At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 104
Such a change was somewhat beyond Zhou Qi's expectation.

He looked at the old man lying in a pool of blood, staring at the county lieutenant like a falcon, and couldn't help but feel strong anger welling up in his heart.

The county lieutenant seemed to be unaware, and patted his head in frustration, and shouted to the guards behind him, "Look, this county lieutenant has been fighting the fire all night, and he can't even hold a knife steadily."

"The county lieutenant is really dedicated to serving the public."

"The county captain works so hard, he is really a model for us."

"If the county captain does not give up, I am willing to carry the sword for the county captain."

After the county lieutenant's words fell, the sound of flattery and flattery was endless, and no one cared about Zhou Qi's feelings at all.

The county magistrate Zhu Bao, who had just lost the fight with Zhou Zhan, now had a smile on his face, and said to Zhou Qi, "This man committed suicide in fear of crime. I think this fire case can be closed."

No wonder Zhu Bao was so proud.

They are in series with each other, almost controlling the entire Anfeng County, and have the ability to turn the table at any time.

Seeing that Zhou Qi wanted to detain the old man for slow interrogation, County Captain Huang An saw that Zhou Qi could not be tricked for the time being, so he did not hesitate to use the backup plan, which was to force the old man to commit suicide.

As long as the suspect is dead and everyone in the county government agrees, the case will not be investigated.

In order to make things seamless, the county magistrate Zhu Bao even concocted an appointment document overnight last night.

If Zhou Qi really wanted to follow this line of investigation with determination, he would eventually find that the old man who committed suicide had indeed joined the warehouse last night.

Officially at least, the case was flawless.

Zhou Qi compromised, and seemed to have no intention of continuing to entangle the case, and watched Zhu Bao and Huang An leave.

The two seemed to be respectful, but in fact everyone could see that they were extremely arrogant and did not take the new county magistrate in their eyes at all.

After everyone left, Dian Wei held a pair of iron halberds, eyes full of murderous intent, and said to Zhou Qi: "These people are too domineering, and now the county magistrate is the highest magistrate in Anfeng County, as long as the magistrate speaks Under the order, I will kill all these birds, so as not to continue to suffer from this anger."

Dianwei was born as a knight-errant and is not good at intrigues. He believes that the best way to solve problems is to solve those who caused them.

Since they can't win these people by engaging in conspiracies and tricks, they simply use more direct means to kill people.

Zhou Qi rubbed the center of his eyebrows, turned to look at Zhou Zhan, and asked, "What do Ziqing think of Dianjun's words?"

Zhou Zhan shook his head without the slightest hesitation, and said, "Official battles are no better than fighting on the battlefield. Although their methods are despicable, they still play within the rules. If the county magistrate kills people indiscriminately, it is a violation of the rules."

"The Huang, Zhu, and Peng families are extremely powerful in Anfeng County, with branches all over the country. Even if the county magistrate can kill Zhu Bao and Huang An, can he kill everyone in the three major families?"

"If we push them into a hurry and cause the three clans to raise their troops to rebel, we will have no chance of surviving with only a few of us."

Zhou Qi nodded upon hearing this.

Official struggles are indeed very complicated, and problems cannot be solved by force alone, otherwise there will be endless disasters.

Unless the opponent was forced to take the lead in flipping the table, Zhou Qi would not be able to do that. If he wanted to defeat the opponent, he could only use official means.

Otherwise, Zhou Qi's reputation will be ruined, he will completely offend the local powerful, and he may even follow in the footsteps of Sun Ce.

Sun Ce was also a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers. He only cared about killing himself, and wanted to use violence to solve the problem, but in the end he took his own life.

The best way to deal with local big clans is to destroy their foundations first, and then use local forces to eradicate them. Only in this way can future troubles be completely avoided.

If he killed people without thinking, even if he didn't fall to the level of Sun Ce, he might be like Wang Ji, bearing the name of a cruel official and ruining his reputation.

No matter what kind of result, Zhou Qi is not willing to see.

The power of the aristocratic families in the south is already very strong, Zhou Qi has the world in mind, and Anfeng County is just a starting point.

If he cannot deal with the problems of several wealthy families in Anfeng County, if he wants to take over Lujiang or even the entire territory of Jiangdong in the future, he will inevitably be resisted by the wealthy families in all places.

Therefore, don't underestimate the wealthy families in Anfeng County. Whether they can handle the affairs here is related to Zhou Qi's overall development in the future.

He turned to look at Dian Wei and said, "Dian Jun, calm down your anger for the time being. What happened today is just the beginning. I don't think these wealthy families will let it go."

"This is the first day we arrived in Anfeng County. We have already jumped out of the Huang family and the Zhu family, and gave us a big blow."

"I would like to see what tricks they will play next."

Although the first confrontation was a failure, it was as expected by Zhou Qi.

If the local tycoons were really so easy to deal with, Sun Ce would not have died at the hands of assassins in history, and Sun Quan would not have stopped in Jiangdong, and he would not even be able to take down Hefei.

"The Huang family and the Zhu family control the county government. I'm afraid they are all members of the county government, but I don't know what role the Peng family plays in Anfeng County."

Zhou Qi thought to himself.

The so-called knowing oneself and the enemy will never end in a hundred battles.

