"What, are you scared?"
Yang Jian was pacing in the study and suddenly said to Zhu Bo again.
"We kept you here in the hope that you could lend us a helping hand."
"At your age, there is nothing to be afraid of. A handful of old bones have already been broken."
Zhu Bo stood up from his seat in excitement and continued.
"It's just that although I have good intentions, I can't do anything about it. I can't do what adults do!"
"Don't ever say that."
Yang Jian still asked Uncle Zhu to sit back in the chair and continued.
"The strong dragon suppresses the local snake. This is a good statement. It only means that it is not easy to fight him even if you think about it. It does not mean that you will never be able to fight him. To fight a snake, you have to hit seven inches to kill him with one blow. The former governor did not treat Piao The cavalry general looked at the local snake and decided the case according to the routine, without hitting the vital part seven inches above, but instead ended up shooting himself in the foot."
Uncle Zhu was confused when he heard it, but he interrupted and asked.
"Then how can we hit it seven inches?"
Yang Jian said.
"This is a good question. The key is to contain his key points without anyone noticing and complete a solid case. For example, if we want to review Wang Yuxing's case, can we send Butler Li as usual? He is a foreigner. , Wang Yuxing, who was already frightened, didn't know whether he believed it or not. Where is Wang Yuxing's medicine hall now after being smashed? Steward Li, who was unfamiliar with the place, must ask around, and just by doing this he made it known to the world. Now that the news has spread to the Shan family, can it still go on?"
Zhu Bo said.
"It's not difficult. We can find Wang Yuxing secretly and tell him the whole story. Can't it be done with Butler Li making an unannounced visit?"
"Are you so capable that you can find Wang Yuxing?"
"What kind of ability is this? To tell the truth, our old lady is Wang Yuxing's cousin. He knows that I am an honest person. Will he not believe me when I talk to him?"
Yang Jian said.
"You will be of great help if you do this. I will count it as your first contribution when the time comes."
Uncle Zhu found Wang Yuxing in the countryside without much effort. He came from a family of traditional Chinese medicine. He opened a medicine hall in the city and sold medicine. He also sat in the shop for consultation. After his beloved wife was humiliated and killed, he was beaten and injured in the medicine hall and had no way to sue. Wang Yuxing returned to the countryside to recuperate.
He heard Zhu Bo say that the new governor would reopen the case to avenge him, and he said sadly and anxiously.
"Uncle Zhu, we hate the Shan family so much that our gums are itching. The day of justice has finally come. We are willing to cooperate with the state government's investigation."
Li Shun and a Si Lu disguised themselves and secretly came to Wang Yuxing's home in the countryside under the leadership of Zhu Bo. Wang Yuxing called the bearer who was hiding in the mountains and told Li Shun what happened at that time.
"Pan bearer, don't be afraid, just say it, we are here today to clear your grievances."
The bearer said.
"On Ding Mao Day, the first year of Emperor Wu, I and another sedan bearer named Sanlin were escorting my aunt back to her parents' home. Also accompanying the sedan was a maid named Cuihua. About two or three miles out of the city, a group of people suddenly came to carry the sedan. We were surrounded by people, and one of the riders asked us to carry the sedan to the side road. When I refused, he came up and opened my mouth. Then the group of people swarmed up, grabbed the sedan bars, and dragged me to the side road. My aunt was sitting in the sedan. Seeing that the situation was not right, he wanted to shout for us to run away, but the gang of thieves held him down and tied him to the seat of the sedan with a long cloth that had been prepared. He left me and Sanlin alone and carried the sedan to test the road. We were also caught in the crowd and followed the Hussars General. They put the three of us in a room and treated each other with whips. They told us that the eldest son of his family, Shan Hu, wanted to discuss something with his aunt. As soon as we heard this, we felt scared in our hearts. It was known to everyone on the street that Shan Hu had ill intentions towards Auntie. He had come to the medicine hall to see a doctor earlier and Auntie had poured tea for him. Later, he came more and more frequently every now and then. Auntie The eldest son Shan Hu refused to come out to wait on him. He threw a stool, kicked the door and smashed things in the shop to get angry with the young master. The gentleman had no choice but to swallow his anger and let his aunt come out to wait on him. He drank the tea that her aunt poured and said to her. If the words were offensive, we drank a few glasses of wine at Shan's house and pretended to be upset. A soldier who was looking after us sent us to the door of the hut, so I gave him the few baht I had. He also said that there was no need for him to accompany him outside the hut door. We would come back immediately after finishing our convenience. When we saw him leaving, we deliberately stayed a little longer. Then when we saw the military uniforms drying outside, we took off a set and put it on. We naturally entered the main room of their house. The house was really big and there were many people coming in and out. When we were anxiously searching for traces of my aunt, a door was suddenly pushed open and we saw the maid running out in a panic and shouting for someone. , when we heard it, we followed the soldiers and rushed into the room. We saw the eldest son, Shan Hu, with a gray head and a dusty face, bleeding on his forehead and still covered with thick smoking ash. A copper incense burner rolled to the ground, and there were still ashes on the ground. Mixed with the still smoking sandalwood fragments, on the other side was the aunt who had disheveled hair and had taken off her shirt. She covered her chest with her hands and her whole body was trembling. The embarrassed Shan Hu saw that he had rushed into a group of men and immediately pulled out from the waist of the soldier. With a big knife, my aunt dyed the curtain behind her red with the blood spurted from different parts of her body. When we work as a helper in the drug store, my husband and my aunt take the best care of me, but it's a pity that I don't have the ability to protect my aunt."
