Zhao Laixi grew up in the countryside since he was a child, and the number of times he came to the county seat was limited, so he had never seen much of the world. As soon as he heard what the official said, he was immediately frightened and retreated, pulling Xiao Ding to leave.

"Big brother, otherwise, let's not want this reward......" Zhao Lai said with sincere fear, he understood the truth that "the people don't fight with the officials".

Xiao Ding didn't move, and looked at the official with a smile. He wondered, what did he say wrong? Why did the officials frame themselves for being impostors? Seeing that the servant's eyes were always spinning around on the wolf on the ground, he suddenly understood in his heart: it turned out that he had taken a fancy to this wolf! Falsely scare himself away, and then he will swallow this wolf for his own sake!

"Brother Ya Gong, said that I fraudulently received the reward, I don't know if there is any evidence?" Xiao Ding said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Evidence, then you said that the wolf you fought was the wolf of Luoxia Mountain, is there any evidence?" The official rolled his eyes and pouted, and said disdainfully.

At this time, three or four more officials came out of the gatehouse. After they had lunch, they came to the porter and chatted with the guards to fart. I heard someone outside say that they had beaten the evil wolf with a bounty, so they all came out to watch the excitement.

"My brother-in-law Zhao Laixi can testify, and many people in our village have seen it and can also testify." Xiao Ding said and pulled Zhao Laixi.

"He's your brother-in-law?" The official asked.

"Yes." Xiao Ding replied.

"You're all together, or relatives, who knows if you're colluding to make a good statement." Ya Gong said. The three or four officials who came out later also laughed and watched.

Xiao Ding thought about it, indeed, this is really a bit inexplicable. However, this reward still has to be received, two hundred taels of silver, what I lack most now is silver, otherwise how could I not even let go of the bandit's clothes and pants.

This official obviously wants to play this wolf, if he is interested, it is the best, if he is not interested, he has to fight him, he is guilty of arresting himself in prison, and he can't tell. What should I do? You can't just take the wolf upside down without receiving the money, right? That's too unlucky.

Xiao Ding thought about it, and suddenly he saw the drum in front of the county yamen, hey, by the way, the county lord must not know about this now. I don't know if the county order of Luoxia County is a clean official, no matter what, I have to give it a try. Xiao Ding secretly decided.

"Since the eldest brother of the official can't come up with evidence, and the witness I said doesn't believe it, then I have to beat the drum and voice the grievances, and ask our county lord to theorize about this matter." Xiao Ding said, and he was about to beat the drum.

The gatekeeper was stunned for a moment, and before he could speak, a long-faced official beside him tugged at his sleeve and whispered: "I think forget it, we may not be able to afford to make a big deal of it." ”

When the gatekeeper heard this, he thought to himself, so he nodded, and gestured to the long-faced official Nunu to help stop Xiao Ding.

The gatekeeper is not a fool, if Xiao Ding goes to beat the drum and alarms the county magistrate, then the matter will soon come to light. The county magistrate knew that he wanted to swallow the wolf privately, and he would definitely blame it.

"Hey, this strong man, you wait!" The long-faced official took two steps forward to stop Xiao Ding, "This strong man, since this matter is inconclusive for the time being, I don't think there is any need to alarm the court, why don't I go inside and report back to the adults, and let our county magistrates decide, what do you think?" ”

Privately replying to the court and confronting the court are fundamentally two natures. Once you go to court, it is equivalent to a lawsuit, and the party who is at fault will inevitably be punished.

In fact, according to the normal procedure, since someone came to unveil the list and receive the reward, the gatekeeper should immediately report it to the county order, but this gatekeeper saw that Xiaoding and Zhao Laixi were ordinary poor people, and thought that it was easy to bully, so he had crooked thoughts.

Xiao Ding saw that someone stood up to do peace, so he also borrowed the donkey from the slope, stopped and arched his hand: "Then trouble this big brother!" ”

The long-faced official also hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome, you should be." With that, he went inside.

Xiao Ding and Zhao Laixi waited in front of the door for about a cup of tea, and the long-faced servant came out of it and said to Xiao Ding and the two with a smile: "My lord, I have invited the two strong men to the living room, please!" ”

The living room was in a side hall behind the public hall, and the house was still dilapidated, not much better than the adobe houses in the village.

Putting the wolf out of the door, the three of them came to the hall, and saw a white-faced scholar about thirty years old sitting on the main seat, dressed in civilian clothes, holding a cup in his hand, drinking tea.

The long-faced official hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My lord, these two are the strong men who claim to have killed the two evil wolves in Luoxia Mountain. ”

Zhao Laixi hurriedly knelt down on the side and said, "Grass people Zhao Laixi see adults!" Seeing that Xiao Ding was still standing there stupidly looking around, he hurriedly glanced at him. But Xiao Ding didn't seem to see it.

Zhao Laixi had no choice, he was worried about being blamed by the county master, so he hurriedly explained: "This is my uncle Tian Xiaoding, his head was kicked by a donkey when he was a child, so he is a little infatuated, please don't blame him!" ”

The county commander nodded, waved his hand, and motioned for the long-faced official to go down first. Then he said to Zhao Laixi and Xiao Ding: "The two strong men don't have to be polite, please sit down and talk!" As he spoke, he gestured to the two chairs below.

"Thank you, sir!" Zhao Laixi replied, but his heart was pounding. This is the county lord, the first time I have seen such a big official since I was a child! How can you not be nervous?

Xiao Ding looked at the furnishings in the house as if he was fine, and said in his heart, this county order doesn't seem to be very rich, the tables, chairs, benches, coffee tables and tea sets in the house are all very old, and they have been used for many years.

"Dare to ask, you are the county magistrate of Luoxia County?" Xiao Ding was a little unconvinced, in his impression, he always felt that the county order should not be the image of a white-faced scholar, but should have an old and cunning face, or should have a momentum that is not angry and self-threatening. And the scholar in front of him looked like he had nothing.

"It's the county order of this county!" Hu Xianling replied, looking at Xiao Ding in some surprise.

"Confused county order? It turns out that the adult's name is called Confused! Little Ding laughed, and sat down in the chair below. Zhao Laixi sat on the edge of the chair with his buttocks, still worried in his heart, and heard Xiao Ding take the name of the county order, so frightened that he almost lost his soul, and even pulled Xiao Ding's sleeve, signaling him not to talk nonsense.

"It's nonsense, the way to the future, not to be confused." Hu Xianling frowned slightly and corrected.

"I see, it's the people who didn't hear it clearly, don't blame it!" Xiao Ding also learned from the tone of the county order, and said in a gentle tone, and gave it up again and again, he was afraid that the county order would be annoyed, and people could send themselves to prison with a casual word.

"It's okay!" Hu Xianling waved his hand, "I heard Li Si say, the two of you claimed to have killed the two evil wolves in Luoxia Mountain, and you came to unveil the list and receive the reward?" ”

"Exactly!" Xiao Ding replied, secretly thinking that this county order is more refreshing.

But as soon as he was half happy, he listened to the Nahu County Decree and continued: "Those two strong men, is there any evidence to prove that the wolves you two killed are the two wolves we are offering a reward for hunting?" ”

What the? Xiao Ding was shocked. I said that you officials are really wearing the same pants! Outside the gate, the official took this as an excuse, and went inside to see the county order, and the county order also came to say the same. Isn't it true that all the officials in this world are generally black? They all want to take me as a wolf, and then convict me and put me in prison?