The Favoured Medical Princess: 255 Punishment

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"Yes, Crown Princess!" Zhu Xing accepted the order respectfully.

Niu Changan lost all his strength in an instant and almost collapsed on the ground. There was only one thought in his heart: It's over! It's all over now!

"No -" Niu Changan suddenly screamed loudly, "You can't sell me... Yes, you can't sell me! I didn't sell myself to the Xiao family, you don't have my deed of sale, you have no power Sell ​​me."

Nangong Yue's eyes moved slightly, but she was slightly surprised.

Any wealthy family with a little bit of foundation would not use a servant who has not signed a death contract, let alone let him manage such a large village. However, at this time, he could say such things, which was obviously true. But, so what? !

Nangong Yue raised the corners of her lips and said calmly: "It turns out he is still a runaway slave... Butler Zhu, could you please go to the government and report to the government later that I accidentally lost a servant's card?" Ask them to make up a new one for the deed of betrayal."

Power is a good thing. Regardless of whether Niu Changan has a deed or is not a good citizen, since he works in the village under Xiao Yi's name, Nangong Yue said that he is a slave, so he is a slave!

Niu Changan never expected this to happen. He was dumbfounded and collapsed on the ground.

His body suddenly became wet, exuding a fishy odor.

Afraid that he would hit Nangong Yue, Xiao Ying and Xiao An stepped forward and dragged him out. Along the way, they heard Niu Changan shouting incoherently, "No...Uncle! Uncle! Help!" Ah! You can't sell me! Uncle! Ahhhh——"

Bah! Snapped!

The dull sound of the thick and strong wooden stick hitting the flesh overlapped with Niu Changan's heart-rending scream, which sounded very scary...

"As for these people." Nangong Yue glanced at the gangsters who were kneeling on the ground with bloodless faces, and casually ordered, "Send them to the government. They used to be neighbors, but today they are trying to make a living. How to deal with the life of the imperial concubine should be done according to Dayu's laws."

According to Dayu's regulations, it is at least three thousand miles.

Zhu Xing responded, retreated, and ordered people to find Ren Yazi and the government officials.

Outside the hospital, the boards continued to be beaten.

Can't find the execution board at the moment, so Xiao An simply found a wooden stick as thick as an arm, raised it high and lowered it heavily, hitting with full force every time.

Watching the sticks being beaten down one by one, and seeing Niu Changan's skin and flesh being torn open, the veterans and the onlookers' tenants felt very happy, and half of the evil spirits that had accumulated in their hearts seemed to disappear.

Although Manager Niu was not caught, this Niu Changan was not inferior to his uncle at all. Now he has finally received retribution. God is really wise! They stared at the execution board, hoping that the beating would be harder, and harder!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The wooden sticks were still falling one after another, Xiao An hit the stick, and Xiao Ying counted: "...twenty, twenty-one..."

At first, Niu Changan was still screaming and begging for mercy, but soon, he screamed until his voice became hoarse. He was so painful that he wished he could pass out, but he couldn't. When Xiao Ying saw him pouting over, he immediately poured a bucket of cold water on his head and continued beating him.

Martial arts practitioners like them are quite sure of the strength in their hands, enough to beat him half to death, but they still prevent him from dying!

"...forty-six, forty-seven..." Xiao Ying was still counting up and down until he reached the last "fifty".

After the fifty solid sticks were beaten, Niu Changan was already lying there half-dead, unable to even make a wailing sound. His back was **** and bloody, and only the slight rise and fall of his body showed that he still had a tone.

Xiao Ying stuffed a heart-protecting pill into his mouth to ensure that he could survive and go to the northwest bitter kiln alive. Otherwise, it would be too easy for him to die like this.

Although these fifty sticks cannot undo the damage of the past, they can soothe the resentment accumulated in their hearts for many years. Both the tenants who are watching and the veterans in the hall feel indescribably happy.

I don’t know who smashed the first rotten egg in his hand, and then all the rotten fruits and vegetables fell on Niu Changan. At the same time, the tenants also scolded and cursed one by one with indignation, Venting the anger in my heart...

