Chapter Eighty-Four: Re-entering Huayuan
Wives and concubines don't have to be in groups, two is enough. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhu Mingyang still has palpitations when he thinks of what happened last night, but fortunately, he successfully untied his heart knot, no matter whether Cuicui or Xu Yue'er are his own women, he must make them happy, this is the love treasure book that Ani once told herself.
The love complex was untied, and Zhu Mingyang had to continue to study the stone fish key, after all, Chen Dao's motive for killing must be related to the stone fish key, Chen Dao had been thinking about the stone fish key before he died, which made Zhu Mingyang even more convinced that the stone fish key had a mystery. Zhu Mingyang thought about it for many days and decided to go to Huayuan again in person.
When they heard that Zhu Mingyang was going to Huayuan, Cuicui and Xu Yueer both competed to go. It's good now, either you don't bring one, or you have to go both, what should you do in the future? Zhu Mingyang smiled bitterly, before Zhu Mingyang finished laughing, Cuicui and Xu Yue'er had already packed their things, it seemed that the two of them were determined to follow Zhu Mingyang. With a beauty by his side, of course Zhu Mingyang would not refuse, but he didn't want the beauty to go into danger with him, the only thing he could do was to protect the beauty on the way.
After Zhu Mingyang entrusted the Zhu Mansion to Zhang Yajiu, he set off with Cuicui and Xu Yue'er. The three of them arrived at Huayuan in a short time along the shortcut pointed out by Chen Dao, which is still a small city and still prosperous. Since Lord Du, Chen Dao, and Jiang Zhutou were all dead, but the imperial court had not yet had time to appoint a new county order, Huayuan could now be said to be in a state of anarchy, completely governed by a few officials in the yamen.
The three of them walked into the city gate, walked through the downtown area, and walked towards the yamen. Zhu Mingyang thought that Chen Dao was a member of the Yamen, and he might be able to find a clue in Chen Dao's room.
"Get out! Sprinkle here again and let you eat jail! Just as the three of them reached the door of the yamen, a fierce and vicious official kicked an old man in ragged clothes to the ground.
"You dogs!" Suddenly, Xu Yue'er snorted.
Zhu Mingyang only felt a red shadow passing by, and when Zhu Mingyang opened his eyes again, the official had already fallen to the ground. Zhu Mingyang rubbed his eyes and looked at it, Xu Yue'er didn't know when she had approached the officer, and clasped the officer's arm behind her back. Unexpectedly, Xu Yue'er became so ghostly in a few days. Zhu Mingyang didn't think about it, and quickly helped up the old man on the ground. Cuicui also came over to help the old man massage.
"Girl, spare your life!" The official seemed to be in pain, and let out a howl like killing a pig.
"Get out of here!" Xu Yue'er glared at the official with beautiful eyes, and really fled into the yamen with a fart.
"Thank you for saving me!" The old man said gratefully.
"Old woman! What the hell is going on, how did you get into trouble with this group of officials? Cuicui asked with concern.
"The three of them are from out of town! I'll tell you, there was a plague some time ago, and the imperial court has sent a prescription to help the plague, but this group of officials from the county government of Huayuan bought all the medicinal materials on the prescription in the city at a low price, and then sold them at a high price...... Ahem, ahem! The old man said impassionedly.
"It's really hateful that there is such a thing, I demolished this yamen!" Xu Yue'er said with deep hatred.
"Yue'er! Don't be impulsive! Zhu Mingyang saw Xu Yue'er's reckless behavior, and hurriedly stopped him.
"But, Childe ......" Xu Yue'er still wanted to argue, Zhu Mingyang handed over a look, and Xu Yue'er closed her mouth knowingly.
"Old man, you have lived in this Huayuan for so long, how is this Huayuan?" Zhu Mingyang remembered that when he came for the first time, the folk customs of Huayuan were indeed selfish and numb, and no one saved the second egg.
"Do you know that although this Huayuan is very close to Chang'an, it is a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor. Huayuan is close to Chang'an, and the location conditions are very good, so there are many businessmen who come to Huayuan, and this is the bustling street you see. However, the poor are very poor, because the taxes in Huayuan are much higher than those set by the imperial court, and it may not be a small amount to the rich, but it is a lot to us poor. Moreover, I heard that the imperial court allocated a lot of money to expand our Huayuan County, but Huayuan is still the same, so although the city of Huayuan is very small, it is very prosperous. The old man thought for a moment and explained.
"I see!" After listening to this, Zhu Mingyang suddenly realized, no wonder he felt very awkward as soon as he arrived in Huayuan, it stands to reason that the county seat close to the imperial capital is very large, and although this Huayuan county is very prosperous, it is indeed very aggrieved, it seems that these officials should know something.
Zhu Mingyang asked Cuicui to give the old man some money, and then walked straight into the yamen. As soon as the three of them walked into the yamen, they were surrounded by the officials, and they saw the officials who were holding Xu Yue'er's hands just now pointing at Zhu Mingyang and the three of them.
"It turns out that it's you again, you killed Master Du, Jiang Zhutou, what is Master Chen doing in our Huayuan this time? Otherwise, Huayuan is your burial place. "The news of the deaths of Master Du, Jiang Zhutou, and Chen Dao spread quickly, and everyone in the yamen seemed to know about it.
"Then it depends on whether you have the ability to do it. Yue'er, protect Cuicui. The cold light in Zhu Mingyang's eyes showed that the Nine Crow Sword behind him was out of its sheath.
The officials were completely enraged, like Zhu Mingyang slashed like crazy, Zhu Mingyang dodged the deadly knife wind, and stabbed the hands and feet of the officials, he didn't want to kill people, just to teach these officials some lessons, and more importantly, to keep a living mouth to find out what shocking secrets this yamen has. The Crow Nine Sword was like a black poisonous snake in Zhu Mingyang's hand, biting on the officer's leg for a while, and biting on the officer's arm for a while. After a while, a group of officials were like disabled people, lying on the ground crookedly, some covering their arms, some covering their legs and feet.
"Now, you are all wounded, and I regard you as a mustard. I will only keep the person who answers the question, and the others will not be spared. Zhu Mingyang showed a rare majesty, oppressing the officials to breathe.
"Hero, spare your life! I'll answer first! Zhu Mingyang's trick really worked, and the officials all rushed to answer Zhu Mingyang's question.
"First question, why do you want to increase taxes outside the court?" Zhu Mingyang asked expressionlessly.
"That's what Master Chen meant, every time we overcharge taxes, they will give us a little bit to drink." One of the officials replied first.
"Where did the money go from the Ministry of Households?" Zhu Mingyang continued to ask.
"I heard that Master Chen often put all this silver in the study, but we quietly went to the study and didn't see anything valuable." Another servant rushed to answer.
"That's right! Master Chen said that the yamen could let us go anywhere, but the study didn't let us go. One of the officials rushed to say.
"Study?" Zhu Mingyang kept muttering. It seemed that all the mysteries were in the study, and the three of them ran towards the study under the instructions of the officials......