Pu Shouchen shouted in a deep voice: "What are you crying about, don't cry!" Go out with me, there is no one in the Pu family who is greedy for life and afraid of death! ”

Pu Shouchen spoke, and everyone in the Pu family finally quieted down. Pu Shouchen and Pu Shougeng walked out side by side, and the Pu family had nowhere to go, so they had to follow behind.

Walking to the main hall, Wang Jiweng was already waiting there, holding a steel knife in his hand, his face was cold and solemn, and he didn't say a word.

When everyone in the Pu family saw the knife in Wang Jiweng's hand, they immediately despaired - the Pu family is in a catastrophe today!

Pu Shouchen took a deep breath, stepped forward and saluted Wang Jiweng: "Xiaguan Pu Shouchen, bring all your family members here, and wait for Lord Wang's orders." ”

Wang Jiweng saw that all the Pu family members had arrived, and said with a serious expression: "The two adults, the servants of Chapu Mansion, have many illegal acts, and they came to arrest them on the orders of the Metropolitan Governor, and I hope that the two adults will not interfere in the protection." ”

Pu Shougeng was stunned for a moment and said, "Is Lord Wang just here to arrest the slaves?" ”

Wang Jiweng said: "Of course, the order of the metropolitan governor is very clear, and the subordinate officials should obey the order. ”

The hearts of the Pu family in their throats were suddenly put back into their chests, and a few people couldn't help but cheer quietly. It seems that the governor still left some love for the Pu family, and did not kill the Pu family.

Pu Shouchen and Pu Shougeng were happy, but of course they would not resist, and immediately ordered the servants of the family to gather inside and outside the main hall, and there should be no mistakes.

After the people arrived, Wang Jiweng took out a list from his arms and read them one by one. Every time a name is read, a person either stands up honestly, or is pushed out, the Pu family is different from the past, and there is no way to protect them.

The arrested servants were all earth-colored, and they were captured, and among the eighteen housekeepers of the Pu family, seventeen were arrested! Some of these people have words in their mouths. Some couldn't stand and could only kneel on the ground and tremble, while others kept crying and shouting for help. The servants of the Pu family, who were arrogant in the past, ended up like a field!

Pu Shougeng gritted his teeth and looked at everything in front of him motionlessly. The Pu family had more than 1,700 servants. 487 were named by Wang Jiweng, a lot of them, and all of them were taken into custody.

Wang Jiweng closed the roster and arched his hand: "There are two adults, and the official wants to go back to pay his life, so he will leave." ”

Pu Shouchen and Pu Shougeng hurriedly bowed to the ground, and Pu Shougeng said: "The discipline of the lower officials is not strict, which causes the domestic slaves to behave outside the house, and they should ask the governor of the capital for their crimes." ”

Wang Jiweng said lightly: "Let's look at this matter from the two adults." "I don't even take a sip of tea. and took the slaves who had sinned. When marching to the prison, the long dragon of people was endless, which was a spectacle, and the people applauded again and again!

After Wang Jiweng left, everyone in the Pu family was happy. Pu Shougeng gritted his teeth, left Pu Shouchen and his two sons without saying a word, and walked back to the room quickly. As soon as he entered the door, a mouthful of blood spurted out. The floor is covered in blood!

Pu Shougeng hurriedly closed the door with his backhand and took a few large rolls of new-style toilet paper. Fall on the ground to clean up the blood. When cleaning up, I was dizzy and could only barely support myself.

Pu Shougeng has been hit in the past few days, the soldiers and horses were handed over first, the two official positions of the second grade were taken away, and then the eldest son surrendered for him, and the family compensation was not calculated. The savings accumulated over the years have almost been swept away. Thinking of the scenery of the past, Pu Shougeng was full of remorse and depression, and at this time he lost the last trace of dignity in front of the servants at home. I can't hold back the churning blood in my chest anymore!

Without waiting for Pu Shougeng to wipe off the bloodstains, Pu Shouchen had already pushed the door in, and when he saw the blood stains on the ground, he was startled, hurriedly closed the door, and helped Pu Shougeng to the bed to rest.

Pu Shougeng was half lying on the bed, and two lines of tears finally rolled down. He endured it for too long, and he couldn't hold it anymore.

Pu Shougeng grabbed a piece of cloth and stuffed it into his mouth, crying loudly, the cloth in his mouth could minimize his crying, so as not to be heard by others.

Pu Shouchen was by his side and wept with him, and neither of the two brothers spoke. At this point, comfort is superfluous.

After crying for a long time, Pu Shougeng gradually stopped crying, took out the cloth in his mouth, and choked up: "Big brother, our Pu family, can we make a comeback?" ”

Pu Shouchen was silent for a long time, and said, "It's all in the thought of the Grand Duke." ”

Pu Shougeng asked again: "Will Shiwen die?" ”

Pu Shouchen was silent for a longer time, and said, "Resign yourself to fate!" ”

Pu Shougeng slammed his fist on the leg and said angrily: "Is my crime so big? The Metropolitan Governor has repeatedly pursued and killed my Pu family, when will I stop? ”

Pu Shouchen held his hand, stared at his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Don't you understand it now?" The Metropolitan Governor took you to the knife, not only to attack the Pu family, but to use my Pu family to kill chickens and monkeys, and show other officials in various places and the civil and military forces under him. Let them see what happens to us, so that they will not dare to disobey the orders of the Grand Governor in the future. The reason why the Metropolitan Governor did this was to expand his territory in the future! ”

Pu Shougeng's eyes were about to erupt with fire, and he said loudly: "So my Pu family deserves to die?" ”

Pu Shouchen shouted: "If we don't have much to blame, how can the Pu family be so lucky!" ”

Pu Shougeng stared at Pu Shouchen for a long time, and finally collapsed on the bed, closed his eyes, stroked his forehead with his fist, and his body trembled slightly.

