Chapter 344: Revisiting the Old Case
The letter mentions Lu Zhaolin, the eldest son of the Lu family, and as for the various crimes listed during the period, Lu Jinji has passed by, but there are only two words that deeply stabbed his old eyes.
The word "owl head" is like two poisonous arrows, and Lu Jinji's heart was shocked, and he finally stood unsteadily and sat back on the chair. In his consciousness, Li Xinqi is extremely law-abiding and principled, otherwise he would not be forced to parry difficulties by his various means, and still does not use the brutal methods of martial artists. Although he didn't understand why a man from a horse thief could be so strict with himself, after several encounters, this person only started to be above board everywhere, and did not rely on the military power in his hands to resort to violence. This led him to directly classify Li Xin with the boxy nerds.
Lu Jinji also knew about his eldest son, and he didn't cause any trouble, at most he would suffer from some time in prison, but he never expected Li Xin to use this as a threat, and at the same time he scolded him for being despicable, he also felt deep fear.
What is a Owl? That is, beheading to show the public, not only to behead his head, but also to hang the head high in the downtown for everyone to watch, which is more vicious than the punishment of beheading. The "decision" after the word "head" kicked him into the endless abyss. The so-called "decision" means that the traffickers will be executed immediately after the verdict, rather than the ordinary death penalty, which must be reported to the criminal department for review, and then checked and selected by the emperor, and then sent back to the local area, and then executed on the annoying people.
"Leader" and "Decision" made Lu Jinji completely lose his mind, he knew very well that Li Xin was warning him that if he went too far, he would pinch the life of Lu Jinji's eldest son at any time!
Lu Jinji was depressed, and he didn't seem to have a second choice in front of his eldest son facing the head of the owl.
On the evening of the same day, another exciting news spread in Taiyuan City, and after submitting a complaint to the major yamen, Master Lu took it back, and claimed that it was his own mistake, and the servants who had spread rumors to confuse the public had been severely punished by him.
This outcome was unexpected by most people, but it pushed the hesitant merchants in the back. Early the next morning, several shops set off firecrackers to celebrate their reopening. Seeing that someone started, various businesses inside and outside the city have sprung up one after another.
This turn of events was a bit too fast, and then the small traders packed their carts and drove into the construction sites where a large number of workers had gathered, and it seemed that the strike was finally over. In the eyes of ordinary people, the result of the struggle was naturally the final victory of General Li.
According to the normal routine, the losing side in the struggle will be completely liquidated by the winner, and it will be inevitable that everything from people to property will be difficult, especially the latter, which is a huge temptation that is difficult for anyone to resist.
In the face of this situation, Lu Jinji understood that the general trend was unstoppable, but the heads of the Zhou and Wang families visited him in person, which surprised him and moved him greatly. It is said that adversity sees the truth, but he has never believed it, but today he began to believe it.
Zhou and Wang have different personalities, Zhou Zhijie is always a smiling face like Maitreya Buddha, shouting at Lu Jinji, while Wang Xiesheng is the opposite, from the beginning of the meeting, he has been cold as ice and has not said a word since he was let into the hall by Lu Jinji.
The meaningless greetings were endless, and Wang Xiesheng ruthlessly interrupted Lu and Erren, and got straight to the point.
"At the beginning, Brother Lu promised to bring down Li Xin, you and I to divide the Taiyuan Mansion equally, and then he and Brother Zhou jointly funded this matter. To this day, Li Xin is still sitting in the south of the city, and the market is over, are we counting stealing chickens and rice? ”
"Brother Wang, this is?"
Even if Lu Jinji's heart sank, an ominous premonition hit his heart, and it seemed that the true feelings of tribulation might have become a stone. Sure enough, Wang Xiesheng sneered. "Master Lu is really forgetful, is he trying to repay his debts? Not to mention the loss of the strike, but the money borrowed before the turnover must be returned, our brother is not as big as Master Lu's family, and hundreds of thousands of stones of grain are burned when they are said to be burned......"
Wang Xiesheng's words became more and more mean, and Zhou Zhijie next to him nodded incessantly, echoing with a smile, "Yes, yes!" ”
The two of them are clearly here to collect debts and fall into the ground, and I am afraid that the matter of sending charcoal in the snow can only be heard in the mouths of storytellers. Lu Jinji sighed in his heart, when his Lu family was calling for wind and rain in Taiyuan Mansion, this Wang Xiesheng was like a dog, surrounding him all day long, and he did take care of him. How much money has the Wang family made over the years? Now that he is in trouble, I didn't expect that he was the first to stand up and fall into the well? By the way, there is also this Zhou Zhijie who is always a smile.
Outsiders have rumored that they are Lu, Zhou, and Wang are all one, and now it seems that they are all a fart!
The good people waited for several days without any movement from the government, and the Lu family's shops finally sprung up like mushrooms and reopened their businesses, neither raiding nor liquidating. The people who were waiting to see the excitement were disappointed, but it was tantamount to a good signal among the merchants, which was tantamount to indirectly telling the merchants that in any case, in Shanxi and Taiyuan, no one would dispose of other people's property at will. Since then, the rumors that Li Xin was born as a horse thief, forcibly robbed, and greedy seem to have been self-defeating.
