The snow was falling, and a team of more than 100 people was marching along the snow-covered road against the heavy snow, and the dogskin hat worn by the official on the horse had already fallen a thick layer of snow.

Occasionally, he would look into the distance, the heavy snow completely blocked the view, although it was out of the first month, but the snow did not stop, and there would still be heavy snow in March these years, let alone now?

"How far is it?"

Once again, Zhang Yun asked the drivers who led the way, that is, these drivers who have been driving on the official road all year round, only to know how to go on this road.

"After this village, you will arrive at Guide Mansion."

The purpose of their trip is to Guide Mansion, which belongs to Henan, but after the Suqian War, the Guide prefect abandoned the city and fled, and the local gentry immediately sent messengers to invite the loyal army into the city. And now this team of more than 100 people is braving the snow and rushing towards Guide Mansion.

"After arriving at Guide Mansion, in addition to us, when the time comes, there will be thirteen battalions of military law teams, in short, not only the Hou family can't let go of one person, but also the nine clans can't let go of one!"

Liang Yuncheng, who had been following Zhang Yun's side, naturally knew that this mission was a task personally deployed by Jing Liu. It is also the famous move of the Criminal Constitutional Division.

In the past few months, as the Jianghuai Economic and Strategic Envoy, the government office has been improving the official system on a small scale, and the establishment of the Department of Criminal Constitution to be responsible for the introduction of sentences is one of the moves. Separate prosecutions and punishments are Zhu Mingzhong's ideas for judicial independence, but due to the limitations of the times, they are only implemented in government offices for the time being, and at the local level, local officials are still in charge of the judiciary.

And for the newly established Department of Criminal Justice, it is natural to hope to become famous through this action. And Liang Yuncheng himself also hopes to be appreciated by his superiors, and even appreciated by himself.

"Liang Ti's sentence can rest assured, if the local yamen does not send a person to this operation, it will naturally not show the news!"

Zhang Yun hurriedly reassured the other party, this arrest of the nine clans is similar to raiding the house, the most taboo is to reveal the news, as long as the news is not revealed, naturally no one will be exposed.

"In this place, you always have to breathe, after all, when the time comes, you have to point to them to bring the door!"

Saying this, Liang Yuncheng glanced ahead, and vaguely seemed to be able to see the city wall of Guide, and his brows covered with wind and snow flashed with a little joy, this Guide City has finally arrived!

In the government of the Guide Mansion, the officials wearing cotton clothes stood in the palace, these officials had both the government and the county officials, but without exception, they were all local people of Guide and were very familiar with the local nature, and around them, there were also a group of soldiers wearing red cotton coats, holding swords and guns, standing like pines and cypresses, just waiting for an order, they would immediately carry out the order. Compared with their calmness, those officials looked a little nervous, and they all looked at these military masters nervously, lest one of them accidentally be punished by military law.

And when the officials were nervously standing in the snow, in the official hall of the government, Gui Dezhi County looked at Liang Yuncheng and others, and finally turned their attention to the prefect.

"Ahh

As Xu Jin, the prefect of Guide Prefecture, he looked at the criminal officer in front of him in astonishment with the official document of the Economic and Strategic Envoy Office, and he couldn't believe that the purpose of this person coming to Guide was actually for this matter.

"What crime did this Hou family commit? Although it is necessary to punish the nine clans! ”

When he said this, Xu Jin secretly thought in his heart, I am afraid that there are no less than thousands of people in the nine clans of the Hou family, if this is taken, I don't know what chaos will become in this city.

"Exactly, Liang Ti is the official of the government office, I don't know that the Hou family of Yu Guide is a generation of Wang clan, it can be said that he is a scholar, although there are people who have something to do, but they also have the heart of the remnants of my Ming Dynasty, so, if you take the liberty of punishing its nine clans, there must be a crime!"

Staring at Liang Yuncheng sitting in the hall, Shao Peng's tone was full of questioning, these people came to Guide, and if they didn't say anything, they would punish the nine clans, which was too much to say.

"It's not the nine clans of the Hou family, but the nine clans of the arrest, the punishment in the criminal court, and the punishment for their crimes!"

"What is the Hou family's crime?"

Because of his good relationship with Hou Fangzhen of the Hou family, Shao Peng still tried to figure it out, so he asked directly.

"Since the Hou family returned to Germany and recovered, they have never seen the slightest antipathy......"

Without waiting for Shao Peng to finish speaking, Liang Yuncheng first burst out laughing.

"If the Hou family is innocent, who is guilty?"

The laughter in his throat turned into a sneer,

"In the first year of Hongguang, Hou Fangcheng returned to his hometown in Guide Mansion. He immediately sold himself to join the Qing captives, in order to make suggestions, and made miraculous contributions to the Central Plains for the Qing captives. It was precisely by virtue of Hou Fangyu's advice that Zhang Cunren, the governor of the three provinces of Shandong and Henan, was able to accurately open the embankment of the Yellow River at the mouth of Jinglongkou, and turned many areas of Zhili, Shandong, and Henan into no man's land. Afterwards, even the Qing captives were afraid to mention the atrocities of the Qing army in opening the Yellow River and replacing the soldiers with water, and did not give Hou Fangyu a corresponding reward......"

