Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 143 The Past Three Years Ago

Wang Fa, the head of the Qingyun Hall of the Cao Gang, pulled up his trousers, stood up and hummed a sour tune comfortably.

In front of him lay a naked woman who had passed out.This woman is Lin Dasheng's favorite second concubine.

Next to the woman was a large dug earth pit.There are more than a dozen corpses lying in the pit.

Wang Fa pulled out his waist knife and stabbed the woman in the neck.Then he kicked up and threw the woman into the pit.

He took a shovel and filled the pit with soil.

After a stick of incense, he came to Jiming Temple half a mile away from Datukeng.Jiming Temple is not big, a small courtyard and a Buddhist hall.Outside the Buddhist hall, two young monks were sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground.

In the Buddhist hall of the temple, a fat monk is chanting sutras and praising Buddha.The monk looked to be only in his thirties, but he was wearing the red cassock with gold thread that is unique to the abbot.

The monk heard Wang Fa's footsteps.He opened his eyes and asked Wang Fa, "Is everything settled?"

Wang Fa said respectfully: "Master Liaochen, don't worry, I will take care of things! Lin Dasheng's family members will not be left alive!"

Master Liaochen said "oh", took out a bank note from his pocket, and handed it to Wang Fa: "This is the other half you deserve. Well, the matter is over, you can go!"

Wang Fa took the silver ticket and said, "I dare not go back to the Cao Gang now! Kill Xiangzhu's family, if the matter comes to light, I will suffer three knives and nine holes! Master, you are a capable person, I plan to Let's eat with you."

Master Liaochen looked at his unfastened belt, and said disgustedly: "You are too obscene and vicious. I will not let you be my subordinate. You can go, it is best to go to the ends of the earth!" Don't stay in Jiangnan anymore."

Wang Fa repeatedly said yes and walked out of Jiming Temple.

As soon as he left the temple gate, he said to himself: "The ends of the earth? I took a whole 1 taels of silver from you. The city of Hangzhou is full of flowers, willows and greenery. It is a fairyland on earth. If I have silver but don't enjoy it here, I am a stupid donkey!"

The governor's yamen of the new Zhejiang Province.

The emperor has just issued a decree to move the governor's yamen from Yangzhou to Hangzhou.Yamen servants are busy moving some wooden chairs and desks.

He Liu and Lao Hu entered the Yamen lobby.

Hu Zongxian was looking at the official documents in the lobby, coughing continuously while reading.

Seeing that He Liu was coming, he got up to greet him, but he staggered and almost fell after walking a few steps.

He Liu quickly supported Hu Zongxian: "Hu Butang, you are not in good health, so you can take a few months of sick leave with the imperial court and take good care of yourself."

Hu Zongxian smiled: "My illness doesn't matter. Dams are built in winter and floods are prevented in summer. The Xin'an River embankment is being repaired in full swing, and the daily bills fly to my governor's office like clouds. I have to keep an eye on it." I understand those people in the Hedao Yamen. If you don’t pay attention, they will have a chance to fill their pockets. The war in Taizhou just ended, and those refugees who left home because of the war, I want to persuade them to go back to their hometowns; The total amount of written-off military supplies and grain is reported to the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War... so many things, how can I get away. "

He Liu sighed: "It's disrespectful to say something. If Hu Butang dies one day, he must be exhausted by state affairs."

Hu Zongxian forced another smile: "I won't die so soon. Mr. Li Shizhen Li came to see me a while ago. He said, I still have two or three years of life! I have to hurry up for these two or three years When you have time, do more things for the people.”

He Liu lamented in his heart: If everyone in the imperial court was as loyal to the country as Hu Zongxian, the world would have been at peace long ago!It's a pity that most of the people in the court are followers of Wan Anliang, Zhao Jianzhi, and Wu Liangyong who have searched and ransacked their homes by themselves. . .

Hu Zongxian said: "Your sixth child does not go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. What's the matter if you come back to me now?"

He Liu said: "We came to Hangzhou City this time to investigate the Japanese case. You know that someone transported guns to the Japanese pirates. This matter is not too much trouble for Hu Butang. Our Jinyiwei will definitely investigate the case. Clear and clear. Oh, you can rest a little more if you don't worry about one thing!"

