Since Feng San, Feng Niu'er and others, like Chen Yi, the steward of the dock shipping company, all regard their families as more important than anything else, then Zhao Ning naturally chooses to start from their families.

The specific method is also very simple, it is nothing more than coercion and inducement.

Of course, there is a premise for this. Zhao Ningde has control over their families. And now, their families are in the hands of the officials. Or to be precise, in the custody of the Jingzhao Mansion.

The families of these criminals must be allowed to leave Jingzhao Mansion, and they must fall into the hands of Zhao Ning, or at least, they must be controlled by Hanmen officials.

This is not something that Zhao Ning can do.

Fortunately, the people behind Tang Xing can do it.

Zhao Ning said to Feng San and the others: "If you are willing to seriously inquire about the situation of the Zhao family's Zhuangzi before being bought, you will know very clearly that no matter how good or bad the year is, the Zhao family will never deduct the grain of the tenant household.

"If someone in the tenant's family is sick, as long as he tells Zhuangzi, Zhuangzi will also ask a doctor to treat him, and he will never sit idly by and watch anyone die of illness. You have been in Zhao's Zhuangzi for too short, and you have a preconceived idea that Zhao's is unbearable, and you have never observed Zhuangzi attentively.

"If you know this, you will understand that you don't have to work hard at all to improve the situation of your family—as long as you tell Zhuangzi about it when you are bought. ”

Zhao Ning's words are all true, and all the Zhuangzi of the Zhao family did this.

On the one hand, this is because the Zhao family style is pure, and on the other hand, as a relative, the Zhao family is also the first noble, and must always be careful to cherish the feathers;

Third, in the past few years, the gate has been looking for Jiangmen's stubble to attack Jiangmen officials, which has also made Zhao pay more attention to reputation.

But Feng San's stubborn eyes showed that he didn't believe Zhao Ning's words.

He should not believe it, or convince himself not to believe it. Only in this way can he continue to believe that what he did before was right, and not that he was ungrateful, harmed good people, and was a stupid joke.

No one wants to admit that they are mean and stupid, so most of the time, people don't want to believe that they are doing something wrong. Even if the matter is irrefutable, there is always some other excuse to say that it is someone else's fault.

Zhao Ning didn't think that Feng San would believe him immediately, and continued:

"In the case of the Shimen County dam fight, we have our own positions, so let's ignore right and wrong. Since you have sold your lives to fight for a prosperous future for your family, then things are not without room for change.

"How much benefit the door has given you, my Zhao clan will double it for you. Although you will definitely die, I can guarantee that your family will be blessed by the Zhao family in the future and will not be bullied again.

"To be honest, my Zhao family, as the first noble of the dynasty and a general, has a much better reputation than the family.

"The Mendi will instruct you to frame the Zhao family, it is already a traitorous act, how trustworthy such a villain is, you should think about it.

"Just today, there was also a murder case against my Zhao family at the dock, and there was also a civilian who instructed him, his name was Chen Yi, and he was a ship manager. I can arrange for you to meet, and you can hear him talk about how Mendi crossed the river and demolished the bridge. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Ning stood up, "Of course, you can also refuse, but in that case, we will have to break the net, and your family will also have to die."

"In order to prove that my words are true, I can tell you clearly that in the future, you and your family will be taken out of Jingzhao Mansion and into the prison of Dali Temple.

"There, I can even arrange for you to meet your family again, and the people of the family will never be able to appear before you again.

"But at that time, the lives of you and your family will also be in my hands, and I will kill your family members only to find an excuse for illness or accident.

"I said hide and seek kills, do you believe it?

"Think about it, when you get to the prison of Dali Temple, when my people see you again, you have to make up your mind. ”

After saying that, Zhao Ning didn't stay any longer, glanced at Feng San and the others, and left the room, taking his two guards away.

Feng San, Feng Niu'er and the others looked at each other, all digesting Zhao Ning's words just now, and everyone was silent for a while, not knowing what to say.

There was no doubt that they felt a tremendous oppressive force, almost overwhelming Mount Tai, and their bodies could not resist it at all.

Zhao Ning also didn't give them a choice.

"Third brother, how are you ......" Feng Niu'er ran over to check Feng San's injuries, "Third brother, what should we do now?" What Zhao Gongzi just said, could it be true, should we believe him?"

Several villagers were anxiously gossiping while helping Feng San and the middle-aged man loosen their ties:

"Is it true that Mendi will cross the river and tear down the bridge? When we are done with it, we will kill our families and take back everything we have been given before? That's a lot of money!"

"Will we really be moved to that Dali Temple, and will we really be able to see our families again?"

"Will Zhao Gongzi really give us twice the price and bless our family for a lifetime?"

In the face of these uncertain confusions, Feng San thought for a long time, but he couldn't give an accurate answer. He really didn't know if Mendi would keep his promise, and he didn't know if Zhao Ning would come true.

He was just a country man, with little insight and no deep wisdom.

Even if he is outstanding in this group of people, he can take ideas on weekdays, and he dares to work hard, but the current situation is still too complicated for him.

Only then did Feng San realize that since they were bought by the family, they and their families had embarked on a road of no return.

In front of a behemoth like Mendi, they can't control their own destiny, and they can only be constantly manipulated by the other party. The original decision was to push everyone to the edge of the cliff.

If there is no desire, they have desires, and they have taken such a sinister step, so now they are in a dilemma of life and death.

But Feng San did not regret his decision that day. If they don't fight this time, their families and future generations will always be the bottom without enough food and clothing, being oppressed, enduring humiliation and stealing their lives, and having no dignity as human beings.

