Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 818 Counterfeit goods

Doctor Yu Shi realized that what he said was not in the emperor's mind. He originally wanted to accuse Wu You of acting like a robber, but now it seems that the emperor actually supported his actions.

Now, he couldn't utter the words in his throat at all, and could only plead guilty profusely, "What the emperor taught is that the lower officials are stupid. At an extraordinary moment, you should use extraordinary means."

Seeing his understanding, Xia Zijin's anger subsided, and he rubbed his head with a headache, "It's best for you to understand, if you don't understand, I can only use other methods to make you understand."

Xia Zijin knew Wu Youwei's intentions for this move. These merchants have no conscience to use this flood to make a fortune and oppress the victims. No wonder Wu Youwei wants to teach them a lesson.Now, how much ill-gotten wealth they have taken, they still have to spit it out.

But in fact, as Xia Zijin and Wu Youwei speculated, these wealthy households were all greedy for life and afraid of death. They spent three days in the government office, ignoring the simple food and drink every day, and seeing Wu Youwei again He really didn't intend to let them go back, so he panicked.

But perhaps because they were afraid of being regarded as a traitor by others, they all secretly went to Wu Youwei to get the silver with their fingerprints. Those who paid the silver naturally ate differently, somewhat meaty.As for those stubborn ones, they can only suffer in secret, each of them has a good friend, and if he is subdued, he must persuade his friend to do so.

Therefore, after suffering for seven days, even the Patriarch of the Yu family gave in completely, and handed over a batch of money, which they called donating to the victims of the flood.Wu Youwei weighed the bank notes in his hand and sneered, he didn't take advantage of them, he just let them take advantage of this opportunity to spit out the money intact.

Such ill-gotten gains should not have been given to them.

Wu Youwei watched them all pretending to be sitting in the flower hall, and said with a smile, "Are you all ready?"

"My lord, I'm getting old and I really can't stand the day and night running around. Please let me go back to the mansion. I will devote myself to praying in the mansion and praying to the Bodhisattva to protect the victims." Yu Chengshan still spoke as a representative.

This time, Wu Youwei didn't interrupt him, but let him finish speaking completely.

Yu Chengshan gave a dry laugh, waiting anxiously for Wu Youwei to speak, but he was still a little apprehensive, worried that what he said would not count.Wu Youwei took a fancy to his mind at a glance, and couldn't help but sneered from the bottom of his heart, eyes full of disdain.

Even if he received the disaster relief money donated by them, he would naturally not go back on his word. Although Xia Zijin gave him the right to do things conveniently, he represented the face of the imperial court after all. Some things he could do and some things he couldn't do.

"What? Do you all think so?" Wu Youwei glanced at them one by one, lowered his eyes, scraped his fingernails on the armchair, and made a harsh sound. A layer of goosebumps appeared.

Seeing them looking at each other and nodding, Wu Youwei laughed, "That's why, I didn't think about this before, but I made it difficult for you, if that's the case, that's fine."

The ease with which he agreed made all the trembling wealthy households stunned for a moment, and then they quietly breathed a sigh of relief, bowed their hands excitedly, and went back one by one.

Yang Que didn't know that they had gone to Wu Youwei in private. Watching them leave, he frowned unconsciously, hesitant to speak, and in the end, he couldn't help but say, "My lord, just let them go like this." have they gone?"

"If not, you still want to detain them? They haven't committed any crime." Wu Youwei gave him a funny look, took a sip of tea, and secretly thought about going back and recommending Yang Jin to Xia Zijin.

Yang Que was agitated for a while. Although he knew that Wu Youwei was telling the truth, he still felt a little uncomfortable after returning in vain.

Seeing his melancholy look, Wu Youwei couldn't help laughing, "Go to the firewood room and take out all the banknotes in that box and distribute them to the refugees in the city."

"My lord means..." Yang Que didn't remember when he hid the bank notes in the firewood room in the mansion. Hearing his order now, he couldn't help being stunned, but Wu Youwei didn't mean to explain. When he suddenly let these wealthy households go, he immediately understood.

He took a deep breath, greeted Wu Youwei solemnly, turned around and took the bank note with the yamen servant to the bank to get the bank note.

And those wealthy households who went back earlier still felt that others took advantage of themselves to leave, and they were still very aggrieved in their hearts.

When he thought of the arrogant look he had put on in front of him, he couldn't help but let out a "bah".

But these are not things Wu Youwei has to worry about.

After such a delay, Rong Yu escorted the relief money over, and Wu Youwei decided to go to Yu County, which was the hardest hit, to investigate the disaster situation.Yang Que wanted to go with him, but he stopped him.

