Chapter 82 He is really a good official

Although the decoration inside and outside the county yamen is very shabby, it is very clean. The number of runners in the yamen is several times less than that of other county yamen.

No matter how good other county magistrates pretend to be, they can't change their habit of liking to be served. They have a lot of servants, are afraid of death, and have too many guards.

But what about this county magistrate?

Except for the two guards at the gate, there are no other guards in the whole government office.

[With only these two guards, this county magistrate is really not afraid of death. What if someone is brave enough to break in and kill him?]

Gan Tian has a hunch that this person should not be a corrupt official.

Gongsun Yue also keenly noticed that this county office was unusual, but he still said stubbornly: "The county office is shabby, but it doesn't mean that the county magistrate is not greedy!"

"Maybe he built a secret room and hid all the gold, silver and jewelry in it."

This guess is also somewhat reasonable. It is indeed impossible to make a conclusion based on the county office in front of us, so several people continue to sneak in the county office.

They easily found the county magistrate's residence. At this moment, the county magistrate is discussing the escort agency with several officials under his command.

The county magistrate sighed: "The Qiantong Escort Agency is really rampant. We can't just sit there and watch them do evil, can we?"

"I summoned you all here today because I hope everyone can think of ways to make the people of the Qiantong Escort Agency receive the punishment they deserve."

The officials below were a little embarrassed.

"Sir, I know you can't bear to see the people suffer, but the Qiantong Escort Agency is very powerful and we can't afford to offend them." "

The Qiantong Escort Agency is located in the capital. If we want to take them all down, we have to go to the capital to negotiate. The capital will handle the case. Our small Shixi Town can't intervene at all." The

Qiantong Escort Agency is not an ordinary person. They travel back and forth and their whereabouts are uncertain. No one knows where they are. If you want to catch them, you can only go to the general escort office to find someone.

But the General Escort Agency is in the capital, and it is extremely difficult to capture people from the capital and bring them back for trial. After all, the capital is thousands of miles away from Shixi Town, and it is easy for the people from the escort agency to kill a few yamen runners.

"Sir, the Qiantong Escort Agency is indeed a bit evil. It's not that no one has thought about punishing them before. The magistrate of Cheng County studied how to deal with them at that time, but what was the result?"

"The black gauze hat was taken off!"

"Sir, you were born in a poor family, and you have finally achieved what you have today. Why do you want to ruin your bright future for a few civilians?" It would have been

better if the officials below didn't say anything. The more they talked, the magistrate's face became gloomier.

"Are your ears broken?"

"I called you here to find a way to punish Qiantong Escort Agency, not to pour cold water on you!"

The anger on the face of the county magistrate was not fake, he really wanted to punish the people of Qiantong Escort Agency. Seeing that the county magistrate was angry, the others lowered their heads and kept silent.

The county magistrate was not afraid, but they were afraid.

They didn't dare to confront Qiantong Escort Agency at all.

Seeing this, the county magistrate was furious.

"Why do you become officials?"

"A small Qiantong Escort Agency makes you so scared, then what are you doing as officials?"

"Go home and farm!"

Hearing the county magistrate's words, they lowered their heads even more.

Gan Tian: "..."

[Are these people quails that have become spirits? ]

[Quails are ashamed of themselves in front of them. Gan

Tian was really angry. Even if Qiantong Escort Agency had a powerful background, it wouldn't scare them like this, right?

Gan Fanren, Gan Huaizhong, and Gongsun Yue all nodded.

Li Zhi didn't know why they nodded, but since everyone else nodded, he nodded too.

Gan Tian: "..."

【Why are you all nodding? Did you see something that I can't see? 】

【How about... I nod too? 】

Gan Tian thought about it and nodded as well. The way the little guy nodded was a little cute. Gongsun Yue almost laughed out loud at the little guy's look.

"Get out!"

"Take off your official uniforms, all of you, get out!"

Seeing that the county was really angry, everyone panicked.

"Sir, it's not that we are cowardly, but we haven't thought of a good solution."

"Sir, I actually have a solution that is not a solution."

The chief clerk lowered his head and said respectfully: "It is extremely difficult to punish the Qiantong Escort Agency. It may be difficult with our ability, but we can make the Qiantong Escort Agency pay a price."

"The people will naturally stop making trouble after they are compensated."

Except for life and death, there is nothing that cannot be solved as long as the money is in place. For example, if someone cuts off one of your hands, you will be very angry, but if you are given one million taels of gold and a large mansion in the royal capital afterwards, will you still be angry?

Naturally, you will not be angry, right?

Not only will you not be angry, you will even feel uneasy about exchanging one hand for glory and wealth, and you will not be worthy of the money even if you are slapped twice.

The county magistrate nodded: "Tell me in detail."

"In my opinion, we can keep the Qiantong Escort Agency out of the pass. Unless they are willing to spit out the money they have eaten, they will never be able to enter the pass."

"If they don't enter the pass, they can only take the mountain road. There are many wild beasts and bandits in the mountains. The escorts don't have much food, fodder and money. I guess they can't hold on."

"Not necessarily. The escort agency started out by relying on the martial arts industry. How could they be easily controlled?"

The county magistrate felt that this matter was not that simple. He pondered for a while and said: "For the time being, give the order. Anyone from the Qiantong Escort Agency who enters our Shixi Town will be arrested, one by one!"

"If someone comes to redeem themselves or to cause trouble, release them. But after releasing them, catch them again immediately. If anyone asks about it, take out the testimonies of the people and say that we are investigating."

"We won't investigate or try them yet and just drag them along."

Gongsun Yue almost couldn't help but wanted to applaud. Fortunately, Gan Fanren stopped him in time, otherwise they would be in the county jail now.

After leaving the county government, Gongsun Yue couldn't help but praise: "They don't try or investigate, but just keep them locked up. As long as they are still members of Qiantong Escort Agency, Qiantong Escort Agency will have to pay them monthly wages. Not only do they have to pay monthly wages, but they don't have escorts to escort them. Naturally, the escort agency will come to the magistrate."

"During negotiations, the one who loses his temper first will naturally lose first."

When they can't bear it anymore, the magistrate will have the final say on how to make the conditions.

Gongsun Yue glanced at Li Zhi: "I lost this time."

"Brother Li, you are too shallow."

[I thought Gongsun Yue would be a bit of a jerk with his personality, but I didn't expect him to actually admit defeat. ]

[Why does it feel a little unreal? ]

Hearing the little guy's inner complaints, Gongsun Yue couldn't help but take a look.

What kind of image does he have in the young man's mind?

Li Zhi obviously didn't expect Gongsun Yue to give up so quickly. He was stunned for a while, then shook his head a little embarrassedly.

"You call me Brother Li, I'm not used to it. I always feel like you are plotting against me."

"You should call me Li Zhi."