Lin Xi glanced at Xu Jianling, turned around and smiled quietly at the middle-aged proprietress of the herbal tea shop next to her, and said: "Madam, can you lend me a few clean tables to talk?"
Hearing that Lin Xi turned out to be the new arrester of Donggang Town, the landlady and the people around her were already a little unbelievable. When Lin Xi said this, the landlady who had never seen much of the world was a little flustered, and she just kept nodding.
, I didn’t dare to say anything for a moment.
The crowd dispersed a little, and Xu Jianling's expression softened slightly, but after the initial surprise, there was a bit of inexplicable anger in his heart - to send such a young man to suppress him, and
You look so weak. This is an arrest where you need to investigate the case and arrest the prisoner. It doesn't take just a few years of studying, and not every prisoner will be arrested obediently. Can you just rely on your sharp words to make people follow you obediently?
go back?
"Three of you, could you please stay for a while?"
After smiling quietly at the foreign young man, Lin Xi then smiled at the old man carrying two killed fishes, the woman carrying a wooden basin filled with wet clothes, and what looked like a nearby shop.
The man with the appearance of the shopkeeper nodded and said.
"us…"
Hearing what Lin Xi said, the three of them were startled, and their faces turned pale for a moment. They didn't know why Lin Xi ordered them to stay alone.
"Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble to you three."
Seeing that these three people were hesitant and scared, Lin Xi whispered again.
Affected by Lin Xi's words and Lin Xi's peaceful expression, the three of them became bolder, glanced at each other, and followed Lin Xi and others into the herbal tea shop next to them without knowing why.
Because the carriage was inconvenient to enter, Peng Xiaofeng, who had just shown the relevant notification documents from the Ministry of Personnel in front of Xu Jianling, did not enter, but just sat on the carriage and waited.
"Tell me, what is the reason?"
Lin Xi sat down in the herbal tea shop, looked at Xu Jianling, Liu Tong, the foreign young man, the old woman selling tofu and others who were standing, and asked.
"Sir, it seems inconvenient to talk here. Shengtang.com" Xu Jianling took a deep breath, tried to force out a flattering smile, and lowered her voice.
"What does this have to do with anything?" Lin Xi clicked outside the herbal tea shop, looked at Xu Jianling, and sneered: "Look at the people outside who are just worried about being questioned by me, so no one is left. What is the reason?
I'm afraid no one except me and this brother from a foreign country knows about it, so why bother hiding it?"
Xu Jianling was extremely unhappy in his heart. When Lin Xi said this, he immediately became angry again and said in a deep voice: "Since your lord said so, I will say it clearly. Sir, do you know about 'black oil' and 'stone rat'?"
Lin Xi shook her head and said, "I don't know."
"Sure enough, he is a green-faced book kid with black eyes." Xu Jianling sneered in his heart, looked at Lin Xi and said: "Heiyou is the laborer who specially picks oil and unloads ships on the Xijiang River. He smells of oil and is tanned by the sun.
, is called black oil. Most of these black oils have brute force, and usually have a lot of free time. They collude with parties and are most likely to fight and cause trouble. In addition to the big tung oil business, we actually have a family in Xijiang.
In the stone business, the bottom of the Xijiang River is all made of fine sand and gravel. Pingyuan is the best for paving roads. When you dig it out, you can get silver. There are also a lot of laborers in this department. Most of these two groups are managed by four people, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Zhu.
, Master Zhen Wu and Master Liu Qi."
Lin Xi smiled and said, "Liu Tong belongs to Fourth Master Zhu, right?"
Xu Jianling was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Exactly."
"Then you can get to the point. Why can't I do anything if he belongs to Fourth Master Zhu?" Lin Xi glanced at Xu Jianling, then at Liu Tong, and asked seriously.
Xu Jianling took a deep breath. For some reason, Lin Xi's expression was always calm, and she seemed to be very talkative, but the methods and tone of her words kept making him feel bad.
Can't help but burst out.
"There are many black oil and stone rats, but the number of people we arrest for arrest is very small. Of the ten cases we usually arrest for, there are seven cases where they were drunk and causing trouble or fighting with other workers and became disabled."
Xu Jianling suppressed the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice: "This is still under the control of Fourth Master Zhu and the others. Without them, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to make it even if we ran into the arrest room."
Lin Xi looked at Xu Jianling and shook her head: "What you said was not sincere enough. You didn't tell the real reason at all."
Xu Jianling stagnated. (7*
"Master Lin."
At this moment, two more people came to the herbal tea shop to pick up the arrester's room. They bowed to Lin Xi extremely anxiously.
These two people were Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi.
They had just finished mediating a dispute over rent near Tianxiang House, two lanes away, when they suddenly heard that the new arrest had arrived in Donggang Town, and there was a conflict here, so they rushed over immediately to see
Seeing that Lin Xi who was sitting was indeed as young as some people along the way said, the two of them had the same idea as Xu Jianling at the beginning.
"You are?"
Lin Xi looked at Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi.
The first impression of Du Weiqing, who is in his forties, is that he is mature and sophisticated, while the first impression of Liang Sansi is that of generosity and honesty.
"Du Weiqing, who is in a humble position, is promoted to the arresting officer."
"The humble job of Liang Sansi, substitute catcher."
"Okay." Lin Xi indicated that they could come in first and do whatever they wanted, then looked at Xu Jianling and continued: "I said you were not sincere and did not tell the real reason at all, because the number of people in each town and department is too high.
