Chapter 11
Now, Chen Chu became even more popular. The finances of a county only left a little for him, and he actually made him contented!
Chen Chu is not unreasonable. When he first started selling, he always adhered to one principle, that is, everyone makes money. The Qin County Magistrate has been an official in Leping County for decades, and took away some before leaving, which Chen Chu could understand. But today he did too much and almost emptied the entire county warehousing! This is how he will do his work next!
"Mr. Qin County, do you think I am a child? Although Leping County is located in a remote area, it is a central link for trade between the north and the south. Every year, the commercial tax is more than a thousand gold! As for grain, although many major disasters have occurred in recent years, it has not affected Bingzhou. However, there are only 5,000 kilograms of grain in the county treasury! Qin County Magistrate, you should not be too greedy for being a person!"
The Qin County Magistrate's face changed and said threateningly: "Mr. Chen, I said that the county custody only has so much money, but only has so much money! I advise you not to get stuck anymore, otherwise it will be difficult to say what happens to you!"
Hearing this, Zhang Liao, who was standing behind Chen Chu, glared at his eyes, then took a step forward and wanted to take action. At this moment, Chen Chu suddenly reached out to block him.
Chen Chu looked at Qin County Magistrate with a cold expression, "Qin County Magistrate, are you threatening me?"
The Qin County Magistrate sneered, "If you say that, then I will threaten you!"
"Mr. Qin County, what if I insist on getting stuck on this matter?"
"Hmph, I'm afraid you don't have the ability!" As he said that, the Qin County Magistrate quickly slapped his palms a few times. Then the curtain was lifted, and more than a dozen yamen runners rushed in, separated by Chen Chu and the Qin County Magistrate.
Chen Chu was immediately surprised. He didn't expect that the other party had prepared a lot, nor did he expect that the other party would dare to take such measures.
Just as these yamen runners lifted the curtains and rushed out, Zhang Liao had already reacted. He immediately stood in front of Chen Chu and protected Chen Chu behind him, staring straight at the Qin County Magistrate not far away.
"Mr. Qin County, what do you mean?" Chen Chu asked while looking at these obviously malicious yamen runners. These yamen runners are very strong, with fierce faces and scathing eyes, and are obviously not good things.
"Hmph, Lord Chen, since you have to break into the gate of hell, I will fulfill you!" The Qin County Magistrate said with a grim smile.
"Mr. Qin County Magistrate, if you openly kill the officials, aren't you afraid that the court will punish you for rebellion?!"
The old man Qin County Magistrate quickly pretended to be scared and said, "Scared! Of course I am afraid! So I will push this matter to the head of Hu Xiaozhai dozens of miles away!" (Tiger Xiaozhai, a group of robbers twenty miles northeast of Leping County)
Chen Chu was a little scared. He didn't expect that the old guy named Qin would dare to take a gamble. Seeing the other party's crazy expression, Chen Chu didn't think the other party was joking.
Seeing Chen Chu showing a hesitant look, the magistrate of Qin immediately said in a gentle tone: "Qin does not want to make things uncontrollable. As long as Lord Chen stops pestering him, Qin will not make things difficult for Lord Chen."
Chen Chu couldn't help but curse in his heart: This bastard seemed to be saying it as if I was forcing him.
Chen Chu quickly turned his mind: If I compromise today, then I won’t have to survive in this era in the future! But if I don’t compromise, can I pass today’s level? Although Zhang Liao is a legendary general, can he really be as enemies as those film and television works in later generations? Damn it! Just take a gamble! As the saying goes, you can win if you love to fight!
Thinking of this, Chen Chu was also angry, "I will give you two ways too! Either hand over the swallowed county treasury money and grain, or blood splattered on the spot! You choose it yourself!"
The Qin County Magistrate was immediately furious. He could not have imagined that the two people who were already in the jar would still be ruthless with him.
"Okay, okay! Since that's the case, I can't blame Qin! Go!" The Qin County Magistrate stopped talking nonsense and immediately ordered the dozen or so yamen runners to take action.
Seeing more than a dozen yamen runners rushing over with sharp blades, Chen Chu, who had experienced this scene for the first time, couldn't help but nervously lift his heart to his throat.
Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao, you must take the initiative! My life depends entirely on you! Chen Chu prayed in his heart.
Zhang Liao showed excitement on his face, and shouted and went up to meet him.
In Chen Chu's view, after a series of dazzled fists and feet, accompanied by screams, the battle ended, and there was only a few breathing time. Only Zhang Liao was standing at the scene, and the dozen or so yamen runners were all put on the ground and hummed in pain.
Chen Chu was dumbfounded, and at the same time he felt very moved: It’s really worthy of being Zhang Liao! His martial arts are so powerful!
"Brother, how do you deal with this corrupt official?" Just as Chen Chu was stunned, Zhang Liao brought the Qin County Magistrate to Chen Chu like a chicken. At this time, the Qin County Magistrate who was still arrogant just now was already trembling with fear, and the fat body seemed to be swaying.
"Mr. Chen, please spare my life! I am willing to hand over the swallowed money and grain!" The magistrate of Qin begged with tears in his nose.
Chen Chu glanced at the Qin County Magistrate who was begging hard, and thought to himself: This Qin County Magistrate has a deep foundation in Leping County. If he is released, he will be in danger of endless troubles, so there is only...
