As soon as Feng Changfeng's words came out, he immediately pulled Xie Yixiang back to his eyes from his thoughts, and blurted out, "What did you say?" Feng Changfeng saw that she finally had a reaction, and immediately smiled: "Even if Miss Xie San was only twelve or thirteen years old at the time, it is not surprising that I don't know about this." However, at that time, the earth-shattering case caused a sensation in the world, and countless officials were beheaded and imprisoned, and Miss Xie San should have some impressions. ”

Of course, Xie Yixiang knew what Feng Changfeng said, it was the first major case since the founding of this dynasty. It is said that for thousands of years, the state capitals have to pay grain money to the imperial court as taxes every year, but due to the loss of transportation, it is inevitable that the tax account books and the actual money and grain do not match the amount, so they can only send the person who sent the account back to the local area to do the account again, and stamp the audit seal of the local state government, and once again go to the capital to submit the account to the household department, until it is exactly the same as the actual amount of money and grain.

In this way, if it is the state capital around the capital, it is fine, even if the accounts are wrong, it will only be delayed for ten days and a half months at most, but the state capital that is far away is miserable. Taking this dynasty as an example, if there is a problem with the accounts sent to Jinling in Yunnan, Guizhou, Liangguang, Shanxi, Sichuan, and other places, the people who send the accounts come and go again and again, and it will be a situation of three to five months; if the accounts sent for the second time are still wrong, then this year's taxes should not be put into the treasury, because then they have to prepare for the next year's taxes.

However, as the saying goes, there are policies and countermeasures, and officialdom has its own solutions. Therefore, since the time of foreign rule in the previous dynasty, the person who sent the account would prepare a blank account book stamped with the seal of the local state government before entering Beijing, so that if the account was wrong, it would be filled in again, and it could be submitted to the household department again immediately, which naturally solved this age-old problem. Although this move was suspected of violating the law, the imperial court also understood the difficulties in this and did not explicitly prohibit it, and gradually became a common practice when paying taxes in various state capitals.

In this dynasty, when the emperor heard about this incident for the first time after ascending the throne, he was immediately furious, believing that this was a joint fraud by the officials of the household department and the state capitals in various places, and in contempt for the law and discipline of the imperial court, so he issued an order to let the pro-army governor's office strictly deal with it -- all the officials who had the slightest involvement in this matter were beheaded and questioned, and more than 20,000 officials involved were killed in just one month; and the more and more officials who were convicted were investigated, one out of every ten officials was imprisoned. And the pro-military governor's mansion also became famous overnight because of this case, and it still makes everyone in the government and the opposition talk about the tiger.

After that, Feng Changfeng said that Taihu Lake 'ghosts cry at night', the original calm Taihu Lake, every night there are flying sand and stones, the yin wind howls angrily, which is faintly mixed with the cry of thousands of people, but no one can be found, and it is the same for several nights in a row. The people said that it was because the court killed too many people that the underworld could not contain them, which made the ghosts of the yang world condense and float on the Taihu Lake.

And Xie Yixiang was only twelve years old at the time, but he had already left Suzhou and went to Jinling, and he did not witness the strange thing of "ghosts crying at night" in Taihu Lake, and he also said that it was the foolish people in the countryside who spread false rumors, and did not want to be mentioned by the commander of the pro-army Governor's Mansion today.

I only heard Feng Changfeng say: "In order to surpass the ghosts on Taihu Lake, the imperial court successively invited 16 mages, including Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and the three religions, but none of them were effective, and even the mystery was unclear and unclear. Fortunately, Mr. Qingtian, who had returned to his hometown after illness, was still alive at that time, and the emperor sent someone to invite him to Taihu Lake overnight. Mr. Qingtian saw this vision, pinched his fingers, and immediately changed his face, and said: "The gate of the Yin Division leads to the underworld, and there are still seventy-two in the world, and one of them is at the bottom of this Taihu Lake. For example, if today's officials have ten sins, the underworld is difficult to accommodate for a while, so that the ghosts linger, which cannot be resolved by human magic, can only wait and see what happens, and let them dissipate on their own. At the same time, it is necessary to stop this killing to prevent the number of ghosts on Taihu Lake from continuing to increase. ’”

Xie Yixiang was a little surprised that the sayings that circulated among the people back then were actually from Mr. Qingtian. But after thinking about it, Mr. Aota's magical powers are vast, and he has seen it with his own eyes this time, and he doesn't even dare to compete with Yan Sidao and Deichiko. The reason why he said this remark back then must have been to use the topic to ask the emperor to pardon those convicted officials. Or this so-called Taihu Lake "ghosts crying at night" is simply from the hands of Mr. Qingtian.

