Chapter 182: Special Status
Unaware of the impending disaster, the Li family is smug and waiting to sell their grain at high prices or to acquire land from farmers who have taken refuge outside the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Although it has only been more than a day since they sold grain at a high price, they have already earned the Li family an income of hundreds of taels of silver, which may not be possible in the past month.
Today, after Li Chenggang learned about the income of the four stores, he made a new decision: "Wait until the afternoon, and raise the price of grain in each store to 53 Wen." ”
"This ...... Big brother, we have made the people very dissatisfied with the price of forty-five wen a catty, and now we will raise the price again, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right? Li Chengjin frowned and persuaded with some concern.
Li Chenggang shook his head disapprovingly: "You are wrong, this will force the people not to dare to show dissatisfaction anymore, and it can also make those people who are still waiting and not knowing whether to exchange land for grain to make this decision faster." If they hesitate any longer, they are afraid that the price of food will get higher and higher, and they will only suffer when the time comes. ”
"Uncle is wise, why didn't the little ones come up with such a good way? I'm going to say hello to the four grain stores. The steward under his hand hurriedly patted his ass and agreed.
Li Chenggang smiled proudly: "If you can think of it, then what else is I, the head of the family, doing here?" This time, I must let the people in the entire county know that Zhuji County still has the final say, what county government and county order, I bah! ”
Just when he was mocking the county government with disdain, a house slave suddenly ran over with a panicked face, stumbled over, and when he came to the door, he said urgently: "Uncle, uncle is not good......
Li Chenggang was in a good mood, even if the person was not so auspicious this time, he didn't mean to blame, just glared at him and reprimanded: "What a fuss, something terrible happened, look at you who lied." ”
"Uncle......" The person obviously ran all the way and couldn't catch his breath, and after gasping for a few times, he said in a frightened tone: "Yang County Commander brought many people to our house, saying that he wanted to take people's ......."
"Huh?" As soon as these words came out, not only Li Chenggang, but also the faces of the stewards of Li Chengjin and the Li family changed suddenly, and the former slammed his palm on a few cases beside him: "Their courage is really big, they dare to provoke my Li family!" Third child, you go out and send them away. ”
Li Chengjin first agreed, but then he didn't forget to look at his brother remindedly: "Big brother, could it be that the county government has caught the handle of the embankment?" We can't afford to be on guard! ”
"Huh?" Li Chenggang remembered that there was such a thing before, and his heart was a little tight. But soon, he sneered again and said, "Forgive them for not having the ability to do this." And even if they really see what is wrong, as long as we deny it, can he still convict us with a county order? You know, now that only our Li family has food in the city, isn't he afraid of running out of food again and causing big trouble? ”
When Li Chengjin heard this, he also felt very reasonable, the current situation was indeed very favorable to them, could he really be afraid that Yang Chen's county order would not be successful? So he nodded, and went out, trying to send the people away.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the hall, another house slave rushed over like a burning buttocks, his face was full of horror, and when he saw him, he opened his mouth and shouted: "The third master is not good, those people from the county government rushed in." ”
"What?" At this moment, Li Chengjin was really stunned. He really couldn't imagine that the people from the county government would be so bold and decisive this time, and they would actually break in so directly.
And when he was stunned, Li Chenggang and several others in the hall had already understood what the next person had reported, and suddenly, Li Chenggang stood up from his seat: "He Yang Chen really ate the gall of a bear's heart and a leopard, and he dared to lead someone to break into my Li Mansion!" Then he raised his voice again: "Come on, gather everyone in the house, I want to see what he can do to my family!" With that, he didn't let Li Chengjin go out to deal with it, so he strode out and ran towards the front yard.
The two gangs collided in front of the moon gate between the front and back yards. As soon as he saw that no one dared to stop Yang Chen from leading people to kill here, Li Chenggang's whole face turned red with anger, and he couldn't help but point to the several nurses and family members who were following them and scolded: "A bunch of waste! What's the use of me raising you to let this group of idlers break in! ”
Being pointed at his nose and scolded as an idler, the servants behind Yang Chen didn't do it, and they all blushed and glared at Li Chenggang fiercely, if it weren't for the other party's majesty all along, they would have fought back a long time ago.
