northernbook Chapter 233 The Goddess Statue Goes to the Roof
Chapter 233 The Goddess Statue Goes to the Roof
It’s unbelievable that Magistrate He has actually called in the garrison troops!
You know, Jiangling County is an important military base with a garrison of 100,000 soldiers. General Qi is the descendant of a famous general and is stationed in the Daliang Mountains a hundred miles to the south all year round. It can be said to be the second line of defense in the south of the Yangtze River!
Generally speaking, he would not mobilize any troops without the emperor's order. Of course, there were special circumstances, such as large-scale riots in the city. The prefect, the co-prefect, and the head of the Embroidered Uniform Guard could jointly request the transfer of a small number of troops to quell the riot.
And now Prefect He has sent a signal. What does this mean? Does it mean that General Qi has disregarded the law? How is this possible?
When Prefect He saw the shocked look on Co-Prefect Yang's face, he said proudly, "Sir Yang, I advise you not to struggle in vain and just surrender to the law. Otherwise, I will bring people to raze your Yang family mansion to the ground today!"
"Oh my, Lord He, you are so arrogant!" A clear and loud voice came.
Bai Zhaozhao appeared in the field of vision, staring at Yang Rui's face. Then she said to the Jinyiwei, "Did you hear that? Magistrate He wants to demolish the Yang family mansion without the court's approval. Is he trying to replace the emperor? Why don't you report this to Commander Xiao?"
The Jinyiwei also came up and said immediately, "That's right, Governor He, let me remind you that killing first and reporting later may not necessarily mean you can get away with it!"
"Nonsense!" Magistrate He was immediately furious. "Come here, take this girl away who is spreading lies and misleading people!"
What happened? Yang Rui was so energetic? And how did she escape? He Zhifu recalled that he did not see her in the manor this morning.
"Stop!" Yang Tongzhi shouted, stopping the soldiers from approaching. "Whoever dares to disrespect the county lady will be killed immediately!"
"County Princess?" Magistrate He was confused again.
Bai Zhaozhao quickly removed the disguise on her face, and then announced to the people in the distance: "This county lady found the game of selecting servants quite interesting, so she went to the Goddess Temple on behalf of the concubine of the Yang family. Guess what I saw? The prefect He actually treated me like a commodity in the manor, and sold me at a price of 120,000 taels of silver! Fortunately, County Magistrate Zhang was generous and generous, so I was able to escape danger!"
People:!!!
One hundred and twenty thousand taels? That makes sense!
Some people actually recognized Bai Zhaozhao. Apparently they had seen her in the pond sinking incident a few days ago, so they started to tell the people around them about her.
"It's really the county lady! It's really her!"
The real Yang Rui, who was hiding in the Yang family's house at this moment, was deeply moved. The county lord was clearing her name. Otherwise, even if the crisis of the Yang family was resolved this time, her reputation would be gone.
Prefect He was furious. He actually overlooked the Princess Zhaohe and thought that Wang Jinnian took her away when he left the city!
Originally, he didn't want to act so quickly, but the two grand masters he invited suddenly died. Then someone reported that they saw Wang Jinnian leaving the city. He guessed that Wang Jinnian must have known something and then killed the two grand masters.
He was worried that his plan would be exposed, so as soon as he received the money from the wealthy businessmen last night, he quickly made arrangements and took action early this morning.
Prefect He said in a deep voice: "Princess Zhaohe, our prefecture is currently arresting the criminals of the Yang family. It has nothing to do with you. You'd better leave as soon as possible! As for what you said about being sold in the manor and seeing us, it is completely nonsense! We remind you that even if you are related to the Yang family, you are still a member of the Bai family. Don't bring trouble to the reputation of Bai Zhuangyuan!"
"Governor He, who is lying? Why don't we go to the Goddess Temple and test it out?"
"Try it out? Our evidence is solid, there is no need for a test!"
At this moment, there was a commotion among the people and they all made way for a path. A team of more than a hundred soldiers came running over.
The leader was a middle-aged man with a big beard, dressed in armor and with a dignified face.
"Deputy General Qi!"
When Yang Tongzhi saw the person coming, he relaxed a little and said that it was impossible for General Qi to really come.
Deputy General Qi rode over and asked, "Yang Tongzhi, what crime should you be charged for embezzling military funds?"
Everyone was shocked. Misappropriation of military funds? That's a capital crime!
Yang Tongzhi looked at Prefect He in disbelief. It turned out that he used this excuse to mobilize the garrison troops. If General Qi found that there was something wrong with the military expenditure, he would naturally send people to investigate. Although he would not destroy the Yang family, he could still ask him for questioning.
So when Magistrate He took advantage of this opportunity to launch an attack, Deputy General Qi would naturally help him. Even though Deputy General Qi only brought hundreds of people with him, it was enough for Magistrate He to arrest people.
Once the Yang family members are arrested, it is estimated that many of them will confess under torture. What a vicious plan!
Bai Zhaozhao immediately spoke soberly: "Oh my God, Magistrate He, you also embezzled military funds! Deputy General Qi, go to Magistrate He's house and search, there must be a lot of money!"
Deputy General Qi frowned and ignored Bai Zhaozhao: "Yang Tongzhi, the account book and witnesses of your misappropriation of military funds are already in General Qi's hands. Please come with me!"
Yang Tongzhi understood that he could not leave, otherwise he would never be able to wash himself clean even if he jumped into the Yellow River. Now he could only hope that Wang Jinnian would come back soon.
"Deputy General Qi, I can go with you, but only tomorrow. I will not leave the Yang family today! Otherwise, Deputy General Qi will just walk over my dead body!"
Deputy General Qi was slightly stunned, then looked at the sky, it was almost evening, he asked: "Why tomorrow?"
Prefect He realized that the Yang family would definitely come to support them tomorrow, so he said loudly: "What? Are you Yang family members going to run away tomorrow? Deputy General Qi, don't believe him, just take him away, and I will judge the rest of the Yang family myself."
Bai Zhaozhao saw that the time was almost up and the sky was already getting hazy, so he quietly pressed the dry ice release button on the lotus platform.
That’s right, the reason why Bai Zhaozhao didn’t show up before was because she went to the Goddess Temple to set up traps. It just so happened that the temple was empty, which made it convenient for her to do things.
It’s just that the light was too strong during the day and the props didn’t work well, so she decided to delay it until the evening as much as possible.
"Oh, what is that?" Bai Zhaozhao shouted, pointing in the direction of the Goddess Temple, immediately attracting everyone's attention, including a large number of ordinary people.
I saw a large amount of water mist appearing on the high roof of the Goddess Temple, and wisps of soft light spread out, which was very eye-catching.
"Oh my God, what is that?"
Soon, more and more people were alarmed. They all shouted and looked at the roof of the Goddess Temple. Some people even ran over there curiously.
As the light grew stronger, a shadow gradually emerged from the glory. She was sitting cross-legged on a tall lotus platform. It was the statue of the goddess!
"Oh my god! It's the statue of the goddess!"
"The goddess appeared again?"
"It doesn't seem so. The goddess statue went to the roof!"
"Isn't that a manifestation? You fool!"