Chapter 107: Even a Thousand Jin Can't Stop

Liang Wen looked at Xu Ming and Xu Pangda, and seemed to be helpless:

“My lords, Baihe County is different from ordinary places.

It is true that three prime ministers had served in Baihe County, and even Fang Lao’s hometown was here. Baihe County was indeed politically clear in the past.

But Baihe County has long been different.

In recent years, several families in Baihe County have produced immortal cultivators. They practiced in the sects, and after returning, they used their own network of relationships to form the four major families in Baihe County.

In recent years, the wealthy families in Baihe County have become more and more rampant. The four major families in Baihe County control most of the industries in Baihe County.

These four major families also support many gangs, all of which work for them.

In addition, Baihe County is far away from Wudu and is a small county. Who would pay attention to it?"

Xu Pangda sneered a few times: "Haha, what's the matter? Lord Liang is an official appointed by the court, but he is still worried about the power of a few small sects? Or has a big sect emerged near Baihe County that even the Wu Kingdom can't afford to offend?"

"Master Xu, look at what you said."

Liang Wen sighed.

“This is not a question of whether or not to provoke. If it were just a matter of fighting and killing, it would be better.

It's me who's here, and this simply won't work. Before me, many officials also came to work in Baihe County. They were from outside, but the clerks under these officials were locals.

We all want to clean up.

But the problem is that our policies cannot be implemented at all.

What can you do if your subordinates are stalling for you? If you dismiss the petty official, you still need to find a local one. If you find one from another place, who will recognize you if they are not familiar with the local customs and practices? In addition, the four wealthy families send gifts from time to time, so almost every official is in collusion with the local wealthy families, and the entire Baihe County government is corrupt.

As time went by, the four local nobles became more and more rampant, and the stolen money was usually divided between the nobles and the Baihe County Magistrate in a 30:70 split.”

"The county magistrate only understands 70%?" Xu Pangda asked.

Lord Liang smiled and said, "Lord Xu, 70% of it belongs to others, and we only have 30%."

Xu Pangda: “.”

"It seems that Lord Liang has also received quite a few gifts." Xu Ming snorted coldly.

Liang Wen was not angry, he just shook his head and said: "Whether Lord Xu believes it or not, I have not received any benefits from the four great families.

I have thought about handling the cases in Lord Xu's hands, but I simply don't know where to start.

Take the case of Sun Dequan’s daughter who was humiliated in the street by a rich family, and her brother who wanted to seek justice was beaten to death in the street.

The person involved has denied it, and several people on the street said they didn't see it, so what can I do?"

"."Xu Pangda was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"Lord Liang, are the files from that time still there?" Xu Pangda asked.

"Yes." Liang Wen nodded. "Although those cases seem to have been closed, I kept the files at that time and they are now in my house."

"Please ask Lord Liang to bring it to us. Since I am the magistrate of Baihe County, I cannot stand idly by." Xu Pangda said seriously.

Xu Ming looked at Liang Wen and smiled: "If we don't overturn the case, how will Lord Liang deal with those files?"

Liang Wen smiled and said, "Then I will take these files with me to the county to take up my post. One day, I will overturn the case."

Five days later, after Liang Wen had completely handed over his responsibilities to Xu Pangda, he handed the official seal to Xu Pangda, left Baihe County and headed for the county.

In the following time, Xu Ming saw Xu Pangda busying around, handling the government affairs of Baihe County while running around himself trying to find evidence in an attempt to overturn those cases.

But Xu Pangda's life was not so smooth.

The other people in the county government naturally knew what Xu Pangda wanted to do.

On the surface, they were very respectful to Xu Pangda, and each of them seemed to obey whatever Xu Pangda assigned them.

But in reality, when they do it, everyone is just joking, procrastinating, and making a lot of excuses.

Xu Pangda is busy from morning to night every day, but things are difficult to progress.

Naturally, Xu Ming would not stand idly by.

Originally, Xu Ming was going to leave Baihe County and head to Qingyang County soon, but seeing Xu Pangda's anxious look, Xu Ming was also worried that this kid would suddenly get too excited and not care about anything.

So Xu Ming also stayed to help.

Finally, on the seventh day, Xu Pangda ran over happily with the copy, and said to Xu Ming happily: "Fifth brother, I found a breakthrough!"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Oh? What breakthrough?" Xu Ming asked.

"The Li family! The Li family that broke the scholar's leg! After my investigation, I found that the scholar changed his name and is now called - Yu Ping'an!" Xu Pangda said excitedly.

"Yu Ping'an?" Xu Ming was also a little surprised.

If the higher-ups knew that the current top scholar had his leg broken by a beating, these wealthy families in Baihe County would be wiped out without Xu Pangda having to deal with them.

Some things, if they are not put on the table, are as light as a feather.

Some things, if put on the scale, cannot be weighed down by a thousand pounds.

"Are you going to report this to the court now?" Xu Ming asked, "I always feel that this matter is a bit strange."

Xu Pangda also nodded: "I also feel that this matter is a bit strange.

Logically speaking, Yu Tanhua might have told His Majesty about such a great grudge. Even though it was not that Tanhua had his legs broken, the scholar had already made great achievements.

As long as Your Majesty knows about this, the entire Li family will be executed.

But His Majesty did not respond at all.

So I was wondering, was it His Majesty who wanted me to solve it in order to test me? Or maybe Yu Tanhua didn't say anything, after all, this kind of thing is a humiliation for Yu Tanhua. "

"So what does Third Brother plan to do?" Xu Ming asked.

Xu Pangda thought for a moment and said, "I don't know if the Li family knows that the scholar whose legs they broke back then is actually the current top scholar. If they don't know, I will let them know. If they want to survive, they have to help me. I will drive the tiger to devour the wolf and then kill the tiger!"

Xu Ming shook his head: "But Third Brother, have you ever thought about this, if the Li family knew that the person whose legs they broke was actually the top scholar of the dynasty, then why didn't they run away?"

"Hmm?" Xu Pangda looked at Xu Ming, "Fourth brother, what do you mean?"

"This Li family may not be that simple." Xu Ming said slowly, "There may be someone behind them who can't let them escape."

(End of this chapter)