Chapter 5: The Lord of the County
rushed to Yue Su's table in a few steps, Jin Chan and Tie Qiu hurriedly stood up, while Yue Su sat in place without moving.
"Grandma's, are you looking for death!" The general manager is still like the second little fan shop just now, and he stretched out his hand to hit Yue Su.
How could the golden cicada allow him to touch Yue Su, raise his leg and kick him, hit him in the lower abdomen, and kicked him to the ground with his back facing the sky.
When the soldiers saw that they had been kicked down, they immediately went over to help, and some of them had already raised their knives and were about to slash.
"Smack!" Yue Su slapped the table, stood up, and shouted, "You are so bold, don't you have a royal law?" This official is the new prefect of Tongren, and when he uses a knife against this government, is he planning to kill the official and rebel? ”
This voice really startled the soldiers, and they turned their heads to look at the general one by one. The general manager finally got up with the support of the two soldiers, covered his stomach and glared at Yue Su, and said angrily: "Damn it, dare to beat Lao Tzu." If you are the prefect of Tongren, Lao Tzu will be the general soldier of Guizhou! What are you doing in a daze, give it to me, kill it! ”
As soon as the soldiers waited for his orders, they immediately came to the spirit and slashed with their swords. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty no longer have any combat power in this year, but in bullying the people, everyone's spirit is still full.
In the land of Yungui, there are many native rebellions, and the soldiers here are somewhat stronger than the soldiers in the Central Plains. But no matter how tough he is, he is the opponent of Jin Chan.
Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tong Xuan, and Tie Qiu, the four of them opened their postures, picked up the bench, and fought with the soldiers. The sound of ping-pong was endless, and after a while, more than a dozen soldiers were all knocked to the ground, either their heads were broken and bleeding, or they were covered by their waists and abdomen and cried.
Seeing that his subordinates were all defeated so quickly, the one that was always frightened, and the golden cicada looked at him with a sneer on his face at this time, and he was still carrying the bench with the head of the seven weapons in his hand.
"Good man, it's all my fault just now, and I hope that there are a lot of adults, and I spare the villain this time. I'm going to pay the bill right now......"
"Presumptuous!" Yue Su shouted angrily and said: "Tongren is under the rule of this mansion, you are lawless here, and you dare to instruct soldiers to rush into this mansion, do you know what the crime is?" If you make a mistake now, can you pay the bill right away? Bring them all back to the prefect's yamen! ”
"Yes! My lord! Jin Cicada said yes and stretched out his hand to grab someone.
This time, when Yue Su said this, he was completely dumbfounded, looking at this posture, the other party was really the prefect of Tongren. Now if you enter the prefect's yamen, you will have to bear any crime. But what does this crime look like? To put it mildly, it is a collision, and to put it seriously, it is an attempt to assassinate the officials of the imperial court, which is equivalent to rebellion.
"My lord...... "I didn't wait for the golden cicada to make a move, knelt directly on the ground, opened the bow left and right, and kept slapping myself." It's all villains who have no eyes and offend adults, and I hope adults will forgive me......"
"If you'll forgive me, let's go to the prefect's lobby. Take! Yue Su snorted, called the shopkeeper again, calculated the food money, and asked him to follow him to the prefect's yamen to testify.
Seeing that this was the prefect's master, the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper were stunned, and they said vigorously that they didn't need to give money, but Yue Su was willing. After calculating the food money, he took Xiao Er and the general manager to the prefect's yamen together.
These soldiers who were knocked to the ground did not dare to struggle to get up from the ground after Yue Su left, and everyone looked at each other and knew that they had caused a big disaster. Now, I can only hurry up and report the news. Everyone supported each other and rushed towards the garrison yamen together.
This general name is Ge Sheng, and he is the brother-in-law of Tongren guarding Niu Qian, and he has always relied on his brother-in-law's power to run rampant in Tongren. It is also common for soldiers to bully the people, and the local officials in Tongren are all turning a blind eye, after all, it is a barren land, and the martial artists still have a bit of status, plus Ge Sheng is still a little backstage.
In the past year, a major case has occurred in Tongren, and officials at all levels are even more busy, who has the time to take care of these "small things", and Ge Sheng is even more lawless.
was taken to the prefect's lobby, Yue Su didn't say a word, and immediately rewarded Ge Sheng's sixty boards. The officers understood that this was the first fire for the new official to take office, and no one dared to slack off, the board was merciless, and Ge Sheng, who was beaten, was flesh and blood, begging for mercy again and again.
