Kowloon wins

Chapter 159 Killing a Chicken First ([-])

On May 43th in the [-]rd year of Kangxi, that is, the fourth day after Hongqing arrived in Jining City, more than [-] officials from the labor and household departments finally rushed to the city under the escort of a battalion of soldiers sent by Fengtai Daying. When they arrived in Jining City, they immediately filled up the huge inn. As the deputy imperial envoy, Hong Qing didn't give any other instructions other than showing up to appease the officials when they arrived. That's all for the day. It passed by without much noise, as expected by Hong Qing, there was no response from the Hecao Yamen, not to mention no one came forward to surrender, even a fly flew from the Hecao Yamen, there was no sign of it. Undoubtedly, a group of Hecao officials had made up their minds to fight Hong Qing to the end.

Hong Qing has always had only one attitude towards Zhu'er who doesn't cry without seeing the coffin, that is, to send him into the coffin, um, a few nails have to be hammered in, and by the way, he will be buried in the soil for an eternity. It is the most straightforward and thorough way to avoid future troubles, so as to save such people from cheating corpses or something. It is clear that the harsh attitude of the Hecao Yamen officials has successfully aroused Hongqing's interest in wielding the butcher's knife , As for how many heads are to be beheaded, it depends on how tough the backs of the Hecao Yamen officials are.

"set off!"

On May 21st, when the card was officially opened, Hong Qing, who was standing on the steps in front of more than [-] workers and officials from the two departments gathered in the courtyard of the post station, did not have any bold words, but simply gave a simple order, and immediately Proudly walked down the steps, leading a large group of people and horses towards the Yamen in the river channel not far away, the posture was a bit like the mafia parade in the streets before the large-scale brawl in the later generations.

Both the post station and Hecuo Yamen are near the wharf, and there are not many pedestrians. As soon as Hong Qing and the others moved out in such an intriguing manner, the soldiers on guard at the Hecuo Yamen all saw them, and they panicked for a while. Some stood upright with guns, some had weak hands and feet, and some rushed into the yamen to report the news. After a while, Liangzhu led a group of officials, big and small, who had just finished lighting their guns. He rushed out of the Yamen, staring dumbfounded at the slowly approaching troops.

"I'm waiting to kowtow to the little prince!"

Regardless of any guesses about Hong Qing's intentions here, but with the title of imperial envoy after all, etiquette is absolutely essential. Qiqi knelt down on the ground, paying homage incessantly.

"Forget it, Mr. Liang and all the princes are here, then that's good, it's good to be promoted!"

Facing the great ceremony and worship of the crowd, Hong Qing no longer had the warmth she had a few days ago, but only had the indifference on her face, and the words she spoke were also very cold, and her tone was undeniably firm.

"My lord, this is..."

It's not so easy to get promoted. Once promoted, it is necessary to see whether you win or lose. Otherwise, Hong Qing's prestige as an imperial envoy will fall to the ground. Obviously, if you are not sure, Hong Qing will never come to such a position. One hand, as soon as this situation happened, the hearts of all the officials in the Hecao Yamen were suddenly suspended, and they all cast their eyes on Liangzhu. Under pressure, even though Liangzhu was reluctant, He had no choice but to force his way, and when he got up, he calmly stopped Hong Qing, and tentatively asked some questions.

"This is the sacred decree, Mr. Liang wants to resist the decree, huh?"

It's time for Tu Qiongdao to meet, Hong Qing will not show any face to Liang Zhu, seeing him deliberately blocking the way, Hong Qing's complexion immediately sank, and with a shake of her hand, the imperial decree was lenient. He took it out of his sleeve, held it in his hands, raised it high, and shouted in a cold voice.

"I don't dare, I don't dare, my little prince, please!"

It’s fine to boycott debts in private, but that’s a petty trick that can’t be put on the table. As long as you don’t get caught, you’re not afraid of causing too much trouble. But if you really resist the order in public, the matter will deteriorate. Even if Liangzhu was given a little more courage to commit the crime of copying his family and exterminating his family, he would not dare to do so openly. When he saw Hongqing handing out the imperial decree, Liangzhu's legs could not help but soften, and he bowed hurriedly. He retreated to the side and opened the way to enter the Hecao Yamen. Seeing this, the officials of the Hecao Yamen below naturally didn't dare to carry it any further, so they could only retreat unwillingly.

"Ascension!"

Hong Qing didn't pay attention to how ugly the faces of the officials in the Hecao Yamen were. Holding the imperial decree in her hand, she marched into the Yamen proudly, walked slowly to the back of the copy in the middle, lifted the hem of her robe, and sat upright. After getting down, he put the imperial decree on the copy in a serious manner, picked up the gavel, slapped it hard, and took a deep breath.

"mighty……"

As soon as the gavel sounded, the servants who had been stunned suddenly woke up suddenly, and reflexively drank Wei. In just a moment, the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly became serious.

