Bai Shan was not in a hurry, everyone caught him, and the saltworks went smoothly, so it was the other party who should be anxious, not him.
Zhu Qi didn't speak, but his little friend couldn't help it, "Brother Zhu, the third brother fell into the sea and hasn't been rescued yet."
Bai Shan blinked.
Only then did Zhu Qi look at Bai Shan. The reason why he was able to gather so many people was because of his loyalty. He hesitated, and finally asked Bai Shan: "If I confess, can my lord send someone down the cliff to save them?"
Bai Shan raised his eyebrows and said, "If you don't confess, doesn't this county know that you were sent by the Song family?"
Zhu Qi became depressed.
He shut his mouth again.
Bai Shan leaned against the tree trunk behind him relaxedly, "I have ordered to go down, but the cliff is steep, no one has ever been there, they may not be able to go down, and..."
Bai Shan motioned them to watch the sky, "It's getting dark, they can try it tomorrow, it's not sure if he can be rescued from this county, but he is a citizen of this county, it doesn't matter if he is a thief or not, if he fell, it doesn't matter Life or death, the county will look for it."
"This is not a condition that you can talk about." Bai Shan raised his chin slightly, "If you confess, the county has standards for weighing punishments. If you don't confess, the county has its own way of dealing with it."
He looked at Zhu Qi with deep eyes and said, "Zhu Qi, you don't know how important the salt field is to Beihai County, do you? Whether you are doing it for profit or righteousness in this county, in this county, everything Anyone who dares to do harm to the salt field is my enemy, and also the enemy of all ordinary people in Beihai County."
Zhu Qi's face was ashen, and he didn't speak for a long time.
That night, he still didn't say anything.
Bai Shan didn't care, and the next day he rode a horse and escorted the 18 people back to the county government with the officials.
The people in the county saw their county magistrate riding a horse, holding a rope in his hand, and three people were strung behind the rope, and there were six yamen servants behind him holding the rope in their hands. There are eighteen.
The people in Beihai County were stunned and couldn't help discussing loudly, "A bandit again? Why are there so many bandits in our Beihai County?"
When the words reached Bai Shan's ears, he turned his head and glanced at the crowd, pointed at the crowd with a horse whip and said, "Don't talk nonsense, who said they are bandits? They are bastards."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then someone asked loudly: "My lord, have you even arrested the bastard now?"
Bai Shan led people to go to the county government, and replied: "Of course I won't arrest them if they are honest, but if they commit crimes, I will naturally arrest them."
"County magistrate, what did these people do?"
"It's nothing." Bai Shan turned his head and grinned, "It's just that I want to sneak into the new saltworks and cause damage."
The common people don't know the importance of the salt field to Beihai County, but they also know that salt is a good thing, so they said: "It's broken, and it should be caught."
Common people don't know, but some people do.
The words of Bai Shandang spread at a very fast speed, Master Song soon found out about it, and then the students in the county school.
The students in the county school are all between the ages of twelve and eighteen, and it is the time when their blood boils. Originally, Bai Shan liked them very much at a young age, and he had accumulated a lot of experience among the students when he tried the bandit case before. reputation.
They are not Wuxia Ameng either. The previous Lu county magistrate had many conflicts with the Song family, and the key point was the salt field. The Bai county magistrate took office, and this key point naturally did not change.
Originally, many students in the county school had objections to the Song family's control of the saltworks. As soon as this incident happened, the public opinion in the county school became even more heated.
While class was still in session, some students pushed their desks and got up, walked up to Song Meng and questioned him, "Song Meng, do you mean that your Song family wants to take it on behalf of the Beihai County Government?"
Song Meng's face was very ugly, and she got up angrily, "Don't talk nonsense."
"I'm talking nonsense? Otherwise, why did your family send people to destroy the new saltworks of the county government?"
"Not to mention that County Magistrate Bai didn't say that my Song family did this, even if he said it, it's just his one-sided words now. Are you trying to slander my Song family with empty teeth without investigating and collecting evidence?"
"Isn't it? We both know each other very well, and I only have one sentence for you," said one person, "Song Meng, your Song family is very powerful in Beihai County, but it's not big enough to overwhelm the sky with one hand. If you want to control the county government, you must first ask the people in the county if they are willing."
"That's right! The salt farm is an important source of finance for Beihai County. It has been managed by your Song family for so many years, but it is the property of the imperial court. Now that the new county magistrate takes office, it should be returned to the new county magistrate."
Song Meng: "Why, because Bai Shan came from a noble family, he was accompanied by the prince, and he was a Chinese scholar for His Majesty. You think he has a great future, so you are scrambling to please him?"
This sentence can stab a hornet's nest, and everyone condemned Song Meng. Naturally, some of them were on Song Meng's side, thinking that the students were too arbitrary, "Magistrate Bai hasn't concluded this matter yet, how can you think it's the case?" What did the Song family do?"
"Who else could it be if it wasn't him, the Song family?"
"These words are too idealistic. The investigation is based on evidence."
There was a lot of noise in the county school, and finally they started to fight, making the school officials very angry. While stopping the students, they had to dodge the pens, ink and books that flew over from time to time.
When they finally stopped all the students, they couldn't stop the movement from the county school, so they could only go to the magistrate Bai to plead guilty.
Just as Bai Shan finished his meal, he was about to take a stroll to see the injured eighth child, when the school officer from the county school rushed over, he could only deal with the county school's affairs first.
Song Meng ran home angrily, but instead of going back to his room, he lifted up his robe and ran towards the study in the main courtyard.
As soon as he rushed in, Master Song and his son stopped talking, Master Song frowned, and Master Song scolded him: "Why are you running?"
Song Meng straightened her sleeves, stepped forward to salute, "Grandfather, Father."
With a tense face, he looked at Master Song and said, "Grandfather, it is said that the bastards that Magistrate Bai just caught were sent by our family, right?"
Master Song asked in a flat tone: "Where did you hear these rumors? You don't go to school?"
Uncle Song was very upset, and scolded: "It's just spread by someone with a heart. What do you believe in what they say? Study hard in the county school, and don't meddle in other things."
"That's what's said in the school," Song Meng exclaimed, "All the students said it was done by our family."
Master Song couldn't help sitting upright, and asked: "Is this guided by the master?"
"No, sir wouldn't say such a thing at all, it's all their own random speculation," Song Mengdao: "Grandfather, these people have dirty minds, and whenever something happens, they will all be blamed on my Song family..."
He gritted his teeth and asked, "This kind of thing is not done by our family, is it?"