Yang Congyi had just left the store not far away, when he heard someone calling him from a distance, "Brother Yang, Brother Yang......"

Many officials in the yamen called him that, and when he looked up, he saw that he was shouting, and when the arrest was about to get closer, he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The catcher was out of breath and gasped, "Brother Yang, the county lord asked us to go back to the county office, it seems that there is an emergency." ”

Yang Congyi didn't think about it, and said, "Let's go." Then he walked quickly to the county office.

When I returned to the county office, I saw that almost all the officials who had gone out had returned, gathered in the yamen, and talked about it, not knowing what was going on.

Since the county magistrate took office, he has never called everyone like this, and rarely let them stay in the yamen, but mostly let them go out to investigate and arrest people to judge the case for him.

Someone said, "Have you heard?" Recently, a major event happened in the imperial court. But he stopped saying a word and didn't continue.

Everyone stopped and was about to listen to what he said, but he kept his mouth shut, and someone couldn't help but scold, "If you have something to say, say it quickly, don't and pull half, it's not pleasant." ”

The man whispered mysteriously, "I tell you, don't spread the word. ”

Everyone was whetted and hurriedly promised, "We're not big-mouthed mothers-in-law, who the will talk nonsense." ”

The man said in a low voice, "This year, the imperial court sent a messenger to congratulate the Jinguo Wanshou Festival, and the gifts were sent to more than a dozen carts, I wanted to express my obedience and ask for some rewards, but the rewards were not obtained, and I was ridiculed and humiliated for no reason. Don't you know, the people who poured wine and served food for the envoys of various countries at the celebration, the women who slept at night, there were actually many royal relatives who were arrested and sent to the Jin Kingdom more than ten years ago, among which the envoy who served my court was a little princess who was only two years old at the time, and the envoy knelt on the ground and cried bitterly after learning the identity of the princess, and the princess saw that it was the old man of the Southern Dynasty who was ashamed, and she bit her tongue and committed suicide in the envoy's tent that night. As soon as the envoy returned to Lin'an, he was condemned and thrown into prison. Don't spread the word about this, lest you invite jail time, and if there is another case of Princess Roufu, no one can bear it. ”

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to speak. Back then, because of the incident of Princess Roufu, a large number of people were killed, and countless people were imprisoned.

Of course, there are still people among the people who don't know, such as Yang Congyi. Jingkang's shame He knew that the royal family was served by the Jin people, and almost all of them were taken to Heilongjiang in the north, where they were humiliated and tortured, and lived a life that was inferior to pigs and dogs. But he had never heard of Princess Roufu, and he didn't know what it had to do with this little princess who committed suicide in shame.

Yang Congyi was curious, so he asked, "Who is Princess Roufu?" How I haven't heard of it. ”

Many years have passed since the matter of Princess Roufu, and everyone who should be killed has been killed, and the court has long been decided, and few people have mentioned it again. The sky is high and the emperor is far away, so it doesn't matter if you want to talk about it.

Seeing that Yang Congyi didn't know, someone teased, "I don't know this?" Back then, there was a lot of uproar. There are four major events in the world in the twelfth year of Shaoxing, one of which is the unjust death of Marshal Yue, the second is the northern minister of the Song Dynasty, the third is the return of the Empress Dowager Xianren to Beijing, and the last is the death of Princess Roufu. When the Empress Dowager Xianren was sent back from the Jin Kingdom, she heard that Princess Roufu was still alive, so she said that the real Princess Roufu had died in the city of the Five Kingdoms the year before, and Princess Roufu in Lin'an was fake, so the court immediately arrested her and tortured her, and later Princess Roufu admitted that she was a fake and deceived the royal family, and she was punished with death. When Princess Roufu returned to the Great Song Dynasty, many people identified her as true, so the group of people who were back then were also punished, because the fake Princess Roufu had returned to the palace for more than ten years and was also married. This is the case of Princess Johor. ”

