At this moment, Xia Jingyun was like Xie Yanzhi whose blockage had been cleared last night, and her thoughts were flowing like a spring.
If Zheng Tianyu is wary of not himself, but the labor camp, because he has improved the efficiency of the labor camp and allowed the labor camp to repair the observation deck as quickly as possible, which has had a major impact, so he sent someone to investigate secretly. .
This logic makes sense.
After learning about the situation, he may have felt relieved.
In the blink of an eye, he saw himself again on top of the cultural gathering. Out of some strange combination of circumstances or out of further temptation, he chose himself as his opponent, but unexpectedly he hit an iron plate.
But because there was no serious conflict between himself and his plan, he asked his men to kill Niu Er and interrupt the clues to avoid any complications.
However, he did not expect that he would soon catch Niu Er's widow, and follow the clues to find out the adulterer, so he ordered his men to kill her again.
Then after discovering that the county government had been prepared, he failed to make any move.
This all shows that the last two actions were just prudent actions to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.
This can also explain why Zheng Tianyu made no move after that. Even when he left the city yesterday and passed through the wilderness, nothing happened.
Xia Jingyun mentally sorted out his logic just now, and it made perfect sense!
So, is it really possible that Zheng Tianyu’s target is the labor camp?
Then a new question arises, what is he trying to do?
Xia Jingyun looked at Xie Yanzhi, "I have to go out."
Xie Yanzhi looked at Xia Jingyun's face and knew the seriousness of the matter. He nodded and said, "Young master, go and do your own business."
Xia Jingyun lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, "I'll come back to accompany you when I'm done."
"Young master, important things are important. There is no need to worry about Rouge."
It's not only personal but considerate... Xia Jingyun sighed, immediately got up, put on his boots, and rushed out of the yard.
The little maid slipped out with an unhappy look on her face, "Miss, how could the young master leave so early..."
Xie Yanzhi smiled and said, "Young master is a man who achieves great things. How can you be trapped in the love between children? As human beings, we must be content."
When Xia Jingyun thought that he was about to solve the puzzle, his waist no longer ached, his legs stopped wandering, he took one breath... ahem, and ran straight to Zhang Dazhi's yard.
Zhang Dazhi was flattered by his arrival. He quickly stood up and asked his apprentice to make tea, "Oh, old... Mr. Xia, why do you have time to come to my place?"
Xia Jingyun sat down, not caring about politeness, "Brother, I want to ask you something, how is the situation in the labor camp now?"
Zhang Dazhi was stunned. He didn't expect Xia Jingyun to come for this matter. "All the work in the labor camp stopped yesterday. It was supposed to be demobilized and escorted back to the counties. But now you also know that there is a shortage of manpower. After asking for instructions from above, We have decided to stay where we are, provide food and drink, and then send them away after the empress and her entourage have left and the county is free."
Xia Jingyun subconsciously sensed something was wrong. With so many people working so hard every day, what's more, they were provided with good food and drink, and they were locked up like this. Wouldn't something happen more easily?
He quickly asked, "Who asked for instructions? Who gave the order?"
Zhang Dazhi said: "Of course there is no need to alarm the empress about this kind of thing. We made a summary first, and then Magistrate Zhao went to consult his immediate superior, Jianning Prefect Zheng Yuanwang, who made the arrangements himself."
! ! ! That's even more wrong!
But what can they do with these workers?
Xia Jingyun touched his chin and pondered.
Seeing Xia Jingyun's appearance, Zhang Dazhi suddenly became nervous, "Brother, what's going on?"
Xia Jingyun's status is now different from what it used to be. If anything offends him, this is not something that ordinary people can afford.
"It's okay." Xia Jingyun let out a long breath, "Brother, if everything is okay now, can you accompany me to the labor camp?"
"Of course it's possible!"
Xia Jingyun was anxious, so the two of them got up directly, took Zhang Dazhi's young apprentice with them, and the three of them left the courtyard.
After taking a few steps, Xia Jingyun said: "Let's go to Yun Mansion first and hire some guards."
Of course Zhang Dazhi was willing to have this opportunity to show his face, so the three of them walked towards Yun Mansion again.
Because of tomorrow's luncheon, the entire Sishui Prefecture's dignitaries gathered in Jiang'an City.
The closer you get to Yun Mansion, the higher the level of the rich and powerful becomes.
