Although Zheng Mingjie felt that Lu Hechang was stationed in the county government, which hindered his normal performance of the county magistrate's duties, he also unexpectedly learned that those outsiders were plotting against Wei Kangshun, and he began to feel nervous again.

Of course, Magistrate Zheng could not repeat Lu Hechang's failed path and quietly move Wei Kangshun elsewhere to avoid being snatched away by these outsiders. Otherwise, he would not be able to walk around, because Wei Kangshun is a prisoner on death row registered by the Ministry of Punishments, and was captured by Jiang Tiancheng and others.

An arrested person who has not been tried and closed is different from an arrested person who is reported and booked. It is no joke if a criminal who has been booked and filed is lost.

"How do you think I should handle this matter?" In desperation, he had to seek Lu Hechang's opinion.

"I don't have much else to do. Visitors from outside these days are so dangerous and they are so pervasive. If you want to stop what they want to do, there is really no way."

"Please help me think of a way, as long as we can ensure that Wei Kangshun is not lost." Zheng Mingjie was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

"The only way is to escort him to the capital prison as soon as possible." Lu Hechang felt that other than this, there was no better way to prevent Wei Kangshun from being kidnapped.

"I also want to do this, but I am worried that they will intercept us and take away the prisoners." Zheng Mingjie said.

"There is nothing I can do about it." Lu Hechang said: "Wei Kangshun and Lu Dazhu have nothing to do with the case of demotion and rebellion now, and it is not our business."

"I want you to help me come up with a safe way to escort these two people to the capital prison."

"Generally speaking, to detain such a criminal, you don't need too many people, just a few or a dozen people. But now we are facing powerful alien visitors, and even if the court sends a large army to escort them, it may be difficult.

As wished."

"You mean there's nothing we can do about it?"

"Yes." Lu Hechang said, "You might as well give them to those aliens."

Because of his personal experience, Lu Hechang found Zheng Mingjie's idea ridiculous.

Think about it, as soon as they left the county government office, they were discovered by those extraterrestrial visitors. As soon as they moved into the newly built detention house, they played pranks on them. In front of such all-pervasive extraterrestrial visitors, it was possible to sneak away quietly.

What?

"No," Zheng Mingjie shook his head like a rattle: "These two death row inmates are different from the people you arrested. They are criminals whose cases have been closed and filed. They are checked regularly every year. Once they are kidnapped, I will be dismissed from office.

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"It's nothing to be dismissed from office. If it's serious, you might be arrested and beheaded!" Lu Hechang said angrily.

"Then do you think there is any other way?" Although Zheng Mingjie felt that asking like this was in vain, he still hoped that Lu Hechang would give him some advice. After all, he was an official from above and had more connections than he did.

"You can talk to Sima Cong and say that he is preparing to rob the prison because of his demotion. You want to quickly escort the two serious criminals temporarily detained in Wucheng County back to the capital prison, and ask him to contact the Minister of Punishment and send officers and soldiers to escort him.

." Lu Hechang said.

"Okay." Zheng Mingjie was extremely happy. Although Lu Hechang's idea still could not rule out the possibility of the prisoner being kidnapped by those extraterrestrial visitors, once Daoli sent troops to escort him, he could just hand over the prisoner to the escort, and he could

The responsibility is completely pushed away. Because in this way, if the prisoner is robbed midway, the responsibility will no longer be borne by him as if he was escorted by the county government himself.

After Sima Cong received the official letter from the Wucheng County government through the eight hundred miles express station, he felt that Magistrate Zheng did not understand the rules. Is it possible for the Ministry of Punishment to send heavy troops to escort two ordinary criminals?

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"He treats the prisoner as an emperor." Sima Cong took a sip of tea and tasted it for a while. He smiled and said to the Changzhou governor who was visiting the Taoist government: "He asked me to ask the Minister of Punishment for a team of people to help bring those two

How is it possible for a prisoner to be escorted to the capital? How could such a confused magistrate win the election and become the magistrate?"

"I think his mood is understandable." The governor of Changzhou took the letter handed to him by Sima Cong and read it for a while, then said thoughtfully: "This shows that the case of belittling gods there has developed to an extremely serious level.

It is difficult for the criminal to ensure his safety. Therefore, I think his request is not excessive."

