Chapter Thirty-Eight: Jiangyang Thief Zhou Cheng
Anhui County is subordinate to Lujiang County. The county has a small population, and it is not a rich place. Naturally, there will be no real famous families living here. And Wang Xianwei's family, as a native of the wealthy family, can naturally be regarded as an existence of the earth overlord in this small county.
Otherwise, as a county, how could the position of county lieutenant who has mastered the power of law enforcement, criminal prison, and even township soldiers be held by the Wang family for decades. If it comes to real power, the county and county orders must give up a seat to the county lieutenant.
After all, there is no feudalism for officials, but there is feudalism for officials. In particular, this kind of Haoyou family, which is deeply rooted in the countryside, is surrounded by in-laws with each other, and the world is connected with the world friends. is intertwined with each other, and even the imperial court is helpless. Especially in this situation where the imperial power is weak and the government is controlled by the big families, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Wang family is the undisputed seal in the county. What's more, it is rumored that County Lieutenant Wang vaguely has something to do with the Lang Evil Wang Clan. It is no wonder that the Wang family is unscrupulous in Anhui County, and no one dares to provoke it.
Of course, none of the people who can do this will be fuel-efficient lamps.
Although coveting the dragon vein is a great rebellion in the eyes of the royal family, it is not without a way to cover it up. Although the phoenix illusion that Zhou Cheng made frightened County Lieutenant Wang and the so-called Immortal Master Zhang at that time, the Wang family was not vegetarian either.
The funeral of the old lady of the Wang family was ruined by Zhou Cheng, not only did the buried boys and girls have no whereabouts, but even the burial was in a hurry, and the rituals that should have been canceled were all canceled.
However, that Zhang Xianshi did not follow Wang Xianwei, but hurriedly ran towards Guangyuan on horseback.
The farce of "Fengming Qishan" could not be hidden, and there were many nearby villagers and pedestrians passing under the official road at the foot of the mountain at that time. No matter how powerful the Wang family is, they can't prevent people from talking about it and suppress rumors. Therefore, whether it is Wang County Lieutenant or Zhang Xianshi, what is needed now is only to suppress the matter from the official plane before it reaches the emperor's ears.
Sure enough, the rumors began to spread rapidly, and almost overnight, there was a lot of discussion in the county, city and countryside.
For a while, some people were happy and some were worried, and even more friends rushed to Wang's house to ask for a clear answer as soon as they heard the news.
The Wang family didn't dare to deny it, but they could blame the demons for blackmailing and using illusions to harm people. After all, the Golden Purple Mountain is not big, and the feng shui masters who have gone to investigate do not know themselves, even the major families in the county also have many ancestral graves there, if there is really a dragon vein, how can they only know today?
Some people believe the Wang family's explanation, and some people scoff at it. But at least there is one reason for this, and it can be explained. And with Immortal Master Zhang here, there is naturally a way to refute the rumors and return the "innocence" of the Wang family.
The Wang family has spared no effort this time, not only working hard to refute rumors in the countryside, but also sparing no effort to fight up and down above the official face. From the county commander's family, which has never been taken seriously by the Wang family, he was suddenly given several heavy wooden boxes, and he knew that the Wang family was not having an easy time, and it was really expensive.
Of course, a certain existence that caused such a big trouble to the Wang family was naturally hated by all the Wang family members in Anhui County to the bulletin wall at the city gate.
Well, Zhou Cheng is now a wanted criminal.
"Recently, there are big thieves from the rivers and oceans who have wandered through the county, pretending to be Taoists, killing people, kidnapping women, and harming the township, which is heinous. In order to protect the safety of the county's fathers and elders, and eliminate violence, we will now reward the spring cloth for 100 times, and arrest the case.
According to the notice next to the portrait, Zhou Cheng raped and plundered, killed people and set fires to him, and he was really the scum of the scum and the scum of the scum. As long as someone catches Zhou Cheng or reports the news, they can all go to the yamen to get a generous bounty.
People come and go at the gate of the county, and it has always been a lively place.
