The State of Wu began to liquidate the family of the late Princess Bao. After the founding of the State of Wu for more than ten years, the government and the public had never been very honest. Because the country was rich, there were few people who encountered unjust things, so the evil of the Bao family was covered up.
With the princess and the crown prince as his support, no one dared to question his wrongdoings. Now that he has fallen, many victims have come forward to complain.
Chen Ruiwen thought that he could take advantage of the situation to wipe out this clan. After carefully investigating each case, he suddenly realized that there was no murder case in the Bao family! Not even the servants of the Bao family committed any crime. And they never interfered in the imperial examination. The rest
There are countless things like excluding dissidents for officials, seizing credit, bullying others, seizing people's property for business, passing off inferior goods, buying and selling by force. Even if there are those who take women by force, they will give enough to the woman's natal husband's family afterwards.
Money, money, and women who were robbed were all given birth and raised in the backyard, and none of them died in the fight in the back house. According to national law, these things are enough to cost the lives of men in the Bao family. But we still have to worry about Zhen Zangzhu and Bao Laosan.
He then sent a file to Prince Wu's Mansion to discuss with Princess Shen.
Mrs. Shen looked at the file and wondered: "Hasn't the Bao family ever fought a woman to death?"
There was a maid beside her, who reached for the file and browsed through it, saying: "The Bao family is really too rich, and none of the men in the Bao family are addicted to women. These beauties are all like objects, and they will not be favored too much."
"If there are those who are excluded from the backyard, they will be sent to other courtyards to be raised. After all, their family has a mansion." Nai smiled and said, "Since ancient times, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, but their family has done it."
Mrs. Shen asked: "What are the superiors planning to do with the Bao family?"
"I don't know. I have to send a letter to ask for instructions. Let Chen Ruiwen interrogate him in accordance with the law first - it is best to have a public trial and let the people of Wu come to hear it. With so many cases, it will take some time to go to trial."
Mrs. Shen raised his head and looked at her and said, "How did my sister send the message? You have never left the palace."
The maid smiled sweetly: "I won't tell you!"
"Just don't tell me." Shen said angrily, "I don't want to know yet." Then she put down the file and went to bed to rest.
More than ten days later, Jinling Yingtian Mansion held a public trial of the Bao family's case. Yanjing Weekly, Ping'an Prefecture Business Daily and Dajiala Weekly all sent reporters and photographers to Yingtian Mansion to watch. They all interviewed Mr. Fu Yinfang, and also
I took a photo with Mr. Fang at the entrance of Yingtian Mansion. After that, I reported the case intensively. The sales of the three newspapers increased greatly.
None of the men of the Bao family were willing to kneel down in front of the hall. Because their late son was still alive, Third Master Bao was on the run, and Master Zhen, a close friend of the Bao family, was hiding in Shanghai Port and never returned to Jinling. Master Fang was a little hesitant. Chen Ruiwen listened to the trial in front of the hall, and Fang
The adults looked at each other and asked. Chen Ruiwen said: "Everyone, Mr. Bao, has made great contributions to Wu Guoli. If you don't kneel down, then you can't kneel down." He also ordered someone to bring a chair for Mr. Bao. Mr. Bao narrowed his eyes and smiled at him.
Mr. Fang was shocked and began to ask questions. Although there were many cases, there was really nothing to ask. It was just that the master summoned the plaintiff to go to court, stated the case, and asked the Bao family if it was true. The Bao family confessed.
Don't hesitate, don't discount even half a point.
A junior official discovered that a colleague was making false accounts and embezzling taxes, so he reported it to Uncle Bao. Instead of punishing the colleague, Uncle Bao slapped the junior official. The junior official was very angry. Now that he heard that the Bao family had collapsed, he specially
The family came to report the matter, saying that Uncle Bao must have accepted the bribe from the colleague. After hearing this, Uncle Bao laughed: "Sir, I saved you by letting you go home to farm. It has been five or six years.
Sorry, you still think I took a bribe? I obviously ordered him to do this, and he was just following orders and getting a little reward. You will be at a disadvantage if you are an official in Wu State. If you are in other countries
, I don’t know how many times I’ve been killed by others.”
The petty official said angrily: "You are still proud of your corruption of public taxes! You have no shame at all, and the book has been read into the dog's belly!"
Uncle Bao said calmly: "In the end, the money either went into the prince's treasury, or went out to buy things for the prince. If the prince is not in trouble for the time being, what are these small things? Just use the emperor's money to do things for the emperor's family."
The junior official was stunned and speechless for a long time.
There was an uproar among the people who were listening to the trial below. Someone said loudly: "I think this man named Bao is right!" Mr. Fang clapped the door three times to suppress the noise. This case was considered to have been tried.
Later, another village elder came, who was from Tonglu County. This old man also heard that the prince was checking the Bao family and came to complain. It turned out that Tonglu County was not rich in the past. Nine years ago, Hu County Magistrate came and served as
He led the people of Tonglu County to become rich. Just one year after his second term, the superiors suddenly transferred County Magistrate Hu without even giving a reason. Then came Magistrate Bao, who was a descendant of the Bao family.
