Zou Yan stepped on someone else's shoulders and climbed up the wall. He saw the lights on in the room and the shadows of people moving around the small window. He could tell with just a glance that there were many people inside.
To avoid alarming others, Zou Yan found out the situation and jumped off the wall, "There must be a lot of people inside. They are gathering for gambling when they hear this."
Yang Zheng immediately ordered, "Take the other two skilled brothers and jump in. Ask one of them to open the door softly. The other two will guard those people and be careful that they have other passages."
Zou Yan nodded and quietly led the two of them in. Soon the courtyard door was opened from the inside.
The soft sound when the wooden door opened made Yang Zheng and others hold their breath. Fortunately, the people inside were immersed in gambling and did not hear the movement outside.
The next move is even faster.
Several people guarded the doors everywhere. Yang Zheng and the remaining people kicked open the door and went in with a knife. The people inside were caught in a daze.
In less than two quarters of an hour, Yang Zheng returned to the Yamen with a bunch of gamblers in hand.
Yang Zheng must inform Meng Changqing about such a major event.
Meng Changqing was eating a bowl of hot and sour sweet potato noodles when he saw Bafang rushing over and said: "Brother Yang has arrested a bunch of people and said they were gathering for gambling. Go and have a look!"
Meng Changqing was so angry that he sneered, put down most of the bowl of noodles and rushed to the front office.
Seeing a row of people kneeling in the hall, Meng Changqing called Yang Zheng to ask about the situation. He was not in a hurry to deal with those people, but followed Yang Zheng to the scene to see the situation in the room.
"Look, the wall is as high as one person. If you hadn't looked for it carefully, who would have known that someone would block it." Yang Zheng pushed open the half-open door, "There are so many families, but this one is the only one with the highest wall. Earlier, here There was the incident of Ma Lishan stealing food. I thought he was just trying to prevent theft, but I didn't expect him to want to make such a fortune
After Sun Tzu's incident, we only paid attention to empty houses and never thought that someone would be bold enough to set up a blockade in our own house. ”
Meng Changqing walked forward while listening and entered the room. He frowned instantly, and the room was filled with a strange stench.
Noticing Meng Changqing's actions, Yang Zheng immediately asked someone to open the window, "Sir, why don't you stand at the door and take a look. The urine bucket inside is almost full, and the smell will be heavier if you go in."
Meng Changqing covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves and walked inside.
The furnishings in the room were simple. After looking around for a while, Meng Changqing hurriedly walked out.
There are two shabby square tables inside, with carved wooden dice and bowls of unhusked corn on them. In addition, there are several benches, and several bags of grain are piled in the corner. Next to the grain is a urine bucket. .
"This bunch of bitches." Meng Changqing gritted his teeth, "Ansheng will not live a long life, and he will not be happy if he has to find him. In this case, I will help them."
When Meng Changqing returned to the county government office, he did not sit in court for interrogation. He only stood in front of those people and asked: "Who among you wants to argue?"
The group of people all lowered their heads, trembling and looking pitiful, and no one dared to speak.
Meng Changqing asked again: "Do you admit that you participated in gambling?"
When she said this, her tone was calm, and it sounded like everything was easy to discuss.
In this way, those people were not as scared as before, and they all recognized it.
"Since you admitted that you did something illegal, you will definitely be punished." Meng Changqing didn't say anything about punishment. He just walked aside with Yang Zheng and explained, "These people will be tied up here all night."
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Yang Zheng was surprised, "That's it? You are too kind."
Meng Changqing said: "I haven't finished yet. After being tied up for a night, I will put them in a cell and ask them to keep Ma Lishan company.
They were put in cells at night and driven to the mountains to chop firewood during the day. They were stipulated how much each person could chop every day. Those who fell short of the stipulated number would be whipped when they came back.
You must take care of the safety of the brothers who are on guard, give them less woodcutter, ask them to take turns using it, and find ways to create conflicts within them to prevent them from becoming one. Don't go too deep into the mountains and be careful. ”
"Yes, I understand." Yang Zhengxin said, this is the Master Meng he knew, and asked: "How long will these people be detained?"
"Then it depends on them. I want fifty carts of firewood. They can go out when they finish cutting it."
"Yes!"
"Remember to write down today's situation and post it outside the yamen tomorrow so that these people can't find them at home."
The people who were tied up in the court kept looking to the side, wanting to hear what the county master and the others were muttering about, and even more, wanting to know how the Yamen was going to punish them.
To raise or shrink one's head is just a knife. Judging from the tone of the county master just now, there should be no serious punishment, at most, a few slaps.
They knelt there and waited and waited, but the county master did not come back. The impatient people wanted to straighten up and take a look, but when he didn't move, the Yamen guard next to them swung his scabbard over and said, "Don't move!"
Those who are brave enough to laugh along ask: "Master Cha, how long will we kneel down?"
No one answered, Meng Changqing specifically asked not to tell them.
The group of people knelt on the ground and waited. When their left knee was numb, they shifted their focus to the right knee. But no matter how they changed, both knees soon became unable to bear the pain.
Some people wanted to ask, but as soon as they opened their mouths, the yamen guard scolded them to shut up.
They knelt like this until it was time for the government officials to change their shifts. They had lost all feeling from their knees to their calves. Finally, they heard a government official say, "My lord, please forgive me. If you are tired of kneeling, you can squat down."
After hearing this, some people immediately fell down and wanted to take the opportunity to rest for a while. Others immediately imitated the situation.
The guard deliberately waited for tea time before urging them to squat down.
Not to mention that squatting is more comfortable than kneeling. Some people can actually fall asleep while squatting.
Some people could sleep, but others couldn't. As the night passed, the Yamen still hadn't announced their punishment. Anyone with a little brain would know that the so-called punishment was definitely not simple.
"Get up! Can the lobby of the county government be a place for you to sleep?" The new government officials had a bad temper and kept cursing and kicking their butts.
They were tied into a bunch again and went out from the county government gate. They didn't know where they were going. They just went to a place where there were people. The yamen servant at the front suddenly sounded the gong, "The county government announced that everywhere in Beishan County, Gambling is strictly prohibited and violators will be arrested.”
Zheng Linsheng huddled in the middle of the team and kept muttering in a low voice, "We are being paraded through the streets to play dice. The government has nothing to do."
The people behind encouraged him, "Speak louder so that the poor man can hear you."
Zheng Linsheng was not brainless, he also knew how to turn around and glare at the person who encouraged him.
They thought that being paraded through the streets was the end of their punishment, but they didn't expect that once the prison door was closed, these dozen people were completely dumbfounded.
The government servant who untied the hemp rope for them kindly reminded them, "Take the time to rest and go up the mountain to chop firewood in an hour."
Some people thought that this person had some kind intentions and immediately asked the yamen official, "How will the yamen punish us?"
"Then who knows?" the Yamen servant said deliberately, "Who told you to cause trouble under Mr. Meng? Mr. Meng has many ways to torture people.
I would like to tell you that the gambling cadre from before, the one named Sun, was beaten until he was bloody and driven away.
As for you, it’s hard to say. "(End of Chapter)