Chapter 42
: Complexity
After seeing Tang Feng hear his words, Zheng was stunned and seemed to be moved. Wang Wencheng continued, "Mr. County Master, you have been studying hard for more than ten years. I think that one day you can do something for the court and the people of the world. Now you have such a good opportunity to keep it in front of you. I will not give up, right? And I will say here that there is a bold saying that there is endless struggle in the court now, and it is also a great opportunity for people like you to emerge." As he said that, he looked at Tang Feng tightly.
After hearing this, Tang Feng unconsciously thought of the upcoming fight between the eunuch party and the Donglin party members, which was related to the Daotong of the Ming Dynasty. He also wanted to help the Donglin party members who represented justice, but then he returned to reality. His current identity was still just a county magistrate, and the affairs in the court had nothing to do much with him. As long as he did his duty, he would be able to make the people of She County under his control well. The biggest disaster in She County was the Wang family, and he could not be deceived by his words and changed his mind. So soon, Tang Feng's eyes became firm again: "I would like to ask Mr. Wang to forgive me for my ignorance. If I let the county exchange the death and injury of more than ten people and the majesty of the county government for his own career, I am afraid I can't do it."
Wang Wencheng could not have imagined that what he said in the end was still like this from Tang Feng's mouth. He was extremely upset and wanted to persuade him again, but he heard Tang Feng continue to say: "If it's getting late today, and there is still official business in our county government office, so I won't leave Mr. Wang. But don't worry, this county will not wrongly accuse someone who has not made any mistakes." His words meant that he would excuse Wang Dedao, who was wronged.
But Wang Wencheng could not hear this at all. He only knew that he had put down his figure and asked Tang Feng, the county magistrate, to say all kinds of good things, give gifts, and lure him with official positions. He didn't take it seriously, and now he issued an order to expel guests, which made him feel a little embarrassed. He forced himself to suppress his anger. Wang Wencheng picked up the mahogany box and turned around and left without even saying a polite word. Seeing that this person was finally sent away by himself, Tang Feng felt relieved because he knew that he had just moved to put things to a haphazard, because he had made the decision to do his best for the Ming Dynasty when he reached this era.
Wang Wencheng angrily left the county government gate, boarded the carriage waiting outside and went back. His actions from the county government this time could not hide the fact that the Jinyiwei guards who were always paying attention to the movements of the county government and Tang Feng. When he saw Wang Wencheng coming to the door with gifts to plead with, the Jinyiwei was still worried, but when he saw Wang Wencheng coming out with anger and brought the box out, the few people showed a satisfied smile on their faces.
Xing Qi was sitting in the morning room and listening to the news of Wang Wencheng's departure and his expression. After a while, he showed appreciation: "He did not disappoint us. The matter of the Wang family will not be good now. We must also care more about it. We cannot let any accidents happen again. Do you know?" The other people quickly agreed.
Shortly after Tang Feng sent away Wang Wencheng, Gao Ming and other officials in the yamen arrived one after another. He did not intend to hide this from these people, but just concealed the things that the Jinyiwei had come to. After hearing Tang Feng's words, those worldly-in-laws all admired Tang Feng very much. Those who could not give in under the other party's coercion could not refuse to ask for help. Now Tang Feng has done this, and they saw that Tang Feng's expression was already very respectful.
Although Tang Feng's actions when he first came, they did not respect him much. However, as he continued to fight with the Wang family, the people in the yamen began to recognize this boss. Today, this incident made them see that Tang Feng was a good official with persistence. At this time, they were already sitting on the same boat as Tang Feng, so they thought more about him. Gao Ming thought about it for a while and said, "Sir, aren't you afraid that you will be angry if you don't give the Wang family face so much? Why do you say that they also have a tough backer in the capital? What does this matter affect your career?..."
"I only want to be ashamed of doing things. As for their blows and revenge, that's what I'm going to say later. And I'm not afraid of them. If this matter really gets big, the Wang family itself will not be able to protect themselves, and the controversy will go against me. Moreover, it's not been a day or two for his Wang family to go against me. How did I fear them again?" Tang Feng said this, his eyes showed a firm light.
