Crossing town house man and wife

Two days later, Wu Ming went to Liaoxi again, sent Yan Heng's decision there, and took Yao Zhong over there.

After two days of suppression and arrests, peace has been restored in Xiangping City, but many deep houses and courtyards have become empty houses, and the men, women, children, and children inside—regardless of masters and servants—have become prisoners, and all their property and even They themselves were all received by the Sheriff's Office.

At the same time, the county guard's mansion in Liaodong was also mostly empty.All the slaves who participated in the rebellion were executed, and their families were also sent to places like mines to do hard labor.The servants who did not participate in the rebellion but did not report to them were not spared either. They received ten lashes each, and then they were expelled from Xiangping City together with their families and became civilians.

On the surface, this is the benevolence of the Sheriff's Office.But in fact, although these people have gained a free status, they have also lost all their property.Yan Heng would not mercifully allow them to take away the wealth he had accumulated in the county guard's mansion for many years of searching. They would be searched before leaving the mansion. Except for a suit of clothes, the rest should not be taken away.

At this season, this year, with no money, no food, and no shelter from the wind and rain, there are very few ways out for this group of people after leaving the city.Those with a bit of backbone may go to the mountains and forests to give it a go.Those who are spineless but ruthless are likely to find a small county and resell themselves.And those who have a little bit of backbone but are not decisive enough, nine out of ten will freeze and starve to death before the arrival of spring.

From this point of view, letting them go is actually more cruel than killing them directly.

But who cares?

After receiving the news that the rebellion had subsided, Yan Heng turned his energy back to Liaoxi.

Immigrants by the sea have arrived one after another.

When the first batch of immigrants settled in, Yan Heng personally came forward and held a simple banquet for them.

There were only steamed buns and broth at the banquet, and the soup was mostly water without meat, but the immigrants who had just gone through a long journey still ate very happily.

In this day and age, eating is the biggest problem. As long as this problem is solved, the rest will be no problem.

Wu Ming also attended this simple banquet with neither etiquette nor fine wines together with Yan Heng, but he was not interested in performing any people-friendly performances, nor did he care about those steamed buns mixed with wheat bran and the broth full of bone dregs. No appetite.

In fact, Yan Heng himself did not take a sip of soup or eat a piece of meat at this banquet. He just showed his face to let the immigrants know that he is promoting the migration and will continue to pay attention to this matter.

In March, most of the migrants had already arrived at the scheduled relocation location. Yan Heng also completely straightened out the bureaucratic system in western Liaoning. Those who could be plugged in, those who could be replaced, were just waiting for the next earthquake. After that, kill again.

The local gentry officials in western Liaoning did not respond to the immigration.They all know that too many people have died this time. If they do not migrate from other places, they will not be able to recover after 30 to [-] years of recuperation by the locals themselves.What's more, Yan Heng didn't ask them for money or food, they just need to stand on the sidelines, and then they can sit back and enjoy the benefits, why not do it?

The surrounding counties only sent envoys to investigate the disaster situation, and Yan Heng was fooled for a while before getting away.

At this moment, most people's expectations for the change of dynasty are still at the level of thinking about it. No one thinks that this matter can be put into practice, and naturally they have no interest in the neighboring counties.

But Yan Heng swallowed Liaoxi this time, not for the purpose of expanding the territory.

Exactly, not entirely for this purpose.

Perhaps, this annexation will be his first step in striving for world hegemony.

perhaps……

In March, the north has begun to warm up, and the ice and snow in some areas have also begun to melt.

Seeing that the big earthquake predicted by Shang Gui was coming, Yan Heng did not choose to stay in Liaoxi, and set off back to Liaodong with Wu Ming, Yao Zhong and other confidantes.

Several members of the Ruan family were also brought back together.

At this time, no matter how stupid the Ruan family was, they knew that the situation was not good. The sheriff's office didn't treat them as in-laws at all, and their son didn't treat them as parents and brothers.

But it was too late to escape at this time, not to mention that Wu Ming was not polite to them at all, and had them all tied up, gagged, put into cages like animals, and transported in a carriage, only given to them every day. Two chances to eat and defecate.

When they returned to Xiangping City, everyone from Ruan Huan to Ruan Ning was tortured to death.

Wu Ming didn't intend to kill them. After returning to Xiangping County Guard's Mansion, he asked Yan Heng to find a yard for them to live in, and arranged for a medical officer to provide them with restorative treatment.

Ruan Cheng's elder brother, Ruan Jin, was found as early as the end of last month.

As Wu Ming expected, this guy had bad luck during the earthquake, his already injured leg was smashed again by the falling cabinet, and he was completely unusable after that.The most trusted servant was also buried alive by the collapsed courtyard wall during the night watch, and was out of breath when he was dug out.

The wife who stayed with him was safe and sound, but after finding that Ruan Jin was completely incapacitated and had no loyal servants to protect her, the woman took away all his belongings and eloped with a servant of her natal family .

Fortunately, Yao Zhong's people found him, otherwise, he would probably starve to death in the house.

"Your elder brother is actually a eunuch." When reporting the matter to Wu Ming, Yao Zhong also told him what Yan Heng asked him to investigate, "The reason why your father gave up his eldest son , because he can’t have children at all—the thing on him is useless, and the wife he married is just a shame display.”

