Peerless Pirates

The Jiangnan Road waterway is well-developed and the Wudong Qianyu is fully read. The reason why Song Zheng and others took the boat is because whether they are going to Linchuan, Jianchang (Nancheng) or Chongren, they are all cities near the water. They go south to Poyang Lake , you can reach Linchuan by walking along the Ru River. The Ru River branches into two forks here, one of which is the Xu River in the south (some people also call Xu River and Ru River as Fu River or Xu River). You can reach Linchuan River. Nancheng; the second one is Linchuan River from the southwest, which can reach Chongren.

When Liu Mao went on patrol in the name of the Ministry of Punishment, he naturally had to act in a business-like manner. Although Li Fengchang ran away, the Criminal Division on Jiangnan Road was still there. After Liu Mao informed the Criminal Division, the Criminal Division specially appointed Du Changtong to sentence Yan Guangwei , accompanied Liu Mao and others to Fuzhou.

The Ministry of Punishment of Daqi has such a rule, that is, every year, it appoints its doctor to go to various roads to spot-check cases in various places as an assessment indicator for local officials. This policy was set up during the Taizu period in order to prevent local officials from Officials**. However, over the years, this policy has become a mere formality. As long as Beijing officials travel to various places, filial piety is inevitable at the local level. Many officials of the Ministry of Punishment regard this as a welfare. Don't think that a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment is not a big deal in Jiangning City. What, but when it comes to the place, it is very majestic.

This time, since Song Zheng had already determined his destination, Liu Mao would naturally choose Fuzhou as the target for random inspection. Since he was a Beijing official, he had to have a good attitude. Liu Mao immediately mobilized two medium-sized official ships in Duchang to cooperate with Song Zheng. The others headed south along the water. The Criminal Division of Jiangnan Road also sent a messenger to rush overland to Fuzhou to deliver the message.

Lin Han, the governor of Fuzhou, had a literary name and had been admitted to the Hanlin Academy for two years. Because his poems were circulated around the world from time to time, he was known as "Lin Han, the governor of Fuzhou, and the governor of the Imperial Academy." Of course, he also has a little-known connection: Jiangnan. We are the son-in-law of the Xu family. His father-in-law is Xu Yinshun, the current Minister of Household Affairs. To be precise, he is also Xu Mingxuan's cousin.

Lin Han's literary reputation was not small. Along the way, even Yan Guangwei, the magistrate of Duchang, praised him several times and could even recite a few poems. Song Zheng secretly sneered. He knew that this Hanlin magistrate was quite courageous and had misappropriated treasury silver. Reselling official warehouses and using the Xu family's vast trade network to make a fortune.

Li Denian knew the purpose of Song Zheng's trip, so he asked Yan Guangwei to accompany Song Zheng and others. Yan Guangwei was Li Fengchang's true direct descendant. With him here, Song Zheng's identity would be revealed. This time when he went to Fuzhou, Song Zheng took the alias of Liu Mao, the scribe. Follow in name so that you can stand up and make the final decision at the critical moment. Otherwise, after Lu Bingxuan's lesson, which prefecture now is not extremely wary of Yousi.

From the early morning of the first day when it left Duchang to the evening of the second day, the official ship arrived in Linchuan. As soon as the ship approached the dock, a middle-aged man in his forties came up to him. The man had a thin face and a... Looks like a scribe.

"Brother Guangwei!" The scholar's face was full of joy, and he first gave Yan Guangwei a fist, "We haven't seen you for several months, and brother Guangwei is getting stronger and stronger."

In terms of rank, Yan Guangwei was half a step lower than Lin Han, so he quickly returned the gift, "Master Lin's style is still the same, and I envy him."

Lin Han smiled heartily and said, "Brothers and you, we will talk later. I will board the ship to greet Mr. Liu." After that, he headed towards the ship, and Yan Guangwei had no choice but to follow and board the ship again.

At this time, Liu Mao stepped out of the cabin, and Yan Guangwei quickly introduced him. Lin and Liu saluted each other, and after talking to each other for a long time, they got off the boat together. Song Zheng followed Liu Mao, carrying a big book on his back. After carrying the suit, all the soldiers turned into officials of the Ministry of Justice and headed to the posthouse together.

