Chapter 238: The Old Lady of the Zhen Family in the Red Chamber (15)
That night, there was an undercurrent in the city.
Some people are frantically looking for things, some people secretly send things out through secret passages in secret rooms, and some people can't sleep in a hurry, can't sleep when they're worried, and can't sleep when they're scared.
But fortunately, those secret guards were professionally trained, so they didn't leave any flaws, let alone any clues, so what Zhen Shijia was worried about before didn't happen.
The next day was the same as usual.
Of course, this is to be discounted as always, because this morning, the governor of Jiangnan Mansion actually issued an order to check the black households.
The most important thing is that this time, whether it was an order or a dispatch of personnel, it was all very fast.
It can be said that as soon as the order was issued in the morning, half an hour later, part of the army and government personnel participated in the comprehensive search, and this speed and efficiency were obviously extremely abnormal.
Under normal circumstances, the next day can be considered fast, and it is not particularly strange to occasionally drag on for ten days and half a month.
Zhen Shijia knew at a glance that this Jiangnan Mansion Yin might have taken refuge in the prince, and this time it was said that it was to investigate the black households, and it was more likely that he was looking for the salt workers who were let go by his mother yesterday.
It's just that he can't stop it.
Don't dare to stop it.
He can't stop it because he doesn't have the power.
didn't dare to stop it because he was afraid of exposing himself, and if he came out to stop it now, wouldn't that be equivalent to directly revealing that he was an insider?
So I can only hold it anxiously.
I can only pray in my heart, that the salt workers will have better luck and that they will not be caught and killed.
As for why it can kill?
That's because of this kind of thing, big or small, at the smallest, just spend some money to make up a household registration, and if you say big, you can buckle any hat, and no one cares if you kill it.
After all, black households are not counted as ordinary people.
Those who have household registration are the people of the country.
When Qiao Mu went to the government to urge Wang Tuiguan to investigate the case thoroughly, she naturally discovered this situation, but at this time, she had no other good way but to wait and see what happened here.
By the way, I chatted with Wang Tuiguan.
Pass the time.
Soon the black household was found, and the black household turned around and ran, and the news came that he was killed on the spot.
At this time, not only did Qiao Mu's eyebrows lower slightly, and he blurted out a sentence of Amitabha Buddha, who was doing evil, Wang Tuiguan, who was sitting next to her, and other officials such as clerical officials, also frowned.
Studied but cannot comprehend.
I don't know how it could be so harsh this time.
It's not that I haven't checked black households before, but even if I found it in the past, the most I could do was to arrest it and review it, and if it was found that there was no problem, let them owe money to make up for a household registration, which could also increase the population.
Even if a wanted criminal is caught, it must be arrested and tried first, and the death penalty or something needs to be reported to Dali Temple for a second review.
"Who's leading the team this time?
And who allowed the killing?
Isn't this ignoring the laws of the land?
Old lady, we will investigate the case of your eldest daughter-in-law as soon as possible, but now this official has gone too far to kill the black household, I have to go over to see the situation, say goodbye first, and hope to forgive the sin. ”
Wang Tuiguan is still responsible, and although the black household does not have a household registration, he is essentially a common man of the dynasty, and he is not a barbarian, how can he be slaughtered by others like this, that is, a barbarian and some people preach benevolence, asking for edification and forgiveness.
Therefore, she immediately said goodbye to see the situation, and by the way, Qiao Mu naturally would not refuse, she didn't dare, and there was no reason to stop it, but she couldn't still hinder others from stopping it.
So he immediately said, "It's okay to be yourself."
I'm afraid that my family's case is very difficult to solve, you better go and get busy with you first, this time the movement of the Jiangnan Mansion Yin Cha Heihu is really strange, in the past, at most, it was to send officials to look around, but this time even the garrison in Jiangnan was sent out!
I don't know what I want to do. ”
Before he left, Qiao Mu specially said two more words, deepening the doubts in his heart.
"That's right!
Old lady, I'll take my leave. ”
Wang Tuiguan was a little thoughtful, but he didn't think too much about it at this time, but left quickly, preparing to go to the mansion and ask what was going on.
Wang Tuiguan is such a character, Jiangnan Mansion is naturally indispensable to officials with the same temperament as him, in the entire government system, it is impossible for everyone to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and it is impossible for everyone to only listen to Fu Yin's words and dare not refute in the slightest.
Therefore, when the news came out that the army had killed several black households, many upright officials immediately gathered at the government to question the situation, and at the same time, some ordinary people joined in the fun.
Of course, in addition to these people, there are also many Jiangnan scholars who also came over to wait for news.
Let's see what explanation the government can give?
Then, they obviously underestimated the thickness of some people's skin, even though there were so many people gathered at the entrance of the government to ask what was going on, to ask for an explanation.
The person in charge of the government still uses nonsense such as resisting the law and disrespecting, which makes everyone very dissatisfied, but it is not easy to protest directly.
Because if the black household resists the law and does not respect it, theoretically speaking, killing it is not a crime.
But everyone also knows that even if a normal black household is caught, at most it will be the pain of being injured and fleshy, and it will definitely not be in danger of life, so there is no need to risk death to resist the law.
There is clearly a problem with this.
Qiao Mu has always been concerned about this matter, so when he learned about this situation, he quickly sent a few secret guards to find out the identities of those dead salt workers and began to spread among the crowd.
For example, I know the dead so-and-so, isn't that a villager from a certain village? It's been missing for four years, why was he suddenly killed as a black household?
In other words, so-and-so is not the second aunt and brother-in-law of my uncle's third grandson, he disappeared two years ago, and his family has never been found, so he was killed as a black household by the people of the government as soon as he appeared.
The news soon spread widely.
By the time the taxi who leaned to the front and the officials who came to inquire about the situation learned of this information, people in the neighborhood had already notified the victim's relatives and asked them to come.
Let them come with their household registration.
In the end, the officials and scholars who questioned the situation in front were very stunned to find that the dead black households all had household registration, all of which were people who had disappeared a few years ago.
That's a big deal.
Not only the people were in an uproar, but also the scholars.
Officials were in the same uproar.
There is a big difference between killing a black household and killing a person who has a household registration, but is regarded as a black household, the former is innocent, and the latter is at least a crime of manslaughter, exiled for 3,000 miles, or even beheaded.
Of course, in addition, anyone who has no problem with their brains can also think that there is definitely something wrong with this matter, and it is very likely to kill people.