The whole family crosses to farm

Chapter 102 Suppression
Lin Jiale brought his son to Fuyang County. Most of the water here has receded, but the mess left by the flood can still be seen.

The newly appointed county magistrate has not yet arrived, and the place is temporarily managed by imperial envoys. The surviving population of the county is concentrated in temples, Taoist temples, teahouses, and some homeless people.

The economy has not yet recovered, food and drink are collected by the government, and the lives of these people are similar to beggars.

The response mechanism of a society is so poor that Lin Jiale always feels that this society is not far from collapse.

But the centipede is still dead but not stiff, let alone such a big country.

The broken walls and ruins appeared one after another. Although Lin Jiale felt a sense of crisis due to the situation, there was not much urgency.

I took my son to find the county government office that was repaired and almost visible. What I didn't expect was that the guard here was still a familiar face.

Lin Jiale had been to Fuyang County twice before, and had seen this little servant both times.

"Xiao Zheng," Lin Jiale called out the previous address, but this time the little guard didn't even lift his eyelids.

Lin Jiale knew right away that this was a person who looked at the direction of the wind, and greeted him again: "Mr. Zheng."

Only then did Officer Zheng seem to have heard it, turned his head and glanced, and said, "So it's Mr. Lin, why are you here?"

Lin Jiale said: "I want to visit the county magistrate Lin."

Officer Zheng hurriedly said: "Second Master Lin, be careful, there is no county magistrate Lin in our county now, only one prisoner named Lin."

Lin Jiale chuckled and said, "I made a mistake. I don't know how I can see him?"

Officer Zheng smiled and said: "Second Master Lin is quite righteous. I heard that the corrupt official Lin wanted his whole family to be executed. I didn't expect to have a brother like you who is willing to run around. Let me tell you, it's really difficult to deal with him. You should hide Just hide."

"After all, we are brothers. Although we are not a clan anymore, we still need to help a group."

"It's not a clan anymore?" Officer Zheng seemed to see a pile of ingots flying in front of his eyes when he heard this, and he was thinking of reporting it to the imperial envoy later.

How could Lin Jiale fail to see what kind of thoughts were hidden under his rolling eyeballs?He smiled and said, "Yeah, otherwise I can go out in an aboveboard manner? We have been branching out for almost two years."

Officer Zheng nodded: "Yes, Second Lord, you still have knowledge. Do you want to see corrupt official Lin? Please come early. I heard that the officials sent by the imperial court to deal with him are from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment. Prepare to be severely punished."

Lin Jiale took a step forward, and while there was no one around, he stuffed an ingot into Officer Zheng's hand, and said in a low voice, "My eyes are black now, please show me the way."

Officer Zheng put away the ingot without moving his hands, and said: "Master Lin is in the prison that still has water in the west of the county government office. There is no prohibition on visitation. You can just go directly. Give the prison chief some money. .Let’s go see one last time.”

County prisons are generally located on the west side of the county government. The west has the meaning of the main punishment prison. The county prison in Fuyang County is not high-lying, and it is even more low-lying inside, and there is no sunlight all the year round. I am afraid that the environment inside is not suitable for people at all. .

Lin Chunxing waited for his father to get ready with the jailer, and then walked in. Just a few steps away, a few drops of turbid yellow water dripped from above and landed on his arm.

"Father," Lin Chunxing said, "Won't there be any disease in such an environment?"

Lin Jiale frowned, and saw that there were almost no people in the cells on both sides, which means that the county prison is now dedicated to big brothers.

That imperial envoy probably got the order from above.

After walking a long way, the father and son saw a dark figure leaning against the wall in the cell on the left with the help of the dim light.

"Brother," Lin Jiale walked over quickly, and there was a splashing sound of standing water that was still a foot deep.

Hearing the sound, Lin Jiaju suddenly raised his head and struggled to move forward, but his arms were locked by iron chains, and he couldn't take another step forward until he reached the fence gate.

Lin Jiale held onto the doorpost, looked at the man with disheveled hair and ragged clothes, and hardly dared to recognize him. After a while, he said, "Brother, how could this be?"

