Aspirations

Chapter 122
However, Xia Xianzun was not in a hurry to interrogate Yan Sun and Dong Lishi. He came to the river for a walk, and chatted with Tian dissatisfaction, which made Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke very anxious, and secretly sweated for Xia Xianzun.In case the matter is not handled properly, if Cui Fuzun and Pei Shuozhang jointly participate in the book of Xia Xianzun, Xia Xianzun might lose his official title!

Just when the two couldn't help but want to remind Xia Xiang, the words of Dong Yuanwai from Shile County that came out of Tian Man's mouth immediately made the two of them widen their eyes and put their ears back. Could there be something Can't make a connection?
What Tian Manchu said next made the two of them admire Xia Xiang even more—Xia County is a true god, how did he know that Tian Manchu would be a key witness?
Xia Xiang didn't know that Tian Manchu would be a key witness. Of course, he can't say that he made a mistake, but he is very good at discovering hidden problems from the details.But in all fairness, Xia Xiang is very interested in Tian Manchu, which is also the reason why Tian Manchu's wit and shrewdness make his eyes shine.

Xia Xiang's heart skipped a beat, but he still asked calmly: "Dong Yuanwai from Shile County? But Dong Xian?"

"That's right, that's right." Tian Manchu glanced left and right. It's not time to eat, and there is only Xia Xiang at the second floor. He is not afraid of being heard, so he boldly said, "Master Xia The villain just said a word, Dong Yuanwai is a good man, he will never default on the commission when doing business with him, but it is a pity that good people do not live long, and the scourge will last for thousands of years. Once Dong Yuanwai dies, the villain's grain business will not continue. I had to change my job."

Xia Xiang saw that Tian Manchu's hesitant expression was scruples. He must know something, so he coughed majesticly: "If you know something, it is also a crime of concealment. If you know something and report it, the official will reward you a lot. .”

The combination of kindness and power has always been the way to be an official, Xia Xiang smiled again: "Tian discontent, don't worry, this official will not treat you badly, and no one will know that you revealed the news to this official."

Tian Manchu lowered his voice: "Xia Xianzun, Dong Yuanwai was originally doing food business with the government, so he didn't need a villain to act as a mediator. But doing business with the government is not profitable, and the profit is meager. Later, Dong Yuanwai obeyed According to Yan Sun's suggestion, the villain got involved and started a food business with Wu Yidong..."

"Wu Yidong?" Xia Xiang's heart trembled. He knew that since Yuchi led the forbidden army to pursue Ma Zhanguo and others, the food forbidden army in Shile County was also involved, and he didn't want the forbidden army stationed in Zhending Prefecture to be involved. It's getting bigger and bigger, "Wu Yidong, the commander of the imperial guards stationed in Zhending Mansion?"

"It's Commander Wu." Tian Mang swallowed, his face changed a few times, as if he had made up his mind, "When the villain was a dentist, he had dealt with Commander Wu and bought a few maids for him. Huan, so Commander Wu still trusts the villain. Yan Sun also found the villain after hearing that the villain and Commander Wu had friendship. The villain arranged for Commander Wu to meet with Yuanwai Dong. The two hit it off and talked. It was very speculative, and it was decided immediately that Dong Yuanwai would supply Commander Wu with [-] dans of grain every year."

Xia Xiang murmured silently. Although Shile County is a major grain-producing county, it is not a small amount to produce more than [-] dans of grain a year, not to mention that Dong Xian is also responsible for the grain growing and granary business for the Shile County Government to implement a new law.On another thought, the grain growing business would have a large surplus every year. If it was operated properly, it would not be difficult to transfer it to Wu Yidong.

From the perspective of Dong Xian and Wu Yidong's grain business, there is no big problem.Although Wu Yidong, as the commander of the garrisoned army, should not directly trade grain with merchants, but the Zhending Mansion is responsible for allocating grain as military grain distribution.As for the Imperial Army stationed in Shile, which is a food embargo, Shile County should also directly solve the problem of military food supply.

