It's late at night.

But the lights were still on in the public house of Yaertang County, Daxing County, Lu Zhen sat behind the desk, looking at the things in his hands, frowning, and gently rubbing his eyebrows with his hand from time to time.

In the end, he still underestimated the courage of these dignitaries and dignitaries in Beijing, and his decree was only promulgated two days ago, and many people had already violated it, although it was only a small mistake, but if he really wanted to investigate it, he would have to offend many people.

Lu Zhen is not afraid of offending people, he was already prepared for this when he promised Hu Hu to sit in this position, but if people keep breaking his rules, it will be very troublesome, he doesn't just have such a little thing to do, the ordinary official business in the county government is much more important than rectifying the environment below.

In two days, five offenders had been taken, but today he had received no less than ten letters of pleading on their behalf. Although he didn't know any of these people, let alone any friendships, he still felt a headache, and it was not easy to offend so many people at once.

China has always been a society of personal feelings, and the officialdom has brought this point into full play, and many things are simply difficult to do without help. And now, once Lu Zhen offends these people, he can be regarded as a lot of enemies under the tree.

Making enemies is nothing, but you have to get something. Even if those guys are convicted under pressure, the impact on the implementation of the law is not too great, which is the key to Lu Jin's headache. At this time, he was weighing the several intercession notes and famous posts, thinking about which one should be the most beneficial to pull out as the opposite angle.

Suddenly, a sound of footsteps came in from outside, interrupting his thoughts, and then Lin Lie appeared in front of the door: "My lord, we have caught another person who has violated the night ban." ”

"Really? Then throw him into prison and wait for tomorrow to deal with him! Lu Zhen put down the things in his hand, moved his body and said. I haven't come up with a clue for the time being, so I'll leave things for tomorrow.

But Lin Lie did not take the order to retreat as before, but continued after a little hesitation: "But my lord, the identity of the person who won this time is somewhat special. He reported that he was the son of the Langzhong family in the criminal department. ”

"Punishment Department Langzhong?" Lu Zhen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but since the light flashed in his eyes: "Do you think his words are credible?" ”

"It shouldn't be fake, there are still lanterns hanging from his house on the car. In addition, he was stopped by us with several sons and nephews of the officials of the DPRK and China, but they all had the waist badges of Shuntianfu on their bodies, so they only brought him back. ”

"And that kind of thing?" Lu Zhen said with a puzzled face, and then a playful smile appeared on his face: "It seems that someone is deliberately targeting me or these boys." ”

"The small one also thinks so, so if it is really official, I am afraid it will bring a lot of trouble to the county government."

"No, I think it's a good opportunity." Lu Jin waved his hand, looking a little interested: "Originally, I was still having a headache about how to stand up, but now there is such a person with a high status, I just happen to be singing!" ”

"Huh?" Lin Lie glanced at his adult again with some puzzlement, and when he saw his confident appearance when he spoke, he didn't say anything more, and after saying yes with his fists, he went to arrange for the person to be sent to prison. He has never been a man of many words, and since Lu Zhen has made up his mind, he will only do it.

"In the criminal department, although he is not a high-ranking official who is too noble, his status in the capital is not low, and it is a good choice to take your son-in-law's bright knife." When Lu Zhen walked out of the public room, he couldn't help but whisper something softly.

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Early the next morning, before the county government opened the door, a house slave in a green coat and a small hat rushed over with an eager face. As soon as he saw a few servants open the door, he hurriedly came over, and asked eagerly: "A few of you, was my Li Huan and Li Gongzi really taken in by the county government?" The tone was full of condescending arrogance. He is indeed qualified to be arrogant here, because his master is Langzhong of the Criminal Department, and he is a four-grade official with real power, which is much higher than the Daxing County Order.

Several officers were about to get angry, but they soon understood the identity of the other party, so they said with a straight face: "Last night, there was indeed such a person who claimed to be the son of Li Langzhong's family in the Criminal Department who was taken into the county office. ”

"Then you still don't release my son-in-law? If there is an accident in your Daxing County Yali, can you afford it? The servant immediately spoke urgently, full of commands.

