It turned out that Zhang Qing not only checked whether Chen Laohan's son was really injured or fake, but also helped him treat the wound and prescribed a prescription, so it took so long to come over. Liu Xin was very satisfied with Zhang Qing's performance, encouraged him, and let him retreat. At this time, only Liu Xin and Fu Zhu, Xu Huang, and Dian Wei were left in the whole hall. Since they are all their own people, there is no need to hide any ideas.

Frustrated and said: "My lord, my subordinates ask to send someone to investigate some things thoroughly, we can start from the two lines of the murderer who injured Chen Laohan's son and Kuai Xiu's fugitive wife, and we must find out the mastermind behind the conspiracy to provoke the relationship between the lord and the Kuai family!" ”

The conspiracy of these people is to sow discord between Liu Xin and the Kuai family, which is what Liu Xin told them about his own speculation about the whole thing. But Liu Xin also had a deeper idea that he did not tell them, that is, the real purpose of these people to sow discord between Liu Xin and the Kuai family was to weaken the support that Liu Xin might receive, especially in the matter of Liu Xin's proclamation as emperor.

In fact, all this is to blame on them, in order to let Liu Xin successfully become the emperor, they started preparations very early, involving too many people and things, and the news naturally cannot be leaked. Not to mention the two camps of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, even in the place ruled by Liu Xin, since there are people who support Liu Xin as emperor, there will be people who oppose Liu Xin as emperor. Since these people who oppose Liu Xin's claim to be emperor have gotten the news, they will definitely find a way to prevent this from happening, and the worst will also add to Liu Xin's blockage.

Liu Xin had already discussed with Ma Yun that he would not appear at the ceremony carefully prepared by Fu Zhu, Xu Huang and others, but would proclaim himself the throne of the emperor on another special occasion. No matter how carefully those people prepare, Liu Xin will not leave them a chance to perform.

However, after all, Fu Zhu has been a county magistrate and has been in charge of the Phantom Secret Spy for many years, and he is very keen to grasp the two important clues of this case, if he can break through these two clues, it is indeed possible to find out the black hand behind the scenes. But Liu Xin didn't intend to delve into this issue, he waved his hand and said, "This happened in Xinye, then let Kuai Xiu perform his duties well." ”

As soon as this sentence was said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Because this sentence has already shown Liu Xin's attitude, he will pardon Kuai Xiu's crimes.

Seeing everyone's relieved expressions, Liu Xin became alert. Kuai Xiu represents not only the Kuai family, nor just the scholars of Jingzhou, he also represents the entire meritorious class. Everyone has selfish intentions. These civil and military men who supported Liu Xin to conquer the country may have been just out of reverence for Liu Xin at first, but as time goes by, they will always think of glorifying their ancestors, living a luxurious life, and finally, they will also think of planning a good future for their children.

I have to say that the person who planned this is indeed very clever. The story of the bird hiding the bow and the rabbit dying and the dog cooking is not just a legend, it has happened many times in previous history. If Liu Xin punished Kuai Xiu this time because of Kuai Xiu's robbery of the people's daughters, it would be very likely to chill the hearts of other literary and martial artists. When the time comes, it will be equivalent to cutting off Liu Xin's right-hand man.

Fortunately, Liu Xin discovered their conspiracy in time, and fortunately, Kuai Xiu did not use force against Chen Yuniang, otherwise this matter would be really difficult to be good.

Just when Liu Xin thought that his arrangement was seamless, he said in frustration: "Lord Qi, my subordinates think it's inappropriate. ”

Liu Xin was surprised: "Gonghe, what's wrong?" ”

Fu Zhu said: "Back to the lord, it's not that my subordinates can't believe in Kuai Xiu's ability, nor are they unwilling to give him the opportunity to exercise this time, but I feel that if he handles this case, no matter what the result is, I'm afraid it will be difficult to satisfy those people." ”

Liu Xin couldn't help but look at it twice, isn't this old gentleman talking about the avoidance system of later generations? Kuai Xiu is both a party and an interested party in this case, so he naturally has to be recused. However, Liu Xin didn't plan to really let Kuai Xiu investigate this case at all, because Liu Xin understood that with Kuai Xiu's ability, he would definitely not be able to find out the results, but Liu Xin had to make a gesture and pardon Kuai Xiu's crime of robbing people's daughters.

In fact, in this case, Kuai Xiu was subjectively not at fault, and he himself was very likely to be a victim, and the most important thing was that he did not hurt Chen Yuniang. It was when Liu Xin saw this that he decided to pardon Kuai Xiu, not because he was Kuai Liang's son. Of course, Liu Xin doesn't mind being misunderstood by Frustration and others, because he is originally an emotional person, and he will never do anything like a rabbit and a dog.

Faced with the questioning of the frustrated professor, Liu Xin said with a smile: "Gonghe, if Chen Laohan's family does not object to Kuai Xiu to thoroughly investigate this case, then what? ”

Fu Zhu was surprised: "Lord, I'm afraid this is unlikely. ”

"It's man-made, if you don't give it a try, how do you know it's impossible?" Liu Xin waved his hand lightly and said, "Bring Kuai Xiu and Chen Laohan's family together." ”

Coming to the lobby of the Xinye County Government again, Chen Yuniang had already changed into a girl's outfit, with a beautiful appearance and a slender figure, but she could be regarded as a little beauty, just a little blushing as if she was a ripe apple. She was originally an unmarried girl, but she was mistaken for the county lady, so she was forced to change into a woman's clothes. Today, Zhang Jie checked her body again, and she was ashamed, so it's no wonder if she doesn't blush.

