After Sun Yongcheng left, Zhou Wudao called Bu Kuai to confess a few words, asking him to obey the arrangement of Lord Yushi, and at the same time pay attention to the Qingzhou Mansion officials, and do not exceed the rules so as not to cause conflicts. After stepping back, he sat down and drank tea while thinking about the pros and cons of this matter. "Nie Wuchang has been to Qingping County for more than ten days, and there is no news yet, he is really incompetent! It seems that his life as the chief catcher is too comfortable, and when he returns, he can be sent to assist Langzhong of the Ministry of Works to supervise the river workers of the Zihe River. ”

Sun Yongcheng returned to the post station, sat down and breathed a sigh of relief, and then rubbed his somewhat stiff face. After eating a few bites of breakfast, someone came over to report: "Lord Yushi, the head of the Anlu Mansion is ordered to come and wait for the dispatch." He took a sip of porridge in his mouth and said vaguely, "Well, I got it." The official will be here soon. After speaking, he hurriedly swallowed the rice porridge, and then hurriedly sat in a sedan chair and rushed to the scene of the crime with a group of nearly 100 people.

A day later, Sun Yongcheng and his men rushed to the place where the Assassins had attacked him three days earlier, and saw that the officials of the Qingzhou Prefecture had surrounded some of the officials who were guarding the place. He hurriedly got off the sedan chair, but when he got closer, he was stopped by the officials of Qingzhou Mansion.

A man who looked like a head catcher held a waist knife and asked, "What person?" This is the place where the crime occurred, and idlers and others cannot approach it at will. ”

Sun Yongcheng took a deep breath and straightened up, put up the official stand without saying a word, and the guards behind him rushed forward and shouted: "Blind your dog's eyes!" This is Lord Yushi Sun, who specializes in correcting the impeachment of hundreds of divisions, identifying wrongs, and admiring Shandong Dao, which is the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven. Now holding the banner of the king's order, he is following all parts of Shandong and picketing lawlessness. How can you wait for the wilderness? ”

The catcher hurriedly bowed down and said he didn't dare, and then waved his hand to signal his subordinates to give way.

Sun Yongcheng walked into the place surrounded by the officials of Qingzhou Mansion with four square steps, and saw the remaining officials sitting on the ground dejectedly, looking around but there was no corpse of the criminal, and his eyes were about to split, and he shouted urgently: "Where is the corpse? What about the corpse that the official asked you to look at? The head catcher of An Lufu, who followed behind him, saw that his beard was all open, as if he was going to eat people, and he was secretly frightened in his heart, and hurriedly lowered his head.

The leader of the officials who had been ordered to stay behind knelt on the ground tremblingly and replied, "Your Excellency, spare your life! One night after the adults left, several more bandits rushed over and snatched the body of the culprit. Although the villain is on guard, he still can't resist it! ”

After hearing this, Sun Yongcheng hated it in his heart, his eyes were red, and he pulled out the waist knife of a guard next to him and was about to kill the official who was kneeling at his feet, but fortunately he was stopped, and he also shouted in his mouth, "Rice buckets, all rice buckets!" What is the use of missing the great affairs of this official? After a while, he suppressed the anger in his heart and called the head catcher of Qingzhou Mansion over and asked: "You have been here for a while, but what clues have you found?" ”

Qingzhou Mansion bowed down and replied: "Back to Lord Yushi, the villain led a team to search the woods and found that the assassin who attacked the adult's team yesterday had been in ambush in the woods for less than half a day, and after succeeding, he rode a fast horse hidden in advance three miles away. At the same time, the villain also found the bodies of two assassins during the search, which is initially suspected to be caused by infighting. "Because Sun Yongcheng ordered the officials to conceal the assassin's sneak attack, the inference of the Qingzhou Mansion to catch the head is obviously a little off.

Sun Yongcheng frowned after hearing this, and asked in a deep voice, "Have you found out which direction the assassin fled?" ”

The head catcher of Qingzhou Mansion hesitated for a moment and replied: "Don't dare to deceive the adults, the villain found out that the assassins later retreated in three groups, and some people fled in the direction of Anlu Mansion." Because of the urgency of time, the villain did not continue to track. ”

Sun Yongcheng listened to the reply of the head catcher of Qingzhou Mansion, and suddenly became angry, and finally suppressed it, and waved his hand to let the other party go down with an ugly face. After seeing the other party walking away, he whispered angrily: "What a cunning thief who shirks responsibility!" The head catcher of An Lu Mansion, who was standing not far from him, secretly wrote down this sentence and continued to look down at his boots.

More than half an hour later, He Shenyan, the prefect of Qingzhou Prefecture, arrived late in a sedan chair. As soon as the sedan chair fell, he hurriedly walked in front of Sun Yongcheng with the front of the official uniform in one hand and the jade belt around his waist in the other, and confessed: "This official is late, please forgive me Lord Yushi." Yesterday, I was shocked to hear that Lord Sun had been attacked, and I was so anxious that I was burned inside, but fortunately my lord was safe and sound. ”

Sun Yongcheng returned the salute and said: "There is Lord Lao He's concern, and he is guilty of sin. However, the 'road conditions' of this official road are indeed not peaceful! The sedan chair driver in which the official rode had his feet broken. ”

He Shen was stunned when he heard this, but soon realized that Sun Yongcheng meant something, so he said: "Lord Sun is extremely worried! The official will urge the Changle County Order to renovate this section of the official road as soon as possible, so as not to delay official business. However, it is imperative to thoroughly investigate the attack on the adults by bandits, which is the most important thing. The fact that these bandits dared to attack the Qincha team who were tasked with the king's order was simply rampant and could not be tolerated. Hearing the report from the head of the arrest that these bandits had been tracked across prefectures, the official suggested contacting the surrounding prefectures and counties to arrest them as soon as possible. What does Master Sun think? ”

Sun Yongcheng has completely opened his eyes today, he has never dared to underestimate the methods of the magistrate, but today it seems that he still underestimated it in the past. It is said that "officials are as clear as water, and officials are as smooth as oil", and now it seems that "officials are as smooth as oil, and officials are as black as ink". He Shenyan shared the responsibility of this move equally, and there were no flaws, which made it difficult to refuse. Sun Yongcheng nodded and said, "Lord He is reasonable, and this official will send a letter to the surrounding prefectures and counties." Since it was brought up by Lord He, let Lord He take the lead in handling this matter. ”

He Shenyan saw that the pot was about to be thrown on him, and hurriedly excused himself: "Well, this official is indeed willing to share the burden for Lord Yushi, but the other adults are highly respected, and this is probably not appropriate." It is still advisable to be led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial History, and the official is willing to support it. ”

Sun Yongcheng wanted this result, but he hesitated for a while before nodding reluctantly, and then frowned and said, "Lord He, this matter happened in Qingzhou Mansion, and I still need your cooperation!" ”

He Shenyan waved his hand and agreed, "No problem." Qingzhou Mansion, including this official, Lord Sun can send it at will. As long as the ball is kicked out, those manpower and material resources are not considered by He Shenyan at all, and he also knows that it is a face-saving thing to say this, and Yushi Sun Yongcheng will borrow some people at most, and he will not trouble himself at all.

The head catcher of Anlu Mansion not far away took all the words of the two adults to heart, this is a good opportunity to ask the prefect Zhou to sell it, and it can't be missed. Nie Wuchang went from a quick head catcher to the head catcher of Anlu Mansion, isn't it because he helped the prefect deal with a tricky case. "Well, I can do that too." So, he clenched his fists hard and pricked up his ears to continue to listen intently.