"Where did you transport all the money and grain from the county treasury?" Chen Chu asked.
"It's in my warehouse at home, I'm willing to take the adults to get it back." The magistrate of Qin quickly replied.
Chen Chu nodded and said, "I want to spare your life too, but your sins are too serious. If you don't kill them, you will not be able to calm the public's anger!"
When the Qin County Magistrate was shocked when he heard this, he immediately cried and begged for mercy. Chen Chu ignored him and ordered Zhang Liao: "Drag on and behead him!"
When Zhang Liao came to Chen Chu with a bloody head, Chen Chu almost vomited it out on the spot. Only then did he understand a truth: it is very powerful to have the power of life and death! But that is definitely not pleasant!
"You," Chen Chu pointed to the little official who was so scared that he was about to speak. The little official was shocked and hurriedly begged for mercy, saying, "Grandmaster, please spare me! I didn't take a monday to the county treasury!" As he said, he still knocked on the ground without listening, making a bang. The little official was so scared that he was about to collapse.
"What are you saying? Who said you want to kill you! The main evil has been killed. As for other people, the county will not investigate some of the minor problems you had in the past. What you did in the past and what you should do now, but from today on, everything will be done according to my rules. Do you understand?"
The little official was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the new adult would let him go and retain his position. The little official immediately kowtowed with gratitude and tears, "Thank you! I must obey the Lord's order!"
Chen Chu nodded with satisfaction and asked, "What's your name?" Seeing that the little official was still kneeling on the ground, he said again, "Stand up and reply."
"Sir Xie." The little official stood up and replied respectfully: "The little one's name is Cai Jun."
Chen Chu subconsciously searched in his mind, but had no impression. It seemed that Cai Jun was just an ordinary little person who could not be more ordinary.
"Cai Jun, go and notify the yamen runners and ask them to come to the lobby. I have something to say."
"Yes, the younger one will go here."
Soon, a hundred people came to the lobby. They didn't know what had happened, so they asked each other about people they knew each other. Someone who had a good relationship with Cai Jun asked Cai Jun, but Cai Jun dared not talk nonsense, and just shook his head and didn't say anything. This made everyone feel that something big happened.
In the noisy room, Chen Chu and Zhang Liao walked out.
The scene suddenly became quiet. Everyone's eyes first fell on Chen Chu who was standing in front, and there was no other thought except for feeling a little strange. But when everyone's eyes moved to Zhang Liao who was standing behind Chen Chu, everyone was surprised. In addition to being surprised by Zhang Liao's majesty, everyone was more surprised by the object in Zhang Liao's hand, which was a human head. However, because the hair of the human head covered most of the face, no one recognized the identity of the human head, except for one person, that person was Cai Jun.
"Who are you? How could you be in the Tang Dynasty of the county yamen?" A middle-aged yamen runner stood up and asked. It was obvious that this middle-aged yamen runner had a lot of prestige among the yamen runners.
Chen Chu did not answer him, but gave Zhang Liao a wink. So Zhang Liao used his free hand to take out his official position to show it to the middle-aged yamen runner.
The middle-aged yamen runner was first surprised. After seeing the contents of the official position, he immediately knelt down.
"Wu Jun Wang Han has met the Lord."
At this time, the others felt a little confused, but since the prestigious Wang Han had kneeled, the others followed him and knelt down.
"Get up. No need to be polite."
"Sir, Xie." Everyone said in unison.
Then Wang Han stood on the steps in front of Chen Chu and sang to everyone: "Brothers, this is the newly appointed county magistrate from the court." Then everyone suddenly realized.
Wang Han was a little excited and even more excited. He was upright and had been depressed in his years of work under the corrupt official named Qin. He really hoped that the new county magistrate would be an upright and good official.
Wang Han kept paying attention to the head in Zhang Liao's hand, so he asked tactfully: "Sir, is this head..."
Chen Chu signaled him to be calm, and then looked at everyone and said, "The first thing this county wants to tell you is that the former county magistrate wanted to murder the county because he was greedy for Mo's treasury and food, and under the questioning of this county, he actually wanted to murder the county, and was killed on the spot by the escort of the county. This head was from the Qin County Magistrate." As Chen Chu said, Zhang Liao took a step forward and raised the head high, exuding a sharp aura all over his body, which made people dare not look directly at it.
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Chu glanced at the faces of these people one by one.
Everyone looked shocked. Except for a few people with different expressions, most of the other people's expressions were normal. Chen Chu silently recorded those people.
"What, why is this happening?!" Wang Han exclaimed.
"Will this county still lie to you? The murderers under his command are still lying in the lobby, so you can take people to lock them in a cell."
Wang Han immediately called more than twenty people to run into the lobby, and saw more than a dozen former county magistrates' confidants lying on the ground. The situation was indeed as Chen Chu said just now.
Wang Han frowned. He never expected that the former county magistrate would be so crazy that he wanted to murder the imperial officials! But sadly, he ended up with a different body and head. At the same time, Wang Han was a little scared: these guys lying on the ground were all famous ruthless characters in Leping County, but they were actually settled by the tall guard beside the adults! And it was obvious that the tall guard did not use any weapons! What kind of martial arts is this!
After a moment of silence, Wang Han immediately ordered: "Tie these guys and take them into the cell."
Chapter completed!