On this day, Chu Yang invited Cao Yunze, Lu Ming, and Zhang Shan to his home with great interest.
"Lord Cao, is there anything new in Anping Mansion recently? Tell me about it, so that I can relieve my boredom!" Chu Yang said to Cao Yunze with a smile on his face.
"Hey, my minister is ignorant and doesn't know anything new!" Speaking of this, Cao Yunze showed an embarrassing smile rather regretfully.
"Oh, where are Master Zhang and Master Lu?" Nodding his head, Chu Yang looked at the two Master Tongzhi.
"Ah, my lord, the villain is busy with official duties every day, and there is really nothing new to entertain the lord, or else, the villain will bring you the scholar who wrote the book and ask him to tell you how he is. Don't you always want to meet the person who wrote this new biography of Dongzhou Wang?" Looking at Chuyang and Zhang Shan, Zhang Shan said.
"Yes, yes, my lord, how about the humble officials accompany you to meet this scholar?" Nodding, Lu Ming immediately agreed.
Hearing this, Chu Yang waved his hands out of interest. "No need, since the three lords have nothing new to share with me, then I'll find someone else to talk about it. How about the three lords accompany me to listen?"
"Okay, okay!" Nodding their heads, the three of them naturally did not dare to disagree.
"Jiang Huai, Wang Hua!" Chu Yang called out, and the two people outside the door walked in immediately.
"My lord, my three lords!" Lowering their heads, the two hurriedly packed their luggage.
"There's no need to be too polite." Chu Yang said with a smile after waving his hand.
"Yes!" Responding, the two stepped up and stood behind Chu Yang.
"They are my king's literary staff. These two are the first batch of literary staff. They have been with my king for eight years." Looking at the three adults, Chu Yang introduced.
"Your Highness is a famous and virtuous king, and those who are capable are naturally willing to follow His Highness." Smiling, Cao Yunze said so.
"Well, that's a good point. Both of them have very good abilities. Jiang Huai, tell me and the three adults something new about Anping Mansion, and relieve us of boredom!" Chu Yang said. He looked at Jianghuai.
"Yes!" In response, Jiang Huai took a step forward calmly and stood in front of the four of them. "Since it was my prince who spoke, the villain will imitate the storyteller in the teahouse and tell the prince and the three adults a paragraph to make everyone happy. The new thing that the villain wants to talk about today is that the county magistrate opens a black shop .”
Hearing this name, Cao Yunze, Zhang Shan and Lu Ming all changed their expressions. Xin said: This person is not going to talk about Cheng Qiankun, is he
"Speaking of which, our Great Wei Kingdom has a vast land and abundant resources, and there are so many new things! A month ago, my prince received a family letter from Princess Qingxia. He missed his daughter very much, so he said he would bring us We came to Anping Mansion to visit the princess, and finally we came to Meicheng, and found a "Fugui Inn" in Meicheng. They looked at us differently, but the shopkeeper in the inn is very enthusiastic. The boys are also very diligent in rushing in and out. Seeing the good environment of the inn, my prince took us to stay , but never thought that this inn is actually a black shop. The shopkeeper put sweat medicine in our food and wine. In the middle of the night, the shopkeeper, four clerks, and two cooks broke in with knives The prince's room wants to rob us of our belongings, and even wants to chop us into bun stuffing." Having said that, Jiang Huai sighed softly.
"Hahaha, is it fun? This king has lived for more than 30 years, and this is the first time to live in a black shop? If it hadn't been for the fact that I have learned medical skills in the past few years and found out that there is a problem with the food, maybe I really can't sit here Chatting with Master Sanwai." Speaking of this, Chu Yang laughed, but there was no smile in his eyes, and some were only cold.
"Big, bold, really daring, you dare to drug the prince, such troublesome people should be chopped into meat paste!" Looking at Chu Yang, Zhang Shan said indignantly.
"Master Zhang, you're so excited, Jiang Huai hasn't finished yet!" As he spoke, Chu Yang looked at Jiang Huai.
"Yeah, the villain hasn't finished talking yet? The funniest thing is that when this group of people were caught by us, they even told us arrogantly that they are the subordinates of Mr. Cheng, the county magistrate, and let us obediently kowtow and admit our mistakes. Only by handing over all the belongings on our body will we save our lives. Three adults, don’t you think this is funny?" Looking at the three corrupt officials, Jiang Huai asked.
"My lord's atonement, it's because the officials are not strict!" Standing up from the chair, Cao Yunze bent over and knelt down, Zhang Shan and Lu Ming immediately knelt down after him.
"Hahaha, the three adults are too nervous, right? Wang Hua, it's your turn!" As he spoke, Chu Yang looked at Wang Hua.
"Yes, the villain is really not very good at telling stories, so let me tell the three adults about our trip to Liucheng. The first day we arrived in Liucheng, we were surrounded by a large group of strangers. People came up and wanted to arrest us Commander Leng and Jiang Huai. At that time we were all at a loss. Only later did I find out that Master Jiang An in Liucheng caters to both men and women, so he likes this handsome man. How about it, that's why I escaped and was not invited into the yamen by Mr. Jiang An!" At the end, Wang Hua smiled wryly.
