In the lobby, Wen Songcheng was reading the dossier, and Lu Deshou was beside him, worried.
Suddenly, a golden light fell in the yard, and outside the gate, it turned out to be Dai Jishi.
The door was open. Lu Deshou did not expect Dai Jishi to fall from the sky. He stood up as if he had seen a ghost, pointed at him with wide eyes and shouted: "You! Come here! Catch him!"
The officers swarmed up and pinned Dai Jishi to the ground.
Wen Songcheng followed him out and asked, "Who are you?"
Dai Jishi knelt on the ground and complained: "Master Wen, the younger one is the county magistrate Dai Jishi!"
Lu Deshou hurriedly shouted: "Nonsense! You are no longer the county magistrate!"
Then he explained to Wen Songcheng: "Sir, this person wanted to rob the prison before, but I arrested him. Unexpectedly, he escaped from prison in the middle of the night last night. Today he is even more audacious. He dared to break into the county government office and collide with you. Please forgive me.
The officer took him away!"
Wen Songcheng refused, and asked Dai Jishi: "Why did you break into the county government office?"
"Sir, Lu Deshou indulged his son and forced villagers to work as slave labor to build his garden!"
Dai Jishi revealed the matter in one sentence.
Lu Deshou gritted his teeth and stared, pointed at Dai Jishi and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense!"
Dai Jishi pointed in the direction outside the city and said, "Sir, the garden is just outside the city. You can tell it at a glance!"
Lu Deshou argued: "That garden was built for the common people. When did I forcefully recruit the villagers?"
"Where have the people in Hongkou Village gone?
Why did more than a hundred people in a village disappear overnight?"
Dai Jishi asked back.
Lu Deshou rolled his eyes and had the answer, he said harshly: "How do I know?
Are you saying that I forcefully conscripted people?
Do you have evidence?"
"have!"
There was another sound in the yard, and with a whoop, Lin Xiaodong jumped down from the rafter.
Lu Deshou didn't know Lin Xiaodong, but when he saw him wearing Taoist robes, he guessed that Shi Hongliang died at his hands, and asked in horror: "Who are you?"
Lin Xiaodong raised his chest and said loudly: "Witness!"
Then he raised his hand to Wen Songcheng and said, "Mr. Wen, the younger one is from Hongkou Village. He saw with his own eyes that his son, with a group of officers and soldiers, took away more than a hundred people from Hongkou Village!"
"You are talking nonsense! You are slanderous! What evidence do you have for saying such a thing?
Who can prove that you are from Hongkou Village?"
Lu Deshou pointed at Lin Xiaodong, glared and roared.
"We can!"
Yu Huiying and Jiang Yongning fell in response, and both rushed to Wen Songcheng to give their hands.
Lu Deshou looked at the beams and was puzzled: "There are two hundred officers and soldiers outside the county government office. How did these people fall on the beams in full view of everyone?"
Naturally, they flew over directly, and several people turned into a green light in front of the officers and soldiers, and landed on the roof.
Yu Huiying said: "Sir, I am a villager in Hongkou Village. Half a year ago, Lu Hongda, the eldest son of the Lu Deshou family, took us all to the county town and asked us to build a garden for him."
Jiang Yongning also said: "Sir, I am also a villager in Hongkou Village. Lu Hongda arrested us. The men were working outside the city and the women were cooking and washing clothes in the city. This is absolutely true. In addition to us, there are a hundred
Many villagers can testify!”
Wen Songcheng looked extremely angry and turned to Lu Deshou: "Is this true?"
Lu Deshou shook his head desperately, pointed at Dai Jishi and said, "It's him! He's the mastermind! They colluded to slander me!"
Then he pointed at Lin Xiaodong and said: "He is the gangster who robbed the prison in the middle of the night. His words cannot be trusted!"
Then he looked at Yu Huiying and Jiang Yongning and said: "As for the two of them, they are just looking for someone to pretend to be!"
"Yeah?
They are all pretending, so am I?"
Another woman fell from the beam. Lu Deshou's mind buzzed and he asked angrily: "Who are you again?"
Wen Yunmei walked up to Wen Songcheng and said kindly: "Dad!"
"ah?"
Lu Deshou was stunned as if his chest had been hit with a sledgehammer. He pointed at Wen Yun, glared, and stuttered, "You, you?"
Wen Songcheng said: "This is my daughter."
Wen Yunmei said to Wen Songcheng: "Dad, what they said is true, and there are more than a hundred villagers who can testify."
Lu Deshou's back felt cold, and he knelt down while trembling all over, begging desperately for mercy: "Sir! My son likes to do mischief when he is young, and it is my fault for not being disciplined enough. Please forgive me!"
"Does your son like to do mischief when he is young?
Okay, even if he was just messing around, why did you lock up those villagers?"
Wen Yunmei asked sharply.
"I..." Lu Deshou couldn't answer.
Wen Songcheng shouted: "Come here! Capture him! Capture his son too!"
The officers and soldiers went to Lu Deshou's house. Before Lu Hongda could get up, he was pinned down on the bed and said angrily: "What are you doing?
Is it against you?
You dare to catch me?"
Lu Hongda was taken to the county government office and saw Wen Songcheng sitting in the lobby, his father kneeling on the ground. There were several people standing next to Wen Songcheng, one of whom looked familiar.
Lin Xiaodong smiled and asked Lu Hongda: "Do you still remember me?
Master Lu?"
Lu Hongda shrank his neck in fright, stretched out his fingers and glared: "Why is it you?
You're not dead?"
"Not only am I not dead, you and your father will both fall into my hands!"
Lin Xiaodong bared his teeth and smiled fiercely.
Wen Songcheng said loudly: "Lu Hongda! Don't you like to garden?
Okay, I'll let you practice, and I'll let you practice until you're done. Starting today, you two will practice until you finish!"
Lu Deshou raised his head and sighed, while Lu Hongda collapsed on the ground.
Lu Deshou and Lu Hongda were punished to repair gardens, and Wu Yangyun was sent to prison. Wen Songcheng said to Dai Jishi: "Master Dai, as a county magistrate, it is rare for you to uphold justice. Now that the county government is empty, I will recommend you to the superiors.
Come and take up the post of county magistrate."
Dai Jishi cupped his hands and shook his head: "It is difficult for a student to serve as a county magistrate for such a big job!"
Wen Songcheng waved his hand and said: "Master Dai loves the people like his own son, so don't refuse anymore."
Dai Jishi temporarily acted as county government official. Lin Xiaodong said goodbye to Wen Songcheng and Wen Yunmei, and returned to Hongkou Village with Yu Huiying and Jiang Yongning.
Half a year has passed. The place has become dilapidated and the roads are overgrown with weeds. The three of them stood on the roadside. Yu Huiying said angrily: "We live a good life here, look what it has become now!"
Jiang Yongning said: "It doesn't matter, we can still go home, but Lu Deshou and Lu Hongda have to cultivate a garden for the rest of their lives!"
After hearing the news, the villagers rushed back one after another. Soon, the village was renovated inside and outside the village. They held a banquet to thank Lin Xiaodong. Their thatched house was also reinforced, and a lot of food and clothing were sent to him.
For residential use.
Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the villagers' lives gradually resumed. Lin Xiaodong bid farewell to everyone and rushed to the county town, hoping to find out the whereabouts of the bandits who robbed Guo Chuxiu's silk.
When he was approaching the county seat, he passed through a bamboo forest. Lin Xiaodong suddenly remembered that there was a Shizetan here, so he followed the water vapor and walked deeper into the bamboo forest.
This place used to be cool and quiet, but now it's very foggy and hot, like a sauna.