Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

Chapter 64

After going through a period of turmoil, Xu Jing managed to separate the two.

Wen Yu was still aggrieved, and stared at Zong Yifeng viciously, to see what else he could say.

Fortunately, the other party was still sensible, knowing that this matter was ultimately unethical by himself, so he shut up wisely.

The three of them discussed their views on the case again, and finally locked the target within five.Wen Yu silently recited the names of the five people, and couldn't help but sigh.These five people were either old people who had passed many tests in the original county government, or they were confidantes recruited by him, the county magistrate, who had experienced many things together.The details of getting along with them emerged in my mind, and I couldn't figure out how these people could be Bailian's rebellious party.

Xu Jing looked at him from the side and knew that he was a little hard to let go of this matter, so he comforted: "That person has his own choice, yours is very good, don't be too uncomfortable."

Wen Yu knew that he was worried about herself, so she smiled at him comfortingly, signaling him to rest assured.

Zong Yipeng watched from the sidelines with his teeth sore, refused to eat dog food and drove the two away.

Originally, according to their prediction, it was only a matter of time before Qiu Hong confessed, but two days later, Mao Lei brought a shocking news to everyone.Zhang Pingyuan, a farmer in Changjian County, Chief Secretary of Sichuan Province, rebelled!

Since Mao Lei himself was an envoy and was in charge of a province's judiciary, he naturally received the news earlier than Wen Yu and the others, so everyone hurriedly formed a team to ask what was going on.Mao Lei said solemnly: "I don't know if you have heard of the Rongxian rebellion more than ten years ago?"

Wen Yu thought about it, and realized that the other party said that in the first month of the eighth year of Chenghua, there was a peasant uprising in Rong County, Sichuan. The leader of this uprising was named Zhang Ting.Only half a year after the uprising, they captured the county seat, occupied the treasury, released the prisoners, and then attacked Qianwei County, winning great victories wherever they went.In the end, Bai Gui, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was afraid that the situation would be out of control, so he asked to call up troops from nearby counties and counties to support him.Emperor Chenghua agreed, and finally sent Xia Xun, the governor of Jiangxi, who was very experienced in fighting, as the right deputy capital censor and governor of Sichuan. The uprising was suppressed.

It was said to be a suppression, but in fact it was just to make the court look good, because after the apparent victory, the court ordered people to count the number of people, and found that none of the leaders of the rebel army had been arrested.Especially the leader, Zhang Ting, who didn't even have a portrait. After searching for a long time, he could only let it go.

Thinking of this, Wen Yu has already realized: "That plain belongs to Zhang Ting..."

"It's his only son." Mao Lei frowned: "Not only that, but the group of fish that escaped the net from the previous Hong County uprising also appeared. A group of people deceived the people and organized some foolish people, planning to repeat the old tricks."

Wen Yu knew that this was the heavy rain before, and many counties in the Shu region were affected. Coupled with the terrible infectious disease of the plague, if the local government did not act, it would be very easy to have a catastrophe at this time.

But even so, Wen Yu was not very worried. First, Changjian was located in the southeast of Sichuan, next to Yunnan, and far away from Mengyang.The second is that as a time traveler, he naturally knows the historical process. According to Li Zicheng's entry at this time, there are still more than 100 years left. This kind of small uprising is destined to not cause much trouble.In addition, to put it bluntly, these rebels are basically mobs, and if the court can destroy them once, it will naturally destroy them a second time.

Seeing that Mao Lei was so distressed, he tried to comfort him.Mao Lei shook his head: "It's not that simple. According to the spies' report, there should be the promotion of the White Lotus Sect behind this time."

Wen Yu was shocked, if this was the case, it would be really difficult.The White Lotus Sect and his entourage are frequently active in Shu, and they have a lot of plans to come here. If the rebel army really goes all the way north to Mengyang, the city may be doomed.

"So," Mao Lei continued, "in order to prevent the thieves from cooperating with each other, we must catch the inner ghost immediately. Besides, I have to go back to the mansion to preside over the overall situation. If I return without success this time, the imperial court will send someone again. It’s not so easy to talk about.”

