Qiu Tao, the voluptuous innkeeper, sighed, "It is said that the people do not fight with the officials, and the poor do not fight with the rich. The Liu family has learned from the past. Their daughter was taken away and made a concubine, and their son was forced to go to the mountains to become a bandit and file a complaint.

It's useless to complain to the county governor's office, and I heard that the Beijing control has no results. Don't you think it's just because of the fight with the government? It's hard to be poor, it's hard to be rich, and it's hard to give birth to a beautiful daughter!"

Tang Jiusheng laughed loudly and joked: "Fortunately, our Lord County Sheriff did not see you, the innkeeper's wife, otherwise I would have sent someone to snatch you to be my concubine!"

The proprietress Qiu Tao rolled her eyes charmingly, "Look at what the young master said, how can the county governor see a mature woman like me? The county governor only likes young girls in their late teens and early twenties.

Sweetie!"

Tang Jiusheng laughed, took a look at the landlady's hand, stroked it, and praised: "That's because he lacks taste! Autumn peaches like this are plump, juicy, and sweet in the mouth. How can they be like those green peaches?"

Comparable?"

Qiu Tao's eyes were filled with laughter, and she said with a pink face: "Oh, I really didn't realize that although the young master is young, he is still quite experienced! If the young master needs it, I will come to take care of him tonight.

How's it going? Hmm?"

Tang Jiusheng laughed dryly, patted Qiu Tao's butt with his hand, turned and left, "Oh, what a coincidence today, my aunt is here!"

The boss's wife Qiu Tao cursed bitterly from behind, "I know that this is another embroidered pillow that is just a talker and has evil intentions but no courage. What a pity for this fine skin!"

Tang Jiusheng hummed a little tune and left the counter. He didn't hear Qiu Tao's words. He only planned to visit the Liu family tonight. He couldn't go in public during the day. Being too conspicuous could easily expose his target. If anyone saw him, he would report Ye Tengjiao's lackluster in the county.

, the Liu family will be in disaster because of this.

After dark, Tang Jiusheng, Fatty and Xiahou Lingyu packed their weapons, left Taoyuan Inn, and went straight to Liu Chenli's house in the northeast corner of the county. Fatty didn't bring his pair of sledgehammers, mainly because they were too heavy and inconvenient to carry them out, and

Zhu Congwu, who was responsible for carrying the hammer, was not here. Tang Jiusheng lent the Great Desolate Sword to the fat man. The fat man held the Great Desolate Sword in his hand and shouted dissatisfied: "This sword is too light for Fatty to use without mercy!"

Tang Jiusheng shouldered the Yan Ling Dao and cursed with a smile: "Just be satisfied, I'm carrying an ordinary steel knife worth five taels of silver, but this Great Desolate Sword in your hand can at least be ranked eighteenth in the world!" The fat man said this

I was speechless.

The three of them used Qinggong and traveled quickly. According to the location marked on the map, they arrived at the gate of Liu Chenli's house. Sure enough, as the inn proprietress said, the gate was deserted. It was a huge Liu's house and there were no lanterns hanging.

Liu's house is a large courtyard with three entrances. The three of them came outside the wall of Liu's house, put on their face coverings, looked at each other, nodded, and rushed to the back room. They listened around and heard no dogs barking.

Tang Jiusheng quietly came to the front ridge of the inverted house, took out a locust stone from his arms, and threw it down with a bang. He listened carefully and found that there was solid ground below, with neither pits nor water. Then he floated down gently, and Xia Hou

Lingyu and Fatty also jumped down.

Xiahou Lingyu praised softly: "Damn you, fat man, I didn't realize that your Qinggong is not bad! You are so fat, but you didn't make any sound when you landed on the ground!" Tang Jiusheng quickly covered Xiahou Lingyu's mouth with his hand, signaling her not to make any sound.

Xiahou Lingyu felt her face turn red for no reason, her body went numb, and a warm current surged through her heart. She really wanted Tang Jiusheng to hold her gently. Fortunately, it was dark and Tang Jiusheng couldn't see her blush.

