Chapter Eighty-Three: The county government confronts each other

Sun Xiangfu didn't know much about the religious elements of this period, it seems that they are kind to the believers, but they are not too friendly to other religions with different beliefs and competing with him.

Sun Xiangfu, who followed Yuan Tiangang all the way out of the gate of the imperial city, unexpectedly saw several officials guarding the gate of the imperial city, and as soon as those officials saw him come out, they surrounded him.

"This is the pastor Sun of the Pastoral Supervision Bureau! My family is the county magistrate of Chang'an, and Sun Xiamu is suspected of a murder case in the mansion, and the county magistrate has summoned you to the county office. The head of the official team held a summons token from the Chang'an County Ya and hugged Sun Xiangfu with his fist.

Chang'an is Jing County, the county order is a high-ranking official on the fifth grade, seven levels higher than Sun Xiangfu's from the sixth grade, and three levels higher than Yuan Tiangang's Taishi Ling from the fifth grade, and the county order of Jingxian County has privileges, his summons ticket, the members below the third grade must be in the hall, of course, blocking the gate of the imperial city to take people, this thing has been done a little too much, and it seems that it does not give the emperor face.

When Sun Xiangfu saw these servants, he felt that the mutation of Buddhism might be related to him, and he was afraid that it was not those sons of the family who came up with new means to deal with him, so he hurriedly said, "Daochang Yuan, something is wrong, I am afraid that someone wants to take advantage of the grievances between your Daomen and Buddhism to deal with you, and I implore you to deal with this matter carefully, otherwise, you will definitely fall for the traitor's plan." ”

When Sun Xiangfu and Yuan Tiangang went out of the imperial city just now, he knew through his scolding that there have been several large-scale firefights between Buddhism and Taoism over the years, and both parties are monks, and the court has been silent about this kind of fight.

Former Sui favored Buddha, although Li Yuan raised the Tao after he ascended the throne, but the fight between the two major religions has always been not to help each other, anyway, it is in the minority group of monks, no matter how ruthless the trouble is, it is not hindered in the country, but there is a lot of trouble in managing it.

Yuan Tiangang also felt that something was wrong when he heard this, first there were more than 100 Taoist priests who surrounded Sun Fu, and he didn't know about it as the head of the sect, and then his rival Buddha Gate launched an attack on Daomen without warning.

You must know that Taoism is now nominally the state religion, and Buddhism launched an attack on Taoism when Daomen did not take the initiative to provoke them, that is, it did not give face to the imperial court, even if Daomen suffered any losses in this incident, Buddhism would definitely lose more than it would lose in the end, because Li Shimin, unlike Li Yuan, was very taboo for others to provoke his authority, and it was the Buddhism he wanted to suppress that provoked trouble.

"Sun Xiamu, you will go with them first, and when Poor Dao understands the situation, he will definitely go to His Majesty to make the decision."

Yuan Tiangang nodded and said a word to Sun Xiangfu, and then hurriedly rushed to Sanqingguan in the city with Li Chunfeng, which is the foundation of Daomen in Chang'an, if he is disturbed by the monk, the loss of reputation cannot be recovered by any money and materials.

"Guys, let's go!"

Sun Xiangfu got into his own carriage, and several officials had to trot with the carriage, and after a while, everyone came to Chang'an County, which was not too far from the imperial city.

"Lord Qiyu, Sun Xiamu brings it."

In the hall of the county government, the head of the government team retreated to the side, Sun Xiangfu looked at the surrounding environment, and found that there were a few pieces of white cloth on one side of the hall, and there were several corpses covered below.

"Xiaguan Sun Zhengming, I have seen Lu County Order."

Sun Xiangfu has been an official for a few months, and most of the officials in such an important position as the magistrate of Beijing County know the name, and he hugged his fist.

"Sun Zhengming, are you guilty?"

