The crime of killing good people and collaborating with traitors was proven conclusive, and the imperial court decreed that Mrs. Wu was conferred the title of Lady of Chu and ordered her to take charge of the roads in Huainan. The Huang family's conspiracy and plan collapsed in an instant.
All the aristocratic families involved in this incident were arrested, but Mrs. Chu soon ordered their release.
"If you did not participate in the Liangcun bandit case or colluded with the rebels, there is no need to plead guilty."
In other words, Mrs. Chu will not pursue the crime of inciting rebellion in Gwangju Prefecture. Not only that, Mrs. Chu Guo also ordered that as long as it is verified that they are not guilty of these two crimes, they can continue to leave Gwangju Prefecture.
The anxious hearts of the aristocratic families were soothed, especially after seeing the results of the Tian family and the Liao family.
The soldiers and horses of Guangzhou Prefecture went to Xuanmu Road to track down the Tian and Liao families, but before they could reach them, the Tian and Liao families were tied up and sent back by soldiers and horses from the place where they moved.
In order to show their sincerity, the local soldiers and horses of Xuanmodo tied the two families with ropes and strung them together. They trekked all the way in embarrassment. When they entered Gwangju City, they were even more miserable than homeless beggars. They carried gold, silver, treasures and furniture with them when they left.
They were all dragged along in cars and treated better than human beings.
"The reason why the Tian family and the Liao family went to Xuanwu Road was to incite the soldiers and horses in these two places. They thought that we would either send the Zhenwu Army to arrest people, or the Zhenwu Army would deliberately come here to cause trouble, so that they would be in trouble with the locals.
There was a conflict between the soldiers and horses. It was also a good opportunity for the local soldiers and horses to deal with the Zhenwu Army. After all, it was illegal to invade the location of other guards without orders." Zhong Liu told the story of the incident.
"A true thief has a heart that can be punished." The magistrate cursed angrily.
Li Minglou didn't care: "To them, we are thieves."
Of course you don't have to be polite to thieves.
Zhongliu continued: "After the Tian family and the Liao family arrived, they gave many gifts to the local soldiers and horses. The soldiers and horses accepted the gifts, but guarded the Tian family and the Liao family like thieves, lest the Zhenwu army would attack them.
In the past, when they heard that the Huang family had rebelled and that the young lady had conferred the title of Madam of Chu, they immediately tied up the Tian family and the Liao family and sent them back."
All the officials in the hall laughed.
"Do they think everyone considers us in Guangzhou Prefecture as thieves?"
"Do they think everyone can be bewitched by them?"
"In Gwangju Prefecture, they rely on their prestige and the trust of the people to incite and control panic and civil unrest, but outside of Gwangju Prefecture, who will take them seriously?"
"Gwangju Prefecture is their foundation, but they want to cut off their own foundation."
Everyone was talking and joking. After listening for a moment, Li Minglou asked the Tian family where the Liao family were. The prefect said that they were also locked up in the military camp, and they were locked up with the Huang family. Now he was probably angrily cursing and beating the Huang family.
Previously, those aristocratic families were all thrown into military camps after being arrested. The government deliberately kept them together with the Huang family members. Then the people of these aristocratic families would work hard because they were really angry, or to make the government believe that they were really angry.
He cried and scolded Mr. Huang as hard as he could.
This kind of humiliation was worse than the official questioning. After several times of torture, the Huang clan almost collapsed mentally.
The government can kill people without showing blood.
Li Minglou said: "If we find out that they are not involved in those two crimes, we will let them go. In addition, we can have soldiers and horses escort them back to Xuanwu Road. Our government can also send a message there so that the local people will not embarrass them."
, are all the people of Daxia."
Chang Shi sighed: "My lady is kind."
There was no need for the prefect to argue with him about such words, he only responded solemnly: "Yes."
Sure enough, it was quickly discovered that the Tian family and the Liao family were indeed not involved in these two incidents, so they were both released, their property was returned in full, and they were told that they could return to Xuanwu Dao and that troops could be sent to escort them.
At that time, everyone from the Tian family and the Liao family knelt in front of the government office, saying that they would never leave Guangzhou Prefecture from now on, whether life or death.
The old patriarch of the two families who had been helped by the prefect said sincerely: "The pressure I put on you was too great before, so you were bewitched by the Huang family. It is true that there are too many refugees in our Guangzhou Prefecture, all of whom are Daxia people. Now that they are here,
We cannot leave them homeless and helpless, and we will think of other solutions in the future."
