Seeing that Ji Changdu had brought the crime out, the other Ji family managers naturally would not keep secrets for the master's family anymore, so they also explained everything they knew about robbing the birthday gift like a bamboo tube.

It turns out that all this is indeed mainly Hutou Village. It is because Du Hu and other strong men coveted the 100,000 yuan of property that they dared to launch a surprise attack on the passing escort team in Yuncheng County. Among them, Ji Yang played the role of exploring the way forward for these bandits and finding out the route of the escort team for them.

However, although Ji Yang was bold, he did not dare to take such a huge relationship. He asked Du Hu to protect himself, so he found out that Du Hu tried to invite Chao Gai to his own village, in order to push such a serious crime to Chao Gai afterwards, so that he could not argue.

After listening to these people's stories, Liu Magistrate Liu was even more angry and slapped the agglomeration and shouted: "You are really lawless and bold. Come on!"

Lei Heng and Zhu Tong quickly stepped forward to obey the order, and only Liu Yaochen ordered: "You two will take people to Jijiazhuang again and arrest all the relevant people, especially the culprit Ji Yang, who cannot let him escape!" He hated him. If Ji Yang hadn't colluded with the bandits in Hutou Village, how could such a big deal happen and make him feel uneasy?

Both Zhu Lei did not dare to neglect, so he quickly took the order and left. County Magistrate Liu comforted Chao Gai with a few words and sent him away. Then, he turned his eyes to Sun Tu who was standing in front of the door: "Sun Tu, it was because of your sue that this county was able to solve this robbery. I will definitely reward you very much. You should go back first."

Sun Tu hurriedly thanked and also left the hall. At this time, everyone in the Ji family had been taken down to take custody. Only County Magistrate Liu and two lieutenants were left in the hall. He frowned and walked around in front of Song Jiang from the back of the case: "Song lieutenant, how do you think this matter should be dealt with?"

Song Jiang and the others knew what he meant. Since this case was done by the thief from Hutou Village, Xishangang, he had a considerable responsibility as a local magistrate. If he really reported it to the court, he would probably not be able to escape the charge of a poor governance.

Liu Yuan did not dare to speak at this time because he was guilty. Whether it was his previous words and deeds, or the later pointing out his relationship with Ji Fang, he was difficult to break away from the case. Even though the rest of the Ji family did not bite him out because of Ji Chang's previous lessons, he was very suspicious.

So in the end, this matter still came to Song Jiang. He frowned and pondered for a while before saying, "County Honour, this robbery has already alarmed the Jeju Prefecture. Maybe even Tokyo knows it at this time. It would be not easy to make a big deal worse at this time. Even if we can convict everyone in Jijiazhuang, we cannot regain the robbed birth gifts and still cannot explain it to the court."

This sentence directly broke Liu Yaochen's fantasy - he had originally expected to blame Jijiazhuang and Ji Yang for taking them down. But now it seems that doing so obviously would not fool the superiors: "What should we do? Should we really attack Hutouzhai and arrest Du Hu and other thieves?" At this point, his face became very ugly.

Liu Yuan still didn't say anything, but he was dissatisfied with it. Because he knew very well that the township soldiers under his jurisdiction could not defeat Hutouzhai at all. You must know that Du Hu had been entrenched in Xishangang for many years. The county had sent troops to suppress bandits before, but he returned in a mess several times, and the last time he lost nearly 100 soldiers.

It was because he knew that the forced attack on the mountain village was not to win that the county finally turned a blind eye to it. Fortunately, Du Hu was also a smart person and knew the reason why rabbits did not eat grass by their nests and had never disturbed the people in Yuncheng County. Therefore, both officials and bandits have been in peace over the past few years, which has caused this strange situation now.

But now, with the robbery of the birthday gift, this peace has been completely broken, but County Magistrate Liu still feels embarrassed and has no confidence to capture Hutou Village.

