Chapter 265 Who will win the destiny? (28)

Under the threat of the bright sabers, the governor Wang Decheng, Sima Zheng Youlin and more than 100 yamen officials and servants were taken into the city of Chanzhou, where corpses were covered with corpses. Although these people realized that Chanzhou City must have been drowned extremely, they did not expect that Chanzhou City had become a hell on earth. Since the moment they entered the city gate, the sound of vomiting continued.

A young man with a nice face and elegant manner followed the team and walked into the city. When he entered the south gate, he saw several maggots full of maggots, his eyes widened and refused to go in. This person was the nephew of the governor Wang Decheng. He happened to travel to the royal palace before the Yellow River flooded. He did not expect that Pan Heng, who had been in his uncle's mansion for a short time, would encounter this tragic event that was rare in a century.

A sergeant stepped forward and kicked the young man hard. The young man squatted on the muddy street with his head in his arms, enduring the sergeant's kick, but refused to stand up and walk forward.

Zhou Qing came over when he heard the sound, and he said angrily: "Get up, don't die."

Young people have never suffered such torture since childhood, nor have they seen the style of prohibition in the army. They just said that they could escape the errand of moving dead bodies by squatting on the ground.

Seeing that the young man still did not obey the orders, Zhou Qing ordered happily: "Behead."

Wang Decheng was at the front of the team, and the young man was in the middle of the team. When he saw a sergeant pulling out his waist knife coldly and realizing that something was wrong, he shouted: "Miss, get up quickly." He also shouted: "Mr. Jun, show mercy."

The sergeant was an old army of the Black Eagle Army. He only followed the orders of the Black Eagle Army officers. The governor's call was meaningless to him. After Zhou Qing gave the order, the long sword in his hand was slashed towards the young man's neck like a flash of lightning.

The long swords in the hands of the sergeant were the latest "Hou Family Knife". They were much sharper than the average waist knife. The sword light flashed. The blood light burst out high, and a young man's head had fallen into the soil. According to the military practice, the sergeant used his waist knife to lift the young man's head that was still dripping blood, and said to the group of men who were stunned: "Who dares to disobey orders, this is the end."

Wang Decheng looked at the sergeant's nephew's head on the tip of his sword and opened his mouth wide. For a moment, he felt that the world was absurd. His nephew was the eldest brother's son and the most talented talent in the Wang family. On the eve of the flood in the Yellow River, his nephew was drinking with him while discussing the world's affairs. His high-spirited expression was still in front of him, but just a few days apart, his nephew died at the city of Chanzhou. The sergeant who killed him might be an illiterate farmer.

Wang Decheng slowly fell softly to the ground.

Although Hou Dayong issued an order to "kill those who violate the order". Zhou Qing understood that the governor in front of him could not kill him without permission, but Zhou Qing, who had seen the miserable situation in the city, did not want to let Wang Decheng go easily, and ordered: "Find a door panel and put Wang Decheng on it."

The soldiers of the Bianhe Navy and the officials of the Chanzhou Prefecture cleaned up for three days before they initially cleared the bodies in the city out of the city. The navy brought several ships of lime to disinfect them everywhere in the city. Ten days later, tens of thousands of people on Jiulong Mountain went down the mountain one after another and began to rebuild their homes.

After Hou Dayong entered Chanzhou City, he summoned the governor of Chanzhou Wang Decheng and Sima Zheng Youlin again.

Wang Decheng was only forty years old. When Hou Dayong met him on Jiulong Mountain for the first time, although he was in a state of dismay, he still looked like a Confucian. But after ten days, Wang Decheng had become old, with white and messy hair, loose skin on his face, and distracted eyes, just like an old man who was in his seventies.

Hou Dayong had no sympathy for him. Over the past ten days, he had a deep understanding of this elegant Wang Decheng.

"Governor Wang, there are a few questions that you need to answer."

"Please tell me clearly." Wang Decheng sat dejectedly opposite Hou Dayong. Although Hou Dayong was calm, there was always a bright long sword and bloody head shaking in Wang Decheng's eyes, and the faint smile on the corner of Hou Dayong's mouth was like a death-taking token.

"This spring, how much money has the Ministry of Revenue allocated to repair the river embankment?"

Wang Decheng lowered his head, thought for a while, and then said, "In March, the Ministry of Revenue allocated 400,000 stag and 30,000 stag of grain to repair the river bank."

Seeing that he did not deny, Hou Dayong nodded slightly and said, "Since there is such a thing, then tell me, where is the money used?"

Wang Decheng's face showed an empty expression again, "This spring, when the money and food came down, a Southern Tang painter came to Chengzhou City. The officials had no other love, and had been treated as a painting throughout their lives. During that period, I followed the Southern Tang painter to drink and paint every day. All the matter of building the dike was left to Sima Zheng Youlin."

When Hou Dayong saw Wang Decheng's words, he snorted coldly and said, "Don't say so cleanly. Your wooden box is half a scroll and half a money. The cost of painting scrolls is far more than half a box of Tongbao. There are two paintings that are worth the border town. As a governor, where can you have so much money?"

"Xiaguan's family has thin fields, and all the land income in the family has been replaced with these scrolls. As for the special funds for the dike repair, it was indeed handled by Zheng Youlin. Xiaguan did not touch any of them. If the Hou Xiang did not believe it, he could verify with Xiao Qing, the officer of the military officer."