The members of the Tian family and the Liao family immediately burst into tears, and other aristocratic families came running to cry too. A sea of people on the street watched this scene, crying and laughing.
At the same time, the government announced Huang's conviction.
"All the property of the Huang family was confiscated. The dozen or so principal criminals headed by Mrs. Huang were so insane that they killed people for rebellion and deserved to be executed. The rest of the Huang family members who participated in the matter were put on criminal labor to atone for their sins and to avoid future consequences."
However, not many people cared about this, either applauding, or thinking that the punishment was too light. During the commotion, dozens of carts of rice and grain were transported into Gwangju Prefecture, shocking all the people.
A unified flag was hung on the grain truck with the word "Yizhou" written on it.
They were escorted by soldiers and horses, and behind the grain team were a large number of Yizhou merchants, carrying exquisite goods from Yizhou.
"I heard that Guangzhou Prefecture is a safe and prosperous place, so we came here to do business." The merchants stood in front of the city gate and said, "I wonder what the rules are here?"
The people rushed forward.
"We have no rules here."
"Do you want to rent a house? I have more than a dozen large houses available."
"How do you sell this rice?"
"Do you need manpower to unload it? I have more than a dozen strong laborers. I only need to take care of three meals a day."
Gwangju City became more lively. Soldiers and horses came in and out, declaring crimes, beheading people and imprisoning people. There was chaos everywhere, but all the people's faces were gone. The closed shops on the street had reopened. Farmers were working in the fields and people were giving porridge.
The place was once again crowded with homeless people, beggars and idlers.
In addition to the renewed prosperity of Gwangju City, the government warehouses were also filled with a lot of rice and grain supplies.
"How can you be embarrassed about this?" The prefect and a group of officials stood in front of the official warehouse, smiling from ear to ear. They held a man in a green robe with a white face and no beard and thanked him repeatedly, "You also have to feed a lot of people, how can you be embarrassed to do this?
Your Yizhou government has so many things?"
The white-faced man with no beard said: "Your Excellency, you are wrong. This is not something from the Yizhou government, it belongs to Mrs. Wu."
Mrs. Wu actually had a warehouse in Yizhou. She was so incredibly rich that the prefect and others were shocked.
The white-faced man with no beard smiled slightly: "King Zhao gave the Prince Zhao's Palace to Madam Wu, so everything in Prince Zhao's Palace belongs to Madam Wu, every brick, tile, grass and tree. The same goes for the old slave."
This is a eunuch. At that time, King Zhao led everyone to die, and only the eunuch was left in the palace. The prefect and others were suddenly surprised. Did this eunuch become the chief official of Yizhou City?
"Thanks to Mrs. Wu for not giving up, the old slave will do his best with his broken body." said the man with a pale face and beardless face.
The prefect looked at him in a daze for a moment, and suddenly thought of something: "The angel sent by His Majesty is still in the government office. Do you want to see him?"
We are all eunuchs, so we should meet each other, right?
The pale-faced man with no beard refused: "The angel is here to announce the decree. I am a slave to the people of Yizhou and leave the local area without permission. It is inconvenient to meet each other without an edict."
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At this time, at the official office, the Zhenwu Army generals from the capital and the Zhenwu Army generals from Yizhou City were joking.
"How's Lao Zhou doing over there?"
"I heard that the women in Yizhou are all big and thick, so he shouldn't be bullied."
"We adults are living a great life. Not only are the women over there tall and strong, but the men are also strong. Thousands of strong soldiers have been trained."
Someone looked outside, signaled everyone to stop joking, and said to the general from Yizhou: "Your eunuch is here."
The general in Yizhou glared at them: "Be more polite."
The man put his shoulder on his shoulder and smiled: "You've become polite now." He then asked in a low voice, "Why did Mr. Zhou choose an eunuch to supervise Yizhou City? These eunuchs regard Mrs. Wu as their leader, right?"
The general in Yizhou said, "What do you know? Yizhou's urban management is not good, and no one can be the master." He pushed the man away, stepped forward to greet him, leaned down and saluted, and said respectfully, "My lord."
The pale-faced man with no beard nodded, calmly accepted his courtesy, and said, "Let's go see the young lady."