Chapter 897 Sweeping the Courtyard

Two people and four good horses, the return speed is much faster than when they came. Fang Jie and Xiang Qingniu basically camped in the wild, and they were afraid that the white lion would bring panic to the people along the way. Although everyone knows that the Duke of Zhenguo has a white lion mount, who believes that the Duke of Zhenguo would not bring guards when he traveled?

When passing by a small county town, Fang Jie stopped and looked at Bai Lion Hun Dun: "The dry food is broken now, I want to go to the city to buy some. You should not run far away nearby, nor do you enter the city."

The white lion had long been used to it, and twisted his body and ran away.

When Fang Jie and Xiang Qingniu arrived at the edge of the county town, they were stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the gate. The leader was a thirty-year-old man who looked to be wearing a black flag and military uniform on his body, and he didn't bring a leather helmet because it was hot. When he saw Fang Jie and the others coming, his eyes were shaking on Fang Jie and Xiang Qingniu's mount.

"stop"

He came over and stopped the city gate: "Take out the road, wherever you go."

Fang Jie said: "Come from Xinyang City and go to Zhuque County."

"From Xinyang?"

Shi Chang took the Lu Yin handed over by Fang Jie and took a casual look, then suddenly waved his hand: "Take them down!"

More than a dozen officers and soldiers guarding the city gate immediately surrounded him and pulled out their swords and stared at Fang Jie and others.

"A war is being fought in Xinyang City. I suspect that you two are spies sent by the enemy. The one you are referring to is a businessman, but you are not bringing goods, and you are riding a war horse!"

The Shi Chang sneered coldly: "Dropping off the horse honestly and follow me to the yamen!"

Xiang Qingniu was a little annoyed. Just as he was about to speak, Fang Jie waved his hand, took a sign from his waist and threw it over: "The way I just gave you was specially issued to avoid trouble. This is my waist card."

Shi Chang took it and looked at it. He saw that the sign was engraved in seal script. He didn't recognize it: "You are so brave and admit that this Luyan is forged! The person who came, take them down and send the war horse to the county magistrate Lou... No, it was sent to the county government for supervision, this is evidence!"

Fang Jie's face changed: "Don't you understand my brand?"

Nashi Chang casually threw the sign with the words "The Legend of the Cycling School" to a subordinate: "I don't care what brand you are. Now I suspect you are a spy. You honestly roll off the horse's back, otherwise you will taste the whip in the old man's hand. You see, you are also fair and you are not doing any serious things."

Xiang Qingniu's eyes slightly shook his head, but Fang Jie slowly shook his head. He jumped off the horse's back and walked slowly into the city gate. Xiang Qingniu didn't know what Fang Jie was going to do, so he also dismounted and walked in.

"This person is really awesome."

Nash grew behind you and spat: "Damn it, is it really stupid or fake stupid."

A soldier came over and poked Fang explained: "You are really not up to the Tao. Have you brought the money on you? If you brought it, take it out and respect it. If you have the money, who cares where you came from? You won't leave with such a bright road, but you will go into the yamen? I tell you, when you enter the yamen, no matter whether you are really wronged or falsely wronged, you must take off a layer of skin when you go down the yamen."

"County Magistrate Lou?"

Fang Jie couldn't help asking: "When did this magistrate Lou take office?"

"Pinggu County has always been the magistrate of Lou. You don't know if you are an outsider. Our magistrate Lou is an amazing person. Is Luo Yao powerful? When Luo Yao came, even the governor of Huangyangdao was forced to jump into the city and fall to death, but our magistrate Lou was alive. Later, our magistrate of Zhenguo arrived at Huangyangdao, and Lou County was still magistrate Lou. There was no need for me to say that he was smarter than anything else."

"oh"

Fang Jie nodded: "I don't have any money. I'm in a hurry to take it with me. Why don't you take me to see the magistrate Lou, who can't be beaten by anyone."

"Oh shit!"

The soldier scolded: "If you don't want toast, you will be punished. When you arrive in the lobby of the county government, I think it's your stubborn mouth or your backbone. Even if you are both hard, you will be too strong to be the killing stick in our hands."

Xiang Qingniu followed Fang Jie and glanced at the soldier with pity, too lazy to say anything.

"What a great horse!"

Behind Fang Jie and the others, the Shi Chang touched the neck of the war horse and exclaimed: "These good horses will be sent to the Magistrate Lou in a while. The Magistrate Lou has long wanted a few good horses to go out for hunting, but it is too difficult for us to find a war horse in this place where the emperor is far away. This time someone is here, don't be idle."

A soldier looked at the brand carefully: "What's the length? What if it's a big shot with some origin? This brand is exquisitely crafted and seems to have some origin."

"Don't care!"

Shi Chang gestured to wipe his neck: "What if there is a history? They don't have companions at first sight, otherwise they don't have to bring two horses each. Since there is no support, no matter who he is. He is killed in the prison. Even if someone comes to investigate, everyone says they have never seen it before, and they can find nothing."

"I heard that the Xiaoqi School under Duke Zhenguo is very good at handling cases."

"That's amazing!"

Nashi cursed: "It's all a boast. If I ask me to be the Duke of Zhenguo, I may not be defeated by anyone!"