After a short rest, Lin Han invited Liu Mao to a restaurant for a banquet, but Liu Mao refused because of the long journey. Lin Han didn't take it seriously, but asked the restaurant to fry some light dishes and deliver them to the post house. After having a few drinks with Liu Mao, he clasped his fists and said goodbye. The whole process was not rude, but it was not too flattering, and he had the character of a scholar.

Following Liu Mao's instructions, Yan Guangwei immediately sent Lin Han to the entrance of the museum. Song Zheng followed quietly not far away. He originally wanted to find out whether Lin Han would ask Yan Guangwei for information. To his disappointment, both of them were talking about officialdom. , did not involve official matters at all, and did not even say a word in private, which made Song Zheng quite admire Lin Han's calmness.

The next morning, Liu Mao and others arrived at the Zhizhoufu Yamen. Lin Han was indeed unambiguous. He had already made a catalog of various cases that had come to Sichuan City in the past two years for Liu Mao to choose from. After Liu Mao roughly browsed through it, he directly He told the other party that he wanted to go to the county to have a look and chose Jianchang County. Lin Han agreed and immediately sent Fuzhou Tong magistrate to accompany Liu Mao. 5858118920.age :url(img135364415524112602094-8045174775858118920.age:url(img135364415524112602094-8045174775858118920.png)'span

"Xiangzhi County, what's going on with the land dispute between the Bian family and the Zhang family? Pull out the files and let me take a look." Liu Mao sat in the lobby of Jianchang County, looked at the directory in his hand, pointed at it casually, and said lightly said.

"Quickly, go get the files!" Xiang Liqiang, the fat magistrate of Jianchang County, was wiping his sweat and giving instructions to the chief clerk. No wonder he was nervous. The official from the Ministry of Punishment came to Jianchang and almost lost his courage. I was so frightened that from the moment I saw Liu Mao, I couldn't stop shaking. Not only him, but all the officials in He County were as silent as a cicada.

Soon, the chief clerk brought the file on the case. Liu Mao flipped through it. Compared with the file he saw in Duchang City, it was much more detailed, but the main content was the same as Jiji Pink Apartment. After all, the pacification envoy What is kept in the house is nothing more than a summary.

Xiang Liqiang lowered his head slightly and kept looking at Liu Mao with his eyes, trying to get some clues from it. Unfortunately, Liu Mao's face remained as dark as water, making the Xiang County Magistrate unable to figure out the situation.

"The Bian family caused someone's death, and they were only fined twenty taels of silver. The Zhang family died, but ten acres of fertile land must be allocated to the Bian family. Xiang Zhixian, do you have any basis for judging the case like this?"

"This..." Xiang Liqiang hesitated, "Zhang stole graves and dug up graves. According to Daqi law, he should be killed. Now that Zhang is dead, although he cannot be held accountable, he should still be compensated, so the ten acres of fertile land belong to the Bian family. .The son of the Bian family caused death due to negligence, but the circumstances were extenuating, so he was punished lightly."

Liu Mao hummed slightly without saying anything. Then Xiang Zhixian let out a slight breath and seemed to straighten up a bit.

At this moment, a man dressed as a government servant came in from the yamen gate and whispered a few words to Song Zheng. Song Zheng nodded and whispered a few words in Liu Mao's ear.

Liu Mao took a deep breath and immediately sneered, "Xiang Zhixian, what a 'killer'. Let me ask you, have you gone to the original place to check? Have you read the land deed?"

"Xiaoguan... I've been there. The land deed... I haven't seen it." Xiang Liqiang's body stooped and he replied tremblingly.

"Zhang's wife complained that her land was more than ten feet away from her ancestor's tomb. Is this possible?"

"No...no! Zhang is quibbling!"

"Zhang's quibble? I think it's your quibble!" Liu Mao patted the gavel and shouted outside the county government office, "Bring it here!"

Song Zheng waved his hand, and soon, a middle-aged peasant woman and two men, an old man and a young man, were brought up.

The officer who passed the message to Song Zheng was none other than Cai Yong. It turned out that before Liu Mao and others set off from Duchang, Song Zheng ordered Cai Yong to take ten soldiers to the place where the case occurred. After a little investigation, , the facts are very clear: the Bian family wanted to occupy the Zhang family's fertile land, and while the Zhang family was plowing in the spring, they plowed away less than half of their ancestral graves to defame the Zhang family.

