Chapter 104: Catching Up
"My lord, my lord, something is wrong. "www.biquge.info Xing Zhutou didn't wait for the doorman to pass through, and ran into the inner hall in a few steps, shouting as he ran. His extremely abnormal behavior caused the porter to chase after him into Wu Rui's study.
Wu Rui is originally a romantic figure, and he is good at dancing and writing in his spare time. Of course, the favorite thing that a merry genius and a literati like most when they want to write a book is to have Mei Ji as a companion. At this time, Wu Rui was writing poems with his concubine Fan in the study, and the intimacy was indescribable. Unexpectedly, Xing Zhutou hurriedly ran into the study, so that they didn't have time to clean up in a panic, and they were just bumped into by Xing Zhutou and the porter.
Originally, some intimate behavior between husband and wife was the most normal thing, but at this moment, the behavior of the two was too close, so that Xing Zhutou, who had something important to report, had to retreat out of the door in embarrassment, stretched his neck and shouted into the house: "My lord, my subordinates have important things to report, please make a decision after listening." ”
Xing Zhutou shouted at the top of his voice, but he didn't see half a reply in the house, and he was about to get closer and shout again, but he didn't think that Wu Rui had already walked to the door, and the two of them were startled by each other for a while.
"I said that you are also the head catcher of a county, why are you so reckless, and you don't know how to let the concierge pass it on when you enter the inner hall of the county?" Wu Rui was disturbed by Yaxing, and naturally he was angry, and after counting Xing Zhutou, he wanted to be angry with the porter, and he didn't want to look before and after and saw the porter, so he had to give up.
"That's it, that's it. What do you have to report to this county? It is also necessary for the county to make a quick decision. ”
"My lord, I know that Zhao Han was taken away directly by the arrest from Nanzhou." Xing Zhutou didn't say much nonsense, and directly pointed out that Zhao Han was taken away.
"Zhao Han? Who is it? A nobody like Zhao Han naturally won't have a place in Wu Rui's memory, but after less than four sentences, he will understand that this nobody will be very important to him.
When Xing Zhutou heard Wu Rui's answer, he realized that he should focus the conversation on the official letter of the assistant director of the Nanshan County Order, so he said to Wu Rui: "My lord, it is the fugitive who asked the adult to arrest the fugitive in the official letter of the assistant director of the Nanshan County Order in the morning!" ”
"Oh! There are some impressions of this prefecture. Xing Zhutou, has he been arrested? Wu Rui seemed to remember that there were a few Nanshan County arresters who had submitted an assistant official letter early this morning, but looking at his appearance, he didn't take the matter to heart.
"The person has been arrested by Nanshan County, and is now on his way back to Nanzhou. Your Excellency, please send someone to stop them, or it will be too late. Xing Zhutou's tone was a little anxious. Wu Rui saw that he was anxious, his face showed a little puzzlement, and he thought, isn't it an errand for someone to be arrested? What's the hurry? He listened disapprerovingly, and hesitated for a moment before beckoning Xing Zhutou to enter the study again to talk.
At this time, the study was empty, and the woman who was dancing with Wu Rui had disappeared, and she might have returned to the inner courtyard through the side door of the study! Xing Zhutou didn't care much about whether Wu Rui's concubine was still in the study, he saw that Wu Rui still had a casual attitude, and said again without waiting for Wu Rui to sit down: "My lord, you can know that there are clouds in the "Law of the Kingdom", fugitives from other places are brought to justice, and the local officials have the responsibility to assist in the trial, and failure to try is dereliction of duty. Now the people from Nanshan County have directly brought the criminals back, and they have not been in Yuanhe County. Once the offender returned to Nanshan County for a felony, he was convicted of a felony and reported by the state government to the Criminal Department for review. If the officials of the Criminal Department knew that the adult had not interrogated the criminal, wouldn't it be possible to hold the adult accountable for dereliction of duty? ”
"Dereliction of duty", this is the only word that touched Wu Rui in Xing Zhu's first long remarks. He has been the magistrate of Yuanhe County for nearly ten years, although he has not made many great achievements, but he has also been in charge of Yuanhe County for many years. The court hasn't praised him much over the years, as long as he feels that he is an official. Besides, ten years of hard study is to get an official and a half-job, glorify the ancestors, and return to the hometown, if it is really because of this matter to be degraded by the imperial court, it will be more than worth the loss. Thinking of this, Wu Rui didn't feel that something was wrong, so he hurriedly stood up and walked to the porch to call someone to find the county master to meet him. Wu Rui was not very sure in his heart, he needed the county master to tell him whether there was really such a clause in the "Law of the Kingdom".
