"stop!"
"who?"
As soon as the housekeeper Yin Xing ran to the Yamen, he was stopped by two guards.
Looking at the two guards, the butler Yin Xing took out the badge given by the master and showed it in front of their eyes.
"My master called me here for something important. Please tell your prefect," Yin Xing said.
Ichimori took the belt and looked at it carefully. It was indeed the belt of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
"Okay, you wait." After saying this, the servant hurried inside.
After watching the guard go to summon him, the steward Yin Xing waited at the yamen gate.
"The county magistrate!"
"The county magistrate!"
Several voices passed towards the room of Xu Yongbin, the county magistrate.
At this moment, the county magistrate Xu Yongbin was not asleep yet, and a few candles were dancing in the room, making it bright.
After hearing the sound, the county magistrate Xu Yongbin, who was writing something, got up, walked to the door, and opened the door. Before the yamen servant could say anything, he said anxiously: "It's so late, what can't you do?" talk tommorow?"
"Magistrate, something is really going on. There is a person outside who claims to be the butler of Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, and he also has a badge. The boys have checked and there is indeed nothing wrong with him. He said he has something to do with you."
Hearing what the officer said, the county magistrate Xu Yongbin began to feel uneasy.
"Invite him in." County Magistrate Xu Yongbin said.
"yes."
After saying this, the guard hurried out of the Yamen.
"We have a request from the county magistrate."
After hearing this, the housekeeper Yin Xing stepped up and walked in.
At this time, the county magistrate Xu Yongbin also hurriedly put on his outer clothes and hurried out to greet him.
"Xuzhi County." Butler Yin Xing greeted.
Although the man in front of him was just the housekeeper of Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, and was not even an official, somehow the county magistrate Xu Yongbin was very polite to him and seemed to treat him as a high official.
"Come here, serve tea." After saying this, the prefect Xu Yongbin smiled slightly: "Sit down."
Butler Yin Xing sat down.
After sitting down, Yin Xing was still recalling what the master had told him. Before he was ready, the county magistrate Xu Yongbin began to speak.
"It's so late. Guo Yushi sent you here to see me for something important?" Xu Zhifu had an uninformed smile on his face.
"Xuzhi County, the master called me here because he wanted you to send all the servants in your yamen to go with me."
"All go?" Xu Zhixian looked puzzled.
Looking at the uninformed face of Xuzhi County, Guo Yushi's housekeeper Yin Xing explained: "My master is investigating the case of missing disaster relief food. Today, he found a village in the suburbs where people intercepted the disaster relief food. I am afraid that there will be insufficient manpower. The people fled, so I was asked to come and borrow some government officials from Xuzhi County."
After listening, the prefect Xu Yongbin nodded and understood.
He stood up hurriedly and looked at Butler Guo Yushi in front of him: "You wait here, I will prepare."
"Okay." Yin Xing responded.
It stands to reason that when the magistrate meets someone who has no official position or is of the same level as himself, he should call himself an official. However, when he calls himself me in front of Yin Xing, it seems that the magistrate Xu Yongbin is still very afraid of the superior.
Soon, the county magistrate Xu Yongbin gathered all the yamen servants together and stood in rows, very neatly.
Butler Yin Xing stood beside the county magistrate Xu Yongbin.
"Guo Yushi was ordered to investigate the case of missing disaster relief grains. Today, a village with disaster relief grains was found on the border of our Lingtai County. Now, I order you to follow Guo Yushi's Yin Guanjia to surround the village and not let anyone go. Villagers, follow what Guo Yushi wants!" Xuzhi County shouted.
"Yes." The officials said neatly.
Seeing that nothing was missing, Xu Zhixian looked at Guo Yushi's steward Yin Xing: "Steward Yin, everything is ready and ready to go."
"Okay," the steward Yin Xing responded, then looked at the government servants: "Follow me!"
I saw these yamen servants, together with Guo Yushi's steward Yin Xing, holding the burning torch tightly in their hands, walking out of the yamen in an orderly manner, with long knives on their waists, following the pace of steward Yin Xing, and hurriedly walked out. Past.
After seeing them leave, the county magistrate Xu Yongbin hurriedly went to find his master.
"Master, master."
After a few calls, the master came out.
This master may look old, but his heart is not old.
"Xuzhi County, is there something important?" Master asked.
"Master, how come this disaster relief food appears in Lingtai County?"
After hearing this, the master thought for a moment and looked at the anxious Xu Zhixian: "Who said that disaster relief food appeared in the boundaries of Lingtai County?"
Maybe he didn't pay attention just now, and the master seemed completely unaware.
"Just now, the steward of Zuodu Censor came here in person and asked for all the yamen servants in my yamen. He said that Zuodu Censor Guo Kang had seized disaster relief grains in the boundaries of Lingtai County."
Upon hearing this, the master was not too worried or nervous, but Xu Zhixian could see nervous movements on his face and hands.