When several officers saw him like this, their hearts were even more angry, and they all looked at him with a sneer, and none of them moved. It was only at this time that he figured out something, and quickly put his hand into his sleeve, took out a money bag and stuffed it into the hand of the oldest looking person: "Even if I invite you to tea, I will invite a few people to go in for convenience." ”

is the so-called Hades is good at seeing little ghosts, this one remembered this rule, and only then did he stuff people with money. , but the result was beyond his expectations, the messenger saw this and flashed back, avoided the money bag in his hand, and said: "It's easy to say something about it, but I'm afraid it won't be possible to release people, but he committed a night curfew, which is the most serious of the thirty decrees just issued by our county government, and it must be severely punished." ”

"What?" The servant panicked when he heard this, and then his face sank again: "Since you know the identity of my son-in-law, you Daxing County dare to be so rude?" I want to see your county order to speak! "Since good words can't be achieved, then they can only be pressed by momentum.

"I'm sorry, my county magistrate is busy with official business now, I'm afraid I don't have time to meet you." The officer replied very resolutely, and then retreated to the door.

"...... you" The slave was simply angry, he had also dealt with the yamen below in the past, even the public in front of the Shuntian Mansion was not like this when he reported it, and a Daxing County actually dared to do this? Annoyed, he immediately threw himself in, and since they refused to tell him, he just went straight in.

But as soon as he moved, the servants had already taken the lead to block his way: "Bold, how can you be a grass citizen who can casually break into the county government?" If you dare to disobey the persuasion, you will be brought in and punished! ”

"You dare!" This person was also in a hurry to talk and was forced to have no choice, and at the same time he scolded angrily, he didn't stop his steps, and continued to go straight in. Now those errand soldiers could no longer stop moving, and with a few arms stretched forward and slammed into force, they caught him on the spot, and then directly escorted people to the yamen.

The movement here has already alarmed the pedestrians on the street, and when they saw that someone dared to go straight to the county government, many people were amazed: "This is so bold, he actually dares to break into the Daxing County Yamen at this time, he doesn't know that the Daxing County Yamen is in the limelight recently?" I'm afraid I'm going to have to suffer a lot if I get it in this time. ”

"I heard that he seems to be letting the county government release people, and it seems that some of his sons were taken by the county government."

"And what's going on? It seems that this family has an unusual identity, but I don't know if the Lu County Order can withstand the pressure. ”

The people immediately began to discuss, the county government has indeed taken a lot of people who have made mistakes recently, and it has also given them some confidence in Lu Jin. But there are too many people with high status and power here in the capital, and it may be difficult for a county yamen to set up rules.

Although everyone is curious about how the county government will deal with this matter next, because this is not a public trial, everyone can only watch from afar outside, making some speculations, but they cannot enter the county government to see what is going on. And the county government has already regained its calm at this time, as if nothing had happened.

It was so calm for a while, and it was going to make people feel that maybe the Lu County Order would secretly let people go in private, when suddenly several figures flashed out from the side of the wall. After seeing the situation clearly, many people were stunned on the spot, because it was a few errand officers who turned out, and they dragged the two out.

These two, one is the servant who was making trouble at the gate of the yamen just now and wanted to rush in, and the other is richly dressed and is a young man. After bringing them to the wall and pressing them down on the county government, one of the officers at the head announced loudly to the people who were looking outside: "These two people, one was arrested by our county government for violating the night curfew last night, and the other was taken down by trespassing on the county government just now. According to the decree issued by the county government, they will be severely punished. The former is heavily responsible for 30 boards, and the latter is 20 boards, and all of them wear flail to show the public for three days to set an example! ”

After saying all this, under the surprised gaze of everyone, he immediately waved his hand and decisively ordered: "Execution!" ”

"Lu County Order, Lu Jin! You really dare to torture my son-in-law, my lord will definitely not give up! The servant struggled and cried out with a loud voice. But Li Huan beside him was silent, his face was pale, and it was obvious that the night's encounter had already wiped out the arrogance in his body.

In the face of such coercion, several county officials did not take it seriously at all, so they walked to the side of the two of them, and after pressing the people, they waved their arm-thick sticks and hit them on the backs of their buttocks.

Soon, the shouting and scolding were replaced by screams and muffled snorts, and although there was a distance away, the people could still clearly hear the crackling sound of the board hitting their bodies, which made people's scalps tingle for a while.

And when the twenty or thirty boards came down, the slave was still moaning there, but Li Huan had already fainted. Seeing this, these servants did not hesitate or slow down, and still quickly took out the wooden flail that looked quite weighty, and directly handkered the two people, and then locked them outside the county yamen to show the public.

When all this was done, the officers returned to the county office. And the surrounding people were in disbelief when they saw this, and they believed in Lu County's determination, it turned out that his thirty decrees were really not just talking, even if someone with status dared to violate it, he would also be severely punished!