The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 346 Queen Ma left Zhu Yuanzhang with no way out. Master Ye only allowed the imperial envoys to set fires, but not the state officials to light lamps!

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and others, the behavior of these elite soldiers of the Northern Army as bodyguards completely conformed to the literal meaning of the word "rush buying"!

Just after they shouted forcefully, more and more Renyazi and Renyazi's thugs gathered towards these elite soldiers of the Northern Army.

Of course, there is also the owner of the coffin shop and these shirtless corpse bearers.

In less than a cup of tea, these dozen or so escorts disguised as elite soldiers from the Northern Army were surrounded by hundreds of people.

It's just that these dozen or so elite soldiers from Yanmen Pass didn't show any fear at all even when faced with such a situation of being besieged on all sides.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others saw a kind of self-confidence that was almost arrogant in their eyes.

It seemed that they were not surrounded by hundreds of people, but that a dozen of them, armed with a dozen knives, surrounded hundreds of people.

At this very moment,

A tall and thick-looking man, Yazi, stood up directly: "Who are you?"

"How dare you come here to grab business with a few broken knives?"

"Do you know where these girls like me are going to be sent?"

The slightly older elite soldier said with a slight smile: "Where else can I send her? Either to a brothel, or to work as a maid for dignitaries and wealthy merchants."

"To put it nicely, she is called a maid of the first wife, but to put it worse, she is called a domestic prostitute and a personal plaything!"

Ren Yazi just raised the corner of his mouth: "Even if it is a brothel, there are dignitaries and dignitaries behind it. If you do this, you are going against the dignitaries."

The elite soldier also followed suit and said with a raised eyebrow, "What a coincidence, our boss has a quirk. He treats these unruly people as human beings, but he treats dignitaries as cattle, and wealthy businessmen as fat sheep."

As soon as the elite soldier finished speaking, he put his hands on his hips and asked his brother to spread his extremely arrogant words in the loudest voice.

Everyone present looked in disbelief at their words.

At this moment, everyone wants to meet this bold boss.

They wanted to see if the big boss had three heads and six arms.

If he didn't have three heads and six arms, if he didn't have three eyes, how could he dare to say such a thing?

Among the crowd, only Zhu Yuanzhang and others disagreed.

Because they know that these people are telling the truth. Not only does this big boss have no head and six arms, he is also a weak scholar.

But such a useless scholar has the ability that even Zhu Yuanzhang's sword cannot cut down until now.

Before anyone could react, the older elite soldier had already put the knife on the neck of the young man named Yazi.

"The minions of the cattle family, do you want to be killed, or do you want to take the money and leave?"

As soon as this young man Yazi heard this, he immediately became displeased.

He tilted his neck and made a posture that was convenient for the other party to chop and said: "Let me tell you, the girl I bought is Zhengzhou Zhizhou Che Ming, the prostitute of Mr. Che."

"Do you dare to cut it?"

The next moment, blood was flying everywhere.

At the same time, a human head soared eight meters into the air. After falling to the ground, it rolled directly into the corpse-burning fire.

Everyone was stunned when they saw this scene.

In an instant, the disaster relief scene was crowded with people. Except for the sound of rolling Yellow River water in the distance and the sound of burning corpses, exploding firewood and oil, there was no sound of human beings.

Even the sound of breathing is very, very small.

The first to react were the girls who were so frightened that their faces turned pale.

The youngest of these girls is only ten years old, and the oldest is only twenty years old. They are all kind-hearted people. I have never seen such a scene.

Their cries made everyone react.

"Who are they? They dare to kill even Master Che's people?"

“It doesn’t matter who they are, it matters who their boss is!”

"But if you cut it well, it will be very satisfying!"

"These sons of bitches want to lure away a young lady with a few pieces of broken wood. Damn it!"

"There's no guarantee that this big boss isn't such a person. Maybe he's a relative of the emperor who doesn't pay attention to dignitaries?"

"Shit, even the royal family would not dare to do this!"

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While the victims were discussing various things, these dozen elite soldiers picked up the loudspeakers made of rolled iron sheets.

"Heroes, I'll give you two choices."

"First, follow the example of the early bird who got chopped off!"

"Second, take double the money and hand over the girls and young adults to us. At the same time, write down who the boss or employer behind you is, and then sign it."

