Start with the humble bridegroom

Chapter 335
I haven't seen him for a year, and the streets of Xiushan County are much more angry than when they first conquered it.

After all, this is the closest county town to the county town, and traders can walk over in an hour and a half. In addition, the Xiushan private wharf previously controlled by the Wu family has become a public-private one, and cargo ships traveling from Xiushan to Jiangbei have also changed from smuggling to Jiangbei. After internal transportation, the population of Xiushan County was much larger than that under Wu State's management.

Early in the morning, the flow of people on the street was comparable to the flow of people in the afternoon that year.

"Yue Tang managed Xiushan, and he put a lot of effort into it!"

Zhang Zhe, who was dressed in ordinary clothes, was talking to Sanqi beside him. Little Zhao Ping was leading the horse for him behind him, Geng Liang and Lao Gao were also leading their horses to follow, and behind them was an ordinary caravan and truck. The carts were all pulled by mules, Li Yuezhao and Xu Yutang were sitting in the cart, peeking at the market from the window of the cart.

Zhang Zhe set off from Jiangling on the fourth day of the first lunar month, and was recognized at the ferry.Now Xue Xiong is in charge of the defense of Zhaoyang County, and Zhang Zhe's old acquaintance Xiang Tang is the guard who stays at the key point - Jiang'an Camp.

Since he showed his whereabouts, he followed Xiangtang's invitation to stay and drink for half a day. Yesterday evening, he arrived at Caoqiao Station, thirty miles away from Zhaoyang.But before dawn, Zhang Zhe and his party got up, instead of going to the county town, they turned directly to Xiushan County.

Sanqi was holding his own horse, with a smirk on his face.

"Mr. Lang came directly to Xiushan. Those county officials who got the news last night were probably waiting at the gate of the county city early. Hehe, but in the end it was all in vain."

"Lang Jun, there is something wrong with the expressions of these Xiushan people!" Gao Deshu suddenly said, "They all seem to be a little panicked."

Hearing the words, Zhang Zhe and the others also began to seriously look at the expressions of the surrounding people. Sure enough, many people's expressions were faintly anxious.It seems that there is no smile on the faces of all the Xiushan people, even the owner of the breakfast stall who is greeting the guests, the smile is extremely dry.

"Go, find out, what happened here?"

Sanqi nodded, took out a few pennies, and ran to an early morning stall.After a while, Zhang Sanqi, with a slightly pale face, twisted a bag of steamed stuffed buns, and said a few words in Zhang Zhe's ear quickly.

The gentleman between Geng Liang and Gao Deshu seemed to be frozen by Sanqi's words, and he stood in the middle of the road and became dazed.

The county offices in various places are places that are not often repaired, but the wooden rafters of some houses in Xiushan County are now even more dilapidated with scorched black.People passing by here used to hurry away with their heads down, but these days, people passing by here will slow down and look into the yamen secretly.Some people will automatically kneel down and kowtow a few times, and then fly away.

The most eye-catching color of the Xiushan County Government at this moment is not from the scorched rafters, but from the white banners and white cloths swaying with the cold winter wind inside and outside the county government, and two large lanterns with black characters and white background hanging at the gate.

Lay!
A hundred steps away from the gate of the yamen, Zhang Zhe felt a little dizzy and cold for a moment by the dancing white.

Yue Tang's voice, appearance and appearance are as if they were seen yesterday, but now the reunion is separated by yin and yang!

Something terrible happened to Xiushan!The county magistrate was killed two days ago, and the county lieutenant who rushed back to the county the next day was pushed by the county government and sent to prison!It is said that Wei Po sent people back to the city to attack Yue Tang.

The big joke of slipping the world!

"Lang Jun is going to the county yamen right now? Do you want a servant to make a stop?" Geng Liangwen asked him in a low voice, but the pale Zhang Zhe refused, "No rush!"

"How about, let's go back to the house and settle down first?" Little Zhao Ping was a little worried about Zhang Zhe's state, so he also put forward his own suggestion.

"If you don't go back to the house, I don't know how many people are staring at the house." Zhang Zhe's tone became extremely cold, "First find an ordinary inn near the county government office, and then you all go out to inquire about the news. Don't be afraid of people I suspect that now that the Xiushan Wharf is booming, the merchants on the wharf alone will send out many people to inquire about the news, let alone the goods, I will give you half an hour."

Money can turn ghosts around, and it is also a supreme weapon to inquire about news. Sprinkle a few hundred pennies, and Zhang Zhe has an extra stack of papers at hand.

In the guest room of the inn, Zhang Zhe was summarizing all kinds of true and false news collected by everyone.

