Chapter 31: Rebirth and Change

As soon as he heard that Bao Zheng had arrived, Hua Chong couldn't chat with the masters anymore, picked up Miao Zhendong, handed over the fire scene to Gai Yichen, and went to see Bao Zheng with Bai Jintang and others. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

When everyone came to the door, Bao Zheng and his party had already entered the city. Hua Chong first explained what happened to Bao Zheng, and then handed over Miao Zhendong to Yang Wenju for detention.

Led by Hua Chong, Bao Zheng and his entourage came to the outside of An Lehou's mansion, the fire had been extinguished, and the corpses were carried out. According to Gai Yichen's statistics, there were more than 100 private soldiers of the Pang family who died in the mansion, 51 female dependents such as maids and servants and Pang Yu's favorite concubines, 30 people such as family members, and more than 200 dead bodies together with Miao Zhendong's eighteen golden eagles.

Bao Zhengming Hua Chong led a team into the house to collect evidence, and found nearly 500,000 taels of silver from the dark compartment of the hall, such as gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and countless letters of collusion with the king of Xiangyang, which stated that these Qian An Lehou could fund the king of Xiangyang to raise troops, and had already delivered part of the grain and rice in Chenzhou to him as military rations.

Bao Zheng read the letter and sighed unconsciously: "Chenzhou is a natural disaster, it is clearly a man-made disaster. ”

After sorting out the letters, Bao Zheng found that An Lehou heard the news of Bao Zheng's arrival and did not leave for the reason, that is, to rob Bao Zheng's money and food and bring them to Xiangyang together. And according to the letter, most of the officials in the Chenzhou government colluded with it, and if it weren't for the misdeeds of these corrupt officials, the people of Chenzhou would not have been miserable.

Bao Zheng looked at the letters one after another, and all the officials who greeted him did not dare to leave, after all, no one wanted to touch the mold of Qincha. The night has faded, the morning light is sprinkled on the streets, the people of Chenzhou rarely go to the streets, but the movement of this night is obviously not small, many people who have not been on the street for a long time, have also left their homes and rushed to Anlehou's mansion.

When people learned that it was the Qin who released the grain, they ran to tell each other, and the more people gathered, the men and horses under Gai Yichen were not enough, and they could not maintain law and order, so Lu Yunpeng, the general soldier of Chenzhou, had to mobilize more troops to maintain law and order.

Bao Zheng still had no intention of leaving, until the third pole of the day, Bao Zheng basically read all the letters, then raised his head and moved his muscles.

Looking at the letters scattered underground, he said to his side, "Flower Guard." ”

"It's here!" Hua Chong hurriedly stepped forward and saluted.

Bao Zheng shouted loudly: "Take down the criminal officer Jiang Wan, the prefect of Chenzhou, and Lu Yunpeng, the chief soldier of Chenzhou!" The two highest-ranking people in Chenzhou's civil and military affairs are actually called criminal officials! Hua Chong ordered the four arresters to step forward, and the two of them faced one and pressed Jiang Wan and Lu Yunpeng down.

Bao Zheng saw that he had taken the two of them, and then said: "Officials at all levels of the civil and military forces in Chenzhou are not allowed to leave the city! No letters are allowed to leave the palace! Flower guards, pass on my edict! Order Yang Wenju to lead people to imprison all Chenzhou officials at home, and Yang Wenju will be responsible for opening warehouses and releasing grain from tomorrow. At noon today, a notice board was issued, and the military and civilians were allowed to file a complaint with the government officials, and the official should personally receive the complaint!"

Hua Chong was ordered to go and arrange it. The soldiers who pressed the ground finally breathed a sigh of relief, and after dispersing the people, they protected Bao Zheng into the government, and the prefect Jiang Wan was temporarily imprisoned.

As Miao Zhendong was a felon, Bao Zheng did not dare to put him in prison, so he asked Bai Jintang to take a separate room in the back house to watch him. Because of Pang Yu's death, many of the related cases before his death, there are no witnesses, and they can only be started by physical evidence, Hua Chong has already reported the storage location of the stolen goods in Pang Mansion, and Bao Zheng ordered Hua Chong to go to pick up the stolen goods.

Because the time had not yet reached noon, and the time for the complaint had not yet arrived, Bao Zheng took the opportunity to interrogate Miao Zhendong first. Miao Zhendong did not hide anything, confessed all the charges, and confessed that he was sent by the king of Xiangyang to assist An Lehou here. After the explanation, Miao Zhendong's painting was completed, and he was still handed over to the custody of Platinum Hall.

By noon, the people who had filed the complaint were piled up all over the street, and there were more than 300 copies of the petition alone, and many people were illiterate and could not write the petition, so they cried in the street. For three full hours, it was getting late, and the red sun was already turning west, and the crowd of complainants gradually dispersed.

Not long ago, Hua Chong took out a full 200,000 taels of gold bricks from the Pang family's family temple, together with the gold and silver treasures of the Pang Mansion, all of which were put into storage, and the old gentlemen in several accounting offices were responsible for inventory and registration.

It was busy until midnight, and the matter on Hua Chong's side came to an end. Bao Zheng is still busy, the hall is lit with lights, he is looking at the paper, any piece of paper contains one or even several lives, Bao Zheng doesn't want to miss a word, he doesn't want to see the disappointed eyes of the people of Chenzhou, they are really miserable.

Hua Chong didn't accompany Bao Zheng, he was drinking with Bai Bai Tang, because Bai Bai Tang said that this was the last time he would drink, and he vowed to quit drinking from tomorrow.

