"The Xu family is so brave, they dare to harbor fugitives." Guo Binchang looked angry.
Ever since Lingqiu took office, the Xu family has been having trouble with him. Several times he wanted to collect the white list, but the Xu family used various reasons to dodge it.
The other families in Lingqiu, seeing that the Xu family was unwilling to hand over the white papers, also found reasons to shirk and refused to hand over the white papers. This made the governor very dissatisfied with him, the magistrate of Lingqiu County, and reprimanded him several times.
"The Xu family is really bold." Zhao Yutu said, "The Xu family colluded with the horse bandits to intercept and kill our boss on the way. Fortunately, the boss has many guards around him, otherwise the Xu family's conspiracy would have succeeded."
"What? The Xu family also colluded with the horse bandits to murder Dongzhu Liu." Guo Binchang was shocked.
The iron yard of Hutou Village in Dongshan is his biggest source of income. If Liu Heng is really killed by the Xu family, the money he receives every month will probably be gone. He doesn't think that the Xu family will be like Liu Heng of Hutou Village. I will give him a few hundred taels of dividends every month.
Harboring important criminals wanted by the government was Guo Binchang's dissatisfaction with the Xu family's official affairs, so the Xu family's murder of Liu Heng would have touched his own vital interests.
In both public and private matters, the Xu family has offended him.
"Master Jia, go and find Shi Baotou. I want to arrest Xu Youcai for questioning." Guo Binchang looked angry.
Since he took office, the Xu family has always been in trouble with him. Now that the Xu family has something in his hands, he naturally has to take good care of Xu Youcai.
Master Jia said respectfully: "Sir, please calm down. The Xu family's affairs need to be discussed in a long-term manner. There is no need to rush. The Xu family can completely say that they are unaware of this matter and have been deceived. How can a wealthy and powerful gentry family like the Xu family If a family does not support a few thugs and guards, the Xu family cannot be convicted just by harboring fugitives."
Another thing he didn't mention was that the Xu family was not empty in the court. The second master of the Xu family was now an official in Taiyuan, and he was promoted to deputy inspector from the fourth rank. His rank was higher than that of Guo Binchang, the county magistrate.
It's really not worth offending a fourth-grade Taiyuan Deputy Inspector for such a trivial matter.
Guo Binchang said angrily: "The matter of harboring fugitives cannot convict him. The matter of colluding with the horse bandits to murder Dongzhu Liu of Dongshan Iron Station can always convict him."
"My lord, please think twice." Master Jia said, "You need to have evidence to collude with the horse bandits, and after all, Dongzhu Liu's identity is a bit embarrassing."
I almost said that Liu Heng's identity was not clean either.
Hearing this, Guo Binchang snorted angrily.
Master Jia's reminder made him calm down.
He can use Xu Youcai to collude with horse bandits to convict him, but others can also use him to collude with bandits to punish him. He is just a magistrate who has just entered the officialdom, but there is a big official behind the Xu family. Without conclusive evidence, he can't It is not easy to punish Xu Youcai.
"My lord, don't be anxious." Zhao Yutu suddenly said, "Our boss wants to forget about this matter and don't make it difficult for your lord."
"What? Forget it." Guo Binchang almost thought he heard wrongly. When did the bandits in Hutou Village become so easy to talk to.
Zhao Yutu said with a smile: "The Xu family colluded with the horse bandits to intercept and kill our proprietor. Our proprietor does not intend to pursue the case anymore, as long as the Xu family has a village near Zhaojiayu outside the city as compensation."
"Impossible." Guo Binchang said, "It is impossible for the Xu family to compensate Zhuangzi to you. Your boss Liu is simply fantastic."
Who is Xu Youcai? He has been here in Lingqiu for so long. He knows very well how he would cut meat to Hutou Village. If he was really willing to do this, he would not send horse bandits to intercept and kill Liu Heng.
Zhao Yutu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether the Xu family agrees or not. Once Zhuangzi is in our hands, it belongs to us. The Xu family can't take it back even if they want to, unless the Xu family can gather a large army out of the city. But if this is the case, I believe that a The charge of recuperating and self-respecting with the intention of treason can kill the entire Xu family."
"Wait a minute, are you saying that the Xu family's village has fallen into your hands now?" Guo Binchang heard the meaning of Zhao Yutu's words.
Zhao Yutu said with a smile: "Your Excellency, how do you think the fugitives brought by the students this time were caught? These people are all the thugs of the villagers raised in the Zhuangzi by the Xu family. If we don't capture the Zhuangzi, how can we catch these people."
Guo Binchang frowned.
It was different from what he had thought before. He originally thought that Liu Heng of Hutou Village was just to take revenge on the Xu family and break Zhuangzi to plunder. But listening to Mr. Zhao's words, it was obvious that Hutou Village occupied the magpie's nest and captured Zhuangzi. Not planning to leave.
"This is what our boss asked me to hand over to you." Zhao Yutu took out a cloth bag and handed it over, saying, "I hope you can ignore this matter."
The cloth bag is not big, about the size of a palm. There are not many things inside, and the cloth bag is dry.
"I don't have to ask, but the Xu family will never let their village be occupied by you." Guo Binchang put his hand on the cloth bag and squeezed it with his hand.
"Don't worry, sir." Zhao Yutu said, "As long as you don't ask about this matter, the Xu family will not be able to take it back from Zhuangzi outside the city. Moreover, our boss is willing to pay in full the annual yellow list and white list so as not to embarrass you."
Guo Binchang nodded and said: "Go back and tell your proprietor that as long as you pay the land tax in full, I will not care about anything else."
After saying that, he picked up the tea bowl, picked up the lid of the cup and stirred the tea repeatedly, but never drank it.
Seeing this, Zhao Yutu said: "Student, please resign."
"Yes." Guo Binchang nodded, put down the tureen, and said, "Come here, send Mr. Zhao off."
A government official walked into the back hall and said to Zhao Yutu: "Mr. Zhao, please."
Zhao Yutu followed the Yamen servant and left the back hall.
As soon as he left, Master Jia hurriedly asked: "Sir, do we really not care about this matter?"
"Why bother?" Guo Binchang said, "The Xu family sent people to kill Liu Heng, but the incident failed and Zhuangzi was captured. This is the Xu family's own business. I only need to collect all the white lists and complete the tasks assigned by the governor. As for the matters involving the Xu family and Hutou Village, let them resolve it themselves."
Opening the cloth bag, I saw a dozen gold leaves inside, and my eyes immediately lit up. Each piece was worth two or two.
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"Sir, this is something that Dongzhu Liu of Dongshan Iron Station sent to you, sir." A small flag from the garrison mansion came to Li Huaixin's official room carrying a cloth bag.
Li Huai pointed to the table in front of him and said, "Put it on top!"
Xiaoqi put down the things and stepped aside consciously.
Li Huaixin opened the cloth bag and saw the top envelope, and then saw the yellow gold leaves underneath.
Taking out the letter and putting it aside, he weighed the gold leaves with his hands. There were more than twenty taels, which would be almost two hundred in silver.
"It's not a small gesture." Li Huaixin muttered to himself, then picked up the envelope, tore it open, and read the letter.
After reading it, Li Huaixin put down the letter and asked, "Has the person who sent the things left?"
"We haven't left yet." Xiaoqi said respectfully, "Do you want me to bring someone in?"
"No need." Li Huaixin waved his hand and said, "Go out and tell him that I have accepted the things."
"Yes." Xiao Qi responded and exited the office room.
