Chapter 156: Everyone has money

When the Tianhei City Gate was about to close, Jiang Feng and his group returned to the mansion in a mighty manner. The guards guarding the gate looked at the people except for the ones who were leading the family and the rest were dressed as guarding the house. But when they came in, they were all very arrogant, and when they seemed to be transparent.

A young guard who was looking at the city gate was suddenly angry. When he was about to go over to make trouble, he was grabbed by a few mature men behind him, and a man whispered:

"Are you blind? You didn't see the blood on their bodies? You still went out clean at noon. Are you looking for death?"

The guard reacted. After a closer look, he saw that it was true. There was a faint smell of blood in his nose. He immediately took a few steps back and didn't dare to say anything.

The second hall of the prefect's yamen rarely has bright lights when it's so dark. More than a dozen officials sit together with big eyes, just exchanged expressions and dared not say anything. Tiedin, who was standing inside and outside, did not care at all about the number of officials in front of them.

He just guarded with a big knife and was vigilantly. Even if he was out of the court, there would be someone to follow him closely. There were people there to guard him closely. As for the yamen runners, they had long been sent back by the prefect Wang in the name of rest. After being an official for a long time, these officials were naturally experts in observing their words and expressions.

The sky gradually became dark, and they believed that even if the brave hundred households wanted to attack Dongjiazhuang, it would not be enough in less than two hours in the afternoon. They didn't believe Jiang Feng when he came back that night, and they really thought they wanted to "kill Hua Xiong with warm wine." But these officials were getting more and more frightened, because it was getting darker and darker in their hearts. After the servants lit fire candles in the room, the guards actually guarded the young men, and their faces became darker as the sky turned darker.

They kept looking at the sky outside, then looked back at everyone inside, and at the same time touching the big knife in their hands. The look was really creepy.

Every official's heart was getting higher and higher. He suddenly heard noisy horses and people coming out of the main hall of the Yamen. The expressions of the Tidings guarding the officials changed. Several people greeted them, but a few people pulled out their swords and stood in the room. Prefect Wang couldn't help but swallowed, but why did the knife still come out of the sheath? The atmosphere was wrong.

A shout came from the front:

"Brothers, the master is back!"

The expressions of several tidings in the room suddenly relaxed, and the big knife in his hand was inserted back into the scabbard. Almost at the same time, the dozen or so officials who were restless there all breathed a long sigh, and they felt inexplicably escaping from the disaster.

Jiang Feng pushed the door from outside and threw a bag in his hand towards the ground, and said indifferently:

"I have been slashed by my head, who has condoned my relatives as thieves and ignored the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

A few Tiedians in the room hurried over to untickle the burden. There was Dong Qianping's head inside. They didn't have time to make the bloody hair in the morning. These officials had vomited clean in the morning. But when they saw the scene on the ground, they remembered that they were drinking tea and drinking with the old man on weekdays, and they were very intimate. But now this person's head was placed in front of him, and his face was covered with ferociousness. Someone couldn't help but retching again.

Priest Wang's reaction was faster, he squeezed out a smile on his face, clasped his fists and bowed with his attitude towards Shangguan:

"It's really hard for Lord Jiang to return from suppressing bandits. The soldiers and civilians in Dengzhou must remember them. Do you know if your subordinates have any damage?"

The officials around him reacted when they heard this and cursed themselves in their hearts. Look at the reaction of the prefect Wang, no wonder the other party became the prefect. As long as they could stand up, they would stand up and unconsciously hear the flattering words. They either denounced Dong Qianping as a disaster to the countryside, or praised Jiang Feng for eliminating harm to the people, and also asked about the casualties of Jiang Feng.

You should know that in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the only reliance of generals was their personal soldiers and servants. Although the number of these people was very small, they were all ten during the battle, and they were absolutely the main force. Seeing Jiang Feng and his subordinates go out to wipe out the Dong family, they must have been very concerned about casualties. After asking for it, they seemed to be concerned about the key points.

