A middle-aged man in an official uniform stopped, and walked up briskly from a dozen officials behind. This person is not tall, with two mustaches, long sharp-beaked monkey gills, but there is a hideous aura on his face.

He stopped in front of the villagers and shouted, "Which one is Zhouzhi?" Stand up! ”

Zhou Zhi glanced at him a few times, slowly stepped forward, and said, "The kid is Zhou Zhi, I don't know what this errand is looking for me?" ”

"Humph! What's the matter? Baiyue Village has been robbed by bandits for more than ten days, and some people have reported that you have colluded with the bandits, and it is you and the bandits who have cooperated with each other to make Baiyue Village suffer this catastrophe.

The county lord is concerned about the people, and he came to arrest you in person and go back to ask about the case. ”

Listening to him, it was obvious that the person on the horse was the county Cheng Yang Tong.

In the Ming Dynasty, it is the official is the canon who is in charge of the arrest of prisons in the state and county, and it stands to reason that the county is the assistant to the county, and does not manage the arrest and punishment prisons and the like. But Qingdu County is a little special, this Yang Tong was a classic history at first, and later he was promoted to become a county official. So he's still in charge of arresting prisons.

As for Feng Kehuai, the classic history of Qingdu County, because he was weak by nature and old, he had already gone home to retire under the persecution of Yang Tong.

Zhou Zhi had heard of Yang Tong for a long time, but he had never seen him in person. Brother-in-law Hu Zhe's family originally opened a silk cotton shop, but it was precisely because Yang Tong made a stalk from it and did not give a guide that the silk cotton shop could not be purchased from farther away and was difficult to maintain.

Yue Chan, the youngest daughter of Yue Shujie, the patriarch of the Yue family, married this person as a concubine. When Zhou Zhi was studying in Qingdu County, he also heard that Yang Tong, as a county magistrate, violated Chen Guangyaoyang, the county magistrate, and he was not in harmony with the magistrate, and he made it difficult to know the county everywhere.

This guy is a real snake.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Zhou Zhi has no good impression of Yang Tong.

The county is an eight-grade official, Zhou Zhi is an ordinary person, and when the people see officials, they naturally have to kneel and speak. But Zhou Zhi stood proudly, just bowed his hand slightly, and said to Yang Tong who was riding on a horse, "The kid has seen Lord County!" ”

The corners of Yang Tong's mouth glanced slightly, but his face was not unusual, but Zhou Zhi could feel that Yang Tong was very displeased, and even said that he was very annoyed.

"You Diao Min, how dare you not kneel when you see Lord County? On your knees! The sharp-beaked monkey-cheeked official immediately shouted.

"Liu Bantou, don't talk like this, it's okay if he doesn't kneel." Yang Tong said pleasantly.

Liu Bantou, who had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, didn't know why, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he only lowered his head and dodged away with a big breath.

"The official asked you, did your family adopt a thief?" Yang Tong asked in a loud voice.

"If you go back to adulthood, the Zhou family did adopt a child from Qingzhou, but he is not a thief, he is a child of a poor people." Zhou Zhizheng color road.

"The official clearly tells you that he is a thief, and it was he who seduced the bandits to Baiyue Village. Thinking about it, you have been with that thief for so long, and you must have colluded with that thief. That's why someone sued you to the county office. Yang Tong still said in a soothing tone.

"Adult, villain is not a thief!" Qi Yanwu had been listening carefully for a long time, and at this time he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt on his knees, and argued.

"Humph! You are a thief or not, you don't count, you will be arrested and interrogated, and you will naturally understand. This official is Qingdu County, and he wants to be the master of the people and remove the scourge for the people! Yang Tong said solemnly.

I have to say that his upright performance immediately won the favor of the villagers. The villagers shouted in unison, "Lord Xiancheng is the master of the blue sky, right!" It is to get rid of this evil. ”

The voices are one after another, and the passion is surging.

Yang Tong just said a few words to make the people support him very much, and he was very proud in his heart. He enjoyed the feeling of being cheered and embraced by the people, and it was not until the people shouted for a while that the voice was much quieter, that Yang Tong stretched out his hand and pressed down, signaling everyone to stop.

Yang Tong immediately arched his hand and said, "Lord Qingtian can't afford to be an official, but it is the duty of the official to ask for his life for the people and do things for the people." ”

With that, his gaze suddenly turned cold, and he ordered the officials, "Come on! The thief was tied up and taken back to the county government for interrogation. ”

Liu Bantou, who had a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, couldn't help but say, and led the gang of fast squad servants to press Qi Yanwu to the ground, and then the rope was tied firmly.

Qi Yanwu has martial arts, if he resists and struggles, this gang of errands will naturally not succeed so easily. But Qi Yanwu is a small people after all, and the people don't fight with the officials, he really doesn't have the guts, so he can only be obediently bound.

Liu Ban's first-class servant tied up Qi Yanwu, and threw a questioning glance at Yang Tong, the meaning was obvious, Zhou Zhi and Qi Yanwu were both colluding with thieves, should it be time to tie up Zhou Zhi next?

Unexpectedly, Yang Tong didn't look at them, and said to the villagers with a gentle smile on his face, "Rest assured, this little thief will be severely interrogated if he is caught." If we find out the origin of those bandits, we will definitely bring them to justice and avenge you. ”

Then he waved his hand at Liu Ban's first-class errand and said, "Take that little thief back to the county office!" ”

Turn the horse's head, and this is the way to go.

Li Shun has been secretly observing in the crowd, and his heart is full of joy, this will be the end of next week. was arrested by the county lord, but he couldn't survive the big punishment, and he must confess indiscriminately. The Chen family used the relationship to move their hands and feet, and Zhou Zhi would definitely be cut off his head.

Hehe!

He was so smug that he could barely control his laughter.

But what he didn't expect was that the county Cheng Yang Tong only caught Qi Yanwu and left, as if he had forgotten the existence of Zhou Zhi. This made him a little confused, what's going on? Zhou Zhi is the mastermind. If you don't catch Zhou Zhi, what's the use of catching that thief?

Li Shun hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and shouted loudly, "Lord County, Zhou Zhi is the culprit, as far as this Dao knows, all this is done by Zhou Zhi and the bandits, and Zhou Zhi should be arrested and severely punished!" ”

He is a Taoist, and he thinks he has some status, so he didn't kneel down for Yang Tong.

Yang Tong glanced back at him and said coldly, "What?" Do you still need a miscellaneous hair to handle the case? ”

"I don't dare, but I don't understand!" Li Shun immediately said respectfully.

Yang Tong continued, "This official naturally knows that Zhou Zhi colluded with the bandits and was the mastermind. But the official can interrogate the origin of those bandits by only arresting this little thief, so why arrest him again?

You probably don't know who Zhou Zhi is, right?

Zhou Zhi is a student of Chen Daren. When the official came, the magistrate had an explanation that his students could not be arrested even if they killed someone.

Zhou Zhi is protected by the county magistrate, of course he can't be caught! ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head very depressedly and helplessly, and said, "Alas! Although this official has a heart for the people, he can't be the lord of the county, and he has to obey the orders of the county! ”