Mr. Song did not speak, and the remaining Zhao Xueli, Zhao Xuejing and Zhao Luoyang remained silent.
Zhao Xuejing was completely confused about the situation. He had no idea who Zhao Jingyun was.
Zhao Xueli saw some clues from the expressions of Mr. Song and his daughter, and then thought about what Ding Rong said. This Zhao Jingyun was related to Mr. Nie and might be an official.
Fortunately, after Ding Rong opened his mouth, he was not ready to stop like this.
"If you don't believe me, you can search my inner pocket. There is a family letter from the eldest master to the second master. The family letter has the private seal of my eldest master."
After Ding Rong finished speaking, his eyes fell directly on Mr. Song's face.
Mr. Song cursed in his heart.
What are you looking at him for? Damn it, he was sleeping soundly, and someone woke him up in confusion. In the face of such a big incident, who did he offend?
If I had known, he wouldn't have eaten those two bowls of beef rice.
After being stared at by several pairs of eyes for a while, Mr. Song turned to look at Zhao Luoyang. The little fox Zhao had a learned look on his face, and his lungs seemed to have exploded with anger.
"What do you want me to do?" Mr. Song said, "Go take it out and have a look."
At this point, can you still pretend that you don’t know what to do?
Zhao Luoyang didn't take action. She had her father and uncle here, so there was no need for her at all.
Zhao Xueli touched Ding Rong's body for a long time and finally found a cloth bag and took out two letters from it.
Zhao Luoyang went over to read it. One of the letters was written to Zhao Jingyan.
Mr. Song hesitated for a moment and opened the letter. He did not read the content of the letter. He first saw the signature, which was stamped with a private seal. It was indeed Zhao Jingyun.
Mr. Song folded the letter first, and then looked at Zhao Xueli: "Go and call Zhang Dianli over! I can't decide on these things."
In other words, he also had to borrow Dongfeng. Among them, the only one who had access to the government office was Zhang Dianli, and Zhang Dianli had to be informed no matter what.
Zhao Xueli responded and went to look for the person.
After Zhao Xueli left, Ding Rong looked at Mr. Song and said, "My eldest son is the newly appointed magistrate of Taozhou County. I heard you talking before, and Mr. Nie seemed to have mentioned this matter to you."
Mr. Song did not answer Ding Rong but said: "Since your master is the official of Taozhou's parents, why did the Hu Cao lead people to arrest you?"
Ding Rong hesitated for a moment and said with firm eyes: "My eldest son is a good official and works for the people. If you are afraid of being implicated, just pretend you have never seen me. Even if I am caught by those Hucao people later, I will not I will confess to you."
Mr. Song also fell silent.
Zhao Luoyang filled a bowl of water for Mr. Song to moisten his throat.
Mr. Song became angry when he saw the little fox Zhao, but smoke came out of his throat. He couldn't help but complain to Zhao Xuejing that such an old man was not as sensible as his niece.
While Mr. Song was drinking water, Zhang Dianli was invited over by Zhao Xueli.
On the way, Zhao Xueli told Zhang Dianli roughly what happened.
Zhang Dianli was also surprised. He didn't expect that so many people watching the night could not notice anything strange, but Miss Zhao caught him.
"It's also a coincidence," Zhao Xueli defended his daughter. "It happened that the man fell unconscious."
What a coincidence! Zhang Dianli secretly cursed, how come others can't meet her? No matter how much the Zhao family hides it, it can't stop people from seeing the intelligence of the Zhao family girl.
While thinking about it, Zhang Dianli saw Mr. Song and others.
Mr. Song handed the letter in his hand to Zhang Dianli: "I didn't read the content of the letter. I saw that the name on the private seal was Zhao Jingyun."
Zhang Dianli looked over by the firelight, first looked at the private seal, and then looked at the content of the letter.
Zhao Jingyun and Zhao Jingyan mentioned the chaos in Taozhou. The government office directly registered the relocated people as military households. The fields cultivated by the military households should have been turned over to the court, but they diverted them for private use.
Not only that, they also forced military households to do things for them, and those military households became their own servants. The officials in Taozhou were all colluding together, like a monolith. He wanted to find evidence and report it to the court, which was extremely difficult.
Zhao Jingyun thought of two ways. First, he found some evidence and hid a few people who were forcibly recruited as military households. Zhao Jingyan needed to go to meet him. As long as this evidence is there, it is possible that the situation in Taozhou will be revealed.
The world.
Secondly, Zhao Jingyun asked Zhao Jingyan to go to Xingyuan Prefecture for help and ask the prefect of Xingyuan Prefecture to send troops to help.
After Zhang Dianli read it, he folded the letter and looked at Ding Rong on the ground with a complicated expression. He knew that he might encounter some trouble when he arrived in Taozhou, but he was only halfway through and the trouble was already there.
Is it too early? How should they respond?
Ding Rong said: "You have seen how those Hu Cao dealt with the relocated people during the day. You should be able to believe what I say, right? If you hand me over to those Hu Cao people, my husband will be trapped in Taozhou and helpless.
, let alone redressing justice for the people, one’s life will not be saved.”
Ding Rong became more and more excited as he spoke: "My master is a good official. When there was heavy rain on the way to transport grain and grass, other grain transport officials failed to deliver the grain. My master took half of the grain to the border first. It's a pity that
...Prince Yu was ambushed and the battle was lost. Everyone will be accused by the court. Otherwise, my master has merits and demerits."
"Even so, the imperial court did not demote my husband to Taozhou. It was my husband who saw the plight of the people in Taozhou when he was transporting military rations, and that's why he wanted to do something for the people."
"Since you have met Lord Nie Shuang and helped him capture the bandits, you should know who Lord Nie Shuang is. My husband and Lord Nie Shuang have been friends for many years and have similar temperaments. It can be seen from this that there is no mistake."
Ding Rong hopes these people can believe him.
Zhang Dianli said to Ding Rong: "Don't be impatient. You can say some things slowly."
After speaking, Zhang Dianli asked Zhao Xueli: "Feed him some water and let him rest for a while."
After making these arrangements, Zhang Dianli looked at Mr. Song: "Master, let's go and talk next to him."
Ding Rong knew that the official was going to discuss his matter, so he said nothing more.
Zhang Dianli helped Mr. Song walk away a little, and then asked in a low voice: "What do you think of this matter?"
"What Ding Rong said is eighty percent true," said Mr. Song. "We have witnessed Hu Cao arresting people with our own eyes. Furthermore, Mr. Nie Shuang also mentioned Zhao Jingyun's matter to me, and it happened to be consistent with what Ding Rong said.
"
"There's no need for Ding Rong to lie to us. He didn't know he would be caught here, so naturally he didn't prepare letters in advance. Those letters would only be a disaster if they fell into the hands of Hu Cao."
Zhang Dianli nodded.
For Ding Rong, everything tonight was unexpected.
"Then..." Zhang Dianli asked, "What should we do?"
Mr. Song stroked his beard and sighed in his heart. It was impossible to hand over Ding Rong to Hu Cao and those people. After all, Zhao Jingyun did this for the sake of the relocated people.
After releasing Ding Rong, he felt that it would be difficult for Ding Rong to spread the letter.
After much calculation, there is only one way left.
Try your best to help Ding Rong.
Why did Mr. Song think that this road was arranged by others in advance? Zhao Luoyang's smiling face appeared in his mind.
Could it be that Little Fox Zhao was causing trouble?