"My lord said so much. Now the word "li" is completely on the side of the lord. If they want to make trouble, my Ming law will not allow them." Tian Jing agreed with Tang Feng's view, but then he frowned, "But lord, it is easy to hide openly, but it is difficult to defend against hidden arrows. The Wang family has no way to compete with the lord in the open, but their power in the dark should not be underestimated, so lord needs to take more precautions."
Before Tang Feng could speak, Hu Lie had already spoken: "Master Tian, please rest assured that we brothers will protect the safety of our elders. Moreover, there is still someone around us, so those sluts cannot hurt the adults at all." What he thought of was to resolve the doubts. After seeing the two moves of understanding the doubts, he was completely impressed by the young man's martial arts.
Tang Feng now has a deeper understanding of martial arts to solve doubts, so he also said: "Yes, just because the remaining people in the Wang family can no longer pose any threat to me. But you should be careful when entering and leaving yourself, for fear that the people from the Wang family will vent their anger on you for a while."
After several people thanked Tang Feng for their concern, Tian Jing suddenly thought of something: "Sir, in addition to those in the yamen, there are also a few people who are also searched for by the Wang family."
Tang Feng responded quickly and immediately responded: "You are talking about the Liu family. If they hadn't agreed to marry their daughter to the official, this matter would not have been so in such a situation. If the Wang family really held a grudge and took risks, they would indeed be retaliated. Captain Hu, then thank you for your hard work, please send a few people to take care of the Liu family's grain and rice shop day and night."
"Sir, besides being afraid of the Wang family's people looking for trouble, Hu Zhi is also worried about something." Tian Jing continued, but there was a three-slight smile on his face. "The daughter of the Liu family entered the county government gate, but then returned to his home because of the incident. Those who are familiar with the matter will think that they know the general, but those who don't know the truth will probably have suspicion. It seems that the reputation of the Liu family girl is probably affected, so I think the adults will finish the marriage as soon as possible. In this way, the Liu family becomes the adult's in-laws, and the people from our county government are even more famous to protect them."
Tang Feng felt that his words were not unreasonable, but he still said with a look of disgrace: "Now the battle with the Wang family has not yet ended, is it too unlucky for me to marry and enter the house? And when they left that day, they left a message saying that they wanted me to make good decisions for the people and marry me after the matter was settled..."
Several people who have experienced looked at each other and smiled on their faces: "Although this is true, the reputation of the girl's family cannot be underestimated. If the Wang family uses this to show off, it will be just some irrelevant words to you, but it will be a shame to the Liu family. Now this case will not be completed soon. Do you want the Liu family girl to wait inexplicably?"
Tang Feng then realized the characteristics of this era. Women regard reputation as more important than life. If they delay Liu Hui because of these things, they are afraid that they will not be able to make up for it. So after thinking about it, he said: "You are right. I should indeed take advantage of the fact that the Wang family is unable to fight back, and the matter will be held for a while. We will first marry the Liu family. I will go to the Liu family to discuss this matter with Mr. Liu later."
Everyone in the county government has set their sights on the marriage that is farther away, but in the Wang family's hall, they are still thinking about how to get through this pass. After hearing his uncle say that Tang Feng refused his reasoning, bribery and temptation, Wang Degong's face became even more ugly. After a while, he said, "Uncle, this person is so ignorant, what should we do? But should we find some people to get rid of him?"
Wang Wencheng looked at him angrily: "Why are you as reckless as your second brother? Now things are already so big. If he really has a good time, our Wang family will be charged with killing the imperial officials. Now we can't persuade him below, so we can only use the help of the people above to put pressure on him."
"But... the people from the prefectural office were blocked by him when they went to see him? Uncle, who else can we ask for help?"
"This time it seems that we must rely on the power of the people in the capital. Although the third brother may be implicated in this matter, he doesn't care about that much. I will write him a letter to ask him to ask him to help in the capital. Whether he has dismissed the position of county magistrate or transferred him, I must transfer him from my She County so that we can regain the initiative." Wang Wencheng's words mean that he has already admitted that he is no match for Tang Feng.
A letter was quickly written. Wang Wencheng asked a few people to deliver the letter to the capital day and night, and handed it to his brother Wang Wenyan. But he didn't know that the letter was delivered to the capital, which caused even bigger things and invisibly promoted the progress of history...
Chapter completed!