Nangong Yue did not let anyone stop her. These tenants had already suffered a lot, and it was time for them to vent their grievances and anger.

Not long after, the guards and Ren Yazi arrived. At this time, Niu Changan's body was filled with stench, as if he had fallen into a manure pit and been fished out again.

The officer bowed respectfully to Nangong Yue in the courtyard and took away the gangsters, promising to "take good care" of them. And Ren Yazi did not dare to neglect at all. After collecting Zhu Xing's money, he neatly dragged away the half-dead Zhu Changan, and swore that he would definitely keep him alive.

After these people left, the yard became quiet, giving the veterans an unreal feeling. They looked at each other in shock. Everything happened so suddenly today that they have not come back to their senses until now.

Is it really because the Crown Princess dealt with Niu Changan in such a big way because the Niu family acted recklessly without telling the Crown Prince, or did she have some ulterior motive?

The veterans' suspicious eyes fell on Nangong Yue, but Nangong Yue did not feel embarrassed about this. It is easy to destroy someone's trust, but it is not so easy to rebuild it.

However, time passes and people's hearts are revealed.

Nangong Yue stood up, walked to the door, and raised her voice to the tenants outside the courtyard, "I will appoint a new steward to come over later. Starting from this year, the rent will be free for three years. After three years, the rent will be adjusted to 20%. No rent increase within ten years. In addition..." She said, and then gave instructions to Zhu Xing, "Steward Niu is just a servant, how can he be qualified to own private property. Butler Zhu, you will bring some people with you later. , all his private property was confiscated, and all the rent collected this year was refunded. The remaining money was used to repair the houses of the tenants in the village and buy a few cows. In addition, if the tenants had sold their children Yes, you try your best to buy people back."

Zhu Xing responded respectfully.

For Nangong Yue, even if the rent here is waived for ten or twenty years, it will not have any impact. But people's hearts are unpredictable. For a year or two, they will still regard it as a favor from the master. But as they get used to it, they will take it for granted. Then trouble may happen again. Set a rule that rent-free for three years is enough to recuperate and recuperate. If there are any bad years in the future, the rent can be reduced or reduced.

As for the new steward, Nangong Yue thought about it and finally decided to let her roommate take over temporarily.

For a young daughter-in-law to meddle in her husband's property and appoint her own companions as she pleases as soon as she enters the house, this "crime" is indeed not a light one if it falls on Xiao Fang's ears. In fact, at this time, it would be more appropriate to give birth to a child in the palace. However... Nangong Yue once again felt deeply that Xiao Yi's foundation was still too weak.

Forget it, take your time.

Anyway, the royal capital is far away from southern Xinjiang. In the royal capital, she is the biggest! Even if Xiao Fang wanted to teach her a lesson, it was beyond his reach.

Nangong Yue’s few words were like a drop of water falling into a hot oil pan. The tenants who were watching exploded. They almost couldn’t believe their ears and whispered to the people around them. Confirm, the Crown Princess really wants to be rent-free? Do you want to build houses and buy cattle for them?

How wonderful their lives will be!

The tenants who had no choice but to sell their children cried bitterly, and several women covered their faces with their hands and sobbed.

The tenants of Liuhezhuang have finally made it through!

"Plop!"

The clever Mrs. Yang was the first to kneel down on the stone floor, raised her arms and kowtowed: "Thank you so much for your great kindness, Imperial Concubine!"

Seeing this, other people also knelt down one by one, kowtowed and shouted:

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Crown Prince!"

"The Crown Princess is truly the reincarnation of Guanyin Bodhisattva, so merciful and compassionate!"

"Our life will be better in the future..."

"..."

Several tenants couldn't help but shed tears while talking. It's true that men don't shed tears easily. They quietly wiped away the tears with their sleeves, and after thanking them, they hurried away. Go back and report the good news to your family and relatives...

This year, they can all have a good year!

No, not only this year, but also in the future, they can all live a good life!

