Guo Zhang was already standing outside the Guandi Temple, dressed in a crimson shirt, holding a big knife in his hand, pacing back and forth and waiting for someone. It's like a mountain king! Several military academies are also plainclothes, standing casually on the steps with bright torches. Looking at this posture, Cao Ze, who rushed back, Xiao Yan almost didn't laugh, and the three of them glanced at each other, and immediately understood what they meant.

"You catch me two turtles, I'll catch you five bastards!" As soon as Guo Zhang saw the big man, he walked down the stairs by the firelight, pointed his nose with his hand and scolded: "What is your name, dare to deceive people like this?" ”

When the big man saw that there were officers among the people who took him, and when he saw this battle, he suddenly became furious, and said in anticipation: "The king doesn't need to be angry, he has something to say!" In Xia Feng Qinglong, there is only a few pieces of land, if you want to entangle, let this brother go, let him go back to get ......"

"Okay!" Xiao Yan smiled, stepped forward and cut the rope of a servant with a knife and said, "Go, you want to make a ghost, look at his appearance!" Cao Ze on the side came to the person who was tied up with a smile, stretched out his hand, and in just an instant, "Woo" cut off two ears and threw them in the ground. "Go back and get three thousand taels of silver!" Guo Zhang didn't expect Cao Ze to be so ruthless, and he couldn't help but take a breath.

Seeing this, the big man became more and more convinced that it was a robber who had kidnapped the ticket, so he handed over a look and said, "You go back and tell the old lady that you have a friend who urgently needs three thousand taels of silver, so hurry up and bring it." If it's not enough, go to the eldest brother to exchange a few, do you hear? The man replied, "Yes!" "A puff of smoke went.

"You make us robbers!" When the three of them saw that the servant had gone, they laughed, Guo Zhang turned his face to Feng Qinglong and said, "I'm an official!" Then he ordered someone to carry out the card of quiet avoidance, and said loudly to the people who were watching the excitement: "I have already visited and learned that this Feng Qinglong is the first tyrant of Oolong Town. Go back, tomorrow here to put a card to complain, there are grievances, there are grievances! ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as the people heard that this was an official, they looked at each other and whispered for a while, then they knelt down together and said: "This Master Feng is not a bad person, please let him go!" ”

And when he spoke, he prostrated himself. This plea not only surprised the captains, but Guo Zhang was also a big surprise. Feng Qinglong raised his head at this time, triumphant. Seeing him like this, Guo Zhang smiled coldly and said, "What a 'master', it turns out that he is still an official!" What kind of fame do you have to oppress this side of the people like this? ”

"Zhengzhou Guarding the Imperial Palace," Feng Qinglong rolled his eyes and said, "How is it?" ”

"Since you are the president of Qian, why don't you come to Zhengzhou and come to this town to do something?"

"I took a leave of absence to come back to recuperate. How, not allowed? ”

"Humph! You're sick! Seeing that he was stubborn, Guo Zhang gritted his teeth and smiled, "Why did you rob this woman of five taels of silver?" ”

"His family bought me fifteen acres of renamed land, and he should pay five hundred taels of silver, and you will make a fuss if you take five taels!"

Guarding the palace is always from the five grades, Guo Zhang is a little hesitant. Xiao Yan heard a gap in his words at this time, and asked in a hurry: "The renamed field is a relic land that I don't know where it belonged during the war, and it belongs to the imperial court, and the money from selling should go to the imperial court, how dare you enter your private pocket?" When did you get on the errand? ”

"The year before last." Feng Qinglong said with an easy answer, he was a little irritable. "What kind of officer are you?"

"Busy asking me what to do? Beware of cutting out your tongue! Xiao Yan sneered, and asked the father and daughter again, "When did you plant this land?" ”

The old man cowered and didn't dare to answer, but the woman had already seen that these people were very promising, and hurriedly knelt down and replied: "Five years ago, our family fled here and planted fifteen acres of land...... It used to be the land of a wealthy local merchant, but now the rich merchant has disappeared, and the land has been deserted. This ruffian took advantage of his brother's power the year before last to protect the whole of Qianzong, and insisted that he would pay 500 taels of silver for this land...... It is difficult to find all the money and food in the imperial court, where can I find this money to fill this bottomless debt? …… When he couldn't pay the money, he took my brother to be a battalion soldier, and my father came out to stop them, and told them to blind them with both eyes......" The girl said this, and she couldn't stop crying.

