Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 153 Are You Convicted? ! (seeking subscription)
The lack of salt and iron was rumored in the city.

But the major merchants are as quiet as death.

The two are like two worlds.

for several days.

The government has been taking action.

Nearly seven or eight people from each merchant's family were taken away.

This matter gradually spread in the city.

It's just that there are not many people who care about the lack of salt and iron.

Feng's house.

Feng Dong sat alone in the courtyard.

In the past few days, he re-examined, and gradually realized some truths about what he did.

I am a little too greedy.

If he was not greedy and kept his business in such a peaceful manner, he might not have suffered such a catastrophe at all.

But he thought and thought, and finally shook his head.

Wealth moves people's hearts.

He is a businessman, and a businessman seeks profit, which is only right and proper.

What's wrong with him?

If you really talk about your own faults, it's just that you have gained too much in the past, and then you were robbed by the government all at once, and your mentality was directly out of balance. In the end, the evil turned to the gall and gave birth to the idea of ​​calculating the government.

But they are businessmen.

How can businessmen have the ability to compete with the government?
It's just that the smooth sailing in the past made them lose themselves, and they gradually lost sight of their identities.

The last step was wrong.

It ended up being betrayed by all relatives.

Feng Dong sighed, looking at the tender green branches, he couldn't help shaking his head.

He whispered: "The government may have found out something right now, and I'm afraid they will question us in a few days. My Feng family has been wandering for so many years, and I have experienced many ups and downs, but in the end I got through it safely. , and has always stood tenaciously in the world, and I was even more proud of it in the past."

"However, in the end, the Feng family will be destroyed by me."

"It's really ironic!"

Feng Dong sneered, his eyes even more lonely
At this time.

Footsteps were heard outside.

Feng Zhen walked in quickly, with obvious anger on his face.

Feng Dong said: "What happened in the clan?"

Feng Zhen showed sullen expression on his face, suppressing his anger, and said: "Father, since yesterday, rumors in the clan have been rife, and last night many clansmen fled, and today the rumors in the clan are even worse. Some people say that I, Feng If you offend the eldest son, the eldest son will destroy the Feng family."

"There are still many rumors directed at you, father."

"What a pack of white-eyed wolves."

"Father treats them so favorably on weekdays, but when something happens, he will make trouble and push all the problems on father. I am really angry."

Feng Dong frowned.

In the end, he chuckled lightly and said, "It's good to leave, it's considered as leaving incense for Feng."

"Father." Feng Zhen was a little anxious.

Feng Dong raised his hand and said: "You have seen the situation in the clan these days, it is not just that people are in panic, as Feng Wen, Feng Wu and others were taken away by the government, they have not returned for several days, and other News from the family from time to time, Huai County has also heard about it, so it is understandable for them to panic."

"Now there are more and more indications that the wreck in Huai County is related to us."

"How can they not be afraid?"

"But it's not a reason to be ungrateful." Feng Zhen still looked angry.

"Then what can you expect them to do?" Feng Dong asked rhetorically, "You expect the government to show mercy? Or do you expect them to change the government's mind? It doesn't work. Fleeing is the best result, and isn't the government unstoppable? "

"This is enough to prove that the government is acquiescing to this."

Feng Zhen looked coldly and said: "The government may not have good intentions, I'm afraid they want to take the opportunity to ask about the whereabouts of those 'salt and iron'."

"Even so, what can we do for it?" Feng Dong said with emotion: "Even if all this is done by the government, but the situation in the clan is like this, who can we blame?"

"The situation is becoming clearer now."

"The government has arrested too many people. The more people there are, the easier things will be exposed."

"I'm afraid things can't be hidden."

"The government has calculated us to death this time."

"Giving no chance at all."

Feng Zhen said coldly: "Father, we still have salt and iron in our hands. If the government really kills them all, we may not be able to fight with the government. Moreover, the lack of salt and iron in the city has long been rumored. Everyone knows that we can do it." Pour some more oil on this."

"I, Mrs. Feng, have a hard time, and the government can't even think about it!"

Feng Dong thought about it.

Finally shook his head and said, "It's useless."

"Although I don't know the specific intentions of the government, but the government has ignored the iron and steel from the beginning to the end these few days, and allowed the situation to expand. I'm afraid they have already made a perfect plan. It’s hard to shake the government.”

"The government came prepared this time."

"even."

"I felt like it was a game from start to finish."

"A game of calculating merchants!"

"It's just that we ended up falling in because of greed."

"Now that the general situation is gone, there is no need to waste any more effort, and no more toss."

"It doesn't make much sense."

"The only thing we can do now is wait."

"Wait for the government to find out the matter, and then punish us."

"Father, can we just wait to die now?" Feng Zhen gritted his teeth with a face full of reluctance, and said, "The government definitely doesn't have that much salt and iron. As long as we put all our eggs in one basket and collude with other salt and iron merchants, it may not be impossible to cause even greater disasters." , the government may also be exhausted by then."

Feng Dong was silent.

