The Huaiyin County Magistrate collapsed to the ground on the spot, looked at Lin Ze with horror on his face, and kept begging for mercy: "Sir, please spare my life. This is not my fault, I can only blame Han Xin for his bad fate."
The village elder was confused. Han Xin's fate was not good. Why are you, the noble county magistrate, howling here?
Lin Ze stepped forward and kicked the Huaiyin County Magistrate: "Get up quickly. Han Xin is not dead. Go call more people. Let's go to the river to find someone."
The Huaiyin County Magistrate was overjoyed and quickly got up from the ground, looking at Lin Ze expectantly: "Then Han Xin is really not dead?" His expression seemed to be caring for his family.
The village elder couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, the Huaihe River is deep and big. That young man Han Xin jumped in and didn't show up for a long time. I'm afraid he is really dead."
This made the Huaiyin County Magistrate angry. Can't you say something nice to make this noble man happy? He might be the unlucky one later, so he scolded: "What does this old man know? Why don't you take me to the scene to take a look?"
, By the way, call on the young people from your hometown to find someone together."
After saying that, he smiled at Lin Ze: "Sir, let's go there together."
The village elder blushed when he was told that, but Lin Ze glared at the Huaiyin County Magistrate, and said to the village elder in a friendly manner: "I go and call for people, no matter whether I can find them or not, I will give you a hundred gold and distribute them to the villagers."
As a reward, if I can really find it, I am willing to give one thousand gold coins to the person who finds it."
The old man was shocked by Lin Ze's generosity, but his expression was a little hesitant, he couldn't be lying to him.
Seeing that he didn't move, the Huaiyin County Magistrate became impatient and pushed the village elder: "Let's go."
The village elder didn't think much and quickly led Lin Ze and his party to the bank of the Huaihe River.
I don't know who spread the news that someone jumped into the river here. Now the place has been surrounded three times, inside and outside, all coming to watch the fun.
When the Huaiyin County Magistrate saw Lin Ze frowning slightly, he immediately ordered the village elders to lead people forward and drive away the irrelevant people.
Half a quarter of an hour later, apart from the government officials, only an old woman remained at the scene because she was the one who reported the crime.
Lin Ze stepped forward with a smile and asked politely: "Mother-in-law, are you sure that Han Xin jumped from here? Can you tell me the details?"
The old woman did not answer directly, but looked at the village elder, and the meaning of the question was unclear.
On the way the village elder brought Lin Ze here, he had already judged from the attitude of the Huaiyin County Magistrate that Lin Ze was a higher-ranking figure than the county magistrate. He was afraid that the old woman would offend Lin Ze, so he quickly said: "My lord, if you ask me a question, you can answer it truthfully."
yes."
The old woman received the village elder's affirmation and immediately said: "Reporting to your lord, that's where Han Xin jumped into the river. Seeing that he didn't show up for a long time, the old woman concluded that he had been buried in the belly of the fish, so she went to report the case to the village elder.
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Lin Ze received an affirmative answer and immediately said to the Huaiyin County Magistrate: "Send out soldiers from Huaiyin County and various townships to collect stolen goods. From here, we will search carefully along both sides of the river ten miles up and thirty miles down, and we will find Han Xin."
, rewarded with a thousand gold coins.”
After hearing this, the Huaiyin County Magistrate said with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face: "All the county soldiers are in the hands of that county lieutenant. The county lieutenant relies on his being a fourth-grade martial artist and always defies his subordinates. Now if you want to do it for Han Xin,
I ordered him to send out county soldiers, but the lower officials couldn't do it."
Lin Ze... As a county magistrate, you are quite frustrated. You can't help but ask: "If the county captain is restrained, can you command the county soldiers?"
The Huaiyin County Magistrate quickly replied: "As long as the county captain is dealt with, I can naturally mobilize the county soldiers to find someone for you."
Lin Ze nodded and said to Qingfeng: "Elder Qingfeng, please follow him and be sure to bring the county soldiers here."
Qingfeng accepted the promise, and the Huaiyin County Magistrate was overjoyed and hurriedly led the way. He seemed to have seen the scene where Qingfeng beat the ignorant county captain with a stick.
Here, the village elder very wisely asked Lin Ze to move some tables and stools, invited Lin Ze to sit down, and served some food and tea.
Lin Ze was not polite, nodded to the old man, and sat down.
Soon, the Huaiyin County Magistrate, who looked depressed, arrived with all the county captains and 500 county soldiers.
