Gu Junruo walked to Han Mu's side, lowered his head to meet his gaze, and was not afraid, "Murderers, people will always kill them, and they will have their own laws to govern you." ”

Chen Huang thought of something, glared at her with some resentment, Han Mu's face sank, pulled Gu Junruo behind him to block it, let go of his feet and said, "Pull him down and beat him, and then drag him up when he can speak honestly." ”

Gu Junruo: ...... But this time she didn't stop her.

Tian Feng was trembling on the side, and Han Mu asked him, "What, you also killed someone?" ”

Tian Feng's face turned pale, he fell to the ground and shook his head repeatedly, this expression looked like a lie, Han Mu snorted, and waved his big hand, "Pull him down and beat him too." ”

The official pulled Tian Feng down, Tian Feng was so frightened that he peed his pants directly, and shouted hoarsely: "I am wronged, I am wronged, Chen Huang forced me to kill, if I don't kill people, he will kill me, I am wronged, wronged." ”

Han Mu replied to him with a "hum", and then looked at Sun Daguang and the others.

The four of them trembled.

Han Mu pointed at them and said: "Remembering that you are a first-time offender, and you have encountered the wise and martial county, and you have not hurt others, the county will spare your life, and ...... according to the law."

He glanced at Zhao Hanzhang behind him and motioned to her, "Follow the law......"

Zhao Hanzhang said: "According to the law, he should be sentenced to three years in prison." ”

Sun Daguang was stunned and immediately kowtowed to express his acceptance of punishment.

Han Mu also felt that this punishment was appropriate, so he waved his hand and was about to agree, but Master Zhao's face changed greatly, and he raised his hand and said loudly: "No!" ”

Everyone turned to look at him.

Master Zhao ignored the gaze of Sun Daguang and the others, walked to Han Mu's side, carefully pulled him aside and whispered, "My lord, you can't be sentenced to prison, I don't think they hurt you either, or you have a lot of adults, open the net and let them go." ”

Han Mu looked at him suspiciously, "You privately accepted their benefits?" ”

Master Zhao: "...... Do you think I'm like that? And do they seem to be people who can afford to do good? ”

"Your latter question is reasonable, then you say, why do you persuade this county to let them go? You can even say that you can open the net in such a serious case as blocking the road and robbing, how many cases are there in this Yi County? ”

Master Zhao: "...... You're right, it's a heinous crime to block the road, so why don't you cut them down. ”

Not to mention Han Mu, Gu Junruo, who listened with his ears pricked up, was stunned, are the people in the county government now so extreme in their judgments, either release people or cut off their heads?

Seeing that the county commander and his wife were looking at him with a shocked expression, Master Zhao said helplessly: "My lord, this is also a helpless move for the lower officials, if you don't cut them, they won't live for a few days in prison." ”

Han Mu: "Why? ”

"Because I haven't eaten," Zhao said, "The county government can't even give the adults Lu rice now, and the officials are hungry, where can the prisoners in the prison still eat?" ”

He said: "If you are sentenced to prison, you will also die, if you die, your lord and I will have to bear a charge of dereliction of duty, you see that they are all going to die, why do you want us to suffer?" ”

Han Mu and Gu Junruo looked at Master Zhao in shock.

Zhao Zhushu looked at the two of them with an indifferent face, and persuaded them, "In fact, it is also beneficial to be sentenced to beheading, killing chickens and monkeys, and also letting those victims inside and outside the county see that the end of blocking the road and robbing them will definitely deter them from doing it again." ”

Gu Junruo, "It turns out that Master Zhao still knows that they are disaster victims." ”

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both knew that the most important thing at the moment was food, and without food, let alone controlling the county government by judging the case, it was not certain whether the people could survive or not.

The county order is a parent official, but the parent official, the parent official, this must also have children, if the people all starve to death, who will Han Mu give as a parent official?

Even if he starved to death, he was distressed, after all, he was his "child", wasn't it?

Han Mu thought for a while, waved his hand, and said, "Escort the person down first, and then sentence later." ”

The old grandson was terrified, and he couldn't stop looking at Han Mu and Gu Junruo.

Gu Junruo felt that they were pitiful, and thought that if he drove them to the street like this, he was afraid that he would starve to death in a few days, so he simply said: "You go to the backyard, stay in the gatehouse for the time being, and show us the door." ”

When Lao Sun Tou heard this, he felt that there was still room for maneuver in this case, at least he would not really cut off his head, so he knelt down with Sanbao and kowtowed to the two of them.

Han Mu was startled and jumped away flexibly, "Don't break my life." ”

The old grandson grinned and said again and again: "No, no, the adults are our parents and officials, and it is a matter of course for the little ones to kneel to you." ”

Han Mu: ...... He doesn't have such an old son.

He waved his hand tiredly and asked the official to take them to the backyard.

As soon as the two of them left, Han Mu sat on the official chair and looked at Master Zhao condescendingly with his chin raised, "Say, where is the county going to get food, how can I get food?" ”

Master Zhao was about to speak with an embarrassed face, but Han Mu first raised his hand to stop what he was about to say, "This county is tired of traveling today, and I am still hungry, but I don't have time to listen to your hypocrisy and grievances, this county will ask you this time, if there is a way, you will tell this county, this county can discuss with you, if you want to say no, this county will write to Your Majesty, and let Your Majesty send you another county order, and I will go back to Beijing first." ”

He knocked on the palm of his hand to play, "The next county order will be in office in about two or three months, if you are lucky, maybe you can see the new county order at the end of the year, but I don't know how many people will be left inside and outside this Yi County to breathe?" ”

Master Zhao's face was slightly pale, and the embarrassment on his face was put away, and he said with a solemn face: "My lord can buy grain from the grain merchant for relief." ”

"I don't have any money," Han Mu asked again, "Which grain merchant to buy from?" ”

Before Master Zhao had time to have a heart attack, he paused for a moment before answering after being asked by his question: "Yao family." ”

He added: "His family is the largest grain merchant in Yi County. ”

Gu Junruo asked, "Who is the most respected scholar family in Yi County?" ”

Master Zhao bowed down and said, "It's the Zeng family." ”

Gu Junruo: "Whose family is next?" ”

Master Zhao paused for a moment before saying, "It's the Yue family." ”

"I heard that during this time, someone made porridge in the county seat, is it the Zeng family and the Yue family?"

"Yes."

Gu Junruo asked, "Then what is the relationship between the Yao family, the Zeng family and the Yue family?" ”

Master Zhao's forehead was sweating slightly, but he still replied: "The Yao family and the Zeng family are in-laws, and the Yue family and the two families are neighbors, and I have never heard of other relationships." ”

"Really?" Gu Junruo looked at Han Mu.

Han Mu pulled the topic back and continued: "We don't have money, do the county government have money?" ”

If the county government is rich, will a group of people still wait for Han Mu to come?

So Master Zhao shook his head and said that the county government had no money at all.

Han Mu pursed his lips in disgust, "In addition to buying food, what other way can you raise food?" ”

Seeing that he looked embarrassed again, Han Mu couldn't help but snort, and said angrily: "You are still not a man, what do you think of your mother-in-law?" ”

He said: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, I don't have so much time to wait." ”

Master Zhao could only say helplessly: "You can still borrow grain." ”