As soon as the board was finished, there was an errand officer, saying that the garrison lord Niu Qian asked to see him. Garrison is the official position of Zheng Wupin, and it is at the same level as the prefect of Yuesu, a low-class prefecture. However, the Ming Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and you were a five-grade garrison, which was nothing in the eyes of civil officials of the same level. It can be said that not to mention the garrison, even if it is a deputy general, the prefect will have to look at the mood to give face. This is the superiority of civil officials, if you dare to disobey, I will join you.
When Ge Sheng heard that Niu Qian was coming, he felt like he had taken a reassuring pill, and his heart finally fell. However, this kind of bitter soldier really has no knowledge, and in his heart, the garrison seems to be very remarkable. Unexpectedly, Yue Su smiled slightly and said, "Go out and tell him that this official is busy with official business and has no time to meet guests." ”
In a word, it's gone.
Seeing Yue Su say this, Niu Qian's heart was completely cold, and he looked at Yue Su tremblingly, not knowing what the prefect would do with him. Yue Su understands the officialdom system of the Ming Dynasty, and it doesn't hurt to kill a person like Niu Qian, according to the previous charge, but he has just taken office, and it is inconvenient to kill people, so teach him a good lesson and let him know that it is powerful.
Of course, you can't put it right away, and you have to make him suffer a little more. Yue Su just asked someone to convey Niu Qian's words, in fact, what he really meant-just because you came to this mansion to plead, it is not enough to qualify.
Of course, Niu Qian understood what Yue Su meant, and after the messenger replied, he immediately went out of the city and went to the class to ask for help.
Tongren does not produce much grain every year, ranking below the prefect level in the country, but it is indeed an out-and-out military town, and the general army of Guizhou is stationed outside the city. Ask the general soldier to come forward to intercede for a general, it is impossible, the officialdom pays attention to reciprocal reception, retreats and asks for the second, and finds the deputy general You Chuancheng.
said a lot of good things, You Chuancheng followed Niu Qianfeng to the prefect's yamen in a hurry and pleaded for Ge Sheng.
After earning enough face, Yue Su did not make any more difficulties, and treated Ge Sheng for the crime of disturbing the place, rewarded 60 boards, fined 20 taels of silver, and compensated for the loss of the restaurant. and asked Niu Qian to hand over all the dozen or so soldiers under Ge Sheng, and punish them together, each with fifty boards.
Two sixty boards, adding up to one hundred and two, who can stand this, relying on the errand and not fighting to the death, Ge Sheng saved a surname, and when he was carried out of the mansion, he was already dying. More than a dozen soldiers were beaten by Jin Cicada during the day, and now they have been beaten by the board, and they have all been taken out of the county office.
Seeing the lively people, they clapped their hands one after another, and You Chuancheng saw the people applauding, he felt shameless, glared at Niu Qian, and left first. Niu Qian is also a face-saving person, since the brother-in-law can't die, don't be conspicuous and go home quickly.
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"Zhu'er, what's going on in front, why is it so lively?"
A carriage slowly passed by the intersection of the prefect's yamen street, and the cheers of the people disturbed a young lady sitting in the carriage. The woman asked aloud as she lifted the curtains.
The carriage was followed by a delicate little maid and a dozen attendants, who, as soon as the maid heard the woman's questioning, immediately asked one of the attendants to go over and inquire.
The attendant obeyed the order, found the people to ask the reason, and hurried back to restore his life. It was the prefect who beat a general who was rampant in the township, and the people were all talking about it.
When the woman heard this, she bowed her head and said nothing, as if she were thinking. Seeing that the woman was silent, the maid Zhu'er thought that she had guessed the master's thoughts, and said with dissatisfaction: "County Lord, this new prefect is really true, after taking office, he is not busy investigating his uncle's case, but beating people and standing up, it is simply powder upside down, and it is impossible to distinguish which is more important and which is lighter." Hmph, if he can't find the murderer within two months, no matter how Liwei is, he will have to go back to his hometown. ”
The woman in the car was named Mu Tianjiao, the daughter of Mu Qiyuan, the prince of Qianguo, and the real county lord. She has a younger brother who is particularly famous, named Mu Tianbo, who is the next generation of Qianguo Gong.
