Daily Life of Jiang Liuniang

   Chapter 454 How many clans are there?

At the end of the previous year, after Jiang Ling and Jiang Liu discovered that Concubine Li was secretly worshipping the children's clothes in the room, Second Master Jiang ordered people to burn down the two concubines in the West Courtyard in a rage, and the two concubines also fell apart. . The Xue Clan, who didn't know it, was sold away from afar. Li Clan and the maids who practiced witchcraft claimed that they were killed by sticks, but in fact they were locked up.

   This level is now closed. After Mrs. Meng's confidants, Meng Er, Rong Ri and Zhu Jiu were successively captured, it was time to open the case. Once it is true that Meng uses witchcraft to harm others, it is a big crime!

After    sent Jiang Hou'er away, Jiang Erye stood up, sorted his official robes and walked to Jingzhao Mansion step by step. Jingzhao Mansion is located in Guangdefang, Xicheng, not far from Xicheng Bingma Yamen in Xicheng. Jiang Erye often walks this road. In the past, when he walked on the road, shops and residents in Xicheng and Guangdefang would be surrounded by them. I came up to ask questions, but no one dared to speak up today.

   Because, they have never seen Jiang Erye's face so solemn. Everyone retreated, thinking about what happened to make Jiang Erye, who has always been kind and cheerful, look so ugly.

  After Jiang Erye entered Jingzhao Mansion, all the officials in Jingzhao Mansion were also frightened. Even the governor Liao Gang, who disliked him the most on weekdays and would quarrel every time they met, avoided him. When Zhang Wenjiang, the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture saw him, he raised his heart, "Jiang Feng, what happened?"

   Jiang Erye lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, "Sir, Jiang Feng has a case to report..."

  The case of An and Meng's family is still under pressure on his desk. This case involves all of Zhang Wenjiang's energy. Because if the case is done well, he will be able to climb the Qingyun Ladder, and if it is not done well, he will be kicked out of Kang'an City by Qin Xiang. At this critical moment, how could Jiang Feng have another major case? Judging from his posture, this case is bigger than that of the Anmeng family. Zhang Wenjiang's scalp went numb for a while, and he straightened his posture and asked, "Get up and answer, sit down."

   Jiang Erye saluted, stood respectfully in front of the table and said, "Master, do you still remember the fire broke out in the official residence on the twenty-ninth night of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of Jinglong's fourth year and burned down the hospital?"

   "Remember." Jiang Feng's house burned down the yard, and it also attracted Long Live's inquiries. How could Zhang Wenjiang not remember. Jiang Feng opened his mouth to mention the fire. Could it be that there is something else hidden in it?

Jiang Erye continued, "In that yard, the concubine Mrs. Li lives in Xiaguan, and Mrs. Li is the biological mother of Xiaguan's second daughter. On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of Jinglong, the people in the house accidentally found her in the room. To worship the wooden man…”

   "You said... witchcraft?" Zhang Wenjiang stood up, not his scalp numb, but his three souls out of his body. The imperial court strictly prohibits witchcraft techniques. Once the crime is convicted, the light ones will be executed, and the serious ones will be punished by the nine clans. He served as the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture for so many years, and there has never been a case of witchcraft harming people under his rule, because once this case came out, it would be shocking and bloody.

  Witchcraft appeared in Jiangfu, no wonder Jiang Feng burns the yard!

"Exactly." Jiang Erye explained the case one by one, and then said, "Meng Jiashu Tong Zhujiu, who will be brought to the case today, is the one who sent the little wooden man to the lower official's mansion. Rong Ri captured in Hanshan Temple is a witch, the main culprit in this case is either Meng Xunli or Meng Huizhou and his wife..."

"Wait a minute! You allow this manor to stroke it..." Zhang Wenjiang heard his head explode, closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair for a long time, then opened his eyes and let out a long sigh, the corners of his mouth curled up, "What are you doing? Intend?"

