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Chapter 33

"That's right." Seeing that Zhuge Liang finally stopped being polite to him, Liu Jing said with a smile. "However, I have kept all the copybooks in the official residence. I am afraid that Kong Ming will return empty-handed today."

Zhuge Liang said: "What's the matter, just come back tomorrow."

This is exactly what Liu Jing wanted to see, and said with a smile: "Tomorrow I will bring some more stickers, and you can choose them at that time."

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the market building. Liu Jing was curious, got up and went to the window. Looking out, he saw more than a dozen officers in short coats and armed with weapons, escorting a unkempt man with a shaggy face. The prisoner in chains entered the market building.

Zhuge Liang got up and asked, "What happened outside?"

Liu Jing frowned and replied, "A county official escorted the prisoner here."

Zhuge nodded brightly, not too surprised. The market is where people from all over the world gather. From the court's point of view, this is the most suitable place to establish prestige.

Therefore, the court often escorted death row prisoners to the market for execution, which is called "abandoning the city". If the crime is extremely heinous, the head will be hanged in the city, and the corpse will be thrown in the city. treatment.

In addition to abandoning the market, there are also market tours, that is, escorting prisoners to parade in the streets.

Liu Jing couldn't help sighing and said, "Kong Ming, I'm the Zuo Shi of the city, and I can't avoid common affairs. I need to go out and show my face."

Zhuge Liang said, "Since Brother Liu has something to do, I will leave first."

Liu Jing shook his head helplessly, and said: "No wonder Liang Shujing once sighed: 'I would rather stay at home to cultivate my will, and entertain myself with "Poems" and "Books", than take up a post in a state or county, which is futile."

Liang Shujing is Liang Song, a famous scholar of the dynasty, a descendant of the Anding Liang family of the great Han Dynasty, and the grandfather of Emperor Han He. He was conceited and talented, but always depressed.

In fact, this is also where Zhuge Liang is puzzled. Liu Jing has both fame and talent. The most important thing is that he is only 17 years old this year.

Why rush out to serve the county at this time, it is meaningless to him.

It's not surprising that Zhuge Liang is not the roundworm in Liu Jing's stomach.

When Liu Jing sent Zhuge Liang out, he happened to meet Huang Qiu who was hurrying down the stairs. The latter saw Zhuge Liang who was rather embarrassed beside Liu Jing, and couldn't help being taken aback. , the person here is the left thief Cao Jijiu, you have to be careful."

"It turned out to be him." Liu Jing nodded thoughtfully, not expecting the two to meet so soon.

Thief Cao is one of the five officials under the prefect's gate. Changsha belongs to Dajun.

Regardless of position or level of intimacy, thieves cadres are ranked at the bottom of the five officials under the sect. They are not as good as Gong cao, master bookkeeper, chief secretary, and supervising thieves, but even so, they are the heirs of the prefect Zhang Xian, and their status is far from The general prefectures are comparable to Cao Cao.

Although he was "corrupt" [-] yuan by his grades, the latter has also become a stepping stone to his fame, and neither side can say who suffers more.

It is said that this person has a greedy and vicious temperament and does not abide by etiquette. I have caused him to be caught in a storm of public opinion in the whole county. Maybe he will become frustrated and seek trouble for himself openly and secretly. He must be careful.

Liu Jing thanked Huang Qiu, and the three of them went downstairs together. At this time, the hall on the first floor was full of people, Xie Liang had a bitter face, and was talking to the leader of the other party. If this person wanted to come, it was an achievement.

Watching Zhuge Liang leave, Liu Jing followed Huang Qiu to meet the results.He is about [-] years old, about seven feet tall, with a long and narrow face, sharp eyes like eagles, a high and long nose, and slightly downturned mouth, giving people a feeling of being difficult to get along with.

When Liu Jing was looking at the results secretly, the results also saw him, and immediately his eyes were burning, and he obviously recognized him.However, unexpectedly, instead of showing malice, the result gave him a slight nod.

Liu Jing politely returned the gift, puzzled in his heart: "What does he mean by that?"

Huang Qiu came to the front, glanced at the prisoner, his face collapsed immediately, and complained to the grader: "Isn't this the 'Six Fingers' Zhu Ah? Cheng Yu, why did you arrest him again?"

