On the afternoon of the next day, Gan Xin drafted an official document appointing Zhanming as the county lieutenant, appointing himself as the chief secretary, and making a list of the other ten officials together. Send someone to Shouzhou. After Shouzhou transcribed, it will be sent to the Ministry of Officials. No one will care whether Zhan Ming's promotion to county lieutenant is appropriate, this kind of trivial matter, unless the boss deliberately embarrasses his subordinates, he will not care about it.

"It's usually a quick decision!" Gan Xin said: "The Great Song Dynasty has a very heavy sentence on bandits, and the bandit leader may be hanged, or it may be Ling Chi. ”

"They gave us thirty horses. Surrender en masse again, and you have to cut down people? ”

Gan Xin said: "Your Excellency must not have other intentions, otherwise once this matter is played, I am afraid that your Excellency will be dismissed immediately." If the adult feels that the death is too tragic, he can be escorted to the state with a note. The state sentence should be sentenced to a collective beheading. ”

"What if the mastermind is confessed?"

"This ......," Gan Xin thought about, "according to the law, the law is one level wider, Ling Chi is hanging, hanging, and beheading...... If adults really don't want to see them die, there's a way. ”

"Tell me about it."

"Presented their case to the trial court that although they had gathered together, there had been no cases of innocent injuries. There is also active throwing weapons. If there is also a mastermind behind the scenes. It is estimated that the maximum will be exile. And exile can be carried out with a rod. In the end, he will be punished with a rod every day, and as long as the bones are hard, he may not die. Gan Xin asked, "Your Excellency...... It seems a bit of a woman's kindness. ”

"To be honest, I'm not interested in the female bandit leader, but if the twenty or so people who abandoned their weapons also die, it's a bit unreasonable. Who will abandon their weapons after that? All of them are stubborn to the end, aren't we busy to death? Ouyang: "What's wrong with the confession?" ”

Zhan Ming replied: "The bandits are more cooperative, but they don't know who is the mastermind. ”

"Well...... Zhanming, you work hard to run with me. ”

"Yes!"

……

A horse bandit with a good attitude of confessing his guilt was selected by Ouyang, and the three of them rode out of the city, heading south for twenty miles, after passing through several villages. The horse bandit introduced very politely: "There is a wilderness wine shop in front, and the big boss has to drink two glasses every month. The small estimate is to connect with people in this wine shop. ”

"This liquor store is one of yours?"

"It's not." The horse bandit shook his head: "This wine shop was originally for people passing by to rest their feet. ”

"Yes."

The three of them turned left, a mountain road, slightly rugged, to the back there is no road at all. I could only lead the horse, walked for half an hour, and arrived at a valley, and suddenly opened up in front of me. Thousands of square meters of valley, with flowing water, grass, and simple houses. The horse bandit accompanied him and said, "Go back to my lord, this is it." From this valley, you can go south for 100 miles into Shanggu County, and turn west to enter the mountains. ”

"Yes! Run for your life. Ouyang saw that the horse bandits were stunned and added: "Gather into bandits, cut the trick, there are a few pieces of money here, take it and escape far away." ”

"Lord Xie, Lord Xie." The horse bandit held the money in his hand, kowtowed several times and ran away.

"Search!"

"Yes!"

Ouyang searched every room in the east, and Zhanming started from the west. It took about an hour, and it was finally done. There weren't many things, and there weren't any celebrity calligraphy and paintings, except for some moldy goods, and only a wooden box. However, the thing is not in quantity, but in quality. Pearl necklaces, agate rings, jade bracelets, gold hairpins and silver hairpins. There are also three land deeds, 200 taels of gold, 150 taels of silver, and 300 taels of Jiaozi.

