There is a board standing by the Luoshui River, which is engraved with the words "Yingxianmen Wharf".

When Li Jilan saw it, she whispered in Li Tengkong's ear and said, "He said that he was welcoming immortals, but he didn't come to welcome you Li Xiaoxian."

You also say, "What do we have to do with him when we wander on one side?" ”

Li Tengkong's tone was flat, but faintly with some worry.

As soon as Xue Bai arrived at Yanshi, he reported major cases one after another, and this time the imperial court sent Yang Qixuan to inspect, not necessarily without suspicion that he had the intention of framing his colleagues.

She didn't want to come, but it was because she was worried that Xue Bai had a handle and Yang Qixuan got it, so she allowed Li Jilan to write to Xue Bai as a reminder.

But now that the reminder is also reminded, he didn't come to the dock to see Yang Qixuan. It can't be because you didn't get the news, it's because you can't get out.

Local affairs were already complicated, and as soon as Li Tengkong arrived at Yanshi, he had already sensed that Xue Bai was in some trouble.

Looking around, the people on the shore were still waiting for Henan Shaoyin, occasionally mentioning Xue County, with a slight schadenfreude in their eyes.

"Xue Lang is in Yanshi, and his popularity doesn't seem to be very good." Even Li Jilan noticed this matter, and whispered a little angrily.

"Let's go to the county office to find him." Li Tengkong suddenly made up his mind.

Initial website https://

"Didn't you say we didn't come to see him?

"There's business."

The two then walked to where Du Yan was, compared to Du Erniang, they actually preferred to be close to the eldest sister of the Du family.

Du Shi is now using the power of her grandfather's deputy envoy to run the Yang firm, and she is very imposing in the place, and there are probably dozens of people in the accounting office under her hands, and the husbands on the dock also have the meaning of looking at the Yang firm...... Although Du Youlin has no aura and can't eat it in the official face, he has a slight reputation among the people.

This is obviously Xue Bai's greatest strength, and the Yanshi Shishen is also very wary of this, and has brought a lot of family guards to keep an eye on it, and the dock is extremely lively, but it is distinct.

It was a very obvious two factions, and the daughter of the Prime Minister suddenly walked into the crowd of the Du family, which immediately aroused alarm.

"Xue Bai is here."

Many people muttered like this, staring at this side.

Even Gao Shang was very concerned about this, and glanced at Tian Qianzhen behind him and asked him to stare at it.

After only this small action, Gao Shang continued to talk and laugh with Yang Qixuan, carefully thinking about Xue Bai's next plan in his heart, so single-minded, but it did not affect his witty words at all.

Dealing with Yang Qixuan, it didn't cost him half of his attention.

Li Tengkong walked towards Du Shen, glanced sideways slightly, and felt that he was being watched by everyone.

"You're really in trouble, aren't you?" She asked.

From time to time, someone around Du Yan came to report a few words, as if he was collecting news, which was much busier than when he was in Chang'an. Seeing Li Tengkong coming, she raised her hand to stop her subordinates, turned her head and smiled softly.

This smile is similar to the way Fang just commanded Ruoding.

"It's okay, it's just a busy two days." Du Niang said: "When you are busy with this matter, let the county lieutenant Xue entertain you for a walk." ”

Thinking about where there is a good place to visit in Yanshi County, she said: "The scenery of Shouyang Mountain is good. ”

"We wanted to take a look at the county office."

"Don't worry, we'll go over later." Du Yan looked at those gentry, "It will always pass." ”

While speaking, another big ship came slowly, and Henan Shaoyin Linghu arrived.

"I've seen Shao Yin, and Shao Yin's demeanor is still the same.

In the midst of the salute, Ling Hutao's face was calm and he didn't smile.

When the high-ranking officials of Henan Prefecture arrived, the county commander and the county lieutenant did not come to greet him, and if he returned the smile, it would be too weak and deceitful.

He didn't laugh, no matter how flattering everyone was, the atmosphere couldn't be lively, and finally someone revealed the embarrassment.

"Shaoyin, there are cases in the county that are still being tried."

Zheng Wei lost no time in shouting: "What kind of case is it, can't you wait for Shaoyin to be retried?!" ”

Naturally, the topic turned to insinuations about Lu Linghao and Xue Bai. So before going to the reception banquet, they wanted to go to the county office to have a look.

