I have just been promoted to Qianhu, and I was shocked to hear that this is a Liaozhai!

Chapter 27: First behead and then play, royal power chartered

Linya City.

City Lord's Mansion.

Fan Quan stood in the front yard with his hands behind his hands, watching the fire in the Jinyiwei Yamen gradually extinguish.

The smile on his face became more and more intense.

Beside him, Linya City Chief Secretary smiled and said: "City Master, those two dead soldiers haven't come back yet. They must have died in the Jinyiwei Yamen."

Fan Quan nodded slightly and said, "Did you explain everything when you sent them there?"

The chief clerk said: "Of course I have given the explanation."

Fan Quan sighed with satisfaction: "It's a pity that a good archive of records was destroyed like this."

The chief clerk smiled and said: "If the case file library with false information is destroyed, it will be destroyed. I just don't know if Zuo Qianhu will go to Guobei County and Heishan after learning the news."

Fan Quan said: "The clay figure is still very angry. His case library was burned, and he has been charged with such a big crime. How can he not get some credit? What's more, we have prepared a big gift for him in Guobei County."

Just when the chief clerk was about to speak, he heard noise coming from the front yard.

The chief clerk frowned slightly, and just as he was about to scold him, he saw a servant running towards him in a panic and said, "Your Majesty, chief clerk, something happened."

Fan Quan frowned slightly and said: "What do I teach you on weekdays? You must have a mind that will not change even if the mountain collapses."

Hearing this, the servant took a deep breath and said slowly: "I'm reporting to the Lord of the City, that group of Jin Yiwei went crazy. They went to the Lord's Mansion and took away the Lord's family members. They are now heading towards the City Lord's Mansion. Come."

When Fan Quan heard this, his face froze, and he said with a look of disbelief: "Do you know the price of lying?"

The servant kowtowed repeatedly and said, "I am willing to pledge my life as a guarantee. This is true."

After hearing this, the chief clerk immediately sat down on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "What do these crazy people want to do?"

Fan Quan said: "Don't panic!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the noise outside got closer and closer, and bursts of fire lit up the cave.

The guards in the city lord's palace held torches in one hand and knife hilts in the other, blocking the group in front of them.

Fan Quan looked closely and saw that Zuo Dao was coming with Du Wanshan and others.

A dozen or so imperial guards faced nearly a hundred servants with cold expressions on their faces.

Zuo Dao said: "It turns out that the Lord of the City has not fallen asleep yet. It is Zuo who has disturbed me this time. I will set up a table at Hongyan Tower to apologize in person tomorrow."

Fan Quan took a deep breath, stepped forward, and asked: "Zuo Qianhu, why did you lead people to forcefully break into the city lord's palace?"

Beside Zuo Dao, Zhao Hu suddenly walked out, threw something in his hand on the ground, and said: "Tonight, a thief set fire to the case library. After interrogation and investigation, we found that this person is Linya City's chief secretary, Zhang Lin Fuyang."

After the words fell, everyone looked down and saw a dead head rolling into the field.

After Zhang Lin saw the head, he waved his hands hurriedly and said: "I don't know this person. It had nothing to do with me when the case library was burned."

Zhao Hu sneered and stepped forward, holding up a signed confession.

He said loudly: "Here is the criminal's crime sheet. Master Zhang, please follow us."

Fan Quan looked at Zuo Dao in front of him and asked softly: "Zuo Qianhu, if you arrest someone based only on a dead man's confession, or if you are the chief clerk of a city, is this matter a little too arbitrary and against the rules?"

Zuo Dao smiled and said: "City Master Fan, Zuo is already very disciplined."

He looked at Fan Quan and smiled and said: "It turned out that this person confessed to three people, one of whom was the Lord of Fan City, the second was the Chief Secretary Zhang, and the third was the Magistrate of Guobei County."

"After much thought, Zuo found out that Guobei County is dozens of miles away, and City Lord Fan is the Lord of the same city."

"Among the three, only this master's book is the most suitable." "I'm right, City Master Fan."

Hearing this, Fan Quan said, "There is insufficient evidence for this matter, not to mention that he is the chief registrar of a city. I ask Zuo Qianhu to think twice!"

Zuo Dao held the handle of the knife in his hand, took a step forward, and said: "I, Jin Yiwei, are doing things. If you hear the news, you can report them first. You can kill them first and then report them. This is authorized by the imperial power. Today, Zuo came with evidence. He only took Chief Zhang alone. It was already very long." Give City Master Fan some face."

In front of him, nearly a hundred guards of the city lord's palace retreated at the same time, their faces full of panic.

Zhang Lin looked at Fan Quan beside him and said with a pleading look on his face: "Lord City Lord, I..."

Fan Quan suddenly turned his head and said in a cold voice: "What are you telling me, but you sent someone to burn the records of Jin Yiwei?"

Zhang Lin shook his head hurriedly and said: "It's not me, it's not me. This matter has nothing to do with me."

Fan Quan said, "But now that Zuo Qianhu has come forward with evidence, what do you think we should do?"

Hearing this, Zhang Lin's face turned pale and he said: "This matter, this matter, I did it by myself, and I bear it with all my strength."

Fan Quan said: "Okay."

He looked up at Zuo Dao not far away and said with a smile: "It seems that Zuo Qianhu did not arrest the wrong person. Zuo Qianhu is really young and promising. When he first came to Yacheng, he gave this city lord such a big surprise. "

Hearing this, Zuo Dao smiled and said, "City Lord Fan is joking, Zhao Hu, go over and get the person."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Hu stepped forward with shackles in hand. No one from the nearly [-] guards in the City Lord's Mansion dared to stop him, allowing him to take away Lord Zhang's book.

Before Master Zhang left, he looked back at the small figure hiding under a pillar in the distance.

Zuo Dao cupped his hands and said, "Since I have taken it, I will take my leave."

Fan Quan cupped his hands and said, "Zuo Qianhu, walk slowly."

After the words fell, Zuo Dao led the crowd and left the city lord's mansion directly in a swaggering manner.

That night.

All the servants in the city lord's house were silent. Listening to the sound of smashing in the city lord's house, they all closed their eyes and pretended to be deaf and dumb.

On the way back, Du Wanshan said: "Burning the archives of records is still a major crime at this time. This is a serious crime of confiscating a house. Doesn't Mr. Zhang want to take advantage of the crime and make meritorious service?"

Zhang Lin sarcastically said: "Why should Du Qianhu be like this? This matter was done by a certain person. How can he be punished and meritorious?"

Hearing this, Zuo Dao smiled and said, "Du Qianhu doesn't have to waste his breath. He knows the consequences of this matter."

Hearing this, Du Wanshan said with a pity look on his face: "That's right, at least one city master, sir, how should we deal with this person?"

Zuo Dao said: "I will report this matter to Kyoto overnight. As for Master Zhang and his family, let them die in prison! Give them some dignity."

When Zhang Lin heard this, his face became a little paler, his lips trembled slightly, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Early the next morning.

The bodies of Master Zhang and his family were taken out of the imperial prison, and all the family property was used to fill the Jinyiwei Yamen.

The corpses were buried by special personnel instead of being thrown directly into mass graves outside the city.

It can be regarded as complying with Zuo Dao's words to give them dignity.

But not long after they buried Master Zhang and his family, Jin Yiwei quickly rushed into the Jin Yiwei Yamen.

When he came to the hall, he bowed to Zuo Dao and others, and then said in an urgent voice: "Report to Zuo Qianhu, Guobei County, something happened in Heishan."

(End of this chapter)