Wei County Governing Office, County Government Hall.

Six or seven officials sat around the desks on both sides of the county office, talking to each other from time to time.

A man in his forties was pacing back and forth in the hall, the man was dressed in a red dark robe, wearing a cloud-cut crown on his head, a Chinese face, his eyes were anxious but bright, and a wisp of beard under his chin looked quite energetic.

Hearing a sound of footsteps outside the door, the man raised his head, but he had already seen that Wang Li had already stepped forward to worship and said, "Thief Cao Peng Wang Li to meet Ming Gong!" ”

It turned out that this person was Zhang Ze, the county guard of Wei County, the character Yuan Xiu, a person from Hanzhong, who was honest and honest, and was famous in the world.

"Deyu, you're just in time." Zhang Zeyi helped Wang Li up, pointed to everyone in the hall and said, "In recent days, you have repeatedly solved strange cases, and the county is very pleased, but because the matter of He Lin is very important, this county and all colleagues want to hear your thoughts." ”

Wang Li and everyone finished saluting, and before they were seated, they heard the soldier Cao Peng He Zheng stand up and ask menacingly: "Dare to ask Wang to join the army, that Wan Jian and He Lin are under the command of this Cao, I don't know why Your Excellency captured the two in private?" Resulting in the death of one person and the imprisonment of another? What is your intention in acting beyond your authority without telling the Ming Gong or informing Ben Cao? ”

Wang Li owed a debt to Zhang Ze and replied: "Yu Minggong, this ten thousand swords are suspected of murdering our county's Jin Cao Peng Jia An, and the evidence is conclusive. And Wan Jiannai and Lin's humble position, Jia Jincao's case and Lin must be involved, or even this and Lin are the masterminds behind this case, so the lower officials will make people arrest the two. ”

"Joke!"

He Zheng saw that Wang Li was just reporting to the county guard, but he didn't pay attention to himself, and immediately pointed at Wang Li angrily and shouted: "Just because the deputy commander of Wan is under the command of Nai and Lin, he dares to take the commander of a county soldier Cao, and Wang joins the army, these two people are under the command of Ben Cao, do you want to take Ben Cao down?" ”

Swept everyone indifferently, and saw that Zhang Ze was silent, the three of Jun Cheng, Changshi, and Gong Cao watched coldly, and the subordinate governor Cao and the subordinate Cao were eager to try, but the Lord Du Wei seemed to have the intention of defending, Wang Li naturally understood in his heart that his style of cutting first and then playing later inadvertently touched the rules of officialdom, which was to cause unhappiness in everyone's hearts.

Seeing that He Zheng was still angry, Wang Li glanced at it disdainfully, and said lightly: "He is sure that these two people are under your command?" ”

"Nonsense! It's not under the command of Ben Cao, is it still under the command of your king who joined the army? ”

"It is difficult to draw the skin and bones of a tiger, and you don't know the face but not the heart. Of course, these two people are not under the command of Ben Cao, if there is such a person under Ben Cao, Ben Cao would have taken them down a long time ago, why not cause so many turmoil! ”

"You!"

"What are you? He joins the army as Wan Jian and He Lin's direct boss, Wang asks, can He join the army know the real relationship between Wan Jian and He Lin? ”

"What's the relationship?"

Wang Li glanced at He Zheng expressionlessly, shook his head, turned to Zhang Zeshen and bowed, and said, "Duke Ming, the thief of Wei County, the lord of Cao, is a county of thieves, thieves and investigations. The safety of the victim is at stake, and the truth of the case is often uncertain, and the opportunity is fleeting. Therefore, Xia Guan did not predict Ming Gong in advance, and asked Ming Gong to surrender his guilt! ”

Nadu Wei nodded and said, "Duke Ming, the general will not accept the orders of the foreign monarchs, although the Tao is different, the reason is the same. Between the last generals, the fighters are often fleeting, so the person in charge must be resolute and decisive and make a decisive decision, otherwise it may lead to disaster. ”

"Well, what Yuan Duwei said is true!" Zhang Ze nodded, stroked his beard lightly and said, "Deyu, don't mention this matter, what is the real relationship between Wanjian and He Lin?" ”

Wang Li got up and cast a grateful glance at Yuan Duwei, and then said: "Ming Gong, although these two people are not members of the thief Cao, the lower officials did not tell them and overstepped their authority, it is not that the lower officials deliberately concealed it, but this matter is really important, and even endangers the safety of our county!" ”

"What! What is it? Zhang Ze's color suddenly changed, and his eyes stared directly at Wang Li.