The high-ranking officials and guards from Chang'an and Henan Prefectures, plus the local gentry and tribal masters, went over together, and under the absolute authority and force, what case could not be decided?

What the local gentry want can also be very simple, settle the case, and the dust will settle from then on.

Xue Bai dared to kill Gao Chong, and dared to kill Ling Hu Tao to take a look.

"Let's go, official business is important, and this mansion should also see what big case Yanshi has made."

"Shao Yin, please."

In the crowd, only Song Mian felt a little strange.

As soon as he heard the news that Ling Hutao was coming at noon, he had already sent someone to Luhun Villa to inform Song Zhiyi that there were important ministers who had come to Yanshi, and he must be going to Luhun Villa for a banquet, and there had been no exception in the past thirty years.

But why didn't Omber send someone?

Luhun Villa.

Song Zhiyi paid attention to the news from Xintian last night, and he didn't sleep well at night, so he couldn't help but feel sleepy today.

When he heard that the copper dealers in Erlang Mountain had arrived, he planned to let the children of his family deal with it. But because of his jealousy of Xue Bai, he finally decided to come to see him in person.

"Ah Weng, they had already detained Xue Bai, but unfortunately they were rescued by Aunt Gongsun, but they brought the murderer of Su Tiangui and was a guard by Xue Bai's side."

Song Zhiyi listened to the report, opened his eyes and looked at the young man who was reporting to him in front of him, and asked slowly, "How many years are you?" ”

His memory has deteriorated, and there are too many children in his family, except for a few outstanding ones, he really can't recognize anything else.

"Ah Weng, I'm Thirteen Lang."

Although Song Zhiyi asked, he didn't remember it, and he probably wouldn't recognize it next time he saw it, so he asked, "Fan Jiao is here?" ”

"No, he went to explain it to Noble Spirit."

"Look down on the Song family, the old man will go and take a look."

Helped to sit down in the hall, Song Zhiyi looked at Jiang Hai, who was escorted by the Diao brothers and them, squinted his old eyes, and said, "The old man has seen you, the last time you came, you were with the county lieutenant, and you were the old man's guest." ”

It can be seen that he has a deeper impression of Jiang Hai than his nephew.

Jiang Hai was tied up by Wuhua and said, "Since you know that I am the county lieutenant, you still don't let me go?!" ”

"What is the county lieutenant going to Erlang Mountain to do?"

"It doesn't hurt to tell you." Although Jiang Hai was reduced to a prisoner, he was still very arrogant, and said proudly: "The county lieutenant plans to subdue this group of dog dealers, make his own copper materials in the future, and do black things." ”

"That's it? You're open. ”

"Because we're not afraid of you hillbillies, there's no need to hide it from you.

Song Zhiyi was scolded twice, but he became energetic, he was once an important minister of the imperial court, and he went in and out of the palace, but he didn't expect to be treated as a countryman by a pariah, which is ridiculous.

"This means, is County Lieutenant Xue unwilling to cooperate with the old man? Today's young people don't believe what they say. ”

"Old dog, you don't pee on yourself." Jiang Hai straightened up and said proudly: "I advise you on the last sentence, the county lieutenant will rectify the Yanshi today, summon the people to ask about the case, if you know each other, cooperate in the past, and you can not blame the past." ”

"Blame for the past?" Song Zhiyi felt that he had not encountered such an interesting thing for a long time after he got older, and said with a smile: "If the old man refuses to cooperate, how will the county lieutenant be treated?" ”

Jiang Haiping always wanted to kill people directly, but today he rarely gave a warning, saying: "The old dog should die." ”

Song Zhiyi was full of emotion and said: "The old man gave the coffin he prepared for himself to Gao Chong a while ago, do you know why?" Alas, because Gao Chong is young, he walked in front of the old man, and the old man's body is quite strong, and it is not a problem to live for ten or eight years, and in the end, he may be able to survive Xue County. ”

After saying this long paragraph, Song Zhiyi was also a little tired, took a short rest, and let the beautiful maid feed him

A fruit, but even when it comes to longevity, he is still very interested.

