Chapter 20: Frustrating Their Might and Confusing Their Hearts (I)
The group approached, and soon, they came to the high platform and stood there. At this time, everyone on the stage saw that a group of people suddenly appeared, led by Mr. Yang Mansion's bookkeeper, followed by three Yang Mansion's subordinates, one of whom was tied up like a zongzi and escorted there.
Mr. Bookkeeper came to Hong Antong's side, plopped, knelt down on his knees at once, and shouted: "Lord Prefect, I hope you will be the master of our young master!" The hoarse voice echoed around him, causing the surrounding crowd to wonder what was going on.
Patriarch Yang Chengzhi and those people looked at Mr. Bookkeeper puzzled, of course they knew Mr. Bookkeeper, after all, they had not had much contact with each other before, and they had no less dealings. Yang Lin was like an outsider, everything had nothing to do with him, and he maintained the posture of watching from the wall, without any words.
Hong Antong tilted his head slightly, and looked at Yang Lin from the corner of his eye from an angle that was not easy for others to understand, and saw that the other party nodded slightly.
At this time, Hong Antong remembered Yang Lin's confession and promise two days ago, and couldn't help but smile on the corner of his mouth, and he instantly realized in his heart, knew what he meant, and said loudly in a knowing voice: "Who are you?" Why do you cry out for injustice? Who is your son-in-law? ”
"Master Qiyu, my young master is Yang Lin, and I am Mr. Yang Mansion's bookkeeper."
"Oh~, then how do you want me to be the master of your family?"
The audience suddenly burst into turmoil and discussions. Most people are very puzzled, what is going on with this bookkeeper? Today is in the city of their young master, a day worthy of celebration in the Yang Mansion, and he actually made this one and came to such a hand.
Everyone couldn't help but think of some topics and some gossip at the beginning. In an instant, most of the people looked at Yang Chengzhi and the thirteen people with strange eyes. The meaning is obvious, they bought the account room, instructed him to make a big fuss about today's coming-of-age ceremony, give Yang Lin a dismount, and delay time.
At this time, the bookkeeper was about to speak, and Yang Lin suddenly said: "Lord Prefect, you will first interrogate the bookkeeper uncle, and I will accompany the uncles and uncles to hand over the family's business, and I hope that the adults will forgive me for the negligence, and I will ask the adults for their guilt later." ”
"Okay, you go~! Use you"
With his relationship with the prefect, Yang Chengzhi immediately interjected: "Nephew, don't be so anxious about the matter of handing over the store. There is still time to take over the business, and it will definitely be done before dark. Besides, the person being tried by the prefect is your family's bookkeeper, although it is not your complaint, but it is also a little implicated, maybe it will be useful to your place, and the trouble of the adults in the province, let's go later. ”
said it reasonably, and brought out Hong Antong, with a posture that Yang Lin could not refuse and shirk.
"Yes, yes, the patriarch is right, there is still plenty of time~!" The others chimed in, especially the twelve.
At the same time, there was a sigh of embarrassment from the audience, towards Yang Chengzhi and the thirteen people. But the thirteen people didn't care, they needed time the most at this time, and the longer they delayed, the better.
To everyone's surprise, Yang Lin was very indifferent, very calm, and agreed very happily, some of the cooperation was unbelievable, without the slightest struggle, even Yang Chengzhi and the thirteen people were stunned, very puzzled.
Yang Linyun stood aside lightly and uninhibitedly, and said softly: "Okay, since the patriarch also said so, and there is a promise from the uncles and uncles, it will not affect the business of the family in a while, and I have nothing to worry about, so let's see how the prefect will handle it first?" Is there a place where I can be useful? ”
Together with Yang Chengzhi, everyone was stunned again, and a bad feeling suddenly arose in their hearts, why did there be any promise, and there was a sense of being deceived. But it's hard to refute anything, so I have to keep a calm posture and watch the next thing evolve, can I delay more time?
