Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

"What's the matter?" Huo Lan hurriedly dressed and went downstairs, and glanced at the hourglass when passing by, it was just ugly.

The banquet in the lobby downstairs has already been evacuated, and almost all the lights have been blown out, leaving only an oil lamp in front of the spirit tablet, illuminating the shadows in the room.

Wen Taicang stood aside with his arms folded. The servants in front of him escorted two or three people each. Those people were tied up, and because the light was too dark, Huo Lan couldn't see the faces of all the tied people clearly. The few closest to her are all unknown.

The noise woke up many people. Xiaohe and Azhu came out with their clothes on to watch the excitement, but Ginkgo, who loved to watch the excitement, didn't come, probably because they drank too much and slept too deeply.

"Master Wen, do you want to invite Miss down?" A servant asked Wen Taicang.

Wen Taicang groaned and didn't answer, Huo Lan whispered: "Miss is not feeling well and fell asleep, why don't you wait until tomorrow morning?"

"It's okay, I'm up." With this cold voice, Yun Miaoqing appeared in front of everyone.At this time, Mo Yue had already sobered up, and her previous coquettish expression was gone. Instead, she was as calm and steady as when she questioned everyone in the court trial that day. She sat on the chair, quite like the head of the family majesty.

She glanced at the people tied together in the hall, and asked Wen Taicang, "What's the matter with these people?"

Wen Taicang replied: "A group of thieves sneaked around outside our house in the middle of the night, so they were arrested."

"It's more than sneaky! These people are carrying torches and oil, ready to set fire!" A servant shouted angrily.

"They must think that we all drank too much today and have no time to pay attention to them. They are very vicious!" Another servant followed with indignation.

Yun Miaoqing stared at these people in the hall for a while, then turned her head and told Xiao He to hold the lamp.According to Xiao He's words, he took a fire bag and lit up the lamps in the house one by one. When the lights came on, Huo Lan immediately saw a familiar figure among the tied-up crowd.

"It seems that there is another acquaintance of ours here."

While Huo Lan recognized Pan Wu, Yun Miaoqing also recognized someone.It's just that Pan Wushang still kept his head down. Huo Lan recognized him because he grew up with him and knew him so well, but Yun Miaoqing, who had only met Pan Wu twice, unexpectedly Huo Lan was secretly surprised that he could be recognized from the crowd at a glance under the dim light as before, and there was a trace of inexplicable feeling in his eyes looking at Yun Miaoqing.

This person is so talented, how much time and effort will it take to catch up with her?

Here Huo Lan still hung his heart on Yun Miaoqing, while Wen Taicang stepped over the bound people and came to Pan Wu, breaking his chin and forcing him to look up.

"It was your idea?" Yun Miaoqing looked at Pan Wu and asked.

"No, it's not me, it's none of my business!" Pan Wu was terrified.

Huo Lan had experienced Wen Taicang's strength before, his big hands were as hard as iron, Pan Wu's chin was pinched by him, and his whole head couldn't shake anymore.With his always bullying personality, he dared to engage in a sneak attack. Unexpectedly, he was caught by someone. Huo Lan knew without thinking that he must be terrified at the moment, and he might regret it much.

"Then according to what you said, it was your friends who forced you?" Yun Miaoqing still asked slowly in her unhurried tone.

Pan Wu couldn't move his head, so he could only use his eyeballs to cast a sideways glance at a companion who was tied up beside him. It could be seen that he wanted to take the responsibility of the mastermind away, but he was afraid of these people and dared not speak nonsense in front of his face.

When he didn't answer, Yun Miaoqing fiddled with her nails and waited for him.She was obviously intentional, and the silent threat was like a knife hanging in the air. It tortured Pan Wu more than directly saying how to punish him. Every minute that passed, the panic on Pan Wu's face became more and more serious. Even one layer.

Finally, Pan Wu couldn't hold back and burst into tears: "I'm sorry! It was me who was blinded by lard and dared to break ground on the head of Grandpa Tai Sui. I beg you grandpas to let me go. I, I was confused when I drank too much wine at night. I don’t dare anymore, I beg you adults to spare me a lot this time..."

"What? You drank too much and got confused by yourself, so you invited such a large group of people to get confused together? I saw that you have all the things you have brought, and you have chosen your time wisely. It's not like a 'temporary' What happened." Yun Miaoqing waved her hand after saying that, "Forget it, I'm not interested in knowing if you're 'momentarily confused', Wang Shun, you go to the county government office, and it's estimated that you will go to the gate of the city right now. It’s also opened, let Zhang County Magistrate send someone to take them away.”

The servant whose name was called responded and left the hall.

Pan Wu's face turned pale, and Wang Shun led Zhou Butou and a group of yamen servants back to the house after a few hours.

