I'm so hard

Chapter 207 Liuzhi County is going to defect

The next day, it was just dawn.

Zhao Yan heard the news that Cui He, the head of the Cui family, had returned to Xingyuan County.

He thought that Cui He would definitely come to find him.

Either lead someone to intimidate him, or sincerely apologize to him.

But to Zhao Yan's surprise, until noon, the Cui family didn't even move at all, completely ignoring him.

……

In the afternoon, Zhao Yan took Hei Wa to Xingyuan County again.

He once said that three days later, if Cui Laosan did not apologize to the couple whose child drowned, compensate 1000 taels of silver and repair hidden dangers in the paper mill, he would take even more brutal actions.

A while later, Zhao Yan and Hei Wa came to the county government office of Xingyuan County.

When Liu Shiqing heard that it was the inspector of the New Deal, he immediately invited him to the back hall, and quickly brewed fragrant tea.

"Master Inspector's visit to Xingyuan County Yamen really makes this place flourish!" Liu Shiqing said with a smile on his face.

Zhao Yan gave him a blank look, and said: "Don't flatter me, the inspector came here today because I have something important to do, quickly summon the yamen servants, and arrest someone."

"Who do you want to arrest, my lord?" Liu Shiqing asked suspiciously.

"Cui Yixiong from the Cui family!" Zhao Yan said flatly.

Hearing these five words, Liu Shiqing was so frightened that he almost sat down on the ground.

"Excuse me, why did you want to arrest him?" Liu Shi asked with his hands on the table.

Zhao Yan said: "He didn't do what he promised the Inspectorate, so I want to teach him a lesson."

Immediately, Zhao Yan briefly talked about the Cui family's paper mill. This kind of crime is enough to bring him to the county government for questioning!

"Master Inspector, you must not set yourself on fire. This is not a big deal. If you want to lose money, I will do it. Although you have a high rank, the Cui family must not move. This will affect your future. !” Liu Shiqing persuaded.

Liu Shiqing was also very helpless. As a person with a foreign surname raised by the Cui family, since he became the county magistrate in Xingyuan County, he was the head of the county on the surface, but in fact he was the housekeeper of the Cui family.

Now, he neither wanted to offend the Cui family, nor did he want the inspector to offend the Cui family, so he planned to pay for it himself.

"Affect my future, how can his Cui family affect my future?" Zhao Yan looked at him and asked.

Liu Shiqing thought for a while and said: "My lord, as the saying goes, money can turn ghosts around. A family like the Cui family has a deep foundation and has inextricable relationships with court officials. Sometimes you don't know anything at all. The official position was lost. As the adopted son of the Cui family, I understand the strength of the Cui family very well, so I am here to persuade Mr. Inspector to turn a blind eye to some things, which is better for everyone!"

Zhao Yan smiled contemptuously.

"Snapped!"

He slapped the table heavily, and said: "Liu Shiqing, as the inspector of the New Deal, it is not a problem for me to depose you as a small county magistrate. If you don't arrest me, just wait for the black hat to fall to the ground!"

Liu Shiqing panicked immediately, thought for a while, and shouted: "Come here!"

Soon, two yamen servants ran over quickly.

"My lord, what is your order?"

Liu Shiqing coughed dryly, and then said: "Go to the Cui Mansion and invite the third master of the Cui family... oh... no, he was arrested. I have a case and want to question him?"

"Ah?" The two yamen servants were taken aback, looking at Liu Shiqing in confusion.

"Why, don't you understand what the officer said just now?" Liu Shiqing stared and said.

Just when the two yamen servants were about to carry out the execution, Zhao Yan on the side added: "It's better to bring a few more people, and it would be even better if they could wear shackles!"

Liu Shiqing immediately said to the two of them: "Have you heard that, bring a few more people, and bring the big shackles in the prison with you."

The second yamen servant hurriedly nodded, and then went to get the big shackle from the cell.

Zhao Yan picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and said, "Liu Zhixian, when Cui Laosan comes, the case will be tried by you. If you confess to me or don't follow what I said, your official career in this life will come to an end." Stop now!"

"I don't dare, I don't dare!" Liu Shiqing replied timidly.If he lost his official position, it would be of no use to the Cui family at all.

At this moment, what Liu Shiqing was thinking was that Cui Laosan would definitely be furious when he saw the yamen servants carrying a big shackle to call him into the county yamen. According to his temper, he might beat up those yamen servants violently, and then ignore them at all.

If so, Liu Shiqing will be satisfied.

From Zhao Yan's point of view, it can be said that the Cui family is powerful, and a small county magistrate himself is helpless.

From the Cui family, it can be said that the purpose of sending someone to carry the shackles away was to deliberately arouse Cui Laosan's fury and save him from a violent beating.

How could Zhao Yan not understand Liu Shiqing's thoughts, and immediately said again: "If the third son of the Cui family doesn't come, you will send all the yamen servants. If he dares to beat the official servant, he will be punished with a higher crime and stay in Luzhou The magistrate Xiao Wencheng has arrived, and I will sentence him to a felony."

According to Zhao Yan's decree, the magistrate of Luzhou should arrive in Xingyuan County in a few days.

"Xiao Wencheng, governor of Luzhou, is coming?"

Hearing this, Liu Shiqing turned pale with shock, and asked with a look of horror: "Your Excellency, you mean, Master Zhizhou is coming?"

Zhao Yan gave him a blank look, and said angrily: "Why, if I tell you, can you go to Cui's mansion to inform the news like last time after I revealed my identity as an inspector!"

"I don't dare to do this, I... I am guilty!" Liu Shiqing immediately knelt down to Zhao Yan.

If Zhao Yan's backer was the magistrate of Luzhou, and the magistrate of Luzhou also supported the New Deal, then the Cui family might be over.

And regardless of whether the Cui family is over, Cui's third child must be over.

Hidden army bows and crossbows, gathered a crowd to beat officials, and planned to kill several scholars in the past few days, and disguised them as New Deal to die.

All these crimes are enough to sentence Cui Laosan to beheaded!
Although Liu Shiqing is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, his brain is not stupid.He felt more and more that the Cui family's method of improving the status of the Cui family by resisting the New Deal was a dangerous move.

If it is not done well, it will easily destroy the century-old Cui family.

After all, he is a person with a foreign surname, even if the Cui family is good, he will not get much benefit. On the contrary, the Cui family will think that he is more obedient, so they let him sit in the county magistrate of Xingyuan County.

After thinking for a while, Liu Shiqing still felt that the inspector of the New Deal was on the side of justice, and his thighs were relatively thick.

He decided to defect!
"Master Inspector, I have an important matter to report to the Cui family." Liu Shiqing said loudly.

Zhao Yan couldn't help being amused, this is the first time Liu Shiqing took the initiative to expose the shortcomings of the Cui family!

"Say!"

"The reason why the Cui family opposes the New Deal is that on the one hand, their interests have been damaged, and on the other hand, they believe that if they become the first family to oppose the New Deal, the reputation of the Cui family will surely spread far and wide after the New Deal fails. Yesterday, the Cui family held a family meeting I was also there during the meeting, and the head of the Cui family thought that the voices against the New Deal in Xingyuan County were not warm enough, but the youngest of the Cui family proposed a new idea, planning to force six scholars to die to remonstrate with the king.”

"How to admonish the king with death?" Zhao Yan asked suspiciously.

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