Chapter 191 It’s Friendly Forces
In a house next to the Liucheng County Government Office, a man was enjoying singing and dancing while being served by a beautiful maid who massaged his legs and shoulders.
This man was none other than Qiao Yingzhe, the only son of Liucheng County Magistrate Qiao Shouyi.
Just when he was enjoying himself, a servant hurriedly pushed the door open and said, "Master, someone from the Ma family is here."
"Is it done?" Qiao Yingzhe didn't even raise his head.
"No."
"What's going on?" Qiao Yingzhe sat up straight upon hearing this, then waved his hand to send all the maids away.
The trusted servant recounted the entire incident and concluded, "The man is already on his way to the county government office. The Ma family wants you to take action."
Qiao Yingzhe slammed the table and stood up. "Idiot, do you know what it means to be dead without evidence? If the Ma family had decisively killed him, there would have been no repercussions. Now you're stuck in a mess, and you want me to clean up the mess?!"
The trusted servant didn't say anything, that's how it was.
After a long while, Qiao Yingzhe asked, "Are these outsiders meddling in other people's affairs?"
"Yes, I heard that the other party seems to be a clerk, and the complaint has already been written."
Qiao Yingzhe snorted coldly, "This time, I'm going to show him what it means to coil up a dragon and let him know what it means to be like a dragon!"
He was not being too arrogant. Although he was just a young master with no special ability and his father was only the second in command of Liucheng, he had an uncle who was the commander of Liaoxi County. The key point was that his uncle doted on him.
Originally, half a month ago, the previous county magistrate was transferred, and his father was very likely to take over as the Liucheng county magistrate. However, the county governor, for some unknown reason, got someone from Changli to be appointed as the county magistrate, which made the Qiao family's wish come to nothing.
However, the guy called He Ziqi who was transferred here was quite sensible and didn't interfere in anything he shouldn't have. If he had continued to behave like this, the Qiao family wouldn't have been unable to accommodate him.
"Let's go find my dad!" The Ma family's problem can only be solved by his father. When Qiao Yingzhe thought that the one hundred hectares of land that was very likely to produce gold mines would soon belong to him, his heart was burning with excitement.
Qiao Shouyi, who was sitting in court at the county government office, was upset when he heard that his son had done such a big thing without consulting him. He was so audacious and lawless! But what could he do? His son was his biological son, and his brother-in-law loved him, so he had no choice but to step in and settle the matter.
"Dad, people from Majia Village are coming soon! But I have already greeted Mrs. Yang." Mrs. Yang was a female coroner in the yamen.
"I'll take care of this matter. You just be a good boy and don't cause me any more trouble!" As he said that, Qiao Shouyi stood up. He wanted to go and greet the county magistrate, ask him to claim illness and not go out, and hand the case over to him for trial.
Even so, County Magistrate Qiao still felt unsafe, so he asked someone to invite the most famous lawyer in Liucheng.
Yamen front hall
After Xue Xu handed in the petition, he slowly straightened his sleeves, but his mind was actually thinking at a high speed.
He knew he had a tough battle ahead of him, and that the officials who would be investigating the case might be unlucky. But since he had taken on the task, he was confident that he could handle it perfectly.
He knew that his two previous sneaking actions had been criticized, and many people didn't understand why the Sixth Young Master's wife wanted to keep him under such circumstances. In fact, he didn't care about what others said about him, but he couldn't bear to implicate the Sixth Young Master's wife.
County government backyard
"Why is it so noisy outside?" He Ziqi, who was leaning on a recliner and giving a gift with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and asked.
His attendant replied, "My Lord, it is like this..."
The attendant gave a brief account of what had happened outside.
After hearing this, He Ziqi snorted and laughed, thinking that there was something fishy about this case.
"Is Lord He here?" Qiao Shouyi's voice came from outside the door.
He Ziqi signaled his attendant to open the door. After Qiao Shouyi came in, he asked, "Master Qiao, is there anything I can do for you?"
"It's like this. There's a lawsuit going on involving some villagers out there, and it's making a lot of noise. Lord Pianhe has been feeling unwell these days, and I think it's probably due to acclimatization. This illness can't be rushed, and he needs to be well-nurtured, and not overworked."
He Ziqi groaned inwardly. It was only more than 300 miles from Changli to Liucheng, but it could be attributed to acclimatization?
He Ziqi knew very well what Qiao Shouyi meant. He just wanted him to avoid the next case.
"so?"
"My Lord, please have a good rest. I will take care of that little case outside for you, okay?"
He Ziqi didn't want to confront him head-on at the moment and was just about to go along with it and agree.
Then he saw the chief clerk coming over with a petition, "Master He, Master Qiao, someone just handed over a petition."
Qiao Ningyi made a gesture of invitation, "Sir He, please take a look first." No matter how he wanted to undermine the power of the county magistrate, there had to be some rules on the surface.
After saying this, he glanced at the chief clerk. Was he really stupid or was he doing it on purpose?
He Ziqi took the petition and casually glanced through it. A glance at its contents made him smile. Qiao Chuyi had finally met a tough opponent. The language in the petition was concise and sharp, and the narrative got straight to the point. Just from looking at the petition, it was clear that this clerk was no ordinary person.
He just casually scanned the content and habitually looked at the signatures in the lower left corner. When he saw the first signature, Xue Guangxian, he didn't feel much, but when he saw the second signature, Lv Mingzhi, his eyes froze.
He Ziqi grabbed the complaint. No matter whether this person was the one he was waiting for or not, he could not ignore it. What if it was?
