The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 201 Chapter 201 Capture the thief first, capture the king first

Yangzhou City is divided into the New City and the Old City, with an east-west layout. The Jiyue Tower is the tallest building in Yangzhou New City, with a height of seven floors. It is located near the center of the city. Standing on the top floor and leaning on the railing, you can see the entire Yangzhou New City. It was almost a panoramic view, and the mansion of the Kang family, a big salt merchant, was only two streets away from Jiyue Tower. Looking at it at this time, I could see that the streets around Kang's mansion were bustling with people.

"Kang Yuwai has been wronged and wronged. He should be released immediately."

"Kang Yuan is a great philanthropist by doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

"Lin Ruhai, the salt censor of Yangzhou, is greedy, cruel and ignorant. He wrongly accuses good people and persecutes loyal people. It is not allowed by nature."

"I risk my life to plead for Kang Yuanwai's life, and I vow not to leave until Kang Yuanwai is released!"

Father-in-law Ji Jinxiao stood on the roof of Jiyue Tower and leaned on the railing. The wind in the building made his red robe rustle. There were two officials standing next to him. One was Hong Wenxuan, the magistrate of Yangzhou, and the other was Nanzhi. The censor responsible for the inspection was named Jiao Fang.

Eunuch Ji pretended to listen attentively for a while and said in surprise: "Oh, it seems that Kang Yuan is very popular with the people. Although our family is humble, we have heard that Tao Li is silent and makes his own mistakes. From this, it seems that the ancients Don’t deceive me sincerely.”

Hong Wenxuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, stroked his beard and said: "What Mr. Ji said is absolutely true. Kang Yuanwai is the largest merchant in Yangzhou and the most charitable person. He usually builds bridges and roads, builds temples, and respects Buddha and Taoism. Whenever there is a famine, , and even took the lead in donating money and materials, and there are countless people alive. Moreover, Kang Yuan has always been a good businessman, and has never defaulted on a penny of taxes. The Kang family's property is spread throughout Yangzhou, and it is well-known and provides food and clothing for tens of thousands of Yangzhou people. He is supported by all the people. I really don’t want to believe that he would liaise with the pirates and sell smuggled salt, and he also tried to attack and kill Mr. Lin, the censor of the salt patrol."

Eunuch Ji glanced at Jiao Fang, the patrol censor, frowned and said, "Could it be that the high-ranking official was framed by the thieves because of his big tree attracting wind?"

Hong Wenxuan, the magistrate of Yangzhou, nodded and sighed: "This is not impossible. Now that the people of Yangzhou have seen that Kang Yu was unfairly wronged, they are angry and spontaneously gathered to petition. I am also in a dilemma. It is not necessary to expel him, and it is not appropriate not to expel him. Jiao Yushi Do you think so?"

Yushi Jiao was obviously an old official, and he did not express his position clearly. He just said calmly: "I am patrolling Jinling. I came here at the beginning of this year. I don't know much about this Kang Yuan. But since the people have taken it upon themselves to do it, Petitioning, I think Kang Yuwai’s reputation is not bad. However, the salt patrol officer Lin, Master Lin, was attacked by pirates. This matter is not trivial. Since Master Lin sent people to arrest Kang Yuwai, it must not be unfounded."

Hong Wenxuan couldn't help but secretly cursed the old fox for talking about the wheel, but it was all in vain.

It is said that the thirteen supervisory censors in the Jin Dynasty are all affiliated with the Metropolitan Inspectorate. Each of the thirteen provinces in the country will arrange a number of supervisory censors to be responsible for supervising local affairs. Sometimes there is a meeting between the two provinces. Conducting cross-inspection inspections and supervision is called inspection censorship.

Although there are only seven-rank official inspectors, they are equivalent to imperial envoys and have great powers, such as observing the public sentiment, inspecting local officials, intervening in prison cases, supervising academic affairs, correcting discipline, etc. For example, which local official follows him during his filial piety period? He can also control the wives and concubines if he knows about them, or the scholar who misbehaves, he can also control them. To put it more exaggeratedly, that means the top is in charge of the world and the earth, and the middle is also in charge of the air.

This Jiao Fang was one of the three patrol censors sent by the imperial court to the southern Zhili area. The term was for one year. He only took office at the beginning of the year. He happened to be on patrol in Yangzhou recently.

It was obvious that the reason why father-in-law Ji Jinxiao found Jiao Fang was to dig a big hole for Jia Huan.

Jiao Fang is the censor of the patrol, with great power. He can report major matters and make decisions on small matters. Let him witness Jia Huan instigating a "civil uprising", and then he will submit the impeachment memorial. Naturally, it will be more credible and justified. Moreover, Jiao Fang also had the power to immediately deprive Jia Huan of his honors as a student member and cut off his path to participate in the imperial examination. This is really extremely vicious!
It is said that Jia Huan led his people to the main street where Kang's mansion was located, but they saw that the streets and alleys were full of people and blocked.Although he had been mentally prepared, Jia Huan still had a sudden attack. Dai Baihu even took a breath of cold air and whispered: "Master Huan, there are too many people. It may cause trouble and it will be difficult to clean up." ah."

Jia Huan looked around calmly. When he saw Shitou Xingwei, who was quietly mixing in the crowd, he couldn't help but feel relieved and said calmly: "It doesn't matter, Dai Baihu will clear the way in front."

Dai Shilin nodded, led three brothers on horseback to clear the way, and shouted sternly: "Officers handling cases, please get out of the way!"

"What kind of official? He's obviously a bad soldier. When did the army have the right to intervene in the case?"

"That's right, a dog takes a mouse - mind your own business!"

"Kang Yuanwai is innocent. Everyone, stop him quickly. We can't let them take Kang Yuanwai away."

