Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 289: Imprisoned

Wen Ruxu did not follow Meng Changqing's line of thought this time. "If you don't reply, I will order people to torture you. Do you want me to be known as a cruel official?
Hong Deyu, reply to County Magistrate Meng. "

Only after Wen Ruxu spoke did Hong Deyu answer: "How can I know whether they are dead or alive, let alone where they are? The people from Beishan County came to Dazhou and ran away. How can they still have such great authority?"

"Master Wen." Meng Changqing turned his head to look at Wen Ruxu, "This man was rude to me, but you tolerated it."

Wen Ruxu asked back, "Then who condoned Lord Meng's disrespect to me before?"

Finally, he got the chance, and Wen Ruxu felt very happy.

Meng Changqing pointed to Chu Mufeng beside him, "This one."

Chu Mufeng coughed twice and said, "My lords, let's get down to business."

"Sir Wen, I want to remind you that since I am here, I am not the only one who knows about this matter. Officials from Beishan County have had trouble in your Dazhou territory, and it is not something that a small magistrate like me can suppress.

The news has spread everywhere. Putting aside other things, your evaluation this year will be affected."

"Hong Deyu!" Wen Ruxu yelled at him, "Don't tell the truth!"

Hong Deyu has been proud for most of his life, and has never lost face like today. His tone has become hard, "My Lord, you want me to tell you the truth. The people from Beishan County are not in my home. I am not a god, and I don't have the means to turn people into people out of thin air.

If you are looking for someone, you should ask someone else. " Hong Deyu said and flicked his sleeves. If his housekeeper was here, he would understand that Master Hong was angry and could not calm down easily.

"You have such a bad temper and are so rude to me. Do you despise the court?

You are just a businessman, but you don't know how to kneel when you meet your superiors. There is no respect in your tone. If I don't let you see the severity of the criminal law today, you don't know how to write the word "etiquette". "Someone come!" Wen Ruxu shouted outside.

The yamen runner who was guarding outside came in immediately, bent over and waited for orders.

Wen Ruxu said: "Put this rude person in jail."

The bailiff was obviously stunned for a moment, not sure whether his master was putting on a show for the people of Beishan County or was really angry with Master Hong.

Several yamen runners glanced at each other.

"You! How dare you imprison me!" After understanding Wen Ruxu's words, Hong Deyu became even more furious. He pointed his finger at Wen Ruxu and said, "My Hong family has been in Dazhou for decades. Without me, you would be able to live so freely in Dazhou!"

"Shut up!" Wen Ruxu interrupted him harshly and shouted at the bailiffs, "Take him away!"

The yamen runners then reacted. Some covered his mouth, some tied his hands, and finally dragged Hong Deyu into the cell inside the yamen.

Meng Changqing looked at this scene but didn't feel very happy. To be honest, she didn't know Hong Deyu at all. Her malicious speculation about him was also due to the accusation of the people of Hongfu Village conveyed to her by Qi Renli.

She felt very insecure.

The Lord Wen in front of him directly imprisoned Hong Deyu, and the reason he gave was simply that he had no respect for the law.

In Daliang, officials can indeed detain people who have no regard for etiquette and laws and despise officials, but Hong Deyu's rampant behavior was definitely not tolerated by the people around him for a day or two. No one thought there was anything wrong with his etiquette in the past, but now they did.

No matter how guilty Meng Changqing felt, she had already waded to the middle of the river. Now she just wanted to protect herself and get her people back to the other side. As for other things, she was selfish and had neither the intention nor the ability to care.

"Sir Wen, this man is very arrogant and his words cannot be trusted. Why don't you let the bailiffs go directly to his house to look for him?" Meng Changqing said.

"Okay." Hong Deyu's words just now, "If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be able to live freely in Dazhou Prefecture," really angered Wen Ruxu.

At his age, he was scolded and pointed at for two days in a row.

He couldn't touch Meng Changqing, but could he not touch Hong Deyu either? Wen Ruxu made up his mind.

"County Magistrate Meng, in order to avoid confusion later, you should send some people to follow the yamen runners to the Hong Mansion."

Meng Changqing was thinking the same thing, so he stood up and thanked Wen Ruxu, "Thank you very much."

Meng Changqing left three people waiting outside the government office, and she took the others to the Hong family.

As soon as I walked to the gate of the government office, I saw the bailiff who had just come out was stopped by someone, "Where are you going? When will my master come out? It's almost time for lunch..."

Hong Deyu has already been defeated, so how can the yamen runners give the housekeeper a good face?
The squad leader pushed the butler aside and said, "Your master has been detained. We are going to search the Hong family!"

The butler couldn't believe his ears, "What?"

"Get out of here!"

Meng Changqing got on the horse and watched the bailiffs humiliate the housekeeper.

"How can they search and confiscate the Hong family? My master has been friends with the prefect for many years, so why would they suddenly search and confiscate our family's property?" After the housekeeper was kicked away, he quickly grabbed the yamen runners who were passing by and said, "You must have misheard me. You heard me wrong!"

"Screw you!"

The butler was kicked away again, and the yamen runners mounted the prepared horses and quickly rushed towards the Hong family.

The butler got up from the ground, strode onto his own carriage, and followed closely behind the yamen runners.

When we arrived at the gate of the Hong Mansion, we knew that this family was not ordinary just by looking at the thick wooden door. Even the gate of the Beishan County Government Office was not made of such good materials.

As soon as the yamen runners knocked on the door, Meng Changqing and his men quickly ran into the Hong family.

I searched everywhere inside but couldn't find it.

More than a dozen people were arrested along the way and asked about the whereabouts of Qi Renli and others. They all said that the man had never returned since he left the Hong Mansion and should not be in the mansion.

Meng Changqing was always worried. It was not necessarily good news that Qi Renli and the others were not at the Hong family. What if someone had been killed and buried... No, no, no, it was absolutely impossible!
"Sir Meng." The yamen runner of Dazhou Prefecture came to Meng Changqing and said, "You can't find it either. It seems that the officials of Beishan County are really not in the Hong family."

He took out the jewels and noticed that his pockets couldn't hold them. They had made a lot of money on this trip.

"Do you want to look for it at Hong's house or somewhere else?" the yamen runner said, "My Lord has told me that I will accompany you no matter what you want to do."

Meng Changqing said, "Call all the people from the Hong family to me."

"Yes."

Staring at the shadow that was constantly shifting under his feet, Meng Changqing closed his eyes and controlled himself not to think about anything.

After the yamen runner said that everyone was here, Meng Changqing turned around and looked at the many people standing at the bottom of the stairs. "Are all the people here?"

The bailiff replied: "They are all here."

Meng Changqing pointed to the butler in the first row and said, "Stand up and answer. Are all the people from your Hong family really here?"

Seeing his evasive look, Meng Changqing knew the answer in his mind, "Where are the others? Tell me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bafang put a knife on his shoulder. The butler shuddered, "There are still a few people who were sent out yesterday and haven't returned yet."