The couple in the last days traveled to ancient times, farming and storing grain and meat in the war

Xiao Jia took the opportunity to speak again: "I did hear something about why the county magistrate has such means, but it's not true."

"What's the matter? Tell me now!"

Everyone was really curious about how Xiao Yan, the magistrate of Dengping County, could be so ruthless, even though he was a scholar and came from a literary family. Naturally, everyone immediately urged Xiao Jia to speak quickly.

Even people from other tables came over to listen to the news.

"I heard," Xiao Jia said pretentiously, "that County Magistrate Xiao was very cowardly when he was a child. His brother was trampled to death by a horse, and his grandfather was also trampled to death by a horse in order to protect his brother.

However, the county magistrate at that time accepted the money from the horse rider, refused to hear the case, and even beat his father. Only then did his temperament change drastically. He studied hard just to make a name for himself and stop being bullied.

That's why my wrist is so iron-blooded now."

Everyone was stunned.

Some people even cried out: "Oh my God, that county magistrate was such a jerk! Those were two lives lost!

What's more, our Great Yan has laws that forbid riding horses in the streets.

That man not only let his horse run wild, but also trampled someone to death. He must pay with his life!"

Naturally, everyone asked, "Who was the county magistrate at that time? Let us know."

Xiao Jia said, "Then I don't know. I only know that it seemed to have happened twelve years ago."

Then he quickly said, "I also heard it, I really don't know if it's true. Please don't spread it around."

But the more Xiao Jia said this, the more people felt it was true, and naturally it spread to more people.

Xiao Jia found a few crowded places on the street and said the same thing. Within two days, everyone in the streets and alleys of the city knew about it.

Everyone on the streets of the city knew about this, and naturally some people in the prefectural government had heard about it.

The first person to hear about this was the prefect's legal advisor, whose surname was Huang.

Mr. Huang was Yao Yifeng's confidant. He had been working beside Yao Yifeng since he was the county magistrate of Dengping County, before Yao Yifeng changed his surname.

Later, when Yao Yifeng was promoted, he naturally continued to work with Master Huang.

Master Huang could be considered Yao Yifeng's think tank, but Yao Yifeng was only a human being and didn't have the courage to listen to advice on everything. So, although he listened to many of Master Huang's suggestions, he also made many decisions arbitrarily.

Yao Yifeng really embezzled all the relief money, and it was naturally impossible for him to spend all his money to make up for it at once.

But then he thought that he couldn't not allocate any money at all, so Yao Yifeng took out some money to make up for it and allocated it to the three counties, just to make it look like it, thinking that he could get away with it.

The county magistrates of these three counties were the most flattering and often gave Yao Yifeng money in private.

Even if the money was allocated, the three county magistrates would secretly save a lot of it and give it to Yao Yifeng. In other words, the money still belonged to Yao Yifeng.

Seeing that Yao Yifeng had done something stupid again and actually refused to allocate money to Dengping County, Mr. Huang naturally hurried to persuade Yao Yifeng.

You know, everyone knows that work-for-relief was proposed by Xiao Yan from Dengping County, and the decree was issued by the emperor. Doesn't that mean that the emperor knows Xiao Yan?

Then Xiao Yan and Dengping County where Xiao Yan is located must have received more attention from the emperor.

In this case, everything must be in place. Otherwise, if there is anything missing, wouldn’t it be more likely that the emperor would know about it?

But Yao Yifeng really likes money and doesn't want to pay more to make up for it. He even said:

"If the emperor really values him, it's impossible for him to just be a county magistrate. It's obvious that it's only because he proposed this strategy that the emperor couldn't refuse to reward him, so he gave him the position of county magistrate and sent him away.

In this case, there is no need to worry about whether the emperor knows him or not.

Besides, the affairs of Yuzhou were reported to the emperor by me, the prefect. If I hadn't reported it, how would the emperor have known about it?"

Anyway, it's extremely stupid and confused.

He didn't listen to Master Huang's advice at all.

Master Huang was also helpless.

Just when he was feeling helpless, he suddenly heard two people sweeping the courtyard talking about the reason why Xiao Yan was so powerful and not weak at all. Master Huang was immediately horrified.

Twelve years ago?

Dengping County?

Then, isn’t that county magistrate their prefect?

Thinking back carefully, it seemed that there were two murder cases back then, one of which was an old man and the other a child who were trampled to death by horses. Their superiors rejected the case and refused to accept it at all. Master Huang was even more shocked.

Master Huang hurried back inside to look for their prefect, Yao Yifeng.

Yao Yifeng was admiring the calligraphy and painting someone had just given him, not doing anything serious. When he saw Master Huang coming again, he thought he was trying to persuade him again. He got impatient and said, "You are just a coward!"

"No, sir, there is another thing." Master Huang hurriedly told everything he had heard.

He said anxiously, "He is only a county magistrate now and can't do anything to us. But what if one day he becomes a high-ranking official, even higher than you, sir? Many people know that you used to be surnamed Wei and served as the magistrate of Dengping County. Will he let us go?"

Yao Yifeng didn't expect this and was also surprised.

But then, he acted as if nothing had happened, not really worrying about it: "The emperor has just casually given him a county magistrate and sent him away. It's unlikely that he will be higher in official rank than me in the future. But he is still a hidden danger and must be eradicated."

Then he gave the order, "Go find Pang Lihao yourself. I remember he was the one who set the horse free. He should be more worried about this than we are."

This means that Pang Lihao should kill Xiao Yan secretly.

But Master Huang said worriedly: "No matter how low the county magistrate is, he is still an official. Besides, no matter how the emperor sends him, he knows him, right -"

Before Master Huang could finish, Yao Yifeng interrupted, "Just let Pang Lihao do a clean job. Although the work-for-relief program has been effective, there are still many bandits everywhere. Besides, those refugees in the north are not a stable factor in the first place."

In other words, secretly kill Xiao Yan and put the blame on bandits or refugees.

Master Huang thought about it and agreed that it was absolutely right. Besides, he would not be able to feel at ease if he did not kill Xiao Yan. So he accepted the order, agreed "yes", and went to the Pang family.

Pang Lihao was the one riding the horse back then.

Originally, he was just the young master of the wealthy Pang family in Si'an Town, Dengping County. Because the Pang family had always flattered Yao Yifeng and always gave him money, when Yao Yifeng was promoted, his family also left Si'an Town and came to settle in this provincial capital.

Now, Pang Lihao's father had died long ago, and as the eldest son in the family, he naturally became the head of the Pang family.

Also, because he still always gives money to Yao Yifeng, the prefect Yao Yifeng naturally takes good care of him, which leads to his family's business being quite big in the prefectural city.

It is simply incomparable to what we had in Si'an Town in the past.

When Master Huang told him this, he was also shocked.