Hei Fu was shocked when he heard that the general said that they would be punished for "missing the deadline"!
He really dares to kill me!?
But then he heard Baijiang add: "Twenty floggings!"
Ha, it’s a plank, not a beheading if you miss the target? Hei Fu was stunned.
The county soldiers grinned ferociously and geared up, picking up bamboo boards aside and preparing to beat Hei Fu hard.
Heifu closed his eyes. He was weighing the pros and cons. Since it was a slap in the face twenty times, would he not be willing to be humiliated and rise up to resist? Or should he endure it silently, and a gentleman would take revenge, and it is never too late in ten years?
However, at this moment, I heard another set of footsteps in the distance, followed by a loud shout: "Stop!"
Heifu opened his eyes and saw a young military official who was also dressed as a hundred generals and a few people running over and yelled at the county soldiers who were about to take action: "What are you doing! Don't stop yet!"
"General Chen Bai, what do you mean?" the officer who ordered Heifu to be captured said coldly.
"I should ask this question to General Baiji." The military officer known as "General Chen Baiji" was short in stature and had a small beard. He was not as strong and powerful as the officer, but he did not show any weakness at all.
He pointed at the two men and said: "Bin Baijiang, what crime did these two commit? Will they be punished by flogging?"
Bin Baijiang said angrily: "If you miss the deadline, you will be punished."
But Chen Baijiang laughed: "Isn't that right? According to the "Corvee Laws", if you miss the period of one to five days, you will be fined; if you miss the period of six to ten days, you will be fined one shield; if you miss the period of more than ten days, you will be fined one shield. They are punished with two armors. These two people are a few hours late. The most they can do is scold them in public. Which law stipulates that they should be beaten twenty times?"
"This..." General Bin Bai was speechless for a moment.
Chen Baijiang came closer and said with a smile: "Furthermore, I heard that Hei Fu and Ji Ying met the robbers on the road, captured them, and then assisted in the trial in the county jail, so they came late. This matter The county magistrate has informed the county captain's office, and the county captain told me personally that he can be allowed to report again tomorrow... Bin Baijiang, you took him down regardless of the reason. Could it be that you wanted to replace the Huyang who broke the law and became a ghost salary? Is the pavilion chief venting his anger? I heard that he is your cousin!"
After General Bin Bai was exposed, his expression froze: "General Chen Bai, you and I are colleagues after all, don't frame me! I directly obey the orders of the county's left lieutenant, how do you know what orders the county's right lieutenant issued?"
"So that's it." Chen Baijiang said meaningfully: "Since it is a misunderstanding, please let me go!"
Seeing that Chen Baijiang had resorted to the law and couldn't fight anymore, Binbaijiang glared at Heifu, waved his hand and asked his men to let go of him, and then left a message in Heifu's ear: "Xiao Shuzi, today You're lucky!" Then he left angrily.
Heifu stood up, rubbed his sore arms, stared at the figure of General Bin Bai for a long time, and then saluted the mustachioed General Chen: "Thank you, sir, for saving me!"
Ji Ying was also in shock. He bowed and said, "If General Bai hadn't stopped us, we might have lost our legs."
"That's not it."
Chen Baijiang was polite, but he received a big gift from the two of them. Then he looked at Hei Fu up and down, and praised: "The rumors these days are indeed true. He is tall and strong, and can defeat many people." , and now he has become a public servant because of his merits. How good! Anlu County has another strong man!"
"My superior is so complimentary. The little man's meager achievements and the bravery of an ordinary man are not worth mentioning."
Heifu asked carefully: "The superior just said that this general is a relative of the chief of Huyang Pavilion?"
"Isn't that true..." Chen Baijiang said meaningfully: "General Binbai is the son-in-law of the county Zuo Wei, and Huyang Ting Changzhen is the county Zuo Wei's nephew. We often have contact with each other on weekdays. Now the Huyang Pavilion Changzhen
Being severely punished, he will naturally feel unhappy."
Hei Fu suddenly realized that there was such a relationship here. No wonder the businessman in the county jail today could not withstand the pressure and gave perjury to the chief of the pavilion.
After saying that, Chen Baijiang pointed at Hei Fu and said with a smile: "So in the next month, you should be more careful, be cautious in your words and deeds, and don't make mistakes. If he really gets the handle, I can't protect you...
"
"Thank you, General Bai, for your advice. Hei Fu will never forget General Bai's kindness."
Hei Fu knowingly bowed again, and Chen Baijiang accepted their courtesy calmly, nodded, and said with a smile: "As long as you understand..."
…
Chen Baijiang asked the county guards around him to take Hei and his wife to the place where the guards lived. Along the way, Ji Ying sighed and said that this was almost the second time he was beaten today, and it was twenty times. Fortunately, he was saved.
Come down, or your butt will burst.
However, Heifu seemed to be thoughtful. Apart from thinking about what had happened just now, he muttered in a low voice: "It turns out that the punishment for missing the period of service is not to save someone's life. What was the agreement that the person who missed the period should be executed? Isn't that somewhere?
