"Lord Yang, both of us are under the surveillance of the county commander Feng Yong, if you don't kill me now, the two of us will be wiped out by him, Lord Yang begs you here."

"I, I, this, this," the county still hesitated.

"You can't do it, I'll help you," the county lieutenant took out a dagger and grabbed the county man's hand and stabbed himself several times in a row, blood splashed all over him, only to see the white knife in and the red knife out. At this time, the county man was stunned, took a few steps back, let go of the dagger in his hand, and the dagger stained red by blood fell to the ground. When the county lieutenant fell, he looked at the county and said, "Dog officer, even if you die, I will not let you go if I become a ghost." ”

I don't know who reported the news? Many officers and soldiers rushed forward and smashed open the gate of the county mansion and surrounded the mansion. The county commander Feng Yong walked into the gate, followed by the Taoist Gongsun Yin. The county magistrate heard the noise outside the door, looked at the torches outside the door and the rows of officers and soldiers, so he cut off the head of the county lieutenant, hid one ledger in his arms, and offered the other ledger and the county lieutenant's head together.

The county magistrate stepped forward and knelt down with the head of the county lieutenant, and presented it together with the account book: "Lord County Commander, the head of the county lieutenant An Guofu and his account book are presented." ”

"Why did you kill the county lieutenant?"

"Because the county lieutenant An is unfavorable to you, he used this account book to the prince to plan to join you, so he came to discuss the matter with the lower officials, but the lower officials did not agree and got rid of the troubles in the future, and cut the grass and roots."

"Okay, Lord County Cheng, you are loyal and brave, and this official will definitely recommend you to His Second Highness," the county commander Feng Yong took the account book from the county Cheng and was about to turn around and leave, and he had doubts about this in his heart. He stopped moving forward, turned around and asked, "Isn't the ledger already in the hands of this official?" How can there still be a ledger? ”

"Just in case, the county lieutenant has copied another account book."

"Oh, yes, yes," the county commander Feng Yong kept nodding, and the county magistrate then walked out and stood behind the county magistrate Feng Yong, the county magistrate Feng Yong turned to look at the county magistrate and said, "Go back, disturb the county magistrate, go back and have a good rest." ”

The county ordered Feng Yong to return to his mansion, worried about this matter, and sat at the desk and kept pondering. Gongsun Yin stepped forward and said, "What the county commander is currently worried about is that he doesn't know what crime to convict the dead county lieutenant An of?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince blamed him and didn't know how to reply later, did he? ”

"Exactly, I don't know what the old fairy has for this?"

"It was Lord Cheng Yang of the county who killed the county lieutenant and not Lord Feng, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is to blame, you can push this matter on Lord Cheng Yang of the county, won't you be clean?"

"But Lord Yang of the county is loyal to this official, how can this official let Lord Yang be the scapegoat?"

"Loyalty, for the sake of oneself only to give up the car to protect the handsome, this is a last resort, anyone who does great things must be sacrificed."

"Okay, the old fairy is right, if you don't find a scapegoat to be slaughtered, it will be the official."

The county lieutenant was unjustly killed, and the family of the county lieutenant had no way to redress his grievances, so he had to go to the capital to sue His Royal Highness the Prince, but the journey to the capital was too far, and it took more than ten days to go back and forth from the Buddha City to the capital Langzhong, and his family members were hesitating and hesitating for this matter. An Shiqiang, the son of the county lieutenant, stood up and said: "Mother, the way to the capital is long, we can go to Miss Ling, Miss Ling is the woman of His Royal Highness the Prince, seeing Miss Ling is equivalent to seeing His Royal Highness the Prince, Miss Ling will definitely make decisions for us." ”

"What Qiang'er said is not unreasonable, let's go find Miss Ling, she will definitely make decisions for us." The county lieutenant's family hurriedly walked out of the mansion to the door of Miss Ling's house, kneeling in front of her door. “

Miss Ling walked out of her room and saw many people kneeling in front of his door, so she hesitated for a moment and stepped forward and said, "Who are you?" What's going on? ”

"Please Miss Ling to make decisions for us!"

"If you have any grievances, you can appeal to the county office."

"If Miss Ling doesn't make decisions for us, we will not be able to kneel for the president."

