Chapter 137 Public Opinion Can Be Used

Chapter 137 Public Opinion Can Be Used

Chapter 137 Public Opinion Can Be Used
Chongren's clinic is located in the west of the town. Every day, people from the town come to the clinic to see a doctor and get medicine. The owner of the clinic is surnamed Mo, and he is the third generation inheritor of this clinic. They originally opened a clinic in the old Chang'an City and moved to Chongren Hall in the ninth year of Kaihuang.

At noon, a man and a woman came to the clinic. Director Mo did not know their purpose and received them. The two placed their bronze identity plates and swords on the table, and Director Mo was stunned.

"What do you two mean?"

"We have something that requires the cooperation of the gym owner!"

After listening to the purpose of the visit, Master Mo said after a while: "I don't understand what you mean?"

"You don't need to understand, just do what we say. I warn you, this is a struggle between the powerful. If you dare to go against us, your three children, you and your wife will not survive, and this clinic will be burned down."

Master Mo nodded after a while. The other party's request was not high. It didn't matter if he took a few fewer patients, but he didn't want his whole family to die.

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Not far from the clinic is Shangyuan Temple. The abbot, Master Liu Qiming, is like an ant on hot pot, running around in the temple. Just now, his mistress came running to complain that his illegitimate son Liu Kuang is missing.

Liu Kuang was only five years old and his sudden disappearance really scared him into a cold sweat. This was his son, whom he had when he was thirty-seven years old. He loved him so much that he went crazy. His son suddenly disappeared.

At this time, a disciple came to report, "Master, there is a big man outside, who said he is responsible for investigating missing persons."

Liu Qiming's eyes widened and he said repeatedly: "Please invite him in!"

A burly man walked in and said with a smile: "Master Liu, this is not the place to talk!"

"Please talk in the inner room!"

Liu Qiming invited the big man into the inner room. There were no outsiders here, only the two of them. The big man said calmly, "I'll be frank with you. Your son is in our hands!"

Liu Qiming took a deep breath and stared at the big man and said, "Tell me! How much ransom do you want?"

“We’re not in this for the money!”

"What do you want?"

The big man put a sign on the table, "Do you recognize this sign?"

Liu Qiming narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you a palace guard?"

The big man nodded. "My master wants to do something and needs your cooperation. Cooperate with us and get the job done. I will return your son to you immediately. If you mess up on purpose and mess things up, I'm sorry, but you won't be able to see your son again."

"Is it a difficult thing?" Liu Qiming asked through gritting his teeth.

"No! It's a piece of cake for you."

The big man whispered a few words, saying that the matter was indeed very simple, but Liu Qiming looked confused.

"Don't worry about why. Just do your job well and your son will come back."

Liu Qiming suddenly thought of something. He had once checked the feng shui of that restaurant. Could they be the Dou family?

At dusk, a strange thing suddenly happened in Chongrenfang. Countless families suddenly suffered from diarrhea and severe stomach pain. Many elderly people and children fainted from diarrhea.

Hundreds of people panicked and rushed to the clinic for treatment. Manager Mo pretended to feel their pulses. He walked out of the door and said to the hundreds of people, "This is not a disease, it's evil spirits. You have been possessed by evil spirits. You need to go to Shangyuan Taoist Temple to find Master Liu to exorcise the evil spirits. I can't cure you here."

When hundreds of people heard that it was an evil spirit, they panicked and ran towards the Shangyuan Taoist Temple together.

Liu Qiming was well prepared. He shouted to everyone, "Don't panic, let me perform a ritual to find the source of the evil spirit!"

He simply held a ritual at the gate. Liu Qiming was seen wearing a robe, holding a peach wood sword, holding a Taoist talisman and muttering something. He pointed the peach wood sword at the yellow talisman and shouted, "Hurry!"

The yellow talisman suddenly burned. More and more people gathered outside, thousands of them, but the core was still the hundreds of people around. It was like a snowball. As long as the core was controlled well, the snowball would get bigger and bigger. Most people just followed to join in the fun.

