Haijiao decided to drag people into the water and immediately took action.
Of course he couldn't contact the commander of the Shanxi Dusi next door, but he knew that County Magistrate Geng had relatives who had friendship with him.
Relying on the friendship between his cousin Xie Wenzai and the county magistrate Geng and Zhuang Tongzhi, Haijiao naturally got the opportunity to "help his uncle send New Year gifts to friends" and visited Zhuang Tongzhi's home with gifts. By a very "coincidental coincidence", County Magistrate Geng also came to visit his cousin's house that day.
So Hai Jiao, as a junior and student who was a good friend of the two, was chatting with the two elders. He intentionally or unintentionally mentioned the rumors about Pingyang Mansion that he had heard, especially about the colleague who was related to the Sun family by marriage. His deeds, he also sighed: "Is it possible that everyone in Pingyang Mansion can only endure it? Can't they find anyone who can cure him?"
These words made Zhuang Tongzhi and County Magistrate Geng couldn't help but sigh.
Especially for the former, if anything happens to the officials of Chang'an Prefecture in Pingyang Prefecture, they have already sent letters back to Chang'an to report it. The information Haitang got from Xie Wenzai was originally obtained by the latter from Zhuang Tongzhi. Zhuang Tongzhi himself naturally knew more about the evil deeds of Tongzhi from Pingyang Mansion than the Hai brothers and sisters, and he felt heavier.
Unfortunately, the two places are hundreds of miles apart. As a co-president of Chang'an Prefecture, he can't do anything to his co-presidents of Pingyang Prefecture. He also knows that his friends in the court are already in a difficult situation. He doesn't intend to let them confront the Sun family again, so he naturally feels unhappy. Feel good.
However, County Magistrate Geng was reminded by Hai Jiao's words: "It's not like Pingyang Prefecture really has no way to deal with the Sun family's gang members. I remember that the Zhao Du Commander of Shanxi Dusi was from Pingyang Prefecture, right? Pingyang Prefecture Tongzhi Relying on the in-law relationship of the Sun family to cause such harm to the elders in his hometown, should the commander of the Zhao capital just pretend that he didn't see it?"
Only then did Zhuang Tongzhi remember this person: "General Zhao... I haven't seen him for many years, and I don't know if he still recognizes me as an old friend..."
Hai Jiao was stunned, but he didn't expect that the "relatives" mentioned in the words of the old county magistrate Geng "There are relatives who have friendship with Commander Zhao Du" are Zhuang Shi and Zhuang Tongzhi! In this case, it is no wonder that County Magistrate Geng said in his previous life that his relationship with the commander of Zhaodu was very weak, and he did not dare to expect that he, a former official of Chang'an, could escape the embarrassment of the commander of Zhaodu. Zhuang Shitong had been dead for nearly two years at that time, and even the deepest friendship would fade away. What's more, the old county magistrate Geng was only his cousin. How could he expect Zhao Zhuo to remember the friendship of his late cousin?
However, now that Zhuang Shitong is still alive, even if his friendship with Zhao Zhuo is weak, he can still write a letter to tell him some news.
Hai Jiao thought of this and immediately cheered up.
Zhuang Shitong recalled his interactions with Zhao Zhuo, a young general stationed there when he was studying in Datong Mansion. Later, Zhao Zhuo followed his father to Beijing and became a young general under the old Marquis Yingchuan. The two lost contact until Zhuang Shitong came to Beijing to take the exam and they met again. When Zhao Zhuo got married and his eldest son held a full moon and a hundred-day banquet, Zhuang Shitong was a guest. However, when Zhuang Shitong was implicated in his official career, Wu Guozhang, the examiner, and was sent abroad, the contact between the two was greatly reduced. However, Zhuang Shitong was able to avoid being dismissed and exiled, and Zhao Zhuo, an old friend, also helped to some extent. The friendship between the two is still there, but they broke off contact because they were too far apart and it was inconvenient to exchange letters.
After Zhuang Shitong was transferred to Chang'an Mansion, he once wrote a letter to this friend. Zhao Zhuo was away from home at that time, and it was his wife who answered the letter on his behalf. The tone of the letter was cold. After that, Zhuang Shitong never wrote to Zhao Zhuo again.
However, Zhuang Shitong's son and his family are currently in Datong, and Zhao Zhuo's second son is also stationed in Datong, so the two families have not completely lost contact. According to the family letters Zhuang Shitong received, his son once attended the promotion banquet of Zhao Zhuo's second son and had a few face-to-face conversations with him, which can be said to have continued the friendship between his father's generation and his father's generation.
Zhuang Shitong then discussed with Magistrate Geng Lao whether he should write a letter to Zhao Zhuo to remind him that there was a corrupt official in his hometown in Pingyang Mansion, but the local officials and people were in the way of the Sun family, and there was nothing they could do about this corrupt official?