Jiang Hai was still tied up, and at this time he had already raised his knife and scolded: "The county lieutenant has all the evidence of the Song family's crimes, and he will uproot your entire family." ”

"Is it true that the old man is afraid of him?" Song Zhiyi was not afraid at all, and shouted: "When the old man was appointed as an official and guarded one side, the erector had not yet been born, is he qualified to judge the old man?!" ”

When it comes to the power of the year, he is old and majestic, and the children of the Song family in the hall are in awe when they see the head of the family like this, and at the same time feel proud.

The saint did not come to Luoyang for ten years, so that some ignorant young people did not know the reputation of Luhun Villa. However, it has always enjoyed a good reputation among the world's people.

The little county lieutenant really doesn't deserve to be the enemy of Luhun Villa, and he still wants to be tried?

"Please ask the county lieutenant to be the villain's master!"

In the lobby of the county office, someone kowtowed heavily, crying and feeling heartache, and said: "Before the ground thawed, the villain began to plow, planted, and picked dozens of catties of manure every day. Steward Song said, the Song family provides me with rations, and I should still use the grain to buy my land, but who knows that it is to make our family a slave of the Song family? The villain is illiterate, and he sold the baby with a press of his hand....."

A lot of grievances like this have been said, and the more the paper is written, the thicker it becomes. Gradually, people grew tired of hearing about it and desperately wanted to see the results.

But there was only the bitter master, but the defendant did not come, even the stewards and servants involved in it refused to be present, and Xue Bai had no way to ask.

"If a big family doesn't come to give an explanation, what's the use of saying this?"

"The prefectural order seems to be asleep....."

In the exchange of ears, if Xue Bai can be tried like this but cannot be judged, it will also be a big blow to his prestige.

At this time, someone rushed to the hall again.

"The county commander, the county lieutenant, Linghu Shaoyin has arrived!"

"What?"

Lu Linghao still had a soft snoring sound a moment ago, and when he heard this, he woke up in an instant, and said, "Quick, go to the dock to greet you, honor guard...... Hey, Lieutenant Xue, don't disperse soon. ”

"If the defendant doesn't come, and the big case has not yet been tried, how can the court be dispersed?"

Xue Baijing contradicted it in public.

Such a strong style made the onlookers feel confident, and some people in the crowd even exclaimed.

Lu Linghao just wanted to go to greet Linghu Tao, but he was so anxious that he stood up and said hurriedly: "Also tried? There are priorities...."

Xue Bai slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "The case is not finished yet, sit back!" ”

Perhaps because the onlookers were too quiet, this shocking sound was particularly loud. Lu Linghao was taken aback, and even forgot that he was the county commander.

"Did you get it?"

Suddenly, an angry cry came.

Someone used a water and fire stick to open the onlookers, and a red-robed official strode forward surrounded by Jin Wuwei, with a daunting face, it was Henan Shaoyin Linghu Tao.

For a while, Lu Linghao's color changed in shock, and the people who followed also made a judgment in their hearts, knowing that this case could not be tried.

Li Tengkong came to the county office with the Du family's team, and when he arrived, he found that the Du family was squeezed outside.

Du Youlin and Yang Qixuan said that they were private visits to Weifu, but when they arrived in Yanshi County, Du Youlin, who was dressed in a regular robe, was not ignored by the gentry at all, but was very excluded.

Li Tengkong's face was calm, and when she saw this situation, she had no choice but to rush to the front as the daughter of her prime minister's house.

"Eleventh sister."

Li Shiniang heard the call, turned around, and hurriedly ordered: "Get out of the way, quickly protect her...... Seventeen, you told me, what did you just discuss with the second daughter of the Du family? ”

"Why do you ask?"

"Yang Lang inquired, I think it's Yanshi and these people who want to know. It can be seen that Xue Zhuangyuan is very uneasy in the local area, I told you a long time ago, I want to persuade him to take the road of Taifu, how difficult it is to be a local petty official......"

While talking, they also followed the team into the county office.

Li Jilan was not sensitive to politics, and was already a little excited to see Xue Bai, so she walked a few steps quickly; Instead, Li Tengkong slowed down his pace and turned his gaze to the surrounding farmers.

She was the only one in the whole team.

She saw thin faces and numb eyes that she had never seen in Chang'an or Luoyang. It is very strange that on the way from Chang'an to here, including when she was in Luoyang, she went to the suburbs with her sister, and she also saw many ordinary people, but she had never seen such a thin person.

