Fang Yuan and his entourage took Liu Wei and escorted Weng Xiang, as well as the five evil servants of the Weng family, along the street of Suzhou City, to the wooden platform of the petition office.

Along the way, gongs and drums were beaten, deliberately attracting the attention of the people of Suzhou, and when they arrived at the wooden platform, there were thousands of people in Suzhou who were watching.

Fang Yuan ordered Liu Wei to tell Weng Xiang's crime in public, Liu Wei had received Fang Yuan's instructions on the road, and with a handful of noses and tears, he told Weng Xiang how to covet Qi's beauty, how to lure him into gambling and owe usury, how to force Liang to become a prostitute, forcibly occupy Qi's family, how to disregard people's lives and force Qi to death, and the crime of Liu's father's father was said to be a painting of sound and color, and the listeners were all weeping and moved.

The common people still have the most simple view of right and wrong, good and evil in their hearts, and after listening to the actions of Weng Xiang and these beasts, they shouted in unison.

"Kill the bullies!"

"Punish the profiteers!"

Weng Xiang knew that he was caught by Fang Yuan today, and became the chicken that killed the chicken and set an example for the monkey, and became a stepping stone for Fang Yuan to win the hearts of the people, but it was too late to regret it.

He kept kowtowing to Fang Yuan to beg for mercy, but Fang Yuan turned a deaf ear, and under the escort of the Jinyi guard, he sat on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate, leaving an empty chair beside him.

He was waiting for the people's anger to continue to ferment, and he was even waiting for the Weng family's intercession to come to the door.

At noon, there was a surge in the crowd, and more than a dozen Weng Mansion family members gathered around a middle-aged man in a blue cloth cloth to the wooden platform.

When Weng Xiang saw that the middle-aged man had arrived, he seemed to see a savior, and said repeatedly, "Steward Weng, save me, save me!" ”

Fang Yuan secretly sneered, needless to say, the housekeeper of the Weng family came to ask for someone. This Weng family's shelf is still very big, and he dares to send a housekeeper to negotiate with him, it is simply unexpected!

He didn't get up, just sat upright, took a sip of tea from time to time, and sighed.

The middle-aged man strode in front of Fang Yuan, smiled as if flattering, and whispered, "I am Weng Lu, the housekeeper of the Weng family, and the little master of my family is a little arrogant, but after all, it is a member of the Weng family, can you ask Governor Fang to open the net and sentence him to exile, the Weng family has its own heavy reward." ”

Fang Yuan was secretly funny, the Weng family deserved to be an old Jianghu, knowing that since this matter had already caused a stir, if Fang Yuan wanted to release him directly, it would be embarrassing for Fang Yuan, and he would not be able to get off the stage at all. If he is sentenced to exile, it is also reasonable, which can not only calm the people's anger, but also save Weng Xiang's life. As the Weng family, the sentence of exile is to go out to travel and find a time to come back.

Fang Yuan sighed lightly and said in a low voice, "How much is the Weng family willing to give?" ”

Weng Lu hurriedly said, "In this kind of case, the general price of the government is fifty taels to one hundred taels of silver. But Governor Fang is certainly not an ordinary official, and the Weng family is willing to pay 1,000 taels of silver. ”

Fang Yuan got up suddenly, turned on the headset, and shouted, "How can I buy it for a thousand taels of silver?!" Weng Xiang committed a capital crime, and he should be punished! ”

When he shouted in public, he made public the matter of the Weng family's backs to buy the court officials, which made the Weng family, who claimed to be a scholarly family, lose face.

Only then did Weng Lu know that Fang Yuan was not allowed to enter the oil and salt, and his face was pale and he was about to leave, but he was drunk by Fang Yuan, "Weng Lu, the housekeeper of the Weng family, failed to bribe the officials of the imperial court, and should be punished with a rod of fifty!" Come on, drag it over, fight! ”

Qin Zhan got his order, and immediately commanded Jinyiwei to step forward and drag Weng Lu, who had tried to bribe before, directly on the stool, and started beating with his pants.

