Daxing City is bounded by Zhuque Street on the central axis, and is divided into two counties: Daxing County in the east and Chang'an County in the west. The official ranks of the county magistrates in the two counties are comparable to those of Shangzhou governors, and their salaries are also very generous, but the county magistrates in the capital are

Ling is definitely one of the worst jobs in the world.

On the one hand, the positions of meritorious officers, military officers, civil servants, military officers, and legal officers in the two counties of the capital have always been gilded positions for the sons of powerful men. Therefore, some seemingly inconspicuous minor officials may have been awarded titles because of their father's merits.

The county magistrate, the county magistrate, and the three divisions of Yitong... If the county magistrate does not have the matching background, title, and prestige, he will not be able to control him at all and cannot send this "little official".

On the other hand, when the county magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant, or chief registrar are interrogating a second- or third-generation official, their parents must have a high-sounding claim that they will be severely punished according to the law. But if you really punish them severely according to the law, in the blink of an eye, they will be punished severely.

You will encounter all kinds of difficulties; if you are not punished severely in accordance with the law, the emperor not far away will let you know what the consequences of dereliction of duty are, so no matter what you do, you will be blamed on both sides, and it will be thankless.

In view of this, the county magistrates appointed by the imperial court were all figures such as national princes and county princes. The current Daxing county magistrates are Dou Rongding, the Duke of Chen Yi, and Dou Qing, the second son of Princess Wan'an.

In addition to his Dou family and royal ancestry, Dou Qing also had the title of Duke of Yongfu. It was thanks to these three identities that he suppressed internal and external 'enemies' and firmly established himself as the magistrate of Daxing County.

job.

During this period, due to military exercises, a large number of warriors poured into the capital every day, and these warriors had been admiring Pingkangfang Nanli in Daxing County for a long time, so they were all concentrated here. These rebellious warriors were everywhere.

, both are Hengxing Township

People who are accustomed to being in Pingkangfang are now concentrated in Pingkangfang. They often fight over trivial matters such as a prostitute, a look of disdain, the order of food being served, etc. This makes Dou Qing, who is in charge of this area, have a head as big as a bucket and is annoyed.

Don't worry about winning.

When a murder case occurred in Dongshi, Dou Qing was investigating a bad incident of a group fight. The cause was that a samurai glanced at the other person and then spit, causing the other person to mistakenly think that he looked down on people, so he stepped forward and killed the spitter.

The fight started, and then friends from both sides joined in, and then it turned into a territorial fight. In the end, more than 300 people were arrested.

After Dou Qing finally settled the case, he received a report from a merchant in Dongshi that a fight had occurred in Dongshi and a life had been caused, so he immediately sent someone to arrest the murderer.

He originally thought that it was another fight between warriors who had nothing to do but after asking carefully, he found out that the two people who were killed were actually Yang Jian's subordinates. This suddenly shocked Dou Qing.

As the magistrate of Daxing County, Dou Qing knew very well what Yang Jian had done, but that was not something he could control. Especially after his brother Dou Kang was arrested and brought to Beijing and removed from the rank of citizen, he was very concerned about his cousin Yang who had ascended the throne and became emperor.

Guang was full of fear, and even if he borrowed ten of his heads, he would not care about Yang Guang's son's courage.

Dou Qing knew that Yang Jian, who had done immoral things, could not see the light and was afraid of seeing the light. He would definitely send someone to take the criminal Qin Qiong away, and then kill Qin Qiong without anyone noticing. But since he has been the magistrate of Daxing County, every time he encounters

In every case, the background of both parties must be investigated and the interests and pros and cons are weighed before a judgment is made. The so-called impartial law enforcement can only happen when the backgrounds of both parties are equally matched and neither party has any background.

Although the person who is now being killed is a subordinate of King Yuzhang, the murderer Qin Qiong still dares to kill him even though he knows his origin. This shows that Qin Qiong is not a simple person. If his backstage and background are also tough, then he will have to make a difficult balancing act.

Called.

"For your humble position, please see the county magistrate!" Qu Tugai, the county magistrate, walked quickly into the back hall and saluted Dou Qing.

Dou Qing waved his hand and asked impatiently: "Are you sure? Where is Qin Qiong?"

