Chapter 57 The fifty-seventh day Mrs. Yu made a big fuss in the Admiral's Mansion

Zeng Guofan asked ten people in one afternoon, and five more people after dinner.Some sued Zhang also tricked the children of good families to smoke opium, some sued Zhang also forced to buy other people's land and real estate, and some sued Zhang also gave usury to make people's families ruined and killed, and so on. Zhang Yedang stayed overnight in a cell temporarily set up by the Admiral's Mansion.Zeng Guofan looked at more than a dozen confessions recorded by the copywriter.After reading it, he discussed with Guanwen again, and Zeng Guofan and Guanwen didn't rest until after midnight.

Zeng Guofan had a strange dream that night. He dreamed that he was in a crumbling empty house, and there was a storm outside, lightning and thunder, and the house was so shaken by the thunder that it seemed to collapse.He pushed the door desperately, but the door was blocked by someone, as if it was nailed to death.At this moment, an old man in a yellow robe with a very kind face stood in front of him all of a sudden, took his hand, and passed through the wall, and then the house collapsed to the ground with a bang.The old man said to him: "The sage said: Shun has great knowledge! Shun likes to ask questions but listens to others' words, hides evil but promotes good, holds his two ends, and uses them for the people. He thinks Shun!"

Zeng Guofan was pondering over the old man's words over and over again, but the old man disappeared leisurely.In astonishment, Zeng Guofan walked out of the dream.Although I knew I was dreaming just now, I could still feel my heart beating rapidly, which was obviously the result of my fear, and it was already daylight. While having breakfast, Zeng Guofan suddenly asked Guan Wen about the details of the criminal Hu Chuanxiang seven or eight years ago. The official put down his chopsticks and said: "This is actually an unsolved case. Zhang Ye accepted the seal the first day, so Hu Chuanxiang took the poison! Hong Shilang investigated in Hunan for three months and only said that Hu Chuanxiang committed suicide. , but the reason cannot be explained. The statement that Hu Chuanxiang embezzled the county government treasury and committed suicide in fear of crime is Mu Zhang's conclusion after he came to Hunan. Except for the emperor, few people believe it."

Guan Wen paused, and then said: "Thinking about it now, the emperor may not have believed it at the time, it was just that he didn't want to get to the bottom of it. Why? Because at that time there was a fierce fight with England over opium, and it was really useless to delay this matter. We can only close the case according to Mu Zhang'a's wishes." After listening to the introduction in the official document, Zeng Guofan couldn't help thinking to himself: Don't make that one again, right? After the meal, Zeng Guofan was about to re-elevate Zhang Luo to trial the case, but suddenly received a secret letter from the Military Aircraft Department's Eight Hundred Li Kuaiqi.

Zeng Guofan sent the messenger away and opened the letter in front of the official document, but it was written by Mu Zhang'a, with a few words, Zeng Guofan was dumbfounded! Zeng Guofan handed the letter to the official document, but the official document was speechless after reading it.At this moment, the guard outside the door reported that Yu Zhongcheng was visiting. Zeng Guofan waved his hand and said, "When the imperial envoy handles the case, all Hunan officials, big and small, have to avoid it. Tell Mr. Zhongcheng, after the official mission is over, this envoy and the official will visit him at the governor's yamen. I hope he can't blame him for the etiquette." The guard walked out with a promise, and turned back after a while and said, "Responding to what your lord said, Yu Zhongcheng said that he didn't come to pay respects to your lord, but to say goodbye to your lord."

"What?" Guan Wen's eyes widened, "Where is he going?" The guard said: "This, the slave didn't dare to ask." Zeng Guofan thought for a while and said, "I invite Mr. Zhong Cheng." Not long after the guards left, Yutai walked in with a red face. Seeing Zeng Guofan and Guanwen, Yutai first said "greetings to the superior", and sat down.Yutai gasped for a long time, and then said: "The headquarters received the order, and the headquarters went to Guangxi to suppress the bandits immediately. Therefore, I came early in the morning to bid farewell to the two adults. The headquarters will leave first." Said, carefree He cupped his hands, stood up and left.

Zeng Guofan suddenly said: "Lord Zhong Cheng, please slow down! I was sent to hear the case yesterday, and many of them involved my lord. My lord happened to be here today, so I saved my job to invite you." Turning around, he rushed out of the door and shouted, "Immediately!" Ascend to the hall", and then said to Yutai: "Master Zhongcheng, please go to the hall and confront Zhang Ye, it's not too late for you to leave!" When Yutai heard this, he couldn't help being furious. He immediately stood up and yelled at Zeng Guofan: "Presumptuous! How dare your little third-rank Jingtang speak to the headquarters like this? It's really abominable! Wait for the headquarters to go to Guangxi After finishing the errands, I will talk to you in Beijing again. Hmph!" As he spoke, he raised his legs angrily and walked away.

