Defend the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 28 The City Lord's Mansion Handles the Case ([-])
Even though soldiers were called in to suppress the trump card, it was still not necessary if it could be used.

Xu Haoran didn't want to continue this stalemate, so he stared at them and asked, "What are the intentions of the three obstructing you in every possible way? Could it be that you killed Mi Fatai, and you are guilty of thieves, so you dare not let me investigate."

"Young Master Xu, we are family friends with Mi Fatai, how could we harm him!"

"Since you are family friends, you should hope that this officer will solve the case earlier and bring the culprit to justice as soon as possible. Why do you want to obstruct it?"

Shi Xianning was stopped by the question and didn't know how to explain it.

Bai Zuojian was as speechless as Ashina Shan.

Cui Han was about to ask them to persuade the people who made a fuss to leave quickly, when a young man who looked like a Han Chinese but wore barbarian clothes came out and bowed to salute: "Young Master Xu's Mansion, as far as I know, Yele City is not County magistrate, I don’t know where your county lieutenant came from.”

"Who are you?"

"My lord, Shi Siqiang, is a student of the High Priest."

Xu Haoran asked: "Where is the family?"

"I am from Chang'an, and traveled here with the high priest."

Shi Siqiang took out a copy of the past from his bosom, and presented it with both hands neither humble nor overbearing.

Xu Haoran looked at the dates of the endorsements of the Shouzhuo City and the Fortress, and pondered: "Chang'an Renshi, Youli, you have traveled far enough this time."

"It is my blessing to be able to follow the high priest. I just want to ask, since Yele is not the county governor, why did you come to Shaofu!" Shi Siqiang refused to let go, and put on a posture that he couldn't do without explaining this matter clearly.

So aggressive, why should he be confident.

Cui Han felt that there was something wrong with this kid, and thought that Xu Haoran's "young mansion" was indeed not well-known, so it was not easy to answer, so he immediately raised his head: "Yele is not the county government, but there is also Cui, the Ming mansion. Why do you only Ask Xu Shaofu, not Cui."

Shi Siqiang said with a smile: "I really want to ask, since it is not a county government, why did you come to Mingfu?"

Although Cui Han was questioned, he did not become angry from embarrassment. He said meaningfully: "I, like Tang Dynasty, did not have the position of city lord, but Cui still became the city lord, and he did it for three years. Are you unable to figure it out, or are you still not convinced?" ?”

This city lord was appointed by General An, and he was only a part-timer. He belonged to the power of emergency, and the border general had this power.

Shi Siqiang knew very well that he could question the "Ming Mansion" and "Shao Mansion", but he couldn't question the "City Lord", so he quickly said, "I dare not."

If you want to investigate the case smoothly, you must find someone to stand up.

With so many Sogdians around, it is not a last resort to take advantage of the local Sogdians.

The guy in front of him jumped out on his own initiative, and he was not a local, and he didn't even look like a Sogdian.

Xu Haoran felt that it was appropriate to use him to show his prestige, and his expression changed immediately: "Since you dare not, why did you jump out to confront Cui Mingfu and this official? Come, someone, take down this lunatic. Stick sixty, fight here! "

Two night watchmen rushed forward and grabbed Shi Siqiang's arms.

"Wait a minute!" Shi Siqiang didn't expect that they would dare not give high priest Qu Du face, and didn't want to suffer immediate losses.

"Speak quickly if you have something to say."

"According to the laws of my Tang Dynasty, if one person in the department commits robbery, the chief officer will be given thirty lashes. If someone in the department murders, the chief officer will be given sixty sticks. The chief officer is the head, and the subordinates are subordinates. Lizheng, Fangzheng, and Cunzheng must all sit together. Don't you know Fu Shao Fu, aren’t you officials of my Tang Dynasty, Mifatai was killed at home, you will also be punished, why don’t you beat yourself?”

"It turns out that there is such a rule, Cui Mingfu, in your words, to be honest with others is to be honest with yourself first, and you must lead by example."

"Sixty rods, isn't the butt about to bloom?"

"Aren't you going to check according to your rules? Then get sixty sticks according to your rules first."

……

Those Sogdians who had been hiding in the dark and fueling the flames immediately became excited when they heard what Shi Siqiang said, and started to boo at all, and the High Priest Qudu, who was surrounded by a group of believers, showed a smile meaning.

To come to Mifatai's house to investigate the case with great fanfare is not only to stab the hornet's nest but also to shake the mountain and shake the tiger.

Han Ping'an and Yinniang had actually come earlier, but they had disguised themselves before they came. Like the Sogdians, they wore headscarves, cloth scarves, and long robes. To ensure that they would not be recognized, they even put on two fake beard.

Han Pingan couldn't help laughing seeing a self-righteous guy jumping out and using the laws of the Tang Dynasty to arrest Cui Han and Xu Haoran's army in public.

I thought that if you don't care about March 21 and [-] and directly cause trouble, we might feel a little guilty, after all, we can not kill people without killing them.

But what are you talking about the laws of the Tang Dynasty? Have you ever talked about Cui Han? Do you know what Cui Han did before he came to the Western Regions?

Unsurprisingly, this is what Cui Han is most afraid of.

He coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said unhurriedly: "Everyone, there is indeed such a rule in my Tang law, but I, Yele, only have one officer, and that is General An, and the post is naturally General Li. I would like to know whether you want to spank General An's ass or General Li's ass."

Shi was stunned.

The Sogdians who had been having a good time just now were dumbfounded, and no one dared to speak for a while, and there was no sound at all.

