County Magistrate Tang invited them to sit down in the house and said to Mingli, "Go and tell Madam that I won't go back for lunch. You go and bring the food box."

He asked Manbao and the others, "Have you eaten?"

They both shook their heads together.

County Magistrate Tang said: "Get more."

Mingli bowed in agreement, exited and opened the door for them.

Magistrate Tang looked around and found no tea, so he poured them two cups of cold boiled water and said, "Drink whatever you want."

Bai Shan and Man Bao didn't drink, and went straight to the point: "Master Guan should have recognized me."

Magistrate Tang sighed, "I can't remember anything about you and your father. Why didn't you remember it?"

Bai Shan said nothing.

He doesn't have his father in his memory, how can he remember him?

It was useless to talk any more. The three of them sat facing each other sadly and began to think of a solution.

Magistrate Tang asked, "How many things do you think Mr. Guan can guess?"

Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at each other and began to speculate on the worst outcome. Bai Shan thought deeply: "If he knows that I am my father's child, he will definitely suspect that I want to investigate what happened back then."

Man Bao: "You will also know that I led Bai Shan there, and then you will know that we already know that he knows."

Magistrate Tang asked: "Why does he know that you know that he knows?"

Man Bao coughed lightly and said, "I felt his pulse when he was talking to Shan Bao. He would definitely guess that I felt it."

Magistrate Tang was curious, "Is feeling the pulse really effective? Come on, come on, touch me and see if I tell any lies next."

Bai Shan shouted: "Master Tang, let's stop making trouble now."

"How can this make a fuss? This is very useful for questioning, but forget it, now is not the time to discuss this," County Magistrate Tang asked: "Then do you think he knows that I already know?"

Bai Shan and Man Bao thought about it seriously, then shook their heads and said, "You probably don't know, we have never shown it to him."

"It's not revealed, but he checked carefully and found out that you and I have close contact with each other. I also lived in Luojiang County for a while. Do you think he guessed that I already knew about it and was even investigating this matter?"

Man Bao and Bai Shan opened their mouths together.

Then this matter would be a big deal. If it were them, Mr. Guan would deal with the two of them at most. He would treat them as children and be unconvinced, so he would investigate, but if Magistrate Tang also ends up...

Man Bao shook his head and asked, "What should we do?"

Magistrate Tang stood up and walked around twice, sighing: "I just don't know whether he is an enemy or a friend."

Magistrate Tang put his hand on the table and said softly: "I don't know who Magistrate Bai went to see in the other courtyard back then, but it was in his other courtyard. If he is okay, if not him, it must be

Otherwise, people who are very close to him would not choose to meet in his villa."

Magistrate Tang's mind was spinning, and he thought: "I don't know whether Magistrate Bai was defeated in an honest fight with the King of Yizhou, or whether he was defeated because his whereabouts were exposed."

The former is fine, but if it's the latter, someone might have tipped off someone. Otherwise, how could the King of Yizhou know about such a confidential matter so quickly?

Bai Shan and Man Bao also became worried, "What should we do? The Yizhou Palace is so powerful and the Yizhou King is so ruthless. He won't send people to kill everyone in our family, right?"

"That's not the case. Do you think this is in his fiefdom more than ten years ago?" County Magistrate Tang paused and touched his chin: "It wouldn't be wrong to kill your whole family, but to kill you two...

…”

He glanced at the two of them up and down, frowned and said, "You..."

He paused and then said, "Why don't you go home and hide for a while?"

Man Bao glared, "This is Yizhou City, there are so many people, does he dare to kill someone in full view of everyone?"

Magistrate Tang said expressionlessly: "Do you know how many people died in the county government of Shu County twelve years ago?"

Man Bao paused and shook his head.

"There are twenty-eight people in total, including Magistrate Bai and his guards," Magistrate Tang said: "Twenty-eight people were all reported dead as the leader of the bandits. The then Governor Yan then led troops to suppress the bandits on the mountain.

I came back after taking the heads of thirty-two people, but during this period I checked the files in detail from fifteen to twelve years ago, and I didn't find anyone reporting that there were bandits near Yizhou."

The two innocent boys and girls were shocked.

The magistrate of Tang County said: "Of course, the power of the King of Yizhou was inside and outside Yizhou City back then, from the Jiedushi Envoy to the counties and villages under his jurisdiction. But now, Zhang Jiedushi has only been here for less than four years.

The governor and I are both newly appointed. Even if we have a good relationship with the Yizhou Palace, we will not completely obey his orders. Therefore, it is impossible for him to kill as many people as he did twelve years ago in Yizhou City. However, if he dies,

It’s still very simple for two people.”

Magistrate Tang gave them an analogy, "For example, if there is a conflict in your school, everyone gets into a fight, and you accidentally hurt someone, and you die; for example, if you diagnose a patient who is crazy, or the patient's family member is crazy, you feel

You prescribed the wrong medicine, or deliberately prescribed a particularly expensive medicine to kill you; or for another example, the carriage you were riding in suddenly started running crazy and overturned, and all three of you died..."

Man Bao and Bai Shan swallowed their saliva and looked at Magistrate Tang nervously.

County Magistrate Tang sighed, and after being silent for a while, he said, "You guys should go home and hide for a while. Can you ask for leave? If it's not possible to ask for leave, I'll write to Chang Bo and ask him to issue an official document to invite you back."

Bai Shan came back to his senses, "Can you still do this?"

"Of course you can. Although your household registration is still in Longzhou, you still live in Yizhou City, and you are recommended by Changbo to take the exam. If the county needs talents for something, it can recall students from the county to the government school.

Of course, it depends on you whether you accept it or not."

Bai Shan thought for a while and then looked at Man Bao. Finally he gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, let's go back."

Magistrate Tang nodded, "That's right. You can leave the green hills without worrying about having firewood. You are still young, so there is no need to rush."

Bai Shan was worried, "But in this case, wouldn't it be easier for them to guess that Mr. Tang and Mr. Yang are also investigating this case?"

County Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "This is not easy to guess, and it doesn't matter if you guess it. Now, I know almost everything that should be known and what should not be known. All I lack is evidence."

Man Bao: "Then Mr. Tang, aren't you afraid that he will also give you a chance to fall off your horse, crash in a carriage, or get your neck stuck while eating?"

Magistrate Tang said angrily: "Can't you think of a better way to die for me? Don't worry, I'm not one of you. He wouldn't dare to let me die so easily."

Bai Shan asked: "Is it because of family background?"

"Yes and no," County Magistrate Tang said: "My father is not a vegetarian. If I die here for no reason, my father will not let it go. Moreover, it is different now from twelve years ago. Zhang Jiedushi

Although the governor of Heming Dynasty has close contacts with King Yizhou, he is not a retainer of the prince's palace. It will be difficult to kill me without telling them."

Magistrate Tang did not say anything yet: his wife is not a vegetarian, and his in-laws are not vegetarian either.

Magistrate Tang smiled and said: "He didn't even dare to kill me when I was in Yizhou City, let alone Chang Bo. It's safest for you to go back to Luojiang County. With Chang Bo protecting you, even if he went there in person, he would be safe."
Chapter completed!