Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 418 Evil officials have their own governance

The next day, the rain did not stop.

After they bid farewell to the old man, they headed towards Shansang County in the direction pointed by the old man.

After a night of heavy rain, there were much fewer locusts in the field, which made everyone believe in the method Li Canghai said.

"From this point of view, the locusts really like drought and not tides! If the rain lasts for a month, the locusts will be gone, right?" Sitting in the carriage, Di Qing looked at the gray world outside and said to herself Said to himself.

Li Canghai shook his head. After a month of heavy rain, the locusts were gone. I'm afraid there will be another flood.

Along the way, he found that the water conservancy facilities in Shansang County are very lacking, and there are not many ditches at all. No wonder the drought is so severe.

The road was extremely muddy, and it took them half a day to arrive at Shansang County.

Because Shansang County is close to the Wohe River, the flood of locusts is not particularly serious, but the city is still bleak.

In the entire county, there are not even a few vendors, and even fewer pedestrians, giving it a lifeless feeling.

Li Canghai frowned. It was also a county, but Zhengyang County was much richer than it.

At least, Zhengyang County is not so depressed.

When they came to the county seat, they found someone to ask the direction of the Shansang county government office, and then headed towards the county government office.

In the Shansang county government office, two government officials leaned against the wall, dozing off boredly.

Seeing this, Li Canghai frowned immediately.

"You guys are so brave, how dare you take a nap while on duty?" Li Yu jumped out of the carriage, pointed at the two yamen servants and cursed.

The two yamen servants lazily opened their eyes, glanced at Li Yu from the corner of their eyes, and lazily said: "Where did you come from, you dare to call out in front of the yamen? Grandpas are resting here, what do you have to do with it? Mind your own business!" "

The two yamen servants were sleeping in a daze. They only saw Li Yu who jumped out of the carriage, but did not see the guard standing behind the carriage.

Li Yu's face drooped in an instant. How could he endure that he was called a good-for-nothing under the command of others?He pointed at the folding fan in his hand, and Qi Yunhe immediately walked up.

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of punching to the flesh, and accompanied by screams, the two yamen servants flew upside down and fell hard into the yamen yard.

The yamen servants who were drinking and playing in the yard saw this, picked up the simple knives one after another, and rushed up viciously.

However, when they saw a group of people holding weapons behind Li Yu, the yamen servants all looked at each other in blank dismay.

"You... who are you, how dare you break into the county government office?" A man who looked like a headhunter stared at the crowd and asked cautiously.

Li Canghai stepped forward, he glanced at these yamen servants, and his brows became tighter.

These people all looked lazy, and even the official uniforms on their bodies were casually drooping.

As soon as the arrester opened his mouth, he breathed out a burst of alcohol, this is not a court servant, it is clearly a gang of hooligans!
"Where is the magistrate of Shansang County?" Li Canghai asked indifferently with his hands behind his back.

The arrester quickly saw that they were not ordinary people with luxurious clothes and extraordinary appearance, so he didn't dare to be negligent. He hurriedly ordered the servants to put away their simple knives, and asked cautiously: "I don't know how many people are there? The county magistrate is inside. Rest in the hall, let me tell you the history, so that I can report it before."

"No need, I will go to the inner hall to find him in person." After speaking, Li Canghai walked forward.

The policeman wanted to stop him, but seeing the many guards behind Li Canghai, he simply shut his mouth.

This catcher is not a fool, he can see that these guards are all practitioners, and their martial arts are not weak, so how can they be ordinary people who can let this group of people guard?

However, Li Canghai didn't bother to pay attention to those yamen servants, and led the crowd straight to the inner hall.

Before he reached the inner hall, he heard the sound of silk, bamboo and drum music coming from the direction of the inner hall.

Accompanied by bursts of string music, a strong smell of meat wafts out from the inner hall.

Li Canghai couldn't help being a little sullen. With a cold face, he walked step by step to the closed inner hall door, and kicked hard towards the wooden door.

With a plop, half of the door flew into the inner hall, and a woman's exclamation and a man's angry shouts came from the inner hall.

"Who is so bold? Dare to make trouble in the Yamen, do you want to die? Come! Come!" A middle-aged man's extremely angry and rough roar came from the inner hall.

Li Canghai put his hands behind his back, his face was slightly cold, and he walked in expressionlessly.

In the inner hall, several scantily clad, enchanting women hid tremblingly behind the pillars. There were several low tables lined up on both sides, and the tables were filled with fine wines and delicacies, as well as rare game.