After the tenants gradually dispersed, Nangong Yue walked up to the veterans again. She looked at them and said guiltily: "The prince brought you here to support you. Although something like this happened But I still hope that you can continue to stay here. I can guarantee that it will never happen again." She paused and then added, "...If you want to leave, that's fine, but at least you have to When the prince comes back from southern Xinjiang, I will make amends with you personally."

The oldest one-armed veteran looked at Nangong Yue with burning eyes. After a while, he said, "Does the Crown Princess want to continue to confine us?"

As soon as these words came out, the veterans who had been quiet started to stir again. Lily and Baihui couldn't help but take a step forward to protect Nangong Yue.

Nangong Yue was noncommittal, and this was indeed one of the reasons. Xiao Yi is in a difficult situation in southern Xinjiang. These veterans obviously still harbor resentment towards him. If they go back now and talk about it with someone they know well, it will inevitably cause moral turmoil in the military and be detrimental to Xiao Yi's safety. What's more, Xiao Yi brought these veterans to the capital to support them and to fulfill their master-slave relationship with the old prince. Now even if Xiao Yi is not here, she must handle this matter well!

Nangong Yue did not avoid his gaze, and asked instead: "I heard from Uncle Chu that what Manager Niu told you is that the prince brought you to the capital because of the princess's invitation. It was with No?"

The one-armed veteran did not speak, his face full of sneer.

"Then do you still remember what Niu Changan said just now?" Nangong Yue said with a sharp look, "He kept claiming that his uncle was the princess's biological uncle!"

The expression of the one-armed veteran suddenly changed. If Nangong Yue hadn't reminded him, he would have almost ignored it.

The veterans also looked at each other. They all came from southern Xinjiang. Naturally, they knew that the step princess, Xiao Fang, was the concubine of the Fang family. Since she was a concubine, she would not let her have an uncle who was a slave. People are strange.

If it was because the princess took pity on them that the prince took them to the capital, then why was the princess's uncle the one who abused them?

But the boss often claimed that the prince asked him to do this.

What the **** is going on?

The doubts and contradictions make it difficult for them not to investigate in detail.

The veterans couldn't help but have a thought in their minds: Could it be that they had really wronged the Crown Prince?

If you think about it carefully, it’s not impossible. After all, it’s all the bosses who carry the name of the Crown Prince Xiao Yi from beginning to end. They have never seen Xiao Yi from beginning to end... Unknowingly, some veterans He began to waver, wondering if he was blinded by temporary anger. Even the one-armed veteran's eyes were not as sharp as before.

Nangong Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Having said this, she did not continue to explain.

Now all we need to do is make them suspicious of what Guanshi Niu said. Talking too much would be unsightly.

It takes time to see people's hearts.

Nangong Yue’s voice was gentle, but she continued with forceful words: “The prince brought you to the royal capital not for anyone’s pleading, just because you are old men who have been with the old prince. Just for the sake of This is what the Crown Prince should do to provide for you in your old age. The Crown Prince is not in the royal capital now, so I will take care of your lives from now on."

With that said, she walked back to the main seat and told Zhou Dacheng to settle these veterans.

The houses that Niu Changan arranged for them before were either converted pig sheds or crumbling dilapidated houses. Those houses must no longer be habitable; moreover, the clothes they wore and the bedding they used were worse than beggars; There are also some old injuries on these veterans, and the torture of this year has damaged their foundation. They need to ask a doctor to take a good look...

These things will definitely take more than a day or two to complete.

Nangong Yue simply spent money and asked Zhu Xing to temporarily hire a few people among the young tenants to renovate all the houses in the village, including building new houses for the veterans, and promised to provide them with three meals a day.

Not only did he get money, but he also got white rice and white-flour steamed buns to keep him fed. In addition, he was building his own house. Such a good thing was unheard of. All the tenants in the village became excited and asked for help.

After selecting enough people, some women were hired to cook and deliver water for them.