Uncle Zhu was trembling with anger and pounded the table angrily.
"Good people can be bullied by others. Alas, Shopkeeper Wang is a good man. We are too old to hold a knife. If we can go forward 10 years, we can hold a knife in one hand and a spear in one hand without killing all the family members." Leah."
Speaking of this, the bearer was already bursting into tears, and everyone around him was also in tears. Li Shun glanced at Si Lu, who was sitting at the table with a brush in his hand. He nodded knowingly, indicating that everything had been recorded.
Li Shun asked.
"What about the future?"
Wang Yuxing said with tears in his eyes.
"The bearer who spoke to you just now has been making medicine in our Wang family since his grandfather. We were worried about my concubine going to her parents' house and because of the lack of manpower, we asked him to be a bearer temporarily. He wore it on his body Shan's family was in panic and he was able to get away with the military uniform. After he came back and reported what happened to us, we gave him some clothing and asked him to go to the mountains to hide from the wind. He has been farming in the mountains to support himself. We paid for it. We bribed a servant who worked for Shan's family and learned that his family had also killed another sedan bearer Sanlin and maid Cuihua in order to silence them. Afterwards, we filed a criminal complaint with the government office, but the state government's complaint has no current record. So detailed.”
A few days ago, Wang Yuxing drafted a pleading at home, wrapped it in exquisite yellow silk, raised the pleading over his head, and rushed to the state government office.
Wang Yuxing, who came to the gate of the state government office, knelt down and said.
"Master, we want to sue Shan Hu."
"We have learned more or less about this case. Shan Hu is not mentally healthy. Besides, why don't you take good care of Mrs. Wang? Is there anyone who goes home and takes a path? Now that the case has been decided, just admit it. Mo If you keep pestering me, you won't have a good life by then."
Mr. Zhou Yamen continued.
"What about the fact that you ruined and slandered Shan's family's reputation? Come on, let's beat that hunchback to death."
"A snake and a rat are like a raccoon dog. Mr. Zhou Yamen, you will get cancer sooner or later. You don't share the burden for the people but help the people to do harm. The emperor is full of gangsters at your feet."
All three sticks were broken and hurt, Wang Yuxing rolled around in the courtroom and cursed.
Wang Yuxing, whose family was ruined, had no choice but to give up, close the medicine hall, dismiss the helpers, and return to his hometown half crazy.
Li Shun asked the bearers and Wang Yuxing to sign the dictation written down by Si Lu and press their fingerprints as evidence.
Next, Li Shun, with the help of two local people, Zhu Bo and Xiao Lezi, agreed to verify several other cases, and everything went confidentially and smoothly.
In May, when the green plums began to turn yellow, there were continuous heavy rains in Suizhou. The latest heavy rain lasted for three days and three nights with few breaks. At that time, Yi Tong Fan Wei came to report, all wet.
"All the farmland of the government soldiers in Dahongshan were flooded, and some houses collapsed and some were flooded, because after all, the soldiers evacuated as soon as they said they wanted to, so there were no casualties."
It is self-evident what Yang Jian means to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which was besieged from both sides. ! !
Fan Wei also said.
