Shangrao County Lieutenant surnamed Yu, learned that the county commander was beaten, went to arrest the fast and was beaten to a fracture, really indignant, overnight ordered fifty horses, foot archers rushed to Yongfeng Town, found out that the salt merchant surnamed Zhou was living in the "Yongli Inn", so he sent someone to block the front and back doors of the inn to prevent thieves from escaping, and was about to break the door to arrest the thief, but he heard the noisy people and horses in the inn, and looked in from the crack in the door, wow, a yard is full of soldiers and horses, where is this soldier? Is it a rebellion?

The door of the inn opened, and General Qi and Judge Fan walked out side by side, and General Qi shouted: "What are you going to do?" Showing a talisman: "Is there anyone who recognizes this talisman?" ”

Lieutenant Yu stepped forward to take a look and was shocked, this is the order of the five-grade return to the German general, how can there be a general living in this inn! Hurriedly bowed down and said: "Yu Chang, the lowly county lieutenant of Shangrao, dare to ask which way the soldiers and horses are the adults?" What is the business trip through our county? Why didn't you receive an official letter? ”

General Qi said: "I am the general of the Fenghua Army, this is Lord Fan, the judge of the Fenghua Metropolitan Protectorate, what is the reason why you led the troops to surround my inn late at night?" ”

Yu County Lieutenant gave a salute again and again: "I came to arrest a Jinling salt merchant, I never wanted to offend the two adults, please forgive me!" ”

Judge Fan said: "Hasn't the history of the Yellow Thorn in your mansion arrived yet?" ”

County Lieutenant Yu was surprised: "Is Lord Huang coming here?" I don't know. ”

Judge Fan said: "Wait outside the door, Lord Huang will be there later." He and General Qi turned back to the inn, and the door slammed shut.

Lieutenant Yu hurriedly ordered horses and foot archers to line up, and waited in front of the inn for half an hour, when he saw a few torches coming from afar, and sure enough, it was the Yellow Thorn Shi who arrived.

Huang Tingshi hurried over accompanied by several state officials, but saw so many soldiers and horses in front of the "Yongli Inn", and it was the county lieutenant Yu of Shangrao County who greeted him, so he asked, "What is Lord Yu doing here?" ”

Yu County Lieutenant Shi Li said: "Lord Huang, the lower officials are waiting for your lordship here, and the Fenghua Army's Judge Fan and Guide Lang will be waiting for your lordship in the inn." ”

Huang Tingshi was puzzled: "Judge Fenghua Junfan? Suddenly, Xinzhou Hou Zhouxuan had a close relationship with Fenghua Army, and the whole country knew it. Zhou Xuan came to Xinzhou, and it was normal for Judge Fan to accompany him. Immediately went to knock on the door in person, and said in a loud voice: "Xinzhou Assassin Shi Huang Yuan asks to see Scholar Zhou." ”

Lieutenant Yu was puzzled by the second monk in the back, wasn't he a judge of Fenghua Junfan, why was he a scholar of Zhou? Which Zhou scholar?

At the opening of the inn door, Judge Fan greeted him and said, "Lord Huang, Xia Guan Fan Yong has been waiting for a long time." ”

Huang Tingshi recognized Judge Fan and hurriedly returned the salute: "It turns out that Lord Fan is also here, and it is really rude to be a lower official." I don't know anything, Lord Fan, can Hou Ye Zhou be inside? ”

Judge Fan nodded and said, "Master Hou summoned Lord Huang to discuss urgent matters, Lord Huang please-

Huang Thorn Shi followed Judge Fan in, and the rest of the people were waiting outside the inn gate.

Zhou Xuan met Huang Thorn Shi in the guest room, with Li Tao's nephew and three idiots by his side, and met Huang Thorn Shi. Then he took the emperor's secret decree and showed it to the history of the Yellow Thorn.