As for the veterans who had nowhere to live for the time being, Nangong Yue took the initiative to let them live in the main house first, and then asked them to go to the clothing store to buy ready-made clothes and see a doctor.

Nangong Yue ordered in an orderly manner, while Zhou Dacheng was sweating profusely and busy, wishing he could have two more legs and four more hands.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

The veterans discussed exiting the house, but they did not leave. Instead, they stood in the yard and watched everything. Although their eyes were still wary, the unforgettable resentment just now had faded a lot.

On this side, Zhu Xing finally pushed all the trivial matters to Zhou Dacheng and was reporting to Nangong Yue: "The Crown Princess. The subordinate just asked Niu Changan. The Uncle Zheng he mentioned was named Zheng. Zhi is from southern Xinjiang. He will come once every six months, and Steward Niu will take 70% of Zhuangzi’s income away to him..."

Before Ren Yazi arrived, Zhu Xing followed Nangong Yue's instructions and interrogated the half-dead Niu Chang'an.

"Approximately how many are there every six months?"

"Niu Changan is a mixed person and can't remember much. He only knows that his uncle just gave him three thousand taels of silver before he left."

Nangong Yue sneered, "That means at least five or six thousand taels of silver every year..." She recalled it and said, "The account book handed over by Liu Hezhuang may have recorded that this year's harvest was not good. I can only hand over three hundred taels of silver."

Zhu Xing was sweating profusely. He also looked through the account books, but he only saw profits. He didn't know that there were such big loopholes in the accounts.

Nangong Yue pondered for a moment, and then asked: "So is this manager really the step-concubine's biological uncle?"

"That's what Niu Chang'an said." Zhu Xing thought about it carefully and said with some uncertainty, "But I really don't know the name of the step princess's aunt."

"Has the manager of Liuhezhuang ever been changed?"

Zhu Xing shook his head and looked at Nangong Yue innocently, saying that he didn't know.

Nangong Yue was helpless and asked him to find an older woman and asked the same question again.

This woman has lived in Liuhe Village all her life. When she heard this, she hurriedly said: "The Crown Princess has been changed! Our manager has been changed!"

Sure enough...

Nangong Yue asked: "When did it happen?"

"About a year after the old prince died, Manager Niu came." The woman looked miserable. From that day on, their life became more and more miserable. "Manager Niu said, we From now on, the head of the family will be the prince, and the prince keeps raising our rent in different ways every year, all of which is spent on eating, drinking and having fun."

Nangong Yue was very unhappy that they ruined Xiao Yi's reputation like this. But she still restrained herself, comforted the woman and asked some questions about the cow steward, and then asked Baihui to send him back.

Zhu Xing's face turned dark when he heard this. He did not expect that Xiao Fang was so bold. As soon as the old prince left, he reached out to the prince's property! If the Crown Princess hadn't found out earlier, the Crown Prince's reputation would have been completely ruined...or had already been ruined! Zhu Xing was full of regrets. The old prince went and entrusted all the property to them. However, they failed to take good care of the prince.

Death is not enough to forgive me!

"But." Nangong Yue thought about it and said, "How did the step princess know that the old prince had left this place to the prince? How much does she know about the prince's other properties?"

Zhu Xing couldn’t answer. It stands to reason that when the old prince left these properties to the prince, not even the prince knew about it, otherwise he would not have handed them over to them for safekeeping.

Nangong Yue lowered her eyes slightly and said after a moment: "Let's not mention these for now. We can check them slowly when we get back. You go and do your work first."

Zhu Xing responded and retreated, leaving Nangong Yue still thoughtful.

Everyone in Liuhe Village is busy, but for all the tenants, this kind of busyness is really enjoyable. It had only been half a day, but the whole Zhuangzi felt as if it had been completely renewed. This feeling did not come from any change in Zhuangzi's appearance, but that the people here, from the tenants to the maids and servants, seemed to have been reborn, and each one became radiant. Glowing, they all see hope in life, and they know that their days will get better and better!

