my wife is mulan

"Hui Shijun was rescued from Wu Yanluo and others!"

Zhao Junsheng stared at Wu Yanluo: "What else can you say?"

Wu Yanluo is still quibbling: "Master, that's not the case. We bought these six little girls, not robbed them, and those cattle and sheep were bought by us. You must not listen to me. They're talking nonsense!"

The plaintiff villagers inside and outside the lobby and the onlookers cursed in their hearts, it is really shameless, and they are still sophistrying at this time.

Zhao Junsheng stretched out his hand: "You said these six little girls and those livestock were bought by you, where is the contract? Bring them!"

"This..." Wu Yanluo was speechless.

Knowing that the case could be closed, Zhao Junsheng asked, "Wu Yanluo, do you want to recruit?"

"Your envoy was wronged, the lowly position and the generals under his command are all wronged, please be vigilant, Lord envoy!"

After Wu Yanluo finished speaking, he begged He Duoluo: "General, you should make the decision for your subordinates!"

Wu Yanluo's soldiers and generals also knelt down to complain about their grievances, begging He Duoluo to be the master for them.

"Crack" Zhao Junsheng patted the gavel and shouted loudly: "Wu Yanluo, you led your soldiers into Yangjiawan last night and killed 11 villagers, burned nine houses, and kidnapped six children. There are more than 40 girls and cows and sheep! Now the case is clear, the facts are clear, the witnesses and material evidence are all there, and the evidence is overwhelming! Even if you do not plead guilty, I will sentence you to death. If you confess voluntarily, I will still have discretion Please, His Majesty the Emperor, leave your whole body and give your family members compensation for your death in battle, you can think about it carefully!"

He Duoluo got up suddenly and was about to open his mouth to speak, but he saw Zhao Junsheng staring at him closely, "General He Duoluo, this general, please make it clear that this is my general's territory, and this general will give you face, you'd better If you are not satisfied with the general's trial and punishment, you can go to His Majesty the Emperor to appeal, and the general will follow up!"

He Duoluo was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but he couldn't attack.

Finally, some of the soldiers who committed the crime couldn't bear the pressure. Compared with the preferential treatment given to family members who died in battle, it was really too shameful to be killed because of this kind of thing.

"I, I recruited, we did it!" A timid man among the offending soldiers raised his hand and said.

But this person was scolded by other companions, and some even tried to kill him.

Zhao Junsheng was furious immediately: "Come here, separate them! Leave this person behind, and detain the others for disposal!"

Only the criminal soldier who raised his hand to confess was left in the lobby. Zhao Junsheng immediately asked him to explain the detailed process of committing the crime, and asked the officials next to him to make a record.

When He Duoluo saw the situation, he knew that the situation was over, the inner fort had been breached, and it was only a matter of time before the others confessed one after another.

Sure enough, next, Zhao Junsheng ordered the soldiers who committed the crime to be brought over for interrogation individually. Zhao Junsheng used his unique interrogation method to make these soldiers overwhelmed, and unknowingly told the story.

Even the tooth master Wu Yanluo couldn't stand it in the end, and confessed his crime with a decadent expression.

"The leading soldiers headed by Wu Yanluo will kill 11 villagers in Yangjiawan, burn down nine houses, and rob 43 livestock and six girls. Anyone who loots the village and harms the common people should be punished as a violation of military law! The general will now pronounce the sentence: Wu Yanluo and 31 of his subordinate soldiers will be sentenced to beheaded, and execution will be executed at Caishikou in the city at noon tomorrow. The family members of the 43 victims and the nine houses set on fire by Uyanluo and others were compensated with these belongings! The six girls who were captured by Wuyanluo were taken back by their families, and [-] heads of livestock were also returned To the original villagers. Back out!"

"mighty--"

The villagers cried loudly, knelt on the ground and shouted: "Master Qingtian!"

"Okay, good verdict!" The people watching inside and outside the gate of the mansion shouted and applauded.

