Hanyin Town is not far from Xiangyang County. Wang Xiaolie led two hundred soldiers all the way south, then took a ferry across the Han River and arrived at Hanyin Town.

The thieves had gone away, and the people gathered in front of the prison hall, talking a lot. The newly recruited officers took up their responsibilities again and occupied the door of the hall with a waist knife, preventing the people from entering. The bodies of Lin Zhan and Ma Qingyuan still fell on the ground.

There was no one to clean up the pool of blood.

When Wang Xiaolie arrived, everyone stepped forward to salute.

Entering the prison town official hall, Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but sigh when he saw the two people in a pool of blood. In fact, they were also ordinary people. They just learned things faster than others, so they were recruited as public servants. Well done in Ruzhou.

, so he came to Xiangyang, but he never thought that he would lose his life.

It was just for inspection, so Wang Xiaolie ordered the two men to be buried. He went to the hall and called the people present at the time.

After hearing what the officer said about the situation at that time, Wang Xiaolie looked at the people and said, "You are here as an officer, and you get a monthly salary. When the murder happened, you just hid aside? No one came forward to help drive away the thieves?"

A police officer said: "Observe, there are more than a dozen thieves, each armed with a knife and a staff, and they look like menacing menacing people. Who dares to come forward? There are seniors and juniors in my family. They all rely on me to survive. It's really difficult!"

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolie looked at everyone and didn't speak for a long time. If this kind of thing happened in his previous life, the staff would not dare to come forward, and they would definitely be punished. This era is different. In fact, these police officers have no future in politics.

, it is common to be greedy for life and afraid of death. What is the use of blaming them? Politics are different, and people's ideas are of course different.

After a long time, Wang Xiaolie said: "That's all, I won't blame you too harshly. How many people came at that time? You said a few of them were not masked. Someone should recognize them. Do you know where they are from?"

The leader of the police said: "Looking back, I found that there were actually twelve people at that time. The few who were not masked were strangers and no one had seen them before."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Those with their faces covered must be people we all know well. Even if their faces are covered, their bodies and voices will not change. Can anyone tell who they are? You work for the government.

I have seen many people, so I should recognize him."

Several officers shook their heads together and said no. Those people were so audacious that they openly killed people in the government hall. Who dared to talk nonsense? In fact, Du Chaoyuan and others often dealt with the government. At that time, some people thought they looked familiar, but they didn't dare to say it.

Wang Xiaolie stared at several people, his face was ashen, and he was clearly suppressing his anger.

Not daring to show his face in front of others, Wang Xiaolie concluded that he must be a familiar figure in Hanyin Town. But since no one said it, he had no choice. After all, he had only been in Xiangyang not long ago and was not familiar with local affairs.

Seeing that nothing could be said, Wang Xiaolie ordered the officers to go out. However, they were not allowed to go home and stayed in the official hall. Then he sent people from the army to write a few notices and posted them outside. At the same time, he sent people to post them at various intersections.

Listed.

The content of the notice is nothing more than telling the specific circumstances of today's murder and ordering the people to report it first. As long as the information is true, the government will give a reward of ten thousand dollars. Since someone is not masked, there must be someone who knows him. As long as he is willing to pay, he will not be afraid of being investigated.

come out.

At Du Chaoyuan's house, they slaughtered cows and chickens, and bought several large jars of wine, where everyone cheered and drank.

After noon, a banker came in and said to Du Chaoyuan: "Executive members, I heard the news that Wang Kuan from Xiangyang has arrived in Hanyin Town. Posts have been posted everywhere to find out the identity of the person who did the work today."

Du Chaoyuan said nonchalantly: "How much reward will be given? For such a big thing, the government should be more generous."

Zhuang Ke said: "If the news is true, I will give you a great reward."

Du Chaoyuan laughed when he heard this: "This Wang Zhuan is still too stingy! Is ten guan of money worth our heads!"

Yu Jiang on the side said: "Ten guan of money is not too little for an ordinary family. Will someone be greedy for this money and sue us?"

