The visitors were none other than Luo Youdu and his entourage.
After Luo Youdu came to the south of Kaifeng City, he chose a relatively spacious residence near the city wall to serve as the temporary government office of Kaifeng Mansion to facilitate the victims of the disaster in Nancheng and outside the city to report the crime.
In order to maintain the majesty of the court, small decorations need to be made on the residences.
Luo Youdu asked Gao Ze to be responsible for repairing the court hall, and he wrote more than thirty notices and led Zhang Jin and more than ten government officials to post them along the streets to let people know that Kaifeng Prefecture had opened a temporary government office in the south of the city.
After walking a few streets, I learned that a group of domineering servants had forced their way into the surrounding houses, causing a commotion.
Luo Youdu immediately ordered the government officials to stir up trouble and went all the way to the incident site, where he ordered Zhang Jin and others to surround the servants.
Before he could speak, he heard the other party shouting loudly.
Idle people are waiting!
Luo Youdu heard a hint of domineering in these four words.
I, the chief magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, along with the government servants who maintained law and order, turned out to be idlers.
He had no impression of Wang Jixun, the general of the Right Prison Gate, and Luo Youdu.
But you can tell what kind of person he is just from the attitude of his servants.
"Take it!"
Luo Youdu didn't engage in any verbal fight with the other party. The other party was just a vicious dog.
Zhang Jin slightly hesitated. He knew Wang Jixun's evil reputation, but he took action in just a moment. Since he had chosen to do this, there was no reason to back down.
He reached for the fire stick in the other person's hand.
The servant instinctively retracted his hand and avoided Zhang Jin's grasp.
It turns out that this servant is not an ordinary servant, but a soldier named Xue Hu who has experienced many battles.
In this era where military generals have a preeminent status, it is normal for a military general of some status to have more than ten or twenty personal soldiers.
Those with high status even raised a hundred or eighty of them, adopted them as adopted sons, and placed them in military posts.
Wang Jixun, as a fourth-grade military attaché of the Right Prison Gate General, also raised more than 20 personal soldiers. He usually behaved like a servant, but when it came to war, he put on a suit of armor and became a soldier who had fought many battles.
Xue Hu had been following Wang Jixun for many years. He had gone through hundreds of battles and was very brave. He instinctively withdrew his hand and was about to kick him, but he hesitated when he thought about the identity of the other officer.
Zhang Jin had no scruples, and took advantage of the opponent's hesitation to directly grab him, clasp his left hand behind his back, and calmly disarm him.
The same goes for other servants. They are domineering in front of the people, but they still dare not take action when encountering government servants.
Bullying the weak and fearing the strong is nothing more than this.
Xue Hu was still shouting: "Let me go quickly. When the prince comes, you will not be able to please me."
Luo Youdu thought he was noisy and had his mouth blocked.
When the servants captured the servant, the little girl was also freed.
Without crying or screaming, she crawled into the house and threw herself on the dead old man, shaking silently.
Luo Youdu followed behind. Seeing this situation, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes. He came to the little girl's side and said, "Girl, don't worry. I, Luo Youdu, will definitely give you justice."
Song Qi, who was on the side, had already regained her composure, and noticed that the government officials outside had arrived, and first went to treat Kou Xiang, who had fainted.
After pinching the Renzhong acupoint, Kou Xiang slowly woke up.
Just in time to hear Luo Youdu announce his name, the two of them stepped forward to say hello.
"Song Qi, Kou Xiang has seen Luo Canjun!"
Luo Youdu was startled and thought to himself: This world is really small, but when he saw that one of them had a huge footprint on his belly, the other was even simpler, with all five finger prints on his face red and swollen, so he asked: "How much do you know about this matter?"
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Song Qi and Kou Xiang both shook their heads.
Kou Xiang explained in detail what little he knew about the situation: "The student and Brother Chu Bao assisted Wu Langzhong of the Imperial Medical Office to give decoctions to the people suffering from cold. When they came here, they saw the old man lying on the street, and the girl was helpless. The student
Thinking that they were disaster victims who had suffered from the cold, they moved them here to find Brother Chu Bao to diagnose the old man. Then this group of evil slaves rushed in and knocked us down without saying a word. Now it seems that the two
People should be classified as runaway slaves."
Song Qi heard Xue Hu announcing his name in the room and whispered: "General Wang Jixun of the right prison gate is good at using iron whips, iron spears, and iron cudgels. He is known as 'Wang Three Irons' in the army. He is very brave and likes killing.
Wherever the soldiers passed, there were no humans or animals left, and they were very domineering. I heard it, but I don’t know whether it is true or not. It is said that this man likes to eat human flesh, and he is especially fond of young girls..."
Kou Xiang was so angry that his body was shaking slightly, and he cursed: "How is this different from an animal?"
Luo Youdu took a deep breath and said: "Brother Kou, you are good at writing. Help this girl write a complaint. Kaifeng Mansion has taken over this case."
Kou Xiang was shocked and said happily: "Students will go find paper and pen immediately."
Luo Youdu squatted on the ground and helped the little girl up.
The little girl Mo is about ten years old. She has a fair complexion and an oval face. She has a beautiful face and is actually the child of a beauty.
Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with his hands, Luo Youdu said softly: "I don't have the ability to resurrect your grandfather, but I can seek justice for your grandfather. Come with me to the Kaifeng government office, okay?"
The little girl stopped crying and nodded vigorously.
Luo Youdu pulled the little girl's hand and walked out of the house.
"Let's go to Kaifeng Mansion!"
Luo Youdu pulled the little girl and walked forward.
Zhang Jin and other government officials were walking behind with more than ten servants in tow.
After just passing a street, with the sound of horse hoofbeats, a man and a horse stopped in front of Luo Youdu.
The dark, thick war horse was carrying a burly evil man.
The villain is not tall, only about five feet tall, but he is extremely thick and muscular.
At the appearance of the villain, Luo Youdu clearly noticed that his palms were trembling slightly.
The little girl involuntarily shrank behind him.
There is no doubt that the person who came was none other than General Wang Jixun of the Right Prison Gate.
The Right Prison Gate General Wang Jixun was sitting high on his horse and had no intention of dismounting. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Have you, Kaifeng Mansion, had enough to hold on? Are you now taking care of my general's family affairs?"
Luo Youdu was surprised and said: "It turns out that General Wang's family affairs include bullying the victims? This has given me some experience!"
"Really?" Wang Jixun's eyes widened and he looked fiercely at the subdued servant.
He already had a ferocious look on his face, and now he was as ferocious as a hyena.
After a while, Wang Jixun said: "This is because I, the general, are not strict with my subordinates. These dogs are causing trouble to me all day long. I will give them twenty lashes later. I will give them to Kaifeng Mansion. I will give them to you."
Take it away!"
Luo Youdu chuckled and said: "Now it is General Wang who is in charge of my affairs in Kaifeng Mansion? But I wonder if the general has eaten when he went out?"
Wang Jixun's face turned gloomy for a moment. How could he not tell that this was a reference to his previous sentence of "eat until you are full and hold on"? It's just that his education level was higher.
The hand holding the riding whip couldn't help but tighten, Wang Jixun said solemnly: "It seems that you don't want to betray my general's face!"
Luo Youdu still said calmly: "General Wang's face is not as valuable as you think."