Pu Shouchen said: "Our Pu family has suffered for hundreds of years, I don't know how many hardships we have suffered, what is the current hardship? Dadudu's actions today should be the last thing he did before he left, that is to say, Dadudu's rectification of my Pu family is over! ”

Pu Shougeng opened his eyes suddenly, stared at Pu Shouchen, and said word by word: "Big brother, the Metropolitan Governor really won't have a backhand?" ”

Pu Shouchen said with certainty: "There will be no more, counting the time, the Metropolitan Governor should return to Lin'an soon, if he really wants to attack us, it is too late in time." I guess that the Metropolitan Governor didn't expect Shi Wen to come out to ward off the disaster for us, and he felt some mercy, otherwise at least one of us would have been waiting to die in prison. ”

Pu Shouchen said it politely, but in fact, if he really wants to go to the cell, he can only be Pu Shougeng.

Pu Shougeng was silently speechless by Pu Shouchen, and after a long time, Fang Chang sighed and said, "I still underestimate the Grand Governor, no wonder others." ”

Pu Shouchen patted him on the shoulder and said, "I understand that you have a lot of hatred in your heart, but now it is not the orphans and widows of the Southern Song Dynasty who are in power, but the Dadu Governor is in power, even if the Dadu Governor beheads Shiwen, our revenge will never be avenged." To blame, we can only blame ourselves for being too indulgent and doing something we shouldn't have done. I won't pursue the Metropolitan Governor's letting you go, for the Metropolitan Governor, it has already given a lot of face, even if you are not grateful, you must understand these things. From now on, you should keep your duty, and don't be caught by the Metropolitan Governor again. ”

Pu Shougeng smiled bitterly: "What else can I do? Now I only ask the Metropolitan Governor to spare Shiwen's life, and I don't want to think about anything else. There are no soldiers and no generals under our command, and the Muslims in Quanzhou have scolded us to the point of blood, and the Metropolitan Governor has dug up our roots! Now only Quanzhou City is still in our hands, except to be a man with his tail between his legs, do we have any other choice? ”

Pu Shouchen sighed, turned his eyes to the window, and said, "There will be news soon, I hope Shiwen can get through this hurdle." ”

Wang Jiweng arranged a large number of people to interrogate these slaves, how dare they not recruit them? Not long after, stacks of confessions were sorted out and sent to Wang Jiweng's desk, Wang Jiweng roughly read it, and immediately gathered together and personally sent it to Pufu for Cheng Yue to see.

At this time, it was almost dusk, Cheng Yue browsed slightly, asked Wang Jiweng a few more questions, and nodded: "There is Lord Lao, there are some things in this, Lord Wang can continue to investigate quietly." The criminal responsibility of these servants must be severe, and the hearts of the people of Quanzhou must not be cold, and a few of them with bad deeds should be killed directly, without reporting to the court. ”

Wang Jiweng said: "Yes." ”

In the Song Dynasty, it was very troublesome to kill a prisoner, and it was necessary to report it again and again, even to heaven, and the emperor ordered him to be killed. To avoid such trouble, the officials below often substituted stabbing and heavy punishment for executions. But since Cheng Yue came to power, the rules have changed a lot, and those who should be killed will not be merciful. Cheng Yue personally ordered that Wang Jiweng was naturally not afraid that someone would trouble him and say that he was good at killing.

Cheng Yue sent Wang Jiweng away, lowered his head and pondered for a long time, as if there was something that could not be decided.

Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Song both felt a little strange, officials have always been decisive, what's wrong today? Mrs. Gu approached Cheng Yue and said softly, "Official, what is so difficult?" ”

Cheng Yue took Mrs. Gu into his arms, frowned and said: "I'm thinking about whether to kill Pu Shiwen or not, since I arrived in Quanzhou, the Pu family has behaved very deferentially, if I kill Pu Shiwen again, will others say that I am not close to people?" ”

Mrs. Gu was silent, and Mrs. Song asked, "What the official said about others refers to the civil and military forces under the officials?" ”

Cheng Yue nodded and said: "Exactly, I'm afraid that the intention of killing chickens and monkeys is too obvious, but it will make them think that I am too aggressive and uncomfortable." ”

Mrs. Song couldn't say anything more when she heard this, and waited for Cheng Yue's decision on the side.

Wan Ze came in and said, "Xianggong, dinner is ready, please go and eat." ”

Mrs. Gu wanted to get up, but Cheng Yue was holding her comfortably, not allowing her to move, still holding Mrs. Gu. With a finger of his hand, he motioned for Wan Ze to sit down, and told her the confusion in his heart.

Wan Ze turned a blind eye to Mrs. Gu, who was flushed, and said, "Xianggong's concerns can't be said to be unreasonable, but the person who should be killed is to be killed, so what if the intention is obvious?" What about being aggressive? They serve the Xianggong, they should obey their orders, the Xianggong is more ruthless to the Pu family today, and tomorrow they can avoid being broken by the Xianggong, isn't it a good thing for them? ”

Cheng Yue sighed deeply and said, "I think so too, but when it comes to the end, I really can't do it." Even if the Pu family is a little dissatisfied, I will not hesitate, it is because the Pu family is too deferential that I can't bear it a little. (To be continued.) )