Seeing his wife's shocked appearance, Chu Yang smiled helplessly. "Twelve years ago, that is, the year when Qingxia was five years old, my father, the emperor, personally fought against the Russians in the north for two years. The treasury was empty, so I defeated those yellow-haired brats. To fill the treasury, the government sold 20 official positions that year. In the following three years, it also sold 30 official positions."
"So, this Cao Yunze bought an official position with the money he robbed from the Li family?" Leng Feng couldn't believe it.
"It's not just one Cao Yunze. There are five people in their group. The Cao family used to raise silkworms and made a living by buying cloth. This is how Cao Yunze met Qingxia's father. Cao Yunze is the bastard son of the Cao family. There is no one in the family. What status, in order to get rid of his two older brothers, he got acquainted with four gangsters who murdered and robbed them. The five became brothers with different surnames. Cao Yunze was the eldest. His name is Cheng Qiankun. The fourth child is called Jiang Lao Jiu, now called Jiang An, and the fifth child is called Wednesday, now called Zhou He. With the help of these four people, Cao Yunze successfully killed his two older brothers and inherited the Cao family business. Then, he killed Qingxia's family and uncle Qingxia's family, got a lot of money, and bought official positions for himself and his four brothers." Speaking of this, Chu Yang snorted contemptuously One sound.
"So, these five animals who are not as good as beasts are now officials?" Leng Feng couldn't imagine that if such five people became officials, what would happen to the common people!
"Yes, Cao Yunze is the magistrate of Anping Prefecture, with a fourth-rank official residence. Zhang Shan is his counselor, and now he is the prefect with the fifth-rank official residence. Cheng Qiankun is the county magistrate of Meicheng under Anping Prefecture, and Jiang An is from Liucheng under Anping Prefecture. The county magistrate, Zhou He is the magistrate of Yongcheng County under the Anping Prefecture. All three are officials of the seventh rank." Chu Yang has already investigated the matter of these five people clearly.
"So, isn't Anping Mansion dominated by these five wolves?" Speaking of this, Leng Feng's face was very ugly.
"Yes, Anping Mansion is their old nest, and it is also Qingxia's hometown. Qingxia's parents died in Meicheng, and Qingxia's uncle's family died in Liucheng." Having said that, Chu Yang sighed softly. .
"Since you know it's so dangerous, why do you want Qingxia to go by herself?" Looking at Chu Yang, Leng Feng couldn't help complaining. Qingxia is only seventeen years old, and she is still a woman. Her enemies are all so powerful, how can she compete against them
"Revenge is the only reason she insisted on surviving. If I helped to avenge her, she would never feel at ease for the rest of her life. Therefore, I asked her to collect the evidence of these officials' corruption and perverting the law. I did it for her parents, uncle, Revenge for my aunt and cousin!" Looking at his daughter-in-law, Chu Yang explained.
"That's true. With such bloody hatred, Qingxia must want to revenge herself!" Nodding, Leng Feng could also understand Qi'an's thoughts. To avenge his own relatives with his own hands. Therefore, Qi'an sent Qingxia to Anping Mansion, probably because he wanted to give her a chance to take revenge.
"Let's get ready, we'll go to Anping Mansion in two days. It looks like I'll have money to fight pirates soon!" Speaking of this, Chu Yang is happy. In fact, the most profitable business in the world is to kill corrupt officials and steal their homes. It doesn't get any more lucrative than this. How can you get hundreds of thousands of cars for killing a seventh-rank magistrate? Come to think of it, Cao Tianze, the fourth rank magistrate, must be even fatter. In addition to his four sworn brothers, the homes of these five people were stolen, and the money for building warships should be enough. If it really doesn't work, if you borrow some money from your father when you are fighting pirates, the money will be almost enough!
Hearing her lover's words, Leng Feng couldn't laugh or cry. "They are all officials of Anping Mansion. Anping Mansion is not our territory in Dongzhou. If we used to kill people and ransack homes, there would be no problem, right?" Leng Feng was still very worried about this.
The five cities and forty-eight villages in Dongzhou are all Qi'an's fiefdoms. How Qi'an wants to kill corrupt officials and ransack their homes in his own fiefdom is Qi'an's own business. Even if the court officials are not satisfied, they dare not say anything. Because, Qi'an is the king of Dongzhou, and this three-acre land in Dongzhou is Qi'an's territory. However, after leaving Dongzhou, if Qi'an went to other places to kill corrupt officials, it would be a bit inappropriate!
"Don't kill them, just ransack their homes, collect their criminal evidence, send them and the evidence to the capital, and hand them over to the father!" Chu Yang naturally understood that it would be natural to kill corrupt officials after leaving Dongzhou. Something is not quite right. Besides, this Qiu Chuyang can't take revenge on Li Yuzhu. Li Yuzhu must avenge himself to complete this side mission. Therefore, Chu Yang intends to go and arrest him. Go here, sue the imperial court, and seek justice for your parents and relatives.
"Oh, then I'll go and prepare. Those five people are vicious, this time, let's bring more people!" Looking at his lover, Leng Feng asked worriedly.
