Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 198

A Du hugged his knees, put a corner of Xue Yunyan's robe sleeve on the corner of his eyes, and looked at Xue Yunheng again.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but the conversation between the two of them just now softened the atmosphere in the car. The feeling of tension was gone, and it was replaced by a rare peace and tranquility.

Xue Yunyan was reading the last page of the book, his face was solemn, reminiscent of a quiet and vast lake, when there was no wind, it was round and peaceful.

There was a sound of pages being turned in the carriage, adding to the tranquility.

Xue Yunyan finally finished reading the last page of the book and closed the book.

"Tell me about Zou Chengwei." He put the book aside, picked up the teacup and looked at Xue Yunheng, his light black eyebrows stretched, his eyes were clear, and his tone was very calm: "I only know that he is the Chengwei of Fujie County. Wei, the rest don't know, and I hope that my second brother will not hesitate to enlighten me."

From being immobile just now, to speaking calmly at this moment, Xue Yunyan acted like clouds and flowing water, and the two attitudes changed very freely.

Xue Yunheng straightened his expression, frowned and pondered for a while, Fang said in a deep voice: "At the end of September last year, when I led people to sneak into Fujie County, I got Zou Yishou's help." His tone was also very calm, with a bit of expression on his face Recalling: "Zou Yishou was a scholar in the seventh year of Zhongyuan. In the eighth year of Zhongyuan, he passed Chenggu County Council and Hanzhong County Council. He was demoted to Fujie County, Hanjia County, and became a Chengwei."

"Zhou Pingzhong?" Xue Yunyan said in a slow voice, his long eyebrows like light ink slightly moved: "Zhou Pingzhong is the right minister of Shangshu, why did he make things difficult for a small general? They are old acquaintances?"

Xue Yunheng looked at him unsurprisingly, nodded and said: "Although he missed, it's not far away. The two of them don't know each other personally, but Zhou Youcheng was favored by Wei Zou Chengwei's family when he was down and out."

Xue Yunyan let out a "huh", pondered for a moment, and then a look of dismay flashed across his eyes: "It's just that no one knew about the downfall back then, but now that I'm shocked to hear that the old man has come here, I'm afraid that I will lose face and turn into revenge instead of repaying the favor, so I kill the old man." Are the children and grandchildren squeezed away?"

"Exactly." The corners of Xue Yunheng's lips twitched into a sneer, and his voice was ice-cold: "Mianyang Zhou's family style is like this, repaying kindness with revenge, not taking human life, it is considered merciful."

The Zhou family in Mianyang relied on the means of repaying their enmity. In the case of the Huan family's ten kills, they betrayed the Huan family who had been supporting the Zhou family. Hou, the current Patriarch of the Zhou family, Zhou Ci Taoist Official Zhi Pu She, is a very popular figure in Chen Guo.

The Zhou Zhongping mentioned by Xue Yunheng was the youngest concubine of Zhou Cidao. Back then, because of what his mother had done to him, he was sent to a farm in the countryside to live. , he survived a life.

Later, because of his good knowledge, Zhou Cidao took him back to his family to raise him, and under the arrangement of Zhou's family, he became Shangshu Youcheng. He didn't want to but saw Zou Yishou, the son of an old friend who gave him leftovers back then. He didn't want to repay his kindness, but Changing hands pushed Zou Yishou out of Dadu, and settled him in the remote Fujie County of Hanjia County.

However, with the power of the Zhou family, such an arrangement may not have other meanings.

After being silent for a while, Xue Yunyan asked Xue Yunheng: "Is it just a personal grudge?"

After all, the Zhou family is not an idle generation, and the matter Xue Yunheng investigated involves a wide range of aspects, and the two are connected, so people can't help but think about it.

"What I found out was just a personal grievance." Xue Yunheng said, his expression was a little uncertain, and his voice was calm: "If it wasn't for a personal grievance, the matter between Jiangyang and Hanjia two counties would be more complicated."

Xue Yunyan pondered for a while, then said softly: "Let's put this down first, and you can continue."

Xue Yunheng looked at him, then continued: "Not long after Zou Yishou served as Chengwei in Fujie, he noticed that there was a huge discrepancy between the number of tenants and the number of fields in the county. He must have prevaricated. He spoke to the county magistrate again, but was turned back, and two officials were sent to follow him all day long, and other things were arranged for him, so that he was not allowed to touch the field records and household registers."

He stopped at this point, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Xue Yunyan looked at him quietly for a while, then said slowly: "Let me guess what happened next. I guess, he must be obedient on the surface, but secretly went to inspect the tenants and fields privately, maybe he went back Neighboring counties are investigating, right?"

"Yes." Xue Yunheng nodded bluntly, put down the teacup, and his face became more and more serious: "He not only went to the neighboring county, but spent two years searching both Hanjia County and Jiangyang County. , and finally came to the conclusion that among the gentry of the two counties, some people moved the mansion land into private land, and privately raised the tenants to pretend to be restored. There are not many county farms left, and some gentry have recruited more than ten thousand tenants."

Xue Yunyan's eyes froze, and the breath on his body became cold all of a sudden.

"Thousands?" There was no emotion in his calm brows and eyes, and there was no ups and downs in his voice, "A tenant? A private soldier?"

Xue Yunheng's condensed gaze landed on the candlelight, and he pursed his lips and said: "Outsiders come to check, they are tenants; if there is a need, they are private soldiers. It depends on what happens." After speaking, he smiled coldly.

Xue Yunyan didn't speak, picked up the plain celadon cup, and drank the tea in one gulp.

"The 'tiger character has no head' thing, you should know about it?" Xue Yunheng asked at this time.

Xue Yunyan put down the teacup and nodded, then slowly pushed the teacup in front of A Du.

A Du hastily brought the teapot and poured the tea, the steaming tea was poured into the cup, and Xue Yunheng's voice followed: "Xia Chenghu and Zou Yishou used to study together, and they have some friendship. Last September, I led people to sneak into the On the Fu Festival, Mr. Xia offered to meet his old friend. He originally wanted to ask Zou Yishou about the situation. Later, he found out that this person had been investigating for two years without saying a word, but he had ample evidence. Mr. Xia changed it temporarily. The one who came up with the idea to bring Zou Yishou out, but the one who alarmed the other party when he didn't want to, in the end it was Mr. Xia..."

He let out a long sigh, and the headless corpse seemed to appear in front of his eyes again, feeling a little sad in his heart.

The thread that Xia Chenghu had fought so hard to pull was broken now.Zou Yishou, who had a lot of evidence in hand, was dead, and the matter of the talisman festival became more and more confusing. Those people were warned by this, and their actions became more and more restrained. He didn't summon Xue Yunheng, as if he had completely forgotten about it.

Seeing that the matter of the Talisman Festival will be shelved indefinitely, every time Xue Yunheng thinks about it, he always feels the depression in his chest, which is hard to dispel.

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