"Uncle, you always look into my eyes, do you find anything?"

The head catcher Li Qing emphasized with sadness in his voice, and it was definitely a true expression: "The little nephew has been a head catcher in this Yishui County for four or five years, and you have always come to report to the official every year, and the case of the tiger has followed you to the village twice, plus this time, it is already the third time." Do you always think your little nephew is stupid? ”

Even if the old patriarch had a thick face like a city wall, he couldn't help but be questioned by a junior. The old man blushed and said slightly apologetically: "Virtuous nephew, this time it's true, there is really a tiger coming!" ”

"Why don't you believe me?"

Not to mention Li Qing, the head of the county government, even if he is a random official who has worked in the county government for four or five years, as long as he hears that the old man Li from Baizhang Village came to the county government to complain, he can be scared out of a cold sweat.

Seeing the panic and uneasiness of Old Man Li as if he saw a plague god, the nervousness of his heart was numb, and he was afraid that he would be dragged to the mountains and forests for another month or two, and no one would be able to stand this kind of torture.

In fact, fighting tigers is a good thing, and there are worse than that.

After all, I took people up the mountain to fight tigers, and I never met real tigers. I haven't even encountered tiger hair. Naturally, no one will be injured, but they need to live in the mountains and forests for a while, and they can follow the hunters to hunt in the mountains and forests, and if they are lucky, they can also fight tooth sacrifices and bully herbivores or something. But ten and a half days in the wild, ordinary people can't stand it.

There are even worse than that, such as the strong man appearing and killing the villagers. In Baizhang Village, there are often people who disappear mysteriously in the mountains and forests, and there is no other possibility than death. It's just a matter of falsely accusing a strongman of crossing the border to kill people, but it hurts the officials and arresters in the county government.

It's really hard to catch a strongman.

Is there a strong man who says both?

Anyway, is there a strong man, and the old patriarch doesn't have any points in his heart?

For the catchers, it is their duty to protect the territory and the people. As long as a strong man appears, he robs his house and robs his house, kills people and sells goods, no matter what the case is, the big order, and the county will stare at the officials and arrest them quickly. Often, a deadline is issued within which the offender is ordered to be apprehended. But the old patriarch couldn't tell what the prisoner looked like, and then pretended to be confused. Dealing with a portrait indiscriminately, no one dares to take the prisoner in the portrait seriously.

But you have to arrest someone, right?

Not only that, if the prisoners can't be caught, the arresters will be unlucky, and the eldest lord is angry, and he will be ordered to be arrested again until the case is solved.

This is going to be a personal life, and the culprit can't be caught, and the days of arrest are like years. The third class of officials tossed around the county like crazy, and there were times when they were lucky, such as catching a fugitive who had committed a crime elsewhere. simply blame the case in Baizhang Village on the other party's head, anyway, there are more lice and don't bite, and the officials have a way to make the criminal confess.

It's a happy situation.

The main reason why the eldest master and the second master are so desperate to solve the case is that the case solving rate will be directly related to the promotion of the old man. As long as the eldest lord takes over the case and does not solve the case, the eldest lord will not be able to sleep, the eldest lord will not be able to sleep, and the servant will dare to sleep until dawn? If the eldest master has been in office in Yishui County for a longer time, he will naturally be able to find the law of Baizhang Village. However, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty served a term of three years, and there were often officials who were transferred out of office, so that the new lord didn't know that there was fraud at all, and he stupidly fell into the trap of the mountain people.

As for punishing the old patriarch?

He was not afraid at all. The people of Baizhang Village sued the officials, and they were all old people over 70 years old.

Why is that?

Because the people in the village also know that lying about the report, especially coaxing the officials, is to suffer a lawsuit and go to prison. But once the offender is over 70 years old...... It's different. Sixty is Weng, seventy is Suo, if this is an old man in his seventies, the court will not only give money and food subsidies every year, but also have the advantage that even if his old man lies to the government and violates the law, as long as it is not a serious crime such as murder and rebellion, no one will get along with an old man, even if the old man knows the truth, he just laughs it off. The old patriarch lied to the government and did not deal with him, but would let him go as an old fool.

This is the biggest capital of his old man, he is seventy years old, and he is not afraid of anything.

"Come on, uncle, every time you pat your chest and say that there is really a tiger. But who saw the tiger? ”

Li Qing's tone was full of resentment, and finally he stomped his feet magically and said: "Forget it, the tiger is the tiger, it's much better than the criminal." If it is really a life lawsuit, the entire third class of officials will be unlucky. ”

"There were no deaths this year." The old patriarch said quietly: "But maybe I won't report the case in the future." Maybe my Baizhang Village will be developed? ”

Li Qing got angry when he heard this, with the foundation of Baizhang Village, you are already poor to the roots, and you are still developed, what about deceiving ghosts? He snorted coldly, expressing his resolute disbelief.

The old patriarch was curious: "Do you believe it?" ”

"I don't believe it, but I can only coax myself to believe it." Speaking of this, Li Qing couldn't wait to squeeze out a few tears from his eyes, so that he could seem to be in the right place.

