Chapter 176: The Man Behind the Scenes (Part II)
When Yang Zhen brought the four of them back to the county office, Yang Chen, who got the news, had already been waiting for a long time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Seeing that there were no injuries on their bodies, he was a little relieved, and then he looked at the four suspects with thin bodies and said very strangely: "Erlang, why did you arrest these four people?" They don't look like they're really troublemakers. ā
Yang Zhen glanced at the four suspects who were still trembling before replying, "Big brother, I didn't arrest them because they fought hard in the conflict, but because they were the ones who started this incident. ā
Yang Chen glanced at Yang Zhen with a little doubt, and said with some hesitation: "Are they the initiators?" How do you say that? ā
"Big brother, do you remember that I mentioned it before, and I always feel that someone in the county is secretly stirring up trouble recently? Even the burning of the regular liquidation may be the same as these masterminds. That's what they are! After explaining this, Yang Zhen suddenly looked at the four people: "If you don't want to be punished, bring the truth truthfully, otherwise...... Hum! ā
In fact, Hu San'er and Xue Kang had already been frightened by Yang Zhen's decisive methods, and now they were taken to the county government again, these people naturally did not dare to hide anything, and after being so frightened and asked by Yang Zhen, Xue Kang trembled and was the first to tell the truth.
It turned out that the city was besieged by a great flood, and the food in the city was in short supply day by day, but after the number of people increased day by day, people like them who had no strength and no identity could only survive half of hunger. But after a long time, Xue Kang couldn't bear it, so he thought of a way - stealing.
There are always some big families in the county town who store a lot of grain and rice, and they don't dare to provoke the Xuanli family, but they still dare to steal from other big families. As a result, when Xue Kang stole into Yu Changfeng's house over the wall, he was caught red-handed by his family's subordinates.
Xue Kang was immediately frightened, thinking that he would be beaten half to death this time, and then thrown into prison. didn't want the other party to beat himself up this time without coming up, but asked someone to prepare some food for him. After he had been fed and drunk, a handsome young man came out and asked him if he would do something for them in exchange for food and money.
In this regard, Xue Kang, who was already hungry, of course had no reason to excuse himself, and hurriedly asked the other party what he wanted to do. The man told him that it would be best to provoke a conflict between the people of the county town and the people of the countryside who had taken refuge in the city, and that it would be better for them to fight.
Although I feel that this is too shady, if a person is hungry, he can do anything. So Xue Kang agreed to the matter and received some white rice and bacon from the young man.
Next, Xue Kang continued to spread the news among his companions about how the countrymen oppressed him and his companions, and finally caused a group of young and vigorous people to be angry, so that today's incident was born. And since he was the one who instigated this matter, he naturally had to come forward today, but he also knew that he would inevitably suffer a big loss if he fought with his own ability, so he hid behind his back. Unexpectedly, this time he exposed his feet and was caught by Yang Zhen.
There is this first one to tell the truth, and there is no need for the remaining people to hide it anymore. also revealed their own experiences one after another, although they were not like Xue Kang who went to Yu Changfeng's house to steal before being bought, but they were also related to Yu Changfeng. Some were moved by people when they accepted help from his family, and some had to obey because they were tenants of the Yu family.
Although their identities and reasons are different, all the clues point to Yu Changfeng. This made Yang Chen surprised and surprised: "How is he?" Although he had accepted Yang Zhen's speculation just now, and felt that there was indeed someone behind the scenes, he didn't expect that the mastermind behind the scenes would be the big man who didn't have any scheming at all.
Yang Zhen couldn't help but say strangely when he saw his eldest brother like this: "Big brother, do you recognize this named Yu Changfeng?" ā
"In the past, when the county government invited large households to donate food, he was one of them." Yang Chen told the story of the day.
After Yang Zhen heard this, he smiled heavily: "This person is also a little scheming. That's where he's so clever, as long as he's so realistic, no one thinks there's anything wrong with him. Big brother, without further ado, we must take him as soon as possible. "After all, today's matter will soon be spread out, once Yu Changfeng, a thief-minded guy, knows that the county government has found out the people he arranged, he will definitely want to slip away.
Yang Chen also knew the importance of this matter, so he nodded without hesitation: "Okay, Erlang, you can quickly take someone to arrest the person back." I'd rather ask him why he did such a thing! ā
Yang Zhen was no longer verbose, and after agreeing, he ordered Cai Yingyang and the others to go out of the yamen. As for Xue Kang and the other four, they were immediately thrown into prison, and he still couldn't escape this inevitable result in the end.