But Yang Chen, who is the county commander, will not be afraid of the momentum of the Li family, and when he saw Li Chenggang like this, he sneered: "Outside of the Li people, they just didn't dare to bear the charge of rebellious ministers and thieves, so they didn't stop the official." Why, are you already weak at this time? ”
"What rebellious thief? Who the hell is weak? Li Chenggang looked at Yang Chen with a puzzled second monk, and then said in a dark voice: "Although your Yang County Order is the seven-grade main hall of my Zhuji County, you must always talk about a reason in everything. If you can't give a satisfactory answer, you will bring the lawsuit to the Son of Heaven, and I will accompany Li Chenggang to the end! ”
"Since this official dares to break into the door, he naturally has quite some evidence. At this time, do you still want to hide it? Yang Chen was-for-tat, talking without giving an inch, and after a pause, he explained his true intention: "As far as this county knows, the Li family was originally the den of the White Lotus Sect, and today I have come to find out everything. ”
As soon as he said "......", the fierce Li family on the opposite side was suddenly silent, and almost everyone was so frightened that they lost the courage to speak for a short time.
The White Lotus Sect, even in a small place like Zhuji, is known to everyone, and everyone talks about the existence of the tiger changing color. It was a severe blow from the imperial court, and once it was found, it was a thorn in the side that would definitely be suppressed strongly. And now, it was actually said from the mouth of Yang County's order that the Li family had a lot to do with the White Lotus Sect, which made those thugs who didn't know what was going on at all muttered in their hearts, for fear that they would really fall into such a rebellious thing, and they would not be able to wash it away at that time.
And for Li Chenggang, the owner of the family, it was even more surprising. This excuse is even more panicked than Yang Chen's insistence that they had knocked down the embankment. Once it is related to the White Lotus Sect, it will be a big deal to lose your head.
"Yang Chen, don't spew blood! Don't think that my Li family is so easy to bully, even if you are a county magistrate, you can't identify my family as related to the White Lotus Sect without evidence! Li Chengjin was the first to react, and retorted loudly at that time.
His exit also woke up Li Chenggang, and he immediately said coldly: "Yang County Order, my Li family is not an ordinary family, and it is not something that you can knead at will if you find out that my family has something to do with the White Lotus Sect." If you can't show evidence today, not only will you not be able to enter my backyard at all, but in two days I will go to the government office to accuse you of the crime of false accusation! ”
Yang Chen didn't expect the other party to be so tough in this situation, and his heart suddenly sank, but he was a little speechless for a while. It turned out that in his plan, as long as he said this, he would be able to suppress the Li family and not dare to object, and then he would be able to plant a false accusation under the pretext of searching the whole house. I don't want to, this wishful thinking can't be played.
As soon as Yang Zhen saw that his brother was silent, he knew that he had lost the way to deal with it, so he walked out after a low cough: "Who said that Yang County's order has no evidence?" I am the proof! ”
"You?" Li Chenggang smiled disdainfully: "I know your identity, you are the brother of Yang County Ling, naturally you are helping him, what evidence can you do with your words!" ”
Yang Zhen glanced at Li Chenggang with an idiot gaze, and sneered: "It seems that you really know a lot outside of Li Yuan." But there is one thing you must not know, in addition to being the catcher of the county government and the brother of Yang County, I also have another identity! ”
"Huh?" This time, not only Li Chenggang and their side, but even those colleagues in the county government also showed curiosity, I don't know what special identity this Yang Erlang, who has been with him for more than half a year, still has any special identity.
Under the curious gaze of everyone, Yang Zhen slowly reached into his arms, showed a jade waist card, and announced: "I am Yang Zhen of Jinyiwei Zhejiang Thousand Households!" This time I came to Zhuji specifically to explore the forces of the White Lotus Sect hidden in the people of Zhuji County. And this time, I have already found out that the Li family is the den that shelters the White Lotus cultists! Guys, is there anything else to doubt? ”
Whether it is friend or foe, it becomes silent at this moment, and the whole scene can be heard even if a needle drops. Everyone looked at Yang Zhen with frightened eyes, as well as the jade waist card he was holding in his hand.
No one would doubt, or dare to suspect, that Yang Zhen's identity as a Jinyiwei was not true, because no one in the world would dare to pretend to be Jinyiwei.
Until this time, some Ben was still a little hesitant, thinking that the county officials who had killed the Li family in the name of the White Lotus Sect today really understood what their lord's final battle was. No wonder he dared to do this so resolutely, it turned out that he actually had a brother who was a brocade guard.
And those errands, those who had a lot of friendship with Yang Zhen, and who called him brothers and sisters in the past, were even more stunned at the moment, and at the same time drummed in their hearts, for fear that they had offended him when they spoke or did things before, or inadvertently said something forbidden, so that this Jinyi Wei spy caught the handle.
Compared to the White Lotus Sect, to the people in the official mansion, the Jinyi Guard is an even more terrifying existence. For a while, the whole atmosphere seemed very weird......