It was late autumn, the sun was setting, the cool breeze was up, and walking on the road was a bit biting.

Su Shunqin went to the guest room to rest for a while, got up and begged for a cup of tea, then took a few guards and went out of the county office. He didn't greet the county officials, but when he got to the street and asked for directions, he walked to Du Xun's house.

The county seat is very small, and it won't be long before you reach the vicinity of Du's house.

Looking at the newly built shed in front of the house, Su Shunqin said to the guards: "You go and say goodbye to see if Du Juren is at home." ”

The guards promised that it wouldn't take long for Du Xun and his wife to hurriedly come out.

After seeing the ceremony, Su Shunqin said: "This time I came to the county to try the case, the most important place is whether you brew moonshine at home. I couldn't help but come and see for myself. Xiucai, this matter is not small, you must not hide it in the slightest. ”

Du Xun hurriedly surrendered his hand: "How dare the students deceive the officials, there is really no private brewing at home." The child has a way to steam wine from the harvested sake lees. The wine sold in Han's foot shop a few days ago came like this. ”

"So much for the best. You steam wine, but in this shed? Su Shunqin said as he slipped out of the shed.

Du Xun said yes again and again, followed and opened the tightly sealed door.

Su Shunqin said with a smile: "I see that you are very tightly sealed here, I think I am afraid that others will see your secret method and learn it." Why, I'll go in and see it now, can I? ”

Du Xun was a little embarrassed: "What kind of character is the official?" If you hide it from the officials, you should die. ”

As he spoke, he let Su Shunqin into the shed.

Entering the shed, Su Shunqin circled around the cauldron and the big retort, and said, "It's nothing special, it's like steamed steamed buns." Du Xiucai, the wine is steamed from this pot? In this way, it is magical. ”

Du Xun said yes again and again, while pointing to the pot and retort, and explained to Su Shunqin.

Su Shunqin waved his hand: "How to make wine, you don't have to know with me, I just need to know that you don't have private brewing." I've been a local official for many years, and I've seen a lot of wine in the wine cellar, but of course it's not like this. You have no grains here, no koji, and I don't think it's a private brew. It's better to do this, early tomorrow morning, I will send someone with you to the official wine kula two carts of lees. Your imprisoned son, along with Han Lao'er, who sells wine, will be released together and let them make wine. Hearing is false, seeing is believing, let them steam wine. Whether it is private brew or not, it is clear. ”

Du Xun said yes again and again, and hurriedly agreed. said a thousand things and ten thousand, as long as Du Zhongxiao can steam the wine from the lees, he will clear the suspicion of illicit brewing, and everything else is a small section. Alcohol is forbidden in states and counties, and steaming wine on lees is not a violation of the law.

Coming out of the shed, Su Shunqin said: "This Feng Dalang has been with me for many years, and he is the most trustworthy. He watched with Xiucai here tonight, so that no idlers would come and make trouble. Tomorrow morning, I will come with you again to the official wine store to pull the lees. ”

After speaking, he didn't say anything long-winded, and left straight away with people.

Du Xun said goodbye to Su Shunqin and stood alone outside the shed thinking about his thoughts. Su Tongju seems to be doing things carefully, don't ask anything, first confirm whether the Du family has any private brewing. Just say no, you have to really steam it for him. As long as the Du family does not make wine privately, everything else is a small section, and it is clear which of the county officials is derelict in their duties, which is incompetent, and which is nonsense.

This is the person who really does things, and when he comes, he grasps the key point and comes to see it for himself. On the other hand, Shi County's order, there was such a big case under his rule, and he hasn't asked a word until now, so he can't figure out what is going on. How can such an official manage the territory well?

The responsibility of the general judgment is first and foremost to supervise, followed by financial management, and the third is to be the deputy of Zhizhou. The general sentence came, Shi County Ling didn't know what to do, sat in the county office, and died by himself, no one could help him.

Su Shunqin returned to the county office, called his entourage, and asked about the movements of the county officials.

Hearing that the county lieutenant Xu had been to the cell, Su Shunqin smiled and said: "The investigation of the alcohol ban should be done by the county lieutenant." In the past few days, the county lieutenant Xu has not been in the city, and he happened to clear up the relationship. If it was an ordinary person, it was not enough to hide from those people now, but he rushed over to ask questions, and he couldn't figure it out. ”

One of the attendants said, "Not really. Official, I asked the people in the county, on weekdays, the county lieutenant Xu is the best friend of the Wu family, and he has gained a lot of benefits from the Wu family. He went to check now, but he was afraid that he had other thoughts. ”

Su Shunqin nodded, thought for a while, and clapped his hands: "It's okay to do this, it saves a lot of hands and feet." It seems that none of the officials in this county are clean. It is also a good thing to clean up this case, so that the people will not suffer. I have been asked, in the past few days, the Hanjiajiao store has sold more than fifty or sixty catties of liquor every day, and the total should be hundreds of catties. If you really violate the alcohol ban and drink wine without permission, it is a crime of killing your head and it should be a big case. When encountering this kind of case, when the county reports to the state as soon as possible, how dare it try it privately? But I don't want to Linying County, not only is the case tried in a confused way, but it is also suppressed so inexplicably, and it is not clarified to the state, which is really messy that people don't know what to say. Let's find out tomorrow whether the Du family has made wine privately, and then write down the actions of the officials in the past few days one by one, and then go back to the state city to pay attention to it. ”

The entourage also laughed, and they all felt that the officials of Linying County were really out of bounds. In fact, in this era, it is not uncommon to see such a chaotic situation in Linying County, with limited manpower at the grassroots level, uneven quality of personnel, and lax supervision, which is the norm. Su Shun Qin's grace came out of office, the official position was low before the Zhongjinshi, and he lacked the experience of being in charge of the government, and he rose quickly after the Zhongjinshi, and he had little experience at the grassroots level, so he would feel incredible.

