Chapter 169: The Ancestral Hall Turmoil
The end of Shang Xin's grace has been completed, and he listened to the three tears of the ape. Let's say that Cao Qincheng seized the Taihu Lake Village and killed Ma Wanli's nephew Yu San, Ma Wanli couldn't stop crying every time he thought about his nephew's tragic death.
The hatred of the country and the family lingered in his heart, and Ma Wanli wanted to kill Wei Zhongxian and Cao Qincheng. Fortunately, Chen Tianba persuaded him to choose the opportunity to act and think carefully.
Pan Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, played the imperial court, and asked for Wei Zhongxian to set up a shrine and build a statue. Such sycophants, who are good at speculative and camping, have been unhealthy all their lives, and all the local governors have followed suit, and the awe-inspiring court has suddenly become a miasma of smoke and filth.
Reading the book of sages should know filial piety and shame, sometimes there is a prisoner named Lu Wanling, the career is not good, the official luck is not obvious, he also often learns Feng Tan to play and sing, everyone laughs at his stupidity, after a burst of laughter,
All of them were gone. Lu Wanling was unwilling, and thought of a plan, and even offered a saint to build a statue of Wei Zhongxian in the Guozijian, he said to everyone with red mouth and white teeth, and he was ashamed to say: "Wei Qiansui is in Sheji, and he should go hand in hand with Kong Sheng." When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he was overjoyed, and Lu Wanling was able to be promoted, and the spring breeze was extremely proud.
After ten years of hard work, it is better for Wei Zhongxian to have a mouth, and after the atmosphere of building an ancestral hall spread to Hubei, Li Wenyan, the county commander of Yunxian County, discussed it with his master Shao De, thinking that this was an excellent opportunity, but let the people give money, I am afraid that no one is willing, Li Wenyan scratched his ears and cheeks, and couldn't think of a complete strategy.
At this time, Shao De had an idea, bad water came out of his stomach, and he whispered in Li Wenyan's ear, Li Wenyan smiled and nodded again and again.
A few days later, the 800-mile fast rider had already submitted Li Wenyan's submission to the cabinet department, and the prime minister He Fengsheng learned that the letter came from his hometown of Hubei, so he was particularly careful, and he opened it to see that the content of the fold was because Yun County had a lot of agricultural work this year, and the county ordered Li Wenyan to ask the imperial court to increase taxes with the county people's letter.
He Fengsheng pondered and pondered repeatedly, feeling that the things mentioned in this twist and turn were too bizarre and unpredictable.
There is very little rain in Yunxian this year, how can there be a good harvest, he thinks that Li Wenyan must have an ulterior purpose, so He Fengsheng took the fold and hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint.
Coincidentally, after He Fengsheng entered the palace, he came to the imperial study to see Xizong, but he didn't see Long Yan's true face, but he almost collided with Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian's zombie face, which was as white as paper, squeezed out a smile,
He grinned and said to He Fengsheng: "The prime minister is in a hurry, is something wrong?" As soon as he spoke, Wei Zhongxian stared at the fold in He Fengsheng's hand with a pair of rat-eyed eyes.
He Fengsheng had no choice but to tell Wei Zhongxian that there was a twist and turn that he felt incredible, so he came to the imperial study and asked the saint to take it. As soon as these words came out, Wei Zhongxian's face was full of deep tattoos and old marks, distorted by laughter, and it also made people feel hateful. After laughing, he stretched out a withered tree hand and asked He Fengsheng for a fold, and after He Fengsheng handed it over to Wei Zhongxian, he turned around and was about to leave, but Wei Zhongxian left him behind on the grounds of appreciating his literary brilliance.
The two passed through the Imperial Garden, where the two little eunuchs were talking at a rockery, as if no one was around.
One of them said: "Wei Qiansui has both talent and morality, and it is a good move to give him an ancestral hall for the old man." After he finished speaking, the other person also made peace, and Wei Zhongxian was very proud when he heard this. However, He Fengsheng on the side was frowning and looking solemn, Wei Zhongxian glanced at him with thief eyes, feeling very unhappy in his heart, but he was silent on the surface. The hippie smiled and said: "The miscellaneous family can't bear to let the local officials break the bank, but they have no choice but to be enthusiastic and grandiose, and the matter of building the ancestral hall, I don't know what the prime minister has to say?"
A word to wake up the person in the dream, He Fengsheng only understood the mystery of Li Wenyan's twist and turn at this time, he clenched his fists, his chest was depressed, and he replied angrily: "Mistake, borrow the bad habit ear." He Fengsheng's words are very clear, Wei Zhongxian is also worthy of being comparable to Kong Shengren. Wei Zhongxian was so angry that he left under the pretext that he had something to do, and He Fengsheng didn't want to see this annoying face, so he turned around and strode out of the palace gate.
"How can it be justified? Wei Zhongxian's round eyes widened at the goldfish, and a trace of spit came out of his teeth. He casually threw the fold into the lotus pond, and angrily went to Xizong to complain. It is "a thief bites and goes into the bone for three points." He Fengsheng never thought that his respect as the prime minister, under one person and above ten thousand, would be planted in the hands of a little eunuch. After going to court the next day, Wei Zhongxian held the holy decree in his hand, shook his head and shook his tail to count He Fengsheng's "no", and after reading it, He Fengsheng was taken off the court quilt and dismissed. Wei Zhongxian snickered on the side.
Standing on the jade steps, He Fengsheng was full of emotion in his heart, he shouted "floating clouds cover the sun", took heavy steps, and returned to his hometown.
After Li Wenyan received the holy decree, he was overjoyed, and he ordered his master Shao De to take the evil messenger to catch quickly, beat gongs and drums along the street, and inform the local people.
