Xinyang City County Ya

After an afternoon of cultivation, Jiang Zhixian's spirit was much better, looking at the sky that was about to enter the night, he called Master Li, handed him some silver taels, and said: "Master Li, you go and prepare some wine and food, and I will entertain Vice Alliance Master Hua in a while." ”

Master Li said smartly: "Lord Zhixian, you can use the money from our county office." ”

Jiang Zhixian said: "I personally want to invite the deputy leader of the Hua Alliance to dinner for this matter, not in the name of the county government." ”

Master Li put on an old look, and said with a smile: "It's okay, my lord, I know what to do about this?" As he spoke, he handed the silver back to Jiang Zhixian.

Jiang Zhixian didn't take the silver two from Master Li's book, and said coldly: "Put away all your deeds in the future." The money in the county government is taken from the people and used by the people. If I see you doing such a self-enriching thing again in the future, I will punish you severely. ”

Master Li originally wanted to sell well in front of Jiang Zhixian, but who knew that Jiang Zhixian actually had such an attitude, and immediately bowed and begged for mercy: "My lord, the villain knows that he is wrong, and he will never dare to do it again in the future." ”

Jiang Zhixian said: "Okay, the silver taels I gave you are enough for you to prepare some wine and food, the style is not too much, prepare enough portions, go." When Master Li was about to leave, Jiang Zhixian stopped Master Li and said, "There is one more thing, I said that you should recruit a master, how are you doing now?" ”

Master Li said: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, a young man came today, but seeing that you are resting in the afternoon, I am embarrassed to disturb, so I will let him come again tomorrow." ”

Jiang Zhixian said: "Oh? What's the man's name? How old is it? ”

Master Li said: "That person's name is Zhu Shuo, and he said that he is seventeen years old this year. ”

After Jiang Zhixian heard this, he muttered, "It's a little young." ”

Master Li said: "My lord, don't blame me for speaking badly, that's all you give." That's why the younger ones are willing to try.,The older ones have to support their families.,Your little bit of money.,A little.。。。 ”

The master is not a public office, and has always been privately hired by the magistrate, so the master's salary is also paid by the magistrate out of his own pocket. But because of this, if the master is able to do things, when the county magistrate is promoted or transferred in the future, most of the magistrates will have the mind to take the master away and continue to retain. Jiang Zhixian is an honest official, and he doesn't have any savings, but he just takes out part of his own money as his master's money, which is naturally not much. After Master Li said this, Jiang Zhixian stopped talking, and had to wait until he met the man tomorrow to make plans, so he waved his hand and asked Master Li to buy wine and food.

After Li Zhubo bought the wine and food, Jiang Zhixian had already invited Hua Feng, Yuan Hao, Lao Chen, Lao Zhang and Jiang Hong to the back hall. Jiang Hong was standing at the door, and when he saw Li Zhubo first, he hurriedly went to join hands and put the wine and food in Li Zhubo's hand on the dining table in the back hall. I bought some roast chicken, braised pork, and some home-cooked cold dishes, although the style is not much, the portion is quite enough, enough for these people to eat. After the wine and food were put away, Master Li asked for his leave.

Jiang Zhixian beckoned everyone to sit down. Jiang Zhixian sat on the main seat, picked up a glass of wine, and said: "Old Chen Lao Zhang, I have been here in Xinyang County for more than half a month, I should have invited the two of you to have a meal, you two are the old men of Xinyang County, if there is anything, I need more guidance from the two of you." I'll do it first. ”

Lao Chen and Lao Zhang waved their hands tactfully, and Lao Zhang said: "We are both locals, and we don't have any skills, just stay here for a longer time." Really say that the future development of Xinyang County depends on the people of the county who know you. ”

Old Chen Yinghe said: "Yes, yes." The two also raised their wine glasses and saluted Jiang Zhixian.

Jiang Zhixian introduced Hua Feng and the others and said, "This is the deputy leader of the Oath Jiang League, Mr. Hua Feng." This is a disciple of the Sworn Jiang League, a young man who is a young man. This time, the imperial court specially invited us to help us solve the problem of bandits here. I'm probably going to have to deal with you a little more these days. Lao Zhang and Lao Chen hugged their fists towards Hua Feng.

Hua Feng cupped his fists and saluted back, "There will be a lot of trouble for the two of you in this crackdown on banditry." I'll also give you a glass. Hua Feng picked up the wine glass and saluted the two.

Lao Chen Lao Zhang picked up the wine glass again and replied boldly, "Even if you tell me." "Drink the wine.

Jiang Zhixian said: "This is Jiang Hong, the head catcher of Xinyang County." I think everyone knows that it's my nephew, so I won't introduce it much. Come on, come on, everyone drinks. Jiang Zhixian got up and poured wine for everyone seated. At the beginning, everyone drank and chatted, talking about some customs and interesting things in Xinyang County, and the scene was a little relaxed. After three rounds of wine, Jiang Zhixian said seriously: "Everyone, don't blame me for ruining my fun, this wine will be drunk here today." We will continue to be busy tomorrow, and the top priority at the moment is to deal with the bandit problem in our Xinyang City. Yesterday, you have already entered the county office, Lao Zhang and Lao Chen, although you two were not present at the time of the incident, but later, you all knew about it. Tell us about your side. ”

Lao Zhang said: "Lord Zhixian, our two bandits yesterday, the painter has already drawn them according to the description of the officials who were present at the time and had seen the appearance of the two of them. In addition to the short man we arrested a few days ago, three portraits, my team has been interrogated along the street, and after the strong man and the short man escaped from the county office, they immediately grabbed two horses, ran out of the city, and ran in the northwest direction, during which they also injured a lot of people. We surveyed the nearby villages and towns to the southwest, but to no avail. I plan to arrange manpower in the next few days and look for it farther away. ”

