Chapter 159: Kill a Chicken First (1)
On May 20, the 43rd year of Kangxi, that is, the fourth day of Hongqing's arrival in Jining City, more than 30 officials from the Ministry of Labor and Household finally rushed to Jining City under the escort of a battalion of soldiers sent by the Fengtai battalion. Not to mention that no one turned themselves in, but they didn't even see a fly flying from the Hecao Yamen, there is no doubt that the Hecao officials have made up their minds to carry Hongqing to the death.
For the master who doesn't shed tears when he doesn't see the coffin, Hongqing has always had only one attitude, that is, to send it to the coffin, well, you have to nail a few nails, and by the way, bury it in the soil, and have a forever trouble, save this kind of goods and play a very fraudulent corpse or something, one hundred is the most straightforward, and the most thorough, it is obvious that the bad attitude of the officials of the Hecao Yamen has successfully aroused Hongqing's interest in wielding the butcher's knife, as for how many heads to cut off, it depends on how hard the waist of the officials of the Hecao Yamen is.
"Let's go!"
On the 21st of May, facing the more than 30 officials of the two ministries of workers and households gathered in the compound of the post station, Hongqing, who was standing on the steps, did not have any grandiose words, but simply gave an order, and then walked down the steps proudly, leading a large number of people and horses to march towards the yamen of the river trough not far away.
The post station and the river trough yamen are near the wharf, there are not many pedestrians, Hongqing and others are so aggressive, the soldiers who are standing guard at the river trough yamen are all in the eyes, and there is a panic for a while, some stand with guns, some are weak hands and feet, and there are even those who rush into the yamen to report the news.
"Xiaguan and others knock to see the little prince!"
No matter what suspicion there is about Hongqing's intentions here, but after all, he has the title of Qincha, but the number of etiquette is indispensable, and when Hongqing arrives, even if Liangzhu and the others are reluctant, they can only kneel on the ground and pay homage.
"Excuse me, Lord Liang and all the princes are here, then it's good, it's okay to ascend to the court!"
In the face of everyone's great salute, Hongqing no longer saw the warmth of a few days ago, some of them were just full of indifference, and the words that came out of their mouths were also very cold, and their tone was undoubtedly resolute.
"Little prince, ...... are you?"
Tang is not so easy to rise, once it rises, it is to see a win or lose, otherwise, Hongqing's prestige is about to fall to the ground, obviously, if you are not sure, Hongqing will never come to such a hand, such a situation, the hearts of the officials of the Hecao Yamen suddenly hung up, and they all turned their eyes to Liangzhu's body, and were forced to helpless, even if Liangzhu was reluctant, he could only force his head, which took the opportunity to get up, and quietly stopped in front of Hongqing, Tentatively asked, half-cut.
"The Holy Purpose is this, does Lord Liang want to resist and disobey the will, huh?"
It's time for Tu Poor Dagger to see, how can Hongqing leave a lot of face for Liangzhu, as soon as he saw that he deliberately blocked the way, Hongqing's face immediately sank, shook his hand, took out the holy decree from the wide sleeves, held it in both hands, raised it high, and shouted in a cold voice.
"The lower officials don't dare, the lower officials don't dare, little prince, please!"
It's okay to resist the debt in private, that belongs to the small deed that can't be put on the table, as long as you don't get the handle, but you're not afraid of causing too much trouble, but if you really resist the decree in public, then things will deteriorate, this is a big crime to rob the family and exterminate the clan, even if you give Liangzhu a few more guts, he doesn't dare to do it openly, at this time, when he saw Hongqing take out the holy decree, Liangzhu's legs and feet couldn't help but be soft, and he hurriedly bowed to the side, letting go of the way into the Hecao Yamen, and the officials of the Hecao Yamen saw this, Naturally, they didn't dare to force it anymore, so they could only retreat unwillingly.
"Ascension!"
Hongqing didn't pay attention to how ugly the faces of the officials of the Hecao Yamen were, holding the holy decree in his hand, marched into the yamen proudly, slowly walked to the back of the copywriter in the middle, lifted the hem of the robe, sat down, and then, put the holy decree on the copywriting cautiously, picked up the shocking wood, slapped it heavily, and broke his throat with full luck.
"Wei ...... Wu ......"
As soon as there was a sound of the startling wood, the servants under the hall who were originally stunned suddenly woke up, and reflexively cheered up, and in just a moment, the atmosphere in the hall had suddenly become serious.
"Holy Decree!"
The sound of cheering fell, Hongqing was already up, and held the edict resting on the copywriting high above his head, and all the officials below saw this, and they all knelt on the ground in a hurry.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said: Gushan Beizi Hongqing controls all matters of the river Cao Yamen, and the important affairs of the river and the settlement of the deficit are the ......"
