Chapter 267: The Worst Sin
"Saying that the two brothers are about to make a windfall enough to buy the entire village, they will definitely be able to raise their eyebrows when the time comes, so that the people in the village will no longer look down on the two brothers as they did before."
"At that time, they drank a lot, and the Ge brothers were often talked about by the elders of Zuojiazhuang because they were not good at planting the land on weekdays, and they were idle all day long, but the Ge brothers were only looked down upon because they were not local people in Zuojiazhuang, and often said that they were ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi, etc., and this Zuo Dali did not take it to heart."
"If I think about it now, I feel that the Ge brothers are very suspicious, and since the flood, the people in Zuojiazhuang have never seen the Ge brothers again, because the flood came suddenly that night, and the house where the Ge brothers lived was at the edge of the village, and the house was not built securely, so they thought that the two brothers were washed away by the water, and they didn't pay much attention to it."
After Zheng Yakun finished speaking, He Yanxiu twisted his eyebrows, "Then where are the two Ge brothers who are very suspicious, and where are they caught now?"
"I caught, but only Ge Da was caught, and Ge Er was dug up." Zheng Yakun replied.
"Dig it up?" His Royal Highness's eyes widened, and after a moment, it suddenly dawned on him, "Behind the scenes, kill people and kill people?"
"Exactly." Zheng Yakun nodded, "According to this Ge Da's explanation, after they completed this matter that night, they went to the agreed place at the appointed time to ask for compensation, but what they got was not the promised five hundred taels of silver, but it was a disaster of death."
"Those people were dressed in black, their faces were masked, and they were holding steel knives and slashing at the two of them, Ge Er was caught off guard, and he lost his breath on the spot, Ge Da saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly escaped, and although Ge Da was thinner than Ge Er on weekdays, he ran extremely fast, and was extremely good at water, so he climbed the river embankment and plunged into the Honghe River, which evaded the pursuit of everyone."
"After Ge Da got rid of those people, he secretly ran to the place where Ge Er was killed, dragged Ge Er's body away, and buried it in a remote place, and then flooded, and everywhere was flooded one after another, and more and more people fled, Ge Da disguised himself and blended in with the victims, trying to get out of here and fly away, in order to save his life."
"The discovery of Ge Da this time is also because Ge Da accidentally injured his leg on the way to escape, the wound on his leg festered, the whole person was in a coma with a high fever, and fainted on the side of the road.
"After the people I sent out caught Ge Da and saw a doctor for him, he picked up a life, probably because he experienced life and death, and saw that so many people suffered because of the blowing up of the river embankment this time, Ge Da couldn't bear it, plus his own brother was killed by that gangster, Ge Da hated it so much that the root of his teeth itched, so he explained the cause and effect."
"Ge Da confessed that the person who instructed him was a middle-aged man who was not tall and short, with a black spot the size of an apricot on the back of his left hand.
"Who is it?" His Royal Highness asked. ….
"It's the steward of Xiang Xiujie's family, the prefect of Zhengxin Mansion, Xiang Cong." Zheng Yakun replied.
"Hmph, a steward, where there is such guts, it must be Xiang Xiujie's doing!" The Third Highness snorted coldly, "I really didn't expect that this prefect would actually do something to blow up the river embankment and harm the lives of one party!"
It's really crazy!
"Not hesitating to do such a thing, it can be seen what kind of big thing it wants to cover up." He Yan cultivated.
The Third Highness's brows tightened, "It seems that this case is really going to be tried well, come on!" Bring that Zheng Xin's prefect Xiang Xiujie and his steward Xiang Cong, and I will have a good trial!"
"Yes." Someone has already been commanded to leave.
"Report!" The yacha walked in and arched his hand, "The people who made trouble in the porridge shed just now have already confessed, saying that they were instructed by the master around Wan Qirui, the prefect of Fuwang, to make sure that they had to make some trouble, and the bigger the trouble, the better, so they did the thing of throwing sand into the pot and picking thorns and insults, with the intention of creating chaos."
Fabulous!
It seems that there is more than one case to be tried today.
The Third Highness spoke again, "Go get it!"
"Yes!"
"Wait!" He Yanxiu opened his mouth to stop him, and continued, "When you go to get people, don't make a noise, especially when you arrest Xiang and Wan Er, just say that the Third Highness wants to invite them to discuss disaster relief matters, and ask the two of them to come quickly without delay."
Don't startle the snake!
"Yes!" The crowd took the command and departed.
When the sun was sinking in the west, several waves of people returned to the mansion of Hongzheng Mansion one after another.
And this night, in the entire Hongzheng Mansion, the lights were bright, and the mournful shouts resounded in the sky, startling the birds and birds in the trees flying all over the sky.
The next day, early in the morning, it began to rain lightly, and it did not stop until after lunch.
Although the rain had stopped, the sky was still gloomy, and dark clouds covered the whole land, making the air dull and breathless.
The Third Highness sat on one of the thresholds of the palace, his head hanging down.
Motionless, like a clay sculpture.
"Your Royal Highness, let's take a sip of tea." He Yanxiu said softly, "After reviewing the case all night, listening to so many words, and saying so many words, I should be thirsty."
Only then did the clay-like Third Highness react, raised his head, and looked at He Yanxiu with bloodshot eyes, "Cousin, what kind of attitude and reaction will he have when you say that the story about this matter is put on the case of the Father?"
"How do the three highnesses think the Holy One will react today?" He Yanxiu didn't answer, but asked rhetorically.
"My father has always been diligent and loves the people, and he hates officials for being greedy for ink, if my father learns of the crimes of Xiang and Wanduo, he will definitely be furious and deal with them severely!" The Third Highness replied.
Last year, in order to encourage farming, the imperial court allocated a large amount of silver taels, requiring all prefectures and counties to build canals in the fields and purchase ploughing cattle as official cattle to facilitate the leasing and use of farmers.
Xiang and Wan were greedy for most of the silver, and after the wells and canals were sent to make a show, Guan Niu bought a very small number of them as a façade.
I thought that there was no one to supervise this matter, but I never thought that I would get the news that the household department wanted to verify, but the two were afraid that their deeds would be exposed, so they blew up the river embankment and led the flood to wash away the farmland......
When the floods occurred, the farmland was flooded, the canals were destroyed, and the cattle were lost.
It can be said that in order to conceal the evidence that they had moved the tax money without permission and had not used it for farming, Xiang and Wan did not hesitate to blow up the river embankment and let the flood flood flood everything, so that no one could see the clue.
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