Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 106

Chen Qingsi walked into the bedroom a little confused.

Xiao Miaochen put on her coat, but she didn't put it on. She just draped it on her snow-white shoulders and asked, "What happened?"

She skillfully went to the table nearby and poured a glass of cooked water and handed it to Chen Qingsi.

Chen Qingsi sat on the bed, took the water from his wife, took a sip, and pondered the news brought by Kuang Zheng in his mind, feeling that something was wrong.

Xiao Miaochen saw this and asked, "Why is Mr. Lang so worried?"

Chen Qingsi drank the water in the cup in one gulp and elaborated on the news brought by Kuang Zheng.

Xiao Miaochen sat down next to her husband and said in astonishment: "What do you think of this? What a stupid word to act like this."

Chen Qingsi tilted her head and said: "My husband also feels that this matter is a bit strange. Ji Wen is indeed unscrupulous in his actions. But he is not so stupid..."

Chen Qingsi kept the matter of silkworm breeding a secret because she couldn't get hold of Ji Wen.

Just because Wang Xu can identify that there is a problem with the silkworm seeds does not mean that there really is a problem.

The silkworm seeds that have been passed through high temperature are not dead seeds, but more diseased and weak seeds. Some of them can still survive, but they cannot be planted or have various problems.

At that time, it was still more than a month before the silkworm seeds hatched. No one could tell whether it was a problem with the silkworm seeds or raising and hatching.

Even if the door is opened, the most likely outcome is that Tonglu County was unkind and sold defective silkworm seeds to Qingxi County.

No one can prove that Tonglu County deliberately passed good silkworm seeds through high temperatures and then sold them to Qingxi County.

Xu Wang's theory of fire roasting is just a possible conjecture based on his own experience, and it is not empirical evidence.

In the end there will be no other result.

If it weren't for Chen Qingsi's emphasis on technology and specially invited Xu Wang from Jiaxing to provide technical guidance, it would have ended with no harvest of silkworms, and he might not have connected it with silkworm breeding.

It can be seen from this that Ji Wen has certain means, whether he is calculating or not.

But is this method of setting fire to the workshop too low-level?

If you catch someone, you will get all the stolen goods, and you will not be able to escape.

Chen Qingsi was guarding Ji Wen from jumping over the wall in a hurry, but she never expected that he would bark and bite in a hurry!
"forget about it!"

Seeing that Qian Yan had brought his new clothes, Chen Qingsi stood up, kissed his wife, and said, "Madam, go to bed first! I'll go check on the interrogation for my husband..."

Chen Qingsi was used to people dressing him, so she just stretched out her hand and changed her clothes while Xiao Miaochen and Qian Yan were waiting on her.

Chen Qingsi came to the county government lobby and waited.

Wei Hao, the county captain, and Shan Lin, the county secretary, entered one after another.

Wei Hao bowed his head and said: "For the information of the county magistrate, the prisoner has confessed. It was Ji Wen, the magistrate of Tonglu County, who ordered him to set the fire. His coming to our Qingxi County was also arranged by Magistrate Ji."

After Shan Lin reported Wei Hao, he handed over the interrogation record in his hand.

Chen Qingsi took the interrogation record and looked at it carefully. Wei Hao's interrogation of Rong Cheng was recorded verbatim.

Because of Wei Hao's outstanding performance, Chen Qingsi generously gave Wei Hao the rights he deserved.

Of course, Shan Lin, the county secretary, was his, and he used Wei Hao's ability to put him under his control.

Chen Qingsi looked at Wei Hao, who had a square face and a Chinese character, and praised: "Wei County Lieutenant is good at using both soft and hard tactics to penetrate the prisoner's psychological defense. I'm just curious, how did you know that Rong Cheng has another family in Tonglu County?" "

Wei Hao used Rongcheng's family in Qingxi County as a breakthrough point to get the news he wanted.

But in Chen Qingsi's memory, Rongcheng was a loner.

Wei Hao bowed and said: "Back to the county magistrate, it's like this. Many people pay attention to Rongcheng when he is lowered to the official position. He is capable, good at fists and feet, and enthusiastic. He is a talent that can be made. He is in the prime of life, alone, but has no family. The subordinate thought he was being picky before, but after today's incident, he thought about it and guessed that he might have a family, so he tried to force him, and luckily he guessed it." Chen Qingsi suddenly realized that there were many orphans and widows in the county.