With a livid face, He Duoluo squeezed through the crowd with a few soldiers and walked away in a desperate manner. He stopped and turned around after walking a while, "Hmph, Zhao Junsheng, our ties are over, this matter is endless!"

Zhao Junsheng went back to the back hall and sat down and shouted, "Oh, I'm so thirsty, here comes the tea!"

At this time, Hua Mulan came in from the outside with a teapot in hand and said with a smile: "Brother Junsheng is tired, Mulan is here to serve you!"

Zhao Junsheng said rather coyly: "How can this happen? I can't afford to have General Hua serve me!"

"I can afford it, I can afford it, just based on your performance in the trial just now, I have to reward you!" Hua Mulan said, putting a teacup in front of Zhao Junsheng, pouring a full cup of tea .

Zhao Junsheng picked up the teacup and drank it down. Putting down the teacup, he took Hua Mulan's hand and said with a smile, "You said you want to reward me, how can a cup of tea be enough? How about us..."

Hua Mulan broke free immediately, and said coquettishly, "It's a beautiful idea! How did I find that you are getting more and more aggressive, and you are getting more and more shameless?"

Zhao Junsheng still took her little hand, pulled her to his side, sat down, hugged her and said with a smile, "You just discovered that your husband is actually shameless by nature, and it's too late for you to regret it now!"

"Hmph, who said it's too late, I... I haven't married you yet! Be careful, I'll give you a divorce paper!" Hua Mulan blushed and pushed away Zhao Junsheng's tricky hand.

Zhao Junsheng knew that she was joking, so he said with a smile: "No, how can you be willing? You see that your husband is so good, he can be an official, he can also fight, he can go to the hall, he can go to the kitchen, such a husband Where did you find it with the lantern?"

"Pfft——" Hua Mulan couldn't help laughing, "giggle... I've never seen someone boasting about herself like you. Huang Po is selling melons, selling melons, and boasting!"

Chapter 483 Putting Pressure on the Emperor

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan fought for a while, and gradually got down to business.

"Didn't you go to the army to supervise the drill? It's been less than half a day, why are you back?"

Hua Mulan said: "Isn't this going to war soon? I was thinking that the soldiers should not be trained too hard, and that they should preserve enough physical strength and energy, but they should not be idle, so I only drilled two times a day." At the time of the hour, we only practice the tactics of the army formation. But the weather is too hot, even if we only practice for two hours a day, there are still many soldiers who suffer from heat stroke. Get some heat-relieving soup!"

"This is indeed a big event!" Zhao Junsheng thought for a while after speaking, "The army's luggage has been transported to Yuyang one after another for storage, and all the luggage transport vehicles from all walks of life only stopped in Ji County for a few days. Therefore, Ji County has not prepared relevant military supplies and medicinal materials... Let’s do this, I will ask Master Min Cao to take people to collect some from the medicinal material merchants in the city, and we will wait for the army to arrive in Yuyang for a few days. Done!"

After he finished speaking, he asked his soldiers to call the chief of Mincao to order, "Take some officials and servants to the medical hall to ask the doctor to prescribe a quick-acting decoction for relieving summer heat, and then follow the prescription to find it in the name of the Youzhou Army." The medicinal materials merchants in the city are expropriating relevant medicinal materials! There are 10 troops in the army, and it will take at least three days' supply, so you can do it according to this!"

The officer in charge of Min Cao asked: "Your envoy, in the name of the military, you can collect military supplies from the civilian population. Although the price can be cheaper than the market price, you still have to pay for it. Please return this price... Give a reference; besides, who is responsible for this expenditure?"

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "These businessmen are like ghosts. As soon as they heard that there was going to be a war, they immediately drove up prices. The government's tax on them was already very low, [-] yuan per tax, and they still wanted to cause national disaster. Cai, what an abomination! The price of the confiscated medicinal materials is based on the market price that has not been raised before, and the money is temporarily paid by the governor's mansion, and a part of it will be retained to fill the hole after the follow-up luggage is transported!"