Lin Jiale understood why the prison guard didn't come with him just now, because he was sure that the prison door would not be opened, and their brothers couldn't get close to whisper, so they couldn't tell any important secrets.

Lin Jiaju said: "This is someone trying to harm me."

long princess.

Nothing to explain at all.Lin Jiale nodded, and said, "I'm already on my way, brother, don't worry."

Lin Jiaju: "The Fuyang section of the river will not be so easy to decide." He looked around, paused for a while, and said, "Someone is targeting me."

Lin Jiale took a few steps forward, saw the big brother's gestures clearly, said a few words of comfort symbolically, turned around, picked up his son and left.

Lin Jiaju suddenly asked: "How are Xuan'er and the others?"

Lin Jiale paused, turned around and said, "Brother, the men are all in the Yixian County Prison and can't come out for activities, but don't worry, I went to see them before I came."

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Qin Kuangzheng put down the pen in his hand and asked, "What did the brothers of the Lin family say?"

The jailer kneeling on the ground replied: "I didn't say anything. It's just that Lin Jiaju seemed to believe that someone was going to kill him, so he destroyed the dam in the Fuyang River section, and even burst the levee."

"Absurd," Qin Kuangzheng scolded, "He is a small county magistrate, who would go to such lengths to kill hundreds of thousands of people just to frame him?"

A few days later, Eunuch Xia, holding a letter from the Xia Mansion outside Huangcheng, was also in doubt, and asked something almost similar to Qin Kuangzheng: "What kind of enmity can the eldest princess have with a small county magistrate?" ? Don't hesitate to hurt the world like this, just to drive Lin Jiaju to death?"

Eunuch Xia was really surprised and puzzled, the eldest princess has been like a mad dog for the past two years, she wanted to tear off two pieces of meat if she bit someone, and now she used the same method on a county magistrate.

Really, something is wrong.

Eunuch Xia called an eunuch and said, "Go and report, our family has something to ask to see Master Zhang."

Different from what Eunuch Xia had thought, Zhang Bian did not "cross the river and tear down the bridge" to him, but treated him more politely, and he was ready to be crowned king of Shu after people spread public opinion.

Eunuch Xia not only dared to relax, but was even more cautious. He changed his attire and went to meet him.

Zhang Bi'an was wearing the highest-grade prince's uniform, was washing his hands, and said casually: "Get up, we don't need to pay attention to those things."

Eunuch Xia got up with a smile, and said: "Now that you are full of dragon prestige, the subordinate officials will become soft-handed and soft-footed unconsciously."

Zhang Bian laughed when he heard this, and said jokingly: "Eunuch Xia is so considerate, I really can't bear to let you go."

Eunuch Xia's heart was covered with sweat, and his face was still smiling faintly, "You are absurd. Is your lord still troubled, how to make the eldest princess feel at ease?"

Zhang Bian asked: "Eunuch Xia has an idea?"

"It's not an idea, it's really a coincidence. Lin Jiaju, the magistrate of Fuyang County, who is being suppressed by the eldest princess, once asked to come to my door. Our family and Lin Jiaju have some friendship. Last year, our family was pushed out to the border to replace When His Majesty was patrolling the frontier, he encountered an assassin, and the one who saved our family's life was Lin Jiaju's second brother."

"No, when they encountered difficulties, they brought a jade pendant from our family to the door." As he spoke, Eunuch Xia took out a stack of folds from his sleeve, "Look, the river embankment in Fuyang has been repaired since last year. Since then, it has been secretly destroyed by the eldest princess's people."

Zhang Bian raised his eyebrows, took a look in his hand, "It's not enough to have these alone, there must be at least one physical witness."

"Yes," Eunuch Xia said with a smile, "all of them. And the Wu family and the Qin family may have been framed. Your lord can send someone to investigate."

The grievances between these two families were all written by Zhang Bian, and Eunuch Xia didn't dare to look for evidence.

But he was fully reminding Zhang Bian that as long as he wanted evidence, no matter how rare it was, he could find it.

(End of this chapter)