Chapter 357: Extortion
Han Qing, who was in charge of the entire Guangdong criminal name, also said that he would save his life after receiving Jia Ping's filial piety, but he needed to commend for a while, and then reactivate it when the time was right.
Abandoning the city and becoming a defeated general may seem like a shameful thing. But he wasn't the only one who lost the city, at least it seems that he had killed the enemy in blood. With this, Han Qing had some confidence, and even greeted Lu Youfu, the political envoy, for this matter. As soon as Qin Cha arrived, he took the opportunity to say a few good words, and presumably the matter could pass.
It is precisely with this reliance that Jia Ping, who has the confidence to dare to appear here, after hearing Yang Chendong's words to himself, his face changed, and he quickly knelt on the ground, "Lord Qincha Mingjian, the last general is indeed fighting bravely to kill the enemy, but the general trend is like this, so I have to withdraw from the city!" ”
Jia Ping knelt down, and Han Qing, the Guangdong Judge who was standing on the side, also stepped out of the queue, "General Jia Ping's words are not bad. This time it is true that there are many bandits, and it is impossible to abandon the city, and please understand that Lord Qincha can understand. ”
Han Qing stepped forward and took the initiative to intercede for Jia Ping, and after other Guangdong officials saw this scene, they were also afraid to understand. I know that this must have received a lot of life-saving silver. That is, even if colleagues are officials, do they also have to stand up and contribute? At this time, if you have a good fate, you must have benefits afterwards, and besides, with the idea of dying with cold lips and teeth, interceding for Jia Ping now is equivalent to leaving one more retreat for yourself, who dares to guarantee that you will not make mistakes?
All the officials think like this, and at this time, it is the political envoy of Guangdong, and the highest official here is also ready to stand up and speak. As a brother in Guangdong, it is one of his responsibilities to protect his subordinates at critical times, only in this way can he be respected and better convey his ideas and orders.
As a result, the atmosphere in the whole tent became somewhat lively, and many people were eager to try, and when the first person stood up, the others would learn to intercede as if they were a big gang. Under such a law and not blaming the public, presumably this young minister is helpless against them.
Everyone just waited for a move, and even more people also set their eyes on Lord Lu Youfu, the political envoy. But at this moment, the young voice suddenly rang out, "Oh? Is there a reason for the defeat of the lost city? What's more, there are people who intercede with him, very good, very good, but I don't know if there are other adults who intercede for him? Come, let the Duke of China and Ben Chin take a look, and see how united you Cantonese officials are. ”
As soon as these seemingly cool words came out, Lu Youfu, who was already about to take a step out of his right leg, suddenly stopped all his movements. From these words, he felt a murderous aura; From these words, he felt a resentment; From these words, he felt a cool breath from head to toe that made his heart palpitate. "Three fires for the new official to take office!" This word appeared in his mind unconsciously, and at this moment his body that was about to stand up hesitated.
Lu Youfu didn't make any moves, and the other officials naturally watched quietly. It was Han Qing, after hearing Yang Chendong's words, he stood there with his neck tilted, and asked with an unconvinced look, "But I don't know what Lord Qincha means?" ”
"What do you mean, it's not your turn to ask me a mere judge." Regarding Han Qing's interjection, Yang Chendong responded unceremoniously. It's just that there are ruthless words between words. As soon as these words fell, Han Qing's face became very ugly, and his face turned red, as if he had been constipated for a long time.
Next, there was a scene that made Han Qing even more angry, and he saw Yang Chendong suddenly wave his hand and say to Qiu Wu, the captain of the First Guard Team guarding the tent gate, and the others: "Come on, take this cowardly as a mouse, fear of the enemy like a tiger, and incompetent Jia Ping to his own father." ”
"Yes." Qiu Wu and the others, who got the order, strode over immediately, and two of the Leng Feng guards even pressed Jia Ping's shoulders at the first time, and when the big hand like iron tongs fell, Jia Ping's face became very painful, and even the ability to speak was lost in an instant.
Jia Ping was suddenly restrained, and Han Qing on the side was immediately shocked, and suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed to Yang Chendong behind the main table and said: "You can't be like this, Jia Ping's matter has not yet been conclusively decided, how can you punish the crime out of thin air, I am not convinced." ”
"Not convinced?" As if he had expected Han Qing to say this, Yang Chendong suddenly stood up from his chair, "Just based on what Jia Ping said just now, what is the general trend, I have to withdraw from the city!" Dare to ask, where does the general trend come from? What is the general trend he is talking about? Does it mean that Nanming has lost power and is going to perish? ”
Yang Chendong's sudden questioning made Han Qing's face change again and again. But it is worthy of being a provincial judge, and he is in contact with all kinds of criminal cases and all kinds of official fights every day, and his reaction is still very fast, just after a moment of discoloration, he re-stabilized his mind and said: "You are taking it out of context, General Jia Ping does not mean this." ”
"Meaning, what does he mean? What do you mean? Is it difficult to do things after receiving money from others? Yes! By the way, don't you ask for proof? Here you go..."Raising his hand, a series of handwritten papers flew up from the table, flying all over the sky, as if it was snowing heavily.