In the meantime, there was a small episode, it is said that a small group of people who appeared out of nowhere, claiming to be Jinyi guards, attacked the gendarmerie barracks, and were all arrested and imprisoned in a few rounds. During the whole process, the gang was extremely arrogant, and even killed a gendarme who had been in several major battles when the gendarmes were defenseless.
The "Taiyuan Afternoon News" made a detailed report on this matter, and an article signed by Nan Lei directly condemned these people, regardless of the authenticity of their identities, and they must be severely punished to set an example. At the same time, he also expressed his condolences to the soldier of the Three Guards who died in the conflict. The General Military Office posted a notice stating that murderers would be severely punished, regardless of their identity or background.
At this point, it seemed that there would be no more excitement to be seen, and the warm atmosphere in the city gradually subsided. Just when the heart of a good person to watch the excitement gradually cooled, things turned out to be reversed.
The "Taiyuan Afternoon News" once again published an article signed by Nan Lei, in which it pointed out in extremely strong terms that Lu Jinji forcibly demolished the house of Zhang Fangyan, a scholar of Shida, and forced his mother to death. Remind the Taiyuan Mansion, remind the criminal envoy not to forget about this matter, and urge them to uphold justice for Zhang Gelao, punish the lawless, and return Taiyuan City to a peaceful world, so that the scholars will not have a cold heart for this Lang Lang Qiankun.
The Zhang family has not spoken out again on this matter, and it is a little-known scholar who came forward to support, and as soon as he spoke, he pointed the finger at Lu Jinji. As soon as these remarks were published, they were like a stone that stirred up a thousand layers of Lang, and the scholars in Taiyuan Mansion, especially those from poor families, came forward one after another, and jointly asked the government to uphold justice for Zhang Gelao!
Public opinion on punishing lawlessness and upholding justice for Zhang Ge Lao rose in the city overnight, and in the past few days, various petitions and various solidarity have been held one after another, in short, the spearhead is directed at Lu Jinji. No one knows how many of these people really want to punish the lawless, take a bad breath for Zhang Fangyan, and change it to a bright and bright one.
At this time, Lu Jinji not only did not know how to keep a low profile, but repaired the gate that was blown up by cow eggs as quickly as possible, and the newly repaired gate was magnificent, and the wallpaper was more than good in the past.
On the day of completion, firecrackers rang out in front of the gate of Lufu. At the same time, because ordinary people are not allowed to enter and leave the inner city casually, they set up flowing water seats in the courtyard of the outer city to greet food, and those who come are distributed red envelopes, which attracts countless people in the city who are watching the excitement, and everyone is not empty. The firecrackers were served from the beginning of the day to the sunset, the flowing water banquet was served with food and wine one after another, and the hands of the red envelopes distributed to the Lu Mansion family were soft.
As the sun set approached, the old housekeeper of the Lu Mansion apologized.
"It's an honor for the folks to come to cheer, but the days are short and the sunset, but it doesn't matter, my lord plans to set off firecrackers for three days, a flowing water banquet for three days, and a red envelope distribution for three days......"
The gate of Lufu was completed, and the news of the three-day banquet quickly spread inside and outside Taiyuan City, and groups of people gathered outside the Lufu courtyard early the next morning, waiting to eat and wait. For a while, there were rumors that the emaciated camel of the Lu family was bigger than a horse, and it had a dead but not stiff posture like a centipede, and it might be able to jump up and bite someone.
With such thoughts, the merchants in the city who had snubbed the Lu family before came to the door to congratulate them one after another, and the gifts presented were naturally expensive. As a result, all the expenses of the Lu Mansion in the past three days were earned, not to mention, there was even a big surplus. However, what was earned back this time was not just a few silver coins, but the face of the Lu family inside and outside Taiyuan.
With this episode, the voices in Taiyuan City shouting for punishment of lawlessness and giving Zhang Fangyan a fair voice became quieter and quieter. The ambiguous attitude of the government is also quite a big inducement for this change.
The reader who signed Nan Lei finally published an article in the "Taiyuan Afternoon News" again, pointing the finger directly at the Taiyuan Mansion and the General Military Mansion in Taiyuan City. reprimanded the corpses of the Ming Dynasty for vegetarian meals, and regarded the laws of the Ming Dynasty as nothing. He also said that if the official does not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes!
The words are extremely fierce, and the language is like a village woman scolding the street, which is vulgar and unbearable, which shows the anger in her chest. The people in the city who watched the excitement really sweated for this young man, dare to abuse the powerful and high-ranking officials in the city like this, are they tired of being tired?
Sure enough, after the publication of the fiercely worded article, a team of freshly dressed and angry generals went straight to the inn where Nanlei settled, and the news flew quickly throughout the city like wings, no one thought it was strange that this guy was so insulting to the officials and lords, sooner or later there would be such an ending!