Zeng Guofan saw that the official document was silent, so he had to shout: "Come here! Please invite Mr. Zhong Cheng to the court for questioning!" After speaking, he ignored Yutai and walked to the court first. Two guards came forward, said "please", and drove Yutai into the court. Guan Wen followed Zeng Guofan into the lobby, and had already sat beside Zeng Guofan, still sighing in his heart: This Zeng Disheng is really unambiguous in his work.It's not the same as Mu Zhang'a!The official document especially did not think of the latter point. Yutai was driven into the court and shouted: "It's reversed! It's reversed!"

Yu Zhongcheng has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he has never suffered this kind of anger. Zeng Guofan resolutely made up his mind, slapped the gavel, and shouted: "Bold Yutai, don't you still pay your respects to Wang Ming?" Only then did Yutai see the Wang Ming Banner placed on the case, he was so frightened that he shivered at first, and then his legs gave way, and he kowtowed to the Wang Ming Banner to greet Shengan. Zeng Guofan shouted: "Set up a seat for Yu Zhongcheng!" Then he cupped his hands at Yu Tai and said, "Your Excellency Zhongcheng has offended you a lot. I hope you will forgive me."

Yutai sat down angrily and ignored Zeng Guofan as if he was watching a play.Zeng Guofan shouted: "Please Zhang Mingfu to come to the lobby." Zhang Ye was followed by two guards and walked into the lobby calmly. Zeng Guofan also asked the guards to give Zhang Ye a seat. Zeng Guofan said to Yu Tai: "Lord Zhongcheng, I heard from Zhang Mingfu that Lord Zhongcheng buys more than a dozen women every month. I don't know why. Please tell me clearly." Yutai snorted with his nose, and said: "This is a matter of our Taoism, you don't understand it, why talk about it?"

