I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 178

Zhao County Magistrate's nephew was injured, and the county government's arrest came very quickly. After Zhan Feiyu and the others washed up, they just sat in the private room before they had time to get their chopsticks, when the door of the private room was blocked by someone. Kicked off.

"Yo, I've seen brave people before, but I've never seen you guys so bold!" The head catcher, tall and strong, stepped on the stool with one foot on the stool, and his ferocious eyes swept over Zhan Feiyu and the others.

The rest of the arresters, two were guarding the door, and the four were lined up in the private room, with their right hands on the handle of their sabers around their waists, looking menacing, as if they could kill Zhan Feiyu and the others at any time. Down.

Yin Wuyan was so stingy that he didn't give a single glance to the intruders, so he picked up a spoon and poured a bowl of soup for Zhan Feiyu, and the strong mushroom fragrance wafted to his nostrils.

"Didn't you hear what I said?" Cao Butou, who was ignored, yelled angrily, grabbed the edge of the table with his thick arms and wanted to lift the table, offended the third son, and wanted to eat?Let's eat in prison!
Chong Guang placed his right hand lightly on the table, and Cao Butou was smiling.

With a sudden force, the table did not move at all!

Cao Butou was stunned for a moment, thinking that the table was too heavy, he tried again, but his old face was flushed and bloodshot, and the dishes on the table didn't even shake.

"Chongguang, throw him out!" Yin Wuyan said in a cold voice, so as not to splash Cao Butou's saliva into the dishes.

"You still dare to do it?" Cao Butou shouted angrily, his right hand suddenly wanted to draw the knife, but Chong Guang stepped forward first.

Several catchers only felt a flash of a figure in front of them, but they didn't see Chongguang's movements clearly. They saw that Cao Butou's big knife had been taken away by Chongguang. At the critical moment, the sharp sword was resting on Cao Butou's neck.

"Okay, let's all go out, I haven't eaten yet, I'm so hungry, my hands shake, tsk tsk..." Chongguang smiled shyly, and deliberately shook his hands, as if he couldn't hold a big knife.

There was a pain in the neck, and warm blood flowed out from the wound. The frightened tall and strong Cao Butou instantly turned into a bear, and his voice trembled: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"

How could the arresters dare to be wild, and they all retreated outside the private room, lest Chongguang really shake his hands and wipe Cao catcher's head on his neck.

The rest of the dandies, the innkeeper, and the waiters were all dumbfounded. These outsiders even dared to hold the Yamen's police hostage. No wonder they dared to hurt Zhao San. Is it because they have nothing to fear, or are they emboldened?

"Go away, I'm in a hurry to eat, so I don't have time to entertain you." Chongguang kicked Cao Tutou's ass unceremoniously, and after kicking him out, he threw away the big knife that was still stained with blood.

There was a bang, and he was hit on the head by the handle of the knife. Cao Bu groaned with a headache, touched the wound on his neck, and yelled furiously, "Catch this murderer for me! Shoot and kill!"

The six subordinates yelled, holding up their big knives and slashing at Chongguang. Seeing that this fierce posture was aimed at his life, they didn't care about capturing him alive.

bang bang bang!Chong Guang, with his hands behind his back, kicked a few times, and the six arresters fell together like an arhat, screaming in pain.

"Cao Tou, this is a hard stubble!" The nosebleeding arrester who fell face down quickly opened his mouth in pain, and moved back a few steps in a cowardly manner, but he didn't dare to step forward.

Catcher Cao gritted his teeth in hatred, but he also knew Shigemitsu's skills, a hero would not suffer from immediate losses! "Go back to the yamen first!"

After returning to the private room and sitting down, Chongguang just picked up the chopsticks when Yin Wuyan pointed to the white flour steamed buns that were put aside for eating with mutton.

"Master, you let me eat this?" Chongguang was wronged, and he drove away the troublemaker quickly. There is no credit but hard work. If you don't eat the delicious food on the table, let yourself eat buns?
Yin Wuyan was too lazy to speak, Zhan Feiyu let out a chuckle, "Uncle Chongguang, I think the Yamen's arrest will be back soon, don't you want to eat something first?"

"I..." Furious, he resignedly picked up a steamed bun, stuffed a large piece of scallion-flavored mutton into it, and gnawed on it.

Sure enough, within a short while, there was a loud noise from downstairs, "The yamen is arresting criminals, and the idlers should avoid immediately!"

More than 20 aggressive arresters and twenty or thirty yamen servants directly surrounded the inn, and the leader was Hou Xianwei.

Looking at the quiet upstairs, Hou Xianwei said coldly: "Can you find out who these people are?"

The wound on the neck was no longer bleeding, only a little bit of skin was cut, but it didn't hurt much to Cao Butou, and it was extremely insulting.

