Lin Fan and a few people entered the town on horseback, wearing official uniforms and swords at their waists, which frightened passers-by on the street. Now in this world, officials are not as good as bandits, the townspeople hurriedly dodge, and the pedestrians on the street are empty.

The people in the town were shocked and frightened, and when Lin Fan and the others passed, everyone got together again, and said one after another: "Didn't you already have a group of officials here a few days ago?" Why is this coming again today? ”

At this moment, Lin Fan, who had not gone far, glanced back, and everyone scattered again, as if hiding from the plague god, they fled the streets one after another and hid in their respective homes, as if one more glance would lead to death.

Through the cracks in the doors and windows, they secretly looked at the group of officials, for fear that they would suddenly turn into robbers and come to the house to rob things.

As the saying goes: bandits are like a sieve, and soldiers are like a grate, and the villagers' impression of being a soldier and eating food is not much better than that of those bandits and robbers.

The officials who came two days ago ate and drank for nothing, and even ate and took what they took, which caused a lot of harm to the villagers. Here are a few more, and I don't know how much it will cost, and how many things will be ruined!

There weren't many pedestrians on the streets, and now they were even more empty. Lin Fan was on the horse, looking at this situation, and sighed quietly.

The enmity between the government and the people is the way to get trouble for a long time!

But now everyone is like this, he is at the end of his position, this is not something he can control!

In fact, even if he can manage it, if he wants to change this, it can't be done overnight. The hearts of the people are deep-rooted, and if they want to resolve it, they need a long time to grind hard.

For now, he could only ignore these fearful or angry gazes, and went straight to one of the most luxurious courtyards in the town, and this courtyard was the Tian Zhai.

The farmhouse is not small, and it occupies the best position on the street. Although it is in the middle of the street, it is difficult to convey the noise of hawkers and pedestrians on both sides, which means to be quiet in the middle of the noise.

Unlike the rest of the town, which is dilapidated and cluttered, it is well organized and renovated.

At a glance, there are high courtyard walls, blue bricks and gray tiles. The whole mansion does not look as small and exquisite as the courtyard of Gangnam Province from the outside, but more like the high gate and wide courtyard in the Central Plains, which looks simple and atmospheric.

The street in front of the door is not as chaotic and dirty as other places on the street, but it is spotless and clean, and it can be seen that people are often cleaning and watching.

The three stone steps in front of the main door of the house are made of long strips of polished stone that extend down from the doorway.

The whole gate is simple and atmospheric, the only fly in the ointment is that because the owner of the house has no official position, there is no stone lion and other Rui beasts at the door, so that the house is a little less official majesty, but it still does not lose the atmosphere of wealth.

In Lin Fan's opinion, the small people in Qingyang Town are poor, and there should not be such a house, unless it is to support a family with the strength of a town, and it takes several years of work to make it possible.

This house is worth a lot of money, not to mention in Huainan Road, even in Jiangnan Road, which is rich in the world, those who can afford to live in this kind of house are not to say that they are rich and expensive, but at least they are a wealthy gentry. Seeing this, Lin Fan believed Liu Erniu's words a little more!

After a while, several people came to the gate, Lin Fan turned over and dismounted, and was about to enter the door.

There was already a sharp-eyed porter, and when he saw a few people from afar, he went to find the housekeeper to come out, and the housekeeper asked people to go to the inner house to tell the master, and at the same time trotted up to meet him.

When he arrived, before Lin Fan could open his mouth to ask, the housekeeper nodded and said in a humble tone: "The little one doesn't know how many officials have arrived, and I don't know what the officials are here for, can you tell the little one, and the little one can go in and report?"

Lin Fan said politely: "This official came here this time for the theft of the mansion, and I also ask the elder brother to give me a word!" I don't know where the Ueda staff is? This official has something to ask! ”

After speaking, he raised his legs and walked into the courtyard, but he was stopped by the housekeeper without thinking.

The housekeeper smiled and said: "Don't worry, the little one has already sent someone to call, and I ask a few officials to wait for a while, and my master will come out immediately!"

Lin Fan was stunned for a moment, he was just polite just now, the government has always handled cases, when will anyone dare to stop him?

I didn't expect that this field member really had such a big shelf, and he was here to help them investigate the case, but now he was stopped at the door by a subordinate, which made Lin Fan a little surprised.

He said secretly: "This Tianren is just a domestic slave of the former governor's mansion, and his courage is not bad. It's just that he is such a person, and he is too domineering, and he doesn't even pay attention to the government, and he is not afraid of attracting hatred? ”

However, this is a private house after all, and since the owner has opened his mouth now, it is not good for him to break into it again. He didn't say anything more, but stopped, stood with his hands in his hands, and waited outside the door.

Lin Fan is easy to speak, but it doesn't mean that everyone else who is accompanying him is the same. The two sergeants behind Lin Fan were both newly recruited, and they had not yet been contaminated with the bad habits of the veterans.

Moreover, they had seen Lin Fan and An Ning's skills and abilities, and they had also learned a lot, so they admired Lin Fan.

Moreover, although they have not been in the inspection department for a long time, they have more contact with veterans, and they know that the people in the inspection department are used to acting as a prestige.

In normal times, anyone who sees a man has to be polite, where has he ever received such a wretched spirit!

For the newcomer Lin Daren, although he is young, he has both ability and political integrity, and everyone is convinced. I still respect myself and others, how can I let outsiders treat them like this.

The two people accompanying the inspection department secretly thought about it, this is also an opportunity to behave well in front of Lord Lin, and I can't say that I can make Lord Lin look at him differently in the future!

Behind Lin Fan, the two glanced at each other and nodded to each other, which could be regarded as a tacit understanding.

