After bowing his hands in salute, Liu Rengui said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "I am your official Liu Rengui. To be fair, what you said makes sense, and I should follow your orders."
Li Xiaochang, Prince of Nghe An County, breathed a sigh of relief and patted Liu Rengui on the shoulder: "Okay, Magistrate Liu, I will remember you as a favor."
"Favor? Ah? My lord, your son was killed, and the real culprit is unknown. What are you doing? Are you overly sad? Are you hurt?" This was of course Liu Rengui's subtle reminder. He even guessed that Li Yi'an was not his biological child?
The prince was cheated and raised his son for others for so many years in vain. After knowing the truth, the prince became so angry that he directed and acted such a good show. The purpose was to get rid of the trouble in his heart?
...If Li Xiaochang were to know Liu Rengui's thoughts, he would probably be unable to resist slapping him to death on the spot.
However, Li Xiaochang, who was reminded by Liu Rengui, quickly restrained his emotions and said with a sad face: "I remember it was you, County Magistrate Liu, who gave me face and saved Quanzi from the shame of losing his reputation."
It turned out to be like this. It shocked me and I thought I knew something I shouldn’t know.
Liu Rengui then thought about it: "That's not right, Your Majesty. I haven't finished my sentence yet. If the son is the only one who was killed, then the people will not complain and the officials will not investigate, so the subordinate will naturally do it. But now, it is not you who is here to report the case, it is that The family of a murdered rickshaw driver. We are looking for you to investigate the case, and we are only trying to understand the situation. You are a witness, and it seems that you cannot ask for the cancellation of other people's cases. "
Um? ? ?
Li Xiaochang was already about to raise his legs to say goodbye, but when he heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and his face turned dark and ugly. Liu Rengui's master was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and carefully pulled the county magistrate's sleeve.
Seeing Liu Rengui's troubled look, Li Xiaochang was extremely angry. Goucai, you are the magistrate of Chang'an County, aren't you a stupid young man who doesn't understand the rules? This king doesn’t even have this face? Why are you pretending to be businesslike with me?
"Magistrate Liu, are you sure you don't want to give me this face?" Li Xiaochang said in a threatening tone.
Liu Rengui pretended not to understand: "Your Majesty, it is your duty as a subordinate. If I help you uncover the injustice of this pair of common people today, I am afraid that they will be killed tomorrow. Even if Your Majesty shows mercy and does not kill, I am afraid that the family of the coachman will also be killed." I am willing to bend the law for personal gain and sue the subordinates to the Yushitai, and everyone on the left and right will die. My lord, how about you give me a happy ending."
Yo... Good boy, I see that you are not very old, but you are experienced enough in speaking and doing things. Are you going to use the Emperor and Yushitai to suppress me?
Li Xiaochang sneered in his heart, his face softened a little, and he pondered for a moment, but he still didn't dare to break his face with this Chang'an County Magistrate who didn't know the details. What if he was really His Majesty's confidant?
"County Magistrate Liu, the coachman is a domestic slave who signed a contract of sale in my palace. The laws of the Tang Dynasty are very clear. The slaves who signed the contract of sale are not common people. Everything belongs to the master's family. Therefore, I, the king, If you say you won't pursue the case, don't come to report the case, and others beat the drums privately to complain, does that count? Can just anyone interfere in my family affairs?"
Liu Rengui said in surprise: "What??? That coachman turned out to be a domestic slave who signed a contract of sale? Wow! That mother and son dared to lie to me and said that the coachman was an ordinary retired veteran of yours, a serious ordinary Tang Dynasty man Common people? I will settle the score with them right away."
Li Xiaochang watched helplessly as the angry Liu Rengui ran into the nearby lounge. He couldn't even reach out to stop him. Not to mention how depressed he was, he secretly cursed His Majesty for how he arranged for such a fool to be the magistrate? Do you know something about human nature?
After a moment, Liu Rengui said with a sad face: "My lord, are you sure that the coachman signed the deed of sale? Did you remember it wrong? I just checked that he is a registered citizen in Chang'an County."
If the stakes weren't so important, Li Xiaochang would really be too lazy to talk nonsense to this guy. Why would he pretend to be a grandson? When this king's big deal is completed, you will be the first to deal with it.
"I have already had people give me enough compensation. After all, it comes from my palace. It's a pity that my subordinates are not strict. I told them not to cause trouble to the court. If they want to seek revenge, they want to hold the murderer accountable. , my palace only offers condolences, not compensation. But now it seems that people are always greedy. It is my fault, maybe my servants have been neglectful. I will personally go and settle things."
Li Xiaochang was about to go to the lounge, but Liu Rengui hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, according to the rules, the plaintiff comes to file a complaint. We need to ensure their safety. It is not appropriate for you to go in... Moreover, it is the responsibility of the county government to pursue the perpetrators and redress the injustices. How can we do this?" Let you spend your own money to settle the matter?"
Li Xiaochang's eyes were so cold that they could kill someone, "Chang'an County, I, the majestic king of the county, will be harmful to the widows of my subordinates? Isn't it even qualified to meet them?"
Liu Rengui was extremely confused, standing there as if hesitating and thinking.
Li Xiaochang's patience was completely worn away, he pushed him away and strode into the lounge. Liu Rengui and his master looked at each other and trotted to catch up.
The moment she saw the Prince of Nghe An, the coachman's wife was almost frightened to death. Xin said that he was greedy for money, took the benefits of the prince's palace, and betrayed the prince's admonitions, hoping to make more money. Now it's over, the prince has come to find him.
"Your Majesty, the civilian woman is guilty and should not have come secretly to report the crime without telling you. Don't worry, we will leave now. We will leave Chang'an City and never come back. Please let us live..."
Before Li Xiaochang could open his mouth, he was stunned by the other party's words and stood on the spot, scratching his teeth. What kind of stupid bitch is this? I have good intentions. What you said is as if I killed the person?
Sure enough, he turned to look at Liu Rengui and found that the county magistrate no longer acted as a low-key foil. Instead, he straightened his chest and stepped in front of the plaintiff, mother and son.
With a tenacious attitude, he said loudly and businesslike: "Your Majesty, for the sake of the plaintiff's safety, please stay out of the way."
"What do you mean? Magistrate Liu, you, a small seventh-grade magistrate, really dare to do this to me? Just based on this cunning woman's words, how can you know..."
Before the furious Li Xiaochang could finish speaking, Liu Rengui had already summoned the county government servant, "Your Majesty, I have offended you. We will definitely find out the right and wrong and make the person who reported the crime innocent. As for what you asked me to do, I will try my best to do it." . If someone comes, please avoid me."
"You... Who dares to look at me? This king..."
Li Xiaochang's mistake was that he didn't bring any personal guards today, only two servants. Chang'an County Magistrate Liu Rengui was a bold leader, so in the end he was dragged out of the county government office by a group of government officials while the plaintiff, mother and son were stunned.
The coachman's wife let out a long sigh, "Fortunately, this county magistrate is very powerful, otherwise we and I would have been killed by the prince today."
Her son said with a mournful face: "Mom, didn't you listen to the county magistrate just now? He will try his best to do what the prince told him. I'm afraid he is also one of the prince's men. We can't escape. If I had known better, I shouldn't have come..."
Ga! The woman was really frightened and fainted.
Not long after, the head criminal who was responsible for investigating the clues of the case ran back in a panic and said breathlessly: "It's not good, sir, there's something going on!"