"Some of the evacuees were resettled in nearby abandoned temples, and some were still without their bodies."
So Yang Jian gave the order.
"All the controlled houses in Suizhou City gathered their property in one place and sealed it up. The remaining vacant houses were used to house the soldiers and civilians affected by the disaster. Families with loose housing also had to vacate their houses as appropriate. Even the yamen where Yang Jian worked had more than 20 people living there. A disaster victim."
Wang Yuxing was smashed into an uninhabited medicine hall, renovated the roof, and many people lived in it. Fortunately, Fu Bing's granary was on a higher ground and was not flooded. There was still some coarse grains in the warehouse.
After the heavy rain, Yang Jian and Fan Wei rushed to the disaster area to inspect the hilly areas of Suizhou. There were no mountains but lowlands. Due to the war in recent years and the people's livelihood, Suizhou area became a place with few people and vast land.
Due to the lack of irrigation and water storage facilities in ditches and reservoirs in higher areas, only some dryland crops can be grown to rely on additional harvests. Most of the good fields maintained by droughts and floods fall into the hands of single families and a small number of mutual protectors.
There is a mountain about a hundred miles west of Suizhou City, Dahong Mountain. As the name suggests, when heavy rains come, there will be flash floods. Unfortunately, Fu Bing's farmland is at the foot of Dahong Mountain. The first thing that was flooded by this rain was Fu Bing's farmland.
After the first rain, the Dahong Mountain area is lush and full of life under the warm summer sun. At the foot of the mountain is the sparkling Zeguo Water Town.
After the flood, if you look at the surface, it doesn't look so miserable. Instead, you can see that the lakes and mountains complement each other. Yang Jian looked at the light and shadow in the water and asked while riding on his horse.
"Why did we choose this place to farm when we knew there was a possibility of flash floods?"
Fan Wei said.
"The fields at the foot of the mountain are fertile. If there is no disaster, planting rice once a year will yield much more than planting millet on the mountain for three years. It will be difficult for soldiers to grow food in the highlands until late winter, and it will be difficult for people and animals to drink water."
Yang Jian said with a smile.
"Then you dare to face only one flood every two years?"
Fan Wei continued.
"That's why they checked that the food in the nearest granary and some barracks warehouses could only last for two months."
Yang Jian said.
"Don't wait for the water to recede. We must immediately gather young and strong soldiers to go up the mountain to cut trees. From tomorrow on, we will build another house along the mountainside on a higher ground. When the water recedes a little bit of the soil, we must quickly replant crops. It is also true that we cannot grow grain or vegetables." Okay, otherwise where would so many mouths be to make a living?"
"Master Yang, this is fine, but I'm afraid that Shan Yutong, the hussar general, won't agree if he wants to go into the mountains to cut down trees."
Yang Jian said disdainfully.
"What? He is too domineering. Does this mountain also have the surname Shan?"
"You don't know what Shan Yutong did when he was young. He was the king of Dahong Mountain."
Yang Jian snorted with disdain.
"The King of the Mountain is worse than a thief. He will take all the land of the Emperor and Queen for himself. You will select some young and strong people today. Make emergency preparations tomorrow and go to the mountains to cut trees the day after tomorrow. If Yu Tong doesn't obey us, we will have something to say."
"We will do whatever the governor says."
Yang Jian continued.
"It is important to note that the soldiers who go up to the mountains to cut trees are very hard-working and must be given enough food. It is also important that the trees on the mountains are not wiped out in tracts."
"Young one, I know."
A few days later, when the first batch of timber was being shipped down the mountain, Shan Hu led his troops to block the way of the logging soldiers.
Fan Wei is coming quickly to report.
Yang Jian said.
"Look at you, how can an old soldier be so anxious? Is it because he has more soldiers or we have more soldiers? It's very scary."
"My lord, that's not the problem."
Fan Wei was sweating profusely and didn't bother to wipe it.
"There's someone behind him supporting him. How can he twist his little arms over his thighs?"
Yang Jian said categorically.
"Lord Fan, you have to understand that his backing is mine. We are the imperial officials and he is a scoundrel. I think Wei Guogong must consider the pros and cons and not be completely indiscriminate when weighing the pros and cons."
"Your Majesty, the governor is right. Our army is to prevent Chen Guo from Jiangnan from invading. It is about the comfort of the country. Can Wei Guogong turn a blind eye to this? How should we deal with the matter in front of us? Please deal with it, minister."