He looked deeply at Feng Zhen, and sighed softly: "Connect with each other with benefits, and when the benefits are exhausted, you will disperse; connect with each other with potential, and lose the momentum; "

"Businessmen and merchants have fellowship with each other for profit."

"Now the benefits are exhausted."

"It's almost impossible to screw them together again."

"At the Neishi Mansion that day, everyone had already complained a lot, and no one would agree to let them fight for their lives. I'm afraid we will be sued by the government before we finally make a move."

"They don't have a way out right now." Feng Zhen did not give up.

"Yes." Feng Dong shook his head and said: "This is the subtlety of the organizers. They push me and other merchants to a dead end everywhere, but they keep giving them a way out behind their backs. It was like this last time, and it's the same this time. Last time The only way out is the money and food accumulated by each family in the past, this time it is to 'destroy relatives'."

"As long as you are ruthless, there is always a way out."

"When there is a way out, especially in the face of such a high-pressure government, few people will really risk their lives to make trouble."

"Stop thinking about it."

"It can't be done."

Feng Zhen clenched his fists tightly, his expression extremely ugly.

I felt extremely aggrieved.

He has a kind of energy and doesn't know where to make it uncomfortable.

Feng Dong took it easy.

He said, "I've worked hard for you these few days."

"Go down and have a rest."

"Those in the clan who want to escape, let them go."

"There are fewer people, but it is quieter."

Feng Zhen's expression changed, and he sighed dejectedly.

Three days later.

At noon, the weather was clear.

The Feng family used to have hundreds of clan members, but now there are less than a hundred people in the family house.

Nuo Da's house suddenly became empty and silent.

At this time.

There were footsteps outside the house.

Amidst the uneasy screams of the officials, several officials wearing Xiezhi crowns stepped into Feng's house.

Everyone in the Feng family hurriedly came to greet him.

The leading official glanced at the withered Feng family, with a look of indifference and disdain in his eyes, and said coldly: "Under the order of the eldest son, I have come here to invite Feng Dong's parents and Feng Zhen's parents to go to the Xianyang Prison Office to accept the government's approval. For the interrogation of the shipwreck case in Huai County, the two parents please."

Done.

Several people made way sideways.

Feng Dong and Feng Zhen looked at each other with seriousness in their eyes.

There is also a bit of relief.

It's been a rough few days for them.

The two of them bowed their hands to the official, and stepped out of the house, but after walking out of the house, they couldn't help looking back at the house, as if they were saying their final farewell, and then walked forward reluctantly.

Soon.

The two were taken to Xianyang Prison Office.

In front of the prison hall's lobby, there is a bronze mirror.

The mirror surface is not that smooth, it just slightly reflects the human face.

Standing in front of the bronze mirror, Feng Dong looked at himself in the mirror, and in less than ten days, he had lost his former vigor, as if he had aged several years.

"A bright mirror shines on the body, and black and evil are revealed."

A prison guard read a sentence loudly around him.

After a simple body search, the two were taken to the prison office.

The two entered it.

Other merchants had already arrived in the hall.

Everyone looked at each other with worry in their eyes.

But after the five iron merchants and six salt merchants had all arrived, the jailer outside the hall shouted: "Young master is here——"

When everyone bent down to salute, Fu Suxin stepped into the hall, Ting Wei Meng Yi, Shao Fu Du He, Yu Shi Zhang Cang followed into the hall.

However, to everyone's surprise, Fusu did not sit in the main seat, but in the second seat.

This scene.

Not only the merchants were surprised.

Even Meng Yiduhe, who followed the stage, was shocked.

Fusu looked at the uneasy expressions around him, chuckled lightly, and said lightly: "I am indeed in charge of the sinking of the Huai County ship, but this interrogation is not based on me, but someone else."

"This person is far more suitable than me."

heard.

Feng Dong and Feng Zhen looked at each other with a clear look in their eyes.

They had already guessed who it was.

But then there was a look of sadness in his eyes.

If the eldest son interrogates, they may still be able to defend themselves. If the 'Mr. Zhong' takes action, I'm afraid that other people's ideas will be defeated.

This person is very thoughtful.

It's simply not something they can calculate.

Think of this.

Feng Dong's expression became extremely vigilant and dignified.

He had to keep up his spirits, otherwise he might be calculated to death.

At this time.

Footsteps sounded again outside the lobby.

A man in a gray shirt and long robe walked into the lobby.

He wears a wooden mask on his face.

Seeing this familiar attire, Feng Dong was the first to salute, "I have seen Mr. Zhong."

Ji Heng looked over indifferently, and said with a smile: "So it's Feng's parents. I never thought that we meet again this time. It's cold in February. Let's prepare straw mats for the parents."

Done.

Ji Heng sat directly on the main seat.

A look of doubt appeared in Fusu's eyes, he hesitated for a moment, and waved his hand outward, indicating to do as Ji Heng said.

Soon.

Straw mats were brought in.

Ji Heng glanced at it, and said directly: "Parents, I have called you here this time to try the case of the shipwreck in Huai County."

"Are you convicted of this important case?"

(End of this chapter)