Ming politicians

"Master, it's not good, it's not good, the mansion is surrounded, there are a lot of officers and soldiers outside..."

Lei Wentong was so frightened that he trembled all over. The morning tea he had just made had also dripped onto his hands, but the severe pain was nothing. He thought of the worst. , Is luck really that bad?

It was just now that the government army surrounded Lei's Mansion, which showed that the government had already made preparations.

"Why panic, what's the big deal, okay, follow me out to have a look, tell the family members, don't panic, the servants are not allowed to act rashly."

Lei Wentong forced himself to be calm. It is said that he has a lot of connections with the government. Even Weng Tongzhang, the magistrate, has some connections. If there is something wrong with the government, he will not attack suddenly. What happened today? Who doesn't often meet with the officers and soldiers of the inspection department?

Before reaching the front yard, someone was already knocking on the door.

Everyone in the Lei Mansion didn't know what happened, and they all looked panicked, but Lei Wentong remained calm, and to a certain extent, stabilized the servants.

"Go and open the door."

Lei Wentong stood in the front yard and ordered his servants to open the door. Many nursing homes were already standing beside him. These nursing homes were under the arrangement of the master. At critical moments, they must protect the safety of the master. .

The door had just opened, and two rows of heavily armed sergeants came in, one with a long gun in their hands, and the other with a steel knife in their hands.

Lei Wentong's heart began to beat violently. He didn't know any of these sergeants. They didn't seem to be sergeants from the Inspection Department. Where did they come from?

A bad idea entered his mind, could it be that the matter was exposed? These days, he has always wondered why the nursing home did not come back to deliver the letter.

Two generals on horseback came in, wearing silver armor.

The older general, seeing Lei Wentong surrounded by the guards, spoke coldly.

"Are you Lei Wentong?"

"I'm Lei Wentong, may I ask the general to come to the mansion, what's the matter, with such a big momentum, I don't know what crime I have committed."

"Haha, you're quite stubborn, come and arrest Lei Wentong, and gather everyone in the Lei family in the house, waiting to be dealt with."

The guards beside Lei Wentong raised their steel knives when they saw the sergeant approaching.

"Lei Wentong, you are quite courageous, do you want to openly rebel?"

"General, I don't mean that. It's just that you broke in suddenly. The nurse doesn't know your identities, so I'm also confused."

The general smiled coldly, and took out a walking horse talisman from his body. This talisman is two inches wide and one foot long, with two dragons on the top and two tigers on the bottom. Only the commander of the commander is eligible to wear it Such a gold medal, that is to say, the general is at least the commander.

The commander is a military general of the third rank, and the patrol inspector of the Pingyang Prefecture Inspection Department is only an official of the ninth rank.

The commanding envoy came to the mansion, and he said that he wanted to arrest people.

Lei Wentong's face turned pale, and his body began to tremble. He had already anticipated what would happen, unless it was a case of treason that would alarm the Commander.

At this time, if he commanded the guards to resist, he would die faster, maybe everyone in Lei Mansion might be beheaded, Lei Wentong didn't want to see such a situation.

"Everyone put down their weapons and don't resist."

The sergeant quickly stepped forward and tied up Lei Wentong tightly. As for the nursing home, all their weapons were confiscated, and they were shot into a room together with the servants, where they were put under custody.

Lei's mansion quickly jumped up and down, and miserable cries and scolding came out.

Residents around had already realized that something was wrong, but outside Lei Mansion, there were many sergeants, and no one dared to approach. If such a thing hit the muzzle of a gun, it would be useless to ask anyone to reason.

Just after everyone in Lei Mansion was imprisoned, two mysterious people wearing bamboo hats and veils appeared. They walked to the gate of Lei Mansion and raised the sign in their hands. The sergeant immediately respected Please let them in.

Half an hour later, the small door of Lei Mansion's backyard was opened, and a group of people wearing bamboo hats and veils appeared here, and there were two carriages waiting here.

Some boxes were carried out one after another and placed on the carriage. About an hour later, the carriage left. The streets in the backyard were under martial law. No one could be seen, and no one knew where the carriage had gone.

After Weng Tongzhang received the news, he was very surprised. As the magistrate, he didn't know what happened. Lei Wentong was arrested, and many soldiers entered Lei's residence. It is estimated that they ransacked his house. What a crime it must be.

As the highest official of Pingyang Mansion, of course he needs to know what happened.

When Weng Tongzhang arrived outside Lei's mansion, the house search was still going on.

After all, it was the magistrate who came, and the general who took out the horse talisman earlier came out.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries in a low voice, and Weng Tongzhang's face was filled with shock.

