casket of old days

Chapter 84 Countermeasures

The current Ding family, in the study of Mrs. Ding.

Ding Zhize, the old man of the Ding family, is now over seventy years old, with gray hair, sitting on the recliner, his eyes seem to be closed, as if he is asleep.

In front of Ding Zhize, Ding Daoxiao stood side by side with Qianhu Li Changqing from Zhenma Division with the appearance of a filial son.

Ding Zhize, who used to be in the fifth realm of martial arts, was already aging, his blood had already decayed, his muscles had shrunk, and his strength had declined severely.

But neither Li Changqing nor Ding Daoxiao will underestimate the helm of the Ding family.

The other party used to be an official to the left servant of the Ministry of War, and was in charge of the food and grass of the garrisons all over the country, the mobilization of the army, and the appointment of military officials.He has only been an official for three or four years now, and he still has a great influence on officialdom.

Like the three major military towns in the north of Lingzhou today, most of the generals in them were promoted by the old man in front of him.

Mrs. Ding asked, "How did that person get arrested?"

Ding Daoxiao shook his head: "I don't know, that monster of the Immortal Way should hide very secretly, and I don't know how the Wu family and the Hao family found it."

Old Master Ding raised his head and asked with half-opened eyes, "Did he miss anything?"

Li Changqing said: "I asked, but he didn't say anything about the Ding family. But just in case, he is still possessed."

Old Mrs. Ding said: "Changqing, you did the right thing. You have worked hard on this matter. Daoxiao, you go to Meishan now to stop all the living corpses mining in the mountain and deal with them."

Ding Daoxiao frowned and said: "No need, no one has found out about Meishan, the loss of a day's shutdown..."

Old Master Ding shook his head, pointed at Ding Daoxiao and said, "You... Confused! Do you think that the matter will be over if you are possessed by a demon? Then you underestimate our majesty, Zhenmensi, and interrogate alone At that time, the prisoner became possessed and died, and this kind of thing happened... I am afraid that the Zhenmagic Division will send people down to investigate this matter thoroughly."

"He Wenyan has to speed up there, and you have to cooperate well with Changqing.

Before Zhenmensi sends someone again...he must be asked to find out all the bad debts under Wu Wei and Hao Wen's ass, the land seized, the money greedy, the tax and corvee evasion, the accounts of bribery, and the involvement The lawsuits, as well as the internal and external violations must be investigated thoroughly, so that the chief assistant can impeach Wu Siqi (Old Wu Ge). "

Ding Daoxiao nodded in response, and then asked: "And that Chu Qiguang..."

Old Master Ding waved his hand and said, "Let the immortals take revenge on him, and don't touch us at all."

Ding Daoxiao asked again: "Wu Wei said that the cabinet has been ventilated and is ready to talk about mutual markets?"

"The cabinet draft is just for the emperor to read." Old Master Ding closed his eyes, and said lightly: "Today I am too young, so I am too happy to listen to slander. I have to ask us and the nine Frontier Town."

"Smuggling is the food and clothing of millions of soldiers and civilians on the nine sides. If it weren't for us, where would the money in the north support the imperial army? And how would they support the two martial gods who have entered the Tao?"

"Now the imperial court wants to compete with the people for profit, which is a way to harm the country and the people."

……

In the main hall of the Wu family, Wu Wei, Hao Wen, Hao Yongtai, and Chu Qiguang sat together.

"How can there be such a coincidence? He just fell into a demon during the interrogation?" Hao Wen was surprised and angry: "This town magician Li Changqing doesn't know how much money he has collected from the Ding family, how dare he do this?!"

Wu Wei said: "It's not that simple, relying on money alone... Li Changqing doesn't dare to do such a thing. I'm afraid he has already worn a pair of pants with He Wenyan and the Ding family."

Thinking of the county magistrate, Zhenmagsi Qianhu, and local snake Ding's family all standing together, Wu Wei and Hao Wen felt worried for a while. It is true that Zhenmagsi's reputation is too fierce, and I don't know how many wealthy families, high-ranking officials, and nobles have fallen. In their hands.

What Wu Wei and Hao Wen did most before was to find a way to get rid of Zhenmasi, but they never thought of confronting each other head-on.

Seeing the worried looks of the two, Chu Qiguang thought about what Qiao Zhi said, and encouraged him: "When the witness was interrogated, he was insane, and according to the rules, the Zhenmagic Division will definitely send someone over again.

Mr. Wu, you can send a letter to Mr. Wu Ge, asking him to urge this matter, and to ensure that the people who come will not favor the Ding family, and that they must be quick..."

Both Wu Wei and Hao Wen nodded, but they were still worried about Li Changqing, a thousand households of the Town Magic Division.

At this moment, the housekeeper of the Wu family trotted in and said in a panic: "Master, it's not good! Zhenmagic has arrested the young master!"

"what?"

The housekeeper said: "They said that someone confessed that the young master spent money and asked them to join the common people to go to the yamen to file a complaint, so they took the young master away."

Wu Wei said angrily: "It's a bunch of nonsense, Bing'er is only 12 years old! People who are connected to the fart!"

But the bad news for the next few days doesn't stop there...

Hezhi County continued to send people to measure the land of the Wu family and the Hao family, and each of the tenants wanted to break away from the relationship between the two families.

In particular, some tenants who originally changed their names and surnames to donate land to the Hao family in order to avoid taxes and corvees, after knowing that Hezhi County wants equal taxes and labors, after the calculation, the court taxes are much less than before, and immediately They all clamored to change their names back to their original names, so that the Wu and Hao families could return to their land.

The Ding family even took the lead in retiring the land. Although he didn't have much land and concentrated his human and financial resources on coal mines, shops, and caravans, it also exacerbated the development of the situation.

Then the tenants made a fuss, and even surrounded the big houses of the Wu family and the Hao family. When 15 people were brought back for questioning, they said it was related to the case.

Wu Wei and Hao Wen were first invited by the yamen for questioning, and then taken away by Zhenmasi to explain the problem.

In addition, the grain stores, restaurants, teahouses, and dental shops of the Hao and Wu families in the county... were all inspected and messed up, and they couldn't do business at all.

On the top, there is the coercion of the town magician, on the middle there is the cooperation of the local officials and magistrates, and on the bottom there is the Ding family, the local snake and the leading party.Wu Wei and Hao Wen were almost played to death, and they had no power to resist.

And the demon payment case, which was originally a riot, gradually calmed down because the leaders were all arrested by the town magician.

……

When they gathered in the hall of the Wu family again, Hao Wen said angrily: "He Wenyan is now relying on the support of Zhenmasi, and now he is simply deceiving people too much."

Wu Wei sighed: "They want to arrest the people we went to appease the tenants. The people we sent to investigate Ding's family were also arrested, and even the person we sent to report to Shenjing, Li Changqing, was also arrested. This is shameless." Already."

These days, the Zhenmagic Division is targeting everywhere. The Wu family and the Hao family can't do anything and can only be slaughtered.

Hao Wen on the side retreated and said, "Why don't we go to He Zhi County to admit our mistakes and be subdued, and we should retire from the fields?"

"It's okay." Wu Wei's attitude was not as tough as before, and he said worriedly: "You can send someone to talk to them first to see what their attitude is."

(End of this chapter)