Hearing that Zeng Jianyuan of Jingmingyuan came to the door with a large group of Taoist priests, County Magistrate Ren hurriedly welcomed them out. When I saw this formation in front of the Yamen, my heart skipped a beat, and my momentum immediately dropped by three points.
While he was secretly thinking about where he had offended Zeng Jianyuan, he said with a smile: "What east wind is blowing today? It's really disappointing to have Zeng Jianyuan come to our Shiquan County Yamen!"
Zeng Jianyuan stepped in and said, "Go and talk to your Yamen."
Magistrate Ren hurriedly led the way in person and came to the flower hall to serve tea.
Zhao Ran secretly thought, it seems that Zeng Jianyuan is very powerful in Shiquan County, and he has pushed the dignified county magistrate to such a humble position, like a mouse seeing a cat.
All the inspectors from the square hall of Jingmingyuan stayed outside the hall. Only Zeng, Zhao Ran and a few deacons went in and took their seats. When County Magistrate Ren saw this, he felt a little uncomfortable when he spoke, and felt even more panicked.
Zeng Jianyuan politely sipped tea and introduced to County Magistrate Ren: "This is Zhao Duguan of Wujiyuan in Guyang County. He is also a monk practicing in Huayun Pavilion. He is my good friend, and he is also a senior scholar from Shiquan County. Dao. This young man is the cousin of Du Guan Zhao, and I am accompanying Du Guan Zhao here today."
County Magistrate Ren hurriedly raised his hands and said: "It turns out to be Master Zhao. I've heard about his name for a long time! I heard that Master Zhao is from Zhaozhuang in our county. This county is polite! Is this little friend also from Zhaozhuang?"
Zhao Ran bowed his head and said, "I'm causing trouble to my parents."
County Magistrate Ren asked: "Did Guan Zhao come here to investigate the case of the Zhao family leader's first thief?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zeng Jianyuan let out a "ha", patted the table and said: "Old Ren, are you really here?"
Magistrate Ren wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said to himself that it was a good thing that he didn't mess around, otherwise he might not be able to get anything done today.
Then he said: "At noon the day before yesterday, the Zhao clan leader kidnapped Zhao Ming and his wife, as well as seven housekeepers and maidservants, to the county government office to accuse his family of colluding with the bandits. I didn't believe it at first, but the Zhao clan leader said it categorically. It was the Taoist inspection team that had caught the thief. It was confirmed beyond any doubt, so we had to arrest him first. We had a meeting yesterday and found something fishy, ??so we suppressed it. Because the matter involved the Taoist inspection team, I was about to go to Wen Jingmingyuan to report to the police today. The prison was notified of this matter, and the official documents were written, but they had not yet been sent out"
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Zeng Jianyuan said with satisfaction: "Old Ren, you are really cautious. To tell you the truth, I don't know anything about those people who claim to be Taoist patrols. The so-called arrest of bandits is purely slander."
Zhao Ran said: "Old parents, Zhao Ming and his wife are Pindao's clan uncle and clan aunt. They are my cousin's parents. They are honest and kind to others. Pindao has been cared for and supported by them since he was a child. He understands it best. It is impossible to collude with any thieves. As for those Taoist patrols, I really don¡¯t know where they came from. The Song Xiong they arrested is not a bandit, but a layman of the fire work of Junshan Temple in Guyang County. I am a poor Taoist. There is Song Xiong¡¯s signature document here, please let your parents take a closer look!¡±
Ren County Zun said: "Master Zhao Xian is too polite. It turns out that Master Zhao has such a relationship with Zhao Ming and his wife, but this county did not know about it. Please forgive me." He took the signed document and looked at it twice, and said: "It seems that this matter It is indeed suspicious! Someone, go and find Mr. Li!"
Not long after, Capt. Li, who was in charge of the third class of the county government, came in to reply, and the county magistrate Ren said: "Go quickly and arrest Zhao Sihu and his family in Zhaozhuang. The case will be heard in court today. Capt. Li, this matter involves Taoist Qingyu , someone is pretending to be a Taoist patrol, don¡¯t leak anyone, if something goes wrong, you will not be spared!"
Zeng Jianyuan said: "Let's see, someone is pretending to be inspecting our gate. This matter should not be ignored. It is better to let Yu Fangzhu go there and Capt. Li will lead the way to help. We have horses here and can walk fast. Don¡¯t inform too many people, lest the wind gets out and the thieves escape.¡±
Magistrate Ren said: "Then let the prison guard tell you."
