Chapter Seventy-Three: Punishment
Shen Xi glanced at the man, then silently walked behind him, exerted all his strength, and kicked hard with his foot, and the vendor immediately threw himself on the ground and had a close contact with the earth.
"Don't kneel, do you? Just because you are disrespectful to the descendants of the royal family is enough to raid the family, and you are still coaxing here, don't cry and apologize for a while, there is no use in fart. ”
Shen Xi is a violent temper, she doesn't like it and goes straight to it, plus with Lu Qingyi's support, she is not afraid of anything.
Immediately, those people were so frightened by Shen Xi that they quickly knelt down, for fear that they would really be beheaded by the raiders.
"We didn't go to the banquet, but is it necessary for you to take revenge like this, Third Prince? What you're doing doesn't look like a prince should have. There was another human, he looked mean, as if Chang Yi had done something heinous to him.
Lu Qingyi suddenly smiled, he looked at Chang Yi and asked, "Third prince, are you really so stingy?" ”
Chang Yi knew that Lu Qingyi was joking with him, so he cooperated, "Who said that the prince should be generous?" What if this prince is stingy? It's because they don't respect the first, but now they dare to question the prince, thinking that the backer behind him is big enough, thinking that he won't fall if the backer doesn't fall. ”
Chang Yi's words implied that even if those merchants were stupid, they could hear what they meant.
"The third prince doesn't need to worry about this little thing." Lu Qingyi took out all the evidence in his hand and threw it on the ground, and said, "I escorted you to the yamen today, just to settle accounts with you about the evil things you have done over the years." ”
Lu Qingyi smiled slightly, smiling calmly and freely, like a pool of deep water, so that others would fall into it when they saw it, and there would never be a chance to turn over.
Those people looked at the stack of evidence, and their faces suddenly turned to ashes.
"Do you really think what you're doing is seamless? All this evidence confirms your guilt. Lu Qingyi seemed to have insight into everything, and saw the minds of those people thoroughly.
Lu Qingyi said this, which made their backs chill.
Lu Qingyi picked up the evidence on the ground, picked out one at random, walked up to a person, and said softly, "Chang Song, I won't talk about your tax evasion, you once colluded with bandits, robbed the government and disaster grain, and it is said that you also robbed a woman from a good family to be your concubine, do you admit these crimes?" ”
Lu Qingyi's voice was indifferent, but to those merchants, it was like a silent knife, which would kill them at any time.
Ignoring Chang Song's cold sweat, he walked to the side of another person, pointed at him and said, "As a salt merchant, you actually dare to sell fake salt, and you have killed many people because of it, you can still be here with peace of mind to denounce your innocence with me, haven't you had nightmares all these years?" ”
"No one here is wronged, if there is anyone who is not satisfied, you can sue the emperor and let the emperor come up to betray you." Lu Qingyi handed over all the evidence to Chang Yi as he spoke.
Changzhou is a small place, but there are many people who do evil, all of them are officials and officials, covering each other, if it is not for the emperor secretly sending people to investigate, maybe how much evil will be done.
Those people were said to be useless by Lu Qingyi, and they wanted to refute it but they didn't know how to refute it, they all knew that they had backers behind them and dared to act so boldly, presumably they must all be people who are not afraid of death.
"How do you want to punish us?" In the end, there were still people who couldn't stand it, and Lu Qingyi didn't say punishment, so he asked first.
Lu Qingyi's face was gloomy, "The emperor said, those who should be killed should be killed, those who should be imprisoned should be imprisoned, as for those who are not serious, they will be confiscated with property, what objections do you have?" Lu Qingyi also smiled at them, he smiled, but he really wanted their lives, his indifferent smile made those merchants feel like falling into the abyss. Some even touched their necks, which were full of sweat. 19th Floor Literature
Some even fainted because of this decision, but this is not over.
"Come, and give each of them fifty rods." Chang Yi's eyes were cold, this was his own decision, he felt that these punishments were too light for people who did evil like them.
Then the entire yamen was screaming, and the Chang Governor's Mansion, who was standing on the side, was also frightened into a cold sweat.
He didn't expect that Chang Yilai would actually follow the emperor's will this time, no wonder he would be so arrogant. Thinking that the emperor knew these things, he was even more cold, I don't know if his affairs have been found out, if he is investigated, the loss of official office is small, and the loss of his head is big.
Shen Xi suddenly walked to Chang Zhifu's side and patted him lightly with his hand, "Lord Prefect, what are you thinking?" ”
Shen Xi's shot, Chang Zhifu almost knelt on the ground, he wiped the sweat on his face, and said, "It's okay, I just think this merchant is really hateful, and he dares to do so many hurtful things behind my back." ”
"Oh, so you don't know, Lord Prefect! I thought you knew everything! Shen Xi nodded thoughtfully.
The prefect's face suddenly turned pale, and he said, "How could the prefect know, if he knew, he wouldn't let them do these things." ”
"What are you nervous about, I believe you." Shen Xi smiled at the prefect again, "It's a good official." ”
Chang Zhifu smiled awkwardly and did not speak again.
The entire yamen was filled with the screams of those merchants, which was capital punishment for them, when had they suffered like this, but they didn't dare to say a word, only knew that they were completely finished.
Unexpectedly, they didn't expect that Chang Yi's style of acting would be so neat, and he would be so ruthless that he turned over the matter of Chen Sesame and Rotten Grain for many years, and forcibly deprived them of their efforts over the years.
What's even more terrifying is that these are all instructions from the emperor.
"Okay, catch what should be caught, kill what should be killed, although I would love to see you punish them, but such a bloody and violent scene, I think I should avoid it, otherwise I will have nightmares." Shen Xi said softly.
She knew that Lu Qingyi and Chang Yi would not escort people to the capital, after all, the situation was changing too quickly, and it would be good if everything that could be executed was executed now.
"I thought you'd like it." Chang Yi quipped at Shen Xi.
"Cut, I don't like it, I'm a weak woman, how can I like this kind of scene, but you, don't be able to eat tonight."
When those merchants heard Shen Xi and Chang Yi joke like this, they were even more worried and scared, they originally thought that such a big matter would take them to the capital, so that they might be able to leave a life, but now it seems that they want to solve it on the spot?
"Okay, you two don't joke, take back all the property tonight, leave a house for them to live in if they are guilty of minor crimes, and put the rest in prison first, and keep them under strict care."
Today's execution would have been too sloppy, and there would still be a group of people who hadn't dealt with it, and it would take some time.
Lu Qingyi locked up all the death row prisoners who should be responsible for the serious crimes, and some of the lesser crimes only received the property, even if they were reluctant, they didn't dare to say more.