"stop!"

"Who?"

The butler Yin Xing ran to the front of the yamen and was stopped by two guards.

Looking at the two guards, the housekeeper Yin Xing took out the waist card given by the master and shines it in front of them.

"There is an important thing for my master to call me over. Please tell your magistrate." Yin Xing said.

After taking over the waist card, I looked carefully and found that it was indeed the waist card of the Censorate.

"Okay, wait." After saying that, the yamen runs in a hurry.

After watching the guard go to summon him, the housekeeper Yin Xing waited at the yamen.

"County magistrate!"

"County magistrate!"

A few words came to the room of the magistrate Xu Yongbin.

The magistrate Xu Yongbin was not asleep yet, and a few candles were dancing in the house, which was bright.

After hearing the sound, the magistrate Xu Yongbin, who was writing something, got up, walked to the door, and opened the door. Before the yamen runner could say it first, he said anxiously: "It's so late, what can't be said tomorrow?"

"The magistrate, there is really something wrong. There is a person outside who said he is the housekeeper of the Zuodu Censor Guo Kang, and he has a waist card. The young people have checked it and there is no problem. They say they have something to ask you for."

Listening to the words of the yamen runner, the magistrate Xu Yongbin began to feel uneasy.

"Invite him in." The magistrate Xu Yongbin said.

"yes."

After saying that, the guard hurriedly ran out of the yamen.

"Our magistrate is invited."

After hearing this, the housekeeper Yin Xing took a step forward and walked in.

At this time, the magistrate Xu Yongbin hurriedly put on his foreign clothes and hurriedly walked out to greet him.

"County Magistrate Xu." The butler Yin Xing greeted him.

Although the person in front of him was just the housekeeper of the Zuodu Censor Guo Kang, not even an official, somehow the magistrate Xu Yongbin was very polite to him, as if he treated him as a high-ranking official.

"Come on, come and have tea." The prefect Xu Yongbin smiled slightly and said, "Sit down."

The housekeeper Yin Xing sat down.

After sitting down, Yin Xing was still recalling what the master had told in his mind. Before he was ready, the magistrate Xu Yongbin began to speak.

"It's so late, Jingshi Guo sent you here. Is there anything important to find me?" Xu Gong smiled uninformedly.

"Missar Xu, the master called me to come because he wanted you to send all the yamen runners in your yamen and go with me."

"Go all?" County Magistrate Xu looked puzzled.

Looking at the face of Xu Magistrate Xu's uninformed, Yin Xing, the steward of the Censor Guo, explained: "My master investigated the case of the loss of disaster relief grain. Today, he found a village in the suburbs intercepted disaster relief grain. The master was afraid that there would be insufficient staff, so he asked the people to escape at that time, so he asked me to come and borrow the yamen runners from Xu Magistrate Xu for use."

After hearing this, the prefect Xu Yongbin nodded and understood.

He hurriedly stood up and looked at the Guanshi Guo in front of him: "You are waiting here, I'll go and prepare."

"Okay." Yin Xing responded.

Logically speaking, when this magistrate met a person who had no official position or was at the same level as him, he should claim to be his own official, and when he called himself in front of Yin Xing, it seems that the magistrate Xu Yongbin was still very afraid of Shangguan.

Soon, the magistrate Xu Yongbin gathered all the runners in the yamen together and stood in rows, very neatly.

The butler Yin Xing stood beside the magistrate Xu Yongbin.

"Censor Guo was ordered to investigate the case of the loss of disaster relief grain. Now, a village was found in the boundary of Lingtai County. Now, I ordered you to follow the Qin Guanshi's Yin Guanshi to surround the village. No villagers are allowed to be let go, and do as Censor Guo wants to do it!" Censor Xu shouted.

"Yes." The yamen runners said neatly.

Seeing that nothing was missing, Xu Magistrate Xu looked at Yin Xing, the butler of the imperial censor Guo: "Butler Yin is ready and can set off."

"Okay," the butler Yin Xing responded and looked at the yamen runners: "Follow me!"

I saw that these yamen runners, together with the steward Yin Xing, the housekeeper of the Censor Guo, held the torch that was burning very strongly, walked out of the yamen neatly and orderly, with a long knife around their waists, and hurriedly followed the steps of the housekeeper Yin Xing.