"That's right." Sima Cong took the letter from the Wucheng County government office returned to him by the Changzhou governor and read it for a while. He thought it made sense: "I also feel a little strange. Jiang Yuanwai and Lu Du have been away for so many days, why haven't they been there?

Any news?"

"So," the Changzhou governor said, "this letter is also very strange."

"In your opinion, I should report this letter to the Minister of Punishment and ask him to send government soldiers to escort the prisoners back to their cells?"

"Yes. Moreover, let's make the matter very serious and ask them to send as many soldiers as possible to Wucheng and take the prisoners back as soon as possible."

"What if a large number of government soldiers are mobilized? What if the situation is untrue?" Ma Sicong was a little hesitant. He was worried that if the superiors learned that a large number of government soldiers were mobilized just for two serious criminals, he would think that it was an incompetent person who overstepped his authority.

, you may be dismissed.

"I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"Because the case of rebellion against God is a major matter that the court attaches great importance to. It has been delayed for a long time and cannot be resolved. Now the magistrate of Wucheng County has sent an urgent letter again and dispatched troops to escort. It is also out of duty and there is nothing wrong with it. So, even if it is not

If something goes wrong, it's reasonable. How can you punish officials at every turn?"

"Okay then, I'll immediately send a few eight-hundred-mile expedited letters to Luoyang and let Lijingmen and the Minister of Hubu decide on their own. I'll just be the middleman." Sima Cong thought this was better.

"The problem may not be whether to send government troops, but the situation behind the urgent letter sent by Wucheng County Government may be beyond our expectation."

"How is this possible?" Sima Cong didn't believe that the matter would become unexpectedly serious: "Why are the people sent by Lijingmen and the Ministry of Punishment all in Wucheng to investigate?"

"I'm just afraid that they will encounter serious problems and dare not report the situation truthfully." The Changzhou governor pointed to Zheng Mingjie's letter and said, "My intuition tells me that he is deliberately evading responsibility."

"That's right." Ma Sicong smiled: "Today's officials are all the same."

"So, everyone wants to leave a way out for themselves, but this county magistrate is really helpless. There are obviously several court officials in the county who are investigating the case, but he bypassed them and begged you. What does this mean?"

"What does it mean?"

"Explain that the people sent by the court to investigate the case are afraid to continue the investigation."

"It can be seen that they are also learning from Cui Jianfeng and will behave well."

"It is estimated that the derogatory person they investigated may be a character with extraordinary abilities and difficult to deal with."

"Then what should I do? Should I go to Wucheng in person and supervise them to continue the investigation?"

"So what if you go?"

"Can't you go?"

"If you go, you may not be able to come back."

"No way? From what you said, it seems like things there are getting out of hand."

"It's better not to go. Let the Ministry of Justice send troops to escort first. In this way, if the escort team is attacked, the problem will be obvious. At that time, it can only be dealt with directly by the superiors, and you will not bear any responsibility."

"Well, let's just stay put and wait and see what happens." As he said that, he wrote an urgent official letter to the Minister of Punishment, asking the Supervising Yushi (Taoist deacon, eighth-rank official) to send an urgent letter immediately through eight hundred miles.

past.

When the Minister of Punishment received Sima Cong's letter, he certainly took it seriously. It was just because the letter writer was a third-rank official, unlike a seventh-rank county magistrate like Zheng Mingjie. The reason why Zheng Mingjie sought help through the Taoist government was in itself an official skill.

The Minister of Punishment immediately contacted Lai Junchen and negotiated with him for a while. He also felt that the matter was very strange and felt that Sima Cong's analysis was reasonable. That is to say, the two groups of people they sent to Wucheng might have the same difficulties as Cui Jianfeng.

The hidden information of the superiors could not be reported to them directly, which led to the county magistrate of this small county bypassing them to seek rescue.

"We can only follow the wishes of Jiangnan Road and ask the Ministry of War to send a group of soldiers to escort it." Lai Junchen also felt that Sima Cong's analysis was reasonable. It was not appropriate for him to send more personnel to investigate, so the Ministry of War could only send troops to handle it.

, if the soldiers sent by the Ministry of War are attacked, the case will be elevated to the level of sending soldiers to suppress the bandits. In that case, whether it is the county magistrate, the governor of the state, the Taoist Inspector, the Minister of the Ministry of War, a large group of officials will

Freed.
Chapter completed!