In the Changlu County Yamen, the results of the case heard by Mingwei General Zhu Tingfang that day were spread throughout the city through hundreds of mouths.
Among the six families, it was not only the three from the Qi family who were scheduled to be executed for various misdeeds, there were also two others. Without exception, they were involved in life-threatening lawsuits. As for the others, they were punished with sticks and sent to the Liaodong army.
, seventeen people in total.
From the head of the family, to the dandy young master, to the accountants, stewards, and soldiers below. Anyway, as long as he can get conclusive physical witnesses within these few days, Zhu Tingfang can cut through all the knots in one day.
On the surface, the crime of collaborating with the eldest prince to the point of radical rebellion among good people did not occupy an obvious position either in the words passed down by people or in the notices posted on the eight-character wall of the county government office.
However, except for most of the people who are applauding and applauding, the smart people who can really bear to ponder all know that the reason why Zhu Tingfang dealt with a large number of people this time was harsh, and he did not hesitate to dig out old scores that many people didn't care about.
Because these big business owners foolishly colluded with the eldest prince who was bent on making money, causing that shocking case!
A bunch of idiots have already occupied the palace, how can this be so good? Even if the eldest prince once changed his rhetoric and claimed that Xian Yunhe and others were "righteous people", Xu Cheng, the magistrate of Changlu County, was the corrupt official, and the Jiang family and other families were the traitors.
, but when he found out that he was out of trouble, he had already retorted. Besides, people must believe this!
Of course, although Zhu Tingfang planned to execute a total of five people, this did not mean that he could immediately put these five people to death as a warning to shock the people. He still had to report it to the court and wait for review by the Dali Temple Punishment Department.
In other words, these five people can live for a few more days. The orders to the Liaodong army have also not yet been executed.
On the contrary, none of those who were sentenced to the cane escaped the round cane. Except for Mr. Jiang, who had a filial son, Young Master Jiang, who interceded, he was very "lucky" and received forty canes in half, and the remaining forty were beaten by three.
The sons shared the share, and the rest were beaten as much as they deserved. Not to mention that they didn't have a filial son who was willing to take the beating on his behalf. Even if they did, they were all under house arrest.
If it were a court hearing on weekdays, the only people who would be interested in watching the excitement outside are just some idle people in the market. But today, there are many people who don't care about doing odd jobs, farming, or even eating lunch. They are always outside watching.
All the cases were concluded one by one at sunset. I heard that the arrogant guys in the past were dragged to the platform, beaten with a cane and cried for their fathers and mothers. Many people even forgot about being tired. The only feeling was - happiness
!
Among them, the happiest person was Little Peanut. Zhang Shou was behind the screen in the courtroom at first, while he hid behind Zhang Shou, waiting for Zhang Shou to go out to deal with the matter of Young Master Jiang and Young Master Qi. When he came back
Zhu Tingfang set up a chair in the courtroom to listen in, and the screen became his exclusive box. When he heard the news, he was so excited that he even had to cover his mouth.
He was afraid that he would laugh out loud because he was too excited.
Because of this, after the case was finally heard in the evening, Xiaohuahua wanted to find someone to share it with. Although he thought Zhang Shou was a good person, he was an official of the imperial court; Miss Zhu was also a good person, but there were differences between men and women, and she
He is so good at teasing; as for young masters like Zhu Er and Zhang Chen, unlike his uncle, he always keeps them at a distance.
Therefore, what he thought of was to find Old Xianyu to share the indescribable joy in his heart. However, when he found the backyard from the front yard of the county government office, he almost went to the water tank and went to the roof to take a look, but he was stunned.
He found the shadow of Old Xianyu. Only then did he remember that he had not seen his uncle since early in the morning.
My uncle, who has always loved watching the excitement, could actually resist watching the excitement that countless people in Cangzhou came to see today?
Little Peanut was puzzled. When he returned to Zhang Shou's small courtyard, he looked up and saw Ah Liu sitting on the wall in a daze, so he rushed over and shouted: "Brother Liu, have you seen my uncle? I'm looking around.
I couldn’t even find him!”
Ah Liu lowered his eyes and stared at the little peanut for a long time, and finally said three words calmly: "I saw it."
Little Peanut was already in a low mood. When he heard these three concise words, he lowered his head instinctively: "Oh, so you saw it..." Suddenly, he realized something was wrong and hurriedly raised his head again, "
No, Sixth Brother, it’s not that you didn’t see it, but you did? Uncle, where did he go?”
