At Mao hour, Zhao Lin and Liang Song came to the reception room in charge of ordering Mao.
There is a long table at the door of Chengfa's room. The Chengfa official is sitting behind the table, with a pile of bamboo pieces in his hand and a bamboo basket on the ground.
One after another, people came over to order bamboo. Official Chengfa picked up the bamboo pieces with the names written on them and threw them into the basket. In this way, attendance can save paper, and the remaining people who are not included in the basket are latecomers or miners.
"Zhao Lin, the fast class catches the head; Liang Song, the fast class catches the fast one."
Zhao Lin and Liang Song reported for duty on the first day. The official took two blank pieces of bamboo, wrote down their names and positions with a pen, and then threw the pieces into the bamboo basket.
After noon, it is time to wait for the county magistrate to ascend to court and assign errands for the day.
There are already many people in the open space in the middle of the lobby.
County captains, officers, and other high-ranking officials stood in the front row, followed by various people including the six-room secretary, patrol inspector, third-shift yamen servants, clerks, cell bosses, grooms, watchmen, and medical officers.
Zhao Lin and Liang Song walked to the police team and stood up.
Most of the police officers came from martial arts schools, or had martial arts passed down from their families. Ordinary people who wanted to work in the county government could only join the standing class and strong class of the third class.
The police officers quickly saw two unfamiliar faces and turned their heads sideways.
"Hey, new head catcher."
"You are so young, I'm afraid you got in through connections."
"Don't underestimate me, you're in the bone training stage."
"Tch, what happened during the bone training period? There are many catchers during the bone training period, why should he be the head catcher when he comes..."
Zhao Lin heard this and thought that if he had known that being a head catcher would be so troublesome, he might as well just be an ordinary catcher.
But now that it's here, take care of it, there's no need to worry about anything.
He not only represents himself, but also the face of Liuhemen. If he can't even be a small head catcher, let alone remove his beard and reunite with his parents and brothers.
"Quiet!"
The man standing at the front of the team, wearing a Yishan crown and a black official robe, turned back and gave a cold shout.
The detectives suddenly became quiet.
"Li Qiuyuan."
A name flashed in Zhao Lin's mind.
According to Zhen San, there are about a hundred arrests in Qinghe County, and the chief arrester is Li Qiuyuan, who is a master of the third level of Qi.
There are four captains under him, who are respectively responsible for the four urban areas in the east, west, north and south of the county.
Each captain has several catchers under him, and each of them takes some agents to work.
"Captain, chief catcher, chief catcher, chief catcher, county lieutenant, county magistrate."
Perhaps because he read too many novels in his previous life, Zhao Lin quickly sorted out a hierarchy in his mind.
Not long after, the drums sounded in the hall.
The county magistrate walked into the lobby, and the chief registrar and the county magistrate were lined up on the left and right.
The county magistrate's surname is Liu. He is young and looks to be less than thirty years old. He has a pair of crescent-shaped eyes that always look like he is squinting.
Zhao Lin took one look and concluded that the county magistrate must have practiced martial arts, but his cultivation seemed to have just reached the aura, which was inferior to that of the chief arrester Li Qiuyuan.
This is normal. Although it is the world of martial arts, strength is only one aspect of measuring people. Talent, family background, and connections are equally important.
Naturally, there is no such thing as the county magistrate who is the most powerful person in the county.
Just like the academic qualifications in previous lives, business leaders and company presidents may not necessarily be the ones with the highest academic qualifications.
Based on what he saw and heard, Zhao Lin felt that the county magistrate was both a capable official and a cruel official.
He ruthlessly dragged farmers and criminals who could not pay the grain to dig canals, and it was he who died of exhaustion and illness. Dozens of people died from exhaustion and illness. He was also the one who forced the wealthy households to hand over their grain and drove down the price of grain.
It is difficult to judge the merits and demerits of such a person.
"Let's go to the hall." Magistrate Liu sat down and ordered.
The official and the catcher who was on duty last night came out one after another to report on today's duty and last night's night duty.
Magistrate Liu nodded after hearing this and said: "The autumn harvest is coming soon. Zaofang went to the countryside to survey the fields and organize the people to prepare for the autumn harvest. There has been a lot of rain this year and several roads into the city are unusable. Zhuangban sent people to organize repairs... …”
Things are arranged one by one in a clear and orderly manner.
