Chapter VII: Presence of human and material evidence
The car and boat shop should be killed if he is not guilty.
Lu Chuan is carefully confirming the deed documents, in case one house and two sales, he is pitted by the tooth shop, but there is no place to reason.
Although the matter was exposed, the money that may have been used is still not much, and it can't withstand the toss.
Moreover, it costs money to buy a house, money to recruit soldiers, and a few small workshops to save money, and money is inseparable everywhere.
Bang dang!
The door panel flew over, and the loud noise frightened everyone, and five or six big men with flower arms walked in as if no one was around.
"Spotted Leopard!"
When the tooth man saw the leader of the big man, his face changed, and he squeezed out a smile and said, "What kind of wind blew the leopard master here?"
"Three-eyed?"
The leopard master stared at the round eyes, rolled his thick lips, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth, and said, "Do you have an old relationship with the little cub of the Hou family?"
This person is the spotted leopard, one of the four King Kongs of the Mad Tiger Gang in Yangshan Town, and he is nicknamed Leopard King Kong!
"No, no!"
"Why don't you get out of here?"
The leopard master came to the table as if no one was around, and sat on the stool that the younger brother had kindly moved.
"I'll get out, I'll get out of ...... right away"
The tooth man didn't dare to say more than half a word of protection, and even crawled away from the seat, causing a group of flower-armed men to laugh.
"Master Leopard!"
Hou Lei protected his younger brothers and sisters behind him, and roared like trapped beasts in a desperate situation, "Don't deceive people too much!"
"How can you be deceived?"
The leopard master grinned, "Your son owes us one hundred and fifty taels, and your kid still has money to hold a banquet, isn't it too unauthentic?"
"Nonsense, my father only borrowed thirty taels, and he has already repaid it!"
Hou Xiaoshi shouted angrily.
"Little rabbit, are you tired of being crooked?"
A flower-armed minion slapped him with a slap.
"Stop!"
Hou Lei didn't dare to fight back, and blocked the slap with his body, "Master Leopard, I have sold the house to pay off the debt, what do you want?"
"Shh
The leopard sneered and took out an IOU, "In black and white, it is clearly written, you only repaid the interest last time, and the principal has not been repaid!"
Don't talk nonsense, if you don't have money, you can pay off your sister's debts, and you can barely pay the interest.
In a few days, I'll take your brother to arrive, Cuiyun Building is lacking a few children, and if you can't pay it back, it's you!"
"You ......"
Hou Lei's blood-red eyes were full of despair.
"Hahaha!"
The flower-armed men laughed wildly.
Lu Chuan shook his head, looking at this familiar posture, it was obviously not the first time!
"Boy, what the fuck do you mean by shaking your head......"
Seeing that Lu Chuan was still eating and drinking, a flower arm raised his leg with a kick, but the next moment he fell like mud.
"Huh?"
The leopard master glared at him with round eyes, and said in a cruel voice, "Lao Tzu has lost his eyes, although I don't know that you are on that road, but kick my brother of the spotted leopard as a stone, isn't it?"
"Stone, you think too highly of him, mud is not a thing!"
Lu Chuan said lightly.
"Good boy, it looks like you're trying to get ahead!"
The leopard master had already noticed that the leprosy ghost-like young man in front of him was different, and he immediately didn't talk nonsense, and his big fan-like hand slapped down Lu Chuan's face with a whining sound across the table.
Boom!
The sound of a broken drum and a heavy hammer was deafening, and the two shook together, sat down on the wooden bench and creaked to the ground.
The two stand opposite each other, and they are evenly matched!
"Jiupin!"
The leopard master smiled and was about to pounce, paused suddenly, glanced at Hou Lei coldly, and said, "The green mountains do not change, the green water flows forever, let's go!"
"Ahem!"
Lu Chuan slowly let go of the hand holding the knife.
The knife never leaves the body, this is a habit that has been cultivated since the first day I came here!
......
For four days in a row, Lu Chuan stayed in the yamen all day, still no one paid attention, and he didn't even return the documents.
