Xinyangcheng County Government
After an afternoon of self-cultivation, Jiang Zhixian felt much better. Looking at the sky that was about to enter the dark night, he called Master Li, handed him some silver coins, and said: "Master Li, go and prepare some food and wine. I’m going to entertain Vice Leader Hua later.”
Chief Li said smartly: "Master County Magistrate, just use the money from our county government office."
Jiang Zhixian said: "This is because I personally want to invite Deputy Leader Hua to dinner, and I am not entertaining him in the name of the county government."
Master Li put on a mature look and said with a smile: "It's okay, sir, I know how to do this?" Then he handed the money back to Magistrate Jiang.
Jiang Zhixian did not accept the money from Chief Li, and said coldly: "I will put away all your activities from now on. The money in the county government is taken from the people and used by the people. If I see you doing this again in the future, I will definitely punish those who enrich themselves personally."
Chief Li originally wanted to do well in front of Magistrate Jiang, but Magistrate Jiang had such an attitude. He immediately bowed and begged for mercy: "Sir, I know I was wrong, and I will never dare to do it again."
Jiang Zhixian said: "Okay, the silver I gave you is enough for you to prepare some wine and food. You don't have to have too many styles, just prepare enough portions. Go ahead." When Master Li was about to leave, Jiang Zhixian stopped Master Li. Book, said: "One more thing, I asked you to recruit a master, how is it done now?"
Chief Li said: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, a young man came today, but seeing that you are resting in the afternoon, I am too embarrassed to disturb you, so I will ask him to come back tomorrow."
Jiang Zhixian said: "Oh? What's that person's name? How old is he?"
Chief Li said: "The man's name is Zhu Shuo, and he is said to be seventeen years old this year."
After hearing this, Zhixian Jiang murmured: "You are a bit young."
Chief Li said: "Sir, don't blame me for speaking poorly. The salary you gave is only a small amount. This means that the young people are willing to try it, and the older ones have to support their families. Your salary is a bit ..."
The master is not a public official, but has always been privately employed by the county magistrate, so the salary of the master is paid by the magistrate himself. But precisely because of this, if the master can do things well, when the county magistrate is promoted or transferred in the future, the county magistrate will probably take the master away and keep him. Jiang Zhixian was an honest official and had no savings. He just used part of his salary as his master's salary, which was naturally not much. After Chief Li said this, County Magistrate Jiang stopped talking and had to wait until he met the man tomorrow before making any plans. Then he waved to Chief Li to buy some food and drinks.
After Li Zhubo bought the wine and food, Jiang Zhixian had already invited Hua Feng, Yuanhao, Lao Chen, Lao Zhang and Jiang Hong to the back hall. Jiang Hong was standing at the door. He saw Li Zhubo first and hurried to help him, placing the food and wine in Li Zhubo's hand on the dining table in the back hall. I bought some roast chicken, braised pork, and some home-cooked cold dishes. Although there were not many styles, the portions were quite sufficient, enough for these people to eat. After the food and wine were put away, Master Li asked for his orders and left.
Magistrate Jiang called everyone to sit down. Jiang Zhixian sat on the main seat, picked up a glass of wine, and said: "Old Chen and Lao Zhang, I have been here in Xinyang County for more than half a month. I should have treated you two to a meal long ago. You two are old people in Xinyang County." Okay, if something happens, I need your guidance. I'll do it first out of respect."
Lao Chen and Lao Zhang both waved their hands euphemistically, and Lao Zhang said: "We are both locals, and we don't have much ability. We just stayed here for a long time. Really speaking, the future development of Xinyang County will be... It depends on you, the county magistrate."
Old Chen Yinghe said: "Yes, yes." The two of them also picked up their wine glasses and greeted Magistrate Jiang in return.
Jiang Zhixian introduced the two Hua Feng and said: "This is Mr. Hua Feng, the deputy leader of the Oath Jiang Alliance. This is the young hero Yuanhao, a disciple of the Oath Jiang Alliance. This time, the imperial court specially invited us to help us solve the problem." We have a bandit problem here. I may have to deal with you a lot these days." Lao Zhang and Lao Chen clasped their fists at Hua Feng.
Hua Feng cupped his fists and returned the greeting, "This time I'm going to suppress the bandits, I'm going to trouble you two a lot more. I'd like to toast you two too." Hua Feng picked up the wine glass and presented a toast to the two of them.
Lao Chen and Lao Zhang picked up the wine glass again and replied boldly, "Just as you are told." He drank the wine.
County Magistrate Jiang said: "This is Jiang Hong, the head catcher of Xinyang County. I think everyone knows that he is my nephew, so I won't introduce you to him. Come on, let's have a drink." Magistrate Jiang stood up and told everyone Sit down and pour the wine. At first, everyone was drinking and chatting, talking about some customs and interesting things in Xinyang County, and the scene was a little relaxed. After three rounds of drinking, County Magistrate Jiang said seriously: "Everyone, don't blame me for spoiling the fun. I'll drink this wine today. We will continue to be busy tomorrow. The top priority now is to deal with the banditry problem in Xinyang City. Yesterday has been completed I came into the county government office, Lao Zhang and Lao Chen. Although you two were not present when the incident happened, you all knew about it later. Please tell me about the situation on your side."
Lao Zhang said: "Mr. Magistrate, our painter has drawn the two bandits yesterday based on the descriptions of the government officials who were present at the time and saw their appearance. In addition to the short man we arrested a few days ago, the three Zhang Portrait, my team has been interrogating along the street. After the strong man and the short man escaped from the county government, they immediately snatched two horses and ran out of the city towards the northwest, injuring many people in the process. We have investigated the nearby villages and towns in the southwest, but there are no results. We plan to arrange manpower in the next few days to search further afield."