Finally, County Magistrate Liu glanced at Li Qiuyuan and said, "Mr. Li arrested the head. There have been too many cases recently. Is there any difficulty?"
Li Qiuyuan quickly stepped out and said: "There is no difficulty, it's just that several gangs in the north of the city are fighting fiercely to grab territory."
"The lower official was worried that things would get serious, so he allocated a lot of manpower and energy, which delayed the investigation."
Magistrate Liu waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "As long as it does not affect the people's livelihood, there is no need to care about the life and death of those gang members. Business is more important."
Li Qiuyuan responded: "Yes!"
…
After being promoted to court, Li Qiuyuan summoned all the detectives to the police room to discuss matters, and Zhao Lin and Liang Song also followed in.
"Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang."
Li Qiuyuan called the names of the four chief detectives, "How many unsolved cases do you have on hand now?"
"Let's talk about this year's murders first." After that, he added.
Zhang Rang said: "There are two in Beicheng."
Zhao Zhong said: "There is one in Nancheng."
Guo Sheng said: "One piece from Xicheng."
When it was Sun Zhang's turn, he stumbled and said, "There are...five items in Dongcheng."
"What?"
Li Qiuyuan stood up as soon as he heard this and asked loudly: "You have more people in one city than the three cities combined. What's going on!"
Sun Zhang complained: "The chief arrest officer has learned clearly that the east is poor and the north is in chaos, and the south is rich and the west is noble. You know it. There are many unruly people and lawless people in the east of the city, and there are naturally many cases. The subordinates are short of manpower and cannot handle the turnover." .”
"Short staffed?"
Li Qiuyuan suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Zhao Lin and Liang Song standing by the door.
"Are you new here?"
Zhao Lin and Liang Song stepped forward and saluted: "Zhao Lin, Liang Song, have seen the chief arrester before."
Li Qiuyuan glanced at Zhao Lin's palm and raised his eyebrows, "Where did you learn martial arts? Is your cultivation in the bone training stage?"
Zhao Lin knew that this was asking about his origins. In his previous life, it was basically the same as: Which school are you from? What is the score in the high school entrance examination?
"Liuhe Gate, second level of strength." Zhao Lin replied.
"It turns out he is Master Zhu's disciple."
Li Qiuyuan nodded slightly, with a smile on his face.
Although Zhao Lin is only sixteen years old, his body transformed by the spirit beast map is tall and burly, and he has thick eyebrows and big eyes. Some people believe him even if he says he is eighteen or nineteen years old.
Despite this, Li Qiuyuan also felt that Zhao Lin was too young. "At your age, you should be practicing martial arts diligently in the sect. Why are you so anxious to come to the Yamen to work?"
This question is difficult to answer, and you certainly cannot tell the truth, but lies can easily be exposed, leaving the truth behind.
Zhao Lin thought for a while and said loudly: "My subordinate has been used to seeing thieves roaming the countryside since he was a child. He is determined to punish the strong and eliminate the evil when he grows up, so as to ensure the peace of the whole country."
The detectives had different expressions on their faces after hearing this.
Some were disdainful, some sneered, and some thought to themselves: "This guy can say nice things, but he doesn't seem to be very good at it."
"well said!"
Li Qiuyuan praised and turned to Sun Zhang: "Aren't you short of manpower? I will give you the new manpower."
"We have seven days to solve at least two cases, otherwise you, the captain, will stop doing this."
"Ah...this!"
Sun Zhang's face turned bitter. He didn't expect that Li Qiuyuan would do something like this. He glanced at Zhao Lin and Liang Song and said, "They just came here and have no experience. I'm afraid they won't be of use for the time being."
Li Qiuyuan's face darkened, "You said you were short of manpower, so I gave you more manpower. Now you say you have no experience, can you do it? If not, get out of here!"
Sun Zhang was speechless.
Li Qiuyuan turned his attention to the other three captains: "Captain Zhao has just arrived and has no one under his command. Please select one of you and put it under his name."
The three captains were watching the joke, but they didn't expect the fire to hit them. They knew they couldn't shirk it, so they had to give a name each.
Li Qiuyuan stood up with a flick of his sleeves and glanced at everyone, "Everyone should work harder these days to get rid of the files in your hands as soon as possible, especially the murder cases!"
