Siyun said, came interested, and told them that there was one thing that turned out to be a big trouble, and it was suppressed by this Jing Zhaoyin.

The three of them couldn't help but be interested and asked what the four aggregates were.

Siyun said that there was a coal mine a hundred miles outside the capital, and the matter was in the hydraulic engineering.

Seeing that all three of them were dedicated to reading the books of the sages, he told them something about the coal digging trade.

This coal is generally buried in the ground, if you want to dig out, you have to open a well, the well is divided into a vertical shaft and an inclined shaft, and the underground is a horizontal roadway, which is supported by wood.

This alley is a bit high, can be walked on, but the deeper you dig, the shorter the alley becomes, slowly it will be just as tall as a head, and then the shoulders will be so high, the shortest words, people can only pass on their stomachs.

There was no light in the ground, so the coal was dug into it, filled with oil in a small clay bottle, and then lit a fire at the mouth of the mouth with a cotton rope, and finally tied to a turban for lighting.

At first, some people didn't know how to tie it, but when it came to the horizontal alley, the oil lamp fell and was burned.

Digging coal is bitter, but in this industry, it is not the most bitter, the most bitter is the plumber, who specializes in scooping water with willow buckets.

Speaking of which, Siyun said that the person who manages the coal mine is called Ban Zuotou, the coal digger is called Zhaomei, the kiln pillar worker is called Shi Changtou, and the coal puller is called the frame. The head of the hydraulic engineer is called the water undertaker, and the hydraulic engineer is called the water toad.

Siyun said to the punctual point, in the coal kiln outside the capital to draw water is divided into forty-eight dams, each dam has three water workers, every twelve dams have a patrol of water, if the water workers are lazy, then the patrol water must be beaten with wooden boards.

The reason for this incident is that there is a man named Li Er, who was sick that day and wanted to take a day off, but he didn't care about patrolling the water, beat him, and forced him to go down to scoop water.

This Li Er was already sick, and he was beaten again, and it was a high-intensity operation, even if he had that heart, his body didn't have that strength, and after fighting more than 100 fights, he died with a whimper.

At that time, the patrol saw that there was a human life, and he didn't take it seriously, but these water workers were already overwhelmed, so they took this opportunity to make trouble in the city.

After their trouble, the people of the city knew what was going on.

It turned out that after a prince who had been robbed of his lordship, he was cunning and set up a Blue Dragon Society with some idle wanderers.

These people all paid money, formed huge sums of money, opened gambling games, and specially lured some poor people.

The poor man saw that the shellfish came to the field and made money quickly, so he entered the game. In addition to playing tricks on the leaf cards, they also work with taverns and restaurants to raise prices.

When these poor people ran out of money, they were forced to work as water workers.

If there is anyone who does not want it, then he is shut up in an earthen chamber, which is dark and deep, and there is a wooden fence outside, and there is only one door, which is always locked, and this one is called a drum, and those who do not obey are locked up in it.

It is not for them to be blessed when they are locked inside, but to be pushed and grinded, and if they do not push, they will be whipped down, and if they want to escape, they will be caught, and they will be stabbed directly in the foot with a knife.

If you are not in good health, you will die in half a month at most, even if you are strong, you will have a rotten belly.

However, Shui Chengxing still didn't let them rest, didn't give them medicine, and just watched them die.

Therefore, although the water worker is hard, it is still good compared to being in the drum, and many people would rather be a water worker than resist the water inheritance.

When Ye Shixi and the three of them heard such a horrific thing, their faces became extremely ugly, Ye Shixi pinched the wine glass in his hand, and said indignantly: "I didn't expect that there would be such a ferocious person at the feet of the Son of Heaven." ”

"Uncle, is this true?"

"It's true that my husband doesn't know, but the group of plumbers has nothing to do with us, and they won't come to coax us. According to them, during the year, more than 100 people were killed by them, and there were more than a dozen people. After this died, he just found a waste well to deal with, the relative did not find the body, after reporting to the official, Jing Zhaoyin revealed the matter with the idea of turning a big thing into a small one. ”

Having said this, the aggregates continued, "There are more cruel things in that place. ”

The four aggregates said that the cruelty to the water workers is nothing, and those who pull coal are even worse.

On this coal kiln, there are thirty or forty coal-pullers, and these sliding doors have the difference between opening the door and not connecting the summer, and closing the door even in the summer.

This is not open for summer, but there is nothing, and after July every year, according to the fair current price, hire people to work. In this way, you can work until May of the following year, and then you can take the money and leave, avoiding the high heat.

And the door was closed for the summer, that is, a few low houses were built nearby, and high walls were built around them, and thorns were inserted, leaving only a door for entry and exit.

If you come across a foreigner, trick them into coming in and shut them up within the walls.

And there is food, tobacco and alcohol there, this is expensive, and this coal puller is manual work, and he is so hungry that he can only buy it, and he has no money on him, so he can only owe debts.

