After letting the officials of the yamen be busy for several days, it was not until the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month that the newly-command of Wei County announced the dispersion of the yamen. In this way, the county government will no longer handle daily official duties in the next half month, and both officials and servants will disperse themselves, making the originally lively place deserted.

Of course, it is not to say that everyone who works in the county government has returned home. At least one place has to be kept in the prison, and that is, the prison. Although there are not many prisoners in the prison, the superiors and subordinates still dare not slackew. After all, Zhuang Hong is still locked up inside now.

However, unlike ordinary prisoners who were imprisoned in a narrow, humid and smelly cell, the environment for Mr. Zhuang to go to jail was much better. Not only did he live alone in a room the size of three ordinary cells, but he was also fully clothed, and there were books and other items for him to enjoy. It can be said that except for his limitation of freedom and being unable to walk out of the cell, Zhuang Hong looked no different from the inn's guest rooms.

At this time, it was time for dinner, and a prisoner even brought a three-layer food box into the cell and smiled carefully and said with a pleasant smile: "Master Zhuang, today are some of the specialty side dishes from Xinxiang Pavilion. I wonder if it's up to you? If it's not good, I'll let someone go to another table."

"Forget it, just make do with it." Zhuang Hong looked at the pale face, but his face turned pale, and he was no different from before. He waved his hand and asked the prison guard to leave like a servant.

Just when the man was relieved and wanted to turn away, a voice came from outside: "This is too bad to treat Lord Zhuang. In two days, it's New Year's Eve, so I have to eat some good food. I have prepared some authentic Jiangnan delicacies here, and I'm here to make a drunk together." As he spoke, the man came to the front, and when the lantern in the prison head was shining next to him, Feng Ping's face appeared.

"Okay, there are some days when you don't have the use of Jiangnan food. Take these out and share them with your brothers." Zhuang Hong said with a smile on the food box placed on the table.

The prison head and the prison guard quickly claimed their gratitude, happily carried the food box and left, not daring to disturb the two adults. This time they made money, and this set of wine and food alone was worth three taels of silver, which was worth their monthly salary, so of course the money was paid by the dealer.

Feng Ping entered the cell casually and took out several dishes from the food box he picked up, but they were Dongpo pork, sweet and sour fish, dried bamboo shoots and duck soup... Seven or eight dishes were placed there, all of which were full of flavor and flavor, which attracted people's appetite. With a small jar of high-end daughter's red, there was really no shortage.

Seeing the other party placing dishes and pouring wine, Zhuang Hong looked calm. Until Feng Ping brought the wine to him, he spoke: "You are not really here to treat me to wine today, right? Is there something wrong outside? The move I taught you was broken?"

Feng Ping drank the wine and lit the bottom of the glass again. Then he sighed and said, "You guessed it right. I thought that having gathered so many people would make Wei Magistrate retreat at least, but he unexpectedly dealt with it again. Do you know who is the one who ruined our good deeds?"

"Is that Li Ling again?" Zhuang Hong picked up a small piece of scallion oil tofu and savored it. He sneered, "There is no good person in front of Wei Liang for the time being."

"It's this kid. I don't know what he used to do, but he easily frightened all the more than a dozen families. Yesterday I asked someone to go to several families to inquire, but they just refused to tell the whole story. Tsk, this kid is really a big trouble!"

"Yes, I underestimated him, so I fell into trouble. Now I am locked up here. County Magistrate Feng, you have to be careful and stop being caught by him."

"Don't worry, I'm much more cautious than you. Take this time, I waited until there was no one in the yamen before coming to see you." Feng Ping said, and took another sip of wine and frowned, "We can't just let this boy show off his power, right? Starting next year, he will work in the county government office, and he is still in charge of household housing."

"This is a long time ago, otherwise why did Wei Liang open up all the households? Isn't it just to make people who trust him hold on to their money bags. But Li Ling is just a little man after all, and our biggest trouble is Wei Liang."

"Of course I know this, but he is the county magistrate of this county. We are all his subordinates. What can we do to him? To be honest, he is also powerful enough. As soon as he takes office, he dares to make such noises and is not afraid of causing trouble."

"So we underestimated him," Zhuang Hong also drank the wine and poured another glass of it himself, saying, "He must have a backer in the court, so he is not afraid of making trouble. We mistakenly regard him as the county magistrates before, so that we will have a mistake this time. But it doesn't matter, we can't deal with him, there will always be someone who can deal with him."

"You mean..." Feng Ping pointed his hand up, and his meaning was very clear.

"I asked Zhuang Qiang to go to Hengzhou for this idea."

