Chapter 29: Three Visits to the Thatched House
Since arriving in Cangzhou, Bao Zheng has always been full of energy, wanting to show his strengths, dealing with various official affairs every day, until the third watch, and even staying up all night. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Only today, Bao Zheng turned off the lights early and lay on the cramped and dilapidated wooden bed, but he didn't fall asleep, his two black eyes kept staring at the roof of the black hole, and his heart was full of anger and a trace of panic.
He was scared, yes, he was really scared!
That Lord Yang's name is Yang Xiong, and he is the general judge and second-in-command of Cangzhou.
Everyone may think that Yang Xiong is just Bao Zheng's deputy, assisting Bao Zheng in handling affairs, but if you think so, you don't understand the spirit of checks and balances that penetrated into the bone marrow of the Song Dynasty.
The general judgment nominally assisted the Zhizhou, but in fact, all the official documents of the Zhizhou, including soldiers, people, money, food, taxes, and conscription...... Each item must be judged to be subordinate in order to take effect, and what is even worse is that there is also the power of the supervision officials, and the general judgment is respected as the "prison state", and the weight of its authority can be seen!
Yang Xiong caught a group of smuggling merchants, seized 100 stone of grain, and found that these grains turned out to be Chang Ping's warehouse grain, tortured, this group of merchants confessed that they got the grain from Wang Liangxun, the master of the Zhizhou Yamen.
Yang Xiong did not stop, and immediately took people back to Cangzhou to ask Bao Zheng for questioning.
Bao Heizi, your master smuggled grain and colluded with Liaoguo, see how you clear your name? I have to drive you out of Cangzhou!
Yang Xiong arrived in Cangzhou with great momentum, and unexpectedly, Bao Zheng had already taken down Wang Liangxun.
Seeing Yang Xiong, Bao Zheng just said lightly, "Lord Yang, since you also know, you might as well investigate the case together!" ”
Yang Xiong wanted to bring down Bao Zheng, but he punched the cotton bale, so there is no need to mention this depression. But in contrast, what was even more depressed was Bao Zheng, his back was soaked.
If Wang Liangxun is not taken down, Yang Xiong can use Wang Liangxun to climb himself, at least he doesn't know people, and his career may end.
It's really a vicious method, and it's so ruthless!
Bao Zheng finally felt that Cangzhou was very different from other places. If you underestimate the enemy and be arrogant, I am afraid that my reputation will be ruined for half a lifetime.
Bao Kuroko fell into deep thought......
Wang Ning'an came back from the yamen, couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, got up and found that under the moon, his father was standing in his clothes, staring at the sky, full of worries. The past day was definitely the most memorable day in Wang Liangjing's life, and at this moment, he has not digested everything.
The second sister-in-law hired someone to go to the restaurant to make trouble, Wang Liangjing was just angry, but in a blink of an eye, not to mention the second brother's embezzlement of the grain that was often closed, he even had a relationship with the Liao State, and he was connected to foreign countries, wouldn't he become a traitor?
Thinking of the ancestor Wang Gui, the old general, fighting the Liao dog, the blood was all gone, the ancestor was so heroic, there was such a descendant! It's a shame on the ancestors!
Wang Liangjing was completely disappointed in his second brother, and then he was afraid, the case is so big, will it implicate the Wang family, just now there is a little improvement, is it possible that the Wang family is going to be unlucky again?
was thinking about it, suddenly he smelled a smell of wine, turned his head to look, Wang Ningan was holding a wine jug, standing behind him, seeing him turn around, baring his white teeth, hehehe.
"Have a drink and talk!"
Wang Liangjing nodded, the two of them were under the locust tree in the courtyard, sitting on the stone pier, each with a glass of wine, after Wang Liangjing finished drinking, he took a deep breath, "Ning An, do you know what is going on?" ”
"Hmm!"
Wang Ningan didn't pretend to be garlic, he was honest and told all his speculations...... When Bao Zheng first arrived in Cangzhou, he checked taxes, cleaned up old cases, strengthened armaments, rectified the army, and carried out drastic reforms.
The Cui family has been entrenched in Cangzhou for hundreds of years, and if Bao Heizi wants to move their cheese, they will definitely fight back.
is good to die, Bao Zheng summoned Wang Liangxun as a staff member, so that those people found an opportunity.
Wang Liangxun has low eyes and skills, and his skills are ordinary. How can it take two or three months of hard work to get nearly 2,000 stone of grain? Thinking about it now, it is clear that someone secretly instigated help, Wang Liangxun crashed into it, but I am afraid that until this moment, he may not understand what happened......