When Jiang Feng thought of the dead Tieding, he felt a very regretful feeling and his face was a little bad. Zhang Liang, who followed behind, saw that his master did not answer. He said carelessly:

"We cut off one of the three hundred guards in the Dong family, and one of our brothers broke."

As for the matter of bringing a prisoner, Jiang Feng had already given instructions. He naturally did not mention it without saying it to the people in it. Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, the officials in the room who were still polite just now suddenly opened their eyes wide, with an extremely incredible expression.

Zhang Liang was startled by this reaction, and was stunned for a moment. He was only able to react. He remembered what the master said, rubbed the very dry corners of his eyes there, and said excitedly:

"The brother of the official who followed us at that time was stabbed to death by the leader of the Dong bandit Protective House at the door. Everyone was angry and killed in under the guidance of the master... In this way, those people were all cut off their heads."

At this time, Zhang Liang looked at the expressions of the people in front of him, which were wide open under the lights, and was a little at a loss. Jiang Feng had already recovered and looked at the officials' reactions with great interest, thinking why were these people so surprised?

This time, the judgment surnamed Dong first reacted and said in a trembling voice:

"The Dong family's guards used to deal with hundreds of personal soldiers from the left and right guards of Dengzhou, and they were not at all inferior. They were called 'The Dong family's 300 guards can be 5,000 soldiers and horses'. That year, more than 2,000 bandits were killed and dispersed by the Dong family's guards."

It seemed like it was difficult to swallow here, and he said there:

"How many people are Lord Jiang this time... actually..."

The people around him also turned from surprise and were inconsistent with each other. Jiang Feng felt incredible when he heard all this. Is his subordinates so strong? When he fought with those guards, he didn't feel how powerful those guards were.

Jiang Feng waved his hand, and several Tiedians who were guarding there immediately leaned over and told them to go out to get some food, and then called Zhao Xiucai to come over. The people nodded.

"I have wiped out the bandits of the Dong family. How can you get out of the official documents of all sirs?"

You cannot show mercy when killing people, but you must complete the procedures afterwards, otherwise it would be embarrassing to ask people to seize the problem. When you heard Jiang Feng's question, the officials in the room looked at each other a few times, crying in the yard during the day and shouting at the victims of the stolen goods. All of them have already decided on this matter. However, as an official in the officialdom, he is concerned about keeping himself safe, not offending others, and not causing trouble for himself.

Although the Dong family has been destroyed, Dong Long is still a prosecutor in Jinan Prefecture. Who knows if there are any disasters in this matter? Who knows if there are still people lurking outside the Dong family? Thinking of this, from the prefect Wang to the officials at all levels below, they just compete with each other with their eyes.

Looking at the people in front of him who didn't want to take responsibility, Jiang Feng smiled and said nothing, but Zhang Liang was a little impatient, and the axe in his hand hit the blue bricks heavily. The officials were all shocked. At this time, they suddenly remembered that they were placed far away from the more than a hundred heads in the afternoon, as well as the big knife in Tieding's hand. Looking at the two young people in front of him, Jiang Feng and Zhang Liang were also covered in blood.

Prefect Wang cleared his throat and stood up, and spoke loudly:

"I am really ashamed that such a horrific case has occurred under our government. Since Lord Jiang has eliminated the harm for the people, we must do our best. I think you will not go home tonight. Let's finish the document file first. What do you think?"

Dong Qianping's bloody head was placed on the ground, and the blade of the big axe was shining. There was something I couldn't figure out. Everyone agreed quickly. There was no bookkeeping, no mentors, and no yamen runners. The helpers were not around. They were pampered and had no one to work. They were so diligent that it was unbelievable. In the room where the yamen handled things, they quickly handled all the documents, and the seals were around them. After writing, they would cover them.

In fact, it is not complicated. It is just to write down the process and judgment of the case clearly, then attach a list of confessions and stolen goods, and then report it to the yamen of the governor's office to approve it. Only then can such a matter be considered a conclusion. The process is naturally a group of flowers, such as the new households fighting wits and courage with the bandits on the mountain, and the Dongjiazhuang, the Dongjiazhuang, and other things.