Lao Chen said: "Indeed, many people on my side saw the man in black grabbing the young bandit, flying over the roof and walking over the wall, very lightly. Later, he left the city and went straight to the northwest. To the northwest is a The mountain has complex terrain and few people. I plan to send people to search the mountain tomorrow to see if there are any clues."
After hearing this, Hua Feng asked: "The man in black wore a black turban and mask?"
Jiang Hong said: "Exactly. Although I was tapped on acupuncture points at that time, I also saw his face, wearing a black mask and turban, and I couldn't see his face clearly. But he was about the same height as me. About six feet or so.”
After hearing this, Hua Feng naturally remembered the man in black he met on the road and asked, "Where is that young man?"
Jiang Hong recalled: "The young man looked quite thin and handsome. He was about fifteen or sixteen years old. He was about five feet one or two feet tall."
Jiang Zhixian said: "Does Deputy Alliance Leader Hua have any ideas?"
Hua Feng said: "No, I'm just asking." Hua Feng didn't know the current situation, so he didn't mention the incident of meeting the man in black on the road.
Jiang Hong said angrily: "It's all my fault that Qian Fei, who is so stubborn, brought those two people to the county government office, but caught us by surprise."
Lao Zhang said: "Captain Jiang, you can't say that. Officer Qian is also kind-hearted, but I don't know that these bandits still have back-ups!"
Lao Chen retorted: "Old Zhang! Your elbows are turned outward! Could it be that our county government is incompetent and let them run away! Who told him that he didn't have the money to bring those two people in on his own initiative? Fortunately, we The people appeared in time, it would be unthinkable if the two of them were harmful to you!"
Lao Zhang was speechless for a moment and said, "That's right. I drank too much, I drank too much."
Jiang Zhixian said: "Okay, now is not the time to talk about this. This incident has already caused a lot of impact. Now everyone in the city knows that bandits have escaped from our county government! If these bandits cannot be captured as soon as possible, If he is brought to justice, our county government will lose its face."
Hua Feng asked, "I don't know their portraits. Can you let me see them?"
Jiang Hong stood up and said immediately: "Okay, I will go and get it for you, Deputy Leader Hua!"
Old Chen touched it, took out a few pieces of paper from his arms, and said, "Jiang Hong, I have them here. I happened to bring them with me this afternoon."
Hua Feng took the portrait handed over by Old Chen and looked through the three portraits. The first portrait was that of Li Chunlin. Hua Feng had never seen it before, so he naturally had no impression of it. Turning to the second page, I saw Zhang Haiwei's portrait. My eyes suddenly focused on this portrait, and I seemed to have some thoughts in my mind. Turning to the third portrait of Li Yu, Hua Feng didn't feel anything special when he looked at it at first, but the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became. It was very similar to the young man he saw on the road in the morning who didn't want to see his face. Taking a closer look, Hua Feng was surprised to find that this handsome young man looked very much like the same person between his eyebrows. Hua Feng stared at it for a moment, and suddenly realized, he remembered who this young man looked like, Mrs. Ouyang. ! This young man looks like Li Zhentian's married wife, Ouyang Lan. Hua Feng frowned and thought: "It can't be him. But the age is, he should be sixteen this year. But that's not right, Zhentian can't let him out alone." Speaking of which, Li Although the news of Yu's disappearance had spread to the Jiangxi Alliance, Hua Feng was already on the way to Xinyang at that time and had no way of knowing about it.
Seeing Hua Feng's expression, County Magistrate Jiang asked, "Deputy Leader Hua, have you discovered anything?"
Hua Feng held the portraits of Zhang Haiwei and Li Yu and said, "President Jiang, if you find these two people, please let me see them."
Jiang Zhixian asked: "Is there anything special about these two people?"
Hua Feng said: "These two people may be related to an incident that occurred a few years ago in the Jiang Alliance, but this is a matter within our alliance. It is not convenient to tell you the specific matters. If these two people are caught, please let me know." Let me meet these two."
At that time, Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi, with the efforts of Liu Zhan, the leader of the Jianghu Alliance, recognized the existence of the Jianghu Alliance and the method of "ruling the rivers and lakes by Jianghu people". At the same time, he established an iron law for the Jianghu Alliance. Just don't interfere in the political affairs of the court. Therefore, as long as some internal disturbances in the Jianghu did not harm the people under the rule of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty court would not interfere too much in some affairs of the Jianghu Alliance. Jiang Zhixian said: "This is easy to talk about. At this moment, we still have to catch them first."
Hua Feng said to Jiang Hong: "Jiang Captou, have you explained what I asked you to do?"
Jiang Hongdao: "We have already ordered people to handle it. There should be a result tomorrow."
Hua Feng nodded. Everyone had some more food and drinks and discussed it, but they couldn't come up with a clear solution, so they continued step by step. Lao Zhang went to the southwest to investigate, Lao Chen went to the northwest to continue the investigation, and Jiang Hong led people to investigate Xinyang. The household registration list determines the people who come and go during the year. Then they dispersed.
Hua Feng returned to the room, but his heart couldn't calm down for a long time. He was thinking about what happened today. After a while, he seemed to not want to think about it anymore. He stretched and said, "This matter is too messy. Let's talk about it tomorrow." .”
Yuanhao didn't say anything at the side. Seeing Hua Feng's relaxed posture, he said, "Deputy leader, you should rest. I'll get you some water!"
Hua Feng nodded, watched Yuanhao leave the room, and said: "Yuanhao is a good boy. Although he usually does things a little sloppily, he is very obedient and will not interrupt." Somehow, he thought of a corresponding one. , a girl figure, thinking to herself: If I had brought that girl here, I would have already revealed what happened on the road.
