As soon as Ma Wu heard this, he came to the carriage in a few steps, and when he took a look, sure enough, the carriage was full of the lost silk of Xinglong Silk Village, as well as four sturdy thieves who were tied.

At that moment, Ma Wu did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ordered someone to bring the thief and silk to the county office, and then invited Yang Lin, Li Kui, and Shi Qian to wait in the class room.

As soon as Fang Yanqing heard that the thief who robbed the silk was caught, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered to be promoted to the hall to ask the case.

After sitting down, Fang Yanqing "snapped" a row of startled trees and said, "Come on, bring those three strong men and four thieves to the hall." ”

A messenger answered at the bottom, and after a while, Li Kui, Yang Lin, and Shi Qian walked up, and eight or nine messengers escorted four thieves to the lobby.

At that moment, Fang Yanqing became famous, what was going on, Yang Lin told the story of the matter as it was, and after telling it in 1510, Fang Yanqing suddenly realized and completely understood.

After that, Fang Yanqing brought Meng Xiong and Li Hu to the court for questioning, and they all interrogated each other. He also brought Gao Guotai, Li Si, and Zhou Toad to the court, and asked Mr. Zhaofang Shuban to confess and rob the Xinglong satin store, but there was no Gao Guotai and Li Si. First ordered the two to be opened, and Gao Guotai went down to the hall and stopped.

In the end, the hall beat Leng Er with forty boards and nailed them to the public. beat Meng Sixiong to forty boards, and even Li Hu took two men and was shackled to prison together. When Yang Lin and the three of them saw that the case was over, they stood up, thanked Zhixian and walked out of the lobby.

As soon as the three of them came out of the yamen, they saw the master of the county yaya walking out and stopped Li Kui and the three people, "The three righteous men are slow, and slow." ”

Hearing someone calling him behind him, the three of them looked back at the moment, it turned out to be the master of the yamen, Yang Lin stepped forward, arched his hand towards the master, and asked, "Master, isn't this case over, what's the matter?" ”

The master bowed and returned the salute, and said politely: "Oh, this case is over, if there were no three righteous people, my lord almost wronged the good people and let go of the really heinous thief, so my lord is grateful, and he prepared a little wine and food in the back hall, and invited the three righteous men to go." ”

As soon as Li Kui heard that he was invited to eat, he was happy for a while, and he hurriedly ate a bite in the evening, and he went to Surabaya County at noon, and he hadn't eaten yet, Li Kui's stomach was already hungry, and he came over and said: "Oh, it just so happens that my belly is also hungry, so it's better to go in and eat, the county master is kind, we can't help but give face." ”

Yang Lin thought about it, and agreed, and the three of them followed the master into the county office, and passed through the verandah, which was the inner hall, and sure enough, there was a large table of wine and food inside.

"Oh, so much delicious, it's so delicious, it's delicious to look at, otherwise there are so many people who like to be officials, if I also like to be officials." Li Kui looked at a large table of dishes, patted his stomach, and said with drool.

As soon as Li Kui's voice fell, Shi Qian next to him couldn't help but joke: "I said Brother Tie Niu, come on, just look like you, fierce and vicious, and scare the people again, besides, those who are officials are all scholars, brother, you don't know a single word, how to be an official, if you are a confused official." ”

As he was talking, a person walked in from the outside, it was none other than the county magistrate Fang Yanqing, at this time Fang Yanqing had just come down from the lobby, and the official uniform on his body had not had time to take off, as soon as he came in, he smiled and said: "Hahaha, three righteous men, please sit down, please sit down." ”

The three of them sat down, Fang Yanqing was full of smiles, and immediately picked up the wine glass, and said: "This case is thanks to the three righteous people, if the three righteous people see the injustice and draw their swords to help, the ancient way is warm, and they almost wronged a good person, if that is the case, then the conscience of the next can not pass, the great grace is not grateful, and the three of them are respected." ”

As soon as the words fell, Li Kui was not happy, put the wine glass down at the moment, and said dissatisfiedly: "This wine glass is too small, not happy, not happy, the county master should change a big bowl for me, drink happily." ”

