Xue Yi woke up slowly, and when he thought of the eldest grandson Wuji dying in his office, he was flustered and short of breath, but the first thing he did when he woke up was not to solve the case and arrest the murderer, but to call his mother-in-law Ning

"A Ning's disaster is approaching this time, you quickly bring your belongings to Chang'an, be sure to find San Lang as soon as possible, and let him help me tide over the difficulties no matter what......" Xue Yi told Ning what happened.

Ning Shi was also flustered when he heard this, "I didn't enjoy it with Xue Yifu, the sin is not less, I am afraid every day, this county order lady is not as good as the nourishment of an ordinary person" couldn't help but complain to Xue Yi, "You have no scenery in this county order, and you have a lot of leisure, that is, you can't be greedy for money." I can't leave Yin Hui for future generations, now it's good that I'm a woman and I want to help you go away and take refuge" But this is just a lip service, if you want to get out of trouble, you can only follow Xue Yi's meaning, so I can only sigh and call my subordinates to pack up their things, and prepare to leave overnight.

Seeing Ning go out, Xue Yi was also secretly ashamed, he got up and hesitated, then he wrote an official letter to Zhang Liang, the secretary of Qianzhou, the main content of which was to explain that he was weak and sick, and he was no longer qualified for the post of Xinning County Commander, and asked to step down; After the letter was written, he summoned the proud official and asked him to send him to Qianzhou overnight to join the army yamen, and told the official that he must exaggerate the fact that he fainted when he saw his subordinates.

Xue Yi was busy here for a while, and the county Cheng Lai Mingjie was not idle, he was receiving a guest from Chang'an, "Yuan Gongyu, a scholar from the Zhongshu House".

"Lai Xiancheng, this official heard that you are a native of Pengshui, presumably the Han family of Pengshui Xinning has a lot of contact with you, right?" Yuan Gongyu asked as if he didn't have anything.

Lai Mingjie didn't know what Yuan Gongyu meant by asking, so he replied carefully: "My lord, Xiaguan is from a big family in Pengshui, and Zhenguannian was promoted as a county cheng, because the Xinning barbarians are powerful, so they are closer to the local Han family, but they are not selfish just to balance the power of the Han family and the barbarians, and when it comes to Xinning, the lower officials think that they still have some prestige in the local area."

"Oh? In this way, the lord Bo and the county lieutenant are both fellow villagers with you, it seems that Xue Yi's county order is not good! On the one hand, there is a barbarian oppression, and on the other hand, there is you, a land-sitting household, eyeing him, I'm afraid he has been hollowed out, right?"

"My lord, do you want to make fun of the lower officials, Xue County has a good relationship with the lower officials, the upper and lower officials are respectful and humble, and the subordinate officials are very clear, and they never dare to overstep, but they ...... When Lord Xue hesitates, Xia Guan will assist in making an idea, after all, he is a native of the local, and some things are easier for me to come forward", hearing Yuan Gongyu say this, Lai Mingjie hurriedly defended, but at the same time, he did not forget to implicitly belittle Xue Yi.

Yuan Gongyu glanced at Lai Mingjie and said secretly, "It's good that you have this desire to fight for power, I'm afraid that you have no desires and no desires, corrupt officials are not afraid to give him money to do things, and Qing officials are not afraid to give him reputation to achieve their goals, just afraid of those officials who have no desires and no desires, these people don't care about anything" Thinking of this, Yuan Gongyu asked seemingly unintentionally: "I heard that the criminal official Sun Wuji hanged himself in Xinning Post Station for fear of crime, I don't know if there is such a thing?"

"Fear of sin?" Lai Mingjie's heartbeat increased suddenly, "Opportunity, this is an opportunity, Yuan Gongyu has already sent a signal to himself, it depends on whether he can seize it, but ...... One step to heaven or one step to hell, it's just between this thought! Lai Mingjie pondered for a long time and did not answer, but asked rhetorically: "The lower official dares to ask, is it a public or private matter for my lord?"

"This official has followed the will of the Empress Wu and the Holy Lord, and has come to review the case of Changsun Wuji's rebellion, Lord Lai, are you satisfied with this reply?" After Yuan Gongyu finished speaking, he stared at Lai Mingjie's eyes, as if he wanted to see through what he was thinking.

"Don't dare...... Don't dare" Lai Mingjie didn't dare to say again, he had already made up his mind in his heart, "Yuan Gongyu put the Empress Wu in front of Gaozong, and he didn't understand what he wanted, so he did it in vain", as soon as his mind arrived, Lai Mingjie followed Yuan Gongyu's words and said: "What my lord heard is true, the eldest grandson Wuji did hang himself in Xinning Station, but Lord Xue is afraid that he will ......"

"You don't have to worry about Xue Yi, just take care of your subordinates and don't let them spread rumors."