Lao Chen said: "On my side, there are indeed many people who have seen that the man in black caught the young bandit and flew on the roof and walked on the wall, which was very light. Then he went out of the city and went straight northwest. To the northwest is a mountain with complex terrain and few people. I'm planning to send someone to search the mountains tomorrow to see if there are any clues. ”

After hearing this, Hua Feng asked, "The man in black brought a black turban and a mask?" ”

Jiang Hong said: "Exactly. Although I was spotted at the time, I could see his face, with a black mask and a headscarf, and I couldn't see his face clearly. But he's about the same height as me, about six feet. ”

After Hua Feng heard this, he naturally remembered that he met the man in black on the road, and asked, "What about that young man?" ”

Jiang Hong recalled: "That young man looked very thin, and he looked a little handsome, about fifteen or sixteen years old, tall, about five feet one or two." ”

Jiang Zhixian said: "Does Vice Alliance Leader Hua have any ideas?" ”

Hua Feng said: "No, just ask." Hua Feng is still unclear about the current situation, so Hua Feng will not mention the incident of meeting the man in black on the road.

Jiang Hong said indignantly: "It's all because of that money, it's good to die, and he brought those two people to the county office, but he caught us off guard." ”

Lao Zhang said: "Jiang Zhutou, you can't say that, the money is also kind, but I don't know that these bandits still have a backhand!" ”

Lao Chen retorted: "Lao Zhang! Your elbows are turning outward! Could it be that our county government was incompetent, so they let them run! Whoever gave him money didn't have to take matters into his own hands and brought those two people in. Fortunately, our people appeared in time, in case the two of them are not good for adults, it will be unimaginable! ”

Lao Zhang was speechless for a while, and said, "That's right." I drank too much, I drank too much. ”

Jiang Zhixian said: "Okay, now is not the time to talk about this." At present, this matter has caused a lot of impact, and now the whole city knows that bandits have run away from our county office! If we can't arrest this gang of bandits as soon as possible, our county government's face will be gone. ”

Hua Feng begged: "I don't know their portraits, can you let me see them?" ”

Jiang Hong got up and immediately said, "Okay, I'll go and get it to you now!" ”

Lao Chen touched it, took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, and said, "Jiang Hong, I have it here." I took it with me this afternoon. ”

Hua Feng took the portrait handed by Lao Chen, looked at the three portraits, the first portrait, Li Chunlin, Hua Feng had never seen it, and naturally he was not impressed. Turning to the second one, I saw Zhang Haiwei's portrait, and my eyes suddenly stared at this portrait, and I seemed to have some ideas in my heart. Turning to the third portrait of Li Yu, Hua Feng didn't feel it particularly when he looked at it at first, but the more he looked at it, the more familiar he felt, very similar to the young man he saw on the road in the morning who didn't want to let him see his face. After looking closely, Hua Feng was surprised to find that this somewhat handsome young man looked like a person between his eyebrows and eyes, Hua Feng stared at it for a while, and suddenly realized that he remembered who this young man was like, Mrs. Ouyang! This young man looks like Li Zhentian's wife, Ouyang Lan. Hua Feng frowned, and said in his heart: "It won't be him." But the age is, this year it is indeed sixteen years old. But it's not right, Zhentian can't let him out alone. "Speaking of which, although the news of Li Yu's disappearance has spread to the Oath Jiang League, Hua Feng was already on the way to Xinyang at that time, and he couldn't know about it.

Jiang Zhixian saw Hua Feng's demeanor and asked, "Deputy Alliance Leader Hua, have you found anything?" ”

Hua Feng took the portraits of Zhang Haiwei and Li Yu and said, "Jiang Zhixian, if you find these two people, you will bother me to meet them." ”

Jiang Zhixian said: "Is there anything special about these two?" ”

Hua Feng said: "These two people may be related to an incident in the past few years of my oath Jiang League, but this is a matter in my alliance, and it is inconvenient to tell you about specific matters, if you catch these two people, please let me see these two people." ”

In that year, Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi, under the struggle of Liu Zhan, the leader of the Sworn Jiang League, recognized the existence of the Sworn Jiang League, and also recognized the method of "governing the rivers and lakes by the people of the rivers and lakes", and at the same time set an iron law of the Sworn Jiang League, that is, not to interfere in the affairs of the imperial court. Therefore, as long as some internal disturbances in the rivers and lakes do not hurt the people under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty court will not interfere too much in some matters of the Jiang League. Jiang Zhixian said: "This is easy to say. At the moment, it is better to catch them first. ”

Hua Feng said to Jiang Hong: "Jiang Zhutou, have you explained what I asked you to do?" ”

Jiang Hong said: "I have already ordered someone to deal with it, and there should be a result tomorrow." ”

Hua Feng nodded. Everyone ate some more wine and food, and discussed, but did not come up with a clear method, so they still followed the order, Lao Zhang went to the southwest to check, Lao Chen went to the northwest to continue the investigation, Jiang Hong led people to check Xinyang's household registration register, to determine the people who have been in contact with this year. Then they dispersed.

Hua Feng returned to the room, but he couldn't calm down for a long time in his heart, thinking about what happened today, and after a while, he didn't seem to want to think about it anymore, stretched his waist, and said, "This matter is too messy, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

Yuanhao didn't speak on the side, and when he saw Hua Feng's relaxed posture, he said, "Deputy Alliance Leader, you have to rest." I'll fetch you water! ”

Hua Feng nodded, watched Yuanhao leave the room, and said, "Yuanhao, this kid is good, although he is usually sloppy, he is very obedient and will not interfere indiscriminately." Somehow, I thought of a girl figure on the other hand, and said in my heart: If I had brought that girl, I guess I would have already chirped and revealed what happened on the road.