Lu Jiu took Gu Tong to meet Li Xin and Zeng Dang. Gu Tong repeated what he had just said to Lu Jiu in front of the two of them.

Li Xin listened to Gu Tong's words, looked at the acropolis from afar, and everywhere he looked was a dilapidated and declining city, if he hadn't seen someone besieging him, he would have thought that the ruins were ruins. When he came, he heard that the Zhenyuwei had been captured by the Tartars several times, but he didn't expect that the Zhenyuwei with such a domineering name would be so dilapidated.

Li Xin looked at Gu Tong, the neat black cotton robe, the left face with obvious scars, and a pair of eyes that were firm and shining, these physical characteristics all showed that this person was not a simple character, and whether the situation in front of him was as he said, it was not good to judge now. Since both sides of the world are members of the Weisi Yamen, if you can't say it, you have to call them all in front of you, and beat the gongs and drums in front of you to see who is right and who is wrong.

The dilapidated Zhenguan guards and their own officials who were in a mess swept away Li Xin's good mood that had risen all the way, and he realized that this would be the first thorny problem after he arrived at Zhenfuwei.

Li Xin came up with a very heavy word in Gu Tong's words, and that was "weapon fighting". According to his account, Qian Tai, the governor of the Weisi Yamen in the city, privately divided the public funds, which caused the people to anger themselves, which caused the military households to spontaneously besiege the acropolis and prepare to enter the city to ask for explanations.

This matter rested in Li Xin's previous life, that is, the government competed with the people for profit, which led to mass incidents. One of the biggest problems in dealing with mass incidents is that the law does not hold the public accountable, which makes it easy for people with ulterior motives to take advantage of ** and do some illegal things to cover up their true purposes. That Gu Tong was still briefly introducing the specific situation in the Acropolis, and Li Xin was a little absent-minded when he heard it, wondering in his heart if there was any trick behind this matter!

Zeng Dang was unusual, hugged his shoulders, and watched coldly from the sidelines, clearly watching the excitement.

In Gu Tong's description, Qian Tai obviously had a misunderstanding with him, and although the embezzlement of public funds was debatable, the military households under his jurisdiction should not storm the acropolis. and repeatedly told Li Xin that he would definitely not evade the responsibility he should bear. Although, on the surface, it sounds like it is meant to excuse that Qian Tai, but in the ears of everyone, the taste is very strange.

Li Xin interrupted Gu Tong's words.

"Since there is a misunderstanding, it is better to call the governor of Qian to explain it together!"

Li Xin has his own thoughts, he is new to the city, he must not listen to biased beliefs, let alone make a decision lightly, in case someone is used as a gun, it will be a shame! In short, this matter should not be ignored, nor should it be rushed, and it must be investigated clearly before making a decision!

Accompanied by Gu Tong, Shi Datuo, Lu Jiu and others, Li Xin came to the Acropolis. Gu Tong secretly stabbed Shi Datuo beside him, and Shi Datuo immediately understood, cleared his throat and shouted to the city.

"Is Governor Qian in the city?"

Seeing that there was no response from the city, Shi Datuo shouted again.

"Is Governor Qian in the city? The three guards are here, why don't you go out of the city quickly to meet the guilt? ”

A slightly excited, angry voice interrupted Stato's shouting.

"The chief soldier is here, and Qian will go out of the city to greet him, but why do you want to ask for guilt?"

Hearing the echo in the city, Shi Datuo shouted more vigorously and his voice was higher.

"How can you excuse yourself? Which is not a sin for you to privately divide the official money and gather a crowd to seize the Acropolis? ”

Qian Tai was extremely angry, Gu Tong and Shi Datuo were really shameless, and the wicked person sued first, which made the chief soldier preconceived, and he felt anxious in his heart, obviously he had lost the upper hand in this round of confrontation. The Acropolis of the border town is different from the Guannei Prefecture and the county, the command makes the Yamen military and civilian integration, and there is no separate county order and other local officials.

Therefore, he was looking forward to these three guards, waiting for Li Xinneng to administer justice for himself. Although Qian Tai has selfish intentions, since he asked the Yamen of the Guards, he has been conscientious and loyal, and it is impossible to find fault with anyone who comes. It's just that I never expected that Gu Tong would take the lead and catch up with the three guards to smear and slander himself, which is really unbearable.

In a fit of rage, Qian Tai forgot to greet Li Xin in the city first, but was so anxious that he stumbled down from the city. In the eyes of Chen Si and the others, a touch of ominous clouds surged in everyone's hearts.

"Kaesong!"

Qian Tai ordered the military households of the right thousand households to open the city. The soldiers hesitated and asked, "Have you thought about it?" In case ......"

"Kaesong! I don't believe it, Lang Lang Qiankun, brilliant and bright, can he cover the sky with one Gu Tong? Kaesong! ”

The military households went to see the general flag Chen Si again, they all listened to this Fourth Brother Chen, and Fourth Brother Chen's words were their backbone. Chen Si was also entangled at the moment, gritting his teeth and nodding fiercely. Only then did the soldiers remove the wooden pole of the top gate, shake the wheel, and the iron gate slowly lifted with the sound of metal rubbing. Then the soldiers removed the bolt of the door, and the dilapidated gate fell straight outward with a thud.

