The ghost king and princess of Feng Qingtian

Chapter 163 The Fall of the Aristocratic Family
The head of the Zhang family saw that his aunt brought the matter to his wife, and he became very angry, and shouted: "Nonsense, how can you bite your wife."

Bai Ziyu ignored him, and asked, "Where is Mrs. Zhang?"

Mrs. Zhang was supported by a maid to take a step forward, she was a woman in her forties, her face was calm and self-reliant, she didn't panic even though the situation was unfavorable, she was worthy of being the mistress of a family.

Bai Ziyu knew that this woman was not easy to deal with, but he didn't disturb his thoughts, but asked, "Did Aunt Yuan hand over the land deed to you?"

Mrs. Zhang replied indifferently: "I handed it over, saying that it is my birthday, and you should be filial to me."

Bai Ziyu sneered, and then asked, "Didn't you ask where she came from when you received the title deed?"

"The servant helped to collect it, and I didn't ask in detail at the time?" Mrs. Zhang looked very calm, as if everything was a trivial matter, and it all happened for real, but everyone present knew in their hearts that it was true. What about ghosts?

Yun Yuhong took out a stack of paperwork from the witty ghost, snorted coldly and said, "You really know how to quibble, this was found from your bedside. You received a lot of presents for your birthday, and even It's the newly allocated cultivated land, and the most coincident thing is that it's all the land that the Zhang family had before, and it's a contiguous piece of land."

Yun Yuhong threw the document on the table, and said angrily: "Look, you are cheating like this, defrauding the government, and occupying the land. Where do you leave my father's will, and where do you leave my father's love for the people?" Where do these poor people go? Now that the facts are in front of you, and you are still making sophistication, do you really think we are all fools?"

Mrs. Zhang was frightened and was unable to answer for a while.

Yun Yuhong turned her head and told the guards: "The facts are already in place, so there is no need for further trial. Come, someone will imprison the Zhang family and search the property of the Zhang family. At noon tomorrow, all those involved in the land transaction will be executed. Others People, etc., will all be dispatched to serve in bitter cold places."

Mrs. Zhang became anxious and shouted: "Ghost King, please be kind! Listen to me."

The head of the Zhang family was also anxious and shouted: "Ghost King, you can't treat me like this. The Zhang family is one of the top ten families. If you touch the Zhang family, you have to think about the consequences."

It's just that the guards moved very quickly. The first ones they took down were Master Zhang and Mrs. Zhang. It was useless for the others to shout and shout. Angry, the action is naturally very fast.

The others were also taken aback, especially those who had done tricks. They were a little scared. Once the ghost king finds out, will they follow in the footsteps of the Zhang family?Of course, the top ten aristocratic families are in the same spirit, like the Zhang family, they should also think of a way, otherwise they will be the next ones to be chopped off, but should they all beg the ghost king for mercy, or do it again?The several Patriarchs wanted to look at each other and winked, meaning not to speak for now, and discuss countermeasures when they go back.

Yun Yuhong looked at Mr. Liu and said: "Master Liu, you are also to blame for the problems of your officials. Let Mr. Ning take care of the errands in your hands. You should rest for a few days first. .”

Mr. Liu's face turned pale. The King of Ghosts entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, letting him take charge of the land distribution. But he, he was negligent in controlling it. Such a big mistake made him feel ashamed, and naturally he had nothing to say. can be said.

Yun Yuhong looked at the other Patriarchs, and said to the Clever Ghost and the Unlucky Ghost: "Since the Patriarchs are here, wait two days before going back, stamens and calyxes, you two should bring your own people to check with the directory. If there is no problem with these aristocratic families, let their family members come to pick them up, and if there is a problem, it will be handled the same as the Zhang family."

The aristocratic families immediately exploded, and one family head shouted: "Ghost King, we did not make a mistake, you have no reason to detain us." Another shouted: "Ghost King, just tell us what your purpose is, you can't treat us like this."

Yun Yuhong looked at the Patriarchs coldly, and let them make noise without saying a word, but this cold gaze was like a basin of cold water, poured on everyone's heads, how many people could be justified when they did something wrong, so , under Yun Yuhong's gaze, these people gradually lost their voices.

Bai Ziyu stood up and said, "The King of Ghosts will find out if there is any problem. You just stay for two more days to get rid of your suspicions. People who are afraid must have ghosts in their hearts. I will handle this matter myself. If you People who are afraid of the ghost king will be selfish, so we will open the trial like today, so that everyone can come and watch, and everyone can argue clearly in public."

The voices of the aristocratic families have become a little quieter, and there is no room for turning around if the trial is really in public.At this time, the patriarchs of the aristocratic family began to regret that they should not have taken advantage of this. This is not the original Yuxue Kingdom, and the Ghost King and Prime Minister Bai are not as easy to fool as the former monarch.One wrong step may lead to the destruction of a century-old foundation.