Inspecting the six states has the right to act cheaply, what does it mean to act cheaply? You can just cut it first and then play it! Huang Thorn Shi was stunned, bowed down and said, "The lower officials are driven by the adults. ”

Zhou Xuan said to Judge Fan: "Lord Fan, please tell Lord Huang a brief description of what I have encountered since I entered Xinzhou." ”

Judge Fan said one by one from yesterday's arrest on Boshan Road and forcibly searching the car, to today's Xie family casino befriending the robber brown sugar to murder the Marquis of Xinzhou, Huang Tingshi's forehead sweated more and more, and finally "pounced" and knelt down, pleading guilty: "The lower officials are incompetent, and there is no way to govern the state." Please condemn your sin. ”

Zhou Xuan learned from Uncle Li Tao and the innkeeper Song that this Yellow Thorn History was not evil, but he was mediocre and incompetent, and he couldn't restrain Zou County Ling and Yongfeng Xie's family from doing evil, so he said: "Lord Huang, please get up-"

Then, Scholar Zhou said in the emotional tone of Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table": "Lord Huang, my ancestral home is Yongfeng, Xinzhou, I love this land very deeply, and I have come to visit thousands of miles away, but what I have seen and heard in my hometown makes me sad, what kind of life did my parents and fellow villagers live?" They were oppressed and humiliated by bullies, and their fertile land was encroached upon. Forced to become a hired farmer, he left his hometown to make another living when he had land, and there were not a few people who sold their children and daughters. Just endure to see the people hungry, cold, and displaced? ”

Yellow Thorn Shi sweated like a pulp. said in a loud voice: "The lower official is guilty." The lower officials are guilty! ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Lord Huang was also deceived by the villain, so that the decree could not work. Now that I am here, I want to take drastic measures to eliminate this stubborn disease for Yongfeng, is Lord Huang willing to help me? ”

Huang Thorn Shi hurriedly said: "I wish to attach the tail of the adult,"

Zhou Xuan said: "That's good, there are fifty horses and foot archers in Shangrao County outside the inn, and Lord Huang immediately brought them and went to arrest Xie Laoliu." ”

Huang Thorn Shi had a difficult face, and after a little hesitation, he heard Zhou Xuan say coldly: "Lord Huang is embarrassed? Then don't bother Lord Huang, I'll send someone else. ”

Huang Thorn Shi was shocked, he knew what Zhou Xuan meant by this, that is, he was to be removed from his position, the six state inspectors had this right, and Zhou Xuan was still a celebrity in the court, he couldn't tell which was more important? Immediately bowed down and said, "Xiaguan will go and get someone immediately." "Turn around and go out.

Zhou Xuan said: "Slow - Lord Huang, whether the horses and foot archers in Shangrao County can be used is a problem, and one of them secretly ran away halfway to report to the Xie family, so how can you arrest people?" ”

Huang Tingshi's face was ashamed, Zhou Xuan was telling the truth, Shangrao County Ya and the whole government had a close relationship with the Xie family, but it was a pity that he was in charge of a state and three counties, and he couldn't call the county lieutenant, and said ashamedly: "Then the lower official immediately transferred troops and horses from the state?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "No need, do you want to catch a Xie Lao Liu so exciting?" I will let Fenghua Guide Lang General Qi go with you, and there are fifty government soldiers to listen to. ”

According to Zhou Xuan's meaning, General Qi and Huang Thorn Shi took fifty Fenghua Mansion soldiers, as well as the timid bandit and the cow steward, the cow steward had woken up, Zhou Xuan promised to spare the two of them from dying, which would take them to deceive Xie Lao Liu to open the door, if it was a hard break, Xie's manor had a moat and a suspension bridge, which was very troublesome.

Huang Tingshi went out and ordered his subordinate officers to restrain Lieutenant Yu and his men to dismount their horses and foot archers, and not to leave half a step away, so he and General Qi led the soldiers and horses out of the town overnight.

County Lieutenant Yu didn't know what was going on. I had to stand outside the door of the "Wynn Inn" for a night.

Zhou Xuan didn't sleep until the middle of the night, and when it was dawn, he heard General Qi shouting in a loud voice: "Master Hou." People were arrested, Xie Lao Liu and Xie Lao Ba. ”

Zhou Xuan hurriedly got up, cumin had already prepared the toiletries, combed Zhou Xuan's hair neatly, and took out a Xuan mirror for Zhou Xuanzhao, Zhou Xuan smiled: "Comb well." "When I went out and came to the front yard of the inn, I saw Xie Lao Liu being tied up and kneeling under the grapefruit tree in the courtyard, and there was a younger one on the side who looked quite similar to Xie Lao Liu, it should be Xie Lao Ba.

Xie Lao Liu was still stiffening his neck and shouting, "Lord Huang." I, the Xie family, are the Shangrao Wang clan and have always benefited the township, why did Lord Huang send troops to arrest my two brothers late at night? What law have we violated? ”

Zhou Xuan paced into the courtyard and said with a smile: "Mr. Xie, we meet again." ”

Xie Lao Liu was dumbfounded when he saw Zhou Xuan, after Zhou Xuan and they left yesterday, Xie Lao Liu was waiting for the brown sugar to arrive in the manor. In the second half of the night, I heard that the person who heard the Zhuangke say that the cow steward came with brown sugar, put down the broad-board bridge, opened the village gate, and fifty Fenghua soldiers rushed in, and caught Xie Lao Liu, and also caught Xie Lao Ba.

