After a stick of incense, the two went back to the inn where they were staying, Qingmo said excitedly: "You guessed right, sure enough, Su Cheng was buying carp to eat, and the old man got the money and walked out of the back door of the Su family brightly, and the housekeeper of the Su family followed, and also instructed that the day after tomorrow Shen Shi sent two more big ones." ”

Li Mao said: "That's good, let's go home tomorrow." Qingmo looked at the sky and asked, "It's still early, what are you going to do tonight?" Li Mao said with a smile: "The old man guarding the door must be the eyeliner of the Su family, let's ask about the carp to ensure that he is not suspicious, so let's go to the fish market and see if there is any big fish to buy and drink." ”

Li Mao expected it well, and someone came to the inn where they stayed that night to inquire about what they had eaten at night, because he received Li Mao's three pennies from him, and the young man who helped the cook quietly reported the news to Li Mao, and told him that the person was the Su family's family. Li Mao only smiled faintly when he heard this, and that night they cooked a grass carp, prepared a few appetizers, and ate a delicious meal.

On the second day, he returned to Chengwu County, and Li Mao truthfully reported what he heard to Xue Rong. Xue Rong furrowed his brows and said to himself: "You have to try to beat him, let him continue like this, sooner or later there will be a big mess." ”

"There is a way, maybe you can try it." Li Mao said carefully, there is an idea he has been brewing, but he doesn't know if it is feasible.

"Tell me about it."

"Su Cheng is fond of carp, and someone specially sent fish to his house." Halfway through the words, Xue Rong started the case: "Okay, let's use this fish to solve the problem." ”

Xue Rong immediately summoned Cui Li, the county governor, and informed him that someone had reported that Su Cheng from Su Xiaodu Township was stealing carp at home, and the person who reported it threatened that if the county didn't care, he would go to the state to complain. Cui Li was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Since someone has sued, you can't ignore it, and you will immediately take someone to get him." ”

Xue Rong said: "You don't have to go out in person, just send Feng Bu to run, the matter has not been verified, in case it is a false accusation, there will be no room for maneuver between them." ”

Feng Bu was the judicial assistant of the county, responsible for the arrest of bandits and picketing of traitors in the county, and it was obviously more appropriate for him to inquire about this matter than the county lieutenant.

Cui Li said: "What the Ming Mansion said is extremely true, and the lowly position will be arranged." Xue Rong said again: "Let Maohua go with him, and get close to Feng Bu and them, so that he can do things in the future." ”

The county lieutenant has his own lobby, commonly known as the "second ya", Cui Li summoned his subordinate officials, called Feng Bu to explain carefully, dropped a warrant, and sent Feng Bu out of the door. Feng Bu is about forty years old, not tall, but very strong, he has been an errand in Chengwu County for more than 20 years, and has served for six county commanders, with a deep foundation.

Chengwu County Yali has 20 fast catchers, fast catchers are a general term, subdivided into catchers and fast hands, catchers are responsible for arresting thieves and picketing treacherous fakes. Kuaishou is responsible for patrolling the streets and acting as a companion for county officials when traveling, and the status of catchers is slightly higher than that of Kuaishou.

In addition, each catcher can hire four helpers on his own, called auxiliary soldiers, and the county subsidizes clothes in spring and autumn, gives food rations three stones per year, subsidizes attendance, and rewards for meritorious service.

After taking over this errand, Feng Bu immediately summoned the four catchers in the Ya to discuss. A catcher said: "That Su Cheng is a big family in the county, and there are hundreds of servants in the family, even if we all go, I'm afraid we won't be able to get him, so it's better to ask the county to send fifty local soldiers to follow him, so as to suppress him in momentum." ”

The local soldiers, also known as the unity soldiers, began to be established in the early Tang Dynasty, and were formed by local officials according to the proportion of household registration, working in the countryside in spring and summer, and training in autumn and winter, and being responsible for maintaining local law and order. The Solidarity Soldier is not in the military and is not separated from production for a long time, and he has his own rations and clothing, most of which is collected and allocated by the county where he is located, and the State Military Academy is responsible for books, weapons, and training.

In addition to assisting the catchers in catching thieves and guarding the place, they also undertook chores such as repairing houses, cleaning the courtyard, cooking, carrying water, and digging dung.

Feng Bu discussed with Li Mao, and Li Mao said: "Reasonable." ”

Xue Rong immediately signed a sign to ask the Tutuan battalion to transfer 50 healthy soldiers to assist, and Zheng Hu, the captain of the Tutuan battalion, did not dare to slack off when he received the order, and immediately sent a fast horse to Caozhou City to ask for instructions from the officials, and when it was dark, the order came down, and agreed to send troops to assist the county government on errands.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zheng Hu personally accompanied Feng Bu and Li Mao to the camp to order troops. sent the leader of the team, Han Zi, to lead the troops, and allocated two bows and fifty arrows to strengthen the momentum.

A group of fifty-five people, Feng Bu, Li Mao, Han Zihe, and each rode a mule, but the native soldiers rode a variety of livestock, including eliminated war horses, ordinary horses, mules, donkeys, and a black ox.

These "war horses" are all prepared by the native soldiers, an ordinary war horse is worth 10,000, and it is by no means something that ordinary people can buy, so they have no choice but to take mules and donkeys to make up the number, fortunately, the unity soldiers are mainly stationed in the place, and the requirements for mobility are not high.

After walking for nearly two hours before arriving at Su Xiaodu Village, Feng Bu was angry and thunderous, and Han Zi also shouted, but what can be done, people like to walk slowly and leisurely, and the little donkey still walks for three miles to rest for a while.

Looking at Su Xiaodu, bathed in the sunset, Li Mao only smiled bitterly in his heart.

No wonder the local people don't dare to come forward to denounce Su Cheng, this Su family is really hand-eyed, how many people in the county are maintaining their family openly and secretly?

Cui Li called all the subordinate officials and announced in public that he would go to Su Xiaodu to arrest people, what was the purpose, not to let the Su family's eyeliner rush to report the news?

Needless to say, the catcher who advocated the assistance of the soil transfer soldiers was also a member of the Su family, no matter how powerful the Su family was, would he dare to openly resist law enforcement? Resisting law enforcement is similar to rebellion, what is the end of rebellion, how can Su Gui, who has been a judicial assistant for decades, not understand the reason?

This is clearly stalling for time!

And this Feng Bu, ordering a native soldier is like a little autumn incense, grinding and chirping all morning, what is the purpose?

It was nearly dusk, and the door was closed. A catcher stepped forward to call the door, and Zhuang Ding, who was guarding the door, did not dare to call the shots, and said that he would wait and report to the village, and the village went to report to Lizheng, and Lizheng went to Su Cheng's house to report to Su Cheng.

Su Cheng laughed and said, "There are guests from the county town who are very happy, open the door, and go out to greet them." ”

The gate of the village was opened, the suspension bridge was lowered, and Su Cheng greeted the gate of the village with a big grin.

With the last ray of light in the sky, Li Mao looked at Su Cheng: in his early thirties, he had a chubby white face, no beard, he loved to laugh, and his small eyes narrowed into a slit when he smiled, looking at a very kind person.

But because of his preconceived ideas, Li Mao looked at this Su Cheng like a traitor.