The patrolman agreed and handed the person over to the messenger.
However, before handing it over to the envoy, one of the patrolmen suddenly had an idea and said to the envoy: "Can we see the official documents on you?"
The messenger was slightly startled and said, "Documentary?"
The patrolman said: "Yes, since you are a patrolman, you should have a document issued by the court to prove your identity."
The messenger was stunned for a moment and said calmly: "What? Do you doubt my identity?"
The patrolman shook his head repeatedly and said: "My lord has misunderstood. How dare I doubt my identity? It's just... it's stipulated above, and I don't dare to make random decisions."
The messenger said calmly: "Suspicion is just suspicion, there is no need to make excuses."
The patrolmen all lowered their heads, looking ashamed.
And the messenger shook his head.
It stands to reason that he has already shown the majesty of a messenger.
If a few patrol officers knew this, they should immediately get out of the way, apologize profusely, and allow themselves to take the person away.
However, these patrol officers looked respectful and in awe, but they never got out of the way and took no substantive action.
This made the messenger very angry.
What annoyed him the most was that he really didn't have these proofs.
Because he was indeed not sent by the emperor, but by Shi Wu.
Shi Wu hinted at his family over the phone, and then the family found someone to pretend to be the emperor's envoy to search for the poor people who came to Beijing.
By chance, he met Yangwei's group, so he planned to stop these people according to the plan.
I didn't expect that these people were completely uncooperative and dared to even think about proving it themselves.
The messenger said calmly: "If I don't give you this certificate, can I still take these people away?"
The patrolman coughed dryly and said, "Please forgive me, sir. This... we actually have no control over this."
The messenger said: "Who can make the decision? Call that person over and I will speak to him personally."
The patrolman said, "This will only happen if the county magistrate comes."
The messenger frowned: "How long will it take?"
In fact, at this time, the patrol did not raise any suspicion. After all, the messenger in front of him was gorgeously dressed and very noble. He seemed to be a nobleman from Xianyang City.
The patrol officer just felt that the messenger's delay in showing the proof was just to make things difficult for them.
The patrolman said to the envoy: "Sir, why don't you go to the county government office with us?"
The envoy did not go with them, but took out a jade pendant and said, "This is the jade pendant given by the palace. Do you recognize it?"
The patrolman looked at it and said cautiously: "How can little people like us recognize the things in the palace? You are just kidding me."
The messenger chuckled and said to the patrolman: "At least this thing is not a mortal thing. Can you see that?"
The patrolmen nodded.
The messenger said: "In that case, give the man to me."
At this time, the patrol finally became suspicious.
They looked at the patrolman in confusion and said doubtfully: "Sir, if you can take out the jade pendant, why can't you take out the decree of the imperial court? This way we don't have to be frightened and worried..."
Before he finished speaking, the messenger raised his hand and each of them slapped them in the face: "Why are you so verbose?"
Then, the messenger drew his sword again and said to the patrolman: "If you dare to insult Shangguan again, I will have your head dismembered immediately."
The patrolman's face was burning, and the fire in his heart suddenly rose.
"Fight him. Why are you insulting people like this?" The same thought appeared in the minds of these patrols, and then they put their hands on the handles of their knives.
Of course, there is still a long way to go from the idea to putting it into practice.
These patrolmen looked at the envoy with anger and said to him: "Your Excellency, what we are doing is completely in line with the laws of Qin. If your Excellency continues to be aggressive, we can only report it to the county magistrate for a decision."
The envoy raised his sword and struck at the heads of these patrolmen.
Of course, this sword just looks scary, and the messenger has no intention of actually hurting anyone.
So several patrolmen escaped.
But even though they escaped, they were still a little pale and at a loss.
Because they have never encountered such a situation, some do not know what to do.
Immediately afterwards, there was another sound of horse hooves in the distance, and a group of people appeared.
These people were dressed in the same attire as the messengers, and were equally noble and gorgeous.
After they galloped over, they nodded to the messenger.
They obviously knew each other and were in the same group.
One of them asked: "What does this mean?"
