Dong Qichang was about to call his son Dong Zuchang over to give him a few words of advice, but Dong Zuchang was nowhere to be seen. He hurriedly asked the servants around him, only to find that the second young master had already gone to the back door.
Dong Qichang was unwilling to let his son go to the government office to be tried like this. At this time, he had an excuse, pretended to scold his son, and said to Huang Guoding: "Brother Dunzhu, what do you think this should be done?"
Huang Guoding, the prefect of Songjiang, was helpless. The teacher was here, and he couldn't let the officers chase Dong Zuchang. He had to stand up and said: "The students will leave first. The teacher will call the servants to guard the door and don't let the people rush in. The students will also give way to the criminal hall."
We sent more Zaoli to maintain order, but this matter cannot be delayed, so the teacher still advises Brother Zu Changshi to go to the government office as soon as possible to listen to the interrogation."
Huang Guoding took the official Tongpan and a few servants out of the gate of Dong's house. With a "bang", the gate behind him was closed. When the people in front of the house saw that Dong Zuchang was not brought out this time, they suddenly started making noises and stones.
Throwing the cabbage root at him, he shouted: "Corrupt officials protect evil officials, and it is difficult for the people to redress their injustices."
Dozens of officers held water and fire sticks on the inner three levels and the outer three levels to protect Huang Guoding and other officials. Huang Guoding said loudly: "Dong Zuchang has escaped. This government will definitely arrest him and bring him to justice." The voice was drowned in the angry roar of thousands of people.
No one heard the shouts. The current situation was no longer under Huang Guoding's control.
The people of Huating started to besiege Dong Zuchang's mansion at about 4:00 in the morning. It was already late afternoon. For two hours, the weather was sultry and the people's grievances were accumulating and boiling. There were more than a thousand people at the beginning, and now there are more than 4,000 people. There are still more people.
Coming from Qingpu, Shanghai, and Jinshanwei, Dong's father and son and Dong's evil slaves have occupied a large amount of fertile land, shops, and lake boats in the Fish and Meat Township over the past few years with their mother's money and compound profits. Dong Zuyuan forcibly bought Changsheng at a low price the year before last.
Dozens of houses beside the bridge have caused the displacement of many residents of Changshengqiao like Laifu. Dong Zuchang behaves even more arrogantly and domineeringly on weekdays. The year before last year, at Jinshanwei, he saw that the garden of Lu Tiaoyang, a health worker, was very beautiful. He wanted to go for a visit.
Tiaoyang knew about his bad reputation and refused to let him in. Dong Zuchang was furious and instigated local scoundrels to sue Lu Tiaoyang for being a pirate. Lu Tiaoyang lost half of his family property to fight the lawsuit, so Dong Zuchang bought the garden.
Okay, so this time Lu Tiaoyang heard that the people in Huating were accusing the Dong family, and he also contacted several friends and people to come to Songjiang Fucheng to complain and reiterate the old case——
There were already overcrowded people in front of Dong Zuchang's mansion, so people came to Dong Qichang's mansion to block it, yell and bang on the door. Fan's mother Feng and other female family members had been persuaded by Zhang Yuan and Weng Yuansheng to go back. They were here to redress Fan Sheng's grievances. Fan's mother was very old.
I am too weak to endure the suffering here—
Huang Guoding wanted to go back to the government office, but was blocked in front of the gate of Dong's house and could not move. At this moment, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Dong Zuchang has been caught, Dong Zuchang has been caught."
The crowd separated into a lane, and several people came over dragging a bald monk and two beautiful maids. It was Chen Binzhu, who claimed to be a hundred-year-old monk. This yin monk saw Dong Zu often causing a big trouble today, and Dong Qichang's mansion was also in chaos, so he and Xi
The two maids Hongtang Yumo and Lizhu conspired to let them get involved with Xihongtang's treasure Xinruan and escape from the Dong Mansion with him to live a happy and happy life. This Yin Monk did have some tricks. In just a few days, Dong Qichang was killed
Fortunately, these two beautiful maids came together physically and mentally. Unexpectedly, as soon as they came out of the side door, they were caught by the besieged people. They thought Dong Zuchang had deliberately shaved his hair in order to hide and escape, and beat him when he caught him.