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County jail

Fang Jie looked around and couldn't help but sigh: "I thought that the land under my control of Huangyang Road is the best place. After all, I have been operating here for several years. I didn't expect that there would be such a county magistrate like a soldier... The guards are so domineering and arrogant, you can imagine what kind of virtue that county magistrate is. The people here must have suffered a lot of hardships and wrongs."

"Isn't it just that you can deal with such a small matter?"

Xiang Qingniu frowned at the dirty cell: "Why do you have to come in and take a look at it yourself? Leave it to Chen Xiaoru to ensure that you can find all the eight generations of ancestors of Lou County Magistrate, let alone do something bad."

"I just want to see where the officials under my rule can be ruined."

Fang Jie shook his head and said, "It's not a short time or two. I'm determined to let the people under my rule live a relatively best life, so the appointment and removal of officials from various places specifically ordered people to carefully select them. This magistrate Lou had been an official here before Luo Yao came, and was still an official here after several years. If someone in the camp had not covered him, how could it have been cleared? Let's look at the soldiers wearing my black flag military robe!"

A murderous intent flashed in Fang Jie's eyes: "The name of the Black Flag Army will most likely be destroyed in the hands of such people. If I do ten things for the people, the people may know my goodness. These patients' scum in the Black Flag Army Clothes do a bad thing, and the people will remember my badness!"

Xiang Qingniu sighed and said, "Actually, you don't have to be so angry. Throughout history, dynasties, unless the foolishness of being an emperor reached a certain point, the decisions made by the people above are mostly good for the people. When encountering disasters, they should allocate the money. If they should send the army, they should send the army. But... when they reach the government below, the good policy will change. Even the money transferred from the above cannot be in the hands of the people."

"How to treat it?"

He asked.

Xiang Qingniu found a clean place to sit down: "As far as I know, even when the Sui Dynasty was in its prime, there were many people in the local area who were furious. It was just that local officials protected each other for their own future. If the people had grievances, they would not be able to repay them at all."

"There is no cure."

Fang Jie said: "I once thought about how to manage the officials under my command. Should I use strict laws to restrain them or use large sums of silver to support integrity. But these two methods do not cure the root cause. No matter how strict the laws are, they cannot kill all their greed. Once I relax a little, some plague will spread immediately. To raise integrity? If you give officials a large sum of money, they will be even more greedy!"

"Is there really no cure?"

Xiang Qingniu asked.

"No"

Fang Jie said: "No one can guarantee that he will keep an eye on everyone under his command every day. The emperor has all the worlds, and there are thousands of people who have become seventh-rank officials in the Central Plains. Who can guarantee that they are all good officials? As long as people have greed, they will not be able to stop them."

"what to do?"

Xiang Qingniu asked.

"rule"

Fang Jie slowly said: "Does not spare any effort to treat it. If you treat it today and tomorrow, if you do not treat it, the next generation will not be cured, it will only become more and more rampant. If you cannot cure it, you will try your best to treat the symptoms. Kill one batch of people."

Xiang Qingniu was startled by the murderous intent in Fang Jie's tone. He saw some cruel and decisive things in Fang Jie's eyes.

"From ancient times, this matter is really unblocked."

Xiang Qingniu took out the last bit of dry food from his arms, but gave up the idea of ​​eating it because there was no water: "The county magistrate is broken. If the county magistrate is good, it will be easy. If a county magistrate is broken, then ten of the ten county magistrates under his rule will be broken. If a governor is broken, then all the thousands of officials below will be broken."

"Let Chen Xiaoru separate the Xiaoqi School into a group of people..."

Fang Jie said: "I specially patrol the four sides, and I found that each one was done. I also had to see another inspection office again, and I specifically stared at the people who patrol the four sides. If the thief is a thief, the disaster will be even worse."

Xiang Qingniu nodded: "In fact, your rule is too stable. The people are living a good life, and they tolerate those who are greedy as officials. What the people cannot tolerate the most is the greedy officials who are not doing things."

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Without Fang Jie's expectations, the magistrate Lou was not as stupid as the one at the city gate. When he saw the sign, he was scared and sweated all over. He immediately ran to the prison to apologize and release the person himself, and kept stuffing silver notes into Fang Jie. Fang Jie looked at the denomination of the silver notes, which was quite attractive.

A small county magistrate from the seventh rank of county magistrate often took out thousands of taels of silver notes, which shows how much he greedy on weekdays.

To Xiang Qingniu's expectation, Fang Jie did not turn against him on the spot, but instead smiled and took the money. Not long after, he became brothers with the magistrate Lou. Seeing that the magistrate Lou gradually let go of his worries and had a great conversation with Fang Jie, Xiang Qingniu suddenly felt cold in his heart.

Now, Fang Jie looks very bright and smiling, and I don’t know how much murderous thoughts have already moved in my heart.

It took only one hour to Fang Jie to cover him from the mouth of the Magistrate Lou. He made it clear what his relationship was with Zhuque Mountain. Before leaving, Fang Jie even felt particularly reluctant and felt that he had met too late. County Magistrate Lou also felt that he had met a confidant, so he actually sent him out of the county town ten miles and sent someone to prepare a lot of food on the road.

After leaving the county town, Fang Jie whistled, and the white lion Hun Dun rushed over from a distance.

"An County is ahead."
Chapter completed!