Xu Taiping never believed Zhou Yucheng.
From the beginning, it was known that Zhou Yucheng was a dog official.
Besides, he has only been in office for a few days?
How many days have you known Zhou Yucheng?
There is no friendship in itself.
The small amount of friendship brought by sending local products may not be considered friendship at all in Zhou Yucheng's eyes, it is taken for granted.
so.
The cases assigned to me by Zhou were getting more and more difficult and outrageous.
What's your intention?
Even if you don't kill me with a borrowed knife.
I'm afraid I don't have good intentions either.
Be careful.
However, it is also an opportunity.
Xiaowang Village is more than 60 miles west of Jianyang County. It takes at least a day to travel by horse, a few more days to investigate the case, and another day to get back.
Doing the math, we have to stay outside the city for at least three days.
Can Yang Jintang resist attacking me?
Xu Taiping squinted his eyes, organized his thoughts, and thought about countermeasures.
a long time.
Then he called Zheng Bowen in: "Go back with your men to pack your luggage, and come with me to the countryside to investigate a case tomorrow, at least for five days."
Zheng Bowen was stunned: "Master Xu, in the countryside?"
"has a problem?"
"This, this...the countryside is very dangerous."
"Huh? What danger?"
"Demons, ghosts, bandits and water bandits may collide with each other at some point."
"According to what you say, the country people would have died a long time ago."
"Master Xu, do you really don't understand, or are you pretending not to understand?"
Xu Taiping became interested: "Please tell me carefully, why is this countryside so dangerous?"
Zheng Bowen looked troubled and said bravely: "Mr. Xu, we are subordinates. In the eyes of those rural people, we are not only outsiders, but also bad people."
Xu Taiping's eyes widened: "Bad guy?"
Zheng Bowen smiled bitterly: "Mr. Xu, you have been living in the city and you have just taken office. You may not know much about life in the countryside. Let's put it this way. Every year, there are always some subordinate officials who go to the countryside to work and never return."
"Why?"
"Exorbitant taxation, extortion, corruption and bribery, collusion with local tyrants, forced buying and selling, arbitrary expropriation, and even raping of women..."
Zheng Bowen said a lot in one breath: "Mr. Xu, it's no good for subordinate officials to go to the countryside. In the eyes of the rural people, we subordinate officials are the government's lackeys, and we are more vicious existences than bandits, water bandits, monsters, monsters, so... "
Xu Taiping was dumbfounded.
Can it still be like this?
Is this a subordinate official?
This horse is worse than a robber.
He does all kinds of bad things.
Don't do anything good.
A proper villain.
Going to the countryside is equivalent to going deep into a dragon's pool and a tiger's den where everyone is surrounded by enemies.
yes.
No matter how angry the ordinary people were, they would not dare to confront the subordinate officials in the city.
However, they can tip off nearby bandits, water bandits and even monsters.
If given the opportunity, he would not hesitate to add insult to injury.
What is this called?
This is called falling into the vast ocean of the people.
No wonder Zheng Bowen is so nervous.
Grass!
It turns out that the biggest difficulty in this kind of case is not the murderer's strength.
It also lies in the environment where a pack of wolves looks around and is surrounded by enemies.
How can this be done?
Xu Taiping would not look down on those people at the lowest level.
It is true that a single common person cannot stir up any trouble.
But when everyone in this group is of one mind, the power that comes out is enough to change the world.
That is the most pitiful and terrible group.
What to do?
Xu Taiping thought about countermeasures again.
give up?
That's impossible!
Zhou Yucheng would never allow it.
The case must be solved.
We must also go to the countryside.
However, we need to find a way to resolve the hostility of the people.
a long time.
Xu Taiping made up his mind.
He said to Zheng Bowen: "Pack your luggage and go, I have a sense of discretion."
"Master Xu?"
"Go ahead, I will personally lead the team. I won't take my own life for granted."
As soon as Zheng Bowen heard this, he stopped insisting.
Xu Taiping also returned to his place of residence.