Although Sun Xiangfu saluted according to etiquette, the Lu County Order did not give Sun Xiangfu any good looks, and said as if he was interrogating a prisoner.

"Sin? What is the crime of the lower officials? Please also give me a quote. Sun Xiangfu naturally didn't plan that this Lu County Commander could give him a good face, Fan Yang Lu's people, just don't shout and kill themselves.

"Hmph, you indulge the house slaves, use force against the Taoist chiefs, and kill seven people, this is a big crime, there are many people in Chang'an City who can testify, the ironclad evidence is like a mountain, do you still dare to quibble?" Lu Xianling said with a righteous and awe-inspiring look.

"Well, then please call them out to confront the lower officials, and see when the lower officials indulged the house slaves, and how they killed seven people." Sun Xiangfu is not afraid at all, if you want to play trouble, you have to have real skills, and Sun Xiangfu also has a secret trump card that others don't know.

"Hmph, this official is so that you are convinced, come here, bring witnesses to the court?"

After a while, six or seven people dressed as Gongzi came to the court, led by Wu Yingxue's eldest son, Wu Ting.

"My lord, it was a few of us who saw Sun Xiamu indulge the house slaves and beat people to death." As soon as Wu Ting came to the court, he pointed to Sun Xiangfudao.

"When? Where? Sun Xiangfu looked at Wu Ting, who was a little familiar, and asked.

"At noon today, in front of your grandson's mansion." Wu Ting replied without hesitation.

"Coincidentally, this official was in front of his house at noon, but he didn't see any dead people, and now two hours have passed, could it be that these people have been dead in front of my house for so long before they were discovered?" Sun Xiangfu looked at Wu Tingdao like a fool.

"These people did not die on the spot, but were severely injured by the beating of your house slaves, and died of their injuries on the way back."

Wu Ting had already been prepared, and he didn't burp at all.

Sun Xiangfu said with a smile, "Then it seems that a few of you are in the same group as these dead people, and after watching the conflict in front of my mansion, there is another one."

The road followed the seriously injured Dao Elders back, so the problem came.

First, they did not die on the spot, so if I indulge the house slaves to beat people to death, this crime is not established, and who knows if they were later killed by someone

The murder did not die in front of my house anyway.

Second, my family doesn't have a house slave who knows martial arts, and can seriously injure more than a hundred Taoist priests and kill seven, so you should verify the identities of those who use martial arts first.

Third, what do these Taoist priests do they mean when they gather in front of my house? Can you be interrogated? It doesn't matter if it hasn't been tried, the lower officials can tell the adults that they actually forced the lower officials to shut down the royal property, and presumably His Majesty should personally inquire about this matter. ”

After saying that, Sun Xiangfu looked at Lu Shouyuan above the lobby with a smile.

"Hmph, it's useless for you to quibble, there are many people who have seen with their own eyes that the gang of murderers who beat people came out of your house, not the house slaves in your house, who are they?"

Lu Shouyuan didn't come to reason with him, he was appointed by the eldest son of the family, he just found a reason to win Sun Xiangfu.

"Uh, I forgot to tell my lord, some secret industries of the royal family are developed in my mansion, so, it is the Ouchi guards who are stationed in my mansion, it seems that the one who took the lead in beating people today is Renyong Captain Xi Junmai, he is not the house slave of the lower officials, but the house slave of His Majesty, the lord does not seem to have found the right master!"

Sun Xiangfu lifted the trump card in his hand and stared at Lu Shouyuan with a joke on his face.

"This ······"

Lu Shouyuan was speechless, and Wu Ting in the hall was also stunned, this is not according to the negotiated script! Conflict with the Ouchi guards with a mission is tantamount to rebellion.