Du Chaoyuan said: "If he can get this money in his hands, will he have the life to spend it? To put it bluntly, if it were not a troubled time now, which official would dare to offend us like this in Xiangyang? It would make people die, go and destroy the city of Xiangyang, and bring the government to its knees.

Oh! Wang Xiaolie is young and energetic after all. He doesn’t know the dangers of the world, so he dares to do whatever he wants! His army is in Xinye now, and how many people are there in Xiangyang!"

Zhuang Ke said: "I heard from people that Wang Kuanwen brought two hundred soldiers to Hanyin Town. There are quite a few of them."

Du Chaoyuan snorted coldly and shook his head. There were fifty or sixty dealers in his village. Coupled with the strength of other people, Wang Xiaolie underestimated the dragons and snakes in these places. He was really torn, as long as he didn't take action

With such a large army, it’s hard to say who will win and who will lose.

After finding out the situation, a few people didn't take it seriously and just drank from large bowls and ate large pieces of meat.

Among the unmasked people, one is a guest of Du Chaoyuanzhuang, and the other three are good guys invited from outside. If you want to sneak into the town, it is impossible for them all to be masked, so you have no choice but to use these few people. Fortunately,

The three of them seldom went to town, and few people knew them.

There was no news until dark. Wang Xiaolie could only feel frustrated in the official hall of Hanyin Town. This was not a frontal battlefield, I was me, and we could clearly distinguish the enemy from the enemy. If there were no clues about this kind of case, I really wouldn’t know.

Where to start? But at this time, Wang Xiaolie really didn't have the patience to wait. He abolished guilds on a large scale, dismissed public officials, and suppressed local powerful people. Xiangyang actually became a powder keg. If something goes wrong in one place, if it is not dealt with in time, it will happen in other places.

If you follow one another, you will end up in a mess. You must cut through the mess quickly.

Standing up, Wang Xiao went to the window and looked out the window. A moon rose from the east and became brighter as the sun set in the west.

Unknowingly, in mid-March, the weather has warmed up, and everything is busy. In two or three months, the crops will be harvested, and we will usher in the first harvest season. By that time, when we see the grain, the farmers will also

You will know how good you are. But before that, in the past few months, society must be stabilized.

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly came in. He crossed his hands and said, "Report to the magistrate, a woman came outside and said she has something to report."

Wang Xiaolie turned around and said, "What's going on?"

The soldier said: "The woman only said it was related to today's case, but she didn't make it clear."

"Invite him in! Wait for me in the official hall!"

The soldiers promised, turned around and went out.

Wang Xiaolie straightened his official uniform, breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly walked out of the room to the official hall.

Not long after, Sister-in-law Li entered the official hall. She looked up and saw a young official standing above. She was about twenty years old, with a childish look on her face. She couldn't help but wonder in her heart whether this man could do big things.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Just now, a soldier came to report that you have news about today's case. Just relax, no one will leak the news about your arrival tonight. Even if someone knows and dares to come to retaliate against you, I will do it."

The punishment will be serious! Also, as long as the information is useful, the promised reward will not be less! The person who died is a government official, you should understand that this matter will not be easy!"

After hearing this, Sister-in-law Li felt a little relieved. Sister-in-law Li didn't care whether she rewarded him with money or not. It was just Lin Zhan. The two of them had been in contact with each other a lot these days, and Sister-in-law Li couldn't bear it.

After thinking about it, Sister-in-law Li said: "Based on my observation, I am not very sure about this matter. There are a total of twelve people here today, four of them are not masked. Three of them are familiar to each other, so they should not be locals. But there is another one,

I remember that he was a banker outside Yuan Du, but he didn’t come to town often."

"Which Du Yuanwai? Where do you live?"

Li Ersao said: "He is the member of the Du Dynasty outside the town. He used to be the leader of this town. In previous years, he led people to collect taxes on the goods coming from the north of Hanshui River. The family has a lot of money. Recently, the government is not allowed to set up a leader anymore.

, took away his ministry.”
Chapter completed!