Chapter Eighty-Nine: Conspiracy
Chapter Eighty-Nine
The county seat of the Ming Dynasty is still not large, after all, the current Huangyan County has not been connected with the capital of Taizhou and has become a district of Taizhou, so it will not take long to run from one end of Huangyan County to another.
And the time for Yang Shangjing and Xing Hongfang to deal with the Huang family with the guards is really not too short, they are inspecting the scene and doing drama, and they are dealing with the armor to kill people and kill people, and it has been nearly an hour now, and the Zhang family has already received the news, and one or two are almost scared.
If the county order is weak, they don't mind engaging in some illegal petitions and the like, and obey the county order, but once the county order shows its fangs and claws, wields knives, guns and sticks, and even brings a group of guards to the door, then it must hold high the banner of "the people do not fight with the officials".
When Yang Shangjing and Xing Hongfang came to Zhangjiazhuang with people, they saw the brilliant lights over there from a long distance, Yang Shangjing squinted his eyes, and saw an old man in his seventies waiting at the door with a group of men and women, although he couldn't see his face clearly, Yang Shangjing could still feel the emotion called panic.
"Old decay Zhang Tonghe, meet thousands of households and county respects."
The old man saw Yang Shangjing and others coming to the front, and knelt down with a bang, what Xiucai's privileges do not kneel when they see officials, and what can't be bent into a move above the lobby, after Yang Shangjing raised the iron fist of imperialist autocracy, it was all nonsense, and the men, women, and children behind him did not dare to hesitate, they fell to their knees, and shouted in their mouths: "Meet thousands of households and county respects."
Zhang Tonghe, who is in charge of the Zhang family, just heard that when this group of officers and soldiers arrived outside the Huang family, they didn't even say a word, they rushed in and cut people down, if they didn't come out and kneel down first, they would have to be killed if they didn't keep it, although they didn't do it before, which made this seem a little unreasonable, but it was unreasonable to destroy the Huang family, so this Zhang family had to be careful.
Yang Shangjing beat his horse forward, stopped less than a meter in front of Zhang Tonghe, and did not dismount, but said in a deep voice: "Although this county has not been in office for a long time, I have heard that in this Huangyan County, the Zhang and Huang families are in-laws, and now the Huang family has beaten the official officials, lawlessness, fish and meat township, and hiding Dingkou ......"
Every time Yang Shangjing said a crime, this Zhang Tonghe shuddered, the previous ones, basically a Xiangxian, no need to be basic, as long as you can go to the step of Xiangxian, they are all committed and are committing, and they will continue to commit it in the future, and they will continue to commit it in the future, and they will be committed in a different way, if it is just these crimes that will destroy the Huang family, their Zhang family will definitely not be better, he even regrets it a little now, he didn't let the sons and grandsons of the family run out a few in advance, although the sea ban is still there, but the way to escape from the Central Plains is outlawed, As long as there is money, there is still it.
While reading the accusation, Yang Shangjing observed the old man's reaction, and sneered in his heart, the creature of the village sage is the same as the capitalist, even if the outside is packaged well, the inside is also pitch black, after all, both need bloody primitive accumulation, the village sages oppress ordinary farmers, the capitalists exploit the workers, and all they earn are the hard-earned money of the common people, if there is any difference between the two, it can only be said that the capitalist is the evolved version of the village sage, and the exploitation methods are more fancy and more hidden. Even if there is blood and filth in every pore, taking money can smash out a reputation that is more advanced than the village sage and more difficult to find loopholes to make a coat.
“…… colluded with the Japanese robbers, secretly hid armor, and conspired to rebel, so the county invited Xing Qianhu to sweep up the rebellion for the county, so let's see if your Zhang family is involved. Yang Shangjing finished speaking slowly and methodically, looking at the expression on Zhang Tonghe's face.
Hearing the last three charges, Zhang Tonghe instantly kowtowed like pounding garlic: "The county respects Mingcha, Mingcha, although my Zhang family is related to the Huang family by marriage, and they have frequent exchanges on weekdays, but they don't ask about the affairs of his family, there is a way that the water spilled by the married daughter, even if they conspire to rebel, it will not involve our Zhang family......"
At this moment, a panicked voice came from the backyard: "Old lady, it's not good, it's not good, the third young grandmother committed suicide by hanging the beam!" ”
When the old man heard this, his body didn't even tremble, but raised his head and glanced at Yang Shangjing secretly, but he didn't expect Yang Shangjing to be looking at him too, so a flash of panic flashed in his eyes, and he lowered his head and continued: "Our Zhang family usually abides by their duties, and they are well-known in our Huangyan County over the years......
Yang Shangjing sneered and directly interrupted him: "The ability to sell fame and reputation, as long as you want to spend money and are willing to spend money, anyone will fiddle with it a few times, is the reputation of the Huang family worse than your Zhang family before the incident?" Let me ask you, who is the person who died just now? ”
Zhang Tonghe did not hesitate at all, and replied with a sad face: "It is the daughter of the Huang family, I think she heard about her own incident, she was afraid of the power of the imperial court, and committed suicide by hanging the beam." ”
What's so ...... This acting ......
Yang Shangjing's heart is pumping, knowing that this Zhang family can exist in this Huangyan County for so many years, obviously has its own reason, just such a ruthless heart, can make Yang Shangjing have a feeling of seeing the whole leopard - what kind of fear of suicide, ten out of ten Zhang Tonghe forced to die, or directly ordered to die, and the timing of the family Ding Xin'er must have been specially chosen, that is, to tell himself that the Zhang family has broken off with the Huang family.
However, how could Yang Shangjing just let go of the Zhang family?
You must know that even if the Zhang family and the Huang family were in-laws before, the private interests cannot be completely consistent, and there is friction, now that the Huang family is gone, the Zhang family, as the only remaining big family in Huangyan County, will definitely go all out to take over the vacuum left by the Huang family.
So Yang Shangjing sneered: "Zhang Tonghe, whether the Zhang family abides by their duty or not is not based on your mouth, of course, it is not based on the official's thoughts, but on the evidence." ”
After saying this, he didn't wait for Zhang Tonghe to answer, turned his head and shouted: "Come on, search for this county!" Take down all the men of the Zhang family, put them in prison, and interrogate them tomorrow! ”
In Zhang Tonghe's frightened screams, the officers and soldiers of the brigade rushed into the courtyard, Yang Shangjing slowly raised his head, looked at the sky, and sighed, this is still a helpless move, you can't let the Zhang family dominate, and you can't let the gray forces in Huangyan County have no leader, then you can only make a situation where one super is stronger, so that you can get your hands on it and pull out a little human resources from the hands of the village sages.
"Conspiracy...... Alas. Yang Shangjing, who was looking up at the sky, did not bow his head, but just let out an undetectable sigh, understanding bureaucracy and using bureaucracy, the gap is still too big, too big.