Chapter 833: The Examiner's Little Trick

Luoyang Wangcheng, a satellite city.

The headquarter of [Tingyu Tower] is located in the city lord's mansion of the satellite city, overlooking the entire city, it is very grand. In the study room in the west courtyard of the City Lord's Mansion, Jianqi Leiyin stood by the window, staring blankly at the distant sky with a lonely expression.

Behind Jianqi Leiyin was also standing a young woman, dressed as a swordsman, she looked very capable, it was the sub-host of [Tingyulou] whose tears had run aground.

Looking at the landlord's expression, the tears were stranded and said: "The landlord, even the [Blood Fiend Mercenary Group] has invited Lord Qiyue Wuyi to be an independent director. Can we follow suit and repair our relationship with each other?"

Jianqi Leiyin didn't look back, and said lonely: "A broken mirror, no matter how you repair it, there will be cracks. Since you have betrayed, you can never go back. It's better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes!"

"..." Tears have been stranded and silent.

This is the way things are, there is neither medicine for regret nor turning back.

Once you step out, you can never go back.

In the study room, a long sigh of sword energy and thunder sound was faintly heard...

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The time went back to a week ago, on March 14th, in Shanhai City.

After the imperial guards captured Xunlong City, Ouyang Shuo refocused on the task of advancing the capital. The war in southern Fujian will be handled by the General Administration of Military Affairs and Huo Qubing.

Ouyang Shuo was not in a hurry to arrange the candidates for the sheriffs of the four counties and the reorganization plan of the army. The Southern Fujian Province is under military control for the time being. After Shanhai City is promoted to the capital, we will make further calculations.

Ouyang Shuo stopped paying attention to Minnan, and there was another matter that held him back.

Not for anything else.

The examiner sent by the Dali court finally came quietly!

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On the morning of the 14th, a merchant ship entered the Lianzhou Basin via the Friendship River. It did not stop at the Xila Lake Wharf along the way, and went straight to the central wharf of Shanhai City.

After docking, the attendants carried boxes of tea, all of which were high-quality Pu'er tea.

The pier in the center of Shanhai City was crowded with people. Whenever a merchant ship docked, a group of brokers or second-hand dealers would immediately gather around. Unfamiliar merchant ships can easily be deceived by these second-hand traffickers and sell their goods directly.

Erdao dealers bought goods, and as long as they found a suitable buyer, they could make a fortune in the middle.

Knowing that the caravan brought high-quality Pu'er tea, the Erdao dealer jumped up and down as if he had been beaten with chicken blood. Because tea sells well overseas and is easy to transport, it is most popular with large ocean-going businessmen.

Once changed hands, Erdao dealers can earn 20% of the profit.

Strange to say, this caravan didn't know if it was a novice, or what, it sold all the tea brought in at the pier, making the Erdao dealers very happy to find the north.

After selling out, a group of people wandered around Shanhai City empty-handed, shopping for goods they were interested in, like a new caravan.

Unfortunately, what they did at the pier has already attracted the attention of Shanhai City's spies.

The above is a frightening order, and no suspicious person can be let go.

The spies followed all the way, and they found something strange. But seeing that the leader of this caravan is a middle-aged businessman, there is no doubt that he is indeed a businessman. Strangely, when this caravan was wandering, four fellows in the caravan quietly left the main force one after another and mixed into the vast crowd.

At this moment, the little head of the Shanhaiwei secret agent who was in charge of monitoring was excited. He had a premonition that he had caught a big fish. While arranging manpower to monitor the caravan and the guys who left the team one by one, he reported it to the headquarters.

After a while, the news reached Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo got the news and asked Shanhaiwei to continue to monitor, not to startle the snake for the time being. At the same time, the monitoring of other people cannot be relaxed, so as not to be confused by the enemy.

This monitoring basically locked the caravan.

There is nothing unusual about the large caravan, the key is the four guys who left the team. These four people seem to have a division of labor. Some wander around the city, observing the city's construction and layout, and stopping to record from time to time.

Some went in and out of shops and chatted with the clerks;

They thought they did it without anyone noticing, but they all fell into the eyes of Shanhai City's spies.

Given that the mock assessment led by Jiang Shang had no problems, even very good, some minor problems have been dealt with in the past few days. Ouyang Shuo didn't overdo it, and arranged it in advance, allowing the four to evaluate freely.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to see if they could still make something out of nothing.

An afternoon passed in a blink of an eye.

In the evening, the caravan found an inn for lodging, and the directions they used were issued by the Dali court. According to the rules of Shanhai City, merchants coming and going must have a guide, otherwise they will not be able to stay.

The four guys who left the team also quietly joined the main force in the evening, and they looked a little depressed, but they didn't catch the handle of Shanhai City during the unannounced visits during the day.

Another day passed, and everything was business as usual.

Ouyang Shuo sits in the study, trying to stop with silence. As long as these people don't take the initiative to reveal their identities, Ouyang Shuo is not going to expose them, he wants to see what tricks these people are going to play.

The accident happened on the morning of the 16th.