In the official assessment at the provincial level, it is precisely because the population and complexity of Donggang Town are far higher than those of several surrounding towns, so the number of places for arrests in Donggang Town is several more than other towns. If you talk about Black Oil and Stone Rat
Without Fourth Master Hong and the others, we can't manage the arrest room at all. Either you are saying that you are incompetent, or you just want to ridicule the high-ranking officials who are blind."
"Since you said Fourth Master Zhu and the others are in charge, seven of the ten cases we usually file for arrest are caused by their people, which means that Fourth Master Zhu and the others are not in charge."
After a quiet pause, Lin Xi looked calmly at Xu Jianling, whose face was starting to become more and more ugly, and said: "This further shows that the law enforcement in the arrest room is lax or unfair! We arrest everyone who makes trouble, can't they?
Finished? Don’t tell me that if these people are arrested, the river will stop flowing. As long as the reward is generous, even if the arrest room arrests a hundred people a day, no one knows how many people will rush in to fill the vacancies of these people.
!If others can’t get in, it’s probably because of Fourth Master Hong and the others’ control, right?”
Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi didn't know exactly what happened before, but when they heard Lin Xi's words, a layer of cold sweat broke out on their foreheads and vests.
How can an ordinary scholar who has been studying for several years come up with these extremely sharp and true words?
The anger in Xu Jianling's heart was suppressed by Lin Xi's words, and a chill kept rising in his heart. He said forcefully: "Sir, what you said makes sense, but the truth is very complicated. It's not just what you say.
simple."
"Of course what I mentioned is not the most indirect real reason."
Lin Xi glanced at Xu Jianling, ignored Xu Jianling's words, and continued to say calmly: "You told me what kind of people Heiyou and Stone Rat are, just to remind me that these people are very cruel. If we control too much,
Yes, they may deal with us. But you also understand very well that no matter how powerful this kind of gangster gang is, they are just bandits. We can't control the arrest house, the governor, and Yun Qin's army.
.When will Yunqin’s officials and Yunqin’s army be unable to control these despicable Jianghu gangs?”
"So when you say you can't do it, you don't dare to do it, but you just don't want to do it. You are just like Fourth Master Zhu. You must have received a lot of care from Fourth Master Zhu, right?"
"Sir, you are right." Hearing Lin Xi's relentless questions, Xu Jianling couldn't hold back at all. He looked at Lin Xi angrily and said, "You just came here, so you probably won't be afraid of Fourth Master Zhu.
But our family is in Donggang Town, so we have to worry about it. We are also afraid of being slapped. Fourth Master Zhu does take care of a lot of people in normal times. People like us are simply the little people among them who don't deserve to be on the stage."
After a quiet pause, Xu Jianling said sharply: "You know there are only four of them, but why don't they call them Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhen and Mr. Liu? Why should they be called Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhen?"
Fifth Master and Liu Qiye? I can tell you the reason. That is because their current status was obtained by fighting with others back then. They have a total of eight brothers, and now there are four left. Now their subordinates
, there are also these characters who don’t care about their lives. Even if they kill us to pay with their lives, they can afford to pay for it. One life is worth one life, which does not violate the laws of Yunqin at all, but how many lives do you have?"
"There are people, money, and backers."
Lin Xi smiled quietly and turned to look at the old woman selling tofu and others, as well as Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi, "So it seems that Xu Jianling is telling the truth?"
Du Weiqing hesitated for a moment, then bowed again and said: "Master Lin, it is indeed the truth."
"Then why does Liu Tong want to trouble this mother-in-law?" Lin Xi nodded at the old lady selling tofu with gray hair, looked at Du Weiqing and said, "I don't want to hear lies and nonsense."
Du Weiqing smiled bitterly and said: "The concubine of Fourth Master Zhu has taken a fancy to a small building near the river, but the owner of the small building near the river is an old man named Mo who is in the tea business. He has a very stubborn temper and thinks it is
The ancestral property just refused to be sold. Then Fourth Master Zhu used some tricks. His tea business could not continue, so he rented half a room to Grandma Liu. If Grandma Liu's business could not continue, the old man cut off the rent.
Without money income, it is difficult to maintain a living, so the only option is to sell the small building."
After taking a look at Grandma Liu, Du Weiqing continued: "Grandma Liu's son suffered too much in the tung oil business a few years ago, so he committed suicide by throwing himself into the river. Even the house at home was taken away by the creditor. It should be the rent of the old man surnamed Mo.
She was living there because she got a cheap price. Fourth Master Zhu didn’t let her do business today. He really didn’t expect it.”
"Is he telling the truth?" Lin Xi asked, looking at the old man carrying two killed fish and others.
The old man and others hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "That's the truth."
"It seems that Fourth Master Zhu has some sense of propriety in his actions. He finally didn't send someone to throw the old man into the river in the middle of the night. He still spent some time and used so many little tricks. He really took a lot of trouble." Lin Xi glanced at Liu.
Copper, said.
Liu Tong grinned, feeling that the other party had already surrendered, and said with a smile: "Fourth Master Zhu always does things in a measured way."
"But this load of tofu is very likely to carry the lives of two people."
But Lin Xi's next words made the smile freeze on his face.
Lin Xi looked at him and said seriously, "He has never thought about what if he does this and others still don't want to give up the small building? What if he forcefully forces the person to death?"
"Your life is countless times better than theirs, but for some trivial preferences, you force people to give up the ancestral building. This kind of behavior is really too much."
After a quiet pause, Lin Xi looked at Liu Tong and said, "Since he doesn't know how to manage you, I will take you back and let him come to see me, and I will tell him how to manage you."
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