The hearts of the people were terrified, and so were the officials. Hearing the four words of Lujiang Taishou, they were all timid. Since they were officials, before the arrival of the new Lujiang Taishou, they had more or less heard of their old style of acting.

killed Han Zong and was ordered by Yanling County; cut He Yi, Ping Huang Shao, and the table is Yingchuan Taishou; Zhu Zhang's family, entered Luoyang, and returned to the county to worship the Lujiang River. Which one is not a fame in exchange for blood on the knife edge. Which of those people who were killed by Xu Chu was not a generation of oppression of the people.

Xu Chu came suddenly, and everyone dispersed, only to see that after the crowd dispersed to the side, there was indeed a person on the ground who fell in a pool of blood, and he was no longer alive.

Xu Chu pointed to the people on the ground and asked, "Who is this?" Why was he killed? Who's going to do it? ”

Three questions were thrown out like a cannonball, and no one dared to come out to answer because of Xu Chu's might. Gan Ning couldn't look at it, and pulled out a common person casually, and the people were so frightened that they fell to the ground, crying: "Back to the palace, this person on the ground is the pavilion chief of this pavilion......" This person was frightened, stammered for a long time, Xu Chu didn't understand, and said a few words of comfort and let him speak slowly, so he could figure out what happened.

The one who was killed was the chief of the pavilion, the man in the middle; The murderer is the official who comes to collect taxes. According to the people found out by Gan Ning, the chief of this pavilion originally came to Lizhong with these people, and used it as a person who was familiar with the local area to lead the way. When they arrived in the middle of the house, as the five-character poem mentioned earlier, the people heard the barking of dogs, and most of them got up in panic. The tax-collecting officials knocked on the door of a house where the children had not eaten for several days, and begged for relief. The official was angry and whipped and beat the people, and the chief of the pavilion couldn't bear to see the people being beaten, so he pleaded for the people. The tax collector led by him pushed the pavilion chief away, scolded a few words, and made a gesture to beat the pavilion chief together. So the chief of the pavilion quarreled with the man who was in charge, and some of the men who followed him, armed with weapons, killed the chief in a fit of rage.

After figuring out the matter, Xu Chu sighed, leaned over to look at the dead pavilion chief's eyes that had never been closed, leaned his head closer, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I'm late." ”

Then he got up and asked Gan Ning to separate the officials who collected taxes, and questioned them one by one, and the confessions obtained were roughly the same as what the people said. To Xu Chu's surprise, among the officials who came to collect taxes, there were officials from the state capital and officials from the county.

Those who beat and killed people were all sent by the state government.

Xu Chu took the officials who collected taxes to his side and asked them in front of the people: "Can you be convicted?" ”

The tax collector at the head seemed to have some connections in the state, and when he saw Xu Chu asking for guilt, he even said something that 'seemed to be threatening' to beg for mercy.

"The subordinates did not do things properly because of the state government's written orders. Princely ...... Or could you take a step to speak? ”

As soon as the people heard this, their hearts were cold, since ancient times, officials and officials have protected each other, and how things will develop after taking a step to speak, guess how to know.

Xu Chu said coldly: "Borrow a step to speak? How dare a guilty person be so arrogant?! Not looking at this official, he asked Gan Ning: "Xingba, what crime should be committed to killing court officials according to the law!" ”

Although the pavilion chief only fights for food, he is also a Han official, and he kills him without interrogation and approval, and his crime is naturally not small.

Gan Ning took out the ring knife and said, "Be punished!" ”

The official at the head said angrily: "How dare you, I am under the command of Lu Jun, the commander of Jiujiang......

Xu Chu glared at Gan Ning and shouted, "Xingba, don't you do it yet?!" ”

Gan Ning has long been eager to try, what Jiujiang Lieutenant, what state capital's order, when I was rampant in Shu County, I couldn't see such evil officials in the township! The ring knife swung as fast as the wind, and the man had no time to react, and his head had already fallen to the ground.

"And the murderer!" Xu Chu stood with his hands in his hands.

"Whoa!"

The murderous state official actually drew a knife, Gan Ning saw this, sneered and kicked him on the knee, the man knelt on the ground in pain, Gan Ning raised the knife in his hand, and the result was another person.

killed two state officials in a row, and the remaining county and state officials didn't dare to make a second time, and fell to the ground with urine on their buttocks, begging for mercy again and again.

Gan Ning was about to pick up a knife to cut, but he suddenly heard Xu Chu say: "Forget it, these people didn't do it, so they will spare it for the time being." The officials sent by the state went back with two heads, and the officials in the county went to the county Gong Cao Zhang Jun to resign within three days! ”

Gan Ning glanced at these people hatefully a few times, and said, "The prince is kind, don't get out of here!" ”

Seeing that they had been spared, these people who had survived their lives were so busy that they ran away. Xu Chu asked the people about the name of the dead pavilion chief and the situation at home, and said to Gan Ning: "Xingba and help me write it down, go back and tell Xu Yuanzhi, first, I want to bury this pavilion chief and ask the craftsman to cast a monument to show his compassion for the people; The second is his family, who just heard that this person has a son who is more than 20 years old, so he succeeded his father as the chief of this pavilion to see the aftermath. ”

After a few orders, the people all listened to it. Someone took the lead in bowing to Xu Chu and said: "The prince loves the people like a son, and the people dare not forget each other!" The words are crying, but this crying is no longer the previous fear, but grateful to Dade, and the affection is deep.