"My lord, my lord is terrified!"
"Your servant is terrified!" Kneeling on the ground, the three adults looked at Chu Yang, who was sitting on the main seat, in fear.
"Ah, the three adults are not courageous enough. These are just two short stories. Why are you panicking? Jianghuai, hurry up and tell the three adults a fresh story. It's not new at all!" Having said this, Chu Yang waved his hand with disgust on his face.
"Yes, my lord!" In response, Jiang Huai narrowed his eyes and looked at Lu Ming.
"Lu Ming, Master Lu, you are twenty-seven years old this year. At the age of twenty-one, you passed the Jinshi examination and became the magistrate of Anding City. After serving as an official for three years with outstanding achievements, you were transferred to Anping Prefecture at the age of twenty-four and served as the magistrate. The Tongzhi official lives five meters away. You come from a poor family and have been an official for six years. I wonder if the villain is right?"
"Yes, yes!" In response, Lu Ming repeatedly said yes.
"As a fifth-rank official, you have a monthly salary of one hundred and five taels of silver. Three years is three thousand seven hundred and eighty taels. Before, you were a seventh-rank official of the magistrate, and your monthly salary was forty-five taels of silver. The year is 1,620 taels of silver, and the sum of six years' salary is 5,400 taels. Moreover, this is only when you don't eat or drink, marry a wife, raise children, or support your parents. Then, may I ask you, where did you get your family's six hundred thousand taels of silver? Or, how did you earn so much silver in six years?" Looking at Lu Ming, Jiang Huai smiled Yingying asked.
"Humble job, humble job..." Hearing Jiang Huai's question, Lu Ming immediately broke out in cold sweat, and his face turned pale with fright.
"Lord Lu is really timid, and his ability is average, you know? Cheng Qiankun has a net worth of 800,000 taels, and your little money is really a bit small. Oh, by the way, your wife, your parents, Your confidantes and subordinates have all written confessions, do you want to read them?" With that said, Chu Yang looked at Jiang Huai.
Jiang Huai directly took out a stack of confessions from his arms. "Lord Lu, according to your parents' account, you embezzled 400,000 taels of silver when you were the county magistrate, and spent 200,000 taels of silver for management. That's why you were directly promoted from the county magistrate of the seventh rank to the Tong magistrate of the fifth rank. Your wife confessed that during the past three years you have been a co-confessed, you have worked hand in hand with Mr. Cao to collect money from the people, increase taxes on merchants, and earn a lot of money. Moreover, your two confidants have also transferred the account books of the three of you over the past few years. Leave it to me!"
"My lord, I'm guilty of my crime, I'm guilty of my crime, my lord, spare my life, my lord, spare my life!" Kneeling on the ground, Lu Ming hurriedly kowtowed for mercy.
"Don't be afraid, you are not a corrupt official in Dongzhou, I will not kill you! Someone, take off his official uniform, tie him up, and put him in the west wing!"
"No!" In response, four guards rushed in and took Lu Ming away.
Seeing Lu Ming being taken away, Zhang Shan was so scared that he peed on his pants.
"Master Zhang, the villain found a million taels of silver in your concubine's brother's house, as well as various antiques, calligraphy and paintings. Two boxes of jewelry. The villain's calculations are not very good. I don't know that you have been an official for ten years. , How much is the monthly salary, and you have such a family background, please tell me!" Lowering his head, Wang Hua asked humbly for advice.
"I, I..." As soon as his body softened, Zhang Shan was so frightened that he passed out.
"Come on, pull it down!"
"No!" In response, a guard immediately walked in, took off Zhang Shan's official uniform, and took him away.
"Master Cao, this is the testimony of your brother-in-law Wang Tianhai, do you want to read it?" As he spoke, Chu Yang took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and waved it before Cao Yunze's eyes.
"Your Majesty, even if you have a lowly position, you are still an official of His Majesty. Your Majesty, as the king of Dongzhou, came to our Anping Mansion to lynch and torture the relatives of the subordinate officials. Wouldn't this be too disrespectful to your identity? ?" Looking at Chu Yang, Cao Yunze said calmly. I thought: This king of Dongzhou is so powerful, on the surface he was asked to accompany him to play around, but in fact, he has secretly sent people to find out his bottom line, and found his embezzled dirty money, really cunning!
Hearing this, Chu Yang smiled lowly. "Is torture into a trick? Well, this word is used very well, but there is a sentence I want to tell you, is there any king in the world? This is the Great Wei Kingdom, and it belongs to the world of my Wei family. This king wants to kill you. Just cut off your head, you don't need to be tortured into a trick. Because, the father will not kill this king for such an insignificant slave like you. In other words, this king can kill anyone who doesn't like it, and this king is the king Fa, no need to be tortured into tricks!"
Looking at the arrogant and evil Chu Yang sitting on the chair, Cao Yunze frowned. People in the world say that the king of Dongzhou is a virtuous king, but they forget that this man was born a devil king, and a cruel devil king at that. Unfortunately, he only knew it at this moment, and it was already too late!
"Come here, take off Cao Yunze's official uniform and lock him up with those two!"
"No!" In response, the soldiers immediately took Cao Yunze away.
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