When Liang Yuncheng said this, both Xu Jin and Shao Peng's faces changed, and it was not a secret to them, but because Hou Fangyu had been dead for many years, no one mentioned it here.

"This, Hou Fangyu himself has been dead for many years, but now it is affecting his family, will it be too much? What's more, he also reflected on the past later, and even cultivated the "Zhuang Confession Hall" to reflect on the past, and now it ......"

Without waiting for Shao Peng to finish speaking, Liang Yuncheng sneered.

If so, what is the law of the land? If the law of the country is not followed, who will the millions of unjust souls who have been harmed under the breach of the Yellow River seek revenge? ”

After sneering, Liang Yuncheng said sharply.

"This criminal officer, under the order of the punishment envoy, to mention this case, the nine clans of the Hou family from the old to the newborn son, no one can be let go, they must be arrested today, and those who dare to take it in will be punished according to the crime!"

In the Hou family's mansion, at this time there was a woman's cry, Hou Fangyu's main house lady Chang's head of the hairpin ring was ripped away by the soldiers who raided the house, at this time she looked nervously at the scene in front of her with unkempt sideburns, until now she still didn't know what was happening, and her son was slightly slumped on his back, and there was no dominance in front of the servants.

"Auntie, this ...... What's going on? ”

However, Li Yihui, who was only seven years old, hugged his aunt's legs tightly, and looked at these "red-clothed soldiers" like tigers and wolves in horror. And now, they broke into the Hou family.

"The sin committed by the second brother yesterday finally came to the door today......"

Hou Fangzhen, who was in the hall, looked at the soldiers who raided the house, and there was no wave on his face, although he had been eating vegetarian scriptures all day long, but how could millions of unjust souls be calmed down by eating vegetarian scriptures?

These people, he has been waiting, waiting for God's retribution, although the second brother died early, but he has never shed a single tear, all this is retribution!

"Retribution!"

Chang sighed, looking at the panicked children around him, Hou Fangzhen sighed bitterly.

"Don't be afraid, if you want to blame, you will only be blamed for the wrong birth, to the Hou family, who let you have a good second uncle, who let your second uncle kill millions of people, now it is my Hou family, all of them have paid for their lives, how can they accompany so many unjust souls......"

Liang Yuncheng, who was in the courtyard, listened to Hou Fangzhen's words, and there was a rare smile on his face without the slightest expression.

"Master Hou is a person of empathy!"

Listening to the words of the criminal officer, Hou Fangzhen looked at him and asked rhetorically.

"Why don't you go to the "Zhuang Confession Hall"? ”

The "Zhuang Confession Hall" in Hou Fangzhen's mouth is the mansion he built after he was kicked out of his home, expressing his regret in his prime.

"Regret, regret, regret in the prime of life...... If it is a thing in the world, it can be regretted, so why do you need the law of the country? ”

Shaking his head, Liang Yuncheng looked at Hou Fangzhen and said.

"Although you drove him out of the house back then, his sin was too deep, and how could he be driven out of the house to be peaceful, Changhua ......"

Shaking his head, he knew that Hou Fangzhen in front of him was different from his brother, he was a remnant of the Ming Dynasty, but who made him Hou Fangyu's brother.

"I know!"

Nodding, Mayor Hou Fang sighed.

"Who made me have such a good brother!"

After this bitter sigh, Hou Fangzhen looked into the distance and said.

"The Hou family was my Ming Dynasty's "military registration", until the ancestors were born in two lists, and the official was born in Taichang Temple, and the family began to be noble. Mu Daming's grace for more than 200 years, but it is a pity that his father neglected to teach, so that the second brother committed such a heinous crime, and now the matter is just the retribution of the cycle of heavenly reason. Just ......"

Although this door-to-door raid made Hou Fangzhen's depressed mood for many years finally get a moment of relaxation, he still had a little selfishness. Seeing that the criminal officer seemed to have some favors, he said with the last glimmer of hope.

"There are still a few dogs and children in my Hou family, and I also ask the criminal officer to raise his noble hand and leave some blood for my Hou family......"

In the face of Hou Fangzhen's request, Liang Yuncheng first glanced at him, then looked at the women who were crying, and looked at the children they were holding in their arms, although he was a little unbearable, but in the end he shook his head and said.

"It's not that Liang doesn't want to, but ...... The law of the land does not allow it! ”

"The law of the country does not tolerate", made Hou Fangzhen's face change slightly, and finally smiled bitterly.

"Repentance, repentance, it's just repentance, but I don't know the principles of heaven and the law of the country, so why do I need to repent, just let the Hou family police be the world......"