Kaifeng Prefecture has fifteen counties under its jurisdiction. Shangshuizhuang belongs to Kaifeng County, among which Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties both belong to the Fuguo County in Tokyo. The so-called Fuguo County means that the county government and the prefecture are in the same city. Later generations have the saying that "three lives of misfortunes, the county government and the magistrate are attached to Guo". The reason for this is mainly because the county government and the prefecture government are in the same city, and many powers are intersected, and the county government does not dare to fight with the superiors, so they can only tolerate everything. If you have credit, you must first give up the leader. If you have the blame, the county government is the first to take the blame. It can be said that it is the most unlucky, so you can speak in three lives of misfortune.

Shangshui Village has been making troubles one after another. Although no one dared to steal Zhao Yan's villa, the tenants in the village suffered a disaster. One of them was stolen dozens of kilograms of cabbage and lost twenty or thirty stagnants. In addition, in order to prevent the thieves, the young and strong people in the village also patrol day and night. When outsiders enter the village during the day, they will also attract people's guard against them. In their opinion, as long as they are not in the village, they are suspected of being thieves.

What's even more annoying is that some of them were quickly released after being sent to the official position. After Zhao Yan was so angry that he ordered that all the thieves who were caught for the second time would break one leg and put them back. However, this was not a solution. After discussing with Cao Ying, Zhao Yan decided to go to the Kaifeng County Government in the city to ask why they released the people so quickly. If they were not even able to do so, they would use their own power to suppress others. They would not believe it. A small county government dared to oppose his dignified county government?

Early this morning, Zhao Yan asked someone to prepare a car to enter Tokyo City. Then he came to Kaifeng County Government located in the east of the city. Note that the county government is not a government government. Kaifeng Prefecture, which is famous in later generations, does not refer to it, but to Kaifeng Prefecture located in the west of the city. Bao Zheng used to be the prefect there, but unfortunately the other party had passed away for many years when Zhao Yan traveled through time.

Zhao Yan did not notify the people from the county government in advance, but went directly to the county government government gate in a carriage. When he got out of the car, he saw that the county government was built very grand. Two tall red painted wooden doors had been opened. There were yamen runners standing guard in front of the door. In addition, there were two stone beasts standing in front of the door, which did not look like lions, and looked very majestic with their teeth and claws.

It is said that "the yamen faces south, don't come in if you have any reason or money." However, this sentence is only aimed at ordinary people. For powerful people like Zhao Yan, it is not applicable at all, so after getting off the carriage, he walked directly into the yamen. The two gatekeepers who were guarding the gate saw Zhao Yan's carriage and the demeanor they showed, were so scared that they didn't even dare to stop him. After Zhao Yan entered, they trotted inside to report to the boss.

After Zhao Yan entered the county government, he immediately asked someone to inform the magistrate to come to see him, and then sat on the chair next to the lobby. As for the chair in the main hall, he did not dare to sit. It was an official position. Except for the magistrate of the county, no one was allowed to sit. Even if the magistrate's boss came, he had to find a seat next to him. Although Zhao Yan was a prince, he did not dare to violate such a taboo in the officialdom.

However, what Zhao Yan did not expect was that the person who went to notify not only failed to bring the magistrate, but even the county magistrate and the magistrate of the county, but only brought a small Dutou. What surprised him even more was that this Dutou was actually his old acquaintance.

"Dao? Why are you here?" Zhao Yan looked at the unshaven middle-aged man walking over and asked in surprise. The other party was the one who had sent someone to burn corn and sweet potatoes before, and then Zhao Shu transferred him to cooperate with Zhao Yan to solve the case. However, Zhao Yan remembered that the dynasty seemed to be the head of the Kaifeng Mansion, so why did he appear in the county government now?

"I'm not here to pay homage to the prince!" When Wang Chao saw Zhao Yan sitting there, he immediately smiled and said with a smile. Although the two of them had not worked together for a long time last time, Wang Chao also understood Zhao Yan's personality and knew that this prince had no airs. Of course, the premise was that you should not anger him, otherwise the consequences would be very serious.

"No gift!" Zhao Yan looked at Wang Chao at this time, but he saw that the other party was not much different from the last time he first met. Although he was wearing a public uniform, he was still so sloppy. But then he asked strangely, "Dao, aren't you the head of Kaifeng Prefecture? Why are you in the county government?"

Hearing Zhao Yan's question, Wang Chao wiped the beard on his lips with some depression, and then smiled bitterly: "The prince doesn't know that the villain has been unfavorable to handle the case some time ago and has been unable to solve the case. As a result, Shangguan was angry and drove him from Kaifeng Prefecture to Kaifeng County. However, this place is not bad, it is much more leisurely than Kaifeng Prefecture. I can also have time to go home and spend more time with my son."

When Zhao Yan heard that Wang Chao was demoted and came here, he couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic. Speaking of the other party's skills in solving cases were indeed very clever. Such a talent was demoted, which was definitely a loss to Kaifeng Prefecture. But at the same time, he was also a little curious about what case was that the Chao could not solve?

"Prince, I wonder what happened to you when you came to our small county government today, and why did you meet our magistrate and lord?" Wang Chao asked again at this time.

