Chang Feng already had a plan in his heart to lure the snake out of the hole and wait for the murderer to appear.

Another day passed. There is only one day left before Zhou Wen leaves office.

In the evening, Pu Bing sent the latest news of the imperial court to the chief of Yinjiang.

Di Bao began in the Han Dynasty. It is said to be the world's first newspaper. Actually, it's more like an internal reference.

This newspaper is an excerpt from the important parts of the Holy Decree and the Quartet Transcript by the General Administration. Copies were copied and published in the official offices of the world.

When the lamp was in hand, Chang Feng sat in front of the bookcase in the bedroom, looking at the newspaper.

The first is the big news of the imperial court's use of troops in the Western Regions.

Last year, Turpan Aheima invaded Hami City, dismembered the Hami Dusi Amu Lang appointed by the imperial court, tied up the Zhongshun King Shaanba back to Turpan, and plundered the golden seal.

At that time, the news was transmitted back to the capital, and Emperor Hongzhi was so angry that he was sold out, and Long Xiao was in a second company.

Cabinet member Qiu Jun took the opportunity to divert the tiger from the mountain to the political enemy, and proposed that Ma Wensheng be in command and go to the Western Regions to conquer Tulupan and restore Hamiwei.

Ma Wensheng is such an old fritter, how could he fall for Qiu Jun's plan and hand over the personnel power of the ministry?

Emperor Hongzhi also saw Lao Qiu's intentions. He only ordered Ma Wensheng to coordinate the overall situation of the Western Expedition in Beijing.

Two months ago, Suzhou commander Yang Zhu led the Suzhou border army, integrated the Handong soldiers and other Western Regions soldiers loyal to the Ming court, and went out of Jiayu Pass to expedition to Hami.

Emperor Hongzhi's foreign strategy has always been that people don't offend me, and I don't offend people. If a man offends me, he will cut all the earthworms in his house in half, and he will have to split them vertically.

The First Hami War of the Hongji Dynasty officially began.

The second piece of news is the earthquake in Qujing, Yunnan, which collapsed houses and crushed countless soldiers and civilians. The earthquake was also felt in Jinling.

The third piece of news is to build an additional nine-sided beacon tower and strengthen the transmission of military intelligence on the nine-sided side.

Among the bunch of messages, there is one inconspicuous news.

Emperor Hongzhi's younger brother, Xingwang Zhu Youqi, left Beijing and went to Huguang'an and Luzhou to take up the domain.

This inconspicuous news determined the national fortunes of the Ming Dynasty for the next 150 years.

After reading the newspaper, Chang Feng was already on the moon.

The Ninth Lady said: "I don't know if there will be another mess tonight." ”

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "I'll make a bet with you." Tonight's change of wife will never be seen again. Tomorrow night, that is, the eve of Zhou Wen's departure, the changing woman will appear. ”

The Ninth Lady lowered her voice: "I always feel that it is a bit risky for you to bring only thirty robes into the long lawsuit. Do you still remember the incident of the official camp in the first year of Hongzhi? ”

Chang Feng lowered his voice: "Don't worry." Do you know where Ye Guangye is at this time? ”

The Ninth Lady said: "What about the Sinan Xuanwei Division, right?" ”

Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "Wrong!" At this moment, he is feeding mosquitoes in Fanjing Mountain behind us. ”

"As long as I order a letter arrow, two thousand reinforcements can arrive in half an hour."

Just then, there was a knock on the bedroom door.

Zhou Wen walked in. He was so frightened that he couldn't sleep because Chang Feng had withdrawn the guards around him and arrived in worry. Just come to Changfeng here to be brave.

Chang Feng smiled: "Lord Zhou." We're in the wilderness. There is no rule for outsiders to come to the female family to avoid it. ”

"Xiao Jiu, serve tea to Lord Zhou."

Mrs. Nine poured tea for Zhou Wen. Zhou Wen took a sip and suppressed his shock: "Lord Chang, are you sure that no one will assassinate me tonight?" ”

Chang Feng said: "The murderer went to great lengths to make you relax your vigilance and continue the legend of the ghost yamen." ”

"And in the legend of the Ghost Yamen, all the successive governors of Yinjiang will die on the eve of leaving office."

