Time Travel: The Useless Prince, First Destroy the Princess

Seeing Du Ming coming out, Song Fa and Lu An stood aside cautiously.

Du Ming glared at Song Fa and Lu An fiercely and said in a stern voice: "If you run away, I will dig up your family's ancestral graves!"

After saying this, he turned around and glared at Liu Zhao.

"Yes, I dare not!"

Song Fa and Lu An were startled and hurried back to the tea stall.

Du Ming left with his men without even looking back!

"Sorry, sir, please go for a walk!"

Money is important, but life is more important.

Song Fa and Lu An were a little scared at this time. It would be as easy for Du Ming to kill them as crushing an ant.

"What if I don't go? Can you still lock me up?"

Liu Zhao sneered.

Song Fa and Lu An looked at each other. Liu Zhao was not afraid in front of Du Ming at all, so he must have a backer.

I can't afford to offend you!

"Sir, if you don't go, won't that cost us our lives?"

"Your lives? Just because you blackmailed me, you deserve to die a hundred times!"

"Sir, this, don't we know your identity?"

Lu An smiled cautiously and took out the silver he had on him.

Seeing this, Song Fa also took out his own silver.

"Master, we were wrong just now. Now we are returning the original items. Please don't make things difficult for us!"

"I have plenty of money!" Liu Zhao said coldly, "But since you've taken my money, you have to work for me. Otherwise, I'll make sure your entire family is killed without a burial place!"

"Ah! Sir, spare us!" The two men were so scared that their faces turned pale.

Liu Zhao doesn't look like he's joking.

And they deeply believed that Liu Zhao had this ability.

"Just give your orders, sir!"

"Tell me, how much money do I have to pay to ensure my safety if I go to the government office?"

"Sir, County Magistrate Wang is an upright official. You had no intention of killing anyone. He will definitely judge the case impartially! He won't ask for a penny!"

Lu An carefully observed Liu Zhao's expression.

"Whether it was intentional or not, I'm afraid the county magistrate has the final say!"

"Sir, that's a difference. Based on our years of experience as officers, Du Fang must have died of illness. How could he have been killed by a single slap?"

Song Fa interjected.

"What if the county magistrate confuses right and wrong and listens to Du Hu Cao?"

"How could that be possible? There are so many witnesses, and the current Lord Song is behind you. County Magistrate Wang will definitely not embarrass you!"

Just now, neither of them believed that Song Xian was Liu Zhao's backer, but now they are eager to use this relationship to get Liu Zhao to go to the county government!

When they arrived at the county government office, the conflict shifted to the county magistrate. The two of them just got away with it.

The ability to adapt to changing circumstances is not easy.

Liu Zhao observed the two constables who were trying desperately to please him. In this era, corruption among officials has become like this!

How can there be peace in the world?

Official corruption is a stubborn disease that has been difficult to eradicate throughout the dynasties. These two constables are nothing more than two minor characters who have committed corruption and favoritism in the long history.

Even if they were killed, it would not fundamentally change the corruption of the bureaucracy.

A thought suddenly came to his mind: if he ever sat on the throne, how would he manage the civil service?

Thinking of Liu Yan’s earnest advice to me yesterday, it was really a good experience!

Use heavy scriptures in troubled times!

But severe punishments still need capable officials to carry out!

Competent officials are often corrupt officials!

This is a vicious circle!

Thinking of this, he said, "Okay, I'll do as you say. I'll go to the county government office. But I remind you, if Du Ming can dig up your ancestral grave, I can kill all nine generations of your clan!"

"Yes, yes!" The two nodded like chicks pecking at rice.

"Find a car and let this young master take a ride!"

Liu Zhao didn't know how far the county government office was.

But Chu Lan was obviously very tired and scared, so it must have been inconvenient for her to walk.

"Yes, son!"

Song Fa said this and ran out.

Finding a bullock cart is not a difficult task.

A few minutes later, Song Fa came over in person driving a ox cart.

How it came about should not be a difficult matter for a constable.

"Young Master, please!" Lu An breathed a sigh of relief and asked Liu Zhao to get in the car.

Liu Zhao pulled Chu Lan onto the ox cart.

Although it is convertible, it is much better than walking.

In fact, the county government office is not far away, and it doesn’t take long to walk!

There are walls on both sides, and occasionally you can see some gates with the words "fang" written on them. According to records in history books, fang is a residential area.

The time and space are different, but there are similarities.

During this era, management was strict and the areas where residents lived were enclosed by high walls.

After walking a short distance, we came to a long wall and then a big gate with two big words on it: County Government.

On both sides were written: County government office is a restricted area, please keep quiet and stay away.

There were two people standing guard at the door.

It seems that it is impossible for ordinary people to get in.

In other words, it would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to enter the county government office.

You will never see the scenes in TV dramas where ordinary people watch the county magistrate try a case.

Seeing that it was Song Fa, the two guards on duty greeted him politely: "Captain, you've been busy today!"

"That's right!" Song Fa jumped off the ox cart, "Guard the gate and stop any outsiders!"

"Yes, squad leader!"

It seems that the two guards are not as important as Song Fa.

Soon they arrived in front of a large archway with four large characters written on it: The people are watching you!

Next is the county government office!

However, the impression of the county government office is completely different from that in the TV series. The first thing that catches the eye is a door that is not very big, and it is obviously a wooden door.

There are three big words written on it: Hongnong County.

The only noticeable thing is that there are indeed two stone lions on both sides of the door, but they are not very big.

"Please come in, both of you!" Song Fa asked Liu Zhao to get off the car, and then he took the cow aside and tied it up.

Lu An invited Liu Zhao and the other two in.

After entering the gate, there really is a big drum.

Liu Zhao was in high spirits and picked up the drumstick and hit it twice.

"Boom boom boom!"

The drums began to beat.

"Young master, let's go! Stop knocking!" Lu An hurriedly stopped him.

"Come and play it, it's fun!" Liu Zhao handed the drumstick to Chu Lan.

Chu Lan carefully took it and hit the drum, but her strength was too weak and there was basically no sound.

She handed it back to Liu Zhao shyly.

"Let's go!" Liu Zhao put down the drumstick, took Chu Lan's little hand and walked in.

Entering is the lobby of the county government office, but unfortunately it is empty at this time.

It's nothing like the gang of yamen runners in TV dramas shouting "Mighty!"

"Hey, why is there no one here?" Liu Zhao was very surprised.

"The county magistrate is probably taking a nap!" Lu An looked a little unnatural. "I'll go call him!"

Liu Zhao shook his head. As a county magistrate, why wasn't he at work but taking a nap at this time?

So how did these two constables catch people just now?

The county magistrate doesn’t know?

Du Hucao had already taken his men away. Didn’t he come to the county government office?

Liu Zhao looked around. The lobby was very spacious. In the warm room in the center, there was a large table: a public case, on which were placed order signs, red pens, gavel and other trial supplies.

However, there doesn't seem to be any big slogans like "A clear mirror hangs high" on it.

Behind the warm room is a screen with a pattern of "sea and rising sun" painted on it, which is 90% similar to the TV series.

There are some stools on both sides near the desk. These stools must be the seats where the chief clerk and other county officials sit when they follow the county magistrate to try cases.

Then placed on both sides were some copper sticks, leather spears, silence signs and torture instruments that reflected the majesty of the county magistrate.