A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 319 Doing a crime, please be respectful
Deep in the dungeon.

There was no sky, no light, and even the silence was terrifying.

Staying here, I don't know day or night, no matter whether it is morning or evening.

When Qiu Xinggong was escorted in at first, he was quite crazy. He was the dignified magistrate of the county, the general of the left guard, and the Sima of the Governor's Mansion in Qingzhou. Why don't you come and ask him out in person?

The right servant Sheguo's eldest son-in-law, grandson Wuji, and his servant Gao Shilian is his brother-in-law. How long can the boy be locked up?

It's just that he didn't expect that he would be forgotten here.

In the beginning, he would draw a mark on the wall after each meal delivery.

A meal, a trace, represents a day.

He didn't care about the raw pig and dog heart, but then the pig and dog heart was not fresh, and later it was not even on time. At first, he could probably feel that it was changed to a three-day delivery based on his hunger, but then it was completely confused. up.

Sometimes it feels like a one-day delivery, sometimes it feels like a two-day delivery, and sometimes it feels like a three-day delivery.

In the end, he was already in a trance, and he couldn't figure out whether it was the time interval between the deliveries, or he was confused.

Hungry, hungry all the time.

But he didn't even have the energy to cry out.

There has been no movement for a long time.

The voice that he had been looking forward to hadn't sounded for a long time.

No food at all.

Occasionally, mice, cockroaches and other things would break into his dungeon, and he would catch and eat them, but then he was too lonely, and finally a small thing broke in. After he caught it, he would rather be hungry than eat it. Willing to eat it.

He kept a mouse and a cockroach.

Although raising this mouse, it was bitten several times by ignorant people, but the cruel Qiu Xinggong forgave it.He can't be without company, or it will drive him crazy.

Before, he would often curse and speak in the dark, but now he was so hungry that he didn't have the energy to speak.

Really hungry.

He felt that he might starve to death soon.

The mouse in his hand was also hungry, and his chirping sound was weak.

He no longer has the energy to scold Wu Huaiyu.

He was desperate.

collapsed.

again and again.

Finally, he raised his hand and brought the mouse partner in his hand to his mouth. He couldn't see what the mouse looked like in the dark, but he could feel that the mouse was already skinny in his hand.

Bite down hard, bite hard, mouth full of hair, and then hard, finally feel a warm.

He desperately breathed out the blood of rats.

Slow and rhythmic footsteps sounded.

It made him feel like heaven.

Finally, a beam of light appeared ahead.

Then, the thick door was opened.

Qiu Xinggong stretched out his hand to cover his eyes, and stayed in the underground darkness for more than half a month, he was no longer used to the light.

It just hurts the eyes.

After a long time, he was finally able to move his hand away and saw that Wu Huaiyu who he hated to the bone was standing at the door holding a torch.

He stood up abruptly, wanting to rush over to strangle him, but with a clatter, the iron chains on the wall collapsed, grabbing him, and even the weak man was pulled hard and fell to the ground, with stars bulging on his head.

"let me out!"

Wu Huaiyu looked at the unkempt, filthy and smelly guy in front of him, and couldn't even recognize that it was the burly, bear-like Qiu Xinggong.

He looks pathetic now.

"Qiu Jing, can you plead guilty?"

Qiu Xinggong got up and stared at Wu Huaiyu fiercely, "Let me out!"

Huaiyu looked at this arrogant guy coldly.

"I want to tell you a piece of news. Your father came to Beijing and pleaded guilty to the sage, saying that he was incapable of raising his son. He gave birth to a rebellious son like you, so he took the blame and resigned."

"Actually, I admire your father Tan Guogong very much. He has gone through several dynasties in his life. He has successively served as the governor and prefect of seven states, but he has won the respect of the people. Every place can manage the local area very well. It is a pity that you were born like this. This thing will make Tan Guogong feel uneasy when he is old."

"And your eldest brother, Qiu Shiqiu Xingze, did a good job as the governor of Jizhou in Hebei. He supervised the military affairs of the four prefectures. Now because of you, the governor of the four prefectures has become the governor of Jizhou and one prefecture."

"Even Minister Gao, because of your affairs, Xu Guogong was demoted to the county prince, and the minister was demoted to the governor of Anzhou."

"Create a crime, Qiu Xinggong,"

"Your fifteen brothers, both father and son have made contributions to the state, so there are 16 fathers and sons in one family, one state prince, one county prince, four county princes, and ten county marquises."