He, Cao Xiong, was walking on the streets of Huai County, whoever didn't respectfully call out "Cao Tou", if this place is not recovered, how can he gain a foothold in Huai County in the future!
"My lord, I have already asked shopkeeper Zhao. I only know that she came from Fucheng. I don't know which girl it is. She brought two guards, a maid, two grooms, and a whole carriage of luggage. I went to the backyard to see At a glance, the three horses pulling the carriage are all good horses."

Wealth is touching!A farm ox is worth at least 50 taels of silver, while an ordinary horse is at least 100 taels of silver. If it is a good horse, it can be three to five hundred taels or even a thousand taels of silver.

Cao Butou was on duty in the county government office, and his monthly salary was only 15 taels of silver, but since he was a captor, he always had some filial piety, and the sum of these silver coins was sometimes higher than his salary.

Of course, Catcher Cao would also take some good things to honor County Captain Hou every month, so regardless of the luggage that was sent to the wing, these three horses were enough to make his heart move.

"If you dare to hurt Zhao San, I'm afraid you will kick the iron board!" Hou Xianwei's face darkened. He is greedy for money, but he also has brains, which is why he has been able to firmly hold this position all these years. "You two come up with me!" have a look."

He gnawed two steamed buns like swallowing jujubes, and Chong Guang leaned against the wall outside the private room with a face full of resentment. When he saw Hou Xianwei and the others upstairs, he poked his eyes with a knife. Stuck on mealtime.

"This strong man, don't you know your master's name?" Hou Xianwei cupped his hands and greeted, assuming the posture of paying respects first and then serving as soldiers, "I am the county captain of Huai County. Someone came to the Yamen to sue the officials before, saying that someone had set up a servant to commit a murder and was almost injured. human life."

Chong Guang squinted at County Captain Hou, with a contemptuous and arrogant attitude, "That boy dares to speak disrespectfully to my girl, not to mention that small punishments and big punishments hurt him, even if he takes his dog's life, he will be responsible for it."

Seeing that not only was Hou Xianwei not angry, but his attitude was more respectful and cautious, Chongguang raised his finger and pointed at the three of Cao Butou, "As for them, hmph, they are just dog legs in official uniforms. table, my girl is timid, so I had to beat her out."

Lieutenant Hou Xian knew Zhao San's virtues perfectly, but he was just annoyed that he didn't know the seriousness after three cups of horse urine.

The nobleman from Fucheng, a little girl was accompanied by six or seven people, obviously the lady of a rich family, Zhao San dared to tease him, it was already merciful not to cut his neck.

"No matter what, please go to the yamen to clarify, miss." Hou Xianwei was worried that the county magistrate Zhao could only take the person to the yamen first, and then this hot potato would have nothing to do with him. If he really offended someone, it would be Zhao San's offense of.

Zhao San hurt his throat and almost suffocated to death. Anyway, he is also a sufferer. Hou Xianwei's move is already extremely polite. If this is the case of ordinary people, it is estimated that the arrester will directly tie him to the county government with a rope.

"Okay, I'm the one who hurt people, so I'll go with you to the county government." Chong Guang was straightforward, with this light tone, as if he was going on a day trip to the county government.

"Wait a moment." Throwing down two words, Chongguang turned and walked towards the private room.

"My lord?" Cao Butou opened his mouth unwillingly, but before he could finish speaking, Captain Hou stared at him with warning eyes.

Cao Xiong and other arresting officers usually work hand in hand with Zhao San, and County Captain Hou is too lazy to care, but as the guard said, it is he, the guard who hurt people, who wants to let his lady go to the county government, Zhao San has not done this yet. Due to his qualifications, the county lieutenant Hou is even more unwilling to offend the nobles in Fucheng.

The aristocratic family respects the rules, and the young lady in the back house seldom shows her face in public, let alone go to the government office. If this damages the other party's reputation, the nobleman will pursue it when the time comes.

After a long while, I thought that Chong Guang would go in and report back, but he came out with a white flour bun, "Let's go, lead the way."

Hou Xianwei's old face stiffened a little, this is really nothing to fear!

The outside of the inn was already full of passers-by watching the excitement. When they saw more than 20 police officers and more than 30 government servants, a group of black and white people actually wanted to arrest one person.The key is that Chongguang doesn't look like a gangster, but more like a lazy and unruly son of a family, especially when he is walking and eating buns, which makes the onlookers dumbfounded.

Zhao San drank the medicine in the medical hall and went back to the courtyard behind the county government office. After hearing what the servant said, Zhao San sat up from the bed, his voice was still hoarse, but he wanted revenge, " Is it Hou Xianwei again?"

The servant leaned over with a doggy face and said in a low voice: "Third son, Captain Hou said that bitch has a lot of background, she must be the daughter of a big family in Fucheng, and it was her guard who did it."

If the little girl did it, Cao Butou could still arrest the person, but the one who did it was the guards, the injustice has a debt, and this is a nobleman in Fucheng, Hou Xianwei will definitely prevent Cao Tou from arresting people.