A heavenly eunuch and a white tiger.

What is the origin of the two children of the Ruan family?

Wu Ming couldn't help but have black lines all over his head, and suddenly thought of Ruan Cheng.

Although Ruan Cheng's functions are quite normal, she has a problem with her appearance. She is not close to women on weekdays, and she is afraid of being seen as a joke.If it was someone else's family, this kind of behavior might be praised as self-discipline, but the Ruan family already has a good-for-nothing brother, and Ruan Cheng's behavior can easily be interpreted by his father as beyond his power.

The truth is just as Wu Ming guessed.

After some interrogation and investigation, Yao Zhong had ripped off the Ruan family's underpants.The reason why Ruan Huan raised a concubine as an heir was because he felt that the two concubines were infertile. Obviously, there was something wrong with Yang's lineage. Even if she had a concubine, it would probably be the same trash. .

But this kind of scandal is not easy to publicize. If it gets out, people may think that Ruan Huan has this problem.Ruan Huan didn't dare to divorce his wife, so he could only turn to raise his sons, and tried every means to take away the inheritance rights of the two sons.

Wu Ming has no interest in meddling in the Ruan family's troubles, but some things should be settled, even if Yan Heng's sheriff's mansion is really good with those few pairs of chopsticks, it's not good for Yan Heng to keep them for nothing.

On the second day after returning to Xiangping, Yan Heng led people out to check the disaster prevention preparations in and around the city, while Wu Ming asked Yao Zhong for a token that allowed him to enter and exit the side courtyard, and planned to take Ruan Cheng out of the side courtyard .

Since Lu Liang's soul was taken away, Wu Ming hadn't seen Ruan Cheng again. He always felt that it would be better not to be out of sight and out of mind than to get itchy teeth and be reluctant to do anything after meeting.

Today, Wu Ming just planned to see Ruan Cheng for the last time.

Ruan Cheng didn't know about this, and when she saw Wu Ming coming in, she immediately took precautions.

"Put this on!" Wu Ming threw away a set of attendant's clothes with his hands.

"What do you want to do?" Ruan Cheng asked vigilantly.

"Take you to reunite with your superb family members." Wu Ming said.

Ruan Cheng was stunned for a moment before catching the word family, and her expression changed immediately, "You brought my family here too?!"

"They delivered it themselves." Wu Ming mockingly replied.

"They are innocent!" Ruan Cheng clenched her fists and yelled angrily, "There is a wronged person and a debtor, so can't you come to me alone?!"

"That's right." Wu Ming smiled coldly, "but the problem is that you are no longer the only one who has a grudge against me now! Your elder brother has plotted against me again and again, and even prepared poison for me Your father also wants to use me to seek benefits and pave the way for your concubine brother! By the way, your mother and your brother don’t have any enmity with me, why don’t I let them go and just settle accounts with you father and son?”

"No...it won't..." Ruan Cheng was stunned for a moment, "Brother...he shouldn't know that you are not..."

"He really doesn't know." Wu Ming's smile remained unchanged, "It's you who he wants to plot against, and I'm just your scapegoat!"

"He..." Ruan Cheng was finally speechless.He knew very well that his elder brother could indeed do such a thing.

"Change clothes." Wu Ming urged impatiently, "The business between you and me will be settled today."

"How do you want to end it?!" Ruan Cheng immediately panicked again.

"Of course everyone belongs to you!" Wu Ming stared, "Are you still planning to let me support your parents?!"

"Ah?" Ruan Cheng's mood suddenly jumped from panic to stunned, "Do you want to change your body back?"

"Do you want to?" Wu Ming asked with raised eyebrows.

Ruan Cheng immediately shook her head.

Although Wu Ming's body is not as easy to use as his own, it is a typical male body, with neither an embarrassing appearance nor a troublesome appearance.Even Yan Heng, who made his hair stand on end, had no interest in such a body, he only glanced at him through the window when he was first arrested, and never showed his face again after that.

Ruan Cheng immediately felt that this was the best body in the world.

"Don't worry, I can't get it back." Of course, Wu Ming didn't want that tattered body that hadn't been alive for a few years, "You can only reunite with your family in another capacity."

"What do you want to do?" Ruan Cheng looked at Wu Ming suspiciously.

"Get your family members out of the Sheriff's Mansion." Wu Ming said coldly, "I'm not interested in raising them for nothing."

"You didn't raise it." Ruan Cheng muttered in a low voice.

"Even if you are being raised by Yan Heng, what can you be proud of?" Wu Ming gritted his teeth and said, "Do you want me to give you back the status of the county magistrate's wife? Let you be raised by him too?"

"No!" Ruan Cheng immediately shivered.

"Then change clothes!" Wu Ming snorted from his nostrils.

Ruan Cheng gritted her teeth, reached out and picked up the attendants on the ground, but then glared and said, "You go out first!"

"Damn, are you afraid that I won't be able to see it?" Wu Ming was amused, "Do you think there is anything else on you that I haven't seen?"

"..." Ruan Cheng was depressed to find that he was speechless.