This debt is getting more and more, and I can only work in it for the rest of my life. If he is seriously ill, he will be treated like a man in the drum.

After Siyun finished speaking, Shui silently said, she had heard of these things before, and many scholars had run out of money and silver in the Rouge River, and in the end they had no money, so they could only enter it.

"Of course, the little woman just heard about it, but she didn't expect these people to behave like this."

Seeing that Shui Silent said this, the cup in Ye Shixi's hand was crushed, Shui Silent was surprised, and hurriedly asked Ye Shixi to let go of his hand, seeing that there was no wound on it, although he was surprised in his heart, he still wiped off the wine on it with a handkerchief.

"How can this be reasonable, how can such a great evil person be worthy of the four words of heaven and earth conscience if he is not punished well."

Chu Jishan saw Ye Shixi say this, and said to Ye Shixi: "Zhongmei, now that you are a mansion, you are not sorry to ask about this matter, according to my brother's foolish opinion, if you hand over this matter to me, I will definitely let this group of wicked people receive the punishment they deserve." ”

Ye Shixi nodded when he heard this, and Siyun couldn't help but nod when he saw Chu Jishan say this.

They didn't know that Chu Jishan was willing to help with this, and he also had his own plans, no matter who reported this matter to the sage, he would be rewarded.

"The three ministers, I'm sorry, the little old man said some bad things and disturbed your Yaxing."

Ye Shixi hurriedly said, Siyun is not to blame for this matter, he should also thank Siyun for telling them about it, speaking of which, Siyun said to Ye Shixi, if Ye Shixi arrives at Longyou Mansion, he can investigate the matter of Yanjing.

Ye Shixi saw Siyun say this, and couldn't help asking: "If the old man knows something, he might as well speak up." ”

"Little Lao'er just heard about it, whether it's true or not, it's hard to say, if it's wrong, Ye Xianggong went to Longyou Mansion and wronged a good person, wouldn't it be my big crime."

Ye Shixi saw Siyun say this, so he didn't ask more.

The three of them felt uncomfortable in their hearts, this banquet, not long after it was dispersed, the three of them got into the carriage of the four aggregates, and the four aggregates began to chat, these three hundred and sixty lines, the four aggregates seem to understand the lines.

There is nothing strange about Chu Jishan, if these four aggregates are the people of the Four Holy Divisions, then there is nothing surprising to know these things.

Ye Shixi was very curious, and asked Siyun, how do you know so much, Siyun smiled and said, he pulls people all day long, these people of the three religions and nine streams have seen more, and they know more things.

Siyun also said that what he knew was just some trivial things, unlike Ye Shixi, who passed through the heavens and latitudes, and it was enough to know the world without going out.

When Ye Shixi heard this, he was embarrassed, saying that what they knew was really trivial compared to the four aggregates.

When Chu Jishan arrived at home, he hurriedly wrote a question book and wrote about this matter, and finally Chu Jishan also wrote a stroke on the back, this matter is heard by others, whether it is true or not, it needs to be investigated in detail.

He knew that adding this sentence might be reproached by the saint, but if he didn't add it, if this thing was not true, the saint would be even more angry.

The lesser of these two evils, Chu Jishan handed this over the next day.

After the sage returned to Tianhezhai, he saw this inscription, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and after reading it, he was furious, smashed the inscription directly on the imperial case, and said in a gaffe: "It's the opposite, it's really the opposite, just under my eyes, there is such a great evil thing." Quickly let Zhou Peng come to see me. ”

When the palm print eunuch saw the situation of the saint, he knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly arrived at Jing Zhaoyin's yamen, where Jing Zhaoyin was tasting incense, and when he saw the palm print eunuch coming, he hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, why are you here." ”

"Quickly change into court clothes and enter the palace with our family to see the saint."

Seeing the appearance of the palm print eunuch, Jing Zhaoyin asked, "Father-in-law, is something wrong?" ”

If it was before, the palm print eunuch would have told Jing Zhaoyin, but looking at the current situation, Jing Zhaoyin is in a catastrophe, and the palm print eunuch is too lazy to talk about it, just urging: "You will know when you arrive, you don't need to ask." ”

Jing Zhaoyin changed into court clothes, and when he arrived at Tianhe Zhai, he knelt down and saluted, and the sage smashed the inscription on his head and smashed his black gauze hat crookedly.

"Zhou Peng, give me a good look, take a good look."

Zhou Peng hurriedly picked up the question book, looked at the content on it, his face turned white, and the sage said: "I have already asked the Qiuguan Mansion to find your case file approved at that time, Zhou Peng, I hope you don't let me down." ”

Zhou Peng hurriedly kowtowed, saying that he was guilty of death.

"Indeed, you should die, pass this holy decree to the Chu Mansion, and let Chu Jishan receive the decree."

The sage asked the palm seal eunuch to seal it, then put it away and send it to the Chu Mansion.