A county magistrate, about forty years old, with two beards at the corners of his mouth, a middle-aged man who looked like a bit of a mouse, sitting on the head was belching from wine.

On both sides are six gorgeously dressed men with oily mouths.

Four of these six people are fat with big bellies, and the other two are strong and strong, and the other is white and beardless.

The angry shout before came from the strong man's mouth.

After seeing Li Canghai, three men and a woman came in gradually, and the strong man suddenly became angry.

"You guys are so brave, you dare to offend the county magistrate, are you going to rebel?" The strong man stared, pointing at Li Canghai and shouted.

At this time, the arrester came in following the few people, and he stood behind them, winking at the county magistrate and others.

The county magistrate didn't know whether he was drunk or just a fool. He saw the catcher winking, and immediately said with his tongue open: "Catcher Pei, you... what's wrong with your eyes? Did you get sand? "

Li Canghai turned around and stared at the head catcher, who was startled immediately, and obediently closed his mouth, not daring to make any further moves.

"Who are you?" Li Canghai didn't answer the strong man, but glanced at them and asked coldly.

The strong man sized up Li Canghai and the others, and was about to speak when he suddenly saw Di Qing, his eyes immediately fixed on Di Qing, and he couldn't move away.

"You guys are so brave, you dare to trespass on the county government office, do you know what the crime is? Hehe, this little girl is pretty, let her stay, and the rest of you dare to offend the county magistrate, and be imprisoned for the crime of rebellion! "The strong man stared at Di Qing leeringly, hey hey authentically.

These people were so drunk that they didn't even realize who they were facing.

Hearing the words of the strong man, Di Qing's pretty face instantly turned cold. When has she ever been treated so lightly since she was a child?
With a flick of the long sword in his hand, after a flash of bright sword light, the table in front of the strong man was split in half.

The strong man was startled suddenly, he stared blankly at the wound made by the sword energy on his chest, and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, Li Yu suddenly became angry. He snapped his fingers and pointed at the strong man. Qi Yunhe shook his body and walked over immediately.

"You...what are you going to do?" The county magistrate instantly regained consciousness. He looked at the fierce Qi Yunhe and shouted in horror: "Come on! Come on!"

As the magistrate yelled, more than a dozen guards rushed in.

The county magistrate was just a little relieved, but when Li Yu waved his hand, the guards rushed towards them like fierce tigers.

In an instant, the entire inner hall was filled with the sound of punches to the flesh, as well as screams and begging for mercy.

"My lord, my lord, please come inside." Qi Yunhe stretched his neck and bowed to Li Canghai and others.

Li Canghai and the others nodded and walked to the top of the inner hall.

Among them, Li Tan was the oldest, so he sat at the head. Li Yu and Li Canghai didn't sit down, but folded their arms and watched with interest.

"Wang... the prince?" The county magistrate woke up now, he knelt on the ground and asked in surprise, "Which one is the prince?"

Li Canghai glanced at the magistrate and the others, but did not speak.

Qi Yunhe raised his sword eyebrows, and sternly shouted: "Open your dog eyes and look carefully, this is King Jianning, this is King Su, and this is the current Minister of Dali Temple, Master Li Canghai ! As for this girl..."

Qi Yunhe gave an introduction, and when he arrived at Di Qing, he paused, looked at the strong man with pity, and said with a sneer, "This girl is Princess Di Qing bestowed by the Holy Majesty today!"

Hearing this, several people froze in place as if struck by lightning.

And the strong man who spoke rudely before was completely paralyzed on the ground.

Qi Yunhe squatted in front of the strong man, and said with a smile: "You dare to moles the current princess, I have to say, you are very courageous, this courage is very admirable! Hehehe."

His few laughs, to the strong man's ears, were like a urging spell, and he was so scared that he peed all over the floor involuntarily.

Di Qing's face was livid, and she stared at the strong man with a dangerous light in her eyes.

"Princess, please forgive me! The villain has no eyes, offended the princess, please forgive me!" The strong man hurriedly knelt on the ground, begging Di Qing for mercy.

"Excuse me? Hmph!" Di Qing coldly grunted twice.

The strong man was so frightened that his bones fell apart. He looked at the county magistrate and others in horror, hoping that the county magistrate and others would intercede for him.

However, how dare the county magistrate and others dare to talk too much, avoiding the strong man one after another.