This morning, a large team from the Chamber of Commerce walked into a watch shop run by Westerners. It seemed that they were planning to purchase a batch of watches, so it was not surprising at all.

It’s just that after watching for a long time, this group of people became unreasonable. They insisted on asking the shop assistants to disassemble the clock and let them have a look at the internal structure before buying with confidence.

How could the guy agree to such a rude request.

Even if he agrees, the guys are all locals of Shanhai City, and they won't dismantle the clock.

This time, they were annoyed. After a disagreement, they started smashing things in the store.

The buddy stepped forward to stop him, but was beaten again by his followers.

A clerk was pushed down by one of the attendants, knocked his head on the clock, and was immediately bleeding.

The movement of the front door finally alarmed the shopkeeper in the back hall.

The shopkeeper was a British businessman. When he saw this situation, he was immediately annoyed and asked his assistant to report to the authorities. In less than ten minutes, the Yamen servants from Shanhai City rushed to the scene and locked the group of people to the Yamen for interrogation.

Shan Haiwei, who has been in charge of surveillance, saw it and was anxious, so he hurriedly reported it.

Ouyang Shuo frowned when he heard the news.

According to the [Territorial Code], if someone seeks to cause trouble and even injures someone, he will be sentenced to at least three months in prison. The problem is that if such a sentence is really to be sentenced, what about the evaluation task? !

It's just that the case has been taken over by the Criminal Division of the Shanhai City Internal Affairs Bureau, and Ouyang Shuo can't intervene immediately. He just instructed Wei Yang to pay attention to the case.

It was not until the morning of the 17th, after the trial of the case was basically clear, that Ouyang Shuo summoned Wei Yang to ask for the opinion of the Director of Internal Affairs.

According to the results of the trial by the Criminal Division of the Shanhai City Internal Affairs Bureau, the leading businessman was sentenced to three months in prison, and the attendants who participated in the smashing of clocks and watches were sentenced to four months in prison.

As for the attendant who wounded the clerk in the shop, he was sentenced to six months in prison.

In addition, the Chamber of Commerce will also compensate the watch shop for all economic losses and medical expenses for the wounded.

The entire judgment was fair, just and open.

Originally, this was nothing. After all, the examiners targeted by Shanhaiwei were the four unannounced visits. Even if these people were sentenced, it would not affect the assessment task.

The difficulty was, whether it was a coincidence or intentional, when the caravan entered the watch shop, the guy who was in charge of inspecting the shop also followed in, and even participated in the smashing.

What nonsense!

"Wei Qing, how do you think this case should be handled?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

Wei Yang knew the inside story, but his attitude was rather firm, saying: "Your Majesty, no matter who it is, as long as they break the law, they must be punished according to the law, and no favoritism is allowed."

Ouyang Shuo was embarrassed and said, "Then what about the assessment task? Don't we have to wait until four months later?"

"If there is really no other way, then we can only wait."

"..." Ouyang Shuo was speechless.

For four months, the day lily was cold.

"Can you leave that guy alone?"

Ouyang Shuo tried to ask, he really wanted to promote Shanhai City to the capital as soon as possible. This is not only related to the founding of Shanhai City, but also related to Ouyang Shuo's guess about the satellite city of the capital.

After dragging on for too long, Ouyang Shuo was worried that something would happen to [Yimenglou] and [Shadow League]. Even [Qingfeng Pavilion], in the case of losing the satellite city, I'm afraid it won't last so long.

Wei Yang said: "Your Majesty, if we let that guy go for personal gain, then what is the majesty of the "Territorial Code" and how can we talk about judicial fairness? Without judicial fairness, in the court assessment, the territorial law would be nothing. Can’t pass the test. In that case, the assessment task will be a complete failure.”

Ouyang Shuo was startled, he was really dizzy, and said, "You mean, this is probably a trap set by the other party. Their intention is to deliberately lure us for personal gain, so as to sabotage the promotion task?"

Wei Yang nodded and said, "It's very possible. I have studied the case in detail. According to eyewitnesses, the other party is making trouble out of no reason, which is too unreasonable. What's even more weird is that the guy appeared at a very coincidental time, and He also participated in the smashing. If he is the examiner, it would be too absurd."

When Wei Yang said this, Ouyang Shuo believed it. The other party thought they were doing it without anyone noticing, but they didn't realize that their every move was under Shanhaiwei's control.

That's how he came up with such an absurd idea.

Ouyang Shuo made up his mind, decided to trust Wei Yang's judgment, and said, "Well, this case will be judged as it should be. It is neither favoritism nor protection. If God's will let Shanhai City delay for four months, Gu will accept it." .”

"Your Majesty the Holy Spirit!"

Wei Yang showed a gratified expression on his face, and made a respectful salute.

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The development of the matter was just as Wei Yang expected.

The three fellows who did not participate in the smashing were put under house arrest in the inn. They saw that Shanhai City was serious and wanted to be sentenced according to law, so they changed into official uniforms to show their identity as examiners.

Ouyang Shuo gave them enough face and went to the inn to greet them in person.