The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 177 The Truth About the Ghost Yamen ([-]-character Chapter)
Chang Feng already had a plan in mind to lure the snake out of the hole and wait for the murderer to show up.

Another day passed.There is only one day left before Zhou Wen leaves office.

In the evening, the shop soldiers sent the latest ten-year court report to Yinjiang Changju.

Di Bao began in Han Dynasty.It is said that it is the earliest newspaper in the world.In fact, it is more like an internal reference.

For this dynasty's residence newspaper, the Secretary of the General Administration excerpted important parts of the imperial decree and the Quartet Memorial.Make a copy and issue it to the government of the country.

When it was time to light the lamp, Chang Feng sat in front of the desk in the bedroom, looking at the mansion newspaper.

The first one is the big news about the imperial court's use of troops in the Western Regions.

Last year, A Heima from Turpan invaded Hami City, dismembered the Hami governor Amulang appointed by the imperial court, tied Zhongshun King Shanba back to Turpan, and took away the golden seal.

At that time, when the news spread back to the capital, Emperor Hongzhi was so angry that he fell to the ground, and Long Xiao's quality continued.

Cabinet member Qiu Jun took the opportunity to divert his political opponents away from the mountain, and proposed that Ma Wensheng be in command to go to the Western Regions to conquer Turpan and restore Hamiwei.

What kind of veteran Ma Wensheng is, how could he fall into Qiu Jun's scheme and hand over the power of personnel affairs?
Emperor Hongzhi also saw Lao Qiu's intentions.He only ordered Ma Wensheng to coordinate the overall situation of the Western Expedition in Beijing.

Two months ago, the commander of Suzhou, Yang Zhu, led the Suzhou frontier army, integrated Handong soldiers and other Western Region soldiers loyal to the Ming court, and left Jiayuguan for an expedition to Hami.

Emperor Hongzhi's external strategy has always been that people will not offend me, and I will not offend others.If someone offends me, I will chop all the earthworms in his house in half, and I have to chop them vertically.

The first Hami War of the Hongzhi Dynasty officially began.

The second news is that the earthquake in Qujing, Yunnan, collapsed houses and killed countless soldiers and civilians.The earthquake was also felt in Jinling.

The third message is to build more Beacon Towers on Nine Sides to strengthen the transmission of military information on Nine Sides.

Among the piles of news, there was an inconspicuous piece of news.

Emperor Hongzhi's younger brother Xingwang Zhu Youzhu left Beijing and went to Anluzhou, Huguang to become a feudal vassal.

This inconspicuous news determined the fate of the Ming Dynasty for the next 150 years.

After Chang Feng finished reading the mansion newspaper, it was already the head of willows on the moon.

Nine Furen said: "I don't know if there will be another trouble tonight."

Chang Feng smiled slightly: "Let me make a bet with you. The Bian Po will never appear again tonight. The Bian Po will only show up tomorrow night, the eve before Zhou Wen's departure."

Ninth Madam lowered her voice: "I always feel that it is risky for you to bring only thirty robes into the chief lawsuit. Do you remember the matter of the Daguan camp in the first year of Hongzhi?"

Chang Feng lowered his voice: "Don't worry. Do you know where Governor Ye Guangye is at this time?"

Mrs. Nine said: "Is it in Sinan Xuanwei Division?"

Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "Wrong! At the moment he is feeding mosquitoes in Fanjing Mountain behind us."

"As long as I light a letter arrow, two thousand reinforcements will be able to reach the chief court within half an hour."

At this moment, there was a knock on the bedroom door.

Zhou Wen walked in.He was worried because Chang Feng withdrew the guards around him, and was so scared that he couldn't sleep.Just come to Changfeng to build up your courage.

Chang Feng said with a smile: "Master Zhou, we are in a wild place. We can't abide by the rules of avoiding female relatives of foreigners."

"Xiao Jiu, serve tea to Mr. Zhou."

Madam Nine poured tea for Zhou Wen.Zhou Wen took a sip and suppressed his shock: "Master Chang, are you sure no one will assassinate me tonight?"

Chang Feng said: "The murderer took a lot of trouble, just to let you relax your vigilance and continue the legend of the ghost yamen."