"We guarantee your life safety, but we want you to go to jail for a period of time so that you can testify in court!"

When everyone heard this, some people with quick minds reacted immediately.

This so-called big boss is not here to buy people, but to collect evidence of crimes.

You must know that for businessmen without fame, this kind of thing is at most a sign of moral decay and inhumanity, taking advantage of others, but it cannot cure the crime.

Because there was no forced buying or selling, it was these filial sons and filial daughters who kowtowed and begged to buy.

But if a court official does such a thing, it is an unpardonable crime.

The crime of embarrassing the emperor, the crime of discrediting the government, and the crime of preying on the common people is enough to make them die a hundred times.

"Okay, I know who the big boss is."

"Their big boss is the imperial envoy sent by His Majesty!"

"I heard that the imperial envoy this time is the famous prefect of Ningbo Special Administrative Government, Lord Ye Qingye!"

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Ye Qing's reputation is known in this area, not just everyone, but at least twenty-three out of ten people.

When everyone heard this, they immediately gathered around.

Hundreds of people, Yazi and thugs, as well as the coffin shop owner, immediately lowered their arrogant heads.

One by one, they handed the ropes in their hands to these elite soldiers who were ready to behead their heads at any time, and then went to write testimonies one by one.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this scene and nodded happily.

He admired Ye Qing's way of handling cases very much, and even felt that his hands-on approach to handling cases had a bit of his own reflection.

"good,"

"Like the ministers we have trained!"

Empress Ma was just stunned by Zhu Chongba, who was always ready to put gold on her face.

But she still smiled happily, knowing that the things he, Ye Qing, had finally settled into Chongba's heart.

As for the killing of a man, in the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, although it was a bit rough, it was not excessive at all.

A person with good teeth who can contribute to the prestige of the investigators can be regarded as a worthy death.

The next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang just winked at Mao Xiang, and Mao Xiang knew what he should do.

He squeezed to the front and watched these people write their 'testimonies'.

The more he looked down, the more shocked he became, because he saw the titles and names of many local officials in these testimonies.

Not only that, he also saw the names of many nephews and relatives of court officials!

Mao Xiang’s brain is a living ‘database of Ming officials’!

He memorized all the personal information of officials from various places, and also memorized all the family information of civil and military officials in the DPRK and China. In this regard, his memory is definitely better than Queen Ma's. After all, he has to be always ready to set out at any time to ransack homes and exterminate families.

In the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang and his party were walking on the way back to the city.

On the way back, Mao Xiang whispered: "Your Majesty, half of the local officials instruct people to buy young women and young men."

"Not only them, but Zhu Yu, the second son of Zhu Liangzu, the Marquis of Yongjia, and Kong Lin, the second son of Kong Kebiao, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, are also involved."

"The relatives of Huaixi nobles account for half of them. They are."

Zhu Yuanzhang's memory is hundreds of times better than Queen Ma's in remembering demerits.

He only needed to listen once to completely remember the identity information of these people, as well as their close relationship with the civil and military officials of North Korea and China.

He just nodded and said: "Okay, what a bunch of parents!"

"It seems that sending him Ye Qing here this time was indeed the right thing. He is the only one who dares to dig up these people's ancestral graves."

Zhu Yuanzhang knew the reasons why these people bought these young men and women. Needless to say, the reasons why they bought yellow-flowered girls were understood by all men.

It is worth mentioning that they did not even spare young and strong men.

Young and strong men are the country's fighting force, the country's main productive force, and the country's hope.

They turn the country's productivity into the productivity of private estates, which is to undermine the country!

When he thought of this, Zhu Yuanzhang wished he could go back and kill them now.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was gritting his teeth secretly, he saw a dozen elite soldiers passing in front of them holding a rope.

Behind this rope, there are dozens and hundreds of yellow-flowered girls and young and strong men.

At the intersection, they also saw such a flow of people, converging on the main road from different directions.

And these people coming from different directions, holding ropes, all wear the same escort uniforms, and are all equipped with the same standard swords.

They also greeted and chatted with each other, all with northern accents.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened when he looked at the team of more than a thousand yellow-flowered girls and young and strong men.

"What happened to Ye Qing?"

"Didn't you collect criminal evidence and release them all?"

"Is it true that you brought them back to the city to collect evidence of other people's crimes? Is it true that you are snapping up young girls and young men yourself?"

