The three parts brought this time, Li Mu was calm, Wu Shan was clever, Yan Yang was generous, and when he saw Gou Chao's head, all the rangers were frightened, Wu Shan immediately stepped forward with a knife, shouted, and said, "Don't give up yet?" Do you want to die with this dog? ”

Sun Ping had already lost his courage, looked at the bright tip of the knife in front of him, knelt down, bowed his head to the mud pit full of rain, and said in a trembling voice: "Lang Jun spare his life!" ”

Knock, knock!

One, two, three...... The short soldiers were scattered all over the place, and everyone did not resist and surrendered. Li Mu made a look, Wu Shan comprehended, collected the short coffin on the ground, and put it to the side to take care of it. Without weapons, these people are toothless rabbits, Yan Yang found ropes and tied their hands behind their backs to prevent recurrence.

Zuo Yan walked to Gou Xian's corpse, pretended to vent his anger, twisted his sword in his abdomen, and took away the four small pebbles that had broken into his body, so that even the most shrewd person could not see any flaws in his autopsy.

The craftsmen beside the mountain wall were dumbfounded, and they stood still one by one, neither daring to flee nor making a sound, like the walking dead. Xu You didn't care about them now, took Sun Ping to the thatched hut next to him, and asked, "Why did Tang Zhiyi chisel a Buddha statue here?" ”

"It's not Tang Xingzhu...... It's Liu, Liu Langjun ......"

"Liu Yan?"

Xu You frowned, this answer is not unexpected, digging Buddha statues is a great matter of manpower and financial resources, Tang Zhiyi does not have this realm, nor does he have this financial resources. Sun Ping was frightened and wanted to kneel down again, but Xu You stretched out his hand to stop it, and said: "Don't be afraid, I will only punish the evil, and the rest will not be investigated, and first explain the antecedents of this matter." ”

"Yes, yes! I don't know much, but I just heard from the Walker ......"

It turned out that Liu Yan lost his father when he was young, lonely and helpless, once returned to his hometown in fine clothes, he wanted to raise his eyebrows, and in order to pay tribute to the soul of his deceased father in the sky, he was ready to chisel out 7749 Buddha statues between the mountain walls of Jingqiu, but the construction period was extremely urgent, and it was strictly ordered to be completed during the Buddha Bathing Festival on the eighth day of April next year. Therefore, Tang Zhiyi gathered a large group of rangers, drove craftsmen like cattle and horses, whipped and insulted at every turn, and chiseled stones and split mountains day and night, which was unspeakably miserable.

These craftsmen included slaves bought from the human market, homeless homeless, and artisans appointed by the imperial court, or life and death in the hands of others, or afraid of the obscenity of the rangers, or accustomed to submissiveness, although they were enslaved very miserably, but no one dared to fight.

Xu You asked Sun Ping to find two craftsmen with some prestige in Pingsuli, but they were all pale, kneeling and not daring to raise their heads, stumbling, trembling, unable to say a complete sentence. However, Xu You is the best at communicating with people, and he is gentle and reassuring, and quickly calms them down. Then he instructed the autumn equinox and the winter solstice to boil some hot water, and let Fang Xiuniang and a few people boil some porridge and soup. When the hot porridge soup was in the stomach and the whole body warmed up, I asked them again, and finally spoke much more fluently.

"Aren't you supposed to serve in the Hundred Gongyuan, how can you make a Buddha statue for Liu Yan?"

"Hui Langjun, the villain doesn't know, the courtyard sent me and other fourteen people to make Buddhas here, saying that they can be exempted from the official service."

Xu You asked Zuo Yan about the situation of the artisan household system in the Chu State, and he had a plan in his heart. Artisan households and soldiers, officials, miscellaneous households, music households, tenants, tribesmen, etc. are all untouchables, and artisan households have been engaged in various handicraft production such as construction, textiles, military weapons, and handicrafts for generations. The craftsmen were admitted to the hospital every day, and they dispersed at dusk, except for the salt and rice distributed by the government, they had no other income, and they had to bear the encroachment of officials at all levels, and their lives were very difficult, and from time to time there would be incidents of pawning children. Their status belongs to serfs, and according to the laws of the imperial court, they cannot be hired by free people, nor can they freely sell their own products, but in view of the national conditions and traditions, all kinds of unspoken rules are rampant, and the officials of the Baigong Yuan often privately enslave the craftsmen to do some handiwork for the scholars and wealthy merchants, and reap the benefits from it.

However, strictly speaking, Liu Yan is not qualified to hire these craftsmen to build Buddha in Jingqiu, which is completely illegal!

"There are people who have just died, you are all on the scene, I'm afraid you can't be good, it's better to go back to the county seat with me to see the official." The hands and feet of the two craftsmen trembled, and the soup bowl they were holding fell to the ground, shattered, and the steaming heat dissipated in an instant.

