Chapter 79
"Hahahaha!!!!" The men in black laughed at each other.
"You don't really think that an imperial envoy will pass by here, do you?"
The three of them felt depressed. Does this mean that the imperial envoy's passing was a false news they released?
What should we do?
While the three were still thinking about what to do, several sharp blades pierced their hearts!
The three of them looked at the black-robed man in front of them with disbelief.
You... you have no martial ethics, a few assassins, sneak attacking the three old, weak and sick people...
Puff————The blade was pulled out!
The bright red blood gushed out instantly, soaking the chests of the three of them!
After struggling for a few times, the three of them soon lost their breath.
After the black-robed man checked, he was about to dispose of the bodies of the three people.
Just when the black-robed man wanted to dispose of the bodies, their accomplices ran over quickly.
He shouted softly, "Run! The imperial envoy has changed his route and is coming outside!"
"What? What about the corpse?"
Their accomplices seemed to be shocked.
"At this time, why do we care about the corpse? Let's go!" After saying that, he pulled a few accomplices to clean up and quickly moved away.
The heirloom on the chest of the third brother emitted a little blood-red light after contacting the blood.
The black-robed man just didn't notice it.
Zhu Zhankan, who changed his route and walked here, soon found the bodies of several people.
When he touched the corpse, the corpse was still warm! The atmosphere of the group instantly worsened!
Chapter 84 Arresting the Magistrate of Yanshan County
Zhu Zhankan's face was very ugly. The reason why he suddenly changed his route was that he noticed that a person with good luck was in danger of his life.
Unexpectedly, when he came here, he only harvested three corpses.
Although luck is a mysterious thing, luck only helps to create conditions for turning danger into safety.
Whether he has the ability to turn danger into safety is another matter.
Obviously, this man with good luck did not succeed in delaying Zhu Zhankan's arrival.
"Ma Li!" Zhu Zhankan's tone was very cold: "Order your Jinyiwei to directly detain the county magistrate of Yanshan County. Don't reveal any information. No matter where the county magistrate is, just break in and arrest him."
"I understand!" Ma Li didn't dare to say a word and went to do it directly.
They did a lot of similar work. Not to mention a seventh-rank county magistrate, they also arrested senior officials of the court.
Moreover, according to the court's laws and decrees, not to mention how many crimes the county magistrate himself had.
Just during the inspection of the imperial envoy, three people died in front of the imperial envoy, which was a big deal!
If it was during the Hongwu period, this county magistrate would have been chopped off.
Fortunately, it is now the Yongle period.
After instructing Ma Li, Zhu Zhankan said to the Jinyiwei around him: "Pack up and take these three bodies... um?"
Zhu Zhankan noticed that the youngest guy seemed to have recovered his breath?
Did he see it wrong? Zhu Zhankan put his hand on the pulse of the youngest.
Is there really a pulse? It looks like a penetrating wound? The knife was pulled out of the penetrating wound, but he is still alive?
Zhu Zhankan took out a simple wound medicine pill and used spiritual energy to stimulate the effect of the medicine.
After receiving the infusion of the pill, the third brother slowly woke up a little.
What he saw was a... child wearing luxurious clothes.
He couldn't tell who the other person was, but he looked like a dignitary.
He struggled to put his left hand to his chest, and he gritted his teeth in pain.
Finally, he took out a package and handed it to Zhu Zhankan.
"Please...please, sir, redress my family's injustice... um..." The third brother fell to the ground powerlessly.
Zhu Zhankan sighed: "Arrange a carriage for him, and bring him to see me when he wakes up."
After the Jinyiwei took the third son away, Zhu Zhankan opened the package handed to him by the third son.
Inside the package was a letter and a huge round plate, which seemed to be an inkstone, and it was a good-quality inkstone with an ancient style.
Just as Zhu Zhankan was checking the letter, Zhu Zhanzang's carriage drove over from behind, and Zhu Zhanzang showed his face from the carriage.
"Sixth son, is that man dead?" He was still a child and couldn't see anything too violent.
"Not dead... should be..." Zhu Zhankan replied casually.
He turned his eyes to the letter.
[The three males of the Jin family, a kitchen household in Shuntian Prefecture, were taken away by the Yanshan County Magistrate for evading taxes because they refused to cooperate with the Yanshan County Magistrate in smuggling salt. 】
[No news has been heard so far. 】
[The magistrate of Yanshan County threatened the remaining members of the Jin family many times, saying that if they did not help him put the salt in a certain place, he would kill the chicken to scare the monkeys...]
Zhu Zhanji also saw the content of the letter, and instantly said indignantly: "This county magistrate is really too bad, catch him and let my father punish him."
Zhu Zhankan closed the envelope and frowned slightly: "If what is written is true, I can order him to be beheaded."
Coercing others to smuggle salt, especially the county magistrate.
These crimes combined are definitely enough to kill the county magistrate.
"But... is this county magistrate really so stupid?"
"What do you mean?" Zhu Zhanji asked.
"As a county magistrate, he must know that the salt administration is the biggest income of the court, and he knows that reselling salt is a serious crime. Would he let people steal salt so blatantly? And let the stove owner know that it was the county magistrate's order?"
Zhu Zhanzhuang understood it immediately and suddenly realized: "Is someone framing this county magistrate?"
"I don't know, maybe this county magistrate is really a fool?"
.......
The county government office of Yanshan County.
The county magistrate lives in the county government office. For a place, the county magistrate is a veritable 'hidden emperor'.
The county magistrate is also called the county magistrate, who is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower, and is judged by the grain taxes that can be collected.
The actual power of a county magistrate in a local area is very large, including public security, taxes, corvée, education, detention, litigation...
If the local county government office garrisons soldiers, the county magistrate can also influence these soldiers to a certain extent.
And Yanshan County, because it is close to the salt field and has a large population, is a veritable upper county.
The county magistrate of Yanshan County is also an official of the sixth rank.
The prefect who wiped out the family and the county magistrate who ruined the family.
The county magistrate with such great power is naturally the one who has the final say in the local area.
And today, Yanshan County ushered in a group of 'uninvited guests'.
A group of Jinyiwei suddenly rushed into the county government office from all directions of the street.
There was a sudden clamor in the county government office, and even the sound of brief hand-to-hand combat.
Even Ma Li was a little surprised by this scene.
Yanshan County is not far from Shuntian Prefecture, and Shuntian Prefecture is the place where the current emperor is born!
A Yanshan County Magistrate actually had the courage to lead a few yamen runners to resist the arrest of Jinyiwei?
"Yanshan County Magistrate?" Ma Li lifted the man's head out.
Is this guy the one who took the lead in fighting with Jinyiwei?
"Take him away!" Seeing that the Yanshan County Magistrate wanted to say something, Ma Li slapped the magistrate in the face and shut him up manually.
At first, no one dared to watch the people passing by on the street nearby.
But after the clamor, many brave spectators gathered around and talked about it.
"Has the county magistrate been arrested?"
"Is there any injustice? The county magistrate has done a good job."
"This corrupt official should have been arrested long ago!"
"..."
The voices of discussion came one after another, and some words came out of someone's mouth, but no one paid attention.