A small boat goes up the river

It is said to be a small boat, and the canopy is also high enough to accommodate people to stand upright, and the cabin has a bed in it, and a table and chairs can be placed.

Fang Xin was wearing a moon-white Confucian shirt, which was not cyan, so it meant that he had no fame, and he was wearing mille-feuille cloth shoes on his feet.

A little farther away, the boatman and the boatman, both about forty years old, were busy, the boatman was wearing a short cedar and was busy with the boat, while the boatman was busy washing and cutting the fish, and cooking in the stern.

It was nearly dusk, the river was clear, fish could be seen, boats flowed by, and on the shore, some women and girls were pulling their sleeves and trousers, bare their snow-white calves—washing rice, washing lai, and beating clothes, while humming a little song.

Time flies very quickly, in the blink of an eye, it is half a month, and Fang Xin has done many things in this half a month.

First of all, of course, he was looking for a lonely family, paid fifty taels, recognized his relatives, passed Lizheng, and went to the county to register his household registration, obtained a legal identity, household registration, and road guide, and became a scholar who had not yet passed the examination.

In the place of the Great True Dynasty, there is naturally a patrol department, and a large number of arresters and patrols are patrolling, so with a legal identity, there is a lot less trouble.

The same is true of Zhang Lao Wu, the shipman, the two sons of the family are already adults, and after paying fifty taels of settling-in expenses, they sold their lives to him and followed him all over the world - as for how the money comes from, with public and private and black and white, there is naturally a way, needless to say, now it seems that he traveled with the children of a squire's family with the old servant.

Of course, this is a common thing, and I heard Zhang Lao Wu say: "Childe, it's night, do you stop to rest?" There happened to be a small shore in front of it. ”

At this time, it is not good to sail at night. Fang Xin nodded and smiled: "Okay!" ”

At that moment, the boat rowed up. There was originally a medium-sized boat approaching there, and when it reached the small shore, a person greeted it, and the old five stepped forward. A few words with him. After losing two fish, he forgot to finish it, and came back and said with a smile: "Childe, this is Sunjiazhuang, and there is a restaurant nearby." Why don't you go up? ”

"Okay, bring the boiled fish!" Fang Xin said instructed.

The restaurant is not far away, the pole is picked out in front of the door, and the wine flag is hung, and there are four tables inside, one of which has sat five people in Confucian clothes, and the other table has two people.

Inside, a shopkeeper stepped forward: "This son." Do you want food and drinks? ”

Fang Xin sat down, and smelled the smell of burning grass, which was used to repel mosquitoes, and said: "Put some good wine, and if there are any dishes, clean them up, and order five or six of them." ”

"Good. Childe waits. The shopkeeper immediately smiled. After serving the wine first, Fang Xin took a sip. It's rice wine, and it's okay to eat.

Zhang Lao Wu and his mother-in-law also served the fish.

"Sit down and eat, too!" Although the name is the master and servant, they also eat together, this is the rule of going out, unless you go to a big place, or you are a big family and noble, otherwise you will not engage in too obvious distribution in the trip.

After a while, five dishes came up, and it was okay to eat, Fang Xin drank slowly, and saw that the five scribes were drinking, and they were talking about some wind and snow, and words, and after listening to a few words, the other party's letter was said at this time, that is, the level was also average, and it was just that.

These five people also swept Fang Xin, but seeing his youthful appearance, although the Confucian shirt was new, it was not very good, thinking that it was an ordinary squire's child, so they didn't care - the five of them were wearing green clothes, and they were famous, and it was natural to look down on those who did not have merit.

After eating silently, I suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside and rushed over, and everyone present was shocked.

Fang Xin knew that it was three horses when he heard it, and he didn't care.

Sure enough, after a while, the horse turned over, led by a middle-aged man with a Chinese face, quite majestic, followed by two people, with long knives.

As soon as he entered, this person's gaze swept sharply across the store, and the majestic demeanor with life and death immediately made Fang Xin know that he had an official identity, but when this person saw that in the store, the five people were all wearing green shirts, and Fang Xin also looked like a squire's son, so he withdrew his gaze.

The shopkeeper was obviously a clear-eyed person, and immediately stepped forward to serve, and without waiting to speak, the two of them immediately stood up, indicating that they had finished eating, and the shopkeeper immediately led them to sit down, took the dishes and chopsticks, wiped them clean, and served tea and wine.

Fang Xin didn't pay attention to it, just frowned slightly, he obviously felt that some trouble was coming.

Sure enough, a moment later, the door was dark, and one person came in, and the three people who were eating immediately changed their faces, stood up, and felt the handle of the knife.

This is a middle-aged man, dressed in a gray robe, with a long sword hanging from his waist.

"Lin Renhong? How dare you appear in front of this official? The middle-aged man shouted angrily.