Xu You hurriedly reassured: "Don't be afraid, I killed the person, and it has nothing to do with you." Just go back and be a witness and tell the truth what you have seen. In this way, sign and draw the charge, and close the case according to the law, and the people in the government can no longer use this to blackmail you. ”

After all, the eldest of the two ate a few more buckets of rice, and he had to understand better, knowing that Xu You was actually for their good, and the murder case was figured out in front of the gong, so as to avoid endless trouble in the future, he knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "We are willing to follow Lang Jun to see the official." ”

"Okay, get up, let the others pack up their utensils, and come inside to take shelter first. You two will take a brief rest and go back to the city with me. ”

Following Xu You back to the city, not only two craftsmen, but also more than a dozen rangers from Sun Ping, Gou Xian's body was also wrapped in a broken reed mat, and they were also escorted back to the city. When everyone was busy arranged, Xu You walked outside the hut, Zuo Yan was by the side, and he chuckled: "I was thinking, if you didn't make a move, you would have lost your face today." ”

"I heard Lang Jun deliberately point out that Gou Chao passed the water and fire pass, and I already understood Lang Jun's intentions. Fortunately, fortunately, it was not disgraced. ”

After going through so many things, the tacit understanding between the two is not to say that there is no hindrance, at least the cooperation is seamless, Xu You turned around and suddenly said, "Do you have any money on you?" ”

The group was mighty and did not arrive at the county office until it was about to dark. The guard guarding the door recognized Xu You, and hurriedly greeted him, and asked the reason, "Good teacher Langjun learned that the Ming Mansion is really not in the mansion at the moment." ”

"Where did you go? When will I be back? ”

"This ......"

Xu You coughed, Zuo Yan blocked the eyes of everyone behind him, took out a hundred yuan from his arms and handed it over. The pawn suddenly smiled, peeked at Xu You, saw him nodding slightly, hurriedly collected the money, leaned over and whispered: "I went to Dade Temple......

Daitokuji Temple?

Xu You was a little distracted, what did Lu Hui do in Dade Temple at this time, and the pawn continued: "It seems that something happened over there, and the Ming Mansion was invited by the monks to settle the lawsuit." ”

This is unusual, Dade Temple is the foundation of Buddhism's expansion in Yangzhou, Zhu Fayan personally sits in charge, what kind of case can there be, and he will go to the lawsuit?

Xu You didn't ask any more, this official didn't know much, and he couldn't ask any inside story, and said, "What about County Lieutenant Du?" ”

"The county lieutenant is also with the Ming Mansion."

"Is Li Xiancheng here?"

"The county has been unwell recently, and he hasn't come to see anything for almost half a month."

Xu You was speechless, and there was no place to surrender if he killed someone, and said: "After all, there are so many people who have been killed, and there are so many people gathered together, so I am afraid of chaos." Do you think you can send someone to Dade Temple to ask the Ming Mansion to come back? ”

"In this way, I will immediately find the yellow thief to arrest and report, and he will be the master, what does Lang Jun think?"

Last time, the Zheng thief caught Xu You, and was taken down by Gu Yun and replaced by a yellow thief, Xu You has not dealt with it yet, but today's matter is under the jurisdiction of the thief arrest, and looking for him is also finding the main owner.

"Okay, you can go!"

"Yes, Lang Jun wait!"

The official was about to leave, when he heard a voice from behind the crowd and said, "Why are you gathering in front of the ya?" ”

Xu You turned around and saw a person getting down from the ox cart, Liang Guan, black clothes, plain leather belt, and black leather shoes, which were the official uniforms of the county order, bowed his hand and said, "I've seen the Ming Mansion!" ”

Lu Hui has a moderate figure, a ruddy face, brows curved like hooks, a little sarcastic with dim eyes, and two faint whiskers on his lips.

In ancient times, it was very advantageous to be an official, but the appearance was given by my parents, and I was not handsome, and I had to have some personal characteristics, so it was easy to be familiar in front of my boss and the emperor.

"You are?"

Du Sansheng followed the ox cart, smiled at Xu You first, and then said respectfully: "Mingfu, this is Xu You, Yixing Xu Qilang!" ”

"Oh, it's you, look up for a long time!"

Lu Hui's expression was cold, he swept over the crowd in front of the door, and said impatiently: "Qilang led the crowd to knock on the door, but what grievances do you have to complain?" ”

Xu You waved his hand and said, "Lift it up!" ”

Wu Shan and Yan Yang carried the broken mat and placed it on the ground, untied the straw rope, and the body of Gou Xian was revealed, with his head resting on his chest, his eyes bulging outward, and he was covered with blood from top to bottom, which was really indescribably terrifying.

"Ahh

Lu Hui saw this picture unexpectedly, his face changed greatly, and he staggered back a few steps, if it weren't for Du Sanxing's quick eyes and hands, holding his arm, I am afraid that he would immediately make a fool of himself.

"Xu You, you are so bold!"

Lu Hui eased his nerves, became angry, pointed at Xu You and reprimanded: "You dare to use a dead person to tease this official, come here, take it for me!" ”

"Mingfu is angry!"

No one on the left and right made a move, and they all looked at Du Sanxing. Du Sansheng persuaded with good words: "I know Xu Langjun's character, and I will never dare to be disrespectful to the Ming Mansion, there must be an inside story in this matter, why not listen to his explanation, if you really have a bad heart, it is not too late to do it!" ”

Lu Hui's chest rose and fell, glaring at Xu You, and after a while, he reluctantly agreed, and said, "Okay!" I'll go back to the house first, and you take them to the lobby and wait. ”

"No!" Du Sanxing smiled all over his face and said, "Ming Mansion please!" ”

"Humph!" Lu Hui flicked the sleeves of his robe, took a step to leave, hesitated, bypassed the corpse on the ground, and quickly disappeared behind the yamen.

"County Lieutenant, it seems that the Ming Mansion is dissatisfied with me!" Xu You knew that Lu Hui had a seizure today, not just because of Gou Chao's corpse, but because he had helped Zhan Hong come out before, which had ruined Lu Hui's face.

Du Sanxing smiled and said: "No, the Ming Mansion talked to me about Qilang the day before yesterday, and he was full of praise!" ”

"Really? Then I'm relieved! ”