The messenger said before: "These people want to disobey the emperor's order and prevent us from taking people back."
The patrolman suddenly turned pale and said repeatedly: "No, we just want to see the emperor's order."
One of the people said: "The emperor's decree is in the post house. We just go and get it for you."
The patrolman breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him profusely.
So one of the messengers ran back.
In less than two quarters of an hour, the messenger returned.
He threw a piece of silk cloth to the patrolman. On the silk cloth, the emperor's edict was clearly written and stamped with a seal.
The envoy didn't even look at the patrolmen. He shouted and took the Yangwei people away.
After Yangwei and others left, the patrolman returned to the county government office with the silk cloth.
Seeing them returning empty-handed, the county magistrate asked with some confusion: "Where are the people? Didn't they say they captured the village chief?"
The patrolman said: "We originally caught them, but His Majesty's envoy took them away."
The county magistrate exclaimed: "That's it."
The patrolman said strangely: "Your Majesty has sent an envoy, why don't we know about it at all?"
The county magistrate smiled and said: "Your Majesty's envoys are sent in a hurry. I know this. By the way, have they given you the edict?"
The patrolman presented it.
The county magistrate suddenly frowned: "These documents are just for you to take a look at. How can I hand them over to you directly?"
"If they don't have the paperwork, shouldn't they go find someone else?"
The patrolman was stunned for a moment, and then said in confusion: "Yes. What's going on?"
The magistrate unfolded the silk cloth and looked at it for a while, and his brows became more and more frowned as he looked at it.
The patrolman asked cautiously: "Sir, is there... is there any problem with this?"
The county magistrate hummed: "First of all, His Majesty has already stipulated that documents should be written on paper. But this document is made of silk, as if it is still stuck in the old habit of the past."
"Secondly, although Your Majesty has not stipulated it, most of today's documents are written in official script, which is easy to write and read. But this document uses small seal script."
"Thirdly, there seems to be something wrong with this seal. Although it looks similar, it seems to have been carved in a hurry."
The magistrate put his hand on the silk cloth and rubbed it hard, and a few words were immediately blurred.
The county magistrate gave a helpless smile: "The ink is not dry yet."
Patrolman: "..."
They looked at the county magistrate in disbelief: "We have been deceived?"
The county magistrate nodded: "Now it seems that is the case."
The patrolman's eyes widened and he said in confusion: "How dare someone dare to forge an order from the imperial court? This...is this too courageous?"
The magistrate smiled slightly and said: "You don't know what happened in the court, and of course you don't know why someone would be so bold."
"If you knew, you probably wouldn't think so."
The patrolman asked curiously: "What happened in the court?"
The county magistrate sighed and said in a low voice: "It is said that this is a once-in-a-century opportunity. The only good opportunity to bring down the Immortal is obviously someone who kills the red eye."
"I want to risk my life to overthrow the Immortal, and then become famous."
The patrolman said: "But if the banished immortal is not defeated, wouldn't this lord be doomed?"
The county magistrate said: "You don't understand the situation in the court. No one wants to spend his whole life doing nothing and living under others."
The patrolmen all laughed dryly.
They really don't understand that they actually don't have any big ambitions, they just want to do their jobs well and enjoy their wives and children.
Therefore, when they saw that those courtiers, who were obviously extremely wealthy, were still fighting for power, they were a little confused as to why.
The county magistrate didn't bother to explain to them.
In fact... the county magistrate also had his thoughts.
The patrolman said to the county magistrate: "Sir, what should we do now?"
The county magistrate smiled and said, "Let me think about it."
Then, the county magistrate walked to the back hall with his hands behind his back.
The county magistrate was selected through the imperial examination.
He was a candidate for the first imperial examination.
Logically speaking, he was able to become the county magistrate because he received the favor of banishing the immortal.
Because according to his origin, he was a noble of the Six Nations and had no chance to become an official.
Fortunately, the imperial court opened the imperial examination, so the county magistrate became a master again.
But...this kind of thing cannot be solved with past favors.
