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Volume One, Songjiang Mansion, Chapter 363: Killing the whole family

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    Because these boxes were so heavy, it took a lot of effort to carry them in. After Zhang Lei gave an order, Jiang Yuyang immediately opened the box closest to him, and a dazzling light suddenly burst out from inside.  They were all bright white silver ingots, probably no less than ten thousand taels, arranged neatly.  Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked and looked at Lu Guo with all their eyes. Zhang Lei showed a meaningful smile on his face and said: "Master Lu, if I remember correctly, your salary can be  We don¡¯t have much money, just enough to support a big family, and maybe there¡¯s still some wine money left, so tell me, how many lifetimes will it take for you to be an official to get such a lot of money?¡±

    Lu Guo was speechless. It was indeed as Zhang Lei said. His little salary was probably not enough for the women in the family. If it were more compact, he could buy a few books to read every month. That would be considered good.  No, how could it be possible to come up with such a large amount of money? Even a first-class official would not have had so much money in his lifetime without the emperor's reward.

    Zhang Lei continued: "Well, I also know that since Taizu, our dynasty has encouraged the descendants of various princes to be enfeoffed and let the nobles do business. Although the treasury is so poor that mice can starve to death, these princes, generals and ministers are extremely rich.  Oil, it¡¯s understandable that you have some money Of course, it depends on how much property you have. But my people have checked and found that your family doesn¡¯t have any property at all. So where does the money come from?  Let¡¯s talk about it.¡±

    "I can't say anything. Okay, Old Seventh, there's no need to say anything. This guy got all the stolen goods. I'll put him directly on death row. I'll put him on death row as well. All the other people will be put in prison to wait.  Get offended." Zhang Lei didn't have time to argue with them, but in order to convince everyone, Zhang Lei, who originally wanted to kill people directly, changed his plan and asked Jiang Yuyang to collect evidence that Lu Guo and his family were corrupt and perverted the law.  He must perfectly execute Lu Guo on the spot, so that he will not fall into the trap and other officials will be honest.

    Jiang Yuyang glanced at Lu Guo, then looked at the beautiful female relatives, and said with some uncertainty: "Master Zhang, do you want to imprison them too?"

    "Of course, Lao Qi, are you in love with one of them? If so, I can decide to reward you with one." Zhang Lei said with a smile.

    Jiang Yuyang shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, none of the brothers have women now. If there are more women, I will probably be killed by their eyes. But Master Zhang, the ladies have been away from you, and you are in need of someone to take care of you."  . It would be better to choose one, wouldn¡¯t it be nice?¡±

    "Come on, it's like what you said. No one else has. What's the point of me having a woman by my side? Besides, they are still waiting to be convicted. At that time, they will have to kill whoever deserves to be killed according to the actual situation.  , let go of what should be let go. Okay, go and do your thing quickly, I will give you three days, I will get the results in three days, now throw the person into prison." Zhang Lei  explain.

    ¡°When they heard that they were going to be put in jail, those women naturally cried and made a fuss.  How could Zhang Lei care about them? He urged the soldiers: "Hurry up and pull them away. Oh, by the way, I forgot to remind you. If any of you dares to lynch them or do something to them. I will directly  Just kill people so that you don¡¯t even have a chance to cry out for injustice, but you have to listen clearly.¡±

    After two days, it was early in the morning on the third day.  Jiang Yuyang came to Zhang Lei's study, handed several documents and letters to Zhang Lei, and said: "Master Zhang, here, these are the evidence you want. No matter who it is, they have it, but their family does not have it."  One is clean.¡±

    "Oh? It seems that your efficiency is quite good. You actually investigated so carefully. Okay, let me take a look. You go and pull them to the lobby. I will take a look at these things and go there immediately." Zhang Lei  Somewhat unexpectedly, he thought that at least those women would be clean. Now it seems that his understanding is still wrong. This is really "women are not inferior to men",

    Zhang Lei opened these documents and read them carefully, but the result surprised him. This Lu Guo was indeed a talent. He not only collected protection fees from the people, but also exploited the military pay from above. He also did not let go of his fellow officials.  He used the leverage to blackmail anyone who had money, and in just a few years he made a fortune of tens of millions.  After a while, he took these things and went to the lobby.

    When he walked through the courtyard from the study and appeared in the lobby, he found that all twenty-three members of Lu Guo's family were already kneeling there. On both sides were government servants holding signs of silence. Zhang Lei was sitting on a large table with carved nanmu.  The square shape of the chair perfectly reveals the majesty of the onlookers. Behind the seat is a picture of a tiger. Above the picture is a plaque with the words "Ding Jing Gao Hang" solemnly hanging on it.  Zhang Lei is sitting on a stool., found that the door of the lobby was crowded with people watching the excitement, Jiang Yuyang led more than a dozen people to maintain order in front of them.

