Water Margin set the country

Chapter 33

Yang Lin asked: "Has Murong Yanda taken all the income from this business?"

Tang Tianzhu said: "It's Murong Yanda and Chen Xizhen who share [-]% and [-]% respectively, Murong Yanda gets [-]% and Chen Xizhen gets [-]%." In order to survive now, he doesn't call Murong Zhifu but calls him by his first name.

"This Murong Yanda is really greedy." Lu Zhishen said angrily.

Tang Tianzhu continued to break the news: "Then Murong Yanda wanted to return to Bianliang to be an official. Every year, he just gave gifts to the big shots in the court, which cost no less than a few hundred thousand taels. Living a life of extravagance, the silver taels spent every year may not be as huge as a million taels."

Everyone was shocked by this statistic.

Chao Qing suddenly remembered the scene when he saw a local gentry being ransacked and beheaded on the first day he came to Qingzhou.

"Then Murong Yanda attacked the local powerful and evil gentry, and ransacked their homes, is it also for the purpose of usurping the property of these people?"

"That's right. Those gentry's families are all centuries-old families in Qingzhou City, and their wealth is unknown. Murong Yanda was jealous, so he used all kinds of excuses to throw these people into the big prison. The family property was confiscated, and in the end they were all imprisoned." His own private pocket. The people are ignorant, and they thought he was punishing these evildoers, so he gained the reputation of a capable minister, and someone gave him the Ten Thousand Peoples Umbrella, which is really both fame and fortune.”

"This guy is quite good at being an official." Chao Qing "admired" him very much in his heart.

Yang Zhi also said: "People say that there is a Qingtian master in Qingzhou who can make decisions for the people and punish corrupt officials and bullies. I didn't expect him to be the biggest corrupt official himself. No wonder the people of Qingzhou have become more and more miserable in recent years."

Tang Tianzhu begged: "The villain is in the officialdom, and he can't help himself. I didn't earn a share of the money, so I let them take it. Your Majesty, please let me go. The villain will definitely correct his evil ways in the future!"

Now that I know how to repent, why did I go early?Chao Qing suddenly remembered that common saying.

"When the child dies, you know the milk is gone. When the snot is dripping from your mouth, you know it's been thrown. When the carriage hits the wall, you know it's turned. Don't you think it's too late?"

Yang Lin was amused by Chao Qing's words.

Tang Tianzhu was so frightened that his face was ashen, and he kept kowtowing for mercy, but in the end he couldn't escape the killing knife.Both father and son were taken to the Underworld by Black and White Wuchang.

If such a person continues to indulge him to live in the world, that is the greatest evil.

After the interrogation of Tang's father and son, Chao Qing, Lu Zhishen and others released the kidnapped woman, and each gave them travel expenses to return home. Anyway, Tang Zhizhai's family has plenty of money.For those who were far away or did not know the way, Lu Zhishen also sent his men to escort them.There are also more than a dozen women who are really homeless, and Erlong Mountain has also taken them in. It just so happens that the cottage also needs support staff such as washing and cooking.

After handling all the affairs, everyone set fire to the Longma camp and turned it into white ground, and the class returned to the village.

After returning to the cottage, apart from the usual celebration banquet, the focus was on discussing the next move.

Chao Qing didn't expect that he and Yang Lin were staying overnight at night, accidentally rescued a few women, and after tracing all the way, they found out such an astonishing shady scene, which even involved the highest officials of Qingzhou.

Wu Songdao: "This world is full of such dog officials, making the good Song Jiangshan into a mess."

Cao Zhengdao: "It's just such a person, but they can be reused by the court. An upright person is either subservient to the subordinates, or has been pushed away a long time ago. A few years ago, I met a great talent in Dengzhou. His name was Zong Ze. Knowledge in the chest is rare in this world, in my opinion, such a person is more than enough to be a prime minister, but it turns out that he is almost sixty years old, and he is just a small Dengzhou general judge, isn't it sad to say it!"

Chao Qing's ears caught a familiar name——Zong Ze, is that Zong Ze from history?The outstanding statesman and military strategist in the Song and Song dynasties, who dedicated himself to fighting against gold, was that national hero who called "cross the river" three times on his deathbed?
Chao Qing only knows about Zongze's brilliant deeds after he stepped onto the stage of history, and doesn't know much about his early experience. It turns out that he is now in Dengzhou, not far away, so he must pay a visit if he has the opportunity , not to say that he joined the group, but simply because Chao Qing wanted to meet this hero he had admired for a long time.

At this time, Lu Zhishen said: "We have a dog official like Murong Yanda in Qingzhou, how can we leave him to continue living in this world and harming the people, I will go to Qingzhou City and take the head of this dog official!"

Cao Zheng persuaded: "You must, sir, you have been recognized by the princes of Qingzhou long ago, but you must never go to Qingzhou City!"

Chao Qing said: "Let me go. It just so happens that Murong Yanda has some old grievances with my brother Qin Ming on Liangshan Mountain, and this trip will also avenge him, killing two birds with one stone."

Lu Zhishen said: "Young leader, it's not that the Sa family doesn't trust your martial arts, but if you make any mistakes in Qingzhou, how will the Sa family explain to King Chao Tian!"

Yang Lin said: "Isn't there still me here? With me here, I will never let anyone touch a single hair on our young leader's collar."

Everyone knew Yang Lin's martial arts skills, and they looked at him with meaningful eyes.

Wu Song said: "In this case, I will accompany the young leader for a while, with me Wu Song around, who dares to be presumptuous!" His voice was not loud, but there was a sense of power.

Chao Qingxi said: "It would be great if I could have Wu Erlang go with me!"

With a top expert like Wu Song by his side, there is absolutely no problem with his own safety.

At this time, Zhang Qing also said: "We opened a restaurant in Qingzhou City as a hidden stake. We just need to go there recently. Some things need to be handed over. My wife and I should go to Qingzhou with the young leader."

Seeing that Wu Song was going with him, Lu Zhi felt relieved.

Early the next morning, Chao Qing, Yang Lin, Wu Song, Zhang Qing, and Sun Erniang went down the mountain all the way to Qingzhou City.After a day's journey, the five rested in a deserted ancient temple.

At this time, the sun is setting in the sky, and the sunset glow is diffuse, which is a beautiful scene. The heat has subsided, and the cool breeze is beginning to rise at night.Everyone was not in a hurry, and they started cooking early and prepared to rest.

While everyone was drinking, chatting and eating meat, a sound of horseshoes came from a distance.

Yang Lin had sold horses with others in his early years, so he knew a little about horses. After listening for a while, he said, "There are more than ten riders here, and they are all good horses."

Zhang Qing wondered, "Could it be that the thieves came to rob?"

Sun Erniang said with a smile: "Where the thieves don't have eyes, they dare to rob Liangshan and Erlongshan, aren't they here to pluck the tiger's beard!"

The robbers among these few robbers were curious, they were highly skilled and daring, not only did not avoid their edge, but they all ran out of the temple gate, to see who came!

(End of this chapter)