That is, the next day, the news that the Ma clan was all arrested was intentionally disseminated, and the whole city knew about it.

After all, the movement of the Zongwei last night was really not small, and as for the crime of abusing private law, it was nothing to Wu Guo.

After all, for such a big era background of "not being courteous to a commoner, not being a doctor", the commoners of the martial arts country and even the wealthy families have a consciousness: as long as the imperial court takes you down, you will definitely commit a crime!

What's more, the foundation of the Ma family has never been clean.

It is precisely because of now that the people in Shuyang City think that if they take down the Ma clan, they must have committed a big crime.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the city gate tower to post a notice, which said that the Ma clan was sentenced to the crime of "Zhu clan" on more than a dozen charges such as "disregarding human life", "perverting the law for bribes", "colluding with water bandits", and "disrespecting the law of the king".

As soon as they heard this, the people in the city of Shuyang celebrated with their hands.

However, some of the big families are sad, because in the past, they had a lot of dealings with the Ma family, and as for some of the things they did, it was not difficult to guess.

Once Ma's wants to pull down more people, or wants to exchange for the opportunity to "redeem for guilt" by reporting, won't he regret it.

Just when they were panicking, a letter arrived just in time.

The person who came only said that "my family's government has sent it over".

That's enough.

The patriarchs of these powerful clans immediately dismantled the bamboo slips, looked at them, and suddenly turned pale.

"This Ma is really not a good bird! When we got to the prison, they still wanted to drag us into the water! ”

In the letter from the Shuyang Order, it was said that now the military administration of Shuyang has fallen into the hands of a prince from Wancheng to control it, and he is only assisting from the side, and the Ma family has collected evidence, and the charges are all true, but the Ma family wants to reduce the sentence by accusing them, so they will bite the heads of the family.

Hearing these news, in addition to scolding the Ma clan for being unkind, these family heads did not see much nervousness, because the Yang Ling had already given them a solution.

Shuyang Ling said that he had already explained clearly to His Royal Highness Wancheng, saying that the Ma clan's words were just to bite the big clans in Shuyang City, and those big clans were absolutely loyal to the Wuguo court, but because of the "children withdrawing from the army" incident of the major clans a few days ago, His Royal Highness had already noticed and doubted whether the retreat of the children of the stall clan was in collusion with the water bandits in the Ma clan, and he explained in every possible way, but this highness was half-suspicious and half-believing, and now there is a clear way to go, His Highness wants to recruit troops and horses to exterminate the water bandits. You must take this opportunity to make your stand clear to His Highness, and eliminate the charge that the Ma clan said that you were secretly accumulating iron soldiers and had bad intentions.

Seeing these news, the patriarchs of the family were all resentful of the Ma clan, and turned to have a good impression of the Yang Ling, who played a great role at a critical time.

Suddenly, under the threat of the crime of "Zhu Clan", these patriarchs were also not stingy with the assets of the clan, and they convened the clansmen to discuss the matter together.

Suddenly, the common people and powerful clans of the Ma clan in Shuyang City became infamous.

The old lady Ma, who had escaped from Shuyang City, was also ruthless in his eyes under the understanding of the eldest son and big tiger, and said angrily: "This prince of Wancheng is really a good means, causing my Ma family in Shuyang to be ruined, everyone shouts and beats, the old man will not take revenge, and he will not be a man!" ”

……

That is, every other day, the big clans in Shuyang City have contributed money and efforts to the government's extermination of the water bandits, and the gift lists sent are all to be passed on at the door of the yamen with a loud voice, for fear that others will not know.

"The Wuma clan heard that the imperial court was going to suppress the water bandits, so they specially donated 300 stone of grain."

"The Dayan clan heard that the imperial court was going to suppress the water bandits, so they are now specially giving three hundred and fifty stones of grain."

"The Zhu clan heard that the imperial court was going to suppress the water bandits, so they specially donated fifty pieces of cloth and one hundred sets of leather."

"In order to assist the imperial court in suppressing bandits, the Yong clan is now giving the government ten boats, and all the boats under the name of the Yong clan are all dispatched by the government......

"The Hefeng clan heard that the imperial court was about to go out to suppress the water bandits, and now they will send the children of the family to join the army and prepare their own armor and military rations."

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Listening to this series of rumors, Ling Yingde of Shuyang also didn't expect that in the past, a family that was not embarrassed and had a good reputation would actually contribute so much money and effort to the court to suppress bandits.

Is this still the family I know?

Absolutely not!

Huang De looked at His Highness who had been sitting quietly in the lobby, and he was also very curious about what kind of letter this Highness wrote yesterday under his own name, so that these families were so cooperative?

When things happen, there must be demons!

Jing Yi took the gift slip and said to Lin Yuyan: "I really didn't expect a letter from His Royal Highness, so that the materials for the conquest of the water bandits this time did not need to be called from the treasury of the Shuyang Mansion. ”

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan shook his head and said: "It's not enough, the biggest head hasn't come yet, and now the iron weapons of these big families in Huayang will also be collected as armaments, and putting them in the hands of these people will only make rusty ......"

"This is really ......" The Yang Ling, who was listening quietly, also felt a pang in his heart, and immediately sympathized with the family members who were worried about His Highness.

However, it didn't make people wait long, and those big families sent in a large number of iron weapons through various secret doorways.

What made this Yang Ling even more laughable was that most of the people brought letters through the child servants in their own mansions, saying that these iron tools were sold by the Ma family, and that our family was worried that the exile would cause turmoil, so they bought these items and prepared to hand them over to the government.

In addition, the boy servant who reported the news also emphasized that these people had sent several large boxes of goods.

Shuyang Ling did not hide this, and told Lin Yuyan everything, he knew that even if he didn't say it, these things had already reached the ears of His Highness, and it was better to confess it himself.

When His Royal Highness heard the news, he also raised the corners of his mouth and said: "Hand over all the weapons, just to equip the bandit army, as for the big boxes sent by those big families, you can take it yourself......"

To be honest, Huang De is just a poor scholar, and being able to sit in the position of the Yang Ling is a good opportunity, but it does not mean that Huang De is out of the cold door, not that he is not greedy, but now the official mansion of Huaiyang really has no oil and water to fish, and they are all controlled by those families, and there are only three hundred buckets in the Sui Lu of the Shuyang Ling, such a Sui Lu can only feed a large family, as for the rest, don't think about it, Therefore, life is also considered to be tight.

But with these big boxes of property, life will be better, and you can also find a master for a few sons to enlighten, Huang De is also very ecstatic, and now Huang De is very grateful to this His Royal Highness Wancheng, very grateful.