Compared with Liu Bang's lack of knowledge and skills, Xiao He has been studious and quick-thinking since he was a child.
Especially in the aspect of law, he has studied it deeply.
Because of his talent and education, he was recruited by the previous county magistrate very early and became the chief official of the county.
Later, when the previous county magistrate was promoted to the county seat, Magistrate Wang took over Pei County. Because of his outstanding political achievements, Magistrate Wang also paid special attention to him and recruited him as a confidant several times, but he politely declined.
Later, by chance, Xiao He met Liu Bang and was impressed by Liu Bang's charm that he lacked. He was willing to make friends with Liu Bang and took advantage of his position to protect Liu Bang many times.
Liu Bang's ability to become the chief of the Sishui Pavilion was also due to Xiao He's secret efforts.
It can be seen that Xiao He has absolute "true love" for Liu Bang.
Therefore, he will save Liu Bang no matter what.
Facing Magistrate Wang's sharp remarks, Xiao He was greatly touched, but he still remained calm. He cupped his hands and said to Magistrate Wang: "Xiao He will bear in mind the magistrate's teachings. It's just Liu Ji's matter. I hope the magistrate will show mercy!"
"Ah!"
Magistrate Wang snorted and waved his sleeves and scolded, "After all this county has said, you still don't understand how unwise it is to go against this county for Liu Ji!"
"County magistrate."
Xiao He was about to continue to plead for Liu Bang, but he heard a rush of footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw a military official coming in a hurry, and he cupped his hands towards Magistrate Wang and said:
"Report to the county magistrate, Mr. Lu, please see me!"
"What is he here for?"
Magistrate Wang frowned and realized instantly that Mr. Lu was also here to intercede for Liu Bang.
After all, Liu Bang was his son-in-law.
Magistrate Wang felt very unhappy when he thought about this.
Originally, he was attracted to Lu Zhi first, and Lu Gong had a close relationship with the local wealthy families in Peixian County. As long as he became Lu Gong's son-in-law, he could win over the local wealthy families and establish a firm foothold in Peixian County.
It is the same as his previous purpose of colluding with the old people of Sishui County.
As a result, Liu Bang suddenly intercepted Lu Pheasant, causing his wishful thinking to fail again.
This made him murderous towards Liu Bang.
In fact, the Qin Dynasty had a strict place of origin system for appointing grassroots officials.
For example, the main officials of counties and counties cannot be held by locals. They must be transferred from other places by the court, or directly appointed or appointed by the court.
The natives had to work under them.
This system has been used very well, and even later dynasties still use this system.
Because the chief does not use locals, he can better control the place.
Otherwise, if the chiefs collude with the locals and break away from the court, big problems will arise.
However, after the world was in chaos, the creators of this system did not expect the other side.
That is the problem of the local governor being weak and weak.
When the world is at peace, no one dares to disobey their superiors and obeys their orders.
But the prerequisite for peace in the world is that the court has enough force to intimidate the local area. Once the court's intimidation does not work, the superiors become lambs to be slaughtered.
Therefore, during the chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, many county officials, especially those in areas hit hard by the rebellion, had a rare situation in history where local officials took the lead in rebellion.
The reason is that they can't help themselves.
If you don't rebel, the people below won't tolerate you at all.
This shortcoming of the system of "lower overpowering superior" was also one of the reasons for the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
Of course, Magistrate Wang is a smart man. He does not want to rebel by winning over local wealthy families, but to facilitate governance.
After all, many of the imperial decrees required the cooperation of local wealthy families.
If the local wealthy families do not cooperate, even if he has the backing, he will not be promoted without outstanding political achievements.
After a moment of silence, Magistrate Wang glanced at Xiao He and waved his hand expressionlessly.
Soon, Lu Gong was brought into the county government by a petty official.
On the other side, outside the county government.
Lu Pheasant held Liu Fei's hand and stood at the gate of the county government, looking forward to it.
Although the relationship between her and Liu Bang was not very good, as soon as Liu Bang had an accident, she put down her farm work at home and asked Lu Gong to rescue Liu Bang.
Not long after Lu Gong entered the county government, Fan Kuai, Lu Wan, Zhou Bo and other friends of Liu Bang also came.
But I heard Fan Kuai mutter: "Isn't it just that friends are quarreling with each other and something unexpected happened? Is it necessary to go to the county government?"
"This matter is a bit complicated, it's not as simple as just having fun together!"
Lu Wan stroked his beard, glanced at Lu Pheasant, shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Zhou Bo narrowed his eyes and said thoughtfully, "This magistrate Wang is unkind and capricious. If he wants to embarrass Chief Liu Ting, he may be in trouble."
Fan Kuai immediately became anxious when he heard this: "What are you afraid of? In the worst case, we will rush into the county jail and rob Ting Chang Liu, and we will turn into bandits!"
"Brother Fan Kuai, be careful what you say!"
Lu Wan's face darkened and she immediately shouted at Fan Kuai.
The others also had a sudden thought and subconsciously took half a step back to stay away from Fan Kuai, a reckless man.