It was as if Xue Bai had found out all the people who were hiding in the corners.

If these people standing outside are numb and go inside, those who cry in the court are bitter. There was no angry expression, only a faint, long bitterness, but with a sense of despair that would never find a way out.

Only in the eyes of the few people who looked up at the court, they could see the bright expectation.

Li Tengkong turned his head and followed their gaze.

Xue Bai slapped the shocking wood.

The red-robed high-ranking official stepped forward with a man in a gorgeous robe and brocade robe, and shouted angrily.

Li Tengkong looked at Xue Bai, although he didn't say a word, he knew what he wanted to accomplish.

She believed that he could do it, not because of their friendship. Instead, she squeezed from the long street to the county office, and she had sensed the power that supported the county lieutenant.

The next moment, Ling Hutao's shouting order sounded.

"Did you get it?!"

Listening to Li Tengkong's ears, this is a question.

And the situation at this time is actually beyond doubt in the eyes of many people - Xue Bai didn't even think about letting Xue Bai answer.

But Xue Bai still answered after a moment of stillness, in fact, this moment of stagnation was due to a glance at Li Tengkong.

"I'll be judged."

"The old man has served as the envoy of the Jiannan Festival, and he is the general of the right feather Lin Wei, what is Xue Bai?"

When Song Zhiyi was talking, Diao Bing didn't say anything, but looked at the furnishings of Luhun Villa and guessed the price of those items.

When he resisted taxes and killed the errand in Huaizhou, he was so hungry that his chest was against his back, and even his cheeks were weak, which shows how poor he was.

After all, everyone lives in the mountains.

It's a pity that there is no comparison at all, Diao Bing's feet are still a pair of broken straw sandals.

As the conversation progressed, the Song family's momentum became higher and higher, and it had completely surpassed them, so much so that people felt that they were ants again.

Diao Bing turned his head to look outside, his eyes a little anxious.

The two of them, it seems that Diao Geng is more rude, but in fact, it was Diao Bing who killed people with a knife first. This time, it was originally Fan Jiao who said that he had taken refuge in a very great big man and wanted to do things with Xue County Lieutenant.

But at this time, Diao Bing was doing things, but he was more angry.

"At your own risk?" Song Zhiyi asked rhetorically.

He slowly raised his hand, pointed at Jiang Hai, and even more so at the thousands of acres of fertile land behind Jiang Hai, expressing his satisfaction with his life's achievements in a weak but powerful voice.

"The consequence is that no one can shake the Song family's ....... in the slightest"

"Die!"

With a sudden roar, Diao Bing rushed forward.

The stinky foot in straw sandals stomped heavily on the table, the cup and plate shook, and he punched out, "Bang knocked down Song Tianshou who was blocking in front of him."

Song Zhiyi is worthy of being a festival envoy, seeing the hammer-like fist smashing the steward in front of him to bleed, he can still be unfazed, and shouted: "Someone! ”

Jiang Hai turned his head to look and saw the men of Erlang Mountain running towards this side with knives, and at the same time, more Song family guards rushed over.

"Jiri! Untie me, you idiots!

Diao Geng took out a dagger from his boots and went to cut Jiang Hai's rope.

The guards of the Song family in the hall knew that the two smugglers had been put in, and they were already wearing short knives to guard against them, so they drew their knives and slashed at them at this time.

"Jiri! Buttocks! ”

"Jiri!"

Jiang Hai was really mad.

He is becoming more and more skilled in killing, but he didn't expect that the smugglers he brought this time were not particular, and he roared angrily when he saw a knife cut down, and he was still tied.

"Poof."

Diao Geng will still kill, stabbed with a dagger, first stabbed a guard, and then continued to cut Jiang Hai's rope.

With this knife, Jiang Hai came out of the cage like a tiger, and seeing that everyone in the Song family was desperately protecting Song Zhiyi from escaping, he also rushed up and lifted the table as a shield to block the knives that those guards slashed over.

"Old dog! Isn't it the town guard? Escape? Take your life! ”

This is psychological intimidation without a knife in hand, but everyone has already hugged Song Zhiyi and turned over the shadow wall.

Jiang Hai looked back and finally saw Hu Laishui rushing into the hall.

"Next!"

