Chapter 1008: Collusion between Officials and Bandits
Zhang Xianling was taken aback by him, looked at the official and scolded angrily: "Come here, come here, what are you doing in a panic!" ”
After the reprimand, my heart was much more comfortable.
It seems that this Lin Er still understands some truths, he doesn't forget to dig wells, and when he became a thief, he can't forget who took him on this road in the first place.
He looked at the officer, raised his eyebrows, and said, "How many things did he bring this time?" ”
The official shook his head and said, "I didn't bring it." ”
"I didn't bring it!" Hearing this, Zhang Xianling slapped the table violently and said angrily: "What did you bring him here for!" ”
"He was brought by someone else......" the official said, and immediately shook his head, saying, "He was captured by someone else!" ”
"What?"
When Zhang Xianling heard this, he suddenly stood up from his chair.
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The front hall of the county government.
Wang Chang looked at Li Yi and asked, "Didn't Brother Li say that he still had friends in Shuzhou, why didn't he see him?" ”
Li Yi looked outside and said, "They'll come over in a while." ”
Although they had written a letter a long time ago, they did not give any further notice when they would come to Shuzhou, but Ruyi and the others had already passed first, and the person who should come would come soon.
Outside the county office, dozens of bandits were tied together and knelt on the ground in unison.
More than a dozen officials looked at these thieves, and then looked into the hall, with strange expressions.
Lin Erscar's gang is already regarded as a large scale of bandits in Shuzhou, and I have to say that they can catch all the bandits of this scale without missing a net, and these people have a lot of ability.
But the problem is, this Lin Erscar is the brother-in-law of the county magistrate......
Not to mention the chaotic places outside Shuzhou, the government can't control there, but the bandits who are rampant in Shuzhou, who doesn't have a background?
It's not that the government doesn't want to arrest them, it's really determined to suppress the bandits, none of those thieves can escape, it's really too poor in Shuzhou, and the local officials only rely on the meager income of the imperial court to feed their families, and if they want to live a chic life, they have to go through other informal channels.
The county magistrate didn't care about Lin Er's scar, because he was not only his brother-in-law, but also often gave him the stolen goods, and these people arrested them, which cut off the county magistrate's financial route......
Blocking people's money is like killing parents, will the county magistrate let go of the enemy who killed his father?
Li Yi and Wang Chang chatted casually, and at a certain moment, a middle-aged man with a stomach came out of the back hall.
Wang Chang immediately walked over, bowed down and said, "The grass people have seen the county commander!" ”
Zhang Xianling looked at the bandits outside, squinted at him again, and asked, "These bandits, did you catch them?" ”
Wang Chang nodded and said, "Lord Hui, we arrested it." ”
"To maintain law and order in Yongxian County, we must not only rely on the county government, but also on every person in Yongxian County, and you have done a very good job." Zhang Xianling nodded and said, "You guys go first, these thieves, this official will deal with them." ”
"My lord, then we will take our leave." Wang Chang bowed, turned around and said, "Brother Li, let's go." ”
"That's leaving?" Li Yi looked at the Yongxian county order suspiciously, and asked, "Isn't there any bounty or anything like that?" ”
Dozens of thieves, it's not easy to catch, there is no merit and hard work, no matter what the local county government wants, there is only a verbal reward ......, which is unreasonable.
Zhang Xianling looked at the young man who didn't salute him just now, and his brows furrowed.
Cutting down his cash cow and wanting a bounty, it was already a great gift not to put him in prison.
After this time, Lin Er had to change his face and change his bandit name again, after all, it was a little more troublesome, Zhang Xianling glared at these two nosy guys, and instructed the officials: "Take these thieves down first, and deal with them later." ”
"Wait." Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Dare to ask these thieves, what does the county magistrate plan to deal with?" ”
Zhang Xianling was already angry in his heart, and when he heard this, he immediately sank his face and said, "Do you need you to teach you to do things?" ”
He waved his hand violently and said, "Don't hurry up and take it away!" ”
With that, he walked to the back hall by himself.
Wang Chang looked at Li Yi with a wry smile and said, "Brother Li, let's go." ”
Li Yi glanced at the back of the county order, shook his head, and did not speak.
The last person who talked to him like this, the grass should have begun to grow on the grave, but he really didn't have any interest in getting angry with a seven-rank petty official for this matter.
In this matter, just go back and let the people below keep an eye on it.
"Let's go." He shook his head and walked with Wang Chang to the outside of the county office.
At this time, in the back hall of the county government, Zhang Xianling looked at the man in front of him with a calm face, and said angrily: "You are a waste, there are so many people, you can still be served by someone!" ”
The bandit leader said with a bitter face: "Brother-in-law, you really can't blame me, they are too powerful......"
Zhang Xianling asked with a calm face, "Do you know where they come from?" ”
"I'm here to do business in Shuzhou." The bandit leader immediately said: "Brother-in-law, I think they are a big fat sheep, and there are a few women, they can be called the best in the world, not as good as ......"