   With the bottom line of this case, Meng Huizhou will definitely be beheaded, Zhang Wenjiang felt at ease.

Jiang Erye bowed and said, "Xiaguan has two requests: First, Rongri uses sorcery to deceive the people on weekdays, and there are many believers, and it is difficult for Xiaguan to try this case, so Xiaguan wants to send him to Beijing. Zhaofu, leave it at your disposal."

"Okay, this government will try this case in person, and we will do everything we can to get rid of evil." Zhang Wenjiang responded immediately, Yaodao has been captured, as long as he is made to confess, it is a great achievement. He can already imagine how Long Live above the Golden Temple will praise him. , "What about the second one?"

   "Second," Jiang Erye raised his head, "Xiaguan wants to see Meng Huizhou."

Learning the lessons of the fire case of the Ministry of Punishment, after Xiao Junping, Zhang Wenjiang and Jing Jiliang discussed, they put Meng Huizhou and other criminals in the Jingzhao Mansion, and they were jointly guarded by people from Dali Temple and Jingzhao Mansion, and no one was allowed to visit them to prevent them. Killed or committed suicide. Zhang Wenjiang looked at Jiang Feng and couldn't help but think about the fact that when Meng San was detained in Jingzhao Mansion last year, he wanted to visit the prison, and persuaded, "Meng Xunli is not in your hands, what do you see Meng Huizhou doing? ?"

   Meng Huizhou killed Jiang Mian and practiced witchcraft to harm the Jiang family. It is normal for Jiang Feng to be angry. But at this time Meng Huizhou was an important criminal, and it was a bit inappropriate for Jiang Feng to go in and beat him, so he might as well put his anger on Meng Xunli.

   Jiang Erye replied, "Please allow Xiaguan to meet him. Xiaguan has a way to make him confess."

   "Is this true?"

   "Really."

   Zhang Wenjiang squinted his eyes, stroking his beard and thinking for a long time before saying, "Let me answer you after discussing with Lord Xiao and Lord Jing."

   "Lord You Lao."

When Jiang Erye was about to retire, Zhang Wenjiang reminded, "Practicing witchcraft is a serious crime. This manor remembers your deceased wife's brother, the one who married the daughter of the Meng family? It's not good for a daughter."

   Jiang Erye bowed and thanked him, "Thank you for your suggestion, I will go to see my uncle now."

   One of the things that Jiang Feng admired by Zhang Wenjiang was that he listened to people's persuasion, and he couldn't help but exhort, "If you have something to say, say it well, you are an official now, and you must be cautious in everything you do."

   Jiang Erye went out of Jingzhao Mansion and sent someone to invite his second uncle and brother Wang Wenqiao.

  Wang Wenqiao, who was busy in Qingjin Academy, was quite surprised when he got the news, and was also vaguely uneasy. His father-in-law was captured, his mother-in-law was imprisoned in the mansion, and his wife was in tears all day long. Jiang Feng asked him to go at this time, was it because of the Meng family?

   When he arrived at the West Market Teahouse, seeing the expression on his brother-in-law's face, Wang Wenqiao's heart skipped a beat, knowing that it must not be a good thing for him to search for him.

   Jiang Erye and the Wang brothers had nothing to say, and said directly, "The matter of the Meng family is far more serious than the second brother expected. It is better for the second brother to divorce the Meng family daughter today."

   Let him divorce his wife? Wang Wenqiao's face became extremely ugly, and he asked in horror, "How many clans will the Meng family be executed?"

   Jiang Erye raised his eyes, "It's a big deal, so I can't say more. But second brother, you must be involved."

   "I understand." Wang Wenqiao stood up trembling involuntarily, took two steps outward with a dignified expression, and then turned back, "Thank you."

   After leaving the restaurant, Wang Wenqiao didn't know how to get into the car. After returning to the mansion, he entered the study for a while before going to see his wife. Meng Ying, who was teaching her two daughters to read, saw her husband walk in in a daze, stood up and looked at him quietly.

   (end of this chapter)