Aspirations

Chapter 165 The wind knows the strong grass, and the swaying knows the sincere minister

"Even Zhuang Feifan brought back?" Cao Shujun exclaimed.

"Probably not." Xia Xiang smiled knowingly, "Ma Yuanwai proposed to bring Zhuang Feifan back to the real decision, but it was just a feint to get Tian Qing to agree to the first two conditions."

"Xia County is wise and wise." Ma Qingyuan admired Xia Xiang's extraordinary insight, "Ma knows very well that Zhuang Feifei is very important to Tian Qing, if he really wants to take Zhuang Feifan away, it will be tantamount to cutting off Tian Qing's arm. He would definitely not agree. Sure enough, after some bargaining, Tian Qing agreed to let Ma Dong Duan leave Shile and move Dong's firm to Zhending. Ma agreed to return Hua Xiaohua after everything was settled."

"The horsemen turned back when they went out." Cao Shujun smiled lasciviously, "It must be that the horsemen saw Lie Xinxi, fell in love with Hua Xiaohua, secretly brought back Zhending, and took him as a concubine."

"Cao Langjun is young and romantic, so it's normal to have such thoughts. Ma has countless wives and concubines. Even if Hua Xiaohua is beautiful, in Ma's eyes, state affairs are the most important thing." Ma Qingyuan patted Cao Shujun on the shoulder, "It's not that Ma is going back on his word, But Hua Xiaohua didn't want to go back, and was willing to follow Ma, and Ma was eager to save people, so she agreed. With the help of the accountant, Dong Duan quickly sold the property of Dong's firm, far away from the place of gossip, I came to Zhending with Mamou.”

"Where is Dong Duan now?" Now that Dong Duan has come to Zhending, Xia Xiang feels relieved. In his territory, at least no one will dare to take Dong's firm by force.

"It has been properly arranged and is ready to be called by Xia Xianzun at any time."

"Send him to the county government office."

"Yes." Ding Ke turned around and went out.

"Actually, Hua Xiaohua was able to leave Shile calmly, and she was helped by Zhuang Feifei behind the scenes. Zhuang Feifei was dissatisfied with Tian Qing's arrangement and secretly wanted to stop Dong Duan. Let Dong Duan leave Shile, and also help Ma to keep Hua Xiaohua away from Shile. Ma understands Zhuang Feifan's thoughts very well. If his adultery with Hua Xiaohua is revealed, Tian Qingneng will forgive him lightly. Hua Xiaohua go The farther away, the more at ease he will be."

While talking, Dong Duan came in.

Dong Duan was a little thinner than before, but he was in good spirits. After seeing Xia Xiang, his eyes showed relief, especially when he looked at Ma Qingyuan, his eyes were both kind and awe-inspiring.

"Since you have come to Zhending, you should feel at ease. Zhending has its own officials and other horsemen, so you can rest assured that you don't have to worry about it anymore, run your business well, and do things with your heart." Xia Xiang deeply sympathized with Dong Duan's misfortune. In his heart, Dong Duan was a sudden disaster, and he suffered too many things that he shouldn't have endured.

"Xia Xianzun is kind to the villain again, and the villain has no brains, and he is willing to do the work of a dog." Dong Duan knew that without Xia Xiang and Ma Qingyuan, he would have died in Shile, "The villain sold Dong's firm After collecting the property, I sorted out all the contacts and resources that Dong's firm had, and bought up the remaining food in the hands of the people in Shile, and now the food has been sent to Zhending."

"Hahaha, good thing, great thing." Xia Xiang laughed heartily, "The food for Ma Yuanwai, Xu Yuanwai, and Dong Yuanwai will be handled by you two. In short, it is better not to fall into the hands of others."

Ma Qingyuan and Xu Wangshan naturally knew who Xia Xiang was talking about, they smiled at each other, and they said in unison: "Don't worry about Xia Xianzun, Ma (Xu) knows it well."