"It has been discovered that these two people are not only involved in the theft of salt and iron in our county, but also involved in another extremely large organization."

"Huge? How big is it? ”

"The wind and clouds are moving, change the world!"

Zhang Ze stood up suddenly: "What organization?" ”

Wang Li glanced at everyone and said word by word:

"Tai, Ping, Dao!"

……

Taiping Road?!

Since everyone knows that Wang Li has been a thief Cao Peng, law enforcement is like a mountain and the law is followed, since Wang Li has been exported, even if he is not completely sure, seventy or eighty percent will always never leave, and the lobby is silent for a while.

Taiping Road! These three words shook everyone like magic power, and they all stood up suddenly, looking at Wang Li with different expressions.

Before everyone could speak, a reprimand broke the silent atmosphere, "If you want to add sin, why bother? It's just alarmist! ”

Seeing that He Zheng had already changed color, he pointed at Wang Li and scolded: "Not to mention whether He Lin and the two are involved in salt and iron matters, just say that Taiping Dao respects the Yellow Emperor and Lao Tzu and believes in the art of Huang Lao, I don't know how many people in Wei County respect it as a holy religion, even if there are many powerful people in my court, there are also many people who believe in this." Could it be that Wang joined the army only because He Lin and the two worshiped the Taiping Sect, so he dared to make nonsense, slander the two of them, and frame the Taiping Sect? ”

Wang Li looked at He Zheng with pity, and really wanted to grab his ears and ask him, how the did the bear die! Yes, Wang Li did overstep his authority, but so what? If it weren't for the safety of Wei County, why would Wang Li have to act arrogantly and provoke people's suspicions?

If this Taiping Dao matter is true, it will definitely involve the lives of everyone in the hall and the lives of the family, a little bit of overstepping power, let's talk nonsense, the county guard is no longer pursuing it, this stupid person is still entangled, chattering, and even endorsing the Taiping Dao! I really don't know where the county guard took a fancy to him at the beginning, and he actually mentioned this person to Cao Peng, a county soldier!

Sure enough, only a "bang" was heard in the hall, and Zhang Ze put the tea cup on the desk and roared: "He Zheng, you shut up Lao Tzu!" ”

can make Zhang Ze, the Taishou of the scribe Wei County, directly rude, you can imagine how angry Zhang Ze is! He Zheng was immediately stunned, shrunk his neck and sat down, Zhang Zecai turned his head angrily and said, "Deyu, you tell me the details of the case!" ”

Wang Li nodded, not adulterated, and told everyone present about everything without any emotion, only to hear Zhang Ze and the others be shocked.

There is a shortage of salt and iron, and minions are everywhere. This Taiping Dao has already extended its tentacles into the Wei County Bingcao, if something happens, where will everyone's position and even their lives be placed? What's even more frightening is that all of your colleagues Jin Caopeng Jia An have died of death due to Taiping Road, and Jia An's son has almost followed in Jia An's footsteps with poison, and the Jia family is even more terrified.

Isn't this Taiping Dao the art of Huang Lao? Isn't this Taiping Tao everywhere preaching "to peace"? Why is it so ruthless and unscrupulous once the minions are exposed?

"He Zheng, are you guilty?" He Zheng had already frightened the six gods and was stunned, and when he heard a loud shout in the lobby, his legs trembled, and he almost fainted.