The Huaiyin County Magistrate originally thought that he would instruct the county captain to send troops, but he would be rejected by the county captain in every possible way as usual, and he would even be humiliated by insinuations and accusations, and then refuse to send troops.
As a result, the county captain will make the nobleman angry, and he will add fuel and jealousy to try to win over this annoying collateral descendant in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, this guy suddenly becomes so easy to talk to. As soon as he expressed his intention to come, he immediately gathered the county soldiers and fully cooperated.
Find someone to make your plan come to nothing.
The county captain on the other side: Do you really think that this captain is a martial artist who doesn’t understand anything? I’ve been able to suppress you, a fool, for many years, but why am I so unbearable?
The county captain and the Huaiyin County Magistrate have always been at odds with each other, because he was originally arranged to be the Huaiyin County Magistrate, but a loser in the family took his position by claiming that he was a direct descendant, so he had to be the county captain.
He puts on eye drops.
But after all, the Huaiyin County Magistrate came from a direct lineage and was very powerful, so the county lieutenant secretly paid close attention to his movements in an attempt to turn around. Not long after the county magistrate was beaten, the county lieutenant got a tip that someone dared to beat a direct descendant of the Tian family in Qi District in public.
, the background is probably not small.
Therefore, the Huaiyin County Magistrate took Qingfeng over to explain his intention, and the county lieutenant decisively agreed to cooperate fully. Sure enough, he saw a look of astonishment on the Huaiyin County Magistrate's face.
When the county lieutenant came to the river, he saw a crowd of people surrounding a young man. He knew it was the noble man and immediately stepped forward to salute.
Lin Ze waved his hand, stretched, and said calmly: "Now that they are here, go find them quickly."
The county magistrate of Huaiyin quickly expressed his loyalty: "I obey." Then he said to the county captain and others bossily: "Scatter the people and search carefully. If you find them, you will naturally be rewarded. If you can't find them, you will not get any good fruits.
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The county lieutenant gave the Huaiyin County Magistrate a cold look, saluted Lin Ze, and went to arrange his soldiers.
Five hundred county soldiers and a dozen or so soldiers from various villages and townsmen gathered together, each with his subordinates, and dispersed towards both banks of the Huaihe River. The fishermen who were summoned also drove fishing boats back and forth in the river to salvage fish.
When the sun set in the west, all the surrounding areas were searched, but Han Xin was still not found.
Lin Ze's expression remained unchanged and he continued to order: "Expand another twenty miles and mobilize nearby villagers to search together."
The county soldiers searched for a long time, and they were already hungry and complained.
Lin Ze was unmoved, took out two hundred gold from his arms, and said to the county magistrate: "Send someone to the restaurant in the city, order some food and drinks, and tell them not to stop."
The county magistrate received the golden ticket and arranged for people to enter the city. At the same time, he sent someone to pass the order and continued the search.
At this moment, the county captain brought several villagers over and saluted Lin Ze: "Sir, I just asked the villagers. They said that Han Xin got on the river bank and went south."
Lin Ze was overjoyed and stood up and asked, "Are you sure that the person going south is Han Xin?"
A young man in the village muttered: "Han Xin is a famous lazy person in the village, how can we admit our mistake?"
The old villager next to him quickly pulled him back for fear of offending the noble man.
Lin Ze didn't mind at all, but laughed loudly and said, "Just make sure, can you ride a horse?"
The young villager said nervously: "I know a little bit."
"Okay, come here, give him a horse and let him lead the way. These two hundred gold rewards are for you."
After saying that, he took out two golden tickets and stuffed them into the young man's hands. The young man was stunned for a few seconds, and then said ecstatically: "Thank you, sir. Sir, please follow Xiao Min, Xiao Min will lead you."
Lin Ze got on his horse and said, "Let's go."
Then he remembered something and took out five hundred gold and threw it to the county captain: "These are good for everyone to have a meal with. Tell them they can stop and don't need to look for them anymore."
After saying that, he followed the villagers and left.
The county lieutenant looked at Lin Ze's attitude of being aloof and spending a lot of money without any hesitation. He was full of envy. When would he be able to have such a demeanor? Then his eyes became firm and he encouraged himself: Tian Heng, you
Yes, you just have a good background. One day, you will be able to get what you want through your own abilities.
On the other side, Lin Ze, with villagers leading the way, chased Han Xin in the direction he left, regardless of the stars.