Tong Guangxian, the magistrate of the Jinyang Mansion, walked out of the yamen hall with a long yawn. He hadn't been this busy for a long time. The last time was a town called Lingxi Town below. The soldiers went to attack a man named Chu Dingbian. Afterwards, the court was furious. There was a lot of turmoil in Cangzhou, especially Jinyang Mansion. He was also summoned to the capital. In order to keep his official position, he tried his best He found a way to mediate with the imperial court. Fortunately, Xie Cheng'an, the consolation envoy, said a few good words for himself at the court meeting, and this barely stabilized his position as the prefect of Jinyang.
Although the status of civil servants is still inferior to that of generals in this border area, no matter how you say it, I am also a fourth-rank magistrate conferred by the imperial court. Whether it is relatives or friends, or in this Jinyang Mansion, I am the biggest in name. , the new commander made me not have much dealings with him, and he was not familiar with it. When Pei Si was born, they would occasionally do some shady things between them. When the goods left the customs, the silver was all produced by Pei Temple, but it was also stained with oil and water after leaving it with my own hands.
The current Jinyang Mansion is in a mess, and countless newcomers are still waiting to be interviewed by him. The way of being an official is to work up and down. Following the chaos, it is not certain that the gnats can really shake the big tree. Today is the best day to get acquainted with the officials of the Jinyang Mansion. They are all summoned to Jinyang City by taking advantage of the Heifeng Village on Maruo Mountain. Let's see how many of the newcomers can use for themselves.
Before entering the back hall, Tong Guangxian tidied up his clothes, and walked out with square official steps. Standing on the left and right of the hall were the county magistrates and county officials of the Jinyang prefecture. He first looked at everyone After a while, after confirming that all the people under his command had arrived, he greeted everyone.
The officials stood up to respond one after another, and Tong Guangxian sat down leisurely, and asked the people around him, "Have the people from Maruoshan come?"
The servant replied: "My lord, Ma Luoshan has sent two people here this time, one is the second head of the Heifeng village, known as the Flying Mouse, and the other is the son of Li Zongye who is known as a carp genius. Li Tang."
Tong Guangxian laughed when he heard the words, and said to the county magistrates: "Interesting, it's interesting. Li Zongye was also a man of the state back then. What a tiger father and dog son, he lost the reputation of his Li family, haha."
At this time, the new magistrate of Lingxi stood up and replied with a smile: "Your Majesty, I heard that Li Tang is very proud. When Pei Langzhong of the Ministry of War was still serving as the school captain in Lingxi Town, he held many literary and poetry meetings. Waiting for Feng Ya to invite him to participate together, unexpectedly, he was later scolded bloody by the Li family boy and the famous people present at the meeting. The scene at that time was as miserable as it could be. , but our reputation in Cangzhou is not that good."
"Lingxi County, how did I hear that Li Tang, in your town of Lingxi, also approved Zhao Xingqing, the staff member of the Consolation Envoy, as a five-pointer, and Zhao Xingqing returned to the top five, is it true?"
"Reporting to the magistrate, it was all in the past. The new subordinate Lingxi has been serving as the county magistrate not long ago. How could he know such secrets? My lord is in high esteem."
"Haha, it's okay, let's see if this Li Tang is carp pride, or sweet and sour pork, let them come in." Tong Guangxian closed his eyes and rested, he was a bit old, over fifty years old If he can't be an official for a few years, he should retire and return to his hometown. Years of ups and downs in the officialdom have already made his temples gray. If it weren't for the black gauze hat on his head all the year round, the few hairs left on his head would be the best of his many years as an official. witness.
Following the servant's summons, Li Tang and Jiang Fei'er walked into the back hall. It was after Chu Tianhan's deliberate deliberation to let these two people come here. Originally, Jiang Tianhe should be sent here by Ma Luoshan, but Jiang Tianhe Tianhe has contracted a disease after going through many mergers, and he may not recover for a while, and the next time he will show up may be when Chu Tianhan takes his seat away.
Chu Tianhan himself could not go out in person. As a criminal of the imperial court, entering Jinyang City at this time is like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth. In the end, he persuaded Li Tang to come here. Li Tang was not willing to come, after all. He had just come down from the mountain not long ago, and it had only been half a year since the imperial court released the imperial decree. Letting him do this kind of thing at this time is tantamount to bearing the name of a bandit on his back, which will not be a good thing for him in the future. However, Jiang Feier persuaded him from the sidelines again, and the two of them babbled in his ears for several days. Li Tangfan was so annoyed that he agreed to come to Jinyang City to chat with Tong Guangxian. You know, when the soldiers come, they will block the water and cover them with soil, adapt to the situation, and it will be fine.
"My lord, Li Tang and Jiang Feier, pay homage toDo you want to taste the strict laws of the imperial court by uttering wild words and doing such a rebellious thing! "The county magistrates on the side are all domineering people in the local area, who have endured such humiliation there, slammed the table and got up and cursed.
Hearing this, Li Tang rushed towards the man, and the strong coercion pushed the magistrate's body backwards. Li Tang looked down at the magistrate who was so frightened that his face paled and said with a smile: "Let me ask, that bandit was never a good citizen. Didn't that green forest ever want to live a good life, but have you ever given them a chance? Wu Hansan, the former leader of Heihuzhai, was originally a pig butcher in Jinyang City. He was a generation of Jiang Hu, and was found by his enemies at his door, and all his family members were beheaded, and only he survived. He also traveled all over Jinyang Mansion, seeking a place to live and live, for the sake of It¡¯s just a place to eat, but what about you guys!¡±
Li Tang paused, stood up and looked at Tong Guangxian, and continued: "Wu Hansan's family was killed but you didn't catch the real culprit. In desperation, he walked on the Green Forest Road. He is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but can you say that he didn't want to be an honest and kind person at first? If it weren't for your inaction, how could he have embarked on the road of being beheaded? !"
Tong Guangxian cleared his throat, pondered for a moment in his mind, and finally thought of who this man named Wu Hansan was, and said loudly: "You are talking about Wu Butcher who slaughtered pigs in Jinyang City more than ten years ago? At that time, I was just a sixth-rank judge, and I had no right to participate in this matter, but when you said it, I had an impression of him. The magistrate at that time didn't take this matter seriously at all, it was just a vendetta , This kind of thing is already commonplace, you call yourself a knight of the rivers and lakes, how can you not know the fights in the rivers and lakes, if everyone can be arrested by the government, you will not allow those thieves to claim despicable deeds to deceive the government."
"It's not strange to be surprised. Could it be that the laws of the court don't care about the people of the world? If there are masters who enter the way of magic and massacre the people wantonly, don't you have nothing to do! Hmph!"
After Li Tang finished speaking, he left in a huff, leaving the officials in the hall to look at each other. Since ancient times, the rangers and court laws have always been two systems. People who disturb the common people will be on the arrest list of the imperial court. Rangers are very skilled, and practitioners are not easy to catch. This Li Tang naturally knows, but usually there is a tacit understanding between the two sides in this kind of thing. Heroes use martial arts to break the ban, and those who violate the ban are naturally punished by heroes.
Today, however, Li Tang wants to mention this matter. The world is too chaotic. He, a newcomer to the world, finds it unfathomable. I am deeply touched by Huang Zongxi's two sentences "for the sake of the family, the country and the world, and for the common people".
The people in the government office rushed out to catch up, but Li Tang just said coldly, "We'll talk about it another day" and didn't look back. After today's cross-examination, the rivers and lakes in the future will definitely shine even more brilliantly.