Don't look at Qian Yi's appearance as if he is not approachable, but he is quite gentle, he first greeted Wu Tang and the others, and then came to Liu Liang and saluted meticulously: "Xiaguan Qian Yi has seen the state lord." ”

Qian Yi studied Confucianism, and it is said that he is a member of the "Book of Rites", so he attaches great importance to etiquette when he sits, lies and walks, even if he is not in harmony with Liu Liang, he is also courteous and thoughtful every time he meets.

Liu Liang is also a Confucian, but unfortunately he is a new Confucian, and he looks down on these cumbersome etiquette. However, "The Book of Rites" is also a major faction of Confucianism after all, and he can't express his dissatisfaction with his identity, so he has to patiently watch the other party's performance, and then return the salute again.

After everyone sat down, there was no one in the whole hall, Leng Yuhe was in charge of pouring tea, and Bai Huiye was guarding the door.

The Lord of the Governor looked at the four people under him, all waiting for him to speak, so he cleared his throat and said, "Colleagues, why this official summoned everyone to come here today must be clear in his heart. A few days ago, Yuhe Tonghui Ye visited you, and you should also know the evil deeds of the Tinghe Gang. They had the audacity to attack the official ranks. Sending experts to snipe and kill them failed, and they actually gathered water bandits and openly attacked the patrol team sent by the official, which is really extremely bad and arrogant!"

"In addition, as far as I know, with the connivance of the previous state lord, the Tinghe Gang is dominant. Their reports of bullying and dominating the market, smuggling and resisting taxes are also piled up on my desk, which is enough to prove that they have become a cancer that hinders the stability of Yunzhou. Therefore, I hope that you and I can work together to eradicate this lawless gang and restore a clear and sunny sky in Yunzhou. ”

Qian Yi and Wu Ding glanced at each other, and Qian Yi said: "My lord, the patrol team was attacked and killed, and the officials also knew a little about the almost annihilation of the whole army. The captured personnel all claimed to be water bandits in Yuhu Village, so there is no doubt about this. However, the Tinghe Gang is a legal gang in Yunzhou, and it has made a great contribution to the water transportation in Yunzhou, and its gang leader Fang Xiaotian is a gentle person and has a good reputation in Tingyin. ”

"The Tinghe Gang donates a lot of money every year, helps the poor and the weak in various parts of Yunzhou, repairs bridges and repairs roads, and as far as I know, it is a rare good gang. How did the adults know that they were colluding with Yuhu Village? Moreover, the inspection team was going down to inspect the local government and county offices, and had nothing to do with the Tinghe Gang, so how could they carry out such a senseless attack?"

Liu Liang sneered in his heart, he was gentle, and the interests on the Tinghe River were fighting, and the mild people had long been eaten by those fierce boat gangs. Being able to get out of the boat gang, Long Xiaotian has killed a lot of people, and it has nothing to do with gentleness anyway. As for poverty alleviation and poverty alleviation, there is a problem, but because a large number of low-level people along the Tinghe River rely on working for the Tinghe Gang to eat, they need to spend some money to find a good reputation to appease those laborers and boatmen who can only get a meager salary.

Liu Liang knew that Qian Yi and the Tinghe Gang had interests, and he would definitely protect each other at this time, but he had a lot of evidence in his hands, so he was confident at this time. He was not in a hurry to release Zhong Qi, but was ready to release the evidence little by little, and kept slapping Qian Yi in the face until the final word.

"Lord Qian's words are wrong, those so-called good deeds are just Fang Xiaotian's strategy to buy people's hearts. As for why they attacked and killed the patrol envoy team, hehe, it has to start with the death of a secret agent of the Martial Arts Division who came to Yunzhou a few months ago. ”

"Three months ago, the Martial Arts Division received news that a secret agent on vacation had died in Yunzhou, right? Liu Liang looked at Tang Ming, who was at the bottom.

"My lord, this is indeed the case. Chuzhou spy Li Jianghui took a leave of absence to visit friends in Yunzhou, but lost contact. Later, news came that the soul lamp he had placed in the Chuzhou Martial Arts Division was extinguished, proving that he died in Yunzhou. We have sent this information to the governor's office. Tang Ming replied with a straight look.

"Didn't you investigate the cause of that agent's death?" asked Liu Liang with a smile.

"This and this," Tang Ming looked embarrassed, "Due to lack of manpower, we haven't conducted a careful investigation. ”

Several adults raised their eyebrows lightly, what is the lack of manpower, Yunzhou martial arts is weak, it is not worth it at all to send a large number of people to supervise the martial arts division, and the secret agents among them are idle all day long. It is estimated that it was a factional problem within the Control and Martial Arts Division, which made Sun Lixing too lazy to investigate the cause of death of this little shrimp.

