Chapter 290 Lou County

An imperial envoy from the imperial court came to Jinling. The one to worry about was the prefect of Jinling and had little to do with the officials of Songjiang Prefecture. Chen Heng was happy to watch the excitement, chatted with Xue Biao and Hu Yuan for a few words, and then turned the topic to Lou County.

Several days have passed since Liu Yanzhang named Chen Heng to take charge of Lou County affairs. For some unknown reason, Chen Heng has not been able to make the trip until now. He often asked Chief Xiao in the county to come forward on his behalf and go to the Lou County government office to deliver messages to people. I asked everyone to just follow Xiao Gui and Cao, and the affairs in the county should be carried out according to Huating's pace.

At the same time, he ordered Liu Xianglian and other arrests to quietly spread the news to the people in the north of the city. If there is a case in the future, you can come directly to the Huating County Yamen to complain about the injustice.

These two operations really made the officials and officers of Lou County very uneasy. They were afraid that the magistrate of Huating County would become the Grand Master of Qingtian in Lou County. These people followed Donnie Yen before, and they did all kinds of bad things, and their butts were dirty.

I originally wanted to take advantage of Mr. Chen's visit to treat me well and get close to him. Describe the difficulties of "people under the roof have to help the tiger". But judging from Mr. Chen's intention, he didn't even give them a chance to meet.

"You should be careful in the city these two days." Chen Heng knew that many people were trying hard to find connections and connections, hoping to get some information from him.

Xue Biao and Hu Yuan are close friends. Daiyu is taking care of the back house at home, so Chen Heng doesn't have to worry. I'm just afraid that the two people in front of me are not paying attention and fall into someone else's trap.

"I'd better go back to Yangzhou early." Xue Biao thought for a while and half-sighed, "Today is different from the past, when I come to visit you every day. I'm afraid that people in the city will think that I am a hottie, which is awesome. Stick to me."

Knowing that Xue Pan's words were secretly mocking Xue Pan and Jia Lian. Chen Heng laughed and said with relief: "Don't worry too much. Eat when you should and drink when you should. If you really want to go back, wait until the streets are busy after watching the show."

"Okay." Xue Biao nodded. This is a major matter for Songjiang Mansion. He was invited by Chen Heng to paint a painting.

Across mountains and rivers, Li Zhi in the capital was very concerned about Songjiang's affairs. Since His Majesty wanted to see it, Chen Heng had to ask his good brother to do the hard work for him.

I thought that my paintings would one day appear in front of the emperor. Xue Biao's heart was also very hot. Even if he was asked to leave, he himself would not be able to bear it.

Hu Yuan watched clearly from the sidelines. Apart from being envious of the other party's opportunity, he didn't have too many distracting thoughts.

Chen Heng and Xue Biao are personal friends, but the Chen family and the Hu family are related by marriage. Chen Heng's biological sister is his biological younger brother and sister. With this relationship, he only hoped that the bigger Chen Heng's official position would be, the better.

For this reason, Hu Yuan did not hesitate to mobilize all the cash at home to prepare for a big fight in Songjiang Mansion. Let’s add some fire to the shopping street hosted by Chen Heng.

He just told Chen Heng a few words about the shop, when Xiao Ping appeared at the door of the study. Seeing this, Xue Biao and Hu Yuan hurriedly stood up and left.

Chen Heng, who had sent his relatives and friends away and returned, looked at the anxious Xiao Ping in front of him and asked, "But is there something wrong in Lou County?"

"How do you know, sir?" Xiao Ping was stunned for a moment, he hadn't even spoken yet.

"What else can happen in our county?" Chen Heng laughed. He has been in Huating for more than half a year, and he has not been an official tumbler. Those who deserve to be caught and punished are pretty much the same these days. Chen Heng is still fully confident about Huating's situation.

Hearing the pride in the adults' words, Xiao Ping also laughed. After the two of them sat face to face, he coughed lightly and said, "Sir, not a single complainant has come to Lou County in the past two days. Do you want to send someone down to investigate?"

Chen Heng raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He didn't expect that the Lou County police officer was still a little impatient and actually made a calm appearance for himself.

"Are there any rumors among the people?"

Hearing Chen Heng's question, Xiao Ping looked at the adult strangely. After hesitating for a while, he said: "There are indeed some. I don't know who spread the gossip everywhere, saying that adults are afraid of the power of the Zhen family, so they have been reluctant to go to Lou County for official business."

