When Li Tong and his entourage came to the Chang'an County Party located in Changshoufang in the west of the city, the county commander Fang Rongzi led a group of subordinates to hurriedly greet him.

Fang Rong is the county magistrate of Jingxian County, and his official position is not low, even if the distinguished guests visit, they will not be so condescending.

But not to mention that the young king was favored again, illustrious as before, and his relationship with Shan Fang Rong was transmitted in the divine capital, saying that because of the young king, His Majesty the Holy Emperor had no lack of appreciation for him, and even the Ministry of Heavenly Officials had included him in the list of inspections in the province of recall, if things went well, he would most likely return to the divine capital to serve as the official of the southern province after the completion of this examination.

So for this far-fetched cousin, Fang Rong was also full of enthusiasm, and immediately greeted him after receiving the news, giving enough face.

Li Tong was in an impatient mood at this time, so he was not so polite, and after getting off the horse, he said quickly: "How is the situation of County Lieutenant Shi?" ”

"Lieutenant Shi was injured in the line of duty, but fortunately he did not have to worry about his life, and he was now arranging a house in the Yazhong, and he immediately led the king to visit."

Fang Rong stepped forward to take the horsewhip in the young king's hand, turned around and handed it to the official behind him, and then led the young king into the county office, bypassed the front hall and turned into the side and back corridor, and said as he walked: "I heard that the county lieutenant Shi was in the palace of the king for a short time, but the king still heard the alarm and was anxious, and immediately came to investigate, this harmony between the upper and lower levels is really enviable." ”

"People have a long relationship, how can they be broken because of things."

Li Tong replied casually, it is also not in a good mood at this time, otherwise I may add a sentence of no envy, when you suffer in the future, I will treat you like this.

When he came to settle Shi Sizhen's house, Li Tong realized that he had fallen asleep after being diagnosed, and he had fallen from a frightened horse and his muscles and bones were broken, but there was no obvious injury from a sword. As for his attachés, the situation is similar, only one of the more unlucky ribs is broken, and the internal poke hurts the organs, and he is still being treated.

After learning that Shi Sizhen's injury was fine, Li Tong breathed a sigh of relief, and was no longer in a hurry to enter to disturb Shi Sizhen's rest, and found an empty house to sit in the county office, and then looked at Fang Rong, who was sitting on the side seat, and asked, "What is going on?" Why is the county lieutenant Shi in distress? ”

Since there is no major problem with people, it is necessary to investigate the cause of the matter. On the way, Li Tong was also thinking about whether someone was targeting him, but he didn't have a clue, and now Xijing was the most malicious to him, so he naturally recommended the Dou family, but their family was still busy burying relatives and didn't come back.

Even if there is any retaliatory action, it does not mean much to Shi Sizhen. After all, as Fang Rong said, Shi Sizhen has not been in his mansion for a long time, and the friendship is unfathomable. If he knew what he told Shi Sizhen to do, it would undoubtedly be much better to stab him upwards than to attack Shi Sizhen directly, and it would also bring more harm to the young king.

"Chang'an County Party is also to blame for this incident. Calculated carefully, Lieutenant Shi also suffered from the misfortune of others this time......"

Hearing Shaowang's question, Fang Rong did not hide it, and directly told the truth of the matter.

It turned out that Chang'an County found a wealthy family illegally storing slaves and maids, but there was an accident when they were arrested, and they were fled to Shiping County in western Beijing.

The criminals in Chang'an County, of course, should be brought into custody by Chang'an County, but recently Chang'an City is really not peaceful, not to mention the robbery of Jian'an Wang Wuyou's IKEA property, and recently Dou's Gaomen also had a life case, so in order to maintain stability, the two counties are really lacking in use, so they can only entrust Shiping County to escort the criminals back to Chang'an, Shi Sizhen is responsible for this matter, but there was an accident on the way.

Although the facts of the case are very clear, Li Tong is still suspicious, and continues to ask: "Is there any misunderstanding of the criminal's life experience and personal feelings?" ”

This time, Fang Rong simply asked people to take the relevant files and let the young king check them in person. Of course, this is unruly, but since it is the order of the county order, the subordinates dare not say anything.

Li Tong took the file and read it carefully, but did not find any suspicious points. It is nothing more than a wealthy family keeping slaves, but this slave and maid have not been naturalized in the township, county, and city prisons, and there is no certificate of buying and selling, that is, they are illegally taken into slavery. Then the master of this family sold the slave and maid to others, but turned around and died of illness, and the buyer felt that he had lost money and sued the Chang'an County Ya, which led to such a case.

If there is anything special, it is that the slaves and maids involved in the case are not locals in Guanzhong, but mountain people in the Bazhong area of Lingnan.

But this also does not deduce any special information, Bazhong is a mountainous area, these people are scattered among the mountains, and they are not the same as the outside world. Strongmen often roamed the mountains, capturing and selling them as slaves.

When the brave warriors cleared the bee thieves between the Qinling Mountains, they rescued many of these mountain barbarians, who could not understand the language and were not easy to train, so they simply stayed in some pastoral industries of the Old Clothes Society for forced labor.

This kind of thing basically belongs to the category of the people not holding officials accountable, and it is not a big mistake. But in a capital city like Chang'an, the rules for household registration are strict, and if the case is committed, the consequences can be big or small. Especially now that the atmosphere in Chang'an City is already tense, if it is really punished, it is possible to kill the head.

"King, Lieutenant Shi has woken up."

Li Tong heard the doorman's advice, so he got up and walked into the room, and then saw that Shi Sizhen was about to get up, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't be reluctant, it's needless to hurt and hurt." ”

"It's a shame to be humiliated, to be chased away by the thieves in the wild, not to mention self-harm, and to do bad business, disturbing the king, and it is a great crime."