After seeing them leaving, the magistrate Xu Yongbin hurried to find his master.

"Master, Master."

After a few screams, the master walked out.

Although this master looked old, his heart was not old.

"County Magistrate Xu, is there anything important?" the master asked.

"Master, how could this disaster relief grain appear in the Lingtai County area?"

After hearing this, the master thought for a moment and looked at the uneasy Magistrate Xu: "Who said that disaster relief grain appeared in the territory of Lingtai County?"

Perhaps because I didn't pay attention just now, the master looked completely unaware of it.

"Just just now, the butler of the Zuodu Censor came here in person and asked all the runners of our yamen to say that the Zuodu Censor Guo Kang seized disaster relief grain from the territory of Lingtai County."

When he heard this, the master was not worried or nervous. However, County Magistrate Xu could see the nervous movements on his face and hands.

"It's good if you don't worry about the magistrate Xu. Although the grain was found on the Lingtai County border, it cannot be said that you did it, right? You can cooperate with them."

The master said this to the magistrate Xu Yongbin.

...

The fire, the sound of gasping, and the footsteps gathered together, and we soon arrived at the village.

"Everyone, fence the village! No one is allowed to enter and exit!" shouted the butler Yin Xing.

"yes!"

After a neat response, the yamen runners scattered and soon surrounded the village.

The wavering fire illuminated the entire village, and many uninformed people looked open with doors and windows.

At this time, the Zuodu Censor Guo Kang, who was staying in a family, felt it. Just as he was about to get up and go out to see what happened, the butler Yin Xing hurriedly ran in.

"Master, what you ordered is the youngest." Yin Xing said.

After hearing this, Censor Guo looked at the couple squatting on the pile of thatched trees, looked outside, and said, "Go", and then went out.

When they walked out, Censor Guo could clearly see that about thirty or forty yamen runners held torches in their hands and surrounded the village.

In such a dark and moonless night, under the torches of the yamen runners, there was a shadow of moonlight.

After walking out of this family, Zuodu Censor Guo Kang began to investigate one by one.

After some investigation, it turns out that as the couple said, the grain is spread out equally, and a lot of grain is sold for silver.

"Master, should these people be taken back to Lingtai County Government?" said the housekeeper Yin Xing.

Just as the Zuodu Censor Guo Kang was still thinking about it, a man wearing a green official uniform and an official hat came over, with a word in his mouth: "Please back to the county government!"

A loud roar scared the little heart of Zuodu Censor Guo Kang.

When I turned around, I saw that it was a magistrate and I felt relieved.

"The lower official is Xu Yongbin, the magistrate of Lingtai County. He has met Jingshi Guo." Xu introduced.

Before Censor Guo could speak, County Magistrate Xu started to speak: "Censor Guo, did they really intercept this disaster relief grain?"

Jingshi Guo nodded, looked at the group of people standing with their heads down, and said, "It's really them, the evidence is conclusive."

When he heard this, he looked at the faces of these people again, the magistrate Xu Yongbin blamed himself: "It is all the officials who have failed to manage them well, and the officials who have been ashamed of the court."

"Minister Xu doesn't have to blame himself. It is inevitable that he will be negligent. You can forgive me."

"Then, these people... are taken back to Lingtai County Government?"

Censor Guo nodded: "It's too late today, so I have to do this. Let's go to your Lingtai County Office tomorrow to try the case."

"Hey." In response, Magistrate Xu looked at the yamen runners: "Take back to the county yamen!"

Afterwards, these people were held up by the yamen runners and headed towards the county government. The vehicles and the silver they found at home were taken one by one.

...

"master."

"how?"

"Return to the master, they took the bait and said they were taken back to the Lingtai County Government. The case will be tried tomorrow morning."

After hearing this, the prefect Ding Wei'ang turned around and looked at the butler Ye Kaichang.

"Very good, the clues were cut off for him at this point. Don't let them find any new clues."

"Yes." After responding, Butler Ye asked in his heart: "Master, have those people who were killed before been killed for nothing?"

Prefect Ding shook his head slightly: "It's not in vain. The so-called "cutting weeds and roots" is not only necessary to cut weeds, but also to remove this one."

"Master, what should the old man do if those children are locked up?"
To be continued...