Chapter 519 520 Return

The Jingzhao Mansion couldn't convict him of anything that didn't happen, so it had to send people to patrol around Zhou's house for twelve hours non-stop, and put Cheng Sheng and Manager Cheng in jail.

When the Yamen sent the news to the Zhou family, Li Yu had already gone to Wangjia'ao, instructing Haitang and the others to pull up the sweet potato vines in the field one by one and clean them in one direction, and asked them to remove the excess sweet potato branches and leaves to prevent excess roots from growing out. Too many small sweet potatoes will affect the yield.

Follow the sweet potato vines well and add fertilizer once along the field ridges, so that the yield of the sweet potatoes grown will be high.

Li Yu watched them sort out the two ridges and hurried back to the city.

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During the inspection of the counties and towns under the jurisdiction of Yuezhou Prefecture, Zhou Jia led his people and dealt with several bullies who were running rampant in the township and two corrupt officials who preyed on the common people.

After the inspection, I returned to Yuezhou Mansion and learned that Wu Tongpuan had received a lot of petitions in these days. The walls of the Cheng family were pushed down by everyone, and all the dirty old things were uncovered.

Immediately afterwards, the imperial edict from Kyoto arrived in Yuezhou Prefecture, and the men of the Cheng family were sentenced to beheading, and the women were reduced to a lowly status in the priest's office.

Cheng Xu's report was meritorious, and he was not punished for his merits and demerits. The Cheng family of Yuezhou was not allowed to participate in the imperial examination for five generations.

The Cheng family members complained that when the Cheng family clan was in glory, they did not get much credit. The clan clan members broke the law and did bad things, but they dragged down the Yuezhou Cheng family and caused other Cheng family members to lose their official careers.

When the tree fell and the hozens dispersed, no one from the other Cheng family members came to visit Cheng Shan and the others in the prison. Those people even angered Cheng Xu, saying that he had harmed the Cheng family by exploiting others, so Cheng Xu had to sell his property and take the family with him. Taking her sister with her, she followed the Wu family and his wife to settle in the Wu family's original place.

Feng Qing, the former magistrate of Yuezhou, was sentenced to death and his family members were exiled. Lin Tongzhi and Zou Shen were dismissed from their official positions and would never be hired. Wu Tong was sentenced to temporarily act as the magistrate of Yuezhou.

To appease the miners and blacksmiths who were detained by the Cheng family in the mine: the imperial court ordered Zhou Jia to use some of the silver coins confiscated from the Cheng family to resettle them. After verifying the identities of the deceased miners, they issued pensions to their families. .

The weapons and armors forged by the Cheng family were distributed to the garrison in Yuezhou and nearby state capitals to replace their military supplies.

At this point, Zhou Jiayue Prefecture’s trip came to a successful conclusion.

Zhou Jia missed Li Yu and the children more and more, and couldn't wait to go home. After taking a short rest, he hurried back with a group of people on a familiar road.

When passing by a dense forest that day, Ding Yi, Ruyi and others felt a chilling atmosphere condensed in the forest.

Ding Yi tightened the reins and stopped, looking at the forest warily. Ruyi, Zhaocai and their guards surrounded Zhou Jia.

Ding Yi and Hu Cheng were riding on their horses, looking into the depths of the forest. The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the treetops into the forest. The forest was quiet, not a single bird song could be heard, making it feel even more dark and gloomy.

The two of them held the reins and walked slowly deep into the forest. Chu Jia and the two attendants, holding long knives in hand, hid in the deep forest, quietly waiting for Ding Yi and others to enter.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the blade in Chu Jia's hand, and the reflected cold light flashed between Ding Yi's pupils. Ding Yi raised his hand and threw something out. With the sound of thunder, the smoke dispersed, Ding Yi and Hu Cheng Disappeared from Chu Jia's sight.

Chu Jia secretly thought that something was wrong. Before he could react, murderous intent had already reached his face. The narrow blades in the hands of Ding Yi and Hu Cheng stabbed at the attendant hidden in the forest.

