The theft case on the Shangyuan Festival finally came to an end, but Zhang Jian's offensive did not stop, and the 'thief blossomed' continued to expand.

In the following days, whenever there is a case of theft and brawl in Xiaoping County, all the rich squires in the neighborhoods will be implicated, regardless of whether they are involved or not, they will be arrested and locked up in prison for a few days.

For a time, the Xiaoping squire clan was tossed and exhausted, and it was unspeakably miserable.

So they came to the county government to ask to see the county order to plead, but the reply they got was the same: 'The county order is busy with official business and it is inconvenient to see each other, all cases are carried out in accordance with the law, and the innocent will be released after interrogation'.

Having said that, I can't stand such a toss day after day, and in the end, everyone can't see Zhang Jian, so they can only pin their hopes on Song Zewen, the county leader, so the squire of the Xiaopingshi clan led by Siwang formed a group to find Song Zewen's house.

Song Zewen's mansion is in the north of the city, and this mansion was purchased by Zhang Jian later, because the previous house had already been sold by him. This house is a two-entry courtyard, and it is more than enough for Song Zewen's family of four to live, although it is still dwarfed by those big families, but he no longer cares about this.

On this day, Xue Chang, Liu Zheng, Xing Yan and Chen Shi took the lead in finding Song Zewen, and a large group of people surrounded Song Zewen's mansion on three floors and three layers outside, and in the end, there was no way to go in and talk to Song Zewen.

Compared with facing Zhang Jian, the few people were much tougher when facing Song Zewen, but after all, this time they were asking for others, and their posture should be lowered.

As soon as a few people entered the living room and sat down, Xue Chang couldn't wait to open his mouth and asked: "Song County Cheng, now the county government's officials will sit in the neighborhood as soon as they arrest people, who does it mean to disturb the people like this?" ”

Song Zewen immediately put on a bitter gourd face, and replied helplessly: "The head of the Xue family is interesting, now the county government is in charge of the county order, and the documents and law enforcement are all cronies arranged by the county order. ”

"What does Song Xiancheng mean is that there is no way to know that there is nothing to be done? We're not here to ask you to do anything for us, we just want to ask if there's any misunderstanding in this, our filial piety squire clan has never offended this county order, we have already softened and admitted our mistakes in the previous Yuan Festival case, but now what is this endless toss for, this killing is not a nod to the ground, but it is always necessary to make people die to understand. ”

A few people said that it was in full swing, but on the other hand, Song Zewen looked high, Chen Zhi arched his hand at this time and said: "But ask Song County Cheng to show us a clear way, after the matter is completed, we will never forget your kindness." ”

Song Zewen's eyes rolled, and then he pursed his lips with a long sigh and said: "Actually, this matter is also very simple, and you all know that when Zhang County Ling first took office, he cleaned up the corruption in the county, so that there was no oil and water in the yamen." However, as long as everyone is strapped for some government salaries, it is still enough to make ends meet, but it just so happens that the county government has a serious deficit, and it has become difficult to distribute it for a while. ”

"What does it mean not to exploit the people? Are we not the people? As soon as they heard this, they became angry.

Song Zewen said with an innocent face: "I don't know about this, but you should understand that this county magistrate is inevitably high-spirited at a young age, and it is inevitable that he will have both face and fame and real profit... Hey hey"

Speaking of these people, they can be regarded as understanding what Song Zewen meant, dare to love your reputation as a clean official and come to rectify and toss us? The deficit of the government is not a matter of one or two days, and it will be a head if it goes on like this.

Several people pondered for a while, and even the resourceful Chen Zhi didn't know how to deal with it. Song Zewen glanced at a few people and was silent, just took a small sip of the tea in the cup, remembering what the county order said to him when he was in the county office, "Pretend to be a red face and calm down." ’

There was silence in the living room for a long time, and finally Chen Shi broke the embarrassment, and now there are no one else present except Song Zewen who has a way to talk to Zhang Jian, it seems that Song Zewen is still required to consult Song Zewen about this matter.

"Since Song County Cheng knows where the joints are, can you show me the way, and the four of us will feel your affection on behalf of the squire of Xiaoping."

Song Zewen's hand paused for a moment, and then continued to take a sip of tea, facing Chen Shi's question, he was embarrassed, and finally smacked his lips unhurriedly and said: "Several of them are the heads of the big clans in the county, of course the official knows the stakes in this, but the official is also powerless in this matter. The official has already said that the cause of this matter is because of the deficit of the county government, and this kind of thing can't be made up by Zhang County's order or me, not to mention that you also know the situation of the official, and even this house is lent to me by the county order, so the official is really powerless, I hope you don't be surprised. ”

The speaker has the intention of listening, and after all, he still can't do without a word of money, but several people have a deep understanding of Zhang Jian's style of acting, this person is not according to the routine, everything is screwed, even if he wants to send money, he is estimated to be in trouble.

There was no way, his eyes finally returned to Song Zewen, and in the face of the pleas of several people, Song Zewen just shook his head again and again, bluntly saying that he had set up a name to reach out to the people, if he hadn't desperately told him to change his mind, I am afraid that he would have been involved in the investigation of the dismissal of the state government a long time ago, how could he do the same thing again now.

It can be said that a word woke up the person in the dream, Song Zewen's words woke up a few people in an instant, Chen Zhi got up and arched his hand: "Thank you Song County Cheng for your guidance, we keep this kindness in our hearts, and we will definitely send some filial piety when the time comes." ”

After saying that, a few people got up and said goodbye, and Song Zewen also got up and sent a few people to the door, and then the group of people waiting outside the door also dispersed.

Everyone followed Siwang to bring Liu Zhengjia, who was closer, and asked how to solve this matter. Looking at each other, Chen Zhi said a few key points: 'clever name', 'money'.

Everyone looked at each other in the fog, and Chen Zhi immediately explained that the county government's move was for money, and Zhang County Ling Qinggao didn't want to say it clearly, so we might as well find a name to send the money up, so that Zhang County's order would have face, and we would also be tossed to death.

As soon as everyone heard it, it made sense, although this payment was distressing, it was already used to being tossed for so long, since it was necessary to spend money to dredge it when it was caught in prison, it was better to give this money directly to Zhang Jian, and it would save you the hardship of squatting for a few days.

But in what name should the money be sent so as not to embarrass both parties?