There were a lot of people near the horse circle, and there were even soldiers from the Tiance Army scattered around to maintain order, not long after Zhao Feng missed the killing, a team of cavalry surrounded him, surrounding Zhao Feng and the rest of the people in the middle. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhao Feng and a few fellow villagers from Zhending desperately explained to the soldiers, but it was impossible to get out with just a few words. In the event of a homicide, the soldiers have no power to deal with it, they can only report it to the next level and ask the officers with status to come and make a decision.

In the end, the matter was reported to Xu Huang. Hearing that it was Zhending's horse buyer who had a conflict with the locals in Huguan, and the locals were stoned to death by the Zhending people, Xu Huang felt that this case could not be handled at will, otherwise it would cause many follow-up problems.

If it favors the locals, it will scare away the horse buyers in Jizhou, and the Tiance Army will definitely sell some cut horses in the future.

If you favor the people of Jizhou, the families of the locals who were killed will definitely not be convinced, which is tantamount to ruining the reputation of the Tiance Army, and affecting the foundation of the Tiance Army in the party for the sake of a financial route, which will definitely not work.

For the sake of safety, Xu Huang personally rushed to the scene of the incident. When he saw the tall and burly Zhao Feng, he couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart that he was indeed a strong man in the land of Yan Zhao.

Xu Huang said to Zhao Feng: "I am Xu Gongming, the commander of the battalion of the Tiance Army, who is responsible for the sale of horses in Huguan this time. If you tell me the cause of the matter in detail, I promise that I will not take sides and will deal with this matter impartially! ”

Zhao Feng saw that Xu Huang had an extraordinary bearing and spoke in an orderly manner, so he took his fellow villagers from Zhending to Shangdang to buy horses until he saw someone who wanted to escape on horseback, and threw a stone at this person in a hurry, and then this person unfortunately fell off his horse and died.

Xu Huang asked Zhao Feng's four companions and the other nineteen "scalpers" who were detained, and everyone said that what Zhao Feng said was true, and there was no distortion or exaggeration.

Xu Huang also called the people who were watching to inquire, and the people only said that they saw someone riding a horse running in front, someone shouting in the back, and then they saw the horse riding in front of them falling.

It sounds like the case is very simple, it is that the locals in Huguan saw that the horse was greedy and bullied Zhao Feng and his group were small, so they wanted to run away on a horse, and then blackmailed Zhao Feng's horse.

Xu Huang thought for a moment, and then said to Zhao Feng: "This matter is the greed of the deceased, but there is something wrong with your disposal, the soldiers of the Tiance Army are nearby, you can ask them for help, with this person's ordinary riding skills, how can you escape the pursuit of the Tiance Knight?" Ben will say that, do you think it's right? ”

Zhao Feng nodded and readily admitted his mistakes.

Xu Huang then said to the onlookers of Huguan: "These Zhending strong men came to the party to buy horses by trekking through mountains and rivers, and they were entrusted by the old folks in this county, just to bring the horses back as soon as possible, so as to protect the territory and the people, and prevent bandits." Ben would have expressed his admiration for such righteous deeds. In view of the fact that these horses are really urgently needed, the rest of the horse buyers except Zhao Feng will be allowed to return to their hometowns as soon as possible with their horses, do you think it is appropriate? ”

"General Xu's sentence is fair! Zhao Feng is the only one who killed people by mistake, and if he doesn't do other heroic things in Jizhou, he should let them return to his hometown with his horses as soon as possible! The bold ones in the crowd immediately shouted.

Xu Huang said to Zhao Feng's companions again: "You don't need to worry about Zhao Feng's life and death, although he committed negligence, he didn't intend to kill people, it is excusable, no matter who sentences this case, it will not be too serious." The reason why I left Zhao Feng was to find the relatives of the deceased and explain to them that the deceased had treacherously come before that he would suffer this fate. If the deceased is willing to accept compensation and does not report Zhao Feng to the government, then the matter can be closed. If the deceased refuses to accept mediation, the government will handle it impartially! ”

The four companions who came with Zhao Feng felt that the young general in front of him was fair, so they had no objection.

Zhao Feng then paid all the honorarium of the other nineteen people in front of Xu Huang, two thousand yuan each, no less than a penny. There were still sixty catties of gold left in the gold brought by the five of them, and Zhao Feng was going to hand it all over to his fellow villagers to bring back to Zhending, but the four fellow villagers refused to take it, and they all said that they would leave it for Zhao Feng to use. Xu Huang was in charge, letting Zhao Feng keep twenty catties for himself, and let his fellow villagers take the remaining forty catties back.

Outside the crowd, Zhao Wei witnessed Xu Huang's handling of this matter, and he also admired the young general very much. Zhao Feng came because of his suggestion, if something happened, his face as the head of the family would definitely not look good.

Xu Huang asked the soldiers to find a few straw mats and carry the body of the deceased to the barracks for safe place, while Zhao Feng was taken back to the camp by him to take care of it temporarily.

Xu Huang gave a task to the other nineteen people that Zhao Feng had temporarily found, asking them to find the relatives of the deceased in the barracks as quickly as possible. These people are all street vendors in Huguan City, and they will have to make a living in Huguan in the future, so naturally they dare not disobey the order of a general of the Tiance Army.

That night, Chen Shi came forward and invited the Huguan County Commander to the military camp, so that he could meet with Xu Huang and Zhao Feng. If the family of the deceased comes to the camp to mess around, a county order is needed to try the case. Chen Shi could see that Xu Huang actually secretly took care of Zhao Feng, otherwise he could have opened his mouth and confiscated all the remaining gold from the horse buyers in Jizhou.

Huguan County Commander is also a veteran of officialdom, he is worried that he has no chance to connect with Tiance Mansion, and now he can meet with the rear camp master of Tiance Army, so he naturally cherishes a rare opportunity. The county magistrate listened carefully to Zhao Feng's repeated case, consulted Xu Huang's attitude and opinions, and then left the barracks in a very low-key manner and returned to the county office.

The next afternoon, the family of the deceased came to identify the body. Maybe they heard that Zhao Feng was from Jizhou and was a foreigner, or they secretly heard that Zhao Feng was carrying a lot of gold, so they were very resolute and refused to accept mediation and compensation, as long as Huguan County ordered to handle the case impartially.

For Zhao Feng, things are moving towards the worst. But for Huguan County, the case is developing in the direction he hoped. If the relatives of the deceased accept mediation, receive a sum of compensation, and then take the body of the deceased, then there is nothing for him.

The county order sent a messenger to the barracks, brought the body of the deceased, his family and Zhao Feng back to the county office, and found the county government with the people who were watching yesterday and the other 19 street vendors who helped the Jizhou people buy horses.

After some questioning and confrontation, the county magistrate ruled on the spot as follows: Zhao Feng of the Zhending family killed the horse robber by mistake because he was worried that the horse would be robbed, and he remembered that the deceased's family was poor, so Zhao Feng was sentenced to compensate the deceased's relatives with five catties of gold. In addition, in order to show punishment, Zhao Feng needs to go to Lishi to participate in a year's labor!

Five catties of gold can buy 140 stone of grain, enough for the relatives of the deceased to eat for two years, which is a lot of compensation in this chaotic world. Zhao Feng was sentenced to one year of hard work, which was not too heavy, after all, he accidentally killed a person who was not guilty of death.