Fortunately, it didn't take long for the magistrate and mine director of Woyang County to rush over.
Mine manager Wang Ti looks about thirty years old and has dark skin, which suits his current job well. He personally drove a simple ox cart without any servants. He was wearing only a thin layer of clothes made of coarse cloth, which was covered with mud. It was unknown how effective it was in keeping out the cold.
Magistrate Woyang is relatively young, only in his twenties. He is a fat man. He wears a large bearskin cloak and his boots are extremely clean without any mud marks.
"I have seen the general." Wang Ti and Woyang County Magistrate bowed their hands in salute.
Li Mu's official position was higher than theirs, and he was highly valued by King Zhao. His future achievements would be immeasurable, so they did not dare to neglect Li Mu.
"It seems that Magistrate Woyang just came from home?" Li Mu looked at Magistrate Woyang and said calmly.
"Of course." Magistrate Woyang nodded.
"Your Majesty has ordered that all officials from Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Dai go to the front line to provide disaster relief, especially the county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate. Didn't the Woyang County Magistrate receive the order?" Li Mu sneered.
Magistrate Woyang was stunned, and then he raised his hands and said, "General, I have arranged for housekeepers to bring supplies to various places for disaster relief a few days ago. It's just that my body is relatively weak and not suitable for running around, so I stayed at home."
"Let's not talk about this matter for now. I will send someone to verify it myself. Let's talk about another matter." Li Mu waved his hand, "I received a report from the leader of Tiege, saying that you two forced him to give you a gift of 20,000 yuan. He was allowed to lead his tribe to dig coal just now, is this happening?"
Tiege was stunned. When did he report it? I reported it because I had a problem in my head.
But he didn't dare to refute, so he could only break his teeth and swallow it in his mouth, with an extremely ugly smile on his face, and nodded with difficulty: "I reported it."
When the Woyang County Magistrate heard this, he was immediately in a panic and didn't know what to do.
Wang Ti said calmly: "General, I did receive 20,000 yuan from leader Tiege, but it has nothing to do with this matter."
"Oh?" Li Mu wanted to see how Wang Ti could make it up.
"The 20,000 yuan was paid by Chief Tiege to compensate his subordinates. A few days ago, his subordinates bought a cow from Chief Tiege. It died suddenly the next day. According to the agreement, Chief Tiege needs to make ten times the amount. Compensation, this cow was bought by my subordinate for 4,000 yuan, ten times that is 40,000 yuan, but the subordinate is familiar with the leader of Tiege, so I only accepted 20,000 yuan. I didn’t expect that he would rake it up." Wang Ti pointed out. Zhu Tiege said angrily.
"This is impossible. How could I make such an agreement? Even if you are really killed suddenly, you can just return the money, but you will never be compensated ten times." Tiege said loudly.
Li Mu stopped the two from arguing and continued to ask, "Do you have the transaction receipt?"
The so-called transaction voucher is a small wooden slip on which the transaction time, location, buyer and seller, and witnesses are written in duplicate.
Although paper has been invented, in order to maintain the price of paper and limit the purchase volume of various countries, except for academies and palaces, paper has not been popularized elsewhere.
"My subordinates can go back and get it." Wang Ti said.
He was confident that as long as he went back, he could forge the certificate.
Just as Li Mu was about to say something, just ask him to send one person back, but suddenly he realized that this guy came alone, and he frowned.
"It's a long way back and forth, so you don't have to bother the mine manager to go there in person. Just tell me where to put the voucher and I will send someone to pick it up." Li Mu said.
"My subordinate just let it go at that time. I might have to search for it when I get back. If the general sends someone there, he might not be able to find it," Wang Ti said.
Li Mu could tell that although this Wang Ti was only 30 years old, she was very cunning and did not tell the truth. Such a person was more difficult to deal with than the Woyang County magistrate.
It seems that the only way to start is from this county magistrate. Li Mu looked at Woyang County Magistrate, "Did Woyang County Magistrate also buy cattle from Chief Tiege?"
"This... of course... doesn't exist." Faced with Li Mu's question, in the depth of winter, dense beads of sweat appeared on the forehead of Woyang County Magistrate.