Grain came out and pretended to smuggle to Liao, Yang Xiong worked in Cangzhou for many years, and the people in private said that he was an arbitrary and domineering foolish official.
But this time he was so brave that he caught the smuggling at once. I have to suspect that this is a conspiracy against Bao Zheng by Cangzhou's head snake, the purpose of which is to drive Bao Zheng out of Cangzhou!
Fortunately, Bao Zheng got Wang Ningan's advice, and worked hard to investigate Wang Liangxun, and found that he was not only misconducted, but also bold. Bao Zhengcai categorically took down Wang Liangxun.
Assuming that Bao Zheng was a little late and let Yang Xiong grab the handle, he was afraid that Bao Qingtian would collapse in advance.
Wang Ningan spent most of the hour telling his speculation, and Wang Liangjing was stupid.
An ordinary case is so involved, no wonder his son is reluctant to get involved! But the second brother ...... Alas!
Although Wang Liangjing cares about brotherhood, such a big thing is not only beyond his ability, but even beyond his imagination, and it can't be mixed at all. Wang Liangjing stared up at the sky in a daze, the stars were shining, and he could only secretly pray to the ancestors of the Wang family in his heart, hoping that the ancestors would understand his suffering.
After a long time, Wang Liangjing asked: "Ning An, I secretly said that you helped Master Bao, but I don't think Lord Bao likes you very much, in case Lord Bao is driven away by the Cui family, what should we do?" Will our house be in danger? This "family" of course refers to the five of them, plus grandma and grandma at most.
Wang Ningan is also very angry, smart people are both pleasing at both ends, left and right, but he is not pleasing at both ends!
Although Bao Zheng knew that he had been wronged, Wang Ningan really did not take it personally, he had the courage to give up his courage, his temperament was cunning, he had too many eyes, and he was selfish, so he didn't like Bao Zheng at all. Most of the Cui family's side will not look down on Wang Ning'an, after all, because his Cui family's good plan failed, Bao Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and he would definitely retaliate.
Strong dragon, earth snake, there is definitely an earth-shattering fighting method!
How can I protect my family?
Wang Ningan racked his brains until dawn, Wang Ningan's eyes were red, and he gradually had an idea.
"I have to admit that Bao Zheng is still a clean official, and he just doesn't appreciate me, and he can't do anything to me! A gentleman can bully his side, compared to the Cui family, I would rather Bao Zheng be able to win! ”
In Wang Ningan's heart, there is still a bottom limit that cannot be surpassed.
On the surface, the grain smuggling case was cracked, but it also gave Wang Ningan a reminder that Cangzhou is next to Liao, and Liao is a grain importer.
Will the Cui family steal grain from the Great Song Dynasty and resell it to the Liao State?
If that's the case, the Cui family should not only be damned, but also cut with a thousand knives!
"Cangzhou is located in the frontier, the people are fierce, almost every time the Song Liao war, you have to recruit soldiers from Cangzhou." Wang Liangjing sighed: "In every village in Cangzhou, there are old girls who can't get married, and there are always more women than men. In the threshing floor, in the field, there are always old men with broken arms and blind eyes! This is an unsolvable blood feud! ”
Wang Liangjing clenched his fists and clenched, "If the Cui family gets the food, it is really smuggled to Liao dogs, even if I fight for my life, I will get rid of them!" ”
Wang Ningan is not hard-hearted, "Dad, if my calculation is right, if the Cui family can have such a big force, it must be inseparable from the smuggling business." It's just that you have to fight with them, you can't just rely on your blood, you have to use your brains. ”
"Do you have a way?" Wang Liangjing said in surprise.
"It's useless!" Wang Ningan spread his hands, "We are not even ants now, how can we be qualified to fight with others?" ”
"So, what then?"
Wang Ningan suddenly smiled, "You don't have to do anything, someone will come to the door soon, if he doesn't look at the thatched house, I won't go out of the mountain!" ”
After speaking, Wang Ning'an moved his sore muscles and bones and made a crackling sound.
"I'll sleep first, someone will come looking for me, just let him wait."
Wang Liangjing was suspicious, he didn't have the heart to sleep, he simply faced the morning glow, punched over and over again, his brain couldn't keep up, his hands and feet couldn't keep up, that was a waste. Wang Liangjing feels that he needs to practice kung fu better!
Until the third pole of the sun, I was sweating all over the practice, and I was about to go to wash, when suddenly someone knocked on the back door.
"Ah, it's Mr. Gongsun!"
Wang Liangjing hurriedly invited Gongsun Ce in, and this Mr. Gongsun hugged his fists and said humbly: "Ling Lang Ke, I was ordered by Dong Weng to come to visit the thatched house." ”