After a while, the general took out a letter from his body and handed it to Weng Tongzhang. Weng Tongzhang hurriedly opened the letter, read it quickly, and then returned it to the general.

Everyone saw him looking up to the sky and sighing, and said a word.

"Heaven's evil is forgivable, but self-inflicted evil cannot live."

The ransacking of the house continued until the third quarter of Xu o'clock.

The Lei Mansion is too big, and it will be impossible to search it all in a short time. Of course, these sergeants are not prepared to end the battle in a day.

Lei Wentong and his two sons were taken directly to the government prison. They didn't even speak, and in fact they didn't have a chance to speak. Now that their home has been ransacked, they should know what it means.

As for the family members of the Lei Mansion, they were still detained in a room, and there were people crying in the morning, but in the evening, before the grains of rice came in, they fell silent. They probably understood that this time there might be a catastrophe.

The guards of Lei Mansion are as miserable as the servants. They are locked in the room and cannot make any noise, otherwise the sergeant will not be polite. One of the servants couldn't bear it and screamed, but was dragged out and beat one half dead.

It was not until the time of Haishi that the waiter of the restaurant brought lunch boxes, and the quantity was not much.

That night, Lei Wentong in the prison couldn't stand the torture, and finally revealed the place where the gold and silver were buried in the Lei Mansion. The rich families would bury a lot of gold and silver underground. This was also for insurance. In the event of a natural disaster and death, if you keep the money, there is still a chance to make a comeback, at least life will not be difficult.

In the early morning of the next day, a lot of big boxes were carried out of the Lei Mansion and loaded onto the carriage. Inside these boxes were real gold and silver. The poor Lei family spent so many years of hard work and accumulated wealth. In an instant, Disappeared.

The family members of the Lei Mansion are treated a little better. They are imprisoned in the mansion and can eat two meals a day. As for the nursing home and servants, they only eat one meal a day, so they don’t starve to death.

The encounter between Lei Wentong and Lei Mansion had already spread. Lei Wentong's two brothers had long been scared and hid at home. They didn't know what was going on, and they didn't know if they would be implicated.

Fortunately, two days passed and no one troubled them.

This situation lasted for five days.

The general and Lei Wentong met once in the prison, after the house raid was over.

The general left the prison, and that night, Lei Wentong hanged himself.

Following Lei Wentong's suicide, gossip spread everywhere in Fucheng, and no one could tell clearly what happened to Lei Wentong and why this happened.

With the arrival of the imperial decree, everyone finally understood that it turned out that Lei Wentong's collusion with the bandits, including the invasion of Pingyang Fucheng in the first half of last year, had a great relationship with Lei Wentong.

For a while, many people scolded Lei Wentong, what kind of things are they doing, they are not doing good business, but they just go to collude with rogues, if the government doesn't find out, they don't know what will happen in the future, if When attacking Pingyang Fucheng, Lei Wentong acted as an internal response. By then, wouldn't everyone be finished with it.

The imperial decree is very clear, and no one can doubt it.

As for Lei Wentong's family members, they were all dispatched to Qiongzhou, Qiongzhou is also Hainan, such a poor place, there is almost no hope of returning to the Central Plains alive in their lifetime.

The guards and servants of the Lei family were sent as slaves, and the official family sold them.

Lei Wentong had already hanged himself, and he was quite smart. As for his three sons, because they were involved in the treason case, the second and third sons at home were deprived of fame, and the eldest who studied in the Imperial Prison in Beijing, Get rid of all fame and fame, and send them all

He was assigned to Qiongzhou and reunited with his family.

The imperial decree was issued, and the family members of the Lei Mansion cried loudly. They never thought that the master would collude with the bandits, but the evidence is solid, and there is no room for debate. Moreover, the master committed suicide in the prison, which shows that the master The heart is clear, the court is not mistaken.

On the day they left Pingyang Fucheng, the family members of Lei's Mansion were imprisoned in prison cars and sent to Qiongzhou. This scene was very tragic. Most of the people locked in the prison cars were women and children.

Su Tiancheng never went to see it. He fully felt the cruelty of the world. Lei Wentong did it on his own, but his family should not suffer such a big crime. This family was completely destroyed.

In fact, it is not a big thing, but the ending is so cruel.The eldest brother, who lost his reputation and was sent to Qiongzhou, the second and third child had the same experience, Lei Wentong may die without understanding why this happened, all the family members were also sent to Qiongzhou, the nursing home and servants Become a slave and be sold by the government.