Chapter 220: Bad Money, Good Money

There were still three days left in the business with the Haisha Gang, and Fang Yuan decided to go to the scenic spots around Jingkou in his spare time.

The most famous areas around Jingkou are Jinshan and Beigu Mountain.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jinshan is an island on the river, and the famous Buddhist temple of the Southern Dynasty was built on the mountain, Jinshan Temple, that is, the water in the White Snake is full of Jinshan, and Liang Hongyu beats the drum to fight Jinshan's Jinshan Temple.

The most famous of Beigu Mountain is Beigu Pavilion, Xin Qiji's ancient masterpiece "Jingkou Beigu Pavilion Nostalgia", which is made in Beigu Pavilion on Beigu Mountain.

Yi Fangyuan's original intention was to go to Beigu Mountain once, visit Beigu Pavilion, and feel the fierceness of Xin Qiji's Jin Ge Iron Horse, which swallows thousands of miles like a tiger. But Xiao Yuan insisted on going to Jinshan Temple, because the famous opera "The Legend of the White Snake" adapted by Feng Menglong had already swept the Ming Dynasty, and Xiao Yuan wanted to go to Jinshan Temple to have a look and remember the protagonists of that love story, Xu Xian and the White Lady.

In order to take care of Xiaoyuan's girlish feelings, Fang Yuan could only choose to compromise, gave up the idea of going to Beigu Mountain, and took a group of people to Jinshan Temple on a ferry.

Jinshan Temple is a holy place of Buddhism, go to make a wish, worship the Buddha, incense pilgrims are endless.

Fang Yuan is an atheist, and he is not interested in worshipping Buddha and incense at all, but Xiao Yuan is a one-eye, pious kowtow and burn incense, and solemnly write down his wish on the marriage paper.

Fang Yuan wanted to see what she had written, but Xiao Yuan hid it with a red face and quickly threw it into the incense burner.

Everyone walked around the Zen Temple, the Treasure Hall, the Cixiao Pagoda, the White Dragon Cave, and the Fahai Cave. The White Dragon Cave is said to be able to go straight to Hangzhou, and Xu Xian fled from this White Dragon Cave to Hangzhou and meet with the White Lady West Lake Broken Bridge.

Xiao Yuan asked curiously, "Childe, can you really go to Hangzhou from this White Dragon Cave?" ”

Zhenjiang is about 500 miles from West Lake, how could Fang Yuan believe in this kind of ethereal legend, and said with a smile, "How is this possible? ”

Xiao Yuan said reluctantly, "Childe, let's go in and try it!" ”

In order to satisfy her curiosity, Fang Yuan turned on the flashlight she bought on Taobao and pulled Xiaoyuan into the White Dragon Cave, the air was humid and cold, until she walked more than ten zhang, the oxygen was extremely thin, and she was already dizzy and swollen, so she retreated.

As soon as Fang Yuan came out of the White Dragon Cave, he faintly heard the sound of a dojo in the Zen courtyard in the bamboo forest, presumably a big family was doing something.

Fang Yuan was about to leave, but he heard the chanting of the dojo, and the sound of wooden fish was mixed with the cries of men and women, which was unusual.

He took a few steps closer and looked through the gate of the monastery, where he saw a group of men and women kneeling in linen before a dilapidated statue of the Buddha, weeping or praying, at least two or three hundred of them.

Fang Yuan saw that almost all of these people were yellow and thin, coupled with their poor clothes, where were the big families, they were clearly the people of poor families.

These people are not neatly dressed, looking at all of them with yellow and thin muscles, it is estimated that they have not eaten enough, and they have not yet eaten enough food, so what are they praying in the Zen monastery?

Fang Yuan was deeply curious, and was about to enter to ask what was going on, but was stopped by the little novice at the door, "Donor, this is a private dojo, please don't enter." ”

Fang Yuan asked curiously, "Who are these people?" ”

"Didn't you see someone doing Dharma in the dojo! Donor, let's go! ”

The little novice said impatiently, and then hurriedly entered the temple and closed the door of the temple.

Fang Yuan took a closed door and glanced at Chigutai, who was about to break in, but heard a voice coming from afar, "Passing by, you should put incense on incense, you should worship the Buddha and worship the Buddha, don't be nosy, otherwise the Buddha won't be able to save you." ”

Only then did Fang Yuan notice that under the stone chair on the forest path, there was a young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, dressed in rags, but in literati attire. Before he could get closer, he smelled a strong smell of wine, and the young man was already very drunk.

Fang Yuan was idle anyway, and he was also curious about this drunk, and sat on the stone chair and asked, "What is so important that others can't ask about it?" ”

The young man propped himself up, sat back on the stone chair, and immediately put his arm around Fang Yuan's shoulder, and burped at him, a foul smell spread, "Little brother, I see that you are not very old, and your tone is too big?" Do you dare to listen to what I said? ”

"Bold!"

Seeing that he dared to directly collide with Fang Yuan, Chigutai was about to step forward to catch the drunk and throw him out, but when he saw Fang Yuan glaring at him, he hurriedly retreated.