"The murderer will not murder you tonight. He'll do it tomorrow night. If we do what we do, we can capture it. ”

Zhou Wen sighed: "Alas, I am incompetent. There is a heart to serve the country. However, when he arrived in Yinjiang, he did not issue a government decree and was unable to benefit the people of Yinjiang. ”

Chang Feng asked: "Why can't the government decree come out?" ”

Zhou Wen replied: "If the toasts receive the decree and do not implement it, the decree is waste paper." ”

"Under Tusi's rule, the people, the land, and the mountains are all owned by Tusi. Large and small toasts form their own spheres of influence. ”

"Governance, criminal names, money valleys, and military affairs can all be autonomous. They take and seize the people under their rule, and hold the power of life and death. It is almost equivalent to the earth emperor in the ravine. ”

Chang Feng said: "The key to the implementation of land reform and return to the stream is to abolish the toast. ”

Zhou Wen sighed: "But how easy it is to abolish toast!" It will lead to civil unrest. Successive governors, including me, have had the attitude that more is better than less. ”

"As magistrates, we are most afraid of a civil uprising in the territory."

"Let's talk about Yinjiang, for example. There are only more than 140 servants and people in the Han family. but there were fifty thousand of the aliens. ”

"Once there is a civil uprising, I will either abandon the city and flee, and be guilty of death! Or wait for the interracial sword in the long lawsuit. ”

Hearing this, Chang Feng admired Emperor Hongzhi more and more. Emperor Hongzhi is indeed a Ming monarch, although he lives in the palace, he can see the world.

This time, Emperor Hongzhi asked Chang Feng to come to Qianjiang and specially sent 5,000 Beijing battalion soldiers to accompany him. We are ready to use force to carry out land reform and repatriation.

Zhou Wenmo chirped, but refused to leave Changfeng's bedroom.

Chang Feng simply talked to him all night. Learn about the local situation in Yinjiang.

He learns an amazing insider.

Yin Jiang said that it was the four major toasts, but in fact, there was a fifth toast - the Huang family of the tax collector Huang Liang.

The Huang family controlled the foreign trade routes. The local specialties obtained by the four major toast squeezers were transported to Han through the Huang family and exchanged for silver.

In addition, the salt, cloth, and cotton transported in China are also controlled by the Huang family.

The Huang family and the Miao, Tu, Dong, and Yi Tusi are almost all lost, and they are both prosperous.

It wasn't until dawn that Zhou Wen left Chang Feng's bedroom.

The Ninth Lady yawned: "Yes." I stayed up all night with you. ”

Chang Feng said: "Let's go to sleep quickly, sleep until the next day." The truth of the ghost yamen will be revealed tonight! ”

Before he slept until he slept, Chang Feng got up with Mrs. Nine and had dinner.

Chang Feng found Sun Guishou. He asked, "Old Sun, have things been arranged?" ”

Sun Guishou replied: "Everything is ready. ”

Chang Feng nodded. Came to the lobby.

Jin Bao, Huang Liang, and Lin Sanjiu were drinking tea in the lobby.

Seeing that Chang Feng was coming, the three of them saluted Chang Feng.

Chang Feng waved his hand: "When you come to this ghost place, you don't have to care about so many etiquette." Excuse me. ”

Huang Liang asked tentatively, "Master Chang." Gao Chenghu pretended to be a ghost and killed people, and you have been sent to prison. ”

"The position of inspection is extremely important. Now it's empty. It doesn't seem right."

Chang Feng will take care of it, and follow Huang Liang's words and say: "Yes, I have to find someone to take over the inspection." This person would do well to understand the local situation in Yinjiang. ”

"If you transfer a small flag from the Xuanwei Division to serve as an inspector and smear Yinjiang's eyes, how can you manage Yinjiang's military equipment and public security?"

When Huang Liang heard this, he actually recommended himself: "The little one is not talented, but he is a military household registration." Willing to take up the position of inspector. ”

"The little one is willing to offer a thousand taels of silver to help Chang Daren open up the joints."

