"There is no evidence on this matter, so we should not draw conclusions prematurely. In other words, you should continue to investigate the forging of counterfeit coins, and don't jump into the trap and alarm the snake." Xie Yuan rubbed his brows and spoke in a warm voice.
"Here."
Cui Heng left. Huo Qubing wanted to say something, but Cui Xunzhi pulled him away with a wink.
Xie Yuan was the only one left in the room.
Xie Yuan raised his head and looked at the extinguished candle.
The young man's thin lips were pursed tightly, and his warm eyes were so deep that he couldn't see to the end.
Lu Zhong...
I hope I don’t trust the wrong person or protect the wrong person.
The young man closed his eyes a little irritably and continued to rub his eyebrows.
The next day, a letter was sent from Longgang Academy.
It was written by Qi Yan.
The letter said that this year's candidates were much smarter than in previous years, and the content written on the answer sheets was also very exciting. Unfortunately, Xie was far away so he couldn't see it.
Qi Yan also mentioned that the crops are growing very well this year. The corn that Xie Yuan asked the scholar to try to sow and cultivate has sprouted. Now we just have to wait for it to mature. There will be a good harvest of rice, corn, peanuts, etc. from all over the Yangtze River.
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This was the only happy event in the past three months, and Xie Yuan finally had a smile on his face.
Good, good harvest.
If there is a good harvest every year, why should the people worry about not having enough to eat?
After being happy, Xie Yuan remembered that he still had a lot of civil disputes to deal with, so he took Huo Qubing and a group of retainers to other counties.
Cui Xunzhi wanted to learn something, so Xie Yuan took her with him.
On July 10, everyone arrived at Lujiang County.
The person who received everyone was He Qing, the governor of Lujiang County.
He Qing was from the He family in Lujiang. The son of the noble family who seized a commoner's wife and made her mother hang herself from a beam was a member of the He family in Lujiang.
Xie Yuan had been busy investigating counterfeit coins before, so he forgot about this matter.
Today he is here to deal with this matter.
He Qing welcomed Xie Yuan to the inn, and just as he was about to host a banquet, Xie Yuan went straight to the point, told the matter, and said he wanted to meet the gentry children and the forcibly taken women.
Seeing Xie Yuan's unquestionable look, He Qing had no choice but to take him to the old house of the He family and meet He Wei, a descendant of the gentry.
At this time, He Wei was shouting at a group of women who had just been snatched away, asking them to squeeze his shoulders and beat his legs.
When he heard that Xie Yuan was coming, he was stunned at first, and then sneered: "Why is that poor governor coming to find me?"
"Let me ask you how many women you have seized." A voice came from far away and approached.
Everyone looked up and saw a young man wearing a turban on his head and clothed clothes slowly approaching.
The young man was dressed shabbily, but this could not conceal his elegance and gentleness.
The maid serving He Wei subconsciously compared Xie Yuan and He Wei.
I don’t know why, compared to this, He Wei, who is wearing gold and silver, seems like a country bumpkin, while Xie Yuan is a rich man experiencing folk life...
It can only be said to be a temperament issue.
"Are you Xie Yuan?" He Wei raised his eyebrows.
"The governor is not polite when he sees him. The He family is so majestic and majestic that he indulges his children in this way." Huo Qubing chuckled.
"I, the He family in Lujiang, have been a long-standing family. Even if the emperor comes, I don't have to salute. He is just a governor and comes from a poor family. How can he be qualified to ask me to salute?" He Wei also smiled, with the contempt in his eyes so obvious.
Huo Qubing immediately wanted to argue with him, but Xie Yuan glanced back lightly, and the young man suddenly fell silent.
"Are these women you have commandeered?" Xie Yuan looked around at the maids.
Everyone knelt down and begged Xie Yuan to let them go.
"So what if I robbed it? Lujiang is my territory, what's the matter, does the governor want to extend his hand here?" He Wei continued to laugh.
Seeing this young man's arrogant attitude, Xie Yuan didn't say much, just smiled slightly, and then clapped his hands.
The attendants immediately came up and without any explanation tied up the man and took him back to the Yamen.
Xie Yuan sat in the courtroom, slapped his hands on the wall, and gave an order in a warm voice——
"He Wei, a descendant of the He family in Lujiang, disrespected the imperial officials and was punished with twenty canes."
The attendants were all brought here by Xie Yuan, and the beatings were real.
The bamboo stick landed on He Wei's buttocks again and again, causing him to grimace in pain and howl while cursing Xie Yuan's mother.
Soon, the movement here attracted the head of the He family.
How could the head of the He family see his son being beaten like this? His eyes immediately turned red, he pointed at Xie Yuan and said, "Xie Yuanzhan is such a powerful official!"
"Lujiang County is, at best, just a county under the rule of Yangzhou. I am the governor of Yangzhou. I am in charge of this place under the orders of the Grand Prime Minister. All subordinate officials under the rule and the people must obey my edicts."
Xie Yuan played with the gavel and looked at He and his son with a smile.
"May I ask Mr. He, can I stretch this hand or not?"
"It can be stretched, it can be stretched naturally." After being beaten, He Wei huddled in his old father's arms and cried out of breath.
A group of people were standing outside the yamen, watching. Seeing a certain nobleman who had always been so arrogant, he suddenly became speechless. They were all so excited that they wanted to clap their hands and cheer.
It's a pity that you can't eat too much melon, otherwise it will harm yourself.
Before the head of the He family could get angry, Xie Yuan clapped his hands again, and all the women who had been forcibly taken away by He Wei were brought up. They were all crying, begging Xie Yuan to let He Wei release them and let them return home.
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Many of the people standing outside the yamen were the family members of these women.
After recognizing their daughter, her eyes immediately turned red and she began to cry.
For a while, there was a lot of crying in the Yamen.
"In the courtroom, keep quiet." Xie Yuan coughed and patted the gavel tree.
Everyone then fell silent.
Xie Yuan looked at He Wei, with sharp daggers hidden in his gentle eyes: "I have issued an order that the children of the noble family are not allowed to bully men and women, and are not allowed to run rampant in the countryside. Have you turned a deaf ear to my words?"
He Wei trembled.
He knew that this Xie was far from a flower vase. He would really beat him if something happened, and he would really punish the nobles who committed crimes.
Because Xie Yuan didn't come to take care of it before, he had always dismissed Xie Yuan's edicts as nothing. Now that he really came to take care of it, he was the first person to become frightened.
He Wei rolled his eyes, knelt down and bowed politely: "Prince Mingjian, I bought these women, and I gave them my family's money."
"Oh? Where is the money, where is the knot book?" Xie Yuan raised his eyebrows.
The family members who had received a few coins were furious.
This is not a fucking transaction, you took this away by force and forced it on us, okay?
They threw the coins given by He Wei and hit someone on the head.
He Wei was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Since he had just been beaten and it was difficult to get angry, he could only endure it.
The attendant picked up the coins and showed them to Xie Yuan.
After a moment, Xie Yuan lowered his eyes, suppressing the cold light in his eyes.
Another counterfeit coin.
He calmly suppressed his irritation, raised his head and stared at He Wei, and said with a smile: "Since we are talking about buying and selling, where is your knot book?"