Chapter 1169 This **** world
Wang Ji has always felt that living without knowledge is like a beast.
In his eyes, ordinary people are like livestock.
The people are busy all day just for two meals a day, just for the clothes to cover their bodies.
Wang Ji has already left this low-level pursuit. After eating and drinking every day, he has a cup of tea, reads a book under the window, and takes a walk in the woods...I invite a few friends to drink, and everyone points out the country and encourages words...
This is living!
But he still felt that his living conditions were not good enough, and envied his in-law Cui Shi.
Cui's people have long since left behind the pursuit of these things, and their children have had clear goals since their hair was tied and taught.
"The purpose of Cui's people is to become an official, to be appointed as a marquis and a prime minister."
Wang Ji is a little envious of such a high level of life, but he can't learn it, and he doesn't have the ability.
"Alang!"
A servant rushed in, "Wang Liang was killed by Mrs. Zhao."
Wang Ji was taken aback, "What?"
The servant said in panic: "Wang Liang went to warn Mrs. Zhao, who would have thought Mrs. Zhao was prepared, and took advantage of his unpreparedness...to kill Wang Liang with one blow."
"Beat to death!" Wang Ji was furious, "Beat to death!"
The servant said: "It happened that a stranger passed by and saw it, and said that he was reporting to the official."
"Reporting to the official?" Wang Ji calmed down, "Reporting to the official is also dead, the old man can make her regret being born!"
…
In Qinghe County, county magistrate Liu Dongqing is handling official duties.
"Mingfu."
The little official came in, "Something happened to Mrs. Wang."
"Huh?" Liu Dongqing put down her pen, "What's the matter?"
"Wang's steward was stabbed to death by a peasant woman from the village."
Liu Dongqing picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked lightly, "Is it a hidden household or a household registration?"
"Hidden household." The little official pondered his thoughts, "The Wang family wanted to kill the peasant woman, but there happened to be travelers passing by, saying that they were reporting to the officials on their behalf. Those people have arrived just now."
"Follow the rules first."
Liu Dongqing looked calm.
The little official understood, "Yes. People from the Wang family are waiting, let's talk about it after a few days."
After Liu Dongqing waited for him to leave, he looked at the void in a daze.
"What have you learned all the time?"
Ahead, two men are reporting the crime.
"The woman killed someone, but those big men saw the menacing force outside her house, and were about to strike. She is fighting back, right? Besides... How did I hear that the woman's husband was beaten to death? Killed After killing her man, what are you going to do? Kill that woman again? Such a vicious Mrs. Wang, yeah, I've never seen such a vicious person."
The man who reported the crime moved his feet and looked sour.
The official who received them said coldly: "Got it."
I know the three words can be said to be advanced, offensive, retreating or defensive... I know, but what I do has nothing to do with you, and I won't tell you.
The man said dissatisfiedly: "This is Wang's side who killed the first... By the way, I want to ask, her husband was killed... Has the murderer been caught?"
The official coughed dryly, "I still have something to do."
The official turned around and left. The man said, "Hey! Killing people pays for their lives. You don't care about killing people. Which family's reasoning is this?"
"roll!"
The little official outside the door shouted.
"Bao Dong, let's go."
A thunder-faced man outside shouted.
The man shook his head, "It's not a problem!"
Out of the county hall, the two squatted outside the door.
"The prisoner is brought."
Mrs. Zhao was escorted by two big men, her face was bruised.
"Hey! Who the **** did a lynching?!"
Bao Dong got angry and stepped forward to question him.
Someone in the group of big men who followed him cursed: "You bitch, what have you got to do with it? Get out of Qinghe County!"
This is Qinghe County in Beizhou Prefecture, and it is also the base camp of the Cui family. How can these big men put two foreigners in their eyes.
Ms. Zhao raised her eyes and glanced at Bao Dong, her eyes were filled with dead silence.
What can make a person so hopeless?
So much so that she felt that death was better than life.
A big man kicked Mrs. Zhao as if in a demonstration.
"Bitch dog slave!"
Boom!
The world is quiet.
The big man's face was swollen like a pig's head.
"The stranger has murdered."
Those big men were furious, rushed over and besieged.
A group of people besieging two foreigners, isn't that easy to catch?
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
The officials who watched the bustle looked at the fallen big men with dumbstruck eyes.
"There are murderers!"
The petty officials rushed out with weapons in hand.
Two people killed so many slaves of the Wang family?
"I'm afraid this **** is not a gangster."
"Take it!"
Bao Dong's eyes were full of anger, Lei Hong said: "Don't do it, this is an official, if you do it, we will be wrong."
The two were arrested without a fight, and were put in prison immediately.
