Li Xing fully carried forward the spirit of diligence and frugality. He scraped meat from the legs of egrets and rubbed gold on Buddha's face. No matter how small a fly is, it is still meat.
Even if you can't catch a murderer on the run, you can still get points if you catch someone who violates traffic rules.
The carriage galloped along the long street, the copper bells on the carriage jingled incessantly, the strong man driving the car waved his whip, and there were bursts of crackling sounds. It was like entering a deserted land.
The streets were crowded with hawkers, merchants, and pedestrians... At this moment, people jumped on their backs and fled for cover.
There was a vendor selling pancakes with a basket. He couldn't escape and fell on his back. The pancakes rolled out of the basket and scattered all over the floor.
"court death!"
The coachman cursed fiercely and stretched out his hand to pull the reins. With great strength, he directly grabbed the running black horse.
Then he spat fiercely, whipped the hawker in the face, and cursed: "You dare to block my car, you don't want to live!"
There was only a snap sound, and the whip scraped the hawker's face, leaving a bloody scar.
"stop!"
Li Xing had just walked out of the drug store and strode over to the place, shouting: "You are galloping in the street and you dare to beat pedestrians. You must be so lawless."
The coachman glanced at Li Xing and saw that he was young and had a fair face without even a wrinkle.
"Boy, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business and get out of here!"
Li Xing clasped his hands behind his back and said, "I have to intervene in this nosy matter. I am the local county magistrate. You are riding horses in the street and beating pedestrians. Now, you are arrested."
The driver was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't believe there was such a young county magistrate.
At this time, a lazy voice sounded in the carriage: "Qiu Zhong, what happened? Why did the car stop?"
The driver named Qiu Zhong immediately changed his expression. Just now he was an arrogant and domineering Tibetan mastiff, and now he is a pug with his tongue sticking out.
"Master Qi, I met a man who claimed to be the local county magistrate."
"Sigh... don't embarrass them. We are on our way and don't waste time."
"yes!."
Qiu Zhong agreed, and when he raised his head, the pug turned into a Tibetan mastiff again: "You are lucky today. There are many young masters in my family who are not as familiar as you. Please get out of the way quickly."
Li Xing was also confused. He thought to himself that these two people had difficulty understanding. He repeated: "I want you to dismount and follow me to the county government office."
The coachman was stunned for a moment, wondering if this man had a problem with his understanding. He lowered his voice and said, "You don't understand what I'm talking about? Look at this horse and this car. Don't you know the identity of my young master?"
"
This is indeed a good horse, tall and black, without a trace of hair from head to tail.
The carriage is also very exquisite, the cover is made of calfskin, and even the curtains are made of silk.
The coachman was wearing a black coat with a double-breasted coat, the muscles of his shoulders and arms were bulging, and he had an iron wrench on his hand.
It is not easy to find a good horse. Baihu County is as big as Baihu County, and you have to rent a donkey. Such a dark horse is probably the Ferrari of horses and cannot be easily raised.
Even if you can afford it, you can't let it pull a cart.
…
All this points to one thing: the identity of the owner of the carriage is unusual.
But what does all this have to do with Li Xing? He just stood there and repeated again: "Dismount!"
The lazy voice sounded from inside the carriage again: "Qiu Zhong, what's going on?"
"Sir, he must ask us to dismount?" Qiu Zhong said.
"Oh, just write down his name and that's it."
Qiu Zhong glanced at Li Xing and said, "You are lucky. If you tell me your name, after my son returns to Beijing, if you say a few kind words to the superiors, you will have a lifelong future."
Li Xing was stunned again. He always felt that the two people were talking about different things.
After being stunned for a long time, the coachman was a little irritable and couldn't help but ask: "What exactly do you want to do?"
Li Xingdao: "You have violated the king's law by riding horses in the street and beating pedestrians. Now I ask you to dismount and accept punishment."
"ha?"
The coachman opened his mouth and eyes wide. He didn't recover for a long time. He picked his ears and wondered if he heard wrongly.
Riding horses in the street and beating pedestrians?
They were running rampant in the capital, killing people without anyone noticing. In a small county town, someone would actually arrest people for such a ridiculous reason.
"Open your eyes and see clearly. This is the carriage of the Duke's mansion. Don't be shameless?"
There were already many people around, but when they heard the words "Guogong's Mansion", they were all shocked at the same time.
Even though Li Xing was a novice in officialdom, he still knew a little bit about the basic situation of the Daqian court.
When the late emperor passed away, the emperor was still young, so he appointed four ministers who took care of his life and gave him the important responsibility of Tuogu.
Uncle Cao Yansheng
Prime Minister Dong Qingshu
Duke Zheng Zhongqi
Fengwang Liu Xianer
…
Today, the government has not yet been truly governed, and the power of the government is still in the hands of four people. At present, all matters of the court must go through four people.
These four people are the de facto backbone of the Daqian Empire.
Qiu Zhong kept staring at Li Xing's expression. Just like countless times, whenever he mentioned the words "Guo Gongfu", the other party would be scared to death. This time, it would be no exception.
I just don’t know whether the county magistrate in front of me is kneeling down to beg for mercy or not, and whether his buttocks are raised high or not.
However, Li Xing still maintained the same expression as before, looking calm: "In the Duke's Palace, you can ride horses in the street? In the Duke's Palace, you can beat people at will?"
Li Xing took a step closer: "Is it true that the Duke's government doesn't care about killing people?"
"Well……"
Qiu Zhongbei paused and thought, isn't it? Isn't this an unspoken rule that everyone knows.
However, unspoken rules are unspoken rules after all, and unspoken rules cannot be stated.
The problem is that in the world, there are really people who are more serious than this.
Now, Qiu Zhong met him.
"Master Li, Master Li!"
At this time, Feng Tianlei came here with a policeman on patrol, rushed through the crowd, and pulled Li Xing aside.
"Sir, this is the carriage of the Duke's residence. Who is sitting in it?"
Feng Tianlei gave good advice.
Li Xing paused and said, "What about the Duke's Mansion?"
"That person in the Duke's Mansion is a person in the sky. Who are we? To be honest, he can control the wind and rain. He can kill us with just a flick of his finger." Feng Tianlei said: "Sir, I say don't be serious this time. If it doesn’t work out, I’ll talk to them and ask them to pay some money as compensation.”
Qiu Zhong took out two taels of silver from his arms, waved his hand and threw it on the ground, saying: "Good dogs don't block the way, hurry up and disperse."
"The prince breaks the law and is as guilty as the common people. Today, not to mention the carriage of the Duke's palace, even if the Duke comes in person, he will have to dismount and be punished."
Qiu Zhong was stunned for a while, then suddenly smiled and said: "Okay, come and catch me."
Since you don't cooperate, Li Xing has no choice but to take action himself.
Li Xing waved his hand and said to Feng Tianlei: "Come up..."
Feng Tianlei and another detective were trembling, but Li Xing asked them to go, so they had to go.
At this time, Qiu Zhongdao's whip swung down again, like a poisonous snake coming out of its hole in the air.
"Okay, how dare you arrest me openly!"
Li Xing took a step forward and reached out to grab the whip in the air.
Qiu Zhong was stunned for a moment and noticed that Li Xing's eyes were shining with a compelling light.