Chapter 20 The battle between shrimp, crab, fish and dragon
Seeing that Lin Xi was very organized when asking questions, and even understood the real reasons very clearly, Xu Jianling thought that there might be some room for maneuver in this matter.
But Lin Xi's words at this moment were like a thunder, making him feel numb from head to toe.
As an old policeman, he knows better than anyone else that if he fights bravely, even if he hurts someone, as long as the injury is not serious, according to the laws of Yunqin, he will only be fined three taels of silver and does not need to be imprisoned. Lin Xi wants to
When Liu Tong was brought back to the arrest room, he could only rely on one reason to beat the military officer.
However, this is a crime that will lead to imprisonment for at least half a year!
"Master Zhu has always done things in a measured way. Sir, you should also pay attention to the measured things in your actions!" Liu Tong, the black-faced man, changed his expression.
Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi also changed their expressions. They didn't expect that Lin Xi would do this after hearing so much.
The old man carrying the fish, the woman carrying the wooden basin full of wet clothes, the nearby shop owner, the old woman selling tofu, and the young people from other places were all stunned at the same time. They did not expect that Lin Xi would be so calm.
decision.
"Sir, since you can see it very clearly, I hope you will be considerate of us subordinates." Xu Jianling knew that he could not please him, so he simply gritted his teeth and looked at Lin Xi and said.
The meaning is very clear. Sir, if you are not afraid of death, you must also take into account the lives of our subordinates.
But Lin Xi just glanced at the very senior Donggang Town policeman and said, "You can blame all this on me. I guess since you and Fourth Master Zhu have been safe and sound for so long, he also
I won’t take my anger out on you just because I came and did this.”
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was moved.
This immature new arrester has to shoulder the full responsibility!
"Okay, very good, I'll go back to the arresting room with you."
The black-faced man Liu Tong calmed down completely. He looked at Lin Xi deeply with a sullen face, his eyes like daggers. He knew that the bigger things got today, the less room for maneuver he would have, but at the same time, he was already thinking about it in his mind.
Think about the fate of this arrogant young official... He is just a minor arrester of the top ten, what good ending can he have!
"Thank you all neighbors. From now on in Donggang Town, I will have to rely on your care and waste your time."
Faced with the dagger-like eyes of the black-faced man, Lin Xi smiled slightly, then stood up and saluted to the old man carrying the fish and others.
"This arresting master is really a good person."
With this in mind, these people hurriedly returned the favor and left. However, after taking a few steps, the old man carrying the fish couldn't help but turned back and said to Lin Xi, "Sir, please be careful."
"Thank you." Lin Xi smiled, looked at Xu Jianling, Du Weiqing, and Liang Sansi, nodded at Liu Tong, and said, "I'll ask you three to lead the way and take him back to the arrest room."
"Grandma, let me take you back. By the way, I want to ask if your small building can be rented to a foreigner like me to do business." The young man from the countryside said to the old woman selling tofu, and then looked at her with admiration.
Lin Xi bowed seriously.
Lin Xi smiled when he heard this and returned the gift with his hands raised: "I wonder where you are from, brother? What kind of business are you here for?"
The young man from outside said: "I am Wang Buping, a native of Xu'anling Yuji Town. The skills of making raincoats and bamboo umbrellas have been passed down from our ancestors. There are many people in Donggang Town. I have visited it before, but there is no such store. The rain gear comes from
I live in another town and want to do this business here."
"I used to study, and I knew that the key to a good bamboo umbrella is the middle bone." Lin Xi looked at this young foreigner and said, "Brother Wang's bones are so hard, the bamboo umbrella he makes must be excellent."
Wang Buping bowed seriously again, "The first umbrella I made in Donggang Town will definitely be given to you."
"Then you have to do it." Liu Tong sneered.
"Goodbye first." Lin Xi seemed not to hear, nodded to Wang Buping, and walked out of the herbal tea shop.
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The town governor's office is in the west of Donggang Town, with a horse trail in front and behind it.
The responsibilities of each department in Yunqin are very clear. Although the offices of the various departments under each department are in the town governor's mansion, they do not need to assist in handling matters on weekdays, but they do not move around frequently. At this moment, Lin Xi only needs to register at the official's office when joining the job.
It is not necessary to meet with the town governor and other officials immediately.
Yun Qin established the country by force, and the governors of various places and the Ling Governor's Mansion stationed troops and set up training grounds. Even though only a small number of troops were usually stationed in the Ling Governor's Mansion, the town governor's mansion still looked a bit like a military camp. Compared with the world that Lin Xi was familiar with before,
The bureaucracy still needs to be a little more strict.
After watching Xu Jianling and others escort Liu Tong into the prison cell, Lin Xi and Peng Xiaofeng entered the office of the official.
This official in the Li Division is called Lu Qiudao. He is forty-three years old, thin and slightly white on the temples. He is unsmiling.
After receiving the relevant documents handed over by Peng Xiaofeng, he took out several relevant official seals from the Ministry of Personnel and stamped them respectively. After putting away the corresponding documents in an orderly manner, he took out a black iron plate, some keys and other scattered objects.