It was busy until the sun went down in the west, when the new steward came in a hurry after Lily's instructions, and after Zhu Xing explained everything to him, Nangong Yue's carriage set off on its way back under the setting sun. .

She planned to leave quietly, but she couldn't hide it from the eyes of the tenants. She passed the news to ten, and then passed it on... The carriage had only driven a few dozen feet when Zhu Xing heard the movement from behind.

When he turned his head and looked back, his eyes turned red and he couldn't move. He saw a dense crowd of tenants not far away kneeling on the ground, quietly kowtowing in the direction of the carriage to say goodbye. . Even some of the veterans who were hostile to them appeared in the crowd and stood there watching them.

Zhu Xing choked up a little, wiped the corners of his eyes, and continued to ride his horse forward, but his eyes were looking at the carriage beside him, with awe in his heart.

Originally, it was only because the prince liked him and Nangong Yue saved Qian Moyang that Zhu Xing respected Nangong Yue.

But this time, he was completely convinced by her.

He couldn't help but remember that Cheng Yu once told him that a good mistress can not only make the back house stable, but also be a help to the prince. At that time, he just heard the wind blowing in his ears and didn't pay much attention to it. It wasn't until this moment that this sentence came to his mind again.

Cheng Yu is right, being able to marry Princess Yaoguang is indeed the prince’s blessing!

At this moment, Zhu Xing was convinced by Nangong Yue!

Nangong Yue in the carriage also learned about the tenants and veterans seeing them off through Lily's embellished narrative, but she was not relieved, but felt a little heavy.

Whether they are tenants or veterans, they are all simple people. They just want to live a good life of their own in peace and simplicity, but sometimes even that meager prayer can turn out to be... So difficult...

Nangong Yue has been lost in thought along the way.

There are many properties under Xiao Yi's name. So far, she has only read some of Zhuangzi's account books. These alone are already full of chaos. Liuhe Village was like this, but what about other Zhuangzi, especially those in the south of the Yangtze River. It was impossible for her to go there in person... She had to find a way to completely rectify it.

Otherwise, it will only give opportunities for villains to take advantage of.

And that awesome steward...

While Nangong Yue was thinking, about an hour later, the carriage arrived outside the city gate.

Unexpectedly, the city gate was unexpectedly lively. The carriage stopped outside the south city gate, and only heard bursts of messy conversations and noises coming from outside the carriage. It was obvious that the people at the city gate were still there. Quite a few...

Lily hurriedly opened the curtain and took a look outside, then turned around and reported: "Prince Concubine, someone is giving porridge at the gate of the city."

Giving porridge? Nangong Yue was also a little surprised. She opened some curtains and took a look outside. She saw several people outside the city gate who had set up several large wooden buckets and were giving porridge. Beside the official road, some common people and beggars lined up in a long line. There was a long queue waiting to receive porridge.

Nangong Yue lowered the curtains and withdrew her gaze. A family that can give out porridge at the city gate and make the city gate crowded without anyone stopping it is definitely not an ordinary family.

Lily also thought of this, and without Nangong Yue's instructions, she said: "Prince Concubine, please go down and find out whose family is giving porridge..." After that, she jumped out of the carriage.

After a while, the carriage began to move slowly forward again... Just after passing the city gate, Lily jumped onto the carriage nimbly, her eyes sparkling, and she said excitedly: "Prince Princess, it turns out that you are here The people serving porridge at the city gate are from the Zhang family."

Zhang? When Nangong Yue mentioned this surname, the first thing that came to Nangong Yue's mind was Zhang Bin's "Zhang". Lily immediately confirmed her guess: "It is Zhang Mianzhi who lives in Mr. Zhang's house. I heard that Mrs. Zhang has invited Mrs. Zhang to the house in the past two days. The eminent monks of Bailong Temple performed rituals and set up soup huts at the four gates of the southeast, northwest and northwest cities, so beggars and common people from the royal capital flocked to the four gates."

Nangong Yue said calmly: "Mrs. Zhang is really thoughtful."