"Now, your ten county brothers have all been revoked their titles."

"As for you, the sage intends to send you back to your original place if you seize the title and lose your position and become a citizen."

"Come here, untie Qiu Xinggong, let him sign and draw a bond, and then release him."

The jailer came and unlocked it.

Qiu Xinggong trembled all over, and roared wildly.

"Impossible, it's impossible."

Wu Huaiyu didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned around and left.

After a long time, two jailers dragged Qiu Xinggong, who was like a dead dog, out of the dungeon.

His eyes were glazed and his body stinks.

The whole person completely collapsed.

Yang Gongren was also taken aback when he saw him like this.

The other officers and generals could hardly believe that this was Qiu Xinggong.

"I'm still alive, but I can't accept it for a while. In addition, I haven't seen the sun for a long time. I guess the prison food inside doesn't suit his appetite, so I'm a little weak. I'm tired after fighting for a while,"

Wu Huaiyu said lightly.

But everyone looked at Qiu Xinggong like that, there was really only one breath left.

Yang Gongren looked at this guy, and then at Wu Huaiyu, he couldn't help but feel a little startled, this young man is really cruel.

"Come here, help him to take a bath, then see the doctor, prescribe some medicine to replenish qi and blood, and find a place to recuperate."

Wu Huaiyu said in a cold voice, "The sage ordered that Qiu Xinggong be expelled from his post and become a citizen, and immediately sent back to his original place of residence and handed over to his father for discipline. He has to go on the road today, and I will give him half an hour to clean up."

Yang Gongren didn't want to argue with Wu Huaiyu because of him, so he waved his hand in disgust and was taken away.

Looking at Qiu Xinggong who was being carried down like a dead dog, thinking about his arrogance more than half a month ago, everyone was overwhelmed with embarrassment. Back then, no one would have thought that this would end like this.

The Qiu family is also a well-known family in Guanlong. Qiu He even offered land and led the people to join Jiaozhi to the Tang Dynasty. His eldest son and second son even pulled together more than ten thousand people to occupy Mei County. Later, they belonged to Princess Pingyang and welcomed Li Yuan into the pass. Since then, the two brothers have been fighting in the Qin Palace and making great contributions.

Both father and son have made great contributions to the country, and the rest of the sons also followed to fight for the Great Tang, so later Li Yuan conferred a Duke of the State, five county princes, and ten county princes with the merits of his father and son, which can be regarded as a great reward for the Qiu family. .

Qiu He's old man deliberately used his hometown's martial arts and the surrounding counties to set up a new Jizhou, and let Qiu He return to his hometown to be the governor. This is the first one among the separatist warlords attached to him at the end of the Sui Dynasty to be treated like this.

What's more, Qiu also married Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji and others.

Who would have thought that Qiu Xinggong would be so miserable this time, even involving a prime minister.

Although it was said that Gao Shilian's resignation was actually his own fault, it was indeed because of Qiu Xinggong.

Back to the Yamen.

All the officers and generals looked at Wu Huaiyu with a sense of awe.

Back then, some people wanted to see Wu Huaiyu's jokes.

"Wu Changshi, all property of the Han family has been confiscated, and all his family members have also been confiscated. After multiple checks, it is accurate." Wei Siren gave Huaiyu a copy of the confiscated account book.

Having learned from copying the Peng family and others before, this time they copied the Han family and they did not dare to mess around again.

But it was also because after the car overturned last time, Huaiyu didn't punish them, but took some of it out to reward the officers and officials, so that everyone could somewhat make up for it.

This time it was more honest.

The Han family was the most unlucky. After selling the Peng family, Wu Huaiyu let them go, but met Qiu Xinggong, a scoundrel who killed the gods. His eldest son was killed in the street and his heart was eaten. In the end, the gods fought , they were wiped out.

The Qiu family did fall, very badly.

Lao Qiu went to the capital to plead guilty, resigned the governor of Jizhou, completely retired, and even the eldest son's governor became the governor.

The imperial court took advantage of the situation to dismiss Jizhou and merge it into Yongzhou.Jizhou Governor's Mansion, no matter what.

At the beginning, Li Yuan gave Qiu and the other ten princes special favors, but Li Shimin took them all back.

Qiu Xinggong even removed his nationality and became a citizen. Although the county dukes of the other four sons were retained, the Qiu family was really hurt this time.

