Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 445
[Lao Gao wishes everyone a happy new year, good health and good luck in the new year! 】

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On the eighth day after Fan Ning took office, an order from the Zhizheng Tang arrived at Yingtian Mansion, requesting the judge Yang Du to go to Beijing to report on his duties immediately.

Reporting work in Beijing is generally undertaken by the chief magistrate or prefect, but there are also special circumstances, such as the prefect has just been handed over, and the new prefect does not understand government affairs. So at this time, it is reasonable for Zhaotong to be sentenced to Beijing.

But for the general judge Yang Du, it is undoubtedly an extremely severe decision to go to Beijing to report on his duties at this time. If he goes to Beijing, he may lose control of the corresponding Tianfu, but if he does not go to Beijing, he will be impeached and dismissed from office .

Yang Du was distracted for a moment, he had no choice but to try his best to keep the power structure of Yingtian Mansion stable during his stay in Beijing, but his resentment towards Jia Changchao also spontaneously arose.

"At this critical moment, Lao Jia has softened. How disappointed we who follow him are!" Yang Du said in the study with a dissatisfied expression.

Staff member Wang Yue comforted him and said, "Jia Xianggong can't be completely blamed for this matter. It is estimated that Jia Xianggong also opposed it in the Zhizheng Hall, but Zeng Gongliang's vote was probably taken by Han Qi. In fact, the real threat is not Tongju. , but Zhou Heng, Liu Chi and Li Dechang, especially Li Dechang, he controls the security of Songcheng County, I am most worried about him, and the judge should have a good talk with him."

"Who can control a person who is greedy for sex and drinks?" Yang Du looked disdainful, he really didn't understand why Zhang Yaozuo sent such a person to Ying Tianfu.

"If you can't control it, you have to control it. He is the key to the judgment. Once he is overthrown by Fan Ning, the military power will be gone."

Yang Du nodded, and said helplessly: "Okay! I'll go and talk to him, and I want him to stop drinking and sex, and he must sit in the government office."

Early the next morning, Yang Du took a few entourages to the capital by boat. The Zhizheng Hall asked him to report to the capital within three days. He had no time to delay. After hastily arranging the stay-at-home officials, Yang Du left Yingtian Mansion.

Fan Ning did not make any statement, and continued to read his information in the government office, as if Yang Du's report to Beijing had nothing to do with him.

For three days in a row, the government office was very peaceful, and nothing happened. The tense officials gradually relaxed their vigilance. It's been a day of debauchery.

The street was still bustling with people, the commander Li Shun led more than a dozen soldiers to patrol Nanchengtou. Li Shun was Li Dechang's nephew, and the official commander commanded [-] soldiers.

Before leaving, Yang Du put pressure on him to lead the army to patrol every day. Li Shun was obviously more dedicated than Li Dechang. He has been patrolling all over the city for the past few days, and he dare not slack off at all.

"Catch him! Don't let him run away!"

Suddenly someone yelled from the south gate, and there was a sudden commotion inside the gate. A man in black was running towards the gate with a bright knife in his hand, and he was closely chasing a dozen people. Soldier.

Li Shun was startled, he immediately realized that something had happened, he turned his horse and ran down the city, the soldiers followed him closely.

It was too late to close the city gate, and the guards wanted to stop them but dared not. In an instant, the man in black rushed out of the city gate.

"What's going on?" Li Shun shouted.

A soldier chasing him said anxiously: "It's Li Sheng, the salt lord, who killed five people and fled in Xiangyang. The government offered a reward of a thousand guan to arrest him. He was recognized at the entrance of the inn just now."

When Li Shun heard that there was a reward of a thousand guan, he was tempted, and immediately shouted: "Come with me!"

Li Shun urged his horse, and chased out of the city with a dozen of his men. After chasing out of the suspension bridge, he saw Yan Xiao in black stumbling into a forest from a distance. It seemed that he was injured.

Li Shun was overjoyed, he whipped his horse several times, the horse suffered from pain, let out a snarl, and galloped towards the woods.

The soldiers behind shouted anxiously: "Commander, wait for us!"

Li Shun was eager to catch people and ignored the soldiers. He rushed his horse into the woods, but the man in black was nowhere to be seen. Li Shun pulled out and looked around, looking for his target.

