Dingtao County is an important town in the Central Plains, there is an endless stream of merchants coming and going every day, and the people who enter and exit the city gate are countless. Yang Gao did not stop the people who came in and out, and soon someone rushed to the county government to report the matter to the county officials.

When the county magistrate Yang Xi heard that his eldest son was killed at the city gate, he was filled with grief and anger, spit out a mouthful of old blood and fainted on the spot. On the one hand, the county Cheng Lu Heng ordered someone to send Yang Xi back to his mansion and find a doctor to treat him, and at the same time organized people to quickly rush to the city gate to control the situation.

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Dadada!!

There was a sound of horses' hooves in the city, Yang Gao looked sideways, and saw a county official with a short figure of five short stature leading a group of officials to hurry to the city gate, shouting: "A few good men must not be excited, the next official is Cheng Lu Heng of Dingtao County, today's matter will definitely be dealt with impartially, and please ask a few good men to be impulsive and quickly let go of the guards guarding the city." ”

Lu Heng is a smart man, he has been a county magistrate in Dingtao County for more than half a year, he knows exactly what the virtues of Yang Min and Zheng Ke are, but because of the prestige of the Zheng family in Xingyang, he can only turn a blind eye to many things.

When he heard the news that Yang Min and Zheng Ke were killed, he actually knew very well who was right and who was wrong, in order to prevent Yang Xi from indiscriminately killing innocents after waking up, he hurriedly led people to the city gate to control the situation.

Yang Gao on the other side heard Lu Heng shouting loudly, and looked sideways, but saw that Lu Heng was short in stature, and there was a big green mark on the left side of his cheek, and his appearance was really not flattering.

Seeing Lu Heng's appearance, Yang Gao understood why he felt so familiar when he heard the name Lu Heng at that time. This Lu Heng was a jinshi in the first imperial examination, and there was a controversy in the Manchu Dynasty because of his appearance, Xiao Yu, Pei Ju, Su Wei and others thought that letting this person be an official would damage the image of officialdom, and strongly demanded that this person's fame be removed.

Yu Yunwen and Zhang Juzheng believe that Lu Heng is a jinshi who can be admitted to the examination with real talent, and there is no deficiency in virtue, and it is really unfair to remove him only on the basis of his appearance, and not to use the imperial court to elect meritocracy in the future.

The views of Yu Yunwen and Zhang Juzheng were strongly supported by Yang Gao, and finally Lu Heng entered the list with the thirteenth result in the second class.

After remembering Lu Heng's identity, Yang Gao had another question in his heart: "If I remember correctly, in the list of officials who went to the Central Plains to fill the official vacancies submitted by the Ministry last year, Lu Heng should have been the county commander of Dingtao County, why was he downgraded by one level and became a county magistrate?" ”

Just as Yang Gao was puzzled, Lu Heng, who came on horseback, also recognized Yang Gao, and suddenly his heart was shocked, his face turned pale, he hurriedly rolled the saddle and dismounted, walked to Yang Gao in three steps and two steps, knelt down on one knee and saluted respectfully: "Xiaguan Dingtao County Cheng Lu Heng see Your Majesty!" ”

"What? Your Majesty! ”

Lu Heng's voice was very loud, Liu Cheng and other guards of the city heard it clearly, and they were immediately frightened, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty atonements, the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, you have a lot of adults, forgive the villain's mistakes!" ”

Yang Gao smiled slightly, and quickly stepped forward to help Liu Cheng up: "Hurry up, I am not a flood beast, why are you so afraid of me?" Those who are afraid of me should be those evil servants who run rampant in the countryside and regard my Great Sui law as nothing! ”

As he spoke, Yang Gao glanced at the entourage under Yang Min and Zheng Ke. Just now, these people were still arrogantly clamoring to break their corpses into thousands of pieces, and at this moment, they were like frost-beaten eggplants, standing trembling in place and constantly swinging, and they didn't even dare to breathe.

"Take them all down, try them strictly, and do things according to law!"