Yang Jian said confidently.
"Since they come with bad intentions, we have no choice but to fight violence with violence. You send more soldiers to ask them to put down their weapons before leaving. If they are arrogant and don't obey, we will play into our hands. You can knock them down and cause trouble." The most vicious people are serving as a warning to others. If Shan Hu dares to be violent, we will fight back, and we will handle the aftermath."
There were more than 10,000 soldiers in the government. Fan Wei summoned more than 2,000 people nearby and surrounded Shan Hu's hundreds of soldiers in the iron barrel-shaped mountain. Fan Wei ordered him to put down his weapons and leave immediately. Shan Hu and his soldiers were usually arrogant. Swearing and swearing.
"Let your mother go, and we'll fuck you."
Suddenly, a man wearing a military hat stood out from the crowd, grabbed Shan Hu's neck and said.
"You're a bastard who takes advantage of others. It's not enough to occupy people's property. You also bully men and women and force girls into prostitution. Today I'm going to let you have a taste of what it's like to be hard."
Poof, he punched Shan Hu on the nose. The five flavors of sour, salty, bitter, light and spicy flowed out from his nostrils.
"We punched this punch for the people of Suizhou."
Then Shan Hu's silvery and handsome face shrank together and changed its shape.
"This punch is for the person whose family was destroyed by you."
The single tiger and the dog were used to bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Where have they ever seen such a formation? They were crawling on the ground and were about to escape. They were lifted up and thrown into the air by the person who just hit them. Then they punched them in the stomach. They rolled a few somersaults and fell into the bushes. The smell of rust came to Shan Hu and he said weakly, vomiting blood.
"Call us."
When the two sides fought against each other, the villains who usually bullied others were trained with real guns and nuclear bombs. The opponents of the regular army were beaten to the point of crying for their fathers and mothers in just a few rounds.
How could a soldier in Shan Hu's camp have ever been humiliated like this? He picked up a fresh iron sword and stabbed Fan Wei. Fan Wei dodged, grabbed the weapon and threw it at him.
The golden flags on the surrounding hillsides waved the drums and horns, shouting for kill. This shocking group of people had never seen a real scene. They all obediently surrendered their weapons after only a few rounds of fighting.
When Fan Wei saw that he was good, he stopped. At this time, Shan Hu disappeared, and the soldiers ordered the soldiers to pick up the fallen soldiers, bandage the injured ones, and let the soldiers bring stretchers to carry them back.
A man from the government soldiers found Shan Hu in the bushes. He refused to leave and was forcefully dragged out. Only then did the ragtag group of people walk back to the Shan Family Mutual Security Zone a hundred miles away.
Shan Hu was dragged by the carriage and cursed along the way.
"You guys just wait for me until my father comes and kills you scumbags with a sledgehammer."
The soldiers of the government army returned the message.
"Your father? You don't think lameness in one leg is enough, do you? It would be great if he comes. We are planning to cripple his other leg as well."
Two days later, Yang Jian led Fan Wei, dragging several carts of seized weapons and Shan Hu's mount to the front of the mutual protection.
This is a majestic castle built with blue bricks about several meters high. The top is covered with red and green glazed tiles, and the eaves are hung with jingling wind chimes. The soldiers guarding the gate can be seen at a glance. Fan Wei felt so frightened as if facing a formidable enemy.
Fan Wei first dismounted his horse and said cheerfully to a soldier standing guard.
"Go and report that the governor of Suizhou, General Yang, is here to visit."
After a long time, Shan Hu came out with a group of guards to greet him, who had lost face the day before. He originally refused to show up. The general of the Hussars refused to obey and forced Shan Hu to leave the camp on his father's behalf. Only then did he bite the bullet and come out.
Shan Hu, with a colorful face and tape on his nose, stared straight ahead and bowed to Yang Jian with his fists clasped.
"Not welcome, not welcome. My father has trouble with his legs and feet. Shan Hu greets the Governor on his behalf."
Yang Jian returned the courtesy and said.
"How is General Shan's health?"
"My father is in good health, but he heard that I was beaten two days ago, which made my blood pressure a little high."
Shan Hu continued.
"Old man, please wait for the governor to come in."
Fan Wei was not surprised when his defeated general ignored him and followed Yang Jian through the mutual protection gate.