"Merchant?" Zhang Xianling raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure, this is a big fat sheep?" ”
"The fat can't be fatter...... the bandit leader nodded violently, and said: "Brother-in-law, you believe my eyes, I have seen those women, the hairpins they wear on their heads, any one, to say the least, is worth a thousand taels of silver, last time I robbed one, but it was snatched away by those damn bald heads......"
The bandit leader gritted his teeth and said, "Brother-in-law, you can't let them go!" ”
"Big Fat Sheep......" Zhang Xianling's eyes flickered a few times, and he nodded: "Colluding with bandits, you really can't let ...... go"
He looked outside the door and said loudly, "Someone! ”
Immediately, a servant rushed in, bowed and said, "My lord, what's the matter?" ”
Zhang Xianling said in a deep voice: "Lead someone to arrest the guys who colluded with the bandits just now!" ”
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At the gate of the county government, Wang Chang looked at Li Yi and said, "Brother Li, we have to walk forward for two more days on this trip, and when I return to Yongxian, let's talk again!" ”
Li Yi returned the salute and said, "Be careful all the way." ”
"Let's go." Wang Chang turned around and said a word to a few brothers, and suddenly there was a loud shout behind him.
"Stop!"
He turned around and saw more than a dozen officials rushing out from the county government and surrounding several of them.
Wang Chang was stunned and said in surprise: "Brother Guancha, this is ......"
The official at the head waved his hand and said, "Take down all these guys who collude with the bandits!" ”
"Collusion with bandits?" Wang Chang's face changed, and he was shocked: "Misunderstanding, big brother official, this is definitely a misunderstanding, the thieves were caught by us, how could we collude with the thieves!" ”
"I still want to quibble!" The official said sharply, "Don't take it for me soon!" ”
The old party pinched the knuckles and creaked, and the court gave Shuzhou to his uncle, and when he arrived in Shuzhou, it was their territory, and in his own territory, could he still let people bully themselves?
Li Yi patted him on the shoulder and walked straight to the county office.
Seeing that this person was so acquainted, the officials did not stop them, looked at Wang Chang and a few people in the rear, and said, "Take it!" ”
The two officials wanted to step forward and take down Li Yi, but they were glared at by the old man, and immediately shuddered and retreated.
I heard just now that this man can be ten with one, and they don't want to suffer this immediate loss, as long as they don't run, they will have time to clean them up later.
In the hall of the county government, the Zhang county commander just now sat firmly on the main seat, slapped the shocked wood, and said loudly: "Lin Er, you say, you still have the same party?" ”
The bandit leader knelt under the hall, turned his head and pointed to Li Yi, Wang Chang and the others who walked in, and said, "My lord, the villain's accomplices are them!" ”
When Wang Chang heard this, his face changed, and he immediately said: "My lord, he is clearly framed, if we are his comrades, why did we arrest them?" ”
Zhang Xianling also looked at the bandit leader with an angry face, and asked, "He is right, if they are your comrades, why did they arrest you as an official?" ”
"Adult, what the villain said, everything is true!" The bandit leader said with a solemn face: "We were originally accomplices, but we only fought because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, and he wanted to exchange us for a reward ...... silver."
"Nonsense!" Wang Chang pointed at him and said loudly: "This thief obviously wants to bite back, my lord Mingjian!" ”
"Silence!"
"Based on your words alone, it is difficult for this official to determine." Zhang Xianling held the shocking wood in his hand, slapped the table fiercely, and said: "This official will not wronged any good person, nor will he let go of any bad person, come to someone, take them all down, and allow this official to investigate clearly, and carefully interrogate!" ”
Wang Chang hurriedly said, "My lord, I can prove my identity......"
"Shut up!" Zhang Xianling looked at him, waved his hand, and said, "Hugh has to talk about it, let's go down first!" ”
Wang Chang stood in place in a daze, looking at Zhang County's order in disbelief.
Their identity is that of a dart master, and he has many pieces of evidence to prove his identity.
For such a simple matter, this county order actually didn't care about it, and wanted to lock them up first......
If they really locked it up, it was not black and white, and it was not up to them to say it?
He looked at the thief who was kneeling on the ground and looking at him with a sarcastic smile, and finally understood something.
Where is this county office, this is clearly another den of thieves!
This is collusion between officials and bandits!
A bandit is an official, and an official is a bandit!
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Li Yi knew that there was a problem of collusion between officials and bandits in Shuzhou, and this was also a problem that he planned to solve as soon as he came over.
It's just that I didn't expect that I had just entered Yongxian County, and before I had time to settle down, I encountered such a thing.
After a long journey, what he wants to do most now is to find a big, soft bed and sleep soundly......
These bastards, they can't make trouble later, they don't let people idle at all, and they are in a hurry to be reincarnated!