Several sets of official uniforms and official boots were handed to Lin Xi, and then he looked at Lin Xi and said: "Mr. Lin, your residence has been arranged. If you don't know the place, just ask the person who brought you the room to take you there.
.If you have any questions, you can come to me at any time."
Lin Xi nodded in thanks.
Lu Qiudao didn't seem to be good at talking, so he started to sort out some documents. But when Lin Xi turned around and left, and took two steps, the ninth-level official suddenly said: "There are many people in this town governor's mansion who don't want to
I asked Fourth Master Zhu to take care of those Heiyouzi and Stone Rats, but still not many people dared to touch him."
Lin Xi paused slightly, but did not turn around and said, "I know."
Lu Qiudao frowned slightly and worked silently, as if the previous sentence was not what he said at all.
"Master Lin, are you really confident to do this?" After leaving the small courtyard of the official department, Peng Xiaofeng looked at Lin Xi and asked seriously.
Lin Xi looked at Peng Xiaofeng and nodded.
"It's easy to deal with someone who only knows how to fight and kill, but this Fourth Master Zhu is obviously not a person who only knows how to fight and kill." Peng Xiaofeng looked at Lin Xi and said: "You can only act according to the laws of Yunqin, but they are
There are many other ways."
Lin Xi smiled and said: "If Yunqin passes through the Xizi River in Donggang Town, then of course I can only be regarded as a small fish, but they can only be regarded as small shrimps at best."
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Because it is already early summer, a hot and humid atmosphere has enveloped the entire Donggang Town, so almost all the doors and windows in the seventeen alleys in Donggang Town, whether facing the river or not, are open.
Sanli Alley is filled with all kinds of small square tables and benches. The swarthy men seem to be deliberately fighting against the sultry weather. They are still eating pork noodles in red soup and spicy fish heads from time to time.
He picked up the wine bag on his body and took a few sips.
The whole alley was filled with the pungent smell of chili pepper.
In a small courtyard in the middle of the alley, there are several cantaloupe vines planted. The white cantaloupe vines on them have grown to the size of a fist and look very lively.
Next to the cantaloupe vine stand was a bamboo tea seat, and on the tea stand was a toad carved from agarwood with money in its mouth.
Fourth Master Zhu was brewing a pot of golden osmanthus. He poured the first cup on the agarwood money toad, and then began to drink the second cup of tea.
This well-known figure in the Xizi River has a pale face and looks to be in his forties. He is wearing a thin silk shirt with green bamboo printed on a white background, and a mutton-fat white jade bat and dragon sculpture hanging around his waist. He looks the same as the outside.
Those rude, mud-legged men in the alley were out of place and looked like scholars, but because his hands when making tea and drinking tea were particularly steady and his expression was particularly calm, he gave people an air of aloofness.
"Since I don't know how to manage you, he took Liu Tong back, asked me to see him, and then told me how to manage you... Is that what he said?"
With the corner of his eye, he glanced at the spring water burning on the stove next to him. Fourth Master Zhu raised his head slightly and asked aloud.
Standing in front of him was a tall, middle-aged man with rolled-up sleeves and a rough-looking face, but his expression was extremely cautious.
Hearing what Fourth Master Zhu said, the middle-aged man wearing a black silk shirt and his hair tied back casually with a straw rope nodded and said, "That's true."
Fourth Master Zhu pondered for a moment, looked at the middle-aged man in a black silk shirt, and said: "It seems that this Mr. Xiao Lin is not simple. Pu Feng, you haven't told me about his background until now, probably because you can't find out."
?”
This middle-aged man named Pu Feng is not famous around Donggang Town, but it is undeniable that behind many powerful figures like Mr. Zhu, there are people who are not famous, but secretly occupy an important position.
Characters exist.
Hearing Fourth Master Zhu ask this question at this moment, this middle-aged man in black silk shirt, who even some of Zhu Fourth Master's opponents did not know his true status, nodded and said calmly: "I have checked, but even if it is the official
The official appointment document was also very simple, just issued by the provincial governor, without any instructions, any experience description, not even his place of origin, it was just like a blank piece of paper."
"It seems to be a really big fish." Mr. Zhu smiled slightly, "I did go a little too far with Old Man Mo, but he wanted to convict Liu Tong for half a year, but it was too much. Pu Feng, you
Do you know why I am never afraid of those honest officials who do official business, but instead I am afraid of those corrupt officials?"
Pu Feng pondered for a moment and said, "Because honest officials cherish their reputation, and corrupt officials have a dark heart."
"It's a good saying that honest officials cherish their reputation. Corrupt officials have bad intentions. Integrity officials want reputation, so they can't use unscrupulous means, but we can. We can use some small means to destroy their reputation. But corrupt officials are different. They can be just as unscrupulous as us, even better than us.
Even more unscrupulous." Fourth Master Zhu looked at Pu Feng and smiled, and said: "In short, we are not afraid of those who act in accordance with the laws of Yunqin, no matter how big their background is. What we are afraid of is the palm technique, but we do not follow it at all.
Those who work according to the law.”