Yun Yuhong was tired after a busy day, so Bai Ziyu helped her into the carriage and went back to rest.But Bai Ziyu stayed behind with everyone.He found a larger yard nearby, and Bai Ziyu set it up as a public government hall, and notified the ten miles and eight villages so that all the people could come and watch.The smart ghost and the unlucky ghost took people to check according to the roster. As long as the farmers did not match the roster or could not get the title deed, they would all be sent here, and Bai Ziyu and Mr. Ning would take turns to try them.

Bai Ziyu was kind to the patriarchs of the aristocratic family. At least a chair was arranged for everyone in the hall. When they were hungry, they could get food, when they drank, they could get tea, and if they wanted to sleep, they could sleep on their side.However, how could these people think about eating and sleeping? Since the first farmer was sent by the clever ghost, they have been in a state of fear.

Jiang Ruizhen also sat quietly with the crowd, looked at Mr. Cao sitting next to him, and they smiled wryly at each other.Jiang Ruizhen's grandfather, Patriarch Luo, just said to him in private: "Ruizhen, you have to help grandpa, help the Luo family." It seems that the Luo family is also involved in this matter.

The head of the Duan family, the grandfather of Mr. Cao, said to him: "Yuan Qi, how many soldiers and horses do you have that you can mobilize now?" Mr. Cao trembled in fright. Are you rebelling?What does he think of his Cao family?

The two of them sat there feeling like they were on pins and needles, and seeing the farmers being brought in one after another, the two of them were secretly startled: what are these people thinking, is the ghost king so easy to fool in their eyes?No wonder the ghost king didn't like them when he came, he was really greedy.From this point of view, these people did not really hand over the land, they just changed their personal names and received it in their own hearts, and they also took a sum of compensation for nothing.All the money was spent on the imperial court, and it would not be an exaggeration for the ghost king to cut them off.

Fortunately, Bai Ziyu didn't keep the two of them waiting for too long. The clever ghost and the unlucky ghost soon sent word that there was no problem with Cao and Jiang, and they could leave first.The two immediately got up, clasped fists at the others, turned around and left immediately, even though Patriarch Luo and Patriarch Duan were calling behind them, they pretended not to hear them.

It was very late, and the two were walking back to the capital. Young Master Cao asked, "General, what do you think of this matter, can the King of Ghosts really destroy these families?"

"Why not, the ghost king is afraid of them. Back then they encouraged the ministers to resign, but the ghost king agreed without saying a word. At that time, most of the things stopped, and the ghost king didn't bow their heads. What capital do they have to negotiate with the ghost king now? Is it?" Jiang Ruizhen frowned, he could already guess what the ghost king did, but he couldn't just watch his grandfather's family being killed, and he was also tangled in his heart.

Mr. Cao thumped his palms, "Why are these people so stupid? They are not honest when they offended the ghost king just now. They are courting their own death. However, General, you really don't care about them? How can you still have your grandparents?" .”

Jiang Ruizhen bowed his head and remained silent. Of course he couldn't ignore the Luo family, but he didn't know the specific situation, so he couldn't do anything for a while.

The endless trial ended on the second night. Six of the top ten families were involved in the case, and the Luo family and the Yi family were not involved either.The Luo family is also a family of military generals. Although it is not as famous as the two families of Jiang and Cao, it still has some military general style. Although some descendants of the family have revised their literature, there are many who want to develop in the army, so they don't have much energy On collecting money.

The reason why the Yi family did not participate in this matter is even simpler. The children of the Yi family are all proficient in prose. It was developed in the middle of Beijing, so what to do with the land, how will the descendants be in the officialdom after leaving a small braid, so this time they escaped.

The other aristocratic families are not so good, Yun Yuhong's words are still very effective, once the evidence of the five families is conclusive, they will arrest people when they should, and ransack their homes when they need to, without any ambiguity at all.In the past, the top ten famous families in Qiongcheng lost more than half overnight, but the common people didn't feel panic at all, instead they celebrated enthusiastically with gongs and drums.The six great families were defeated, but they actually got the cultivated land, and their future life was settled.

Yun Yuhong really chopped off all the members of the Zhang family, and the execution ground that day could really be called a river of blood.Not only the steward and aunt were involved in the Zhang family, but also people from side branches. It can be said that the involvement is really extensive.After this incident, the Zhang family was completely defeated.

The other five aristocratic families were finally saved from death through the united plea of ​​the Jiang family and the Cao family, but their family properties were all confiscated, and all of them were sent to the border to serve as atonement for their crimes.All of a sudden, these aristocratic families also became torn apart, and they were also on the road to decline.

Of course, the matter of defrauding the land is not over yet. Bai Ziyu specially arranged for people to go to various places to make unannounced visits. The implementation continued, and the shortage of cultivated land in Yuxue for nearly 50 years was temporarily resolved.

(End of this chapter)