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

Chapter 57
The county magistrate of Qiao County has ordered all the wanted documents posted out to be taken back.

He wiped the sweat from his face, walked up to Zhou Qi, who was wearing official uniform, and said with a smile on his face: "All the arrest documents are here. I was negligent before, and I didn't know that you are the captain of the Sili School Lieutenant." As an official, it is also my duty to kill Wang Ji in self-defense."

"Please don't blame me."

The county magistrate of Qiao County knew very well that it was Captain Sili who wanted to protect Zhou Qi, that's why he made such a statement.

But for him as a mere county magistrate, the fight between Yang Qiu and the eunuch was a fight between gods and gods, and he didn't need to participate in it at all.

What's more, the county magistrate of Qiao County also came from a noble family, so he naturally didn't have any good impressions of eunuchs. Even if he knew there was a problem with this matter, he would not speak for the dead Wang Ji.

Zhou Qi took the wanted documents with a smile, and comforted him, "It was Zhou Qi's fault that I didn't disclose my identity before, which caused the county lord to misunderstand."

Zhou Qi is not a person who is arrogant when he is successful. For the county magistrate of Qiao County who has no conflict of interest with him, he naturally dare not rely on his status as a capital officer to deliberately embarrass others, but his attitude is very humble and kind.

Seeing this, the county magistrate of Qiao County breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "I will send an official document to the whole of Qiao County to prove your innocence to make up for previous mistakes."

Zhou Qi smiled and said nothing and did not refuse.

Following the announcement of the official announcement, the Xu brothers, who had been paying close attention to Zhou Qi's movements, soon realized that Zhou Qi was fine, and they were all overjoyed.

As for Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun and others, relying on the power of their families, they had already received the news not long after Yang Qiu wrote the conquest documents.

After Zhou Qi's affairs were settled, Yang Qiu called him to him and said: "I came to Pei State to arrest Wang Ji. Since he has been punished, there is no need for me to stay in Pei State."

"The situation in the DPRK is turbulent. Before His Majesty changes his mind, I will completely eradicate Wang Fu, a traitor and his minions."

"You are a native of Peiguo, and you were forced to kill Wang Ji in self-defense because of the investigation and evidence collection. Then you will be responsible for collecting evidence of Wang Ji's crime. You must not let Wang Ji's minions go. They should be arrested and convicted. .”

"Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy."

Zhou Qi felt awe in his heart and hurriedly agreed, but he said with some embarrassment: "Although I was able to get rid of the charges thanks to the reputation of the envoy, after all, I am alone. If I just return to Xiang County alone, the investigation may not go smoothly. .”

Yang Qiu waved his hand and said: "I will send you fifty riders, and give you the right to make decisions at the moment. If there are officials who dare not cooperate, they will be punished together!"

Zhou Qi hurriedly took the order to thank him.

Yang Qiu warned: "You should act quickly, with the evidence of Wang Ji's crime, we can catch Wang Fu and his minions in one go."

Zhou Qi solemnly agreed.

He also knew that the current situation in the court was complicated, and he was worried that there would be changes if it was too late, and because of avoiding suspicion, he didn't even have time to visit Cao Cao, so he rushed directly to Xiang County.

Of course, Zhou Qi was not ignorant of etiquette, so he secretly sent Xiang Hong to Cao Cao's home to express his gratitude.

But it was said that Zhou Qi galloped away with fifty cavalry, and when everyone was about to leave the area of ​​Qiao County, Zhou Qi made them slow down.

He called Yang Qiu's confidant, false assistant, and said: "To tell you the truth, Brother Bode and I fled to Qiao County back then, and were warmly entertained by the Xu Family Village. Since I am planning to leave Qiao County, I should pay a visit. Thanks for that."

Although in terms of rank, the fake assistant is half a level lower than Zhou Qi, the assistant, he can't help but think that the other person is Yang Qiu's confidant.

Yang Qiu sent a false assistant to follow Zhou Qi. In addition to helping him organize and record all the evidence about Wang Ji, he also had the intention of monitoring him.