At this time, there was still a long queue outside the yamen, and many people were still waiting to drink porridge. Seeing Yang Zhen and them coming back, they all showed surprised looks, I don't know what happened to the county government today, and they were so busy.
Yang Zhen wanted to leave like this, but after thinking about it, he had another thought, suddenly stopped, and said loudly: "Folks, listen to the next word!" After drawing the attention of the people to himself, he continued: "I know that you have been more or less aggrieved in your hearts recently, and you all feel that someone has bullied you and taken what you deserve. But today, I want to say that all this is wrong, and you have been taken advantage of. ā
"Huh?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"How did we get taken advantage of?" ā¦ā¦
For a while, the people who were waiting in line boredly suddenly boiled like a fried oil pot, and they shouted and asked.
Yang Zhen said: "Do you know who you hurt more people in addition to making such a fuss? It's Yang County Order! Once there is such a big disaster in our Zhuji County, and there is such a big mess, it will only be Yang County Order who will be blamed by the imperial court! And this is exactly what some people with ulterior motives who want to deal with Yang County Ling want to see the most. ā
This is very easy to understand, and after a little thought, the people understood the meaning, and those who were lively and thoughtful even muttered: Who will be the person who wants to overthrow the Yang County Order the most? I'm afraid that people's first reaction will be directed at the Li family. After all, some time ago, the blow of the Yang County Order to the Li family was in everyone's eyes.
Yang Zhen's purpose was this, and he didn't break it at this time, just nodded at the people who seemed to understand, and hurried away.
As soon as he left, the people became even more discussed: "Could it be that this time it is really the people of the Li family who are obstructing it?" ā
"I looked at the eighty percent statue, if it was to be replaced, it was me, and the county magistrate was so targeted, I also had to take the opportunity to take a bad breath."
"This Li family is really too domineering. I used to just bully us little people, but now it's good, even our county magistrate doesn't let go. ā
"Hmph, what's so strange about that? Speaking of which, when did their Li family take our adults in Zhuji County in their eyes? This time, our Yang County Lingken stood up for us little people, and they naturally wanted to think of ways to deal with him. ā
"Hey, if Lord Yang really is because of this...... We, the people of Zhuji, have missed a good official. ā
"We must not let their plot succeed, we must help the adults!"
"Yes, we have to help Lord Yang, and we can't be instigated anymore!"
Soon, these people queuing up outside the county government reached a consensus. There was a somewhat oppressive atmosphere just now, but at this time it was suddenly relaxed.
Shou Laosi and the others had vaguely heard the constant conversations behind them, and couldn't help but give Yang Zhen a thumbs up: "Erlang's hand is playing beautifully, not only helping the adult, but also making the Li family a scapegoat." ā
Yang Zhen sneered: "I thought they couldn't be considered scapegoats." Maybe Li Chenggang didn't think of using this trick at first, but after Yu Changfeng gave him a demonstration, he would definitely not let go of this opportunity. ā
In fact, this is called the sin of desire, but in the eyes of Shou Laosi, who have a position in themselves, it is an inference without any problems at all.
Soon, everyone has killed Yu Changfeng's house, although this Yu family has some property, there is still a big gap compared with the Xuanli family, so the house is not big, and the door face is even smaller.
Yang Zhen and the others were not polite, and immediately stepped forward and banged on the door. After a while, I saw a half-sized doorman come out, and said with an unhappy face: "What kind of person is this, you are so anxious." ā
Yang Zhen snorted: "We are from the county government." Your lord's case has happened! With that, he pushed the stunned doorman aside, led people to drive straight in, and rushed into the Yu family.
There were still many servants in the Yu family, and when they saw the county officials rushing in one by one like wolves, they immediately didn't know what to do. With their identity, they naturally want to stand up for the main family, but they know better that the government is not something they can afford to provoke, and looking at the current situation, it seems that the Yu family is going to have a big incident, so they naturally dare not move.
Just stunned for a moment, Yang Zhen and the others had passed through these people and came to the lobby in front of them, and Yang Zhen made it clear what he meant: "Where is Yu Changfeng, tell him to come out and be tied up quickly!" ā
As soon as they saw that they were really here to get people, the Yu family's family was even more flustered, they were no better than the Xuanli family, and when they saw the government coming to the door, they naturally didn't dare to be presumptuous. Immediately, a steward hurried to the backyard, apparently to inform his master that something had happened.
Yang Zhen also let them report the news, he had already arranged for someone to guard the back door, but he was not afraid that Yu Changfeng would run away when he saw that the situation was not good.
But soon, things still took Yang Zhen off guard. Soon after the steward went in to report it, a scream of terror came from the direction of the back house!