"No wonder people say that in three years, the Qing Governor's Mansion will be 100,000 snowflakes of silver." Ouyang sighed and said, "We have earned a lot of brains in a month...... Zhan Ming, why don't you speak, do you think I'm too greedy? ”

"If this money is handed over, I am afraid that less than half of it will go to the national treasury, and I am afraid that less than half of this fifty percent will be used by the people." Zhan Ming said: "Adults can collect a sum of money without gang, and adults can collect another amount of money to suppress bandits, which is always better than those who only know how to defraud the people, but do not do anything." Moreover, the adults raised the officials tenfold, and also promoted the humble post to the county lieutenant, and it was too late for the subordinates to be grateful. Adults even restrain officials from bullying the streets. He also opened canals and built roads, and he was not stingy with his shots. Looking at the adults themselves, they don't have extravagant expenses, how can they say a greedy word. ”

"Zhanming, you are too polite, in fact, there is still greed. In other words, it is difficult to move an inch without money, and you can't help but prepare a little family. By the way, I asked Ou Ping to help you find a house near the county office, do you think you should move there after you get married, or move there first? ”

"Cheng ...... What kind of pro? Zhan Ming was stunned.

"Then if I didn't say it, then let's wait until you get married." Ouyang smiled and said, "There is one more thing, I plan to open a free literacy school, let Ming Qing be a gentleman, and hire some students to help." What do you think? ”

"Your Excellency is saying the extreme. Illiteracy is too much trouble. It's just that Mingqing is ......"

"What happened to the prostitute? The heart is clean. Before I got married, I was willing to make friends with her. Not to mention the fact that it is now free. Why can't you be a gentleman? Ouyang said to Zhan Ming: "You must not have this idea, people say that catching fast is the ninth rate, do you also look down on yourself?" There is no distinction between high and low, three hundred and sixty lines. Whether it's for a livelihood or for helplessness, but it's all people. He can see that Zhan Ming and Ming Qing have hooked up with each other these days.

"Shame on lowly duty, but understand." Zhan Ming was ashamed.

"It's not early, we still have to interrogate the prisoner, and let's go to see if Mingqing is better. Let's go back in a hurry. ”

"Yes!"

……

"Who is the one who ordered you?" Ouyang grabbed the hair of the female bandit tied to the chair and pulled it back, the masked female bandit was a little masculine in the firelight, and her eyes were firm and charming.

"Phew, my aunt and grandmother don't betray others. Dog officer, there are all kinds of punishments, if you snort, you are my own grandfather. ”

"Who's the mastermind?" Ouyang repeated the question.

"Phew!"

Ouyang stood up and explained: "Pull to the class room, take a torch to her face, keep asking her questions, don't let her sleep." Ask in three shifts, and there is no gap for a moment. Water every two hours. Mix the batter in the water. ”

"Yes!" The two officials replied in unison.

Ouyang touched the female bandit's face and said, "If you want to play this game, you must be mentally prepared to play this game...... It feels good in the hand and the skin is very good. ”

"Whew!" The female bandit took a mouthful of saliva, Ouyang had already prepared, and with a move of his palm, he happened to block it in his mouth, making the female bandit cough wildly.

After the female bandit pulled away, Zhan Ming asked suspiciously: "My lord, what is this way?" ”

"Fatigue interrogation method. Either her nerves will collapse in the end, or she will recruit. I think she's very strong-willed, and it's unlikely that she's crazy. If you can't take it down, the county has no choice but to make a killing move. Ouyang explained: "If I guess correctly, Liu Sinu will think about extinguishing her mouth, Zhanming, you have to work hard to watch it." ”

Ou Ping appeared and said, "Young Master, Sister Mingqing has prepared some snacks, please invite Master Zhan and Young Master to come over and eat some." ”

"Good...... Where's the one you're looking for? You can't keep letting people do this. ”

Ou Ping said aggrievedly: "Didn't the young master ask me to help interrogate the prisoners?" "On average, one servant has to deal with three bandits, and there are really not enough people.

"Huh! Or am I wrong. Gan Xin, let's have some food together. ”