When he was busy here, his entourage came to report, and Shi County's order came to greet him.

Su Shunqin shook his head again and again, and said, "Say I'm fine, I'm about to rest, let him go back." ”

This time, Su Shunqin's biggest headache is how to deal with Shi County's order. He's already old, he's getting old, who has a way? If it is dealt with heavily, others will inevitably feel cold when they see it, and if it is handled lightly, it will be deterred by the law. Now I have finally made up my mind, let him go home as soon as possible, and retire well with peace of mind. Shi County Commander was originally born in a special performance, and there was no future in the officialdom, and the county order was already at the top. Being able to do it is probably his ultimate pursuit, so it is better to satisfy him. After all, Shi Xianling didn't do anything except for old age and lack of energy, and there was nothing wrong with it.

The officials in the officialdom are from different backgrounds, and Shi County's background determines his future, of course, the gangster life is forgotten.

Before dawn the next day, Deng Jiejie called Lieutenant Xu and went to the cell together.

When he arrived outside the cell, Deng Jiejie said: "County lieutenant, the judge is here to investigate the case of violating the alcohol ban in the county." Du Juren said clearly in the state that they did not make wine privately. There is no basis for this kind of thing, and let's verify it today. ”

Since he met Deng Jiejie here yesterday, County Lieutenant Xu has been extra cautious, and after listening to it, he asked, "I don't know how to verify the section level?" ”

"The warrant was issued, and the two of us took the prisoners to the official liquor office to pick up 200 catties of wine lees, and went back to their house to filter the wine. If the Du family can really filter out the wine from the lees, but there is no private brewing, there is no need to talk about this case, it is your county that is sloppy and wronged a good person. ”

Hearing this, County Lieutenant Xu's face couldn't help but be gloomy. This matter should have been thoroughly investigated a long time ago, but they did not want to wait for the general judgment to send someone to do it, and the county officials could not run away from the dereliction of duty. Thinking of this, Xu County Lieutenant hated Chen Jiejie to death. only cared about going to the Wu family, but forgot the most important thing. If the Du family really didn't make moonshine, nothing would be possible.

Yesterday, I changed the cell, and the county found a doctor to give Du Zhongxiao medicine and treat the cane wound, and today he is much better. The flogging is a small cane, which seems to be beaten to the flesh, but it does not actually hurt the muscles and bones. What will really leave a dark wound is the big stick, and Chen Jiejie didn't have that kind of ruthless hand.

Looking at Du Zhongxiao, who was rotting and limping, Deng Jie said: "The injuries on the little official's body are not in the way, right?" The general judge was busy with affairs and couldn't stay in the county for a long time, so he had to bother the petty officials and do something with injuries. ”

Du Zhongxiao arched his hand: "The judge is busy and comes to be the master of the small people, how dare he disobey the order!" ”

Deng Jiejie nodded: "That's the best." According to the official's instructions, today I went to the official wine office to pick up 200 catties of wine lees, and the junior official went home to make wine. If you can really strain the wine out of the lees, it is not a private brew, and the two of you will be released and go home immediately. ”

Du Zhongxiao and Han Lian hurriedly thanked each other.

Du Zhongxiao said again: "I know what I do, we really don't have private brewing." It's just a festival, we are exonerated, what does Wu Xiaoyuanwai say about falsely accusing us that day? There is also Chen Jie, who arrested people indiscriminately, and let civilians lynch him in front of him! ”

County Lieutenant Xu's face couldn't hold back, and he said: "Petty official, as long as you prove that you don't have any private brewing, the rest of the matter will be handled by the judge." The affairs of the official family must pay attention to the law, and you can just go home and wait in peace. ”

Du Zhongxiao saw that Deng Jie's face seemed to be smiling, so he stopped being verbose, and nodded heavily: "Okay, just follow what the county lieutenant said." ”

In the past few days, he was imprisoned and tortured, which gave Du Zhongxiao a deep understanding of this era. Don't just look at the theory, but also look at what the reality will be. There is another point that made him realize once again the huge difference between the wealthy and the common people.

The powerful and the commoners, no matter what the age, seem to live in two worlds. It's just that in his previous life, Du Zhongxiao was ordinary and didn't have a deep understanding of these things, but in this world, the powerful people were even more unscrupulous, which made him deeply realize this. In fact, by now, Du Zhongxiao can feel that Wu Kejiu, who caused all these consequences, also feels very wronged. Everything he did was taken for granted in his eyes, and there was nothing out of the ordinary, how could he get to this point. A little lady from an ordinary family, who looks beautiful and beautiful, does not take advantage of her youth to be a concubine in a big family, and enjoys some wealth, but has to be coarse and light in her own home, where is there such a person in the world?

But in this world, there is Han Yueniang, who is not a concubine of the Wu family, and there is a soul from a thousand years later, Du Zhongxiao, who has countless wonderful methods. Wu Kejiu bumped into it, which can only be regarded as unlucky.