"Okay, make up your mind!" Chu Yang nodded, expressing that he had no objection.
"En!" Hearing what his man said, Leng Feng left the room with a smile, and immediately went down to make arrangements.
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Two days later, Chu Yang marched towards Anping Mansion with four hundred guards and ten civil servants. Anping Mansion is not too close to Dongzhou. After ten days of walking, Chu Yang and his party arrived near Meicheng.
In order not to startle the enemy, Chu Yang and Leng Feng took two civil servants and ten guards, all dressed in common people's clothes, and entered the city with makeup, while the others all changed into common people's clothes, under Li Yong's arrangement , A team of twenty people entered the city in batches.
When he came to Meicheng, Chu Yang found that there were very few people on the streets here, giving people a very depressed and deserted feeling. After a group of people strolled around the street, Chu Yang just found an inn and settled down.
Seeing guests coming to the door, the shopkeeper eagerly showed them the room. Although there seemed to be no guests in this inn, the rooms were very clean. Chu Yang and his group of fourteen had requested seven rooms. Leaving behind two staff members and several soldiers, Chu Yang and Leng Feng left the inn with four guards.
Walking on the street, Chu Yang found that many people were looking at the six of them, and they looked at them strangely, as if there was a hint of sympathy and pity. Some were even sighing, some shook their heads helplessly, with a look of regret, and some looked gloating, as if they were waiting for them to make a fool of themselves. Chu Yang was very surprised by the strange eyes of the common people.
On the way, Leng Feng asked someone for directions twice. They turned two streets and finally found "Wei Ji Barbecue Restaurant" in Meicheng. This restaurant opened ten months ago. At that time, Qingxia and Chu Yang reported that the economy in Meicheng is relatively sluggish, so Meicheng only opened three stores, a barbecue restaurant, a hot pot restaurant, and a burger restaurant.
"The six objective ones are welcome!" Seeing a guest coming, the young man immediately came up to entertain him.
"Is there a private room?" Looking at the young man, Chu Yang asked with a smile.
"Yes, come with me, there is a private room on the second floor!" After saying that, the young man enthusiastically led them to the Plum Blossom Hall on the second floor.
Entering the private room, Chu Yang ordered the dishes familiarly, and then asked the four guards to sit down with him. And tell Xiao Er to invite their boss over.
When the six of Chu Yang had almost finished their lunch, the owner of the barbecue shop finally came to their private room.
The boss is an old employee in his forties, with a goatee and a robe, looking extremely kind.
"My surname is Feng. I'm the owner of this shop. I don't know what the guest officials want from me?" He bowed his hands to everyone, and the boss introduced himself with a smile.
"So it's Boss Feng. My surname is Zhang, and my name is Zhang Ping!" After speaking, Chu Yang took out a silver medal from a business staff and handed it to the boss.
Reaching out his hand, Boss Fang took the silver medal, inspected it carefully, and respectfully returned it to Chu Yang. "It turned out to be Master Zhang, sorry for your disrespect!"
"Boss Feng, you are being polite. I'm just one of the prince's staff, not an adult. Boss Feng can just call me Zhang Ping. A few days ago, my princess Qingxia wrote a letter to my prince, saying that it was on the side of Anping mansion." Son, I bought some special products for my lord. I left them at Boss Feng's barbecue shop. So, my lord ordered me to bring a few guys over to pick up the goods!" Looking at Boss Feng, Chu Yang said with a smile.
"Oh, it turns out that Brother Zhang is here to help the princess marry tea! Then you come with me!" Hearing that the other party came to pick up the goods, Boss Feng was not surprised at all, and said that the princess had left , the prince will send someone over to pick up the goods.
"Okay!" Standing up, Chu Yang put down five liang of silver, and left with Boss Feng with his people.
Everyone came to the backyard of the barbecue shop, and Boss Feng led them into a warehouse. "Brother Zhang, the princess put these two locked boxes here. She said they were tea leaves bought for the prince. They are new local teas in Meicheng. In Meicheng, the most famous ones are plums and tea leaves. If the prince likes to drink it, I can help him buy some tea and send it to him in the future."
He looked at the flattering Boss Feng. Chu Yang nodded. "Brother is too polite. Thank you for helping to look at these tea leaves."
"Oh, what's the matter? Since I have opened a barbecue restaurant, we are a family. From now on, I have to rely on my brothers to speak well for me in front of the prince!" The other party was Dongzhou King. Boss Feng naturally wants to curry favor with his son's business staff.
"Sure, bro, don't worry!" Chu Yang looked at the four guards behind him. "Get the box out!"
"Yes!" In response, the four guards immediately stepped forward and carried the two boxes out of the warehouse.
"Brother, I have a carriage here. I'll ask someone to take it there for you. By the way, where do you live?" Looking at Chu Yang, Boss Feng asked.
"Oh, I'm taking the guys. We live in the Fugui Inn in the city, two streets away from here! Let's borrow your carriage first!" When they came out, Chu Yang and the others walked out. It is a bit inconvenient to have two more large boxes.
"What? You guys, are you staying at the inn?" Hearing Chu Yang say that he lived in the inn, Boss Feng's expression changed drastically.
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