God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 792 The crime of deceiving the king
Liang Kai also hurriedly said: "Master, is there any misunderstanding in this? As far as I know, Mr. Chen has always regarded money as dung, so how could he get involved in business affairs, the county must have misunderstood!"

"Misunderstanding?" Du He looked at the two of them.

Both Chen Tian and Liang Kai nodded.

popping.

Du He clapped his hands: "Bring people up!"

Immediately, footsteps were heard outside, and two yamen servants escorted a young man forward.

When Chen Tian saw this person, he was so angry that he almost fainted.

This person is none other than his own nephew, Chen Mingkun, who is one of the main personnel who runs the butcher shop in the city and Zhuangzi in the west of the city.

Chen Mingkun fell to his knees with a thud: "Uncle, I'm sorry, I... I've said it all... If I don't say it, they will beat me, break my legs, and send me to Lantian to dig coal. Uncle, I don’t want to dig coal, Uncle, just admit it, this business is not something to be ashamed of, besides, our family has other businesses besides selling mutton.”

"You...you..." Chen Tian was so angry that he couldn't utter a complete sentence.

It is not a strange thing for a great Confucian to do business, nor does it violate the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

But it's different now, this is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor!
After a while, he raised his head and said coldly: "Master, I don't know that my son is in business. What he said just now is probably nonsense and unbelievable!"

Du He took out a booklet from his sleeve and threw it at Chen Tian's feet: "Mr. Chen, how do you explain this account book? It clearly records the amount of money that needs to be handed over to you every day. Moreover, Chen Tian When did you go to Chenjiazhuang, when did you go to the butcher's shop, and what did you say, all are clearly recorded."

When Chen Tian picked it up and opened it, his face turned pale.

He knew the handwriting, it belonged to Chen Mingkun, and everything recorded on it was true.

Chen Tian gritted his teeth, suddenly tore up the booklet, and stuffed it into his mouth.

A thick booklet was swallowed by him in the blink of an eye, his eyes widened from choking, and he almost couldn't breathe.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Chen Tian laughed out loud, full of complacency.

Du He took out another copy from his sleeve, and threw it at Chen Tian's feet: "Mr. Chen has such a powerful mouth, he can eat anything... Oh, I forgot to tell you, that copy just now is only one of the twelve. I still have eleven copies, if you can eat them all, I admire you for being a man!"

Chen Tian was dumbfounded.

Pointing at Chen Mingkun, he shouted, "Nizi, why did you do this?"

Chen Mingkun knelt on the ground, and said aggrievedly: "Comfort, you often say that I am stupid and can't remember things, so I will record every word you say to me, and review it often, so that I will not forget things." will forget!"

What a studious boy!

But Chen Tian wished he could kill him.

After a while, Chen Tian understood that there was no room for redemption in this matter. Du He's ability to call Chen's house in person proved that he had all the evidence.

"Mr. County, how do you want to solve this matter?" Chen Tian slumped on a chair weakly and asked slowly.

Du He said with a smile: "This county will arrest you and send you to Chang'an. Let your majesty do what you want. I heard that your majesty is in a bad mood recently. You should kill your whole family for your crime of deceiving the emperor."

Chen Tian happened to see the plaque that said "not seeking fame and wealth", but felt inexplicably ironic!

Chen Mingkun crawled to Chen Tian's feet, crying loudly, but was kicked away by Chen Tian in disgust.

After a long while, Chen Tian stood up and bowed to Du He: "Caomin, please be kind to the county, all mistakes are all my fault, but my people are innocent, if they are implicated, Caomin will go to Jiuquan Under the circumstances, I feel uneasy!"

Du He asked: "Do you really want to save your people?"

"Naturally!" Chen Tian nodded.

Du He laughed: "There is a way, I wonder if Mr. Chen is willing!"

"Please tell the county magistrate!"

"Before it gets dark today, all the property of the Chen family was confiscated by the county government. The county can pretend that it doesn't know anything about this matter. Remember, I said everything!" Du He said, standing up Come on, get ready to leave.

Chen Tian's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Thank you, the magistrate, for the kindness of the magistrate, the grassroots will always remember it!"

Just as Du He turned to leave, he caught sight of Liang Kai, and suddenly walked towards Liang Kai with a smile: "Patriarch Liang, I haven't seen you for a long time. You look very good. I heard that you are against pork. You are a great hero. By the way, Chen Tian Bully, are you involved?"

Liang Kai was forced back step by step by Du He, cold sweat dripped down his forehead.

He hurriedly said: "County Lord, my family also has some mutton business, how about giving it to the County Lord. The County Lord has been promoting pork recently. It would be best to give this mutton to the County Lord for disposal!"

"Okay, Patriarch Liang is really refreshing, goodbye!"

After all, Du He walked away.

Liang Kai breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Chen Tian: "Mr. Chen, don't be sad. You can immediately hide most of the family property and send some of it to the county government!"

However, Chen Tian shook his head: "Patriarch Liang, please don't harm me. Since Du He can investigate this matter so clearly, I'm afraid he already knows everything about my Chen family's property. Based on my understanding of Du He, I'm afraid I don't know much about it." I have always been rich, this guy will never let me go, that's all...as long as I can save the lives of my clansmen, losing my family property is nothing!"

"Ugh……"

"I just hope that the anti-pork momentum in various places will rise as soon as possible, and that Du He will be punished by the court as soon as possible. If Du He doesn't leave Hu County, our life will not be easy for you and me!" Chen Tian said leisurely. .

Liang Kai nodded: "According to what Mr. Chen said, this good news should reach Hu County soon!"

……

Royal Palace.

In the middle of the night, the imperial study room was brightly lit.

Li Er put down the memorial and asked, "Recently, what's new?"

No one answered.

He turned his head, only to see Zhao Yang dozing off on the pillar.

Snapped.

Li Er angrily slapped the table.

"Ah, this servant deserves to die, Your Majesty, spare me, spare me!" Zhao Yang fell to his knees in fright.

"Zhao Yang, you've become more and more useless recently!" Li Er said dissatisfiedly.

Zhao Yang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my servant will die. Your Majesty, I have heard that pork is being opposed everywhere in the capital area recently. Many people even want to come to Chang'an to plead for the people and ask Your Majesty to issue a decree to ban pork." Woolen cloth."

Although Zhao Yang was distracted, he still listened to what Li Er said.

Li Er frowned and asked, "Have these people ever eaten pork?"

"No! As far as I know, many of them have never even seen a pig!" Zhao Yang also hated these people who opposed pork. He had eaten a lot of pork in Hu County before, and the steamed pork It is simply unique in the world, especially suitable for people like me who have lost a lot of teeth, but mutton is different, with a few teeth missing, it is impossible to eat.

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(End of this chapter)