Chapter 876 The Young Are Formidable

Seeing the two people's evasive expressions, Xiao Wu narrowed his eyes, raised his hand and asked someone to press it down and keep a strict watch on them.

Magistrate Liu stood nearby, hunched over, too guilty to dare to look up.

"Magistrate Liu, what do you have to say?"

Being called out, Liu Guangkuan shivered in fright, his face turned pale, and his eyes wandered.

"This lowly official is incompetent, please forgive me."

Liu Guangkuan said, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. I was crying in my heart, why was he so unlucky?

Seeing his timid appearance, Xiaowu was very puzzled. With such a mentality, he didn't know how he could pass the Jinshi exam.

"You have nothing to say?"

"Xiaoguan... I am ashamed that I have been controlled by others all these years."

Liu Guangkun raised his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead, raised his head suddenly, looked at Xiao Wu, and gritted his teeth.

"As a county lieutenant, Zhang Kun colluded with the Hongxing Gang, and Zhou Xiang was his accomplice, covering him secretly. The two of them did a lot of things behind my back."

These two people were supposed to be his right-hand men, but in the end, they became the ones who stood up to him. It was really disgusting.

"Whenever I hear that there are people selling illegal salt in the county, I will arrest them, but Zhang Kunyang violated the law and kept arresting him repeatedly."

"As for how the Hongxing Gang connected with Yanjing, Xiaguan didn't know. Yanguan has always been managed by the Salt Tea Department. Although Yanjing is within the territory of Liang County, Xiaguan also has the responsibility of supervision. In addition to regular inspections, Yanguan The account books were sent to the lower officials for review, but the other lower officials did not participate.

"Your Excellency also knows that the scale of the salt wells in Liang County is not large, and it is a special case that Xiaguan is responsible for supervising it. The Salt Tea Department does not take Xiaguan seriously at all. When Yanguan comes in and out of the county, he also has a token issued by the Salt Tea Department. Xiaguan does Difficult.”

"The Hongxing Gang dares to operate in the county because it has the support of the Cao Gang. Your Excellency also knows that the Cao Gang has cooperated with the imperial court in recent years, and its influence spreads all over the country. The lower official... the lower official's arm cannot twist the thigh."

"And the Xiaguan family..."

Listening to Liu Guangkuan's narration, Bai Xiaowu pursed his lips. Although this man was incompetent and timid, he also understood that he was not involved in selling private salt.

But the other party threatened the safety of his family, which made him more frightened and restrained, so he did not dare to move easily.

These people just grasped his weakness and strangled his throat to prevent him from tumbling around casually.

"Although you have not been involved in illegal activities, you will still not be able to escape punishment if you fail to report the information and cause chaos in public security."

"The lower official understands and doesn't dare to ask for anything."

As long as his family is safe and sound, it doesn't matter that he, the county magistrate, doesn't do it.

The career path was not suitable for him. The water was too deep for a poor scholar like him to contend with. He was satisfied with being able to stay there until now.

"I will report your problem to you truthfully, but at the moment the illegal salt case is being heard, you still need to assist me in reviewing it."

Xiao Wu looked at him and reminded softly,

"If the secret salt matter is found out, it will be a credit to you. The superiors will decide how to deal with your matter in the end."

After listening to Xiao Wu's prompt, Liu Guangkuan's eyes lit up, his hands trembled with excitement, and he bowed his head to Xiao Wu to the ground.

"Thank you, Mr. Bai, for reminding me. Don't worry, I will listen to your orders quietly."

If he can succeed, then God really has the vision, and he has met a living Bodhisattva.

Seeing that he still knew his identity and could understand people's words, Xiao Wu didn't bother to argue too much with him.

Just write a letter and have it sent to Fucheng to truthfully report the situation in Liang County.

At the same time, he also held a trial. With the facts of the transaction and the account books, Wang Shunxing confessed to the case of selling illegal salt. Due to the large amount, he was sentenced to death.

As for Zhang Kun and Zhou Xiang, they were also involved in illegal salt reselling in large quantities and could not escape the death penalty.

But the two of them complained that they were wronged and said they were controlled by others, so they directly brought the salt officials closer. When it came to the Salt Tea Department, Xiao Wu could only temporarily imprison the people and go to Fucheng again.

It involves two departments, and he alone cannot decide.

When he had some free time, Xiao Wu wrote a letter to the family and sent someone back to the mansion as quickly as possible to reassure his family.

When it comes to private salt, no one dares to neglect it.

Sure enough, the prefect was shocked when he heard the news, but the issue of private sex was too sensitive, so he would naturally not get involved.

Directly coordinate with the Salt Tea Department and ask them to send people to assist in hearing the case.

Because the Four Stricts case involved many people and departments, the prefect was worried that Bai Xiaowu was young and energetic and would not be able to handle it well, so he immediately convened an impromptu meeting with officials from the prefecture and city.

Finally, the general judge is recommended to go to Liang County to assist the magistrate in joint trials.

"I heard that Mr. Wu and Mr. Zhizhou have a close relationship. If you co-operate in the trial, Mr. Zhizhou can feel more at ease."

The prefect picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and couldn't help but sigh,

"I didn't expect that our Lord Zhizhou would be so courageous. He just went on inspection and solved a major case of illicit salt. His future life will be terrible."

Listening to the prefect's tone, Wu Tongpan picked up the tea cup and drank it.

"We can't talk about the origin. That is to say, the wife's nephew has a close relationship with Bai Zhizhou's mother. The specific details, Wu can't tell."

"However, the prefect is right. It is indeed the waves behind the Yangtze River that push the waves ahead. Young people are full of energy and momentum. We will fall behind."

He is a military commander, and he doesn't have so many twists and turns in his heart. It can also be seen that the prefect cares a lot about Bai Xiaowu.

There was a chrysanthemum banquet held at home before, and the Mu sisters also made things difficult for the Bai family. Judging from his many years of experience as an official, there must be something about Bai Xiaowu that made him afraid.

But the child is obviously just a poor prince. Even if he is outstanding in talent and has won the first place in the imperial examination, his foundation is weak after all. What can make the Mu family and the prefect afraid of him? He is very confused.

After all, it is all the small intestines of scholars, thinking too much. He is not willing to associate with these people. They are as cunning as a hornet's nest.

The prefect narrowed his eyes slightly and laughed,

"Although we are older, I don't want to admit that I am old. However, it is okay to give young people more opportunities to experience. After all, we are also training talents for the court, haha..."

Wu Tongpan is just a rough man. I don't know if he has been stupid in the military camp. He only likes to deal with things in a simple and rough way.

Talking about political issues with such a person is simply playing the lute to a cow.

"Goodbye, I will go back to prepare and lead the team to set off early tomorrow morning."

Wu Tongpan put down the teacup. He didn't care about the tricks of these people. As long as they didn't dig a pit with him, he didn't bother to care about the rest.

"Then I wish Wu Tongpan a speedy return."

The prefect watched Wu Tongpan leave, raised his hand to stroke his beard, pondered for a moment, and returned home, went straight to the study, wrote a letter and sent it back to Kyoto.

Prefectural Government,

Bai Yunxi held the letter from Xiaowu, feeling very complicated.