When Wang Yunfeng was giving birth, her mother-in-law knelt in the Buddhist hall, twirling Buddhist beads in her hands, and prayed constantly. She thought Wang Yunfeng was born prematurely, and was afraid that something bad might happen to her mother and child, so she asked the Buddha to protect them and their child.
A baby cry came from the delivery room, and Wang Yunfeng gave birth to a baby.
The mother-in-law left the Buddhist hall and ran quickly outside the delivery room. She stumbled and almost fell down on the way.
The door opened, and the midwife took out a baby. She smiled and said to her mother-in-law, "Congratulations to the old lady on your grandson. He weighs eight pounds and five ounces. He is a big fat boy."
The mother-in-law was very happy, but it was a little strange. The fourth daughter-in-law was obviously born prematurely, and the baby was born before the first month of life, so it should be small and thin. The eldest grandson was just the opposite, white and fat, bigger and heavier than the average baby born at full term.
The mother-in-law thought that it was her sincerity that moved heaven and earth and made the Buddha show his spirit, so he gave her such a fat grandson. She did not think about other aspects.
The mother-in-law asked her eldest son to write a letter home, the main content of which was: "Jian Xiu, my son, your wife has successfully given birth to a baby boy. You have a son. Put down the work at hand and be sure to come back."
Since Zhang Jianxiu left home last time, he has not returned to his hometown even once in the past six months. Therefore, the word "must" was specifically marked in the letter home this time, telling Zhang Jianxiu to come back no matter what.
The family letters were sent to the capital overnight by the local Jinyiwei in Jingzhou. There was not much difference between the Jinyiwei in Jingzhou and the domestic slaves in Zhang Mansion. The only difference was that the domestic slaves had to pay, while the Jinyiwei in Jingzhou were free of charge.
The commander of the Jinyiwei in Jingzhou is also happy to serve the Zhang family. Anyway, he does not need to contribute, and the work that contributes is done by the juniors. The juniors do not get the benefits, and they are all his alone. This is what being an official means
Good thing, why don't you want to be an official anyway?
The letter from home was quickly delivered to the capital and into the hands of Zhang Jianxiu. Zhang Jianxiu opened the letter, read it, and tore it into pieces. He would not go back. He did not want to see Wang Yunfeng, let alone the so-called son.
Mrs. Zhang asked him to give his son a name in a letter at home. He thought about it and wrote a meaningful word "fei" on the paper.
The Jin Yiwei messenger from Jingzhou quickly brought the word "fei" back to the Zhang family's old home. Mrs. Zhang took the letter and looked at it for a long time, wondering why her fourth son gave her fat grandson such a strange name.
Zhang Jianxiu's three eldest brothers, who were well-read in poetry and books, could not guess his thoughts. Only Wang Yunfeng knew clearly.
On this day, Zhang Jing led his crowd to the gate of Zhang's Mansion in Jingzhou and said coldly: "Come on, surround Zhang's Mansion. Don't let a mouse or a bird escape."
Niu Heng and Ma Bao shouted in unison: "I obey my orders!" and then ordered hundreds of Dongchang soldiers to surround the Zhang Mansion.
Niu Heng shouted while giving instructions: "Please keep your spirits up, the factory owner said, not even a mouse or a bird from the Zhang family can let it escape."
After a while, Niu Heng stood opposite Zhang Jing and bowed: "Return to the factory, we have surrounded Zhang's house, please give instructions."
Zhang Jing got down from the eight-carriage sedan and said: "Go up and call the door." Then he said to Xuan Lingzi: "Master Tao, we will go in and ransack the house in a while. You stand next to me. If Zhang Laosi dares to act wild, he will do anything to our family."
If he's rude, take him down."
Zhang Jing didn't know martial arts and was afraid that Zhang Jianxiu would beat him, so he gave Xuan Lingzi a few special words.
Xuan Lingzi said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, Zhang Jianxiu won't dare to act wild if there is a poor man here."