Nothing has happened yet, you are going to rob the prison, if anything, you are going to rebel?
Although everyone is grateful for Liu Bang's kindness and complains about him, but if you really want to fight Qin for Liu Bang, everyone still has to think carefully.
After all, the current state of Qin has been changing, and everyone's life is better than it was at the beginning. Unless it is absolutely necessary, unless there is a disease in the brain, we will never rebel against Qin.
"Look, Xiao Lipu and Lu Gong are coming out!"
Just when everyone had different thoughts, someone shouted something, and everyone looked inside the door.
But he saw Xiao He supporting Lu Gong and walking slowly.
"Father!"
The first time Lu Zhi saw Lu Gong, he hurriedly greeted him.
Lu Gong smiled and nodded, comforting her softly: "It's okay, it's okay. Magistrate Wang is a good friend of his father's. He said that he would have people deal with it impartially, and Liu Ji will be fine. He will be held in prison by Cao Jing later." Host!”
Cao Yubu?
Isn't that Cao Shen?
Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but look at each other.
This Cao Shen is also Liu Bang's good friend.
Although he has a gentle personality and sometimes lacks independent opinions, he also quite approves of Liu Bang.
If he handles Liu Bang's case, Liu Bang will most likely be fine.
Thinking of this, everyone finally felt relieved.
But Lu Pheasant's eyes fell on Xiao He's face. Seeing Xiao He's brows tightening, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice:
"Is Xiao Lipu worried about something?"
"Um?"
Xiao He was stunned for a moment, looked back at Lu Pheasant, shook his head and said: "This is not the place to talk, let's leave here first!"
"this"
Lu Zhi's heart tightened and he didn't say much. He supported Lu Gong and left the county together.
Time comes on the second day.
As a "frequent visitor" to the county jail, Liu Bang did not panic at all and fell asleep leisurely in the cell.
Because he knew that his friend would find a way to rescue him.
Not to mention that this incident was an accident, even if it was not an accident, Xia Houying would not be serious with him. As long as Xia Houying did not report on him, nothing would happen to him.
As for that County Magistrate Wang, if he had to fight with me, he would have to find a way to kill him sooner or later, what a fool!
"Bang! Bang!"
A sound of knocking on the iron door suddenly sounded, waking up Liu Bang who was sleeping.
Liu Bang rolled over like a carp, got up, walked towards the jailer with a smile, and joked:
"Hey, why are you here? Where is Cao Shen? Let's go to my place for a drink later?"
"Tingzhang Liu still wants to drink!"
Cao Cao had a smile on his face, but the words he spoke made people shudder.
Liu Bang frowned slightly and seemed to realize something was wrong. He asked in a low voice, "What's going on? Magistrate Wang still refuses to let me go?"
"hehe."
Cao Cao smiled noncommittally, without any explanation, he just opened the cell door and made a sign to Liu Bang.
Liu Bang murmured in his heart and walked out of the cell. He still couldn't hold it back and asked:
"Where are you taking me? I want to see Xiao Lipu, but that's not possible. Cao Yupu can also do it. Can it be convenient?"
"County Magistrate Wang asked Prisoner Cao to preside over the 'prison hearing', and I am taking you to see Prisoner Cao!"
Cao Cao gave Liu Bang a reassurance. He looked around and saw that no one was passing by. He took two quick steps and came to Liu Bang's ear. He whispered: "Cao Yuan, I will tell Liu Tingzhang that I will tell you the truth later. You must not do it." lie!"
"this"
Liu Bang looked hesitant and suddenly worried.
Because what he is best at is lying, Cao Shen told him not to lie, which was really making things difficult for him.
However, since it was Cao Shen's reminder, he had to listen, so he nodded dullly and followed Cao out of the cell.
Not long after, they arrived at the county jail lobby.
I saw Cao Shen sitting in a high position in the lobby, dressed in black and wearing an official hat, looking very majestic.
At this time, Cao Shen was already interrogating Xia Houying. When Liu Bang was brought into the lobby, Xia Houying was stating the details of the case.
"Yesterday afternoon, on my way back in my carriage, I passed by the Surabaya Pavilion. I remembered that my friend Liu Ji was the director of the Surabaya Pavilion, so I stopped at the Surabaya Pavilion to have a drink with him;
During this period, I got drunk and wanted to show him my recent boxing skills. I never wanted to fall down and injure myself, causing people to mistakenly think that Liu Ji had hurt me. I felt really bad about it, so I came to the county government to express my gratitude to Liu Ji. Testify and exonerate his grievances.”
It can be seen from this that Xia Houying is really down-to-earth and loyal. His shoulders were almost removed by Liu Bang, and he even excused his crimes and committed perjury.
Liu Bang was able to achieve great things, not without reason.
But although Cao Shen was the chief judge this time, there were no jurors. When recording Xia Houying's statement, one juror suddenly stopped the brush in his hand and asked:
"Don't you know the prohibition on drinking in Da Qin? How dare you drink privately?"