Qu Tugai cupped his hands and answered: "The humble position has been clearly interrogated. The criminal Qin Qiong is from Licheng County in Qizhou. His ancestors were officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Eastern Wei Dynasty and Northern Qi Dynasty respectively, and his father Qin Ai was the king of Xianyang Hulu in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The recorder of Wudu joined the army. After the fall of Qi, Qin Ai returned to his hometown and is still alive today."

"In other words, Qin Qiong is no longer a member of a famous family?" Dou Qing asked urgently.

Qu Tu Gai nodded: "That's right!"

"What is Qin Qiong's background in the capital?" Dou Qing breathed a long sigh of relief. If so, there would be no harm in handing it over to Yang Xian directly.

Qu Tugai was the younger brother of Qu Tutong. He became the magistrate of Daxing County because of his brother's contribution to the burning of Gaobiling. However, although he became this official through connections, he was honest and upright, and he hated Dou Qing very much.

The style of judging cases by looking at the backstage background. When I heard Dou Qing say this

When I asked, I knew that he was going to bend the law for personal gain again, so he cupped his hands and said: "Qin Qiong is the confidant of General You Xiaowei who came to protect his son! He was because the evil slaves of King Yuzhang robbed the wife of his younger brother Qin Chong.

They helped each other out of righteousness. As for hurting others, it was because Chen Zhiwei and other evil slaves drew their swords first."

Dou Qing frowned when he heard this. He only remembered Qu Tugai's words "Lai Huer's confidant and beloved general". As for the latter, he didn't take it to heart at all. After Lai Huer entered the court, he was canonized by Yang Guang

He was General Zuo Xiaowei, Duke Rongguo, and Doctor Guanglu. He received a courtesy that was rare in the world.

If he handed over Qin Qiong to King Yuzhang, would the holy family member Zhenglong come to protect him and cause trouble?

"County magistrate, what should we do now?" Qu Tugai couldn't help but ask when Dou Qing was silent for a long time.

"What else can we do?" Dou Qing sighed and said calmly: "When King Yuzhang's people come, hand Qin Qiong over. This matter has nothing to do with us."

Although Qu Tugai expected that Dou Qing would say this, he was still deeply angry when he said it: "County magistrate, if we do this, wouldn't it mean that we don't distinguish between right and wrong, bullying good and fearing evil? It will encourage criminals..."

"Qutu County Magistrate!" Dou Qing waved his hand to interrupt Qu Tugai's unfinished words. His face was dark and he said in a long voice unhappily: "Is King Yuzhang someone we can afford to offend? Let's take him to prison.

If you leave it to him, everything will be safe, otherwise not only will your official title be in danger, but your life will also be in danger."

"Qin Qionghe was forced to do so, but it is an indisputable fact that he killed someone and should be punished according to the law. I think we can do it according to the law. This can not only exercise the power of the county government, but also maintain the majesty of the law. At the same time, it also gives King Yuzhang

A perfect explanation can be said to accomplish multiple things with one stone. Since we can have a fair and just trial, why should we secretly hand over the criminal?"

Qu Tugai didn't care where Qin Qiong came from or how deep his background was. What he cared about was the law of the Sui Dynasty and justice.

Dou Qing glared at Qu Tugai fiercely and said angrily: "Can I not understand? I want this too. But once the case is filed, the file will be reported to the Ministry of Punishment."

"So what?" Qu Tugai asked coldly.

"What else can we do? Naturally, the incident of King Yuzhang robbing civilian girls will be exposed. At that time, this incident will become a handle for political enemies to attack King Yuzhang." Dou Qing said angrily: "This is still a minor matter.

, If the saint feels that this incident has disgraced the royal family, do you think we can survive?"

"I don't agree with what the county magistrate said!" Qu Tugai shook his head and retorted unceremoniously: "I think it's enough for us to do our duty well. As for other things, it's not something we should consider at all.

The county magistrate thinks what the prime minister thinks and what the saint thinks. Isn’t this too much?"

Qu Tugai was upright and strict, not afraid of powerful people, not interested in selfish interests, and he was not a good-tempered person. He had long been dissatisfied with Dou Qing's style of bullying the weak and fearing the hard, bullying the good and fearing the evil. When he was annoyed, he simply took away the money he had accumulated for many days.

He spoke out in dissatisfaction.

