A certain person is the Heavenly Killer Li Gui.

Chapter 18

After Master Song took back the Four Treasures of the Study, the two of them polished the official document many times, and it took them a full hour to write it "flawlessly". .

In the story that the two polished, the county magistrate was of course upright, and the officials who died in the battle were also heroic. Even Li Daguan, who might have leaked the news, was given the title of a good squire.

After Ding Zhixian took office, he laid a dragnet. Li Gui had nowhere to escape. In desperation, he defected to the Yushan bandit Luocao.

Li Gui and the Yushan bandits went down the mountain to buy food in the city. They were bumped into by the steward of the Li family and secretly reported the news to the Yamen. Unfortunately, the news leaked out and they were brutally silenced.

After Dingzhi County sent people to investigate and secretly investigate, Li Gui's traces were finally discovered, so he sent the Yamen servants to arrest him. He only regretted that there were Yushan thieves among the Yamen servants who secretly passed on the information, so that all the officials fell into the trap and the entire army was wiped out. .

As for who does the detailed work?

Do you need to ask?
Everyone else died in the battle, but you came back alive and still said you had no collusion with the Yushan bandits?
Even when the previous magistrate was murdered, it was inseparable from them.

As for whether they will retract their confessions after claiming that they were wronged, haha... If they convict the guilty, how can they be used as evidence in court?
After the plan was decided, Magistrate Ding began to copy official documents, while Master Song went to get the person with a few confidants.

Those officials who were lucky enough to escape had not yet calmed down from the panic of escaping from death, but they were all captured by Master Song and thrown into prison.

After finishing these things, Master Song went to Lijiazhuang to issue invitations and invite official Li to come to the house for the banquet.

All the officials who knew the truth of the matter were arrested. Among the few people who knew the truth, Li Daguan was the only outsider.

The suppression of bandits was originally initiated by him, so it was necessary to reconcile with him in advance to prevent any mistakes on his part.

Butler Li has gone from being hacked for dealing with thieves to being murdered for informing the government. The nature is different, which makes Li Daguan look better in person.

But if the man surnamed Li doesn't give face, then it might not be a bad idea to temporarily change the scapegoat and replace him with him.

Who is being blamed?

As long as the police officers can get away with it, they will definitely cooperate.

Although framing the local gentry would cause endless troubles, now that the fire is burning, there is not much to worry about.

The magistrate who ruined his family, and the governor who wiped out his family, this is no joke! ——
Li Yun is the capital of his family. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the capital of Yishui County has been the property of the Li family.

By virtue of their position as the head of the capital, the Li family has long become a member of the local government. Although no one in the family has been promoted to a scholar, the local gentry still has to give some face.

Since ancient times, imperial power has not been sent to the countryside. If the county magistrate wants to control the local area, he will inevitably need the support of local powerful people.

Anyone who tries to take the position of the capital of the Li family will either be discredited and become the scapegoat of the county magistrate, or simply die in an accident in the wilderness.

Over time, Li Yun inevitably became more arrogant and arrogant.

He originally thought that the current situation would continue, that the Li family could be wealthy for generations, and that no one could do anything to the Li family.

However, disaster struck from heaven, and the magistrate was hacked to death by thieves in the backyard of the Yamen!
As the capital of Yishui County, Li Yun was unfavorable in protecting the county magistrate, and his guilt was not light.

The efficiency of the group of gentlemen who spent the whole day doing nothing this time was extremely high. The next day a team of people came to Yishui County and took all the relevant people for interrogation.

As a subordinate for many years, how could Li Yun not know the purpose of this group of people?

The thief who was killed that day has already escaped without a trace, so why should he be tried?I just want to make some money out of it!

In order to save his life, Li Yun tried many things and destroyed all the wealth accumulated by his ancestors for generations. He barely managed to save his life, but he lost his position as the head of the capital.

Li Yun, who thought that his role was irreplaceable in the county, realized that without a turban to protect his body, he was just a lamb to be slaughtered. No matter how much wealth he accumulated, it was only for the nobles.

But his Li family has always been the descendant of subordinate officials, and what he inherited was the skills in the yamen. At most, he knew a few guns and sticks, but he didn't know how to study and take exams. Seeing that the family was about to be ruined, it unexpectedly took a turn for the worse.

Li Daguanren's housekeeper had always been in charge of stolen goods and had been friends with the surrounding bandits for many years. This time, for some reason, he offended the Yushan bandits and was hacked to death. The entire store was also robbed.

The county magistrate could not bear the pressure and summoned his government officials to suppress the bandits.

Li Yun used money again and assumed the identity of an ordinary government servant. He originally wanted to follow him into the mountains to kill the thieves, and then slowly use tricks to regain his position.

But he didn't expect that Qian Ketong, who had taken his position as head of the capital, was very afraid of him and brought a large number of people into the mountain, but left him behind to guard the Yamen.

He was itching with hatred, but he couldn't control the situation, so he didn't dare to go beyond the rules for fear that he would find an opportunity to fire him.

Unexpectedly, the Yushan bandit stole a lot of weapons and armor from the Li family's shop. Not only was he not wiped out, but he killed all the officials and servants in one fell swoop.

The man surnamed Qian lost his life in the dense forest just a few days after having a headache. It can only be said that it is the reincarnation of heaven and the retribution is not good.

With so many people dead, the magistrate had no one to use, so he had no choice but to promote him and make him the head of the capital again.

This is really God’s will!
It was destined that this first position should belong to the Li family, and no one else could force it.

While he swore and swore to the county magistrate, he would definitely follow his lead. At the same time, he was secretly looking for suitable people, planning to rebuild the team and take the affairs of the county back into his hands.

That night, Li Daguan came to the magistrate's house for a banquet. Li Yun hurried to the magistrate's house to wait in case he was summoned.

After more than an hour, he saw Ding Zhixian personally escorting Li Daguan out of the house. Both of them were smiling and laughing, thinking that everything went well.

After Li Daguan got in the car and started to return home, Li Yun saw that Ding Zhixian seemed to have a disdainful smile on his lips. He turned around and walked towards the house with Master Song. Li Yun seemed to vaguely hear a sentence :
"Hmph, count him as acquainted!"

But they didn't know that after Li Daguan entered the carriage, he couldn't hide the smile on his face. He covered his mouth with his hands, laughed silently, and leaned forward and backward.

How could Li Daguan not know how much property was missing from his store, and how much weapons and equipment were missing?
He knew clearly that those government officials were no match for the Yushan bandits, but he said nothing and deliberately watched them die. His purpose was to kill people with a borrowed knife.

Originally, the layout of the county was relatively fixed, and all government officials were inextricably related to various gentry families.

It is precisely because of these petty officials that the gentry can firmly control the affairs of the county. Even if the county magistrate comes, they have to look at their faces.

However, Li Gui suddenly killed the magistrate, and all the officials were implicated. The new officials were all promoted by Ding Zhixian, and the gentry were no longer so comfortable in using them.

Instead of slowly wooing this group of people with promises of benefits, it would be better to cut the knot quickly, kill people with a borrowed knife, and let them all die at the hands of Li Gui. Then Ding Zhixian will become a bare commander again and can only continue to rely on the old people.

But now, what Ding Zhixian did was exactly what he wanted. He asked the officers and soldiers from the state to come over and wipe out Li Gui. Not only did he get angry, he was able to recover the lost weapons and armor.

Another murder with a borrowed knife!
Killing two birds with one stone, isn't it beautiful?

(End of this chapter)