When Zhou Qi first arrived in Anfeng County, he didn't know the situation here at all. Now that Xu Chu and Buqu have not arrived in Anfeng, Zhou Qi and others seem to be alone and very easy to bully.

Although this time is more dangerous, it is also the best time to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy.

Now that it has been determined that the Huang family and the Zhu family are enemies, Zhou Qi is going to wait and see what the Peng family's attitude is, and also wants to see if the big families in Anfeng County can really cover the sky with one hand.

Due to insufficient productivity, the Han Dynasty basically ate two meals, especially in Anfeng County, which was relatively poor.

But when it was noon, Zhou Qi still couldn't wait for food, and Dian Wei, a big eater, was already screaming with hunger.

Zhou Qi had no choice but to ask Xiang Hong to go to the kitchen to ask why no meals were provided.

Not long after, Xiang Hong returned with a gloomy face and said to Zhou Qi: "The lady in charge of meals in the county government office is sick and no meals have been prepared today."

Zhou Qi heard the words, but a smile appeared on his face, and said: "I never thought that they were not enough to show off in the early morning, and they are still demonstrating for us."

I have to say that although Zhu Bao and others' methods are low-level, they are very disgusting.

Zhou Zhan said: "What they did was to tell the county magistrate that this county government office, including the cook, belongs to them. If the county magistrate does not get their support, he may not even be able to live in the county government office."

"They can make the cook stop eating today, and they can make the servants in charge of cleaning get sick and stop working tomorrow, and they can also make the servants in charge of cleaning up the dirt resign, so that the county government is messy and smelly."

Hearing this, Dian Wei couldn't help shivering, he didn't expect those people to be so insidious.

He said a little unconvinced: "If the cook doesn't cook, why don't you help us recruit new people? The servants don't work, and there are refugees everywhere outside the city. Can't we still find servants?"

Zhou Qi shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about whether those people dare to enter the county government office. Even if they have the courage, they may not have that fate without the consent of Zhu Bao and others."

Xiang Hong frowned and said, "This is the county government, how dare these people be so unscrupulous?"

Zhou Qi sneered: "What happened in the early morning, wasn't it unscrupulous enough? They dared to force the old man who came to blame to commit suicide in front of me, so they didn't dare to continue to cause accidents in the county government, leaving several servants in the dark. Dying in vain?”

Dian Wei patted his chest and said, "With me here, who would dare to kill them?"

Zhou Zhan shook his head and said, "Dianjun can protect those people for a while, but how can he protect them for a lifetime?"

Hearing this, Dian Wei sighed dejectedly, never felt so powerless.

Compared to such a frustrating life, he would rather fight to the death among thousands of troops.

Zhou Qi didn't seem to be worried. He shook his sleeves and said, "Since the cook isn't cooking, let's go out to eat and see what's going on in Anfeng County."

Several people left the county government office and found a place to have lunch.

Zhou Qi told Xiang Hong: "Bird will be walking around the county in the afternoon to see if he can find out the identity of the old man who was captured in the morning."

"If what I predict is correct, the old man must have family members who are being held hostage, so he will actively seek death. If we can find the old man's family members, we might not be able to do something about this matter."

"But you must be careful in this trip, try to be tolerant when things happen, and don't fall into the trap of thieves."

Xiang Hong led the way and left.

Zhou Qi pondered for a while, and then said to Zhou Zhan: "Several big families are powerful in the county, but not necessarily so in the countryside. Ziqing and Dianjun rode horses to visit the countryside unannounced, learn more about the actual situation in Anfeng County, and report to me at night. "

Hearing this, Dian Wei frowned and said, "Bode and I are not around, if someone wants to assassinate the county magistrate, so what?"

Zhou Qi smiled and said: "Dianjun, please relax, I am safer than anyone else."

After Xiang Hong, Dian Wei, and Zhou Zhan all left, Zhou Qi didn't wander around the county town for too long, and returned to the county government office, waiting for the case to be resolved in the county.

Zhu Bao had eyes all over the county. After learning about the movements of Dian Wei, Xiang Hong and others, he immediately sneered.

He said to the county lieutenant Huang An: "It seems that the county magistrate doesn't have a long memory, and he still has trouble with me. If that's the case, let's show him some color."

But it was said that Zhou Qi was in the county government office, when he suddenly heard the sound of the grievance drum, and immediately saw the guards running over in a panic.

Zhou Qi asked: "But someone complained?"

The sudden sound of drums made Zhou Qi's eyes light up slightly. It would be a good thing if someone could disturb the stagnant water of Anfeng County.

The officer hurriedly replied: "Report to the county magistrate, this is a case of rape and murder."

Zhou Qi couldn't help but shrink his pupils when he heard this.

Rape and murder, no matter which one, are definitely considered major cases. When such a case happened, Zhou Qi suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Zhou Qi walked towards the county government lobby, and asked the guards, "The person beating the drums to sue is the family member of the victim? Do you know who the rapist and murderer is?"

The officer had a strange smile on his face and said: "The person who beats the drum to complain is the victim who was raped, and the person who was killed is the rapist."

Hearing this, Zhou Qi let out a long sigh of relief.

However, when he came to the lobby of the county government office and saw the corpse of a young woman lying on the ground, and the man in tattered clothes, with a strong figure and holding a lawsuit in both hands, his pupils shrank violently.

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(End of this chapter)