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Chapter 20: Chapter 20: The Jade Pendant

Fang Xuanling hurriedly inquired about the details, and asked him where he lost the jade pendant. Fang Yiai originally wanted to say that he lost it in Lantian County, but then thought that Fang Xuanling forbade him to run around. If he said it, Fang Xuanling would scold him again. So, she lied and said that she lost it on Chang'an Avenue, Fang Xuanling hurriedly prepared a sedan chair and headed to the governor's mansion without saying a word.

If you want to ask Datang which official is the most difficult to be, it must be the governor of Chang'an, which is equivalent to the modern mayor of Beijing. It stands to reason that this official is very big, why is it so difficult to do.

The reason is very simple. In the Tang Dynasty, the governor was called the Great Official of the Borderlands, which was very awesome. However, as the Governor of Chang’an, do you dare to call yourself the Great Official of the Frontier? Where is Chang’an? It is the capital of the Tang Dynasty, the entire Tang Dynasty All the high-ranking officials are here, the princes are as numerous as dogs, the Marquis is walking all over the place, and there is the governor of the Jingzhao Mansion on top of his head, the governor of Chang'an seems to be a salute, and he will salute when he sees an official. Claiming to be a humble official, such a life is simply a torment.

The current governor of Chang'an is called Yu Dingzhong. He is 40 years old this year. He has been the governor of Chang'an for more than a year. He dare not go to Chang'an Zhuque Street on weekdays because it is full of the top officials of the Tang Dynasty. He remembers going from there once Passing by in a sedan chair, it took him an hour to complete the Suzaku Avenue, and half of the time was spent getting off the sedan chair to pay respects. He has no other thoughts now, just looking forward to the expiration of his term of office, and then he will be transferred. Either way, I don't want to stay in Chang'an anyway.

Seeing that the term of office was about to expire in a few months, suddenly a big boss came to the door. That's right, it was Fang Qiao, the head of all officials in the Tang Dynasty.

When he heard that Fang Xuanling was coming, Yu Dingzhong was stunned, and immediately began to reflect on whether he had done something bad recently, or whether his son who was not up to date had done something to bully men and women In the end, he met Fang Xuanling in the lobby with a nervous heart.

Fang Xuanling came here in casual clothes this time, and only brought a butler with him. After he and Yu Dingzhong sat down in the main hall, Yu Dingzhong served fragrant tea, and then asked with a smile on his face, "Mr. , How could you come to Xiaguan's place when you have time, could it be that Xiaguan did something wrong, if so, please speak bluntly, Xiaguan will try his best to correct it."

Fang Xuanling took a sip of tea, chuckled, and said: "Ci Shi Yu did nothing wrong, everyone is an official in Chang'an, and as a superior official, I occasionally come to condolences to my subordinates, it doesn't seem too much, haha..."

"Not too much, not too much." Yu Dingzhong nodded like a chicken eating rice.

"Well, Yu Cishi's tea is not bad." Fang Xuanling took another sip of tea and commented, "It's just that there is too much ginger."

Yu Dingzhong hurriedly apologized: "It's almost autumn, Xiaguan will put more ginger in the tea at this time to keep out typhoid."

Fang Xuanling nodded: "Well, yes, it is our duty to be an official, bow to the court, and benefit the common people. However, we must pay special attention to our own health. If you fall ill, who will be in charge of politics? Is it a vegetarian meal, haha."

"Fang Xiang is right, very true." Yu Dingzhong looked like a primary school student listening to the teacher's teachings, and he was obedient, and Fang Xuanling also put on the airs of the head of a hundred officials.

But Fang Xuanling came here this time for business, not to taste tea, everyone should exchange pleasantries, and those who should be polite should also be polite, the official words are almost done, it is time to talk about business, Fang Xuanling put it aside Putting down the teacup, he said quietly: "Inspector Yu, I heard that under your governance, Chang'an is prosperous, and the generation of chickens and dogs are almost extinct?"

When Yu Dingzhong heard the words, he was about to say a few words of modesty, but he suddenly realized that something was wrong. What was wrong? Because of Fang Xuanling's questioning tone, he rolled his eyes and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Mr. I dare not be negligent, dare not say that there are no thieves in Chang'an, but it is indeed much better than before, please check it out."

"Yeah." Fang Xuanling hummed lightly, and there was no emotion in his tone, and he opened his mouth slowly after a while, "My youngest son, Yiai, was wandering on Chang'an Street the day before yesterday, and when he came back, he found that he was lost. got one thing."

Yu Dingzhong's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, knowing Fang Xuanling's intentions, he hurriedly asked respectfully, "I wonder what Fang Xiang's beloved son lost?"

"It's a jade pendant." Fang Xuanling got up slowly, walked lightly for two steps, suddenly his face turned serious, and said, "This jade pendant is very important, it is a gift from the Holy Majesty."

"Ah!" Yu Dingzhong was dumbfounded for a moment, his face was instantly drained of blood, the jade pendant bestowed by the emperor was lost, it was lost in his jurisdiction, and he suddenly felt that his official career had come to an end, no, not reconciled, It must be remedied!
Yu Dingzhong suddenly left his seat, knelt down on the ground with a plop, kowtowed his head, and begged in a mournful voice: "Mr. Fang, this is a dereliction of duty. I can't absolve myself of the responsibility. The Prime Minister gave the humble official a chance to make amends. Even if this humble official turns Chang'an upside down, he will still get this jade pendant back."

Fang Xuanling stepped forward to help him up, his expression became extremely relaxed, like a spring breeze, this face-changing skill can never be practiced in decades: "Since I came here alone today, I just don't want to let this matter go public. , that would be bad for you and me."