Kuai Xiu and Chen Laohan were no better, and their faces were equally ugly.

After learning that Chen Yuniang was still complete, Kuai Xiu's heart sank. This is enough to prove that Chen Yuniang and his wife Fei are not the same person at all, and his robbery of the people's daughter is really certain.

Chen Laohan couldn't cry or laugh. The so-called sitting at home behind closed doors, the disaster comes from the sky, the Chen family is the biggest victim of this matter, who would have thought that Chen Yuniang and the county commander's wife look a little alike, and they will cause such a big disaster. The son was injured and bedridden, and the granddaughter was also dismissed. What's even more infuriating is that the granddaughter is clearly intact and far away, but this reputation has been ruined.

Liu Xin said unhurriedly: "Everyone, now the matter is clear. Six days ago, Xinye County ordered Kuaixiu's wife Fei Shi to run away from home suddenly, Kuaixiu took a few officials to the street to look for it, and accidentally ran into Chen Yuniang who came out to buy something. Coincidentally, Chen Yuniang looked exactly the same as Fei's, so Kuaixiu regarded Chen Yuniang as a runaway Fei, forcibly took her back to the county office, and placed her under house arrest. Hearing the news that his daughter was snatched away by the officials, Chen Yuniang's father, that is, Chen Laohan's eldest son, rushed to the county government with Chen Yuniang's younger brother to ask for an explanation, but was injured by a group of unknown people pretending to be officials at the mouth of the alley. Chen Yuniang was trapped in the county government for a total of six days, but Kuai Xiu did not defile her body. That's all we can know about this case, do you have any objections? ”

The facts of the case are indeed incredible, but it is so, and everyone shook their heads and had no objections. Liu Xin bowed his head and said: "Kuai Xiu, you robbed the people's daughter, the facts are clear, the evidence is conclusive, and you should be beheaded according to the law!" Liu Mou thought that you were unintentional, and maybe he was framed by a traitor and authorized you to make meritorious contributions. ”

When Kuai Xiu heard the first few words, he thought that he would definitely die, but suddenly heard that he was allowed to make meritorious contributions, and his mood was relieved, and the whole person seemed to have collapsed, paralyzed to the ground, and struggled for a long time before he kowtowed: "The lower official respectfully obeys the orders of the lord." ”

Although there were many people in the lobby, no one laughed at Kuaixiu. Maybe they have experienced a hundred battles and killed countless people, but if they encounter this kind of escape from death, no one can guarantee that their performance will be better than Kuaixiu, at least Kuaixiu did not cry loudly, nor did he pee his pants on the spot.

Liu Xin nodded and said, "You need to do two things now, one is to find out who the murderer who injured Chen Yuniang's father is." The second is to find out where your wife Fei fled to. Liu also doesn't set a deadline for you, when you find out, and when you report to Liu. Can you do it? ”

Kuai Xiu said loudly: "The lower officials must live up to their mission!" ”

Investigation without any time limit seems simple, if it cannot be found in one day, it can be investigated in two days, and if it cannot be found in two days, it can be investigated in three days. But Liu Xin has another sentence in front of him, which is to make Kuai Xiu guilty and make meritorious contributions. In other words, as long as Kuai Xiu can't find out this case for a day, he is guilty. If Kuai Xiu still wants to make progress and glorify his ancestors, he must go all out to find out about this case. This is not only a spur for Kuaixiu, but also a good opportunity to practice.

"Well, you step aside." Liu Xin waved his hand, turned to Chen Laohan again, and said, "Chen Laohan, you blocked the road today to avenge your grievances, mainly two things. One is that the son was injured, and the other is that the granddaughter was snatched away. Now it has been ascertained that your son's injuries have nothing to do with the county magistrate Kuaixiu. Now, Liu has asked someone to treat your son's wounds, and all the expenses will be borne by the government. In addition, Liu will give you another fifty taels of silver for lost work and recuperation, do you have no opinion? ”

Although Chen Laohan's family has a large population, the annual expenses will not exceed three taels of silver, Liu Xin rewarded him with fifty taels of silver at once, even if Chen Laohan and his son are bedridden from now on, they can't use this lot of silver, and the family is grateful.

A guard had already held a lacquer plate, which contained ten filament silver ingots, each of which was five taels. This is Liu Xin's carefulness, Chen Laohan's family is just ordinary people, if they are given fifty taels of big ingots, even if they are willing to use them, the pile of broken silver found by others will definitely be greatly affected, how can it be convenient to directly give them five taels of small silver.

Liu Xin watched Chen Laohan accept the silver, and then said: "As for your granddaughter, she has come back now, and she is unscathed, and she has good food and accommodation in the county office, and there are people waiting for her." Presumably, in this matter, you will not have an opinion on the Kuai County Order, right? ”

Chen Laohan glanced up at Liu Xin, quickly lowered it again, and sighed softly.