It's true that if the living King of Hell doesn't come to the door, the wild monkey will start making trouble first. Chen Heng snorted coldly in his heart, but asked as usual: "Is there anything unusual about the officers in Lou County?"

As soon as he said this, Xiao Ping became more energetic, and immediately replied: "Yes. Liu Captou has been keeping an eye on it personally these days. Every night, many people find reasons to go to the countryside and pass the village, fearing that they are secretly The aftermath went."

After speaking eagerly, Xiao Ping looked at Chen Heng expectantly. It was as if he was waiting for the other party's order to investigate Lou County directly.

Unexpectedly, Chen Heng frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "Don't worry, let's take a look. They are just trying to find out our confidence. Ask Liu Xianglian to follow you more carefully. The first few It must be trivial matters. Only after these pathfinders are finished will they deal with the really difficult things."

"Yes." Xiao Ping agreed happily. He said that when your Excellency first took office as the magistrate of Huating County, he did not worry about the Zhen family's face. After Wuji had established a firm foothold, he began to be timid.

"By the way, you came just in time." Chen Heng suddenly remembered something and stopped Xiao Ping who was about to stand up to leave. He took out the secret letter brought by the imperial envoy from the secret compartment on the table and motioned to Xiao Ping to watch it on the spot.

With Chen Heng's approval, Chief Xiao read Li Zhi's autographed letter carefully. Seeing the list of letters, Xiao Ping was already trembling in his heart.

After reading only half of the letter, he exclaimed: "Is there fighting at the border again?" After reading the letter, he was even more worried and asked, "Why are there 500,000 enemy soldiers this time?"

Seeing Xiao Ping's frightened look, Chen Heng hurriedly comforted him: "Don't panic, the porters and baggage carriers should be included. If there were really 500,000 enemy troops, what we received would not be a secret order."

Signing Xiao Ping not to panic too much, Chen Heng explained: "In the second half of the year, Songjiang Prefecture will be responsible for the transportation of military grain. The prefect has informed me. This matter will be fully handled by our Huating County."

This Liu Yanzhang really found Chen Heng's goodness. Not only is he reliable and capable. Nothing he wants to do will be messed up.

After all, Xiao Ping's official position is low, so he understands why Liu Yanzhang's first thing after being promoted to prefect is to hand over Lou County to his master.

"I know, I will personally watch the military grain and summer harvest." Xiao Ping immediately stood up and bowed.

This is also what Chen Heng admires him for. Xiao Ping is really a wonderful person who can understand the elegant meaning of music. Chen Heng sat in his seat and thought for a while, and then gave an additional instruction: "I'm afraid there are holes in the granary in Lou County. You go out and spread the word first. Just say that I will check the granaries in Lou County in a few days, and I will check them one by one."

Xiao Ping is his right-hand man, and the news he spreads will definitely not be doubted by others.

"Sir, will it alert the enemy?"

"If we don't alert them, how can they be willing to make up the amount in the granary."

Chen Heng showed a slightly inexplicable smile. Xiao Ping suddenly realized it, and thought to himself: There is indeed some reason why you can pass the imperial examination.

"I will do it now."

"Please tell Pan that since your family has been settled, you should focus on the commercial street. Don't stay in the gentle land every day and can't even see anyone."

Listening to Chen Heng's complaints, Xiao Ping laughed and nodded and left.

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Hearing the message from the kindhearted person, Pan Youan cried out that he was wronged. Since Siqi came to Songjiang, he stayed at home for a few more days.

The marriage of their cousins ​​had been approved by Mrs. Jia, and they only needed a formal matchmaker and six betrothal gifts.

There was no need to rush these things. He had just escaped from slavery, so there was no need to be too particular about this matter.

The couple had just reunited in Songjiang, and Pan Youan rented a house and accompanied Siqi to travel around. He had indeed not shown up to Chen Heng for a day or two.

Although Siqi had a fierce temper, she was very concerned about Pan Youan. When she heard Chen Heng's question, she thought her lover had angered the official. Regardless of being busy in the kitchen, she rushed straight to Pan Youan and said worriedly, "But I have delayed you these days and made Master Chen unhappy?"

"How could that be possible." Pan Youan waved his hand confidently and comforted his cousin with a smile, "It is said that Master is magnanimous. Don't worry, sister, our Master always takes care of the people around him. I will go to the mansion tomorrow and report to Master what I have done in the past few days. He will definitely not blame me."

Hearing this, Siqi felt a little relieved. Pan Youan finally found a job to make a living and was appreciated by the noble Chen Heng. How could she think of her cousin and leave bad things in front of Chen Heng.

