Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1772 Wang's Wrath

The timing of the appearance of the Royal Navy is indeed too coincidental...

The whole army had just gone north, but the smuggled merchant fleet was wiped out by the pirates when they went out to sea, and they came back in less than half a day. The teacher doesn't know, and the fools don't believe it.

The hall was silent.

All the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are full of resentment, everyone smuggling is true, if they are arrested and searched by the navy, even if they lose all their money, everyone will have nothing to say.But Fang Jun sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, watching the merchant fleet being slaughtered by the pirates and doing nothing all the time, this is too much.

Everyone is a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, so cruel and indifferent is unacceptable.

He Pingchuan's words said what everyone was thinking but dared not say...

As the master, Xiao Jing sat at the head, frowning tightly, and said to Xiao Cuo: "Tell me carefully, what is going on?"

Xiao Cuo respectfully said: "Here!"

Then he straightened his back, looked around at the person who had just scolded him, and said coldly: "The specific situation when I was robbed and killed by pirates, I have already explained to you just now, and I will not repeat it. When Ye, Xie Wenhua and Wang Qi were killed The pirates caught him. At the beginning, they thought they were going to be used as meat tickets by the pirates to extort ransom from their families. Later, the navy attacked the island at night. On the same day, a certain three people were resting in the cabin, and Wang Qi wanted to escape, but was discovered by a certain person and Xie Wenhua, who stopped them. Later, after interrogation, Wang Qi admitted that he secretly colluded with the pirates and tried to make huge profits from them, because he saw the pirates destroyed , fearful in his heart, so he planned to abscond in fear of crime. Later, because of lax custody, Wang Qi broke free from the rope and jumped into the sea and drowned himself, committing suicide in fear of crime..."

"fart!"

A middle-aged scribe with an ancient and clumsy face got up angrily, pointed his halberd and cursed: "There is no proof of death, so can you just talk nonsense and slander the innocence of my Langya Wang family?"

Xie Chengjie smiled: "The Wang family of Langya, who is a public servant, really has a clean family style and a prominent lintel, and the whole family is very innocent..."

The lintel of the Langya Wang family is prominent, and it is a good story that "the king and the horse share the world". Devastating blow.

The words "Heel is a public servant" came from Yuan Lang, a great Confucian in the Southern Dynasties, "Although Langya Wang's heel is a public official, he has made great contributions to the court and his life, and he is contemptuous." I really look down on the prominent family of the Langya Wang family, but this sentence A little bit arrogant, later generations always talk about it, just to mock Langya Wang's nobleness, but no loyalty and sincerity...

When the people next to him heard this sentence, some wanted to laugh, but when they thought about the wealth and private soldiers buried in the sea, they really couldn't laugh. The corners of their mouths tugged, it looked uglier than crying.

The middle-aged scribe with an ancient and clumsy face was furious, his face flushed red, he slapped the table in front of him fiercely, and said angrily: "Old dog Xie, how dare you bully me that there is no one in the Langya Wang family?!" He picked up a flower stand of rosewood wood placed on the side, and threw it on Xie Chengjie's head.

There was a close friend beside him, who hurriedly pulled him back.

This is the Xiao family, and even the prime minister of the dynasty has to be treated with three points of courtesy when he comes here, how can he be allowed to make trouble?

The middle-aged scribe angrily threw the red sandalwood flower stand to the ground, broke away from the obstruction of his friends, and strode away.

Now that Wang Qi is dead, as the saying goes, there is no proof of death. Xiao Cuo and Xie Wenhua both agreed that Wang Qi colluded with pirates to rob merchant ships. Maybe slandering Wang Qi, after all, wouldn't even slander Xiao Cuo?If it is serious to find a scapegoat to shirk responsibility, Xie Wenhua, an outsider, is obviously more suitable than Wang Qi.

What's more, there is Fang Jun's evidence, even if this lawsuit reaches Dali Temple, the Wang family of Langya will certainly be in the wrong, it is indisputable...

The problem now is not to find out whether Wang Qi has colluded with the pirates, but to discuss a countermeasure to face the successive questions and criticisms from the major families.

No way, even a sky-high compensation...

After leaving the gate of the Golden Bamboo Garden, the middle-aged scribe waited for the carriage, stopped in front of the gate, looked up at the gray sky, and let out a long sigh.