Fang Yanqing laughed and said: "This righteous man is bold, he is not thoughtful, the three of them are all heroes of the green forest, drinking wine in a big bowl, eating meat in a large piece, this is happy, come on, change the big bowl for the three righteous people." ”

Seeing Fang Yanqing say this, Li Kui also had a good impression of him, and said immediately: "Hehe, among so many county officials, you are the one who has the most temper with me Tieniu, unlike those people, who speak sourly and sourly, and they are annoyed when they listen to it." ”

The four of them were eating and chatting, everything was so harmonious, and as they spoke, Fang Yanqing suddenly said a word and said, "I know the true identity of the three righteous men." ”

"Ahh Just this sentence, Yang Lin and the three of them were shocked in their hearts, Yang Lin's face sank like water, a pair of tiger eyes stared at Fang Yanqing, Li Kui next to him "snapped" the table, and stood up directly, at that time, Qiandu had already pulled out the small knife on his waist and looked outside vigilantly.

Seeing that the three of them were so nervous, as if they were facing a great enemy, Fang Yanqing laughed, waved his hand, and said: "The three of you are not impatient, I know your identity below, but there is no malicious intent, Liangshan hero Black Whirlwind Li Kui, Drum Flea Time Migration, Jin Leopard Yang Lin." If I wanted to arrest you, I would have done it a long time ago, so why wait until now. ”

At that moment, Yang Lin asked: "Since you know the identities of the three of us, why do you still invite our brothers to dinner, isn't it a Hongmen banquet?" Use any means to get out of the way. ”

Fang Yanqing laughed and said: "The three heroes, there is no malice in the next, the three of you are invited to eat this meal is indeed to thank the three heroes for catching the thief, so that Gao Guotai will not be wronged, although one of us is an official and the other is a bandit, but I sincerely admire what the heroes of Liangshan have done, you are really for the sake of the people, although you are wearing this official uniform, but I still hope to be able to make friends with three heroes." ”

Yang Lin and the three of them saw Fang Yanqing but had some sincerity, and slowly let down their guard at the moment, Yang Lin said: "Lord Fang Yanqing is honest and fair in Surabaya County, so that the people of Surabaya County live and work in peace and contentment, we have also heard of it on Liangshan, since the adults agree with us Liangshan so much, why not go to Liangshan with our three brothers, and then our brothers will personally introduce the adults, how about it?" ”

Fang Yanqing waved his hand and said: "It's one thing to agree, it's another thing to join the gang, although the Liangshan Righteous Army is now in full swing, but now the court is still orthodox, although it is said that traitors are in charge, corrupt officials and corrupt officials are rampant, but the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, Liangshan still needs a long way to go if he wants to dominate the world, and he said that Liangshan doesn't need me to be a scholar now, and he has a good life in Surabaya County, and he is happy to do something for the people." ”

As soon as Fang Yanqing's voice fell, Li Kui next to him said: "Hahaha, there are really not many officials like you, although I Tieniu doesn't know a single big character, but I know right and wrong, good and evil, my brother Chao Gai is a big hero, and the position of the emperor will definitely be my brother's, if you figure it out, go to Liangshan to find me, and I will introduce you to you." ”

Don't look at Li Kui's five big and three coarse, but he is thick and fine, as soon as he heard it, he knew that Fang Yanqing was already disappointed in the imperial court, and he was optimistic about Liangshan, but he was waiting for the price to sell, and he didn't break it at the moment.

After the four of them ate for a while, the wine was over three rounds of food and five flavors, and they saw that it was almost over, Yang Lin got up to say goodbye, and when he left, Fang Yanqing gave Yang Lin two dry food in silver, and after the four of them said goodbye, Yang Lin, Li Kui, and Shi Qian rushed again.

Looking at the back of the three people in the distance, Fang Yanqing smiled slightly, and said to himself: "Such a good man is admirable, Liang Shan Chao Gai is a master, and that Gao Guotai is also a talent." ”

Within two days, Gao Guotai was recruited by Surabaya County to work in the county government and became a small official under Fang Yanqing.