Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Magistrate Hong said nothing.

He has been captured, and nothing he says now will help. It is better to save his energy and wait for Prince Hui to rescue him.

In the past few years, he has done a lot for Prince Hui. After Prince Hui knows that he has been arrested, he will definitely not ignore it.

Moreover, he may not be defeated tonight, as Luo Peng and the common people have not arrived yet. There are many people in Nanzhou Prefecture, and if they unite, they will surely defeat these officers and soldiers.

Prefect Hong looked towards the city. Minister Pei saw him and said, "Are you waiting for the boss of Zui Xiang Lou? Actually, you don't have to wait. He can't bring reinforcements."

Prefect Hong asked subconsciously: "Why?"

Minister Pei clapped his hands, and soon two people walked out from behind the city wall. The one in front was Luo Peng, the manager of Zui Xiang Lou. He was gagged, his hands were tied behind his back, and a sharp sword was placed on his shoulder.

"Prefect Hong, I heard that you wanted to use the people to deal with our officers and soldiers. This is too naive." Minister Pei said sarcastically: "And you probably don't know that after dark, we will be waiting in the alley next to the city gate."

When Luo Peng ran back, they went straight up to stop him.

Prefect Hong: “…”

"You won't be able to escape this time, don't worry." Pei Shilang said, "I will definitely write a detailed memorial to let His Majesty know clearly what you did."

As the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he would make sure that this man suffered all the punishments he deserved before his death.

*

Prefect Hong was a little scared. Even though he told himself again and again that Prince Hui would help, he couldn't stop the fear in his heart.

Han Zheng looked at him and suddenly thought of a question. He took advantage of the fact that he was not locked up yet and said, "A few years ago, I studied at the White Crane Academy in the prefectural city. At that time, Lord Hong had a good reputation among the people. Later, after I won the first place in the imperial examination, I returned to Jiangyang County to visit my relatives and passed by the prefectural city. Lord Hong was not considered a corrupt official at that time, but just a little more shrewd.

Now Lord Hong is very different from before. I want to know why Lord Hong is like this? Wasn't it good before? "

It would have been better if he didn't ask, but as soon as he asked, Prefect Hong suddenly went crazy.

He glared at Han Zheng fiercely: "I have been in Nanzhou Prefecture for nearly ten years. I am tired of being the prefect. Why can others go to the capital, but I can't? Why?"

He was not convinced and wondered why others could not do as well as he did, but others could get promoted while he could not.

So when Prince Hui sent people to recruit him, he decisively stood on Prince Hui's side.

Prefect Hong's eyes turned red with anger. If he could move freely now, he would have stabbed Han Zheng for stabbing him in the sore spot.

On one side, Master Jiang looked at Prefect Hong, thought for a while, and said, "But five years ago, His Majesty had planned to transfer you to the capital to be the prefect of Xiping Prefecture, but Huang Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue said that Nanzhou Prefecture is harmonious and peaceful under your rule, so you can stay for a few more years. His Majesty thought it made sense and accepted his suggestion.

The prefect of Donghai Prefecture was in the same situation as you that day. He was the one whose entire family was killed by the Prince of Hui a few years ago. That case was investigated by Lord Pei and Lord Han. It was because of this that the Prince of Hui had to go to the imperial mausoleum. This happened not long ago, you should still remember it. "

It was like a bolt of thunder, and Prefect Hong froze.

He turned his head and looked at Master Jiang with a ferocious expression, "You...you are lying."

"Why would I lie to you?" Master Jiang said, "On the day when Huang Shangshu made the suggestion, besides me, there were also Jiang Xueshi from the Hanlin Academy, Lu Shangshu from the Ministry of Works, and Prime Minister Yan. They all heard it. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."

Prefect Hong just stood there stiffly. After a while, he suddenly collapsed to the ground with an expression that looked like he was both crying and laughing.

*

After all, it was already late at night, so everyone decided to return to the capital of Nanzhou Prefecture, stay for a day tomorrow to deal with some things, and leave the day after tomorrow.

Prefect Hong has violated Dayu's laws and must follow them to the capital to stand trial. Someone must stay behind in Nanzhou Prefecture to watch over the place until a new prefect arrives.

While Master Jiang and Minister Pei had nothing to do, Han Zheng walked back to where Li Yu and the guards were staying and told them that everything was over.

Li Yu felt relieved and asked the guards to lead the horses while she and Han Zheng walked back together.

On the way, Han Zheng repeated to Li Yu what happened at the city gate.

After hearing what Master Jiang said, Li Yu was speechless for a moment.

It was obvious that Prefect Hong was schemed by Prince Hui. Everyone knew that Minister Huang was Prince Hui's man, and his opinion was Prince Hui's opinion.

So the whole story should be: Prince Hui took a fancy to Prefect Hong, and in order to get Prefect Hong to help him, he deliberately instructed Minister Huang to cut off Prefect Hong's path to promotion. When Prefect Hong was dissatisfied with his promotion, he sent someone to recruit Prefect Hong and promised him a high position and generous salary. Prefect Hong was attracted by the huge benefits and abandoned his conscience to plan for Prince Hui.

Based on this, it can be inferred that the prefect who was killed in Donghai Prefecture was probably recruited by Prince Hui, but he definitely did not agree. After all, if he agreed, he would not have collected evidence of Prince Hui's corruption and would not have been killed.

From this point of view, Prefect Hong was wrong. He was not mentally stable and helped others count money even though he was framed. But the biggest problem was still Prince Hui.

He had better die soon, Li Yu thought in his heart. This man was the culprit who disrupted the court. The sooner he died, the sooner the court would be at peace.

*

The next day, the news that Prefect Hong and Luo Peng had colluded with bandits to transport the city's money and grain out spread throughout the streets and alleys of Nanzhou Prefecture.

The people were amazed.

Because Magistrate Hong did a good job in the past few years and has been pretending to be doing well in the past two years, some people thought that Han Zheng and his men might have made a mistake, so they ran to the government office and the inn where Li Yu and his men were staying to inquire about the situation.

Boss Hua is here too.

He went straight to Li Yu.

Li Yu trusted him and told him a little more than what was circulating outside.

After hearing this, Boss Hua remained silent.

Finally, he asked about Luo Peng. He was friends with Luo Peng's father. Although he didn't like Luo Peng in the past few years, the two families still kept in touch. Three years ago, Mr. Luo passed away due to illness, and he had no contact with the Luo family. Normally, he shouldn't ask today, but Luo Peng was his friend's son after all, and he couldn't pretend to know nothing.

Li Yu understood his thoughts and said, "That Manager Luo has a close relationship with Prefect Hong. He will definitely be sentenced severely this time, but he will not die. He will either be imprisoned or exiled."

Boss Hua sighed, "He has always looked down on others and has high aspirations. Now he is like this, it is his own fault. I am afraid that Zui Xiang Lou will not be able to survive."

Li Yu was speechless and could only comfort him with a few words.

She knew that Boss Hua was not feeling sorry for Luo Peng, but was feeling bad for Zui Xiang Lou. After all, Zui Xiang Lou was built and developed by his friend, Mr. Luo, and now it was about to be destroyed by Luo Peng.

*

After seeing Boss Hua off, Li Yu returned to the room.

Just as she sat down and drank a cup of tea, Si'er rushed to her room and asked her to pack her things quickly.