Time Travel: The Useless Prince, First Destroy the Princess

Song Fa walked in at this time and said, "Please take a seat, the county magistrate will be here soon!"

As he said that, he moved two stools for Liu Zhao and Chu Lan to sit on.

Of course, being able to sit on a stool meant that Song Fa had calculated that Liu Zhao was someone he couldn't afford to offend.

He also knew clearly that Liu Zhao's threat to kill all nine generations of his family was not false.

As soon as I sat down, a cough was heard from the back hall.

"The county magistrate is here!"

Song Fa said.

Liu Zhao looked towards the corridor.

A middle-aged man in a blue official uniform walked out with his hands behind his back.

There was no common crane pattern on the chest, just ordinary blue clothes and a cloth hat on the head.

This is completely inconsistent with the image of the county magistrate in the TV series. This may be due to the development of the times, or it may be that this is another time and space, which is parallel to Liu Zhao's previous time and space.

The overall level of development is similar, but there are naturally differences in details.

The magistrate sat down on the stool, without raising his gavel or shouting, "Who is here?"

Instead, he looked at Liu Zhao and the other two and said, "Wang Fang, the Magistrate of Hongnong County, may I ask who you are and where you are from?"

Liu Zhao almost laughed out loud. It seemed that the county magistrate was unsure of his own identity.

Don’t ask about the case, ask about your own identity!

It's somewhat funny!

Where is that household official?

Didn’t he come to the lobby?

Perhaps only the county magistrate knows the reason!

It seems that in this era, although there are laws, they may not have much effect.

Come to think of it, in an era where officials are selected entirely based on their family background, how could the law be the standard?

He himself didn't even know how he got the position of county magistrate!

I just said that I was a distant relative of Song Xian, so of course I was just bragging.

"I'm Andy Lau, from Luojing!"

"I heard that you are a relative of the current Song Dynasty sage, Duke Ling of Song?"

The county magistrate was quite frank, but he frowned as he spoke, probably half believing and half doubting.

Judging from Liu Zhao's dress, it is not impossible.

But fraud has been happening from ancient times to the present day.

The county magistrate has always been at the grassroots level and must have seen a lot.

Of course it is impossible to believe it completely.

"The current Minister of the Central Secretariat of the Great Jing Dynasty, Song Xian, is my distant uncle!"

Since he was delayed for so long before coming out, he must have already asked the two detectives about his identity.

"What's the proof?"

Wang Fang continued to ask.

"No!" Liu Zhao answered very straightforwardly. He really couldn't produce anything that belonged to Song Xian.

"Since there is none, then you are just talking nonsense!"

Wang Fang frowned even more tightly, and as he spoke, he looked back at the corridor.

It seems like he is waiting for someone!

"Haha!" Liu Zhao laughed. "Why don't you go confront Lord Song, the worthy Lord Song, and stop talking nonsense!"

This sentence was said calmly.

"You know full well that I, a county magistrate, have no chance of meeting Lord Song. Yet you're trying to provoke me with this? Doesn't that mean you have something to hide?"

Wang Fang is straightforward and speaks the truth.

"In that case, what are you going to do?"

Liu Zhao said casually, neither denying nor admitting.

However, to Wang Fang, this probably meant admitting the fact that he was not a relative of Song Xian.

"Do you know what the crime is of pretending to be a relative of an official?"

"do not know!"

Liu Zhao was telling the truth. Is it a crime to pretend to be an official's relative?

Wang Fang frowned and said, "According to the laws of the Great Jing Dynasty, anyone who falsely assumes an official position or falsely grants an official position to others will be executed!"

"Behead?" Liu Zhao was speechless. Was the crime so serious?

Depend on!

Do I have to force myself to show my gold medal?

What if they still don't believe it and just kill themselves?

That would be a huge loss!

Chu Lan's expression also changed. As a girl, she didn't know that the matter was so serious!

Seeing Liu Zhao's expression change, Chu Lan's expression became even more serious.

"let's go!"

Chu Lan whispered, her body shaking with fear.

Liu Zhao took a deep breath, took Chu Lan's hand and said, "It's okay, don't worry!"

Seeing the performance of the two, Wang Fang was almost certain that it was a trick?

But there was not enough evidence to prove that the two were not, so I thought about it and sorted out my thoughts.

Then, with a smile on his face, he slammed the gavel and said darkly, "You two could be impersonating anyone else, but you dare to pretend to be relatives of the virtuous Song Linggong? Everyone in the world knows that Song Linggong has always been upright and incorruptible. How could he condone his relatives committing crimes outside the court?"

"Haha!" Liu Zhao laughed. "As the head of a county, you didn't investigate the case, but instead questioned people who had nothing to do with it. This is a serious dereliction of duty! If the wise Lord Song knew you were such an official, he would hold you accountable for dereliction of duty!"

"malfeasance?"

Wang Fang sneered and looked back at the corridor.

A man walked in quickly and said a few words in Wang Fang's ear.

Wang Fang nodded as he listened, and his frown relaxed.

Song Fa and Lu An looked at each other. That was the chief clerk Pan Sheng. Did he get any news?

"This county has just received reliable information that Lord Song Ling has no relatives with the surname Liu, let alone any distant nephews with the surname Liu, so you must be an imposter!"

"How do you know that Lord Song Ling has no distant nephew?"

Liu Zhao made up his mind and decided to just show his gold medal first.

What's more, I just don't believe it in my heart. Is there really no one to protect me?

"This county naturally has my own way of knowing!"

In fact, Hongnong County is not far from Luojing, and Song Xian is famous, so it is not difficult to get some clues.

What's more, there are people in the city who specialize in providing clues about high-ranking officials in the court. They are probably similar to political brokers in later generations. They obtain clues about court ministers through various channels and sell them for high profits.

Their information comes from a wide range of sources and is generally accurate.

Moreover, some brokers have great powers. As long as the price is reasonable and the benefits are sufficient, they can also act as introducers for careers.

Wang Fang was obviously very familiar with this approach.

Liu Zhao, on the other hand, didn't understand. Judging from Wang Fang's expression, he seemed to be confident.

"I've already told you that Song Xian and I are distant relatives. How can you, a mere county magistrate, know all of Song Linggong's distant relatives?"

"Don't quibble. If you show me the token, maybe this county will trust you a little more!"

Wang Fang was still a little hesitant at this time.

Liu Zhao had no token, his face changed when he heard the order, and the information he got from the broker made it almost certain that Liu Zhao was an imposter.

But at this moment Liu Zhao still insisted that he was Song Xian's relative, which made Wang Fang start to doubt again!

Liu Zhao was right. Song Xian was a high-ranking official and no one knew how many relatives he had.

Believe 70% of the broker's words, but not necessarily 30% of them.

So he took a deep breath and said, "If you can show us something like a piece of calligraphy from the sage Song Linggong, this county will naturally believe it!"

"I have already said that there is no token. You can ask Lord Song Ling to come and testify!"

Liu Zhao stared at Wang Fang deliberately.

Wang Fang shook his head slightly. This was the second confirmation that he had no token. Bringing up Song Xian simply meant that he was sure that he could not invite Song Xian.

There is no proof!

It seems that this is definitely an imposter, let’s catch him first!

"Since you can't produce the token, you must be an imposter! Someone come here!"

With this shout, dozens of people rushed out from both sides.

The most prominent among them is of course Du Ming.