Yang Gao coldly ordered, ignoring the wails of a few slaves, slowly turned his head to look at Lu Heng, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Lu, you are the first imperial examination scholar after I ascended the throne, why did you live up to my expectations, connived at the evil young man to ignore the ban of the imperial court, play on the streets, and disregard people's lives!" ”

Lu Heng had long been dissatisfied with Yang Xi, who had done evil and wantonly embezzled money, and betrayed him without hesitation at this time: "Back to Your Majesty, it's not that the lower officials are not loyal to their duties, but someone is really making an obstruction." Yang Min and Wang Ke were rampant and domineering in Dingtao County, and the lower officials had also prepared to investigate and deal with them many times. But one of these two people is the son of Yang Xi County Ling, and the other is his nephew, whenever the lower officials are ready to investigate this matter, he will try all kinds of ways to obstruct the case, and in the end the matter can only be stopped! ”

Yang Gao was waiting for this sentence, and immediately said: "Being an official does not make decisions for the people, but seeks personal interests for himself, what is the use of such a county official?" The decree was passed on, and Yang Xiding was immediately removed from the post of county magistrate of Tao County, and Lu Heng, the county magistrate, took over the post of county magistrate. ”

Lu Heng was overjoyed suddenly, and hurriedly kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, even if you have a lot of brains, you can't repay Your Majesty's kindness!" ”

Yang Gao nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Lu Aiqing, since Yang Xi dares to do evil in Dingtao County, I'm afraid he won't be able to clean himself, right?" ”

Lu Heng nodded and said: "Back to Your Majesty, since Yang Xi took office, he has been greedy and amassed money in less than a year, and Weichen has been negligent in this matter, but he is like a mud cow entering the sea, and there is no news at all!" ”

Yang Gao's face couldn't help but become solemn when he heard this, and he said secretly: "It seems that there are still many rats in the Central Plains who have destroyed the foundation of my Great Sui. The victory of the Central Plains is only the enemy on the surface, and there are even more hateful enemies hiding behind the scenes! ”

After a long time, Yang Gao took a deep breath and calmed down a little, turned his head and instructed Lu Heng: "Lu Aiqing, you have been working with Yang Xi in Dingtao County for nearly a year, so you must know him very well. I command you to thoroughly investigate this thief's corruption, and you must make him vomit out every penny of what he has scavenged from the people. ”

Lu Heng straightened his clothes and said loudly: "Weichen will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust!" ”

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In the mansion of Yang Xi, the county commander, Yang Xi, who had fainted from grief and fainting because of the death of his eldest son, finally woke up under the rescue of several doctors, and was lying on the bed at this time looking up at the blue sky, his eyes revealed deep hatred and grief, and he bit his lip and said secretly: "Min'er, you are optimistic on the Huangquan Road, and your father will definitely break the body of your murderer into thousands of pieces and pay tribute to your soul in the sky." ”

Just when Yang Xi gritted his teeth and vented, Lu Heng had already broken in with a group of servants, and several servants wanted to stop them, but they were unceremoniously pushed away by Lu Heng.

Seeing this, Yang Xi couldn't help but look gloomy, and scolded: "Lu Heng, why don't you arrest the murderer of my son, what are you bringing people to me for?" ”

"Your son's murderer?"

Hearing this, the corners of Lu Heng's mouth hooked, revealing a sneer: "Do you know why your son died?" ”

Yang Xi was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he yelled again: "I don't care why Min'er died, I just need to let the murderer of my son pay for my son's life!" ”

"Paying for your son's life? Joke! ”

Lu Heng snorted disdainfully: "The reason why your son will die is because Your Majesty saw him violating the ban by riding a horse at the city gate, and after being stopped by His Majesty, not only did he not repent, but he repeatedly made rebellious words against His Majesty." Lord Yang, do you want Your Majesty to pay for your son's life? ”

"What? Your Majesty? ”

Yang Xiyan's face turned pale in an instant, and after a long time, he suddenly gritted his teeth and said: "I didn't expect that it was that rebel who violated His Majesty's ban without knowing how to do it, and he was really innocent!" Lord Lu, because of the death of his eldest son, this official was in a mess for a while, and he was offended by Lord Lu in his words, and I hope Lord Lu will forgive me! ”

Lu Heng said with a smile: "Lord Yang is really good, it's a pity that your majesty has made it clear that your deeds are all in vain." At this moment, Xia Guan is ordered to thoroughly investigate your illegal activities over the years, and if you know each other, you will obediently explain it now. ”

"Ahh

Yang Xi was an old man over half a hundred years old, and the death of his eldest son had already made him a little unbearable, at this time, after listening to Lu Heng's words, he suddenly rolled his eyes, opened his mouth and rushed out a stream of blood arrows, and fainted again.