Qin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

The Queen Mother's seemingly muddy decision has actually favored Mingtang.

It's up to you to make a difference, and you can only look at your daughter if you succeed.

Thinking of Qin Hanyu, Qin Yuan's mood became a little heavy again.

……

The morning court dispersed, and the officials left the court in twos and threes, chatting while walking. Obviously, the content of the chat is the incident that just happened about Sun Zhengren suing Qin Shouzuo.

Sun Zhengren deliberately fell behind others and came to Xi Sikong's side.

Although Xi Sikong has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, his body is still healthy. He was in good spirits, and his steps were strong, not at all like an old man.

Next to Xi Sikong was a middle-aged man with a white face and a bit of bookishness, if he wasn't wearing a general's uniform, he would definitely not have thought that he was a general.

"Old gentleman, General Xi." Sun Zhengren arched his hand towards the two.

The middle-aged general smiled slightly and returned the salute. Xi Sikong just let out a faint "um" and said to the middle-aged general: "Chongxi, you can go." ”

The middle-aged general answered, and then walked away quickly.

After this person left, Sun Zhengren opened his mouth and asked: "Teacher, why are you ...... in the court today?"

Xi Sikong's eyes closed slightly, and he waved his hand slightly, as if he knew what he was going to say.

Sun Zhengren hurriedly stopped talking.

Xi Sikong paused, stroked his beard and said, "Ning Cai, you still don't understand what I mean." ”

"Teacher, students are stupid."

"As Qin Yuan said," Xi Sikong glanced at Sun Zhengren and said, "You are in a bit of a hurry. ”

Sun Zhengren hurriedly arched his hand and said, "This ......"

Xi Sikong slowly paced towards Chengtianmen, and said: "I want to sue Qin Yuan for not knowing how to investigate with just a complaint, this is urgent; Requesting that the case be transferred to the Tingwei Mansion for trial is urgent. ”

"Teacher," Sun Zhengren paused for a moment, and saw that Xi Sikong did not mean to interrupt him, so he said: "Officials above the fifth grade have violated the law and will be escorted back to the Imperial Governor's Mansion for trial, which is clearly written in the laws of the Great Jin Dynasty......"

Sun Zhengren didn't say anything, but of course Xi Sikong knew what he meant.

Xi Sikong walked out of Chengtianmen, stopped outside the palace, and said in a deep voice: "Ning Cai, your horizons still need to be relaxed. ”

"Let me ask you, do you know why the Queen Mother secretly favors Mingtang?"

"I've really not figured this out." Sun Zhengren frowned.

"Then let me ask you, why did Yuan Baohu and Qin Yuan's daughter go to Qiantang?"

"Aren't they sent by Qin Yuan to investigate the murder of Qian Dahong?" Sun Yushi asked suspiciously.

Xi Sikong smiled slightly and said, "Definitely! Qian Dahong is just a seven-pin county magistrate, and his case can be completely investigated by Linjiang County. But why do you have to send someone from Mingtang and the daughter of Qin Shouza? ”

Sun Zhengren looked at Xi Sikong puzzled, waiting for him to continue.

"Do you think about whose territory is Qiantang County? Hou Zhao Guangcai of Sanpin Founding County! The Zhao family has been entrenched in Qiantang for many years, and it can be said that it is rampant in the township, and the people's grievances are boiling. The local government and people did not participate in him, and the court admonished him at most. Now he actually put his hand into the temple! On the surface, this time the people of Mingtang went to Qiantang to investigate the murder of Qian Dahong, and there must be another hidden story in it. I heard that this Qin Hanyu is still the general ordered by the Queen Mother herself! ”

"So you're coming out at this time......"

Xi Sikong didn't continue, Sun Zhengren already understood. He couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, looked at Xi Sikong with reverence, bowed down and said, "The student understands." ”

Xi Sikong looked indifferent, looked back at the huge palace, and saw a few dark clouds drifting in, gradually connecting together.

……

Qin Yuan hurriedly returned to the mansion, went into the study, wrote a letter and handed it to a personal entourage, and asked him to send it to Qiantang as soon as possible.

Looking at the back of this personal entourage who turned to leave, Qin Yuan sat in front of the desk, silent in thought.