"Okay, let's get up first," said Miss Ling, who stepped forward and helped up a woman kneeling in front of her, and the people behind this woman all stood up, and sat down on the floor as Miss Ling entered the lobby. Miss Ling sat in the middle of them, in front of these people. At this time, Miss Ling had very few words, and she was not good at words, and An Shiqiang, the son of the county lieutenant, stepped forward and said: "Lord Yang of the county killed my father in order to tie up with the county order Lord Feng, please Miss Ling make the decision for us." ”

At this time, Miss Ling was pondering, how could it be that the county commander killed the county lieutenant? Their colleagues are officials, and they help each other to govern this Focheng County, the two are inseparable like brothers, and the county is an honest and honest official, how can the county captain kill the county lieutenant for his own selfishness? After hearing this, he even didn't believe it, so he hesitated for a while and said: "Lord County Cheng Yang and Lord County Wei An are assisting each other in the governance of the Buddha City, and there has never been any dispute, and Lord County Cheng Yang is even more polite and very humble, how can he kill for his own selfishness?" ”

"Miss Ling, don't be deceived by the illusion of Lord Yang of the county, my father has the evidence of the crime of Lord Feng of the county order, so he went to the county Cheng Mansion to discuss with Lord Yang how to go to the front of the prince to sue the corrupt official Feng Yong, but I didn't expect that Lord Yang of the county Cheng Yang in order to blindly curry favor with the county commander Feng Yong, revealed his true colors, killed my father, and dedicated my father's head and his account book to the county commander Feng Yong to ensure that his official position is prosperous."

Miss Ling was immediately surprised after hearing this, but despite this, he still didn't believe that Lord County Cheng Yang would kill Lord County Lieutenant An, there must be something else hidden in it, so she led the family members of the county Governor to the gate of Lord County Cheng Yang's mansion, and asked this doubt clearly or revealed his secret in front of them, reduced his misunderstanding, or wronged the good people and the bad people got away with it. Miss Ling and her family members stood at the gate of this mansion, looking at the high gate of the mansion.

"Miss Ling, my lord is not in the mansion today, please go back," the family from the county mansion stepped forward and stood in front of Miss Ling and saluted.

"So when will Lord Yang come back?" Miss Ling looked at the family in the county mansion.

"I don't know."

"Okay, you go in first, I'm here waiting for Lord Chengyang to come back." Miss Ling turned to the family of the county lieutenant behind her and said, "You guys go back first, I'm here alone waiting for Lord Yang to return home." Because Miss Ling knew in her heart that Lord Cheng Yang of the county must be in her own mansion, hiding and refusing to see people, so she said this to the family of the county lieutenant behind her.

"No, Miss Ling is not leaving, we are not leaving, we are by Miss Ling's side," Miss Ling led the family members of the county lieutenant to kneel in front of the county gate. The county man hid in his mansion and sighed: "Miss Ling, I hope you can understand the hardships in the heart of this official, if this official comes out to explain the reason to you, then the plan of this official and Lord An will be in vain." ”

Miss Ling's body is weak, she lived in a medicine jar when she was a child, and she didn't sleep well at night, and she dreamed a lot, so she knelt in front of the gate of this mansion under the scorching sun. The beads of sweat on his forehead slowly flowed, his eyes began to blur, his body began to stagger, and he slowly fainted to the ground. Coupled with the natural disaster, she was overworked, and her body was already very tired. After hiding at the door of the house, he saw Miss Ling fainting on the ground, and ran into the door anxiously.

"Master, master, it's not good, it's not good."

"What are you panicking about? Have something to say slowly. ”

"Miss Ling, she, she, fainted," the family in the county mansion was out of breath and said urgently.

"What?" Xian Cheng stood up in surprise, and said hurriedly: "Go, go, please Langzhong, I will definitely let Miss Ling wake up." ”

"Yes," the county magistrate replied. was about to step out of the threshold, but was stopped by the county officer: "Slow." ”

"Master, what are you hesitating about?" The family in the county mansion stepped forward and said urgently.

"You know what? If you go out to save Miss Ling at this time, then Lord An's plan will be abandoned, and what face will the official have in the future to see Lord An under Jiuquan? Miss Ling will be fine, because kneeling in front of the gate of the official mansion is also the family of Lord An, and they will take care of Miss Ling. ”

Miss Ling fainted to the ground, and an aunt knelt down and helped Miss Ling in her arms, shouting, "Miss Ling, Miss Ling." The other family members gathered around Miss Ling, looking at the gate of the county's mansion, and a kind of hatred could be seen in their eyes, and they helped Miss Ling to leave.

It was only at this time that the county man walked out and stood outside the gate, looked up at the sky and sighed: "Alas! This official has words of suffering, and there are words of suffering! Waiting for Gongzi Qi to come to Focheng one day earlier, the misunderstanding of the county lieutenant's family about him will be naturally solved, and the trust of Lord An will be completed. Lord Cheng Yang of the county held his head high, put his hands behind and walked towards the county office.