"Princess, please forgive me! The villain has no eyes, please forgive me!" The strong man panicked, fearing that he would be cut off, he gritted his teeth, suddenly stretched out two fingers, and thrust them into his own eyes .

"Ah~!"

With a scream, two lines of blood appeared in the eye sockets of the strong man.

Everyone gasped, even Di Qing didn't expect that he would poke his eyes blind.

Blood flowed from the sockets of his eyes and dripped down his cheeks, looking extremely creepy.

Di Qing frowned in disgust, quickly took Li Canghai's hand, and whispered: "Canghai, I didn't let him destroy his eyes, he did it himself!"

Li Canghai patted the back of her hand, nodded and said, "It's not your fault. Although he destroyed his eyes, he saved his life and didn't suffer."

Li Tan and Li Yu nodded at the same time.

Although Di Qing is not of the orthodox royal blood, she was canonized by the emperor after all. With the name of the princess, she represents the Li Tang royal family.

This brawny man molested Di Qing, which meant he was provoking the majesty of Li Tang's royal family, so he should be executed.

Now, he self-destructed his eyes, and the two of them didn't want to embarrass him anymore.Speaking of which, this strong man made a huge profit.

After waving his hand and ordering the strong man to be taken down, Li Canghai walked up to the county magistrate and others.

The county magistrate was already in a cold sweat from fright, two princes, a princess, and a minister of Dali Temple, when was there such a big battle in Shansang County?

In the past, he must have been proud, but now, he was trembling with fright, and he almost peed in fear.

"Are you the magistrate of Shansang County?" Li Canghai glanced at him and asked calmly.

The county magistrate was so frightened that his forehead was dripping with sweat, he quickly nodded and bowed his waist and said: "The lower official Ding Xing'an has seen the prince, the princess, my lord!"

"As a county magistrate, you don't care about government affairs, but drink and have fun in the yamen. Where do you think the yamen is? Brothel tavern?" Li Canghai flicked his sleeves and shouted coldly.

The county magistrate kept trembling. He knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Excellency, please calm down. Your Excellency, please calm down. It's not that I'm going to ignore the government affairs, but that nothing happened. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is not even a single lawsuit. I'm going to be an official..."

"The people live and work in peace and contentment?" Li Canghai suddenly interrupted him, and laughed angrily: "You are really talking nonsense with your eyes open! I ask you, the locust plague in Shansang County is so serious that the people are displaced. What is this? what happened?"

"This... this...." The county magistrate was stunned for a moment. He didn't seem to expect that Li Canghai had actually investigated the situation in Shansang County, so he stuttered.

"My lord, it is true that this county has been plagued by locusts, but it is only a small area." The white-faced and beardless man interjected.

Li Canghai glanced at him coldly, and said angrily, "Who are you?"

The man was very polite, he straightened his clothes, cupped his hands and said to several people: "Master, this villain is a local student, Pang Wenchang."

Li Canghai snorted, raised his sword eyebrows, and said coldly: "You are a young student, my officer is talking to the county magistrate, what right do you have to intervene?"

Pang Wenchang was choked by Li Canghai's words, his face turned purple, and he stood there in a daze, not knowing how to answer.

Li Canghai snorted. With his hands behind his back, he glanced at the rest of the people, and said calmly, "Are these people local gentry?"

Several people dared not speak, the county magistrate hurriedly nodded in response: "Yes, yes, they are all local gentry."

"That's fine, the provincial officials are going door to door." Li Canghai's majestic gaze swept over everyone, and his voice was cold and authentic: "Who will explain to the official why Shansang County is flooded with locusts?" ?”

The county magistrate lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then said cautiously: "Return...return to your lord, the flood of locusts is a natural disaster...the lower officials can't do anything...."

At this time, Li Yu suddenly jumped out, pointed at the county magistrate's nose and cursed: "Fart! Fucking fart! You say it's a natural disaster, but in my eyes, it's clearly a man-made disaster! I'm asking you, people! What happened to your arable land? What happened to the rent? If you hadn't colluded with each other and cheated the common people of their fields, how would they destroy the ecology in order to survive? Why did they leave their homes? How dare you call it a natural disaster? "

The county magistrate and the others trembled involuntarily. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, still holding a trace of luck, and said, "My lord, I don't understand what you mean."

"I don't understand what this king means?" Li Yu sneered a few times, and said, "Then let this king explain it to you! As the county magistrate of my Tang Dynasty, you colluded with the squires to cheat the people's land, and then those The squire then rents out the land to the common people at a high rent, is this king right?"

(End of this chapter)