After sending away the officials, Li Yanzhi asked Liu Jiwu to call in the thirty or so people who were waiting outside the county government. Everyone opened the gate of the county government, and then drove the ox cart to the courtyard and parked it, and then marched into the county government hall.

Li Yanzhi instructed his subordinates to find a place to sit in the hall. Niu Er went to the back of the hall with a big grin, and sent out more than a dozen stools, distributed them to the generals, and sat in the main hall. The twenty-three Longxi horsemen brought by Tao Heng didn't care either, and sat around the ground. Everyone took out the cakes and dried meat from the dry food bags they carried, and began to feast in the county hall. It seems to have turned this serious county yazheng hall into a military food group.

Now that the county order and the county government officials are not in the hall, Li Yanzhi does not care about these generals. They are presumptuous in this church. Anyway, looking at the mountains of pleadings and cases in several cases, I think that this Lingju County Commander is not a capable official who concentrates on managing affairs, which is also something that Li Yanzhi likes to see. He didn't take out the food and start filling his belly like the others, but he became interested in the pleadings and documents in several cases. He casually took the pleadings placed on the left side of the case and began to study them carefully.

The first complaint at the top was a complaint involving a dispute between the soldiers and the civilian households and military property. The litigant is Qi, and the defendant is Hu Jia. The defendant, who was originally a world soldier, accidentally fell on the mountain at the beginning of the year and injured his leg. He has been recuperating at home. A few days ago, after receiving the order of the state administration, the whole state was mobilized to recruit the children of the soldiers and the children of good families to be recruited into the army. Hu Jia was terrified. As a family of soldiers, if no one is recruited, the county government will take back the land. So he looked for Qin Feng, the son of his cousin's family, to replace him. And promised that if it was a levy, it would be given more than ten acres of fertile land by the county government. Qin Feng got his promise and happily went.

Unexpectedly, a month ago, Qin Feng died in the Jincheng camp. Hu Jia then repented and allocated ten acres of dry land near the mountains to Qi's family. Qi was not satisfied, and the negotiation on his own failed, so he invited someone in the village who was a little literate and ink, wrote a complaint, and sued Hu Jia in court. How could I have expected that this county lord was also a derelict person. The case was backlogged in the county court, pending pending in the court.

Li Yanzhi got up, walked outside the hall, and went straight to the side room. Li Yanzhi knocked on the door of the wing, but it was the little official from Fang Cai. Li Yanzhi split his head and asked: "Since Zhang Mingfu is not there, who else is in the county?" ”

The little officials were hesitant, but they couldn't say why. Li Yanzhi gradually became a little impatient, so he asked loudly: "Who is here in this county, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant?" ”

The little official thought about it for a while, and then said tremblingly: "Lieutenant Chu is here." ”

"Since this is the case, there will be a substitute for the petition." Li Yanzhi bowed as a salute, and the little official was also flattered to return the salute, and then turned around and walked outside the county government.

Li Yanzhi returned to the main hall and instructed Liu Jiwu: "You go to the market to buy some wine and food, buy more, and call a few people to go with you." In the evening, I would like to invite the county officials to dinner together. ”

When Liu Jiwu heard this, he agreed. Then he took a money bag handed over by Li Yanzhi, and called Tao Heng and several of his subordinates to leave the county government and go to the downtown of the county.

Now the county is bleak everywhere. Yet, at all times, people always have to eat. Therefore, the market selling some wine and food is still quite lively. Li Yanzhi saw Liu Jiwu and the others leave the county government, then sat back in front of the case and continued to read the complaint on the desk.

About half an hour later, the county lieutenant of Chu walked into the hall. Seeing that there was a young military attache in leather armor sitting on the county throne in the hall, his expression suddenly became slightly stunned. When Li Yanzhi saw him come in, he also sat on the main seat and examined this person. I saw that this person had a national face. With sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a high and wide nose bridge, and a beard under his chin, he also has the style of Guan Yunchang in the Three Kingdoms. This righteous and awe-inspiring face quickly won Li Yanzhi's favor. He secretly reminded himself in his heart that people should not be disrespectful, so he got up and bowed his hand and saluted the county lieutenant of Chu.