Just when everyone in the yamen was watching the joke, a piece of gossip spread quickly.
The main Bo Yuan was built, colluded with the mountain bandits, caused chaos in the township, and obstructed the formation of the border army.
Originally, this kind of thing was nothing.
Those who can be officials in border towns, if they don't have two brushes, they can't stand at all.
But the problem is that Wutong Mansion has been plagued by homeless people and bandits for more than half a year, and now it has not stopped, and even the surrounding villages and towns in Yangshan County and Weibao have been affected.
Nowadays, a large number of squires have moved in, and people are panicked by one by ten, ten by hundred.
With Yuan Jiancheng's forces, it can be suppressed with a little effort, but when thirty young and strong men are blocked at the entrance of the yamen, shouting to join the army, this matter can't be stopped!
"Shaft, it's too much to deceive people!"
Yuan Jiancheng's face was blue, and there were broken porcelain all over the ground.
Although the source of the rumors has not yet been investigated, he has already guessed that it is absolutely inseparable from the tuberculosis ghost soldier who has been sitting in the yamen for four or five days.
"My lord, I have to hurry up and think of a way, the county has already gotten the news, and if it drags on any longer, the Qianhu Office will also come forward!"
The scribe said.
"This little bastard is so bold, isn't he afraid that the official will sentence him to gather a crowd to make trouble and correct the law on the spot?"
Yuan Jiancheng's angry scolding made the scribe roll his eyes.
If there were no previous rumors fermenting, Yuan Jiancheng would move his fingers, not to mention that Lu Chuan would die without a place to be buried, at least it would be difficult to move an inch. But now?
Yuan Jiancheng's obstruction of the recruitment of soldiers in Weibao is a fact, and it cannot withstand investigation at all, especially at this sensitive juncture.
It's just strange, they underestimated Lu Chuan's audacity.
In other words, from beginning to end, they didn't see Lu Chuan clearly.
In Lu Chuan's eyes, Yangshan County is just a foothold, don't say that you offend the main body who is not in the stream, even if you offend the county order?
"Check, this official wants to see who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to help him recruit troops!"
Yuan Jiancheng was furious.
Lu Chuan's bottom line, he is clear, a country boy, and he has offended hundreds of households directly under him and the general banner, how can he recruit dozens of young men in just a few days?
"Lord Yuan is so powerful!"
At this moment, a majestic shout came from outside the door, followed by a trembling welcome.
"I've seen Lord County!"
A rumor finally led to the number one person in Yangshan County - the county magistrate Hu Yong!
......
Hu Yong is a middle-aged man in his early forties, not tall, with a handsome face and a long beard under his chin.
Facing the head of a county, and he was a seven-rank martial artist, dozens of young people who were originally noisy were silent.
There are even people who tremble in two streams, hunching their necks, as well-behaved as quails.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to hear that you are enthusiastically joining the army to protect your family and defend the country!"
Hu Yong's gentle gaze swept over everyone, and said with a smile, "For the sake of your heart for the country, this official will not pursue the matter in front of your Xiaoju Yamen, and will also instruct the scribe to handle military registration documents for you as soon as possible."
But in the future, we must pay attention to the majesty of the imperial court, remember!"
"Lord Prefectural!"
Seeing that Hu Yong suppressed everyone in a few words, of course Lu Chuan would not be so easy to forget it, otherwise he would be the unlucky one, "Lu Chuan, the small flag of Xiaoliang Fort, was ......recruited by military order"
"Lu Xiaoqi!"
Hu Yong's smile remained unchanged, and the voice came to Lu Chuan's ears, but it shocked his heartbeat.
"Your Excellency!"
Lu Chuan gritted his teeth and took a step forward, loud and sonorous, "Five days ago, I handed over the recruitment documents to Zhang San, the secretary of the Yamen, but I didn't want to, the other party said that he was sick and didn't see it, and no one in the yamen gave an explanation for the past few days.
In the subordinate, the whispers are soft, and being wronged is nothing.
Alone, now that the displaced people are in turmoil, the surrounding villages and towns in Yangshan County, and even Weibao, have been impacted.