"Hey, boy," Cao Ze whispered beside him, "this man is really a thief, he must not be let go!" Guo Zhang nodded, and said, "Girl, if you speak boldly, it's up to me to decide!" ”

"Why do you use me to speak!" The girl pointed to the people kneeling on the ground and said, "They are all witnesses, let them speak." How did Master He die in the county in front of him! Seeing that no one dared to speak, the girl choked up and said, "I'm afraid of him, I say!" Mr. He was the magistrate of Zhengzhou before, and issued a notice asking the people to delay the payment of the money for the name change - how many years have we waited to meet such a good official. He Feng Qinglong communicated with Feng Xilong, the elder brother of the Zhengzhou prefect, and held a banquet in Oolong Town, and Master He died violently on the road that night! Master He's coffin returned to his hometown and had no money, or did the poor people of Oolong Town quietly exchange money and hand it over to He Gongzi - are you all dumb? Why don't you dare to tell the truth? ”

This matter is very important, no one dares to talk about it, in the cold night in front of the Guandi Temple is as silent as death, only the mournful cry of the night owl can be heard from afar, and everyone's heart trembles. Guo Zhang knew that if he didn't show his identity, it would be difficult to ask about the case, so he said loudly: "Go and ask the Son of Heaven Sword given by the king!" This sentence was extremely clear in the wilderness, which shocked Feng Qinglong and the people were even more dumbfounded.

When it was young, the drums played in unison. The sword of the Son of Heaven was firmly held in Guo Zhang's hand. The entourage brought out two stones from the temple and invited Cao Ze and Xiao Yan to sit separately. The people of the town could hear the music outside in the middle of the night, and more and more people came. The civilians in the poor countryside had never seen such a powerful faction, and they all bowed their heads and shouted in unison: "Lord Qingtian! ”

The words only made Guo Zhang's heart cold, he was afraid that he would take the risk and let a weak woman come out, but now that he saw the imperial sword, he had the courage to speak.

The guys who always dare not resist only for their own interests are really a bunch of cowardly waste, who deserve to be bullied, and it is not a pity to die!

Although I was disgusted in my heart, I had to pretend to be affectionate on the surface. Guo Zhangxu stepped down the steps and said with his hands in unison: "Fathers, please get up!" He turned his face to Feng Qinglong and said, "Didn't you ask me about my identity?" This constitution is the first class guard of the current king, the left capital of the imperial history pearl, these two are the king's confidants and close ministers, we are sent to the west road by the holy Shangqin, passing by here tonight, visit your bad deeds, to eliminate harm for the people! ”

As soon as he said a few words, the people below cheered and roared in unison: "King Shengming! Feng Qinglong's face was like ashes, and he was paralyzed to the ground.

Guo Zhang didn't care about the cheers, and only whispered to Feng Qinglong: "We are like pigs and dogs. Xiao Yan said to the people again, "If you have any grievances, you can sue him, and he will naturally be the master for you!" The people were so excited that they told Feng Qinglong's crimes: just to eat the money from the renamed field, he had forced thirteen lives to die, not to mention his bad deeds of seizing people's daughters, capturing men without permission, and enclosing land. It wasn't until dawn that the main crime was revealed.

"With your thirteen lives alone, you are innocent of death!" Guo Zhang turned around and instructed the captain: "We will be ordered by the Holy Order, patrolling on behalf of the heavens, and we will clear the people and thieves here today, so wait for the waiters!" The lieutenants heard the order and shouted in unison: "Woo! With the sound of a horn and three cannon sounds, Guo Zhang waved his hand, and the two lieutenants walked over, picked up Feng Qinglong and dragged him a few steps forward. At this point, the three of them felt half of their evil anger, pointed to several of Feng Yinglong's accomplices and said, "What do you say?" ”

Those people were already so frightened that they couldn't care about binding their hands behind their backs, but just kowtowed and shouted: "I just want the old man to be born under the sword!" Cao Ze was ruthless, and asked Guo Zhang to kill him ruthlessly, Xiao Yan quietly persuaded on the side: "These people don't deserve to die, it's enough to enlighten them a few boards." ”

"Good!" Guo Zhang said loudly, "Drag it down, forty sticks per person, so that they will remember today forever!" ”

In the past few years, the people's grievances have been stretched day by day, and they have raised their eyes to the sky to thank them. Some chanted the Buddha endlessly, some came around to inquire about the official titles of the three people, some gathered around to see the excitement, and some were extremely scoundrels, so they went to Feng Qinglong's corpse to find silver. The chaos lasted until breakfast, and then dispersed. Guo Zhang took out another thirty taels of silver and sent away the father and daughter who were singing.

"Happy!" Cao Ze returned to the main hall, sat down at the god table, faded away, raised his head and drank a cup of herbal tea, "I don't want to have a few of us co-starred in "Oolong Town" last night!" He laughed.