Hundreds of people shouted excitedly, "Master Liu, where is the source of the evil energy?"

Liu Qiming said slowly: "Let me tell you, there is filthy evil energy flowing in the groundwater of our neighborhood. This evil filth has polluted everyone's well water. People have health problems after drinking the water. As long as we destroy the source, the evil energy will disappear."

"Where is the source?" hundreds of people shouted in unison.

Liu Qiming pointed his Peach Blossom Sword to the southeast and shouted, "It's right here in this quarter. The source of the filthy evil energy is in the first mansion on the east side of the third group. Everyone go and destroy it!"

Under the instigation of Heavenly Master Liu Qiming, hundreds of residents holding torches and sticks rushed eastward in a mighty procession. More and more residents joined in, and when they arrived at the Yun family mansion, there were already thousands of people, each holding a torch, and the crowd was filled with indignation.

Master Liu pointed his wooden sword and said, "It's right inside the house. You'll know once you go in!"

The man guarding the house opened the door and was frightened by the torches and angry crowd outside. Sun Lei and Xiao Xia pretended to be local residents and shouted, "Everyone rush in!"

Thousands of residents holding torches broke down the gate and rushed in. Everyone was stunned to find that the entire ten-acre mansion was filled with vegetable fields.

Sun Lei suddenly pointed at the numerous manure vats and shouted, "It is these vats that pollute the rivers and groundwater, and also pollute everyone's well water, that is why everyone is sick and has diarrhea!"

This reason was very convincing. When everyone thought that their well water was polluted by sewage, they were furious. They smashed hundreds of sewage tanks, destroyed all the vegetable fields, and even pushed down a section of the courtyard wall.

The house guard was so scared that he rolled and crawled back to the Yun family to report.

When the Wannian County Magistrate heard about the civil unrest in Chongrenfang, he was so scared that he rushed over with a group of yamen runners. Thousands of residents surrounded the county magistrate and denounced the Yun family for illegally growing vegetables in Chongrenfang, which caused their well water to be polluted and their family members to become sick.

The imperial court has always had a regulation that prohibits growing vegetables and accumulating fertilizers in Chang'an City, because growing vegetables and accumulating fertilizers will indeed affect drinking water sources, but the Yun family grows vegetables unscrupulously and the county dares not intervene.

The Wannian County Magistrate also wanted to take advantage of this civil unrest to solve this problem which was also giving him a headache.

"Everyone, rest assured! This county will go to the Yun family now and tell them that they are not allowed to grow vegetables in Chongrenfang. This county guarantees that they will no longer accumulate fertilizer to grow vegetables."

Xiao Xia smiled faintly from a distance. Since the Dou family could not convince the Yun family, then let thousands of people from Chongrenfang come to denounce them. He didn't believe that the prince would dare to go against public opinion and continue to let the Yun family grow vegetables.

Public opinion can be used!
Xiao Xia turned around and said to Sun Lei: "Tell Sister Li to release Master Liu's son!"

The Yun family lived in Xuanrenfang. Their house was filled with white lanterns. The Yun family members all had white cloth wrapped around their heads, keeping vigil for Yun Shitai in a miserable manner.

Although the Dali Temple was doing its best to solve the case, Yun Dingxing knew that the hope of solving the case was slim. The murderer should not be in Chang'an. Even if he knew who it was, where could he find him?

Yun Dingxing walked out of the mourning shed quickly and asked unhappily, "What happened?"

The house keeper who had just escaped from Chongrenfang said tremblingly: "Master, something happened in Chongrenfang. Thousands of people rushed into the house and destroyed all the vegetable fields!"

Yun Dingxing was shocked. "Where did these thousands of people come from?"

"They are all locals. They said our vegetable fields made them sick. They came with torches and sticks and were very aggressive. If I had run a step later, they would have beaten me to death!"

