Wu Jing and Xu Gao both suggested that Su Qin take over Mingjian Lake, Su Qin himself did not have no money to repay the debts owed by Lu Tong, but felt that even if Lu Tong was a prisoner, he could not buy and seize it by force, so what was the difference between it and Lu Tong's robbers and hooligans. Therefore, although Wu Jing and Xu Gao both tried their best to persuade each other, Su Qin still did not agree.

Listening to Wu Jing and Xu Gao's discussions, Su Qin remembered the problem of how to deal with Lu Tong, although this person had shamelessly framed himself, but what kind of punishment should he be sentenced to, he had the decree of the Zhou Dynasty to convict, how could he deliberately increase the punishment of him because of personal enmity.

The decree of the Zhou Dynasty was originally not a doctor, and it was open to the nobles, but since the promulgation of the "Code" by Li Kui of the Wei State, the concept of the prince breaking the law and the common people has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and almost all countries have issued similar decrees as usual. Even Luoyang, ruled by Zhou Tianzi, was no exception.

Su Qin came out of the commoners, and of course he supported the basic principles of Li Kui's decree with both hands, because for the first time, it made ordinary people straighten their waists and made the guilty nobles bow their noble heads. Of course, there are many people who engage in favoritism, but as an emerging magnatate, Su Qin is determined to treat all suspects in accordance with the new law.

Otherwise, how different would he be from those old nobles? And how can we convince everyone, we must know that what the alliance advocates and relies on is the two articles of credibility and strict law.

Su Qin smiled at Wu Jing and Xu Gao's proposal, and said: "This matter can be discussed later, I will interrogate Lu Tong tomorrow and review his crimes." ”

Su Qin did what he said, and the next day he brought Lü Tong out of his own guards and handed him over to Luoyang Lingcheng Nangong Zao, and then tried Lü Tong's guilt with him.

Nangong Zao's rank is the upper doctor of the Zhou Dynasty, acting for Luoyang civil affairs, he himself is deeply excluded by Lu Tong in the court, and he hates him to the core, so his subordinates do not leave any room at all.

Before Su Qin finished asking Lu Tong about his own statement, at this time, two or three hundred citizens who were looking for Lu Tong to settle accounts spontaneously rushed from all directions of Luoyang, and these people rushed into the yamen of the Luoyang Order Office built by Nangong and rushed straight at Lu Tong.

Su Qin saw that Lu Tong was excited by the crowd that was going to oppress him, and he looked like he wanted to devour Lu Tong alive, and said in his heart: "It must be that Nangong Zao will take the news of Lu Tong's trial out of Lu, otherwise, how would these people know that Lu Tong is being detained here for interrogation?" ”

He hurriedly ordered his attendant guards to separate the crowd from Lu Tong to prevent Lu Tong from being beaten to death in the public court. Lu Tong himself was so frightened that he shrank into a ball on the ground.

These people who poured into the yamen, many of them shouted their grievances, they had different professions, but most of them were businessmen, these people were robbed of business by Lu Tong, the light ones gave away their property, and the heavy ones were persecuted and ruined.

In the middle, there were even poor people who sold charcoal, water and other small businesses, and they were also repaid by Lu Tong, or forcibly seized the goods they sold.

Su Qin looked at Lu Tong, and the anger in his heart surged upward, and he was very disdainful of Lu Tong's greed. As a minister of the Zhou Dynasty, he took the court's jue and amassed tens of thousands of gold in property, so why bother with a small business person to worry about a little charcoal and water bills.

This kind of insatiable person is really hateful, no wonder after he exposed his trick of defrauding Xu Gao of money, this person deliberately framed himself, it turned out that it was because of his greed.

Nangong Zao said to the crowd: "Prime Minister Chengsu is wise, take down this evil villain in one fell swoop, today Lu Tong is in my lobby, he can't escape anymore." Don't worry, fellow villagers, don't worry, you have grievances and hatreds one by one, and they will be recorded by the yamen, and we will slowly settle accounts with Lu Tong. ”

When the people heard that they were going to complain one after another, some shrewd people hurried to the front, and everyone urgently formed a queue at the yamen, lined up in a line, forming a long queue, until more than 200 zhang away from the yamen. Su Qin's guards and yamen officials maintained order and brought the people who shouted grievances to the hall one by one for questioning.

When these people talked about Lu Tong's crimes, they were all filled with righteous indignation, and it was difficult to write about them. Su Qin and Nangong Zao listened and felt that Lu Tong was simply despicable and greedy. What's more, in order to accumulate wealth, Lu Tong also disregarded people's lives, created more than a dozen unjust cases, condemned several innocent merchants to death, and took people's shops and mansions as his own out of thin air.

Because there were too many people who complained about grievances, Nangong Zao was able to interrogate a few words in detail at first, but later found that if it continued like this, the trial could not be completed for several days. Later, he simply asked people with grievances to confront Lu Tong directly, concisely and to the point, as long as it could prove Lu Tong's guilt and debts, he would record them one by one. Then, call in the next person.