Song Jiang was also a headache when his boss looked at him like this. He understood how difficult it was to break Hutou Village earlier than Liu Yaochen. Even if all the troops in the county were used, it might not be able to pose any threat to these bandits. After pondering for a while, Song Jiang said: "The county magistrate, in his humble opinion, can only seek help from the Jeju Prefecture to take back their birthday gift and give the court an explanation."

"Ceek for help from Jeju Prefecture?" Liu Zhixian frowned when he heard this: "Is there no other way?" Isn't this telling the superiors how incompetent he is? This will greatly affect his career.

Song Jiang was silent. If there were any other solutions, he would not mention it? If the county could break through Hutouzhai, this bandit would not have been left until now.

"Liu Aishi, what do you think?" Finally, Liu Magistrate Liu turned his gaze to Liu Yuan, his expression not as kind as Song Jiangshi.

Liu Yuan's heart was even more nervous when he was glaring at his own magistrate. He knew that he had a handle in his superiors. If he could not help him overcome the difficulties this time, he might have to pursue it to the end. This made Liu Aisi's mind turn rapidly, and in desperation, he really came up with a countermeasure: "The county magistrate, there is really a way, but..."

"But what is the method? Come and listen!" Liu Yaochen urged quickly.

"This..." Liu Yuan glanced at Song Jiang, then lowered his voice and said, "In fact, it is not difficult to give the court an explanation to Jeju Prefecture. Just hand over the robbed items in the birthday gift and escort the robbers up. The latter is enough for everyone in Jijiazhuang to deal with. As for the former, we can buy back the treasures from Hutouzhai!"

Both of them were stunned in front of them. Song Jiang looked at his colleague in surprise. He really didn't expect that he would come up with such an idea to deal with the bandits. Liu Yaochen was about to scold him for his ridiculous idea, but in a second thought, he swallowed the words he said, because this seemed to be the last solution.

But he still had some difficulties: "Where should the money be paid? The public funds of this county are not so easy to take out." It was even more impossible for him to pay out his own pocket.

"I thought this matter was easy, so I could buy it with Jijiazhuang's property." Liu Yuan was even more convinced when he saw the county magistrate, and then narrowed his eyes and said, "If it was not enough, Chao Gai could also pay some money. After all, this matter was unrelated to him, and he had to contribute to the government. I think the people in Hutou Village would not refuse. They were originally robbed of the birthday gift for exchange. Now we give them money directly, and they would definitely not be able to ask for it!"

"Okay, this is indeed a good idea. Just do what you want!" Liu Yaochen said as he glanced at Song Jiang who was still trying to say something next to him. The warning in his eyes made him dare not dissuade him. Perhaps they and the guards could still use some means to suppress the magistrate, but once they really affected their future, Liu Magistrate would definitely not be able to give in and compromise.

Liu Yuan also understood this and laughed and said, "Song Ai Si, I know that you have a good relationship with Chao Baozheng, so you have to leave this matter to you. The 100,000 yuan Zhongjijiazhuang should be able to raise 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, and the remaining 20,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan will fall on him, Chao Baozheng. Don't let the county magistrate down?"

Song Jiang sighed in his heart that this was the world. The case was clear, but the government not only did not want to suppress the bandits but instead had the idea of ​​doing business with the thieves. But this is the reality of the Song Dynasty. The court made peace with the outside world. For this reason, it had to deliver a large amount of annual monies to the Liao Kingdom in the north and the Xixia in the northwest every year. The local government government had to seek peace with the bandits. This was a typical upward and downward effect.

After a long silence, Song Jiang finally lowered his head to respond to the matter: "I will accept the order. I will talk to Chao Baozheng about this matter now." As he said that, he walked out and looked at his angry but helpless look, Liu Yuan felt very happy, and this time he was angry.

Unexpectedly, when his own plan was almost completely failed, he could still have such a turning point to give Song Jiang a heavy blow. Moreover, after this incident, he had a common secret. County Magistrate Liu would not only not pursue his connection with Jijiazhuang, but also regard himself as his confidant...
Chapter completed!