When Feng Changfeng said this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, and it seemed that he still had palpitations. He laughed. said: "In the end, according to Mr. Qingtian's wishes, the emperor pardoned the capital crimes of a number of convicted officials, and just let them wear flail to work and make meritorious contributions. Sure enough, on the night the pardon order was issued, Taihu Lake returned to its former calm, and there was no longer any 'ghosts crying at night', but this strange incident was always pressed in the emperor's heart. Therefore, this time, the imperial court unified the rivers and lakes in the name of Xuanwu Feihuamen, and chose to hold this grand meeting in the misty peak of the west mountain of Taihu Lake, firstly, because this place is not far from Jinling, which is convenient for the mobilization of our pro-army governor's mansion and garrison military horses; 7 asked

Xie Yixiang listened patiently to this long mess, but who knew that she finally came to such a ridiculous conclusion, and couldn't help but feel bored. She immediately sneered: "I can't imagine that the commander of the pro-army Governor's Mansion also believes in the theory of ghosts and gods, which is eye-opening. ”

The letter Changfeng didn't think it was wrong, and said leisurely: "The emperor believes it, and as a courtier, I naturally have to believe it." After that, he glanced at Xie Yixiang and said in a gloomy tone: "As a woman, Miss Xie San is no better than those rough men on the rivers and lakes...... Hehe, don't blame me for not reminding you, don't wander around at night, beware of running into ghosts at the bottom of the lake......"

Xie Yixiang was extremely disgusted with this feudal commander, where was he willing to talk to him? Fortunately, the painting boat sailed through the waves, and while the two were talking, a line of land was already seen on the lake in front of them, which was where Xishan Island was located. Feng Changfeng ordered the painting boat to dock at the Mingyue Village Wharf at the southern end of Xishan, and ordered the sergeant to take everyone to see Ye Dinggong; he himself did not get off the boat, saying that he would continue to patrol the lake to ensure the integrity of the place.

Seeing that he could finally get rid of this person, Xie Yixiang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, so he went ashore with Xian Jingyue and Deyizi, and followed the sergeant who led the way into the village here.

It is said that because of this "Taihu Lake Martial Arts", the people who originally lived on Xishan Island have now been cleared by the imperial court officials and soldiers, leaving only a small half of the villagers who are willing to do food and lodging business, so that all the houses on the island will be vacated to receive martial arts people from all over the world. As for the "Mingyue Village" in front of him, it was requisitioned by the imperial court and became the residence of Xuanwu Feihuamen, and it was also the temporary office of the pro-military governor's mansion.

When the group entered the village, they saw a middle-aged man with a fat figure striding out, and said with a smile: "Brother Jingyue is finally here, it seems that Brother Jingyue can finally sleep peacefully tonight!" It was Ye Dinggong, the commander-in-chief of the pro-army Governor's Mansion and the head of the Xuanwu Feihua Sect. He immediately saw Xie Yixiang who was traveling with him, and said with a smile: "I don't want the 'Jingyue Yixiang' to gather here, but it adds a lot to this 'Taihu Lake Martial Arts'!"

Xie Yixiang naturally knew the top boss of the senior brother, and hurriedly stepped forward to return the salute. Xian Jingyue said directly: "The masters of the Divine Fire Sect and Penglai Heavenly Palace, please be on guard as soon as possible." Ye Dinggong was slightly stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "I have received my brother's flying pigeon handbook, of course, I have been prepared, and they can't set off any waves...... Let's not talk about business, I heard that the three of you have come from afar, and I have already asked people to prepare food and drinks, so let's go to dinner first, and then it's not too late to discuss. ”

At that moment, Ye Dinggong was going to take the three of them to the house of the village chief of Mingyue Village, but who knew that Yizi did not appreciate his face, so he just asked the sergeant to prepare a place for him to live and deliver the food to his room. Xie Yixiang knew the temper of this little Taoist priest, and maybe he would collide with the commander-in-chief of the pro-army Governor's Mansion, so he excused him a few words, and let him go, while he and Xian Jingyue went with Ye Dinggong.

I saw that the village chief's house here was magnificent, but it was a courtyard with three entrances and three exits, and a table of dishes had been set up in the house at this time. The main course is the white fish, whitebait and white shrimp known as the "Three Whites of Taihu Lake", which are steamed, stir-fried and boiled in turn, and are accompanied by local seasonal vegetables such as grass heads and bamboo shoots. The table was full of wine and food, and only Ye Dinggong, Xie Yixiang and Xian Jingyue were seated.

Xie Yixiang quit meat after the battle of Ningyicheng, and only picked a few chopsticks, grass heads, and dried bamboo shoots to eat. After Xian Jingyue and Ye Dinggong had drunk for three rounds, she asked, "Lord Ye, which gangs are there to participate in this 'Taihu Lake Martial Arts'?"