Wang Yuan's face was as gloomy as water, and Chang Sangui and his wife were kneeling in the hall.
Chang Sangui's task was to light every warehouse on fire. But as soon as he lit one place, Wang Yuan came with people. He was so frightened that he ran away quickly and was caught on the way home.
This guy was so cowardly that his limbs were all limp, his whole body was shaking, and he was kneeling on the ground without the courage to raise his head.
"Who asked you to burn the warehouse?" Wang Yuan asked.
Chang Sangui trembled and said: "Zhao... Zhao Yidao."
"Didn't you see anyone else?" Wang Yuan asked again.
"No." Chang Sangui said.
Seeing his cowardly look, Wang Yuan knew that he wouldn't be able to get any clues, so he simply asked his wife: "What's your name?"
The peasant woman said: "Lin family, Chang Lin family."
Wang Yuan's attitude toward the peasant woman became even more friendly, and he smiled and said, "Why do you think of coming to report to the official?"
Chang Lin glanced at her husband and said hesitantly: "I... I wanted to report to the government early in the morning, but my man refused and beat me up. I... I just thought, Zhao Yidao is used to ruining the family.
Life, this time he has done something to offend the Governor, how can he get around us? It is better to tell the Governor earlier and ask the Governor to save my son's life."
Wang Yuan asked Chang Sangui again: "Your wife can understand such a simple truth, so why are you so stupid?"
Chang Sangui buried his head lower and did not dare to speak.
"Say!" Wang Yuan shouted.
Chang Sangui trembled all over and replied: "The common people...the common people want to set a fire, but they can't find out who did it. Then Zhao Yidao did something to offend the governor, so he dare not let my son go. He
If you don’t let him go, I will find out what happened, and then we will all die together.”
Wang Yuan was so angry that he laughed: "If you really burn down the warehouse, it won't be that I want to kill you, but Zhao Yida will kill you and silence you!"
Chang Sangui was stunned for a moment, thinking: I'm not stupid, I will definitely let the old woman wait outside the Governor's Mansion first. Then I threatened Zhao Yidao. If he can't take his son home, I will report it directly to the Governor. He Zhao Yidao also returned the favor.
Dare you not let him go?
"Just wait." Wang Yuan was too lazy to talk nonsense to this guy.
In the middle of the night, Jiang Xin brought someone back and reported: "Sir, Zhao Yidao has disappeared. A body was found under the Zhao family's bed, and it was confirmed to be Chang Erhe, the son of Chang Sangui."
Chang Sangui was startled when he heard this, looked at Jiang Xin blankly, and then sat down on the ground.
"My son!"
Chang Lin wailed loudly and suddenly rushed to her husband, beating her wildly: "I asked you to report to the official, but you didn't listen, I asked you to report to the official, but you didn't listen... I told you that Zhao Yidao is used to killing people, but you just didn't listen.
, you give back my son’s life..."
Chang Sangui remained silent and allowed his wife to scold him.
"Drag him down and imprison him temporarily." Wang Yuan waved his hand and said.
After Chang Sangui and his wife were taken away, Jiang Xin asked the soldiers to bring more than ten gangsters to court.
"Mr. Governor, it's really none of our business. It was all Zhao Yidao's fault."
"Governor, spare your life. I just lured Chang Erhe into gambling. I really don't know anything else."
"Your Majesty the Governor, you are wronged!"
"..."
These gangsters made Wang Yuan upset, and he immediately yelled: "Shut up, come one by one! Tell me clearly who your name is, what you do, and what your dealings with Zhao Yidao are. You tell me first!"
The gangster who was named by Wang Yuan said: "Xiaomin Lu Youtian lives in Min'anfang in the south of the city. People call me 'Lu Er' on the street. Xiaomin and Zhao Yidao have known each other since childhood, and they usually set up traps to lure money. This
Tsering Hoa County and Haining County built roads and built ports. Many residents received money to move, so we discussed making money from them. Chang Erhe was abducted by Li San and I. We just wanted to make money from him.
That's all, I never thought that Zhao Yidao would cause such a big disaster. Mr. Governor, the people are wronged!"
"Where is Li Sanguai?" Wang Yuan asked.
A gangster responded: "Here...here."
Wang Yuandao: "Tell me about it."