Xu Chu saw that the people kept bowing down, his heart softened, and he helped several people up in a row, and said: "Since I am the official of your parents, don't I make the decision for you?" In the future, if there are officials who come to the middle of the house to collect taxes at night, they can report it upwards from the pavilion department, and the pavilion department will tolerate it and kill the pavilion chief; The township has the rank to appease it, and the killing has the rank; The county officials appeased it and killed the county officials! ”

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When I returned to the camp here, it was after night, and the next morning, not long after Xi Zhong, Guo Jia, Xu Shu and others knew about it, they all came to Xu Chu's tent. learned that Xu Chu was in a bad mood after coming back yesterday and went to spend the night at his family's place.

Xi Zhong said with a smile: "The prince is in a bad mood, and he has a housewife; plays an old wife, but she is not so considerate. ”

Xu Shu hooked the corners of his mouth, "Zhicai, at this time, he is still joking with the lord." ”

After a little joke, it was Guo Jia who looked sideways at Xu Shu, with a smile in his eyes, and asked: "Last night, the lord and Gan Xingba killed the Erzhou officials, and then asked the rest of the people to go back to Jiujiang Liyang with their heads to meet Uncle Fang, what does Yuan Zhi think about this?" ”

Xu Shu blurted out, "Good kill!" It can be seen that although the lord was born heroically, he also knows the suffering of the people and is the lord of benevolence and righteousness. ”

Guo Jiazhi smiled, Xu Shu was born in a poor family, his father was beaten early, and his mother depended on each other, I am afraid that he will suffer a lot from evil officials. "Yuan Zhi, the lord is certainly happy to act, but after all, the state official is a subordinate of Uncle Fang, so he should inform Uncle Fang of this matter as soon as possible."

Xu Shu also smiled: "If it weren't for that, why did the three of us come unexpectedly?" ”

The thoughts of the three of them at the moment are all four words - soldiers first and salute later.

At that time, Xu Chu had to do something. If the pavilion chief under his rule is killed, if he ignores it, it is easy to leave the impression of 'weakness', and in addition, the nominal private murder of Han officials should be punished for his crime, and it is not beautiful to really let the murderer retreat. The person was killed, the wood was already in the boat, and Chen Wen's side didn't care about the reaction for the time being, but his side had to make a plan early.

Lujiang County, as one of the six counties of Yangzhou's Thorn History Department, has a stiff relationship with the state, and it is not good in the end, and Xu Chu is not Danyang and Zhou Xin, and there are a large number of henchmen in Yangzhou who can be relied on. If this matter is regarded as Xu Chu's dismissal, it is obvious that he will make up for it a little.

Make up for it with what? Bringing out Yuan Shao's friendship, Chen talked about his difficulties, prepared solemn gifts, and so on. If Chen Wen accepts Xu Chu's sincerity, it will be the best, in case he doesn't accept it, the reason is also on Xu Chu's side.

The state officials killed the pavilion chief in Xu Chu's county Zhishu County, in fact, even if it was an ordinary person, Xu Chu couldn't ignore it. Xu Chu sat idly by, not only did the high-ranking officials of other counties in Yangzhou look down on him, but the county officials and scholars of Lujiang County will also look down on him.

Especially Guo Jia and others didn't know that Xu Chu was afraid that Zhou Yu, who was in his heart, would look down on him because of this.

In love and law, Xu Chu is reasonable, even if Chen Wen is angry, he can't be impeached because of this matter, he can't be impeached, how can Xu Chu be afraid of Chen Wen just by comparing his strength.

In addition, there is another advantage, after the first salute, you can also make a strong statement to the state government - you can come to levy rations, but you must get my consent.

After Xu Chu came, he made the matter official, picked out some treasures that celebrities and gentlemen loved at the moment, and let Fei Liang take the elite to go. The task given on this trip is very simple, just deliver things and letters, and you don't need to have too much contact with the state capital, so it is an errand job, so Fei Liang will do it.

As soon as it was dealt with, it was finally entered Shu County.

Outside the gate of the county government, because Lu Kang went to Yuzhang County in advance, it was Gong Cao Zhang Yun and Xie Zhen who accompanied Xu Chu into the Taishou Mansion - Lu Kang did this, which was actually a very rude behavior, but Lu Kang was old, and he was also a meritorious man who pacified Jiang Xiaman and Lujiang anti-thieves, Xu Chu didn't want to care about it at all.