"Xu Xunjian, you are planning to raid my home, how dare I not come." The middle-aged man smiled coldly and said gloomily: "The inspection of the broken house!" ”

The patrol is from the nine officials, in fact, the director of the county public security bureau, although the official position is small, but the power is great, although the patrol official under the patrol does not exceed 100, but when necessary, the right to use the local people to be brave and brave.

"What do you want? Do you dare to resist the arrest? The inspector scolded.

"Hehe, I know that you are in charge of the law, and you have always put to death the people of the rivers and lakes who violate the ban by force, but this gold plate washes your hands and moves here for five years, have you ever done something illegal, and you are still plotting to raid my house and destroy my door, how can I tolerate you?" The middle-aged man said gloomily.

"Hmph, Lin Renhong, you have killed people like hemp for thirty years, there are hundreds of lives that can be investigated, and ten years ago you were even more tolerant of killing, the emperor's law is like the sky, how can you be allowed to die well!" At this time, Xu Inspector also recovered from the shock, he had been in power for decades, and when he saw his expression, he knew that it was not good, and with a wave of his hand, the three of them pulled out their knives together.

At this time, the five scribes on the opposite side understood what had happened, and their faces were all as white as earth.

When Fang Xin heard this, he was not surprised by this, and he was generally clear.

For a thing, it is necessary to look at it from an organizational point of view, but also from a personal point of view. There is an open society, there is the underworld, there is a white way, there is a criminal world, and to a certain extent, the army and political factions are also inevitable, so there is the theory of private soldiers and forming parties.

However, from a small point of view, the imperial court and the underworld also coexist, in essence, the existence of the underworld replaces part of the control and functions of the imperial court, which is intolerable, so almost all the imperial courts have cracked down on the underworld.

However, the imperial court also knew that this kind of underworld was basically difficult to break off, so it did not handle major cases, did not gather people, and rarely directly attracted the attention of the imperial court.

Although the inspection and head arrest of specific cases are theoretically part of the imperial court, they are different after all.

Forcing those outlaws, killing tolerance, stabbing in ten steps, and even attacking tolerance's family members are commonplace, after all, the court almost always uses their families to threaten or implicate criminals, and of course the underworld will do the same.

Therefore, in the specific handling of the case, the legal evidence is part of the factor, the benefit sharing of the umbrella is a part, and the specific errand handlers are also part of the taboo against the underworld, so some underworlds can survive in the soil, in other words, into the real underworld, can only go one way to the end, and use the power of the underworld to faintly confront the tolerance - tolerance itself is also a person, and naturally there are human weaknesses!

Until the power grows bigger and bigger, it attracts the attention of the imperial court and gives a thunderous blow!

However, if you withdraw from the rivers and lakes halfway, there is no power, unless someone shelters, otherwise, the tolerance will immediately pounce, the previous case, the wealth accumulated by the other party, are the object of tolerance - tolerance is also a person, not only to fight the underworld, but also to promote and make a fortune, but also to satisfy some of their secret psychology - has always been to beat the water dogs.

The same is true of this incident, however, it seems that it has hit an iron plate, just looking at the killing intent of this middle-aged man, he knows this kind of old rivers and lakes, very knowledgeable and decisive, and when he sees this, he is ready to move and kill officials.

Fang Xin Muran sat and didn't speak, just watched the situation happen, this kind of Muran made both sides of the confrontation jealous, and the middle-aged man and the inspector secretly glanced at it.

Fang Xin felt this, stretched out his chopsticks, and went to eat the fish, not looking at Zhang Lao Wu, who was trembling all over.

This has already shown his attitude, and suddenly, the middle-aged man pulled out his long sword and groaned faintly.

"If you dare to kill officials and rebel, you will be punished all over the house, along with their henchmen!" The inspector said sharply, approaching forward, and looked at Fang Xin, who was expressionless.

This kind of official, even if you save him, he will think that you are powerful in martial arts, and you are the object of prevention, and you have to investigate it clearly, so you will get tired of thinking about it, if you don't save him or help him, you will immediately be a criminal henchman, and he understands this mentality very well. Suddenly, the three of them flashed with their knives, united and launched a terrifying attack, and the court was allowed to kill people, so they did not talk about the so-called rules, and they were specialized in surprise raids.

For the inspection of a county, the entourage must be elite, and there are naturally a large number of masters in the public gate.

The middle-aged man sneered and rushed straight up,

With a "bang", the swords intersected, and the sparks rose straight up.

Whether it is a tolerance or an old person, his swordsmanship and swordsmanship are ruthless and concise, so the fight is a moment, and it will be separated in a moment, only to hear the sound of "bang", and the two tolerances will fall.

The middle-aged man was also stabbed, and blood oozed from his clothes, but it was not heavy, and the inspector stood upright, looking down.

A sword pierced through the abdomen, and the intestines were faintly seen flowing out.

"No, how could I die...... the inspector couldn't believe it, his body collapsed, and he struggled on the ground, but after a while, his breath was in and out, and he gradually lost his breath.