Considering that after he left, there would be no one to manage the floating city, so Yang Que didn't insist on going.

Rong Yu had never done such an errand in the past, King Rong's fief had always been rich and there had been no disasters, so looking at the tragic scene on the side of the road, he couldn't help being shocked, and couldn't help showing sympathy on his face.

Wu Youwei looked at his expression and sighed, feeling more and more worried.He originally thought that when he arrived in Yu County, the name of the imperial court's disaster relief would spread, and these victims would naturally gather around to beg for rice grains. Who knew that not only did no one come, but they all avoided them one by one.

Looking at the appearance of these disaster victims, they seem to be very disgusted with the imperial court, which is really weird.He tossed and turned to find his hometown, but before he entered, he hit him with a walking stick, "You bastards, get out, get out!"

Wu Youwei didn't guard against it, and was slapped squarely, staring at him immediately.Seeing the crutches bit down again, he dodged in a hurry, but saw a hand passing through his head, grabbing the crutches at once, "Master Wu, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, thank you, my son, for saving me." Wu Youwei took a breath, and then he looked at the person who attacked him earlier. When he saw this, he was dumbfounded, "Mother, what's wrong with you?"

The old woman with crutches was full of white hair. When he called out, she was stunned for a moment. After looking carefully, the crutch in her hand fell to the ground with a "dang" and made a trembling sound. "Youwei, but...but you're back?"

There was uncontrollable excitement in his tone, Wu Youwei was afraid that his old mother would faint, so he hurried over to support her, and stroked her chest, "Mother, it's the son who came back, the son came back late, the son is unfilial, and the mother is angry .”

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back." Mother Wu couldn't stop muttering, and as if she suddenly remembered something, she grabbed his cuff all of a sudden, "Son, why did you come back this time? Could it be that you made a mistake, Your Majesty?" she……"

The mountains are high and the rivers are far away. The people in Yu County only know that the throne has been changed, but they don't know whether it is a man or a woman, or it doesn't matter who they are, as long as it doesn't affect their livelihood.Wu Youwei has been an official in Beijing for many years, and he never came back. Now that he came back suddenly, Wu's mother couldn't help but think about it.

"Mother, where did you go?" Wu Youwei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "My son came here to help the disaster under the emperor's order."

"You mean, the emperor sent you to rescue us?" Mother Wu asked excitedly, grabbing his arm.

Rong Yu wanted to laugh while listening, but Xia Zijin was only in his 20s now, yet he was called an old man, no matter how he thought about it, he found it funny.But this is the sincerity of the common people, so he doesn't have to take it too seriously.

"Yes, the emperor asked his son to come here to treat the victims. Mother, why are the people in the village unwilling to come to receive rice grains, but instead closed the doors and windows when they saw us? What happened in the village?" Wu Youwei then asked, wondering .

Mother Wu let out a long breath, "It's not the gang that killed thousands of knives. These days, when things like this happen, no one is happy. It's really abominable to be robbed by them. Those bastards pretend to be officials and come to every household. Searching for food, people in the village now have a headache when they see the official."

Wu Youwei became more and more confused as he listened, but Rong Yu understood a little bit, but the meaning in Wu's mother's words made his face sink instantly, "Auntie, do you mean that there are a group of people pretending to be officials from the government to rob houses? "

"Yes." Mother Wu nodded, "Originally we only thought they were people from the government, but Er Niu in the village had a stomachache that day and went to the woods to relieve himself. it works……"

After all, Wu's mother is old, and it's a bit awkward to explain, but Rongyu still understands, not to mention him, even Wu Youwei, also understands clearly, and for a while, his face turns livid with anger.

"Mother, don't worry, the son is back, and they will definitely not let them continue to be rampant." Wu Youwei suppressed his anger, and coaxed Wu's mother into the house to rest.

Rong Yu's fists "creaked" and he gritted his teeth and said two words, "Scum!"

"Master Wu, this is your hometown. The people in the village must know you. Do you have any familiar villagers? Let's go and find out." After a brief moment of anger, Rong Yu calmed down and turned to look at Wu promising.

"Yes, the eldest son of the Liu family, Daniu, is from the same town as me. He also passed the local examination, but unfortunately he failed in the final exam." Wu Youwei lifted his foot and walked forward with a pair of muddy trousers.

Rong Yu pursed his lips and followed behind him, "That's the best, but it's just that this group of people dared to pretend to be officials of the imperial court. It's really bold. I will report this matter back to the capital later, and I will definitely punish them severely."

"It should be so." Wu Youwei nodded solemnly, turned a corner, and stopped in front of a mud house, "This is Da Niu's house."

(End of this chapter)