Hai Jiao was listening, and from time to time he would add a few words to support Zhuang Shitong's letter to Zhao Zhuo. But in his heart, he didn't believe how much Zhao Zhuo and his family valued this friendship. Not to mention Zhao Zhuo's wife's cold reply to Zhuang Shitong's letter, in a previous life, Zhuang Shitong's granddaughter was killed in Datong, and Zhao Zhuo's second son was stationed there. How could he help? Magistrate Geng Geng's daughter and grandson suffered all kinds of grievances at her husband's house in Datong. When Magistrate Geng went around asking for help, he never saw Zhao Zhuo's second son extending his hand once!
It had only been two years since Zhuang Shitong's death, and his friendship with Zhao Zhuo had already disappeared without a trace. It's okay not to mention this kind of friendship.
Since Zhao Zhuo had an indifferent attitude toward Zhuang Shi and his old friend, Hai Jiao wanted to drag him into the water even more. After all, this is also for the sake of his hometown, Pingyang Mansion. Both Haijiao and Zhuang Shitong have good intentions, so how could they have bad intentions?
As for Zhao Zhuo, after learning about it, did he fear the Sun family and turn a blind eye to the evil deeds of his colleagues in Pingyang Mansion, or did he risk offending the Sun family to eradicate evil for his hometown elders? That's all his own choice.
Zhuang Shitong wrote a letter to Zhao Zhuo on the spot.
He mentioned that he was working in the Chang'an Prefecture and happened to encounter a lawsuit. There were witnesses living in Pingyang Prefecture. When he sent an official to pick up the witnesses, he heard the local news, and another Pingyang Prefecture official cried out and begged the Chang'an Prefecture to reach out. Helping him and his boss felt very embarrassed, and so on.
He could understand the difficulties of Pingyang officials, but the Chang'an government office was not the Zhou family, and the Zhou family was not in charge of Shanxi Dusi, so there was no reason to interfere in Shanxi government affairs. Obviously, Zhao Zhuo, as the director of Shanxi Dusi, is more qualified to take action in this kind of matter. Didn't Pingyang officials ask Zhao Zhuo for help?
Zhuang Shitong asked Zhao Zhuo if he had heard of this? Was it because he was concerned about the power of the Sun family in the court that he turned a blind eye? He lamented that when Zhao Zhuo was young, he hated evil so much that he could not tolerate the evil deeds of corrupt officials. But now that he is older, he has more worries. He understood that Zhao Zhuo was thinking about the family's descendants, but he still hoped that Zhao Zhuo could do something. Even if you can't deal with the Pingyang Mansion officials openly, you still have to say hello to the Sun family and ask the Sun family to instruct the in-laws of the children of his family to restrain themselves and not to cause too much misery to Pingyang Mansion.
After all, it was Zhao Zhuo's hometown, and Zhao Zhuo had a long history with the Yingchuan Hou Mansion, and the latter was about to become an in-law with the Sun family. They are also in-laws. The weight of the Sun Ge's old in-laws cannot be inferior to the weight of the in-laws of the Sun family's descendants, right?
Zhuang Shitong's somewhat strange letter was sent to Taiyuan Prefecture the next day. As for when there will be a response, Zhuang Shitong himself is not sure. Anyway, if it concerns Zhao Zhuo's hometown, Zhao Zhuo will always have some reaction.
Before Zhao Zhuo could react, the second brother of the Jin family had already arrived in Chang'an.
The day they arrived in Chang'an happened to be the day before Little New Year's Eve. The atmosphere in the Chang'an government office was relaxed and leisurely, and they were ready to close their books and take a holiday. As for the second wife of the Jin family, Magistrate Huang didn't want to embarrass the old, weak, sick and disabled before the Chinese New Year, so he made a simple settlement first.
Zhang Pinggui and Wang Laoliu had reported that Jin Miao, Jin Xin's wife Jin Liu, and Jin Xin and Jin Miao's widowed sister Jin Aunt had all taken the initiative to report Jin Juren's whereabouts to the killers and encouraged them to kill. Jin Miao even suggested The killers threatened Jin Juren with his younger son. If he didn't listen, they would kill his eldest son first to ensure that he would give up. All three of them were suspected of abetting the murder and were immediately thrown into jail.
As for the remaining people, it is unclear whether they are accomplices or forced to join the thieves. They are temporarily under house arrest in the backyard of an old temple near the government office. They are guarded by dedicated personnel. Although the guarding is not strict, it is impossible to escape. of.
When Mrs. Jin Er and Jin Xin saw their family members being taken away by the police, they cried and screamed about their injustice.
(End of chapter)
