The matter of hanging the squire to the tree to show the public is also very extreme. Since the officials saw it, they naturally couldn't stand idly by. Wang Xijue gave an order, and Gan Hong ran over to the big locust tree with a few soldiers, intending to untie the old man Najia from the tree and bring him to Wang Xijue and others for questioning.

The movement on the official road here has long attracted the attention of those cultivators in the fields. When Gan Hong led people to the big locust tree, several men who had just pulled the plough in the field threw down the plough and came over, and the first one of them clasped his fists and saluted Gan Hong: "Lu Hu, the general manager of the survey and public opinion camp, please ask this brother Daming." ”

"Mr. Bai?" Gan Hong was stunned, the group of people in front of him, one by one, dressed in civilian clothes, barefoot, covered in mud and water, the person at the head actually claimed to be President Bai. The survey camp is not a guard army, so why did it do farm work? However, Gan Hong took a closer look and did see a bit of military temperament from the other party, which is not something that ordinary farmers can pretend.

"In Xiajingying, Baizong Ganhong was ordered to escort Qincha to Runing." Gan Hong hurriedly introduced himself, no matter what, everyone is a soldier, and the necessary politeness is unavoidable.

Lu Hu looked at the people on the official road and sighed: "It turned out that Qin was sent to arrive, I was too slow to wait, Mr. Gan Bai, please wait, wait for me to dress." ”

As he spoke, he said hello, and everyone hurriedly took towels to wipe the muddy water on their hands, and then ran to a pile of military uniforms on the side, ready to change their clothes and go to see Qincha.

Gan Hong pointed to the person hanging from the tree with his finger and asked Lu Hu, "Dare to ask Mr. Lu Bai, did you hang this person?" ”

Lu Hu was busy putting on his military uniform, and when he heard Gan Hong's words, he turned his head to look at it and said lightly: "That's right, this is the landlord of the village. His name is Jia Zhenggui. He resisted the spring ploughing order, and the villagers were not allowed to plow, and in accordance with the orders of my guard, we hung him here as an example. ”

Gan Hong's heart was cold, he knew what it meant to be a grass and a human life, such a landlord, he would hang it when he said it, this Su Hao was really domineering.

"Mr. Lu Bai. Scholar Wang has an order, let me rescue this person, take him for questioning, and please make it convenient. Gan Hong asked Lu Hu that since he knew that Jia Zhenggui was hung by Lu Hu and them. If he wants to put Jia Zhenggui down, he has to inform Lu Hu, which is also a general rule of doing things.

Lu Hu didn't have any opinion on Gan Hong's request, he nodded casually and said, "Gan Bai, please, in fact, even if you don't come, you will hang for 4 hours today." We'll have to let him go back, and we'll hang him tomorrow." ”

Cattle! Gan Hong secretly praised in his heart. He led people to the locust tree, and this time he saw clearly, it turned out that Jia Zhenggui was hanging in a net-like bag. I don't have to worry about getting hanged. However, in this warm and cold season, hanging in the field for a few hours is enough for him. Look at his face. Snot and tears were already smeared, and hair was scattered. How embarrassed it is, how embarrassed it is.

"The military master spares his life, the villain will never dare anymore."

Seeing someone who was a soldier coming, Jia Zhenggui cried and begged for mercy. He was already dizzy from the wind, and he couldn't figure out where the soldiers in front of him came from, and he thought they were also from the survey camp.

"Let me ask you, why are you hanging here?" Gan Hong is not a reckless person, he has gone out with court officials many times to handle cases, and he has some experience. Seeing that the other party didn't figure out his origin, he simply pretended to be naïve, in order to set up a set of the other party's truth.

Sure enough, Jia Zhenggui didn't dare to hide it at all, and said frankly: "The villain misheard the words of the traitor, participated in the strike, and instigated the family to beat the farmer who opened the plow, so he was hung here." ”

"Then tell me, why do you want to strike the farm?" Ganhon continued to ask.

Jia Zhenggui didn't know what to do, thinking that the other party was going to make a review by himself, so he said: "This is all what the county lord meant, he asked Liu Zhutou of the county government to come and tell Xiaomin, asking everyone to stop farming together and force the surname Su ...... Ah, no, it's to force Master Su to comply. Liu Zhutou also said that as long as everyone persists for a few days, the ...... in the capital will be

Speaking of this, Jia Zhenggui suddenly had a flash of inspiration, he looked at Gan Hong fixedly, and then struggled to raise his head and glanced at the official road, saw the flag and the official sedan chair there, and suddenly understood. He asked eagerly, "Master Jun, ...... you Not from the Surveying Camp? ”

"A certain family is from Beijing." Gan Hong had heard what he wanted to know, and he no longer hid it.

"Lord Qingtian, help!" Jia Zhenggui cried loudly as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw: "I'm going to see the Qincha, and the grass people want to see the Qincha to complain!" ”

"Jia Zhenggui, what are you howling?" Lu Hu had already changed into his military uniform, and when he heard Jia Zhenggui making a fuss, he reprimanded angrily.

Jia Zhenggui subconsciously shrunk his neck, obviously scared of being cleaned up by Lu Hu these days. Gan Hong felt funny and asked him: "Master Jia, didn't you just say that you were hung up because of the ploughing, why did you change your mind as soon as you turned around?" ”

"This ......" Jia Zhenggui remembered that he had just said too much, and it was not easy to change his words now, so he said hesitantly: "What I said just now was all ...... by them."

