suppressing the restless crowd.

Zheng Sheng said: "It was my family's restaurant that was burned, and this is my family's business." I am willing not to pursue it anymore, and Lord Zhao will naturally not say anything more. ”

Li Ju said in a deep voice, "Then what does Zheng Shizi plan to do with Li Zhonghu?" ”

Zheng Sheng showed an innocent smile and counted with his fingers: "My restaurant was burned, not only the loss of a drunken Xiangju, but also the profits lost by the drunken Xiangju, the compensation for the frightened diners who escaped from the drunken Xiangju that day, etc., I have to calculate again to see how much he owes me?" In addition to losing money, I don't care about anything else. ”

Fang Qi couldn't help but glare at Zheng Sheng, okay! The government helped you catch the thief, and in the end it was just to ask for compensation? However, he remembered Zhao Lian's instructions and acted according to Zheng Sheng's wishes. Fang Qi had no choice but to hold his breath in his heart.

Everyone was in an uproar, or was it just compensation? But a single drunken fragrance house, I am afraid that the property of all the people in the spring breeze combined can't afford to pay it, right?

Li Zhonghu said loudly: "I have no money!" Only one life! ”

Liu Shangsheng continued to ask: "Who is the other witness?" As he asked, he couldn't help but look behind Zheng Sheng.

Zheng Sheng looked at Liu Wei'er behind him and said in a low voice, "Sn'er? ”

Liu Wen'er pursed her lips and walked out, "I saw that day, it was he who threw the torch into the firewood in the backyard and ignited the fire. ”

Liu Shangsheng took a step forward, his tone excited, "Is that so?" So what's your name? ”

Liu Wen'er was a little afraid of Liu Shangsheng's expression, and she took another half step back, "My name is Liu Wu'er." ”

Liu Shangsheng took another step forward abruptly, and Fang Qi stretched out his hand to stop him, "Uncle Liu, you are old, it's better to walk slowly!" He was very puzzled why Liu Shangsheng would show such a way after seeing the little girl.

Liu Shangchang exhaled, he looked back at Li Juzai, "What do you say?" ”

Li Ju was looking at Zheng Sheng, he no longer paid attention to Liu Wei'er, and now he was most concerned about: "Zheng Shizi, if we can't afford to lose, what are you going to do?" ”

Zheng Sheng grinned and said, "No money? Then he will stay in my house and work! When the money is repaid, when can you leave. ”

Li Juzai and Liu Shangsheng looked at each other, that's it? Is it just workmanship?

Liu Shangsheng asked again: "How long does he need to work in Zheng's family?" He realized the question, how much money does the servant's subordinate get a month? How long will it take for Li Zhonghu to pay it back?

Zheng Sheng smiled: "A few years or longer!" ”

Liu Shangsheng glanced at Li Juzai again, and Li Juzai's face was solemn and silent.

"I have a plan now, though." Zheng Sheng looked at the people in the spring breeze, "You young and strong people can come to my house to work and help him pay off his debts." Our Zheng caravan is also preparing to recruit a group of guards, who will be able to take care of food and shelter, and will be well paid, and will not let you suffer. ”

"The salary received by the person can help Li Zhonghu pay off his debts, or he can choose not to help him and earn a salary for himself." Zheng Sheng finally threw out his big move, this is his plan: to absorb and disintegrate them, Zheng Sheng does not believe that these people who live at the lowest end will refuse a job that can greatly improve their lives.

Li Ju is trying to use them to threaten him, Zheng Sheng is going to make a move, when Zheng Sheng makes their lives better, will they still work for Li Ju and kill people and set fires?