Xia Houying hesitated for a moment, then said with some hindsight:
"I brought the wine. I bought it from the liquor sales point designated by the government. The quantity is not much, it is the prescribed quantity!"
At this time, Liu Bang suddenly turned his head and muttered to the grass: "I remember that the newspaper said that the imperial court had revoked the alcohol ban."
"The noise in the interrogation prison should be punished by flogging!"
Before Liu Bang could answer, the juror stared at Liu Bang and shouted.
Soon, several jailers pinned Liu Bang to the ground and prepared for execution.
"What are you doing? What I said is the truth. You ignored the latest decree of the court and abused lynching."
Liu Bang shouted that he was wronged.
Cao Shen couldn't help raising his hands to his forehead, thinking that Liu San'er was still so mean-mouthed.
I have never been able to figure out when to say it and when not to say it.
Although what Liu Bang said was reasonable, the prisoner was not allowed to interrupt when the chief officer was examining the case, otherwise the beating would be inevitable.
Fortunately, flogging was the lightest corporal punishment. It only spanned a few times and would not cause much damage. After the spanking was completed, Cao Shen asked Liu Bang about the case.
When Liu Bang saw that Cao Shen did not stop the jury from executing him, and thought that the jury was from County Magistrate Wang, he swallowed his anger and told the story in detail.
It's pretty much the same as what Xia Houying said.
After hearing this, Cao Shen nodded with satisfaction and looked at Xia Houying: "Are you responsible for your words and deeds? If you dare to deceive or cheat, you will be severely punished!"
Now that he had made up his mind to exonerate Liu Bang, Xia Houying immediately raised his head and replied without any estimate:
"The villain is just stating the facts. He doesn't dare to deceive the superiors and accuse others unjustly!"
"good!"
Cao Shen nodded slightly and said to the jury beside him: "Since this matter is just a misunderstanding, I think that Chief Liu Ting should be released without charge. What do you think?"
"Prisoner Cao is the presiding judge of this case. He is responsible for recording, questioning, and not making any penalties. Prisoner Cao makes all decisions!"
The jury handed over a letter with an expressionless face and said calmly.
Cao Shen was stunned for a moment, took the slip from his hand, looked at Liu Bang, then at Xia Houying, and said sternly: "Now this prison officer announces that this case Liu Ji."
"Wait!"
Just when Cao Shen was about to declare Liu Bang innocent, two people suddenly walked out of the hall. When everyone looked, they turned out to be Magistrate Wang and a young man.
When he saw Magistrate Wang, Liu Bang didn't think anything was wrong, but when he saw the young man, his face instantly darkened.
Because this young man is none other than his subordinate.
And this subordinate was the first person to discover that Xia Houying was injured.
In other words, whether this case was an accident or deliberate, not only Xia Houying can testify, but he can also testify.
Now County Magistrate Wang brought him to the interrogation hall, presumably to reverse the verdict.
"Bitch thief, how dare you fucking betray me!"
When Liu Bang saw the young man, he became furious.
Magistrate Wang sneered, ignored him, looked up at Cao Shen, and said in a deep voice:
"Prisoner Cao, this county asked you to try the case. Is this how you tried it?"
"this"
Cao Shen was stunned for a moment, then quickly stepped down from his seat and saluted the magistrate Wang: "I have seen the magistrate!"
"snort!"
County Magistrate Wang snorted coldly and said with a stern face: "This county is in charge of the county government. After receiving reports from the people that there was something hidden in the case, they brought the witness here. Please listen to his testimony and then make a judgment! "
Upon hearing this, Cao Shen realized something was wrong and hurriedly asked: "County magistrate, isn't this person a member of Chief Liu Ting? How can he testify?"
"Although this person is a member of Liu Ji's family, he is also an official of the imperial court and must be impartial and selfless!"
Magistrate Wang shook his head and said seriously:
"If there is no hidden secret in this case, the sentence will be whatever is decided. If there is any hidden secret in this case, the punishment will be severe!"
"this"
Cao Shen hesitated a little, looked at Liu Bang and Xia Houying with a bitter look on his face, gritted his teeth, turned to look at the young man, and said coldly: "Who are you? Tell me your name!"
"The villain's name is Jian! He is a member of Liu Ji, the head of the Sishui Pavilion."
The young man's confession was completely different from that of Xia Houying and Liu Bang.
Liu Bang was so angry that Xia Houying turned pale.
In the end, under the watch of Magistrate Wang, Cao Shen had no choice but to punish Xia Houying with fifty sticks and imprison him for one year.
As for Liu Bang, the county magistrate Wang used the method of "offending merit for crime" and escorted the servants to Lishan Mountain to build the mausoleum.
In fact, he really wanted to take the opportunity to kill Liu Bang, but because of Lu Gong's face, he had no choice but to make this move.
However, he heard that the previous head of the Sishui Pavilion died on the way to escort the servants.
If Liu Bang also died on the way to escort the slaves, then he himself would not be blamed. It can only be said that Liu Bang's life was not good.
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