County Lieutenant Chu hurriedly saluted, then looked at Li Yanzhi with a puzzled face, and asked, "Your Excellency is ......?"

Li Yanzhi laughed and said, "Lieutenant Chu, I was transferred from the county and was appointed by the government as the Sima of Lingju County. The fool's surname is Li, and he is obsessed with Yanzhi. The word Dingdong. In the future, we will all be colleagues in the same place, and I hope that if there is something wrong, the county lieutenant Chu can criticize and correct me......"

"Ah, you're ...... You're the ...... The lieutenant general who fought to the death in Jincheng and was seriously injured and carried back to the county government? I heard that a few days ago, the Yin clan was under the rule of our county to threaten the people, and you also killed a few of them? As he spoke, the county lieutenant Chu looked at Li Yanzhi up and down with a look on his face.

"Ah, these bad deeds are exactly what they have done...... Sure enough, the good name doesn't go out, and the notoriety spreads thousands of miles...... Before I arrived, you were already well aware of my misdeeds. ”

"Where is the ......" Chu County Lieutenant said with a smile: "Sima led his troops to fight bloodily and did not retreat, and he was seriously injured and survived." It's admirable......"

Li Yanzhi arched his hand again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare." Then he raised his head and said, "Don't hide it from the county lieutenant, look for the county lieutenant below, it's really something to inquire about." ”

The county lieutenant Chu said with a smile: "Since this is the case, let Sima ask questions." But if you have an invitation, you will never dare to resign. ”

Li Yanzhi patted the pile of complaints on the county order cases, and said leisurely: "This county honor, I don't know why he ignores official business?" With such a thick stack of paper, it seems that it has accumulated enough for a month, right? ”

When Lieutenant Chu heard this, his expression was slightly embarrassed. He arched his hand and said, "Don't hide it, this county venerable is not like this in the first place. In the past, all the official complaints were handled in an orderly manner, so that we and others have to admire their abilities. However, I don't know what's going on lately, saying that I'm tired, and I'll deal with these things when I go back, and I can't see anyone for three days. In addition, the county is also a local, and when he saw that Zhang County's order was not there, he was not in the county government. This county government can only be supported by the next person......"

When Li Yanzhi heard this, he was a little curious: "In this case, why didn't the county lieutenant Chu go with him, and still be on duty in the county government every day?" ”

When the county lieutenant Chu heard this, he smiled bitterly for a while, and said, "I am originally from Xiping. I have no relatives and no reason here, and I don't know where to go when I leave this county government. I had to stay in the county government, patrol the city every day, read books, and live a leisurely life. It's just the official business of this county government...... The talent under the talent is really limited, and it is not easy to deal with it. If you do it on your behalf, I'm afraid it will get messier and messier. Therefore, I didn't care about these lawsuits and the like......"

Li Yanzhi nodded and said, "I came here to see that these lawsuits and other miscellaneous matters are also very complicated. I also feel the same way. It's just that this huge county can't be left untreated, since Zhang Mingfu is not there, I will temporarily take charge of the affairs of the county, and after Zhang Mingfu returns, I will hand it over to him. ”

When the county lieutenant Chu heard this, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly bowed to Li Yanzhi: "If Sima has this heart, it is naturally the best." We are stupid, just follow Sima's orders. ”

Li Yanzhi nodded, and then picked up the top confession: "Since this is the case, I will ask Gong Zheng to go and invite both parties to the lawsuit to come to the court, if there is a witness and evidence, bring it with it, and I will judge the case later." ”

Lieutenant Chu looked solemn, nodded and said, "I will leave immediately, and the matter of the public trial and judgment will depend on Sima." ”