I Xiaoliangbao suffered dozens of casualties and heavy losses, I have the heart to serve the country, but there is no way, and I ask my lord to uphold justice!"
Before the words fell, Hou Lei pushed a person to the front, it was the scribe Zhang San.
"Humph!"
Hu Yong's eyes flashed gloomily.
"Lu Chuan, you are so bold, who gave you the right to arrest the Yamen scribe privately?"
Yuan Jiancheng said sharply.
"Lord Yuan, who gave Zhang San the courage to detain the recruitment documents of the thousands of households in our border army?"
Lu Chuan didn't give an inch.
For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and the commotion broke out again.
"Lord County, Lu Chuan instigated the villagers, rushed into the yamen, with bad intentions, and should be beheaded according to the law!"
Yuan Jiancheng said coldly.
"No!"
A person next to him stood up, and it was Yang Zhaoxian, the county leader, "It's about the border army, if it is not handled properly, I'm afraid it will ......."
"Someone!"
Hu Yong waved his hand coldly, and said in a deep voice, "Lu Chuan gathered a crowd to make trouble, rushed into the yamen, took him into custody for interrogation, and the rest of the people were reminded, and the first offense was reminded, and the heavier sentence was thirty boards, so as to set an example for ......."
Before the words fell, there was a sound of horses' hooves, but I saw a group of more than a dozen horsemen riding away from the crowd, and they came to the front in a moment, and the leader was Zhang Youlu, the deputy Qianhu.
The officials who were about to make a move instantly took away their momentum and retreated.
"Lord Hu is so powerful!"
Zhang Youlu didn't get off the horse either, and said with a cold face, "Now that the displaced people are in turmoil, and the border army has suffered heavy losses, why has our department not seen the Yamen transfer documents for a long time in the recruitment of troops?"
"Zhang Qianhu, the villages and towns around Yangshan Town have been plagued by bandits, and there is a shortage of manpower in the yamen, so it is inevitable that there will be delays!"
Hu Yong narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "But Lu Chuan, the little banner under your command, dares to ......."
"Humph!"
Zhang Youlu interrupted with a cold snort, and waved his horsewhip, "Fart, the recruitment documents of our ministry were issued by the Ministry of War, and you neglected your duties and bullied the men who joined the army, but now you are beating a rake upside down, reversing black and white."
Do you know that Lu Dayou, the father of Lu Chuan, fought against the grassland half a year ago, and he was a hero in the army who was rewarded by the imperial court.
Just seven days ago, he fought and killed the leaders of the rebels in Xiaoliang Fort, killing and wounding hundreds of homeless bandits, and keeping one side safe.
Even such people, you dare to wantonly bully and inflict harm, what else do you dare not do?"
"What?"
"And such a thing?"
"My God, hundreds of homeless bandits, if they hit Yangshan County......
The people talked a lot, and the eyes that looked at Hu Yong and the others changed.
"Let me ask you, who gave you the courage to privately withhold the recruitment documents of my thousands of households?"
Zhang Youlu flicked the horsewhip, dragged Zhang San to the front, and said.
"I ...... I said, it's Yuan Zhubo!"
How dare Zhang San hide it.
"How dare you slander this official!"
Yuan Jiancheng suddenly changed color.
"It's you, I got the paperwork that day, and I went to look for you as soon as possible, but you asked me to drag it out, saying that the soldiers and ruffians are all cheap bones, and they should be rectified, and ...... You have a grudge against him!"
Zhang San also let go and said like a bean.
"Okay, good, what a Yuan master!"
Zhang Youlu's face turned pale, he shook his hand and threw Zhang San to his subordinates, and the horse whip pointed at Yuan Jiancheng, "That day, you couldn't ask for a bribe, and you wanted to kill Lu Chuan, but you were stopped by this official, but you never thought that you were so vicious that you dared to seize the recruitment documents of the Ministry of War."
Lord Hu, there is all the evidence and material evidence in this matter, and this official will truthfully go to the Governor's Mansion, so you can do it yourself!"