, pushed and pushed all the way here to see the official—
Fan Chang's servant who stayed here recognized the maid Yu Mo and shouted loudly, saying that she was Fan's maid who had been snatched away by Dong Zuchang. Huating County had filed a case, but it was not found at the time and was only listed as a missing person. However, it turned out that she was really in the Dong family.
In the house, the people present were indignant. The Dong family and his son had committed many evil deeds, but Huating County and Songjiang Prefecture had not investigated them, and the voices of scolding the dog officials could not be heard endlessly——
Huang Guoding was exhausted at this time, so he asked Jiang Tong to sentence the monk. The monk kidnapped his maidservant and ran away. He first gave him twenty sticks and then asked questions. Several officers were very angry and beat the bald donkey hard, beating Chen Binzhu, the naughty monk.
One Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven. He shouted to confess his sins and told all the scandals he had done in the Songjiang gentry's house over the years. The wives and concubines of the Shanghai official surnamed Kang who recommended him to Dong Qichang all had an affair with him. Dong Qichang wanted to imitate him.
Fang Zhongshu gave him four beautiful maids for his sexual pleasure. The two beautiful maids, Yu Mo and Li Zhu, ran away with him voluntarily and were not abducted under coercion...
Huang Guoding did not expect that a wandering monk would tell so many scandals about Dong Qichang. He was extremely angry and ordered the yin-poisoned bald donkey to be killed with a stick.
With a flick of the stick, the sexual monk Chen Binzhu twitched and died, and the two beautiful maidservants were so frightened that they were covered in chaff and trembled into two balls.
Huang Guoding felt that he was about to faint from heatstroke. He looked back at the closed red door of Dong's house. The dazzling red paint made him feel disgusted. He thought to himself: "If Dong Xuanzai doesn't hand over his son, will I stay here forever!"
Liu Tongzhi and Jiang Tongpan were ordered to stay here. He asked the government officials to clear the way and returned to the government office with Yu Mo, Li Zhu and Wang Da Chui. He did not want to be a guard dog for Dong Zuchang anymore, so he asked Wu Tuiguan from the Criminal Justice Department to come.
Let's deal with this matter. This is the responsibility of the official, but he, Huang Guoding, has to excuse himself from the affairs for the time being because of his illness——
Huang Guoding and all the officials left, leaving only Liu Tongzhi, Jiang Tongpan and a few other officials here. Thousands of people in front of Dong's house were silent at first and then a little at a loss. They all looked at Zhang Yuan and the group of scholars, only the scholars.
They all looked up and Zhang E shouted: "Go in and capture Dong Zuchang alive!"
Liu Tongzhi shouted: "It is the government's business to arrest the murderer. How can you, the students, do whatever you want?"
Zhang Yuan hurriedly persuaded the third brother. The third brother Zhang E was reckless in doing things, but he Zhang Yuan could not be so reckless. Today he must severely punish the Dong family and his son, but also protect himself, because inciting the people to attack is certainly enjoyable.
However, the rioters cannot be restrained. If houses are burned down and people are injured or killed, they, the first members of the movement, will be punished. Therefore, we must find another way to capture Dong Zuchang, and we must restrain the people and not allow the rogues among them to rob or rob them.
Afterwards, it was them, the students, who bore the blame——
In addition to Zhang Dai and Zhang E, Zhang Yuan also had Weng Yuansheng, Jiang Shiqiao, and more than ten Huating students who came from behind. Zhang Yuan discussed with the students for a while, and they had to rely on the help of Dong and his son to deal with them.
With the help of the government, Dong Qichang's protégé Huang Guoding left, Liu Tongzhi and Jiang Tongpan could fight for it, so Zhang Yuan, Weng Yuansheng and another Huating student, Du Shiquan, went to see Liu Tongzhi and Jiang Tongpan——
Zhang Yuandao: "Master Liu, Master Jiang, and Dong Huan and his son have harmed one side, causing public resentment to boil. Both adults have also seen it. This is the public resentment accumulated by Dong Huan for many years. Once it broke out, Huang Fuzun deliberately favored the Dong family and refused to do so.