Master Shao De built a platform in a conspicuous place in the market, and he danced on it, making a lot of nonsense, and his words were nothing more than the people happily offering the silver in their hands. The woodcutter Li Kui squeezed into the crowd, thinking that Li Wenyan had done everything that lacked virtue since he hit him, "Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger." "Last year, he was unable to pay taxes, and was dragged to the yamen by Li Wenyan and beaten half to death, and this year he changed the law to exploit the people. Li Kui couldn't bear it anymore, and yelled at his master: "What kind of bird shrine to build, Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, Li Wenyan is the party to blame, and he shamelessly wants to sing praises for the eunuchs, which is simply a big joke in the world." ”
When they heard Li Kui's passionate words, every word was the heartfelt words in their hearts, and they were excited by the crowd, one by one, and yelled at Shao De.
Master Shao De was so frightened that he retreated again and again, slipped under his feet, and fell off the stage. He covered his painful old waist, and said to Li Kui in a trembling tone: "Bold Li Kui, dare to bewitch the people here, come on, take him down for me." ”
Shao De gave an order, and the evil messenger quickly took the rope lasso, rushed up, and pounced towards Li Kui. Li Kui raised his eyebrows, threw the firewood in his hand at the catcher, and then turned his palm with his horizontal arm to fight the crowd to catch fast.
He has a brute force, where is the opponent with martial arts, under three or two moves, the fast golden bull hit the mountain, bent the bow of the elbow, and hit his chest. Li Kui staggered to the ground,
was then tied up and taken to prison.
Master Shao De was helped up by the evil messengers, his eyes were wide open, he jumped three feet high, and said to the people in a commanding manner: "You Diao people listen, learn from the past, if you don't hurry up and hand over the silver, you will all be put in prison." ”
When Ma Wanli came down the mountain and came here, he saw Shao De showing off his power here, and wanted to come forward to teach him a lesson, but thinking of the bitter persuasion of his brother Chen Tianba and the hatred of his nephew Yu San, he temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart and decided to find a way to rescue Li Kui first.
After returning to the Yamen, Li Wenyan asked Shao De how the silver was collected? Shao De looked dejected, and he recounted Li Kui's inciting of the people in the market.
Li Wenyan gritted his teeth and said: "Tomorrow, I will go to the court to ask about the case and convict Li Kui, just say that he resists the holy decree, which is really a great crime of disrespect." As long as you make an example of a hundred, I don't think anyone else dares not to hand over the money. ”
Shao De tended to be inflammatory, and praised Li Wenyan with his thumb on the side. On the second day, Li Wenyan was sitting in a precarious position, and the shocking wood was deafening, and the three classes of officials were lined up on both sides. The master screamed strangely: "Take someone to commit a crime." The two catchers pushed and shoved and brought Li Kui in.
Li Wenyan grinned with a toad mouth, and shouted: "Okay, you Li Kui, last year you resisted taxes and didn't pay, and this year you made a nuisance in the market, if this county doesn't punish you for your crimes, how can you boost the law of the imperial court?"
Li Kui stood upright like a pine, his resolute eyes spewed angry flames, and he said to Li Wenyan: "Li Wenyan, as a local parent official, you don't know how to cultivate government affairs diligently, and you will only blindly oppress the people.
You have set up a shrine for a thief, and you have done such a thing of labor and money, aren't you afraid of being condemned by the saint?"
Li Kui's mouth was like a river, his words were loud, Li Wenyan was a thief, and constantly wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.
At this time, Master Shao De whispered on the side, and Li Wenyan nodded. Then he took the holy decree and said to Li Kui: "Li Kui, building a shrine for Wei Qiansui is the will of the saints. You are a grass people, vain speculation, demagoguery, and now I will ask you in court. ”
After that, Li Wenyan threw a stick, threw a wood, and ordered the executioner to push Li Kui to the entrance of the vegetable market and behead him. Li Kui's hands were tied to the pillars, and the people saw that he was about to lose his soul, but they were powerless. Only by offering severed spirits to strengthen the courage of chivalry.
Li Wenyan and Shao De sneered on the side of the public case, Li Wenyan wanted to get up, and the dust and smoke rose behind the onlookers, followed by a rush of "tuk tuk" horses' hooves. The people were terrified and fled in all directions like a tide.
"What's the situation?" Li Wenyan said with his eyes wide open in shock. Caught up and said tremblingly: "Master, go quickly, I don't know where a mad cow ran out of nowhere and crashed into the execution table." ”
Li Wenyan saw the wind howling in front of him, and a cow came rushing wildly. His legs went limp, and he immediately peed his pants in fright. At this time, Shao De hugged his head and ran away, and he didn't care about Li Wenyan's life or death. In the end, he was quick to catch his eyes and rescue him.
As soon as he dodged, the mad bull's iron hooves flew and the horns of the bull were windy, and with a thunderous momentum, the public case was knocked over the stool and the table overturned. Li Wenyan straightened his black gauze hat slightly, and said in a panic: "Where did the mad cow come from?"
He said to him: "Master, it happened suddenly, and my subordinates haven't had time to investigate it in detail. ”
"Wine bags and rice bags, check, check, check! Give me a good check, frighten this county, it's just a shame. ”
Li Wenyan, who was in a state of shock, was furious when he was attacked by a sneak attack, and he scolded the arresters to visit and arrest the suspects everywhere.
A wave of unsettled, wave after wave, just after the arresters left, someone came back to tell him that his home was flooded again. Li Wenyan sat paralyzed on the ground, his teeth clenched, and he was unconscious.