Lu Hu walked to the side of the tree, tugged at the knot, and the net containing Jia Zhenggui fell to the ground with a clatter, causing Jia Zhenggui to scream. Lu Hu walked over, kicked Jia Zhenggui with his foot, and said, "Come out, go to see Qincha with the master of Jingying." Let me tell you, what our Su Garrison has done can withstand anyone's investigation, and you can't retract your confession. If you tell the truth, then your flesh suffers a little. If you still dare to reverse black and white, after the Qin Cha finds out what happened, all of you will have to fall to the ground. When you go to Lord Yama, don't say I didn't warn you. ”

Gan Hong's subordinates freed Jia Zhenggui from the net pocket, and Lu Hu and the others were already dressed neatly, and the two sides were together and escorted Jia Zhenggui to the official road.

"Lu Hu, the general manager of the survey camp, knock on Scholar Wang, Scholar Wang, and Wu Shilang......" Lu Hu took his subordinates and kowtowed to those high-ranking officials one by one. There's no way, everyone is a senior official at the central level, and these little soldiers have to kowtow no matter what.

Gan Hong was on the side, and introduced the identities of Lu Hu and the others to Wang Xijue and the others in a low voice, Wang Xijue waved his hand and said to Lu Hu and the others: "Don't be formal, get up and talk." ”

On a whim, getting off the sedan chair to see the scenery has become an on-site case. The entourage hurriedly set up a folding soft stool, let Wang Xijue, Wang Jiaping and others sit down, and set up a temporary camp on the official road.

"Since you are a sergeant of the survey camp, why did you go to the countryside to pull a plow for others?" Wang Jiaping asked. When he saw a young man pulling a plough in the field just now, he felt that something was wrong, how could there be so many young men in anyone's house. Now I understand that these people who pulled the plough turned out to be soldiers from the survey battalion.

Lu Hu replied: "We were ordered by the general of the Su garrison to go to various states and counties to persuade farmers to spring ploughing. Farmers in this area have always been poor, most of them have no cattle, and there is not enough labor. Su Shoubei said, our survey battalion is the people's soldiers, and when the people are in trouble, they should help, and we will pull the plough for these farmers. ”

"The people's soldiers...... That's an interesting statement. Wang Xijue nodded and said, the officials standing behind him either nodded slightly or pouted disdainfully, Wu Boxing had a black face, and had to stand up and reprimand Su Hao for grandstanding.

Lu Hu continued: "Actually, in this old man Jia's house, there were more than a dozen ploughing cattle. But this old thing, in order to embarrass our Su Guard, actually broke the feet of more than a dozen cows in a frenzy, so that these cows could not go to work in the fields. Ladies and gentlemen, you say, should such an inferior gentleman be hung up for public display? ”

"Is that true?" Wang Jiaping turned his head to look at Jia Zhenggui and asked in a deep voice.

"This ......" Jia Zhenggui didn't know how to say it, hurting the ploughing cattle couldn't be concealed. Others only need to go to his cowshed to see that the injuries on the feet of those cattle are all man-made, and the wounds are not big, so they will not make these cattle permanently crippled, but in order to avoid wound infection, they will definitely not be able to go to the ground in the short term. More than a dozen cows have such wounds, and if they are not intentional, it will be hell.

"Bastard thing!" Judging from Jia Zhenggui's expression, Wang Jiaping also knew that what Lu Hu said was true. He was born in a family of dilapidated rural intellectuals, and when he was a child, he also did farm work, so he has a deep understanding of rural life. Hearing that Jia Zhenggui did not hesitate to hurt the ploughing cattle in order to stop farming, he couldn't help but be angry.

Beside Wang Jiaping, there was a bookkeeper in charge of records, and there was a small inkstone in front of him. The Wang family held his breath, picked up the inkstone and threw it at Jia Zhenggui. The inkstone was impartial, and it was smashing on Jia Zhenggui's head, and for a while, blood and ink sweat flowed down Jia Zhenggui's forehead, turning him into a big flower face.

"During the spring ploughing, the farmer regards the cattle as more expensive than human life, and you dare to hurt the ploughing cattle, it is really an unforgivable sin! Come! ”

"In!" Gan Hong stood up with a knife on his waist, Jia Zhenggui was so frightened that he knelt down, who knew that this official from the capital had such a big temper, this was clearly about to cut people.

"Loyal to the uncle." Wang Xijue hurriedly held down Wang Jiaping, okay, all the ministers in the court said that he Wang Xijue was Su Hao's backer, for fear that he would favor Su Hao after he arrived in Runing. Who knows that this Wang Jiaping is even more extreme than his Wang Xijue, as soon as he entered the ground of Runing Mansion, he didn't even see Liu Qichang's face, he first wanted to kill a landlord who had stopped farming, if this matter spread, it would not scare Liu Qichang to death.

"Put him into custody first, and then deal with it after the facts of the case are clarified." Wang Xijue instructed Gan Hong.

"Order!" Gan Hong agreed, and told his subordinates to step forward and tie up Jia Zhenggui. Several of his soldiers were also from peasant families, and when they heard that Jia Zhenggui had hurt the farming cattle, they were all angry, and they couldn't help but get a little heavier when they started, and Jia Zhenggui screamed.