Strange Tales from the Northern Qi Dynasty

Chapter 60 Wait for Death
"Go slowly, Mr. Liu."

Several people from the Lu family followed Liu Taozi with smiles on their faces and sent him out the door.

Wang Heipi held the package in his arms in a daze, unable to react.

Liu Taozi stopped at the door, turned around, and looked up and down at the mansion in front of him. He said, "If I find out what happened to these craftsmen in the future..."

He didn't say it explicitly, but looked deeply at Lecturer Lu.

Lecturer Lu's lips turned pale, and he forced a smile, "Don't worry, Mr. Liu! It won't happen, it won't happen."

Liu Taozi nodded, led the group, and gradually disappeared on the street.

Lecturer Lu closed the door tremblingly.

He took his old father back to the inner room. As soon as he came back, the old man asked all the servants to leave.

"This is outrageous! This bastard! A lunatic! A psycho!"

"He actually let that Qihu beat me! I have never been humiliated like this before!!"

The old man was furious. He grabbed his son's hand and said, "How can you, as a man, watch me being humiliated and remain indifferent?"

"Grandpa, you don't know what you want me to do!"

Lecturer Lu shook his head and explained helplessly, "He was Lu Qubing's mistress! They used to live in the same room in the Law School and were very close!"

"Lu Qubing is highly regarded by County Lord Gao and is appointed as the county magistrate. If he offends Liu Taozi, he will be retaliated by Lu Qubing!"

"Are we just going to let Liu Taozi bully us like this?"

"Don't worry, Grandpa. There will always be a chance. There will always be a chance."

Lecturer Lu looked outside and narrowed his eyes.

Taozi and others walked for a distance before stopping.

Taozi led the horse and looked at Wang Heipi beside her.

“Go back and distribute the money to everyone.”

"Tian Jun, you go with him and take notes."

Liu Taozi instructed, "Also, tell those craftsmen not to be afraid. If anyone wants to attack them, come find me. I usually patrol the city."

"Boom."

Before Liu Taozi could finish her words, Carpenter Wang suddenly knelt down in front of Taozi.

He hugged the package tightly in his arms, "Thank you, Mr. Liu! Thank you, Mr. Liu!!"

"No need."

Liu Taozi replied, turned around, mounted his horse, and quickly disappeared into the distance.

Tian Zili looked at Liu Taozi who was walking away, then looked at the carpenter who was still saluting, and was speechless for a long time.

The wind in the county government office has a certain smell, always a fishy smell that is difficult to dissipate.

An old official who knew the situation said: This was because a county magistrate once liked to strip the prisoners naked and tie them up in the county government office, watching them die little by little.

Even after his death, he would not allow anyone else to collect his body.

The corpse rotted bit by bit, was eaten, and soaked in the soil. From then on, there was always a smell in the county government office.

Lu Qubing walked towards the north courtyard angrily, and the soldiers and clerks followed him at a trot.

He rushed into the Youjiao Mansion and then looked at the people behind him, "Just wait here, don't come in!"

Everyone was guarding the door. Lu Qubing walked in and saw Kou Liu feeding the horse.

Kou Xing bowed and hurried to call Liu Taozi.

"come in!"

Lu Qubing took Taozi's hand, who had just walked out of the house, and brought him back into the house.

Lu Qubing sat down casually and looked at Liu Taozi, "Taozi! There are so many villains in the county government!"

"Someone actually reported you to the county! They said you killed innocent people for credit and killed innocent people indiscriminately!"

Lu Qubing was very angry, "Who do these traitors think you are? How could you kill an innocent person and take credit for it?"

"The county magistrate called me here and told me about this. Although the county magistrate is wise, if there are traitors who try to frame me several times, I'm afraid he will also be suspicious!"

Liu Taozi sat in front of him calmly, not saying a word.

Lu Qubing wanted to say something, but suddenly paused and stopped talking.

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Why did the county magistrate tell me this?"

"Does he want me to tell you something? Is he asking me to be careful, or is he asking you to be careful of the thieves in the county government?"

Lu Qubing was very angry just now and didn't think too much about it, but as he spoke, he realized the key.

Before Lu Qubing could say anything more, hurried footsteps were heard outside.

"Brother Taozi!! Something happened!!"

Then he saw Yao Xiong rushing in in a panic. Seeing Lu Qubing was there, he bowed hurriedly to greet him.