About a month ago, he received a letter from his mentor Zhang Xian, which mentioned Lü Mingzhi, Lü Songli, the Qin family, and others. His mentor specifically mentioned Lü Mingzhi in the letter, asking him to look after them nearby if it was convenient.
He was discovered and trained by Zhang Xian. His mentor was very kind to him, and this was the first time his mentor spoke to him.
It just so happened that at that time, the magistrate of Liucheng County was betrayed by his colleagues and made a big mistake at work, so he was escorted back to Chang'an.
He received a transfer order from his superiors, appointing him to govern Liucheng. This put him further and further away from Pingzhou. He felt regretful and guilty for failing to live up to Master Zhang's trust.
A few days ago, he received another letter from his mentor, sent from Chang'an. This letter was delivered to him by his family in Changli. In it, his mentor explained his current situation in the capital and mentioned the Lu family's help. At the end, he urged him to lend a hand if the Lu siblings or the Qin family were in trouble.
Now, Lu Mingzhi and the others are obviously in trouble, so he naturally won't stand idly by.
Besides, a new official has three things to start with, and he hasn't even started the first one yet. So, let's start the first one right here. Light it up!
Qiao Shouyi noticed something was wrong with He Ziqi, and his heart tightened. "Master He——"
Before Qiao Shouyi could finish his words, He Ziqi smiled at him and said, "Let me try the case this time. I have been in Liucheng for nearly half a month. To be honest, no one would take such a long break due to acclimatization. Besides, I am the magistrate of Liucheng County. Liucheng is my responsibility after all. I can't keep being lazy and leave everything to you." As he said that, he stood up and stretched.
With just a few words, he completely blocked Qiao Shouyi's previous words.
The bad premonition came true, and Qiao Shouyi's heart sank, but there was nothing he could do. He could only deal with the next thing as it came up.
As for Lu Songli, they had just settled down when someone came to report that the county magistrate had come to court.
Lu Songli laughed at that time, she made the right bet.
Qin Heng and Qin Zhao were both a little surprised. Didn’t the common people say that the new county magistrate had been claiming to be ill and unable to go out recently?
Qin Sheng looked at her, "Lili, what are you laughing at?"
"The matter between Meng Yun and his cousin Qi Zhenniang should be resolved smoothly."
Qin Sheng: "Really? How did you know?" Isn't the court session going on? Does my wife already know the result?
Lu Songli threw him a notebook.
Qin Sheng was very skilled. He slid his long arm along the curve of the book and caught it. He opened it and saw that every page was filled with names. A name list? When did his wife make this?
After entering Youzhou, Lü Songli kept an eye on local officials wherever he went, even deliberately asking people to collect information about them. This task was assigned to the reconnaissance team.
In fact, Lu Songli has been collecting information in this regard, but when they were in Yanzhou and Jizhou, they had to deal with various accidents and dangers, and also purchase medicinal materials. The reconnaissance team was also very busy, so the information collected was relatively scattered.
This roster was compiled by her after judging and screening the initial content. Later, she will gradually collect more officials and add more information.
Qin Sheng took a closer look and found that under each page's name, there was also their current official position, biographical information, and related personality analysis, etc. On one page, He Ziqi's name was circled.
"Did you see anything?" Lu Songli asked.
Qin Sheng thought for a moment and said, "Is this He Ziqi our ally?"
Lu Songli gave him a thumbs up, "Smart!"
She thought it was not surprising that Qin Sheng could guess it, because Qin Sheng also read the letter her father wrote to her last time.
At the end of the letter, her father reminded her that even a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake, and that if she was bullied and had no one to support her, she should be patient and she could write down the names of the bullies in a small notebook.
When he comes, we’ll settle accounts with those people together!
If she really couldn't wait, she would let Qin Sheng handle it for her quietly.
If the matter could not be handled, they would drag the person to Changli, saying that her uncle Zhang Shishu had written a letter to take care of it there, and that she also had connections there.
After reading the letter, it just so happened that the current Liucheng County Magistrate He Ziqi was transferred from Changli, and since taking office, he has been claiming illness and not going out.
Lu Songli had this guess at the time, so he asked his younger brother Lu Mingzhi to help Xue Xu and give it a try.
"Lili, do you think I can make a list like this for the existing generals?" Qin Sheng asked.
"Of course." He is really smart and good at learning.
"Didn't I say before that as long as he's a human being, he'll have problems? If he has problems, we can solve him. By collecting his information and continuously analyzing him, we'll definitely find his problem."
Looking at this booklet and listening to what she said, my previously vague thoughts, the decisions I made based on intuition, and the awkward feeling of knowing the facts but not the reasons behind them, all became clear and understandable at this moment.
"Lili, can you teach me how to write with your missing arms?"
She used simplified Chinese characters in this booklet, and Qin Sheng seemed to be guessing.
In Qin Sheng's opinion, these words are incomplete, but he thinks they are very good for recording such information. If they are lost, all the fruits of his labor will not be lost to others.
Moreover, Qin Sheng discovered that the arms and legs of these characters did not seem to be missing randomly?
Lu Songli: ...What kind of crappy adjective is this? If simplified Chinese characters could speak, they would definitely cry.
"Pear?"
"Okay, I'll teach you." Lu Songli gritted his teeth secretly.
From then on, Qin Sheng began collecting information on military commanders. Whenever two armies faced off, the battle plans Qin Sheng crafted for the opposing commander often proved highly effective. Among these, his customized strategies for luring the enemy were particularly effective, rarely failing.
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