With a "dang" sound, a bunch of copper coins were thrown on the table. It was a nice sound, but at this moment it made Li Siji shiver because the person who dropped the coins was the one who took the lead in beating Zhang Dao to death. A vicious man.
"I'll pay you for the table and chairs." The other party left without saying anything.
Li Si and the surrounding neighbors were silent, mainly because this group of people... were too cruel.
Zhang Dao was beaten to death with sticks while still alive in the street! He couldn't die anymore. From far away, Li Si could see that Zhang Dao's head was deformed, and the blood stained the ground on the street red. It would be a ghost if he didn't die.
How dare he say no to such a murderer?
This group of people came and went like the wind, disappearing without leaving any information. By the time Wu Hou, who was affiliated with the Jinwu Guards, arrived, they were already gone, leaving only Zhang Dao who had turned into a corpse.
As for who the deceased was, Wu Hou who came here naturally knew about the characters here. Although Zhang Dao's head had been smashed, his face could still be identified. After asking the people around him, Wu Hou He sent someone to take the body with him and left here in a hurry.
On the same day, forty-five murders occurred in forty-five places in Chang'an, and almost all of them were handled by Jinwu Guards. However, Jinwu Guards only had the power of arrest but not law enforcement, so these corpses and related cases were all handed over to Wanwu according to their jurisdiction. The county magistrate of Nian and Chang'an counties.
Suddenly receiving reports of so many murder cases, the magistrates of the two counties took a breath of cold air. Murders occasionally occurred in Chang'an City, but they had never seen such a bad and violent case. There were also killings on the street, but on the street Beat him to death with a stick! And dozens of them happened in one day! This has never happened before!
However, when they figured out the identity of the deceased, the magistrates of the two counties breathed a sigh of relief. It was not a pity for these people to die! How could the two county magistrates not know who they were? It's just that the people don't take action, and there are no people to report the crime, so they just turn a blind eye. When they are hacked to death one day, they can just deal with it casually.
I just didn't expect to die so tragically.
Several of their followers were also taken away, but the people taken away did not leave any traces. Jin Wuwei asked and found that they did not know these people. He only knew that these people acted fast and ruthlessly, and they were suspected of being well-trained. man of.
But there are no other clues.
This...are you afraid that these gangsters have offended someone? Otherwise, why did the other party only kill the culprit? To be honest, after these people died, the magistrates of the two counties felt much more relaxed, and the security in their name was much safer.
Even though these people were dead, no one reported it to the official. Even when the Jinwu Guards asked, some of the people watching were actually covering up their words to cover for those people.
It is conceivable that these people died in vain. Even their families did not report to the official. It was just that the Jinwu Guards found the dead and brought them back.
This matter can be big or small, but this is Chang'an, under the emperor's feet, and this kind of thing must be reported.
It's just that they didn't have the right to see Li Shimin directly. Instead, they were sent to the General Secretary of the Zhongshu Province (in charge of matters such as the introduction of court meetings, court reports, etc.). To Li Shimin.
When they arrived at Gao Jifu, one of the six Zhongshushe people, he opened the memorial and glanced at it, then frowned. Why bother Your Majesty with such a trivial matter? Although it is true that there were more dead people, the deaths were all of those who had committed heinous crimes. They were obviously people's revenge, and no one reported it to the official. This kind of thing is too troublesome for Your Majesty, so Your Majesty should not do anything else.
He directly made preliminary comments on the memorial, and made six notes, which specifically refers to the six parts, and one Zhongshu Sheren corresponds to one part.
Gao Jifu directly gave the initial approval of this memorial to the Ministry of Punishment, and asked the Ministry of Punishment to order the two counties to investigate clearly and then forward it to His Majesty for review.
So this matter was suppressed directly, or delayed. In modern times, this is extremely inefficient, but in the Tang Dynasty or in ancient times, this efficiency was already very high.
It was precisely because Li Ke understood this system that he dared to do this.
Shushe people usually handle such matters directly, because there are many bigger things than these. Memorials from all over the country are gathered here directly, and this does not include Wuhua.
Wuhua means that all major military and state affairs are first reviewed by the Zhongshu Sheren who are responsible for the matter, and then the preliminary opinions are put forward, and then six people discuss it, and then add opinions, and then the emperor handles it. This is the current collegial system of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, Zhongshu Sheren is also responsible for judicial functions.
The three-judicial trial mentioned in many historical books and movies of later generations refers to the judicial functions of Zhongshu Sheren and the authority to deal with unjust and wrongful cases.
This position seems to have a low status, but it has extremely high power, requires extremely high knowledge, and is busy with official duties.
They will not understand the truth of the matter, but will directly judge the seriousness of the matter.
Therefore, the vision of people in Zhongshushe is very important. Those who can be officials here are real talents. Those who are not good will have been demoted long ago.
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Li Si thought that the matter was over, but who knew that three days later, Li Si actually saw the group of people again, and this time they were walking on the street openly, and they seemed not to be afraid of them reporting.
Although no one reported it at all.
This time the other party went straight to Li Si's stall.
"Gentlemen, would you like to have a meal?" Li Si hurriedly said with a smile.
"Stop talking nonsense. From now on, Anlefang will be managed by our Green Snake Gang. The protection fee for your store this month is 30 yuan." The leader looked at Li Si's shop, and then said: "We, the Green Snake After we collect the protection fee, we will be responsible for protecting your store. Anyone who dares to harass your store will be dealt with by us."
"And we will no longer charge you arbitrary fees. If people like Zhang Dao show up again, they can come to us."
Li Si opened his mouth... Thirty coins is not a small number for ordinary people. It's not that they can't afford it, but it's a bottomless pit.
What the other party said sounded nice, but...
"Give it or not?!" the other party asked with a fierce look on his face.
"Here... give it!" Li Si gritted his teeth, turned around and went back to find thirty coins and gave it to the other party.
He couldn't afford to offend these people. Even if he reported them to Marquis Wu for murder, who knew how many people were behind them? He can't afford revenge! There were only five people here today, but that day there were more than a dozen people, and he saw them all.
"Here are five bowls of noodles." The other party said directly after taking thirty coins. They hadn't had breakfast yet.
Li Si showed an ugly smile, but still made five bowls of noodles for the other party. What surprised Li Si was that after the other party finished eating, he actually dropped the copper coins at the face price and left.
Looking at these copper coins, Li Si couldn't believe it. This... this wasn't for free? Does this really make sense?
