Great Qing Xiangguo

Chapter 55

Chen Tingjing and Fu Shan were reciting poems and painting, when Liu Jing bumped in, met the master, and hurriedly told about the Lijiazhuang.Chen Tingjing's face changed drastically when he heard this, he didn't expect that the big family coordinator, who looked so good, was actually a means for the evil gentry to harm the common people!If the emperor approves the note he made, it will harm the people of the world!Chen Tingjing was deeply regretful, but he didn't know how to deal with it.If you ask the emperor not to allow the big family to coordinate the plan again, you will be punished.The emperor would blame him for his sloppy handling of things, as if he was acting like a king; secondly, the court was short of money and food, and the emperor knew how inappropriate this method would be.Chen Tingjing paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, pondered over and over again, and said, "I have to write a note overnight, asking the emperor not to approve the method of coordinating the big households."

Liu Jing was quite worried and asked, "Master, is this going to work?"

Chen Tingjing sighed: "I know you are worried that I will be convicted. It is a small thing for me to be punished, but a big thing for the people of the world to suffer!"

Fu Shan comforted: "Master Chen, don't blame yourself, your wish is good. The tricks played by the traitors below, you are the most easily fooled when you come down from the capital!"

Chen Tingjing suddenly realized that Ma Ming was missing, and hurriedly asked, "Where is Ma Ming?"

When Liu Jing heard that Ma Ming hadn't come back, he was also anxious, so he told how the two punched each other and how Ma Ming pretended to be a beggar.Everyone laughed when they heard this.Chen Tingjing couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile, "Why are you two playing child's tricks?"

Liu Jingdao: "My lord, you don't know that there are few pedestrians on Yangqu Street, and the most surprising thing is that there are no beggars. I think there is nothing missing in this county, except beggars. If there are no beggars, there must be articles."

Chen Tingjing said: "It seems that the little demon in the government temple in Yangqu County is very popular, so nothing will happen to Ma Ming, right? He didn't say how he would act as a beggar?"

Liu Jing said: "He said to go directly to the county government to beg for food and see how Dai Mengxiong handles it."

Zhen'er said: "I'm really afraid that something will happen. Dai Mengxiong has seen him and recognized him. Don't harm him?"

Dashun snorted and said, "I don't believe he really dared to harm the imperial envoy!"

At this time, someone came in to report that Dai Mengxiong, the magistrate of Yangqu County, had come.Liu Jing couldn't help picking up the knife on the table, Chen Tingjing shook his hand and whispered, "Let's see what he says."

Dai Mengxiong came in, with a mournful face, plopped on the ground, and said: "Please forgive me, Your Excellency the Imperial Envoy!"

Chen Tingjing asked: "What is your crime?"

Dai Mengxiong said: "I am guilty of negligence in low-level positions! My subordinate Xiang Qi has been deceiving me. He secretly colluded with Li Jiasheng and other evil gentry and did a lot of outrageous things. What about donating to build the Dragon Pavilion and coordinating large households is all out of Xiang Qi's tricks. The tricks on the top! In fact, they are taking the opportunity to plunder the people!"

Chen Tingjing said: "The court received the memorial book donated to build the Dragon Pavilion, but you asked the governor of Shanxi to replay it!"

Dai Mengxiong kowtowed and said: "The crime of humble duty deserves ten thousand deaths! After the humble position was played, I found out that there were other articles in it. However, the humble position was afraid of losing its black hat, so I had to push the boat along the way. While trying to build the Dragon Pavilion, I started to investigate Xiang Qi Before the imperial envoy came to Yangqu, Xiang Qi was locked up by the humble official."

Chen Tingjing said: "You promised well, and handed over Jianlongting's donation account to me within three days, so you are fooling me!"

Dai Mengxiong said: "There are hardships in a lowly position. I hope that the imperial envoy will forgive the crime! There is also the big family planning method. As long as the big family is in charge and they don't take the opportunity to blackmail, it may not be a good thing. I want to use the trick and simply turn to Xiang Qi who exploited the people. Make good things out of bad things to make up for the crime of oversight."