Zhou Butou was sleeping soundly at home during the Chinese New Year, when he was suddenly called out to go to work, his face was full of unhappiness.He couldn't afford to offend the people in the Yun family's house, so he couldn't vent his unhappiness on the informant, so he could only scold this group of thieves with a bad face who couldn't live for a few days during the New Year.

"You guys are all idle farts? You have a good year, but you have to eat a few days of prison food and then get a few boards, right? You dare to kill people and set fire to rob money, why don't you go to the underworld to rob money? ? Do you want me to burn some paper for you today to help you report to Hades?"

Yun Miaoqing ordered this group of people to be taken out of the lobby early in the morning, and escorted to stand outside in the yard. The few of them kept warm with a fire in the house, while the gang of thieves blew the cold wind outside all morning. Shivering from the cold, he didn't have the guts or strength to choke on Zhou Tuntou.

"Zhou Butou, thank you for making this trip with all the brothers. It's New Year's Day, and I should have a banquet at home to entertain you when you come. It's just that the filial piety period has not passed, and it is not convenient for the guests to have a big banquet. This little money Take it as a little thought from me, and use it to buy wine for the brothers."

Yun Miaoqing called Catcher Zhou aside and handed over a whole bag of money, a thousand cash, which was enough for this group of people to have a good meal at the best restaurant in the county.

Zhou Butou's complexion immediately improved a lot, but he was still refusing: "Miss Yun is too polite. It is our duty to punish criminals and catch thieves. How can we make you spend more money!"

"I know Zhou Butou has always been upright, but you still have so many brothers under your command, you don't think it's hard to keep the people under you from being impatient, don't you? This group of thieves chose such a time to break into my house in the middle of the night. If my servants were not vigilant, I don’t know if I will be ordered to talk to Zhou Catcher right now, I was really frightened so I had no choice but to make such a decision, I caused trouble for you brothers, how can I make it difficult for Zhou Catcher to do it the other way around?”

Yun Miaoqing said that she was "too frightened", but she didn't look frightened at all, but some of the thieves looked quite frightened.

But when people talked about this, they gave all face and face, Zhou Butou happily accepted the money, and the previous complaints against the Yun family were instantly wiped out.

"Then I will thank Miss Yun on behalf of my incompetent brothers." He patted his chest as he spoke, "Don't worry, Miss Yun, I will definitely watch these little thieves for you, no Call them to harass you again."

After Zhou Butou left, Ginkgo came out from behind the wooden wall. She just woke up and went downstairs when she heard the conversation between her young lady and Zhou Butou.At that time, she didn't have time to go out, so she secretly waved and called Xiao He to ask about the cause and effect.

"A county government arrester, Miss, why are you being so polite to him?" Ginkgo yawned, of course she knew that these people complained a little bit when they came here early in the morning, but so what, eating this bowl of rice and doing this job The work, besides, is paid, and it is enough to pass it off for a while, why bother talking to people for a long time.

"It's good to be a seller, maybe we will need them again soon." Yun Miaoqing smiled slightly, her eyes were full of cunning, after answering Gingko, she turned her head to look to the other side: "Huo Lan, you have been practicing with Brother Wen for half a year, do you want to find a chance to practice your hand?"

Huo Lan didn't understand Yun Miaoqing's meaning, where to practice in this day and night?When the thief was caught at night, she was asleep and didn't make it in time to participate. Now that everyone has caught the thief, do they dare to do it again?Even if they have the guts, the government won't let them out for a while...

Yun Miaoqing seemed to see Huo Lan's doubts, but she didn't answer directly.She raised her eyes to the direction of the gate, where a thief at the end of the line was being pushed out by the yamen guard behind her.

"When I was questioning Pan Wu earlier, several accomplices around him raised their heads, and one of them wanted to say something, but the man in front of him with a half scar on his head glared back at him, and then swallowed the words back. ..."

Huo Lan also saw what Yun Miaoqing said, the man's eyes were fierce, he definitely didn't want to beg for mercy like Pan Wu, Huo Lan guessed that most of them were threatening words.

Yun Miaoqing also had the same opinion as her: "...he is not the only one, many of them seem to see that scarred man's face, obviously that scarred man is the leader of this group of thieves, you said that since they don't even have the leader After being arrested, what cruel words can be said? And why did that scarred man stop them from speaking out?"

After Yun Miaoqing made such a call, Huo Lan suddenly realized: "Unless they have another leader, there are other accomplices outside! Scarred head is afraid that they will startle the snake if they speak harshly, so they are not allowed to talk nonsense!"

"What? They still dare to come?!" Ginkgo exclaimed, "This time the fall is not enough for them to fall, and the whole army must be wiped out to learn a lesson?"