Yun Dingxing felt a headache. Why did the Yun family have so many bad lucks in the past few days?

The vegetable field in Chongrenfang was originally opened up by his father who wanted to grow vegetables. The land had been bought for several years, but no house had been built on it. His father wanted to grow vegetables but didn't want to leave the city, so Yun Dingxing simply gave the land to his father to grow vegetables.

When they first received complaints, the prince told them not to grow vegetables in the city, as that was residential land and growing vegetables was not allowed. But later, when he heard that the Dou family's restaurant was across the street, the prince supported them again and even asked them to water the land with manure during meal times.

Since last year, my father's legs and feet have not been very good, so he no longer goes to Chongrenfang, but they still arrange people to pour manure water at mealtime every day.

They didn't take it seriously, as they didn't have to spend money to buy the Yun family's food anyway. But they didn't expect that it would eventually arouse public anger, and thousands of people came to smash the house, which scared Yun Dingxing.

"Has anyone from the county government arrived?"

"Now that County Magistrate Yao is here, I don't know what happened next."

As soon as he finished speaking, County Magistrate Yao Kai came hurriedly with a dozen yamen runners.

"It just so happens that Patriarch Yun is here. There has been a civil riot in Chongrenfang. He should know about it!"

Yun Dingxing sighed and said, "I heard about it, but I don't know what happened exactly?"

County Magistrate Yao Kai had the support of the people, so he was not polite. He clasped his fists and said, "You grow vegetables and accumulate fertilizer in your homestead, which is close to the Fang River and upstream of the river. The ice and snow have begun to melt in the past few days, bringing manure into the river, causing a large number of people in the Fang to fall ill. Now it has caused civil unrest. I demand that you immediately remove the vegetable fields, otherwise the people will rebel. Your Yun family cannot afford the consequences!"

Yun Dingxing's face turned pale and he nodded, "I can stop growing vegetables!"

When County Magistrate Yao saw Yun Dingxing agreed not to grow vegetables anymore, he softened his tone and said, "Master Yun, I am actually thinking about the Yun family. This place is very close to Chongrenfang. Once the mob attacks us, the army will not be able to save you in time."

"Thank you, County Magistrate Yao, for the reminder!"

County Magistrate Yao added, "Also, I suggest that the soil contaminated by manure should be transported away. Not only will it pollute the river, but the house will also become smelly. The Yun family will not be able to live in it, and it will be impossible to sell it. The loss to the Yun family will be too great."

Yun Dingxing sighed, "There is a funeral at my house, and I really don't have the energy. How about this! The Yun family will pay, and I'll ask the county magistrate to find someone to handle it for me, how do you think?"

"Sure! I'll find someone to transport the soil away tomorrow and quell the civil unrest as soon as possible."

"Thank you, County Magistrate!"

Sun Lei and Li Luming came back to report to Xiao Xia. Xiao Xia hesitated for a moment and said, "There is one more thing I need your help with!"

"Please give me your orders, Master!"

"It's like this. Last year, several students from the Imperial College beat up the school's logistics manager, Wei. I'd like to ask the two of you to find this manager for me."

"Have you found this Manager Wei and informed the young master?"

Xiao Xia hesitated for a moment and said, "I suspect the prince's men are watching him. You should be careful."

"Could it be that the prince has hidden him?"

Xiao Xia shook his head. "It's possible, but not very likely. Hiding would be a warning to the other party. If the prince wants to strike him when the other party is unprepared, he will definitely not make any moves. Your mission is to find him and then monitor him. Once my father brings people to arrest him, you must cooperate immediately to arrest him and don't let him get away."

"I understand the humble position!"

The two men bowed and left in a hurry.

Early the next morning, Wannian County issued a notice in Chongrenfang that the vegetable fields had been cleared and the soil contaminated by manure had been removed, and the river water would no longer be polluted. Please stop making trouble.

(End of this chapter)