In the end, his eyes fell on a few more special pieces of news:

One: The second master of the Fang family stayed in the city that night, and a woman ran away beside him in the middle of the night, but to everyone's surprise, the second master Fang, who had a bad temper, went away straight away in the early morning of the second day , did not bother to find the inn;
Second: Some relatives who work as servants in the county government rumored that a woman cried and opened the back door of the county government that night;

Third: The gatekeepers once said that in the middle of the night, Li Gao, who was next to the county magistrate, was ordered to go out of the city to deliver a letter to the county magistrate. When he came back, there were eleven more horsemen by his side, but now Li Gao was missing;
Fourth: It was the eleven men on horseback who sneaked into the back office, attacked the county magistrate, and set fire to it;

Fifth: On the second day, Wei Xianwei got the news from the city and rushed to the city, but was taken down by Fang Tuiguan who had squatted early.But when he escorted Wei Po to the county, he was stopped by Wei Po's subordinates, and now Wei Po is under custody in the county jail;
Sixth: Some ruffians from the county town entered Xiushan County in large numbers, and all of them claimed that Wei Po had killed the county magistrate.Those who dared to refute were nearly all beaten.In the past few days alone, there have been many gang fights between the old county soldiers under Wei Po and the officials in the Tuiguan Yamen.

"Brother Yue Tang, what did the woman next to Fang Chaoxiang give you to make you suffer such a crazy and reckless killing!?" Zhang Zhe stared at the word "Fang's family" on the paper, feeling a little nervous. His intentions were revealed unabashedly, "Hehe, if my younger brother comes a few days later, I'm afraid the county won't be able to find out any useful news!"

The Tuiguan family, who is only the seventh rank, dares to attack and kill the county magistrate of Xiushan, who is also the seventh rank!The Fang family has so much guts!
"Lang Jun, I'm afraid the Fang family has lost all the evidence! Otherwise, the magistrate's wife wouldn't be able to hang these white banners."

It was Gao Deshu who spoke, and his guess coincided with Zhang Zhe's.If the woman who reported the letter was still alive, or still in Chen Yushuang's hands, Fang Chaoli would definitely find an excuse to seal off the entire county government, instead of asking Chen Yushuang to build a mourning hall so that he can contact people from the outside world.

"That woman who escaped from Fang Chaoxiang's side is probably in danger~!" Zhang Zhe shook his head, slightly disappointed.

Zhang Sanqi turned around violently for a few times, and then asked Zhang Zhe: "Mr. Lang, can't we just let the Fang family ride on our heads? First, I broke the legs of my housekeeper, and then harassed Mr. Lang's concubine. , and now he even killed Lang Jun’s good friend, Lord Yue, before Lang Jun took office, his face was swept away by the Fang family!”

Little Zhao Ping argued in a low voice: "Without any personal evidence, the lord can't take down that surname Fang with empty words, right? In that case, the lord's official voice is really broken. Besides, that woman What exactly did you say to Master Yue, I'm afraid you won't know until you see Mrs. Yue."

Everyone looked at Zhang Zhe again, but Zhang Zhe suddenly burst into laughter.

"I don't care what news that woman told Brother Yue, I won't waste my time on it. Seventh rank pushes the official to preside over the county affairs? Do you really think that you have done a perfect job?"

After laughing, Zhang Zhe picked up a pen and started writing, wrote more than ten posts in one breath, and stamped his Tongzhi seal on each of them.

"Sanqi! You take these posts and ride to the county immediately. Don't enter through the north gate where those officials are waiting, but enter through the west gate. The leader of the guards of the county palace is Xu Qian. You are familiar with him, and the first Seal the post with him to read, and then ask him to send someone to take these posts to do things according to my instructions. After Xu Qian's people leave, you take the last post to do things according to the orders."

After explaining clearly, Zhang Zhe also asked Sanqi to take the belt badge of his Lanxiu palace envoy and Yang Shangyang's father's warrant.

Sanqi rode away immediately, Zhang Zhe turned and went to the back room.Under the service of Yue Zhao and Xu Niangzi, he changed into his fifth-rank scarlet official robe. Zhao Ping beside him was holding his Tongzhi seal, and Geng Liang and Gao Deshu guarded him, and walked down together. Up the stairs of the inn.

His posture immediately startled everyone in the inn, and the common people knelt down immediately.

Zhang Zhe came to the counter of the inn with a smile.

"Boss, do you have good wine, and I will make a pot with you."

The boss was so intimidated that he didn't dare to look up, he had never seen a red official robe before, and he just nodded his head like a chick.

"Yes, yes! 20-year peony red! Wait a moment, my lord."

The boss was very winking, and hurried to the backyard, dug out the good wine he had buried in a few clicks, and thoughtfully replaced it with a simple wine jug to fill the old wine, and respectfully delivered it to Zhang Zhe.

"It seems that this wine is very good!" Zhang Zhe nodded in satisfaction, and put the fifty official tickets on the counter.But the boss didn't look at it at all, and just lowered his head and replied: "The villain is not boasting about this wine, even Mr. Xianyue in the county often praises it!"

Zhang Zhe immediately laughed: "Okay, this wine is about to be used to pay homage to brother Yue, since he loves this, it is the best."

Hearing Zhang Zhe's laughter, everyone in the inn peeked at each other, not knowing who this person was, as if they were going to pay homage to County Magistrate Yue.