Someone else said disdainfully, "You're not right, in fact, Princess Roufu who was executed back then is the real Princess Roufu." The royal family members were arrested and bullied in the north, no one will be an exception, but the only one who can come back alive is the Empress Dowager Xianren, what she has done in the north for more than ten years, as long as she doesn't say it, no one knows. When she returned to Lin'an to meet Princess Roufu, she knew that some of the ugly things she had done in the north would definitely be known, and in order to keep her unsightly secret, she said that the real Princess Roufu had died a year before the peace meeting. She is the emperor's mother, and of course the emperor will choose to believe her, so he arrested Princess Roufu and tortured her to extract a confession and made her admit that she was a fake. The only royal family member who came back from the north was the Empress Dowager Xianren, and she was whatever she said, not to mention that the emperor supported her. Therefore, the real Princess Roufu can only become a fake princess to protect the reputation of the Empress Dowager Hyunren. ”

Yang Congyi only felt unbelievable after hearing this, but after thinking about it, he was relieved, Yue Fei, the pillar of the country, could be unjustly killed, and what was a princess in troubled times. sighed and said, "Some people do everything for personal gain, Wu Zetian can even kill his own son for the sake of power, not to mention those who have little to do with it." ”

A timid person persuaded, "Don't talk nonsense about the affairs of the official family, and be careful that trouble comes out of your mouth." ”

Everyone quickly shut up, whether they can say it all depends on the government's words, although they also do things for the government, they don't dare to speak freely and talk nonsense.

The man who had been hanging his appetite held back for a while, and then said, "I'll tell you something that has nothing to do with the royal family. Do you know what else is happening on this year's Golden Birthday Festival? Without waiting for everyone to ask, he continued, "The envoy of the Western Xia State asked the Jin lord to cede the land with a letter of state, and the Jin State actually agreed, and cut a lot of land to the Western Xia, and several pieces of land in Xi'an Prefecture, Dewei City, and Dingbian Army were all cut. ”

Some people had doubts and asked, "The Jin Kingdom is so powerful, why did it cede land to the small Western Xia Kingdom?" ”

Someone immediately replied, "Although Western Xia is a small country, it is connected to the Jin State, if the Jin State wants to attack us in the south, the Western Xia will definitely take the opportunity to seize their territory, so it is better to cede it directly to the Western Xia, first pacify them, and then concentrate on attacking us." So this is not a good sign, Song Jin and the peace are estimated to be in a few years, and they will start fighting again. ”

As soon as everyone heard that there was going to be a war, they immediately came and were full of interest, and they all said that they wanted to take revenge and fight across the Huai River, cross the Yellow River, recover Bianjing, recover Hebei, kill the cities of the Five Kingdoms, and capture the emperor of Jin.

Yang Congyi was taken aback by their state as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, what is the good thing about fighting, it is not a joke, a few of them can come back alive when they go to the battlefield. He watched coldly, looking at the group of people in front of him as if they had taken medicine.

"The county lord is here." I don't know who suddenly shouted, and everyone quieted down.

As soon as Chen Zhixian comes, the mystery in their hearts will be solved, what will be the big deal? The officials quickly walked into the lobby and lined up the battle columns, waiting for the arrival of the county magistrate.

After a while, there was a sound of footsteps behind the hall, Chen Zhixian walked quickly to the lobby, looked at the dozens of people in front of him, and nodded with satisfaction.

After he sat down, he said in a loud voice, "What is the purpose of this county calling you today, I think you have already heard about it, but this county still has to tell you again." Last year, the Xiaosongpo case was widely implicated in Taihu County, where more than 20 families were destroyed and killed, and 24 criminals were brought to justice and taken to Huaining, where they were beheaded after being reviewed by the Criminal Department.

However, on the 10th day of the first lunar month of this year, some people took advantage of the heavy snow to break into Huaining Prison at night and rob a group of felons, including the 24 murderers in the Xiaosongpo case. Last month, the county sent people to investigate, and learned that the prison robbers were from Tianzhu Mountain, and after Lord Li sent people to verify it, it was confirmed that the prison robbery incident was indeed committed by the bandits of Tianzhu Mountain.

The escaped felons must be caught, and the robbers who rob the prison cannot go unpunished, Tianzhu Mountain is high and densely forested, and it is not easy to arrest dozens of prisoners in the vast mountains, and the manpower that Huaining County can use is far from enough to arrest the prisoners, so Master Li asked all the counties under the rule of Anqing Army to contribute to jointly assist in handling this major case.

Taihu County is not big or small, and there are 100,000 people under its rule, and according to the average population, the county needs to send 30 people to assist in handling the case. That is why you have been summoned today. ”