But everyone showed great kindness to Xia Jingyun and greeted him cordially.
Xia Jingyun didn't dare to neglect and returned the favor with a smile all the way.
Zhang Dazhi followed Xia Jingyun all the way, and took the opportunity to chat with these powerful people. When he looked at no one, he sighed: "My dear mother, I am afraid that everyone with some reputation in the entire Sishui Prefecture It’s here! Thanks to the presence of Wudang Army, otherwise some bandit would break in and take the pot, which would cause trouble!"
Xia Jingyun stopped suddenly, "What did you say?"
Zhang Dazhi was stunned, startled, and waved his hands quickly, "No, I didn't say anything!"
Xia Jingyun looked anxious, "I'm not pursuing you, what did you just say?"
"I'm afraid that all the famous people from the entire Surabaya Prefecture are here."
"Next sentence."
"Thanks to the presence of Wudang Army, otherwise some bandit would break in and take the pot, which would cause trouble!"
The chaos in Xia Jingyun's mind was like being split open by a bolt of lightning!
Powerful person!
The real target of Zheng Tianyu and the others is not himself, nor Concubine De, but the dignitaries of the state who have gathered in this small Jiang'an city because of Concubine De!
At the very beginning, Zheng Yuanwang, the prefect, used excessive punishment and heavy punishment in the name of meeting the deadline for his empress, and sent many innocent people and their families into labor camps.
Taking advantage of the reputation of Concubine De as a prostitute, such a move would not arouse any suspicion. Everyone would just think that Zheng Yuanwang did everything possible to please Concubine De and hold on to his own black gauze hat, and they secretly scorned her.
However, for these workers, they live a good life at home. If they make a little mistake, their home will be confiscated and they will be sent to other places. Then the whole family will die without a burial place, and they will live a hard life. If someone cheers up, they will not Do you want to follow suit?
If this is the case for one person, what about hundreds or thousands of people?
Isn't this huge labor camp just a warehouse filled with dry firewood and doused with fuel, just waiting for a spark to burst into torrential anger?
The Zheng family was just controlling all of this secretly, and no one was aware of it.
This also answered a question that had puzzled Xia Jingyun before: Why were people not treated as human beings at all in the labor camps? We obviously want everyone to eat better and rest better, so so many people won't have to die, and the construction deadline will be met faster, so why do we have to do it so ruthlessly?
Because only in this way can the boundless anger of the workers against the imperial court be aroused to the greatest extent.
Because of this, when he presented an improved pulley earth-moving method, which had an impact on their plans, Zheng Tianyu secretly sent someone to find out his details.
The only thing to guard against is the exposure of the conspiracy.
At the same time, Jiang'an City, as a large county, does have city walls. Although it is very low, it is not something that these unarmed workers can defeat.
But what if the guards became theirs too?
Why did the gentry in the county strongly demand to go out of the city to suppress the bandits that day?
It was an official who was killed by bandits on the edge of the city, so the gentry in the city were afraid and came to "force the palace".
But who actually killed the official?
Killed by Zheng Tianyu's guards.
Then, County Magistrate Zhao forced Captain Shi to go out of the city to suppress the bandits, so Lieutenant Shi died.
How did he die? He died from a stray arrow.
Since when have there been such masters among bandits?
How could such a master allow these officers and soldiers to come back in an organized manner and kill just one Shi County Lieutenant?
A large group of soldiers and horses left the city, but Lieutenant Shi was so unlucky that only he was hit by a stray arrow and died.
The most important thing is that the next day, the prefect Zheng Yuanwang sent a new county captain to take office.
After the other party came, he made a quick operation, trained the soldiers, and subdued the soldiers. Now he has won the praise and trust of the whole county.
What if such a person opens the city gate at a critical moment?
Or even take the soldiers who have been subdued by him to fight back?
Can this city full of powerful people protect themselves?
There are 6,000 soldiers without troops, 5,000 are already out suppressing bandits, but there are only 1,000 in the local area!
If the other side swarms into the city at night and threatens the people with their own dignity, so what if they can fight?
Xia Jingyun calmed down. If his guess was true, and the other party really wanted to take action, it would only happen tonight, because after the luncheon tomorrow, the dignitaries would go home and there would be no chance.
But it was already afternoon, less than three hours later.
Thinking of this, Xia Jingyun's back was completely wet with cold sweat.
