Mo Fei went to Songjiang Prefecture to investigate the He Jiu murder case. Because he was an official, he also went to handle official business on behalf of the Shuntian Prefecture. Whether it was walking on the post road or going south along the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, the transportation was very convenient.

However, the time he spent had already exceeded the estimated time, and now he said he almost couldn't come back to meet him. Obviously something dangerous happened during this period.

Mo Fei is Lin Junran's co-department and his most trusted subordinate. Although the status of the two has further increased, he is still quite happy to see Mo Fei come back safely.

The two sat opposite each other at the tea table. Lin Qingran took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for Mo Fei, and then looked at Mo Fei with a serious expression, listening to Mo Fei's experience of going to Songjiang and the results of the investigation.

Mo Fei's way to Songjiang Mansion was very smooth. He did not notify the local government and even found He Jiu's home directly. However, this He Jiu was a local snake-like figure, and it also took some time to arrest him.

Zhou Zhang.

Lin Weiran was most worried that He Jiu had left his hometown and had his name hidden, or was directly destroyed. At this moment, when he heard Mo Fei arresting He Jiu, his heart was slightly relieved, and nodded happily and said, "I'm caught."

That's good!"

"I caught the person, but the matter is far from as simple as we imagined!" Mo Fei smiled bitterly on his face, looked at Lin Qiran and then said solemnly: "When the officials take He Jiu back to Songjiang Prefecture for detention.

Only then did I know that the murderer who killed Zeng Si, the dead man in Zengjiazhuang, had already pleaded guilty, so He Jiu was not the murderer!"

This made great efforts to capture the suspect He Jiu in Songjiang Prefecture, but the murderer was accused of being sentenced to death and pleaded guilty. How complicated would Mo Fei feel at that time?

Lin Qianran immediately thought of Zeng Aniu's gang telling a huge lie, but then shook his head and vetoed it. No one would come to Shuntian Prefecture to falsely accuse others. He immediately asked tentatively: "Have He Jiu found a scapegoat?

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"Sir, wise!" Mo Fei bowed to Lin Qingran, and then continued solemnly: "The officials naturally don't believe it, so they investigated privately. The murderer who claimed to have killed Zeng Si was He Bi, and his father

He owed He Jiu family a sum of money in his early years, but has not paid it back yet. He Bi is willing to die for He Jiuding to repay this debt!"

Lin Xuran knew that this kind of thing was not uncommon. Both Leizhou Prefecture and Guangzhou Prefecture were bankrupt people, but he frowned and asked in confusion: "As a parent official of Songjiang, can't see through this point, even He Jiu

If you find a substitute for the sheep, you can’t even know?”

Mo Fei immediately showed a sarcastic look on his face and said jokingly: "It's not that he can't see through it, but he just pretends to be confused! Sir, do you know whose disciple Zang Jifang, the governor of Songjiang, is?"

"Whose disciple?" Lin Qingran picked up the teacup and asked calmly.

Mo Fei looked up at Lin Weiran, and announced the answer word by word and said: "Zang Jifang is a Jinshi in the Guichou Chronicle, and the examiner who presided over that exam was Xu Ge Lao, who was the Minister of Rites at the time!"

Although Xu Jie recruited many disciples by becoming a teacher at the Hanlin Academy, the 800 serious disciples were 300 Jinshi in the Guichou Clinic in the 32nd year of Jiajing.

"So it's Master Xu's disciple!" Lin Qingran took a sip of tea and sighed with a secret feeling.

Mo Fei was a man who was as jealous as a vengeance and continued unanimously: "I heard that Zang Jifang went to Songjiang to serve as the prefect of the magistrate. Xu Jie arranged for his disciples to go to his hometown to serve as the head of the government.

It is obvious that he wants his Xu family to cover the sky with one hand in Songjiang. It is no wonder that Zeng Aniu and others will cross Songjiang Mansion and sue directly!”

Lin Junran knew that Xu Jie was not only good at tolerance, but also a cautious official. He arranged for his disciple Zang Jifang to serve as the prefect of Songjiang, and he probably wanted to prevent "backyard fire."

But he wanted to be the prime minister, so naturally he could not discuss the right and wrong of the secondary assistant here. He held the teacup and thought, and suddenly asked in his heart: "In this way, the Xu family invaded the Zengjiazhuang's property.

I'm afraid there is no real proof of what happened?"

With a disciple who served as the prefect of Songjiang, and with the power of the Xu family in Songjiang, these things that were not conducive to the Xu family were naturally wiped out.

Mo Fei looked at Lin Qingran with admiration, and a faint sadness appeared on his face and said, "It's true! In the newly built fish scale book in Huating County, the land belongs to others and has nothing to do with the Xu Mansion. It's just a private official.

After an investigation was conducted below, some villagers secretly revealed some truth to the officials. Many people call the Xu family Xu Bancheng behind them!"

"Xu Bancheng?"

Lin Qingran took a sip of slightly cool tea, a bitter look appeared on his face, and he sighed softly.

He had long heard of the Xu family's family's family, and even benefited most of the Songjiangbu from the Xu family. But he could not blame the Xu family too much. In fact, all officials in the world are like this, which has become a major stubborn disease in the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention the senior officials of the court, many senior officials of the Ming Dynasty will gradually become one of the best rural officials in the local area after retirement, with tens of thousands or up to 100,000 acres of land.

Many civil servants in the Ming Dynasty lost their official positions after retiring and returning home, but through their disciples and their fellow villagers in the same year, they still maintained some influence in the capital.

It is said that Dong Fen, the Secretary of State who retired and returned from Wucheng County, clinged to the powerful and wealthy officials, lived in the hometown and occupied a lot of land, and accumulated wealth. People at that time said: "The wealth is the most prosperous in Wu, and the fields are connected to Suhu and other cities, and there are almost hundreds of hectares.

There are more than a hundred places, each of which is dominated by a large merchant, and the annual interest is millions. There are no less than a thousand domestic animals and servants, and more than three hundred large ships are sailing."

The Dong family also used part of their wealth to release private debts, combining land rent exploitation and usury exploitation. His family is in Wucheng, and Wujiang occupies tens of thousands of acres of land. It is one of the few townsmen in Nanxun, Zhejiang.

In addition, Fan Yingqi, a priest who retired and returned home in the same county, was rampant in the two families, and the public was extremely resentful, and thousands of people covered the appeal.

The right deputy censor, Zhejiang Governor Wang Ruxun, and the inspector Nanchang Peng Yingchan, decided to arrest the former priest Fan Yingqi. The priest Fan Yingqi was unbearable and hanged himself to death. The Fan family went to Beijing to file a grievance.

The emperor was angry and ordered the general Peng Yingsan to be imprisoned. Zhang Yingsan was exiled to the magistrate Zhang Yingsan to guard the smoky land. Wang Ruxun and Peng Yingsan were all demoted to the people. Even the Minister of Personnel, Sun Piyang, Peng Yingsan, and Zhong Zhenjidu, the Censor of the Ministry of Personnel.

Being implicated.

Later, no one dared to inquire about this matter. The Dong family continued to be rampant and illegal, but the people complained more.
Chapter completed!