Cao Bianjiao sent people to guard the four gates. The officials in Yongping Mansion didn’t know what had happened, but these officers and soldiers were a head taller than them, and Zhou Zheng’s order to patrol them. How could you dare to resist them. Under the supervision of Cao Bianjiao’s people, they began to shut down. Four doors.
There are no four legs running fast on the two roads. Before a group of people in Yongping Mansion could react, the four doors were already closed.
Cao Bianjiao has only more than two hundred people. As an army, he can't do too much. Therefore, he surrounded Zhang Mansion and blocked the four gates without any other actions. He waited for Zhou Zheng to return.
Zhou Zheng was reorganizing in Xiaohulu Mountain and quickly returned to Yongping Mansion.
Cao Bianjiao followed Zhou Zheng and said, "My lord, I closed the four doors. That Zhang Yonglian should still be in the city. The news about his gangsters has slowed down a lot, and he certainly didn't run out..."
Zhou Zheng hummed and walked back to the government office quickly.
Shangguan Lie ran over, flexing his hands, and said with excitement: "My lord, do you catch it?"
Zhou Zheng walked quickly and said: "Brothers have been hungry for several days. Now there are food and vegetables, so I can cook something delicious. I have a full meal today and I am also a little hungry."
In the past few days, the government was frugal, and Zhou Zheng naturally took the lead. He was crying when he went out today, and he is almost hungry now.
Shangguan Lie opened his eyes and followed Zhou Zhengdao: "My lord, they bullied you so, don't you catch it?"
Zhou Zheng said: "What's the hurry? They are all in the pot. They cook for a little longer before they taste good."
Shangguan Lie was stunned. Before he had time to speak, Ding Qi didn't know where he ran out and said: "What the lord said, let's get through those people! However, Zhang Yonglian must be found out as soon as possible to avoid accidents."
Zhou Zhengdao: "Yongping Mansion has been in business for so many years. If he deliberately hides, even if he searches from house to house, he may not be able to find it. Let's eat first."
Shangguan Lie and Ding Qi didn't understand Zhou Zheng's meaning, so they had to follow him back home.
Zhou Zheng brought back food and vegetables from Xiao Hulu Mountain, and quickly ordered his servants to do it. A group of people waited in the restaurant in the back hall.
"You said, what are the people of Zhang Yonglian doing now?"
"It must be a way to escape from the city. Now that Zhang Chengzhi is in the hands of the adults, and Zhang Yonglian has run away, what luck do they have?"
"Well, it must be the ants on the hot pot, do you think there is a tunnel in the city that leads to the outside, they escape from the tunnel?"
"Don't think about it, who can dig a tunnel if it's okay? Do you know how much work it takes to dig a tunnel and keep everyone secret?"
"That's the same thing. After that, do you think they will rebel? That Zhang Yonglian has the soldiers of Yongping Mansion, there are more than 200 people, right? The magistrate of the other three counties is either his son-in-law or his protégé. Will something else happen?"
"Don't think too much about it. You openly attacked the imperial envoy. That was a rebellion. How many heads did they have? This is Beizhili. Who dare you to see?"
"That's true, what if they jump over the wall in a hurry..."
Yao Tongshun, Zhang Heyi, Ding Qi, Shangguan Lie and a group of people waited for a meal and kept talking.
Zhou Zheng touched his stomach, changing his mind.
Zhang Yonglian was sure. The next step was to clean up the officialdom of Yongping Mansion. Those three prefects were not allowed to stay, and they had to change their obedient people.
"I will write a few letters later, and you will send them back to the capital." Zhou Zheng said to Ding Qi, turning his head to the side.
Ding Qi guessed that it was Zhang Yonglian, and said quickly: "It's an adult."
Zhou Zheng hummed and waited quietly for the meal.
When Zhou Zheng calmly waited for dinner, Yongping Mansion had already exploded peacefully.
Calm, because Yongping Mansion was closed down, every household felt a sense of tension over the top of the mountain, and almost no one went out, depressed and nervous.
And those of Zhang Yonglian, some hid, did not dare to appear, and some quietly asked for news.
Bing Shu Qi Lian walked up and down in the front hall, sweating all over his head, looking outside from time to time. Not long after, a family hurried over.
Qi Lian hurriedly pulled him forward and said anxiously: "Is it clear that Master Patrol really broke Xiao Hulu Mountain and arrested Zhang Chengzhi on the spot? Did Master Zhang really run away? Where is Ma Lingui..."
