When Li Tong and his party came to the Chang'an County Party in Changshoufang, west of the city, the county magistrate Fang Rong led a group of yamen subordinates to hurried out to welcome him.

Fang Rong, as the county magistrate of Jing County, has no low position. Even if the distinguished guests come to visit, they will not be so condescending.

But not to mention that the young king has been granted the holy relatives again and is as prominent as before. The only thing that Fang Rong's relationship is sent to the Shendu is sent to the Shendu. It is said that because of the young king, His Majesty the Holy Emperor has admired him very much. Even the Tianguan and the Ministry of Personnel have included him in the inspection list of the recalled province. If things go well, he will be very likely to return to Shendu to serve as the Southern Province Langguan.

Therefore, Fang Rong is also very enthusiastic about this far-fetched cousin. After receiving the news, he immediately gave him a welcome and gave him enough face.

Li Tong was in a hurry at this moment, so he was not so polite. After dismounting, he said quickly: "What is the situation of County Guard Shi?"

"Shi County Magistrate was accused of his official loss, but fortunately he was not worried about his life. He is currently in the yamen house. He immediately led the king to visit him."

Fang Rong stepped forward and took the horse whip from the young king's hand, turned around and handed it to the yamen runners behind him, and then led the young king into the county yard, bypassed the front hall and turned into the side and back porch, and said while walking: "I heard that County Magistrate Shi offered sacrifices to the Dawang Mansion for a short time, but the king still heard the police's urgent situation and came to visit immediately. This kind of harmony between the top and the bottom is really enviable."

"Why can a person be broken up because of the long-lasting relationship?"

Li Tong answered casually, and it was because he was in a bad mood at this moment, otherwise he might add another sentence without envying. When you suffer in the future, I will treat you like this.

When he arrived outside the house where Anshi Sizhen was settled, Li Tong realized that he had fallen asleep after being diagnosed. He fell down with a shocked horse and his muscles and bones were slightly broken. There was no obvious injury caused by swords. As for his escorts, the situation was similar. There was only one more unlucky rib fracture, which hurt the internal poke and the organs were still being treated.

After learning that Shi Sizhen's injury was not serious, Li Tong breathed a sigh of relief and no longer rushed to enter and disturb Shi Sizhen's rest. He found an empty house in the county government office, and then looked at Fang Rong, who was sitting on the side seat and asked: "What's going on? Why did County Magistrate Shi get into danger on the flat ground?"

Since people are not seriously injured, we have to investigate the cause. On the way, Li Tong was also wondering if someone was targeting him, but he had no clue. Now Xijing is the most malicious about him, naturally he is the first to refer to Dou, but their family is still busy burying relatives and not coming back.

Even if there is any revenge, it is not very meaningful to target Shi Sizhen. After all, as Fang Rong said, Shi Sizhen has not been in his mansion for a long time, and the friendship is unpredictable. If he knows what he told Shi Sizhen to do, it would undoubtedly be much better to poke it up than to directly attack Shi Sizhen, and it can also cause greater harm to the young king.

"The Chang'an County Party Committee is also to blame for this matter. If we calculate it carefully, County Wei Shi was also suffering from the disaster this time..."

When Fang Rong heard the young king's question, he didn't hide it and directly revealed the whole story.

It turned out that a wealthy family found illegally banned from slaughtering slaves, but an accident occurred during the arrest and was fled to Shiping County, west of the capital. Fortunately, they did not escape and were arrested in Shiping County.

Of course, the criminals in Chang'an County will be tried by Chang'an County. However, the city of Chang'an has not been peaceful recently. Not to mention that the Jian'an King Wu Youyike's wealth was robbed, the Dou family's high party recently also had a life case. Therefore, in order to maintain stability, there was no one to use it, so the two counties could only entrust Shiping County to escort the criminals back to Chang'an. Shi Sizhen was responsible for the matter, but an accident occurred on the way.

Although the case was clear, Li Tong still had no doubts and continued to ask: "Is there any Qu Yin in the criminal's life experience and relationship between human relationships?"

This time Fang Rong simply asked someone to take the relevant files and let the young prince check them out in person. Of course, this is not in accordance with the rules, but since it was the order of the county magistrate, the yamen subordinates dared not say anything more.

Li Tong took the file and read it carefully, but found no doubts. It was nothing more than a slave in a wealthy house, but the slave was not naturalized in the township and county and city supervision office, nor had any certificates for sale, and he was just a slave. Then the owner of the household sold the slave to someone else, but turned around and died suddenly after getting sick. The buyer felt that he had lost money and sued the Chang'an County Government, which led to such a case.

If there is anything special, it is that the slaves involved in the case are not locals in Guanzhong, but mountain people and barbarians in the Bazhong area of ​​Lingnan.

But this cannot be considered any special information. The simple mountainous barbarians in Bazhong area are scattered among the mountains and are not the same as those in the outside world. There are often strong people wandering around the mountains and arresting these people and selling them as slaves.

When the soldiers dared to clear out bees and thieves between the Qinling Mountains, they rescued many such mountain barbarians. They could not speak and were not easy to train, so they simply stayed in some pastoral industries of the Old Classic Society for their labor.

This kind of thing basically falls into the category of people not procuring officials and not investigating them, and it is not a big mistake. However, in a capital city like Chang'an, the rules for household registration are strict, and if the case is committed, the consequences can be big or small. Especially now, the atmosphere in Chang'an is already tense, and if it is really punished and carefully recommended, it is possible to behead him.

"King, County Magistrate Shi wakes up."

When Li Tong heard the door servant report, he stood up and walked into the room. Then he saw Shi Sizhen trying to get up, and quickly waved his hand and said, "Don't force it, it's unnecessary to hurt it."