After a while, the master came to the study. Wu Rui hurriedly asked: "Master, is there any mention in the "Law of the Kingdom" that fugitives from other places are brought to justice, and the local officials want to be interrogated in court?" ”
As soon as the master heard the county magistrate ask him about the law, he began to recall the text of the "Shangguo Law" in his heart, and without a moment of thought, he replied: "There is such a provision in the "Shangguo Law and Arrest Law". Are you thinking about the matter of the assistant commander of Nanshan County? ”
"You know? You didn't know it was too early to tell me. ”
Wu Rui's tone was mostly reproachful, and the smugness on the master's face disappeared in an instant, and he said timidly: "My subordinates have just learned." It is better to ask the lord to send someone to bring the culprit back to the county government as soon as possible, so as not to be known to the officials and think that the lord is suspected of dereliction of duty. ”
"Exactly, exactly. Xing Zhutou, you quickly lead someone to intercept them, and be sure to bring the culprit back to the county office. If the catchers of Nanshan resist, they will tie me up together, but remember not to hurt my life. ”
Seeing that Wu Rui had finally opened his mind, Xing Zhutou said to him: "Please let me take more brothers to stop them." ”
"You go first, and I'll ask the master to bring it later."
Xing Zhutou originally wanted to bring a handwritten message to stop people by himself, but now that he thinks about Wu Rui's arrangement, if he finishes writing the handwritten letter and then chases it himself, I'm afraid people won't know where to go. Thinking so in his heart, Xing Zhutou got Wu Rui's order again, so he hurriedly ran out of the study again, beckoning the crowd to chase after him and the officials.
"Master, pen and ink are waiting. The county wants to write in person. As soon as Wu Rui held the pen, he returned to the style of a literati, laying out the paper, moistening the brush, and writing stroke by stroke.
"My lord, when the criminal is escorted back, he must be carefully interrogated. Next month is the triennial inspection of the officials, so don't miss the opportunity for promotion because of such trivial matters! ”
The opportunity for the master's promotion made Wu Rui more nervous than Xing Zhutou's dereliction of duty, which made his writing involuntarily speed up a lot. In the past three years, Yuanhe County has been in good weather under his governance, the people have enough food and clothing, and not long ago, he exterminated Qinglongzhai, which has been suffering for many years, so it is more likely to be appreciated by the officials and get the opportunity to be promoted. At this point, the stroke of the pen is within reach, and as soon as the seal is stamped, a handwritten edict is completed.
"Master, hurry up and send it to Xing Zhutou."
Wang Yueying was waiting for the news of Xing Zhutou outside, and when she saw that he couldn't get out of the inner hall for a while, and Zhao Han and the others couldn't catch up with themselves, they began to think about Chen Shouxin again. Thinking that Song Hai was still outside the Chen family's courtyard at this time, he went out of the county government first, and simply handed over all the affairs of Zhao Han to Xing Zhutou to deal with, and hurried to the Chen family restaurant.
Out of the Yuanhe County Office, Wang Yueying was about to run into the alley near the county office, and decided to run back to the Chenjia Restaurant through the alley. Someone in the alley was waiting for her, waving to her from afar.
Song Hai!
Wang Yueying couldn't help but be surprised, how could she follow her to the vicinity of the county office.
"Why did you come along?"
"I saw that you were taken away by Xing Zhutou, thinking about whether it was because of me that I was going to be interrogated again, and thinking about your safety, I quietly followed you. What's the matter, the people in the county government didn't embarrass you, did they? Song Hai came here because he was worried about his safety, so Wang Yueying didn't say anything, but just told him about Zhao Han's arrest.
Hearing this, Song Hai was very nervous, and there was no trace of surprise that Wang Yueying had guessed. Did he already know? However, Song Hai didn't know Zhao Han's identity, nor did he know that he was arrested by Nanshan County, so he only heard him say to Wang Yueying: "Since we have arrested Zhao Han, then we have to go back to the village as soon as possible." The government has always been thunderous, and there are only Bo Xun and Yang Yang in the family, and I don't know if they are also implicated. ”
Song Hai's words shocked Wang Yueying. He first knew about Zhao Han from Xing Zhutou's mouth, but he never remembered that there were two children at home. Yang Yang is still young, and Bo Xun has never dealt with government officials, so arresting them quickly and arresting people at home will definitely frighten them.
Wang Yueying thought of this, and rushed to Hetou Village more than anyone else.