After everyone knelt down, Hongqing slowly spread out the holy decree, and read it out one by one.
"Ministers and other leaders thank you, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
The holy decree is the holy decree, no matter what it contains for everyone, it is like a talisman, but when it is time to thank you, you still have to roar vigorously, otherwise, it is a great crime of deceiving the king, because of this, although the officials of the Hecao Yamen are weak in their hearts, but the voice of gratitude is still neatly resounded.
"Where is Chen Minxin?"
Everyone thanked them, but Hongqing didn't sit down, nor did he shout, but glanced at the kneeling people and others with blazing eyes, suddenly raised his voice, and broke his throat.
"Chen Minxin, a member of the Nanhe River in Xiaguan, knocked to see the little prince."
Under Hongqing's shout, Chen Minxin, who was originally kneeling in the crowd, couldn't help but panic, but he didn't dare not answer, so he had no choice but to kneel out of the line, kowtow respectfully, and replied with a trembling voice.
"Chen Minxin, can you be guilty?"
Hongqing grabbed the startling wood and slapped it heavily, taking advantage of the momentum to stop drinking.
"The lower official is not guilty, the lower official really doesn't know what he has committed, and the lower official is not guilty!"
Don't look at Chen Minxin's jumping up and down and making a lot of noise at the gathering of the officials of the Hecao Yamen, he seems to be extremely brave, but when he was really questioned by Hongqing, he was so shocked that his body trembled wildly, but the cooked duck's beak was still hard, and he forced himself to admit his innocence.
"A good one who is innocent, and a good one who doesn't know what he has done! Hey, Ben Beizi asked you, where is Qi'er in the first month of September in the forty-second year of Kangxi, who did he meet, and what did he do, huh? ”
As soon as Chen Minxin's voice fell, Hongqing didn't give him a chance to breathe, and a series of problems had already bombarded him like cannonballs.
"Ah, this ......, back to the words of the little prince, the time is too long, and the lower officials can't remember it."
Hearing Hongqing point out the time, Chen Minxin's face turned pale in an instant, obviously remembering something very hidden, but his mouth was still hard, and he categorically refused to tell the truth in this court.
"I don't remember, well, Ben Beizi will remind you once, in the Wangyue Xuan on the third floor of the 'Chunjiang Building' in Luoyang City, Deng Ziyue, the shopkeeper of the 'Deng Ji Firm', told you something, and gave you something, huh?"
Hongqing came prepared, how could he be prevaricated by such a light remark, sneered, and another question bombarded the past, which made Chen Minxin dizzy.
"The lower official is wronged, the lower official really doesn't know what the little prince is talking about, the lower official doesn't know much about Deng Ziyue, and he has never had anything to do with it, the lower official can swear to the sky, the little prince asks like this, the lower official is really speechless, the lower official is wronged!"
Hearing this, Chen Minxin knew that what he had done had been known to Hongqing nine times out of ten, however, there was no empirical evidence for himself, so he refused to admit it, his eyes rolled, and he shouted out that he was wronged, and he burst into tears, as if he had been greatly wronged.
"Wronged? Hey, what a wrong, this is not the heart of the Yellow River and will not die, or good, Ben Beizi will let you die, come here, bring someone with a witness! ”
Hongqing didn't rush to speak, but let Chen Minxin make a fuss, and after his crying gradually stopped, he picked up the startling wood, slapped it heavily, and drank in a cold sweat.
"Buzz ......"
As soon as Hongqing's words came out, a group of officials kneeling down suddenly exploded, and several officials who originally wanted to come out to defend Chen Minxin suddenly lowered their heads, at this time, no one dared to come out indiscriminately, but they were curious about Hongqing's words with witnesses, but they were curious, there is no other, Luoyang is not close to this, even if it is a fast horse running back and forth, it takes three days to work hard, these days, Hongqing has never left the post station at all, and I have not seen anyone from his entourage go far away, So where did this witness come from?
"Little Wangye, Deng Ziyue, the shopkeeper of the 'Deng Ji Firm', has been brought, please make it clear to the little prince!"
Before the sound of the commotion of the crowd subsided, I saw that in the commotion under the hall, Li Minxing, who was dressed in armor, had already led several palace guards to squeeze up from the hall, and reported loudly, but he didn't see where the so-called shopkeeper Deng was.
"Buzz ......"
The officials who knelt on the ground raised their heads when they heard this, but when they looked at it, they were stunned that they did not see the shadow of the so-called human witness, and under the suspicion, it was inevitable that there would be a riot for a while.