Hu Laishui slashed with two knives in his hand, threw a knife over, and fell to the ground with a chirp, Jiang Hai was just about to pick it up, but someone had already picked it up and sprinted with a knife, but this person was Diao Bing.

Diao Bingfang didn't kill Song Zhiyi with his bare hands, and at this time, he had a knife in his hand, and his momentum was suddenly different.

If Jiang Hai's killing is the courage on the battlefield, Diao Bing's style is desperate, a kind of desperate situation that has to be burned with the other party's jade at any cost, which is in great contrast to his usual stinginess of cherishing things.

He only cut two people, and the guards of the Song family were timid and protected their masters to escape, but unfortunately this situation was already a wolf into the flock.

"Poof."

What Diao Bing heard was not blood flowing, but copper coins falling loudly, and each knife was worth tens of thousands of dollars.

They were able to get copper, but they couldn't mint their own coins, not because of the difficulty of smelting, but because they were only transporters. It was the Song family who bought off and even controlled the officials of the copper field, and it was also the Song family who was able to disperse the minted copper coins to all parts of the world.

So this lucrative business, the risk is borne by them, and every year they get only some copper coins that are difficult to spend, which are cheap and can be replaced at any time.

Now, everyone's lives are just as cheap.

The people of the Song family were not more noble at this moment, and they were wailing with great fear, like pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

"Stop!"

"Don't kill it!"

Song Zhiyi is worthy of being the important minister of the country of Zhishi, and he is the calmest of all people, but he is really too old, although he feels that he still has ten years to live, he finally fell to the ground.

"Help Me ....."

Everyone is running for their lives, and no one has time to help the head of the family. Song Zhiyi then grabbed the person beside him.

"Eighteen Lang, help me up."

Diao Bing slashed at him, and the young Song family disciple was chopped and fell to the ground.

He convulsed a few times, struggled to get up and wanted to escape, but was pulled by Song Zhiyi, and soon exhausted.

"Aong...... A baker's dozen...... I'm Thirteen..."

Before Song Shisanlang's words fell, he had been stabbed and fell to the ground.

Jiang Hai, Diao Geng, and Hu Laishui led people to kill them, ignoring Song Zhiyi, explaining that they didn't mean to live.

Diao Bing leaned down, and a face full of blood leaned in front of Song Zhiyi's eyes, and blood dripped down his filthy nose.

"Did I judge you?"

Song Zhiyi's old eyes widened, watching the drop of blood fall.

He thought of his past deeds, which was in the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, when he was exiled to Jiaozhi, and met Li Bai when passing through Jiangxia, Li Bai admired him very much, and wrote poems one after another.

When he arrived in Jiaozhi, he happened to encounter a barbarian thief who captured Bizhou, and he only recruited eight strong men, wearing heavy armor, holding a Mo sword, and repelling 700 barbarian thieves... The deeds of his life are so magnificent.

He has made great contributions to Datang!

Blood dripped into his cloudy old eyes, and just one drop covered his entire vision.

Diao Bing stretched out his hand and grabbed his neck fiercely.

Because he cherished his beautiful clothes, he did not want to use a knife.

Song Zhiyi had already calmly suffered death, but suddenly he was a fierce spirit and struggled hard.

"Woo! Woo!"

Because he thought of a very important issue - there was no coffin.

His coffin was given to Gao Chong, and he wanted to make a better coffin worthy of his great merit and world-renowned status.

I thought it would be too late.

One struggles hard, the other struggles hard, as if trying to fight against the verdict of fate...

In the public court, Xue Bai's hand was still holding the shocking wood.

He didn't even get up and salute Linghu, and this presumptuous attitude put him at a great disadvantage, giving him more reproach.

"County Lieutenant Xue, you can't rely on the excuse of 'young and knowledgeable' to act recklessly and lawlessly, if you ignore your dignity like this, can the court still have a sense of decency?!

The one who desperately wanted to convict Xue Bai was Lu Linghao, who hoped to clear up his mistakes.

Just as he was shouting, someone outside the hall suddenly shouted.

"Gao Langjun!"

The noble gaze was still looking between Xue Bai and Li Tengkong, thinking about whether Xue Bai still had a back hand, and suddenly had an uneasy premonition when he heard the words.

He turned around and saw a dirty man in ordinary clothes waving and being stopped by the guards.