"Who knows, after this experience their big boss has changed his mind and shrank back. If they don't come to us, we can still go to him." Yun Miaoqing said lightly, "A group of people robbed houses. The robbers, we are doing good deeds and eliminating harm for the people."

"Then let's go now!" As soon as he talked about being a hero, Ginkgo began to gear up and try.

"No problem. If these people were really smart, they wouldn't listen to Pan Wu's words and play tricks on us. If we leave them for a few days, they won't run away. It's still a holiday, and we can't let people say that we are always looking for trouble, right? Wait for the holiday Afterwards, let's pay a visit to County Magistrate Zhang before making any plans."

Yun Miaoqing always kept her promise, she said she would go after the festival and she did, and she even brought Huo Lan along with her.

In addition to her own carriage, this time when she came to the county government, she asked her family to drive another car. In the car, there were several boxes of cured goods made by Aunt Han years ago. Enter Zhang County Magistrate's Mansion.

The yamen servant who led the way for Yun Miaoqing was paid by her to buy a drink last time, and this time he saw her bring several large boxes of preserved goods, his attitude towards Yun Miaoqing was much different than when Yun Miaoqing first entered the county yamen. Enthusiasm several times.

"Miss Yun, sit here for a while, I'll go and ask the magistrate to come out." The yamen servant led Yun Miaoqing to the parlor behind the county yamen's hall, and after a while, the magistrate Zhang Yuanbai rushed in.

In the past six months, Yun Miaoqing visited Zhang Yuanbai's mansion a few times for the favor she owed last time, and the two of them were barely familiar with each other.After Zhang Yuanbai entered the room, he casually said a few polite words to Yun Miaoqing, and as soon as he sat down, he patted his legs and sighed: "Miss Yun helped me find out a big case this time!"

It seems that something was found in the interrogation... Yun Miaoqing knew it well, but on the face she just didn't know, and asked, "How do you say that?"

"I just came from the prison of the county yamen. Since Miss Tianyun reported the case a few days ago, we have not had a day off, and we have been interrogated for several rounds day and night. I don't know if this is not a trial. The first trial was really shocking. Miss Yun, do you know these people? Have you committed any crimes? Hey! That’s really full of five poisons! The most outrageous thing is that they have occupied Nanhe Village by force and lived in Nanhe Village. It’s been more than a month and no one has reported the incident! If it weren’t for this gang I was unlucky enough to bump into your hand this time, and the people from above will find out in the future, and I will lose the hat on my head!"

Zhang Yuanbai still had lingering fears when he said this. Several of the thieves were stubborn and refused to confess no matter how tortured they were. Fortunately, there were too many people arrested, and one or two of them couldn't handle it. They said that they killed Nanhe as soon as they came. The Lizheng and elders of the village drove all the women and children of the village to one place and locked them up, coerced the men in the village to work for them, and killed all the disobedient ones.

"You may not have been to Nanhe Village. It's not as close as Songzhuang Village and Liuhe Village near you. They are both closer to the town, and there are always people coming and going in the village. Nanhe Village is in a mountain depression. There are only about [-] households in total, and it is not very convenient to enter and exit, and it is not uncommon to not communicate with outsiders for a month or two."

Zhang Yuanbai sighed as he spoke, no matter how remote the location of Nanhe Village was, he, the county magistrate, could never escape the crime of not being aware of such a thing.His Songluan County is not an upper county, its population and land area are just enough to meet the standards of a middle county, and the grades of county magistrates in different counties are not the same, Zhang Yuanbai's grade is not high, but the burden on his shoulders is not light, so How could such a thing happen within the scope of jurisdiction without sighing and worrying.

"How many of them are there in total, and how does the county magistrate plan to deal with them?" Yun Miaoqing asked Huo Lan carefully what Wang Cuicui told her that day, and the result of Zhang Yuanbai's trial was not too surprising.

"Oh, I just want to discuss this matter with you!" Zhang Yuanbai had dealt with Yun Miaoqing several times, and knew that this fragile-looking girl was actually quite skilled, so he also wanted to ask her about it before making a decision. Opinion.

"There are about 30 of them in total. We arrested [-] this time, and we estimate that there are more than [-] left over there. I think so. There are two ways right now. One is to report to the state government according to the facts. Please issue an official document to send troops to hunt down the thieves, but in this way, I am afraid that the crime of negligence will be unavoidable..."

Songluan County has a local garrison, but according to the law of the dynasty, the county magistrate has no right to call the county's soldiers and horses. The county-level soldiers and horses need to be ordered by the prefecture-level officials before they can be dispatched, and the state-level soldiers and horses need to be ordered by the state-level officials. It needs to be transferred by the central court to use it, so if Zhang Yuanbai wants to use the army, he has to tell the higher-ups about it no matter what happens.

Yun Miaoqing did not comment on this: "What about the second road that the county magistrate said?"