It was not popular in the Tang Dynasty to observe moral integrity, and Chen Qingsi, the county magistrate, often encouraged bachelors and widows to get married.

Rongcheng is a good-looking man, he is in his thirties, and he does not consider starting a family. This is indeed a noteworthy detail.

This Wei Hao is really amazing.

Chen Qingsi put her hands on her hands and smiled and said: "It's amazing. I heard that Wei County Lieutenant was an official in Hedong and solved major cases many times. Today I really saw Wei County Lieutenant's ability. With you as my helper, my burden is much lighter."

Historically, Wei Hao relied on his outstanding talent for solving cases and was promoted from a rural clerk to Puzhou Sihu to join the army. Together with Li Gen and Xu Yanbo, he was known as one of the Three Wonders of Hedong.

This time, because Chen Qingsi created opportunities in Qingxi County, the Lu family arranged for him to take a share of the pie in Qingxi County, which changed the trajectory of his life, but his abilities were still evident.

Wei Hao hesitated for a moment and said, "Being able to share the worries of County Magistrate Chen is also a blessing for a low-ranking official."

"Okay! Go get some rest! It's late at night and I brought you here to try the case. Thank you for the hard work."

Chen Qingsi smiled and nodded.

Wei Hao bowed and said goodbye.

Chen Qingsi looked at the black and white writing in his hand. Although he still couldn't figure out why Ji Wen would use this method, there was no doubt that this confession was enough to make Ji Wen a real chicken plague.

Chen Qingsi put the two documents into the wooden box and handed them to Kuang Zheng, saying, "Send this interrogation record and confession to Governor Xu immediately overnight."

Ji Wen and he were both county magistrates, so Chen Qingsi was not qualified to accuse him.

In Muzhou, only Xu Yushi, the third-rank governor, had this qualification.

When Kuang Zheng handed the document to Master Xu Yu, it was already dawn the next day.

Looking at the interrogation records and confession in his hands, Master Xu Yu was naturally shocked. Ji Wen was also his trusted assistant, but he actually did such a despicable thing?
Master Xu Yu did not dare to be careless and gathered the governor Shi and Sima to go to Tonglu County to investigate the situation.

Ji Wen was also confused when facing the arrival of Master Xu Yu, Governor Shi, and Zhou Sima. When he learned of their intention, he cried out that they were wronged.

In fact, it was not Ji Wen's order to command Rongcheng to set the fire.

It was He Yuan, a squire from Majia Village in Tonglu County.

The original squire in Majia Village was always named Ma, but he was purged by Chen Shuozhen, which gave He Yuan in the county a chance to rise.

He Yuan received the support of Ji Wen and became Muramasa to suppress the original Ma family.

He Yuan listened to Ji Wen's persuasion, and with the support of Tonglu County, he gathered the strength of the whole village to build a weaving and dyeing workshop in Majia Village to produce silk.

There was still some hope at the beginning, but once the Zhaojia Workshop started working hard, the Majiacun Workshop could only get beaten.

Especially after Zheng Rong forced Ji Wen to compromise, Ji Wen couldn't bear the pressure and decided to give up.

He Yuan became the abandoned son of the game.

Zhaojia Workshop also did not give Majiacun Workshop a way to survive at all, and sent people to take over Majiacun Workshop at low prices without any bottom line.

What He Yuanqianfu pointed out was that not only Yuan Ma's family was dissatisfied, but his own He family also began to have civil strife and made unbridled accusations against him.

In desperation, He Yuan thought of burning down the Zhao family workshop. As long as the Zhao family workshop lost its production capacity, the Majia Village workshop would still have a certain value. Even if the Zhao family was resold, it would not be a loss.

As for Rongcheng, he was placed in Qingxi County by He Yuan on the orders of Ji Wen.

Rongcheng has also been in contact with He Yuan.

He Yuan's order in the name of Ji Wen also caused Rongcheng to insist on Ji Wen giving him the order!
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