"Don't worry, my subordinates are all locals, and they don't dare to do much in this place, only Xie Zhutou is a barbarian, fortunately, he returned to Baima Village and was not at the scene, if the lord has no other orders, he will go down and arrange"

Yuan Gongyu was satisfied with Lai Mingjie's performance, and there was no need to say anything to a smart person at all, so he nodded, "There's nothing else, you can arrange it!" I will also say goodbye" After speaking, he got up and walked out of the door, and when he reached the door, he turned back and said: "The Xinning County Order is going to be replaced, I will recommend you to the Qianzhou Governor's Mansion"

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Everyone was busy and dizzy, but Di Feng, who was still locked up in the prison, had been forgotten by others, and Di Feng was lying on a pile of hay at this time, turning over and over again to think about what happened tonight, "Who will live in the post station?" There is no doubt that there must be officials who can live in the post station, but what is the reason why people dare to come and kill officials, assassinating the court officials is no different from rebellion......" Di Feng was annoyed, so he got up and banged on the cell door and shouted: "Prison head...... Prison Boss ......"

The prison boss didn't call, but someone in the cell next to him answered, "You kid doesn't sleep at night, howling?" Look at the little master annoyed, can't you kill you?"

This scolding attracted Di Feng's attention, he looked at the cell next to him through the railing, and saw a young man in his twenties lying on the hay inside, with a heroic appearance, and couldn't help but say, "Since you can't call the head of the prison, it's not bad to have fun with this person" Di Feng said to the young man: "Boy, you are such a bull, why don't you wait out and let's have a fight?"

It seemed that the young man was also bored, so he sat up and said, "Okay! Report the name, I, Tian Yangming, don't fight the nobody, by the way, what is the cow fork?"

Seeing this, Tian Yangming was interesting, Di Feng continued: "In Xia, Di Feng is known as an invincible opponent in Qianzhou, Niu Cha is to describe a person who is very great, alas! I said, dude, how did you get in? You don't look like you're stealing chickens and dogs, aren't you seducing a woman and getting caught?"

"Fart! You just seduced the woman, if it wasn't for chasing a gangster, the master wouldn't have fallen here, but the master Niu Cha, the master of this place lives together, and he can't stop and leave if he wants to."

"You're good enough, but why don't you take a look at me?"

"Don't provoke me, if it weren't for the quiet here, the master would have left early, alas! The family is bored, and if you go out to wander, you will be caught by the elders, so I have to feel life here first."

Tian Yangming said that his face actually showed a look of seeing through the red dust, and he didn't know what family misfortune this kid had experienced, and he would have such feelings.

"This guy is quite similar to himself" Di Feng suddenly felt like a confidant, "I also felt bored at home before I came out to explore the rivers and lakes, or it would be ?......good to wait for us to go out and walk together."

With a common topic, the two of them talked about their respective yearning and pursuit, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became, and before they knew it, the sky was already bright.

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Xie Zhutou came back, and he was accompanied by a young scholar who looked elegant, and arranged the scholar to the inn, Xie Zhutou hurried back to the yamen, and just arrived at the yamen and heard about the earth-shattering event that happened last night, "the eldest grandson Wuji hanged himself in fear of crime at the Xinning Station", and at this time the deacon's room in the county ya's office, the servants, the prison head, and the clerks were all there.

Before Xie Zhutou could ask for an understanding, he saw Lai Mingjie, the county magistrate, hurrying over with the lord Bo Zhao Ming and the county lieutenant Wu Dayou, but he didn't see the county commander Xue Yi.

As soon as Lai Mingjie arrived, he glanced at Xie Zhutou, and ordered sharply, "Someone come to take Xie Zhutou down"

"My lord, what crime have I committed, and you want to take me?" Xie Zhutou was stunned, why did he arrest himself.

"What crime has you committed? Dereliction of duty is enough," Lai Mingjie said to the hesitant officials: "What are you doing here, haven't you heard the official's orders?" Take Xie Zhutou down and put him in prison, and then deal with it when the post station is over."

The officials were forced to step forward, and one of the leading officials said "I'm sorry" and escorted Xie Zhutou down.

Di Feng and Tian Yangming chatted all night, and were about to go to bed in a daze, when they saw the jailer walking in with Xie Zhutou, he hurriedly got up and asked, "Isn't this Xie Zhutou?" What's wrong with you?"

Xie Zhutou hung his head and didn't pay attention to Di Feng, and silently approached the cell, the jailer was enthusiastic, and told Di Feng about the events of last night and this morning, Di Feng secretly screamed in his heart when he heard it, "Eldest grandson Wuji hanged himself in Xinning Station?" Who is the eldest grandson Wuji, even if he doesn't know history, he has heard of it, this guy appears in the story and legend no less than his own Lao Tzu Di Renjie, thinking of the old servant called Changsun Xing, Di Feng immediately understood the whole story, but he is the only witness to this matter, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not kill themselves, what should be done but think about it"

Di Feng's worries are not unnecessary, after Lai Mingjie explained the arrangements to everyone in the county office, he suddenly thought that there was still a Di Feng caught at the post station in the prison, "This person has witnessed what happened, how to deal with him?" Thinking of Zhao Ling'er's identity made him a little big, offending the king of the earth was even more terrible than offending the martial queen, forget it, people should be locked up first, let's look at the arrangements above", thinking of this, Lai Mingjie hurried to Yuan Gongyu again.