Was it a mistake? Or was I deceived by the history textbook again..."
He couldn't figure out the matter for a while, so he just let it go. At this time, Ji Ying had already used his talent of talking a lot and started to get close to the county soldiers who were leading the way.
It turns out that the county soldier was also from Jinshui Township, and his name was "Zhao". He was said to be a county soldier, but in fact, except for the gun in his hand and taking off his armor, he was no different from Heifu and the others. Because he was a fellow villager, he had not been away for a long time.
Step by step, Zhao started chatting with Ji Ying in the dialect of Zhenshui Township. By the time they got halfway there, the two of them had become quite familiar with each other.
Heifu saw this and secretly marveled that this Ji Ying had some communication skills. He pulled Ji Ying over and whispered a few words to him. Ji Ying nodded in understanding.
"Brother Zhao." As he was about to arrive at the watchman's residence, Ji Ying suddenly asked, "Are there any discord between General Chen Baiji and Bin Baijiang?"
Zhao smiled and said: "Didn't you just see it? It's obvious! General Bin Bai was originally a public servant. He went to the battlefield with the county's left lieutenant. He gradually rose through the ranks through beheadings on the battlefield. General Chen Bai inherited his father's title.
, he became an official when he came of age, and he was a school disciple. He was promoted by the county's right lieutenant and directly joined the army as an official. From the first day they worked together, they could not sit down and go. Similar things,
We’ve seen too much.”
After hearing this, Heifu nodded silently. No wonder Chen Baijiang talked about laws and regulations in detail. It turned out that he was from the "school", which was the cadre training class of the Qin State.
From this point of view, he saved himself just to make General Bin Bai feel unhappy? He was too honest. If it were him, he would definitely stay aside and watch for a while, wait for the blow to hit him, and then come out to stop. This way he could be impeached.
Bin Baijiang used punishments indiscriminately. Even if he couldn't be dismissed from his post, he would still be able to pay a fine and disgust his opponent. In addition, it would make the two men hate Bin Baijiang even more, and make them even more grateful to Chen Baijiang. It was like killing two birds with one stone...
…
Heifu suddenly felt that compared with the simple people of this era, modern people are really shady. Of course, he would not dare to compare with Zhao Gao, Li Si and other outstanding people.
But he heard Ji Ying ask again: "Are the county right lieutenants and county left lieutenants not compatible with each other?"
Zhao was shocked when he heard this and quickly denied it.
"I never said this. The two county captains usually look kind and friendly..."
He then looked around suspiciously, and saw only a group of patrolling county guardsmen passing by in the distance. When they were far away, he lowered his voice and said, "But now the orders of the two county lieutenants are often issued to their respective subordinates.
Hundreds of generals don't even know each other, but it's just a pain for us, the soldiers, who don't know who to listen to..."
After hearing this, Heifu understood clearly that the two leaders of the Anlu County Public Security Bureau were not on good terms with each other.
He had already guessed that the reason why General Chen Bai saved them was not to enforce the law impartially like Doctor Xi, but had his own purpose, which was to make General Bin unhappy, and at the same time make Heifu, who had just arrived in the county,
The famous "strong man" in the country was grateful to him.
Digging deeper, this also involves the overt and covert struggle between the two lieutenants in Anlu County!
It seems that not only is the follow-up to the case of Huyang Pavilion Chief unfinished, but he has also accidentally been involved in a more troublesome "political struggle"...
Although the Deputy Director of Public Security is not a high-ranking official, he is still the fourth-in-command in Anlu County. He can make the black man miserable with just a finger. Even if the county Zuo Lieutenant cannot do it in person due to public opinion and laws.
To deal with him, you can also let Bin Baijiang find excuses to make things difficult for Heifu.
"It seems that this month of service is more difficult than I thought."
Heifu shook his head helplessly, sighing secretly that he had a hard life, only to win the lawsuit and get into trouble again.
At this time, a light drizzle suddenly began to fall from the sky. It was unlucky and Lian Dao stopped, pointed to the row of low and dilapidated houses in front of him, and said to them: "The watchman's residence has arrived!
Just go there by yourself, the one on the far left is the one!"
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PS: The discovery of the Yunmeng Qin Slips' "Curate Rules" has made the direct cause of Chen Sheng and Wu Guangguang's Zexiang uprising "missing the deadline, and all laws will be cut off". There are currently two main views in the historians on this.
First, during the reign of Emperor Qin II, Zhao Gao once "updated the rules and regulations". In this revision, the penalty for missing the deadline was changed to beheading.
Second, what Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were escorting were garrison soldiers who were sent to guard the frontiers. They were military conscripts and were no longer ordinary corvees. They were required to act in accordance with military law. In Nanjun in the early Western Han Dynasty, there was a case of a barbarian ruler who escaped the garrison and was cut in half. Of course,
Even if they had to be beheaded, only two county captains, Chen and Wu, would die, and it was impossible for all the others to be executed.