Things are different now. Although she was living under someone else's roof in Rongguo Mansion before, she could also be said to be under a big tree to enjoy the shade. Now think about it, she has started a new family and must be careful in everything.

Siqi is really afraid that her small family will become fragmented because of a little wind and rain. Thinking like this, it was hard to tell which place was better, compared to leaving Rongguo Mansion.

Pan Youan knew that her cousin was cunning and prone to wild thoughts. She quickly held Siqi's hand and said softly, "Don't worry, sister, the master is really not angry. You'll see, when the shopping street opens, I will take over as the head. I promise to make it beautiful for the master, and I'll definitely get some good words from him."

Siqi couldn't help hugging Pan Youan, leaning on his chest, feeling each other's warmth. "I don't expect you to have anything good, I just hope that we can live in peace and well in this family."

"That's impossible." Pan Youan also hugged Siqi and shook his head, "Sister, you left Rongguo Mansion for me. I don't know how those sisters in the past would laugh at you for leaving your golden nest to live in a thatched nest. For you and the future children, I have to fight for a future."

Siqi listened halfway and couldn't help blushing and asked: "I have come to Songjiang to find you, why are you still calling me sister, sister?"

"Hahaha, I just call you sister. Sister, sister. Not only during the day, I also call you at night."

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Liu Xianglian sneezed twice in a row, cursing in his heart: I don't know which unlucky person is talking about me behind my back.

Yan Xiaoer was secretly watching him for him, and when he turned around, he saw the eldest brother muttering something. Yan Xiaoer couldn't help laughing and said, "Boss, maybe it's the girl from the brothel yesterday who is thinking about you."

"What nonsense, why do you miss me?" Liu Xianglian laughed and scolded, "She's thinking about my money."

Yan Xiaoer shook his head hurriedly, "That's hard to say. Boss, every time you came to give money, people refused it. I'm just afraid that you suddenly change your taste and like girls from other families."

As he spoke, Yan Xiaoer showed a little envy. A man who looks like the boss is really jealous.

I've only heard that the guests think about the girls, but I've never heard that the girls think about the guests day and night.

Liu Xianglian, who walked to his side at some point, raised his hand and hit Yan Xiaoer on the back of his head, and said impatiently, "You think about this all the time. If you want to get a wife, I'll find you a girl tomorrow."

"No, no, no, boss, you also know how poor my family is." Yan Xiaoer quickly waved his hands, but his eyes did not leave the house in front of him.

The two of them have been hiding in the dark alley for a long time. A squad leader from Lou County sneaked in here before and hasn't left for half a day.

It was getting late at night, and Yan Xiaoer couldn't help but ask Liu Xianglian: "Boss, do you think he is sleeping in the house? How about we evacuate first?"

They had been following this person for a while and knew that he was the head of the Lou County government office. In such a position, as long as you have evil intentions, you will definitely have good luck. Not to mention quietly buying a house in the city, even having two outer rooms is not too much.

People's fat and people's ointment, scrape it off, squeeze it, there will always be it. The kid on the road to hell still needs to buy money for the road.

"No hurry, just wait." Liu Xianglian looked up and saw a moonlight in the sky. It's only midnight, and no rat would do anything risky before midnight.

"Then I'll keep watching here, and the boss will go get something to eat first?"

Liu Xianglian shook her head again, what Chen Heng had strictly ordered to explain. If he didn't keep an eye on it himself, he would really feel uneasy.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand and patted Yan Xiaoer on the shoulder, "If you bear with me a little longer, if Yin Shi doesn't make any move, I will take you to eat the sesame cakes from Wu's shop."

"Hey." The little follower responded, and then said, "It doesn't matter what you eat, if the boss can teach me a move..."

Perhaps the surveillance was boring, and Yan Xiaoer talked a lot. He was chirping non-stop when Liu Xianglian suddenly covered his mouth. The boss winked a few times, and Yan Xiaoer quickly looked towards the back door of the house. I saw the Lou County team leader suddenly open the door, and after looking around for a few times, he pushed a cart out.

The two of them knew that something was finally happening, so they hurriedly followed them quietly. Following him closely all the way, he actually saw the other person pushing a cart into Yizhuang in the north of the city.

"Is it a dead person?!" Yan Xiaoer exclaimed into Liu Xianglian's ear. There was no movement at all in the room just now? !

Liu Xianglian looked around at the structure of Yizhuang. He was worried that the other party would destroy the corpses and eliminate all traces. With only one word of advice to Yan Xiaoer, he inserted his robe into his belt and used his skills to quietly touch it up.