Zhang Ze suddenly slapped it on the desk, straightened up and shouted: "He Zheng, you are derelict in your duties, you are in the county soldier Cao Peng, and the generals under your command have committed such a serious crime, you are completely in the dark, and you don't know, what does the county want you for?" Someone! Remove He Zheng's official uniform and put him in prison! ”

Seeing that the two guards put He Zheng out, Zhang Ze got up and walked around the hall a few times, and suddenly turned to Yuan Duwei and said: "Zi So, you are the commander of this county, in charge of military affairs, I think you will take care of this soldier Cao first, how so?" ”

"Ming Gong will not give up, Wei Ben should be the leader, but this position of soldier Cao, Wei feels that Deyu is more suitable than Wei." It turned out that this person's surname was Yuan, and his name was Weizi. Yuan Wei glanced at Wang Li and continued, "Deyu has both civil and military skills, excellent martial arts, meticulous thinking, decisive action, and quite a general's style, how about the public will?" ”

Zhang Ze thought for a while, stroked his beard, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Okay, then according to what the son said, this county will recruit Deyu and then take the post of Cao Peng, a soldier of our county!" Deyu, dare to give it a try? ”

Looks like he was promoted like this? Although the position and rank are the same as before, from today onwards, they have already entered the party that controls the military power.

Wang Li secretly smiled bitterly, touched his nose, and arched his hand and said, "Ming Gong ordered, Li dared not obey the order!" ”

Seeing that Wang Li had come down, Na Yuanwei's face was very happy, and he turned his head to Zhang Ze and said: "Duke Ming, since Deyu has agreed, Bing Cao's side should be fine, and the top priority at the moment should be how to deal with that Taiping Dao." ”

"Hmm! Judging from the Bing Cao case alone, Taiping Road is obviously a tree with deep roots and lush branches in Wei County. If it weren't for Deyu discovering the clues through Jia An's case, who of you would know that this Taiping Dao has been deeply rooted in my Wei County? The tightness of its organization can be seen. Zhang Ze nodded, "The case of Jia An alone has already involved the main and deputy commanders of the soldiers, and what this county wants to know is that there are few people involved in my Hu Cao, Cang Cao, Jin Cao, Wei Cao, Fa Cao, Shui Cao, Tian Cao, Menxia Affairs, and the Governor's Mansion?" ”

Saying that, Zhang Ze's expression was straight, he swept everyone, and said sternly: "Although the current imperial court has not designated this Taiping Dao as a cult that does not forgive, the current situation in this county is urgent. The top priority is that you must clarify the Taiping people in the headquarters as soon as possible, investigate and deal with the deficits of various departments, and once discovered, severely punish them! ”

"No!"

Everyone clasped their fists in response.

Zhang Ze pressed his hand, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then said: "There are many people in Taiping Dao, and the relationship between the DPRK and China is intertwined, as far as this county knows, even my wife in the family of Jizhou Governor Li Wenqing is also a believer in Taiping Dao, so how to deal with this Helin, please also work together, not only to get rid of the foundation of Taiping Dao in this county, but also not to make a big move, attracting the attention of the Chaotang Prefecture." What can you do to help me? ”

Don't make a big move? Taiping Road will be lit in this land of Yanzhao next year, when the Zhangjiao banner is displayed, the world yellow turban horse is the first to see, Taiping Road will sweep dozens of counties in the eight states of Dahan, and the rivers and mountains of Dahan are crumbling. I don't want to attract the attention of the court!

Wang Li was stunned, then he heard the hall Changshi smile and said: "Ming Gong is worry-free, I have a small plan, I will not attract the attention of the court, and at the same time, I can wipe out the foundation of Taiping Dao Wei County!" ”

"What's the plan?"

"Lead the snake out of the hole!"

"Will the plan be released?"

"Those who are loyal to the time will be rewarded for their hatred, and those who violate the law and neglect will be punished, and Lin should be undoubtedly killed, if Ming Gong and the people in prison commit the crime of murder, they will be reported to the court and the state pastor, such as the mud and sand of the Yellow River in Jiuqu, how do the important ministers and the state pastor know about it? At the same time, the list will be posted to all the offices of Wei County, and the elite soldiers will be ready around the entrance of the vegetable market, and the Taiping Road thieves will inevitably throw themselves into the net! ”

Zhang Ze nodded, looked at the wolf, looked around at everyone, and took the case: "This county immediately asks for an order, and at noon on the 15th, the execution will be carried out at the entrance of the vegetable market!" ”