Chang Feng was surprised: "Are you a military household register?" ”

Huang Liang nodded: "After the founding of the country, the great grandfather issued an edict, Mongolian people, color people, and all those who supported the new Ming Dynasty were all Chinese people." Originally belonged to the pseudo-Yuan military registration, and could be granted the household registration of the Ming Army. ”

"The ancestor donated 300 stone of military rations to the Ming army stationed in Sinan Mansion, and he was granted a military household registration."

Chang Feng was even more suspicious of Huang Liang.

He had judged before that the murderer framed Gao Chenghu in order to divert attention. Second, it is likely to covet the post of inspector.

The Huang family has a huge influence in Yinjiang. If Huang Liang became an inspector again, he took charge of Yinjiang's military equipment and public security. Wouldn't the heaven of Yinjiang become the heaven of the Huang family?

Chang Feng wanted to indulge in the past, pretending to be greedy: "The inspection is always graded." From the ninth grade, he is also an official. ”

"Brother Huang wants to take over the inspection, so he has to report to Sinan Xuanwei Division. It is also necessary to file according to the judicial department in Guizhou. There are too many people handling it. ”

"I'm afraid of a thousand taels."

Huang Liang was quite arrogant: "How much silver is needed, please let Master Chang indicate clearly." ”

Chang Feng stretched out two fingers.

Huang Liang gritted his teeth: "Cheng!" And the money will be brought to the adults in the next few days. ”

Chang Feng smiled: "That's good! Tonight, we're going to have a drink in the long lawsuit. First, let's give Zhou Daren a meal. Second, congratulations to Brother Huang in advance on his promotion to inspection. ”

Huang Liang got up: "My subordinates will go to Zhang Luo's banquet." ”

Chang Feng waved his hand: "No need. My concubine Xiao Jiu has already gone to Zhangluo. ”

Chang Feng didn't want Huang Liang to be drugged in the wine and food.

Lin Sanjiu proposed: "My lord, how about my subordinates take you to Fanjing Mountain to hunt tomorrow?" ”

Chang Feng happily agreed: "Okay! I'm worried about coming to this hellish place, and it's not easy to spend three years! ”

"In the future, the official affairs of the yamen will be handed over to the three of you. All I have to do is hunt and play with interracial girls for fun and spend my time. ”

Lin Sanjiu said with a smile: "The little one has already sent someone to tell the four toasts." Let them choose two Miao, Tu, Yi, and Dong girls, and send them to the chief lawsuit to please Chang Da. ”

In the evening, there was a large banquet in the chief office.

In the wilderness, there is naturally no exquisite eight treasures. It's all big bowls of wine and big pieces of meat.

Chang Feng raised the wine bowl: "This first glass of wine, toast our Lord Zhou." Congratulations to him for finally leaving this place where birds don't. ”

"Alas, it's my turn to live three years of miserable life! Come on, come on, do it! ”

The crowd raised their glasses and drank it all.

Chang Feng said again: "This second cup of wine, salute our yellow tax collector." Congratulations in advance on his promotion to patrol inspection! ”

The crowd drank it all again.

Zhou Wen had an anxious look on his face. He was terrified to death, afraid that he would become the fifth victim of the legend of the Ghost Yamen tonight.

Chang Feng repeatedly poured wine into Zhou Wen: "Lord Zhou, drink a few more glasses." Don't worry, Gao Chenghu, who pretended to be a woman, has been arrested. You get drunk all night, and you wake up tomorrow and go back to the Central Plains to enjoy happiness. ”

Zhou Wen seemed to be very shallow in drinking, and he became a dead dog after a few drinks.

"Changsui" Xu Fatzi smiled: "Lord Zhou, I'll take you to the bedroom to rest." ”

Chang Feng toasted Jin Bao again: "You are an old official who has worked in the yamen for more than ten years. I will rely on you more in the future. Come, come, drink this cup to the fullest. ”

Jin Bao Shuangli drank it all: "The little one is willing to serve the dogs and horses for Chang Da." ”

The crowd drank and enjoyed themselves until the time of the sub-deck.

Chang Feng was drunk like mud, and returned to the bedroom with the support of Mrs. Jiu.