"I am really ashamed of being shocked by the thief in the wild. Not only did he hurt himself, but he also did bad business and disturbed the king, which was even more accused of being a big deal."

Shi Sizhen's face was pale and guilty.

Li Tong waved his hand to drive away the other idle people, and then asked again: "What are the clues seen in the thief?"

Shi Sizhen closed her eyes and recalled, and then shook her head for a moment, "The thieves were lying in the grass field. When I led the team to pass by, they rushed out and beat and expelled them. Everyone covered their faces and said nothing. They were quick and powerful. They should be habitual bandits. There were seventeen, no, nineteen disciples. Yes, when one thief seized a horse, his legs and hips were stiff, and he was not accustomed to the horse's nature, but two or three thieves were skilled in horse skills. Also, one of them had sword-shaped thorns on the neck..."

"Not a person along the way?"

Li Tong asked again after hearing this.

After hearing this, Shi Sizhen shook her head and said, "It's because of her skillful cooperation, not a temporary piece of paper... Maybe there are other shapes and features, but the situation was chaotic at that time. If you calm down and think about it, you can still..."

"It's better to pay attention to your rest first and don't worry too much. This matter will be handled by Chang'an County Government."

Li Tong comforted Shi Sizhen first, but his brows frowned and did not stretch. Based on what he knew now, this matter could basically be confirmed to have nothing to do with him, but it also involves Shi Sizhen, but it cannot be said that it has nothing to do with him.

Although the case belongs to Chang'an County, the criminal was robbed during Shi Sizhen's escort, which is also a crime of dereliction of duty. Xijing has been in trouble recently, and it is still unknown how Wei Yuanzhong, who is about to take office, will open up the situation. It is not ruled out that his new official will kill the chicken and warn the monkey after taking office. He will use this as a typical example and sentence Shi Sizhen to a severe punishment.

If Shi Sizhen is dismissed from her current official position, it will be very unfavorable to the layout and development of the old clothes club, so it is best to make up for the matter before Wei Yuanzhong arrives.

After pondering for a moment, Li Tong asked Fang Rong to say, "This incident happened unexpectedly. I wonder if it can be postponed for a few days before reporting it? If it can be restored, Chang'an County will be less troubled."

After hearing this, Fang Rong nodded and said, "I feel guilty about implicating County Magistrate Shi. If I can recover it, it will be good. In the next few days, I will send someone to investigate this matter strictly. Regardless of whether I can make up for it, I will report it to the king in time."

In addition to urging Chang'an County, Li Tong also planned to mobilize the eyes and ears of the old clothes club. When he saw the injured Shi Sizhen again, he looked listless. The county government was not well occupied and cared for, so he simply asked his family to prepare a ox cart and sent Shi Sizhen to his mansion to recuperate.

Not to mention the intensified search of Chang'an County and the disciples of the Guyi people, there were more than twenty people sitting on the ground on a weedy plateau outside Chang'an.

Sitting in the middle was a man in his prime and in his thirties, the leader of this group of people. He was wearing a riding robe, a square face, and a very majestic one. He had no appearance. There was a sword-shaped tattoo behind his left ear.

There was also a slightly obese middle-aged man in the crowd, wearing a cloth prison uniform and disheveled hair. He was repeatedly bowing to the leader: "Thank you, Guo Dalang for helping him. If it weren't for Brother Guo, my life would be in danger this time..."

After hearing this, the leader just snorted coldly and glanced at him sharply, with a bit of disdain for conversation.

Someone pointed at the middle-aged man and said angrily: "You stupid guy, you are not meticulous enough, you are greedy for money and sell sick slaves to others, you are guilty of being a little bit bad, and you are afraid that you will not be too tempted to implicate more. If you implicate my husband and you will ruin your future, be careful of your whole family's life!"

The middle-aged man nodded and apologized again, and then said with a bitter look: "Although he is discharged from punishment this time, his crimes will not be eliminated, and it is difficult for him to return home..."

After hearing this, the leader's face suddenly sank: "It is a favor that is unfair to save your life. Who cares about your funeral? Since you know that the countryside is hard to hide, why don't you die and go out of the distant village? Your family has been taken to the east of Shiping County. Let's go west. I dare to look back. The sword in my hand is for you!"

As he said that, he stood up again and said to the middle-aged man: "When I was guiding your family, I saw that your son was strong and could be trained. I would keep him by my side in the future and take care of you more."

After hearing this, the middle-aged man's face suddenly turned miserable. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and said tremblingly: "Please be kind to my family to be polite to me..."

"Stop talking. You don't know where you are in your life in the future. Even if you bring your son by your side, it will be a tiring place. After following me, there is a place to defect. If you remember the lessons of this time, you will meet again in the next year. If you still have the same situation, it will be difficult to live long. In this way, the horse will be led down the slope, and the horse's capital has been deducted from your family's wealth. If you can't get entangled, the money for buying a horse will become the money for digging holes."

The middle-aged man knew that the leader did what he said, and did not dare to say anything after hearing this. He bowed to the leader again, "The dog son will be entrusted to Dalang. If someone does not die, he will be rewarded!"

After the middle-aged man left, someone next to him stepped forward and said, "Master, are we going back?"

After hearing this, the leader shook his head, turned to his waist and patted him: "There is still an official business that has not yet been completed, so how can I turn it back? Unfortunately, if it came a month earlier, I would still be able to enjoy the teasing event created by the King of Hedong. This time I went to the residence to visit him, I would have to take a closer look at whether the king really has the most sensation of the world."
Chapter completed!