The paper flew and fell on the bodies and feet of Lu Youfu and the others. Out of curiosity, they stretched out their hands to take it, and when they saw the content recorded in it, they were all shocked in their hearts, when they looked at Han Qing and Jia Ping, there was more sympathy, and when they looked at Yang Chendong, they were more surprised and frightened.
The paper records the crimes committed by Han Qing and Jia Ping.
Among them, Jia Ping abandoned the city for fear of death and fled first, causing chaos in Zhaoqing City, and was taken advantage of by the bandit army; There is also the fact that Han Qing received 100,000 silver taels from the Jia family behind Jia Ping, so he spoke for him. And in these records, there are all kinds of corroborating evidence, such as the testimony of the officers and soldiers who escaped from death in Zhaoqing City, and the testimony of the housekeeper who was in charge of the property in Jiafuzhong, etc., and all of them were attached to the handprints.
This is already a sure fact. There is no need for Qin Cha to fake in such a matter, because it is fake, whether it is Han Qing or Jia Ping, he can bring it up in front of everyone, and this will only lose Qin Cha's face, and even the next result will be that he can't even do this errand.
Not to mention whether it is worth it to wronged others like this. said that he also saw Jia Ping recorded on the paper, and he was already trembling. There is even more Han Qing, after seeing all this, he immediately fell to his knees with a thud, and then cried loudly, "Lord Qincha, they are all subordinate officials who are confused for a while, I am willing to confess my guilt, and I am willing to hand over all this dirty silver, please be extra merciful!" ”
While shouting loudly, Han Qing also fell on Lu Youfu who was standing on the side, "Lord Lu, please speak out to save Xia Guan, you know, Xia Guan is just confused for a while!" ”
Han Qing's crying voice has proved everything, and it is said that it is everything. At this moment, everyone knew that Han Qing had suffered. For the sake of 100,000 silver taels, he has to take his own reputation and future, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem to be worth it.
Lu Youfu, who was called by name, closed his eyes gently. He really didn't want to speak for Han Qing, it didn't hurt to do dirty things, but if someone caught his pigtails and was publicly taken out to say something, he would be a fool.
For such a fool, isn't he himself stupid when he begs for words?
It's just that the truth is so, but Lu Youfu has to stretch out his hand, not for anything else, just because he usually has a good personal relationship with Han Qing, and he has been in Guangdong for a year, and the filial piety he has received is not small, so that many things are too deeply related to the two of them, if the other party really suffers, once he stands by and watches, who knows if the mad dog will bite people indiscriminately. Looking at the methods of this Lord Qincha, if something really happens to him, I am afraid that he will be finished.
Lu Youfu, who didn't want to speak, but really had to speak, after some inner struggle, still had to step out of the ranks, clasped his fists and said to Yang Chendong: "Lord Qincha, I'm afraid that this time Han Qing is also confused for a while, please see that he has no credit and hard work in governing Guangdong, let's take it lightly." ”
"Lightly haired?" Yang Chendong's gaze looked directly at Lu Youfu. Just this stare made this Guangdong brother tighten. Although in terms of age, it is possible for him to be the other party's grandfather, but compared to the momentum, he has to admit that Yang Chendong is more majestic and more pressured than all the young people he has seen. Even those eyes didn't look like the eyes of a young man at all, they seemed to be a pair of Cangsang eyes that had experienced a lot of things, as if they could see through anything in the world at this moment.
When Lu Youfu, who was also shocked in his heart, was shocked, he said unconsciously: "Yes, please also ask Lord Qincha to take it lightly." Han Ji's family also had a lot of money to spare, and he was willing to donate most of it to supply the army's military supplies to atone for his sins. ”
Take money to buy sin.
This seems to be something that can only be operated in private, but it seems incredible that Lu Youfu was put on the table at this moment. At least for a literati who read the books of the sages since childhood, it is an extremely shameful thing. But at this moment, Lu Youfu really didn't know how to intercede for Han Qing. This lord had just arrived, and there was nothing to say about personal relations; People are not Nanming's officials, even if they find someone to suppress the other party, I am afraid it will be difficult to do it. And even if it really did, I was afraid that Han Qing's head would already fall to the ground. In order to save himself, he had to make this decision. Even when he said this, his expression was extremely unnatural, and it could be seen that he was really ashamed of his words.