Ding Yi stabbed Chu Jia's chest with his knife. Chu Jia blocked the blow with the horizontal knife in front of his chest. Chu Jia raised the knife, but before his skin was exposed, Ding Yi stepped forward and slashed his throat with his backhand. Kick him away with your feet,

An attendant slashed at Ding Yi's back with a long knife. Ding Yi fell to the ground and rolled around. He dodged the blow and hid behind a tree. He dodged another knife and hugged the trunk of the tree and kicked the attendant away. , hit the tree trunk and fell down, leaped forward and stabbed the attendant in the chest.

Hu Cheng also ended the life of an attendant. The two stood in the forest and looked around before returning to the team and reporting to Zhou Jia, "Sir, all the people hiding in the forest have been eliminated."

Zhou Jia nodded and said, "Keep going forward and rest at the inn ahead."

The group traveled for more than half a month and arrived in Kyoto at noon that day. The moment they saw the city gate, everyone's tense nerves relaxed.

Zhou Jia went to the palace to deliver a message to Chu Yuhao. Ruyi and Zhaocai returned to the door of their house, led their horses and walked inside.

When Uncle Liu and Menzi saw the two of them, they greeted them in surprise, "The two stewards are back. Is the master back?"

Ruyi and Jixiang led the horses and walked inside with a smile, "Tie Zhu is carrying the master to the palace to resume his life. Let us go home first."

Uncle Liu took the reins from their hands and said with a smile: "Manager Xiang also said that the Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, and I should be home soon. I will send someone to guard the city gate tomorrow. I didn't expect you to come back today." .”

Zhaocai responded with a smile: "After the official business in Yuezhou was completed, the master couldn't stay still for a moment. He asked us to simply pack our luggage and hurried back."

At this time, Jixiang came back from outside and saw the two of them coming back. He quickly stepped forward and put his arms around their shoulders. He laughed and said, "Finally, I hope you will come back. If you don't come back, we will go to Wangjia'ao to collect sweet potatoes."

The two of them looked at Jixiang and thought that it was already the end of August and Jixiang's child had already been born. Zhaocai patted him and said with a smile: "Tell me, has your wife given birth to a girl or a boy?"

Ji Xiang looked at the two of them with a smile, "She is a little girl, she looks like Gu Yu. Brother Cai, my sister-in-law is also pregnant, and you are going to be a father."

The fortune-teller was stunned by the sudden good news and stayed there. Ruyi looked at Jixiang and smiled and said, "Congratulations, congratulations, we can beat the in-laws in the future."

"Okay! Your second spring is not bad either." Jixiang said cheerfully.

Li Yu stood in the yard and looked at the three people walking in arm-in-arm with a smile. Zhaocai and Ruyi stepped forward and saluted: "Madam, we are back. The master has gone to the palace to resume his life."

Li Yu nodded with a smile and watched the three people arrive: "Okay, just come back safely. Zhaocai and Ruyi will go home to see their wife and children. Jixiang will go to the old house to pick up the old man first, and then go back to bring your wife. Come here, let’s cleanse them tonight.”

The three of them bowed and said, "Yes, ma'am."

Li Yu saw a few people walking out of the yard arm-in-arm again, and said to Aunt Yang with a smile: "Mommy, go tell Master Zaoshang that he is back, and ask them to hold a family dinner for them tonight, and tomorrow I will give them a clean slate." Master and uncle, please come over for a little gathering."

Nanny Yang responded with a smile: "Yes, madam, let's go and let them prepare."

Everyone in the Zhou Mansion was as busy as if they were celebrating a festival.

Zhou Jia returned home in the evening. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw Li Yu, his children, and Mrs. Zhou waiting to greet him at the door. He walked forward excitedly, looked at Li Yu and said with a smile: "I'm back!"

Li Yu nodded with a smile, and Yang Yang ran over and held Zhou Jia's hand, "Dad, Yang'er misses you so much. You are finally back!"

Zhou Jia smiled and hugged him, "Yang'er has grown taller again. Are you helping your father to take care of your mother and brothers at home?"

Yangyang nodded with a smile, "Yes, mother even praised me."

Yueyue and Xingxing stared at Zhou Jia curiously with dark eyes.