Yue Dapeng's face was quite proud when he saw this, on the contrary, Tian Qing's face was ugly.

"What are you doing in a daze? Master Li has an order, you dare not obey, do you want to learn from that Wu Xing? ”

Tian Qing scolded angrily.

When the officials heard this, they were shocked, Wu Xing, a county magistrate, was directly arrested, if they dared to disobey the order, with the style of that horse master, maybe they didn't even have to eat in prison, and their lives would be lost.

Thinking of this, the officials did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately set off to pounce.

"What are you doing? You dare to arrest me, aren't you afraid that Lord Zhang will blame me? ”

Yue Dapeng's face changed greatly, and he shouted loudly, in the past, as long as he took out Lord Zhang's name, no one dared to touch him, but today the situation is different.

Although the officials also had scruples in their hearts, their subordinates kept moving, and two people went up and held him down.

Seeing this, the attendants behind Yue Dapeng also dodged in panic.

Yangzhou is different from the border land in Yunnan, where the people are fierce and it is common to rebel against the imperial court, but Yangzhou is close to Beijing, and these small people do not dare to directly confront the government.

When Tian Qing heard Yue Dapeng shouting Zhang Qing's name, he was even more annoyed in his heart, and said viciously: "Put him in prison for me and 'serve' well!" ”

"Yes!" The official who held Yue Dapeng received his order respectfully.

Yue Dapeng struggled hard, and was so anxious that he kept shouting: "Let go of me, if you dare to arrest me, Master Zhang will not spare you!" ”

The official listened to his incessant shouting, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and his strength suddenly increased a lot, and he screamed in pain.

At this moment, Yue Wenxiong, the old head of the Yue family, also rushed over with two domestic servants, and was immediately shocked when he saw this scene, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop:

"Prefect, why is this so?"

Yue Wenxiong gave up his hand, his attitude was quite polite, after all, he was the head of the family, he was old and experienced, he had long since faded away from the youth and recklessness of his youth, and he knew that a good man did not suffer the loss in front of him.

Tian Qing glanced sideways at Jiang Quan, Jiang Quan understood, and nodded lightly.

Tian Qing's face suddenly sank, and he shouted: "Bold, you dare to obstruct the official affairs of the imperial court, come here, and arrest him for me!" ”

When Yue Wenxiong heard this, he was immediately dumbfounded.

"No, no, no, I don't, my lord, even if you want to requisition the land, the villain will never stop you, please let the child go!"

Yue Wenxiong waved his hand again and again in fear, it doesn't matter if Tian is requisitioned, people can't have anything!

Tian Qing was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect this Yue Wenxiong to be quite generous.

After pondering for a moment, he remembered what Master Li had confessed before leaving, and his eyes suddenly lit up: "Lord Li said it, whoever dares to say a word will be arrested directly, you actually said it just now, it's really bold!" Someone, arrest me! ”

"What?" Yue Wenxiong looked confused, and couldn't understand why for a while, and Li Wei was not there, so he couldn't explain it to him compassionately.

When the officials heard that this was Lord Li's direct order, they didn't dare to hesitate, and immediately stepped forward to escort Yue Wenxiong, who had not yet reacted.

After Tian Qing arrested the father and son of the Yue family, he couldn't help but smile on his face.

In the past, he was an obstacle and couldn't do anything, but now with Master Li's support, everything is different!

After the father and son of the Yue family were arrested, the Gu family also got the news, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to show their heads.

Then Tian Qing went to Yue's house to ask for the title deed, the Yue family had no family owner and eldest young master, so they didn't dare to resist at all, and the Gu family was even more knowledgeable, and sent someone to send the title deed over early.

After Tian Qing and Jiang Quan returned to the mansion, they reported the matter to Li Weiyu and handed over the land deeds of the two families to him.

Li Wei looked at these land deeds, and couldn't help sneering, these people are really toasting and not eating and drinking, how good it was to sell three acres of land, but he had to make a stumbling block for him, but now it's okay, the land is gone, and he hasn't made a penny.

……

On Zhang Cheng's mansion, the local wealthy families in Yangzhou have sent people to ask to see Zhang Cheng, in addition to the victims of this time, the Yue family and the Gu family, as well as the Dong family, the Fan family, the Meng family, and so on.

Li Wei's series of actions made them panic, for fear that their land and property would also be expropriated, and even people would be arrested and put in prison, so they came to Zhang Cheng to inquire about the news and seek refuge.

"Master Zhang, you must save my father and my brother!" Yue Shaoying, the second eldest of the Yue family, said anxiously.

Among the many families, his family was hit the hardest, not to mention the loss of land, the head of the family and the eldest young master were also arrested, which made their family all worried.

Although the people of the other families did not speak, their eyes were fixed on Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng looked around at everyone, and he was also in a dilemma, he could have such great power in the local area, and he couldn't do without the support of the powerful in these places, if he ignored it this time, these powerful people would probably be separated from him.

