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Ouyang Xiu pushed the boat down the river, listened to the hearts of the people with a sincere attitude, and the petition meeting became an accusation meeting.

Ouyang Xiu was also secretly frightened, there were fifty or sixty copies of the case files in his hands, he thought there were a lot, but in fact, it was just a drop in the bucket of the crimes committed by Feng Jingyao and the criminal officials, and most of the people were timid and afraid of things. Since today is the beginning, I simply said it all.

Ouyang Xiu instructed the officials around him to walk through the square, register the cases one by one, and after collecting them, there were as many as two hundred and forty-six pieces, a thick stack of paper.

Ouyang Xiu's face was extremely ugly, and he looked at Song Zhen with a shake of papers: "Lord Song, the case is your main trial, how can there be so many missing cases?" ”

Song Zhen's face was flushed and said: "The lower officials have already issued a notice, asking the people to take the initiative to come to the yamen to complain and complain, who knows...... Who knew they didn't come? ”

Ouyang Xiudao: "As a party supervisor, I am not good at observing the people's feelings, but I blame the people for not taking the initiative to confess; Those people have done so much evil in Yangzhou City, with dozens of murders and hundreds of small cases, but if you go to the people a little bit, how can you not know the anger of the people in Yangzhou City? Obviously, you have been in a daze for the past three years, and you don't know what you have done? ”

Song Zhen couldn't wait to find a crack to drill down, although he refused to face it, but he had to admit that he was mediocre in governance, not a master of the government, and he didn't know anything about so many cases, which was really unreasonable.

"The lower official is ashamed, and the lower official will play the court to resign for the rest of his life, and the lower official can't bear the emperor's trust." Song Zhen couldn't cry.

"This is not the time for you to pick a child, your matter will be talked about later, now you need to immediately investigate these cases, this official wants to play the court, in order to calm the pain of the people of Yangzhou, to calm the anger of the Yangzhou fathers, and request that these moths be killed on the spot, and you must investigate and attach all these cases at noon tomorrow."

"The subordinate obeys." Song Zhen was cold on his back, it seemed that by noon tomorrow, he was afraid that he would have no time to go to the toilet and drink water, and more than 200 missing cases needed to be verified, although they were all small cases, but they were enough for him to bear.

Ouyang Xiu no longer paid attention to Song Zhen, turned his head and said loudly to the people on the field: "Fellow villagers, these scum have come out of Yangzhou Mansion, which has brought a lot of pain to you, and it is really the responsibility of the imperial court to investigate strictly, and this official hereby apologizes to all your fathers and fellow villagers." ”

Ouyang Xiutuan gave up his hand, and the people said one after another: "This Lord Qincha still has some appearance, and it seems that he is also a person who can make decisions for the people." ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "After the tribulation, everyone still has to live and beg for a living, the parents still need to support the family, and the children still need to be raised, so please father and old folks do not have to remember these unhappy things forever, and the people live and work in peace and contentment is what the saint expects; In order to let everyone live in peace, this official decided to report your wishes to the emperor, and ask the emperor to allow me to execute these scum who have killed everyone in Yangzhou Mansion. ”

The people applauded loudly, the crowd was enthusiastic, and some people spontaneously applauded.

Ouyang Xiu motioned for everyone to be quiet, and said with a smile: "Very good, I will order someone to write a petition for you, and then ask you to press your handprints, these are to be presented to the emperor, you should wash the mud on your hands, press the handprints clearly, maybe any of you will see the name of the emperor, and the emperor will remember it." ”

The people laughed, Ouyang Xiu no longer hesitated, and instructed the pen officials around him to write the petition in the tone of the people of Yangzhou, and read it out in public.

It was until it got dark, and it got the joint name of nearly 10,000 people, Ouyang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the people would be afraid of things like handprints, but he didn't expect to be so enthusiastic, it seems that he really hates those people; Ouyang Xiu also understood in his heart that after this incident, he had added a lot of points to the hearts of the people of Yangzhou; He suddenly remembered what the emperor had said to him: The people are like cats and dogs, if you treat them well, they will naturally be obedient to you; If you annoy them, they will walk around you lightly, and if you are not good, they will bark wildly and attack them, and even if you have great ability, you will inevitably be bitten all over your body.