……

The Qiantang County Barracks is located in the twenty miles of Qiantang County.

Outside the barracks is a plain overgrown with barren grass, and a large loess road leads to the county seat in the middle.

"Drive-drive-"

A black steed "dada dada......da" stepped on the yellow earth, bringing up the sky with smoke and dust.

The man on the horse was a handsome young man dressed in a blue suit with bronzed skin, who was ordered by Yu Huawen to go to the barracks to collect soldiers and prepare to attack the water bandits.

The black steed flew on all fours, and the barracks in front of it were faintly visible.

The gate of the barracks was closed, and a large flag was hung high on the top of the gate. On either side of the gate are two wooden platforms, each of which has two soldiers on duty with spears.

After the tea effort, Lin He's horse came to Yuanmen.

"Whew-"

Lin He grabbed the horse's head and stopped outside the door.

The soldiers on duty had already discovered Lin He and had already notified the patrolling guards.

Seeing Lin He coming, the patrolling captain put his gun horizontally, blocked Lin He's way majestically, and asked in a loud voice: "Who is coming?" ”

Lin He took out the letter and token from Huawen from his arms, and said in a loud voice: "Cao Linhe, a thief in Qiantang County, came to ask to see the county lieutenant on the order of the county magistrate!" ”

When the guard heard that it was the thief Cao of the county government, his voice slowed down, and he arched his hand and said, "Lin thief Cao, wait a minute, let me go in and report." ”

Lin He frowned slightly, but still hugged his fists and said, "There is labor!" ”

In order to weaken the power of the magistrates, the Great Jin Dynasty let the county lieutenants in the county be in charge of the military and were not subject to the county order. However, from a legal point of view, the county order is still the prefect in charge of all military and political affairs in a county, and it stands to reason that Lin He has a decree from the county order, and the barracks should be released immediately.

Now, however, it seems that this is not the case......

After a while, the soldier ran out and said, "Lin thief Cao, please come in, and the county lieutenant is invited."

Lin He handed the horse to the soldier, and he followed the man to the barracks.

Not far from entering the gate were rows of cowhide tents set up for makeshift drills, and there was no one living inside. To the west of the tent is a school field, where several teams of soldiers in neat armor are practicing on the school field, one by one, shouting loudly. On the north side of the school field is an equipment warehouse, which stores some armaments and baggage, such as siege vehicles, grain, weapons, and so on.

Passing through the tent, there was the barracks of the soldiers. The county governor's office is among them.

Lin He followed behind the soldiers, and after a while, he came to a house.

The soldier arched his hand outside the door and said, "Heavy county lieutenant, the forest thief Cao of the county government has arrived." ”

"Come in, please!" A hoarse voice came from inside the room.

Lin He walked into the door, and a familiar scene came into his eyes. There are three rooms in the room, and there is a long office case in the middle facing the door, and the county lieutenant is sitting behind the desk. On the wall of the east room hangs a topographical map of Qiantang, in front of which a long table and several chairs are placed. In the west room, there are several armory racks on display, on which various weapons are placed. The lieutenant was about thirty years old, and he was dressed in a suit of armor, with a burly figure, a black beard, a square face, and thick eyebrows, but a pair of triangular eyes, which looked quite uncomfortable.

There were four soldiers fighting on both sides, and judging by the clothes, they should be the chiefs of the barracks.

"Heavy county lieutenant, subordinate officer Lin He, the current thief Cao of this county." Yu Huawen had already told Lin He in advance that the county lieutenant here was named Chongya.

Although the rank of the thief Cao is half a grade lower than that of the county lieutenant, under normal circumstances, the two should be indistinguishable, and Lin He is more humble when he calls himself so.

"Hmm." Chongya sat on the main seat, looking at Lin He, but he didn't move at all.

"Lin thief Cao, this official used to be in this county office, but I haven't seen you!" Heavy Tooth withdrew his eyes and asked proudly.

The four chiefs looked at Lin He with disdain, and the chiefs who were close to the case on the left muttered in a low voice: "The people in this county government are all eating dry food, and there must be something wrong here." ”

Although the sound is not loud, it can be clearly heard in everyone's ears in the quiet tent.

Lin He frowned lightly and glanced at a few long glances.