Yan Xiaoer knew Liu Xianglian's martial arts skills and was not worried about her safety. Sure enough, it only lasted a moment. Yan Xiaoer heard some fighting sounds coming from inside Yizhuang. When he hurried to the door, Liu Xianglian had already grabbed the prisoner with one hand and came out.

"Go to the mansion and call Mr. Zhou. Remember to bring the locks as well."

When Yan Xiaoer heard that he was going to lock the lock directly, he thought to himself: This is a case of people taking the stolen goods together.

"Okay, boss, it doesn't matter if you're alone, right?"

Liu Xianglian waved her hand. Even if the opponent had four legs tonight, there was no way it could fly from her hand.

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When Chen Heng was woken up from his sleep and rushed to his courtroom. The messenger who delivered the message had already roughly outlined the whole story. When I heard that the corpses in the village were a family of three. Chen Heng himself was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief: "What did you say?"

"My lord, it's absolutely true. We are really a family of three."

Chen Heng heard a burst of fire and walked across the screen in a few steps. When he came to the brightly lit place, he looked at the panicked Lou County squad leader in front of him and asked sternly: "Tell me, where and what village did the deceased come from? How did you kill them..."

After being caught red-handed, the Lou County squad leader also knew that he could not defend himself. He had no choice but to kneel down and kowtow, crying: "Master, Master. I really didn't kill the person... I just got Master Zhen's orders to help deal with the aftermath."

Chen Heng walked into the courtroom in a few steps. No one sat down. He picked up the gavel angrily, slapped the table and cursed angrily: "You don't even let a five-year-old child go, how dare you make excuses. Come on, Hit him twenty times first."

The Lou County team leader knew that he was destined to die, so he would be able to get a solid job if he had twenty-five points. A good life, most of it must be lost. He panicked in his heart and stopped trying any further. He gave in and said, "My lord, I will say it. My lord, I will say it."

It turns out that last year, Zhen Zijing helped the Zhen family harvest land everywhere and converted rice into mulberry trees to make up for the shortfall of the Zhen family. This family of three, surnamed Zhang, was targeted by Zhen Zijing and the Lou County police officer just because their family had plenty of fertile land.

In order to force the family to sell their land at a low price, Zhen Zijing ordered his men to persecute him several times, looking for trouble all day long. This only made the family miserable. They originally thought of sneaking into Fucheng to complain to Mr. Liu, or going to Beijing to find a way to complain.

Unexpectedly, the villagers had already received hints from the Lou County police officers and were on guard against them sneaking out day and night. The family had not gone far from the village when they were found by the village leader and the Lou County team leader.

At that time, this gang of villains were arrogant and they heard that the family of three was going to the city to file a complaint. The Lou County squad leader took three of them and took them to his home for detention. Then he ran to Zhen Zijing to report the situation. It wasn't until the next day that the Lou County team leader brought Zhen Zijing over and found out that these three people had committed suicide by taking poison.

"Sir, everything the villain said is true. There is absolutely nothing hidden..." Lou County squad leader cried, looking as if he had been greatly wronged.

However, Chen Heng was not fooled by his "sincere love" and directly took advantage of the loophole and asked: "If you want to imprison them, why did you take them to your own courtyard? Not to your Lou County prison."

"This..." The Lou County team leader paused on the spot and started to hesitate.

Chen Heng didn't bother to look at his thoughts, and directly ordered the Yamen gangster to go over quickly for an autopsy. Only then did the Lou County squad leader panic. He opened his mouth and kept talking dryly for a long time, but he couldn't explain why.

After waiting for about an hour, Chen Heng received a report from the coroner, saying that one of the female prisoners had many scars on her body and signs of fractures in her lower body. Because she was alive...

Seeing Chen Heng's face darken, the squad leader of Lou County knew that he could not hide it, and hurriedly said: "It was Zhen Zijing, it was Master Zhen who saw that the young lady was pretty and was moved..."

"Ridiculous." Chen Heng cursed, "The coroner said that her injuries were new injuries within ten days. You may have forgotten your Master Zhen, and it has been half a month since the seventh day."

When the squad leader of Lou County heard this, he was completely disappointed and said: "Master, please spare my life, please spare my life. I also have my own difficulties..."

But his clever words just now had deeply disgusted Chen Heng. Seeing that the other party showed signs of confessing his guilt, Chen Heng asked about the truth of the case while thinking about settling the score later.

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