Zhao Xuefei thought about it for a while, and then understood what Li Feibai meant.

Given that the two lords did not want people to know that they had been to the royal house, this crime really could not be punished too severely. With a sentence of less than five years, he will be in charge of a county order, and he does not even need to report to the prefect. However, if the sentence is more than five years, not only must it be reported to the government but also to the province, and if it is more than ten years, it must be reported to the capital.

He nodded, "Understood!" ”

The two came to a side hall and asked a servant to find the four treasures of the study, and wrote the deed of sale of the coal cellar and the iron smelting office. When Li Feibai stamped his private seal and pressed his handprint, Zhao Xuefei folded it into his arms like a baby.

Li Feibai dictated that Zhao Xuefei wrote a letter, explaining the reason in the letter, and asked Tang Zilan to leave 75,000 taels of silver when he saw the letter and went to the yamen to pull silver. When Zhao Xuefei finished writing, he also stamped a private seal on the back and pressed his handprint.

Zhao Xuefei also put away the letter, and couldn't wait to go back and stamp the official seal on the contract and confirm the matter. How could he wait for the case to be tried again tomorrow, and instructed the officials to put a big case in the side hall and light a bright candle, and then the court will open the trial.

The thieves robbed homes and houses, attacked the county government, and there was neither evidence nor physical evidence.

Zhao Xuefei didn't intend to sentence them to serious crimes, so he turned a blind eye and sentenced them all to four to five years. After the verdict, I saw that the thieves glared at Li Feibai one by one, and there was a great tendency to devour Li Feibai alive. Knowing that this is because the thieves hated Li Feibai for slandering them, they clearly said that the first evil must be eliminated, and they didn't care about it, so why did they sentence them for so many years.

He was secretly shocked in his heart, Li Feibai would go to Xiapan Village with this group of people who hated him tomorrow, wouldn't he be eaten by this group of people halfway down the road, and there would be no bones left. But if one or two hundred yamen archers are sent to escort him, Li Feibai will not have to worry about his life, and Jiyuan City will have no yamen archers, so who will guard the four city gates and who will arrest the thieves. Don't know what to do? Li Feibai, who was standing beside him, suddenly kicked his shoes lightly.

Zhao Xuefei turned his head to look, but saw Li Feibai stretching out a finger and pointing towards a corner. He looked in the direction of his finger and saw a farmer-like figure huddled in a corner.

Seeing that Zhao Xuefei was looking at him, the man hurriedly shrank his body, trying to avoid the murderous gaze.

Zhao Xuefei remembered what Ma Kun said that the conspiracy of the eight brothers of the Jiang family was all leaked by the housekeeper of the Jiang family. When he saw that this person was dressed as a peasant and stood in the corner and was incompatible with the thief next to him, he understood that this person was the Jiang family's housekeeper, and he understood what Li Feibai meant.

He looked at the file in his hand, found out that this person's surname was Chang Mingqing, and said, "Bring the criminal Chang Qing up!" ”

Chang Qing didn't dodge left and right, and when he heard his name called, the whole person shuddered and almost collapsed to the ground. He was brought to the desk by two officials with a water and fire stick, and as soon as the two officials put the water and fire sticks away, the whole person collapsed on the ground like mud.

As the steward of the Jiang family, he is the most trusted child of the eight brothers of the Jiang family, and he participated in the whole plan. The eight brothers of the Jiang family were chopped into pulp, can he have a good one?

can think of the more than 200 thieves in front of him, all of whom are heinous but can get a light sentence for nonsense, he doesn't feel lucky, thinking that Zhao Xuefei is a confused county official, or he can also pick up a life! Immediately got up from the ground, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said: "Lord Qingtian Ming checked, the villain was wronged!" ”

Zhao Xuefei said: "What grievances do you have? ”

Chang Qing said: "The villain heard the noise of the balcony palace last night, got up and came to watch, but he didn't expect to be tied up!" He was about to say something more, but he was startled by the loud noise made by the startling wood, and could not say a word again.

Zhao Xuefei smiled, pointed to Li Fei Bai Makun who was standing left and right, and said, "Your evil deeds, these two people have told me word for word." At this time, if you confess honestly, I can still give you a way to live. If you are to die and cheat, you will first beat 500 sticks! ”

How could Chang Qing not know the power of the big stick, a hundred big sticks can kill and maim people, and five hundred big sticks will beat him into a paralyzed flesh, and he hurriedly told everything clearly.

Zhao Xuefei looked at the thieves again at this time, and the thieves' eyes when they saw Li Feibai had lost their murderous aura, and turned into gratitude for saving their lives. And looking at the evergreen eyes, they are all murderous.