The magistrate was thinking, wondering which side he should be on.
Standing on the side of banishing immortals?
If you stand on the side of banishing immortals, you should hand over the evidence and tell the court that someone once pretended to be a messenger and took away some people.
And these people may be used to frame the immortal.
But... what if Banishing Immortal fails?
Banishing the Immortal was defeated, and his actions must have offended some people.
It is too easy for those in power to kill someone. When the time comes that I will be demoted and exiled, I am afraid I still don’t know why.
What if you stand on the opposite side of banishing the immortal?
Then the news should be hidden. It doesn't matter if it's none of your business.
If he loses, it has nothing to do with him. If he wins, it has nothing to do with him. He can stay in the position of county magistrate.
But in this way, he also lost the opportunity to get ahead.
The magistrate was walking around in circles in the courtyard.
I think back on how wealthy my family was back then.
But now, only a small county magistrate is left.
The county magistrate took a deep breath, and then thought: "What if I present some evidence? Just say that the banishment of the immortal has gone against the grain, which has made the world angry and resentful, and the people are full of complaints and want to revolt."
"The consequences of this are also obvious. If the banished immortal wins, he will die without a burial place. If the banished immortal loses... will he become famous?"
"Do those high-ranking officials care about my small help?"
When the county magistrate was melancholy here, his appearance was noticed by his wife.
The lady came over and said with a distressed look on her face: "What's wrong with you?"
The magistrate sighed and said, "I don't know what to do."
Then, he expressed his uneasiness.
The county magistrate has no reservations about his wife.
After the county magistrate finished speaking, the lady was silent for a while and said to the magistrate: "As the saying goes, it is better to add icing on the cake than to provide help when the time is right. Now the situation of the banished immortal in the court is precarious. It is the time when he needs help. Why don't you help him? Where’s a handful?”
The county magistrate said: "If Ban Xian loses, we will be doomed."
The county magistrate's wife smiled slightly and said: "If your husband is worried about losing, you don't have to help. If you must choose someone, it is best to choose to banish an immortal."
The county magistrate nodded: "Then do you think I should stay in this county magistrate's position and do nothing for the rest of my life? Or should I give it a try?"
The county magistrate's wife took out a copper coin from her body and said to the magistrate: "Now I will throw the copper coin up. If it is heads, then help banish the immortal. If it is tails, neither of us want to help. What do you think?"
The county magistrate nodded: "Okay."
Then, the county magistrate's wife threw the copper coins up.
The copper coins were spinning and falling downwards. When the results were about to come out, the county magistrate's wife stepped on the coins.
Magistrate: "What does this mean?"
The county magistrate's wife smiled slightly and said, "You already have the answer in your heart."
The magistrate was silent.
The county magistrate's wife said: "Just now, do you want the copper coin to be heads or tails? Husband, don't worry about the heads or tails of the copper coins. Just do it and follow your heart."
The magistrate took a deep breath: "I understand."
Afterwards, the county magistrate locked himself in the study, soaked in thick ink, and wrote a line: I, the magistrate of Fengxian County, Zhao Si, risked his life to remonstrate...
The county magistrate wrote a short memorial all night.
After finishing writing, the magistrate felt that he had aged a lot.
He couldn't help but feel his heart pounding when he thought about how this memorial would stir up waves after it was delivered to Xianyang City.
He took a deep breath and walked out of the room.
The lady was waiting in the yard for who knows how long.
The county magistrate said to his wife: "I don't know if it will be bad or good to go here."
The lady smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, I have already asked the gods for you. With the blessings of the gods, everything will be fine."
The county magistrate said: "Which god are you begging for?"
The lady said: "Excommunicate the immortal."
The county magistrate laughed, and his whole mood became much more relaxed.
The lady said: "Go, don't worry about home, I'll wait for you to lead us to success."
The county magistrate nodded seriously, got into the car that his wife had prepared, and followed them forward.
At the same time, life for Li Shui in Xianyang City became increasingly difficult.
Because more and more courtiers joined the team to attack him. .