At this moment, Yu Fangzhu personally led the team and set off with twelve patrol experts from Jingmingyuan. Capt. Li did not dare to neglect, so he led the way in front of him, and the group hurried to Zhaozhuang to pick up people.
Zhaozhuang is sixty miles away from Shiquan County, and the road is not easy to walk. It takes about a day for ordinary people to walk, but Yu Fangzhu and others are riding horses. It is such an important matter, and the horses are whipping on the road. It took a long time to arrive at Zhaozhuang.
The patrolmen rushed into Zhaozhuang like lightning and went directly to the outside of Zhao Sihu's house. Seeing that the door of the house was closed, the patrolman who was good at leg and foot skills immediately stepped forward. Without saying a word, he kicked up. There was only a "click" sound, the door was suddenly kicked open, and the door latch inside was shaken. Two pieces fell to the ground.
Seeing Capt. Li next to him, he was secretly frightened. He thought that the patrol in Jingmingyuan was really a top-notch expert. Compared with the gang of drunkards under me,The rice bag is really different.
The inspectors swarmed in, and the house was immediately in a panic. After a thorough search, they could not find Zhao Sihu, the leader of the Zhao family, but only captured his family members.
When Capt. Li asked, he found out that Zhao Sihu was obsessed with the big house owned by Zhao Ming's family. He had been living there for the past two days, saying that he wanted to help the government take care of the house.
The big house owned by Zhao Ming's family is just outside the village. It is the most conspicuous place in Zhaozhuang. As soon as Li Captou pointed at the tall house, Yu Fangzhu led the team and rushed over.
When I came to the door, I saw someone standing outside the door with a look of surprise and uncertainty.
Yu Fangzhu reined in his horse and asked, "Who are you?"
Li Captou caught up on horseback and said to Master Yu Fang, "This is the housekeeper of Zhao Sihu's house." He then asked, "Where is your master?"
This person was Zhao Wu who led the hunt and sent Zhao Ran to Shiquan County. When he saw Capt. Li, he smiled and said, "Master Li is here? Please come in quickly"
Li Captou scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, is Zhao Sihu here?"
Zhao Wu nodded and bowed and said: "Yes, I am here. My fourth master is inside, helping the government to guard the house and be careful to prevent young people from entering and stealing. I will go in now to report"
Yu Fangzhu waved his hand: "Take it!"
A patrolman threw a lasso from his horse. The lasso was fast and accurate, and it circled Zhao Wu directly. Going back, Zhao Wu was tightened by the noose, flew over in the air, and fell heavily under the hooves of the patrolling horse. He suddenly fell to pieces and was completely stunned.
The inspectors rushed in like wolves and tigers, and not long after, they pulled out the naked Zhao Sihu from the bed in the main room. It turned out that this man had been singing all day long and had made an appointment with the village's widow Ma, and they were making love to each other on the bed.
There were four or five strong nephews and nephews of Zhao Sihu's family who were caught at the scene in the village.
Zhao Sihu panicked, was tied up and knelt in front of the Fang Master and Mr. Li, and kept shouting: "Master Li, Mr. Li, why is this? Where do you start talking about this?"
Li Captou was about to answer when he was stopped by Yu Fangzhu, who waved an inspector forward to ask questions.
"Zhao Si, your incident has happened! Explain your crime quickly, otherwise you will be severely punished!"
Zhao Sihu defended: "I, Zhao Si, have a clean family background. My father has worked for the Xizhenwu Palace for ten years. How can I have any crime? Could it be that Zhao Ming's fellow is falsely accusing me? I also ask Capt. Li and all the Taoists to look into it!"
The patrol officer who asked the question slapped Zhao Sihu across the face. Stars popped out from Zhao Sihu¡¯s eyes and blood oozed from his nose and mouth.
"You still dare to quibble. To tell you the truth, this case was taken over by Master Yu Fang of my Jingmingyuan, and my Zengjianyuan personally intervened!" Then he turned to the Zhao family's nephews who were kneeling on the ground and shouted: "There are others , if you want to survive, confess it quickly!"
The housekeeper Zhao Wu was tied to the ground by a rope. He used his buttocks to exert force and rubbed sideways over him. He shouted: "Master Tao, please forgive me. I want to report! Report Zhao Sihu's collusion with the demon sect!"
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