Thinking that some information might have been sent, he let the man in.

Unexpectedly, when this man entered the county office, he immediately shouted something that surprised him.

"Gao Langjun, Fan Shuai has something urgent to see you!"

In an instant, Gao Shang's face changed, and he understood that this was Xue Bai's trick, and Xue Bai went to Erlang Mountain for another purpose, which was to let Fan Jiao come to see him, with the intention of framing him.

What does it do? Xue Bai's real enemy this time was the official gentry forces of Yanshi County and even Henan Mansion, and it was not something that could be solved by getting rid of him alone.

Ling Hutao's statement that Xue Bai couldn't try the big case of Yintian's escape, which means that it is impossible to solve the fundamental problem...... So focus on the minutiae of him?

These thoughts flashed through my mind, and it was more important to think about how to deal with them. Gao Shang almost shouted for someone to take down this dirty man, but fortunately, he reacted quickly and couldn't do this, it would alarm more people.

"What Fan Shuaitou? I don't know at all.

"How can Gao Langjun deny it?!" The dirty man raised his voice, "The words that something happened to the Song family attracted more people's curiosity. ”

Song Mian turned around and asked, "What happened to the Song family?!" ”

was scolded by him, and the dirty man was startled, turned around and ran.

"Stop him!"

It's too late, the county office is full of people, the sackcloth squeezed into the crowd, like a drop of water falling into the river for a while, noble standing there with a solemn face, thinking intently; Song Mian was anxious and hurriedly sent someone to Song's house to investigate.

Lu Linghao guessed the reason, raised his hand and shouted, "Xue Bai, what did you do again?!" ”

Xue Bai didn't pay attention to it at all, and only looked at Ling Hutao, at this time, it was this Henan Shaoyin who represented the attitude of the gentry and affected the direction of things.

As for Lu Linghao, once a high-ranking official appears, the aura of the lord of a county will drop and become a dog leg who can only shout.

"It was dark, and it was all gone." Ling Hu Tao said lightly: "Now that this mansion has arrived at Yanshi, no matter what kind of ghosts and ghosts there are, they are bound to be swept away together, and the people will be prosperous." ”

It is the safest way not to talk about things in the open, but to wait for the news to be clear, to discuss and distribute the benefits, and then to make it public in a high-sounding manner. With his authority, he commands only this thing, and there should be no disobedience.

"The case is not over yet." Xue Bai said, "Linghu Shaoyin can go to the wind banquet first, and when I take care of the affairs of Yanshi County, I will go to make amends." ”

"Finally, I will say that this government will try it, but you can't try it."

It's already dark, and many people are already hungry, sleepy, tired, or impatient, and the dishes for the reception are getting cold, so it's time to add clothes at night...... There is pressure, big and small, and when it falls on both sides of the stalemate, it will inevitably make one side make a small compromise first.

Seeing that Xue Bai couldn't hold it anymore, Du Youlin stepped forward to support him with his official title, and said, "Linghu Shaoyin, it's better to go to the banquet first, let him be tried if he wants to." What's there to compete with a county lieutenant? Everyone is hungry. ”

"Yes, let's go to the banquet first......."

I don't know which stupid gentleman subconsciously agreed, and halfway through speaking, he hurriedly shut up.

The atmosphere was awkward.

Finally, news came in the night, breaking the deadlock.

"Oh no! Big things are wrong! ”

The two slaves of the Song family rushed into the county office with a rolling belt, and in a panic, they actually knelt down to Xue Bai and shouted: "County Zun! Save Luhun Villa.......

"What's wrong?"

"Bandit...... The bandits have entered the villa....."

"What about Song Gong?"

"The old master has been killed! When we escaped, most of them were killed! ”

These words exploded like a thunderbolt on the heads of all the officials and gentry, and everyone thought of Xue Bai's sentence "bear the consequences".

At your own risk, at your own risk...... Inexplicably, they couldn't think or distinguish at all.

It's the fear of revolt, the killings that start to take over their minds, no, it's the fear of change that makes them tremble irrepressibly.

Xue Bai opened his mouth, surprised, but more regretful, and muttered to himself, "I can't judge the Song family?" ”

No one answered.

The fields and houses in the entire Yanshi County were still so silent, silently echoing that question.

- Did you get it?