Liu Liang didn't care, but continued: "At that time, the intelligence said that the secret agent was going to visit friends in Huinan Mansion, and it happened that some time ago, the inspection team would pass through Huinan, so I asked Hui Ye to check by the way, but I didn't expect to find out a big case at once!"

"Oh, what kind of case is it, it actually alarmed the adults?" Qian Yi asked on the side.

"Kaguya, tell me about Huinan. ”

"Yes. Bai Huiye stepped forward, first saluted a few adults, and then said, "I was ordered to investigate this matter, and after I arrived in Huinan Mansion, I heard that a local big family, the Zhang family, was inexplicably wiped out not long ago, but in the mouth of the lord of Huinan Mansion, it was the other party who colluded with bandits and had bad intentions, and as a result, the two sides fought inwardly and broke out. ”

Curiosity was in the local investigation, and it turned out that the Zhang family actually had a fish that slipped through the net, the son of the head of the Zhang family, so the humble position went to find this Zhang Qing, but he didn't expect to learn the truth about the death of Agent Li and his family from him. ”

"Detective Li and Zhang's family have been friends for many years, and this time they came to visit him. As a result, he was robbed by water bandits on the Ting River, and Li Jiang tracked down the water bandits in a fit of anger and came directly to the outside of Yuhu Village. happened to meet the Tinghe Gang fleet, in which he stole the account book of the Tinghe Gang and Yuhu Village. ”

"Account book!" Qian Yi couldn't help but interject, "Where is the account book?"

Seeing Qian Yi's eagerness, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Bai Huiye's mouth, and then said, "Don't worry, my lord, please listen to me." Li Jianghui was discovered by the other party after stealing the account book, and was seriously injured in the pursuit along the way, so he asked others to send the account book to Zhang's mansion, and he was seriously injured and died. ”

But they didn't expect this move to be hidden from the Tinghe Gang, they quickly found Zhang's mansion and wiped out the other party's family, only Zhang Qing survived, and the account books were also taken away by the Tinghe Gang. ”

"So this story is just that Zhang Qing's side of the story?" Qian Yi couldn't help but question, "How do you know that he is not deceiving you and wants to slander the Lord of Huinan Mansion?"

"Hehe, I naturally can't just believe his words, but after I found him, he still had a copy of the account book copied by his father before his death, I have seen it with my own eyes, which does record the evidence of the traffic between the Tinghe Gang and Yuhu Village. As he spoke, he looked at Qian Yi.

Qian Yi's face moved, but he didn't speak, just motioned for Bai Huiye to continue.

"We met on a hill outside Huinan City, but we were probably discovered by the Tinghe Gang because of our humble duties. So he was blocked there by the two elders of the other party, Li Yue and Zhong Qi. But fortunately, they were negligent, and we killed Li Yue, and Zhong Qi also fled from the hill. Bai Huiye said.

"Zhang Qing is waiting outside the hall now, it is better to call him up, and Lord Qian can ask carefully. I'm sure that from an adult's point of view, you won't be able to see if the other person is lying. Liu Liang suddenly said at this time.

Qian Yi looked at Liu Liang with an unpredictable smile on his face, thought about it in his heart, and nodded in agreement.

So Leng Yuhe walked outside the door and whispered to the subordinates outside to bring Zhang Qing to the hall.

Taking advantage of this time, Bai Huiye continued: "After that, we left Huinan and returned to Yunzhong that day, and in order to prevent the other party from reacting, we also took a clipper. It's a pity that he still didn't dodge, and on the Tinghe River, which is a day and a half away from Yunzhong Mansion, he was attacked by thieves from Yuhu Village at night. If it weren't for the luck of encountering the battle between the two outer gods, I am afraid that the whole army would be wiped out there. ”

Everyone nodded, they knew about this matter, after all, the more than 300 water bandits in the Yunzhou prison couldn't be faked.

"As far as I know, the people who attacked you that day were all thieves from Yuhu Village, and there were no Tinghe Gang, right?" Qian Yi asked.

"That's right, but since the elders of the Tinghe Gang intercepted and killed me before, I believe that they must be connected. After all, no matter how bold the bandits are, they will not dare to attack the ranks of the government, not to mention that we have nothing of value on us, I don't believe that the other party will do this thankless thing without a reason. Bai Kaguya replied.

Qian Yi agreed, but did not speak again. At this moment, Leng Yuhe brought Zhang Qing up.