Xia Xiang was happy for a while, and talked with Ma and Xu about the construction of Xiajiazhuang and Wenyuan. After hearing that the dredging matter was forcibly suppressed, Fu Ke's whereabouts were unknown, and the case of Fu Ke was also ordered to stop by Cui Fuzun. After the trial, Ma Qingyuan and Xu Wangshan were quite surprised.Although the two welcomed the construction of Xiajiazhuang and Wenyuan, they were aggrieved and worried because the trial of the dredging and Fuke cases was forcibly suppressed.

"Ma Yuanwai and Xu Yuanwai don't need to worry too much about dredging silt. Although Cui Fuzun forcibly suppressed this matter, they can openly build plank roads and cover Chen Cang secretly..." Xia Xiang smiled quietly, "This matter will fall to the two of you again. body."

"You can be regarded as a villain." After going through many things, Dong Duan has matured a lot, knowing that it is better to face difficulties than to shrink back.

"Don't you dare to disobey?" Ma Qingyuan looked happy, "But according to Xia Xianzun's order."

Xu Wangshan laughed: "Xu will do what Xia Xianzun says, without any ambiguity."

"Okay." Xia Xiang also laughed, "Ma Yuanwai, Xu Yuanwai, I will entrust you two with important matters of the future. By the way, there is also you, Dong Yuanwai."

The three of them crossed their hands together to salute.

At noon, Xia Xiang stayed with Ma Qingyuan, Xu Wangshan and Dong Duan for dinner, and just as they were seated, Xiao Wu and Zheng Xiangan came back.

Xiao Wu accompanied Zheng Xiangan around Zhending City for a long time, aimlessly, wandering around, wherever Zheng Xiangan wanted to go, Xiao Wu and Qi He would accompany him there.Zheng Xiang'an didn't say what scenery he wanted to see and learn about the customs, as if he just walked around randomly.Turned to noon, just on the way to the county government office, a few people were hungry, so they came in to eat.

Xia Xiang let Xiao Wu and Zheng Xiangan take their seats, and introduced Ma Qingyuan, Xu Wangshan, and Dong Duan. Zheng Xiangan just greeted them lightly, showing no interest in them.After sitting down, Zheng Xiang'an ate at his own pace and didn't speak.

After the meal, Ma Qingyuan, Xu Wangshan and Dong Duan left, while Zheng Xiangan and Xiao Wu stayed behind.

"Xia Xianzun, Mr. Zheng has something to say, I don't know if it should be said or not." Zheng Xiangan gently put down his teacup, and looked at Xia Xiang calmly.

Xia Xiang originally had official business to deal with, but Zheng Xiang'an didn't say goodbye and left, so he couldn't just throw Zheng Xiang'an aside and ignore him.

"please say."

"Xia Xianzun, Xiao Wu went to Xingzhou to ask Zheng Tixing to come and make a decision. It was for Fu Ke's case, but now Fu Ke was taken away by Cui Fuzun, and his whereabouts are unknown. How can the case be tried?" Zheng Zheng Xiang An's eyes were full of doubts, "Actually, it is not difficult to know Fu Ke's whereabouts. Either force Yang Jiang to confess, or follow Yang Jiang, and there will be gains."

"Mr. Zheng Lang doesn't know something. Judging from the current situation, it will be useless to find Fu Ke before Zheng Tixing arrives." Xia Xiang sighed slightly, "Cui Fuzun has ordered Fu Ke's case to be remanded without trial. The official is not in a hurry to find Fu Ke, but also for the sake of Fu Ke's safety. Since Fu Ke was taken away by Cui Fuzun, Cui Fuzun must be responsible for Fu Ke's safety. In this way, the official saves energy, hehe."