A rope was tied to the quaint jug, dangling in Zhang Zhe's hands.He took Zhao Ping and the three of them slowly towards the county government office where the white flags were waving.

"No!" A stool blocked the passage of the county prison, and Master Cao sitting on the stool just shook his head, "Since the incident happened in this county, Wei Xianwei can only be detained in this county! No one can transfer He went to the county for interrogation, so it is against the laws of Dazheng!"

Standing in front of Mr. Cao was a judge from the Tuiguan Yamen. He looked at Mr. Cao with a livid face, and shouted sharply: "Mr. Cao! Your duty is to provide money, food, and food for the county. Renhu, how dare you meddle in my errand to promote the government office!? Besides, the chief official of your county has died, who else can interrogate criminals?"

"There is no one to interrogate, and it doesn't mean that people can be taken away by pushing the official yamen. If there is a warrant from the General Judge, the subordinate officials will naturally not interfere! Without the written words of the General Judge, how can Lord Fang interrogate the officials?"

"You're presumptuous!" The judge was furious. His Master Cao was a member of the Eighth Rank, but he was a professional in charge of criminal cases, but now the door was blocked by a person in charge of money and food. He really didn't save any face for him.

"Left and right, invite me to leave Mr. Cao!"

Several servants from the Tuiguan Yamen were about to step forward, but they found that there were several people behind Master Cao. They were all county prison servants, and the two sides looked at each other fiercely.

Judge Du blushed for a moment, he didn't expect Cao Lingwen to mobilize the servants to confront him!

This is Xiushan, and the policemen he brought with him were less than the policemen in the county prison, so it is estimated that there are still county soldiers under Wei Po waiting outside.Cao Lingwen, the good old man who was quiet in the past, is now crazy. He is afraid that he will not be able to complete Mr. Fang's explanation today.

Fang Chaoli repeatedly explained that he had to get Wei Po to the Tuiguan Yamen today, and he had to get Wei Po's confession that he had murdered Yue Tang before tonight.

"You must not delay the opening of the office until tomorrow, otherwise the success will fall short!" Judge Du once again remembered Mr. Fang's explanation, so he didn't care too much, took out a document directly, and opened it to Mr. Cao.

"Brother Cao, you forced me to do this! Lord Fang has long guessed that you might interfere with my affairs. This is Lord Fang's warrant, ordering Cao Lingwen, chief secretary of Xiushan, to suspend his duties! You still don't want to get out of my way! "

Cao Lingwen continued to sit on the bench blankly.

"Master Fang, as the pusher, has no right to suspend Cao from his position."

"Hey, Mr. Fang was entrusted by Mr. Tongsan to act as the acting county. Besides, according to the regulations of this dynasty, you are from the eighth rank, and Mr. Fang is the seventh rank, which happens to be three ranks higher than yours. Suspending your position is reasonable and compliant. .Ru, can’t you disobey orders? Brother Cao, why don’t you go back and think about how to appeal after you are suspended!”

Cao Lingwen looked up at Judge Du, but still shook his head.

"Dazheng Law, there are no officials in the county, and they are replaced by ranks. The county magistrate of this county died, and the county lieutenant was imprisoned. It just happened to be the turn of the official to be in charge. It is true that your lord acts as an agent of the bureau, but you can stop the post of county magistrate. It is better for Mr. Du to go back and tell Mr. Fang, asking him to ask Liu Tong to dismiss him from the post of acting as county official first. You are free to take away whoever you want."

Judge Du looked at Cao Lingwen in surprise, he did not expect that Cao Lingwen, who used to be an official of Wu State, would be so familiar with the laws of Dazheng.As Cao Lingwen said, he has automatically assumed the position of Xiushan County Chancellor. Unless Liu Tongsan, the highest political officer in the county, orders someone else to take his place temporarily, Fang Chaoli really has nothing to do with him.

Crossing the river to find Liu Tong?It was too late!The news came from Caoqiao Station last night that Zhang Tongzhi's chariots and horses had arrived at Caoqiao Station and would enter the county today.Fang Tuiguan and the others originally wanted to take advantage of today's opportunity to let Zhang Tong know that he has no time to be a director today.As long as Wei Po's confession is obtained today, Wei Po will commit suicide in fear of crime.Even if Zhang Tongzhi had all kinds of doubts, he couldn't solve the case for a while!

At that time, the Bai experience in the army will put pressure on behalf of the Xue family, and the matter will most likely be settled.

Judge Du thought about the one thousand acres of fertile land he had acquired, and the anxiety in his heart was like a raging fire roasting his internal organs.He is from the eighth rank, and he has no qualifications to buy "Hui Tian", and he still doesn't spend a penny. He has long been a grasshopper on the same rope with the Fang family.

Seeing that Judgment Du's expression became more and more wrong, Cao Lingwen also felt something was wrong, and was about to get up and retreat behind his own yamen servant, but saw one of Du Bian's men rushing in in a panic.

"My lord, it's not good~!!"

(End of this chapter)