So why did Wu Yidong trade grain with Dong Xian in private?What is the use of the extra [-] dans of grain?Was it resold by Wu Yidong to enrich his own pockets, or was it used for other purposes?The more Xia Xiang thought about it, the more frightened he became. He didn't expect so many people to be involved behind Dong Xian's death.At that time, Pei Shuozhang was unwilling to take over Dong Xian's murder case, and insisted on closing the case as a suicide case. First, he was afraid of affecting the evaluation by the Ministry of Officials. Second, he probably knew that Dong Xian's death might involve many important people. trivialized.

"One hundred thousand dans of grain is not a small amount. I'm afraid Dong Yuanwai will not be able to collect so much from Le County, City." Xia Xiang felt more and more that Tian Manchu knew more inside information than he imagined. Today's unintentional harvest, Contribute to the next trial of Yan Sun and Dong Lishi.

"What Xia Xianzun said is very true. Shile County can only handle [-] dan, which is not bad. It is still a good time. Although Zhending County is larger than Shile County, its grain production is not as good as Shile County. How much, the villain had no choice but to spare no effort to collect food from surrounding counties for Dong Yuanwai, and finally collected enough [-] dan. Unexpectedly, after the food was delivered, Commander Wu defaulted on the payment with various excuses, and only paid [-]% of the deposit. The rest of the payment has not been paid. Dong Yuanwai entrusted the villain to urge the payment several times, but Commander Wu said at first that the military expenses had not arrived, and he would pay it off later. Later, the villain simply disappeared, and the villain still had a large commission to wait for Wu The commander can only get it after paying the money. Later, he was forced to rush. He remembered the transaction certificate with Commander Wu. He didn’t want to wait for the villain to show it. Dong Yuanwai had an accident. The villain was afraid and dared not go again. Looking for Commander Wu, I transformed myself into the owner of Yang Mazi Bakery..."

Xia Xiang probably knew the ins and outs of the matter, and asked, "Why didn't you go to the county government to testify when I was interrogating Dong Xian's murder?"

Tian Manchu had a bitter look on his face: "Where does the villain dare to go? Dong Yuanwai committed suicide by jumping into the river. At first the villain believed it. Later, after Xia Xianzun took office, he started the trial and found out that he was murdered by Fu Ke. Later, he heard When it came to the rumors that Xia Xianzun tried Yang during the day and judged Yin at night, the villain knew that Xia Xianzun was a god and man alive, so he wondered if he should tell Xia Xianzun about the transaction between Dong Yuanwai and Commander Wu. Later, he found out that it was still Be careful, who knows if the case will be closed hastily in the end? If I hadn't met Xia Xianzun by chance today, the villain would have planned to rot this matter in his stomach."

Xia Xiang understands Tian Manchu's timid and fearful thinking. It is about the forbidden army. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this matter is not trivial. If he is not careful, it may be an abyss that will never be restored.

"If you need to come forward to testify, would you be willing?" Xia Xiang felt a little excited, but also a little uneasy. The matter was more troublesome and tricky than he imagined. It involved Wu Yidong, the commander of the Imperial Army of the Zhending Mansion. The stakes are high, and he must proceed with care.

"Little man, villain..." Tian Manchu was just talkative by nature, and wanted to befriend Xia Xiang, not out of righteous indignation or wanting to find out the truth, but when he thought of the serious consequences of testifying, he retreated, "Xia County Honor, the villain dare not."

"Why don't you dare? With Xia County respecting you and setting the territory, who will do anything to you? What a coward!" Ma Zhanguo saw that things had turned around, and was happy when he saw that Tian Manchu was shrinking back, and he was immediately annoyed .

Xia Xiang waved his hand: "That's all, that's all, Tian Man's words just now are of great help to Dong Xian's case, there is no need to force him to testify in court."

"Thank you Xia Xianzun, Xia Xianzun is a god and man alive, and he is the master of Qingtian." Tian Man bowed repeatedly.

Xia Xiang waved him to go down, and after having dinner with a few people, he returned to the county office.

