The next day, Liu Ji got up very early, and the events of last night made him a little excited, and this time he was full of confidence to send Liu Yuan to prison. Thinking of the incident with Xiahou Ying last time, Liu Ji touched his cheek, and the resentment in his heart was even stronger. He did not go to the county office, but to the mansion of the county lieutenant He. When he was upright, the county lieutenant He went out of the mansion and was about to go to the county office, but he was stopped by Liu Ji without thinking.

"Liu Ji? Hmph, don't get out of here! After being reprimanded by Zhang County, County Lieutenant He was also disgusted when he saw Liu Ji, and he waved his sleeves impatiently and reprimanded.

Liu Ji was quite thick-skinned, but he smiled, still wrapped around County Lieutenant He's side, and he smiled and said, "County Lieutenant He, Ji has important matters to discuss." ”

Lieutenant He turned a deaf ear, stepped forward, and was about to ride away, Liu Ji was anxious, and he said hurriedly: "That Liu Yuan of the Surabaya Pavilion is guarding himself, and the blades of the arsenal have been stolen and sold by him." ”

County Lieutenant He sneered and said, "Liu Ji, Liu Ji, don't want to deceive me again." ”

"County Lieutenant He, when did Ji deceive you? In the matter of Xiahou Ying last time, although Liu Yuan was not arrested, this Xiahou Ying was really hiding in the kiln factory, if it wasn't for Liu Yuanling's sharp teeth, he would not have been able to escape the involvement. Liu Ji explained anxiously, "The information provided by Ji is not false, but this Liu Yuan is too cunning." ”

Hearing this, County Lieutenant He stopped, he thought about it carefully, and it was indeed as Liu Ji said, Xiahou Ying's matter was indeed Liu Yuan's too cunning. Thinking of the anger of Zhang County's order that day, how could He, as a confidant, not know that the real purpose of this county order was Liu Yuan? And he had disappointed Zhang Xianling last time, in order to save the situation, County Lieutenant He asked with some hesitation: "Are you sure that the Hyogo has been stolen?" ”

"Naturally, sure!" This sword had been buried under the willow tree with his own hands, so how could he not be sure? Then he promised: "Ji Yuan is willing to guarantee the head of the item." ”

I have to say that Liu Ji can indeed speak well, and after this lobbying, County Lieutenant He also nodded and said in a condensed voice: "Okay, remember what you said." You wait for me outside the city, and I'll go to the county government to bring people. ”

"Ji understands!" Liu Ji breathed a sigh of relief, he hurriedly walked out of the city gate, and when he saw Fan Xu and Lu Xuan, he asked in a low voice, "Is the sword still there?" ”

Lu Juan nodded slightly, and replied in a deep voice: "Fan Xue and I have just checked, and the sword is still buried under the tree, Brother Ji, please rest assured." ”

When Liu Ji heard this, he also bowed his head and said, "Well, that's good." There is no room for error this time. ”

Not long after, the county lieutenant He hurried out of the city gate with more than a dozen officials, and when he saw Liu Ji and a few people, he did not stop, but continued to rush to Surabaya County without pretending to be missing. Seeing this, Liu Ji had a trace of annoyance in his eyes, but he still took Lu Juan and the others to follow.

In the Surabaya Pavilion, Liu Yuan sat in the house without hurry, Zhou Bo and Da Niu entered the house, the two drank a sip of water, and Da Niu smiled and said: "Brother Yuan, it's all done, just wait for this Liu Ji to come." ”

"Look at him this time, how else can Liu Ji escape?" Zhou Bo also said hatefully, "If it weren't for Brother Yuan's arrangement, he would really fall for Liu Ji's trap." ”

As soon as the words fell, someone informed that the county lieutenant He had arrived. Liu Yuan and the others glanced at each other, then he got up and said lightly: "Let's go, let's take a look at how this Liu Ji has done his own evil." ”