The arrest of Dong Zuchang was brought to justice, and now he has left, leaving this difficult situation to two adults to solve. It is like leaving two adults to guard the embankment when the flood is approaching. Once the embankment breaks, how will the two adults deal with it?
When the common people gather together, there must be those who are frivolous and greedy for profit. Once chaos breaks out, who can control the situation and take advantage of the situation to burn, loot and loot? Can these two adults absolve themselves of the blame for such a chaos?"
Liu Tongzhi and Jiang Tongpan looked at each other. This Zhang Yuan was not a weakling. He could be so calm and considerate when everything was turbulent. He was really not taking it easy. Liu Tongzhi nodded and asked: "In Zhang Sheng's opinion, what should I do?"
how?"
Zhang Yuandao: "Arrest Dong Zuchang to show the anger of the people."
Zhang E shouted: "Dong Qichang is the culprit. If Dong Qichang hadn't been there, how would his sons have done evil? This time we have arrested Dong Qichang together."
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "This time we are only arresting Dong Zuchang." Zhang Yuan knew very well that arresting Dong Qichang was not the power of local officials. Like Dong Qichang, a great country squire who had risen to an official position from the third rank and was a teacher in the East Palace, apart from the imperial court
There is no way local officials can punish him for his crime, but as long as Dong Zuchang is found out and punished, the day when Dong Qichang's reputation will be ruined is not far away——
Liu Tongzhi of Songjiang Prefecture had long been dissatisfied with Dong's harm to the village. Just now Dong Zuchang roared so arrogantly, Liu Tongzhi was very angry. The current situation was critical and public resentment was raging. If it was not handled carefully, it would lead to a massive civil uprising. He also
Thinking that Dong Zuchang must be arrested and brought to justice to express the anger of the people, he and Jiang Tong sat for a while and said to Zhang Yuan and others: "Dong Zuchang stays behind closed doors, and it is inconvenient for us to break in. What can we do?"
Zhang Yuandao: "You two adults can tell the servants in Dong's house to leave the house, otherwise they will be punished together. In this case, there will be chaos in the house -"
But at this moment, someone was heard shouting: "Dong Qichang and his son are going to escape by boat!"
Following this cry, thunder suddenly rang in the sky, just like the thunder god's chariot rumbling past everyone's heads. The heavy rain that had been dull for a long time "swept" the ground and came down. The people were resentful and the torrential rain was furious.
Weng Yuansheng shouted: "The small river at the back door of Dong's house leads directly to Bailongtan, and then to the big river to Maozhuang, where there is Dong's large manor."
Zhang Yuandao: "Two adults, we cannot let Dong Zuchang run away, otherwise the people's anger will have nowhere to vent, and chaos will inevitably occur."
Liu Tongzhi was convinced, and ordered the twelve government officials around him to immediately hunt down Dong Zuchang. He, Jiang Tongpian, and Zhang Yuan followed suit. People in front of the house heard that Dong and his son had escaped, and they all rushed there.
Go to the back door of Dong's house.
When Zhang Yuan and others rushed to the small river behind Dong's house in the rain, they saw many people injured and lying on the ground. Two three-row boats had already sailed away. However, it turned out that Dong Zu often asked Wu Long to lead dozens of young people.
Holding sticks in hand to clear the way, he dispersed the people gathered at the back door, and then protected by a group of healthy servants, Dong Qichang, Dong Zuyuan, Dong Zuchang and a group of female family members boarded two waves on the river, and rowed eastward with three oars.
Wu Long and several of the gangster leaders followed Dong Zuchang on board the boat, while the rest of the gangsters either hid in Dong's house or jumped into the streets and dispersed.
It was raining heavily. Dong Qichang sat on the boat and looked back at the magnificent mansions on both sides of the river from the tent window. His face turned blue. He was forced to abandon his home and run away this time. It was really a shame and humiliation. He said bitterly: "There is no need to go to Maozhuang.
After I have settled my daughter-in-law, I will go directly to Nanjing and I will not give up until these officials and unruly people are severely punished."
Before he finished speaking, there was a "bang" sound, and the ship shook. Dong Qichang lost his seat and fell to the deck. The boatman was heard exclaiming: "The ship has collided, the ship has collided!"
Tomorrow, we will serve Dong and his son in one pot!