Zhenguan Crown Prince Li Chengqian

Chapter 347 The Murderer Ma Zhouye

When Ma Zhou rushed to the river with Shen Yi, the people were surrounding the wooden altar, bowing their heads reverently. On the altar, three sacrifices were neatly placed. Three pairs of boys and girls The ones were tightly tied up, and a few gaudy men were jumping and jumping around them.

Since he dared to perform a good show, he had to appreciate it. Therefore, Ma Zhou and others sat down not far away to see what tricks they could play.

County magistrate Yin, who hurried over, was also panting heavily while asking Shen Canjun in this state for instructions.Who knew that Shen Canjun, who has always been kind, would scold him coldly, let Xingting wait to take off his official uniform, which frightened the magistrate of Yin County, and he slumped to the ground with trembling legs.

"Come here, I have something to ask you!"

Hearing the envoy calling him, Han Yu didn't care about the official status, and rolled over, waiting for the imperial envoy's instruction.

"I want to ask you, do you know those gods and the landlords who organized this sacrifice?"

"Returning to the post, the landlord is the elder of the same clan as the subordinate official, and the gods and men are all from the county."

"The children above are from poor families, right? Those who are crying and fainting under the altar are their family members! Go and invite the families of the landlords and gods to me. Why are you hiding at home in such a big commotion? Woolen cloth!"

Damn, after hearing Ma Zhou's words, Han Yu's heart suddenly turned cold. This is the rhythm of killing the whole family. This little boy is not very old, so his heart is so dark!

However, he represents the imperial court, so what can he do with such a small county magistrate, so he can only nod helplessly.

"Okay, I'll give you two hours, and invite me to invite all their family members to see how I teach these rich, unkind, fish and meat guys. After the time has passed, you should stop being an official and prepare to go Yazhou, let's play with the monkey!"

After Han Yu ran away rolling and crawling, Ma Zhou waved his big hand, and the imperial guards rushed up, forcibly took over the altar and surrounded the people here.The villagers have seen this posture before. Seeing the soldiers in full armor, they squatted down obediently in place.

"Fathers and folks, my official surname is Ma, my first name is Zhou, and my name is King Bin. I am an official to serve as the censor. This time, the imperial court ordered me to be the inspector of Huainan Road, just to help you. The food you received during this period is all His Majesty and the crown prince ordered me to bring it."

"Ma Zhou also came from a poor background. He knew that the villagers were anxious. In the year of the catastrophe, there was really nothing to do, so he prayed to the gods and worshiped the Buddha. But is it useful?
Who has seen the so-called river god, and who gave you the food in your hands.I want this official to say that what you should worship is not some gods and ghosts, but your Majesty and the prince.

Why do you say that, half of these grains are allocated from the national treasury, and half are money from the wedding of His Highness the Crown Prince. Think about it, have the emperors and princes of the dynasties in the past dynasties done this?You are all dutiful country folks, you don't need to tell me the truth of not forgetting the well digger when drinking water, you should understand it. "

After Ma Zhou finished speaking, the people under the altar began to discuss. That’s right, the young imperial envoy was not wrong at all. The reason why so many people didn’t starve to death this year is that the court distributed food in time. , so that everyone does not have to leave their homes and flee famine as before. In this way, it is the benevolence of His Majesty and the Prince.

Seeing that the common people had finished discussing, Ma Zhou told another story, Ximen Bao ruled Ye, just like today's situation, the wizard pushed the responsibility for the natural disaster to the disrespect of the common people and the river god.

The reason why such a thing happened in Yin County today is that the wizards and landlords wanted to take advantage of the ignorance of the people and make a fortune. He didn't pull it, kicked it into his own pocket with peace of mind.

If they are really pious children of the River God, why don't they throw away their own children, why must you force them to donate their children? Isn't there any problem here?

After listening to Ma Zhou's words, the people all took a few steps back in unison, distanced themselves from the landlords and gods, and the relatives of the robbed children threw clods and stones at them, talking like mother-in-law. shouting and shouting.

Seeing these bastards in a state of distress below, Ma Zhou waved his hand and motioned for the guards to push them up.If they are not allowed to admit it in person today, it is inevitable that the villagers will not be deceived like this again in the future.

"Tell me, who came up with the bad idea? Is it you gods, or this rich man? If you tell the truth, I will spare his life. If you don't tell me, I will throw it all into the river to feed you later. fish.

Of course, it would be even better if you could really invite the River God. The guards' knives under my command haven't seen blood for a long time, and they just happened to use that beast for meat. "

Just kidding, how can this be said, if you tell the truth, don't say whether you can pass the imperial envoy to save your head, but just say that they are all born and bred in the local area, if you admit it, then you will be ruined.So I made up my mind not to answer anyone. The imperial envoys are envoys appointed by the imperial court, so they can't blatantly extract confessions.

Seeing that no one was going to cooperate, Ma Zhou was not angry, he just found a chair and sat down, closed his eyes and rested his mind, let's see who consumes more energy than whom. .
After a while, when everyone was waiting impatiently, the county magistrate Han Yu escorted a group of men, women, old and children over, and after a closer look, they turned out to be the family members of several gods and landlords.

"There are five families in total. Let's come one by one. If we ask anyone who doesn't tell the truth, I will throw his whole family down. Now I will give you one last chance. Who wants to say anything!"

After closing the paper fan in his hand, Ma Zhou smiled and said to them, Ma Zhou could not hate the common people, but he was not so polite to them.

Hey, okay, I really met a good guy today, it was the will of the river god to bite his mouth to death, so there is no trick, let's start throwing.When he was thrown to the third house, one of the gods couldn't hold back anymore, and it was his family's turn soon, so he kowtowed and begged Ma Zhou to spare his family, and he was willing to tell the truth.

Just when he recruited the chief envoy to be the landlord, the people under the altar couldn't help the anger in their hearts, and shouted loudly for the imperial envoy to deal with these harmful bastards.

After raising his hand and suppressing the righteous indignation of the people, Ma Zhou took a few steps forward, and said in a deep voice, "Release the remaining family members of the gods and men, and then release these bastards, including the family members of the landlord. Throw it down."

After Ma Zhou's words fell, the guards stepped forward and set up the landlord and the godly man, preparing to follow the orders of the superior. When the landlord saw that he and his family were about to die, he yelled at Ma Zhou for disregarding human life.

Hehe, after a few chuckles, Ma Zhou walked up to him, and said with a stern face: "Today, I will let you understand that only His Majesty is the sky in the Tang Dynasty, and any gods must be under his old man." .

How dare you plan on the imperial court's grace, that is to take death in a proper way.By the way, if you can see the river god when you go down, tell it that the person who killed you is called Ma Zhou. "

(End of this chapter)