Although Yang Qiu admires Zhou Qi quite a bit, the two have known each other not long after all.

Convicting Wang Ji is related to whether Wang Fu can be completely eradicated. If Yang Qiu is not pressed for time, and Wang Ji is dead, it will be much easier to collect a lot of evidence. Even if it cannot be collected, it doesn't matter. It can be faked, right?

Otherwise, such a big event would definitely not fall into Zhou Qi's hands.

Of course, Yang Qiu gave Zhou Qi such an opportunity, so he probably didn't want to continue taking the exam.If Zhou Qi can handle things beautifully, Yang Qiu will definitely entrust him with important tasks after he returns to Luoyang.

If Zhou Qi can only talk on paper but cannot do practical work, he will no longer be promoted and reused by Yang Qiu.

Ji Zuo did not embarrass Zhou Qi, and said: "Zhou is going to do it now, and we will just do some repairs here. But we can't delay for too long, otherwise we will delay the envoy's important work, and you and I can't afford it."

Zhou Qi was overjoyed and responded: "Don't worry, Yang Zuoshi. I'll come back as soon as I go. I won't dare to delay the envoy's affairs."

This fake assistant is also considered to be a member of the Yangqiu clan, and it is obviously not very respectful to call him Yang Zuo directly, so Zhou Qi simply called him Yang Zuoshi, which seemed a bit more forceful on the contrary.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

But it was said that after the Xu brothers learned that Zhou Qi was not in danger of his life, but was recruited as a capital official by the Sili captain, they were naturally happy for their friend.

However, Xu Chu seemed a little unhappy when he thought about Zhou Qi's original invitation.

For a person of his background and very capable, if the world is peaceful, under such a political system, it is extremely difficult to get ahead.

Xu Chu occasionally wonders if he could have been reused by Yang Qiu if he had followed Zhou Qi.

Xu Ding seemed to have seen through Xu Chu's thoughts, and reprimanded: "Let's not say that the clan needs our care, and there is no way out. Even if we can really abandon everything, follow Ziyi and be reused by Yang Shijun, so what?"

"How can someone like Yang Shijun sincerely use my brother?"

"Even Ziyi is dependent on others and is someone else's pawn, let alone you and me."

"What's more, Yang Shijun is an enemy of the eunuchs this time. Although I don't know the situation in the court, I also know that the eunuchs are powerful. If you get involved in such court battles, you will be killed if you are not careful."

"Even if you are brave enough to be brave, what can you do?"

Xu Chu was so ashamed by what was said, he lowered his head, and never thought about following Zhou Qi to serve under Yang Qiu.

On this day, fifty horsemen suddenly passed by outside the Xu Family Village. This very rare scene immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Among them were some young people who attended the bonfire party with Zhou Qi that night.

When they saw Zhou Qi walking in front on horseback, they all opened their mouths in surprise. Some wanted to stop Zhou Qi, but they didn't dare when they saw the heavily armed cavalry.

Some people ran to the Xu brothers' home to report.

When the Xu brothers heard the news, they not only wanted to have a drink with their brother Zhou Qi to celebrate, but they were also worried that the other brother would be angry about their refusal to go with them that day and refuse to meet each other.

For a while, they were actually a little worried about gains and losses.

　Three chapters, please read, read, read, read!

　　In addition, I saw in this chapter that more than one book friend mentioned the word common people, saying that this word is a collective term for aristocratic families, and ordinary people are not qualified to use it.

　　I don’t know where I heard it from. At least as far as I know, the frequency of this word in "Three Kingdoms" is very high, and it already refers to ordinary people. I will make an excerpt below. "Three Kingdoms".

　　"Three Kingdoms": Since the time has come, the army has marched in numbers, or in the face of an epidemic, the officials will die and will not return, the families will be resentful, and the people will be displaced. How can the benevolent be happy?
　　I don’t mean anything else. It’s just that some authors in the online articles have only a little knowledge. Maybe they have mentioned certain contents in the book and some readers believe them to be true.

　　
　
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