There is a prison for detaining criminals here in the county, which is under the jurisdiction of the county captain. The county lieutenant needs to count the number of prisoners every day when he goes to the yamen to ensure that no one escapes.
The conditions of the prisons in the county are naturally not as good as those of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple, or even the rooms where Baiqi detains prisoners.
There was a rancid smell in the cell, and the man wanted to vomit.
"Wait to die."
The two little officials sneered.
"Yeah, I can't die!"
Lei Hong also sneered.
"How dare you talk back!"
The little official kicked Lei Hong in.
Boom!
The prison door closes.
"Damn, so many fleas!"
The two unlucky guys were dumbfounded.
"There are a lot of lice, how can I sleep here?"
Lei Hong cried and said, "The Duke ordered me to stand in the front, and you are the only impulsive one. This is good, come in."
The little official went back to report.
"Mingfu, those two have been detained."
Liu Dongqing nodded, "Come back and deal with it."
"Liu Mingfu."
Wang She came and said with a sullen face, "Those two foreigners must be punished severely."
These words smacked of domineering, the key is that Liu Dongqing felt that he had become Wang's subordinate, so he said displeasedly: "I will deal with this matter."
Wang She looked up at him, "The old man's nephew is dead."
Liu Dongqing's eyes were slightly cold, "There are rules."
Wang She suddenly laughed, "That's a hermit, what are the rules? Hermits are my livestock, when will the rules be in charge of us and other big families? The rules of the Liu Ming Mansion? Or the rules of the Tang Dynasty?"
Liu Dongqing's face was ashen, Wang She got up, "I have to go to Cui's."
The base camp of Qinghe Cui is here.
Liu Dongqing's back softened, "I will deal with it severely when I turn back."
He can't afford to offend Mrs. Cui... Once Mrs. Cui launches his network, he, a little county magistrate, will become cannon fodder in an instant.
Slutty dog slave, if you don't beat me, you won't listen!
Wang She said aggressively: "Mr. Zhao will be handed over to Mr. Wang."
Liu Dongqing nodded silently.
When Wang She went out, Liu Dongqing said: "Those two foreigners are very good at fighting. If they insist on this matter, Wang will be in trouble."
He'll be in trouble too.
Wang She proudly said: "In Qinghe, we are the gods. Tell those two foreigners that this is Qinghe Cui's business. The smart ones will naturally keep silent, and the unwise ones...my family has its own ideas."
Liu Dongqing stared blankly at the void, and sighed for a long time, "What have you learned?"
Outside the city, dozens of riders are verifying their identities.
"Where did it come from?"
The sergeant guarding the gate is also very arrogant.
Just like someone said, show Qinghe Cui the gate, and the children in the family will feel a little extravagant.
The guard in charge of negotiation said: "He's from Chang'an."
The sergeant stretched out his hand, "Pass."
Passage is the proof of travel.
The guard took out a document.
The sergeant's face changed drastically, "Dare to ask..."
The guard said indifferently: "Mr. Zhao is here to do business in Beizhou."
The sergeant raised his eyes, and saw Jia Pingan and a young man standing behind, pointing at the county seat.
"This is Qinghe County. The so-called Qinghe Cui originated here. Next door is Boling and Boling Cui. With the Li family of Zhaojun and the Lu family of Fanyang, Hebei Road can be called the old den of the nobles."
"Uncle, then we are here to poke a hornet's nest."
"yes!"
Jia Pingan was a little excited.
"Meet the Duke."
The sergeant guarding the gate saluted solemnly.
"Hard."
Jia Ping'an rode his horse into the city.
"Guo Gong and Bao Dong were captured by Qinghe County."
The people of Baiqi went to inquire about the news.
"The two of them went to the village to investigate the news of Feng Wuzhi's death. They happened to be met by someone from Mrs. Wang. Mrs. Zhao, Feng Wu's wife, had a knife in her pocket and stabbed Mrs. Wang's steward to death. The hero slave of the family killed the Zhao family, and then went to the county to report the crime, but was locked in."
"Have you found a place to live?"
Jia Ping'an is not in a hurry to deal with this matter.
"Found it."
…
Qinghe Cui is so famous that Cui Jing, the patriarch of this generation, usually does not go out when he has nothing to do.
The days at home are also quite carefree, reading, wandering around in Zhuangzi when there is nothing to do. As long as he is willing, he can go to Qinghe, and even Hebei Road at any time.
The pass office restricts the travel of ordinary people. When Cui Jing is in a position, he said that he will go to Boling in the afternoon, and the pass will be done in half an hour at most.
The identity has reached a certain level, and the troubles of ordinary people are simply incomprehensible to them.
"Alang."
Cui Jing is walking in the woods at home, holding a book in his hand, which is a collection of poems from the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties were fond of empty talk, and their poems all carried a sense of being out of the world.
"What is it?"