Tang Jiusheng

In front, the three of them quietly came to the outside of the Chuihua Gate and each jumped up to the wall of the Chuihua Gate. Tang Jiusheng squatted on the wall and looked into the main courtyard. He saw two crabapple trees planted in the courtyard. There were three main rooms, only the first one on the right.

With the light on in the room, Tang Jiusheng took out another locust stone and threw it down. Listening carefully, it was still solid ground below.

Tang Jiusheng lightly jumped down from the wall, and Xiahou Lingyu also followed. However, the fat man did not follow. Instead, he jumped across the ridge to the east wing and lay on the roof to look out for the wind.

The two people went straight to the first room on the right, sneaked under the window, and listened carefully. They heard someone whispering in the room but couldn't make out what they were saying. Tang Jiusheng made a gesture to Xiahou Lingyu, and Xiahou Lingyu

Nodding, he lightly jumped up to the roof of the main room. Tang Jiusheng then gently knocked on the window of the first room, then went to knock on the door, knocking three times in a row, and heard no more voices.

Tang Jiusheng then knocked on the door three more times, and a young man's voice from inside asked: "Who is it?"

Tang Jiusheng lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Liu, it's me!"

With a creak, the door of the main room was pushed open, and a young man with an average appearance held an oil lamp in his hand. He carefully protected it with his hands, fearing that the lamp would be blown out by the wind, and used the light of the lamp to shine on Tang Jiusheng. At this time, Tang Jiusheng had already covered his head.

The cloth was pulled up to his chin, exposing his face.

The young man holding the oil lamp looked at Tang Jiusheng carefully. He didn't recognize him. Just when he was about to open his mouth to ask, Tang Jiusheng made a silencing gesture with his right index finger, pulled the young young master into the main room, and closed the door behind him.

. asked in a low voice: "Are you the second young master Liu Chenggong?"

The young master nodded and said, "I am Liu Chenggong. Who is your honor?"

Tang Jiusheng said in a low voice: "My little brother is from Prince Wei's palace and was ordered to investigate the case of Ye Tengjiao raping a common girl! I want to know the details and ask someone from your palace to come forward to testify one day!"

The young master pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and led Tang Jiusheng into the east room of the main room. As soon as Tang Jiusheng entered the room, he was startled. He saw an Eight Immortals table in the room, with a teapot and two tea bowls on it.

There were four people standing on both sides of the table, all dressed as police officers. Sitting on the Taishi chair behind the Eight Immortals table was a man in official uniform with an oriole embroidered on his waistcoat. He was an eighth-grade official. The room looked like a simple courtroom.

posture.

When the eighth-grade official saw Tang Jiusheng walking in with the young master, he quickly stood up, smiled and said, "Oh, your Majesty is finally here, please take a seat!" As he spoke, he pointed to the chair opposite the Eight Immortals table.

Tang Jiusheng sat down. Seeing Tang Jiusheng's puzzled expression, the junior official laughed and said, "Your Majesty entered the city this afternoon. We guessed that you were coming to see Mr. Liu, so we have been waiting here for a long time!"

Seeing what he said, Tang Jiusheng simply pulled the chair in front of the Eight Immortals table and sat down. Seeing Tang Jiusheng sit down, the eighth-grade official quickly picked up the celadon teapot, filled a celadon tea bowl seven-cent full, and held the tea bowl respectfully.

In front of Tang Jiusheng, he smiled and said: "Sir, please use tea!" Tang Jiusheng was afraid that the tea was poisonous, so he shook his head and signaled that he would not drink the tea.

The eighth-grade official sat on the chair and laughed, "Sir, just drink it with confidence, there is no poison in this tea! Oh, by the way, I would like to introduce myself. My surname is Weng, and my name is Weng Tonglang. My name is Taoyin."

County Magistrate, this afternoon I heard that three of the prince’s ministers arrived at the Taoyuan Inn. I wanted to go there to greet them, but I was afraid that the minister would not be able to see me due to the private visit incognito, so I didn’t dare to come and disturb them!”