Bai Yutang accompanied the eldest brother by the side, Zhanzhao protected Bao Zheng in the lobby and did not participate, as for Hua Chong's two masters, they went to make trouble for those old masters. Millions of taels of silver, it's strange that the two old thieves are not tempted, and they definitely don't dare to rob openly, but they can still do it secretly taking a little bit.

Bai Yutang drank the bowl of wine in front of him, and asked anxiously towards Hua Chong, "Then did this Li Xunhuan get along with Lin Shiyin in the end?"

Hua Chong just spat and told the Bai family brothers a book "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", the story of Bai Jintang and Miao Zhendong is very similar to the story of Li Xunhuan and Long Xiaoyun in the novel, he wants to use this to enlighten Bai Jintang, he doesn't want to see the second Li Xunhuan.

But I didn't expect it, maybe it was because he said it so well, Bai Jintang didn't say anything yet, Bai Yutang was fascinated by it, and when he listened to the story, he asked anxiously.

Hua Chong shook his head and said: "Not together, after killing Shangguan Jinhong, Li Xunhuan told Ah Fei that he was going to invite him to drink wedding wine, and he wanted to marry Sun Xiaohong." ”

Bai Yutang slapped the table: "Okay! That's right, there is no grass at the end of the world, why bother to love a flower." Brother, listen to people, why can't you think about it like this! Don't come back to be like Li Xunhuan and make a tuberculosis again!"

Bai Jintang looked at his ignorant younger brother, smiled slightly, took a sip of the wine bowl in front of him, and said: "I have already thought about it, they are already husband and wife, and they have nothing to do with me." ”

Bai Yutang said: "Do you really want to open it?" brother, this Miao Zhendong is dead, don't you fight that torture leaf again, it's because of her that you ended up like this, I don't recognize this sister-in-law!"

Hua Chong also persuaded: "As soon as Miao Zhendong dies, Xing Ye will also have a knot in his heart, and I don't recommend that Brother Bai get back together with her." ”

Bai Jintang smiled: "You think too much, if Miao Zhendong hadn't died, there wouldn't have been these things you said." ”

Bai Yutang shook his head and said, "If Master Bao doesn't kill him, I also have to do the right thing for the sky." ”

Bai Jintang glanced at him and said with a smile, "You pull out the knife first and try it." ”

Bai Yutang was stunned: "Brother, what do you mean by this?"

An ominous premonition poured into Hua Chong's heart: "Big Brother Bai, is there something wrong with this wine?"

Bai Jintang sighed, "Do you know why I asked to quit drinking?"

Hua Chong hurriedly secretly lucked his true qi, but unfortunately his internal strength was scattered, and he couldn't use it at all. At the same time, Bai Yutang also found that his skills had been lost, and hurriedly said, "Brother, what are you going to do!"

Bai Jintang said gloomily: "I was outside the Anle Hou Mansion that night, and the person I met was not Miao Zhendong, but Xing Ye!"

Hua Chong only felt a chill enveloping his whole body: "Do you want to save Miao Zhendong!"

Bai Jintang shook his head: "We have all been poisoned, even myself, Xingye will go to save him." ”

Hua Chong sighed: "No wonder Miao Zhendong confessed his guilt so happily, he knew that he couldn't die, if he was tortured and beaten, he would be wronged." ”

Bai Jintang showed a smile: "If this matter were changed to the Li Tanhua you mentioned, I would probably choose my approach." ”

Hua Chong hurriedly said: "Big Brother Bai, why are you so confused, let him go, will he let you go! From now on, he is already a fugitive, and it is his wife who came to beg you, even if you get your life, how can he not hate you!"

Bai Jintang said: "So what? From tomorrow onwards, there will be no more Bai Jintang, and I will take on tonight's affairs!"

Bai Yutang said in a trembling voice: "Brother, what are you going to do?"

"Of course, I have to surrender, and I will repeat the crime by releasing the country privately, this crime should have been borne by someone, and I poisoned you, so I will naturally fight against this crime. ”

Bai Yutang said anxiously: "My eldest brother, are you crazy! This crime has been infamous for 10,000 years, do you think it is worth it for a Miao Zhendong!"

Bai Jintang shook his head and said, "It's not just him, what if he dies, he still has two children in his family!"

Hua Chong said angrily: "You still have a younger brother! You are dead, have you ever thought about Yutang's feelings! Your eldest brother left his own brother and was willing to give his life for someone else's wife! Are you worthy of Yutang in doing this?"

Bai Bai Tang bowed his head and was silent, Hua Chong stood up the table, and pointed at Bai Bai Tang with trembling hands: "You still have four sworn brothers, who don't seek to live together but to die together, do you want them to die with you for the sake of what you promised to other people's wives!"

"And your friends, what will they think of you! At least I look down on you!"

Bai Jintang sat down dejectedly, and smiled bitterly at Hua Chong: "You don't understand, this is the only time she begged me." ”

Hua Chong said helplessly: "Infatuation seed, you are dying in the hands of a woman!"

Bai Yutang muttered on the side: "Why are you so stupid!

Bai Jintang looked at the decadent younger brother, and rushed towards Hua: "Brother Huaxian, please take care of my unsuccessful brother in the future, he is too willful, I beg you to protect him in front of Long Live an official and a half-position, the official body is difficult to autonomous, and he will cause trouble everywhere." ”

Bai Yutang said hatefully: "I'm not an official, I'm going to find Miao Zhendong, even if I go to the ends of the earth, I want to take this person and break him into pieces!"

Seeing his younger brother gritting his teeth, Bai Jintang said anxiously: "Yutang, I brought you to see the flower guard, just to let you learn more from him, you are so impulsive, how can I rest assured." ”

Someone outside the house suddenly replied: "Since you can't rest assured, let Miao Zhendong die for you!"