Di Renjie and Xiao Su have been in Shangdang County for a few days, although Di Renjie made up his mind to investigate the case sent to Yamen by Shangdang County some time ago when he first came, but he was not in a hurry to do it.

Shangdang County's surname is Cao, and he is about forty years old, which is much older than Di Renjie.

His people, like Di Renjie, are also the Ming Classics. However, because he was already in his thirties at the time, it took a few years to get to the position of the county leader.

If nothing else, an official like him who knows the scriptures and the first is basically in the position of the county leader, and it is difficult to have a chance to go further.

Therefore, Cao Xiancheng was very excited about Di Renjie's appearance, like an entourage, following Di Renjie's side at any time, as if he recognized Di Renjie as an important way for him to get promoted and make a fortune.

For this ass like a fart-like countyman, Xiao Su doesn't have a good face, he just feels that he is too spineless.

And Di Renjie, although he was also a little disgusted, he more or less understood Cao Xiancheng's difficulties.

After all, an old Ming Jing from a poor family, if he wants to be promoted, he really needs an opportunity. And opportunities are such things as what can be and cannot be found. Like Di Renjie, who was born in a scholar family and works in the Great Yamen, although he is only a petty official, he is also fragrant.

Moreover, although Cao Xiancheng is a little old, he is not confused, and he has no habit of relying on the old and selling the old at all. Regarding Di Renjie's question, Cao Xiancheng can be said to know everything and say everything.

Di Renjie had been in the county government for a while, but when he was in Weishi County, he only served as a county lieutenant for a short time, and then he happened to become a county magistrate. So he really doesn't know much about the work of the county.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, you can also learn more about the work of a county.

For a few days, in addition to checking all kinds of documents in Shangdang County, Di Renjie was wandering and chatting with Cao Xiancheng on the street, as for the county order, except for seeing it once on the day he came, it was very coincidental that he didn't encounter it again.

"Cao Xiancheng, I have already read all the Fa Cao documents this year. In general, the paperwork is not a big problem, the content is detailed, and the handwriting is quite neat. ”

Cao Xiancheng is not a chick, he knows that Di Renjie still has something to say, so at this time, he simply responded yes, and then he did it in a proper manner, waiting for Di Renjie.

"It's just that there is a case, I want to ask Cao Xiancheng."

"Finally got to the point." Cao Xiancheng said silently in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "What you said, I promise to know everything and say everything." ”

Di Renjie nodded, and said to himself: "Half a month ago, Shangdang County sent a document of the case to the Yamen of Bingzhou. It's about a young man, say it's his ......"

"Violating the ban with force, drinking to make people courageous, and as a result, the yamen was beaten. Later, the county lieutenant sentenced him to 20 canes, plus a month to go to the county school to help, but he didn't want his life to die when he returned home. Without waiting for Di Renjie to finish speaking, Cao Xiancheng took it upon himself to tell the case.

Although it is a little rude, it also proves that Cao Xiancheng has some understanding of the affairs of the yamen.

However, Xiao Su was a little dissatisfied with Cao Xiancheng's teasing.

Although Di Renjie didn't say it explicitly, he was more or less dissatisfied with the snatching of words from Cao Xiancheng in his heart.

Contrary to the expectations of the two, Di Renjie just nodded and said that it was this case, Cao Xiancheng suddenly stood up, walked quickly to the door and closed the door, and then walked in front of Di Renjie and fell to the ground suddenly.

Seeing Cao Xiancheng's sudden move, Xiao Su was stunned for a moment, and then withdrew the short knife that had just slipped into his hand from the cuff without a trace. Reading the Library

"Cao Xiancheng, what do you mean, please get up and speak quickly." Di Renjie hurriedly stood up and wanted to help Cao Xiancheng up.

Cao Xiancheng didn't get up, just lowered his head, and pleaded in a low voice: "Please join the army to investigate this case thoroughly." ”

Such a county man who followed him like a follower every day suddenly became like this, which really surprised Di Renjie.

As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be demons.

Di Renjie didn't agree immediately, but no matter what he said, Cao Xiancheng never got up, just kept begging Di Renjie to investigate the case thoroughly.

After hesitating for a moment, although Di Renjie did not promise to investigate thoroughly, he also said that he would ask Cao Xiancheng to talk to him about the case in detail.

Cao Xiancheng was quite knowledgeable, and knew that it would be disgusting to force it any longer, so he also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, stood up and talked to Di Renjie about the case in detail.

The case is not much different from what is written on the paper, the young man surnamed Liu Mingju is only in his early twenties this year. Since he was a child, he learned boxing and foot kung fu from a neighbor who was born in the army.

First, to strengthen the body, and secondly, to fantasize that one day I can join the army and martial arts.

Just such a young man who was as strong as an ox, he drank a few more bowls of wine that day, and accidentally clashed with the messenger at the yamen.

The whole thing is to blame after Liu Ju left the yamen.

According to Cao Xiancheng, when Liu Ju left the yamen, although he was not alive, he was much more than a normal person.

And this Liu Ju has been beaten since he was a child, and later Cao Xiancheng also asked his neighbor, saying that this small injury is really commonplace for Liu Ju, twenty canes, and even the stick is not broken, it is really impossible for Liu Ju to be seriously injured and have a stroke.

Since it is impossible to have a stroke, it is somewhat impossible to say how he died.

However, no matter what Cao Xiancheng said, the county magistrate and the chief Bo and others insisted that there was no doubt about the case, and directly ordered the county lieutenant to close the case.

Cao Xiancheng has no status in the yamen, and now that the county order has begun, no one will listen to him to investigate this matter.

Originally, he also thought that this matter would become a pity, but he didn't want Di Renjie to come to the party this time, precisely because of this incident.

For a while, Cao Xiancheng didn't even care about his future, he just wanted to find a way for that young man.

"Cao Xiancheng, what does this young man have to do with you?"

Cao Xiancheng shook his head and said, "No." ”

After finishing speaking, Cao Xiancheng sighed before continuing: "It's just that the person who taught him martial arts has something to do with me."

When Cao went to Bingzhou to take the exam, he encountered a thief who robbed the road and was saved by that person. So this time he asked me to help, and I took a closer look. It's a good thing he found me, otherwise I wouldn't have known there was something strange about it. ”