The Kaifeng magistrate’s residence at this time——
A middle-aged man walked quickly into the door with his head lowered. He saw that the house was spacious and magnificent, with carved beams and painted pillars. Exotic plants could be seen everywhere. The four corners of the eaves were carved with eagles spreading their wings. It was worth a lot. silver.
It stands to reason that the annual salary of the prefect is not that much. It is easy to imagine how this house came to be.
But all this was not within the scope of consideration by everyone in the house at this time. The middle-aged man walked through several long corridors and finally walked to a small courtyard. When he opened the door, he opened the door to the study of the prefect Pi Rongxi.
"Master, I've found out everything." When the middle-aged man saw Pi Rongxi, he knelt down and repeated what he had heard from the people:
"My guess is that the people are exaggerating, but you also know that house. It is worth a lot of money, and the family is also quite powerful."
After saying this, the middle-aged man raised his face, and then he could see his face clearly.
This man has a sinister look, cunning eyes, and two wisps of beard at the corners of his mouth. At first glance, he is not a good guy.
This is none other than Huang Gui, the slave beside Pi Rongxi.
"Yeah -" Pi Rongxi squinted his eyes and sighed: "Hurry up and send out invitations and invite this God of Wealth to come to your house tomorrow. We haven't seen such a big businessman in Kaifeng for a long time. ah…… "
At the end of the sentence, he narrowed his eyes and looked contented, obviously very happy about this matter.
Huang Gui bowed his hands and smiled to please: "Congratulations to the young man."
Emperor Xianzong of the Han Dynasty had guessed right before. There were a bunch of corrupt officials in Kaifeng Mansion, and they were working together. In Kaifeng, where corrupt officials ruled, there was no way for honest officials to survive.
If you want to stay in your position for a long time, you must join in with these corrupt officials, otherwise you will be framed by corrupt officials and eventually lose your official position.
What's even more frightening is that they have also joined forces with local wealthy businessmen and relatives. The wealthy businessmen and others give these corrupt officials monetary support, and these corrupt officials open the door to convenience for the wealthy businessmen, and try their best to fulfill all these people's requests.
In the end, the relatives of these wealthy businessmen dared to ride horses in the streets and rob civilian girls, thinking that they were the princes of Kaifeng.
With such connivance, the people of Kaifeng have been complaining for a long time, and the people's grievances have been accumulated for a long time.
If it is a place where the government is well-connected and the people are popular, Han Xianzong rarely goes out in person. However, the situation in Kaifeng was special. While his servants were cleaning the house, he took Gu Xuan and others to stroll around the streets, which was considered as a way to learn about it in advance.
Unlike the bustling streets in other places, there are almost no people on the streets of Kaifeng.
Qin Xing was a little sad beside him: "When we first entered the city, the noise only attracted people to come out and take a look, but there was not as much space as him. This place really needs to be tidied up."
At this time, the sky was still bright, but the people actually did not dare to go to the streets anymore... It seemed that the salary of the imperial court did support a group of scum.
Han Xianzong's face became uglier as he walked, and he saw that a stage had been specially built in the most conspicuous position on the street, but the stage was now locked with iron chains as thick as a baby's arms, preventing anyone from getting on.
A man happened to be walking by at this time, so Qin Xing stopped the man and asked about the stage.
Upon hearing this, the man sighed: "Are you new to Kaifeng? Only newcomers don't know this."
He looked gloomy, and it was obvious that this matter had always been on his mind. Before Han Xianzong and his party could reply, he spoke on his own:
"Master Fu Yin loves to listen to operas, almost to the point of obsession. In order to let his favorite operas be heard at any time, a stage was specially built here. Whenever times are good, there will be opera troupes singing here."
Of course the troupe was raised in the palace by the governor.
Qin Xing raised his eyebrows: "But as far as I know, Fu Yin's annual salary is not much, how can he support the troupe?"
The troupe also spends a lot of money every year, not to mention that the troupe has to come here to perform all the time. How can the troupe be willing if they don't get more benefits?
"Corrupt officials, we still need..." The man's tone was full of hatred, but when he said this, he immediately stopped talking as if he suddenly realized something.
"I suddenly remembered that I had something to do at home, so I left first!" After saying that, he left in a hurry without waiting for others to stop him.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Gu Cheng wanted to catch this person, but he didn't expect that he was like a loach, avoiding his hand by moving flexibly, and quickly disappeared into the street.
"Master..." Gu Cheng turned around and stared at Han Xianzong in confusion. Shouldn't he stop this person?
"No need," Emperor Xianzong of the Han Dynasty looked at the stage with cold eyes, "Do the people still need to talk about the serious crime of losing the governor's head? When he is imprisoned in the future, there will be a way to make him reveal everything. "
The corrupt officials were so greedy that the people hated him deeply, and Emperor Xianzong of Han Dynasty had decided to investigate and deal with this person severely.
Since this is the first case he has investigated since he came to the throne, there will definitely be a bloodbath in Kaifeng this time to serve as a warning to the monkeys.
Otherwise, it will not deter those who have these thoughts behind them.
Han Xianzong understood this truth, and so did Zhenbeihou, Qin Xing and others.
"Okay, let's go back first." Qin Xing looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late now. We'll talk about anything tomorrow. Both the master and the young lady need to rest."
They had just entered Kaifeng and settled down, and they had plenty of time to investigate this matter.
Han Xianzong nodded, and the group headed back home.
When passing by an alley, Gu Xuan, who was walking in the innermost corner, suddenly stopped and looked up at Han Xianzong:
"Dad, I heard someone crying in here."
Seeing Han Xianzong looking at her in confusion, Gu Xuan frowned and said, "There seems to be some crying."
Gu Xuan didn't say anything, and everyone hadn't noticed yet. When they heard what he said, they suddenly looked strange.
But if you hold your breath and listen carefully, there is indeed a faint sound of women crying, and it is also mixed with men's laughter.
This alley seemed deserted at first glance, and it was unclear what was going on inside... Han Xianzong glanced at his guards, and immediately two of his subordinates walked into the alley.
Someone who can follow His Majesty for personal protection is naturally powerful. The personal guards subdued the people inside in a short while and escorted several men and disheveled women out.
The men's hair was disheveled, and the leader was still cursing: "Who dares to ruin my good deeds? Do you know who I am? You ruined my good deeds today, be careful that I will put you in jail!"
Facing so many people, this person not only showed no fear at all, but also looked arrogant, as if these people would soon burst into tears or even kneel down to beg for mercy.
The rescued woman's face was full of tears and she kept sobbing.
Han Xianzong almost laughed at this popularity.