As soon as I entered the bedroom, I was drunk and drunk. The jar of prickly pear wine he drank just now had already made Mrs. Nine mix it with water. It only smells of wine, but it has no strength.

The Ninth Lady asked, "Can the murderer really show up tonight?" ”

Chang Feng sat on the edge of the couch: "I'll know in a while." ”

He sat opposite the Ninth Lady, waiting for the killer's signal.

At seven o'clock, the entire inner watchtower was turned off by lights and candles, and it was dark.

Zhou Wen's bedroom.

Several black-clothed men "squeaked" and pushed open the door of Zhou Wen's bedroom.

One of them had an animal trap tied around his waist.

They came to Zhou Wen's couch. There was a curtain on the bed.

The man in black with a trap around his waist opened the curtain with his hand, ready to commit murder.

Suddenly, a bell rang in the bedroom!

It turned out that the curtain was tied with the bronze bell brought by the Ninth Lady and the Tujia family's exorcism!

The man in black lifted the futon on the couch. There were a few pillows in it! Zhou Wen is not on the couch at all!

The man in black whispered, "It's bad, we seem to have been fooled!" ”

At this moment, Xu Fatzi roared angrily: "Catch the ghost!" Give it to the fat man! ”

More than a dozen brocade-clothed guards in their left hands held the candles they had just lit in their left hands and the scorpion crossbows in their right hands rushed into the bedroom!

Xu Fatzi saw clearly by candlelight that there were three people in black. All black scarves cover their faces.

The three men in black drew their waist knives and prepared to resist.

However, the crossbow is fast seven paces away. The crossbow is fast within seven steps.

"Whoosh!" Lux men pulled the crossbow machine one after another, but the target was not the body of the man in black, but their legs.

"Ahh The three men in black screamed in unison and fell to the ground.

Chang Feng's bedroom was only twenty steps away from Zhou Wen's bedroom. He heard the sound coming.

Fat Xu smiled: "Master Chang, the ghost has been caught!" ”

Chang Feng said: "Light the lantern!" ”

Several robes lit lanterns, and a moment later the bedroom was brightly lit.

Chang Feng saw one of the men in black with a trap tied around his waist. He said: "If I guessed correctly, you are the head of Lin Sanjiu's Lin team, right?" ”

Fat Xu stepped forward and ripped off his black scarf.

Sure enough, this person is Lin Sanjiu, who was born in Orion!

Chang Feng smiled: "I really didn't expect it. The woman in the ghost yamen is actually the leader of the strong team of the chief lawsuit! ”

Lin Sanjiu gritted his teeth and looked at Chang Feng: "What is Master Chang talking about." I don't understand. ”

"I'm worried that Master Zhou is drunk and there is no one around to serve me. Come here."

"Smack", Xu Fatzi stretched out his big hand like a fan and gave Lin Sanjiu a big fight.

Xu Fatzi said angrily: "It's all this time, and you dare to be hard-mouthed?" ”

Chang Feng pointed to the second man in black: "I'll see who he is." ”

Xu Fatzi ripped off the black scarf covering the face of the second man in black. It's the head of the official, Jin Bao!

This was unexpected: "I thought the murderer was one of the three old officials in the chief lawsuit." I didn't expect two out of three! ”

Xu Fatzi ripped off the black face and black scarf of the third man in black. It was the tax collector Huang Liang.

Chang Feng sneered: "Wow! Good! The three old officials of the chief lawsuit have gathered! ”

The three of them were hit by crossbow arrows in their legs, and they all bared their teeth in pain.

Chang Feng said: "First stop the bleeding for these three people." Then he was escorted to the lobby for interrogation. ”

At this moment, Zhou Wen walked in. The prickly pear wine he drank just now was also touched by Mrs. Nine. He was pretending to be drunk.