At the same time, someone brought a chair, Hong Antong sat on it, sat upright, cleared his throat, and said: "Accountant, tell me specifically, what's going on?" Who are you going to sue? Come on. ”
Under the onlookers of 10,000 people, in the noisy noise, Mr. Bookkeeper seemed to have rehearsed thousands of times, not at all, his words were clear and organized, and the loud echo around him, Mr. Bookkeeper said slowly: "Lord Qiqi, the cause of the incident has to start from before our young master fell off the carriage and was seriously injured and fell into a coma. ”
"Wait, wait, no, I heard it wasn't an accident? How did you start from that time? Hong Antong pretended to ask, not to be embarrassed, but to help Mr. Ledger emphasize this matter.
"No~ Master, it was not an accident, but man-made, a complete murder!" The bookkeeper shouted loudly, and the people around him heard it clearly and clearly, which immediately caused an uproar, and the whole audience fell into a brief silence for a while, and then the noisy discussion sounded again, one after another.
"Quiet, quiet, don't affect the interrogation of this mansion and interrupt the interrogation of this official!"
After the crowd quieted down, Hong Antong continued to ask: "What is the basis for what you say?" Prove that what you said is not delusional? Isn't it talking nonsense, full of nonsense? ”
"My lord, please see, this person is the young master's groom, the person in charge of driving the carriage that day." Pointing to the bound man, Mr. Bookkeeper continued:
"My lord, his name is Zhang San, and he was born in a poor family. A few days ago, before the accident of my young master, the young master saw that he was pitiful, so he took him in as a slave in the house, and was responsible for driving the carriage. However, just after the day of my young master's accident, this guy suddenly had a windfall, often going in and out of casinos, restaurants and brothels, and by chance, he was discovered by my family's subordinates, and he felt very abnormal, so he reported it to me. ”
"Master, this person is a horseman, or has he just been in the Yang Mansion for less than a month, where did he get so much money for his expenses, so that he can enter and exit those places at will? After the servant returned to me, I also felt that something was abnormal, thinking of his identity as a coachman, and the villain checked the wrecked carriage that had been preserved to this day, and found that someone had tampered with it. ”
Thinking of this, the grass people made a surprise interrogation of the groom, and knew what was at stake, so he recruited them all, and told the whole story. Only then did the grass people know that the crash of my young master was not meant, but a complete murder, and I hope that the adults will see it and make decisions for my young master. ”
Then, Mr. Bookkeeper took out a form from his arms, raised it above his head, and shouted loudly: "My lord, what happened, the subtleties, the motive for the murder, the person who was accused, the cause and effect, Zhang San has confessed one by one, all of them are in the form, please take a look!" ”
At the signal of Hong Antong, a messenger stepped forward, took the form, and presented it to him.
Hong Antong began to read carefully, looking at the statement in the form.
At this time, the crowd of onlookers was once again talking about the murder. Guessing, if Yang Lin dies, who will be the ultimate beneficiary?
Yang Chengzhi and the others on the side were not honest, and slowly moved their steps, moved behind Hong Antong, and peeked at the contents of the form.
The moment he saw it, Yang Chengzhi's whole person was blinded, and he felt that the world was spinning, and his face suddenly turned sallow and white, and there was no blood at all. Others are either gloating, or smiling, and there are also expressionless faces, completely abandoning the offensive and defensive alliances, and looking at the horse......
Suddenly, Yang Chengzhi knelt down and shouted: "Lord Prefect, wronged, without this, it is impossible!" ”
The audience was in an uproar again, what happened to the secret road? Could it be that the head of the clan, Yang Chengzhi wants to murder the people of his clan? This is a big taboo and despised.
At the same time, Hong Antong gave an order, the content was diametrically opposed to what everyone thought, to the surprise of the crowd in the audience, only to see Hong Antong shouting: "Come on, quickly arrest Yang Jizhi and bring him to the case, hand it over to this official for trial, find out the cause of the case, go and return quickly, there must be no mistakes!" ”
Suddenly, the two officials knelt down and stepped forward, clasping their hands into fists to receive the order, but as soon as the two officials stood up and were about to leave, they stopped again.