He said: "If you confess honestly and have a heart of repentance, you will also be sentenced to five years of re-education through labor!" ”

Chang Qing kowtowed again like pounding garlic and said, "Lord Qingtian is wise!" ”

Zhao Xuefei really didn't like Chang Qing's participation in the treacherous scheme of the eight brothers of the Jiang family, and almost caused him a catastrophe. It is said that at this time, with the hatred between Changqing and the bandits, he has to detain Changqing alone, otherwise not to mention that the bandits only have their hands tied, even if their hands and feet are all tied, they can eat Changqing raw with their teeth. But he pretended not to think of this verse, and ordered the officials to lock everyone up in the original hall.

Out of the side hall, Zhao Xuefei stretched his waist, looked at the sky and asked, "Cao Zhiyuan and the other three adults slept?" ”

Ma Kun replied: "Before the adults were promoted, the three adults fell asleep. After a pause, he explained, "Lin Zhiyuan and Hua Xiujie saw that Master Li was fine, so they drank two more glasses of joy for a while. Cao Zhiyuan was very strange, he was happy and angry for a while, and he drank himself alone, maybe he was drunk, and said a lot of disrespectful things to Master Li. ”

Zhao Xuefei didn't ask what to say disrespectfully, anyway, Lin Zhiyuan had already told Li Feibai what Cao Zhiyuan said about Li Feibai in the yamen, and now Li Feibai must have exploded his lungs, and he wants to be inseparable from Cao Zhiyuan.

He raised his eyes to look at Li Feibai, wanting to see how angry Li Feibai was, but saw that Li Feibai had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he didn't seem to be angry at all.

Zhao Xuefei said secretly: "At a young age, his cultivation is not bad, and he is a person who does big things." If you don't want to use your wrists to rectify Cao Zhiyuan, then wait for me to take a breath and see how I rectify him. But he said: "Ma Kun, you haven't slept for two nights, go to sleep first." At dawn, I will lead the people to set off, and I will leave you with a team of officials, and everything will be arranged by Feibai, and this gang of bandits will be escorted to Xiapan Village. ”

Ma Kun received the order to retire, and Li Feibai also quit and went to sleep.

Zhao Xuefei touched the deed of sale and the letter in his arms, and felt a sense of relief. At this time, Fang felt uncomfortably hungry, and his stomach was rumbling.

He walked briskly looking around for the fire room of the balcony palace, thinking that everyone who cooked at this point should have rested, and he had no choice but to do something to fill his stomach, but he saw that the fire room was brightly lit.

When I got closer, it turned out that the official who was standing in the hall just now was also hungry, and he was cooking something to eat at this time? He pushed open the door and asked, "What is so fragrant, can I eat a bowl too!" ”

There were more than a dozen servants in the room, one of them pressed the lid of the pot with one hand, and the rest licked their faces and took a bowl and waited for the meat to cook.

The servant who pressed the lid of the pot was very unhappy, and muttered, "There is another one who eats white food." After a pause, he said, "Damn, I didn't see anyone to help when I caught the rabbit, and now the meat is cooked, and all of them come over to eat and drink!" ”

After speaking, this guy felt that the atmosphere in the room was not right, and when he looked back, he saw that the other officials were all kneeling on the ground, and Zhao Xuefei was standing at the door.

The official who pressed the lid of the pot felt that something was wrong, and said secretly: "It shouldn't be the county magistrate who I reprimanded just now!" He immediately knelt on the ground and stammered, "Big ...... Adults, small ones don't know ......"

Zhao Xuefei had a big deal on his mind, and the whole person relaxed a lot, and he didn't take the official who pressed the lid of the pot seriously, and said, "Get up!" Then he asked, "Is the meat cooked?" ”

The official who pressed the lid of the pot hurriedly said: "It's cooked!" ”

Zhao Xuefei said: "If it's cooked, let's open it!" From today onwards, we are also a person who scratches the horse spoon in the pot, and you don't have to be restrained. Do you have alcohol? Get some wine and we'll have three drinks. ”

The official has never seen Zhao Xuefei so approachable, seeing that Zhao Xuefei's face is kind and not like he is joking, he is very happy after a temporary panic, moving the table and moving the table, setting the chair and setting the chair, serving the meat and pouring the wine, the atmosphere is extremely harmonious.

After eating meat and drinking wine, Zhao Xuefei yawned and looked out through the window, the sky was already bright. Although he hadn't slept all night, he didn't feel sleepy, stood up and said, "Go and wake up Lord Cao, Lord Hua, and Lord Lin, and then set off to go back to the city." ”