Zhou Wen asked: "Chang Yishi, have you caught a ghost?" ”

Chang Feng pointed at the three of them: "Brother Zhou, take a look." In the past three years, you have been with three murderous demons day and night! ”

Zhou Wen was surprised when he saw the three people lying on the ground: "It's them?" How can it be! ”

Chang Feng asked, "How is it impossible?" ”

Zhou Wendao: "In the past three years, they have been dutiful!" All the tax money they handled was handed over to me. ”

Sun Guishou coughed and reminded, "Brother Zhou, you are confused. They treat you like a stuffy gourd jar for saving money! On the eve of your departure, it is when the stuffy gourd jar is broken. ”

"Why should they withhold taxes on their daily lives? The meat is rotten in the pan. ”

Zhou Wen suddenly realized: "I see! ”

After a moment's effort, the lobby of the chief lawsuit was brightly lit. Chang Feng changed into a flying fish suit, and the night trial was three "becoming a wife"!

For the villains who pretended to be ghosts and killed people, Chang Feng didn't need to be polite, and directly gave the three of them a big memory recovery technique.

The three were tortured and had to confess.

There must always be a motive for killing.

Jin Bao and Lin Sanjiu's motive for killing was hatred.

Huang Liang's motive for killing was greed.

Jin Bao is actually a Tujia family. Fifteen years ago, his daughter was sixteen years old. and the Han family Orion Lin Sanjiu fell in love. Weddings will be held at the end of the year.

Good things are coming, and another good thing is coming.

The Yinjiang chief lawsuit recruited a strong class and a strong people. Lin Sanjiu was selected as the people's strong man by virtue of his superb archery skills and hunting skills.

Lin Sanjiu ate the official meal. Jin Bao is happy for her daughter, and in the future, she will marry Lin Sanjiu, and her life will be guaranteed.

At that time, the chief of Yinjiang was surnamed Lin. Because Lin Sanjiu has the same surname as him, he is particularly important.

Before Chief Lin left office, he sent Lin Sanjiu to Sinan Station to make a front station for him and prepare carriages and horses.

Seven days before leaving office, Chief Lin went to Tujia Village. Say goodbye to toast.

said that it was a farewell, but in fact, it was a toast before leaving.

It's not enough to knock it out. Chief Lin, who had drunk too much, fell in love with the girl who served him a drink-it was Jin Bao's daughter!

The next thing is the same as in the legend of the Ghost Yamen.

Chief Lin forcibly abducted Jin Bao's daughter to Yamen. It's not enough to spoil herself, but she was also "rewarded" to dozens of wolf-like officials.

The officials killed Jin Bao's daughter.

The daughter didn't return all night, and Jin Bao went crazy looking for her. After crying and begging Toast repeatedly, Toast told him that his daughter had been taken captive to the chief lawsuit.

Jin Bao went to the chief lawsuit to dignitaries. The servants impatiently returned a disheveled female corpse to him.

Jin Bao was grief-stricken. And then there was outright hatred.

Three days later, the prospective son-in-law Lin Sanjiu returned. learned that his fiancée was ruined to death, and he hated it to the bone marrow.

Weng and his son-in-law made a poisonous oath that they would kill all the officials of the Yin River in this life!

Lin Sanjiu relied on his status as a strong man to be able to enter and exit the long lawsuit. On the eve of Chief Lin's departure, he killed Chief Lin with a trap and avenged his fiancée.

Jin Bao fabricated and spread rumors among the Tujia people that there was a change in the long lawsuit, and the woman changed to ask for her life.

Rumors spread ten, ten, hundreds. The Yinjiang chief lawsuit has become a famous ghost yamen in Guizhou.

In this way, Chief Lin became the first victim of the "change of wife". Of course, he is to blame and does not deserve sympathy.

Jin Bao in order to complete the poisonous oath of "killing all the officials of the Yinjiang River in this life". Relying on literacy and hyphenation, and proficient in the languages of the Tu and Miao ethnic groups, he entered the chief lawsuit a year later and became a scribe.

He got acquainted with Huang Liang, who was sent by the Huang family to serve as an agent in the long lawsuit. The two became friends.

Huang Liang is just the concubine of the Huang family, who is pressed by the eldest brother, does not have much money in his hands, and is greedy by nature.

Two hateful people came together with a greedy man.

In the following ten years, they colluded with each other to kill three outgoing governors in the name of changing their mothers, and received 30,000 or 40,000 yuan in silver.

This is the truth about the murder of the woman in the Yinjiang ghost yamen.

Hate and greed, led to this sensational story.

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