"But the superiors are really willing to help us deal with him? You said that the county magistrate has a backer."

"He has a backer and is far away in the capital. How could he relieve his thirst in the far water?"

"But the question is, is it possible for the government office to be enemies with him in order to protect us?"

"It's not for us, but for their own sake! Do you think all the money I've gotten in the past few years has been put into my own pocket? In addition to the distribution to the subordinates, most of the other ones have been taken to me to take care of. If it weren't for this time, I might have gone further next year and found an errand in the government office."

Feng Ping was shocked when he heard what he said. He really didn't expect that Zhuang Hong had such a trick, and he was kept in the dark by him. But at this time he didn't care about these things, so he frowned again: "Isn't it a bit too much for fear of being implicated by you?"

"Of course there is something more important. Have you forgotten the matter of donating jute?" Zhuang Hong smiled, "This was originally proposed by Li Ling to completely pull me off and to let the people of the whole city stand opposite me. But he was too young after all, and he didn't know that some things could be said, and some things could not be said randomly.

"The donation of jute seems to be just a bad thing for me, but in fact it involves major events in one prefecture and five counties. No one knew it was okay before, but now it's completely different."

"Why didn't I see the difference? I didn't see anyone getting stuck in this anymore?"

"That's because it's not the time now. But by the time you collect jute donations in April next year, it's completely different. Since the money shouldn't be paid by our county, and we have paid it for eighteen years, do you think the people will agree to continue paying it?"

"Of course not." Feng Ping immediately shook his head.

"That's it, there will inevitably be chaos, and it is definitely not what the people in the government office want to see. So as long as we make a fuss about this matter, it will be enough for Wei Liang to lose money. Humph, he thought he had already controlled the overall situation, but he didn't know that he was actually sitting on the tip of the knife. Once the situation changes, the first unlucky one will be him, the new county magistrate!

"In addition to my many years of business connections, the government office will definitely take action after the New Year, which is enough to take all the relevant cases. By then, it would be a matter of one sentence for me to overturn the case?"

Feng Ping finally understood his overall plan this time. No wonder Zhuang Hong was still as stable as Mount Tai even in prison. It turned out that he had already been able to protect himself. He sighed unconsciously: "Such far-sighted, no wonder you, Zhuang Dianshi, can never fall in this county for ten years. I admire you, admire!"

"Hmph... I still suffered a loss after all. When I come out, Li Ling must regret everything he did!" After gritting his teeth, Zhuang Hong picked up a piece of Dongpo pork and chewed it and swallowed it, as if he was eating Li Ling's meat.

However, behind his confident appearance, he was still hesitant, but he didn't know if his brother had done the work when he went to the city. It's been several days since this, so I think there should be a result, right?

...

Zhuang Qiang could not remember how many times he had come to the Shen family to ask for a meeting. Anyway, he bought a small amount of money. Yesterday, he even sent a box of pearls worth 5,000 taels of silver, but he could only drink tea in the doorman... If it were Mr. Zhuang, he would have been involved in it long ago.

But this time, Zhuang Qiang, who had already received advice from his brother, could only endure his anger, pretend to be a grandson, and come to the door to ask for a meeting again and again.

Fortunately, Tutor Shen did not mess with official duties like before, and sent him away as an excuse for his health, but instead asked someone to take him to the small hall inside to talk. This made Zhuang Qiang finally breathe a sigh of relief, and then took out ten taels of silver to deal with the concierge and the servants who led him into.

"Caomin Zhuangqiang greets Lord Shen, I will give you a happy old age here first." After seeing Shen Han sitting in the hall, Zhuangqiang quickly approached two steps and knelt on the ground to salute.

Shen Han is over forty years old and has a pair of slender eyes. He is looking at Zhuang Qiang at this moment, and then he waved his hand for a while: "Get up and talk. Are you the brother of Zhuang Dianshi, Jiangcheng County?"

"It's... it was. My brother who was framed a few days ago and was in the county jail. This time, the young man was desperate and came to find an adult to save my brother." Feeling the pressure faintly emitted by the other party, Zhuang Qiang's heart tightened, so he didn't dare to gossip and got to the point.

Before he could tell the details of the matter, Shen Han had already cut it off and said, "I have heard of this matter. It was done by the new Jiangcheng County Magistrate Wei Liang?"

"Yes, but my brother was wronged. He has always been cautious and diligent in his work. How could he say corruption come about? It is clearly a false accusation... and the matter of donating jute is even more a huge misunderstanding. I think with the wisdom of Lord Shen and the wise men of the government office, I will definitely see the problem."
Chapter completed!