After fighting this time, the fate of the family may have a glimmer of change, and only then can they have the opportunity to be truly a person in the future.

Who calls them helpless, dispossessed low-level civilians?

Feng San covered his wound and frowned, thought hard for a long time, and finally had an idea:

"Let's go and ask the other prisoners, the prisoners who didn't frame the Zhao family, see what they think of the Zhao family, and ask them how the Zhao family treats the tenants. ”

Now, he had to take the risk of admitting that he was stupid and ridiculous to do it. Because compared to this, the fate and future of the family are more important.

If the Zhao family has a good reputation and is worthy of trust, they can try to trust Zhao Ning's words just now.

They are fighting for their families, not for their families, and whether they change their stance depends on whether it is good for their families.

Feng San continued: "Let's see if we will change places, and when we get to a new place, whether we really can't see people from the door, and whether we can still meet our families."

If this is the case, then it proves that they and their families have fallen into the hands of the Zhao clan's forces, and they can't help themselves.

"And what kind of boat steward, you can also listen to what the other party has to say, see if it is worth believing, and judge the possibility of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Feng San finally added.

At this moment, a team of jailers walked in, led them out of the torture room, and advanced them into their original cells.

......

When Zhao Ning came out of the cell, it was dusk. The remnant sun is like blood, and there are still patches of golden glow on the sunny side of the pavilion of the Jingzhao Mansion, but all corners of the backlit side have been dyed with not light shadows. Zhou Junchen walked over quickly, didn't pay much attention to Zhao Ning, who had already put on his hood, and said directly to Tang Xing: "The people from Dali Temple have already come, and they want us to transfer the people involved in the case to the prison of Dali Temple." ”

Hearing this news, neither Zhao Ning nor Tang Xing was surprised.

After the last Liu's case, the chief official of Dali Temple was replaced, and the new Dali Temple Siqing was a poor official.

After the fall of the Liu family, there were many vacancies in official positions, which were filled not only by people from the family, but also by officials from poor families. Today's Dali Temple is basically controlled by poor officials from top to bottom.

Although Zhao Ning did not know the details of the official position of Dali Siqing, he thought that it was also the result of the exchange of power between the emperor and the family. Just like Pang Sheng stayed in Jing Zhaoyin in exchange for Tang Xing, Zhou Junchen and others were promoted.

Since the emperor decided to use the Hanmen officials as minions to help him strengthen the imperial power, he naturally wanted to let the Hanmen officials "attack the city and seize the land" in various official offices and occupy the territory.

Before, the door and the general confronted, encroaching on the military department, and now the officials of the Hanmen are competing with the family and occupying the Dali Temple, which is the same reason.

A thousand birds are not as good as a bird in the forest, and it is more useful to be able to thoroughly grasp a yamen than to put a few people in each yamen.

It is conceivable that as long as the power of the Hanmen officials continues to grow, the more in the future, there will be more yamen like Dali Temple that are completely in the hands of the Hanmen officials.

Now that the emperor has decided to help the Zhao family, it is logical to transfer the case to Dali Temple - all major cases are within the scope of Dali Temple's authority, and the three divisions also have a seat for Dali Temple.

Now that Zhao's case has not yet been decided, the case has arrived at Dali Temple, which is presided over by Hanmen officials, and things will be much easier for Zhao. This was also an important move by the emperor to help the Zhao family.

After seeing Zhao Ning, Zhou Junchen was not surprised, and the two simply greeted each other.

When Zhao Ning and the others arrived at the back gate of Jingzhao Mansion, some people from the Zhao clan who were waiting nearby came forward to report, saying that the Zhao clan had arranged manpower and was ready to contact the criminals in various cases, and cooperate with the officials of the Hanmen to quickly investigate all the cases.

Of course, this was for Tang Xing and them to see, the Zhao clan's manpower was already in place, and the action was carried out secretly for a long time.

At this time, someone hurriedly came from the corridor on the side and whispered a few words to Tang Xing.

After hearing this, Tang Xing solemnly said to Zhao Ning: "The news from the palace says that Xu Xiang, Zhen Guogong and others are still in the Chongwen Hall and have not come out, and many important ministers have been called over.

"It seems that although His Majesty has decided to help the Zhao family, the pressure he is facing is still not small, at least the sect has not given up, and it should still be discussed, and I don't know how long Your Majesty can postpone the trial of the three divisions.

"Brother Zhao, we still need to find out the case as soon as possible, and we can't make it difficult for Your Majesty. ”

Zhao Ning nodded, "As long as the people involved in the case wait until they reach the prison of Dali Temple, and there are no officials to watch, we can do things freely." Since the Zhao family is wronged, the various cases should not be difficult to investigate, so let's go over. ”

After saying that, Zhao Ning and the others went out and disappeared into the long street in the night that was descending step by step.

......

In this great storm that swept through the land of Gyeonggi, related to the rise and fall of many families, and the power structure at the top of the imperial dynasty, some people pushed the boat along the river, some went against the trend, some sat on the golden and brilliant heights to call for wind and rain, some hid in the dark shadows to pull the line, and some struggled in the mud.

They are either for their own selfishness, or for the sake of their family and country, or they go to great lengths to climb the ladder of power, or they sacrifice their lives and forget their lives to live like individuals.

In this world where in order to survive and master more survival resources, countless joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows are staged all the time, I don't know how many people are blind to such stories.

Where there is a fight, there will be victory and defeat, and if someone rejoices, someone must be sad.

Tonight's Yanping City is destined to be another sleepless night.