But he can't take care of these people now, Wu Xingke is still in prison, he is afraid that Wu Xing will confess all his incriminating evidence, and when the time comes, whether Li Wei or Tian Qing gets these incriminating evidence, they can be impeached in writing, with the harsh methods of His Majesty today, he is afraid that he will not end well.

"I know about this, I have already written to impeach that Li Wei, Your Majesty will not let him do such nonsense, everyone rest assured!"

Zhang Cheng said comfortingly.

"But I heard that this Master Li is a concubine, will Your Majesty really blame him?" The head of the Gu family said with some suspicion.

"Yes, he is a colt, and His Majesty will definitely be partial......"

Several other heads of the family chimed in.

Zhang Cheng frowned, raised his hand and pressed it: "You don't need to worry, Your Majesty is wise and martial today, and he will definitely uphold justice for you!" ”

After hearing this, everyone was still worried.

They asked themselves if something happened to their own family, they would definitely try their best to protect it, and push others with themselves, and I think Your Majesty will do the same today.

It's ridiculous to say that a group of corrupt officials are powerful and powerful, but they expect the emperor to selflessly help them uphold justice, which is really strange.

However, this is a helpless reality, just like the people can only expect them to be kinder in the face of them, and they can only beg for the emperor's mercy in the face of imperial power.

After Zhang Cheng sent them away perfunctorily, he began to quietly plan his own affairs.

Wu Xing is locked up in prison, and he may be sold at any time, and the sooner the matter is destroyed, the better.

The murder of the imperial court officials must be cautious, and Zhang Cheng invited Zhang Jingju again to plan carefully with him.

This idea was originally Zhang Jingju's idea, and he would definitely not let this Confucian stay out of the matter.

In fact, this thing is not difficult to do, he has been operating in Yangzhou for many years, and it is too easy to kill a person in prison, but because of Wu Xing's different identity, he must be cautious this time.

After agreeing on a plan, he ordered someone to act quietly that day!

In prison.

Wu Xing's face was pale and silent. In front of him, Tian Qing, who was in charge of interrogation, looked helpless.

After Wu Xing was put in prison, he was not abused, and the so-called punishment is not a doctor, although he is only a small magistrate, but according to the imperial court law, he cannot be punished.

Not only can he not be punished, but even if the evidence is conclusive after the trial, he has to go to the court and wait for His Majesty's decree before he can be convicted. Therefore, he has always refused to confess in the face of Tian Qing's questioning, and he still hopes that Zhang Cheng can think of a way to rescue him.

With a squeak, the door of the prison opened, and Li Wei walked in with Wu Yong and others.

Tian Qing hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Master Li! ”

Li Wei nodded, glanced at the silent Wu Xing again, frowned and asked, "He still doesn't say anything?" ”

"Yes, sir!" Tian Qing nodded, feeling a little ashamed that he had not been able to do what the adults had told him.

Li Wei couldn't help but feel a little irritable in his heart, he could be 100% sure that this Wu Xing and Zhang Cheng definitely colluded with those powerful people, and they must have done a lot of corruption and oppression of the people.

But although he arrested Wu Xing, he couldn't find out why, and he had no way to take Zhang Cheng if he continued like this.

"Is there any other way?" Li Wei asked softly.

Tian Qing shook his head lightly when he heard this, if he couldn't use torture, he didn't have anything to do.

Li Wei frowned and said nothing, officials in the feudal era had privileges everywhere, and sometimes he even envied the Jinyi Guards who had not yet been born, and only those people could deal with these corrupt officials without scruples.

Thinking about it, he doesn't have any good solutions, if he can't do it, just catch a few more, there will always be people who say that there is also the father and son of the Yue family, maybe they can know something.

"If you can't get the trial, lock it up first, sooner or later there will be an explanation."

Li Wei said lightly.

He still has to be busy building a city, and this matter is not in a hurry, as long as Zhang Cheng and the others are no longer looking for trouble, it will be okay to put it aside first.

After Tian Qing agreed, Li Wei left the prison, and Tian Qing did not continue to stay, and he couldn't be tried anyway.

The cell door was closed, leaving only two jailers to guard it, and Wu Xing looked at the jailers outside, feeling a little uneasy.

It's been a few days, but there is no movement on Zhang Cheng's side, he has been locked up like this, Tian Qing comes to interrogate him every once in a while, and if he goes on like this, he really can't hold it anymore.

Although there is no punishment or abuse, the pressure of being locked up in this dark prison all the time is also very high.

It was getting late, and the prison was unusually quiet, the two jailers looked at each other, and then inspected the entire prison separately, and after making sure that all the prisoners were stunned by the ingredients they had added to the soup, they came to meet at the door of Wu Xing's cell.

"They're all asleep, like dead pigs, what about you?" One of the jailers was the first to ask his companion.

The other jailer also nodded: "It's time to do it!" ”

"Good!"

After saying that, one of the jailers took out the key and opened the door of Wu Xing's cell.

Wu Xing's cell was quite clean, and he had also drunk the soup that had been added by the jailer at this time, and he slept to death.

One of the jailers kicked him, and when he didn't react, he relented and reached for his belt...... (End of chapter)