Zheng Xiang'an thought for a while, smiled, and nodded: "Xia Xianzun's skill of retreating into advance is also clever, and Zheng admires it. Zheng thought that Xia Xianzun was afraid of the official authority of the Cui family and did not dare to have it." What has been done. Well, according to Xia Xianzun, the Fuke case will not be retried after Zheng Tixing arrives, so how will Xia Xianzun deal with the dredging matter?"

Xia Xiang thought to himself, Zheng Xiang'an had already figured out the situation of Zhending clearly after only a long time since he came to Zhending. This person is said to be Zheng Tixing's entourage, rather than Zheng Tixing's staff.

"The matter of dredging the silt should be put on hold for the time being by the order of Cui Fufu." Xia Xiang raised his eyebrows lightly, "If Mr. Zheng Lang is free, he can check Fu Ke's file, so he can know what he knows."

Zheng Xiang'an heard Xia Xiang's implication, and the prison officer was mainly in charge of prison affairs, and was in charge of the official affairs of the state, government, and army, and the approval of death sentences. In the meantime, there is no need to ask, he chuckled: "In the case of Fu Ke, Mr. Zheng knew about it from what Xiao Wu and Qi He said on the way. The facts of the case are over. Mr. Zheng is too lazy to read the file again, so I wonder if I could ask Xia Xianzun to briefly talk about it?"

Xia Xiang felt a little unhappy. It was reasonable for his majestic county lord to report the case to Zheng Tixing, but it was against the rules to report the case to one of Zheng Tixing's followers.It is also because he is busy with official duties and has many things to deal with.

Thinking about it again, forget it, Zheng Xiangan came all the way and accompanied Xiao Wu and Qi He all the way, it is also kind and righteous, he spent half an hour talking about the case, it was nothing, so he smiled lightly and said: "Okay, this Let me just say briefly. The case of Fu Ke started with Tian Qing."

"Tian Qing? Shile County Prime Minister?" Zheng Xiangan asked in surprise.

Cao Shujun quit, shaking his head and said: "Mr. Zheng, don't interrupt Xianxian Zun, listen to him, if there is anything you don't understand, ask after you finish speaking, it is polite."

Zheng Xiang'an nodded and smiled: "What Mr. Cao said is very true, Mr. Zheng is being abrupt."

Xia Xiang continued: "Chengtian Qinghe City, Le County, Lefu Shangzhuang Fan Fei plotted Dong Xian's property, and the two of them thought of a plan to hide the truth. First, Tian Qing found a rogue as a spokesperson, and this person was Fu Ke. Fu Ke first got close to Yan Sun, Dong Xian's accountant, and used the first sister Zhu to seduce Yan Sun, and then used the relationship between Yan Sun and Dong Xian's wife, Dong Li's childhood sweetheart, to force Yan Sun to collude with Dong Li. Cooperating with Dong Li's inside and outside, Dong Xian was manipulated by the two together, obeying everything, planting a huge hidden danger."

"Dong Xian's younger brother, Dong Duan, was originally a scholar. He was studying at home. He accidentally broke the good relationship between Yan Sun and Dong Li, and told Dong Xian. Dong Xian didn't believe it, and still used Yan Sun. Later, Yan Sun lied to him. Dong Xian said that Zhending had a good business, and Dong Xian went there happily. At this time, Yarentian in Zhending City was dissatisfied with the stage, and he was entrusted by Wu Yidong to buy [-] shi of grain from Dong Xian. Dong Xian didn't know what to do, he thought It was a very lucrative deal, with Yan Sun's instigation and Tian Man's help, he and Wu Yidong made a deal."