"Secondly, there are 23 arrests in our county government, and there are a dozen or so famous servants in my own house, and there are more than 30 in total. It stands to reason that we have the same number of arrests. It shouldn't be a big problem to take down that group of thieves. After we have caught all the people, I will write a letter to plead guilty, and then I will redeem my merits and pay a fine of one or two months' salary, and the matter will be over."

Comparing the two, it is obvious that the second path is better, and Zhang Yuanbai himself is more inclined to the second path.

"So what is the magistrate hesitating about?" Yun Miaoqing asked again.

"It's a good idea, but I heard from the gang of thieves that some of the people who didn't come were very powerful, and we only have such a small number of people. I'm worried that if the suppression of the bandits fails, the crime will be even greater!"

"This matter is easy to handle. I have two suitable candidates to recommend to the county magistrate." Yun Miaoqing came here today for this matter. After hearing Zhang Yuanbai's words, she deliberately kept it a secret and didn't say it directly. Said leisurely, give it to Zhang Yuanbai as a favor.

Zhang Yuanbai didn't know that he was counting the money, so he asked suspiciously, "Who is Miss Yun talking about?"

"The county magistrates have met these two people. One is my little friend Huo Lan, and the other is my righteous brother Wen Taicang."

Huo Lan was standing behind Yun Miaoqing at this time, Zhang Yuanbai looked up and recognized the person who Yun Miaoqing worked so hard to get justice for.At that time, Huo Lan had just been taken in by Yun Miaoqing for a short time, and the long-term lack of enough food made her look a little pale and thin. Now that she has been raised in Yun Zhai for half a year, she seems to be more energetic, but Zhang Yuanbai just glanced at it and felt that People don't look like they have special skills.

How could it be possible for someone with great ability to get Yun Miaoqing to take the lead for him?Zhang Yuanbai didn't know the relationship between Huo Lan and Yun Miaoqing, but this did not prevent him from calling Huo Lan a little boy.

This person must be unreliable, and the only one who can be counted on is the one left.

"Your righteous brother...does he have a name for himself?" Zhang Yuanbai asked tentatively.

No wonder he didn't know Wen Taicang. Back then, Wen Taicang insisted on sending troops to attack the enemy in defiance of the military order, and even assassinated Gu Yuan, the then military supervisor. Then he quietly slipped out of the barracks, went south to a small town, and killed the The son peeled the skin and cramps, cut the belly and dug out the heart, and the methods were so cruel, it was the first time I saw an old servant who had worked in the county government all his life.

Any one of these is a felony mortal.The emperor was furious when he heard about it, and put him in the sky prison. Even though his father Wen Zhengliang took the gold medal from the late emperor to ask the emperor for forgiveness, it was useless.

"If it weren't for the gold medal, you would have your head beheaded like a father, and everyone in the Wen family would have to sit together!" said the person on the dragon chair.

Later, there were too many people who interceded, and the emperor finally wanted to spare Wen Taicang's death for the sake of the Wen family's several generations of loyalty and military exploits, and dismissed him from office and demoted him to a common man.Before his death, his father, Wen Zhengliang, took his good friend Yun Zhimiao's hand and entrusted Wen Taicang to Yun Zhimiao's care. That's how Wen Taicang became Yun Zhimiao's adopted son and Yun Miaoqing's adopted brother. .

Many people know about this matter in the capital city, but it is not something worth publicizing after all. In addition, Songluan County is far away from the capital city. not sure.

"I already said his surname is Wen, why can't the magistrate guess it?" Yun Miaoqing smiled meaningfully.

If it weren't for her laugh, Zhang Yuanbai wouldn't have dared to think about that old general, and even up to this point he wouldn't have dared to think that Wen Taicang would be Wen Zhengliang's son, and thought he was an offshoot of the Wen family.

To be adopted by Yun Xiang as a adopted son, even a side branch must be very capable!To get this person's help is simply a great thing, Zhang Yuanbai thanked Yun Miaoqing repeatedly, and agreed with Yun Miaoqing to send people to hunt for the thieves together in three days.

Before going out, Yun Miaoqing suddenly turned around and said to Zhang Yuanbai: "Among the people arrested this time, there is one named Pan Wu, the magistrate must still have an impression."

Zhang Yuanbai slapped his head: "Yes, of course! I remember, I was not sure that he appeared within a hundred steps of you before, right? If I spared him last time, I will definitely not be able to escape this time. Miss Yun, don't worry!"

"Then I would like to thank the county magistrate."

The author has something to say: today's update!Thank you cuties for waiting yesterday. I know that there are still many places in my story that are not good enough. Thank you, cuties, for still liking this story. I am willing to follow up the serialization and wait for my daily update. Today, I will post a small wave in the comments The red envelope is ready, thank you for your support all the time, I love you more than my heart~