Chapter 122: The flames are soaring
Late at night, the wind grew stronger, making the treetops of the willow trees on the roadside hunt. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info Wang Yaochen stood in front of the white wall, looking at the restaurant in front of him with a gloomy face.
After a while, Wang Yaochen looked down at Du Er's body on the ground, then looked at Baibi, and asked the people around him in a deep voice: "Why haven't you heard anyone talk about it except Song Yuan, who smuggles copperware in Yongan County?" You don't know this guy? ”
Behind him, the public officials of Henan Mansion and Henan County replied in a low voice: "Back to the judgment, the little ones really don't know-"
"Bastard! Who will believe this? When I was a three-year-old! "Wang Yaochen's eyes will erupt with fire." A few days ago, you chased every three days and compared every five days, but you still worked hard. There must be no caterpillar in the crime, so the officials and bandits colluded to deceive the officials! Okay, if you don't fill the army and distribute a few, you will be judged by me as mud! ”
The public hung their heads and didn't dare to speak, hating Tong Dalang with the inscription in their hearts. How could a big man in the underworld like a smuggler of bronzes not know about it? The few dukes led by him did not take his benefits. As the so-called hands of people are short, they are not holding knives to their necks, so they naturally have to cover up for Song Yuan. A few carts of copper coins are missing, and these people have long recognized in their hearts that it was Song Yuanwai's doing, but they just concealed Wang Yaochen and other outsiders who came to be officials. They still want to wait for the matter to calm down and go to Song Yuanwai to ask for benefits.
Officials are restricted by the law of recusal, and when they arrive at the local area, they are not familiar with the place, and they still have to rely on the local officials to really do things. Officials have their own little abacus, and they will try their best to deceive their superiors and subordinates and reap the benefits from them, thus forming a delicate balance. Both officials and officials know this situation, as long as they don't break through the bottom line, they will be fine.
This time, the officials only played their own small calculations and pushed all the trouble on the officials, how could Wang Yaochen not be angry? Four carts of copper coins is not a small amount, and if it is not recovered, the performance of officials will be affected. Although the transfer of Jingxi Road made Xu Ping his own year, he would not be too embarrassed, and always gave others the truth.
Taking a breath, Wang Yaochen said: "Immediately send someone to Yong'an County to arrest Song Yuanwai!" This time, you can think about it, the person must bring it back, and all the prohibited items in his house must not be missing, otherwise, don't blame me for taking you under the knife! Also, if you collude with that Song Yuanwai this time, hand it over to me and confiscate it on Shamen Island! If you don't hand over someone, none of you can escape! ”
All the public agreed to make a promise, and their hearts were mixed, and each had a ghost. Wang Yaochen's words are here, that is to hand over people, back then Xu Ping dared to fire most of the officials of the three divisions, and of course Wang Yaochen also dared to replace all the officials in the prefecture and county. Once they take off this clothes, according to their usual behavior, they will not have to spend the rest of their lives.
If you want to hand over someone, it depends on who you want to hand over.
At this time, the restaurant that Du Er bought had completely burned down, but fortunately, the fire started from the second floor, burning little by little, and the guests living inside had time to run out, and did not take their lives. The nearby Xiang army has arrived and is organizing firefighting. Just look like this, when the fire is extinguished, this restaurant will be gone. This is the industry of Henan County, and it has its own Henan County to have a headache.
Tang Lao'er and his family stood in front of their restaurant, looked at the fire opposite, and said leisurely: "A big fire, white and clean." What kind of bird and grandson are sentenced, thinking about relying on this restaurant, forcing us to not survive, and allowing his daughter to be his concubine, this result should also be settled. God has eyes, come down this fire, except for us, the thorn in the eye! ”
Mother Tang said: "There are gods in the head, old man, you have to do more good deeds in the future, don't cause this kind of disaster!" ”
Tang Lao'er smiled and nodded in agreement, leisurely watching the fire on the opposite side burn bigger and bigger.
Because of this fire, the south gate of Luoyang was opened before dawn, and it was very lively.
Director Tong hurriedly went out of the city, rode to the front of the restaurant, grabbed a little guy who looked good, and asked him anxiously: "Where is Du Er?" The restaurant burns down, why don't you see his shadow? ”
The little guy said: "Du Yuanwai was killed by Tong Daguan and the sick lieutenant Chi because he injured the life of the caterpillar, and took revenge-"
"What about Tong Da? Did he come out? ”
The little guy looked at Director Tong and shook his head again and again: "Why does the director ask such a thing?" Tong Daguan killed Du Er, so naturally he escaped overnight with the sick lieutenant, how could he stay here to eat the lawsuit? Nine times out of ten, I saw that the fire was set by those two people. ”
Hearing this, Director Tong only felt that his eyes were black, and he almost fell to the ground.
Because Tong Dalang has always been well-behaved and indeed shrewd and capable, Director Tong later trusted him very much. The company's accounts are checked by the government, and the official has a backup that can be ignored, and the money lent privately will be troublesome. Director Tong only has detailed accounts, and all kinds of deeds are here with Tong Dalang, and now that he has run away, what should I do with the deeds? If there is no deed, who will collect the debt when the time comes? Now it seems that the names on the accounts handed over by Tong Dalang may not be true.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, Director Tong pushed the little guy away, ran to the raging fire, and shouted to the soldiers who were carrying water back and forth to put out the fire: "The room on the second floor leaning against the big willow tree has important things in it, you go and move it down!" ”
A soldier carrying water looked Director Tong up and down, and said disdainfully: "That's where the fire burns, even if we don't want to die, we can only find ash in it!" You stay away and don't get in the way of us here! ”
Director Tong took two steps back, stood stunned, and muttered to himself: "Where did the fire start, could it be that Tong Da set the fire?" What is he going to burn? What are you going to burn—"
As he spoke, he slowly retreated, leaning against the big willow tree on the side of the road, holding his head in both hands, like crazy.
Without the deed, where will the copper money lent out be collected? Now that Sun Wei is so stiff with Xu Ping and Henan Mansion, he can't count on the government to help him. If you can't collect the money, how can you explain it to the big families in the city? That's not a hundred, two, hundred!
Director Tong can't afford to pay it back, and Sun Wei can't afford it either, not to mention that even if Sun Wei can take it, it is impossible to take it out. Isn't the director of the prefect helping his own officials to do these things just so that once they mess up, someone will come out to stand up to the thunder?
Looking at the raging fire in front of him, Director Tong's spirit was a little trance-like and felt a deep despair.
The autumn wind blew louder and stronger, whining and screaming across the treetops, and the fire blowing the restaurant turned into a strange shape. The firefighters came and went, shouting and shouting, and the people watching the fire looked leisurely, talking and laughing.
This fire burned all kinds of strange things in Longmen Town in the past year, and it drifted away with the autumn wind.