Liu Yuan and the others came out of the house to greet each other, but they didn't think about it, but they touched the ash of their noses, and County Lieutenant He ignored them at all, and he said straight to the point: "Go and open the arsenal, I want to count the blades." ”

Seeing that County Lieutenant He's attitude was so arrogant, Liu Yuan smiled freely, did not get angry, but nodded and said to Da Niu: "Go and open the arsenal quickly." Then he bowed to Lieutenant He, "Lieutenant He, please." ”

He County Lieutenant flicked his sleeves to keep up with Da Niu, Liu Ji also snorted coldly, at this time he did not sneer, but watched silently, but there was a confidence in his eyes, everything was under his control. When he arrived at the Hyogo, Wang San hurriedly stepped forward, he took the key in Da Niu's hand, carefully opened the copper lock, and then he returned the key and said: "Brother Da Niu, you can rest assured, this Hyogo I look at every day, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Da Niu patted him on the shoulder, and said roughly: "It's hard work for you kid, Brother Da Niu will invite you to eat and drink another day." ”

"You two go in and take a count." County Lieutenant He immediately ordered the two officials.

Liu Yuan also stood on the side with his hands in his hands, with a smile on his face, seemingly very confident, and not afraid of the investigation. Seeing this, Liu Ji couldn't hide the smug look in his heart, "Liu Yuan, Liu Yuan, look at how you smile later." He said to himself.

After a while, two officials walked out, and one of them said solemnly: "Returning to the county lieutenant, there is a bronze sword missing from the arsenal of this Surabaya Pavilion. ”

"Impossible!" When Liu Yuan heard this, he suddenly said in a loud voice.

"Did you two make a mistake?" County Lieutenant He asked in a deep voice.

The two officials shook their heads, and the man said again: "The two of us have counted three times, and we did find that a bronze sword was missing. ”

"Hmm!" County Lieutenant He was overjoyed, nodded with satisfaction, he turned around and glared at Liu Yuan, and scolded with a gloomy face: "Liu Yuan, what else do you have to say?" ”

Liu Ji laughed, couldn't hide his excitement and said, "This time I see how you can argue?" ”

"County Lieutenant He, Yuan will count the arsenal every month, and he has not found a difference in the quantity." Liu Yuan hurriedly explained, he looked at Wang San again, and asked, "The Hyogo is guarded by you, have you found anything abnormal?" ”

Wang San shook his head, he was also shocked when he saw this scene, "No, no abnormality was found." Wang San replied a little nervously, "Pavilion Chief, it's really none of my business, you have to believe me, I am here every day, by the way, right......" He seemed to think of something, and said eagerly: "Last night, my old lady was injured, and Li Lichang took my place to guard here for an hour." ”

"Li Lichang?" Hearing this, Liu Yuan saluted County Lieutenant He again, and said in a deep voice: "County Lieutenant He, it is obvious that this Li Lichang stole the blade. ”

"Huh!" The corner of Lieutenant He's mouth sneered, and he looked at Liu Yuan's gaze, obviously with more contempt, and only heard him say: "You can shirk it, okay, I'll let you, the virtuous talent of Pei County, have nothing to say at all." Someone come, go and bring this Li Lichang, and let him confront our virtue and talent face to face. ”

Soon, Li Zheng was brought from the kiln factory by the officials, and he saluted to the county lieutenant He, and said pretending to be puzzled: "I don't know if the county lieutenant is looking for the right to come, what are the orders?" ”

Lieutenant He immediately said a rough word about the bronze sword, turned to him to stare at Li Zheng, and shouted, "But you stole this arsenal? ”

Li's face turned pale, and he shouted aggrievedly: "How could it be me." Pavilion Chief Liu, this arsenal has been stolen, how can you be wronged. Even if there is something that offends you on weekdays, you can't slander you like this. ”

County Lieutenant He gave an order, "You have nothing to say!" Come on, take Liu Yuan for me. ”