"And according to the legend of the ghost yamen, all the Yinjiang chiefs will die on the eve of leaving office."

"The murderer will not murder you tonight. He will do it tomorrow night. As long as we follow the plan, we can capture him."

Zhou Wen sighed: "Oh, I am incompetent. I originally wanted to serve the country. However, when I arrived in Yinjiang, the government orders did not belong to the yamen, and I was unable to benefit the people of Yinjiang."

Chang Feng asked: "Why can't the government order come out of the subordinate government?"

Zhou Wen replied: "The chieftains accepted the decree and did not implement it, so the decree is waste paper."

"Under the chieftain's rule, the people, the land, and the mountains belong to the chieftain. The chieftains, big and small, form their own spheres of influence."

"Administration, punishment, money, grain, and military affairs can all be autonomous. They can take what they want from the people under their rule, and have the power of life and death. It is almost equivalent to the emperor in the valley."

Chang Fengdao: "The key to carrying out the reform of land reform is to abolish chieftains."

Zhou Wen sighed: "It's not easy to abolish the chieftain! It will lead to a civil uprising. The previous chiefs, including me, all hold the attitude that more things are worse than less things."

"As local officials, we are most afraid of civil uprisings in the territory we govern."

"For example, let's talk about Yinjiang. There are only about 140 people in the government office of the Han family, and there are only [-] people from other races."

"Once there is a civil uprising, I will either abandon the city and flee, and I will be sentenced to death! Or I will wait for the sword of the foreign race in the long lawsuit."

After hearing this, Chang Feng admired Emperor Hongzhi even more.Emperor Hongzhi was indeed a wise emperor. Although he lived deep in the palace, he could gain insight into the world.

This time, Emperor Hongzhi asked Chang Feng to come to Guizhou and Xinjiang, and specially sent five thousand soldiers from the Beijing battalion to go with him.We are always ready to use force to carry out land reform.

Zhou Wen whimpered, but refused to leave Chang Feng's bedroom.

Chang Feng simply talked with him all night long.Understand the local situation in Yinjiang.

He learned an astonishing inside story.

Yinjiang is said to be the four major chieftains, but in fact there is a fifth chieftain—the Huang family of the tax collector Huang Liang.

The Huang family controlled foreign trade routes.The local specialties that the four major chieftains squeezed the tribesmen were transported to Han through the Huang family and exchanged for silver.

In addition, the salt, cloth, and cotton transported inland are also controlled by the Huang family.

The Semu Huang family and the Miao, Tu, Dong, and Yi chieftains are almost all damaged and all prosperous.

It was not until dawn that Zhou Wen left Chang Feng's bedroom.

Mrs. Ninth yawned: "Yes. I also stayed up all night with you."

Chang Feng said: "Let's go to sleep quickly and wake up until noon. The truth about the ghost yamen will be revealed tonight!"

After falling asleep, Chang Feng and Mrs. Ninth got up and had dinner.

Chang Feng found Sun Guishou.He asked, "Old Sun, have things been arranged properly?"

Sun Guishou replied: "Everything is ready."

Chang Feng nodded.Came to the lobby.

Jin Bao, Huang Liang, and Lin Sanjiu were drinking tea in the lobby.

Seeing Chang Feng coming, the three saluted Chang Feng.

Chang Feng waved his hand: "When you come to this ghost place, you don't have to care about so many etiquettes. Excuse me."

Huang Liang tentatively asked: "Master Chang, inspector Gao Chenghu pretended to be a ghost and killed people, and you have already been sent to prison."

"The post of inspection is extremely important. Now it is vacant. It seems inappropriate."

Chang Feng followed Huang Liang's lead and said, "Yes, we have to find someone to take over as the inspector. This person should better understand the local situation in Yinjiang."

"If a small flag is transferred from the Xuanwei Division to serve as an inspection, and Yinjiang's eyes are smeared, how can Yinjiang's military equipment and law and order be managed?"

After hearing this, Huang Liang recommended himself: "I'm not talented, but I have a military household registration. I would like to be a patrol inspector."