Chen Tingjing asked again: "Did a beggar ever come to the county government to beg for food today?"

Dai Mengxiong said: "I heard from master Yang Naiwen that there was indeed a beggar who went to the county government to make trouble and locked him up."

Liu Jing asked: "This is strange, is it against the law for a beggar to beg for food?"

Dai Mengxiong said: "Speaking of this matter, the humble official is about to report it. Hearing that the imperial envoy is coming, Xiang Qi is afraid to show his feet, and arrests all the beggars in the city without telling me. I just found out about this, and I have ordered it to go down. The beggar was released overnight. Why did the imperial envoy ask about the beggar?"

Chen Tingjing smiled but didn't answer, he just said: "The magistrate Dai is really capable, today's work is over today, and he will never stay overnight!"

Dai Mengxiong kowtowed and said: "How dare a humble official receive such a compliment! I hope that the imperial envoy will forgive me, and tomorrow I will ask the imperial envoy to interrogate Xiang Qi and Li Jiasheng together with the humble official."

Chen Tingjing said: "Okay, I promise you. You go back first."

Dai Mengxiong left, and Chen Tingjing said: "This time Ma Ming has suffered a lot. In the middle of the night, the weather is cold and the city gates are closed. Where is he going?"

Liu Jing felt ashamed, as if he had harmed Ma Ming, and said, "Oh, it's just his bad luck, he lost with a punch, or I'd play a beggar."

Chen Tingjing said: "Dai Mengxiong's fault or Xiang Qi's is the fault of Yang Qu's tricks, it's not clear yet."

Zhen'er said: "I think it must be Dai Mengxiong's trick!"

Chen Tingjing said: "I also feel that it should be Dai Mengxiong's crime, but there must be solid evidence in handling the case! He dared to hand over Xiang Qi and Li Jiasheng to me for trial. Why?"

Liu Jingdao: "Unless he colluded with Li Jiasheng and planted blame on Xiang Qi."

Chen Tingjing said: "Li Jiasheng's murder is already a capital crime anyway, and he can't bear it for Dai Mengxiong. I don't expect this case to be simple. It's almost dawn, you all go to rest, and I will act according to the camera."

Liu Jing, Dashun and others retreated, but Chen Tingjing had to write a note to the emperor quickly.Zhen'er looked distressed, and knew that persuasion was useless, so she sat beside her.It was already four o'clock after the booklet was written, and Zhen'er waited for Chen Tingjing to take a nap.At dawn, Chen Tingjing hurriedly got up, had breakfast, and went down the mountain to the county government office.

When Chen Tingjing got off the sedan chair in front of the county government office, Dai Mengxiong had already been waiting respectfully.Yang Naiwen stood beside him with his head bowed, very respectful.Dai Kun was still dressed as a bearer, standing at a distance.Entering the hall, Chen Tingjing and Dai Mengxiong gave way again and again, and both sat down in the hall.The yamen servants had already lined up on both sides of the hall, just waiting to shout.

Dai Mengxiong asked: "Master Imperial Envoy, shall we start?"

Chen Tingjing nodded and said, "Let's begin."

Dai Mengxiong shouted loudly: "Take Yangqu county magistrate to Qi!"

After shouting, no one answered for half a day.Dai Mengxiong yelled to bring someone back again, but there was still no movement.Dai Mengxiong yelled at Yang Naiwen and told him to go down and have a look.After a long while, Yang Naiwen hurried over and replied: "Go back to the imperial envoy, go back to Mr. Dai, the prison said that Xiang Qi ran away last night! Mr. Dai ordered the beggar to be released. He never thought that Xiang Qi and Li Jiasheng would also escape with the beggar. It’s gone! It’s also said that Li Jiasheng has been killed and is lying dead on the street. Yong Shu speculates that this must be Xiang Qi’s killing and silence.”