"One hundred thousand shi of grain is not a small amount. It is enough to feed ten thousand soldiers and horses. After the matter was completed, Dong Xian asked Wu Yidong for the grain money, but Wu Yidong refused to return it for a long time. At this time, Fu Ke appeared again and said that he could help Dong Xian saw Wu Yidong, and Zhending had other business to do. Dong Xian believed it was true, so he came to Zhending City with Fu Ke. Along with Dong Xian was a pair of orphaned old people he met on the road in Quanzhou, The old man was worried about Dong Xian and followed him wholeheartedly. As a result, the three of them drank the poisoned tea by the Hutuo River. The county honorer refused to accept the case on the grounds that Dong Xian committed suicide by throwing himself into the river. It happened that the official took office in Zhending, passing through Shile, and met Dong Duan blocking the road to call for injustice, and was unreasonably bumped by Fu Ke. Bring Fu Ke back to Zhending, It was only after the first trial that a shocking murder case was discovered!"

"As soon as Dong Xian died, Zhuang Feifan approached Dong Duan, took the IOU and the agreement he had signed with Dong Xian, and came to ask for the debt, intending to annex Dong's firm. Fortunately, the accountant and the horsemen helped Dong Duan to sort it out. accounts, and found out the truth about Zhuang Feifei’s fraud.”

After Xia Xiang finished speaking, Zheng Xiangan immediately asked: "There are three main points in this case. One is that Tian Qing, as the governor of Shile County, why did he help Wu Yidong, the commander of the imperial army stationed in Zhending Prefecture, to buy food? Second, as the resident of Zhending Prefecture The commander of the imperial army, why buy food privately? The third is that Zhuang Feifei teamed up with Tian Qing to try to annex Dong's business. Is he greedy for the property of Dong's business, or does he have other plans? It doesn't matter whether it is Dong Xian or Fuke. It's just a small pawn in someone's big game of chess. Xia Xianzun, have you thought through the above doubts?"

Xia Xiang naturally thought clearly, and he also found out clearly, but it was related to Xing Wang's rebellion, so he couldn't talk nonsense, so he just laughed: "It's related to the important matter of the Forbidden Army in the garrison, so it's inconvenient for me to ask too much, so as not to be suspected of overstepping."

Zheng Xiangan showed a sarcasm on his face: "Xia Xianzun is afraid of the powerful and powerful, and dare not try again. Fu Ke's case was detained by Cui Fuzun, which is exactly what Xia Xianzun wanted."

"Mr. Zheng, you have misunderstood sir." Xiao Wu hurriedly jumped out to defend Xia Xiang. His impatient appearance made people laugh, "Mr. is not afraid of the powerful, but a devious plan. Just like me On the way to Xingzhou, I met a bad guy. If I can’t beat him, what should I do? Do I have to go to death? If I can’t beat him, I can run away. If I can run away and deliver the letter, it is my victory. What I want is to deliver the letter, what the bad guy wants is Stop me from delivering the letter, no matter what method I use, it is a success if the letter is delivered. The same is true for the husband. What the husband wants is to find out the truth. As for how to deal with it after the truth is found out, it is the responsibility of Cui Fuzun. The husband has no right to judge Fu Ke is guilty of capital punishment, is it possible that Mr. Cheng has to write to the emperor to ask the county magistrate to also have the right to impose capital crimes?"

Xiao Wu's words were quite reasonable, Cao Shujun nodded repeatedly, and he was full of admiration: "Xiao Wu, I always thought you were silly and cute before, but now I realize that you are really cute."

Xiao Wu chuckled and scratched his head: "I still like silly cute ones."

Zheng Xiang'an didn't smile, and looked solemnly: "Doing what you know you can't do is what a real man does. Mr. Xia, Mr. Zheng misunderstood you."

Cao Shujuan snorted coldly: "What does Zheng Langjun mean by this? What should Mr. Xia do and what should not be done? Do you want to make irresponsible remarks?"

Xia Xiang waved his hand, and said in a deliberative tone: "Mr. Zheng, what you mean is that I should not listen to Cui Fuzun's order, and continue to try Fu Ke's case, and continue to clean up the silt in the Hutuo River?"

"Exactly." Zheng Xiang'an raised his chin, "The wind knows the strength of the grass, and the toughness knows the honest officials. A brave man knows righteousness, and a wise man must be kind."

(End of this chapter)