"In addition, you people should take action to formulate a civil and commercial law as soon as possible. It is strictly forbidden for merchants to raise prices at will, especially during special periods such as wars, epidemics, floods and droughts. Cai, immediately dispatch the government officials to arrest and search, and those who commit minor crimes will be fined and confiscated; those who commit more serious crimes can be sentenced to beheaded! Go, go, that's it!"

Master Min Cao's heart sank when he heard this, he knew that this master was dissatisfied with the behavior of the merchants, and he was afraid that many merchants would suffer losses from now on, but he could only agree: "Yes, envoy!"

After Min Cao left, Hua Mulan said to Zhao Junsheng: "I see that He Duoluo was very angry when he left. I'm afraid he won't be willing to let you kill his soldiers!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Yes, that's why I set the execution place at Caishikou in the city. If it is set outside the city, if He Duoluo instructs some soldiers to rob the court, it will be troublesome then!"

Hua Mulan's eyes widened: "He wouldn't be so bold, would he? Your Majesty has made a will. How dare he disobey the order?"

"Prohibiting Xianbei soldiers from looting is against the interests of Xianbei soldiers and generals. Those Xianbei soldiers must be very dissatisfied. It's just that the emperor issued an imperial edict first, so they can't object clearly, but things have already happened. Well, if I really kill their people for this reason, they will definitely huddle together for their own benefit. Opposite, otherwise the throne will be unstable! Besides, the emperor is also protecting his weaknesses. When the time comes, He Duoluo will order his subordinates to rob people. The emperor is not good at falling out with the Xianbei soldiers. Confused, who will bear the consequences in the end? It's me! The criminals were taken away and not punished as they should be. The people of Youzhou will only think that I dare not offend the military dignitaries of Xianbei. I am the governor of Youzhou. Even if you can still do it, you don’t have the face to do it anymore!”

Hua Mulan's eyebrows frowned, "According to what you said, it would be better to execute these criminals outside the mansion just now. Anyway, they were all killed, and He Duoluo could only stare blankly. Explain that at noon on the next day, we will be at the vegetable market

Asking and beheading, this left them with time to rescue! "

Zhao Junsheng sighed and shook his head: "Why don't I know this, but it is often necessary to consider the influence of the political level. Although it is pleasant to execute these criminals on the spot, the influence is not big enough. If you want to rule Youzhou, you must With the law as the criterion, we must make the powerful, nobles, and officials fear the justice and strictness of the law, and no longer be able to oppress and exploit the people at will, and let the people think that the government has the ability to demonstrate the justice of public power! Youzhou will not be able to stabilize after being oppressed by the dignitaries, gentry, and officials and gathering crowds to rebel. And this public execution of these 32 soldiers in the army is the best opportunity to publicize the government's ability to demonstrate public power!"

Hua Mulan said: "I don't understand what you are talking about. I always feel that He Duoluo and the others will not let it go. When we were in Mobei before, there was an old grudge between me and He Duoluo, and I am yours again. Fiancee, there's no guarantee he won't take his anger out on you!"

At this moment, the maidservant brought iced tremella soup, Zhao Junsheng handed Hua Mulan a bowl, took a bowl for himself, and said as he ate, "No matter what, I will definitely kill these soldiers who committed crimes, and no one can stop them!"

Outside the city is the camp of the army of the Eastern Expedition, the emperor's palace.

Tuoba Jian was drinking sour plum soup behind the throne, looking at the Xianbei generals headed by He Duoluo below, and asked, "What's the matter for you to come to see me?"

He Duoluo stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to arrest one of my minister's generals and threatened to kill them at noon tomorrow. This general is Hao Erlang with outstanding military exploits. In a battle, one is worth ten, and I ask Your Majesty to be the master, and to uphold justice for this single soldier!"

Tuoba Jian heard that the sour plum soup could not be drunk anymore, so he put it on the imperial case and asked, "Why did Zhao Junsheng arrest them? Why did he kill them? There must be a reason, right? He Zhao Junsheng will not do it for no reason. Arrest people and kill them? Tell me in detail what happened!"

He Duoluo hesitated for a moment, but still gave a rough account of what happened.