Zhao Yanhuan returned very timely, because not long after she returned to Qipai Village, Feng Ji, the county police chief, led a team of police officers to Qipai Village and asked to see Zhao Yanhuan by name.
Although Feng Ji was not Zhao Yanhuan's friend, the relationship between Feng Ji and Zhao Yanhuan was still very good due to Zhao Yanhuan's insistence on being friends for so many years.
Especially last year, Li Qing cured Feng Ji's mother's illness. As a filial son, Feng Ji was very grateful to Li Qing, and his relationship with Zhao Yanhuan improved by leaps and bounds, and he almost became Zhao Yanhuan's person.
In the past, if Feng Ji passed through Qipai Village, he would definitely go to the village to rest, say hello to Zhao Yanhuan, and be well received by Zhao Yanhuan.
This time when Feng Ji came, he did not enter Qipai Village, but asked her to go out. This was an attitude, indicating that the county magistrate Gai Xiong was very angry.
Zhao Yanhuan took the initiative to walk out of Qipai Village without being too worried. Outside the wall of Qipai Village, Feng Ji and several government servants were riding horses and waiting at the entrance of the wall.
Seeing Zhao Yanhuan, Feng Ji said directly: "Village Chief Zhao, the county magistrate is eager to see you. Please ask Village Chief Zhao to follow us on our journey immediately."
After saying these business-like words, Feng Ji added: "The county magistrate is very angry. You should be careful yourself. You'd better bring something valuable with you."
This was a clear reminder to Zhao Yanhuan that he had to spend money to save his life. When Feng Ji said this, he was not carrying his agents behind his back.
As for why Feng Ji dared to be so bold, it had to be mentioned that Zhao Yanhuan was a good person. There was no one in the entire county government who could not be managed by her.
So these arrests, including the head catcher Feng Ji, were actually biased towards Zhao Yanhuan.
Zhao Yanhuan smiled at Feng Jixiao and said, "Thank you very much for Capt. Feng's kindness, but I know why the magistrate is angry this time, and I already have a plan to deal with it. Capt. Feng doesn't have to worry."
Seeing Zhao Yanhuan speak so confidently, Feng Ji also breathed a sigh of relief: "That makes me feel relieved. Village Chief Zhao, let's leave now. The county magistrate is urging us."
Zhao Yanhuan knew that Gai Xiong was in a hurry, so she rode out on horseback this time and followed Feng Ji all the way to Niumo County as quickly as possible.
After arriving in Niumo County, Feng Ji did not take Zhao Yanhuan to the county government office, but to the private residence of the county magistrate Gai Xiong.
Although the county government office was well built, as a child of a noble family, Gai Xiong, who grew up in fine clothes and fine food, could not despise the narrow residence behind the county government office.
So since arriving in Niumo County, Gai Xiong spent a lot of money to buy a large house, renovated it and turned it into his own private residence.
And Gai Xiong asked Zhao Yanhuan to come directly to his private house, which also shows that although Gai Xiong was very angry, he had no intention of breaking up with Zhao Yanhuan immediately.
This is why Zhao Yanhuan dared to let Yan Hua take the people from Qipai Village to escape the corvee.
Over the years, Zhao Yanhuan and Gai Xiong had partnered to sell Yin Shuang Tan, and she gave almost 60% of the profits to Gai Xiong.
To this day, Gai Xiong's and her interests are so entangled that they have long been inseparable.
Even for the sake of his own daily income, Gai Xiong would not be willing to break up with her unless he had to.
When Zhao Yanhuan entered the hall, Gai Xiong was circling back and forth inside, and the ground under his feet was polished until it was shiny.
Seeing Zhao Yanhuan come in, Gai Xiong angrily picked up a cup and threw it at Zhao Yanhuan's feet before Zhao Yanhuan could salute.
The voice said angrily: "What a good thing you people in Qipai Village have done! You dare to escape from the corvee!"
As he spoke, Gai Xiong angrily rushed to Zhao Yanhuan, wanting to poke Zhao Yanhuan's nose with his finger.
"Do you know what escaping from corvee means? The emperor just promulgated a new law this year. Those who escape will die, and those who are responsible for guarding the serving people will die. Even the officer will die too!"
Of course, Gai Xiong said the last sentence out of anger, but in fact, he had a noble family as his backer, so he couldn't die.
But even though he can't die, if such a mistake is made, the official will definitely not be able to do anything. This is a price Gai Xiong is never willing to bear.
Zhao Yanhuan calmly pressed down Gai Xiong's fingers, walked around the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, magistrate, don't be anxious, this matter is not unsolvable."
Gai Xiong looked at Zhao Yanhuan coldly, feeling very irritated: "What other solution is there? The court stipulates that those who serve in corvee must arrive on time, otherwise they will be severely punished."
Gai Xiong, who became more and more irritable the more he talked, couldn't help but waved away the teapot beside him.
He turned around twice more, put his hands on his hips and cursed angrily: "Even if you can catch these people who have escaped from the corvee now, it will be too late when they get there, and they will still be punished!"
Zhao Yanhuan said calmly: "Although the court has strict criminal laws on the matter of corvee service, there are not no other remedies."
"I remember that the imperial court had regulations that if a prisoner escaped, he would be exempted from punishment as long as he sent double the number of prisoners."
Gai Xiong turned back and sat on the chair, snorting coldly: "There is such a rule, but it's of no use, the prisoners are all criminals.
There were only a few dozen criminals in the county jail, and even if they were all used, they would not be able to collect twice as many people as those who were escaping from corvee. "
The more he talked, the more upset he became. Gai Xiong couldn't help but glance sideways at Zhao Yanhuan, with some dark thoughts in his mind: "Is it possible that you want me to accuse you and directly arrest people to gather enough people?"
Zhao Yanhuan's eyebrows twitched, and he endured it and continued: "It doesn't have to be like this. There is a Tiger Leaping Mountain outside our Niumo County, and there is a nest of bandits on the mountain. They have been robbing homes and running rampant. They should have been caught and executed long ago. .”
"I and my men have just beaten down this group of bandits and captured them all alive. These bandits have committed capital crimes, and they are very strong. They are not the best prisoners."
"With these prisoners sent, it will be enough to expose the fact that the villagers of Qipai Village are escaping from the corvee."
Gai Xiong didn't expect that Zhao Yanhuan actually had a solution to this matter. A strong prisoner would be much better than an ordinary person.