Xie Lao Liu never understood what was going on, and as soon as he opened his mouth to ask on the way, the soldiers of Fenghua Mansion punched and kicked him, so that he didn't dare to speak. In the dark night, he didn't see clearly that it was Huang Thorn Shi who led the troops, and he didn't see it until dawn, so he questioned loudly, and when he saw Zhou Xuan, he realized that this matter was related to Zhou Xuan, and said angrily: "Lord Huang, you are shielding a salt merchant, how much silver did this salt merchant give you?" Is there less money that my Xie family gives you every year? ”

Huang Thorn Shi's face was purple and swollen, and he shouted: "Palm mouth." ”

The two soldiers of the Fenghua Army looked at General Qi, and General Qi nodded. They just "crackled" and slapped Xie Lao Liu.

Huang Tingshi said angrily: "Damn Diao Min, you still dare to talk nonsense, this is Zhou Houye, a scholar of Jixian Palace, you dare to befriend the robber Brown Sugar to murder Zhou Houye, you Xie family long-term fish and meat villagers." It's time for this time! ”

Xie Lao Liu was so shocked that he forgot the pain. Triangle eyes looked at Zhou Xuan, opened his mouth wide and couldn't speak.

Zhou Xuan said lightly: "Mr. Xie." You can open this casino evil enough, if you win the silver, you will send someone to snatch it back, and if you win a lot of land, you will have to make money and kill yourself, you can do this business without capital. ”

Old man Xie's cheeks were red and swollen, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and he smiled forcefully: "It turned out to be Marquis Zhou of Xinzhou, misunderstanding, how dare Xiaomin offend Marquis Zhou!" It's all a misunderstanding. ”

Zhou Xuan turned to Huang Thorn Shi and General Qi: "Immediately send Xie Laoliu, Brown Sugar and others to the mansion, and I will uproot the evil forces of Shangrao." ”

The owner of the "Yongfeng Inn" shop did not sleep all night, rushed to make pastries, let Zhou Xuan and others have a full meal, and asked Zhou Hou Ye to write an inscription on a whim, Zhou Xuan wrote down the five big words of "serving the people" on a whim, laughed mockingly, circled these five words, and asked the shopkeeper to take another piece of paper and write down four big words - "peace of mind." ”

At the beginning of the morning, Zhou Xuan and his entourage left Yongfeng, Li Tao accompanied him, and Zhou Xuan had the intention to promote him.

When the county lieutenant Yu saw that he had arrested the Xie brothers, he was so shocked that his hands and feet were cold, and the fifty horses and foot archers were frightened one by one, and they didn't eat breakfast, and followed the Fenghua soldiers hungry.

At the beginning of Chen, the brigade entered Shangrao County, and went directly to the Yamen of the Assassin Shi, Huang Tingshi ordered the county lieutenant Yu and his subordinates not to leave without permission, and sent the state of the Si Bing Gong Cao to order a hundred people, Huang Tingshi and General Qi divided into two ways, all the way to arrest Zou County, all the way to the Xie family to capture the rest of the tigers of the Xie family.

Huang Tingshi knew in his heart that since the Xie family was moved, the Zou family would definitely not be able to escape, and now he could only escape the earth-shaking catastrophe of Xinzhou officialdom by serving Zhou Xuan loyally.

Zhou Xuan sat in the hall of the Constitutional Division of the Assassin's Yamen Prison, Xinzhou Assassin's official * Cao Gong respectfully accompanied him, Judge Fan, Li Tao, the three idiots and others were there, Jingyi Fairy and Lin Hanyun were arranged to rest in the inner courtyard of the Assassin's Mansion, and the steward of the Assassin's Mansion was instructed by Huang Tingshi to let Mrs. Assassin's wife entertain these Zhou Marquis's relatives.