"Master Lu, you want 'this'! There's an allusion to this! Why don't you send a servant to bring in the Ouchi guards stationed in my house? Rest assured, the Taoist priests storming their station are disobeying the emperor's holy decree, and the officials are going, but it is normal official business, and they may come! ”

Sun Xiangfu said with a mocking voice, since it is the place where the emperor ordered the internal guards to be stationed, no matter what reason those Taoist priests have, it is not right to attack the station, let alone be injured, even if they are killed on the spot, they will die in vain.

If the matter stops here, Lu Shouyuan can still say that he received a report and sent someone to ask about it, it was all for official business, as long as Sun Xiangfu was released, then he would be able to take himself out, and no one would be able to find fault with him, but if he wanted to forcibly arrest the Ouchi guards, he would overstep his authority.

In fact, even for Sun Xiangfu, he only has the power to inquire and verify, and if there is evidence, he can be impeached and apply to the emperor for disposal, but now! He couldn't even be impeached, because Sun Xiangfu took himself out in a few words, and it was the Taoist priest and the Ouchi guards who clashed.

"My lord, don't listen to this person's words, that is, he ordered those guards to beat those Taoist leaders, and this case has nothing to do with him."

Seeing Lu Shouyuan's hesitation, Wu Ting hurriedly spoke.

"As I said before, those Taoist priests gathered in front of my mansion to force the lower officials to shut down the royal property, and the lower officials ordered the expulsion, but on official matters, if the adults have any doubts, they can go to Your Majesty and impeach the lower officials.

In addition, since these people said that he saw the Taoist priests being injured throughout the whole process, and also saw those Taoist priests seriously injured and died on the way back, then, please also ask the lord to temporarily detain this person in the county government and wait for the investigation of the imperial court, because the lower official suspects that this person is planning to incite those Taoist priests to attack the royal property, and this official will enter the palace to face the saint and ask His Majesty to investigate the case. Sun Xiangfu pointed at Wu Ting.

"Hmph, after entering this county office, you still can't get out, Lord Lu, the evidence is ironclad, please finalize the case!" Wu Ting saw that he couldn't reason, so he simply used his strength and said to Lu Shouyuan.

"Well, that's how ironclad evidence is! I don't know if the Lu County Order has the right to detain me, an official from the sixth grade. Sun Xiangfu's eyes pressed towards Lu Shouyuandao, at this moment, he wanted him to make a choice between his family and his own future, act beyond his authority, and his official position may not be guaranteed, because Sun Xiangfu also has allies in the court, and he will not let him go.

"Hmph, don't treat yourself as a courtier, Lu County's order received a major case, the interrogation was not clear, and you were temporarily detained, and Your Majesty said it anywhere." Wu Ting seemed to belittle Sun Xiangfu, but he reminded Lu Shouyuan.

"Is that when the official arrives in the cell, he will immediately commit suicide?" Sun Xiangfu glanced at the arrogant Wu Tingdao playfully.

"Looks like you're not stupid! Isn't this kind of thing very common? Wu Ting smiled triumphantly.

"Tut-tut, fortunately you are not an official, otherwise, you don't know what to do with all kinds of disasters! Since this official dares to come, are you still afraid of these tricks of yours? Lu Xianling, do you want to continue to die with him, or take yourself out, please make a choice as soon as possible, the next official is about to enter the palace, and the guards outside are still waiting! ”

Sun Xiangfu seems to be confident and not afraid at all, but in fact, he is scared in his heart, and cold sweat is dripping out of his vest, he should take Xi Jun to buy it when he goes out today, otherwise he is more confident now, but there are internal guards to support him, unless Lu Shouyuan goes crazy and wants to die with him, otherwise, his life should be worry-free.

He is gambling, betting that Lu Shouyuan will not dare to lose his future for the sake of his family, he is a high-ranking official who has achieved this level of Zhengwupin before the age of thirty, and it can be said that he has a bright future.

Only a person with a few brains such as Wu Ting would feel that such a person would obey the orders of the family without scruples, besides, Lu Wenyuan is not the contemporary head of the Fan Yang Lu family! He is only the first in line to the throne.