County magistrate Zhang was taken aback by him, looked at the yamen servant and scolded angrily: "Come here as soon as you come, what are you doing in such a panic!"
After the reprimand, I felt much more comfortable in my heart.
It seems that Lin Er still understands some truths. When drinking water, he does not forget the well digger, and when he becomes a bandit, he must not forget who led him on this road in the first place.
He looked at the yamen servant, raised his eyebrows and said, "How many things did he bring this time?"
The yamen servant shook his head and said, "I didn't bring it."
"No!" County magistrate Zhang slapped the table violently when he heard the words, and said angrily, "Why didn't you bring him here!"
"He was brought by others..." the yamen servant said, then shook his head immediately, and said, "He was brought here by others!"
"What?"
Hearing this, County Magistrate Zhang suddenly stood up from his chair.
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The front hall of the county government office.
Wang Chang looked at Li Yi and asked, "Didn't Brother Li say he still has friends in Shuzhou? Why didn't you see them?"
Li Yi looked outside and said, "They'll be here in a while."
Although they wrote a letter a long time ago, there was no further notice of when they would come to Shuzhou, but Ruyi and the others had already passed by, and the people who should come would come soon.
Outside the county government office, dozens of bandits were tied together and knelt on the ground in unison.
A dozen or so yamen servants looked at the bandits, and then at the hall, with strange expressions.
Scarlet Lin and his gang are already quite large-scale bandits in the territory of Shu Prefecture. It has to be said that they are capable of killing all bandits of this size.
But the problem is, Scar Lin Er is the county magistrate's brother-in-law...
Not to mention the chaotic places outside Shuzhou, the government can't control them there, but who doesn't have a background for the bandits running rampant in Shuzhou
It's not that the government doesn't want to arrest them, it's really determined to suppress the bandits, none of those bandits can escape, it's just that Shuzhou is too poor, and the local officials only rely on the meager salary of the imperial court to support their families. If you want to live a more unrestrained life, you have to go through other informal channels.
The county magistrate ignored Scarlet Lin Er because he was not only his brother-in-law, but also honored him with the looted goods from time to time. If these people arrested them, they would cut off the county magistrate's way of making money...
Blocking someone's way of making money is like killing one's parents, will the county magistrate let go of killing one's father and enemy
Li Yi and Wang Chang were chatting casually. At a certain moment, a middle-aged man with a full belly came out of the back hall.
Wang Chang walked over immediately, bowed and said, "Caomin has seen the county magistrate!"
County magistrate Zhang looked at the bandits outside, then squinted at him, and asked, "Did you catch these bandits?"
Wang Chang nodded and said, "My lord, we caught him."
"The maintenance of law and order in Yong County depends not only on the county government, but also on every citizen in Yong County. You have done a good job." County Magistrate Zhang nodded and said, "Let's go first, these thieves, my official Will handle it."
"My lord, let's take our leave first." Wang Chang bowed, turned around and said, "Brother Li, let's go."
"Leave now?" Li Yi looked at the magistrate of Yongxian suspiciously, and asked, "Is there no reward?"
Dozens of mountain thieves, it is not easy to catch, there is no credit but hard work, the local county government will take it for granted, only verbal rewards... This is unreasonable.
Magistrate Zhang looked at the young man who didn't salute him just now, and frowned.
Cutting down his cash cow and wanting a bounty, it's a great gift not to put him in prison.
After this time, Lin Er had to change his appearance and change his bandit number again. After all, it was a little more troublesome. County magistrate Zhang glared at the two nosy guys, and told the yamen servants: "Take these thieves first. Hold it down and deal with it later."
"Wait." Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Dare to ask these thieves, what does the county magistrate plan to do?"
County magistrate Zhang was already angry, so he immediately lowered his face when he heard the words, and said, "I need you to teach me what I do?"
He waved his hand violently and said, "Hurry up and take it away!"
After finishing speaking, he walked towards the back hall on his own.
Wang Chang looked at Li Yi with a wry smile, and said, "Brother Li, let's go."
Li Yi glanced at the county magistrate's back, shook his head, and said nothing.
The last person who talked to him like this, grass should have started to grow on the grave, but he was really not interested in getting angry with a seventh-rank official because of this matter.
This matter, just go back and let the people below watch over it.
"Let's go." He shook his head, and walked to the county office with Wang Chang.
At this time, in the back hall of the county government office, County Magistrate Zhang looked at the man in front of him with a sullen face, and said angrily, "You trash, with so many people, you can still be picked up by someone!"
The bandit leader said with a bitter face: "Brother-in-law, I really can't blame me for this, it's because they are too powerful..."
County Magistrate Zhang asked with a sullen face, "Do you know where they come from?"