Shi Sizhen's face was pale, and she looked guilty.

Li Tong waved his hand to drive away the other idlers, and then asked, "What clues can be seen in the thieves?" ”

Shi Sizhen closed her eyes and thought about it, and after a while, she shook her head and said: "The thieves are lying in the grass, and when I lead the team to pass, they rush out and beat and expel them with sticks, and everyone covers their faces without saying a word. The action can be called swift, strong and strong, should be a habitual bandit, there are seventeen, no, nineteen disciples, yes, when a thief grabs a horse, the legs and hips are stiff, and he is not accustomed to horse sex, but there are two or three thieves who are skilled in horseback skills. Also, one of the thieves had a sword-shaped tattoo on his neck......"

"Not all the way?"

Li Tong asked again after hearing this.

Shi Sizhen shook her head after hearing this: "Qi is skillful in cooperation, not a temporary patchwork...... There may have been other shapes, but the situation was chaotic at the time, and it may be possible to ...... it if you think about it later."

"It's better to pay attention to your own recuperation first, don't work too hard, this matter will be handled by the Chang'an County Ya."

Li Tong comforted Shi Sizhen first, but his brows furrowed and did not stretch. According to what I know so far, this matter can basically be determined to have nothing to do with me, but when it involves Shi Sizhen, it can't be said that it has nothing to do with it.

Although the case belongs to Chang'an County, the culprit was robbed during Shi Sizhen's escort after all, which is also a crime of dereliction of duty. Xijing has been troubled recently, and it is still unknown how Wei Yuanzhong, who is about to take office, will open up the situation, and it is not ruled out that he will make an example of killing chickens and monkeys with three fires when he takes office, and he will be punished severely by Shi Sizhen.

If Shi Sizhen is dismissed from his current official position, it will be very detrimental to the layout and development of the Ancient Clothes Society, so it is best to remedy the matter before Wei Yuanzhong arrives.

After a little silence, Li Tong asked Fang Rong to come and said: "This incident is unexpected, I don't know if it can be postponed for a few days before it is reported?" If it can be remedied, Chang'an County will be able to cause less trouble. ”

After hearing this, Fang Rong nodded and said, "Even the county lieutenant Shi is guilty. If I can remedy it, it will be good, and I will send someone to investigate this matter strictly in the next few days, and whether I can make up for it or not, I will definitely report to the king in time. ”

In addition to urging Chang'an County, Li Tong also planned to mobilize the eyes and ears of the Old Clothes Society, and when he saw the injured Shi Sizhen, he looked depressed, and the county government was not good at living and taking care of him, so he simply asked his family to prepare an ox cart and send Shi Sizhen to his house to recuperate.

Not to mention the intensified search of Chang'an County and the old righteous disciples, located on a barren and overgrown hill on the outskirts of Chang'an, there are more than 20 people sitting on the ground.

Sitting in the middle was a man in his prime and in his thirties, who was the leader of this group. He was dressed in a riding robe, his square face was heroic and majestic, there was nothing unscrupulous, and there was a sword-shaped tattoo behind the root of his left ear.

There was also a slightly obese middle-aged man in the crowd, wearing a cloth prison uniform and a shawl, and he was thanking the leader again and again: "Thank you Guo Dalang for the rescue, if it weren't for Brother Guo, my life would be in danger this time......

When the leader heard this, he just snorted coldly, glancing at him sharply, and he was a little disdainful of talking.

Someone on the side already pointed at the middle-aged man and said angrily: "You stupid thing, you are not careful enough, greedy for goods to sell sick slaves, you are guilty of a small crime, I am afraid that you will be more implicated if you are not tight-lipped, if it involves the future of my family, be careful of your whole family's life!" ”

The middle-aged man apologized again and again, and then said with a bitter face: "Although I am out of punishment this time, I will not get rid of the crime, and it will be difficult to return to my family......

The leader's face suddenly sank after hearing this: "Willing to save your life is already a favor outside the matter, who cares about your future?" Knowing that the countryside is difficult to hide, why don't you hurry up and die out of the distant country? Your family has been taken to the east of Shiping County, go west, dare to look back, the sword in my hand is sharpened for you! ”

As he spoke, he stood up again and said to the middle-aged man: "When I took your family, I saw that your son had strong hands and feet, which could be cultivated, and he would take care of you more if he left it by my side in the future." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, his face suddenly turned miserable, and he knelt on the ground in a hurry and said in a trembling voice: "I ask Da Lang to be sympathetic to my family, only this heir is ...... blood."

"Shut up, you don't know where to live in the future, even if you take your son with you, you will be tired of him. If you follow me, there is a place of refuge, and if you remember the lesson of this time, you will see each other in the coming year. If it is still the same, it will not be possible to live for long. In this way, the slope leads the horse to its own place, and the horse money has been deducted from your family wealth. If you don't get entangled any longer, the money you pay for buying a horse will become the money you pay to dig a hole. ”

The middle-aged man knew that the leader did what he said, and he didn't dare to say anything more after hearing the words, so he bowed to the leader and said again: "That dog will entrust Dalang, if he doesn't die, there will be a big reward!" ”

After the middle-aged man left, someone next to him stepped forward and said, "Master Lang, are we going back?" ”

When the leader heard this, he shook his head, turned to his waist and patted him: "There are still official matters to be done, how can I turn back." It's a pity, if you come a month earlier, you can still enjoy the teasing event gathered by the king of Hedong. This time I entered the mansion to visit, but I had to take a closer look to see if the king really had the grace of the world. ”