Chapter 916: Blocking
Forcibly bypassing the obstruction of those officials, Zhang Zhijie led the cavalry all the way to Quanzhou, Zhang Zhijie's mood was not very high. Even the officials in Fujian have already received the news, and the Xia family must have known the news.
Will the Xia family sit still? Zhang Zhijie felt that the Xia family would definitely not sit still, as the saying goes, the dog will jump off the wall when it is in a hurry! This is also the reason why Zhang Zhijie took a thousand horses to the south, with this thousand horses, he is much more stable in his heart, whether it is Longtan or the tiger's den, he can go.
The Xia family in Quanzhou is not in Quanzhou City, but on the outskirts of the city. A large manor makes up the Xia family, although the Xia family has a small population, but there are many servants, plus some people who come to rely on the Xia family to survive, it seems to form a small town.
The rumbling sound of horses' hooves resounded through the bustling Xiajiazhuang. Zhang Zhijie looked at the small town-like Xiajiazhuang in front of him, and finally came to Xia's house all the way.
Feng Haisheng followed Zhang Zhijie's side, and Zhang Zhijie raised his whip and said, "Is this the Xia family?" β
Feng Haisheng looked at this place that had appeared in his dreams countless times, full of hatred, nodded and said in a deep voice: "Yes, this is the Xia family!" β
The Xia family's manor was closed, but there were many people pouring out of the houses around the Xia family's manor, helping the old and the young, and slowly gathered together, I'm afraid there were not thousands of people. Zhang Zhijie couldn't help frowning when he saw this, obviously trouble had arisen.
These people slowly came to the front of Zhang Zhijie, knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted: "I've seen Lord Qincha!" β
Zhang Zhijie turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: "What is not bad, this governor is just here to do an errand!" The Governor does not want to disturb the people, so arise quickly, all of you. β
The old man kneeling in front of him trembled and said, "I don't know what Lord Qincha is doing when he comes to Xiajiazhuang!" β
Zhang Zhijie frowned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Hangzhou's Jinyi Wei was attacked and killed, and after the investigation of this governor, it was related to the Xia family, so he came all the way to Fujian!" β
"Master Qincha, please listen to what we little people say, the Xia family has been based in Fujian for a hundred years! Building bridges and paving roads, donating to the township, and subsidizing poor students is the first good home in Fujian! The old lady of the Xia family is really the first good person in Fujian! β
"In Fujian, I don't know how many people have received the favor of the Xia family, and everyone remembers the good of the Xia family! The old man has lived for sixty and nine, and he has never heard of anything done by the people of the Xia family! Please also ask Lord Qincha to know it! The old man shuddered.
Zhang Zhijie looked at the thousands of people kneeling on the ground blocking the road, and couldn't help but have a headache, and said in a deep voice: "Old man, you have to understand that the imperial court will not wronged a good person!" This governor came to Fujian to find out the truth! β
"If the Xia family is really wronged, then the inspector will naturally return the Xia family's innocence. If the Xia family does have illegal things, the court can't let go of the illegal bandits! Old man, are you talking about this? β
"Master Qincha, can't so many people guarantee the Xia family's innocence?" The old man trembled. The people behind him also began to gossip.
Zhang Zhijie said helplessly: "Old man, who asked you to make a guarantee?" Is it from the Xia family? If the Xia family is really innocent, then why do you need to be a guarantee, this governor will naturally find out the truth and return the Xia family to innocence! Do you think so? β
The old man trembled and said, "Master Qincha, that is the Xia family has been doing good deeds for a hundred years, and has never done anything lacking in virtue!" Lord Qincha wants to censor the Xia family, this is to disgrace the Xia family! The Xia family is ashamed of the good name passed down from their ancestors! β
"Lord Qincha, hasn't the imperial court always preached punishing evil and promoting good? If even such a good house causes a disaster, won't it cool the hearts of the world? Who will do good in the future? β
Zhang Zhijie said helplessly: "Old man, promoting goodness is naturally to be promoted, but there is still punishment in front of goodness!" Only by punishing evil can we promote good! Whether the Xia family is good or evil, this needs to be investigated by the governor before a decision can be made! β
"Then dare to ask Master Qincha, do you suspect that the Xia family has done something wrong?" The old man trembled.
Zhang Zhijie frowned when he heard this, the Xia family had done a lot of things, went to sea privately, and bribed officialsγγγγγγ
But you can't explain these things to these people, in their eyes going to sea is not a big deal, relying on the sea to eat the sea, this is deeply ingrained in the bones! As for bribing officials and the like, they don't think there's anything about it, giving officials a little benefit, and doing things is already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Zhang Zhijie said in a deep voice: "I don't know if you still remember that there is a person named Feng Haisheng here, and his family died in the hands of the Xia family!" β
Feng Haisheng's matter was in an uproar back then, and many people knew it, the old man recalled it, shook his head and said: "Master Qincha doesn't know who he heard that the Xia family harmed the Feng family, and it was really a uproar back then, and there were also rumors." But Feng Haisheng has long passed away, and the government has already decided that the case of that year was already decided, it was Feng Haisheng's mother-in-law who stole someone and was bumped into by her sister-in-law, Feng Haisheng's mother-in-law was afraid of the incident under shame, and this is what happened! β
"How many years have passed, if the eldest master of Qincha pressed this on the Xia family because of rumors, this is inevitably a little inappropriate!"
Zhang Zhijie looked back at Feng Haisheng, Feng Haisheng at this time was no longer what he was back then, if he didn't pay careful attention, he wouldn't be able to recognize it at all, at this time he listened to the old man's words behind Zhang Zhijie, and couldn't help but clench the horsewhip in his hand, his face was pale! His mother-in-law was killed by the Xia family, and when she died, she had to be splashed with dirty water!
Zhang Zhijie then said in a deep voice: "The Xia family still has a bigger case, the Xia family is a bandit!" In recent years, there have been bandits attacking the city in Fujian, all of which were instructed by the Xia family, and the reason why the bandits were able to easily break through the city was also because of the Xia family's response! β
As soon as these words came out, even the kneeling people were in an uproar, which was really hard to believe! The Xia family has always been a great benevolent person praised by the people, and no one has ever associated the tragedy of the bandits breaking the city with the Xia family.
"Master Qincha, Hugh is in vain! The Xia family is a family of goodness, how can they be bandits?! This is unheard of! The old man trembled excitedly.
Zhang Zhijie said in a deep voice: "The governor did not say in vain, the Xia family is indeed a bandit!" There was an incident in Hangzhou where bandits attacked Jinyiwei, which was instructed by Xia Xuan, the son of the Xia family, and the governor has found out that it is true, and Xia Xuan has also confessed! Moreover, the inside story of the Xia family's bandits was confessed by Xia Xuan! This is not a lie, but a confession by the Xia family themselves! β