After receiving the instructions from "Jiang Tiancheng" to transfer the criminals, Lu Hechang, together with Hu Yuan and Yao Mingyang, sent people to the countryside to quietly find a house to hold prisoners, but he also felt that such a move was quite risky.

The people below found a good house and asked him to check it out. Although he was very satisfied, he also felt a little unsafe. He always felt that if something happened, it would be difficult to do the job without the prisoner. It would be difficult for him to bear such a big responsibility.

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Thinking like this, he began to murmur in his heart: "Is this really Jiang Tiancheng's idea?"

"This is really strange." Hu Yuan said, "He wasn't like this before."

"I think you should go see Mr. Jiang first and ask him to write a document and sign it, and then do what he wants." Yao Mingyang also expressed doubts about the instructions conveyed by Shang Jiuqing.

Lu Hechang felt that Hu Yuan and Yao Mingyang's views were reasonable, but for the sake of face, he was not willing to kiss him before talking to Jiang Tiancheng.

"In this kind of matter, we can't just consider the issue of face." Yao Mingyang was very dissatisfied with Lu Hechang's hesitation: "This matter involves our life and death."

"Okay then," Lu Hechang felt that it was necessary for him to visit and verify Jiang Tiancheng's instructions before leaving. If something happened, he would be involved. This was not a matter of face, but a matter of life and death.

In this way, he took Hu Yuan and went to visit Jiang Tiancheng at the old temple in the southwest of the county the day before he was going to escort the criminal. He also asked him to write a page of notes and sign it, so that he could avoid getting into trouble.

Punished without justification.

"What? You can't even believe my words?" "Jiang Tiancheng" was still lying on the bed as he was, and his words still had the original angry tone: "You ask me to write a note for anything, just because I'm afraid something will happen and it will harm you.

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"We don't mean that." Hu Yuan quickly laughed and said, "Don't be angry, Mr. Jiang. This is just a routine matter for us. There is no other meaning. Because the Minister of Punishment has assigned you to take charge of the investigation, we have to do what you want."

?But now that you are injured like this and unable to come forward in person, let us do it. We have to have a proof, right?"

Lu Hechang was speechless. He just looked at "Jiang Tiancheng" lying on the bed silently and found nothing unusual. Seeing that Jiang Tiancheng's men were not there, he asked: "Are you the only one living here now? Where are your entourages?"

"I asked him to go shopping and he will be back in a while," Jiang Tiancheng said. At the same time, he took out a piece of paper from the table beside G, wrote a note, signed it, and handed it over.

Lu Hechang.

Lu Hechang took the note and read it carefully. Based on his years of experience in handling cases, he felt that there was nothing wrong with the note issued by "Jiang Tiancheng".

Of course, this "Jiang Tiancheng" is a master of imitation selected by Cui Jianfeng in person, not only from the perspective of sound, but also taking into account many factors that may appear in the future, including imitation techniques such as signatures and denominations.

However, whether it is true or false, Lu Hechang has always achieved his goal of leaving notes to evade responsibility. Even if something happens, he only needs to hand over these notes to the Ministry of Punishment as evidence, and he will not be held responsible according to Tang law.

no responsibility.

After collecting the note, Lu Hechang smiled and said a few polite words before exiting with Hu Yuan and hurried back.

"It is extremely unsafe to escort so many people to the countryside." When he was about to take action, Lu Hechang hesitated again: "We need to seek the opinion of Magistrate Zheng on this matter."

"I think you should stop contacting me blindly about your affairs, otherwise if you cause trouble, I will be beheaded along with you." Zheng Mingjie was indifferent and refused to express his position.

"The criminals in your county are still detained in the prison cells of your county according to the Tang Dynasty criminal code. It is a matter of justice and justice. If I ask you, I will not be able to escape from the involvement. Therefore, you have to come forward in this matter."

manage."

"You can say that," County Magistrate Zheng glared at Lu Hechang angrily: "It is your punishment department's decision to get the criminal out of the county cell, not my decision. Why should I step in?"

"Because you control the entire county's officers, soldiers, and government officials, we are just case handlers. If safety is difficult to guarantee, we have the right to ask you to intervene." Lu Hechang's tone was still quite tough.

"What treatment?"

"Personal escorts, temporary care, etc. need to be implemented by you."

"What you mean is to hand over the criminal to me and let me take him to a non-custodial area that you selected without authorization. Is that right?"

"right."

"Then you have to get me an imperial edict from the emperor, and then I will implement it according to your wishes." Magistrate Zheng did not show any weakness.

"What?" Lu Hechang was annoyed: "You still want an imperial edict? Who do you think you are?"

"I am the registered county magistrate of the Tang Dynasty, and I need to act in accordance with the criminal code of the Tang Dynasty. Without the emperor's imperial edict to amend the criminal code, how many brains do I have to listen to you and act in disobedience to the criminal code?"

"Then look at this note. It's Officer Jiang's order for us to transfer the criminal. Is it okay now?"

"Can't!"

"Why?"

"The Criminal Code clearly stipulates the location and conditions for holding prisoners. But now you are leaving the normal prison cells unused and selfishly moving the prisoners to places where safety is difficult to guarantee. This is inconsistent with the Tang Criminal Code."

"You, you," Lu Hechang never expected that he would be so embarrassed by a small county magistrate in front of many followers. He lost control of his feelings and got angry: "You are a small county magistrate. How many heads do you have?"

Don’t you listen to the officials sent by the Ministry of Punishment?”

"Don't argue." Hu Yuan listened to the reasons given by Magistrate Zheng and found it difficult to refute, but he could not disobey Jiang Tiancheng's order, so he could only say to Magistrate Zheng with a smile: "You don't have to come forward to carry out Jiang Tiancheng's orders.

Mission, but you have to give us a safety guarantee, right?"

"What you are doing is not in line with the regulations of the Tang Dynasty. I cannot handle this kind of violation of the court's criminal code for you. However, if you want me to send someone to ensure your safety, then I can only consider borrowing money from you."

I will give you a group of personnel to use. You will bring out the prisoners in the prison for interrogation. If anything goes wrong along the way, you will be responsible for it yourself."

"You are really good at making your own plans." Yao Mingyang looked at Zheng Mingjie helplessly and shook his head.

"Because your actions are inconsistent with the Tang Dynasty's criminal code, I cannot meet your demands. Once a prisoner is taken out of the cell and taken to an unsafe place and escapes, do you want me to bear this responsibility?"

"We don't mean that, but this is the instruction from Jiang Yuanwai sent by the Ministry of Justice, and we can't disobey it." Although Hu Yuan was annoyed, he was also a little helpless towards the short and short county magistrate in front of him.

"Okay, if you want to take people away, take them away for interrogation according to the criminal code. At the same time, submit an application for sending someone to provide security protection to me, sign it, and keep it in custody. In this way,

You can do whatever you want."
Chapter completed!