Tang Jiusheng leaned back in his chair and asked with an arrogant look: "Tell me, how did you know we were coming?"

Yes, how did you know we were coming to the Liu family?"

Wengxian Cheng laughed and said: "The superior officer killed three people on the official road today. The people from the large caravan had already publicized the three superior officers when they entered the city, so the lower officials already knew about it! Presumably the superior officer's trip was for Ye

Your Excellency, you have taken Miss Liu Qiongying as your concubine! I misunderstood you! Master Ye and Miss Liu met when they were offering incense in the temple, and they fell in love with each other. They were a match made in heaven, so they formed a good relationship and it was not forced.

Rob!"

As he spoke, Wengxian Cheng glanced at Liu Chenggong, the second son of the Liu family, and mouthed. Liu Chenggong smiled and took out a heavy baggage from under the table and put it on the table with a clatter. It was obviously filled with gold and silver.

Successfully pushed the baggage in front of Tang Jiusheng, and said with a humble smile: "Sir, there are five hundred taels of silver and one hundred taels of gold in it. Please accept it!"

Tang Jiusheng did not touch the baggage, and just sneered, "Are you trying to bribe me?"

Wengxian Cheng quickly waved his hand and said: "The superior has misunderstood! The superior came from Anshu County and worked hard all the way. These are the greeting gifts for the superior. There is absolutely no other meaning. I just invite you to buy some tea!"

Liu Chenggong nodded and smiled at the side: "That's right! Please rest assured, sir, my sister-in-law is living happily and satisfactorily in the Sheriff's Mansion now. Some of the rumors among the people before were all due to misunderstandings! I'm here to take my place for my sister-in-law.

Please explain it clearly to your superior, please take a closer look!"

Tang Jiusheng laughed loudly, pushed the bag back, and said meaningfully: "You two officials, please stop making trouble! Five hundred taels of silver and one hundred taels of gold to buy tea? I'm afraid that my intestines will be rotten after drinking such shameless tea.

!”

Wengxian Cheng and Liu Chenggong looked at each other, and Liu Chenggong asked cautiously: "I'm a superior, but you think you don't have enough money?"

Tang Jiusheng looked strange, laughed dryly and nodded: "Well, you are really smart! There are three of us here, and you just gave me this little gold and silver. It's hard for the three of us to divide it!"

Wengxian Cheng and Liu Chenggong looked at each other again. Wengxian Cheng nodded. Liu Chenggong quickly reached out and took out another bundle from under the table. He put it on the table and unwrapped it. Inside was Huang Chengcheng's large gold ingot, fifty taels.

There are six of them in one ingot. Liu Chenggong chuckled and said, "Sir, this is three hundred taels of pure gold! Please accept it!"

Tang Jiusheng smiled and took out a round waist badge from his arms, threw it on the table, and asked grandly: "You two, let's stop pretending. What do you think this waist badge is worth?"

Wengxian Cheng picked up this round silver medal and took a closer look. He saw that on the front of the waistband, there was a crouching tiger, and on the back was a crouching tiger. Above the dragon were engraved two large characters "Dongwei"! Wengxian Cheng

He took a breath of cold air and handed the badge to Liu Chenggong. When Liu Chenggong saw it, his expression changed drastically. The two of them quickly stood up, lifted up their clothes and knelt down on the ground, kowtowing and said: "This official has eyes but cannot see Mount Tai.

I’ve met the masters of the Hundred Households of the East Neiwei Department!”

It turns out that this silver waistband belongs to the hundreds of households in the Dongnei Wei Division. The two people panicked when they saw it. Whoever dares to offend Dongwei will be screwed alive. Isn’t it true that the hundreds of households in the Dongwei Division are the same?

How can a small eighth-rank county magistrate be offended? Although Dongwei's hundred households are not that big, they are only of the sixth rank, but they are much more majestic than the county governor of the fourth rank!

Hundreds of households in Dongwei can run large businesses, and the county governor can only take care of the affairs of this county. If these hundreds of households find out the crime of our county governor, shouldn't the county governor be dragged out and executed?
Chapter completed!