Without taking a break, Xia Xiang discussed with Man Tuo, Ma Zhanguo, and Ding Ke, and decided to interrogate Yan Sun and Dong Lishi in the afternoon.

Xu Heguang didn't know where he went, it would be good if he wasn't there, so that he wouldn't send information to Cui Xiang in time.

The interrogation was held in the second hall, Yan Sun and Dong Lishi flinched and entered the hall tremblingly, without saying a word, they fell to their knees with a plop.

"Master Qingtian, the villain is convicted, the villain is convicted."

Xia Xiang and Ma Zhanguo looked at each other, and there was a flash of surprise in their eyes. It was beyond his surprise that the two pleaded guilty immediately.

"What's your crime?" Xia Xiang signaled Ding Ke to help the two of them up, "Get up and talk, you don't have to kneel in front of me."

The two didn't want to get up, but Ding Ke pulled them up without saying a word.

Yan Sun traveled from the market to Zhending, and came all the way in a carriage. No one beat him or scolded him. He didn't suffer much, so his mental state was not bad, but he dodged his eyes, bent over, and didn't dare to look at people His humble appearance really doesn't match his status as a failed candidate.

"The villain had an adulterous relationship with the Dong Li family. It was a violation of morality. He cooperated with Zhuang Feifei and took the property of the master by accident. It was a breach of integrity. After the death of the master, he did not seek justice for the master, but only cared about his own pockets and forgot about the master. The kindness of knowing you is for injustice." Yan Sun wept bitterly, beat his chest with his hands, and fell to the ground in pain, "The villain is so immoral and righteous, ashamed of the sages, ashamed of his ancestors, I would like to die to show my will."

Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke opened their mouths wide, and couldn't believe that Yan Sun was still so enlightened. Could it be that he really realized that he was wrong?
Xia Xiang looked at Yan Sun coldly, if Yan Sun had the heart to show his ambition by death, what did he do earlier?Only now weeping and pretending to change the past is just a clumsy performance that avoids the serious and ignores the trivial.

Dong Lishi just stood there blankly, like a walking dead, speechless.

"Yan Sun, if you die now, you will be relieved." Xia Xiang said indifferently, "You are also a scholar after all, how could you do such shameless things? Haven't you learned the three cardinal principles and five constant principles?"

Yan Sun was sweating profusely, with a look of shame on his face: "The three cardinal principles refer to the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, the relationship between father and son, and the obedience of husband and wife, and the five constants refer to benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness..."

"The sage said that you should apply what you have learned, not to make you study hard." Xia Xiang hated Yan Sun's behavior from the bottom of his heart. In Confucianism, loyalty is the most respected. The chief culprit who caused Dong Xian to be persecuted to death, if not for him, Dong Xian would not have ended up like this, "There is a way of courtesy and righteousness between monarchs and ministers, so they should be loyal; between father and son, there is an order of honor and inferiority, so they should be filial piety; Brothers and feet are close relatives of flesh and blood, so they should be fraternal; husbands and wives love each other but are different from each other, so they should be tolerant; friends have the virtue of honesty, so they should be kind..."

"Dong Xian trusts him so much that you are in charge of the accounts of the huge Dong's firm, but you have a heart like a snake and scheming everywhere. You are ashamed of being a scholar." Xia Xiang was furious for a moment. Tang Mu, "It's my official, I've lived in this world with shame for a long time, you can survive until now, and you still have the face to stand in front of this official and talk about the three cardinal principles and five permanent principles. This official has never seen you so shameless." Yan Sun, you'd better just shoot yourself to death. After you're killed, this officer will give you a comment of 'knowing shame is almost brave' when closing the case."

ah?Yan Sun opened his mouth wide, thinking that he had heard wrongly, Xia Xianzun really let him die, how could it be?how is this possible?However, the aloof Xia Xianzun did point to the hall tree that was hugged by each other with his finger, clearly letting him hit his head on the hall tree to death.

Yan Sun regretted it very much in his heart, what about Xia County, who agreed to respect and love the people like a son?What about Xia Xianzun who agreed to take pity on the common people?The promised young master Xiaxian is soft-hearted?How could he be killed on the spot, so vicious and merciless?

