Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Ding Tian left immediately, leaving a group of people looking at each other in blank dismay.

The guards on duty at the concierge today are also two people with personalities, and they directly extended their hands to "please" them out.

Ma Dashan thought about it for a while, and felt that Ding Tian didn't want gifts for nothing because of his in-laws, so he took his things and left happily.

He thought that this person was pretty good at pretending, and he was so scared that he thought this matter was dirty.

After returning home, he gave his son-in-law a huge gift, which made the son-in-law puzzled, but he didn't care about the gift, but asked if their posts had been sent out?

Ma Dashan told his son-in-law very arrogantly: "That Ding Tian is quite knowledgeable about current affairs, so send it!"

The young master rubbed his chin and smiled: "That's pretty good..."

In fact, Ding Tian was in a very bad mood. When he came home from a business trip that day, Wang Zuo happened to be there, so he threw the invitation on the pit table, with a look of bad luck on his face: "The Ma family gave it to you."

"Did their family find you?" Wang Zuo asked knowingly, because he had already received a tip, Ding Tian confiscated the gift, but accepted the post, which is interesting.

It's not that no one has plotted against Ding Tian, ​​but Wang Zuo basically blocked him.

This time, it was because the Ma family went directly to the government office and blatantly approached the door. How can we stop this?The people over there were inexperienced, so they rushed in front of Ding Tian.

"Well, they found me, and they all found my order... We went to the government office!" Ding Tian became anxious for a moment, and almost said "unit", and quickly changed his words: "I'm so mad!"

"Then you still give me this thing?" Wang Zuo looked at the invitation, although it looked like a high-end product at first glance, but he was as disgusted as seeing a piece of shit.

"It was a favor from me... Let me tell you, he has an undercover agent in our government office!" Ding Tian said angrily, "Really!

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"How could it be?" Wang Zuo felt that the Ma family had acquaintances in the government office, but "undercover"?Is it too exaggerated?

"Why not!" Ding Tian almost jumped up: "He knew that I wanted to buy Jiuzhen Spice Shop, and he brought a gift today

And the deed, I don't want it! "

"Oh?" Wang Zuo asked him, "Why not? You just give me the invitation."

"If I accept the gift, wouldn't it be the same as selling you?" Ding Tian wrinkled his nose: "I put this post in front of you, but do you want to read it or go? I don't have to say a word , want to play this game with me, hum!"

Ding Tian's approach is to deal with it coldly, but he is very concerned about someone talking to the Ma family: "Tell me, I will talk to Mr. Fu Zun tomorrow, okay? This matter needs to be prepared by Mr. Fu Zun."

"Okay, you have time to talk about it tomorrow. I'm here today and I brought you something delicious..." Wang Zuo changed the subject, and Wang Fugui had already brought up a huge plate, bigger than a shark's fin plate, made of wood Yes, a baked rabbit on top!

The squeaking kind!

"Wow!" Ding Tian looked at Wang Zuo: "You invited me to dinner today?"

Conscience found out?still……? ?

"I went out today and brought back a few rabbits. I was thinking of you, so I stopped making dinner. I asked the cook to come over and make a roasted rabbit meat. I have roasted several rabbits. This one is the best, and I will keep it for you." Wang Zuo was quite proud: "There are a few pheasants too, let Mrs. Jin take them back to make soup for drinking, and her little grandson will also make up for it."

Aunt Jin now has some income, and Ding Tian’s family has always had more things than less. One chicken today, and two ducks tomorrow, the old lady is a little fatter, and her little grandson is also fatter. Some.

It's no longer the disheveled face it used to be.

"Yeah!" Ding Tian drooled as he looked at the roasted rabbit, "Eat, eat!"

He hurriedly changed his clothes and came out, and saw that the roasted rabbit had been cut open by Wang Zuo, and he was sprinkling chili powder, cumin powder and white sesame seeds on it.

