Chapter 23: Windfall

In the next few days, the most discussed news in the entire Chenzhou was the incident of Yuan Chao leading the people of Chenzhuang to defeat the five hundred thieves, and the discussion of the investigation process of this case by the Chenzhou Yamen.

Feng Xicai, as the county magistrate of a county, naturally knew the whole thing at the first time. No matter what Feng Tian said, as his nephew, Feng Xicai still wanted to try his best to protect it, but when he sent people to Chenzhou City with Pegasus and wanted to give a gift to his fellow acquaintance Liu Jiyu, hoping that he could keep his nephew, Liu Jiyu also shook his head and resolutely refused to accept it.

"Go back, I can't do this matter, you go outside to help your county master listen to how the people of Chenzhou City spread it." They all said that Feng Tian was colluding with thieves, preparing to kill Zhizhou's son and then rebel, you asked me to intercede for a person who was rumored to be a rebel? Is it that I don't want my black yarn anymore? Or do you guys don't want your master's black yarn anymore? After speaking, he directly gave an eviction order angrily, and now Liu Jiyu doesn't want to get involved in this troubled water, and his political reputation can't be planted in this matter. In fact, Liu Jiyu is also a smart person, and he also knows what to rebel and the like, it must be the Yuan family who is making trouble spreading such news, so that the entire people of Chenzhou began to spread such remarks, but they can only admit it like this, who let that Feng Tian engage in such a big battle, and call it a rebellion, and let others have no good way to refute it.

When the messenger returned to Shangshui County, he conveyed what he heard on the side of the road and the words of his fellow acquaintance Liu Jiyu to Feng Xicai in their original form.

Feng Xi heard such news, even if he had something in his heart, he would not save Feng Tian again, and he also understood that Feng Tian had provoked the wrong person to die this time.

A few days later. The case was tried again, and Feng Tian, who was tortured and did not look like a person, and the owners of the village confessed in the lobby that they led people to attack Chen Zhuang and wanted to kill the villagers and loot Chen Zhuang. Yuan An also sentenced the four owners of the village who were still alive to death in accordance with the law, as well as the twenty thieves who were caught with human lives, and the other thieves were sentenced to corresponding punishments in accordance with the law. The crowd of onlookers erupted in bursts of cheers.

Later, Yuan An asked Yuan Chao to state the losses caused by this attack, which was exaggerated by Yuan Chao. Yuan An also ordered all the property of these five owners to be supplied to Yuan Dynasty to compensate for the loss. The Zhuang people in the hall also watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal, and they all supported the verdict.

A few days later, at the entrance of Chenzhou Caishi, with more than 20 rolling heads falling to the ground, this turmoil finally came to an end.

After dealing with this matter, Yuan Chao did not plan to stay any longer, and was ready to say goodbye to his father, and during the period of time he left Zhuangzi, he had been worried about his Zhuangzi's condition.

"Father, the child has been away from the village for so long, and I am very concerned about the situation in the village, and this time I have eaten five Zhuangzi, and I have to go back to integrate the five newly collected Zhuangzi nearby, so I want to ask my father to resign first." Yuan Chao came to the living room of the house and respectfully asked his father to say goodbye.

"Chao'er, you have indeed grown up, this time you have returned to the village, and you have expanded five more Zhuangzi, there are a lot of trivial things waiting for you to deal with, and you don't have to work too hard. My father now wants to recommend you a talent to help you with some of the affairs of the village. Yuan An also plans to help his children more.

"Oh? A talent recommended by my father? Then I'm going to have a good meeting. Yuan Chao heard that his father was willing to recommend talents, and he also had some expectations at the moment.

Yuan An asked his subordinates to lure people over, and then continued to chat with Yuan Chao. "This talent, quite talented, at a young age in the township test Xie Yuan, the whole city thought that he would be a rising star, but in an outing with his family, they met robbers on the road, the robbers brutally killed his family, only he himself was seriously injured and escaped, but since then, he has been stimulated, become sluggish, drunk all day long and beggars, no longer pursue fame. Coincidentally, yesterday afternoon he suddenly dressed up and asked to see me at the door of the house, it turned out that it was yesterday when the execution was carried out at the entrance of the vegetable market, he passed by there and saw an enemy he would remember for a lifetime, that is, the murderer of his family, and saw the thief rolling and the head fell to the ground, he immediately wanted to come to the yamen to ask to see me, and named to serve you, so thank you for helping him let the wicked man be punished. Yuan An was also a little embarrassed after speaking, this wicked man did evil, so that a talented man sank for so long, and now this talented man is willing to serve the Yuan family and repay his kindness. What a drama.

Just as the father and son were talking in the lobby, a young man in white under the hall, eight feet long, weak in writing, holding a folding fan, stepped forward.

Looking at the image of this talented person, the only fly in the ointment is that this young man has a goatee on his face, showing the vicissitudes of decadence in the past.

"In the next week, Weihang, I have met Lord Zhizhou and the son of the Yuan family." Zhou Weihang clasped his fists with his hands and made a greeting ceremony. Then he suddenly fell to his knees and bowed heavily. was so shocked that the father and son in the hall stood up and went to help him.

"Why do you need to make this great gift, you are a person with a meritorious name, you must not do this." Yuan An helped Zhou Weihang up hard.

"Oh, fame, what's the use of these fame? Isn't fame a tragic death of a loved one under the thief's knife? It is the son of the Yuan family, for the benefit of the villagers, and led the villagers to repel the thieves, and also helped me avenge the murder of relatives, although I Zhou Weihang is not a sage, but I still understand the truth of the gratitude, and also ask the owner of the Yuan Dynasty to take it in, and he is willing to serve the owner of the village. After Wei Hang finished speaking, he had to kneel down and pound garlic again.

"Okay, well, if my Yuan Dynasty has Mr. Talent, I will be able to take better care of the villagers, and Yuan Chao is here to thank Mr. for his help." Yuan Chao also expressed satisfaction with this talented man, and hurriedly returned the salute. Then he helped Zhou Weihang up.

"Father, then tomorrow the child will lead the team back to the village." After helping Zhou Weihang up, Yuan Chao then turned around and asked his father to resign.

"Okay, you pack up and get ready to go back to Zhuangzi, take those young people of yours, and break out of your own world." Yuan An laughed heartily after speaking. He turned around and went back to the house.

"That week, Wei Hang also retired to the owner of the village first, and when I go home to clean up, I will return to the village with the owner early tomorrow morning." Zhou Weihang also saluted, and then retired.

Yuan Chao sat in the lobby for a while, thinking about going to say goodbye to his mother again.

As soon as I arrived in the backyard and saw my mother who was tending to the flowers and plants, and said her resignation, my mother Qin Yun began to talk about her worries. Yuan Chao's heart was both warm and helpless, warm was to feel the love and concern from this world, and helpless was that in this chaotic era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, if he wanted to protect everyone around him, he couldn't stop in the slightest, only keep moving forward.