"How can you calculate the number without any evidence? If you can provide a certificate to prove that the special funds for the dike repair were handled by Zheng Youlin, you may still be able to escape your life. Unfortunately, a flood destroyed the yamen and all the accounts were destroyed in the water. The corruption charge of governor Wang's crime of embezzlement may be confirmed. Not only will you be unable to protect your life, but your family will also be affected as slaves and prostitutes. What a pity."

Xiao Qing, the officer-in-chief, said very close to what Wang Decheng said. Hou Dayong had actually believed eight points. He just wanted to investigate the serious case involving the ministers in the court. It was far from enough to rely on one person's confession alone. Wang Decheng must be asked to speak out or provide indeed reliable evidence.

In Wang Decheng's eyes, Hou Dayong was not a big belly that could tolerate the affairs of the world, but a devil who killed people without blinking. While he was forced to carry the body in the city, he cursed Hou Dayong with the most vicious language he could think of. However, when facing the murderous devil Hou Dayong, he couldn't help but become weak. Now when he heard Hou Dayong's naked threat, he was even more jealous. At this time, he didn't care about Zheng Youlin and the forces behind him.

Wang Decheng said with tears in his nose and tears: "Mr. Hou, I have to rely on the mountains and rivers, and I have to do it. Sima Zheng Youlin is too big and his behavior is too evil. I, the governor, should be cowardly."

“Continue.”

"As the governor, he was born in a good way. Although he often talked about the title of Zhang Mei, the Sansi envoy Zhang Mei did not like me. Every time I went to Daliang City, I always gave Zhang Mei a generous gift. He just said something to me coldly and even if it was done. My wife, relying on her cousin Zhang Meidi, has been familiar with each other since childhood. She doesn't take me seriously. The roar of the river east of the house makes me miserable."

Wang Decheng had no scruples at this time and poured out his bitterness quickly.

Hou Dayong looked at him pitifully and thought to himself: After all, he is a governor. But he is so cowardly that a man has no taste when he reaches this point.

Wang Decheng burst into tears and no longer had the style of a Confucian scholar. "This Sima Zheng Youlin is also a ruthless character. He is ignorant and relies on the support of the prime minister of the current dynasty, and a scoundrel in Jingzhao Mansion became a court official."

Hou Dayong said: "Don't talk nonsense. Zheng Youlin is an officer, so why are he a scoundrel?"

"Zheng Youlin's mother was a local wet nurse at the time. He relied on this momentum. He often harmed the streets with Han Lun and others in Luoyang. For some reason, he entered the imperial guards. He had never been on the battlefield even if he became an imperial guards. In just two years, he became Sima of Chanzhou."

Hou Dayong knew that Wang Decheng was telling the truth.

There was an amazing person living in Luoyang City, Chai Rong's biological father Chai Shouli. After Chai Rong became emperor, he ordered Chai Shouli to live in Luoyang. He was not allowed to come to Daliang. Chai Shouli was a vulgar person who gathered ten important ministers of the current dynasty and played in Luoyang City and was called the "Ten Old Ones of Luoyang".

Chai Rong did not allow his father to go out of Luoyang, but he turned a blind eye to his father's behavior without too much restraint.

Among the "Ten Olds in Luoyang", there is the father of the general Han Lingkun, the former commander of the Gyeongju Troupe, and Zheng Youlin of course cannot be called the Ten Olds, but he often mingled with Chai Shouli, Han Lun and others, which is a similar smell.

Hou Dayong looked at Wang Decheng who was crying, and both mourned his misfortune and was angry that he was not anxious. He said, "After all, you are the governor of Chanzhou, why should you let Zheng Youlin do it? Even if you are not corrupt, doing so will be a dereliction of duty."

"This Zheng Youlin is very vicious. After coming to Chanzhou, he was honest at first. One day he invited me to his mansion, got me drunk, and let his concubine get into my bed. The next day, Zheng Youlin turned against me and accused me of defaming his concubine. I knew I was deceived but I was swallowed up by myself. Then, he tried every means to find some Tang people's scrolls for me to show my kindness."

"There are people in Zheng Youlin's court who are more intelligent than me. Many times, what I can't do, Zheng Youlin did it as soon as he came forward. In addition, Zheng Youlin likes to form cliques. Except for Xiao Qing, most officials in Chanzhou City have vented their anger with Zheng Youlin. Gradually, not many people are really willing to listen to me when I speak in Chanzhou. They only follow Zheng Youlin's leader."

"I once thought of a way to leave Chanzhou, but I spent a lot of money, but the matter was not done. Zheng Youlin was a dog in front of Fan Xiang, and Fan Xiang was also deceived by him."

Hou Dayong has been in the army all year round and has always looked down on men who cry when they have nothing to do. Moreover, due to the tragic incident in Chanzhou, he did not sympathize with Wang Decheng. "Wang Decheng, you can't even say so much. You are the governor of Chanzhou. You still have to explain the money and food in the construction of the dike clearly. If you can't explain it clearly, the main culprit must be you."

Wang Decheng wiped his tears with his sleeve, and a trace of ferocity flashed in his eyes, saying, "I am not a fool either. The accountant master heard that Zheng Youlindi was actually my confidant. He had a bill of money and grain for repairing the dike, and Zheng Youlin's notes. All of these things exist outside the city, and things can prove my innocence."
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