Cao Xiancheng came, Xiao Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief, he had waited for him for so long, just for this moment.

Power is indeed a good thing, a person in a position can easily determine life and death with a word, Xiao Fan knows very well that if he is really taken to prison, the result does not need to be thought about to know, it is definitely a dead word, no one can live in peace and stability after completely offending the magistrate, and it is too easy for an official to kill an ordinary person, so easy that he is almost too lazy to find any excuses and charges. The officials wanted the people to die, and the people had to die.

Xiao Fan once again experienced the wonders of power, he began to feel that he was living too sadly, his husband had no power in his hands, and in this treacherous Ming Dynasty, he could only live like an ant, what was the point? Cao Xiancheng saved himself this time, what about next time? What about next time? Could it be that he is a traverser, and he has to wait for others to save him every time?

After all, men still have to rely on themselves, and power is the most secure thing.

A trace of ambition to strive for the top position finally quietly sprouted in Xiao Fan's heart, broke the ground, and quickly occupied the fertile soil in Xiao Fan's heart with a crazy growth, which was irrepressible.

Hearing the loud shouts from the street corner, Chen Siliu's desperate and defeated look like a dead man finally had some vitality, he couldn't help but perk up, turned his head and looked at Xiao Fan with an expression that was almost grateful.

Xiao Fan smiled and nodded at him, and then stretched out his hand, looking chic, but in fact, he put a scissor hand shape at him, very kawaii.

Cao Xiancheng did not wear an official uniform, only a flowery robe, and walked towards him with a calm face.

He was followed by two middle-aged men in civilian clothes, Xiao Fan looked at it a little, and knew that it was the Yamen's Xie Zhushu and Li Dianshi, and when they walked, they were faintly two steps behind Cao Xiancheng, with a bit of respect in their demeanor, Xiao Fan couldn't help but be secretly surprised, this Cao Xiancheng is not small, in such a short period of time, he has pulled the most important master book in the yamen, the classic history and the head catcher into his camp, this is probably not only something that silver can do, most likely they have taken a fancy to the prominent position of Zhu Di, the king of Yan behind Cao County.

Cao Yi seems to be rough and heroic, uninhibited, but in fact he is shrewd and capable, which should not be underestimated. Xiao Fan was a little lucky, fortunately he was in the right position, and it was far more pleasant to be friends with such a person than to be an enemy.

When his thoughts were in turmoil, Cao Yi had already walked in front of Xiao Fan.

Xiao Fan came back to his senses and arched his hand: "Xiao Fan, a grass citizen, has seen the county lord, the master bookkeeper, and the master of the canon. ”

Cao Yi's sharp eyes quickly glanced at the stunned shopkeeper Zhou not far away, and nodded to Liu Zhutou imperceptibly, and then laughed and said: "Brother Xiao doesn't need to be polite, today the official and the colleagues of the yamen are all coming in civilian clothes, I heard that the drunken immortal building of Chen Dong's family is open today, the official is presumptuous, but he wants to be cheeky and ask for a cup of rich wine to drink, haha." ”

The onlookers were in an uproar, what did the newly appointed county lord say about Xiao Fan just now? Brother Xiao?

The ancients have always put etiquette first, and the problem of calling is not a trivial matter, and the dignified court officials of the eight grades actually called a son-in-law under the fence a brother-in-law, this uncle of the Chen family...... Is it still the son-in-law of the year? When did he get into a relationship with the county lord, and looking at the posture, the relationship was still very close.

Chen Siliu was originally trapped in the great sadness of the imminent destruction of his family, but he didn't expect the situation to turn around, and soon returned to heaven from hell.

Although he was still trembling slightly, Chen Siliu tried his best to calm down his emotions and said respectfully: "There is the second master of Lao who is worried, the Chen family is grateful, and Lord Cao condescended to visit the small restaurant of the grass people, which really makes the restaurant flourish. ”

Cao Yi laughed heroically when he heard this, as if he hadn't seen the scene of the official trying to arrest Xiao Fan just now, he only waved his hand at Xiao Fan and said, "Why are so many people standing at the door?" Brother Xiao, let's go, accompany the official to go in and have a few drinks, you kid is very clever, but unfortunately the amount of alcohol is too bad, the official has to practice you well......"

Xiao Fan touched his nose and smiled bitterly: "The adults want to drink, of course the grass people don't dare not accompany them, but unfortunately I'm afraid it won't work now, the grass people accidentally offended the tiger power of Huang Zhi County, and now they are preparing to follow Liu Zhutou to the prison to eat prison food......

Cao Yi pretended to be stunned when he heard this, then lowered his face, his eyes gradually became as sharp as a knife blade, and he stared at Liu Zhutou and said, "What's the matter?" The county lord wants to take Xiao Fan? How could the officer not know? What crime did Xiao Fan commit? ”

Liu Zhutou quickly exchanged glances with Cao Yi, and then looked like a businessman, and said lightly: "The villain is just taking people on the orders of Zhixian County, and the villain really doesn't know what crime Xiao Fan committed." ”

Cao Yi's originally brisk expression converged, and his eyebrows gradually crouched into a Sichuan character, and a clear-eyed person could see at a glance that this county lord was unhappy.