"Then...how much time is left," Wen Yu asked.

Mao Lei thought for a while: "Up to three days."

After getting the answer, Wen Yu and the others went back to discuss with a heavy heart.Lu Zongyi didn't open his mouth all the time, and finally said when it was time to say goodbye: "Based on my experience in dealing with the Bailian monster for so many years, it seems a bit strange at this time."

Looking at the suspicious eyes around him, he slowly said: "Although members of the White Lotus Sect have been inciting people to rebel behind their backs these years, most of them just waved flags and shouted around, or hid in the dark to offer advice. In another place, the participation rate is actually not very high. Since you were kidnapped this time, they have been active in Sichuan too frequently, which is really unreasonable?"

Wen Yu also thought about it for a while, but he had no clue, so he could only say, "Anyway, the most urgent thing is to find the murderer, so Qiu Hong still refuses to tell?"

Zong Yiyi was helpless: "The bones are very hard, why don't we release the news that Qiu Hong intends to confess, and lure the other party to take the bait?"

Wen Yu thought about it for a while, but still rejected the proposal: "I used this trick a lot when I was handling cases before. If the murderer is really a policeman from the Yamen, I'm afraid I have already been alerted. It's a bit false to say so..."

Xu Jing, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "Then let's pretend to be a little bit more similar, most of the members of the White Lotus Sect have no contact with each other, right?" He turned around and asked Zong a letter.

"That's true. After all, rats in the ground can't see the light." Zong Yiyi mocked: "Their hierarchy is very obvious. Only the superiors can contact the subordinates, and each area has a different person in charge, like in the small town of Mengyang. This kind of scumbag probably belongs to the category of black eyes."

Xu Jing pondered for a moment, then said: "Then why don't we..."

Then tell the plan, and several people studied it, and they all felt that this was feasible.

That night, when everyone was about to go home, they suddenly received news that several Bailian monsters had sneaked into Mengyang, robbed some important items in the county, and injured the prisoner Qiu Hong.Fortunately, Jin Yiwei arrived in time and saved Qiu Hong's life, but those thieves still ran away.Now the yamen servants are called to transfer the suspect to Wen Yu's mansion for easy custody.

When they arrived at Zong Yipeng's residence, they found Qiu Hong's face was pale, his body was tightly bandaged, blood was oozing from the wound, and he was lying unconscious on the shelf.At this time, someone asked curiously: "My lord, why is this woman injured so badly? Is there any way to save her?"

Wen Yu glanced at him, and replied slowly: "It's okay, she was fatal, although the injury was deep, but fortunately she avoided the vital part, but she lost too much blood and now she can't wake up, and she will be able to talk in two days .”

Then Wen Yu said casually: "Fortunately, she didn't die. Now that she was injured by the white lotus monster, she must be more awake. It may be more convenient to ask the prisoner at that time. You all pay close attention, don't let this The line broke."

The yamen servants took orders, and Zong Yiyi, who was hiding in the dark, observed everyone quietly, received Wen Yu's gaze, and nodded quietly to him.Wen Yu knew it well, and immediately asked them to take the unconscious Qiu Hong to the Yamen.

At night, the Mengyang County Government Office was silent, only a few sporadic fires showed that there were still people patrolling.At the county guard's office, Liu Min yawned boredly. He had been on duty for a few days in a row due to the lack of manpower due to a lot of things. It turned out that it was him again today for no reason.The colleague next to him saw him bowing his head in sleepiness, and advised him gently: "Old Liu, you might as well sleep for a while, I will watch here, and I will call you after an hour."

Liu Min shook her head desperately, trying to dispel her tiredness: "This is impossible, the county magistrate has specially ordered to strictly guard it. If something really happens, it won't be good to blame."

The other party comforted: "There is no need to worry about what happened to me at the time, you still have me when you sleep, not to mention that in your current state, it may be dangerous if the villain really comes, so it's better to go and rest for a while. "

Liu Min's heart was moved when he heard it: "Then... I'll just sit there for a quarter of an hour, and you must call me when the time comes."