Niu Heng stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a while, the Zhang family's concierge opened the door. He saw Niu Heng wearing a round hat, soap boots and a brown shirt. He looked like an official of the East Factory. Looking behind him, he saw a large area of East Factory.
Public.
The concierge was startled and asked in a panic: "Sir, what do you want?"
Niu Heng shouted: "Go and ask the Zhang family to come out to receive the order."
The concierge rushed in to report the news.
Zhang Jing stepped into the house surrounded by everyone, and stood in the courtyard, with people from the East Factory standing on both sides.
It was not long before the Zhang family filed out. Zhang Jianxiu stepped forward and asked Zhang Jing: "Master Zhang, why did you bring so many people to this mansion?"
Zhang Jing glanced at Zhang Jianxiu coldly and said, "You will understand after we read out the Holy Emperor's decree." Then he cleared his throat, unfolded the decree, and shouted, "The whole Zhang family is waiting to hear the decree."
The Zhang family fell to their knees.
Zhang Jing read out: "The former chief minister of the Zhao Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng, committed corruption and perverted the law during his tenure, accepted bribes, and abused his power for personal gain. His crimes were extremely heinous. Zhang Jing, the Duke of Dongchangchang, was ordered to inspect the Zhang family and turn over all the property to the internal treasury. The entire Zhang family
He will be sent to prison and will be dealt with after the case is found out. I appreciate this!"
The inner treasury is the emperor's own small treasury.
The sudden disaster was unbearable for the Zhang family.
Mrs. Zhang fainted after listening to only half of her orders.
Zhang Lao Da, Zhang Lao Er and Zhang Lao San collapsed on the ground and couldn't stop crying.
Zhang Jianxiu knelt down in pain and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
Zhang Jing said: "Come on, arrest the whole Zhang family and take them to Jingzhou Prison."
The people from the East Factory swarmed up and shackled the Zhang family.
Zhang Jing stared at Zhang Jianxiu, with his heart in his throat, fearing that he would cause trouble. Seeing Niu Heng and Ma Bao put the shackles on Zhang Jianxiu, Zhang Jianxiu did not resist at all, Zhang Jing was relieved.
The Zhang family was imprisoned in the Jingzhou Government Prison. To prevent collusion between them, the Zhang family's sons were imprisoned in different cells, together with their wives and children. Zhang Yunxiu was imprisoned with his mother and sister.
The Zhang family found a total of 2,483 taels of gold, 107,762 taels of silver, 3,719 taels of gold utensils, 954 taels of gold jewelry, and 5,000 taels of silver utensils.
Two hundred and thirty-eight taels, eleven thousand eight hundred and fifty-three taels of silver jewelry, sixteen jade belts, etc.
Zhang Jing looked at the list for a long time and said in disbelief: "How can it be just such a small amount? It's not even a fraction of Yan Song's."
He narrowed his eyes, stared at Niu Heng and Ma Bao, and asked coldly: "There must be more than this. Did you two boys steal it for yourself?"
Niu Heng and Ma Bao were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down. Niu Heng said aggrievedly: "My subordinates have wronged me. You were always present when the house was ransacked. You are so sharp-eyed. How can our brothers dare to do something under your nose? Even if you beat us to death, we will not do anything."
dare."
Zhang Jing thought to himself: "He's right. I was there at the time. If they did something, there's no way I wouldn't have noticed it." Then he said, "Everyone, get up."
Niu Heng and Ma Bao stood up.
Zhang Jing said again: "There must be more. Dig three feet of the ground for me and search again."
Niu Heng and Ma Bao were worried that Zhang Jing would wrong them again, so they searched even harder this time. They dug more than three feet, and even four or five feet, but nothing was found.
Zhang Jing still refused to give up, so he went to Jingzhou Prefecture Prison to interrogate Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Zhang several times and tortured them without punishment, forcing them to tell where the Zhang family's other gold and silver was hidden.