The official interface said: "May I ask Mr. Zhongcheng, is the Taoist matter that your old man just talked about just now, is it more important than the country's affairs?" Yutai said: "Taoist affairs are related to one's own lifeline, while national affairs are related to the country's lifeline; one's own family is responsible for one's own lifeline, while the country's lifeline is for everyone to be responsible for. My own family's lifeline is not for me. Heart, do you want to let the top take care of you? The lifeblood of the country is not taken care of by the headquarters, but someone else takes care of it. You don’t even understand this truth, so what are you doing as an imperial envoy! People in the world, don’t laugh your ass off!” Zeng Guofan said with a smile: "According to Mr. Zhongcheng, there is no need to be a governor, but a commoner!" Yutai laughed and said, "I'm really confused! It's the emperor's business whether I want to be a governor. You Do you think you can be a governor only if you are capable and willing to do things?" The official document was so strange, he stared wide-eyed and asked: "Could it be that the governors of the Qing Dynasty are all fools and can do it?" Yutai snorted with his nose, and said: "This department has survived until now, one depends on luck, and the other depends on the protection of our ancestors. , Sankai has a good name, because of this good name, wherever the headquarters is, there will be peace and prosperity for the people, this is what Long Live Lord Jinkou Yuya personally said to us." After Yutai finished speaking, he became smug, and the red-topped wearer moved very beautifully. Zeng Guofan scolded "ridiculous" in his heart, and then said to the master next to him: "Please go outside and have a look, has Liu Taizun's coroner ever returned?" The master agreed and walked out of the hall. Yutai said at this time: "This department can no longer accompany me, so I will take my leave." When Zeng Guofan saw it, he said anxiously: "Yu Zhongcheng, you can't leave yet. The case is not over yet, how can you leave?" Turning around, he said to Guan Wen: "Right, my lord?" The official nodded noncommittally.Yu Tai was about to speak, when the master walked in and said, "My lord Zeng, the coroner has been back for a long time." As he spoke, he presented the autopsy record with both hands. The guards waiting on the side took it and presented it to Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan opened the record and saw the test result: Diarrhea, dehydration and suffocation.Beside him, he watched and watched the confession of doctor Wei Dequan. Zeng Guofan closed the file, pondered for a while, and then shouted: "Come on!" Two guards pushed the door open and entered, and promised with a "hmm". Zeng Guofan said: "Please go to Xiangxiang with the coroner to pass the doctor Wei Dequan to the hall! Go and come back quickly, there must be no mistakes. To escape Wei Dequan, we are just asking! Go." Zeng Guofan turned to Yu Tai and said, "I'm really sorry for my lord, there is a reason for the incident, I have to wrong you to stay in the admiral's mansion temporarily for one night." Zeng Guofan didn't allow Yutai to speak, so he shouted: "Come here, help Yu Zhongcheng go to the signing room to rest. Pass on the word, what Yu Zhongcheng wants to eat must be carefully prepared, and there must be no mistakes!" Yutai's complexion turned into a pig's liver in an instant, but he couldn't scold him, he couldn't get angry, he really was bullied by a dog.When I saw Zhang Ye, I didn't know whether it was frightened or angry, and I stood for a long time before I barely stood up. That night, Yutai's Manchu wife came to the admiral's mansion aggressively with more than a dozen maids, mothers-in-law and a team of caretakers. Mrs. Nayu is a Manchurian, and her sister is a nobleman next to the emperor. She is a second-rank madam, and she is a godsister with Gege, a prince in Beijing. Shouting loudly: "My master broke the law and the emperor punished him. Where did the bobcats and wild dogs come from? How dare they eat the bear's heart and leopards?" After finishing speaking, he turned around and ordered a general who was leading the team: "Give me a general!" Go in. Take the master back to the mansion first, and then I will go to Beijing to argue with him." The general who came with him was somewhat knowledgeable, and whispered: "Madam, the admiral is under the control of the governor, and it is not as good as the bidder. The official rank of Yang Junmen is two levels higher than our master. From my point of view, it is better to be courteous first and then soldier." it is good." Mrs. Yu scolded "coward" first, and then added: "Let that dog imperial envoy come to see me! My old lady is impatient to wait for a long time." Mrs. Yu led people to make a noise at the gate, and someone had already notified the admiral Yang Fang.Yang Fang's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately told Zeng Guofan and Guan Wen. Yang Fang knew very well that Mrs. Yu's family had a big backer in Beijing, and ordinary people couldn't afford to mess with her.He persuaded Zeng Guofan and the others not to go out, and persuaded Mrs. Nayu to return to the mansion by himself, and the reason was already thought out: Yu Zhongcheng was not detained by the imperial envoy, and he was playing mahjong with the two imperial envoys, and he could return to the mansion tomorrow. Zeng Guofan pondered for a while, but said: "Yang Junmen, don't go to see Mrs. Nayu anymore, just let someone pass on a message, the imperial envoy handles the case, don't interfere." Yang Fang stroked her beard and said, "I'm afraid that Mrs. Yu won't give up! I'm afraid it won't end if I really make trouble with Mr. Fugui." Zeng Guofan said: "I have already expected this level. Yang Junmen, please let your family take your badge and go through the back door, and quickly dispatch troops to the barracks. Madam Yu dares to break into the Admiral's Mansion, I will definitely take her down." !" Zeng Guofan was right. Madam Yu, who was used to being arrogant, saw only a small guard coming out of the Admiral's Mansion and said no, she immediately abandoned the sedan chair, opened her big feet, and strode towards the Admiral's Mansion. Called: "Follow the old lady to beat the generals in! First snatch the master back, and then beat the imperial envoy's dog's head!" General Shen was stunned for a moment, but had no choice but to say hello, and the crowd roared towards the gate.The guards guarding the gate saw that it was not good, and a dozen people hurriedly stood up to block it, and one person rushed in to report to the admiral. Mrs. Yu ordered everyone to knock down the guards blocking the way first, and went straight to the second gate.Yang Fang angrily walked out with two personal guards. Seeing Yang Fang's angry face, the generals behind Mrs. Yu softened first, knelt down on both legs, and saluted Yang Fang. Although Mrs. Yu also recognized Yang Fang, she didn't pay attention to Yang Fang, and said as she walked, "The old army's gate is open quickly, my mother is only looking for a dog imperial envoy to ask for my master!" Yang Fangzheng didn't know how to answer, but there was a thunderbolt from behind: "Bold! Who dares to disturb the imperial envoy's handling of the case!" Yang Fang looked back and saw Zeng Guofan coming out majesticly in his official uniform, followed by two guards behind him carrying a square table; Taking advantage of Mrs. Yu's stunned time, Zeng Guofan said loudly: "Yang Junmen, please quickly take down the tricky woman who broke into the admiral's mansion and insulted the imperial envoy! The king's order is here, what are you waiting for!" At this moment, Ke Sha, a promotion officer wearing a fourth-rank military officer's uniform, strode in from the main entrance, clasped his fists and said, "Follow the order of the army, the soldiers for the promotion have arrived, please show me." Yang Fang pointed at Mrs. Yu and the kneeling generals and soldiers, and said, "Please take down those people who trespassed in the admiral's mansion and insulted the imperial envoys as soon as possible, and take them to the prison in the barracks. No one will escape!" Ke Sha agreed with a "Hey", not daring to be negligent, and immediately commanded his subordinates to surround Mrs. Yu and other people, and tie them up one by one, including maids and mothers-in-law, a total of more than 50 people. Back in the back hall, Guan Wen said to Zeng Guofan with a smile: "I never thought Mrs. Yu would come to this muddy water, let's see how Mu Zhang'a talks this time!" It really takes a lot of trouble in Hunan!" Then he drafted a memorial jointly with Guanwen, and Yang Fang sent a special messenger to send it to the capital overnight.