It's just that now that he was riding a tiger, he hesitated for a moment and looked up, and what he said was Xia Xianzun's unquestionable gaze.Looking at Ma Zhanguo and Ding Ke again, they looked left and right, and didn't even respond to his gaze.what to do?As soon as Yan Sun gritted his teeth and fought hard, he didn't believe that Xia Xianzun would watch him crash to death in the hall.

With a clear idea, Yan Sun lifted the corner of his clothes and shouted: "Yan is willing to die to show his will!" While speaking, he lowered his head and slammed into the pillar.

Dong Lishi exclaimed as if waking up from a dream: "Don't! Shiro, don't die, Tian Xiancheng said to protect you and me!"

As soon as Dong Lishi finished speaking, Yan Sun leaned over, his head brushed against the pillar, not to mention his head was bleeding, he didn't even touch his clothes.It has to be said that Yan Sun's ability to shoot a shot is really top-notch.

"Qiaoqiao, how can you talk nonsense?" Yan Sun turned around, his hair was disheveled, his expression was flustered, and his eyes were sad. After the collision just now, he had made up his mind that if no one pulled him, he would miss it. People pulled him, and even Xia Xianzun didn't stop him, his heart suddenly became cold.He didn't want to die, because someone promised him that he would go back to Shile safe and sound at most once in Zhending County.After returning to Shile, not only can he inherit more than half of Dong's business, but he can also stay with Dong Li's forever.

Xia Xiang narrowed his eyes and smiled knowingly, Yan Sun even called Dong Li's maiden name, he was really nervous.

"Tian County Chancellor is Shile County Chancellor, not Zhending County Chancellor." Ma Zhanguo laughed, not only applauding Xia Xianzun's brilliance, but also because Yan Sun and Dong Li were being used as pawns and naively thought they could get away. Feeling sad, "Don't talk about Tian Qing, even if Pei Shuozhang speaks, it won't work. No one can interfere with Xia Xianzun's trial. Only if you confess the truth honestly, can you have a way out."

Yan Sun knew that he had been tricked by Xia Xiang in just one round. He had heard that Xia Xiang was scheming earlier, but he still didn't believe it. With Xia Xiang's young age, no matter how scheming he could be, how many tricks can he have? After all, his age and experience are limited.Unexpectedly, Xia Xiang made a fool of himself, and he was extremely annoyed.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Yan Sun no longer pretends to be pitiful, straightened his back, and coughed: "Master Xia, the villain has no illegal acts other than adultery with Dong Li and Zhuang Feifan. Respect Mingcha."

Xia Xiang smiled slightly, got up and came to Yan Sun, looked Yan Sun up and down: "That's right, the collision just now didn't hurt at all, you cherish your life so much, why do you want to kill so many people for your own selfishness? Yan Sun Sun, do you know that what you committed is a heinous crime, and you will kill dozens or even hundreds of people in the end."

"The villain doesn't know what Xia Xianzun is talking about." Yan Sun changed into a face that a dead pig is not afraid of being scalded by boiling water. sin, and will not be slandered."

Xia Xiang was not annoyed, and stretched out his hand to ask: "Sit down, sit down and talk."

Yan Sun looked suspicious, not knowing what Xia Xiang meant by being arrogant and respectful, he hesitated for a while, and sat down calmly.Xia Xiang turned around and told Ding Ke: "Serve tea."

Ding Ke responded, and after a while served a pot of tea, Xia Xiang poured it for Yan Sun himself, smiling: "Drink tea."

Yan Sun took the teacup without hesitation, and drank it dry in one gulp: "Thank you, Mr. Xia."

"No thanks, no thanks." Xia Xiang smiled and looked harmless to humans and animals, and he waved his hands, "You all sit down, let Mrs. Dong and Li sit down too, don't stand still, it's rare for me today If you are interested, I would like to tell you a story. Captain Ma, it’s okay to have tea without melon seeds.”

Ma Zhan Guole: "There will be soon."

(End of this chapter)