Liang Kai also hurriedly said: "County Lord, is there any misunderstanding in this? As far as I know, Mr. Chen has always regarded money as dirt, so how could he get involved in business affairs? It must be the county Lord's misunderstanding!"
"Misunderstanding?" Du He looked at the two of them.
Chen Tian and Liang Kai both nodded.
Snap.
Du He clapped his hands: "Bring people up!"
Immediately, footsteps were heard outside, and two government officials escorted a young man forward.
When Chen Tian saw this man, he was so angry that he almost fainted.
This person was none other than his nephew, Chen Mingkun, who was one of the main people who ran the butcher shop in the city and the village in the west of the city.
Chen Mingkun fell to his knees on the ground: "Uncle, I'm sorry for you, I...I've said it...if I didn't say it, they would beat me, break my legs, and send me to Lantian to dig coal.
Uncle, I don’t want to dig coal. Uncle, just accept it. This business is not a shameful thing. Besides, our family has other businesses besides selling mutton."
"You...you..." Chen Tian was so angry that he couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
It was nothing strange for a Confucian scholar to engage in business, and he did not violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty.
But it's different now. This is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor!
After a long while, he raised his head and said coldly: "County Lord, I don't know that my son is doing business. I'm afraid what he just said is nonsense and cannot be trusted!"
Du He took out a booklet from his sleeve and threw it at Chen Tian's feet: "Mr. Chen, how do you explain this account book? It clearly records the amount of money that needs to be handed over to you every day. Moreover, Chen Tian
"Sir, when did you go to Chenjiazhuang, when did you go to the butcher's shop, and what did you say?"
Chen Tian picked it up and opened it, and his face suddenly turned pale.
He recognized the handwriting as belonging to Chen Mingkun, and everything recorded on it was true.
Chen Tian gritted his teeth, suddenly tore the book into pieces, and stuffed it into his mouth.
He swallowed the whole thick book in the blink of an eye, choking so much that his eyes widened and he almost couldn't take a breath.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Chen Tian laughed, his face full of pride.
Du He took out another book from his sleeve and threw it at Chen Tian's feet: "Mr. Chen's mouth is really powerful, he can eat anything... Oh, I forgot to tell you, the book just now is only one of the twelve books.
I have eleven more books here. If you can eat them all, I admire you for being a man!"
Chen Tian was dumbfounded.
He pointed at Chen Mingkun and yelled: "Guizi, why are you doing this?"
Chen Mingkun knelt on the ground and said aggrievedly: "Comfortable, you often say that I am stupid and can't remember things, so I record everything you say to me verbatim every time, and review it often, so that I don't
I’ll forget it!”
What a good boy who loves to learn!
But Chen Tian wanted to kill him.
After a while, Chen Tian understood that there was no room for redemption in this matter. Du He's ability to personally fight against the Chen family proved that he had mastered all the evidence.
"County Lord, how do you want to solve this matter?" Chen Tian slumped on the chair weakly and asked slowly.
Du He said with a smile: "This county will arrest you and send you to Chang'an. You will be left to your Majesty's mercy. I heard that His Majesty has been in a bad mood recently. For your crime of deceiving the emperor, I think you should kill your whole family."
Chen Tian happened to see the plaque saying "Not seeking fame and wealth", but he felt inexplicably ironic!
Chen Mingkun crawled to Chen Tian's feet and cried loudly, but Chen Tian kicked him away in disgust.
After a while, Chen Tian stood up and bowed his head to Du He: "Common people, I have the audacity to ask the county to express my gratitude. All the faults are my fault alone, but my people are innocent. If they are implicated for this, the common people will go to Jiuquan."
Even now, I feel uneasy!"
Du He asked: "Do you really want to save your people?"
"Of course!" Chen Tian nodded.
Du He smiled: "There is a way, I wonder if Mr. Chen is willing to do it!"
"Please make it clear to the county official!"
"Before dark today, all the property of the Chen family will be sent to the county government for confiscation. This county can pretend that it doesn't know anything about this matter. Remember, I am telling you everything!" Du He said and stood up.
Come, get ready to leave.
Chen Tian's eyes lit up and he said hurriedly: "Thank you so much, Duke of the County. Your kindness will be remembered by the common people!"
Du He just turned around to leave, but caught a glimpse of Liang Kai, and suddenly walked towards Liang Kai with a smile: "Master Liang, I haven't seen you for many days. You look very good. I heard that you are against pork. You are a great hero. By the way, Chen Tian
Deceiving the king, are you involved?"
Liang Kai was forced back step by step by Du He, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He hurriedly said: "County man, my family also runs some mutton business, how about giving it to the county man. The county man has been promoting pork recently, so it would be best to leave this mutton to the county man for disposal!"
"Okay, Master Liang is really happy. Goodbye!"
After that, Du He walked away.
Liang Kai breathed a sigh of relief and said to Chen Tian: "Don't be sad, Mr. Chen. You can hide most of your family property immediately and send some of it to the county government!"
Chen Tian shook his head: "Master Liang, please don't harm me. Since Du He can investigate this matter so clearly, I'm afraid he already knows my Chen family's property very well. With my understanding of Du He, I'm afraid he may not know much about it."
This guy won't let me go if I have a lot of money, that's all... As long as I can save the lives of my clan members, losing my family property is nothing!"
"well……"
"I just hope that the opposition to pork in various places can be mobilized as soon as possible, so that Du He can be punished by the DPRK and China as soon as possible. If Du He doesn't leave Hu County, your life and mine will not be easy!" Chen Tian said leisurely.
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Liang Kai nodded: "According to what Mr. Chen said, this good news should reach Hu County soon!"
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Royal Palace.
Late at night, the lights in the imperial study were brightly lit.
Li Er put down the memorial and asked, "What's new lately?"
No one answered.
He turned around and saw Zhao Yang leaning on a pillar and taking a nap.
Snapped.
Li Er slapped the table angrily.
"Ah, this slave deserves to die. Your Majesty, spare your life, spare your life!" Zhao Yang was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground.
"Zhao Yang, you have become more and more useless recently!" Li Er said dissatisfied.
Zhao Yang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this slave will die. Your Majesty, this slave has heard that there has been a lot of opposition to pork in the Gyeonggi area recently, and the momentum is so great that many people even want to come to Chang'an to plead for the people and ask your Majesty to issue an edict to ban pork.
Woolen cloth."
Although Zhao Yang was distracted, he still listened to Li Er's words.
Li Er frowned and asked, "Have these people ever eaten pork?"
"No! As far as I know, many of them have never even seen a pig!" Zhao Yang also hated these people who opposed pork. He had eaten a lot of pork in Hu County before, and the steamed pork
It is simply one of a kind, especially suitable for people like me who have lost a lot of teeth. But mutton is different. It has a few missing teeth and cannot be eaten at all.