"The little one is willing to offer a thousand taels of silver to Mr. Chang to help open up the joints."

Chang Feng was surprised: "Are you registered in the military?"

Huang Liangliang nodded: "After the founding of the country, the great grandfather issued an edict that all Mongolians, Semu people, and those who support the new Ming Dynasty are Chinese citizens. They originally belonged to the puppet Yuan army, and can be granted Ming army household registration."

"The family ancestor donated three hundred shi of military rations to the Ming army stationed in Sinan Mansion, and he was granted military household registration."

Chang Feng was even more suspicious of Huang Liang.

He had judged before that the murderer framed Gao Chenghu to divert attention.Second, it is very likely that he coveted the post of inspection.

The Huang family has great influence in Yinjiang.If Huang Liang becomes an inspector again, he will be in charge of Yinjiang's military equipment and law and order. Wouldn't Yinjiang's heaven become the Huang's heaven?

Chang Feng played hard to get him, pretending to be greedy: "Performance inspections are always graded. From the ninth grade, you are also an official."

"Brother Huang wants to take over as an inspector, so he has to report to the Sinan Propaganda Department. He also needs to file with the inspection department in Guizhou. There are too many people handling it."

"I'm afraid 1000 taels."

Huang Liang was quite proud: "Master Chang, please let me know how much money you need."

Chang Feng stretched out two fingers.

Huang Liang gritted his teeth: "Success! The money will be sent to the adults in a few days."

Chang Feng smiled and said, "That's good! Let's set up wine at the chief court tonight. First, let's give Mr. Zhou a farewell party. Second, let's congratulate brother Huang on his promotion to inspector in advance."

Huang Liang got up: "This subordinate is going to set up a banquet."

Chang Feng waved his hand: "No need. My concubine Xiao Jiu has already gone to Zhang Luo."

Chang Feng didn't want Huang Liang to drug the food and drink.

Lin Sanjiu suggested: "My lord, how about I take you to hunt in Mount Fanjing tomorrow?"

Chang Feng readily agreed: "Okay! I'm just worried about coming to this ghostly place, and three years are hard to pass!"

"From now on, I will entrust the three of you to deal with the official affairs in the yamen. I just go hunting, play with girls of different races for fun, and pass the time."

Lin Sanjiu smiled and said, "The little one has already sent someone to talk to the four chieftains. Let them choose two girls from Miao, Tu, Yi, and Dong, and send them to the chief court to please Mr. Chang."

At night, there is a big banquet in the Chief Justice Department.

In a barren land, there are naturally no exquisite eight-treasure mats.It's all big bowls of wine and big pieces of meat.

Chang Feng raised the wine bowl: "This is the first glass of wine, to our Master Zhou. Congratulations to him for finally leaving this bloody place."

"Oh, it's my turn to live a miserable life for three years! Come, come, do it!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank.

Chang Feng said again: "This second glass of wine is a toast to our yellow tax collector. Congratulations to him in advance for his promotion to inspector!"

Everyone drank again.

Zhou Wen looked anxious.He was terribly afraid that he would become the fifth chief victim in the legend of the ghost yamen tonight.

Chang Feng repeatedly poured wine on Zhou Wen: "Master Zhou, drink a few more glasses. Don't worry, Gao Chenghu, who pretended to be a womanizer, has been arrested. You get drunk all night, and when you wake up tomorrow, you can go back to the Central Plains to enjoy yourself."

Zhou Wen seemed to drink very lightly, and he became a dead dog after only a few drinks.

"Long Follower" Fatty Xu smiled and said, "Master Zhou, I will help you to rest in the bedroom."

Chang Feng toasted Jin Bao again: "You are an old official who has worked in the Yamen for more than ten years. From now on, I will rely on you more. Come, come, drink this cup to the brim."

Jin Bao gulped it down in one gulp: "The little one is willing to do the hard work for Master Chang."

Everyone drank and had fun until it was time for the sub-brand.

Chang Feng was so drunk that he returned to the bedroom with the support of Mrs. Ninth.

As soon as he entered the bedroom, Changfeng was completely drunk.The jar of prickly pear wine he drank just now had already been mixed with water by Mrs. Ninth.There is only the smell of wine, but no alcohol.