Liu Jingwenyan looked at the prisoner's hand, and sure enough, he found that the prisoner had six fingers on his right hand. He was not very old, only 22 or [-] years old, with a medium build and an ordinary appearance. That bohemian temperament on his body?

Zhu A shook the shackles on his hands at the grade, and laughed loudly: "Grade, you see, even the mayor of the city, Huang Jun, thinks that you shouldn't arrest me here, so you should let me go quickly." .”

"This person is a thief in the city. He has wandered around the city for many years and has done a lot of harm to others. As a thief, Cao Cao, isn't it my duty to arrest him?" A Dao: "I will hang you above the market building in a while, and if no one confesses your crime during this period, I will release you."

"Why do you need to do this," Zhu A curled his lips and said, "How many times have you put me on it? Two times? Three times? In the end, you can't help me, just let me go."

Huang Qiu and Xie Liang thought the same thing in their hearts. There was no way for him to get his grades, so there was really no need to struggle.

The result sternly said: "Have you ever heard of 'Skynet is restored, and it is not leaked?' You just escaped a few times by chance, and you think you can go on forever? You don't know how to live or die!"

"Then we'll just wait and see." Zhu Ayang raised his eyebrows and said provocatively.

When he turned around, he waved his hand and said, "Tie him to the roof and beat the drums to gather the people."

The officials suddenly agreed and escorted Zhu'a upstairs.

"Huang Chuan, let's go up too." Ji Ji made a "please" gesture to Huang Qiu beside him.

Huang Qiu secretly sighed, the matter has come to this point, and he has no choice but to disagree.

Seeing the serious and upright appearance of the grades, Liu Jing was speechless for a while. If he didn't know what kind of person he was, he would have been taken aback by his performance.

Being at the back with Xie Liang, Liu Jing took the opportunity to ask, "Can you tell me about Zhu Aqi?"

Xie Liang subconsciously looked around and said in a low voice, "Zhu A is the number one thief in the city, with more than ten thieves under his command. He was originally the son of a sauce seller, his parents died when he was young, and he was raised by a city hawker. Therefore, in the future, he will become a thief, thanking everyone for their kindness, never attacking the locals, but stealing only those foreign merchants who travel between the north and the south."

Liu Jing shook his head secretly. Now the world is in chaos, roads are blocked, and business is greatly affected. How many foreign merchants can there be in Changsha?

To say that Zhu A never attacks anyone he knows, maybe he can still believe that he never attacks the locals?What do Zhu A and his men do for a living?Do you drink Mistral?These words can only deceive ignorant people, anyway, he absolutely does not believe it.

Xie Liang continued: "This is the first one. The second is that I wish you a generous man who regards money as nothing. As long as he sees the merchants in the city encounter difficulties in life, he will help them out of their difficulties. Someone who was stolen found He, he will also try to get the money back, so everyone in the city respects him. This is why Cheng Yu has repeatedly arrested him, but no one has identified him."

"Interesting..." Liu Jing couldn't help laughing, but he didn't expect this to be a "righteous thief".

On the top of the building, he didn't follow Xie Liang to stand in the front row, but chose an inconspicuous corner position.

"Boom, boom, boom..." The big cowhide drum on the top of the city building was thumped by the thief Cao official, and the thunderous sound of the drum spread to every corner of the market.

People in the city heard the rushing drums and knew that something big was happening, and they rushed towards the city buildings in the central area.

It didn't take long for the city building to be completely surrounded by people in the market, three floors inside and three floors outside.

Seeing that the people were almost gathered, Jiji pointed to Zhua who was hanging his hands high, but he still looked like a fool, and said loudly: "I am the left thief Cao Jijiu, and this person is 'Six Fingers' Zhua, He usually steals in the city, so if someone has been stolen by him, there is no need to be afraid, you can identify him face to face, and I will definitely let him escape the law."

The crowd below was roaring, and there were a lot of people who knew Zhu A. Even if they didn't know each other, they had heard a thing or two from the conversations of the surrounding crowd. Everyone whispered and expressed their own opinions, but no one came forward.

After asking this question three times, still no one came forward to identify Zhu A, and the result was gloomy.

(End of this chapter)