"But we're not careful!" Xiao Yan said suddenly. Seeing Cao Ze, Guo Zhang was surprised, so he said, "There is no confession, and there is no detention," Shen Yin said for a moment, "His brother is the prefect again, and he will come to make it difficult today, you have to deal with it properly." ”

"Just because his brother conspired to poison a certain official, he dared to ask me if he had a confession?" Guo Zhang smiled, "It's okay, if Feng Xilong doesn't come today, he will come tomorrow, you just look at my brother." - We just let that man go, just to tell him to tell the news. I'm afraid that if he doesn't come, he will start a pen and ink lawsuit, which will be troublesome! ”

"I know this, so you will definitely win the lawsuit." Xiao Yan said slowly, "I mean, my brother is Zhengyuan, and it is better to be more calm in the future." ”

This is indeed a good word, Guo Zhang admired it very much, and hurriedly said: "Brother wrote it down." ”

At this time, after eating early, Guo Zhang simply released a sign, saying that he would stay here for three days to inspect the people's situation. Last night's murder has caused a sensation in the town, and the people have helped the old and the young to flock to the north of the town to see. Guo Zhang sent someone to carry the big gong, and shouted while knocking on it: "Lord Qincha got off the sedan chair here for three days, and the people have grievances and complaints, so they will go to the Guandi Temple to submit it!" ”

As he was shouting, the flow of people in front of him suddenly gave way to a sidewalk. A four-person blue tweed sedan chair was carried over slowly, and the honor guard in front of it was not used, and only a few officials pushed the crowd with their hands to open the way for the sedan chair. It turned out that Feng Xilong, the prefect of Zhengzhou, had arrived.

He originally got the report last night that his brother Feng Qinglong was kidnapped by bandits in Wulong Town, so he went to the camp and quickly ordered 200 soldiers and personally led the team to kill him. When he arrived in the town, he found out that it was actually Qin who had arrived, so he hurriedly sent the soldiers back from the people and others, and came to see Guo Zhang and them in a sedan chair. The people were originally gearing up, and they were discussing in groups to recommend the gentry to see the Qincha, but when they saw him coming, they all stopped, staring blankly at him and going straight to the Guandi Temple.

Guo Zhangzheng and Cao Ze and Xiao Yan were talking in the main hall, and suddenly saw a lieutenant come in, handed over his notebook and said: "Feng Xilong, the prefect of Zhengzhou, please see Lord Zongxian!" ”

"Call him in!" Guo Zhang commanded with a smile. "Let's see, what kind of thing it is!" Cao Ze took a sip of tea. While speaking, Feng Xilong had already entered the hall. When the three of them looked closely, this person had a short figure, a square face, and a fierce face. While reporting his name and position, Feng Xilong only arched his hand with his face up, and performed the court salute according to the etiquette of the government hall to see the governor. According to the rules, Guo Zhang should be exempted from courtesy, but he sat still. Feng Xilong refused to bow again, and the two of them already had mustard in their hearts.

"Please sit down and offer tea!" Guo Zhang coldly commanded, and deliberately asked again, "Is the Zhengzhou prefect at your step?" ”

"Don't dare," Feng Xilong bowed down and replied, "Tingji had already received it, but he didn't expect Lord Qincha to come so quickly, and he didn't have time to greet him, begging for forgiveness!" As he spoke, he asked, "My lord killed Feng Qinglong last night, but I don't know what crime he committed?" ”

Guo Zhang didn't expect him to dare to strike first, and replied after a moment's pause: "Brother kills him, there is a reason to kill." Why, I can't kill him? ”

"That's not the case." Feng Xilong straightened up, "Feng Qinglong is now a fifth-grade official, and he is ordered to urge the department to pay the renamed silver taels, and he is not an outlaw." Even if the lord kills him, he must have an explanation, otherwise he will not be able to return to his humble position. ”

"The people are already hungry, where will they get the money to pay for the name change? This minister has bowed to the king of Ming, please forgive all the decrees! ”

"Please return to the request, and the waiver will be exempted," Feng Qinglong replied in a loud voice, "Now that there is no will, there is the crime of killing officials without permission, and the lowly duty cannot but be compromised!" ”

Xiao Yan listened attentively on the side, and suddenly laughed and said: "Did he also act as an order to poison the former county commander He and force thirteen lives to death?" ”

"What He, what thirteen lives?" Feng Xilong did not show weakness, "I will talk back to the adult, who are you?" ”

"He asked, he asked, and you don't bother to ask anyone!" Guo Zhang was furious, "Come, withdraw your seat!" Two lieutenants stepped forward, pushed Feng Xilong and staggered, removed a stool, and listened to Guo Zhang's next order: "Remove him from his official position!" ”

"Slow!" Feng Xilong was very stubborn, and shouted loudly with both hands, "Which one dare?" I am the Chosen Officer! ”

"Unified election" refers to the area where the three dynasties and the Qi state were disputed, and the two countries jointly drafted and selected magistrates. These elected officials include officials of the Qi State and officials of the Three Dynasties, and even if they are disposed of, they need to be discussed by the two countries, which is very troublesome. Guo Zhang couldn't help frowning. But in the meantime, there is really no room for turnaround, and the face is really not down.