Madam Nine asked: "Can the murderer really show up tonight?"

Chang Feng sat on the side of the couch: "I'll find out after a while."

He sat opposite Mrs. Ninth, waiting for the signal of the murderer's appearance.

At seven o'clock in the morning, all the lights and candles in the inner watchtower were extinguished, and it was completely dark.

Zhou Wen's bedroom.

Several men in black "squeaked" and pushed open the door of Zhou Wen's bedroom.

One of them had a bear trap tied around his waist.

They came to Zhou Wen's couch.A curtain hung over the bed.

The man in black with a bear trap around his waist pushed aside the curtain with his hands, ready to attack.

Suddenly, a bell rang in the bedroom!
It turned out that the curtain was tied with the copper bell of the Tujia people brought by Mrs. Nine to exorcise ghosts!
The man in black lifted the quilt on the couch.There were several pillows inside!Zhou Wen wasn't on the couch at all!

The man in black whispered: "It's broken, we seem to have been fooled!"

At this moment, Fatty Xu roared angrily: "Catch the ghost! Give it to Fatty!"

More than a dozen guards in brocade robes rushed into the bedroom holding freshly lit candles in their left hands and scorpion crossbows in their right hands!
Fatty Xu saw clearly by candlelight that there were three men in black.All covered their faces with black scarves.

The three men in black drew their waist knives, ready to resist.

However, the crossbow is fast seven steps away.Within seven steps, the crossbow must be fast again.

"Swish, swish!" The Lishimen pulled their crossbows one after another, but the targets were not the bodies of the men in black, but their legs.

"Ah!" The three men in black screamed in unison and fell to the ground.

Chang Feng's bedroom is only twenty steps away from Zhou Wen's bedroom.He heard the sound.

Fatty Xu smiled and said, "Master Chang, the ghost has caught it!"

Chang Feng said: "Light the lantern!"

Several robes lit the lanterns, and after a while, the bedroom was brightly lit.

Chang Feng saw one of the men in black with a bear trap tied around his waist.He said: "If I'm not mistaken, you are Lin Sanjiu, the head of Lin Sanjiu, right?"

Fatty Xu stepped forward and tore off his black scarf.

Sure enough, this person was Lin Sanjiu who was born as a hunter!
Chang Feng said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that. The Bian Po in the ghost yamen is actually the leader of the strong team in the long lawsuit!"

Lin Sanjiu gritted her teeth and looked at Chang Feng: "What is Master Chang talking about. I don't understand."

"I'm worried that Mr. Zhou is drunk and no one is around to serve you. Come here."

"Crack", Fatty Xu stretched out his big hand like a cattail leaf fan, and gave Lin Sanjiu a big fight.

Fatty Xu said angrily: "It's this time, how dare you speak hard?"

Chang Feng pointed to the second man in black: "Let me see who he is."

Fatty Xu ripped off the black mask of the second man in black.It's Jin Bao, the chief official!

This was beyond Chang Feng's expectation: "I thought the murderer was one of the three senior officials in the chief lawsuit. I didn't expect that there were two of the three!"

Fatty Xu ripped off the black mask and scarf of the third man in black.It was Huang Liang, a tax collector.

Chang Feng sneered: "Hey! Good! The three senior officials of the Chief Law Officer have gathered!"

The three of them were hit by crossbow arrows in their legs, and all of them grinned in pain.

Chang Feng said: "Stop the bleeding of these three people first, and then escort them to the lobby for interrogation."

At this moment, Zhou Wen walked in.The prickly pear wine he drank just now was also tampered with by Mrs. Ninth.He is pretending to be drunk.

Zhou Wen asked: "Often things, have you caught a ghost?"

Chang Feng pointed to the three of them: "Brother Zhou, take a quick look. In the past three years, you have been with three murderous ghosts day and night!"

Zhou Wen was surprised when he saw the three people lying on the ground: "It's them? How is it possible!"

Chang Feng asked, "Why is that impossible?"

Zhou Wendao: "In the past three years, they have been doing their duty! All the tax money they have handled has been handed over to me."

