Now that the people of Jiangling know about the Feng family's crimes, Jing Zhe went to the yamen and decided to have the constables search the Feng family's house.
For more than a decade, the money spent by the Feng family came from the profits earned by the Feng family restaurant. This money originally belonged to the Zhou family, so there was nothing wrong with taking it back.
Jing Zhe originally wanted to go with the constables so he could see how hysterical Feng Mubai would become when he learned that the Feng family had been raided. However, before he could leave, one of the constables ran over.
"President Jing, something terrible has happened! The fighting has started again!"
The constable ran over, panting.
"What? A fight broke out? Who's fighting?"
Jing Zhe was a little confused and asked.
"It's Master Feng, Magistrate Xu, and Master Kongjing!"
The constable pointed towards the cell: "Chief Jing, those three had a fight last night, but Master Kongjing was knocked unconscious and that was it. Now that Master Feng has gone in, they've started fighting again. If they keep fighting, someone's bound to die! Chief Jing, why don't you just move them to a different cell?"
"That's what the constable suggested."
"No rush, let's go take a look first!"
Jing Zhe became interested and ordered the constables to raid the Feng family's house, while he went to the prison.
The prison was much livelier than before, after all, Prefect Xu and Master Feng were the most prominent figures in Jiangling, especially Prefect Xu, who had arrested all the prisoners. He was overjoyed to see that Prefect Xu had also been arrested.
So ever since Magistrate Xu was arrested yesterday, all the prisoners have been sending him, his family, and his ancestors warm greetings. Luckily, they weren't in the same cell, otherwise their greetings to Magistrate Xu would have gone beyond just words.
Later, Master Kongjing was imprisoned by Magistrate Xu, and a fight broke out. Of course, Master Kongjing, being quite old, was no match for Magistrate Xu and was almost beaten so badly that he fainted on the spot.
At this moment, Master Feng was brought in and shared a cell with Prefect Xu. It was a case of enemies meeting, their eyes blazing with hatred.
Logically speaking, Feng, being of similar age, should not be a match for Prefect Xu. However, Prefect Xu had expended too much energy on Master Kongjing, while Feng started fighting as soon as he entered the room, catching Prefect Xu off guard and knocking him unconscious.
This morning, when the three woke up at the same time, they started fighting again. Magistrate Xu had rested for a night and was full of energy, making him the strongest fighter. However, Master Feng and Master Kongjing were together, and their fighting strength should not be underestimated.
So, amidst the cheers and encouragement of the prisoners, the three engaged in a chaotic brawl, ending up with bruises all over their faces.
As the saying goes, youth has the advantage in boxing. Even though Master Feng and Master Kongjing fought two against one, they still couldn't defeat Magistrate Xu, who had rested all night. Magistrate Xu knocked out Master Kongjing with a flurry of punches, and then took advantage of Master Feng's momentary lapse in attention to knock him out as well.
"Clap clap clap!"
Jing Zhe clapped outside and said, "Xu Wenchang, how much silver has the old monk Kongjing given you over the years? Not only are you not grateful to him, but you even beat him up. You're really something!"
"..."
Magistrate Xu gasped for breath and didn't reply, but in his heart he was cursing Master Kongjing: I'm lucky I didn't beat him to death! If it weren't for this bald monk's foul mouth, would I have been locked up here?
Jing Zhe continued, "And what about Master Feng? How many years have you been sleeping with his wife? She's raised your children for so many years without any regrets, and yet you beat her up!"
"..."
This time, Magistrate Xu did not remain silent, but muttered, "He hit me first."
After hearing this, Jing Zhe laughed heartily, thinking to himself, "He won't hit you, will he? You took five thousand taels of silver to cheat them, who else would he hit if not you?"
At this moment, a constable whispered to Jing Zhe, "Chief Jing, should we change their cells?"
Jing Zhe shook his head and said, "No need. The prison is so crowded, it's not like you can just change cells whenever you want."
"..."
The constable glanced at the few empty cells next to them and felt a headache coming on. "Chief Jing, I'm worried that if we don't separate the three of them, someone will get killed sooner or later!"
Magistrate Xu's face was swollen from the beating. One can only imagine how many injuries the unconscious Master Feng and Master Kongjing had. Moreover, given their advanced age, who knows if they might be beaten to death!
Jing Zhe wasn't worried at all, shaking his head and laughing, "Being locked up in a cell every day, a little fighting is good exercise! Besides, some of them have committed capital crimes, killing them will save us the trouble of lifting a finger! But whoever kills someone will be charged with intentional homicide! We'll execute them all together and send them on their way!"
"Yes, President Jing."
The constable agreed and didn't mention changing cells again, but Magistrate Xu was uneasy. How could he dare to take action after Jing Zhe said that?
But then he had another worry: he could choose not to take action, but Master Feng would. What a worry…
...
After wandering around the yamen for a while, Manager Lin came running over.
"President Jing, I've already had the plaque made!"
"So fast?"
Jing Zhe was still a little surprised, because less than an hour had passed since he finished writing the words and handed them to Manager Lin.
Upon hearing this, Manager Lin said with a proud look, "How could I dare to neglect the tasks assigned by President Jing? Of course, I will do my best!"
Manager Lin was extremely obsequious, which was understandable. He wasn't valued in the Lin family before, but fortunately Madam Feng put him in charge of the Feng Family Restaurant. Now that Madam Feng has been arrested, he has to cling to another powerful figure.
Jing Zhe, on the other hand, was a very powerful figure. Then Manager Lin asked if they should hang up the plaque immediately. Jing Zhe thought about it and refused, deciding to wait until Zhang Xiaoyu and the others arrived before hanging it up and holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
"Zhe'er!"
At this moment, Qingqiu suddenly appeared outside the yamen.
Jing Zhe immediately turned around and craned his neck to look behind him. Not seeing Pei Yunxi and Lin Wan'er, he was overjoyed: It seems that his third sister still cares about him! She must have been suffering too, so she couldn't wait to see him?
Jing Zhe dismissed the constables, then took Qingqiu's hand and led her inside: "Third Sister, let's go inside and talk properly!"
The last three words were deliberately emphasized. Qingqiu was not a three-year-old child, so she naturally knew what he was thinking. Instead of being pulled forward by him, she slapped his hand away.
"???"
Seeing Jing Zhe's puzzled expression, Qing Qiu said, "Zhe'er, the imperial court has sent people. They are currently at the Lin family's residence and seem to be in a hurry, so I came to tell you. Go back and check on them!"
Jing Zhe was taken aback, and lost his desire to happily go inside with Qing Qiu. He grabbed Qing Qiu's hand and hurried towards the Lin family's house.
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