After writing it, Jiang Feng picked it up and looked at it, he almost thought that these things were not done by himself. The officials below, especially the prefect Wang, all sighed when they saw the expression on Jiang Feng's face, and thought that this matter was over. Why did this evil star come to Dengzhou Prefecture? I don't know how troublesome it will be to get along with each other in the future, but if you deal with it today, you should deal with it.

The tinites there brought a few steaming steamed buns. They were hungry all day long, and the officials didn't care about anything. They rushed forward, and everyone snatched a few in their hands and swallowed them there. The prefect Wang on the other side looked at Jiang Feng happily, and tried his best to swallow the steamed buns in his mouth, and asked politely:

"Sir Jiang, do you think everyone is going back to rest?"

"Hold on"

When the officials heard this, they were surprised again. Is there anything else?

Zhao Xiucai walked in with a dozen bulging envelopes in his hand, smiling and one for each person according to the name on the envelope.

"This time Dong Fei's family has a total of 20,000 mu of land, which is indeed a huge area and has done many evil deeds."

Zhao Xiucai said slowly there, and some officials were stunned: Isn’t it more than 100,000 acres? After opening the envelope, I immediately understood that although the land deed was written with Dong Qianping’s name, the official responsible for the land purchase and sale certificate was sitting in this room.

More than a dozen officials immediately became busy and stamped with seals on these land deeds to adjust the property. The sadness on everyone's faces was swept away, and everyone smiled happily. The prefect Wang looked at the five thousand taels of silver notes in the envelope and the eight thousand acres of land deeds close to the city, and suddenly thought to himself:

"This Jiang Feng is really good. Why didn't you come to Dengzhou early!!"

Some officials were even more unbearable to think there, thinking that the other landlords in Dengzhou City had similar bad deeds. If Lord Jiang was killed, wouldn’t he make a fortune again?

The sword was tense all day long, and everyone was happy at night. Jiang Feng was quite straightforward and frugal. He gave it tens of thousands of taels of silver and tens of thousands of acres of land. Not much was needed, and everyone left a receipt. More than a dozen officials were not afraid. The other party's knife was placed in front of him, and it was a simple matter to take your life. This kind of money was just a writing of an IOU.

Everyone happily unloaded the receipts, stamped the signatures and sealed them. The day's affairs were over. When Jiang Feng left, he left a light sentence, "I offended today's affairs, I asked the brothers in the yamen to have a drink." There were still 200 taels of silver, and then he left.

After Jiang Feng left, his subordinates naturally would not stay in the yamen. The yamen that had been busy for a day suddenly became deserted. The dozen officials, prefects, and the magistrates, and the chief clerks below all looked at each other, thinking that today's events were incredible, but the heads and stolen goods in the yard, the silver notes and land deeds in their hands all meant that this matter was not a dream.

And it happened literally. After a while, Magistrate Wang stood up and cleared his throat and whispered:

"We also see what Jiang Feng looks like today. Everyone has gained benefits. We don't need to say more about how to do it in the future. I believe everyone knows the importance of it."

Who would not know the importance of the sharp knife on the neck and the silver deeds in the hand? The officials in this room naturally knew what it meant, and they all stood up and bowed and said:

"Of course I know how to do it!"

Jiang Feng and his group had already arrived at the inn where they were staying. As soon as they entered the room, Su Guanyue and Liu Fangrui, who had not seen each other for a long time, fell into his arms and cried. The little girl Su Guanxue was happily wandering around Jiang Feng. After all, it was the first time that she had been separated for such a long time since Jiang Feng met them.

It should have been a short time for spring night, but Jiang Feng gave Su Guanyue the account book seized from the Dong family. Su Guanyue was quite enthusiastic about this, and she didn't feel inhumane. Su Guanyue, who was proficient in the way of finance, was quite interested in the entries marked with the word "Sea" on the account book, and pondered for a long time before saying:

"Every time the silver is in and out, it is more than 5,000 taels. There will be so many cash and goods business in the landlord of a small mansion. Could it be that the Dong family also has a sea business!?"
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