Sun Guishou coughed, and reminded: "Brother Zhou, you are so confused. They treat you like a gourd jar for saving money! Wait until the eve of your departure, when the gourd jar will be broken."

"Why do they withhold tax money on weekdays? The meat is rotten in the pot."

Zhou Wen suddenly realized: "So it is!"

A moment later, the lobby of the chief lawsuit was brightly lit.Chang Feng changed into a flying fish suit, and the third night trial "becomes a woman"!
For the villains pretending to be ghosts and killing people, Chang Feng didn't need to be polite, and directly gave the three of them a memory restoration technique.

Under torture, the three could only confess.

To kill, there must always be a motive.

The motive of Jin Bao and Lin Sanjiu's killing was hatred.

Huang Liang's motive for killing was greed.

Jin Bao is actually a Tujia. 15 years ago, his daughter was 16 years old.He fell in love with Lin Sanjiu, the hunter of the Han family.There will be a wedding next year.

A good thing is approaching, and another good thing comes.

The Yinjiang chief recruited Zhuangban Minzhuang in the lawsuit.With his superb archery and hunting skills, Lin Sanjiu was selected as a Minzhuang.

Lin Sanjiu had an official meal.Jin Bao was very happy for his daughter. After she married Lin Sanjiu, her life would be guaranteed.

At that time, the chief of Yinjiang was surnamed Lin.Because Lin Sanjiu has the same surname as him, he attaches great importance to it.

Before Chief Lin left office, he sent Lin Sanjiu to Sinan Station to make a stop for him and prepare the carriages and horses.

Seven days before leaving office, Chief Lin went to the Tujia Village.Say goodbye to Toast.

It is said to be farewell, but in fact it is to knock on the toast before leaving.

It's not counted after knocking.Chief Lin, who drank too much, fell in love with the girl serving him wine—it was Jin Bao's daughter!

What happened next was just like the one in the ghost yamen legend.

Chief Lin kidnapped Jin Bao's daughter and took her to the Yamen.It's not counted after I spoiled her, and I "rewarded" her to dozens of wolf-like government servants.

The yamen servants killed Jin Bao's daughter Yue.

The daughter didn't return all night, and Jin Bao went crazy looking for her.After crying and begging the chieftain again and again, the chieftain told him that his daughter had been taken captive to the chief court.

Jin Bao went to the court to sue important people.The yamen servants impatiently returned a disheveled female corpse to him.

Jin Bao was distraught.Then came the bloody hatred.

Three days later, the prospective son-in-law Lin Sanjiu returned.Knowing that his fiancée was raped to death, he also hated to the marrow.

Weng and son-in-law made a poisonous oath that they would kill all the officials in Yinjiang in this life!
Lin Sanjiu was able to enter and exit long-term lawsuits by virtue of her status as a strong man.On the eve of Chief Lin's departure, he killed Chief Lin with a trap and avenged his fiancée.

Among the Tujia people, Jin Bao fabricated and spread the rumors that there was a change of wife in the chief lawsuit, and the change of wife would cost his life.

Rumors spread from ten to hundreds.The Yinjiang chief's lawsuit has become a famous ghost yamen in Guizhou.

In this way, Chief Lin became the first victim of "becoming a woman".Of course, he deserves no sympathy for his own fault.

In order to fulfill Jin Bao's oath of "killing all the officials in Yinjiang in this life".Relying on literacy and hyphenation, and being proficient in the languages ​​of Tu and Miao, he entered the chief lawsuit a year later and became a scribe.

He got acquainted with Huang Liang, who was sent by the Huang family to act as an agent in the long lawsuit.The two became friends.

Huang Liang is just the bastard son of the Huang family, oppressed by his eldest brother, he doesn't have much money in his hands, and he is greedy by nature.

Two hateful people came together with a greedy person.

In the following ten years, they colluded with each other, under the pretense of changing women, killed three outgoing chiefs, and got thirty to forty thousand in silver.

This is the truth about the murder of a woman who turned into a ghost in the Yinjiang ghost yamen.

Hate and greed led to this sensational story.

(End of this chapter)