Han Xiufeng didn't want to peek at the official documents, but Hai'an's place was too remote and the news was too closed, and if he didn't make this decision, he wouldn't know what was happening outside. However, this is not the first time this kind of thing has been done, and I don't know how many times I have secretly demolished it when I was in my hometown in Ba County.

Take out a knife from the box on the bookshelf and carefully cut it under the envelope.

The first is the official letter sent by the Caoyun Yamen to Rugaozhi County, this year because of the disaster in more than a dozen counties in northern Jiangsu and more than 20 counties in Shandong, the grain that should have been transported to the capital was intercepted on the way to relieve the disaster, and Rugao County owed a lot of grain in arrears in the past two years, and Caoyun Yamen asked Rugaozhi County to quickly make up for it, and it was transported to Taizhou after the collection; The second letter is not an official letter, but a private letter from the second son of the Zhang family, Tuo Rugao Zhi County, to invite a famous doctor surnamed Luo to go to Taizhou to see his father.

After reading it, Han Xiufeng folded the official document and the letter and stuffed it into the envelope, and asked Pan Er, who was guarding outside, to get the paste, paste the envelope with the paste, and then put it on the stove to dry. Wang Ruhai took the letter bag and looked at it carefully, and found that it looked like it had not been opened, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Sending Wang Ruhai away, Han Xiufeng was a little sleepy, so he leaned back on the chair and fell asleep.

Pan Er knew that he hadn't slept well in the past few days since he arrived, so he hurriedly went to the inner house to bring a quilt to help him cover it, and added a few pieces of firewood to the stove. This sleep actually slept until dark, and it wasn't until Pan Er said that Xu Lequn was here that Han Xiufeng opened his eyes.

"Master Han, why don't you go in and rest?"

"I don't know if it's a raw shop, or if I'm used to tossing on the way to office, I can't sleep well in bed." Han Xiufeng beckoned him to sit, took the towel from Pan's second-hand and walked to the basin where Zhang Shiheng had just poured hot water to wash his face.

Xu Lequn sat by the fireside, looked at him and said with a smile: "Master Han, the day before yesterday, you were busy with official documents, and Xu forgot to ask you how to investigate the smugglers." ”

"How else can you investigate, as long as you know the whereabouts of the private lord, you can gather people to go."

"Master Han, Hai'an is not far from Taizhou, and it is not close to it. If you don't make some preparations in advance, Xu is worried that far water will not be able to quench his thirst, and he will not be able to catch up! ”

Han Xiufeng didn't rush to answer his question, but put down the towel and asked, "Shiheng, what is Mr. Li busy with?" ”

"Didn't someone come to give him a New Year's gift in the afternoon, and after accepting the New Year's gift, he couldn't ignore people's meals, so he went to the street to invite people to eat and drink, as if he had drunk too much, and as soon as he came back, he went to the bunk to rest."

"There's a tavern down the street?"

"There is no tavern on the street, not even a restaurant, I heard the archers say that it is a pot stove borrowed by the housekeeper."

"Yes, Hai'an is more familiar than me." Han Xiufeng smiled, then sat down and asked, "Mr. Xu, where did we just go?" ”

Xu Lequn took the teacup from Pan's second-hand and raised his head and said, "Speaking of the people who investigated the smugglers." ”

"People, what I have is that there is no need to move troops from Taizhou; I don't have or can transfer horses, it seems that there is only one in the state government. Besides, the water network in these places under my jurisdiction is dense, not to mention that there are no horses, and even if there are horses, they will not be needed. ”

"Don't move troops from Taizhou, Master Han, you don't plan to lead these dozen or so soap Li archers from the Yamen to gather some young people, right?"

"Can't you?" Han Xiufeng looked at him with a smile and asked.

Xu Lequn asked with a smile: "Master Han, do you know who the private lords are?" ”

"Who are they?"

"Master Han, don't blame Xu for pouring cold water on you, don't say that you may not be able to summon young people, even if you can gather a hundred and ten young people, plus these soapy archers in the yamen, they can't deal with private lords. It is estimated that five of the ten of them carried human lives on their backs, and even the officers and soldiers dared to kill them, so they summoned the young and strong...... Do you think you're going to lock up these ruffians locked up in the yamen? ”

"Qingzhuang can't deal with them?"

"I can't deal with it, and ten young people can't deal with a private tyrant!"