"What happened?" Lu Qubing asked hurriedly.

Yao Xiong looked at Taozi, "Brother Taozi, there are several more people outside, and they all said they are here to report to the police!"

Lu Qubing was a little stunned, but Taozi had already stood up.

"This is the county government office. Isn't it normal for the people to report to the officials?"

He looked at Lu Qubing who was standing aside, "Lu Cheng, I have important matters to attend to. If you are looking for me, it is only for personal matters. Please avoid me."

Lu Qubing quickly stood up and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you go ahead and I'll come back later."

Liu Taozi sat in the yard, with Tian and Kou standing behind him respectively.

Yao Xiong brought them in one by one.

The first person to come in was an old woman. She trembled as she saluted to several people and then said, "Mr. Liu, I want to report to the authorities that my son is called Zhou Da Chi. Ten days ago, someone broke into our house and beat him to death."

"I don't know the perpetrator, but our local village official wanted to buy our land. My son refused to sell it and drove the village official away. A few days later, he was beaten to death."

"Do you remember what characteristics those people had?"

"The man in the lead couldn't open one eye and was half blind. The man behind him had a scar on the left side of his face."

The old woman spoke seriously.

Liu Taozi looked at Kou Liu who was standing aside, "Mobilize your friends now to check on the two people with these characteristics. You should also go and find out about the village official."

"only!!"

"Go home and wait. I will let you identify the criminal then."

"Thank you, Mr. Liu!!!"

"next."

"Mr. Liu, I want to sue my neighbor Wang Chi. He is a bully. He forcibly took my wife and led his servants to break my left leg."

"Yao Xiong, lead the scattered officials to the bully's house to verify the situation."

"If it is true, castrate everyone in the bully's house, break their legs, and drag them back."

"only!!"

"Thank you, Mr. Liu!!!"

"Mr. Liu, I raise this at home."

It was daybreak and the wind was bitingly cold. Tu Nan wrapped his clothes tightly around him, rode his mule, and staggered towards the county government office.

Only the sound of horse hooves was heard, and a man riding a horse and a group of scattered officials and county soldiers holding knives rushed over quickly.

Tu Nan was so frightened that he woke up instantly, but before he could react, the group of people left.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and recognized the man leading the way, the Khitan under Liu Taozi's command.

He couldn't help but spit, "Pretend!"

After moving forward a little further, they saw another knight coming from behind, this time heading towards the county government office. Leading them was a group of bandits. They saw a man tied up and hung on a horse, being dragged forward, howling in pain.

Tu Nan's eyes lit up and he was about to reach out to stop him and ask.

"Don't get in the way of official business!!!"

Kou Liu roared loudly, scaring Tu Nan so much that he trembled. Kou Liu then rushed over, leaving a long trail of blood on the ground.

Tu Nan was stunned.

He waited until the other party walked away before he cursed: "Damn it! Lowly dog!!"

After cursing for a few more times, he finally approached the county government office.

When I arrived at the gate of the county government office, I saw dozens of people standing in front of it, including old and young people. They lined up neatly and entered one by one.

Tu Nan's eyes widened. He walked calmly to the gate of the county government office and got off his mule.

"Old man Xu, what happened?"

The gatekeeper Xu Lao Li explained with a smile: "These are all people who come to report to the authorities or to look for roving bandits."

Tu Nan was stunned for a moment, and then a flash of ecstasy appeared in his eyes.

"What? Report to the police? All these??"

Xu Laoli just looked at those people, with a trace of nostalgia in his eyes, "Yes, it has been many years since I have seen people dare to come to the county government to report to the officials."

"Good, good, this Liu Youjiao is really a good official!"

Tu Nan threw his head back and laughed.

I was worried that I couldn't find any evidence to hold against the other party.

Things like killing innocent people and taking credit for it are not really a big deal. After all, everyone does it and it is perfectly normal.

There is no point in reporting the indiscriminate killing of innocent people. If they don't kill innocent people indiscriminately, can they still be called officials?
But you have caused so many people to report to the authorities, which is different.

Before you took office, the weather was good and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. But as soon as you took office, everyone started to report to the authorities and the people were living in misery? ?
Wait to die!!!
ps: Don't worry about updates. It will be officially on the shelves on August 1st. I will save more articles before that, and then I will burst out all at once, and strive to update more than the previous book.

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