So at that moment, a person snorted coldly, came out of the crowd, and scolded: "Presumptuous! What kind of thing is your lord, my lord is an official of the imperial court, and now he is ordered to do things, he doesn't personally greet him at the door, but he dares to let our lord wait here? Snubbing the official, it's really a big show, you go and ask your master, see if he knows how to write dead characters? ”

The other person also cooperated with him, and the two of them held the scabbard in their hands, and rushed forward, approaching the old butler step by step!

Seeing these sergeants getting closer and closer, and looking at their murderous appearance, they were about to draw their knives at any time to commit murder, which really frightened the old butler, and he was a little at a loss, and looked at Lin Fan nervously.

In fact, he is not to blame, if it had been put in the past, he would not have dared to stop the official errand if he had borrowed a few guts.

Mainly because of the group of officials who came a few days ago, the thieves didn't catch it, but they ate and took cards here, and they fought for several days, and they made their master angry.

After that, the lord made a rule, no matter who came, he had to report first, this was what the lord said himself, he was just a subordinate, and he couldn't help but listen.

After listening to the housekeeper's explanation, Lin Fan was relieved. That's right, if Tian Yuanwai can accumulate such a large family business from a house slave, he will definitely not be a mediocre person. If he had acted as domineering as he had just now, with the style of the people in the official palace, he would have been eaten clean by people with his belt and bones.

The old housekeeper was frightened, and pitifully looked at the handsome young man in official uniform. I hope he can persuade these subordinates of his to stop messing around.

Lin Fan gently raised his hand to stop the two: "Where is it, Zhang Ping, don't be rude!" Since people don't let us in, let's just wait outside, and we can't afford to be charged with trespassing on people's houses! ”

Since Lin Fan spoke, the two of them retreated, and stood still behind Lin Fan again, just coldly looking at the people in the farmhouse and waiting, and no longer spoke.

The old housekeeper also heard the dissatisfaction in Lin Fan's words, and secretly complained in his heart. Knowing that he had offended others this time, it could be seen that Lin Fan no longer spoke, and he couldn't talk, so he could only wait along.

No one spoke for a while, and the atmosphere suddenly quieted down, and although the old housekeeper was in a hurry, there was nothing else to do.

After a while, the old man who got the report came out of the house, which made him secretly relieved and wiped his sweat while people were not paying attention.

Tian Yuan is outside his people, but he has not seen his people, and he has heard his voice first!

A hearty laugh came from behind the door: "Hahaha, I don't know which adult is coming?" The old man has not been far away, rude, sluggish, sluggish! ”

The voice fell, and only then did a few figures flash out of the corridor. The first person looked like he was in his fifties, slightly chubby, and his voice sounded like laughter, but his face revealed some fierceness and treachery, which was somewhat inconsistent.

He walked with a limp, looking a little funny, and hurried towards a few people.

He first scolded the old butler: "Butler, why don't you invite them in when a few distinguished guests come, if it spreads, won't it make people laugh at us for being rude!"

The old butler leaned over and said yes, saying that he had not thought it through. After teaching the housekeeper a lesson, he turned to look at Lin Fan and the others, and when he saw Lin Fan, he was obviously stunned, obviously he didn't expect Lin Fan to be so young. But then he returned to normal, and he covered up the past.

Although Tian Yuanwai was born in the market, he has been in the Zhizhou Mansion for a while, and his eyesight is not bad. At a glance, it was obvious that everyone was headed by Lin Fan, but they didn't expect Lin Fan to become an official at such a young age, which was just a little surprising.

After all, he was well-informed, and he adjusted his mentality in an instant. He gave Lin Fan a salute and said with a sincere face: "The old man has seen the adult, please forgive the old man for being clumsy, several adults and old men in the county know each other, but this adult looks very angry, I don't know who this adult is?"

Lin Fan knew that this Tianren might not really know him, this Yongyang County is so big, and there are only a few official positions, even if you guess, you can guess who Lin Fan is!

This Tianren is just using a few adults in the county to suppress Lin Fan, which means that there are people above him, and he should be worried that Lin Fan will act recklessly!

Lin Fan didn't care about his little Jiujiu, smiled softly, helped him up, and said: "There is no need to be polite outside the Tian Yuan, the official's surname is Lin, and he is the new Wuguan inspection envoy, and he has not been here for a long time. This official has just arrived, and it is reasonable that he does not know this official outside the staff! ”

Hearing Lin Fan's words, Tian Yuanwai hurriedly said: "It turns out that you are Lord Lin, the old man has admired his name for a long time, and when I saw it today, he was really a young hero, and his name was well deserved!" The old man is disrespectful, disrespectful! I don't know why Lord Lin came here this time? ”

Ignoring him pretending to be crazy and stupid, and asking knowingly, Lin Fan said directly: "I heard that there was a theft in the house, and this official came here to crack the case and arrest Fu Tianlin." There is a lot of disturbance, and I hope you will forgive me! ”

Tian Yuanwai smiled and said: "What is Lord Lin talking about, now thieves are rampant, and the adults solve the case to eliminate harm for the people, and the old man is too late to be grateful, how can he blame it!" What can the old man use, even if the old man says that as long as the old man can help, the old man will definitely do it! ”

What he said was half-true, it was true that he wanted to solve the case and recover his own things, and whether he was willing to help was debatable.

Lin Fan naturally didn't want to demolish him, and said, "Since that's the case, this official will thank you here in advance!" There is nothing to bother the outsiders, but we still ask the outsiders to take us to the scene of the crime to have a look and see if the thieves have left any clues. The more clues, the sooner you can solve the case! ”

Tian Yuanwai patted his head and hurriedly said: "Look at it, the old man was negligent, please inside, please inside!"

After speaking, he limped in front to lead the way, Lin Fan climbed the steps, and An Ning and a few people followed.