Hu Zongxian asked: "Since you plan to do this by yourself, why did you come to me?"

He Liudao: "I'm an imperial envoy. I have to take into account the dignity of the court. It's not dignified for an imperial envoy to stay in a hotel in Hangzhou. After thinking about it, I'd better borrow a few feet from the governor's yamen in Hu Butang."

Hu Zongxian said: "Okay. You can talk to me when you are free. However, I have just moved to the governor's office, and the bedroom in the back office is very simple. I will wrong you, the imperial envoy."

He Liu and Lao Hu lived in the governor's yamen.

At night, Hu Zongxian finally finished his errands for the day.He changed into a coarse cotton robe and went to He Liu's study.

"Hu Butang is here? Please sit down!" He Liu brought a chair for Hu Zongxian.

Hu Zongxian said: "How is your investigation of the Japanese case going?"

He Liudao: "The clue is temporarily broken on Cao Bang."

Hu Zongxian showed a look of surprise: "What? You mean Cao Gang to lead the Japanese? Absolutely impossible! I know Ding Sanjiao. He won't do anything to betray his ancestors."

He Liudao: "He is a loyal person. It doesn't mean that there are no profit-seeking people under him."

Hu Zongxian nodded: "It's true. The dragon gave birth to nine sons, and the nine sons are all different. The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds and beasts. What's more, the Cao Gang has 30 gang members and [-] laborers?"

He Liu suddenly remembered something, and he asked Hu Zongxian: "Hu Butang. You have also served as the inspector of Zhejiang Province. Do you know that more than 40 years ago, the government army killed more than 3000 people from the Cao Gang?"

Hu Zongxian pondered for a long time: "I saw this incident in the case archives of the procuratorate. It is embarrassing to tell this incident. More than 40 years ago, heavy rains in the south of the Yangtze River caused disasters. The river supervision eunuch at that time embezzled Xin'an River When the flood came, the levee leaked. Hundreds of thousands of people in seven or eight counties along the Xin'an River were affected. In autumn, they can still dig wild vegetables and gnaw on tree bark to barely satisfy their hunger. What will we do in winter? "

He Liu was a little strange: "Xin'an River was flooded, what's the matter with Guan Cao Gang?"

Hu Zongxian said: "Don't worry, just listen to me. Hong Renkang, the leader of the Cao Gang at the time, couldn't bear to see the people suffer, and paid for the relief of the victims out of his own pocket, but it was a drop in the bucket. In desperation, the old leader Hong could only pay for the emperor's food." It just so happened that he had fifty ships of imperial grain that needed to be deported to Beijing. He took his brothers and 'stealed' half of the grain and transported it to the outskirts of Hangzhou. Cough cough cough."

Hu Zongxian coughed violently. He took a sip of tea and suppressed the pressure, and continued: "Old leader Hong has assigned another 3000 brothers to go to the suburbs to divide the food into eight parts and transport them to the eight affected counties. The members of the Cao Gang should report this matter to the imperial court. The servants and arresters of the Hangzhou government were ordered to arrest the members of the Cao Gang who were secretly distributing the grain. There was a conflict between the two sides. It was just fistfights, and neither side mobilized troops. The commander of the Hangzhou Guards was eager to make contributions, saying that the Cao Gang had rebelled, and he led all the Hangzhou guards out of the city to "suppress the bandits". How can those Cao Gang gangs without weapons be the opponents of the heavily armored Guards Army? [-] All the gang members perish."

He Liudao: "This commander is really a jerk. What happened next?"

Hu Zongxian said: "It is reasonable to say that the people in the Cao Gang rebelled, and the imperial court has banned the Cao Gang. However, Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the cabinet at that time, was a well-known virtuous prime minister in the Zhengde Dynasty. After he learned the truth, he tried his best to protect the Cao Gang from Lord Zhengde. Help this one not be destroyed."

He Liu nodded: "I see."

He Liu knew in his heart that the Jinyiwei internal response who reported to the Cao gang to steal the imperial food was Lao Hu.

The two were talking, when a voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Master Cao Gang Ding, please see me."

He Liudao: "Hurry up, please come in."

Ding Sanjiao entered the study room, saluted Hu Zongxian first, and then said to He Liu: "Master Liu, Wang Fa, the head of the Qingyun Hall, has been found!"

(End of this chapter)