"That's right, it's not very reliable to let a bunch of honest farmers fight hard with ruthless private tyrants." Han Xiufeng nodded, thought about it and asked, "Mr. Xu, what do you think of letting those ruffians in front of you go?" ”

"Master Han, you're making a big joke! Don't look at those people who show off their martial arts and power in the township on weekdays, in fact, they are all bullies and afraid of the hard. If they had the guts, they wouldn't have been locked up here, let alone locked up in the classroom. ”

Han Xiufeng nodded, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Li, do you think it's okay to let those ruffians who are either going to be caned for three years, or being caned for a hundred and three thousand miles, or even a hundred canes and hanging, go to deal with private tyrants with this official?" ”

Xu Lequn was stunned, and immediately reacted: "Master Han, it turns out that your ambush is here!" ”

"Mr. Xu, Xiufeng is here to be an official, not to die. The ancients were fascinated by the bystanders, Xiufeng would like to ask you to help think about it, is there a chance of letting the more than 90 ruffians imprisoned in front of him deal with the private tyrants? ”

"Let them be discouraged first, and then give them a glimmer of life, they dare not die!"

"So you can give it a go?" Han Xiufeng asked with a smile.

Xu Lequn pondered for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "Master Han, the plan is a good plan, and you have tamed them like a horse, if you give them a chance to atone for their sins, they should also use their lives." What can be dealt with is not ordinary bandits, but private lords who have seen bloody killings and even killed officers and soldiers. The odds are there, but not more than 40%. ”

"What if Zhang Daring, that is, the green battalion flood soldiers stationed in this town, supervise the battle?"

"Only advance is not allowed to retreat, if anyone dares to take a step back, they will be killed?"

"Hmm."

"This is five percent," Thinking that the flood soldiers were also unreliable, Xu Lequn couldn't help but laugh and said: "But Master Han, you still have to let your family supervise the battle behind the flood soldiers, Xu is worried that those ruffians didn't run away at that time, and the flood soldiers you sent to supervise the battle ran first." ”

Han Xiufeng couldn't help but smile: "This is a way. ”

Thinking of what Su Jueming said when he was in Fu'an, Xu Lequn realized that the young inspector in front of him came prepared, and he was almost certain that he had figured out how to investigate the smugglers on the way to office, otherwise he would never let Su Jueming come to Hai'an first to find out which ruffians there were.

However, compared to the preparations made before, everything he has done since his arrival is simply amazing.

Clean and honest, incorruptible!

With this power, who would dare to disagree?

He said that the good days of those ruffians were over, and he didn't even say whether he could save his life, and those ruffians believed it to be true. If he relented and said that he would give those ruffians a chance to atone for their sins, those ruffians would be convinced of it as well. In short, whether it is the local people or the ruffians who are locked up in the class room, who does not know that he does what he says?

Xu Lequn weighed it and felt that he could fight, and suddenly raised his head and said, "Master Han, do you know who the two guys who gave Li Xiucai a New Year's gift in the afternoon?" ”

"Who?"

"It's also a private tyrant, but it's not the same as the one you want to investigate in a few days, and it's not as difficult to deal with as the one you want to investigate in a few days."

Han Xiufeng subconsciously asked, "Mr. Xu, how do you say this?" ”

Xu Lequn put down the teacup and explained with a smile: "This is the same as the bandits that the yamen wants to arrest, it can be roughly divided into two kinds, one is to kill people and see blood, and they are not afraid of the heavens and the earth; One is that he has never killed anyone or an official, and he is still afraid of the yamen. ”

"Those who are out of the way even dare to kill the officers and soldiers, so naturally they don't need to slap Li Xiucai, let alone give him a New Year's gift?"

"Exactly."

Han Xiufeng thought about it and asked, "Mr. Xu, is there any contact between these two groups?" ”

"Probably not, doing this business is to eat with your head, and you won't easily hook up with unfamiliar ones." Xu Lequn touched his nose, and suddenly changed his words: "Master Han, you must be blocking Li Xiucai's financial path, he can't see you doing this inspection, and he wants you to lose your position." ”

"Mr. Xu, what do you mean by that?"

"He entrusted the two private lords from Huaibei to find a big family to do a case after the New Year, and it was best to kill two people. When the bitter master reported to the yamen, the culprit had already fled, and when the time came, if you couldn't solve the case and catch people, you naturally couldn't do this inspection. ”

"He is so vicious, he just wants me to lose my official position, and he dares to hurt innocents!"

"Master Han, let's put it this way, there are two Hai'ans here, one is Hai'an under the jurisdiction of Taizhou, and the other is Hai'an under the jurisdiction of salt, if you want to be a peace officer, you can manage Hai'an under Taizhou Branch, if you want to make a lot of money and make a fortune, you can manage the two Hai'ans together!"

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