Chapter 2858 The Last Madness
After Song Yuchan and Yanqing resigned, they said they would come to pick up Mrs. Mao tomorrow morning.

After they left, the Zhifu Wangzheng called Mao into the side room, and took out a box from it.

Mao looked curiously, "What is this?"

Wang Zheng opened the box, and a pile of bank notes came out of it.

Mao was surprised, "You, where did you get the money?"

Wang Zheng said proudly, "This is all my private money, and I can't usually tell you. This money is all our family property. You take this money and leave tomorrow with those two beggars. Remember, directly Go to the capital to find your uncle, I don't trust anyone now."

Mao took the box, took his hand and asked with concern, "What about you?"

Wang Zheng said with a stern face, "I can't leave for the time being, Luan Tingyu and Sun Li hacked me [-] gold coins, I have to control them to come back."

Mao asked, "Can Dengzhou be held?"

Wang Zheng shook his head and said, "I can't, Dengzhou City will be lost sooner or later."

Mao persuaded him, "Then it's dangerous for you to stay here? We don't want that money anymore, can you come with me?"

Wang Zheng resolutely said, "No, if I run away without a fight, I will be questioned by the court even if I leave. If I stay here, I will persist until the end before retreating. The court knows it and will be lenient."

He looked at his wife solemnly and said, "This ten thousand gold coins is our last possession, so don't make any mistakes. I will arrange for you to be protected by a master, and when it is safe, I will kill those two little beggars. Save them from harboring ill intentions against you."

Mao hesitated, "Isn't that good? They saved me after all."

Wang Zheng snorted coldly, "If you know people, you know their face, but you don't know their heart. Who knows what their goals are. You don't care about this matter, you just need to guard our property."

Mao nodded and said nothing more.

She thought that Wang Zheng only had [-] gold coins in deposit, but who knew that the husband took out another [-] like a magic trick.

In the past three years as the prefect, he has not been idle in his feelings.

The next day, Song Yuchan and Yan Qing came to pick them up early, and they also brought some beggar clothes.

There was an old woman beside Mao.

Yan Qing and Song Yuchan secretly reminded, "This is a master of transformation."

Song Yuchan nodded, pretended to be beggars for them, and told the magistrate, "We have found a way out. Today, Dongcheng Gate will let a group of refugees out. Let's leave through Dongcheng Gate."

The magistrate raised his eyebrows and said, "East City Gate? If this gate is opened, wouldn't the bandits come in?"

He thought that beggars had some special channel, such as authenticity or something.

Song Yuchan said, "No, there is a restriction at the East City Gate, and you can only go out but not enter. There are too many refugees in the city, and they can't take care of them. I heard that the generals guarding the city are kind, so we will release a group to reduce the pressure in the city. We pretend Beggars, it's easy to get out."

"He's thoughtful."

The prefect had to admit that this was a good way to deal with the refugees.

He asked his wife to change into a beggar's costume with the old woman, and followed Song Yuchan and the others to leave.

After his wife left, he immediately summoned the infantry and horsemen to arrest the traitors in the city.

He yelled softly with all the yamen servants, "Everyone has also heard that the bandits are attacking the city violently outside, and the fighting is fierce. The brothers in the city defense battalion are working hard in front, so we can't be idle. Now the people in the city are in panic, and there are many wealthy businessmen The big family has already had an affair with the thieves and worked for the thieves. This official will never allow this kind of thing to affect the major event of the resistance against the enemy, so you must conduct a rigorous search. But if there is any clue, these internal traitors must be arrested by this official.”

"Yes!"

All the yamen servants clasped their fists to accept the orders, and under the leadership of their respective squad leaders, they immediately searched for spies all over the city like bandits.

The yamen servants are all familiar with the road and know what the magistrate is implying.

They broke into the homes of a few big families in the city, searched through them without saying a word, and then arrested the family members directly.

In just half a day, the heads of hundreds of merchants in the city were imprisoned.

