Magistrate An was very aggrieved.
Magistrate An also wanted to follow Jiang Yan, just to put out fires, collect corpses, and account for the farmers' losses, so that he could take the credit for eradicating the robbers pretending to be the killers.
But who said that he was a vassal of Prince Jin and had to listen to the orders of An Hou.
When he was in the towns below, he saw that Jiang Yan was in charge of Lai'an County, in charge of all the orders in Lai'an County, and taking all the credit for the investigation. He felt bitter, but he didn't dare to say it.
Now that Jiachu still blames him, then don't blame him for being over fifty and saying things he shouldn't have said.
When Jiachu heard this, he was stunned.
"The little Marquis asked you to go to the counties and towns to collect grain taxes and ignore the affairs of the county. Why?"
"Good question, Guard A!"
Magistrate An slammed the table, but his face turned into a bitter look.
"If I knew about it, would I still have to pour out my bitterness to you? I would also like to ask An Hou how he could not predict that such a big event would happen in An County and not let me intervene. Could it be that Jiang Yan has taken refuge with the prince, and the prince wants to give him a great achievement to win people's hearts?"
Magistrate An spent several days in the lower towns, but could not come up with a reasonable explanation.
He was still waiting for Anhou to explain everything to him personally.
After hearing Magistrate An's words, Jiachu's face, which had softened just now, turned as black as the bottom of a pot again.
I'm afraid, Hua Yi's open mouth really got it right!
How could the young marquis predict the future?
Unless the case that night was planned by the young marquis. He transferred the county magistrate in advance so that when the incident happened, the county government servants would be unable to leave the city in time because they were leaderless. In this way, the young marquis would You can have more time to deal with the aftermath.
It's just that since the young Marquis has achieved this step, why is it that the convoy is safe and no one died, but all the assassins who raided were killed in the sea of fire, and even the young Marquis himself... is missing?
"I still don't know why Guard A came here to Lai'an County. What's the matter with me?"
Magistrate An made a preemptive strike and told Jiachu not to worry about his late arrival.
Besides, this matter was arranged by An Hou for him, so there was no point in arguing.
Just as he was thinking this, Jia Chu stood up and looked at the government servant guarding the door.
"An County Magistrate, quickly mobilize all the county government officials to follow me to the mass graves outside the city to find people!"
What? !
Magistrate An still didn't understand the reason for Zhou An's order. When he heard Jiachu's ridiculous order, he was so depressed that he wanted to pat the table to vent his anger.
But the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, not to mention that the other party also holds a waist card as important as the King of Jin's visit in person, so he can't be careless.
Under Jiachu's watchful eye, Magistrate An had no choice but to seize the time to gather people.
"Guard A, who are you looking for at the mass grave outside the city?"
Magistrate An has never been to this mass grave, but he also knows that apart from the dead, no living person is usually willing to pass by, let alone a living person who lives in the area.
Especially at night, running to the mass graves to look for someone?
Find a big-headed ghost.
"Go where you are told, don't talk so much nonsense."
Although Jia Chu was angry that Magistrate An was late, his words were quite reasonable and polite.
At this time, he no longer concealed his anger.
This made Magistrate An, who had hit a hard nail, change his expression slightly, and thought to himself: If it were not for the sake of finding a way out for future generations, he could stand higher on my shoulders and become an official in the capital, and he would no longer be accepted here. Contempt, I don't want to work with a domestic slave.
"Why so slow?"
Jia Chu knew that it would take time to gather all the government officials, but he couldn't wait any longer.
He was eager to know how the young marquis was doing and whether the results of Hua Yi's calligraphy test were fulfilled.
Is the case outside the city that night related to the young marquis?
Jiachu didn't know whether it was because he had slept well for many days, or because he was hit by a palm the day before and suffered internal injuries that he had not recovered from, or because he was speculating about the bad news. Under the double blow, the smell of rust surged up in his throat again, and his body and mind were shaken. Also very tired.
"Let's go, as many people as you want go first, follow me to the mass grave!"
Jia Chu slapped the case, stood up and walked out.
Magistrate An, who didn't get the answer, felt like a headless fly being led by Jia Chu's nose, but he could only summon the thirty or so people he gathered to follow him.
The thousand-mile horse he rode from the capital to Jinling in the early days of Jia was left in Xiaoxiang Pavilion due to lack of strength.
At this time, riding on an unfamiliar horse, looking at the still unfamiliar streets, with candles swaying above his head, Jiachu was a little confused and didn't know where he was going.
Fortunately, the local old horse knew the way and walked along the street to the south of the city. During the process, he could hear many people discussing the case that night.
"Fortunately, the prefect settled the case quickly, so it will have less impact on us. The robbers who were killed today should all be pulled out and whipped to crush their bones and spread their ashes."
"The Ghost Festival has just passed. Don't discuss life and death at night. Selling a few more meat buns is more appropriate than anything else."
Meat buns.
Jiachu felt as if something had hit his head, but before he could think of it, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves behind him.
Magistrate An finally led his men to catch up.
"Guard A, there are only thirty-three people at the moment. I asked my men to continue to recruit people. If you find people, these people should be enough."
"It's not enough. Continue to call in all the available people."
Jia Chu's merciless refutation made the county magistrate Ling An lose face in front of others.
But power was stronger than people, so Magistrate An had no choice but to keep his tail between his legs and order his men to go to the centralized nursing home in his house to come and help.
He didn't know who Jiachu was looking for at the mass grave, but judging from Jiachu's attitude, he couldn't find him tonight, and he should have to stay up all night.
"drive!"
Jiachu galloped his horse down the street, scaring passers-by into hiding.
After Jiachu's horses ran past, some passers-by pointed at their backs and cursed secretly.
"A few days ago, a horse from the capital kicked a man to death. Why are there people riding fast horses on the street again?"
"Didn't the prefect prohibit riding fast horses? Hurry and report to the county government to arrest him!"
"What kind of county government are you still serving? Haven't you seen the county magistrate following someone else's butt? It's the official's children from somewhere who come out to parade and ride. We ordinary people can't afford to offend them, so we should stay away."
Despite the voices of passers-by pointing and pointing into his ears, Jiachu still went his own way and continued to cross the street quickly and headed straight to the closed city gate.
"stand……"
"I am the guard of Prince Jin's Mansion. I have something urgent to do when I leave the city. Open the door!"
As soon as the waist card was revealed, Magistrate An and his government officials followed behind. The soldiers guarding the city did not dare to hesitate and quickly opened the city gate and let the people out.
Seeing Hula La and a group of government officials following them out, the soldiers guarding the city curiously looked outside the city in the direction where the group of people had left. Then they heard a sound of barking dogs and howling wolves coming from the mass grave.
The mass grave, which had recently been frequented by wild dogs and wolves, was lit up by the torches set by the government officials.
"Are they sick? Why are they going to the mass graves at night?"
The defenders half-closed the city gate and couldn't help teasing the older defenders next to them.
"You said that the county magistrate will either not come back and go straight to the mass graves. Do you think the magistrate will go find the corpses of the robbers to vent his anger, or collect the corpses for them?"