Ah Liu teased Little Peanut for a while, then stretched his legs slightly, jumped down from the wall, and suddenly reached out and patted Little Peanut on the head. Although he was not tall, he was still taller than Little Peanut.
Half a head later, seeing that Xiao Huahua was a little confused, he finally said, "He went out with Mr. Zhu Er."
Little Peanut suddenly felt even more strange. In his opinion, among the three brothers and sisters of the Zhu family, Zhu Tingfang was the most intimidating, Zhu Ying was the most insistent on going her own way, and Zhu Er was less conspicuous, being ordered around by either the eldest brother or the younger sister.
Even the newly arrived eldest son of the Duke of Qin has seen people turn Zhu Erzhi around.
He thought for a while, but couldn't help but ask: "Only Mr. Zhu, the second son, followed my uncle out? Didn't he bring any guards? Is there any danger? After all, there were people in Cangzhou City who dared to assassinate General Zhu before...
…”
Ah Liu glanced at Little Peanut with a strange look on his face and said bluntly: "Those who have their ideas are in danger."
Don’t you know how powerful your salted fish uncle is?
Little Peanut didn't see the teasing in Ah Liu's eyes, and actually thought about it carefully for a moment, then sighed and sat down directly on the steps at the entrance of the hospital, holding her chin and talking about the case she was going to review today.
Ah Liu quietly leaned against the arc-shaped moon gate in a strange posture. It wasn't until Little Peanut suddenly expressed concern that his dull expression changed.
"General Zhu severely punished those greedy guys. I am very happy...but what about Uncle Yunhe and the others? When I went to the palace before, I took the opportunity of delivering food to Uncle Yunhe and secretly ran to see him.
There are eight others who are also being imprisoned...Will they die? Will they also be beheaded?"
Ah Liu really couldn't answer this question, so he thought about it again and again, and finally decided to keep silent. Fortunately, he was very sure that Little Peanut would soon have no time to worry about this question. Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to
I heard someone yelling: "Hey, I went out in the morning and didn't hear about the cases my brother was going to try today. Why didn't he wait for me to come back?"
Young Master Zhu and Young Master took advantage of your absence to quickly handle those cases, so that you would not only watch the fun but not work...
Ah Liu thought so in his heart, and his eyes showed it. When Zhu Er strode over excitedly and met his eyes that were cold most of the time, the person immediately shut up. And a few steps behind Zhu Er
Old Xianyu was carrying a huge backpack on his back, and he was panting as he walked: "Oh, I'm old and can't walk anymore. Second Young Master, you don't know how to respect the elderly..."
The veins on Zhu Er's forehead jumped suddenly. He turned around and cursed angrily: "You damn salted fish, who just thought that the things in this basket were treasures and couldn't even let me touch them? Now you are rake them down and say
I won’t help you?”
The more he talked, the angrier he became, and his fingers wanted to poke the nose of this old and wrinkled salted fish: "You also said you wanted to take me to see your secret garden, but you blindfolded me halfway.
He said that since it was a secret garden, he couldn't let me remember the way, which almost caused me to fall a few times! Isn't it just a big vegetable garden? How rare! You, an ignorant old salted fish, take it for granted!"
Although he was sprayed wildly by Zhu Er, Lao Xianyu remained calm and calm, without any embarrassment at all - let alone guilt. Especially when he saw Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying coming out of the room one after the other.
, Zhang Shou is elegant, Zhu Ying is charming, no matter how they look at each other, he can't help but whistle like a prostitute in the world.
It wasn't until he saw Ah Liu staring at him with an unkind look on his face that he quickly nodded and said, "Hey, when I saw Dr. Zhang and the eldest lady, I couldn't help but think of that time when I was young and romantic. I lost my temper and deserved a beating."
beat!"
He was so embarrassed that he gave him a slap in the face, and then took off his backpack with a smile on his face: "I was just joking with the second young master. I didn't let him carry it for me.
It’s just that this backpack is too heavy. A pampered young man like him has walked so much with me today, and his shoes are probably worn out, so he can’t carry this!"
Zhu Er was so angry that his brows stood up. He strode forward and grabbed the backpack to show off his strength. But as soon as he reached out, his expression changed. He picked up the backpack and
Not moving at all, he lifted it hard a second time, and the basket moved slightly, but still could not lift it up. It was not until he exerted his utmost strength that he finally lifted it off the ground.