Chen Tingjing became anxious immediately.He thought about it last night and imagined various situations, but he didn't expect such an accident to happen.Chen Tingjing guessed that the ghost must come from Dai Mengxiong, otherwise how could there be such a coincidence in the world?Of the two people who were agreed to be interrogated, one died and the other disappeared.

Seeing Chen Tingjing's gloomy face, Dai Mengxiong pretended to be guilty, and said, "Master Imperial Envoy, I don't even know that things will turn out like this! There is no way to try this case."

Chen Tingjing pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "I think this case has to continue to be tried."

Dai Mengxiong hurriedly nodded and said, "Of course! Of course! But... who will be interrogated?"

Chen Tingjing suddenly shouted sharply: "Dai Mengxiong, magistrate of Qu County in Daiyang!"

Dai Mengxiong was suddenly dumbfounded, his face turned red at first, and then turned pale.Liu Jing pressed the knife with one hand, and strode forward to grab someone.Dai Mengxiong suddenly stood up and roared: "Master Imperial Envoy, I am an official appointed by the imperial court. You can't just try me! I, Dai Mengxiong, am upright and have a clean hand. I govern the county well, the herdsmen are good, and I hand over the money and food every year. I can't find it in Shanxi. the second!"

Chen Tingjing said in a low voice, "The people in Yangqu only know Mr. Dai, but not Xiang Xiancheng. You don't want to plant blame on him! Although Li Jiasheng is dead and there is no proof, he has already confessed to Liu Jing one by one."

Dai Mengxiong shouted: "Li Jiasheng is dead, you don't want to punish the living with the dead!"

Chen Tingjing patted the table and said, "Liu Jing, take him down first!"

Liu Jing took Dai Mengxiong down, pushed him to the bottom of the hall and knelt down.Dai Kun was standing outside with his head down, when he suddenly heard his father being captured, he straightened up his back that had been bowed all the time, and rushed into the lobby quickly, yelling and trying to grab him.But suddenly a person flashed in from outside and grabbed Dai Kun.This person is Ma Ming, dressed in rags, and Xiang Qi follows behind with a limp.

Xiang Qi's body was covered with blood, and he went up to meet Chen Tingjing.It turned out that Dai Mengxiong ordered the beggar to be released last night in order to kill people and get away with it.He calculated that Li Jiasheng would take advantage of the chaos and escape, and Xiang Qi would definitely go after him, so he secretly told Dai Kun and Yang Naiwen to wait outside, wait for them to pass by, and then kill them.Sure enough, Xiang Qi fell for the trick, seeing Li Jiasheng fleeing, he immediately chased him out.Ma Ming also followed closely, but saw that both Xiang Qi and Li Jiasheng had fallen to the ground.Li Jiasheng kept screaming, and Xiang Qi only pressed his thigh tightly.Dai and Yang ran away in a hurry when they saw someone approaching from a distance.Unexpectedly, Yang Naiwen is a scholar after all, his hands are weak, and he didn't cut the important part, so Xiang Qi managed to save his life.Li Jiasheng was Dai Kun's hand, and he died after screaming.Last night when Dai Mengxiong came down from Wufeng Temple, he already guessed that the beggar who went to the county government to make trouble must be Ma Ming, and he ordered Dai Kun and Yang Naiwen to search all over the city, and he was sure to end him.But when he found out that Xiang Qi hadn't been killed, he became even more anxious.Dogs were barking all night in Yangqu City last night, and the people only knew that the prisoners in the prison had escaped, and the county government was conducting house-to-house searches.Fortunately, the streets and alleys of Yangqu were all in Xiang Qi's belly. He led Ma Ming to sneak back to the county government over the wall, and found an empty room to hide in, only to escape the catastrophe.At dawn, they happened to hear someone outside saying that the imperial envoy was coming to try the case, so the two ran to the lobby watching the time.

(End of this chapter)