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"What are you doing? Why don't you let me calm down? It's such a hot day and I'm not allowed to rest, so why are you making so much noise?" Su Jinshang's Tanglai opened his mouth with a scolding.
Wu Hengxin chuckled and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, our brothers who are guarding the Ma Army were patrolling the city according to your instructions. Inadvertently, someone reported that they learned about a black market in grain. The four of them went there. Sure enough, A large number of people of unknown origin and a large amount of food were found."
Su Jin was surprised and said: "Is it a black market? A person who sells food? The most lacking thing in Weizhou city is food. Someone is trying to make a fortune at this time. How can I just sit back and watch? You have done a good job and arrested everyone." Is it done?”
Wu Hengxin pointed at the people kneeling all over the hall with the big stick in his hand, and said: "Isn't that right?"
Su Jin glanced at the audience, walked over with unsteady steps, and shouted: "You actually dare to set up a black market in Weizhou to make money from the national crisis. This is not giving me face. I am new to the post. If you don't know how to restrain yourself, don't blame me for being rude."
Master Cui Dabao said with a mournful face: "Sir, you misunderstood. What we are opening is not a black market. That place is a storage place for military rations. We are just assisting the Weizhou garrison to manage the grain depot."
Su Jin frowned and said: "Who are you? Why are you not wearing clothes? How do you behave? You look like this even in hot weather and you can't get naked. What is that smelly thing on your body? Could it be that you are like a cow or a horse? If you are greedy for coolness, run to the smelly puddle and roll in the puddle for a few times."
The master said with a mournful face: "The villain Cui Dabao is the master of the grain depot. Sir, I don't want to look like this. It was the military master you accepted who took off my clothes and smeared horse dung on me and paraded me through the streets. I am like this." How Fan Ke behaves is embarrassing to me."
Su Jin rolled his eyes and asked Wang Chao: "Did you take off his clothes and parade him through the streets?"
Wang Chao cupped his hands and said: "Replying to your lord, it is indeed us, but we are doing it according to your instructions. Didn't you say that there are three things to do when a new official takes office? If there are any criminals in Weizhou City, they will be severely punished. He also said that he could take off his clothes and parade through the streets as a warning to others."
Su Jin scratched his head and said: "You guys, you were all swatting away flies when I was talking. I mean, if you catch a prostitute who is immoral and commit crimes like molesting a wife or daughter, you can strip them naked and parade them through the streets like this. The guys in the black market should hit the forty boards right there."
After Wang Chao heard the song and understood its elegant meaning, he hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Yes, yes, you guys are not doing your job well, please come and put some clothes on for this master."
Someone took some clothes and threw them on Cui Dabao. Cui Dabao covered his lower body and put on the clothes nervously. Although he was still smelly, he still had clothes to cover his body and felt a little calmer.
"Come here, drag him down and hit forty boards." Wang Chao said with a smile.
Cui Dabaose changed his words: "Sir, please spare my life, sir, why do you want to hit me again?"
Su Jin sighed: "The law cannot be abolished. How can we not abide by the rules set by this government? It was a wrong punishment for stripping you of your clothes and parading them in the street just now. Now they punish you again. It is a wrongful act. This government does not It’s easy to stop.”
"But sir, the villain said that we are not running a black market. Sir, please don't hit the wrong good guy."
Su Jin frowned and said, "Are you wronged?"
Cui Dabao nodded like garlic, Su Jin rolled his eyes and Wang Chao and others hadn't spoken yet. Chao Chao took out a thick stack of account books from his arms and presented them with both hands: "Master Fu Zun, these are the account books that were seized in the accounting room." , the price and quantity of the sale are clearly written on it, if it is a military grain warehouse, why are there these sales records?"
Su Jin reached out and took it, casually flipping through a few pages, and immediately secretly smacked his lips. The items above were written in detail. It was clear at a glance how much grain was sold and the price. The price of one stone of grain was as high as three guan to five guan. Normal grain prices are five to six times higher, which can be described as huge profits.
Su Jin held up the account book and asked Cui Dabao: "What else do you have to say?"
Cui Dabao was so regretful that his intestines turned green. He thought that there would be no one in Weizhou City who would dare to stroke a tiger's beard to cause trouble, so he did not hide the account books and other items. When Ma Jun came in, he was busy stepping forward to scold him, but he didn't. Thinking of someone digging this thing out, I was speechless and speechless for a moment.
Su Jin pointed to the line above and read: "Cheng Laojiu of Dongcheng is willing to serve his daughter for ten days in exchange for food and one stone; what does this mean?"
Cui Dabao murmured and refused to say anything.
Su Jin read again: "The scholar Guo from Dongcheng offered his wife seven days in exchange for five liters of grain. What does this mean?"
Cui Dabao lowered his head and said nothing. Su Jin suddenly shouted sharply: "Speak!"
