Chapter 179: No Interception

The squad leader from Linzhi County ran all the way back to the county town. The officers and soldiers patrolling at the gate were very surprised to see this.

“Team Leader Lin, why are you in such a hurry?”

The yamen servant named Leader Lin didn’t bother to chat with them.

He only waved his hand in a hurry and hurried into the city and went straight to the county magistrate’s office.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the County Magistrate’s Mansion, the concierge’s servant walked out of the doorway of the foot door, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and looked at the visitor unhappily.

After seeing clearly that the visitor was Team Leader Lin from the government office, he put on a smile.

“Oh, it’s Leader Lin. Why are you here so early in the morning?”

“I have something to do with you.”

“At this hour, you are still resting. How about you come back in an hour?”

Their master is notoriously bad-tempered, and disturbing his dreams will definitely annoy him, and then servants like them will inevitably be punished.

Leader Lin’s face was gloomy, “Something serious has happened. Hurry in and report.”

The servant at the door felt his heart skip a beat when he saw the look on Leader Lin’s face.

He didn’t dare to delay, so he hurriedly led the people into the house and hurriedly reported to the steward.

When the steward learned that Team Leader Lin was anxious to see the Lord, he also knew that something big must have happened, so he came to disturb him at this hour.

He did not dare to delay, so he asked Team Leader Lin to invite him to the front hall, then hurriedly entered the backyard and walked towards the courtyard of Magistrate Zhang’s twelfth room and his concubine.

The steward stood at the door and knocked on the door. After hearing the noise in the room, he respectfully reported to the people in the room: “Sir, Leader Lin wants to see you.”

There was no sound in the room.

The steward spoke again, “Sir, Leader Lin looked hurriedly and said something big had happened.”

The fat, big-eared middle-aged man resting on the concubine’s fair body impatiently opened the quilt and yelled at the people outside.

“What a big deal, it has to happen at this hour.”

The concubine got up in a hurry and put on his clothes.

Magistrate Zhang put on his clothes, looked at the stewards with a gloomy look, and cursed, “It’s better to be a big deal. If it’s a trivial matter, I won’t spare you.”

“Let’s go.”

The steward lowered his head and followed Magistrate Zhang respectfully.

Team leader Lin was waiting anxiously. As soon as Mr. Zhang appeared, he stood up and saluted.

“Sir.”

Magistrate Zhang waved his hand impatiently, “Come here early in the morning and tell me what happened quickly so that you can disturb people’s dreams early in the morning. If it’s not a big deal, watch your skin carefully.”

Team leader Lin bowed slightly. He lowered his head and reported back, “Sir, my subordinates took a group of brothers out of the city this morning to change shifts with Team Leader Jing, but when we arrived at the place, Team Leader Jing and the others were all killed.”

He still looked impatient just now. Magistrate Zhang’s face changed greatly, “Tell me again, what happened to Jing Ji and the others?”

Leader Lin repeated with a sad look on his face: “Leader Jing and the others were killed.”

“Could it be that those untouchables killed them? Magistrate Zhang stood up, paced back and forth, and muttered, “Impossible.

Even if you give those untouchables a hundred courages, they won’t dare to kill the government servants, let alone Jing Ji, who has extraordinary martial arts skills. Those untouchables can’t do it.”

“The person who killed them must not be an ordinary person. Could it be some kind of force?”

What he was worried about was not the life and death of Jing Ji, but the identity of the person who killed them.

He was afraid that he was unintentional. You mess with people you shouldn’t mess with.

Seeing that the county magistrate was murmuring to himself, and getting more and more outrageous, Team Leader Lin hurriedly said: “Sir, the person who killed them has been found.”

Magistrate Zhang frowned and glared at him, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Tell me who is so bold.”

“According to the time of Jingtou’s death, a group of more than 200 people left in the dark last night.

Everyone has a motive. There are many of them, but Jingtou and his friends only have twenty people.

That’s why Jingtou and his gang were killed by that mob.”

“Sir, should we gather a group of brothers to chase them. Which group of people killed them to comfort the souls of the brothers?”

Leader Lin’s eyes were red, with a look of grief and anger.

Jing Ji was very popular in Linzhi County. Now that he was killed by a pariah, he naturally wanted to help him avenge him.

Magistrate Zhang, who was originally worried about accidentally provoking someone he shouldn’t be provoked, instantly relaxed after learning that the murderers were just a group of unimportant pariahs.

They all go after that group of untouchables, who will make money for him.

Nowadays, there are at least seven or eight hundred taels in the account every day, and as many as thousands of taels.

There is no business in the world that is more profitable than this. He will not allow irrelevant people and things to delay his making money.

Jing Ji’s group of people will die as soon as they die, and the thugs will just recruit another group.

As long as they give money, there will be people to do things for him.

Magistrate Zhang looked at Team Leader Lin, “That group of people killed someone, and I’m afraid they have escaped long ago.

If you go after them now, it’s just in vain. You take a group of brothers over and give Jing Ji and them a good burial. That’s it.”

“Yes.”

Leader Lin wanted to say something more, but seeing that Magistrate Zhang didn’t want to say more, he could only swallow his words.

“My subordinates resign.”

He left angrily. As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, Magistrate Zhang’s voice came from the hall.

“Wait a minute.”

Leader Lin thought that he had changed his mind and looked at County Magistrate Zhang expectantly, “Sir, do you have any other instructions?”

“Tell the brothers below that in the future, whenever you see a large number of people or a wealthy person, Lord, let them enter the city first.

Find out where they are staying and do it secretly. Don’t let this happen again.

“I don’t want this to happen to the people below. I feel sad.”

“He agreed, “Your Majesty, you have taught me a lesson. I will continue to give orders now. This will definitely not happen again.”

“Yes.” Magistrate Zhang nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand, indicating that he could leave.

In less than half a stick of incense, everyone in the Linzhi County Yamen knew that Jing Ji and his party had been killed by untouchables.

Even though they were angry, it was of no use as the murderer had already escaped.

Jing Ji was very popular, and many of them felt resentful, and unknowingly they vented their anger on other refugees.

The refugees, who were already having a hard time, were targeted in this way, and their lives became even more difficult.

As the sun sets in the west, a group of cavalry wearing navy blue clothes is approaching Linzhi County quickly.

“Head, Linzhi County is ahead.”

Before reaching Linzhi Tower, he was stopped on the official road.

When the intercepting government officer saw this group of people, his eyes narrowed unconsciously and he looked around at their outfit.

Although this group of people were dusty and wrinkled, the quality of their clothes and the boots they wore were not something ordinary people could wear.

They silently labeled this group of people as ‘fat sheep’.

“Boss, I’m asking for money in front of you. We will let you in only if you have five pieces of silver.”

The leading man only said four words, “Just give it.”

When they came to the front, the intercepting government officer confiscated the money, but smiled and said directly Let him go, “At first glance, you will see that you are different from those unruly people.

Our county magistrate tried to intercept them in order to prevent the unruly people from causing trouble.

At first glance, you all are good citizens, so you have to go over there.”

The leading man glanced at the yamen servant and said, I sneered in my heart.

This guy still has some good eyesight.