"Oh, by the way." Zhao Yan then remembered his purpose of coming to the county government. He slapped his head and said, "Why don't your magistrate come here? You just let you, the head of the captain, come out to see me. Could it be that the officials of the Song Dynasty now have such a big air?"

Seeing that Zhao Yan was a little angry, the dynasty hurriedly explained: "Don't blame the prince. It's not that the magistrate and the magistrate did not come to see the prince. They were called to Kaifeng Prefecture early this morning and were scolded. For the news that Beiyi received, I guess I can't come back today."

"Damn it!" Zhao Yan was also stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that he was so lucky. He finally came to waste time. Could it be that he would go to Kaifeng Prefecture again? However, it was really a bit of a big deal to alarm Kaifeng Prefecture for such a small matter as a thief, and it would make it even more difficult for several officials in the county government to do it.

Just as Zhao Yan sighed that he was not lucky, Wang Chao smiled and asked again: "Looking at the appearance of the prince, it seems that there is something to let the magistrate and the others deal with it. Now that the magistrate is not here, it is better for you to tell the matter to Beizhi. Maybe Beizhi can help you, so as not to go there again."

Zhao Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this. The dynasty was the head of the county government and was in charge of public security, so it was more appropriate to find him than to find a magistrate. Thinking of this, Zhao Yan told the story of the thieves in Shangshuizhuang one after another, especially those thieves who were arrested had obviously sent to the county government, but were released a few days later and then stole them again.

"Dynasty, this is the thing. The work in your county government is really unreasonable. My tenants have caught the thief and sent it to you, but you have arrived and they will be released after being detained for a few days. If you don't explain this matter clearly to me, don't blame me for suing Kaifeng Prefecture!" After Zhao Yan finished talking about the incident, he asked angrily again.

When the Dynasty heard that His Highness of the Prince came because of this incident, he smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know. Our county government is suffering now. The reason why the thieves were locked up for a few days was mainly because the prison cells were full and there was no place to detain prisoners. So the thieves who were not very stealing or failed to steal were usually given a beat and released."

"There is not enough cells?" Zhao Yan couldn't react for a while when he heard this strange news. After a long time, he said incredible, "How many people have your county government arrested? How could it be that the prison cells were filled?"

Speaking of the cell, the dynasty also said helplessly: "Your Majesty, you don't know. The county government's cell was usually used up, and half of it was empty. Naturally, there was no shortage of cell at that time. However, a major incident happened during this period. We arrested a lot of people. Now, not only are the cells in our Kaifeng County government full, but Xiangfu County in the east and even the cells in Kaifeng Prefecture are also full."

When Zhao Yan heard that he had caught so many people, he was shocked and asked hurriedly: "What happened? Why didn't I hear the slightest sound of the wind?"

Seeing Zhao Yan's worried look, Wang Chao smiled and said, "It's normal that you didn't hear any rumors in your life, because although this matter is a big deal for us, it is an insignificant little thing for you."

As the Chao said, he finally explained the reason for the matter. Zhao Yan felt relieved after hearing this. In fact, the reason for the matter was very old-fashioned. Kaifeng City had a bright side, and naturally there were dark side. For example, those gangsters and gangsters organized many gangs in order to improve their own strength. In the words of later generations, they were black social gangs.

Originally, these gangs had their own fixed sphere of influence. Although there was friction between them, they were still peaceful. But I didn’t expect that just half a month ago, the young leader of the Tiger Gang, known as one of the four major gangs in Tokyo, was hacked to death and his five limbs were broken. It can be said that he died extremely miserably.

What's worse is that the young gang leader actually died on the territory of the Bianhe Gang, which has always been against the Tiger Gang. Liu Laohu, the leader of the Tiger Gang, was just such a son, so he was naturally in pain. He was so anxious that he immediately led people to fight with the Bianhe Gang. The Bianhe Gang is also one of the four major gangs in Tokyo. Although they repeatedly claimed that they had not killed Liu Laohu's son, Liu Laohu, who killed the Red Eyed, did not believe it at all. As a result, the Bianhe Gang had no choice but to fight back.

It would be easy to fight just by the Tiger Gang and the Bianhe Gang, but later, somehow, they actually involved two other big gangs, namely the Jinshui Gang and the Yulin Gang. The four big gangs fought in chaos, causing the security in Tokyo to be severely damaged. The Kaifeng Prefecture Prime Minister was furious and immediately ordered Xiangfu County and Kaifeng County to arrest people. As a result, the gang members of the four gangs filled the prison cells for a while, so the thieves caught in Shangshui Village were arrested and released.

Just as the Dynasty was explaining the chaos in the underground world of Tokyo to Zhao Yan, he suddenly saw many yamen runners coming in with a group of people. At this time, the Dynasty smiled bitterly and said to Zhao Yan: "Please look at the prince, these are just captured today, and their level is not low. I hope they can calm down after being detained for a while."

At this time, Zhao Yan was also looking at these black social pioneers of the Song Dynasty, but suddenly he saw a familiar figure among the arrested people, which made him stunned. He couldn't help but say to himself: "Why is it him?" (To be continued...)
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