"Wei Chong! Wei Chong! You are nothing!"
Lu Liang was sitting in the cell, with his hands and feet shackled, and he shook the iron door with his hands, making the keys on the door jingle.
"Stop shouting! I'm here." Wei Chong came over and shouted loudly.
"You guy...you guy dare to lie to me!" Lu Liang opened his bloodshot eyes wide and shouted at the cell leader standing aside: "Master cell leader! This letter was sent to me by Wei Chong It’s written, don’t listen to this guy’s nonsense!”
"I sent someone to check it. This letter is clearly written by you, Lu Liang, and your eldest brother, Lu Song. The evidence is clear, how can I quibble!"
"Bah!" Lu Liang lay down in front of the iron railing and spat outside, "It's not your turn to comment on this matter! The prince will always avenge my grievances! When King Wan gives the order, your official Don’t even think about it!”
Wei Chong suddenly changed his expression: "I am here just on the order of the prince!" As he said that, he threw out an official document from his sleeve, which was clearly stamped with the seal of the prince's palace.
"This..." Lu Liang picked up the official document with trembling hands, and at first glance he noticed the eye-catching line of ink characters: 'The residence of Lu Song will be raided for the crime of treason'. He was dumbfounded and suddenly fainted due to the surge of energy.
Ye Yongjia quickly followed the prince's wishes and sent officers and soldiers to surround the Lu Mansion. The officers and soldiers entered the house to move silver and gold. If any family members disobeyed, they would look at them angrily or kick them, causing a lot of noise in the house and could not stop them. Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Lu Song knew that he would inevitably commit the crime of treason, so he cursed loudly: "Wan Heshun, this unfaithful person, clearly intends to kill people and silence me, and bring death to my Lu family! Enter Jiuquan!" I can't forgive you!" After saying that, he found a thick rope and tied a knot on the beam. The officers and soldiers did not stop him, but watched him hang to death.
After the search was completed, Lu Liang was also questioned and sentenced to prison. No one knew about the murder of Wei Huai back then. Wan Heshun also felt that things could not be done too badly and it was time to stop. He immediately issued an order: "The Lu family is a famous family in Nanjing. If all of them are wiped out, I will be very sorry." Now that the two thieves have been executed, the innocent people in their homes should be pardoned as a sign of kindness. '
After receiving the order, Ye Yongjia immediately taught Wei Chong to release his family members and send them back to his hometown.
At that time, Lu Song's son Lu Ju was still on duty in Liuhe County. Hearing that his father had hanged himself, he was extremely sad and cried for a long time before he stopped. After further questioning, I found out that Wan He had shunned the situation and he survived. He was grateful to Prince Wan for not killing him. He only realized that it was Ye Yongjia who was eager to establish his authority and made unwarranted reports that led to the destruction of his family.
After all these matters were dealt with, Ye Yongjia was already very tired both physically and mentally. As soon as he returned home, he lay down on the large wooden bed without saying a word.
He only felt thirsty, so he ordered his servants: "Pour some tea."
After a while, two servants came in, each holding a teapot and a cup, and brought them to him.
Ye Yongjia poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and drank it without feeling hot. After drinking four small cups of tea, he still couldn't quench the thirst that was smoldering in his throat. He simply pushed the tea aside and lay down again.
"Master, Mr. Wei has something to come to see you." The servant standing outside carefully opened the curtain and reported.
"No." Ye Yongjia said lazily.
Seeing that Ye Yongjia was in a bad mood, the man didn't dare to make him angry, so he hurriedly left the house.
"Wait a minute." Ye Yongjia suddenly sat up, "Let's ask him to come in."
Wei Chong followed the servant to Ye Yongjia, and knelt down with a smile.
"What's the matter?" Ye Yongjia asked.
"The good thing is about the Zhuo family." Wei Chong said with a smile.
Ye Yongjia suddenly no longer felt thirsty. He suddenly realized that there was a rope in his hand, which was tightly tied to the bucket floating on the well. The clear water in the bucket was enough to soothe the depression in his heart.
"Say it." Ye Yongjia became energetic.
"It's been more than half a month, and I heard people say that Zhuo Lengping has been discharged. It's such a great thing! Now everything is ready, just waiting for you to send someone to say goodbye."
"What if her family refuses to agree? What should we do?" Although Ye Yongjia couldn't bear the turmoil, he still restrained his excitement and asked calmly.
"How could it be!" Wei Chong snorted, "The Zhuo family has been poor for most of their lives, and today they have reached the point of poverty. When I saw that you, the rich prefect, wanted to marry her, I couldn't even be happy. I guess I couldn't wait to see her. Let’s celebrate by setting off guns on our ancestors’ graves! How can anyone disagree with this?”
"This is the best, this is the best..." Ye Yongjia smiled and nodded, and then told Wei Chong: "Otherwise, don't hire any matchmaker. It's too troublesome. I might as well write a Geng invitation myself and go to the meeting in person for this matter. It doesn’t hurt to go.”
"You really can't wait for a moment!" Wei Chong laughed.
The servants then brought several colored clothes to Ye Yongjia, but they were all rejected by Ye Yongjia because the materials were not of high quality. They ran two or three times in a row, and finally selected a good piece of clothing. Only then did Ye Yongjia feel satisfied.
Wei Chong went to call a dozen people who were good at playing and playing, and arranged them into teams. According to the prefect's arrangement, he prepared a box of financial gifts, covered them with a layer of bright red silk, and then brought Ye Yongjia's sedan, and the team was in a strict state. Yan Zheng set off from the city.
The noisy suona sounds gradually left the city walls of Nanjing and extended into the countryside. When people in the villages heard this, they opened their doors and windows from house to house to spy on this bride-welcoming team that, although not very luxurious, was extremely impressive.
Some villagers who had always done good deeds, out of curiosity, climbed over the courtyard wall and slowly followed the footsteps of this procession.
As they walked, they saw Ye Yongjia leaving his sedan chair in front of Zhuo's house. They first looked at each other in surprise, and then exclaimed in an uproar: "Her family has been in bad luck for most of their lives, and they can attract such a son-in-law!"
Ye Yongjia got out of the sedan with two feet, held the Geng post, and knocked respectfully on the door three times, speaking as loudly as possible: "I, Ye Yongjia, the prefect of Nanjing, came to the Zhuo family with his official Wei Chong to propose marriage!"
The door opened crookedly.
An old woman walked out of it, it was Zhuo Lengping's mother, Mrs. Zhang. She looked frightened at first, but then she regained her pleasant look in hospitality.
"Master Prefect, are you here..."
Before Ye Yongjia could speak, Wei Chong stood up and said, "We are here to propose marriage to your daughter."
"This is my Geng post." Ye Yongjia bowed and handed the post over.
Wei Chong showed a confident look and watched with cold eyes as Old Lady Zhang opened the cover and took out the Geng Tie.
She seemed to have looked over it carefully, and finally raised her head solemnly and said expressionlessly:
"Master Magistrate, I apologize for not being able to agree."