But if he exerted more force, he felt that his waist was going to break! Now, he no longer dared to show off, let go of his hand and glared at the old salted fish with a black face: "Is there gold hidden in your head or something?
Something? Why is it so heavy?"
Old Xianyu smiled nonchalantly: "It's just some bricks and tiles from Qin and Han dynasties, but they've been with me for a long time. If you really go to the capital, I won't worry if you don't take me with you. As for my vegetable garden,
When it’s time to leave, you still have to tidy up!”
As he spoke, he opened the blue cloth covering the backpack, first took out two large bundles, and then took out a piece of brick from the bottom. Zhang Shou had no research on these objects, so Zhu Ying came up to take a look, and waited.
After taking the piece, he was immediately stunned and hugged it directly in front of Zhang Shou.
"Ah Shou, no wonder the second brother can't lift it, it's so heavy!"
Zhang Shou was slightly startled, but when he tried the weight, he was also surprised. It was just such a piece, weighing ten kilograms!
However, when he took a closer look, he found that these were not Qin bricks and Han tiles at all, but more like broken stone tablets, with some writings vaguely visible on them. However, when he squinted his eyes and tried to identify these writings, he
stunned.
This seems to be...English? No, it's clearly a combination of pinyin and weird Chinglish! As for asking him why he knows...no matter who it is, when they see the structure of shen cang blue, it's weird if they don't understand it!
However, this small piece of stele was too broken. Except for this one word, the rest of the words were all in bits and pieces. He couldn't see any clues at all. Therefore, he just rubbed the handwriting and looked at it carefully.
After a while, he immediately looked at Old Xianyu.
"Aren't these Qin bricks and Han tiles? I have seen these words in the Taizu manuscripts given to me by the emperor."
"Hey, is it true? I just looked at it as if it were a heavenly book, so I took it from those who stole and sold the stone tablets!" Old Xianyu's eyes widened, with an "I'm surprised, I'm surprised" expression on his face.
Then, he smiled innocently and said, "Dr. Zhang, you have knowledge. If you think it is useful, can I forward it to you?"
"Oh?" Although he knew that this old guy had the character to follow the stick when he beat a snake, Zhang Shou still didn't expect that he would stuff things directly over him so readily.
Although he had never studied any stone tablets, he could vaguely tell from the degree of weathering of the fragments that this thing was already very old, and the letters were very distinctive. At least, if it were him, he would definitely
He can't write such beautiful English cursive calligraphy. His English letters have been completely out of shape since he left school. Anyway, there is a printer...
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Shou smiled and said: "Then I will be disrespectful. If I can find something through research, I will tell you the progress."
"Then I'll be waiting for good news from you, Dr. Zhang. This is what's left. I've collected a lot!"
As Old Xianyu said this, he took out the remaining tablet fragments from his backpack. Zhu Er watched him take one piece after another, one after another... and he couldn't help but feel angry for a moment. No wonder he couldn't lift it just now.
Damn it, how many heavy things did this damn salted fish hide in his backpack? There is also a secret garden... Is that a secret quarry?
Although Zhang Shou's eyes were twitching when he saw it, when he finally saw the dozens of large and small tablets, he picked them up one by one and looked at them carefully - at least he played the role of a researcher of Taizu's manuscripts. Then.
, he asked Ah Liu to put the fragments of the monument piece by piece back into the backpack, and then sent them into the house. Little Peanut also volunteered to help.
Seeing Ah Liu carrying the over one hundred kilograms of things into the house easily and effortlessly, Zhu Er couldn't help but turn his head to look at Old Xianyu, thinking that at such a long distance, the old man was only sweating on his forehead while carrying such a heavy thing.
What a strange power this is!
If someone really had a fight with Ah Liu, would it be a dead-end outcome?
But Zhu Ying noticed that the two baggages that Old Xianyu took out before were carried on her body naturally, as if they were more important than the so-called Taizu tablet. She had long been very wary of people.
At this time, she simply went over and poked the furoshiki with her hand as if out of curiosity. Seeing that Old Xianyu didn't hide away, she smiled and spoke.
"Compared with those stele stones that you won't be able to understand for a while, old Xianyu, how about you take out the things in this bag and show them to everyone? Is there anything else delicious?"