Daughter Shenghua

Chapter 212 Punish the Evil

"All give way, all give way. Jing Zhaoyin is here, Mr. Zhang will uphold justice for everyone!" The yamen servants pushed through the crowded crowd and shouted.

Zhang Cheng's reputation is not bad, and the common people still recognize it.They also stepped aside one after another, and some even said: "Let Mr. Zhang go, Mr. Zhang is a good official, he will give us an explanation."

Maybe it was the man's words that had an effect, and the crowd gradually quieted down.

Zhang Cheng slowly walked up to the people, stood on the steps in front of the Cai Mansion and said loudly to the crowd: "Everyone, listen to me. This matter is a misunderstanding, and you all misunderstood it."

The people immediately clamored, "What a misunderstanding! We all saw the notice. It was written in real money. He is not greedy and where did he come from! I don't believe it."

Zhang Cheng smiled in his heart, but said on his mouth: "Don't worry, I will invite Master Cai out and let him tell you personally."

As he said that, he walked towards the door, knocked on it, and shouted: "Master Cai, come out. These people are reasonable people, just explain things clearly." As he spoke, he took advantage of people not paying attention Then he took out a letter and stuffed it under the door.

Zhang Cheng was not in a hurry after finishing all this, he stood quietly in front of the door with his hands behind his back and waited.He is confident that Cai Hechun will agree, and he will come out.

Sure enough, the door of Cai Mansion opened not long after, and Cai Hechun came out with a smile.He didn't say anything to Zhang Cheng, and walked to the people with a smile.

He said loudly: "Everyone listen to me. I, Cai Hechun, was also born in poverty, and I have suffered a lot to get to where I am today. I know everyone's facial expressions. But I want to say, I, Cai Hechun, am definitely not that kind of person , please believe me!"

As soon as the words fell, the people began to discuss, "You say you are not a corrupt official! Who can prove it! What's the matter with your treasures! Don't lie to us!"

"That's right, don't think that we really don't understand anything because we don't have enough books. That's a few 10 taels of silver, and your annual salary is only so much. How can you afford those things!"

"That's written in black and white on the notice. I don't know how to read, but someone will! You can't lie to us."

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Cai Hechun was so blocked by the common people that he didn't know what to say.

Only then did Zhang Cheng come up, "Everyone be quiet, it's not too late to listen to what Mr. Cai has to say."

Under Zhang Cheng's reassurance, the crowd slowly calmed down again.Zhang Cheng just looked at Cai Hechun without any intention of helping him.

Cai Hechun remembered the letter he handed in the door, stepped forward again and said, "Listen to me, everyone, that incident was really a misunderstanding. I do have such a large sum of money, but I didn't buy it. Instead of buying those things, they bought food instead.”

The crowd who were just about to boo after hearing Cai Hechun's words immediately fell silent.

Seeing that his words had worked, Cai Hechun gave Zhang Cheng a triumphant look, which seemed to say, look!I can appease these people myself without you.

Zhang Cheng was already happy when he heard the word "grain", but his face was still calm and expressionless.

"Some people may not know it. I own a lot of grain shops. I was also worried about the high grain prices a while ago. Then I sold my property and purchased a batch of grain to stabilize the grain price. But just now, I decided Give this food to everyone for free. If you believe me, go back and wait for the news, the food will arrive in a few days. I will send a notice to let everyone know!"

The people were shocked by the free gift, and they didn't think about how Cai Hechun had such a large family property to buy so much food.For a while, I began to care about when the food would arrive.

"At most three days, the food will arrive, please rest assured!"

"Master Cai is really a good person!"

Cai Hechun smiled happily when he heard the congratulations from everyone.Zhang Cheng's letter only said to stabilize the price of food, and the words of donating food came from his own temporary thought.

He didn't know that Zhang Cheng beside him was already in full bloom.

"Okay! Master Cai has this heart, and Benhou has to support it. Benhou is not as big as Master Cai, and he is willing to donate 1 taels of silver to buy food!" A thick male voice came out.

Zhang Cheng saw that it was Jing Bianhou who came, and the smile on his face deepened.

Of course, Marquis Jing Bian did not come alone, he was accompanied by about ten people including Shuanglin and Wang Zizhen.

Seeing that Marquis Jingbian spoke up, those people also agreed to donate money and materials.

Everyone was happy.Only Cai Hechun's head was covered with beads of sweat.At this moment, he wished he could slap himself a few times.

I got carried away for a while, and actually said that I would donate grains of several 10 taels of silver.Thinking of this, his legs felt weak for a while, and he wished he could run back to the house immediately, as if nothing happened.

It's a pity that Zhang Cheng would not give him this chance, so he dragged him to Jingbianhou's side, and praised him fiercely.

At this time, someone said something: Isn’t Mrs. Cai’s family a grain shop?There must be grain in stock, so there is no need to wait for the batch of grain to arrive, just open the warehouse directly.Just wait until the batch of food arrives and then make up for it.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone agreed, and the people even cheered.

Only Cai Hechun's eyes were black and he was about to fall down.But he was supported by Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng said with a smile that was not a smile: "Next, the adults will arrange to donate food, so take care of your health!"

Cai Hechun wiped off the cold sweat from his head, and said absent-mindedly: "I just haven't had a good rest recently, and my body is a little weak."

At this time, Zhang Cheng immediately increased the volume, and said loudly: "Master Cai is not in good health, it is better to let the lower officials do it for you! You still need to take care of your health."

Cai Hechun was startled, and hurriedly said: "No, no. I can do it!"

Jing Bianhou said suddenly: "How can this be done? If you are not in good health, go back to your residence and take good care of it. You don't have to worry about donating food. I will send someone to help Zhang Cheng handle it together."

In the end, he didn't even remember how Cai Hechun handed over his token to Marquis Jingbian.When he came back to his senses again, he was the only one left in front of Cai Mansion.

Cai Hechun sat down on the ground and kept saying, "It's over, it's over!" He didn't even hear the officials of Cai's mansion shouting nearby for a long time.

This day is undoubtedly the happiest day for the people in the capital.

Cai's Rice Shop gave free food.

The people who got the news flocked away, and there were long queues in front of more than a dozen shops, with no end in sight.

Jing Bianhou was sitting in a tea stall opposite a rice shop, accompanied by Zhang Cheng.

"You're still clever, you can think of such a bad move, hahaha!" Jing Bianhou didn't hide his joy.

"Ah!" Zhang Cheng sighed, and continued: "At first, I was quite angry, but when I thought about being used by that kid again, I was not happy. I haven't settled with Xi'er yet!"

The joy on Jingbianhou's face faded in an instant, and then he became indifferent again, and said lightly: "The matter of Xi'er will not be left alone. I don't care who owns this world from now on, but from now on No one wants to dominate our lives!"

Hou Jingbian's words were extremely domineering, and Zhang Cheng also understood what he meant, smiled and said: "I have been with Lord Hou since I was a child, although I am not in the army now, Lord Hou, please don't forget me. Wherever you go, I will go! I am still willing to follow you, follow you happily!"

A smile appeared on Jingbianhou's face again, "Good boy! I saw you right!"

None of them knew that Xi'er in their mouths was facing a huge crisis at the moment.

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(End of this chapter)