"Don't worry, Xuzhi County. Even though the food was found on the border of Lingtai County, we can't say it was you, right? Just cooperate with them."
What the master said brought great comfort to the county magistrate Xu Yongbin.
…
The light of fire, the sound of breathing, and the sound of footsteps gathered together, and soon they arrived at the village.
"Everyone, surround the village! No one is allowed in or out!" Butler Yin Xing shouted.
"yes!"
After a neat response, the government officials dispersed and soon surrounded the village.
The wavering firelight illuminated the entire village, and many unsuspecting people opened their doors and windows to take a look.
At this time, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, who was staying in a house, felt it. When he was about to get up and go out to see what was going on, the housekeeper Yin Xing hurried in.
"Master, I have done what you asked me to do," Yin Xing said.
After hearing this, Censor Guo looked at the couple squatting on the thatch aside, glanced outside, said, "Let's go," and went out.
Walking out of the village, Yu Shi Guo could clearly see that about thirty or forty government officials had surrounded the village with torches in their hands.
In such a dark, moonless night, under the torches of the government officials, there seemed to be a shadow of moonlight.
After walking out of this house, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, began to check each house one by one.
After some investigation, it turned out that as the couple said, the food was shared equally, and the extra food was sold for money.
"Master, do you want these people to be escorted back to the Lingtai County Yamen?" said the steward Yin Xing.
While Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, was still thinking about it, a man wearing a green official uniform and an official hat came over and said: "Escort him back to the county government!"
A loud roar frightened the little heart of Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu.
When I turned around and saw that it was the county magistrate, I felt more at ease.
"The lower official is Xu Yongbin, magistrate of Lingtai County, who has met Yushi Guo." Magistrate Xu introduced.
Before Guo Yushi could speak, Xu Zhixian spoke first: "Guo Yushi, are these disaster relief grains really intercepted by them?"
Guo Yushi nodded, looked at the group of people standing with their heads lowered, and said: "It's really them, the evidence is conclusive."
After hearing this and looking at the faces of these people, the county magistrate Xu Yongbin blamed himself: "It's all the lower officials who failed to manage them well and failed to manage them well. The lower officials are ashamed of the court."
"Xuzhi County does not need to blame itself. It is inevitable that there will be negligence. It can be forgiven."
"Then, these people...are escorted back to Lingtai County Yamen?"
Guo Yushi nodded: "It's getting late now, so I have no choice but to do this. Let's try the case at your Lingtai County Yamen tomorrow."
"Hey." In response, Xuzhi County looked at the government officials: "Take them back to the county government!"
Afterwards, these people were held down by the government officials and headed to the county government office. The vehicles and the silver found in their homes were taken away one by one.
…
"master."
"how?"
"Sir, they took the bait and said they would escort him back to the Lingtai County Yamen for trial tomorrow morning."
After hearing this, the prefect Ding Weiang turned around and looked at the housekeeper Ye Kaichang.
"Very good. The clues have been cut off by him now. Don't let them find any new clues."
"Yes." In response, Butler Ye asked the question in his mind: "Master, were those people killed before in vain?"
Magistrate Ding shook his head slightly: "The killing is not in vain. The so-called cutting off the grass and root means not only cutting the grass, but also the root."
"Master, what about the children and the elderly who are locked up?"
"Don't be anxious, settle them first and wait until tomorrow morning to see. Remember, don't let anyone know the whereabouts of this child and the old man."
"yes."
The next day, the sun slowly rose from the east and was slowly climbing towards the top.
The Lingtai County Yamen is busy at the moment, and some people watching the excitement have been waiting in front of the court.
At this time, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, wearing an official hat and a scarlet official robe with a majestic and serious temperament, came over and sat on the chair at the trial table. Behind him came the magistrate of Lingtai County, wearing a An official wearing a green official robe came over with a serious look on his face and sat on a chair next to the trial table.
Seeing that the people were already waiting in front of the hall, and then looking at the sky, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, knocked the trial table with a gavel tree and shouted: "Open the hall!"
"Weiweiweiweiweiweiwei...Wuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu" A powerful voice coupled with the tapping of the imperial staff resounded throughout the Yamen.
After the sound of the banging of the imperial staff stopped, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, shouted: "Bring the prisoner up!" Then he hit the trial table with the gavel wood.
I saw common people being escorted up one by one by the government officials.
At this time, the clothes they were wearing had turned into white prison uniforms, and none of them had any injuries on their faces.
After being escorted one by one, the common people knelt in the hall, with nervous and fearful looks on their faces.
When the people in front of the hall saw it, they started talking a lot.
Seeing the people being so noisy, Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu, knocked the trial table with the gavel tree again and shouted: "Quiet!"
As soon as the shout came out, the people immediately stopped talking and looked at Guo Kang, the censor of Zuodu in the hall. Everyone was looking forward to what the case was and what punishment they would receive.