Cui Jing turned around, his eyes were peaceful.
Cui Jing said indifferently: "What is this enemy of the gentry coming to Qinghe for? Forget it, you don't even know if you think about it."
The servant bowed his head.
"Brother!"
A person came outside, Cui Jing smiled and said, "Why did Wulang come back from Chang'an?"
It was Cui Chen who came.
His face was slightly cold, "The old man followed Jia Ping'an to Qinghe, brother, do you know why this son came here? It was because of Wang's killing of a hermit..."
Cui Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, "For the death of a hermit...not so. Why did the hermit die?"
Cui Chen said: "Feng Wu made a noise to emigrate to Anxi, but was beaten to death by Wang."
Cui Jing slowly closed the book, pondering for a long time.
Cui Chen was in a hurry this way, and he was hungry and thirsty at the moment, "Go and get me some tea and a piece of pastry."
Cui Jing sighed suddenly, "Hey! The rain is coming!"
Cui Chen nodded, "The old man suspects that he wants to use this to deal with Mrs. Cui."
Cui Jing's eyes narrowed slightly, "You underestimated him. The death of a hermit is not a big deal, and Jia Ping'an will not come down. There is only one possibility for him to come here... and that is to use this to clean up."
"Clean up..." Cui Chen sneered, "Does he still dare to clean up hermits?"
Cui Jing said: "Why didn't he dare?"
Cui Chen said calmly: "If he dares to clean up the hermits, he will become the enemy of the world."
Hidden households are not only owned by gentry, dignitaries, high-ranking officials, local wealthy families, who doesn’t have hidden households?
As long as this is touched, it touches the core interests of the superior.
"Does he want to commit suicide?"
"He probably wants to die."
…
A big man appeared outside Qinghe County, "Let him go."
"Who are you…"
Liu Dongqing asked.
"Li Jingye, doctor of the Ministry of punishment!"
The future British Duke is here.
Liu Dongqing smiled wryly, "Mr. Li didn't know that those two beat up the local people..."
People from the Wang family came and stared at Li Jingye. Someone asked, "Who is this person? Why is Liu Mingfu so respectful?"
"What is Li Langzhong?"
Li Jingye sneered, "What kind of **** people, aren't they just slaves? Let them go, they come looking for something!"
A wealthy slave from the Wang family came over and scolded: "You **** slave, yeah..."
Snapped!
With just one slap, Hao Nu fell to the ground without making a sound.
Liu Dongqing: "..."
"Let... let people go!"
When Bao Dong and Lei Hong came out, they saw a man lying on the ground, and Li Jingye looked impatient, so they knew that this man had lost his temper.
"This is the doctor of the Ministry of punishment."
The slaves of the Wang family did not dare to do anything, so they went back to report.
Wang Ji is not at home.
He went to Choi's.
"Jia Ping'an came and said that he wanted to investigate the matter of preventing people from emigrating."
Wang Ji did not panic.
Cui Jing didn't see him, it was Cui Chen who came forward to receive him.
"Immigration? The Wang family handles this matter by themselves." Cui Chen was very cold, "Also, restrain yourself..."
Wang Ji was puzzled, "Cui's family is here, does Jia Pingan dare to do it?"
This idiot!
Why are local wealthy families so domineering? Because they are local tyrants, but they don't know the changes in Chang'an.
"Be careful!"
Naturally, Cui Chen couldn't weaken his prestige.
"The old man should keep an eye on it."
Wang Ji returned home, and when he learned that the two foreigners had been taken away by the Ministry of Punishment, he sneered and said, "Jia Ping'an is domineering."
What is called the Emperor of Earth.
This is the Emperor of Earth!
The long-term domineering life makes them feel that they are gods and can overlook the world. If you want to say that Jia Ping'an is a famous general, Wang Ji will say that Qinghe County is Yeye's territory, where the dragon coils up and the tiger lies down.
Cui Jing was thinking about Jia Pingan.
"What will he do? The hidden household is beaten to death, and Wang's family can just throw someone out to take the blame."
…
"The people of the Wang family are domineering, and they want to kill the Zhao family on the spot. The two of us can't see it, so we come forward."
Bao Dong felt ashamed.
Lei Hong said: "The two of us missed a big deal..."
They feel that they will be scolded and punished, and they are ready.
Jia Pingan said: "Human life is the most important thing."
Bao Dong was overjoyed, "Master Zhao, now the Zhao family is locked up in Qinghe County, and they hear screams every day..."
"The county let people from the Wang family go in and torture the Zhao family."
Jia Pingan is clear about this door.
"The law is only for the inferior people. If the Zhao family kills the Wang family, they will naturally not be able to escape the end of the torture."