Qin Zhan and Fang Yuan have the same mind, Fang Yuan said that the rod of fifty is a hint of leaving a life, if the rod is one hundred, it is to kill Jinyiwei on the spot.

"Ahh "Ahh

Weng Lu's screams sounded, and when he had beaten enough fifty rods, Fang Yuan ordered Jinyi Wei to drag away the dying Weng Lu, and directly handed it over to the Weng family to take back, and shouted in public, "This is the end of bribing officials and trying to bend the law for personal gain!" ”

He strictly enforced the law, and even the Weng family, who could walk sideways in Suzhou City, was treated equally, and the onlookers talked a lot, and their impression of the new governor changed again, and they gradually gained confidence in the usefulness of this petition office.

In the afternoon, the Weng family's family members reappeared, and an old man in brocade clothes and white beard got on the wooden platform surrounded by all the family members, and came straight to Fang Yuan and said, "Governor Fang, I am Weng Yang, the head of the Weng family, what great crime has my nephew committed, and you want to judge it in public?" ”

Fang Yuan was secretly amused, and scolded the Weng family's housekeeper in public, which made the Weng family's face swept away, and the main owner Weng Yang, who was hiding behind the scenes, finally couldn't sit still.

"It turned out to be the Dongting Business Gang, Weng Lao Ye of the Weng family, please take a seat!"

Fang Yuan beckoned him to sit on the chair beside him, smiled and said, "Fourth, announce Weng Xiang's crime!" ”

Qin Zhan spread out the pre-prepared makeup, and announced in public the four major crimes of Weng Xiang forcing Liang to become a prostitute, disregarding people's lives, colluding with the government, and beating the governor.

Fang Yuan turned his head sideways and asked Weng Yang, "Old Man Weng, these charges have been reviewed by Jinyiwei and are conclusive, what do you say?" ”

Weng Yang said lightly, "The case in Suzhou Mansion should be tried by the Suzhou Mansion, Governor Fang is not doing the right thing, let's do it on his behalf!" ”

Fang Yuan said leisurely, "Didn't Li Xiaokong, the same acquaintance of the government office, tell Old Man Weng that our side has suspended the functions and powers of all officials of the Suzhou government office, and the trial of the case should also be tried by our original side." ”

Weng Yang was lukewarmly rejected, and glanced at the Jinyi Wei behind him who was holding the book of impermanence and preparing to record, and knew that Fang Yuan was digging a pit waiting for him to jump down again, and he was busy clearing up the relationship with Li Xiaokong, "Governor Fang is joking?" I'm just a businessman who does my duty, and I have no personal collusion with government officials. ”

He said aloud again, "Governor Fang, I have no grievances with you!" There are hundreds of wealthy businessmen in Suzhou City, why are you staring at my Weng family? ”

Fang Yuan sneered and said, "No injustice and no revenge?!" Since Weng Lao dared to kill five Jinyi guards and burned my Jinyi guards, he knew that our original party would never give up! ”

Fang Yuan actually didn't know who burned the premises of Suzhou Jinyiwei, so while Weng Yang was there, he took advantage of Weng Yang's presence to test and see his reaction.

Weng Yang was slightly stunned, and asked in amazement, "Five Jinyi guards died in Suzhou City?" How come I haven't heard of it?! Governor Fang, why does Governor Fang think that my Weng family did it? Fling dirt at somebody! ”

The Jinyi guards of the five imperial courts died, and wherever they were put away, it was a big and important case that could alarm the third level of the state government department, how could Weng Yang not know the truth, he wanted to cover up the denial of it, Fang Yuan knew it, and this matter was inseparable from the ninety percent of the Weng family.