"The Holy Spirit has a purpose!"

As soon as the voice of applause fell, Hong Qing got up in a hurry, and raised the imperial edict placed on the copy high above her head. Seeing this, all the officials below knelt down on the ground in a hurry.

"Following the fate of the heavens, the emperor's edict said: Hongqing, the son of Gushan Beizi, controls all matters in the Hecao Yamen, focusing on the important affairs of the river course and the clearing of debts..."

After everyone knelt down, Hong Qing slowly spread out the imperial decree, and with enough energy, she read it out rigorously.

"The ministers and others take the decree to thank you, my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

The imperial decree is the imperial decree, no matter what it contains is like a talisman to everyone, but when it is time to thank you, you still have to yell vigorously, otherwise, you are deceiving the emperor Because of this, the officials of the Hecao Yamen felt guilty, but Xie En's voices rang out in unison.

"Where is Chen Minxin?"

Everyone had finished thanking, but Hong Qing didn't sit down, nor did she call out, but glanced at the group of kneeling people with piercing eyes, suddenly raised her voice, and stopped drinking.

"Chen Minxin, a member of the Nanhe Taoist Committee of the Xiaguan, kowtowed to the little prince."

After Hong Qing yelled, Chen Minxin, who was kneeling in the crowd, couldn't help but panicked, but he didn't dare not answer. replied with a quiver.

"Chen Minxin, can you be convicted?"

Hong Qing grabbed the gavel and slapped it hard, taking advantage of the momentum to stop drinking.

"The lower official is not guilty, the lower official really doesn't know what he has committed, the lower official is not guilty!"

Don't look at Chen Minxin jumping up and down happily at the gathering of the officials of the Hecao Yamen. He seemed extremely brave, but when he was questioned by Hongqing, he was so startled that he was trembling like a boiled duck. But his mouth was still rigid, insisting on admitting his innocence.

"It's a good one who is innocent, and a good one who doesn't know what he has committed! Hey, Ben Beizi asks you, where was you on the seventh day of September in the 42nd year of Kangxi, who did you meet, and what did you do, huh?"

As soon as Chen Minxin finished speaking, Hongqing didn't give him a chance to breathe, and a series of questions were bombarded like cannonballs.

"Ah, this..., it's been too long to return to the little prince, and I can't remember it anymore."

Hearing that Hongqing had clarified the time, Chen Minxin's face turned pale in an instant, obviously remembering something very hidden, but his mouth was still stiff, and he refused to tell the truth in this court.

"I don't remember, well, I will remind you once, that in the Wangyue Pavilion on the third floor of the 'Chunjiang Building' in Luoyang City, Deng Ziyue, the shopkeeper of 'Deng Ji Company', told you a lot, and gave you a lot, Um?"

Hong Qing came prepared, how could she be put off by such a light-hearted remark, she sneered, and was bombarded with another question, which made Chen Minxin dizzy.

"I am wronged, I really don't know what the little prince is referring to, I don't know Deng Ziyue, let alone have anything to do with him, I can swear to the sky, the little prince asked the law like this, I don't know what Deng Ziyue is. It's really hard to argue with a hundred mouths, the lower officials are wronged!"

Hearing this, Chen Minxin knew that most of what he had done was already known by Hong Qing, but he thought to himself that there was no real evidence, so he refused to admit it, and rolled his eyes Turning around, he cried out for grievances, crying, as if he had been wronged by the sky.

"Injustice? Hey, what an injustice. If you don't want to die until the Yellow River, it's okay, I will let you die in peace. Come and bring witnesses!"

Hong Qing didn't speak in a hurry, but let Chen Minxin make a fuss. After his crying gradually stopped, he picked up the gavel, slapped it hard, and drank his throat in cold sweat.

"Om..."

As soon as Hong Qing's words came out, the officials who were kneeling down suddenly exploded. The few officials who originally wanted to stand up to defend Chen Minxin suddenly lowered their heads with ashen faces. No one dared to stand out indiscriminately anymore, but they became curious about Hong Qing's statement with witnesses. There is nothing else, Luoyang is not close, even if you run back and forth quickly, don't say much After three days of hard work, in the past few days, Hong Qing has never left the inn at all, and no one in her entourage has traveled far, so where did this witness come from?
"My little lord, Deng Ziyue, the shopkeeper of 'Deng Ji Company', has brought witnesses, please tell me, my little lord!"

Before the commotion of the crowd subsided, there was a great commotion in the hall, and Li Minxing in armor had already led several palace guards to squeeze up from the hall, and reported loudly, but he did not see the so-called Deng Xiaoping. Where is the shopkeeper?

"Om..."

A group of officials who were kneeling on the ground raised their heads when they heard what was said, but they looked around, but they didn't see the so-called witness. Under the uncertainty, they couldn't help but hesitated for a while. riots.

(End of this chapter)