After the Qing Army entered the war, Lu Chen analyzed the battle situation and believed that there would be a certain stalemate in the next war, and at this time, the main purpose of the Feng Army in Chu had also become to contain the main force of the Qing Army.

The civil war in Chudi, the Chu army and the Chu army fought, and the two armies of Fengqing restrained each other, which is also acceptable to both Lu Chen and King Qing, and the next thing to wait for is to see who wins and who loses between the eighth prince and the prince of Chu.

However, the prince of Chu is the orthodox prince, and his army in Chu should be fighting more and more, in this case, Lu Chen chose to go back to the capital.

He is the king of a country, and he can't always stay in the court, and this time when he returned to the capital, he only brought General Qingyang and a cadre to escort him, and Zhao Chuan, Liu Yuan and others were left on the front line by him.

After arriving in Lingnan from Chudi, he could have returned to Fengzhou directly, but Lu Chen suddenly put forward the idea of making a detour to Hedong.

Seeing that the king was going to Hedong to inspect, Qingyang said: "Then Weichen will send someone to send a letter to the head of Hedong County, so that he can prepare to take over." ”

"Huh? It doesn't have to be that way. Lu Chen waved his hand and said, "It's best not to let Jian Rong know that we have arrived in Hedong." ”

"What does the king mean ......," Qingyang said puzzled.

Lu Chen said: "In recent years, the county heads in various places have reported to the imperial court, whether it is money and grain taxes, or population, or commerce, Hedong ranks first, and this king has not inspected various places for a long time. ”

Jian Rong, the head of Hedong County, is not as good as ordinary counties, if he rises further, he should be from the second grade, from his political achievements in recent years, he has indeed reached the time to be promoted, but just based on the report of the chapter and the ministry, it is obviously not so easy to be promoted to a minister from the second grade, how is Hedong now, what is Jian Rong's political performance, these Lu Chen have to go and see in person.

And with Jian Rong's character, if he knew that the king was going to inspect Hedong, then he would definitely do the surface work to the extreme, that is to say, if this is the case, then when Lu Chen arrives in Hedong, what he sees must be a situation that Jian Rong wants Lu Chen to see.

Therefore, he decided to stay quiet and take a quiet trip to Hedong.

A few days later, Hedong County.

When Hedong was newly built, Lu Chen did not hesitate to spend countless gold and silver to build this place into the largest city in the Wind Country, and now Hedong is not much worse than Fengzhou.

The wide and large streets are full of traffic, people come and go, the ground is paved with that kind of big bluestone, and each stone slab is tightly seamed, extremely smooth, comparable to the current cement road.

In the market, the sound of selling was endless, and it seemed that it was thriving, Lu Chen took Qingyang, together with a few personal guards, and strolled through the streets.

Several people were dressed in civilian clothes, and Jian Rong, the head of Hedong County, probably never dreamed that at this time, the king would actually come here.

As a few people walked, there was a sudden commotion in front of them, and then many people began to rush forward, as if there was some bustle in front of them.

"Let's go, let's take a look, I heard about the case of Fengyue Building, and Lord Zhang has started to try it......"

From the mouths of the people, Lu Chen heard something, he immediately raised his eyebrows slightly, and chuckled: "Oh? Has an official tried the case? Let's go and join in the fun. ”

With the crowd, Lu Chen and the others also came to the gate of the mansion. At this time, in the mansion, there were some guards with knives standing on both sides of the hall, and an official wearing a six-grade official uniform walked to the back of the several cases directly above, and then said in a positive voice: "Bring Wang Lung and the others up!" ”

As he spoke, a guard quickly brought two men into the hall, one of whom was Wang Long, who had complained, and the other was the person in charge of Fengyue Tower.

Of course, he is not the real boss of Fengyue Tower, Fengyue Tower, which is the premier Fengyue place in Hedong, is the real gold cave for rich people, and its boss is also very rich, so naturally he will not come forward in person.

And what Wang Lung wanted to sue was that Fengyuelou forced Liang to be a prostitute and forced his little sister to be a prostitute, he was angry, and broke into Fengyuelou with a knife, and as a result, he could not compete with many thugs in Fengyuelou and was beaten half to death.

This case, for unknown reasons, has been delayed for a long time, and it has not been dealt with until now, and now Wang Lung's body still has scars.

He is old, he looks like he is in his early forties, he is dressed up, and he is also an ordinary person, and the person in charge of Fengyue Tower is rich and noble.

After the two of them were brought in, the officials above first glanced at the two of them, then pointed at Wang Long, and shouted coldly: "Dare to Diao Min!" When you see this official, why don't you kneel!? ”

Wang Lung hugged his fists and said: "Lord Qiyu, the grass people were previously subordinate to the Huwei Army of the Central Legion of our country and the Seventh Corps, and the third formation once went out with the king and killed eleven enemies on the battlefield of Yandi, and was awarded the third-class meritorious service. ”

In the laws of the Wind Country at that time, like some veterans on the battlefield who retired from the army, if there is a meritorious lord, they have the right not to kneel down to guard the county, of course, how the official should be judged or how to judge, this does not affect anything.

But when the official heard this, he was furious and said: "Presumptuous! How dare you fool this official! Someone's coming! Sticks are waiting! ”

When he came up, he was about to fight directly, but when Wang Lung heard this, he loudly defended: "My lord! What the grass people say, every sentence is true, if you don't believe it, you can look up the books! ”

He is right, veterans of third-class meritorious service must be recorded in the local registers.

But the official pointed directly at him and shouted: "Hit! ”

Following his order, the government guards no longer hesitated, separated the two and pressed Wang Lung directly to the ground, and then began to beat him with sticks.

"Your Excellency!" Wang Lung was served with sticks, but he was still desperately shouting: "My lord! The law of our country is made by the king, how can you ignore the law of the king!! ”

"Dare to distract the people! Dare to talk nonsense! Beat me to death! The official said angrily.

The miserable howl began to come out of Wang Lung's mouth, and the onlookers began to point and discuss.

Qingyang frowned, and whispered: "King, this official seems to have gone a little too far, if this Wang Lung is really a meritorious man, it is reasonable not to kneel, there is no need to beat him like this, not to mention that the case is still unclear." ”

Lu Chen also frowned slightly, but he waved his hand slightly and said, "Let's take a look first." ”

At this time, Wang Lung's beating of sticks was also finished, and the others were also beaten to the ground and could not stand up again, the official continued: "Wang Lung! You said that Fengyuelou forced Liang to become a prostitute, but after the official investigated, he found out that you lost the silver in Fengyuelou, so he was dissatisfied and deliberately retaliated, right! ”

(End of chapter)