"Don't worry," the other party smiled.

It didn't take long before heavy snoring came from around him. After confirming that Liu Min was asleep, the man gently pushed open the door of the guard's office.

He walked in lightly and drew out the poisonous needle hidden in the sleeve. This thing is the secret medicine of the White Lotus Sect. It is colorless and odorless. Just a little bit can kill people.And the incubation period is four or five hours, and no one will guess that it was him who did it.

Originally he knew Qiu Hong's character very well, and he didn't have to worry about this kind of crazy woman at all, she couldn't tell, but now it's different.The church is planning a major event, and Meng Yang is a very important part of the plan. At this time, absolutely nothing can happen. Since the previous people did not succeed, he can only do it himself.

He looked at Qiu Hong who was lying on the bed, and ruthlessly stabbed the needle into the hard-to-find spot on his waist.Right at this moment, a wave of energy struck, he subconsciously blocked it with his hands, and at the same time thought: "No!" The two hurriedly got up and ran to the door, but when they looked up, they found that the exit was surrounded by people. Liu Min, who was asleep, was looking at herself in disbelief.

"Since you're here, don't leave so quickly, I still have a lot to ask you." Wen Yu walked out slowly from behind, looking at him with a complicated expression: "Deng Butou, I didn't expect it to be you. "

Deng Wu realized that he was surrounded by groups and had no way to retreat. He smiled palely: "I thought I had been by your side for almost two years, and I already knew you very well. Unexpectedly, Mr. Wen is still superior."

Zhou Wan looked sad and indignant. Among all the people, he had worked with Deng Wu for the longest time. The two supported each other when the previous county magistrate was here. It can be said that they have a deep friendship. He asked Deng Wu loudly: "Why are you In doing so, Mr. Wen loves the people like a son, and you have participated in the development of Mengyang City, so why is it not better than those monsters of the White Lotus Sect?"

Deng Wu disdained: "Mengyang is good, but how many Wen Yu are there in the entire Ming Dynasty? He is an official the size of a sesame seed, and he can only take care of one-third of an acre of Mengyang. He can save all people from suffering. There is only the holy religion!"

Seeing his frantic expression, Wen Yu thought to himself that this person was hopeless, but still couldn't help asking: "Why did you attack Tao Qi again? You know that she is in love with you."

Deng Wu's body froze, unconsciously, he didn't want to answer at the beginning.Zong Yifeng sneered at the side: "Is there any reason, but they are just coaxing and deceiving others, and now they just make the best use of everything that has no use value. Isn't that what they all do?"

"No!" Deng Wu couldn't help roaring: "That's not the case!" Then he stared at the crowd with hatred: "What do you guys know? Do you think I got close to Qi'er in order to bring down Wen Yu? In fact, we We have known each other for more than ten years since we were childhood sweethearts. But I... I am a pariah, Qi'er can't be with me, and I can't harm her."

Speaking of this, Deng Wu couldn't help tears in his eyes: "At this moment, the people from the Holy Cult came, and they told me that only by overthrowing the dog emperor can this kind of regulation be abolished, and then I will be able to act in a fair and honest manner." I'm marrying Qi'er!"

"But suddenly one day, Qi'er found out that I was sending news to the sect, so I simply revealed my identity and asked Qi'er to join the holy sect." Deng Wu's expression changed, from grief to anger: "But she didn't listen! How could she not listen? She also called me crazy! She advised me to turn around as soon as possible. In order to keep the secret, I had no choice but to kill her. Qi’er died for the holy religion, and she deservedly died. "

All the people present looked at him with hatred and pity. Wen Yu knew that it was meaningless to talk to such people. He joined the White Lotus Sect for Tao Qi, and now he killed Tao Qi for the White Lotus Sect.By now, I'm afraid he can't even figure out what he wants.

Zong Yiyi escorted Deng Wu to the prison, during which Deng Wu wanted to commit suicide several times, but Jin Yiwei was very experienced and knocked him unconscious, the matter finally came to an end.