"Yes, that's right. Kang Yuanwai is a great philanthropist. He is everyone's bread and butter. Taking away Kang Yuanwai is destroying everyone's jobs. We must not let these stinky soldiers capture Kang Yuanwai."

For a moment, the people on the street gathered around and glared at Jia Huan and others. It was not known who took the lead, and threw a rotten egg, which hit Dai Shilin's horse. The stench immediately rose to the sky, and then All kinds of debris were thrown at them, and all the soldiers were in a panic. Especially the three Dai Shilin who were responsible for clearing the way, they withstood most of the firepower, which was simply terrible. Fortunately, the three of them brought shields to protect their vital parts, otherwise Worse.

On the second floor of a nearby restaurant, Kang Dazhi was sitting by the window. Looking at the scene on the street, he couldn't help but smile. He stared at the embarrassed young man on the horse and thought to himself: "Let's see how you can endure it." When!" At this time, Jia Huan was surrounded by seven or eight brothers, surrounded by rotten eggs, rotten vegetable leaves, and even feces, urine and other filthy things. The smell could make people vomit out the last night's meal. However, Jia Huan calmly observed his surroundings.

"Kang Yuwai has been wronged and wronged. He should be released immediately."

"Kang Yuan is a great philanthropist by doing good deeds and accumulating virtue."

"Lin Ruhai, the salt censor of Yangzhou, is greedy, cruel and ignorant. He wrongly accuses good people and persecutes loyal people. It is not allowed by nature."

"Lin Ruhai was nepotistic, allowed his nephew Jia Huan to do evil, robbed civilian women, and sexually humiliated people and their wives. He committed a heinous crime!"

Li Shan hid deep in the crowd, while the backbone of his men were scattered around. Some took the lead in shouting slogans, while others took the lead in throwing rotten eggs, feces, urine, etc. The division of labor was very clear, and those responsible for sales and exports were naturally paid more generously. So I worked very hard.

When Jia Huan heard the crowd's chants starting to curse him, he immediately realized that something was wrong. They were obviously directed at him. He thought that he was just a scholar, unknown and unknown. What virtue and ability could he have?
Let's talk about Li Shan hiding in the crowd, watching Jia Huan and others being besieged in a panic. He couldn't help but feel proud. He took a rotten egg from a subordinate nearby and threw it at Jia Huan with all his strength. Unfortunately, it was thrown crookedly. It only flew over the latter's head.

"Bah!" Li Shan spat and cursed loudly: "Look, everyone, the white-faced scholar is Jia Huan. This man insulted his mother and his sister, so he was expelled from the gate by the Rongguo Mansion and exiled to the south. This The little beast is still trying to harm Mr. Kang, so please don’t let him go and fight him quickly!”

This was a vicious curse. In an instant, countless debris was thrown at Jia Huan, including stones, tiles and other hard objects. Several soldiers were immediately injured and their faces were covered with blood.

"You rebel, you are rebelling!" All the soldiers were finally angered and shouted loudly with their swords drawn.

Li Shan laughed ferociously when he saw this, the opportunity came. He winked, and several of his men immediately looked fiercely. They secretly drew out their sharp weapons and moved forward, trying to stab the soldiers and induce them to fight back. Then he took advantage of the chaos to stab some civilians to death and injure them, so as to put the blame on the soldiers.

Li Shan also pulled out a dagger and hid it in his sleeve. Just when he was about to take action, he suddenly felt his wrist tightening, as if it was being held by an iron hoop. He was shocked. When he turned around, he saw a smiling face. , almost to the point of his own nose.

"What...are you doing?" Li Shan blurted out.

"What do you think? Master Shan!" Shitou Xingwei chuckled and twisted his wrist hard. Li Shan felt a sharp pain, his wrist was dislocated, and the dagger in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.

At the same time, Li Shan's few backbone men were also restrained by a dozen burly men who suddenly rushed over. The people around him couldn't help but look at each other and ran away in all directions.

Jia Huan had been observing the crowd, and when he saw Shitou taking action, he immediately shouted: "Brothers, take action!"

Dai Shilin and others couldn't hold it any longer, and immediately rushed forward like wolves and tigers, directly attacking the guys who took the lead in throwing debris and shouting slogans.

As the saying goes, everything will be successful if it is predicted, and it will be ruined if it is not predicted.Since Jia Huan sensed the danger in advance, how could he not be prepared?
It turned out that just yesterday, Jia Huan had sent Shi Shi to lead fifty smart brothers to sneak into the city in batches. They put on the clothes of ordinary people and mixed in the crowd to observe secretly. Shi Shi was a gangster who used to hang out in the market. After a day of observation, I have basically identified the key people who took the lead in making trouble, so now I can get it right as soon as I take action.

As the saying goes, you must shoot the horse first, and capture the thief first. Once the leader is subdued, there will naturally be no trouble. Soon, the downline minions responsible for shouting slogans and throwing debris were also captured by Dai Shilin and others. A large number of people were arrested, and the rest fled with their tails between their legs. The people who had been deceived and deceived also dispersed in droves. As for the melon-eaters who were watching the excitement, they ran away first.

As a result, a very dramatic scene appeared. Several streets that were originally blocked by water became empty in less than half a stick of incense time, and the water was still and the river was flying.

Kang Dazhi, who was watching the excitement in a nearby restaurant, couldn't help but was dumbfounded. The teacup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Suddenly, he jumped up and ran towards the stairs as fast as his buttocks were burning.

Unfortunately, it was already too late. Shitou Xingwei had already rushed in with several brothers, while Sun Fu, the steward, was being held by two soldiers and stood at the door like a mourning heir.

(End of this chapter)