Touching his swollen throat, Zhao San thumped the edge of the bed resentfully, "Go and tell Wang Xiancheng to follow the old rules!"

"Yes, little one, let's go." The servant hurriedly responded.

Chongguang, who was brought to the court, was just left here. The little official said very clearly that the plaintiff was seriously injured, and he would still be in the hospital. The defendant Chongguang could only wait, and did not directly give him a piece of paper. It was Wang Xiancheng's noble hand to dismount.

Accompanied by Yin Wuyan, Zhan Feiyu walked around Huai County Street, and when the two arrived at the county government, there was already a circle of people watching the excitement outside.

"It's a pity for this young man, that's the nephew of County Magistrate Zhao." Citizen A shook his head sympathetically.

Citizen B cautiously glanced at the ferocious arrester in the courtroom, and then said in a low voice: "Why didn't you miss him and kill him, it can be regarded as an end to Huai County."

"You want to die, dare to say such words!" Citizen A was terrified and wished he could cover the speaker's mouth, grabbed his arm and retreated out of the crowd. If Zhao San heard this, they would die if they didn't die. To peel off the skin.

Zhan Feiyu stood under the shade of a tree not far away, listening to the discussions of the people around him, frowned and said, "Zhao San is rampant in Huai County, and the county magistrate Zhao pampered him like this?"

In the past in Nanxuan Mansion, although the power in the hands of the prefect Zhang was emptied by Tong Tongzhi, he was still the head of the prefecture in name, and the county magistrate Zhao indulged his nephew and common people so much. There is no way.

"County Zhao is a timid and stupid official!" Forbidden Dragon Guards spread all over the prefectures of the Daqing Dynasty. Yin Wuyan knew about the situation of County Magistrate Zhao long ago, and there were not many such stupid officials in the Daqing Dynasty.

Zhao County Magistrate is timid and afraid of death, so even if Zhao San is domineering in Huai County, he doesn't dare to kill anyone, he can only bully others.

As for Zhao San's disgusting habit, as long as he is willing to give money, some people are willing to sell little girls who lose money to Zhao San as maids.And after signing the deed of sale, these little girls are under Zhao San's control whether they live or die, and even the government has no right to interfere.

Zhao San and this group of wealthy children from Huai County ran rampant in the village, but they didn't dare to kill anyone. They injured and disabled people. Naturally, there will be servants and family members who will take the blame. When the time comes, they will pay another 50 taels of silver. passed.

As far as ordinary people are concerned, no one is dead, and they have lost money. The key is that their arms can't twist their thighs, so they can only swallow their anger, so whether it's a group of dudes like Zhao San, or the stupid official Zhao County Magistrate, they are not good people , but did not step outside the boundaries.

"Before Zhao County Magistrate was transferred to Huai County, the previous county magistrate was a corrupt official. Excessive taxation led to a drought in Huai County that year, and there was almost a civil uprising in Huai County." , otherwise it will not be biased towards Zhang Zongli.

Huai County is located in the south of the Yangtze River, the weather is good, and because it is close to the capital, the people can be said to have enough food and clothing. In Jiangnan and other places, the imperial court pays three dollars per mu of fertile land. If there is a disaster, it will occasionally reduce it.

However, in addition to the two taxes, the previous county magistrate also collected renminbi and corvee, as well as various land tax surcharges, such as head money, righteous warehouse tax, agricultural equipment tax, cow leather tendon horn tax, Jinji tax, and silkworm salt money. , Qu cited money, market case money and so on.

The people in Huai County were forced to live without living and complained. After Zhao County Magistrate took office, the court's corvee was given money, but the money was intercepted by Zhao County Magistrate under various names, but he also abolished other messy things. Taxation, the people who were exploited not only did not feel exploited, but were once grateful to the county magistrate Zhao.

"Merchants in Huai County also have murder cases. Zhao County magistrates each hit [-] big boards. The merchants only need to pay money to close the case without paying for their lives." Yin Wuyan was also very speechless after reading the life of Zhao County magistrate. , according to his usual style of conduct, such a stupid official would have been sent to prison long ago.

But this is Jiangnan Road, where the Chen family belongs. An upright official like Chen Weibin won't stay for long. No matter how stupid the county magistrate Zhao is, it's better than the previous county magistrate who extorted money.

"Can you still be an official like this?" Zhan Feiyu didn't know how to evaluate it. A stupid official like Zhao County Magistrate is like a blunt knife cutting flesh. It won't kill you all at once, but it can also make you feel wronged. Stretching, smashing teeth and swallowing blood.

"The prefect Zhang will take care of it." Yin Wuyan patted her little girl's head reassuringly. Even though her words sometimes seemed too cold-blooded and heartless, she was still a soft little girl who cared about the common people.

(End of this chapter)