"This case is troublesome." The accompanying official said: "The proof of Zhao's murder is solid, and even Feng Wu's murder is less sympathetic. Wang's can throw someone out to take the blame. Duke, these powerful families have such means... Money and food are used to encourage the slaves to take the blame, and one person’s bad luck is exchanged for a good life for the whole family. Some people do such things.”
"Sacrifice one of them, happiness for the whole family."
Such things are not uncommon in later generations.
"They probably thought that as soon as I arrived in Qinghe, I would rush into Wang's house and fight..."
Li Hong came in and said, "Uncle, you have done a lot of things like this before."
"Nonsense!"
Jia Pingan said seriously: "I was filled with righteous indignation and couldn't bear it."
Li Hong sat down, "The guard came to report just now, and someone was watching outside."
"Leave it alone."
Jia Pingan stood up, "I found Jingye."
…
Outside the intersection of the station, several people dispersed at the moment, lazily squatting or walking.
"Out."
Jia Pingan came out with more than ten people.
"Follow."
Jia Pingan and others went to the county office.
"Meet the Duke."
Liu Dongqing brought people out to greet her.
"Qinghe is a good place."
Jia Pingan walked in, praising casually.
But Liu Dongqing didn't dare to take the blame.
"There are outstanding people here, and I heard that there have been gods?"
Liu Dongqing didn't dare not answer, "It seems there is."
"That's right." Jia Pingan smiled, "I heard that the fairy's surname is Cui."
Liu Dongqing was dripping with sweat.
This is cursing at Mrs. Cui!
Entering the lobby, Jia Pingan didn't hesitate, "I heard that a hermit was killed in Qinghe, and his wife took revenge for her husband. Is there such a thing?"
Avenging for my husband... This taste is wrong!
At least half of the officials under the hall changed color.
Li Hong pretended to be a small official accompanying him, watching with cold eyes at this moment, he couldn't help feeling cold.
Are these officials from the Tang Dynasty or the Cui family?
The local officials are all locals, and the locals naturally have to follow the local rules.
For example, if Cui is the local emperor of Beizhou, they will naturally bow their heads and obey their ears.
Liu Dongqing smiled wryly, "This matter... I have asked you about it."
There is no technical content in this pot dump.
Beizhou Government is located in Qinghe County, and the Governor's Mansion is not far away.
But from Jia Ping'an's arrival in Qinghe, there was no movement in the governor's mansion.
Anyway, do you want to say hello?
But Mei Yongren, the governor of Beizhou, seemed to be deaf and didn't respond.
"I was ordered to deal with this matter, so, bring Mrs. Zhao here, and I will try the case."
Zhao was brought up.
As soon as the two little officials let go of their hands, Mrs. Zhao let out a miserable howl and fell to the ground.
Jia Ping'an looked calm, "Look."
Lei Hong stepped forward to inquire, raised his head and said, "Duke, Mrs. Zhao's leg was broken."
At this moment, Zhao's face could no longer be seen as human, and his screams were hoarse, like a beast.
"Who did it?"
Jia Pingan asked very calmly.
The officials below were silent.
Jia Pingan looked at Liu Dongqing, "Who did it?"
Liu Dongqing forced a smile and said, "It's torture..."
Boom!
The file and Liu Dongqing's face collided intimately, and Jia Pingan scolded: "Kao Nima!"
He got up and said: "Zhao's murder is confirmed, what is the torture? Why did she kill? Liu Dongqing, are you humiliating Jia's wisdom?"
Liu Dongqing looked up and saw that Jia Ping'an had murderous intent in his eyes, and just about to speak, Mrs. Zhao stopped howling, and shouted: "It's Mrs. Wang..."
Jia Pingan took a deep breath, "Why can Wang's people freely enter and leave the prison? Why can they lynch in the prison?"
No answer.
"O Emperor of Earth!"
Jia Ping'an sneered, "Who let him go?"
An official below came out, trembling all over.
"Take it!"
The accompanying Baiqi rushed up, kicked down, and then got on the rope.
"The jailers are all taken down!"
The entourage took over the Qinghe County Jail.
"Treat her."
The accompanying doctors acted to set Zhao's bone.
"Thanks..."
Mrs. Zhao lay on the ground, tears gushing like springs.
"Slaves are hermits... Slaves are livestock, but they killed the slave's husband... They will not kill the livestock, just because the livestock can work, but the slave's husband can also work, but they..."
A hermit is not as good as a dog!
This is the social status quo of this world.
There is a difference between hermit households and escaped households. Escaped households are people who flee spontaneously, and have lost their traces since then, and cannot collect taxes. But hermit households are different. Hermit households mostly refer to farmers in the homes of upper-class people.
Hermits are actually slaves, even lower in status than slaves.
Jia Pingan looked up at the void, and suddenly said...
"This **** world!"
(end of this chapter)