Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Du Zhen has been serving as the county magistrate of Chang'an for 3 years and 11 months. In just one month, he can move up the ranks. The relationship has been taken care of. Now he is waiting for his term to be completed and transferred to the Ministry of Household Affairs. .

During this period, due to the influx of large numbers of refugees outside the city, Li Shimin had sent a group of officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and Dali Temple to coordinate with the left and right guards to take charge of the control. Therefore, in addition to daily official duties, the Chang'an County government office became more complex than ever before. There is still time to relax, and almost no one dares to cause trouble at this time.

He originally thought that today would be a leisurely day, but the sudden sound of drum beating from outside the county government office shattered his dream.

The sound was so deafening that it almost shattered people's eardrums.

Du Zhen wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, slapped the clerk aside who was also stunned, and told him to go out and check.

Originally there were government officials standing guard at the door, but recently they were all transferred outside the city to maintain law and order, leaving only one clerk and a clerk.

After Mr. Xiong captured Shopkeeper Hu's stolen goods, he thought that the young lady would just let him get rid of him like before.

But he didn't expect that that damn Chu Mo, who didn't know what kind of sweet words he said to his young lady, actually agreed to send the person to the county government for judgment.

And the Laoshizi County government office didn’t even have a government official. This broken drum broke just by banging it a few times.What a look.

When the clerk went out, he saw a dark-looking strong man holding a drumstick in his hand, and the big drum at the door was already blooming.

He immediately yelled angrily: "What kind of unruly people dared to destroy the yamen's utensils? Do you want to go to jail?"

"Hey, you little bird, how can you talk? You don't know how to beat the drum, and you still blame me?"

Xiong Da was not a person who would take offense at all. Hearing the official's tone, he immediately retorted.

The clerk became anxious when he heard this. He dared to be so arrogant when he came to the gate of our county government office. Although you are not the first, and you are not likely to be the last, I still have to ask about your identity first.

"You black boy, who is your name? Where do you live and where are you from? Tell me everything. If you are right, I will plead with our Lord to spare you this time."

"If you are nothing, then don't blame me for being evil."

What I mean is, if you have any background, report it as soon as possible to avoid misunderstandings. If it’s nothing, then don’t blame me for being rude.

Hearing what the clerk said, Xiong Da snorted disdainfully: "You also want to know the identity of the uncle? Hurry up and ask your county magistrate to come out to accept the petition. If it's late, ask him to carefully check the flesh."

When the clerk heard this, he immediately understood that this was an uncle he could not offend.

He immediately shouted: "Don't wait outside, please go directly in and talk to us adults."

Xiong Dayi thought correctly and quickly finished the matter, then went home and reported to the lady.

He immediately shouted to the two servants behind him: "Bring the people in and see how they want to judge the law."

Du Zhen watched the clerk bring the person in and winked at him. He immediately understood that this was a distinguished master.

So he coughed and patted the gavel: "Who is standing in the hall? Why are you beating the drum?"

Xiong Da grabbed the shopkeeper Hu and said, "This guy embezzled thousands of taels of silver from my grain store and took him to court in the name of my young lady."

When Du Zhen heard that he was a merchant, he looked at the clerk dissatisfied.

According to their thinking, if they were from an official family and such a problem arose, they would definitely resolve it privately.

Only untouchables such as businessmen dare not take action privately and need to be interrogated in court.

So, Du Zhen was shocked: "You are so bold and unruly, why don't you kneel down when you see me? Come on, escort me down. I'll give you 20 first... I won't say 40 again."

Originally Du Zhen only wanted to play 20 big boards, but looking at Xiong Da's behavior, he guessed that 20 big boards would just scratch his itch, so he changed to 40 big boards.

But after waiting for a long time, no one responded.

The junior staff member on the side was looking at him awkwardly.

Only then did Du Zhen remember that everyone had been sent out, and now there were only two or three kittens and puppies left in the entire county government office. Looking at the small officials with thin arms and legs on the side, they were probably not strong enough to be punched.

You can't do it by yourself, right?Besides, even if he goes up to it, he will only get one more punch at most.

He coughed in embarrassment and said: "Everyone in the hall, I think you are a first-time offender. For the sake of a good life, God will forgive you for the time being. What do you want to do if you come here today?"

Xiong Da listened to the county magistrate nagging for a while and became impatient: "That bitch officer, my lady told us not to let us deal with it privately. Let me bring him to you for trial. You can sentence him as soon as possible." .”

Du Zhen didn't expect that he would let this strong man go, and the other party would dare to take advantage of her, uttering evil words, and immediately said angrily: "Who is your young lady? Let her come to this court quickly, I want to see her. "

"How can you see my young lady? You..." He was about to scold the ignorant magistrate.

But suddenly I remembered that before setting off, the lady said that if the yamen needed anything, just let me do it according to the rules.

Then he snorted coldly and said to Du Zhen: "You are so troublesome, wait, I will call our young master over right now."

After saying that, he told his two servants to keep an eye on Shopkeeper Hu, and then went back to call his lady.

Li Zhen and Chu Mo were having a drink at home, but they didn't expect Xiong Da to come back and say that he was invited by the county magistrate.

Since both of them had drank some wine, Chu Mo was also in the mood. After being disturbed like this, he lost interest, but he became interested in the county magistrate's trial.

I had only seen the county magistrate's trial on TV before, but I had never seen it in real life. Now that I have such a good opportunity, I am still the plaintiff, so of course I don't want to miss it.

So he encouraged Li Zhen to take him with him.

Li Zhen looked at Chu Mo who had turned into a pig head and felt a little ashamed. After thinking about it, she agreed. However, Chu Mo looked like this and she really didn't dare to take him out for fear of being beaten to death as a monster.

Finally, a servant took a black hood from nowhere and asked Chu Mo to put it on, leaving only two eyes and a nose.

Although it was broad daylight, this outfit still made people think about it, and he was accidentally caught by Wu Hou, who was patrolling the streets, as a bad guy.

In order to reduce the trouble, Li Zhen had no choice but to prepare a carriage to carry herself and Chu Mo to the Chang'an County Government.

Soon, a group of people arrived at the Chang'an County Government Office.

County Magistrate Du Zhen was impatient to wait, but there were still two servants and a prisoner in the hall, so he couldn't just withdraw from the hall.

Finally, there was movement outside, and I was about to ask the clerk to go check it out. However, before I could say anything, I saw a large group of people walking in.

Chu Mo drank a lot with Li Zhen at home. Because Li Zhen said that wine can relieve pain, she tried her best to get Chu Mo to drink.

And Chu Mo also thought that he had a good drinking capacity, and he could drink a mere 20 degrees alcohol.

However, after a few bowls of wine, he realized something was wrong.

Although the alcohol content of this wine is low, it is not as powerful as it is.

After all this trouble, when I came to the county government office, I felt a little overwhelmed.