These are the three major seasonings for barbecue.

The roasted rabbit meat was really delicious, especially the scrambled eggs with tomatoes. When two rice dishes were served, Ding Tian ate the rabbit meat with vegetables and his mouth was full of oil.

Wang Zuo looked at what he was eating and said, "How are you feeling?"

"En!" Ding Tian patted the rabbit's leg in his hand: "Sure enough, delicious food is the panacea for my heartache!"

Wang Zuo nodded: "Mmm..."

He remembered.

"When will the Ma family stop jumping?" Ding Tian was full and strong, and began to complain again: "Look at them

home is annoying. "

"They will definitely be dealt with before the Mid-Autumn Festival." Wang Zuozhen answered Ding Tian's complaining question.

Ding Tian didn't even think about it: "That's fine."

He knew that Wang Zuo seemed to have a lot of things going on, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed in this small Beifeng Mansion without moving, and people outside who wanted to see him would be blocking the gate of the inn every day.

He just went to the government office that day, and the atmosphere in the government office in the past two days has been very relaxed, and Du Zhifu even walks with wind.

I heard from Mr. Du that in the past when working, the superiors and subordinates were okay, and those at the same level were almost on guard against each other; but this time, the track and field went to Beichong Mansion, and the journey went smoothly, and the head catcher of Beichong Mansion personally accompanied him. Investigate!

So Ding Tian never inquired about those things about Wang Zuo. To be honest, those things...he didn't quite understand them either.

The next day when he was on a business trip, he told Prefect Du, and Prefect Du stroked his beard and said, "I know about it. In fact, Master Du has long known who loves to sell the news of the government office to outsiders. When the time comes, Let's clean up together."

Ding Tian felt relieved.

And Wang Zuo's side is indeed going to close the net.

"My lord, isn't it a bit early at this time?" Liu Wenbin disagreed: "The caravan hasn't returned yet!"

"It's getting late." Wang Zuo issued the order: "August is coming soon, and the autumn harvest is coming. We can't delay the autumn harvest, and the barbarians are easy to come and plunder after the autumn harvest. If we wait until after the autumn harvest, the people who will suffer are the common people. , Before the autumn harvest, pull out these moths, and cut them off directly after the autumn, without them, this king wants to see if the barbarians dare to buckle the edge!"

"But... will it cause any public discussion?" Liu Wenbin was very thoughtful: "After all, their family is a local rich family."

It is said that there are three house numbers alone, and there are hundreds of people, including servants, and there are three to five hundred numbers.

"No!" Wang Zuo said confidently, "Let's do it!"

If we talk about their family, we can't say it is a "gentry family", because according to today's standards, they are just country gentry, not gentry.

To be worthy of being called a gentry, at least one of the ancestors in the family has been an official, and they have to keep farming and studying, and pass on poems and books to the family.

Only then can it be regarded as a "legacy of farming and studying". It would be even better if there are Juren in every generation.

Only when every generation has a family who has passed the Jinshi examination can it be regarded as a "scholarly family".

Whether you are an official or not.

The Ma family can be called "squires" at most, that is, they have a little prestige or popularity in front of the villagers in the village, and they are definitely not the class of "gentry".

If you want to deal with their family, you don't have to worry about public opinion at all.

What's more, the Ma family's reputation in Beifeng Mansion is not good. Their family is the only family that has opened a kiln, and the kiln sisters are not allowed to redeem themselves.

Wang Zuo's attack was firm and ruthless. He didn't start from the Ma family, but from the capital to "implicate" the city. The one in the capital wanted to "implicate the five clans"!

According to the law, the "implicating the five clans" refers to clan Zhu himself, his two younger brothers and his two wives' families.

This "family of two wives" refers to the family of his wife and the wife of his eldest son.

Hehe, because that guy doesn't have two younger brothers, naturally he can't implicate his sister-in-law and his family.

So... the Ma family was out of luck.

