Magistrate Lu limped back to the county government office with a group of defeated soldiers. He was so angry that his face was ashen, his eyes were scarlet, and black smoke was coming from his nostrils.
"It's the opposite, it's really the opposite!"
Lu Chuan banged the table hard and roared like thunder, "You are a daring fool. I am going to mobilize my troops..."
"Deploy troops, then go to the Palace of Hell to mobilize troops!" An eerie voice came from the back window, making people shudder.
"who!"
Magistrate Lu turned to look out the window and saw a white light carrying a strong wind, flying towards his throat at lightning speed. There was no way to avoid it.
"ah!"
With a scream, the white light flew out of the window again, and Magistrate Lu fell in a pool of blood, no longer alive.
The people waiting outside heard the sound and ran into the house. Looking at Magistrate Lu Da, he had already gone to the Hall of Hell to check in.
Gao Xian Cheng was horrified. In broad daylight, the county magistrate who had just arrived was killed, but the murderer was nowhere to be found.
So, he hurriedly wrote a memorial and reported it to the court.
…
Time flies, brief explanation.
In just six months, six county magistrates were killed in Nantang County.
For a time, Nantang County became a forbidden land of death that county magistrates did not dare to set foot in. No one dared to take office anymore.
finally.
The matter of a small seventh-grade Sesame Official was brought up to the court of Dayi Kingdom.
"Your Majesty! I have this memorial."
Wang Lingchao, the Minister of Personnel, took two steps forward and cupped his hands. His fat body was like a blind bear standing up.
"Wang Aiqing, please speak!"
The aloof Emperor Dayi seemed to be in a good mood today. His slightly fat face flashed red, and the corners of his mouth were raised with a slight smile.
"In the past six months, six county magistrates have been killed in Nantang County, Liuzhou. Now no one dares to take office. Your Majesty, please make a decision..."
"Oh? There are other things like that."
The emperor's face instantly darkened, and the smile on his lips disappeared. This matter was no small matter.
"According to reports from people below, the original cause of the incident was a murder in a pub..."
Wang Shangshu said bitterly.
"Oh? Tell me." Yihuang frowned and asked why.
There was silence in the main hall for a while, and all the officials were listening to the bizarre case told by the Minister of Civil Affairs.
"The old housekeeper of a wealthy family named Liu was poisoned and died in a tavern. The county magistrate at the time was his brother-in-law named Liu..."
"So, some people say that the old housekeeper was already terminally ill and died in the tavern because of a plot set up by Liu and the county magistrate's brother-in-law to take over the tavern. Unexpectedly, he was killed in the end by someone who was doing justice for heaven. Already..."
Wang Shangshu paused and continued: "Later, when the second county magistrate took office, he wanted to use this matter to blackmail the owner of the tavern, but he never thought that he would not get the money, and he would also be wiped out..."
"Next..."
"Okay, I finally understand." Yihuang interrupted Fatty Wang.
"The next few were also killed in connection with this case."
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Wang Shangshu cupped his hands and said, "That's exactly what it is."
"That tavern is doing a good business, isn't it?"
"Back to Your Majesty! Yes, it is said that the food is delicious, the wine is delicious, and the business is booming."
"Who is the owner of the tavern?" Yi Huang continued to ask.
"It is said that he is a young scholar studying in school."
"oh?"
Emperor Yi suddenly became interested: "Since no one dares to be the county magistrate, why not let the owner of the tavern do it. I think, in this way, the county magistrate will never be killed again..."
"Wow..."
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
As soon as Emperor Yi finished speaking, the court was in an uproar.
Wang Shangshu's face twitched, and he thought to himself: "What kind of brain is this emperor? He has such ridiculous ideas."
"Your Majesty, this matter is against the rules. The owner of the tavern has no fame and the smell of copper. How can he be an official of the Dayi court?" A public official immediately stood up and objected.
"How about you become the Nantang County Magistrate?"
"I…"
Yan Guan shrank his neck, retreated silently, and stopped talking. He was a fourth-grade man, why would he take the risk of becoming a county magistrate when he had enough to eat?
"What do you think, dear friends?"
"Your Majesty, according to my guess, the owner of the tavern must have something to do with martial arts people. It is better to send troops to arrest him, question the perpetrators behind him, and deal with them together. This will save my face..."
Another veteran minister came out and suggested.
"well!"
Emperor Yi sighed and said, "If word spreads about the big fight over a tavern, it will make Dayi look good?"
"Besides, Dayi is currently suffering from internal and external troubles and serious disasters. It is not appropriate for another incident to occur. Stability is the most important thing."
Tong Anguo, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood there silently, but his mind was thinking about his daughter's abnormality some time ago.
Now it seems that my precious daughter knows about this case and is a little concerned about it. I have to ask her carefully when I go back.
Thinking of this, Tong Shangshu came out and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty! In my opinion, it is better to do as Your Majesty said and let the tavern owner be the county magistrate of Nantang. Special circumstances, special treatment. After all, he is still a scholar... "
"Well," Yihuang nodded, "That's it, the matter will be handled by the staff!"
"Old minister, I obey the order!"
"Retreat!"
Wang Shangshu bowed and retreated, not daring to say anything. Such a thing, if reported to the court, would already bring shame on the faces of the officials. Now that the emperor has made the decision, Nantang County will go wrong again in the future. It has nothing to do with other officials, so why not?
then,
An appointment was quickly issued to Nantang County.
…
Tongfu, study room.
After Tong Shangshu came to the morning court, he called the girl Tong Yaoyao to the study.
"Yao'er!"
Tong Shangshu picked up the tea cup and took an elegant sip and said, "An interesting thing happened this morning. Do you want to hear about it?"
"What's the matter?"
Tong Yaoyao looked at her father curiously.
"It was the case of the murder of the Nantang County Magistrate, and now it has been brought to the court... There is also a murder case in a tavern..."
"Nantang, tavern..."
Tong Yaoyao's eyes suddenly widened: "The case in Nantang County has alarmed the emperor? Dad, tell me..."
"What! Do you know about this?"
"Yes! At the time of the incident, my daughter was dining in that pub."
"oh?"
Tong Shangshu put down the tea cup in his hand, sat upright, and waited quietly for the next words.
"In my daughter's opinion, it was a well-designed plot to poison a dying man to death in a tavern, and then use this to blackmail the owner of the tavern and seize the tavern..."
"How can I see it?"
"My daughter saw the old housekeeper. He was skinny and sallow, and he looked like a terminally ill person."
"At that time, the head of the Liu family, as well as the government servants and widowers, all went there in time, as if they had agreed, and the county magistrate, if his father hadn't happened to talk to him about something, he would have been eating in a private room at that time... …You can work on-site.”
"Oh! That's it." Tong Shangshu nodded, which seemed to be similar to the emperor's guess.
"Then have you ever met the owner of the tavern? How did he respond at that time?"
"he……"
"Pfft!"
Tong Yaoyao suddenly laughed.
"you……"
Tong Shangshu was stunned for a moment.