Just as he was thinking about countermeasures, he saw Cao Zeyun full of qi and slapped Feng Xilong with a single palm, which made him break his breath. Xiao Yan immediately pulled out his sword from the frame and stabbed it at his heart, stabbing out the back of the heart by more than half a foot! Guo Zhang was so frightened that he couldn't help but close his eyes, and slowly opened them after a while

Feng Xilongwu leaned back and refused to fall, holding the hilt of the sword on his chest with both hands, bleeding from his mouth, and said with difficulty: "You...... You guys...... It's so poisonous! ”

"No poison, no husband!" Without waiting for the two to talk, Guo Zhang smiled and said, "It's not wrong to kill you, the people are happy!" It also saves you and me from a pen and ink lawsuit. As he spoke, he stepped forward and pulled his sword suddenly, and immediately the blood flowed. Feng Xilong screamed and fell to the ground, swallowing his breath without even kicking his legs. When Feng Xilong saw this tragic situation, all of them turned pale. Cao Ze, Xiao Yan looked at this elegant scholar, and he was so ruthless, and he was secretly shocked.

Guo Zhang casually took out a silk silk from his arms, wiped the blood stains on the sword, and said, "Happy!" One day and one night to eliminate two evils for the people, the king will praise us! ”

After everyone retreated, Cao Ze only felt happy, and said to Guo Zhang: "Boy, I see you thin and withered on weekdays, but I didn't know that you had such a little courage, but I underestimated you!" Guo Zhang smiled: "Where did I get a little bold!" This bit of spirit is still barely learned by looking at the Three Kingdoms Water Margin and the like. It's just that it's a different story. After smiling, Xiao Yan was silent, and said for a while: "It's just that it's too ruthless, don't you get close to the kitchen?" ”

"If you don't have a ruthless hand, where does the world come from?" Guo Zhang smiled, "This is all a reading experience." ”

"Fortunately, this Feng Xilong is from the Three Dynasties, and he has done a lot of evil, presumably the king will not punish us. You can't kill so recklessly next time. Xiao Yan instructed.

The three of them lingered in Wulong Town for a few days, and carefully supplemented the documents of Erfeng's crimes according to the law, and then bowed to the fold, and sent it to the capital of Qi for 600 miles, and asked for punishment. Everything was done, and on the sixth day, the edict came down, a copy was issued and a copy was sent by the court.

Guo Zhang smiled after reading Mingfa's edict: "This edict exempts the money for changing the name of Tian, which is really a great merit!" If the sage is like a mirror, the world can be prosperous and naturalized from now on! ”

Xiao Yan said: "Don't be too happy too early, and then look at this court, this is our punishment!" "When I opened it and looked at it, I couldn't help but be happy. It turned out to be Xiao Zhi's personal handwriting Zhu Pi, and the words of the three people who asked for punishment were repeated in the front, and Zhu Pi in the back wrote:

According to the Imperial History, the Imperial Sect's cronies were to kill officials without a request, and they should have been punished as appropriate to uphold the state's express order. Thinking of its shearing violence in Russia, rebellious in the first sprout, its initial ambition is good! The order is still based on the original intention of the west, all the way to inquire about the officials, carefully twisted and folded. The sanction requested is exempted.

Seeing this, Guo Zhang exclaimed in surprise: "Look, look at the two, the king still asks about you!" Cao Ze, when Xiao Yan was busy looking, he saw a few lines of small words behind him:

Are Cao Gong and Xiao Yan's cousin good? Very much. Sincerely. Your family members are all properly accommodated, and there is no need to worry. It's cold, Wangru and others take care of themselves along the way, the mountains are high and the road is far away, the road is difficult and dangerous, saving life is important, and the rest can do their best, cut it.

Cao Ze couldn't help but smile after reading it, "The front must have been drafted by someone, and the half-written words in the back must have been written by yourself." ”

"Just look at the crooked words." Xiao Yan said with emotion, "Although the words are a little rougher, the meaning is true. ”

The three of them bowed the edict with tears in their eyes, and when they stood up, the sleeves of their robes were wet.

Whether it is the matter of corrupt officials or the conflict between the three dynasties, we must do our best to deal with it. The three of them thought that it was not only for atonement, for power, but also for the monarch who could be a confidant.

The road ahead is long and difficult, but as long as there is hope and a confidant is still there, it will not be so hard, will it?