Mrs. Huang naturally thought that it was Mrs. Zhou Houye, but she didn't know which one was Mrs. Houye, the female crown was definitely not, and the other one was a little girl, and the other two were very beautiful, one was ten, seven or eight years old, but she was dressed as a concubine, and the other was gorgeously dressed, but she was only fifteen or six years old, too young, she didn't look like Mrs. Hou. Only a woman in her early twenties was more suitable, so she said to the woman Wanfu: "The concubine Zhao family pays a visit to Mrs. Zhou Houye." ”

Lin Ning hurriedly flashed to the side. Lin Hanyun said with a smile: "There is no Mrs. Zhou here, Mrs. Zhou is still in Jiangzhou, this is the third sister-in-law, I am the sister of Zhou Houye, this is Zhou Houye's sister, this is Zhou Houye's personal maidservant, this-"

Lin Hanyun looked at Xiahou Tassel and said with some reluctance: "She is the concubine of Marquis Zhou." ”

Mrs. Huang naturally received him warmly.

Zhou Xuanjing, who was in the hall of the Criminal Prison Constitutional Division, waited for the prisoner to be arrested and brought to justice, and waited for a short time. Huang Tingshi came back with people first, arrested Zou County's order, together with the county government's general judgment, detention division, and head arrester, and tied up Yu County's lieutenant on the spot, and fifty county horses and foot archers were confiscated with knives and guns, and stood by on the spot.

After a while, General Qi and Xinzhou Si Binggong Cao escorted a group of people to come, and arrested the second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth of the Xie Ten Tigers. escaped only Lao Jiu, as well as a few stewards of Xie's Casino.

The Xie family brothers and a group of people were still very arrogant, and shouted: "My eldest brother is an official in Beijing, and you have to weigh it if you want to move my Xie family." Zhou Xuan said coldly: "Your eldest brother's name is Xie Yuanhao, right, I remember the provincial master book, and I will remove him from his post when I return to Beijing." ”

As soon as these words came out, the Xie Eight Tigers were silent.

The people were all arrested for the time being, and then the tedious interrogation began, and Zhou Xuan knew that this trial would not be completed in three or two days. And he is not good at trying the case, so he immediately entrusted Judge Fan with carte blanche and asked Judge Fan to work with Huang Tingshi, Xinzhou Si * Cao, and Li Tao to thoroughly investigate all kinds of illegal things about Zou County's order and the Xie family's ten tigers colluding with robbers and brown sugar.

Fairy Jingyi came out and asked, "Brother Xuan, has the matter been handled properly?" ”

Zhou Xuan said: "It's still being tried, and I've been tried for a while, and I'm not good at trying cases." Let Master Fan handle it, Sister Daoyun, how about we go to 6 Yuquan today? If you don't visit 6 feather springs in Xinzhou, it's like entering Baoshan and returning empty-handed. ”

Lin Hanyun smiled and said: "Brother Zhou Xuan, you really want to think about it, you still want to play when there is such a big thing in your hometown." You're funier than I am. You are the first playful Hou Ye in the Tang Kingdom. ”

Fairy Jingyi was about to reproach Lin Hanyun, but Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Hanyun is right. I'm just playful, singing about wine, what is life? How can I do it if I don't play, is it possible that if something happens to my hometown, I will have to look bitter and hateful, and I will be depressed all day long? ”

Xiahou Tassel looked at his face and said: "Gongzi is about to raise his eyebrows and rejoice in getting rid of this bully for the people of his hometown." ”

Zhou Xuan glanced at Xiahou Tassel and said with a smile: "The tassel is right, in the future, the people of Yongfeng will celebrate today, the second day of the fifth month, as a festival, let's go out and visit 6 Yuquan." ”

Zhou Xuan asked the steward of the Assassin's Mansion to lead the way, and rode a horse to tour the "6 Feather Springs", and on the way, he heard the people of Xinzhou talking about it, all of them were talking about the arrest of the Ten Tigers of the Xie Family and Zou County, and they were both happy and worried, not to mention joy, and the worry was that they would release those wicked people in two clicks, so now is not the time to be happy.

Zhou Xuan and his entourage went out of the north gate of Shangrao, and came to the tea mountain where the 6 feathers lived in seclusion, and saw the "6 feather springs", and couldn't help but be disappointed, only to see the ruins and broken walls, a place of gravel, and the spring water on the rouge ground is still clear, but the surroundings are really dilapidated and not decent, and the nearby "tea shrine" is also crumbling, and the house is dangerous!