Nangong Zao had already handled the case as concisely as possible, but he still worked until late that night to hear Lu Tong's criminal responsibility, and he embezzled more than 11,000 gold in total, and owed five lives. That night, those who were brutalized by Lu Tong gathered outside the yamen, unwilling to disperse for a long time, and they must ask for an explanation.

Nangong Zao also made a difficulty, Lu Tong himself deserved to die, and he should be beheaded according to the law, but the property he owed was difficult to repay for a while, and the people gathered outside the yamen were afraid that their debts would not come back, and they were unwilling to leave immediately. In this way, a stalemate is formed.

Su Qin was tired from accompanying Nangong Zao in the Luoyang official office for a day, and when he saw that the trial had been cleared, he said goodbye to Nangong Zao and wanted to take his entourage to prepare to leave the yamen and return home.

Nangong Zao sent Su Qin out, and when he arrived at the yamen, the gathered crowd saw that Su Qin was leaving, on the one hand, because he was grateful to Su Qin, on the other hand, he was also deeply afraid that Su Qin was gone, and no one was in charge of him. Xiaomin is grateful to Prime Minister Su, you have to continue to be the master for us! ”

The people in the back also followed the example of the people in front, knelt down in unison, and shouted in their mouths to ask Su Qin to call the shots. Nangong Zao was originally anxious, but at this time, seeing everyone kneeling in front of Su Qin, Su Qin couldn't just leave, and because of Su Qin's "big tree" to support him, his worries dissipated a lot, and the corners of his mouth showed a subtle smile.

Su Qin was very embarrassed at this time, if he ignored everyone's kneeling and resolutely left, he couldn't bear it in his heart, but if he stayed, he would inevitably fall into another problem. He hesitated and walked to go, but stopped again when he looked at the crowd of kneeling and begging in the dark.

Seeing that Su Qin was still hesitating, Nangong Zao was determined to strike while the iron was hot and persuade Su Qin to take care of this matter to the end, he bowed down to Su Qin and bowed, and said: "Prime Minister Su, you are a good person to the end, for the sake of these wronged people in Luoyang, find a solution for us." ”

Su Qin looked at Nangong Zao, and then at the crowd in front of him, and finally couldn't help but feel deep sympathy in his heart, he took two steps forward and helped up the kneeling people.

He said: "Everyone get up, I, Su Jizi, am also from Luoyang, how can I bear to watch you kneeling here starving." I promise I'll get you back for it. ”

Nangong Zao also echoed and said: "Lu Tong has been sentenced to death, and it is winter now, so he will be escorted to the execution ground for beheading in a few days." Let him pay the blood debt with his life. ”

A burst of cheers suddenly erupted in the crowd, and everyone shouted: "Great, this culprit has finally been subdued, and Luoyang City has been one less big scourge from now on!" ”

After a burst of cheers, people still had no intention of leaving, and everyone knew that they should try their best to get due compensation from Lu Tong, a death row prisoner, even if it was less, but they could not not return a penny.

Moreover, people are mainly worried about the unfair distribution of compensation, and those who shout out for injustice and pursue debts tightly demand more, while those who do not pursue urgently suffer heavy losses.

Nangong Zao let Su Qin into the yamen again, the two sat down, and Nangong Zao explained his difficulties to Su Qin straight to the point.

He said: "These people are gathered here, and it is difficult to send them back for a while, and my yamen is not the treasury, where can I find money to compensate them immediately." But if they don't get compensation, how can they go home willingly? What can I do? ”

Wu Jing, Ning Jun and the others had been following Su Qin's side, and they were also troubled by this matter. Ning Jun thought for a while and said: "That Lu Tong is extremely evil, his family property will be repaid, but if anyone can promise to pay the debt for him first, those creditors will disperse." ”

Nangong Zao nodded, his eyes looking at Su Qin, obviously hoping that Su Qin could help him. Su Qin also knew what Nangong meant, he thought hard about how to solve the problem, and he didn't immediately come forward to accept it.

Wu Jing raised another difficult question, he said: "There are two or three hundred people outside this yamen, who can gather so much money for them at once, even if there is so much wealth, it is impossible to give it just and cash it immediately!" ”

Nangong Zao listened to Ning Jun's words and replied: "This is also the difficulty of this official, Lu Tong's family property needs to be sold before it can be discounted, but these people are surrounding the yamen and do not leave, how do I handle official business in the Luoyang official office, what kind of system is this." ”

Ning Jun, Wu Jing, Nangong Zao and others, you and I are talking about it word by word, everyone thinks that this matter is not easy to handle, and they are at a loss.

Nangong was in a hurry, because these people were surrounded outside the Luoyang official office, and they did not disperse the next day, but it became a street scene in Luoyang, and it will definitely be a big news in the city. Where did he put his face, although from beginning to end of this matter, Nangong Zao felt that he had done nothing wrong.

Nangong Zao was ruthless, and asked Su Qin: "Why don't you bother Prime Minister Su to help, send troops to disperse these people." ”