"He came to Shuzhou to do business." The bandit leader immediately said, "Brother-in-law, I think they are a big fat sheep, and there are a few women who can be called stunning in the world, why not..."
"Businessman?" County magistrate Zhang raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure, this is a big fat sheep?"
"The fat ones can't get any fatter..." The bandit leader nodded sharply and said, "Brother-in-law, you believe my eyes, I have seen those women, the hairpins on their heads, just any one, let alone It's worth thousands of taels of silver, I snatched one last time, but it was snatched away by those damn bald heads... "
The bandit leader gritted his teeth and said, "Brother-in-law, don't let them go!"
"Big fat sheep..." County Magistrate Zhang blinked his eyes a few times, nodded and said, "Collude with bandits, we really can't let it go..."
He looked outside the door and said loudly, "Come on!"
Immediately, a yamen servant rushed in, bowed and said, "My lord, what's the matter?"
County magistrate Zhang said in a deep voice, "Lead someone to bring back those guys who colluded with the bandits just now!"
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At the gate of the county government office, Wang Chang looked at Li Yi, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Li, we have to go another two days for this escort. Let's talk again when I return to Yongxian County!"
Li Yi cupped his hands in return, and said, "Be careful all the way."
"Let's go." Wang Chang turned his head and said something to his brothers, but suddenly there was a shout behind him.
"stop!"
He turned his head and saw more than ten yamen servants rushed out from the county yamen and surrounded them.
Wang Chang was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise, "Brother Guancha, this is..."
The leader of the yamen waved his hand and said, "I will take down all these guys who colluded with the bandits!"
"Collude with bandits?" Wang Chang's face changed, and he said in shock: "Misunderstanding, Brother Guancha, this is definitely a misunderstanding. We caught bandits, how could we collude with bandits!"
"I still want to quibble!" The yamen servant said sharply, "Hurry up and take it down!"
Lao Fang creaked his knuckles. The imperial court granted Shuzhou to his son-in-law. When he arrived in Shuzhou, it was their territory. How could he be bullied in his own territory
Li Yi patted him on the shoulder and walked straight into the county government office.
Seeing that this person was so knowledgeable, the yamen servants did not stop him, looked at Wang Chang and the others behind, and said, "Take it!"
The two yamen servants wanted to step forward to take down Li Yi, but they were glared at by Lao Fang. They immediately shivered and retreated.
Just now I heard that this guy can count one as ten, they don't suffer from this immediate disadvantage, as long as they don't run away, they will have time to deal with them later.
In the hall of the county government office, the county magistrate Zhang just now sat firmly on the chair, slapped the gavel, and said loudly: "Lin Er, tell me, do you still have accomplices?"
The bandit leader knelt under the hall, turned his head and pointed at Li Yi, Wang Chang and others who walked in, and said, "My lord, the villain's accomplices are them!"
When Wang Chang heard this, his expression changed, and he immediately said: "My lord, he is clearly making a false accusation. If we are his accomplices, why did we arrest them?"
County magistrate Zhang also looked at the bandit leader angrily, and asked, "He is right, if they are your accomplices, why did they arrest you to see the officials?"
"My lord, everything said by the villain is true!" The bandit leader said solemnly: "We were accomplices, but we fought because of the uneven distribution of spoils. He wanted to exchange us for rewards..."
"Nonsense!" Wang Chang pointed at him, and said loudly: "This thief clearly wants to bite back, my lord knows it!"
"quiet!"
"Just based on your one-sided words, it is difficult for me to judge." Zhang County magistrate held a gavel, patted the table fiercely, and said: "I will not wrong any good person, nor will I let go of any bad person. , come here, detain them all, and let the officer investigate carefully and interrogate them carefully!"
Wang Chang hurriedly said: "My lord, I can prove my identity..."
"Shut up!" County magistrate Zhang looked at him, waved his hand, and said, "Shut up with sweet words, let's press down first!"
Wang Chang stood there in a daze, looking at Magistrate Zhang in disbelief.
Their identities are bodyguards, and he has many evidences to prove his identity.
For such a simple matter, the county magistrate actually didn't ask indiscriminately, and wanted to lock them up first...
If they really locked him up, would it be black and white, or should they say it
He looked at the bandit who was kneeling on the ground and looked at him with a sarcastic smile, and finally understood something.
What kind of county government is this? This is clearly another den of thieves!
This is collusion between officials and bandits!
A bandit is an official, and an official is a bandit!
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Li Yi knew that there was a problem of collusion between officials and bandits in Shuzhou, and this was the problem he planned to solve immediately after he came here.
It's just that I didn't expect to encounter such a thing just after entering Yong County and before I had time to settle down.
This journey is tiring, what he wants to do most now is to find a big and soft bed, and have a good sleep...
These bastards can't make trouble later, they don't let people idle at all, rushing to reincarnate!