As usual, a large circle of people was gathered on the bulletin wall of the city gate early to watch the excitement.
The low literacy rate in this era is pitiful, but it does not prevent the common people from watching the fun!
Can't read and write, and can't read portraits? Those who can put their heads here must be Jiang Yang thieves who kill people without blinking. What's more, there are many people who are willing to stand in front of the bulletin board and read it aloud, and sometimes the government will specially invite people to read the bulletin to achieve the effect of publicizing it widely.
Zhou Cheng saw the high efficiency of the ancient government for the first time, and it was really not worse than a thousand years later!
Zhou Cheng was a little dumbfounded when he saw himself on the bulletin board at that time, it seems that there are really a lot of masters in the yamen! Although it is not as good as the photos of later generations, at least it draws sixty percent of Zhou Cheng's charm!
Zhou Chengcheng was so arrogant in the crowd, looking at his portrait for a long time, he felt that this society was really dark!
How can you rape and plunder, how can you kill people!
The biggest problem is that this sea fishing document was not issued by the county government of Anhui County, but in the name of the government of Luling Prefecture. Then, presumably the Wang family has already opened up the joints! Such a big thing can become like this, and the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is really hopeless.
Zhou Cheng feels really wronged!
Now it seems that this Wang County Lieutenant's family is really hand-eyed, and his plan may not be useful.
Speaking of which, Zhou Cheng played such a big drama on a whim at the beginning. It doesn't matter if the Wang family dies or not.
If you want to make those dignitaries more merciful and less cruel, there is another way. There is no need for such drastic means to kill the Wang family.
But I didn't expect that the Eastern Jin Dynasty was so corrupt, and a local tyrant in the countryside had such a way to reach the sky, and his sense of revenge was so strong, and in a blink of an eye, he set himself up with a charge of Jiangyang thief, and also issued a sea fishing document, which is obviously endless!
In this way, even if Zhou Cheng himself is not worried about his troubles, he must take into account the safety of the children he rescued and the children's families. If you don't find something for the county lieutenant Wang, I'm afraid it won't stop!
Zhou Cheng shook his head from the crowd standing on the bulletin wall, and was about to turn around and leave, when he unexpectedly found that someone was staring at him. Zhou Cheng turned around and found that a young man who had just been squeezed out of the bulletin board was staring at him, his face was a little pale, and his eyes were round.
This obviously found that he was somewhat similar to the portrait on the sea fishing paper, but he didn't dare to conclude it?
"Yes? or not?"
"It's a little bit like it, but it's a little bit like it?"
The young man was quite attentive, and seemed to be cautious. At least not to jump to conclusions.
Of course, if it is an ordinary villain, who is wanted, and then is noticed, he must be panicked and want to flee quickly. When the time comes, the young man may be able to get a little bit of the leftovers in the bounty.
Is it just that Zhou Cheng is an ordinary villain?
Zhou Cheng saw the young man staring at him motionless, and immediately turned his head and "smiled", and then asked in a rather vicious voice: "What do you see, what is beautiful?"
The young man was taken aback by Zhou Cheng, and then suddenly realized that the person in front of him was clearly not at all like the Jiang Yang thief on the bulletin board?
The young man was a little ashamed, and he couldn't have guessed that there was such a bold wanted criminal in the world, and he dared to be so arrogant.
When even extinguished the doubts in his heart, he waved his hand with a blushing face and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing!"
After saying that, he fled in a panic.
"Hey, honest man!" Zhou Cheng sighed for the young man in his heart. I didn't realize that there was something wrong with an honest man who had just used a spell to breathe.
Honest people are really easy to lose.
With the young man in front, Zhou Cheng quietly changed his appearance slightly, so as not to associate himself with the wanted criminal on the bulletin wall, and then Shi Shiran swaggered towards the city.
I still have eight or nine children to feed? How can I go back without buying something to eat in the city?
And just when Zhou Cheng was looking for food in the small county town, Zhang Xianshi on the other end had already ridden to Guangyuan's master Du Zigong's house overnight.