He asked Shen Dongling to help him pack his luggage.
When Shen Dongling heard this, his face changed drastically: "Master, can you not go?"
Xu Taiping raised his eyebrows: "What?"
"too dangerous."
"Haha, I am in this position to seek my position. This is what I do. How can I escape?"
"But……"
"Okay, go and help me pack my luggage. Prepare two sets of close-fitting clothes, dry food, water bags, etc."
"yes."
Xu Taiping looked at Shen Dongling's thin back.
Shake his head.
Even such a little girl knows that the countryside is dangerous.
It can be seen that these days, the contradiction between the government and the people is not as great as usual.
The people regard officials as enemies and bandits.
Can the rule of the Jin Dynasty last long?
Even if there is high-end combat power to suppress it, it will not last long.
The accumulated conflicts are too deep and too strong, and sooner or later they will explode.
What's more, this social conflict goes far beyond just between the government and the people.
Just looking at the chaos in Jianyang City, we knew that there was a big problem with the rule of the Jin Dynasty.
Not good.
There are already people secretly gearing up and planning to overthrow the rule of the Jin Dynasty.
This kind of careerist is never absent.
No matter what era.
Think of this.
Xu Taiping felt a stronger sense of urgency.
Strength must be improved as soon as possible.
Get enough power to protect yourself before chaos breaks out.
April twenty-fifth.
Mao Shi four quarters.
Xu Taiping, Zheng Bowen and the five agents under Zheng Bowen rode out of the west gate and went straight to Xiaowang Village in Luzuo Township.
The horse galloped all the way.
Sixty miles away.
Ordinarily it's not too far.
The journey on horseback theoretically only takes a little over an hour.
In fact, the whole journey takes three or four hours.
Because the road conditions are bad.
To pass through the Jian River from Jianyang to the west, you need to take a ferry.
After crossing the river, you will enter the mountainous area. The so-called official road is like a mountain road, narrow and rugged. The speed of riding a horse is not much faster than walking.
From time to time, roads are damaged and we have to take detours or even repair roads on the spot.
so.
When we arrived at Luzuo Township, it was already dark.
Luzuo Township is not big.
There is only one simple street.
There are no shops.
There are only residential buildings and an inn.
It's an official post.
Xu Taiping led the horse in.
A little old man came out with a smile on his face and said, "A few of the catchers, may I ask..."
A catcher shouted with a cold face: "This is Captain Xu, Mr. Xu. He is going to Xiaowang Township on business. Feed and drink the horses quickly, and prepare two tables of good wine and food!"
When the little old man heard this, he was surprised and happy: "Xu Shenping? Is Xu Shenping really in person?"
Xu Taiping raised his eyebrows: "Who did you listen to?"
"There are people coming and going in this station every day, and they are the most well-informed. They have heard about Xu Shenping's reputation a few days ago. They said that Xu Shenping solves cases like a god, solving three cases in two days, which is extremely fast. He is the leader of dozens of people in Jianyang City. Best head catch of the year.”
"Haha, go feed the horse," Xu Taiping took out a tael of silver and threw it to the little old man: "By the way, are you the postmaster?"
"Yi Cheng, Yi Cheng."
"Where's the postmaster?"
"It has been vacant for many years. Two years ago, there were two subordinates following me. In recent years, only the villain has been able to survive."
"Oh? Why?"
"If there is no money, the station is responsible for its own profits and losses, but Luzuo Township is a poor and remote place, so how can there be any profit? If there is no profit, and you can't even take care of two meals a day, who is willing to spend time here?"
Xu Taiping frowned: "Isn't it right? Guanyi can receive a subsidy of twenty taels of silver every year?"
When Yi Cheng heard this, he laughed: "Master Xu, you have just taken office and you don't understand the twists and turns here."
"Any other explanation?"
"There are too many explanations. Let's not talk about what you can do with thirty taels of silver. Let's just talk about these twenty taels of silver. Do you know how many procedures you have to go through from the time you apply for it to the person who distributes it?"