    "Might Wu" The government officials on both sides struck the ground with big sticks in their hands, made a sound, and then shouted in unison. This was to remind everyone that the officials had arrived and the trial would begin.

    Zhang Lei sat upright, then slapped the crowd and said: "Quiet." He looked at the people kneeling below, and then said with a smile: "Lu Guo, how does prison food taste? It's not as delicious as yours.  Delicious food, right? Look, how can it be like this after being locked up for just a few days?"

    "It is your own fault and you will not survive. Zhang Lei, if you are still so sharp and don't know how to restrain yourself, then sooner or later you will die by your own hands. Just wait. I will go to Huangquan Road to help you explore the way first.  ." Lu Guo said through gritted teeth.

    "Oh, then I really want to thank you for your thoughtfulness. However, by the time I go down, you will probably have been reincarnated for decades. You'd better pray that you don't meet me when you are an official in your next life.  Die, otherwise if you are caught by me, pigtails, you will still not be able to escape death. If I kill you twice at once, it will be really a strange thing in the world. Not much nonsense, you see so many people outside are watching, we have to  Start quickly. I have evidence here of your corruption and perversion of the law. I have compiled it one by one. I will read each one and you will explain it to me. Remember to tell the truth. I can let you die quickly. If you make up nonsense for me.  You're making trouble, I'll give you another penalty or something like that. If you're executed in Lingchi, you'll be in pain, don't you think?" Zhang Lei didn't believe his story, and didn't bother to talk to him, so he started directly.  text.

    He opened the information Jiang Yuyang gave him in the morning and said: "Let's take a look at the first item. On August 15th, the third year of Chongzhen, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, you invited an official to your home, and then  She was drugged, and then the official touched your concubine, but you caught her on the spot and demanded a hundred thousand taels of silver as a blackmail, saying that if you didn't pay, you would report it to the emperor. You said yes  There is no such thing? Oops, I just turned to something so long ago." In order not to offend too many people, he did not directly say who the official was.

    Seeing that Zhang Lei was so confident, Lu Guo had obviously been prepared for it a long time ago. He understood that even if he denied it, it would be useless, so he said, "Well, this is the case."

    Zhang Lei snapped his fingers and said, "That's good. Who is the woman mentioned in this matter? Come forward?"

    A woman in a purple dress stood up. She was probably in her early thirties. The past few days in the cell made her look a little haggard, but even so, she could not hide her beauty.  Even a little dressing up can charm any vigorous man, let alone a man who has been drugged. It would be strange if he is not tempted.

    Zhang Lei asked: "Did Lu Guo discuss this matter with you in advance?"

    "Yes." This woman was straightforward and answered immediately when Zhang Lei asked her.

    "Very good, step back." Zhang Lei said, then picked up the pen and wrote something, then raised his head and said to Lu Guo: "Come on, let's talk about the second point. In the winter of the fourth year of Chongzhen, a certain  The official gave you 5,000 taels of silver to help him move around, and then gave you a total of 10,000 taels of silver in batches. Is this a thing? Tsk tsk, I have to say, you people are really rich.  There are tens of thousands of taels of silver just out of hand, it really matches that sentence, three years to clear the magistrate's house, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver, it is really no joke."

    Lu Guo also agreed to this matter, and then Zhang Lei read several more. The time span was as long as five years, and the amount was more than three million taels. This figure shocked Zhang Lei himself. After all  After half an hour of interrogation, Zhang Lei stood up and concluded his statement: "Very good, your whole family seems to have really complied with that sentence. If you are not a family, if you don't enter the same house, all your crimes will be on me."  , Lao Qi, take it over and sign it for them."

    After the signatures were signed, Zhang Lei said: "Okay, now let's see who dares to say that I am arbitrary. I am telling the truth and there is no fraud at all. Now I am announcing that Lu Guo's family will be here tomorrow at noon.  Pushed out of Caishikou and beheaded in public."

    Lu Guo protested and said: "Zhang Lei, you actually didn't report it to the Ministry of Punishment. I am an official of the imperial court. If you want to kill me, you must have the emperor's will. How dare you hide it."

    "Stop talking nonsense to me. I stopped believing in that nonsense many years ago. Now I have the final say here, and I'm not wronging you. Forget it, I'm too lazy to tell you, Lao Qi, did you hear that?  , I¡¯ll leave this matter to you. At noon tomorrow, Lu Guo¡¯s family will be executed.¡± Zhang Lei said.  (To be continued.)
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