Li Sanguai said: "The owner of the grassroots family in Renhe County also had his house expropriated this time and received a sum of money for relocation. The grassroots usually hang out in the south of the city, so they gave Zhao Yidao an idea to lure the fat sheep with relocation fees to slaughter.
Several grassroots people lured six people to make money, and Chang Erhe was the last one..."
Wang Yuan asked: "In other words, it was not Zhao Yidao who initiated the idea of luring the demolished households into gambling?"
"No." Li Sanguai didn't dare to lie because the matter at the stall was too big.
Wang Yuan asked again: "Think again, has Zhao Yidao asked about what the families of those fat sheep are doing?"
Li Sanguai answered without thinking: "Three days ago, Zhao Yidao told the grassroots that it was too slow to slaughter the fat sheep, and he should make a big profit. He asked the grassroots to lure a family member to work in the warehouse, so that the man owed money
He incurred a gambling debt, and then asked his family to steal things from the warehouse. He said that the things that went out to sea were valuable, and just stealing some to pay off the debt would be enough to kill dozens of fat sheep."
"Has Zhao Yidao come into contact with any strangers in the past few days?" Wang Yuan asked.
Li Sanguai shook his head: "The common people don't know."
"What about you?" Wang Yuan asked the other gangsters.
A gangster said: "I...I bumped into him."
Wang Yuandao: "Tell me in detail."
The gangster said: "That night, Zhao Yidao drank with a fat man. I greeted him and asked casually, and Zhao Yidao said that the fat man was his distant uncle."
"What night?" Wang Yuan asked.
The gangster thought about it: "I can't remember exactly. It might have been four days ago, or it might have been five days ago." As he said that, the gangster asked the person next to him, "Liu Zhi, when is Mr. Chen's birthday?"
Six-fingered answer: "Mr. Chen's birthday is on the ninth day of the lunar month, today is the fourteenth."
The gangster immediately said: "On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, I went to Yuan Chen's house to have a meal of longevity wine, and when I came back, I saw Zhao Yidao talking to the fat man."
Wang Yuan asked: "What are the characteristics of the fat man?"
The gangster replied: "It's not a Hangzhou accent, it sounds like it's from Ningbo. Yes, it's from Ningbo. I'd rather listen to Suzhou people arguing than Ningbo people talking. The Ningbo accent is very hard and unpleasant, and the voice is loud.
Many Ningbo businessmen in Hangzhou talk as if they are quarreling!"
Ningbo, haha.
Wang Yuan sneered and said to his left and right: "Invite Mr. Tang."
Tang Bohu came quickly and asked, "I wonder what the general manager has to do?"
Wang Yuan said: "Please ask Mr. Tang to draw two portraits. Don't worry about the artistic conception or charm. I just want the paintings to be as similar as possible so that the people in the countryside can recognize them!"
Tang Bohu's fine brushwork paintings are outstanding, especially those of ladies, landscapes and erotic paintings.
But usually it is an artistic creation, pursuing beauty and charm, and deliberately ignores the word "like". For example, the ladies in his paintings all have single eyelids. This follows the tradition of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The ancients believed that single eyelids are more beautiful.
Under the guidance of Tang Bohu, the gangsters described their appearance, and the two portraits were completed by noon the next day. They were also colored, so they were not far from the real person, and anyone could recognize them when they saw them.
"Wanted throughout the province!"
"Anyone who has information about these two people will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver as long as they are confirmed to be correct. Anyone who can capture these two people alive will be rewarded with a thousand taels for each captured!"
As for those gangsters, they should be dealt with according to the law.
Let’s start with a collective fight against the 80-year-old. This is just a gambling crime. If there are any other crimes, leave them to the county government for trial slowly. Anyway, all the previous crimes must be clarified.
As for Chang Sangui and his wife, Chang Lin made meritorious service by reporting the case and should be rewarded.
As for Chang Sangui himself, according to the "Da Ming Law", it is a capital crime, and his family property must be confiscated to compensate for losses.
Wang Yuan forcibly sentenced the two to divorce. Otherwise, the silver reward received by Chang Lin would not be enough to compensate for the loss of goods, and the remaining half of his life would have to be paid for.
However, Wang Yuan agreed in advance to avoid death and took the initiative to change Chang Sangui to exile.