But the Qiu family is also a wealthy family after all, even if they are unlucky, they will not let the Han family go.

Gao Shilian is gone, but Changsun Wuji is still there.

You Pushe's eldest grandson Wuji couldn't keep Qiu Xinggong, but he said that he would thoroughly investigate the case, even if Qiu Xinggong was his concubine's father, he would not take sides, it sounded like he wanted to investigate Qiu Xinggong,

But to put it bluntly,
In fact, it is to do the Han family.

The Han family can't stand the investigation.

So the Han family is doomed.

The Han family begged Wu Huaiyu for protection, and also wrote to Li Daozong for help.

But at this time, who will take action for him.

Wu Huaiyu was not familiar with them at all.

As for Li Daozong, although he has been in Lingzhou for five years and has a good relationship with this local wealthy family, he has also been implicated. Of course, at this time, he will not conflict with Changsun Wuji for their sake.

No one will save them.

Known as one of the six wealthy families in Lingzhou, the century-old wealthy family was wiped out in a flash. Like the Peng family, even the offshoots, even the sons and servants of the disciples, could not escape.

Among the six giants, the Peng and Han families disappeared in a blink of an eye. They were originally ranked third and fourth, but now there are only four families left at the two ends.

In the face of this catastrophe, local leaders like Cao Liu dare not even say a word, for fear that if they talk too much, they will be wiped out as well.

In fact, it was Wu Huaiyu who gave the emperor a secret report, saying that although Cao Liu and others did have many problems in the past, under the current situation, it is not the best policy to blindly liquidate them.

If Huaiyu didn't protect them, and made a note saying to kill them, then Lingzhou might really lose them.

Of course, if this is done, it will not be as quiet as it is now. It may be that these local people came together to kill the fish and break the net.

Now that Cao Liu and others had received Wu Huaiyu's guarantee, they at least held back their trembling, and sold the Han family again.The Han family wanted to fight desperately, but he had no chance.

Wu Huaiyu cooperated with the eldest grandson Wuji, and Yang Gongren's dispatch, the forces of all parties once again jointly encircled and suppressed the Han family, making them unable to even struggle.

After these two knives were cut down, the whole Lingzhou was trembling now.

They were all worried about being chased and killed, Wu Huaiyu tried to appease them, but they still didn't trust the court, but they didn't dare to act rashly now, they could only take one step at a time.

When all the dust settles.

An angel came to Chang'an.

The emperor issued a decree that Yang Gongren, the Guannei Taoist Guanfeng Envoy and Yongzhou Shepherd, was appointed as the governor of Lingzhou.

Wu Huaiyu is still the governor of the governor's office and the governor of Yanzhou.

The post of marching chief of Lingwudao was also taken over by governor Yang Gongren, and Wu Huaiyu was demoted to marching commander Shi.

However, the emperor also commended Wu Huaiyu for his meritorious deeds in governing the region.

"Dai Beiyuan Junzhang has led the people to surrender to Mayi's son-in-law Yang Shidao. His Majesty has named him the governor of Xizhou and the Duke of Rui. The governor of Daizhou Zhang Gongjin has led his troops to Heng'an and controlled the land within the Great Wall of Datong."

The envoy also brought good news that Yuan Junzhang, Liu Wuzhou Yubu who occupied the Datong generation, finally led his people to surrender to the Tang Dynasty.

Now, the only remaining Shuofang Liang divisions in the world are still fighting against each other.

The emperor hoped that Yang Gongren and Wu Huaiyu could rectify the troops and launch an offensive against the puppet Liang.

Yang Gongren didn't expect that he, as an imperial envoy, would become the governor of Lingzhou in a blink of an eye.

Wu Huaiyu accepted the arrangement very calmly. He never thought that he could be the governor of Chengdu. Regardless of his age or seniority, he was not enough. Temporarily taking over the affairs of the governor's mansion, there were people in Chang'an who objected.Yang Gongren is completely sufficient regardless of qualifications or ability.

With so many things happening in Lingzhou, it really needs someone with high morals and high prestige to sit in charge.

Xue Wanche was really unlucky, he hurt Eggy and was dismissed from the position of governor, and he didn't sit for a hundred days, so he could only sit on the bench in Chang'an, and he didn't know how long he would have to sit.

Anyway, he has no plans for the time being.

(End of this chapter)