AWB Chapter 169 Plot
Chapter 169 Plot
An old man working in the county government office accidentally received news from the Pingzhou government that they were going to investigate Pingzhou's salt administration.
At that time, the old man was not alert yet, thinking that since Boss Wei was not involved, nothing would happen.
The people of Pingzhou worked together to hide the truth from the officials coming from the capital.
However, this matter had become so serious that it could not be hidden so easily. Their collusion in concealing the truth had already caused dissatisfaction among the imperial envoys, so they gathered together in private to think of a solution.
They were unwilling to give up the money they had obtained, but they also did not want to go to jail, so they had no choice but to ask Ji Kang for a solution.
Ji Kang couldn't protect them, but as people on the same boat, their interests were inseparable. Even if Ji Kang didn't gain any benefits from them, he had always been in charge of the salt administration in Pingzhou, and he couldn't run away if something went wrong.
Ji Kang had a headache.
At that time, he had just been the magistrate of Pingzhou for a few years and it was a time when he needed to make some political achievements to show off to others, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen at the last minute.
He was annoyed by the salt merchants' quarrels, "Have you ever thought about giving gifts?"
One of them stood up and said, "I have thought about it, of course, but the imperial envoy is a stubborn person. No matter what reason we use, we cannot see him. That's why we beg you to give us a solution, or ask the imperial envoy for some leniency."
"If I go, it will be bad news," Ji Kang frowned, "How about this, you go quietly, and I will help you to find out the situation with the imperial envoy."
It was a lie to help the salt merchants to find out the truth. Ji Kang didn't want to take the initiative to offend the imperial envoy at this moment.
He coaxed people from both sides and took advantage of both sides.
Just as the salt merchants were about to have nowhere to go, a small story suddenly appeared on the streets of Pingzhou.
The story is actually about the fights between kids.
There is a story about a group of children who were playing at one of their homes. During the fight, they accidentally knocked over a family heirloom that was enshrined in the house. They silently picked up the pieces, took them outside and buried them in the soil. They kept the incident deep in their hearts and no one dared to tell anyone.
Later, the naughty kid was found. He was the child of the family whose heirloom was broken.
The reason was that his parents dug up fragments of a family heirloom in the yard.
That's the end of the story.
No one knew where the news came from, but the salt merchants had discovered the mystery behind it. They had secret discussions for several days, and finally one night, they set their sights on the grain merchant Wei and some other merchants.
The honest and hardworking Boss Wei was caught off guard and was tricked by them. When he reacted, it was too late. The government's arrest warrant had already arrived at his doorstep, and they were just about to arrest him.
His six-year-old son escaped the disaster because he sent him to an old friend's house.
The imperial court had no intention of taking action against the child, so the old friend hid the Wei family's child in his own home for ten years, fearing that his identity would be discovered.
It was not until the child grew up and heard about the incident from other people that his old friend was forced to tell him the whole story.
And kindly guide him in the right direction. Even if you want to take revenge, you have to punish them according to the law. Otherwise, even if you have all the evidence in your hands, you cannot harm them in the slightest.
The sixteen-year-old boy devoted himself to studying literature and martial arts, hoping to use this opportunity to get in touch with a noble person and avenge his parents.
But it had been ten years since the case happened. Ten years is neither long nor short, and there are many things that can be hidden in that time.
The boy searched everywhere but found nothing.
Three years passed after that, and the young man thought he had enough evidence to overthrow his enemy in one fell swoop.
So he visited the salt merchants who were involved in the incident one by one, trying to persuade them to help him and testify for those innocent people who died tragically.
But he never expected that those salt merchants were the masterminds who framed his parents and those innocent people at that time. How could they be willing to come forward and ruin the good reputation they had built up for a long time, let alone testify for the young man.
Seeing the boy's clear and trusting eyes, they suddenly felt guilty, but they did not dare to reveal the truth of that year, so they could only speak vaguely and beat the boy out.
In his previous life, the young man was blinded by hatred. That night, he took his sword and ran straight to the residence of Ji Kang, who was then the governor of Pingzhou.
The young man didn't know that Ji Kang was also one of the beneficiaries back then. He just hated all the people in the government equally, and Ji Kang was naturally the first to suffer.
The result is predictable. The boy was hacked to pieces beyond recognition and he couldn't even close his eyes before he died.
Yuan Qing slowly opened his eyes.
This time the plot is much more detailed than what we got before.
Because the truth is explained from multiple perspectives, some plots that did not appear in the original book are presented this time.
Ji Kang hid himself perfectly in that case, so it would be difficult to catch him unless he still had evidence of his involvement in the conspiracy.
But this is impossible.
It can be seen from that case that Ji Kang is a very cunning person and there is no way he would keep such a deadly handle.
Another thing that puzzled her was where the silver that the salt merchants handed over went.
As far as she knew, the national treasury was severely depleted that year, and many places had suffered from disasters and were waiting for the court to allocate funds for relief.
Emperor Yuan Heng and his father tried many ways but failed to fill the vacancy.
If you say that the royal family is secretly controlling it...
At that time, Wen Chengmin, the eldest of Emperor Yuanheng's sons, was only twelve years old and was still mentally retarded.
Emperor Yuanheng was 28 years old when he ascended the throne. One year after he took the throne, he married his 15-year-old aunt, who was in her prime at the time, and other concubines on the pretext of expanding his harem.
From then on, he completely pulled the entire Yuan family onto his boat.
The reason why it was his turn to sit on the throne was actually because the previous princes had fought too fiercely, hurting each other and causing the royal family to be almost destroyed, leaving only a few people who could inherit the throne.
Even if there were some royal relatives left, they were swiftly suppressed by Emperor Yuan Heng with thundering means after he came to power, which weakened their power and frightened them so much that they dared not think of rebellion for nearly ten years.
If it was the royal family members who were plotting in secret, it was not impossible, but other reasons could not be ruled out.
The whereabouts of the large sum of silver became a mystery. My father tracked it down for years but couldn't find even a trace of it. It was as if it had disappeared out of thin air.
Roudun'er's voice came over: [Sister Qing, why did the plot progress suddenly increase by two points? ]
Because the entire framework is so huge, there are many things that Yuan Qing needs to solve. The plot progress increases by a few points at a time, and this time it increased by two points at once, which even woke up Roudun'er who was practicing.