Turning his head to look at Li Dianshi behind him, Cao Yi asked: "Lord Li, you are Dianshi, in charge of the county's prison, and the county lord wants to arrest Xiao Fan, do you know what Xiao Fan has committed?" ”

Li Dianshi frowned and said: "The lower officials have never heard the county lord mention this matter, Xu is the lower official's ability is weak, and the county lord is used to being arbitrary, and it is common for the arrest of criminals not to inform the lower officials." ”

The onlookers gasped when they heard this, Li Dianshi's words were too heavy, although the literal meaning was still respectful to Huang Zhixian, but the hidden meaning in the words was too vicious, "Qiangang is arbitrary", this word has always been used on the emperor, but Li Dianshi used it to describe Huang Zhixian without thinking, this word was said in front of many onlookers, if it was transmitted to the Beijing court, or even to the emperor's ears, what impression would Huang Zhixian have?

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang's control of folk words and speeches can be described as extremely severe, any inappropriate or threatening to the imperial power of the written speech, will be the most severe punishment, light to prison and fill the army, heavy is to exterminate the nine clans, Zhu Yuanzhang is not soft on this, vigorous and resolute, which also derived the "Jin Yi Wei" this notorious spy organization, its main role is to monitor the scholars and the people's written speech, fortunately since Hu Weiyong, Lan Yu plotted against the case, because of the Jin Yi Wei Dasuo the world Hu Lan Tong Party, The innocent were implicated too much, Zhu Yuanzhang had to burn all kinds of torture instruments in Jinyiwei's edict on the spot in front of the court officials, and dismantle Jinyiwei, a notorious spy organization all over the world, and the court and the people only had a few years of respite.

If this was still in Jinyiwei back then, Li Dianshi's words came out, and within half an hour, Huang Zhixian would be politely invited to drink tea in the edict of Fusi in Jingshi Town, and enjoy the treatment of Qin criminals suspected of rebellion.

Xiao Fanleng heard the meaning of Li Dianshi's words for a while, and couldn't help wiping the sweat on his forehead in fright...... I really can't afford to mess with it! A fluttering word can kill.

What does this mean? Knowledge is power!

Xiao Fan decided that in his spare time, he must read more books, read good books, enrich and arm himself, and aspire to be a reader with a bad stomach......

Even after Cao Yi heard Li Dianshi's words, his eyebrows couldn't help jumping slightly, and he glanced at Li Dianshi with a bit of horror.

The scene was dead silent, and the people present looked at Cao Yi one after another, and the excitement in their eyes became more and more intense, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the head-to-head contest between the eldest lord and the second master of Jiangpu County began through this incident.

The shopkeeper of Zhou, who was standing speechless on the side, saw that Li Dianshi actually said such a slanderous remark, and pointed the finger at Huang Zhixian, he was very surprised, he couldn't help but be anxious, and hurriedly came out of the crowd, and said loudly: "Xiao Fan is suspected of hurting the prince of the county, and the county lord ordered Liu to arrest the head, please Lord Cao!" ”

Cao Yi frowned and said coldly, "Who are you?" ”

Shopkeeper Zhou was so frightened that he took half a step back, and forced himself to calm down: "Caomin's surname is Zhou, and he is the shopkeeper of Jinyulou......

"Are you famous?"

“…… No. ”

"Since there is no merit, why don't you kneel when you see this official? How dare you despise your own officials so much? Cao Yi said angrily.

Shopkeeper Zhou was so frightened that his legs weakened when he heard this, and he knelt down with a plop, and then glanced at Xiao Fan and Chen Siliu pitifully, the meaning in his eyes was very clear, they had no merit, why didn't they kneel?

Xiao Fan almost laughed out loud, why does this Cao Xiancheng always like to play this set? I remember the first time I saw him, he also came to himself like this, could it be that the paranoid tendency derived from the inferiority complex in his bones, he had to kneel to talk to him to be comfortable?

Cao Yi snorted, ignored the resentful gaze of the shopkeeper Zhou, turned to Liu Zhutou and said loudly: "Since he is an official of the imperial court, he should love the people like a son, Xiao Fan has no bad deeds, and he is not guilty, it is quite inappropriate to be arrested and imprisoned for no reason, maybe it is not necessary that the county lord has a misunderstanding of Xiao Fan, Liu Zhutou, you and ask the officials to go back, Xiao Fan's matter, this official will be responsible in front of the county lord." ”

The onlookers were surprised when they heard this.

Cao Yi's words sounded polite, but in fact, the meaning of the words was clearly already slapping Huang Zhixian's face in public, the second master vetoed the eldest master's order on the spot in front of so many people, and this matter would spread to the streets and alleys of Jiangpu County within an hour, and Huang Zhixian's face and prestige could not be lost anymore.

A smile flashed quickly in Liu Zhutou's eyes, and then he still looked businesslike, and said calmly: "Since Lord Cao has a life, the villain does not dare to disobey, so I will take the brothers back." ”

Shopkeeper Zhou was still kneeling on the ground, and Cao Yi didn't tell him to get up as if he had forgotten him.

But Shopkeeper Zhou didn't care about this, he was cold now, the scene that happened just now kept playing back in his mind, and then looked at the smiling Master Xie and Li Dianshi behind Cao Yi, as well as Liu Zhutou, who was obviously impartial, but in fact Yang Fengyin was violating, an inexplicable chill suddenly entered the whole body of Shopkeeper Zhou.

How so? Has Jiangpu really changed?

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Zhou couldn't help but tremble and was at a loss.

A deafening gong rang in the distance, waking up the contemplative shopkeeper Zhou.

"Lord Huang of this county is here, Jing Street-, avoidance-"

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