Everyone in the hall was shocked, but no one spoke.
Su Jin shouted: "If you don't say yes, if you openly confront me, each of you will be hit with forty blows first. If no one confesses, you will be hit again, even if you kill them."
The yamen guards shouted and came forward. Seventy or eighty people were pushed down inside and outside the hall. The big sticks were pointed at the buttocks of these people and they were slapped randomly. After the forty big boards were beaten, half of them were already beaten. The person fainted from the pain.
"Are you still talking about it?" Su Jin sneered.
Cui Dabao's buttocks were bloody. He gritted his teeth and persisted, saying to Su Jin: "Master Fu, Master Fu... I advise you to find out the situation first before making any calculations. This market is not run by villains, it is... In short, the government Your Excellency may not be able to offend you."
Su Jin sneered and said: "I don't care whose subordinate you are, I have only been here for a few days and you guys are messing around on my territory without even saying hello. This shows that I don't take my eyes seriously. , I want you bastards to understand today that this is my territory, and you must first feed me and give me enough face before you can do anything, do you understand?"
Everyone's eyes dropped to the ground. They felt that the prefect was not trying to be cruel for the sake of the people, but because these people didn't understand the rules and didn't show respect to the government. He beat them so hard. This was a blatant request for bribes.
Cui Dabao was very clever and said hurriedly: "This is indeed the fault of the little people. I thought you would be able to communicate with me, but unexpectedly, you haven't communicated well yet. Lord Fu, you are so generous and let me go. You will definitely follow the instructions after you go back." Your request will be fulfilled."
Su Jin scolded: "Will you accept my apology after I chop you in pieces? Just because you don't take me seriously, I can't spare you today. What does it mean to serve my wife and daughter for ten days and seven days?" ?Say or not?"
Cui Dabao looked embarrassed and didn't dare to speak at all. Su Jin's face was ashen and he shouted: "Come here, I'll beat you to death. I'll use all your strength. Anyone who doesn't contribute will be deducted for three months." .”
All the government officials and bodyguards quickly took action, and soon the sound of clattering was heard everywhere, and the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling came from far away from the government office.
Su Jin sat behind the case, wondering why no one came. Could it be that those people wanted to abandon their soldiers to save the car? However, he quickly rejected his guess. He had just negotiated the terms with Li Zhihe in the morning, and he would do it in the afternoon.
After sweeping up the black market, Li Zhihe will show up no matter what. Even if he doesn't come, he will send someone to stop him.
Sure enough, not long after, several people hurried in at the Yamen Gate, but it was not Li Zhihe, but Xu Wei. Xu Wei ran away with his fat belly in his hands, his face covered with oil and sweat. As soon as he entered the door, he raised his hands and shouted:
"Stop, stop, don't kill anyone."
How could the government officials and guards listen to him? Compared with three months' salary, the lives of these people were naturally more important. How could they stop if Su Jin didn't say anything?
Xu Wei trotted up to Su Jin and hurriedly raised his hands to Su Jin and said, "Master Fu, tell them to stop. If the fight continues like this, someone will die."
Su Jin held up his chin, crossed his legs, shook them a few times and gave him a white look: "They are your relatives? If they are beaten to death, they will be beaten to death. What does it have to do with you? Why did you come to the lobby if you didn't go to the mission room to handle official business?"
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Xu Wei said sternly: "My lord, lower officials also have the right to intervene in prison matters. If the beating continues like this and someone is really killed, how will your lord explain it?"
Su Jin said: "It turns out that you can also take charge of the case and prison matters. Well, to give you face, I won't beat you for now. But if they are dishonest and refuse to confess, they will still continue to beat them. A filial son will emerge from under a stick, and the same will happen under a stick."
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Xu Wei swallowed and thought to himself: You are a coward, and you know how to torture and extort confessions. But now that Su Jin let go, Xu Wei breathed a sigh of relief and shouted: "Stop, stop, Master."
Your Majesty has ordered you to stop."
Only then did everyone stop beating the group, and saw that almost half of the seventy or eighty people were beaten unconscious, and a few of the weak ones seemed to be dying.
"Carry it down and apply medicine, don't really kill anyone." Xu Wei said quickly.
Su Jin glared and shouted: "Who promised to give them medicine? If they refuse to answer my words, they will die unjustly."
Xu Wei whispered in Su Jin's ear: "Master Fu Zun, I'm afraid there is a misunderstanding here. If you have anything to say, feel free to ask me. Let these people go to treat me first, and then I will answer all your questions."
Su Jin said in astonishment: "Does this matter have anything to do with you? How do you know their secrets?"
Xu Wei cupped his hands and made a gesture of invitation and said, "Sir, please lend me a moment to explain. It's all a misunderstanding. A misunderstanding."