"Then what happened to the 20,000 yuan? Besides,
, I also heard that mining coal in a mine requires the consent of the county magistrate. I wonder if this is the case? "Li Mu asked again.
"General, this is absolutely not the case." Wang Ti said firmly.
He knew very well that they had official positions and had no affiliation with Li Mu. The most Li Mu could do was call them over for questioning, and it was impossible to imprison them.
As long as Li Mu puts them back until dark, everything can be dealt with without leaving any clues.
"There is absolutely no such thing." Woyang County Magistrate also said.
"But I heard from this leader that he went to see you several times about coal mining, but you never met? Why?" Li Mu pointed at the felt wood and asked.
Magistrate Woyang wiped the sweat from his forehead. Could it be that he had told the door not to accept anyone who came empty-handed?
"General, Woyang County Magistrate is very busy every day. Isn't it normal that he doesn't have time to summon him? You can't have everyone meet with the county magistrate. The county magistrate must meet him." Wang Ti said.
"Did I ask you this?" Li Mu said sternly, an astonishing aura rushed out of his body, frightening Magistrate Woyang to step back several steps, his face turned pale and his whole body trembled.
Wang Ti also lowered his head, struggling to resist Li Mu's momentum.
"Could it be that I don't dare to kill you?" Li Mu pulled out his spear and pointed it at Wang Ti. As long as he moved an inch further, a blood flower would rise.
"General, no." His subordinates quickly stopped him.
Wang Ti had a smile on his face. He expected that Li Mu would not dare to kill him.
"A year ago, you would have been a dead body now." Li Mu said in a deep voice.
"My subordinate, thank you general for not killing me." Wang Ti said nonchalantly.
"Take it down." Li Mu waved his hand and said.
"Although my subordinate is the director of the mine, he is still an officer of 400 stone. Even the general has no right to imprison his subordinates." Wang Ti said.
"I will just leave you two here to have a cup of tea, and I will send you back before dark." Li Mu said coldly.
"Then my subordinates will be waiting for you, General." Wang Ti cupped his hands and walked inside with the frightened Magistrate Woyang.
"Can't you have some potential?" In the tent, Wang Ti looked at Magistrate Woyang speechlessly. He was too courageous. As long as the other party cooperated, he could get over Li Muhu today.
If it weren't for the fact that the other person's father is...
"General, you don't have to offend them for us." Zhan Mu whispered, his voice choked with sobs.
"Don't you want to avenge your dead people?" Li Mu said.
"I think, but...since ancient times, people have not fought with officials, and officials protect each other...I'm not talking about generals, generals are naturally good officials. I mean..."
"I understand what you mean." Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, just the two of them can't affect me."
The sun sets relatively early in winter, and just after Shenshi, the sky is covered with a layer of twilight.
"General Li Mu, can you let us go back?" Wang Ti asked loudly.
"Wait a moment." Li Mu said.
"Then I will accompany the general and wait." Wang Ti said.
"Da da da!"
At this time, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves not far away, and a chariot rushed towards the tribe at an extremely fast speed.
Just when they were about to reach the gate of the tribe, with a graceful drift, the chariot suddenly stopped, and a tall man in Confucian robes jumped out of the chariot.
Li Mu hurriedly greeted him, bowed and saluted, "Greetings to your Majesty."
"General Li, please get up." Kong Bin helped Li Mu up, "I rushed here as soon as I received the general's letter. I wonder what the general has to do?"
Li Mu told what happened before.
When Wang Ti and Woyang County Magistrate saw Kong Bin, their expressions suddenly changed. Unlike Li Mu, Kong Bin, as the envoy of King Zhao, could not only imprison them, but even kill them first and report later.
"What was the name of this Woyang County Magistrate you just mentioned?" Kong Bin suddenly asked.
"Zhao Tang." Li Mu said,
"Any questions?"
"Zhao Tang?" Kong Bin was a little confused. He always felt that he had heard this name somewhere, but there were so many people named Zhao in the country of Zhao that he couldn't remember it for a while. "Leave it to me first. I will report it to the king." .”
