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Chapter 24: Di County magistrate is frustrated again

"This despicable villain dares to go back on his word and asks the officers and soldiers to encircle us. Brothers, our Hutou Village will live and die together today. Even if we are a ghost, we cannot let this guy with a human face and a beast heart go up and kill him." The big tiger screamed and took the lead to rush forward.

The other people agreed, and the second and third brothers and men held the wooden stick they found and ran forward wildly without caring about breaking their hands.

When Du Shaoqing heard the movement behind, he hurriedly turned around and took a look.

Me, what, are you crazy? A person dodged away from the big tiger's sword and was about to reach out to get a knife with empty hands. The other four people arrived at the same time, and greeted Du Shaoqing with a weapon as if he was desperate.

Du Shaoqing had to give up the attack and rushed left and right and maintained that he was not injured, but he was empty-handed against the enemy, and the five of them were fighting for their lives, so he soon suffered a loss.

The incident inside the inn confused a group of officers and soldiers outside, and they all looked at the county magistrate Di Zhixun.

The magistrate Di was very happy and laughed: "It's great that the thief has rebelled in his nest. Let's hold back for a while and wait until both of them are injured in the defeat. This will also reduce the casualties of our hands."

"The county magistrate is wise, let's listen to you." Everyone nodded.

The fight in the inn lobby was already in a mess, "Listen to me to explain, these are not the ones I called, so stop fighting."

"The despicable villain is still talking sweetly? Death!"

Aunt Du San, who was outside the door, looked at the war here, was full of worries, but was powerless. Last time she could go to the civilian for help. This time, the county magistrate sent troops, who could stop it? I just hope Dalang can win. I heard that he won three people by himself yesterday. Alas! Her husband went out to hunt again, and often went there for several days to hike in the mountains. It would be great if he was at home, Aunt San thought to himself.

The county magistrate surrounded Yunlai Inn, and the people around came to watch. Everyone was speculating that the Du family had caused another trouble?

Coincidentally, there were other people who arrived at this time on this day. They were Li Zhen and Cheng Chumo from Chang'an. Emperor Li Er rewarded him in public and sent someone to investigate Du Shaoqing's talents. So the two brothers left Chang'an again under the name of being guides. This time they were very different.

"Well? Why are so many people surrounding Yunlai Inn?" Cheng Chumo said in surprise.

"Is something wrong? Come and take a look."

As the horse ran closer, Cheng Chumo saw Di Zhixun, the county magistrate in the middle of the crowd, shouted: "Mr. Di, what happened? Why did he surround the inn?"

Before the county magistrate answered, Li Zhen next to him had already seen Du Shaoqing fighting with five people inside. Li Zhen was furious in an instant, "So brave, how dare you bully the young? Brother Du, don't panic, Li Zhen is here!"

He turned over and dismounted, pulled out the sword from his waist, quickly crossed the yamen runners around him, rushed into the inn and joined the battle group.

"Xiao Zhen waited for me, how could I miss me when I fought?"

Seeing that Cheng Chumo was about to take risks, Di Zhixun exclaimed: "Young Master, be careful, the other party is a famous bandit."

When Du Shaoqing saw that there were acquaintances participating in the war, and both of them were from military generals, he quickly reminded him: "Don't hurt their lives, just capture them."

The two understood, so the situation of the battle changed again, from one to five to three to five, among which the bandits had two broken arms, so the outcome was conceivable. Without twenty moves, the five bandits were knocked to the ground one after another. Du Shaoqing finally breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, Li Zhen and the others arrived at this time were really a timely help, and it was easy to explain to the county magistrate.

Regarding this kind of official style, these two second-generation officials are better than the female hero in red. Du Shaoqing didn't know Zhang Chuchen's identity. If he had let him know that the other party was a first-class lady of the imperial edict, he would probably not have said that.

"My little master, someone reported that this inn is a thief's nest. Du Shaoqing, the shopkeeper, harbored five bandits. The evidence is conclusive. They just coaxed them privately. Don't be blinded by the evil people." The county magistrate stepped forward and reminded.

Li Zhen was furious: "Nonsense, Brother Du's family background is innocent. How could he collude with bandits? Could it be that you, the county magistrate, also like someone else's secret recipe for making money?"

Cheng made the case that he got the county magistrate, so he stood up and reminded: "Mr. Di, this is the victim who was bullied by your county magistrate last time. He also offered a secret recipe for steamed buns to the court. His Majesty personally rewarded him. Do you think he colluded with bandits? Is it a misunderstanding?"

Even if Di Zhixun was slow, he could already hear such an obvious reminder. After being an official for so many years, he immediately woke up. Since it was awarded by His Majesty himself, no matter what past this person had before, he could not mention it at this time.

"Oh, so that's the case. That's really a misunderstanding. The lower official also listened to people's reports. The man was named Huang Shengcai. It is said that he was an indigenous person in the town. It seems that this man was treacherous and deceived the lower official." Di Zhixun quickly changed his words.

Who? Huang Shengcai? Hearing this name, everyone present except the county magistrate understood.

Cheng Chumo snorted coldly, "Do you know who Huang Shengcai is? He is your brother-in-law Wang County Magistrate. He had his share of the evil things that Wang County Magistrate did last time. Do you dare to listen to his instigation to arrest people? Can you, the county magistrate, distinguish right from wrong?"

Di Zhixun was embarrassed by Cheng Chumo's lesson. If he had known that Huang had this identity, how could he be so impulsive? After he finished, the big fight not only failed to make a contribution, but also offended the princes of two government officials, and his career was even more slim.

"Not only that, Huang Shengcai also bribed the bandits on Tiger Mountain to kill my family, just these people on the ground..."

Then Du Shaoqing told the whole story in full, and everyone was extremely angry after hearing this. This person named Huang was really not a person.

The magistrate of Di County cursed: "It turns out that this guy is a thief who is calling to catch the thief. Please rest assured, since the matter has been cleared, I will go back now and will definitely find the man named Huang and bring him to justice. Such a cancer cannot be left behind in Zheng County to harm the village."

"Then what are my guys selling their bodies?" Du Shaoqing reminded.

"This is all a trivial matter. There are so many people present to testify. It is also a contribution that Manager Du was able to accept the bandits and let them turn back. When I look back, I will send someone to come and register for them."

After saying that, Di Zhixun quickly left with his men and horses. After a long time of trouble, he was exploited by someone, which almost made a big mistake and was not suitable to stay here anymore.

In Yunlai Inn, five bandits got up from the ground and looked at Du Shaoqing awkwardly, feeling a little embarrassed. If this master hadn't been kind-hearted and allowed his subordinates to show mercy, the five of them would probably have been in different places now.

"What are you still standing there? Go to the back to do things quickly. Didn't you see a customer coming here?" Du Shaoqing deliberately scolded.
Chapter completed!
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