Lin Hanyun shouted: "Wow, the tea god 6 feathers are so pitiful, why don't these Xinzhou people cherish it so much!" ”

Zhou Xuan sighed, walked to the side of the "6 Feather Spring", saw that the spring water was like a mirror, shining on people's eyebrows, the water color was slightly milky, he took a sip of water, fragrant and sweet, and said: "It is worthy of being the fourth spring in the world, just like a stunning beauty, although her clothes are torn, it is difficult to hide her beauty." ”

Lin Hanyun said with a smile: "Then Brother Xuan will dress up this beauty well." ”

Fairy Jingyi said: "Brother Xuan, come and see, this is a poem inscribed by the poet Meng Jiao for 6 feathers." ”

Zhou Xuan walked over and saw a poem engraved on a stone tablet that fell to the ground - "Question 6 Hong's Gradual Shangrao New Mountain House" "Shocked by the shape of Wuling, moved to this rock." Open the pavilion like storing clouds, and chisel the stone to get the spring first. The whistling bamboo is blowing lightly, and the flowers are a new chapter. It is to know the noble feelings, and get rid of the middle edge of the district. ”

Zhou Xuanfu said: "I will rebuild 6 Yuquan, by the way, in the name of Sister Daoyun, Sister Daoyun is a tea fairy." ”

Fairy Jingyi said half-ashamedly and half-angrily: "It's best to use your name as a tea demon." ”

Lin Hanyun smiled: "I'm right, the tea god, the tea fairy, and the tea demon have gathered by the 6 Feather Springs, a grand event!" ”

Zhou Xuan asked Laifu to fill an urn of spring water to take back, and bought five catties of "Xinzhou Yinqu Tea" produced in the tea mountain from the nearby tea farmers, sniffed it, and felt that the taste of this tea was not low, but it was a pity that the government was incompetent, and did not know how to promote this tea, and even the "Tea God Temple" was not repaired, which is a pity!

When everyone returned to the city, it was already Shen Shi, and as soon as they arrived at the Yamen, they saw hundreds of villagers gathering outside the Yamen and shouting:

"Release Xie Shanren, Xie Shanren is not guilty!"

"Zou County orders love the people like sons, and Zou County orders are wronged!"

"If we don't release Zou Xianling and Xie Shanren's eight brothers, we and other villagers will have to go to Zhaowu to sue the palace and go to Beijing to sue the emperor!"

"Yes, my fathers and villagers in Yongfeng Town asked for the life of Zou County Commander and Xie Shanren, and immediately reinstated Zou County Commander, Shangrao people can't do without such a good official!"

"Xie Shanren is the hope of the villagers, on weekdays to repair bridges and roads, help the needy, and do countless good deeds, if such a good person is arrested, then I and other small people will not live, and they will die together in front of the yamen of this state Zhou Xuan sneered: "Zou and Xie Erjia are really intertwined and powerful, and they have instigated so many people to gather to make trouble, hehe, love the people like children, great good people, there are such funny things in the world!" He called the steward of the Thorn Mansion to his side and said a few words.

The steward of the Assassin's Mansion immediately called a few people and shouted in the streets and alleys of the county: "Some people demand the release of Zou corrupt officials and Xie bullies, folks, go to the state government to have a look, we must not let Zou corrupt officials and Xie bullies be acquitted, otherwise we ordinary people will not be able to live!" ”

In response, hundreds of people soon gathered, and when they came to the state office, they were already thousands of people, and the hundreds of people in the Zou and Xie families immediately lost their arrogance, and they stammered one by one, unable to speak.

Zhou Xuan asked the fairies Jingyi to go back to the Shi Mansion first, he stood in front of the gate of the state government, and fifty Fenghua military soldiers guarded him around, and the three idiots followed closely.

Zhou Xuan said loudly: "Father, old folks, in the next Zhou Xuan, the ancestral home of Xinzhou Yongfeng, Xi is a second-grade university scholar-" The villagers should report the rank, otherwise they don't know how old your official is, and they think that the university scholar is not as big as the county order.

Thousands of people "uproared", wow, the big official of the second grade, the corrupt official of Zou is the seventh grade, and the second grade is the seventh grade, and it is not the corrupt official of Zou who is dead.

Fifty Fenghua soldiers said in unison: "Scholar Zhou is just right! Eliminate harm for the people! ”

Thousands of Shinshu people also shouted like this, the people just want to guide, there is that kind of atmosphere, let them do whatever they want.

The hundreds of people who were instigated by the Zou and Xie families saw that the situation was not good, and if they dared to say anything about Zou County's Ling Aimin Ruzi and the Xie family's Ten Tigers being great and good people, then these thousands of people would rush up and beat them to death, and quickly retreated.

Zhou Xuan's return to his hometown can almost come to an end, deal with Xiahou tassels tomorrow, see how to deal with it?