At the beginning, the Wang family of Langya moved their clan to the south, relying on the outstanding children of the clan to overwhelm the surnames of overseas Chinese and Wu, and became the largest clan in the south of the Yangtze River. , and share the world", half of the power in the south of the Yangtze River is in your hands, how noble is your family?
Now it has plummeted, not only will the reputation of the ancestors be tarnished, but even the family property accumulated for hundreds of generations will be wiped out.

The carriage came, and the middle-aged scribe jumped into the carriage, urging him repeatedly.

He must rush back home as soon as possible, and discuss with the elders of the clan how to get through this crisis...

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A group of gentry from the south of the Yangtze River met in the Golden Bamboo Garden and did not leave until evening.

The Xiao family was enthusiastic to persuade them to stay, and even prepared dinner, but how could the helmsmen of these families have the intention to stay and drink and have fun?They all rushed back to discuss it anxiously, to see how to take action to eliminate future troubles and recover losses as much as possible...

Xie Chengjie also took Xie Wenhua away, and when he left the gate, the officials from Huating Town followed him.

Fang Jun has an order to allow Xiao Cuo and Xie Wenhua to return home to visit and discuss, but they are absolutely not allowed to escape privately.In fact, whether it is the Xiao family or the Xie family, after learning that Wang Qi is colluding with the pirates, how can Xiao Cuo or Xie Wenhua escape?

As long as there is a way, no one is willing to provoke Fang Jun, a stick...

As soon as the crowd dispersed, Xiao Jing rubbed his brows wearily, and waved to Xiao Cuo: "Come to the inner room with someone, and tell me the situation in detail."

After saying that, he got up and went to the inner room.

Xiao Mao followed behind, and Xiao Cuo followed suit.

When he came to the inner room, he heard footsteps outside. After a while, Xiao Yu with a tired face opened the curtain and walked in. He sat down directly under Xiao Jing, fixed his eyes on Xiao Cuo's face, and said coldly: " what happened?"

Xiao Cuo swallowed his saliva, not daring to hide anything, and explained the matter in detail one by one, even the agreement with Fang Junzhi did not miss a single word.

Finally, he said: "My nephew doesn't know whether this is correct, but I thought that my nephew is the person in charge of this fleet, and my Xiao family is also one of the initiators and initiators of this smuggling. A lot of goods are worth nothing, and so many private soldiers and dead soldiers are wiped out. I am afraid that the major families will not let it go. I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape the responsibility, so they are willing to accept Fang Jun's suggestion and bring the Xie family along the way... ...If there is anything wrong with this move, my nephew is willing to bear some consequences, as long as the family is not dragged down, the body is broken, and there is no complaint."

When he said this, Xiao Cuo had a firm expression and a sonorous tone. He regarded the interests of the family as the supreme status, and was willing to sacrifice everything for the family, even if he became a sinner. The heroic spirit!

This set of rhetoric and demeanor, he had already simulated it countless times on the ship when returning to the voyage, and now it is at his fingertips, and it is perfect...

Xiao Jing was quite relieved, and nodded his head in praise: "When things happen, you are decisive and courageous, and you are worthy of being the pillar of the Xiao family! You have handled this matter well, so don't worry, as long as you bite the bullet, it's Wang Qi who colluded with pirates and wanted to embezzle goods for private use. , others can do nothing to us.”

He was very satisfied with Xiao Cuo's choice of Wang Qi as the "surrogate for the dead". Because Wang Qi and Xiao's family were related by marriage, no one would suspect that Xiao Cuo was involved in it. As proof, this matter is already a certainty, and no one will believe it.

Believe it or not!
Anyone who raises doubts is questioning the Xiao family, the Xie family, and Fang Jun!
Looking at Jiangnan, which family has the guts to fight against these three forces together?As for joining forces, it's even more impossible. Both the Xiao family and the Xie family have their own allies, and Fang Jun is behind them. Unless they don't want to mess around in the Jiangnan border, they can only admit it by pinching their noses...

Xiao Jing was very satisfied with Xiao Cuo's treatment, so Xiao Mao was naturally relieved. Xiao Cuo was his son, the most outstanding disciple of his branch, and he was able to be judged by the always strict and deep patriarch Xiao Jing, "My family "Pillar of the World" made him even more overjoyed.

Only Xiao Yu frowned, pulled his head back and sighed: "This time my family owes Fang Jun a great favor, not only that, this son is deep, cunning and wise, such a big deal falls into Fang Jun's hands , who knows what plans he has in the future? From this point of view, I am afraid that a concubine is not enough..."

(End of this chapter)