Fang Yuan forcibly endured his anger, still with a smile on his face, "Then please ask Elder Weng to pay more attention to me, and report to me immediately if you have a clue." I'm new here, and I have to rely on the support of Weng Lao everywhere, ha! ”

Weng Yang said in a deep voice, "My nephew, does Governor Fang not want to release people?" ”

Fang Yuan said-for-tat with him, "Ling nephew has four major crimes, this time it will definitely be difficult to escape the death penalty!" When Weng Lao went back this time, remember to teach the children of the Weng family well, don't do evil, be a traitor, if you commit it again, how many governors will kill as many as you want. Today's Suzhou Mansion is no longer the Suzhou Mansion of the past! The Weng family did whatever they wanted, and the era of rampant and domineering has passed! ”

His incendiary slogans with political propaganda were not for Weng Yang, but for the onlookers.

Weng Yang said coldly to Fang Yuan, "Since Governor Fang doesn't know what to do, let's take a look at the people the Weng family wants to protect, and there are no ones who can't be saved!" ”

Fang Yuan said coldly, "Elder Weng walks slowly, it's not too late to leave after this governor has finished ordering his nephew to kill a hundred powerful sticks!" ”

It was the practice of the Ming Dynasty to serve a sentence in prison with a hundred kills first, and Fang Yuan's proposal to beat a hundred kills was a hint to Qin Zhan that he directly killed Weng Xiang with a staff in public. There is no need for people like Weng Xiang to go through any judicial process at all. Imprisoned, reported to the imperial court, and waited for Emperor Zhu to approve, this process will take at least half a year, and the daylilies are cold, where is the deterrent effect? If the eunuchs in the inner court are bought by the Weng family again, maybe they will never die.

Qin Zhan immediately received the order, ordered the Jinyi guard to hold Weng Xiang, took off his pants and started to fight directly.

"Bang Bang!"

"Ahhh

The killing rod hit hard one after another, like a loud slap directly on Weng Yang's old face.

Although Weng Yang was annoyed, he couldn't cross Fang Yuan's wrist, so he could only swallow his anger secretly.

Weng Xiang's screams resounded on the spot, this Weng Xiang is rampant and domineering, there are not a few people who bully on weekdays, and the onlookers are very happy to see it, and even help Jinyiwei start counting in a uniform manner, "One, two, three......"

It was worth beating eighty rods, and Weng Xiang had been interrupted and there was no sound.

Qin Zhan still had a hundred rods, and then he whispered in Fang Yuan's ear, "Dead!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "A hundred kills are enough, put Weng Xiang in prison for care." ”

Weng Yang watched his nephew Weng Xiang being interrupted by the killing stick, and got up angrily and said, "Obviously, the person is dead, Governor Fang, you are disregarding people's lives!" ”

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Dead? Since this criminal can't withstand a hundred kills, let him be exempted from the punishment of the head! ”

Qin Zhan asked people to throw Weng Xiang's body to the Weng family, although Weng Yang gritted his teeth with hatred from the other party, he had no choice but to let Weng Xiang's body go.

Fang Yuan approached Weng Yang, straightened his collar for him with a smile, deliberately lowered his voice, and said unhurriedly, "Weng Lao! Thousands of Liangshan brothers, as well as the blood debt of five Jinyi guards, I always remembered, the game has just begun, I want your Weng family to die to repay, Weng Lao will go back to wash his neck and wait! ”

Weng Yang was repeatedly calculated by Fang Yuan, and he also took the life of his nephew Weng Xiang, and this round of fighting can be said to be a fiasco.

What made him tremble even more was Fang Yuan's threat, although he was soft-spoken, but with Fang Yuan's past methods and achievements, no one thought that he was talking about it.

Weng Yang realized that this time it was really a disaster to destroy the door, his old face sank, pushed Fang Yuan away, and left with all the servants of the Weng family.

After the Weng family left, Liu Wei, who was immortal, immediately knelt and bowed to Fang Yuan, shouting, "Master Xie Qingtian, uphold justice for me!" ”

Fang Yuan showed that he was honest and strict with practical actions, and would never accept bribes, even if it was a local rich businessman like the Weng family, he dared to punish him, and the crowd of onlookers was very happy, and there were applause and applause one after another.