It didn't work, and all the official duties were left to the master, but in vain he tripled the tax and said it was the prince's order. But the neighboring county did not have these taxes. The old people in the village were suspicious that the county magistrate used the prince's name to plunder the people's wealth.
The old man had just finished speaking. Uncle Bao thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's true." Everyone was waiting for him to say more, but he actually shut up.
The village elder pointed at him angrily and said with a trembling voice: "You are just for your own selfish interests and act wantonly! Aren't you afraid of the king's law?"
Uncle Bao's expression moved slightly. After a long while, he sighed: "I am not afraid of the king's law, but I am afraid of the beauties in the harem." The whole hall was in an uproar again.
A reporter from "Yanjing Weekly" wrote after the case: "What Uncle Bao said is not unreasonable. If there had been no changes in the harem in Wu State, and if the former Wu Crown Prince was still the crown prince, the Bao family would not have today's trial. As we all know,
What they did was neither legal nor reasonable, but they were neither afraid nor punished. It was a malaise for the family and the world. I dare to ask all readers, these people who violate the law and harm the people are taking the money of the emperor's family.
"Working for the emperor's family," is there any way to avoid it?"
As soon as this question came out, countless letters flew into the capital from all over the world. Scholars all over the country expressed their opinions, and there was a lot of discussion in the streets. In subsequent issues, "Yanjing Weekly" added two pages to select letters from insightful readers, and the sales of the newspaper increased sharply.
The newspaper took advantage of the situation to bring up the issue of "the powerful breaking the law" and then discussed it with readers. This is a story later.
The Bao family's case was gradually being tried. Mr. Fang had never tried such a smooth case in his life. When asked what to do, the files that were finally sorted were piled up into a hill, and he responded seriously with the words "too many to write". Naturally, he couldn't give it.
These few were convicted and asked Chen Ruiwen. Chen Ruiwen then discussed with Princess Shen.
Shen was originally the person who was installed by Jia Cong into Prince Wu's Mansion to replace Mei Ji. She was listed under the name of SHIELD and was controlled by Jia Xu. Before the trial of the case was completed, Jia Xu sent an instruction telegram to Jinling. Shen's
The maid said: "There is word from the higher ups. The bureau chief has personally given instructions to send the whole family of the Bao family to South America, especially Uncle Bao and Second Master Bao."
Mrs. Shen was startled and said, "Not killing?"
"No," the maid said, "the director has instructed that these two are rare talents, it would be a pity to kill them. General Wei Ruoheng is in South America, he can intimidate them. He can also make them come up with bad ideas when trouble comes."
Mrs. Shen frowned: "Isn't this letting the tiger return to the mountain?"
"It's not about letting the tiger go back to the mountain." The maid said with a smile, "It's about letting the tiger go to another mountain. South America has begun to buy African slaves and build plantations."
Shen thought about it for a long time, shook her head and said, "That's not appropriate. It's better to cut the grass and get rid of the root."
The maid said coldly: "Miss Shen, we are all working on errands. We just need to obey the orders of Shangfeng." Ms. Shen took a breath slowly and agreed in a low voice. The maid added, "All the private property that the Bao family has seized is all." Send back to original owner."
Shen was shocked and shouted: "What! Send it back to the original owner?!"
The maid asked curiously: "Otherwise? Do you want it? You are in Prince Wu's Mansion, what's the use of having property outside?"
Mrs. Shen hurriedly said: "What do I want to do here? It's just that Mr. Chen Ruiwen helped me do so many things, why don't I give you some benefits?"
The maid said: "Aren't these things just and natural? He has a salary from the state of Wu, so he should naturally do things for the state of Wu." Ms. Shen was still about to argue, but the maid sternly said, "Okay! Do as Shangfeng wants. There is an original owner. All the items will be returned to their original owners, and those whose original owners cannot be found will be returned to the treasury. Nothing will happen to Chen Ruiwen." Shen gritted her teeth and reluctantly agreed. The maid stared at her for a while and said softly, "I advise Miss Shen not to get carried away. It can transform you from a mason's wife into a princess, and it can transform you from a princess back into a mason's wife."
Mrs. Shen immediately lowered his head: "I don't dare."
The maid said calmly: "You may not dare, you just can't." Mrs. Shen did not dare to say anything.
On this day, Chen Ruiwen received the letter from the Shen family, and it turned out to be what the "Bureau Leader" said. He only added two sentences at the end: To achieve great things, you must first win people's hearts. Chen Ruiwen thought: Neither she nor the young prince has any foundation. There is nothing wrong with wanting people's hearts. Money and things can be obtained slowly if you have power. This woman is neither arrogant nor impetuous, and is much better than the first one.
Then he obeyed his words seriously. The whole country of Wu suddenly boiled like boiling oil and water, and even Master Fang turned into Fang Qingtian. As Master Fang listened, he gradually became confused, thinking that he was really Qingtian. Then he ran away He went to Chen Ruiwen and said, "I heard that there are many good things buried in the grave of the old man and old lady of the Bao family. Why not dig it out and let the people vent their anger?"