Fang Yuan patted the drunkard's thigh affectionately, and said leisurely, "Not only do I have a big mouth, but I also have great ability and boldness, say it!" I'll see where the divine can scare me so much that I don't dare listen. ”

The drunken man laughed and said, "The people in this Zen monastery are all countrymen from two or three villages, and they have never entered Jingkou in their lives, do you know why they came?" Vomit! ”

Fang Yuan forcibly endured the smell of wine on his body and asked lightly, "Why?" ”

The drunkard laughed and said, "Because their children are gone, and in one night there are fifty or sixty yellow-mouthed children lost in several villages." Yes, it was all lost overnight. ”

Xiao Yuan was shocked when she heard that she had lost so many children.

Fang Yuan was suddenly startled, he lost dozens of children, which were all major cases in all dynasties, and hurriedly asked, "If you lose your children, why don't these people go to the government to report to the official to find them?" ”

The drunk man squinted at him, "The people are not stupid, of course they have been to the government a long time ago." ”

Fang Yuan asked, "The government didn't go to investigate the case?" ”

The drunkard said disdainfully, "I checked it!" The government is well known to passers-by, and it was the Haisha Gang who did it. ”

"It's the Sea Sand Gang again!"

Fang Yuan frowned, his expression gradually became gloomy, and he said in a deep voice, "What are the Haisha Gang doing robbing these children?" ”

The drunkard said, "Sell illicit salt!" It is not easy to use children to transport and sell illicit salt, and if you are caught, you will directly use these children of unknown origin to blame you, killing two birds with one stone! ”

Fang Yuan gritted his teeth with hatred, this Haisha Gang was really evil, and he actually robbed Xiao'er as a cover for smuggling smuggled salt, which was a heinous crime!

Fang Yuan asked coldly, "Since the government knows that it was the Haisha Gang who did it, why didn't they arrest people?" Also, what kind of dojo do people come to the temple? ”

The drunk man sneered and said, "Because the Haisha Gang has a bigger background, the Zhenjiang Mansion can't afford to provoke it, so it can only turn a blind eye!" The government did not act, and the people did not want to return to their children, so they could only hope that the Buddha would bless them, and scraped together some money to build a dojo, hoping that the children would return safely! ”

Fang Yuan really wanted to take a look, who dared to do evil in broad daylight and under the bright sky.

In Beijing, Fang Yuan Chongzhen was in the background, and even Tian Hongyu dared to do it. Zhou Yanru of the Donglin Party was cut by him with a thousand knives, and Wang Chengen of the Eunuch Party was his best friend, and who else would not dare to do it.

As for Nanjing City, it was Shi Kefa, who held the military and political power, was in front of Fang Yuan at the moment, and Fang Yuan also wanted him to talk about it, otherwise he would never rest!

Fang Yuan asked coldly, "What is the great backstage of the Haisha Gang, is it in Shuntianfu or Yingtianfu, let's hear about it?" ”

The drunk man raised his head and took a sip of wine and said, "If I knew who this backstage was, I would have come to the door and scolded him for being bloody." ”

Only then did Fang Yuan learn the ins and outs of the people in the countryside who had lost their children and were doing dojos in the temple instead, but these were just the words of a drunkard, and they couldn't be believed. What's more, what is the origin of this drunk, and he actually knows these inside stories?

Fang Yuan looked straight into the drunk's eyes and said lightly, "Who is Brother Tai?" If you know these inside facts, you must not be ordinary people! ”

The drunk man looked up to the sky and laughed and said, "I was originally Song Qing, the magistrate of Zhenjiang Mansion, and I handled this case, how could I not know?" ”

Fang Yuan tugged at his collar and scolded him sharply, "As a magistrate of a government, when encountering such a major case that exterminates humanity, not only does he not speak up for righteousness and makes decisions for the people, but he also dares to get drunk and ignore official duties, which is ridiculous!" ”

The drunk man was so frightened by his sudden reprimand that he woke up a little, and said hesitantly, "I have been running for two months in this case, and I have been to Yingtianfu, but there is nowhere to redress my grievances!" This officialdom is too dark, dark and dark, I have already resigned now, this official can't do it, I can't do it! ”

Fang Yuan sighed deeply, whether it was officialdom or shopping malls in the Ming Dynasty, it had long been decayed, and it had formed a bad situation in which bad money drove out good money. Qing officials were expelled by corrupt officials, serious businessmen were suppressed by profiteers, and the state affairs have come to this point, if it weren't for Fang Yuan's hard work, the country would have perished!

Fang Yuan let go of his hand, patted Song Qing's shoulder heavily, and said coldly, "What else do you do?" Immediately go and order the people to withdraw from the dojo, you, and the people involved in the case, go to the Zhenjiang Mansion with me to seek justice! ”

Song Qing's strength at this time had already gone for most of the time, he looked at Fang Yuan dumbfounded, looked up and down for a while, although he didn't know Fang Yuan's origin, he could also guess that the origin of the person in front of him might be really unusual, "Your Excellency, who is Your Excellency?" ”

Fang Yuan said coldly, "A person who is in charge of the injustices in the world, go with me!" ”