After a slight pause and a sip of tea, Fourth Master Zhu looked at Pu Feng and said: "Especially for a young man like him, who is either the nephew of a big shot or has taken a fancy to a student who has been deliberately cultivated.
Before long, he will have a bright future ahead of him, and what he wants is a good reputation. Let Zhuang Juan bring three thousand taels to try him first. If it doesn't work, let Lu Fengniang tell him a truth tomorrow. Shrimps have their own way, and crabs have their own way. Everyone
It's best for everyone to take a step back and be safe."
Pu Feng nodded, said nothing more, and walked out of the backyard.
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In the arrest room, five detectives and three arresters all gathered in front of Lin Xi.
At this moment, when they actually arrived at the arrest room, Lin Xi learned that an agent surnamed Li was at home because he had caught wind and cold, so there was one less person under his command for the time being.
In addition to the two official agents Xu Jianling and Du Weiqing, among the other three agents standing in front of Lin Xi at this moment, an agent named Qi Guangwu and an agent named Zhang Erming had shrinking eyes.
He is an extremely timid and fearful person, but another agent named Qi Tailao is walking in vain and has a flattering look on his face. Judging from his appearance, I am afraid that flattering him is enough, but he can catch an ordinary thief who steals things.
You may not be able to catch up.
After Lin Xi matched the list in his hand with these people one by one, he took a look at Xu Jianling and others. He found that since Xu Shengmo, Tong Wei, Vice President Xia... these top figures in Qingluan College have met a lot, especially the company commander.
After meeting people like the princess, she was naturally not nervous when facing Xu Jianling and others who were much older than her.
“If you’ve seen too many big scenes, maybe you’ll be less alarmed by the small scenes.”
After Lin Xi laughed to herself, she hung the black iron plate that represented the arrest status on her waist. At the same time, she cleared her throat, looked at these people and said: "I know you must have different thoughts about today's matter.
, but I just want to make it clear. No matter what other matters about Fourth Master Zhu, you have no control over, but if something like today is reported to you by someone, or you run into it, you cannot handle it according to the law, and you are intentionally biased.
As for the people under him... unless I stop being a policeman, you should stop being a policeman. If you work under me and act according to my wishes, if anything happens, I will take care of it for you.
But if you don't act according to my wishes and treat things unfairly, then I will not give him a second chance."
Although Lin Xi's voice was calm, the meaning contained in it without any room for maneuver made all these people feel chilled.
"Can you really afford it?" Liang Sansi raised his head slightly and looked at Lin Xi. A young man like him who started a family and started a business in Donggang Town naturally hopes that Donggang Town will become better, but looking at Lin Xi's green face
, but his heart was full of doubts. It is indeed not difficult to shout slogans, and he can also see that Lin Xi does have a righteousness that many people do not have, but is this just a newborn calf that is not afraid of tigers? If it is really a matter of life and death,
Can he afford it?
The people above said they were worried, and the people below made up their minds to do it. But when something really happened, the people above shrank back and pushed down. Even he had seen a lot of such things.
"Zhuang Ju'an would like to see the new arrester."
At this moment, a dark-skinned young man wearing ordinary commoners and smiling appeared at the door of the small courtyard where the arrest room was located. He bowed to Lin Xi and others in a polite and polite manner.
He added: "It was Mr. Zhu who asked me to come."
Looking at Lin Xi who was looking him up and down, the young man smiled again, showing his clean white teeth, and bowed to Lin Xi: "This must be Mr. Lin. I want to have a few words with Mr. Lin alone. I don't know.
Mr. Lin, can you make it easier for me?"
"No need to go to so much trouble." Lin Xi returned the courtesy: "If you have anything to say, just say it."
"Fourth Master Zhu asked me to bring a message to Mr. Lin. It is indeed Liu Tong who did something wrong in this matter. I also ask Mr. Lin to be accommodating. I will repay him in the future."
Zhuang Ju'an did not force himself and said this seriously. Suddenly, a cold light flashed in his hand, and a dagger appeared in his right hand, piercing his own left arm fiercely.
The hot blood instantly stained his sleeves red and dripped down the fingers of his left hand.
But his expression did not change at all. He still looked at Lin Xi politely and said: "I am Zhu Fourth Master's man. This knife is equivalent to stabbing myself for Zhu Fourth Master. I hope Master Lin can understand his heart."
anger."
"This is the letter that Fourth Master Zhu told him to give to Mr. Lin."
Before he finished speaking, the young man with a dagger in his arm took out a butter-skinned letter and placed it respectfully on the ground in front of him. Then he bowed to Lin Xi and said, "Besides, farewell to Fourth Master Zhu.
If you have nothing to say to me, I will take my leave first."
Lin Xi looked at the blood dripping on Zhuang Juan's hands, shook her head, walked forward, took the butter-covered letter in her hand, and opened it.
There was a piece of white paper inside, with very fine handwriting written on it: "Sorry, three thousand taels will be delivered to my house later today."
"Three thousand taels, one shot is three thousand taels. My salary for one year is only twenty-three taels." Lin Xi sighed.
Hearing Lin Xi's sigh, Xu Jianling and others' faces suddenly turned pale, knowing that this matter was definitely not going to go well.