The old patriarch had to make it clear to Li Qing, because this year was different, the tiger was real, and it was easy to find. If, as in previous years, the officials built a shack in the mountains and forests on the edge of the village, in case they were taken by a tiger, he would have been guilty of a great crime: "Virtuous nephew, don't dare to be careless, it is really a tiger." This time it's different from before......"

He didn't believe his words when he saw Li Qing killed, so he suddenly became anxious, and beckoned to Li Kui: "Kui Wazi, come here." ”

Li Kui was really bored, and when he saw the old patriarch summoning him, he hurriedly walked over. The urn said angrily: "Third uncle, what's the matter?" ”

The old patriarch sent Li Kui to Li Zhutou and said, "Kui Wazi is the first villager to see the tiger. Then the whole village saw it. Kui Wazi, please help the old man talk about it, I don't believe it. ”

Li Kui's suspicious gaze crossed the faces of the old patriarch and the head catcher Li Qing, and then he probably guessed the reason. didn't poke it, nodded and said, "That's right, uncle, it's true." The tiger came from the east and stayed on the hill to the west of the village. That hill is the ancestral tomb in the village, who is joking, and they don't dare to joke with their ancestors, right? ”

It is true that no one dares to carry the ancestors out, making such a joke, Li Qing believed what the old patriarch said.

But his eyes kept looking at Li Kui's body, and he suddenly reached out and pinched Li Kui's shoulder, and gently hit Li Kui's chest a few times with his fist. He also gave birth to a love for talent, and sighed in his heart: "It's really a good material to catch fast, but in a remote place like Baizhang Village, isn't it buried?" ”

Thinking of this, he actually had a heart of love for talent, and asked Li Kui: "Li Kui, I will be your uncle and be your master and recruit you into the catcher." Catch fast is divided into catcher and fast hand, fast hand to find out the news, catcher to catch the criminal. But you are a practitioner, it is too trivial to be a fast hand, and there are few catchers on weekdays, if you are in the county, you can still have another livelihood, and you will not be delayed. It's easy to leave a piece of money behind. As for the relationship in the county government, you don't need to go up and down, just let you do a fast catch, and treat it as an uncle to give you a meeting gift. I don't know what you think? ”

According to Li Qing's calculations, to get such a big bargain, Li Kui naturally has no reason to refuse.

What puzzled Li Qing was that Li Kui first looked at the old patriarch hesitantly, and when he saw the latter, he was also surprised, and naturally understood that it was Li Qing's love for talent.

Others are kind, he naturally has no reason to complain, even if he hates to do fast hunting, he will not offend people and say no words.

Li Qing also thought that Li Kui was reluctant to give up the people in the village, so he simply did it to the end: "Not only you, but even Li Quan and I want it." He's a big man, and he's also a good material for catching fast. ”

On the contrary, Li Kui was embarrassed, Li Qing was embarrassed, but it was against his original intention.

If he forgets it, but Li Quan, if someone takes care of him in the yamen, he will be independent.

Just as he was hesitating, the old patriarch spoke: "Originally, Lao Er wanted to let Li Kui enter the public gate, but he didn't want to. As for Li Quan, he is the keeper of Baizhang Village. ”

When Li Qing heard that Li Quan was a fool, he suddenly lost interest. But he was curious about Li Kui, could he have a better plan?

So he asked; "Virtuous nephew can think about it, this is a good livelihood?"

"The kid thinks it's good to be a reader!" When Li Kui talked about his ambitions, he naturally couldn't show his timidity, and said proudly.

Li Qing looked left and right for a while, Li Kui's dress is ordinary, and it is not abrupt, but you have two big axes stuck in your back, and you still want to pretend to be a scholar?

If you hadn't known the roots, the head of this arrester would have arrested you as a gangster and interrogated you.

Hahaha –

"Virtuous nephew...... The nephew is so much fun! Haha-"

Seeing Li Qing smiling and staggering, without any image, Li Kui was so angry in his heart! Is it wrong for the master to want to be an official and want to mix better? Rushed by the anger, Li Kui suddenly forgot the occasion, and said stiffly: "If you want to enter the Shi and the first, the kid doesn't dare to guarantee it." But the move in the middle of the state is like playing. With the identity of a lifter, can't you be regarded as a scholar? ”

Lift?

Is it considered a reader?

Definitely!

If you can't be an official, it's not difficult to become an official. Especially in the countryside, the sons are basically squires. When the magistrate takes office, he will also be invited, asked about the place, and given courtesy.

At this moment, Li Qing was really frightened by the black boy in front of him, but he suddenly remembered what his father said: "There are no good people in Baizhang Village?" ”

Suddenly suspicion rose.

Questioned: "How easy are you to get the test in the state?" ”

Li Kui smiled, jumped on the high stone steps of the county office, and sat cross-legged with the taste of pointing out the country: "It's hard to say, it's really difficult; It's easy to say, it's really easy, and listen to the kid talk to you slowly. ”