Yu Dingzhong immediately understood what he meant, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Fang, I will definitely catch the jade thief as soon as possible..."

"Just find the jade pendant." Fang Xuanling reminded, "Don't make things big."

"Yes, yes, yes..." Yu Dingzhong echoed, and said, "It's still Fang Xiang who is thoughtful, and the humble job must keep quiet and find the jade pendant."

Fang Xuanling was very satisfied with his attitude, nodded and said: "Okay, I have explained the matter, you can do it yourself, don't send it away, so as not to cause criticism." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.

Yu Dingzhong made a bow and said, "Atonement can't be sent far away." After Fang Xuanling's back completely disappeared, he straightened up and raised his hand to wipe away the cold sweat from his forehead.

After a moment of silence, Yu Dingzhong suddenly shouted: "Come on! Arrest all the big and small thieves in Chang'an!"

Li Hao cheated Fang Yiai with a piece of jade pendant, and all the thieves in Chang'an were caught in the Chang'an prison. The prison is full of thieves.

Yu Dingzhong personally went to the prison for interrogation, but it took three full days, but he couldn't find any clues. Yu Dingzhong got angry and his mouth was ulcerated. He sent someone to quietly send a letter to Fang Xuanling, reporting the results of his interrogation.

Fang Xuanling was also quite surprised, he was still clear about Yu Dingzhong's ability to handle affairs, he thought it was not difficult, but unexpectedly he didn't even ask a single question, he thought about it, and thought that the jade thief might not be Chang'an Yes, it is very likely that the small thieves from the surrounding counties came to Chang'an to commit crimes, so he sent a letter to Yu Dingzhong, asking him to release the thieves first, and then go to Jingzhaodu Dudu's Mansion by himself, and will be in Yu Dingzhong. The routine used in the Dingzhong Mansion was performed again. The highest official of the Jingzhao Dudu Mansion is the Dudu. This is a new official office and position after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, so many people still call it Fu Yin verbally.

The Dudu has absolute power in the Dudu's Mansion, and he can grasp the military and government with one hand, which is very awesome, and the Jingzhao Dudu's Mansion is higher than the general Dudu's Mansion and the Duhu Mansion. The Jingzhao Dudu is a second-rank official, second in rank Yu Fangxuanling, the current governor of Jingzhao Metropolitan Government, is called Shen Song. After hearing Fang Xuanling's words, his reaction was similar to that of Yu Dingzhong. , All the thieves in Jingzhao Mansion suffered as if they had stabbed a hornet's nest.

However, the result was far from ideal, and still did not find any clues. Shen Song was puzzled. Fortunately, he had been an official for many years and was quite intelligent. If you steal the jade pendant, you will naturally have to sell the stolen goods. There are only two ways to sell the stolen goods, either black or white. He has already checked the black way when he was catching those thieves, and found nothing. Now he can only go the white way. The white way is the first choice of course. It's a pawn shop.

This investigation was really a surprise, and there was a report immediately, saying that the jade pendant was found in the Tianlong pawnshop in Lantian County, and the treasurer of the Tianlong pawnshop was brought to Shen Song on the spot, and Shen Song took the jade pendant back , did not hand it over to Fang Xuanling immediately, but inquired about the name and residence of Dang Yupei, and then sent more than 30 government officials to arrest Li Hao. , in his opinion, he is the head of a government, and it is not a sure thing to deal with a small thief.

Since Li Hao received the three hundred guan from the shopkeeper of Tianlong Pawnshop, the big wooden box has been filled with copper coins, a total of [-] guan. Now he has the confidence to do anything, expand the chicken farm again, and He found two villagers to come to help him raise chickens, and Jin became the head chicken raiser.

Summer is finally coming to an end, and the weather is not as hot as before. Li Hao is in a good mood. He moves a recliner and lies under the big tree in the yard to enjoy the shade, fanning the crane feather fan he made himself. How comfortable it is , he suddenly felt that it would be fine to just lie down like this for the rest of his life. This is a symptom of lazy cancer, and it needs to be cured.

He was having a good time, when suddenly there were screams and noises from the front yard, which disturbed his good mood. He was muttering about who was so short-sighted, when he saw the concierge Wang San running in with a frightened face. The courtyard yelled anxiously: "Old... ah no, young master, it's terrible, there are many officials coming outside, saying they are here to look for you!"

"Official messenger? Looking for me?" Li Hao blinked quickly a few times, and after thinking about it carefully, he seemed to be very stable recently, and he hadn't had any dealings with the government.

Just when he was wondering, he saw a large group of government servants in uniform broke into the courtyard. The leader was tall and strong, with a dark face and beard. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Li Hao on the reclining chair, sternly He asked, "Are you Li Hao?"

Li Hao stood up and bowed his hands: "This is Li Hao, what advice do you guys have?"

"Locked!" The bearded man had no extra nonsense at all, and issued this order with a big move, and two people ran out behind him, rushing towards Li Hao with the chains and shackles.

Li Hao was taken aback, and hurriedly took two steps back and exclaimed, "Wait a minute, why did you take me?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" The bearded man didn't even bother to explain to him, and said sternly, "You will know when you come to our Jingzhao Mansion!"

"Jingzhao Mansion?" Li Hao was shocked, when did he provoke Jingzhao Mansion?Did I do something wrong?It shouldn't be, I have been obediently staying at home since I came to Lantian, and the most excessive thing I did was cheat Fang Yiai with a jade pendant. ah?

He really wanted to resist, but he knew it was futile. The other party was the government. If he resisted, he would be resisting arrest, and the consequences would be serious.

Just when he turned his mind around, the two yamen servants had already arrived in front of him, and Li Hao cooperatively stretched out his hands to let them put on the shackles.

(End of this chapter)