Jia Ding listened to a series of questions from Qi Lian and replied a little anxiously: "My lord, what is said outside is true. The patrol master brought officers and soldiers, and now he has surrounded Master Zhang’s residence. I said I escaped before, I don’t know where. Lord Mo is also gone, the house is empty..."
When Qi Lian listened, his figure shook, and the trace of luck in his heart was completely gone.
Jia Ding quickly supported him and said cautiously: "Master, let's run too. I heard that other adults have all run away."
Qi Lian looked pale, looked at the quiet outside, and said: "The four doors are all closed, can it still be impossible to fly? They ran, just hiding in the city..."
Jia Ding was more frightened than Qi Lian, and said, "My lord, isn't it, waiting for death?"
Qi Lian shook his body again, his face twitched unconsciously, and he muttered to himself: "Waiting for death? No, no, I can't die, I don't want to die..."
Jia Ding supported him, his frightened hands were shaking, and said, "Master, you have to find a way, you can't wait..."
Qi Lian's face changed abruptly. He looked at him and said in a daze: "You are right, you can't wait, you can't wait..."
After speaking, he raised his foot and ran outside.
Jia Ding was taken aback and hurriedly chased him, shouting: "My lord, there are officers and soldiers outside..."
Qi Lian said nothing, went out, and ran straight to the government office.
Government office, back hall, restaurant.
Zhou Zheng, Yao Tongshun and others were hungry for a long time. Seeing Zhou Zheng gobbled them up, they had no scruples and rushed at the table.
Shangguanlie's mouthful of food, stretched out his hand to hug a plate, and said vaguely: "This is mine..."
Ding Qi pulled half of it into his bowl without hesitation, and quickly delivered it to his mouth.
Shangguan Lie grabbed another set and said, "This is for my sister..."
Zhang Heyi grabbed it abruptly and said: "I have let the cook continue to do it, so I won't be hungry, Miss Shangguan..."
Everyone was fighting, and a secret guard came in and said, "My lord, the former military book, Qi Lian begs to see you."
After eating half full, Zhou Zheng smiled, paused, and said, "Take him to my study."
Yao Tongshun raised his head now and said, "My lord, have you been waiting for him?"
Zhou Zheng took a sip of the soup, wiped his mouth, and said, "It's not necessarily him, but someone who knows current affairs."
Zhang Heyi quickly put down his chopsticks and said, "My lord is right. We must not be clear about what we checked. If someone surrenders, we will get twice the result with half the effort!"
Zhou Zheng stood up and said, "You eat, I will meet him."
How dare everyone continue to eat, they wiped their mouths and followed Zhou Zheng.
They didn't enter Zhou Zheng's study, they all waited outside.
When Zhou Zheng stepped into the study, Qi Lian knelt down with a thud, and shouted: "Little man Qi Lian, meet the imperial commissioner Zhou!"
As soon as he came up, he made such a big gift, and Zhou Zheng looked still and walked to his chair to sit down.
Qi Lian turned on his knees, and said to Zhou Zheng: "The villain is sinful, and I came to surrender to the adults, and the adults are pleased to punish them!"
"Tell me what you committed." Zhou Zheng took the tea cup casually and said lightly.
Qi Lian knelt on the ground and was silent for a moment, and said: "The villain was threatened by Zhang Yonglian. The barracks colluded with the bandits, robbed the merchants, bullied the people in the city, and helped him hide the dirt..."
What Qi Lian said was not a major event. The Ming court was in chaos, and the place was surrounded by dragons and snakes. Only the clean ones were considered an odd number.
Zhou Zheng was too lazy to listen to his nonsense, and said: "This official asks you, the previous prefects of Yongping Mansion have disappeared, are you involved and know?"
Qi Lian tensed and said quickly: "Back to the adult, the villain never participated or knew about it. It was Zhang Yonglian and Mo Lingui who conspired, and outsiders rarely knew what was going on."
This is the first person to surrender.
Zhou Zheng looked at him quietly and said, "Do you know what crime Zhang Yonglian committed?"
Qilian's head knocked on the ground and said: "Corruption and bribery, cultivation of private individuals, murder of imperial officials, assassination of imperial envoys, crimes of genocide!"
After taking a sip of tea, Zhou Zheng said casually: "If you want you to capture Zhang Yonglian and Yiying Party Yu, can you do it?" (End of this chapter)