Mu Tianjiao didn't care about Zhu'er's complaint, and said: "The prefect of the imperial court should ask for the people's life and govern the place, there are lawbreakers who oppress the people, so naturally they have to take care of it, and he is not wrong." ”
"County Lord, this prefect is not busy investigating my uncle's case, why are you still speaking for him?" Bamboo is puzzled.
"He is an official of the imperial court, not an official of our Mu family, why is the powder inverted? If you are just busy dealing with my Mu family as soon as you take office and ignore other government affairs, I will look down on this kind of person. Amaterasu's case has been going on for so long, and it's not easy to find out. For the sake of his own face, my father abolished the public and private interests, which I think is very wrong. In the past, I was also sad and lost my mind, but now that I think about it, if Amaterasu had a spirit in the sky, he would never want me to do this. Mu Tianjiao finished speaking slowly, groaned slightly, and said: "Let's go to the prefect's yamen to see what kind of character this new prefect is." ”
The coachman received the order, turned his horse's head, and headed for the prefect's yamen. Looking at the lively people, they gradually dispersed at this moment, and Ge Sheng and the others were carried away like lost dogs.
When he came to the prefect's door, the attendant called the guard and said that Tianjiao County would mainly see the prefect. The messenger hurriedly spread the word that at this moment, Yue Su had already gone to the back office to read the file of the Junma case. Hearing that the county lord asked to see him, he also knew the imperial court system, so he hurriedly sorted out the yuan clothes and went out to greet him in person.
Mu Tianjiao saw that the new prefect was two years younger than herself, and she couldn't help but wonder how the imperial court could send such a descendant here. However, she did not have contempt like Mu Yi, but felt that this person might have something extraordinary, otherwise how could she climb to such a high position at such a young age.
Yue Su gave Mu Tianjiao a salute, and through her name, led her to the back office to sit down, and after the servant served tea, Yue Su said: "I don't know what happened when the county lord came?" ”
In fact, even if he didn't ask, Yue Su knew that Mu Tianjiao must have come for her husband's business. But after Mu Yi's incident, he had a preconceived idea, thinking that Mu Tianjiao was also relying on his power to coerce him.
No, the county lord of Tianjiao put his posture very low, and his voice was gentle, "Lord Yue, I came today to ask the lord to redress his grievances as the family of the deceased." The first husband was poisoned by Miao Gu, and he still hasn't blinked, I'm really sad as a wife. ”
"The case of the county master is already known to the lower officials, and now they are investigating it. Although there are records in the file, they are all general remarks that do not help the case at all. Since the county lord has come as a bitter lord, it is the best, the lower official wants to ask, what enemies did the county horse have before his death, what was the situation when he died, and what did he eat before he died? ”
The questions asked by Yue Su are recorded in the file, but from this, there is no clue at all. I had to ask the county lord to answer again and try to find clues in it.
Mu Tianjiao replied truthfully: "My late husband has always been self-denying and approachable during his lifetime, and he has no enemies in private. As an official of the imperial history, he will inevitably offend some people in official affairs, but I have always been innocent of those who speak out, and countless officials have not been killed because of the impeachment of someone, and I don't think it is because of official affairs. Moreover, several pieces of music submitted by the late husband before his death have been checked, and the person who participated in the performance is not suspected of murdering the late husband. As for the scene when my husband died, I still remember that he was reading a book at that time, and suddenly screamed, and then rolled to the ground, constantly screaming in pain, his face was black, so it was terrifying, I sent someone to find Langzhong, but it was too late, and in less than half a pillar of incense, the person died. Lang Zhong and Qi Zuo both said that this was the Gu poison of the Miao people......"
Speaking of this, Mu Tianjiao was already teary-eyed, and her voice was choked. "At that time, the prefect Lord Cao once brought people to inspect it, but he did not find the Gu poison in the house, and on the night of his death, he had a meal with me, and he ate the same meal. He doesn't like to drink, he only likes to drink tea, and the tea that night has also been inspected, and there is still no Gu poison in it. How to fall into the Gu is really puzzling. ”
Her description was basically the same as the record in the dossier, so Yue Su was also a little helpless, and could only sigh that the Gu poison of the Miao people was too magical. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "I don't know why Junma died, but where have you ever been?" ”
"The first husband Bai said that he was in the Yushi Yamen, and he heard that the messenger said that he had not gone out, and when the time came, he went home, and the sedan chair man also said that he did not encounter anything suspicious on the road."
"This is strange, how can you still be poisoned for no reason?" Yue Su couldn't sort out his thoughts now.