The crime is to collude with thieves and destroy the great cause of resisting thieves in Dengzhou City.

All the merchants have nowhere to complain. They have lost contact with the outside of the city, so how can they have any thieves.

Some people hinted to them that now is the critical time to fight against the enemy.If no one is willing to make a little effort, they can be let go immediately.

At the beginning, these merchants were still insisting, but who knew that the magistrate immediately used lynching.

As soon as the various instruments of torture were laid out, before they were used, some merchants paid money for their lives and left immediately.

There are a few hard stubbles, and they are beaten up to make an example to others, so that even his parents don't know each other.

In the prison cell, there was a lot of crying and injustice.

Outside the cell, a group of people found Sun Li and asked Sun Li to decide for them.

A member of the Sun family knelt in front of Sun Li and cried, "Nephew, please save your brother! He was beaten to death, and he passed out in the prison. "

Someone knelt down and complained, "General Sun, you have to decide for us! We are just running a small business, so how can we have an affair with any thieves. This magistrate is obviously trying to blackmail us!"

Someone yelled, "This dog official is just crazy. Is it true that there is no law in our Dengzhou city? How much money can I make a day as a rice shop. He opened his mouth like a lion and asked me to take a hundred gold coins to release him." The little one sold himself, it's not worth a hundred gold coins!"

"..."

A group of people cried and howled into a ball, knowing that only Sun Li in the city could restrain Wang Zheng.

Sun Li heard the fire and said, "It is the critical time to fight against the enemy in the city, how could he act so recklessly? Isn't this self-disruption?"

He was a little broken, feeling that there were always hands behind him dragging him down.

He called a team of soldiers and horses, and immediately went to the magistrate's yamen with all the merchants to find Wang Zheng's theory.

Wang is sitting in the lobby of the yamen, reviewing his results.

In just one day, dozens of merchants called for money and made more than 2000 gold coins.

If this continues, his [-] gold coins will soon be earned back.

He has no control over the life and death of Dengzhou City. When the time comes, he will bring the money to benefit the higher authorities, so that he can become an official in another place.

A yamen servant ran up at this time and told him anxiously, "Master Zhifu, something is wrong, Sun Li brought a group of troublemakers here."

"what?"

The magistrate raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is he doing here?"

The yamen servant said, "It seems that they are going to make decisions for these troublemakers!"

"It's against him!"

The magistrate ordered all the yamen servants to be transferred immediately, and only Sun Li was let into the yamen lobby.

As soon as the two met, Wang Zheng stood up and greeted Sun Li, "General Sun, why don't you lead your troops to defend the city properly, what are you doing here?"

Sun Li asked, "Your Majesty, why do you wantonly blackmail merchants and wealthy households in the city and make people panic?"

The magistrate lowered his face and said, "General Sun, pay attention to your manner of speaking. Your city defense battalion can now be under the control of this officer. As your superior officer, you dare to speak to me like this?"

Sun Li clenched his fist, and asked coldly, "Aren't you afraid of being punished by the court for doing this?"

"Punishment?"

The magistrate snorted disdainfully and said, "Why did the imperial court punish this official? This official is to arrest traitors and stabilize people's hearts. What is the crime? On the contrary, it was you who led soldiers into the yamen for these merchants, but took their black money ?”

"you……"

Sun Li was so angry that his eyes turned red.

As soon as the magistrate raised his hand, two classes of yamen servants immediately went up to the lobby with bows and arrows, and surrounded Sun Li.

He coldly threatened, "Sun Li, I just want you to lead the army temporarily. If you don't know how to behave, I can immediately remove your position. If you turn around and go back now, I don't have to care about you."

"is it?"

Sun Li almost uttered two words from his teeth, pulled out the tiger's head and long whip from his waist, and approached the magistrate Wang Zheng coldly, "Wang Zheng, you have gone too far."

(End of this chapter)

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