The new book of the burning prairie star

Chapter 104: It is bound to alarm the big shots in Beijing

"Miss, Yang Biao has been thrown into jail by Ji Chengwei!" Shi Rui told Xia Weiwei the news he had heard. He didn't know what crime this kid had committed, but he was thrown into jail and suffered a lot.

"Okay, I understand," Xia Weiwei picked up the tea that Hongling had brewed for her, lowered her head and took a sip, remembering a sentence her father often told her: thinking leads to decision-making, decision-making leads to action, and action changes destiny.

Yang Biao was captured by Ji Chengwei. If one wants to rescue him, he must go through Ji Chengwei, but it is against the law for him to do it himself.

She was the daughter of the prefect and an unmarried daughter of an official family. She had to abide by strict rules of conduct and etiquette. She could not meet Yang Biao in prison, so she had no way of knowing what kind of grudge there was between him and Ji Chengwei that led to him being thrown into prison.

The person who tied the bell should be the one who untied it. To save him, we need to find someone close to Ji Chengwei to do it, so as not to be criticized. But who should we find? Xia Weiwei held the tea and thought about it. Then her eyes lit up and she told Shi Rui, "Go and ask Deputy Chengwei Li to come over!"

"General Li Leyou greets the young lady!" Li Leyou knelt on one knee in front of Xia Weiwei. He only saw her during the holidays, because Xia Zhaofeng had five sons before he had this daughter in his middle age. Before she was five years old, she was not allowed to walk on the ground. She was either held by her brother or by her parents. The whole family loved her very much.

Xia Zhaofeng would bring his beloved daughter to celebrate the New Year and festivals with his subordinates, but the rest of the time Li Leyou stayed in the City Patrol Office and did not have much contact with her. He did not understand why she wanted to ask him to come.

"Please stand up, Deputy City Captain Li. I asked you to come here today because I want to know the reason why City Captain Ji arrested Yang Biao." Xia Weiwei did not beat around the bush and directly asked City Captain Ji what his purpose was in arresting people. As a deputy, he should know.

"This..." Li Leyou looked at the maids serving her with some embarrassment. He didn't want too many people to know what he said and hoped that they would all go out.

"Deputy City Commander Li, you know my father is going back to the city soon, and the Guangping Prefecture's guards are dispatched. This matter cannot be suppressed and will inevitably alarm the important figures in the capital. As the city commander, Ji Fang must be dismissed and investigated."

Xia Weiwei naturally understood why Ji Leyou wanted to clear the area, but she did not have a close relationship with him and he was not qualified to talk to her alone, so she did not ask her maids to go out. Instead, she told them about the serious consequences of the Palace Guards' dispatch of troops and asked him to think carefully about whether there was any future in following Ji Fang.

Yes, there was a large-scale stampede on Puning Street, but it was the Palace Guards who came out to maintain order. As members of the City Patrol, they are certainly to blame.

After figuring out the ins and outs of this, Li Leyou immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, "Miss, please save me. I was drinking with Zhang Shixian, the pacification envoy, at that time, following Ji Fang's instructions."

Ji Fang meant to use Yang Biao's incident as an excuse for a large-scale stampede to kill people. The purpose of inviting Zhang Shixian to drink was to get him to leave the official residence so that he would not be able to get the news and rush to the scene to deal with it in time. Ji Chengwei had long been eyeing the large amount of money in his name, so he planned this plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Zhang Shixian served as the pacification envoy of the provincial capital for many years and received countless bribes. He was also envious of the numerous private properties he had purchased, including land, prosperous shops, and beautiful concubines.

If his property were to be confiscated, it would be impossible for the higher authorities to send troops to Guangping Prefecture as the capital was too far away. According to convention, only a few officials would be sent here to register and guard it, and the sorting would definitely be done by the City Patrol Office, who would put the fields, properties, gold, silver and jewelry under his name into a warehouse. There was a lot of room for maneuver here.

The government will certainly sell the land, private houses and other immovable properties that were confiscated in Guangping Prefecture, and then these people will be able to get a piece of the pie.

"Well, you get up first. I want to know why Ji Fang..." Xia Weiwei stretched out her hand and gestured to him.

"Miss, Ji Chengwei's nephew Ji Runze died two days ago. Before his death, he had a conflict with Yang Biao. Ji Chengwei believed that Ji Runze was murdered by him, so he planned what happened today!" At this point, Li Leyou did not dare to hide it and told Xia Weiwei the whole story.

"You will temporarily serve as the city lieutenant. I will grant you the official appointment document after my father returns from reporting on his work." His father has not returned to the city yet, and if he wants to use him to deal with City Lieutenant Ji, he must promise him some benefits to reassure him.

"Thank you, Miss, for the promotion. I will serve you wholeheartedly, till death!" Li Leyou was overjoyed at the promotion and quickly expressed his loyalty to Xia Weiwei.

Xia Weiwei picked up the teacup on the table with a smile. Li Leyou knew that she meant to "serve tea to see the guest off," so he said goodbye and left Xia's house.

"Shi Rui, please hurry up and help me write a letter to my father in the capital!" Xia Weiwei handed a letter she wrote to Shi Rui. Hongling handed him two hundred taels of silver on a tray as travel expenses, and asked him to hand the letter to Xia Zhaofeng personally and inform him of what happened in Guangping Prefecture so that her father could have a response plan.

"Miss, do you want to ask Deputy City Commander Li to release Yang Biao?" Jin Rong hesitated for a long time, but still asked.

"Let him stay in jail for a few more days!" Xia Weiwei was in a good mood. He was a chain of evidence to bring down Ji Fang, and Li Leyou would not make things difficult for him.

Yang Biao has an arrogant look on his face, so it's better to let him stay in prison to temper his edge.

"Master Ji, you are in such a good mood!" Li Leyou led his troops into a private room of Huanxi Restaurant. He turned around and saw Zhang Shixian also holding a wine glass. He pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, Master Zhang is here too?"

Before coming, he gathered his men together and told them that Ji Fang's plan had loopholes. He did not tell them that this was Xia Weiwei's idea, but instead talked about the serious consequences that might arise. This matter was too big, and everyone reached a consensus, so these little minions patrolling the city put the blame on Ji Fang.

It was better for him to die alone than for everyone else to die together. In the military, as long as the order came from the superior, the subordinates could not disobey it.

"Ji Fang, Zhang Shixian, someone has reported the two of you for drinking in a restaurant while on duty, and you are suspected of dereliction of duty. Now the evidence is conclusive," he smiled and stepped forward to snatch the wine glass from Zhang Shixian's hand and smashed it to the ground, breaking it into pieces in an instant.

"Catch them all and wait for the prefect to come back to deal with them!" Li Leyou waved to his confidants behind him, and many soldiers rushed forward and put shackles on all the people who were drinking.

"Li Leyou, you are so bold that you dare to commit treason!" Ji Fang, who was drunk, was furious. He was so drunk that he could not control his body and staggered while walking, but his mind was still clear.