It turned out that under the violent impact, the folding pages of the gate were overwhelmed and all broken.

Li Xin stood in the earthen courtyard that temporarily served as the yamen of the Wei Division, and his heart was full of emotion, when he was in Beijing, he only heard that the northwest border town was poor, but he did not think of the poverty. No wonder, when Zhu Youzhen appointed himself as the commander-in-chief of the Datong Three Guards, the ministers who had always suppressed themselves were silent. It turned out that they had long known what the situation was like for the town guards, and they expected that they would not be able to make any movement in this place where birds don't.

Moreover, the guards were close to the border wall, and the Manchus and Mongol Tatars often disturbed the border, so maybe they even had the idea of getting rid of themselves by borrowing the hands of the Tatars!

Li Xin entered the main hall of the so-called Weisi Yamen, the room is not large, it can accommodate more than a dozen people, and in the center is a table of eight immortals, and several stools are scattered at random, and there is not even a chair. Qian Tai hurriedly stepped forward, but he didn't care about the official etiquette, brushed off the dust on the round stool with his sleeve, and respectfully invited the chief soldier to sit down! Li Xin was also polite, and sat down. Then he gave up his seat.

Although Qian Tai didn't know the identity of this Zeng Dare, he saw that he was wearing a six-grade green robe official robe, and the complement of the heron was very different from the military attaché's Biaotu complement, and he was actually a civil official, so he didn't dare to be contemptuous.

After the ceremony, Qian Tai called out for wrongdoing, and recounted his experience to Li Xin again. exposed Gu Tong's plot to seize the land of the military households of the Right Thousand Households one by one, and at the same time exposed the handwritten letter of his ultimatum ordering him to hand over 1,088 taels of silver. That's not all, and the chief flag Chen Si and other bitter masters were summoned in one by one to state their grievances.

Gu Tong angrily reprimanded Qian Tai for spreading rumors and slandering him, and Shi Datuo shouted and cheered for Gu Tong on the side! Chen Si and the others were not to be outdone, and they all went on the field to participate in the scolding battle, scolding Shi Datuo bloody, and even shaking out the pickled things such as him lying on the window of the widow's house. Shi Datuo was outnumbered, and was pulled back by Gu Tong, and scolded in a low voice: "Isn't it enough to be ashamed?" ”

Zeng Da, who had been silently watching, suddenly spoke.

"Gu Tong, what is the explanation for your clever seizure of the land of military households?"

"This ......"

Gu Tong's mind has always been on Li Xin, and he has not put this taciturn civil official in the list of coping, who knows that if he doesn't speak, he will hit the nail on the head. For a while, he was speechless, and he didn't know how to answer, in the matter of land, no matter how clever he was, he couldn't hide the iron-clad facts, even if he could cover up the past today, he would be like a gang once he was investigated in the future!

Gu Tong's embarrassed and stunned expression fell in Zeng Dang's eyes, and he naturally understood in his heart that this Gu Tong must have a ghost, and his plot to seize the land of military households is eighty percent of it. So he turned his head and discussed with Li Xin: "General Li, I believe that you have already made a judgment on which is right or wrong in this matter, and this Gu Tong is very suspicious......

Li Xin silently did not say anything, and dared to snort coldly and stopped making a sound.

Lu Jiu, who was on the side, only found out after entering the city that this Governor Qian was not as domineering as he had in his previous impression, and it could even be said that he couldn't even scratch the edge of the word Domineering. What I saw along the way was shabby and embarrassed, and even those soldiers who defended the city seemed to only obey the orders of the general banner named Chen Si. Everything was ordered by Chen Si after Qian Tai negotiated with Chen Si. Looking at the poor and sour appearance of this Wei Si Yamen, where is there half a point of official momentum, coupled with the grievances of Chen Si and others, the impression that Gu Tong left on Lu Jiu before has actually reversed.

After a period of silence, Li Xin finally spoke.

"Gu Qianhu, Governor Qian, the two of you have their own opinions, each has a reason, this general has a new understanding of many things, and he needs to give you a reasonable result after a detailed investigation!"

As soon as these words came out, Chen Si and the others shouted like a frying pan, and asked Li Xin to immediately administer justice for them. Obviously, they were afraid that Li Xin and Gu Tong would hook up with a nest of snakes and rats.

Gu Tong's mood turned around, the civil official was obviously inclined to go to Qian Tai and the gang of soldiers, he had already prepared for the worst in his heart, looking at the situation, Li Xin and the civil official came on the same road, presumably the relationship was not bad, and the civil official's statement should be able to replace Li Xin in some kind of Cheng dù. Who knows, Li Xin actually suppressed this matter with one mouth, and it was even beneficial to him, but this sudden benefit made him feel unreal.

Sure enough, Li Xin's next words hit his newly improved mood to the bottom.

"The stakes are serious, so we naturally need real evidence, and after the investigation, once the evidence is confirmed, justice will definitely be administered for you!"

As he spoke, Li Xin took out a fist-sized ink pad from the leather bag on his waist and slammed it on the table.

"This general guarantees with the Great Seal of the Three Guards, if you don't pay you justice, this official is not deserved!"

Li Xin has said everything to this point, what else can Chen Si and the others say? They were making trouble, originally hoping that someone could administer justice to them, but now that the three guards have responded, they should be waiting for good news!