"However, there were originally guards at the city gate to help maintain order, and the city gate was not so crowded. The city gate would have been blocked just now, as long as there were many people leaving the city..." At this point, Lily paused deliberately. After a moment, he continued, "Those people came from the nearby Zhengyang Town to participate in today's medical dialectics meeting. The dialectics meeting has just ended, and they are rushing back to Zhengyang Town before the city gate closes."

Nangong Yue was startled, a little dumbfounded, and said doubtfully: "I remember that the post of the Dialectical Society was only sent to the Imperial Hospital and a dozen medical clinics in the royal capital?"

When Lin Jingchen wrote the post the day before yesterday, Lily was also in the Lin Mansion. Of course she knew about it, so she just asked someone to inquire out of curiosity.

"Prince Princess, you don't know," Lily replied with a smile, "that Mr. Lin is going to hold a dialectical meeting on medical skills has not only alarmed the entire royal capital, but also medical clinics and drug stores in several nearby towns. Everyone has heard about it, so they all came to watch the excitement. Those who are related have taken advantage of other people's posts and entered the venue today!"

This is beyond Nangong Yue’s expectation.

I don’t know if my grandfather got anything from it. Nangong Yue originally wanted to change her route to the Lin Mansion, but after thinking about it, her grandfather must be tired after a hard day's work, so she might as well go tomorrow.

Anyway, this day is not bad.

Nangong Yue originally planned this, but she didn’t expect that as soon as she got off the carriage, she saw Huamei already waiting there, and reported: “Prince Concubine, Master Lin Biao came with a stick of incense and is waiting in the front yard. You."

Nangong Yue immediately thought that Lin Ziran came to her for the medical dialectics meeting, and quickly asked Huamei to take Lin Ziran to the outer study room in the front yard. After tidying up her clothes, she also went there.

After the two met in the study, Lin Ziran took out a letter and got straight to the point: "Cousin Yue, my grandfather asked me to deliver this letter to you personally." Lin Ziran Although I don't know what the purpose is, since my grandfather made this request and specially sealed the envelope with fire paint, the content of this letter must be of great importance.

Nangong Yue did not open it in a hurry, but asked with a smile: "Cousin Ran, tell me about today's dialectic meeting. I originally planned to go, but something happened and I left the city."

Lin Ziran also heard from Huamei and knew that Nangong Yue had gone out early in the morning and had only just come back now. He also guessed that Nangong Yue didn't really want to know about the Dialectics. She actually wanted to ask about her grandfather, right?

Although my grandfather didn't say anything, he wrote this letter as soon as he got home and asked him to deliver it as soon as possible. Looking at his cousin's attitude, it seems that this medical dialectic meeting has something to do with his cousin.

In the past, Lin Ziran might have felt something was wrong and wanted to get to the bottom of it, but now...

He slightly raised the corners of his lips, smiled faintly, and said: "Cousin Yue, don't worry, grandpa is having a great time." Yes, grandpa Lin Jingchen's favorite thing in his life is medical skills, and his daily life revolves around Regarding medical skills, in this medical dialectics meeting, my grandfather could talk and discuss medical skills with fellow enthusiasts and speak freely. For my grandfather, it was also a great joy in life. Whatever the original intention of the Dialectical Society was, what did it matter?

Given Lin Ziran’s personality, he probably couldn’t say anything nice to make himself happy. Nangong Yue finally felt completely relieved and said with a smile: “It’s good that grandpa is happy! I’ll go visit his old man tomorrow...”

After the cousins ​​chatted for a while about the topic of today's dialectical meeting, Lin Ziran stood up and left.

Nangong Yue returned to the small study in Fufengyuan, asked the maids to retreat, took a deep breath, opened the envelope with a letter opener, and took out the letter inside.

The letter was in Lin Jingchen's handwriting, with only one line written.

But Nangong Yue read a lot about this line of writing.

Afterwards, she frowned and clenched her fists tightly. After a long time, she let go and lit a candle to burn the letter to ashes.

It turned out to be exactly what she guessed!