The city lord Wei Yuanjie gave an order, and more than 20 officials in the inner hall immediately went out, beating the onlookers with wooden sticks. Arrest the people who shouted the loudest.

When Wang Mang saw this posture, his eyes immediately chilled.

He was about to speak, when the six masters guarding him shouted, "Lord Wang, be careful..."

As soon as the words fell, I saw six people rushing out in unison and blocking Wang Mang. Then he drew his saber from his waist and slashed at the wooden stick that the servant had swung at him.

It turned out that when these officials were beating the people, it was unfortunate that so many officials hit Wang Mang.

The guards slashed their swords and immediately cut off the sticks.

Seeing this, the officials were shocked, but they didn't expect that someone would dare to confront him with weapons at the door of the public court.

Wei Yuanjie's face sank, and he shouted: "Who are you waiting for, who dare to defy the court and oppose the government." ”

When the people saw the officials move, they scattered in all directions, not daring to approach, for fear that they would take down their staffs.

Wang Mang saw the guards rushing out of the way, strode in, and said word by word: "Okay, you Wei Yuanjie, you dare to ignore the king's law, arbitrarily judge the case, wronged the good people, and beat the people, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”

"Hmph, what kind of thing are you, and you dare to question this official?" Wei Yuanjie was not afraid at all, because many officers and soldiers rushed outside to suppress the people.

"Bold!"

Li Hanfeng said coldly: "You are a little city lord, and you dare to call yourself an official in front of General Wuhou and Hubu Shangshu?" Are you getting impatient? ”

"Tobe Shangshu? General Wuhou? ”

When Wei Yuanjie heard this, he was stunned, and then reacted, and exclaimed: "You are the lord of Liaoning, Wang Mang?" ”

"Yes, I am Wang Mang."

Wei Yuanjie's face stiffened, and he hurriedly stepped down from the top position, came to Wang Mang and bowed: "Xiaguan Wei Yuanjie visited Lord Wang, Xiaguan didn't know that the adult was coming, and he missed the distance, and he hoped to forgive his sins." ”

"Hmph...."

Wang Mang flicked his sleeves, snorted coldly, came to the top seat and sat down, and shouted to those officials: "Stop for the officials." ”

When the officials heard this, they hurriedly withdrew the offensive and retreated to both sides, not daring to move.

When the people saw this, they were overjoyed and shouted: "Lord Wang Mang is here, Lord Wang Mang is here, we are saved, we are saved." ”

"Don't panic, don't mess up, now that Lord Wang is in charge, he will definitely administer justice for us."

"Yes, Lord Wang is benevolent and righteous, and he is a saint in the world. He came to our Wei City in person this time, which shows that our Wei City must have no more grievances, and Lord Wang will definitely make the decision for us. ”

"Lord Wang is above, please make the decision for the grass people." Li Bo, who had never complained before, immediately shouted when he heard Wang Mang's name, crying non-stop.

"Lord Wang is above, although the grass people killed people, but Zhao Ping bullied my wife first, and asked the adults to call the shots."

The young woman Sun and the old man Li also kowtowed and pleaded, tears like rain and bananas.

Wang Mang patted the hall wood lightly and said slowly: "Everyone, be quiet, be quiet, don't make a mess." Since this official is here, he will find out the matter for you, keep it for you, wash away your grievances, and settle the difficulties.

Here, I can assure you that no matter who is involved in this matter and who supports it, this official will handle it impartially. Catch what should be caught, kill what should be killed, and release what should be released. I will never wronged a good person, nor will I let a bad person go. ”

Seeing this, Zhao Ping and his father Zhao Shan were not sure that it was good, and slowly retreated backwards, trying to leave.

However, the six guards brought by Wang Mang had already watched their movements, and said coldly: "You are the key to this case, how can you leave?" ”

Zhao Ping was a little afraid, he had heard of Wang Mang's name, and he was very worried that Wang Mang would harm him.

Zhao Shan's face was gloomy, and he shouted at Wang Mang: "Lord Wang, do you know who is in charge of this city?" Who is behind my Zhao family? The old man advises you to leave here, lest everyone look bad. ”

"Oh? Hearing you say that, the people behind you are not small? Tell me who will rule this city, and who will support your Zhao family. I want to see who else dares to stop this official from judging the case. Wang Mang said lightly.

"This city is under the command of Lord Jia Fengzhi, the squire of the military department." Zhao Shan squinted his eyes and said, "Maybe you don't know who the old man is, the second concubine of Feng Yi, the imperial prince, is the niece of the old man." I heard that some time ago, you seem to have encountered some trouble. Therefore, the old man advised you to leave, so as not to lose your life unconsciously. ”

"Jia Fengzhi? Feng Yi? Hahaha, who should I be, it turned out to be them. ”

Wang Mang laughed three times, very happy, and then asked the city lord Wei Yuanjie: "In this way, you are either a person who belongs to the Jia family, or a person who belongs to the Feng family?" ”

Where did Wei Yuanjie dare to fight against Wang Mang at this time, he was just a small city lord, and he couldn't compare to the Zhao family.

Now he heard Wang Mang's question, and hurriedly replied: "Lord Qiqi, this city was originally under the jurisdiction of the Seventh Prince, and the lower officials were also the Seventh Prince's people.

Later, the Seventh Prince committed an accident and disappeared. Therefore, to be precise, this city does not belong to the various forces, but only to His Majesty. And the lower officials did not take refuge in the Jia family, nor did they take refuge in Taifu Feng Yi, and they had nothing to do with them. ”

Wei City is close to the imperial capital, and everyone wants to control this city.

Previously, because the Seventh Prince was a member of the royal family, the entire Qingzhou was also under the control of the royal family, so there were no other outsiders involved here, and it was relatively stable.

However, since Feng Yi entered the imperial court and the Wei family and the Huo family joined forces, the power of the imperial family has basically been swept away, and only Liu Xin's power remains.

As a result, the city is in a state of emptiness, and everyone wants to regain control.

However, the families fought, and no one really took control of the city.

Wei Yuanjie is also a smart person, and it is expected that the current situation is still unclear, so he will not be offended if he sells well on all sides.

He was thinking about which side was really expected to stand out, and then he would take refuge completely. lest you rashly take refuge because the situation is not obvious, and end up dying in vain.

Because of the special geographical location of this city, those family forces are not strong, but they are arranged separately.

So far, the Jia family and the Feng family have a slight advantage, almost controlling most of the city's economic lifeline, and the Huo Wei family has fallen slightly behind.

"Hehe, this is really called not a rivalry. I didn't expect that the first city I came to turned out to be the territory of a sworn enemy. ”

Wang Mang naturally would not scruple about this Zhao family because of the relationship between the Jia family and Feng Yi, and after he sighed, he said to the other people: "Fathers, since I happened to encounter this incident, then I must also thoroughly investigate the reason.

Just now I was in the crowd and heard an eldest brother say that Zhao Ping had insulted many women from good families. But because of the huge power of the Zhao family, those women from good families did not dare to speak out, take revenge, or shout grievances.

Now I beseech you, fathers, that if you know the inside story and know the victims, I hope you will bring them one by one for me. Let's just say that I am dealing with Zhao Ping's case today and returning justice to the people. Of course, if they don't want to come, don't force it. ”

(End of chapter)