Chapter 756
Father Zheng burst into tears as he spoke: "General Qin, that's more than 100,000 silver!"
"It's all gone. Isn't this going to push our whole family to a dead end?"
"Not to mention, those who followed us to escort the car were all villagers. Some of them were killed by the robbers, and the rest were injured and are still lying in the inn!"
"How can I explain this to their families?"
Qin Shan frowned: "You went to the government to file a complaint? Even if Magistrate Yang didn't care, why did he slap you thirty times?"
"Hmph...what robbers? Those robbers are the men of Magistrate Yang, and the leader Liu Hui is Magistrate Yang's nephew! I recognized him when I saw him coming out of the government office that day!"
Zheng Hong said angrily: "My father went to testify against him, and Magistrate Yang said that we framed the imperial official, and beat my father thirty times indiscriminately!"
"General Qin, the government colluded with the robbers and robbed our medicinal materials. Where can we go to sue!"
Qin Shan was stunned. Although he already knew that Yang Zhifang was audacious, Qin Shan really didn't expect that Magistrate Yang would dare to rob merchants' goods.
"General Qin, we have been in Weizhou for the past two days and have come into contact with many merchants like us. Many of them had a lot of goods and were robbed in different places like us!"
Father Zheng wiped away his tears and whispered: "I heard that two merchants knew that King Yi was coming and wanted to file a complaint. However, they were caught by the officers and soldiers and killed without saying a word!"
"Poor their families, no one went back to report the news!"
Qin Shan's face was ashen. Did Yang Zhifu think that he was the only one in the world? The mountain was high and the emperor was far away, so no one could control him?
"Dad Zheng, where are those merchants? Have they gone back?"
Qinshan knew that King Yi wanted to convict Magistrate Yang. If he found these merchants, Magistrate Yang would be guilty of one more crime.
"Some merchants who refused to give up and refused to go back were imprisoned by Magistrate Yang on the grounds that they were infected with the plague! They were locked up in the government prison in the west of the city!"
Father Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "Prefect Yang restricts us to leave Weizhou tomorrow, otherwise he will use the same method to deal with us!"
Qin Shan was speechless. Yang Zhifang was really powerful. Will these merchants survive if they are caught?
Now that the plague is rampant, if Yang Zhifang only needs to say that the merchants were infected with the plague and died, even if the families of those merchants are suspicious, who will have evidence to accuse Yang Zhifang?
"Dad Zheng, take your people and leave Weizhou first, and find a nearby safe village to live in!"
"As long as King Yi gets the evidence of Magistrate Yang, come back when he captures Magistrate Yang! King Yi will definitely return your medicinal materials to you!" Qin Shan reassured.
"Can Prince Yi really make the decision for us?"
Father Zheng asked in disbelief.
"I promise you, I will definitely make the decision for you!" Qin Shan vowed.
Zheng Hong sneered and said: "What more evidence do we need? King Yi can really make the decision for us. Now we will lead troops into Weizhou City to capture Magistrate Yang. Then I will definitely find those merchants who were robbed to testify together!"
"If you let us leave, who knows if you will kill us halfway!"
Qin Shan was speechless. Why didn't Zheng Hong get enough oil and salt?
Can he explain King Yi's concerns to Zheng Hong?
Qin Shan thought for a while and said: "Zheng Hong, do you understand the principle that a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake? Our Prince Yi has just arrived and is not completely clear about the situation in Weizhou! He needs solid evidence to attack Magistrate Yang!"
"Besides, you have said that there are also those robbers under Governor Yang. Can't we, the prince, find out who they are one by one?"
"Aren't you afraid that if one of Magistrate Yang's men is captured and his men escape, he will take revenge on you afterwards?"