Chen Ruiwen thought for a while and said: "No. If you dig it out, who wouldn't know there is something there? As the saying goes, the dead are the most important. Master Fang should ask people to take care of it carefully, so as not to be damaged by the common people."
Mr. Fang's eyes were bright, he raised his thumbs up and praised repeatedly: "Master Chen is still smart!"
It is now November. The entire Bao family has been escorted to Haizhou Port to prepare to take a large ship to sail to South America. The person in charge of distribution is a general named Liu, who has a good relationship with Wei Ruoheng. In recent years, It’s true that criminals were sent to South America, and they were all randomly locked up in a few rooms like livestock. However, this time they were sent to the Bao family, but they rented two inns and locked them up in a small courtyard. When someone asked, Liu The general said: "It was Mr. Wei's idea. He wrote a letter saying that the Bao family has talents and he can still use them in South America. Don't get hurt."
Three days before leaving, the guard soldiers were dozing lazily. Suddenly, several large fishing nets fell from the sky, trapping the guard leader and several soldiers nearby. Several people shouted in unison. Under the bright moon, a large group of people were seen. The man in black jumped out of nowhere, as smart as a raccoon cat, and climbed over the wall. After a while, he climbed out of the wall again, carrying someone on his back. This group of people moved too fast, and the soldiers waiting by Coming over, they ran like rabbits and ran away in the blink of an eye. These guards were all infantry and had no horses, so they chased after them. The men in black ran to the pier, where a small ship was already moored, and they quickly jumped on it. The soldiers Just as they caught up to the ship, the ship had already left the shore quickly. The soldiers quickly boarded an official ship to chase them, but the small sea-going ship suddenly emitted thick smoke, as if it was pulling its tail, and the official ship could not catch up at all. Go up and watch them run away.
I turned around to check on the person who had been robbed, and found that it belonged to Mr. Bao's family. A post was left on his desk with six characters written on it: Taihu Water Bandit Wang Wu.
The matter was so important that General Liu sent people to fly back to Jinling overnight to report the news. Chen Ruiwen was shocked: "Does the Bao family recognize the water bandit? Could it be that this water bandit was raised by their family?" He hurriedly sent the message to Prince Wu's Mansion.
Shen's maid laughed when she heard this: "What kind of idiot is this General Liu! He never thought that it had been less than three months since the Bao family had been in trouble, and it had taken at least half a year for the letter to be sent from Wu to South America and back."
Shen suddenly realized: "That's right! The letter he got was not written by General Wei Ruoheng at all."
The maid said: "This is obvious. Since General Liu said that the letter was from Wei Ruoheng, we know that the handwriting is from Wei Ruoheng. Wei Ruoheng could not have written the letter from the other side of the earth. Only others imitated his handwriting.
"
Mrs. Shen responded: "Wei Ruoheng, that concubine Mr. Zeng!"
The maid nodded: "Yes. Mr. Zeng and Mr. Bao have worked together in Shanghai Port for many years and have long been colluded. As for the Taihu water bandits, they are obviously not raised by the Bao family. They must have some shady dealings with Mr. Zeng and Mr. Bao."
Mrs. Shen thought for a moment, nodded and said: "That's right. If the Bao family raised them, they would have to save the eldest brother Bao and the second eldest child first. The younger ones may not be able to save them. Now only the third and third Bao family are singled out." Nai sneered.
He said, "I heard that Bao Laosan is a dandy. He doesn't know how to do anything, but he is always favored at home. I didn't expect him to only care about his own family and ignore his brother when something happens to him."
The maid thought for a while and said: "Although Bao Laosan is a playboy, he has a good nature. I suspect that he doesn't know about this, but that it is a conspiracy between Zeng and Zhen Zangzhu."
Mrs. Shen was stunned: "Why?"
The maid said: "The two of them must have a plan." She smiled and said, "Among these three people, Bao Laosan is the most brainless. In Shanghai, he doesn't give out ideas and just does things. Zhen Zangzhu spends most of his time
In Jinling Yamen, Mrs. Zeng is used to being in charge. In my opinion, those two people must have deliberately gotten rid of the two Bao family members and kept Bao Laosan."
"Both of the Bao family are talented people, why not?"
"There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Boss Bao and Lao Bao are all the ones who call the shots. If they are together in one place, the Zeng family, which has been growing for a long time, may not be able to suppress them." The maid said, "This matter is definitely not over. Your Majesty, please wait for the Bao family's ship.
After leaving Hong Kong, there will definitely be trouble in Shanghai."
Mrs. Shen hurriedly asked: "What should we do?"
"What should we do?" the maid said casually, "when the soldiers come to block the water and cover up the soil, how can they be stronger than the empress?" Mrs. Shen raised his eyes and looked at her for a few times. He always felt that this woman knew everything, but she refused to tell her.
Himself. It seems as if he deliberately prevents himself from being defensive.
The Bao family's ship's departure from the port was delayed for three days because of that incident, and finally left quietly without a trace.
The next day, thieves broke into the former prince's house and kidnapped his eldest son.