Because of this, Cai Yong directly took Zhang's wife and Bian's father and son to the county government office.

Next, without requiring Liu Mao to interrogate him again, Bian told the story of bribing the county magistrate fifty taels of silver. Xiang Liqiang interrogated him hastily and did not send anyone to check the situation at all. Then a gourd monk came to judge the gourd case. He was five Xiang Liqiang was extremely brave to sacrifice a human life for ten taels of silver.

As soon as the facts were found out, Liu Mao detained Xiang Liqiang and sent Fuzhou General Magistrate to report to Lin Han. Of course, if the matter was discussed with only 50 taels of silver, although Xiang Liqiang could be dismissed from office, he would not die. However, two days later, , when Lin Han arrived in Jianchang, Liu Mao had already made a breakthrough in another more important case. The case of water dispute between Dafang Village and Gangshang Village also came to light. Song Zheng personally took action and led the soldiers to bring the big case to an end. The five leading villagers in Fangcun Village captured and brought back the fighting. 15524112602094-8045174775858118920.age:url(img135364415524112602094-8045174775858118920.png)'span

Liu Mao and others stayed in Jianchang for three days. During these three days, Liu Mao followed Song Zheng's suggestion and did not investigate Xiang Liqiang's other matters. Instead, he acquiesced to Xiang Liqiang's suicide and discussed with Lin Han how to report it to Jianchang. Chang's incident. Soon, everyone compiled information that was inconsistent with the facts: Lin Han, the magistrate of the state, discovered Xiang Liqiang's fraud and was conducting a secret investigation. As soon as Liu Mao and others arrived in Fuzhou, Lin Han reported it, and then contacted the Ministry of Punishment The officials joined hands to investigate Xiang Liqiang, and eventually Xiang Liqiang committed suicide out of fear of guilt.

In this way, Lin Han, the governor of the state, not only did not commit the crime of negligence, but also made meritorious service. Lin Han was naturally very grateful to Liu Mao. His original character as a scholar had long been lost to Java.

Of course, the process was very tortuous. Whether Xiang Liqiang committed suicide, or the search of the Xiang family, and the subsequent division of the Xiang family's property, there are many stories. Just talking about the "collusion" between Lin Han and Liu Mao, they have gone through several trials. process.

At first, Lin Han snooped on Liu Mao's mouth, then he revealed his backing by drinking, then he used two thousand taels of silver notes as bribes, and finally negotiated the relevant details. Liu Mao also gradually moved closer to corruption from the initial selflessness. , resulting in "cooperating with each other". Naturally, there was a lot of dexterity at every turn, which was eye-opening.

However, what Lin Han didn't know was that Song Zheng was involved in directing everything about Liu Mao, with only one purpose: to paralyze Lin Han.

Something happened in Nancheng. Liu Mao expressed that he wanted to go to Chongren. He also said that he was tired and unwell. Lin Han took the opportunity to ask Liu Mao to return to Linchuan to recuperate. After "deliberation", Liu Mao agreed to return to Linchuan to recuperate. Five days. In fact, Lin Han was tacitly allowed to inform Chongren to make preparations. Five days was enough for Chongren to eliminate some obvious traces of the dossier.

This is naturally another way to confuse Lin Han. This move only proves to Lin Han that Mr. Liu Mao, a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, has completely "succumbed to the Taoism." In fact, Cai Yong and others had already left Jianchang and returned to Linchuan. City, took over the personnel of the former Dark Eagle (now Yousi) in Fuzhou.

Song Zheng's knowledge of Lin Han's misappropriation of treasury silver and reselling of official warehouses was reported by the commander of Yousi in Fuzhou, and the data is quite detailed. This can also be used to prove that Fuzhou Yousi did not collude with Lin Han. Therefore, , Song Zheng also used them with confidence.

It can be said that whether it is Dark Eagle or the former Imperial City Division, the organizations in various places are still good, and there is rarely a situation like Taiping Prefecture colluding with the Zhizhou. Otherwise, Yousi will not have so much illegal information about the Zhizhou in various places. , of course, there is no scene like last time when Song Zheng used materials to escort Lu Bingxuan for himself.