Confiscation of property is certain, and property confiscation is certain!

Everyone in the Ma family was surrounded by soldiers led by General Gao. They surrounded the Ma family in the middle of the night, and then went in to arrest them. None of them escaped, and they were all sent to jail.

Ding Tian's cell was full again, everyone was washed clean, their hair and body hair shaved, put on simple prison uniforms, and put in the cell.

The sound of crying never stopped, but Ding Tian was not affected at all: "Let them cry, remember, a pot of water is given to each cell, and if there is a shortage of water after crying hard, don't add water!"

There are many people in the Ma family. More than 30 masters of the third house were all locked up in the cells for serious offenders, more than 50 women were locked up in the cells for women, and the rest of the servants were locked up in cells for minor offenders and temporary cells. .

Okay, there are more than 300 people in the family!

A large piece of black and white, shouting and cursing, crying and rolling, it is really a variety of life.

It was similar to the time when Ma County Magistrate and his family were imprisoned. All the accessories of men, women and children were taken off. The jailers had special boxes for storing these things, and they put them in the box and put a seal on it.

But no one took the opportunity to benefit themselves. Now everyone knows that Ding Siyu is fair, and he will never take everything for himself.

So everyone abides by the rules set by Ding Tian.

Ding Tian took the opportunity to talk to Jin Buchang and said: "I didn't expect the prince to attack so quickly. I thought he would have to wait for two months." Qi, it’s all over now, it’s all here.” Jin Buhuan listened to Ma’s Patriarch’s swearing loudly: “At that time, that family’s family was actually arrested in Beijing. Smart!"

Ding Tian rolled his eyes twice: "Perhaps, someone deliberately concealed the news."

Even if the news is not well-informed, it should have been mentioned in the government's internal report. This is a big case.

As for the Ma family, there were naturally people who inquired about the news in the yamen, but they had never heard of it at all... Uh huh, this is intriguing.

Because it was implicated from top to bottom, the Ma family's house was ransacked, and many interesting things were copied out, especially the caravans traveling from south to north... those account books, it is taboo to do business with the grassland barbarians.

Not to mention, Wang Zuo, His Royal Highness Prince Ning, personally went to the magistrate's yamen, and went to trial with Du Zhifu. Ding Tian didn't go to see the excitement. The kiln sisters are temporarily placed inside, but no guests are allowed to come to the door.

Many industries have been "frozen", and illegal gains are inevitable.

Before the autumn harvest, the case of Ma's family came to an end. All males were beheaded, and those under three years old could be sent to the frontier with their mothers.

What would happen if a woman was sent to the frontier?

Ding Tian couldn't help but think about it, that was also the fault of the Ma family themselves. I heard that their family only serve maidservants for young ladies and wives, so one or two of them die a year...

The Ma family didn't wait until after the autumn to ask about the execution, and the news came from the capital, and they were executed on the spot.

After the beheading was finished, the female relatives were sent away, and the gate of the government office was full of people kneeling. Ding Tian was shocked when he came to work, so he hurried in through the side door, and asked the old uncle Zheng who was watching the bustle: "What's the matter?"

"These people, more or less, are involved with the Ma family. They took it together to show the face of the Lord Fu Zun. Now they are scared, kneeling outside the gate of the house, and begging the Lord Fu Zun to forgive him!" After being bullied, Old Uncle Zheng gloated and pointed at the white-bearded old man kneeling in front of the leader, "Did you see that? That's the head of the Zhang family. He's 60 years old. I heard that at the beginning of spring, he even accepted a The girl is a concubine!"

Ding Tian immediately felt disgusted: "It's too wicked!"

60 years old, old enough to be a grandfather, and still be a husband and wife?Oh, it's not a husband and wife, it's a concubine!

At this time, Mr. Du came out, shaking every step, and greeted the spectators first: "I'm all on business, what should I do, why are you gathering here to watch?"