Chapter Twenty-Nine: The county government struggled for power, and Liu Qing suffered
Another day later, at noon on the third day of Cheng Qi's arrest, the county summoned Liu Qing to the county government to discuss matters.
Chen Wu insisted on going with him, but Liu Qing didn't allow it, "Zilie, I'm not afraid of Cheng Kang and Cheng Qi, now that the two of them are dead and the other is captured, what's so terrible?" ”
"Lord, the more this is the case, the more you can't relax your carelessness, don't you hear the reason that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch in the back, then Liu Kai is not ready to take me and the villagers to guard the door, I don't worry about you going alone." Zhou Tai said seriously.
Liu Qing thought about it, and still took Chen Wu to the county government together.
When he arrived at the county office, the county Ding stood in two rows, from outside the door to inside the door, Chen Jue sat in the middle of the lobby, and Liu Kai sat on the side and looked up at Cheng Qi with squinted eyes, looking complacent. Cheng Qi knelt on the ground, his clothes were ragged, and the corners of his mouth were still bleeding, Liu Qing could smell the smell of his body from outside the door, but he didn't mean to be soft, he also raised his head and disdained Liu Kai.
"Liu Kai, Liu Kai, hahahahaha." Cheng Qi knelt on the ground and laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Liu Kai was suspicious and angry, obviously Cheng Qi didn't take him seriously.
"I laugh at you for being a complete stupid thing, so stupid that you can't be more stupid, hahahaha, you don't know it's a striker for others."
"You! You! Come on, come on, slap your mouth! Liu Kai was furious and couldn't wait to end up by himself, although he didn't miss a shot in prison last night.
However, Chen Jue didn't mean to ask Cheng Qi to stop, he looked at Cheng Qi, motionless, like a statue, only the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he didn't give orders, the strange thing was that no one in the county court listened to Liu Kai, and no one did anything.
Cheng Qi continued: "Tell you Liu Kai, even if I become a prisoner now, I don't accept your stupid thing, you and I have been fighting for decades, I have never lost to you, I have today, but I am to blame for forgetting the teachings of the sage, and was designed by that Liu Qing to this point, you?" Look at your villain's triumphant look? Do you deserve it too? You don't deserve to lift shoes for Liu Qing. ”
Liu Qing frowned, walked into the county office, and saluted a few people in the hall.
Seeing Liu Qing coming, Chen Jue waved his hand to take Cheng Qi down, and at this time, the county magistrate of the former government rushed to drive Cheng Qi back to prison. Liu Qing realized that this matter was by no means ordinary, and something must have happened in the county, otherwise the county would not have changed its attitude so quickly.
"Liu Qing, I only ask you, yesterday the county Ding came to report that there were Cheng Kang and Cheng Qi's greedy grain in the west wing of Cheng Mansion, and today the county government sent people to look for it, but it was burned down by a fire, why is nothing missing? But what are you doing? Liu Kai said in a tone like a lesson to a junior boy, which made Liu Qing very uncomfortable to listen to, it may be that Liu Kai thought that Chen Qi was losing power, and he had no constraints and could run rampant in the county.
Liu Qing did not show weakness and said, "Oh? Is there such a thing? Liu Qingshi doesn't know, he wasn't in Cheng Mansion yesterday, how can he know what happened in Cheng Mansion? ”
Liu Kai forced to ask: "You are not there, but the one next to you is, Chen Wu, you say, where is the grain?" ”
Chen Wu hugged his fists and said, "I really don't know. Yesterday, I led the villagers to fight the fire and returned to Xixiang. ”
"Humph! Can you hide it from me? It's clear that you're waiting to steal it back! Quickly hand over and forgive your innocence. Liu Kai roared.
Liu Qing sneered, and secretly said that this Liu Kai turned his face and didn't recognize people, the speed is really outrageous, a few days ago, Liu Jun was long and Liu Jun was short, and today he brought down the Cheng family, and he felt that he had no use value, so he was another face, and he must let you taste my awesomeness.
Immediately said to Chen Jue: "We really don't know what County Lieutenant Liu said, but I still don't know something, since County Lieutenant Liu was present at the time, why didn't he know where the grain went, but came to ask us, don't you want to use our people as scapegoats?" Please respect the county. ”
Liu Kai stood up, glared at his eyes and said, "Shaft!" How dare you spew blood? ”
Liu Qing smiled and said, "County Lieutenant Liu, you are so majestic." The county is here, and he dares to roar in court? Could it be that this county government is opened by your family, and the people can't speak? If I am greedy for food, you can come to my house and have a look, and if you are not satisfied, you can ask the people in my village. What is the matter of Zhaoqing coming here, if it is such an empty mouth and white tooth thing, I will not accompany him. ”
Chen Jue saw Liu Qing lifting himself out to press Liu Kai, and the smile on his face became stronger, but he said: "Liu Jun is really good-tongued, no wonder Cheng Qi said that he doesn't accept anyone but you, I see that no one else will do this except you, left and right, take it down for me!" ”
Chen Jue looked at Liu Qing with a smile, he hadn't forgotten how he was rejected by him in the mansion that day, losing face, since he made the county order, no one has rejected him like this! Now I will arrest you Liu Qing casually and let you suffer for a few days, see that you are not grateful to Dade and use it for me?
Chen Wu was so shocked that he was about to make a move, but when he saw the look in Liu Qing's hand, he let him tie it up.
After passing through the long corridor, I finally came to the prison in the northwest corner of the inner hall, which was dark and damp, with a few straws in each cell at random, and only a few unrelated families in the county were locked up in the prison, and Cheng Qi was not seen.
Liu Qing entered the cell, but he didn't care, but said with a smile: "Colleagues, take care of me in the future." ”
Chen Wu lowered his head and drooped his ears, and said weakly: "Liu Jun, it's a shame that you can still laugh, we are now in a prison cell in the county, alas, what should we do." ”
Liu Qingdao: "Zilie, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, rest assured, Zijing Youping will find a way, and the villagers will not let them go, don't forget that they can't convict us, they will lock us up without evidence and evidence, and it's not so simple to want us to go out." ”
"I hope so." Chen Wu still couldn't lift his spirits.
After raising his mind for a while, Chen Wu's friends came to visit, "Zilie, I came to see you, and Liu Jun, I have heard the name for a long time, alas, if you want me to say that you didn't arrive at a good time, the Cheng family has fallen, and now the county monarch and the county lieutenant are fighting fiercely, how to deal with the Cheng family is even more difficult to separate, and you just happened to hit them on fire." ”
Chen Wu scolded: "Damn it, they are fighting, how can they send the fire to the heads of Lao Tzu." If there is another day, I must let them know that I, Chen Zilie, am not easy to mess with! ”
Liu Qing asked, "Shi Jun, are the two of them fighting for power?" Shouldn't your county soldiers belong to that Liu Kai? Why did you listen to Chen Xianzun today? ”
Shi Xi replied: "Liu Jun, you don't know, these two people are fighting very well, just yesterday the county respected to meddle in the county soldiers' affairs, check the weapons or something, there is the yin and yang weirdness of the county lieutenant who is not long-eyed, and the county zun said that the county lieutenant is about to be promoted to the county Cheng, and he wants them to look good, and said that Yang Taishou is about to come to investigate the county thoroughly, and this matter has spread in the county government." I remember that the county was not as strong as this before, and there was also the county lieutenant, why did Cheng Qi die, and the two of them seemed to have changed as if they had changed. ”
Liu Qing was overjoyed when he heard this: "Zilie, we are saved!" ”