Yinniang had never encountered such a funny thing before, so she burst out laughing in a rare way.

Han Ping'an was about to remind her not to laugh out loud, when suddenly someone behind her asked sharply, "Who wants to spank General Ben's ass?"

"General Li is here, the idlers are waiting to avoid you!"

"Step aside……"

"Warning, anyone who dares to step forward, kill!"

With a shout, hundreds of Sogdians gathered around the door of Mi's Mansion were driven to the sides by a group of frontier soldiers wearing iron helmets and armour, armed with knives and guns, like ducks.

Those who didn't react, didn't have time to dodge, those who were kicked hugged their heads to dodge.

Han Ping'an was dragged to a corner by Yinniang, stood on tiptoe and saw that it was indeed "Sixth Uncle".

Li Chengye, deputy envoy of Yele Town Qianniuwei Zhonglang, wore a red cloak, held a flat iron horizontal knife, and rode a tall horse along the road that had just been cleared to the front of Mi's mansion.

"My lower official pays my respects to General Li."

"I pay my respects to General Li."

"You two don't need to be polite, I just want to know who wants to spank my ass!"

Li Chengye didn't dismount, just sat on the horse, looking down at the crowd coldly.

Xu Haoran pointed to Shi Siqiang who was supported by two night watchmen: "General Li, that's him."

Li Chengye waited on the city tower for a long time, but he didn't hear the news of the Sogdian riots. He couldn't help but come over to have a look. He didn't expect to hear someone say that he was going to spank his ass, and he was very upset.

He didn't want people to feel that he was beating people indiscriminately, so he glanced at Shi Siqiang who was so frightened that he was out of his wits, and turned around and asked:

"City Lord Cui, you are proficient in laws and regulations, tell me whether this general should be spanked."

"General Li, this person has taken the meaning out of context and tampered with my laws of the Tang Dynasty. He actually changed 'one person in the county kills, the county magistrate's stick is sixty' to 'someone in the department kills, the chief's stick is sixty', in order to confuse the public and deceive the public. public."

"So he distorted the general into the county magistrate, and the general into the county magistrate."

"Exactly."

Cui Han cupped his hands, and continued: "Even if the general is the county magistrate, and General Li is the county magistrate, according to the law, if someone kills someone in the county, it's not like he should be punished right now."

Since you want to beat someone, you have to beat them to be convinced.

Li Chengye got off his horse and asked with interest: "Then when will you be punished?"

Cui Han explained with a smile: "If the criminal is caught within [-] days of the crime, there is no need to sit in a row, and he will not be punished; if the criminal is caught after [-] days of the crime, the responsibility will be reduced by three degrees. , state and county officials will be punished, whoever dares to be an official.”

"Been taught a lesson."

Li Chengye nodded in satisfaction, turned around and said with a smile: "This general is not the county magistrate, and it has not been thirty days since Mi Fatai was killed. In this way, this general does not need to be punished."

Cui Han cupped his hands and said, "Naturally, who dares to hit the general."

"Isn't there one here? Since you dare to offend this general, you should be punished according to military law. Liu Da and Wang Biao, what are you doing in a daze!"

"Understandable."

Several guards rushed forward and knocked Shi Siqiang to the ground.

In front of everyone, he took off Shi Siqiang's trousers, exposing his white buttocks, and then he swung the handle of the knife and started to beat him.

"General, please spare me...it hurts me to death...Ma Ge, help me! You can't hit me, I am a guest of General An..."

Shi Siqiang begged for mercy repeatedly in pain.

It was fine if he didn't mention General An, but when he mentioned General An, Li Chengye became even more angry, and said with a gloomy face, "Just now I was going to spank the General's butt, but now he said he was the General's guest, I really don't know what to say. Hit, give this general a hard hit!"

A group of Sogdians who had had a lot of trouble just now, looked at Shi Siqiang's bloody buttocks and dared not make any more noise.

Xu Haoran didn't want to waste time, so he saluted respectfully and asked: "General Li, Cui Mingfu, why don't you go in and handle the case first?"

"It turned out to be Haoran. I said who the new thief Cao Wei is. I asked you to find out the right person. Check carefully and carefully. You must check it out within [-] days, otherwise even the general will be punished. "

"General Li is really good at joking, the lowly ranks go ahead."

When Li Chengye saw Xu Haoran turn around and leave, he immediately turned his head: "I have to listen carefully to this general, anyone who dares to obstruct Xu Shaofu's handling of the case is committing a crime, and this general will never forgive me lightly!"

He has always been at odds with General An, and General An is far away in Baisha City, and now he has the final say in Yele City.

Shi Xianning, Bai Zuojian, and Ashina Shan were not afraid of Cui Han, but they would not dare to confront him even if they were killed, so they could only honestly say yes.

Cui Han said without losing the opportunity: "The three of you go in quickly, Young Master Xu will invite you to be witnesses."

Shi Xianning and the others had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I obey."

Li Chengye saw that the guy who spoke rudely was beaten silently, brandished a horizontal knife and scolded: "It's all gone, what's so interesting about investigating the case, if you don't leave, you will be punished for causing chaos!"

There are frontier troops all around, and there are even frontier archers on the opposite roof.

In the face of these soldiers, don't think that the law does not blame the public.

Hundreds of Sogdians who planned to evict the officials of the City Lord's Mansion, did not dare to stay here for a long time, and all of them disappeared in a blink of an eye.

(End of this chapter)