That night, Ouyang Xiu invited Su Jin to write in front of him, write a chapter, sprinkle nearly 10,000 words, report all the affairs of Yangzhou officials, and focus on exaggerating Su Jin's merits and the anger of the people of Yangzhou; With the case files of dozens of major cases attached to the chapter, as well as a lot of evidence and confessions, he finally earnestly asked the emperor for approval and issued an order to allow him to execute a criminal on the spot in Yangzhou, so that the people could live a good year in peace.

After finishing the matter, Ouyang Xiu put the chapter into a cowhide bag and handed it to Su Jindao: "Tomorrow at noon, it will be sent to the capital together with a batch of case files compiled by the Song Governor's Mansion, and I can hand over this chapter to you for safekeeping, so that you can rest assured that the official will not do anything in it." ”

Su Jin understood that Ouyang Xiu had made up his mind, and at this time, he would be on guard again, it would really be a villain, Su Jin knelt on the ground, respectfully gave Ouyang Xiu three big gifts, and said: "Lord Ouyang's life, the lower official is unforgettable, because the lower official is reckless, the adult is also involved, and my heart is really uneasy; If you are apprehensive in your heart, it is too late to regret it now; I can't afford to take on this great responsibility for the sake of my subordinates. ”

Ouyang Xiu helped him up and said, "You are not wrong, this official has thought carefully, if this official was in that situation that day, he would have made the same choice as you; Witnessing the tragic experience of the people of Yangzhou today, the official is also really frightened, Yangzhou officials are corrupt, and the imperial history platform is also to blame, always improper audit and investigation, only today's disaster, this official should share its responsibility with you. ”

Su Jin said: "The matter of governing the officials is not a day's work, and only by working together can we do our best, and adults do not need to blame themselves; The lower official did not dare to take it away, and the lower official also had to go back to summarize and report the matter of Yangzhou grain affairs to the Lord of the Third Division, but there is one thing that needs to be instructed by the Lord, whether the matter of military food should be informed to the Lord of the Third Division? ”

Ouyang Xiu smiled: "What do you think? ”

Su Jin said: "It's not good to hide him, it's even worse to tell him, what the lower official means is not to tell him first, and then find an opportunity to tell him after the matter settles down." ”

Ouyang Xiu said: "Are you afraid that after Lord Sansi finds out, he will take on the responsibility for nothing, right?" ”

Su Jin replied honestly: "Those who don't know are not guilty, if Lord Sansi knows and doesn't care, wouldn't it be the same as adults, and I will be dragged into the water; I want to wait until the dust settles, and then slowly reveal it to him, and then the danger will be much less. ”

Ouyang Xiu smiled slightly, and served tea to the guests; The two tacitly knew that it was the time of the phase competition, for Yan Shu, out of sight was the best, and when the phase was in hand, it would be another situation; Maybe he would never tell him about it, and Yan Shu wouldn't blame him.

At noon the next day, three people and six horsemen galloped out of Yangzhou City and went straight to Bianliang City in the northwest, only half a month away from the New Year, the time was very urgent, so Ouyang Xiu strictly ordered to rush to the capital within three days, and reported the folds, and the three empty horses brought were also for the purpose of changing on the road, and there were also official horses in several post stations on the road, if it went well, two days and two nights should be able to rush to the capital.

After the messenger departed, Su Jin kept his promise and handed over the confessions of Chen Laogen and the other officials at hand to Ouyang Xiu, and at the same time began to search for Long Zhen, who had been missing for a long time.

For several days, I dug three feet into the ground in the city, but I didn't see the slightest clue about Long Zhen, Long Zhen seemed to have evaporated half of the world, and disappeared without a trace.

Shen Dezhang did not gain anything from the interrogation, Shen Dezhang only admitted that he ordered his subordinates to serve Long Zhen carefully, and did not restrict his freedom too much, as for why Long Zhen suddenly escaped that night, Shen Dezhang did not know.

Su Jin then interrogated several officials who had been guarding Long Zhen, and the officials said that in the evening of the same day, Long Zhen rewarded each of them with a lot of money, and sent them to the kiln to be happy and happy, and they could come back tomorrow to serve, and this is not the first time that this kind of thing happened, and Lord Shen of the Criminal Department also instructed that there was no need to guard so strictly, so they all dispersed in a hurry, and they didn't know where Long Zhen went.

Su Jin was both depressed and worried, where could Long really run away? Yangzhou City is so tightly controlled, can he fly with wings?