The days flew by, and in a blink of an eye, it was early May of the first year of Jiading.

A team of officers escorting prisoners came down from the dock in Lin'an. At this time, the weather was already quite hot, and the officials were sweating profusely, and they were even more unkind to the prisoners. The shackled prisoners were poked and beaten with fire sticks, telling them to hurry up.

The people of Lin'an were also a little accustomed to chasing criminals like this, and since February, many prisoners of war have been sent to Ezhou. In the long procession, the prisoners of war were unkempt and sturdy. The people of Lin'an squeezed the road through which the prisoners of war had to pass, and everyone ridiculed and cursed the Mongol prisoners of war, and threw things at them.

In addition to prisoners of war, there were also many lime-cured heads paraded through the streets in cages. Thousands of heads loaded into dozens of cars, which scared the people of Lin'an enough. Compared to that, a squad of six prisoners was nothing at all.

The prisoners were sent to Dali Temple, and the officials who escorted them were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, while the officials of Dali Temple continued to be busy. Dali Siqing held a small meeting, and at the meeting, he said with some regret: "Zhao Jiaren knows that he is causing trouble for us." Even if it is a widow who identifies the Pu family, there is no need to send it specifically. ”

Si Cheng is in charge of adjudicating the case, and Si Cheng, who is in charge of this matter, said with a smile: "Si Qing is really smart, find out people from those Mongolian captives to identify, and the people sent to Quanzhou by the Mongolian lord have no way to hide." ”

This was something that Siqing was proud of, and a smile appeared on his face. In mid-April, Quanzhou Zhizhou sent several people from Dali Temple, saying that they were people sent by the Mongols to Pujia to make contact. This is a little trial, except for a Mongolian who doesn't understand sinicization at all, everyone else flatly denies it. Straight to say that he is in business.

Dali Siqing already believes in Zhao Jiaren's statement, but the case can't be closed in such a muddle. Siqing found some captured Mongols who had already known their identities, and found those who might know that guy to identify. In the end, it was finally found out that the one who was captured by Zhao Jiaren was a small Mongolian nobleman who was in charge of the Hui people next to Kublai Khan.

So I found an interpreter and suddenly questioned the Mongolian in Mongolian, so the gap was opened. In the end, the Pujia family in Quanzhou sent people to the Mongols to contact the Hui people. After the Mongol nobles were defeated in Ezhou, they knew that there was such a number one person as Zhao Jiaren. learned from the people sent by the Pu family that Zhao Jiaren was from Fujian, and the Pu family knew Zhao Jiaren quite well. He sent the Mongols and the Hui people to Pujia, hoping to open an intelligence point there. Unexpectedly, when he walked to Fujian, Zhao Jiaren ordered a search of passing ships and was discovered.

Dali Temple felt that Zhao Jiaren's astuteness had reached the point of incredible, how could he search just right? What secret information is he not able to do? Now Zhao Jiaren has sent some more pirates, and those pirates said that they were instigated by the Pu family to come to Fujian Road to do evil. And Zhao Jiaren fought with the Japanese many times when he was in prison. This doubt was explained.

"The Pu family is a big family in Quanzhou, why would they collude with Mongolia?" Dali Temple is more puzzled about this issue. And as the Supreme Court of the Great Song Dynasty, Dali Temple is not a rookie. Local wealthy clans like the Pu family are not easy to do, unless they are all annihilated, they must have a way to find out the convicted. From Zhao Jiaren's description, the Pu family has been doing evil for many years and already has deep connections and strength. How to make the Pu family receive the punishment they deserve?

Si Cheng knew the difficulty of this matter, and he smiled: "Zhao Zhizhou is proficient in the art of war, since he has seen the misdeeds of the Pu family, and wants to send people to us, he just wants to ask for an explanation." ”

This view was not immediately supported, and after a moment of discussion, the conclusion was not optimistic. Everyone in Dali Temple has experience in affairs and knows how troublesome it is to fight and eradicate the wealthy family. After all, Zhao Jiaren is just a Zhizhou, and it takes a long time to prepare for eradicating the Pu family.

Undeterred, he continued to suggest, "If we are transferred, it will take a few months. You can't do nothing for months. It is better to inform Zhao Zhizhou that we want to run the Pu family, and Zhao Zhizhou needs to prepare first. As for how far you can prepare, it depends on Zhao Zhizhou's ability. What do you think? ”

Dali Temple really has no other way, and this temple is so determined. In the end, this method was finally passed, and Dali Temple wrote a document to Zhao Jiaren based on the suggestion of the temple.

It has been half a month since the documents were delivered to Quanzhou, which is also the reason why Dali Temple feels tricky. Lin'an is too far from Quanzhou, and it takes half a month to send a letter through the urgent channel of the imperial court, and it takes even longer to use military preparations. It is estimated that it will take about half a year from the beginning to the end.

Zhao Jiaren was really overjoyed after getting the paperwork. This is what he needs. As a governor, of course, he can convict the Pu family, but this conviction can be easily overturned. The charges set by Dali Temple are not something that can be overturned if the local government wants to. Even if the Pu family has a deep local background and can buy off a large number of Fujian officials, once Dali Temple is convicted, it will take several years to rehabilitate the Pu family.

This time, Dali Temple was very interesting, and the crime they set for Pu Shougeng, the head of the Pu family, was 'collusion with Mongolia'. Even if there is no 'intent to rebel', now that the Great Song Dynasty and Mongolia are fighting, there is no room for this crime.

Just when Zhao Jiaren was about to make a move, his subordinates reported that the magistrate of Jinjiang County had fled to Quanzhou, and there were people in Jinjiang County who were in turmoil. ’

Jinjiang County is Shang County, and the current magistrate is Zhao Jiaren's cousin Chen. This cousin has been excellent in Fuqing County for three years, and the Chen family also exerted their strength, and after grinding and surveying, he was sent to Jinjiang, an upper county. As long as it is still excellent for three years, you will probably be able to go to Lin'an to be a Beijing official, and you will no longer need to be a first-class official.

Zhao Jiaren called Cousin Chen, even if he was not satisfied with the stupid and diligent cousin, Zhao Jiaren had to stand on his cousin's side at this time. Cousin Chen has been an official for a few years, and his speech and demeanor have improved a lot. At least when he saw Zhao Jiaren, he no longer had the inexplicable sense of superiority of 'I am your cousin'.

"Zhao Zhizhou. Maybe I was in a hurry, but there was a reason for it. "Cousin Chen came first with such an opening remark.

Zhao Jiaren asked him to sit down. Cousin Chen didn't sit down after thanking him, he continued to narrate: In recent years, more and more people have eaten beef in Jinjiang. Killing cattle was illegal in the Great Song Dynasty. Even if it is an old cow, it is very cumbersome to report. Cousin Chen has received several reports of illegal suicide cattle in a row, so naturally he can't turn a blind eye. After the prisoner was caught, he flailed a few people. Unexpectedly, such a group of people got up to make trouble and rushed into the county government to smash and loot. Cousin Chen had no choice but to escape and go to Quanzhou for help.

After hearing this, Zhao Jiaren did not reprimand Cousin Chen. It's really not to blame Cousin Chen for being in a hurry for this matter, it's just that there is a group of people who always take breaking the law and order as the basis of their survival. There is also the Pu family behind these people.

"Write down the names of the people who are making trouble. This matter must not be spared! Zhao Jiaren said to Cousin Chen in a firm tone.