"He only allows imperial envoys to set fires, not state officials to light lamps!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he thought of this.

At the same time, he gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and even the toes in his cloth shoes dug into the ground.

Queen Ma looked at this scene and had doubts in this regard, but she always remembered that Ye Qing was a good official who shouted at the people every day, but treated the people as human beings.

She walked to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Don't think too much. What if he does something other than what you think?"

"I believe he will not bring these young men and women from Zhengzhou back to Ningbo."

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Empress Ma saying this, he had the patience to continue taking a look.

But at this moment, a soldier dressed as an escort on a fast horse rushed over.

He said to these comrades who had made a good harvest: "Master Ye has ordered that you put all these people in prison, give them new clothes, and arrange food."

"Then leave ten people in prison to watch, and the hell guards are not allowed to touch them."

"I will go back to Ningbo Mansion right away and ask Mr. Wu to arrange a car to come through and take them all back to Ningbo Mansion!"

"drive!"

In the eyes of Zhu Yuanzhang and others, two elite soldiers passed by on horseback, and the mud raised by the horses' hooves even made their faces dirty.

After the smoke and dust dissipated, Zhu Yuanzhang, who had a dusty face, stared at Queen Ma, who had a dusty face.

He just nodded and said: "You are right, he will never bring these young men and women from Zhengzhou back to Ningbo!"

Queen Ma just wiped her face and smiled awkwardly.

Immediately afterwards, she looked in the direction of the grain trading store, and her eyes suddenly seemed a bit like a tigress about to show off her power.

Queen Ma was not angry because Ye Qing's actions had ruined her face.

But if he really takes these young ladies back to the brothel in Ningbo, or gets them to work as domestic prostitutes in his own house, and then brings those young and strong men to his own manor to work as private productive forces, that is Really, 'Only imperial envoys are allowed to set fires, state officials are not allowed to light lamps'!

If he, Ye Qing, were like this, there would be no need to insure him anymore!

Thinking of this, she directly led the way, walking even more vigorously than Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Walk,"

"Stop hiding it and ask him clearly."

Mao Xiang and others, who had just wiped their faces, looked at Empress Ma who was walking with a wind in front of them, and felt that she was walking so hard that His Majesty the Emperor had no way to go.

But precisely because of this, Mao Xiang immediately showed a worried expression.

Anyone who is familiar with them knows that the person His Majesty wants to kill may not die.

But if it is the person the Queen wants to kill, even if the King of Heaven and I come to plead for mercy, I have to be buried with him.

But Mao Xiang's principle remains unchanged. Although he remembers Ye Qing's past good deeds, if Ye Qing dares to really do such a thing as "only imperial envoys are allowed to set fires, state officials are not allowed to light lamps".

He will also resolutely carry out the order to kill Ye Qing!

At the gate of the grain store,

Shen Wan'er and Ye Qing's two dedicated maids were already tired after a busy day.

Shen Wan'er smiled politely at the shopkeeper of this business and said, "I'll leave the rest to you."

"You have done this favor for Mr. Ye, and Mr. Ye will remember it."

The shopkeeper immediately smiled and bowed: "With what Miss Shen said, we are not afraid of offending a mere district or state official, or even offending the emperor."

Shen Wan'er smiled with satisfaction and said, "I still have to respect the emperor, at least superficially, you know?"

"Yes, Miss Shen is right!"

Among the crowd, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Miss Shen, who had once made his heart beat. Her appearance still made his heart beat.

But this behavior looks more and more like Ye Qing.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, Empress Ma immediately said hello: "Wan'er, long time no see."

"Sister Ma, why are you here?"

In the eyes of everyone, they, a pair of fellow inmates in the labor camp, simply talked about old times as close as sisters.

After a moment, Shen Wan'er took Queen Ma's hand and led everyone into the trading house.

As soon as they sat down in the hall, Shen Wan'er arranged for people to serve tea and prepared food and accommodation for them.

She commands other people's servants just like she commands her own servants.

Of course, this is exactly what the owner of this family would like to see.

After a while, Queen Ma asked naturally: "Where are you, Mr. Ye?"

Shen Wan'er also said unpreparedly: "Master Ye led the local officials to investigate the cause of the embankment collapse."

But then, Shen Wan'er suddenly felt something was wrong.

"wrong,"

"How do you know that our Lord Ye is here?".

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