But just above his head, a black shadow fell, and a cold light flashed. Li Shun's head flew a foot away, blood spurted from his neck, and his body fell to the ground.

The man in black urged his horse to run deep into the woods. After a while, he ran out of the woods and galloped south along the official road.

More than a dozen soldiers searched around, and finally found Li Shun's head and body after a long time. Everyone shouted in shock, "Yan Xiao killed the commander!"

The barracks was still very quiet. Except for the soldiers who went out to patrol, nearly a thousand soldiers gathered in the army for lunch. At this time, the gate of the barracks was closed. It was another commander, Yao Jin, who led dozens of soldiers to close the gate. , moved all the training weapons into the storeroom, and locked the armory at the same time, but nearly a thousand soldiers were still eating in a noisy manner, and no one noticed that something abnormal had happened in the barracks.

At noon, the business of Yichunyuan was relatively light. While drinking, Li Dechang played with two young prostitutes recklessly. He hadn't had such a good drinking and playing with women for several days. He was completely satisfied with his current life. Zhang Yaozuo once promised him to be promoted to another level, but Li Dechang didn't have such big ambitions, money, wine and women were enough for him.

At this time, there was a rush of footsteps in the yard, and the old bustard screamed, "Don't mess around. Inspector Li is drinking inside. What are you going to do?"

Li Dechang was furious in his heart, another rogue with no eyesight came to make trouble, he pushed the two women away, got up and walked outside, when Li Dechang walked to the door, he was stunned all of a sudden.

The yard was not the scoundrels he imagined, but was full of soldiers, and the leader was Gu Changwu, the Zuojun patrol.

Li Dechang was startled, and couldn't help taking a step back, "Gu Changwu, what are you going to do?"

Gu Changwu said coldly: "By order of Prefect Fan, I am here to announce your guilt!"

Gu Changwu flipped open a paper scroll, and read aloud: "Li Dechang, the inspector of the right army, is an official of the imperial court, but he opened a brothel, corrupted the court's discipline, and forced the good to be prostitutes. He disregarded human life. His crime is extremely heinous. This official is the responsibility of the magistrate of heaven. , Exercising the power of Yushi Zhongcheng, Li Dechang was specially removed from all official positions, and he was sent to prison for questioning."

"Kill you son of a bitch!"

Before Gu Changwu could finish reading, Li Dechang was so angry that he rushed forward and punched Gu Changwu in the face.

Gu Changwu took a step back, and Li Dechang punched nothing. Li Dechang wanted to draw a punch again, but he had no chance. More than a dozen people rushed up and pushed him to the ground. perception.

Gu Changwu waved his hand, "Take him away!"

The soldiers picked up Li Dechang, threw him into a bullock cart, and left the brothel.

At the same time, in the Songcheng county government office, the county magistrate and county lieutenant were also invited out of the government office by the soldiers. Assisting in the investigation, the authority was suspended, and Hou Wen, the county magistrate, was fully in charge of the county government.
Hou Wen, who holds the power of the county government, restarted last year's wine store murder case, dispatched dozens of policemen and archers to arrest thirteen gangsters who participated in the murder, and at the same time arrested the big proprietor of Wenqing Wine Store, Wei Lin, and brought him to justice. The Wenqing Liquor Store was seized. Wei Lin is also Yang Du's brother-in-law. He obtained the only liquor license issued by Ying Tianfu last year, thereby monopolizing Ying Tianfu's wine business.

Wei Lin's crime is not only suspected of using power for personal gain, but more importantly, he is involved in a shocking public murder case in the street. In order to kill chickens and monkeys, he publicly drowned the proprietor of a wine shop. Hundreds of people witnessed it with their own eyes. The public killing this time caused wine shops in all counties of Yingtianfu to close down one after another.

When the news spread, the people in Songcheng County realized that Yingtian Mansion had begun to change. For a while, there were a lot of complaints, complaining that Yang Du and his wife and brother were corrupt, violated the law, ran rampant in the market, and oppressed the people. Hundreds of copies.

Fan Ning collected and sorted out all kinds of criminal evidence and formally impeached Yang Du and Li Dechang to the court.

(End of this chapter)