These sons were all born to Liao Guiwen's concubines and had little status in the family. Even if they set up their own business in the future, the property they would be allocated would be far less than that of the eldest son Liao Jiyan. Now that they have the opportunity of the imperial court, they naturally want to
Give it a try.
The quarrel aroused the eldest son Liao Jiyan. When he heard that these younger brothers wanted to compete with him for the family property, he was furious and ordered the housekeeper to take the servants. He beat Liao Jiming, Liao Jilin and Liao Jijing and drove them out.
At home, no matter how much their mother cried and begged, she would not listen.
When the matter reached this point, it was already a serious matter. Liao Jiming and others became more and more angry as they thought about it, so they couldn't care less about it.
Several people gathered together and went directly to the county government to file a complaint, saying that Liao Guiwen raped women, beat and killed domestic servants, and colluded with Wang Guangzu to fight against the new law.
Liu Kezhuang was overjoyed and hurriedly asked him. Liao Jiming took the initiative to complain and said: "I have reported to the county magistrate that my mother is from a good family and has been married to someone for a long time. How did I know that one day my mother was spotted by my father when she was visiting the garden?"
, and then one day, he forcibly defiled my mother, and she became pregnant with me. In order to preserve his reputation, my grandfather had no choice but to marry my mother to the Liao family as a concubine. My mother can testify to this, and I am
The irrefutable evidence that my father committed a crime."
Liao Jilin followed closely and said: "Three years ago, my father killed his servant Zhao Xiaowu because of a trivial matter. His body was buried in the back mountain. If I saw it with my own eyes, I can bring the officials to see it."
Although domestic servants were slaves and had no personal freedom and had to obey their master's orders all their lives, they also enjoyed a certain right to life, and the court also had certain guarantees for them.
If a servant is killed by his master, the master must be held accountable. Although it is impossible to pay with his life, he may be fined a large sum of money or imprisoned for several years, which is still necessary.
Liao Jijing continued: "This time the court implemented the new law, my father and Wang Guangzu were planning day and night to resist the new law. Previously, they incited the people and said that the land allocated to them by the court was low-grade and unharvestable land. This rumor was spread by them.
of."
When Liu Kezhuang heard this, he felt happy and suppressed his excitement. He said with an angry look on his face: "It is lawless. It is simply lawless. A noble gentleman can do such a thing. Come on, give me the order."
Liao Guiwen brings it, I want to personally examine it."
"yes."
Several soldiers shouted in response, gearing up, as they had something to do.
When Liao Guiwen saw the majestic soldiers coming to take someone away, he was both angry and frightened. He forced himself to calm down and said, "Why do you take me? What crime have I committed?"
A soldier said: "Your sons have sued you, saying that you robbed women, killed servants, and resisted the new law. Now Magistrate Liu is furious and ordered us to come and take you."
"What, these bastards, how dare they sue their own fathers for being unfilial and unfilial!"
Liao Guiwen was furious and roared loudly. Suddenly his vision went dark and he fainted.
"Father, father, what's wrong with you? Wake up quickly."
The eldest son Liao Jiyan was shocked. He hugged Liao Guiwen and kept shouting, but Liao Guiwen didn't respond.
"What should we do now?" a soldier asked his companions.
"Whatever, take him away. Even if he dies, it's not us who killed him. What are you afraid of?"
Just like that, Liao Guiwen, who was still unconscious, was taken away by several soldiers, leaving the Liao family in chaos.
Soon, the news of Liao Guiwen's arrest spread. When Wang Guangzu heard the news, he thought that the government was killing chickens to scare monkeys, and the purpose was to scare him.
He was so frightened that he quickly found Deng Guang and said, "Your Majesty, what should we do? Now the government is arresting people. Do they really want to ignore the king's law and build a large number of prisons? If so, then neither do I
He's so easy to offend, but if you can't do it, then fight him to the death."
It was also the first time for Deng Guang to encounter such a thing. He walked back and forth for a while, and finally he said: "No one will pay attention to the dead, let alone care about it. In this case, it is better to make the matter bigger and let the court take action."
If the government feels pressure, the new law may be repealed.”
Wang Guangzu was convinced, nodded and said: "What do you mean by your words?"
Deng Guang said, "You contact Liao Guiwen's family and ask them to take the clan members to make trouble in front of the county government office. If the law does not punish the people, the county government will not dare to arrest people, but necessary conflicts are inevitable. When the chaos comes, you order people to do it."
Secretly kill a few old and weak people and blame it on the county government, so that the people will regard the government as an enemy or a bandit. The emotions of other benevolent people and the people will be exaggerated, and they will all join in the fight. Naturally, the new law will not be able to continue, and you can be saved except for the king. "
Wang Guangzu was overjoyed, his eyes flashed, and he praised: "I have a good plan. If you do this, the people will only think that the county government is slandering people's lives, and the court will only think that the county government is not doing things well. It will never be thought that we are behind the instigation. This is really
It’s so seamless, wonderful, wonderful.”
Deng Guang was proud of being praised, and then he urged Wang Guangzu to hurry up and do it, and the killer he found must be trustworthy.
Deng Guang warned: "Exceptors, this matter is of great importance. In order to keep it secret, it is best to kill the people afterwards to prevent them from leaking the news."
"This is natural, just make you feel at ease."
Wang Guangzu agreed and went out in person to find Yan Mengbiao. This man was a desperado, so it was appropriate to find him to do this.
Wang Guangzu quickly found Yan Mengbiao in an abandoned Tudiya Temple, explained his purpose, and hoped that Yan Mengbiao would help.
Yan Mengbiao thought for a while and said: "What I want to do is to overthrow the imperial court. How can I secretly kill people? It is not a hero to do such a low-level job, so I have to hire someone smart in addition to my officials."
Wang Guangzu advised: "What a good man said is wrong. As the saying goes, those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. The purpose of killing a few common people today is to arouse the people's anger against the court and make the court lose its support. If a good man can do great things at that time, how can he do it?"
Isn’t it better to get twice the result with half the effort?”
After hearing this, Yan Mengbiao felt that it made sense, so he nodded and said: "In that case, the matter will be taken care of by Yan. I will just wait for the good news at my house."
"Well, a hero is indeed brave and decisive. He will surely soar into the sky in the future."
After a few words of praise, Wang Guangzu left with satisfaction.
After Wang Guangzu left, Liao Shiliu said to Yan Mengbiao: "Brother, do we really want to kill innocent people, the old and the weak?"
"snort."
Yan Mengbiao snorted disdainfully and said: "Wang Guangzu regards me as a fool and wants to use me to do unjust things, but he doesn't know that I, Yan Mengbiao, have all my abilities. How can I be at his mercy and be his lackey? It's simply
It's a joke."
The next day, Liao Jiyan came to the county government office with hundreds of people including his relatives, servants, tenants, etc., clamoring for the government to release him and to give justice to his Liao family.