The three sons of the Zhang family were all weak scholars and could not withstand the beatings. They were tortured several times and almost killed them. I don’t know whether it was because the Zhang family really did not have any other gold or silver, or because they were stubborn.
Zhang Jing got nothing from them.
Zhang Jing did not dare to interrogate Zhang Jianxiu. He knew that Zhang Jianxiu was a tiger, and if he pushed the tiger into a hurry, it would hurt someone. In addition, Zhang Jianxiu was a martial arts practitioner and had strong bones. Zhang Jing felt that even if he was tortured, he would not be tortured.
He couldn't even confess after being pressed. There were three soft persimmons to squeeze, and Zhang Jing was too lazy to chew on this hard nut.
In the cell, Zhang Juzheng's eldest son Zhang Jingxiu was lying on the straw with bruises all over his body. He held Mrs. Gao's hand and said with tears in his eyes: "Madam, Hui'er will be entrusted to you from now on."
Mrs. Gao heard that something was wrong with her husband's words, which sounded like his last words. He cried and advised: "Official, please relax and don't think too much on the narrow road."
Zhang Jingxiu cried and laughed, shook his head, and said, "Why would I think about the narrow road?" Then he took his son's hand and said, "Hui'er, you must listen to your mother in the future and stop being naughty."
Hui'er cried and said: "Dad, my child will definitely listen to you and stop being naughty from now on."
Zhang Jingxiu nodded and said: "Hui'er, help me get up and walk around."
Hui'er helped her father up and walked a few steps inside the cell. Zhang Jingxiu said, "Hui'er, my father is thirsty. Please bring him some water."
Hui'er went to get the water bowl on the ground. Zhang Jingxiu took one last look at his wife and children, shouted "I'm wronged" and hit his head against the wall, causing his brain to burst and he died.
Zhang Jianxiu sat cross-legged in the cell and meditated, thinking hard, "It's true that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. God's will is unpredictable. My father worked hard for state affairs until his old age. A whipping method he implemented doubled the tax revenue of the court. Your Majesty, why are you
Treat the Zhang family so cruelly?"
Suddenly he heard his eldest brother shouting in the distance, followed by the cries of his sister-in-law and nephew. His heart sank, and he hurriedly got up and came to the cell door, grabbed the wooden fence and shouted: "
Sister-in-law, has something happened to eldest brother?"
Gao cried: "Lao Si, your eldest brother was hit and killed!"
Zhang Jianxiu's legs went weak and he collapsed on the ground, crying: "Brother, why can't you think about it so hard?"
Madam Zhang had been frightened for the past few days and her health was failing. She heard that her eldest son had been hit and killed, and he passed away without even taking a breath.
Zhang Jingru and Zhang Yunxiu hugged their mother and cried uncontrollably.
The Zhang family members burst into tears in the jail.
Zhang Jianxiu lost his mother and eldest brother. He was devastated and didn't want to live anymore, so he started a hunger strike. Wang Yunfeng didn't notice it for the first two days. On the third day, Wang Yunfeng saw that he still didn't eat or drink, so she guessed what he was thinking. The relationship between husband and wife
Although she had no feelings, she didn't want to see Zhang Jianxiu die like this, so she kept urging Zhang Jianxiu to eat something and stop thinking too much.
Zhang Jianxiu said angrily: "You don't need to worry about it, just let me starve to death."
When the son saw that his father was not eating, he persuaded him: "Dad, please eat something."
Zhang Jianxiu glared at his son and said angrily: "Get out of the way."
The son was so frightened that he threw himself into Wang Yunfeng's arms and said childishly: "Mom, I'm afraid."
Wang Yunfeng hugged her son and said, "My mother is here, so don't be afraid, Fei'er." Then she said angrily to Zhang Jianxiu, "You can go and die, no one will stop you anymore."
Zhang Jianxiu said "hum" and lay on his side facing the wall, not seeing the mother and son.
[Author's digression]: "Iron-blooded Guards" will be updated twice a day this month.
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