"How can you become prime minister if you don't even want to?" Dou Qing was furious, but he had to endure it.

The county magistrate and county lieutenant are the right-hand man of the county magistrate. They also have the power of the county magistrate and restrict the position of the county magistrate. Especially in cases of murder, it is not the county magistrate who can decide. If he wants to give Qin Qiong to Yu

King Zhang Yang Jian had to get the consent of the county prime minister Qu Tugai. If the other party didn't agree, he had nothing to do.

"Bah, bang, bang, bang..." Just when Dou Qing was running around anxiously, a burst of applause suddenly came from behind him. The two of them suddenly turned around and saw a group of people rushing into the central hall.

Qu Tugai didn't know the famous young man at the head, but how could Dou Qing not know this cousin who didn't recognize his relatives and even stabbed his old cousin several times?

He hurriedly stepped forward, nodded and bowed in salute: "As a humble servant, I see King Wei. I can just give you an order if I have anything to do. Why should I bother you?"

Yang Ji cupped his fists and returned the salute, and said formally: "I don't dare take it seriously! I came to the Daxing County Government Office today to discuss something."

As the saying goes, "One generation is close to the second representative, and the third and fourth generations will never leave." However, when it comes to the Yang Ji and Dou families, "the second representative is not leaving either." Firstly, their mother and son are quite different, and secondly, they are cousins.

There is a big age gap between us, so we can't play together.

The most important thing is that in the arson case at Dongshi Bibi Branch, his Wen Hanxuan house was the first point of fire, but Dou Qing and his yamen arrived at the scene of the "fire" with many fire-fighting tools shortly after the fire broke out;

In addition, he had a grudge against the Dou family, and Dou Qing was the biggest beneficiary after the incident. Yang Ji knew that 90% of the arsonists were from the Dou family, but Yang Guang wanted to use Dou Kang and Dou Qing to split the Dou family.

, so in the end it was settled.

Naturally, Yang Ji didn't have the slightest fondness for such a relative who harmed others and benefited himself. He stabbed Dou Kang several times in Youzhou, but he had no intention of avenging his private revenge.

"King Wei, please give me your instructions. As long as it is within the scope of my humble position, I will do my best to cooperate." Dou Qing saw that Yang Ji looked like he was doing business, so he did not say anything and left no room for himself.

"You should know the cause and effect of the murder that happened today." Yang Ji looked at Dou Qing and said, "I am here to take away the suspect Qin Qiong, and I also ask Magistrate Dou to cooperate."

Dou Qing couldn't help but glared at Qu Tugai next to him. He remembered that this guy just said that Qin Qiong had no backstage background. How could he bring out the evil star Yang Ji now? He thought for a while and said: "This is not so good."

It’s easy to handle!”

Yang Ji said: "Tell me your reasons."

Dou Qing showed an expression of embarrassment: "Although I want to hand Qin Qiong over to King Wei, Qin Qiong has killed two people after all. If I just hand over the people to King Wei like this, I won't be able to explain it to the Ministry of Punishment, and I won't be able to explain it to the people of Daxing."

.”

"Since Magistrate Dou wants to enforce the law impartially, I don't have anything to say." Yang Ji glanced at Dou Qing and said with a smile: "I just want to learn how the 'upright' Magistrate Dou resolves the case. Please

You file the case as soon as possible, and then summon the criminals and witnesses to confront Bo in court!"

"This..." Dou Qing complained in his heart. This request was exactly the same as what Qu Tu Gai had said before. If he could do this, he would have agreed long ago. How could he wait until now?

"What's wrong?" Yang Ji looked at him teasingly and said with a smile: "Upright Magistrate Dou, do you have a problem?"

Along the way, Yang Ji studied Yang Jian and reflected on the way he handled the horse robbery case. He felt that his private method had certainly protected the face of the royal family and Yang Jian had also received the punishment he deserved.

It is also a kind of disguised care and pampering. If he had not been punished by law, spurned and reviled by public opinion, the scar would still be healed and the pain would be forgotten.

If Yang Jian's rape of civilian women was revealed to the world, it would certainly embarrass Yang Guang, but if he severely punished Yang Jian, it would not only restore the reputation of the royal family, but also gain him a reputation as a selfless man.

It is precisely because of this awareness that it doesn't matter whether Yang Ji is acting privately or arbitrarily.

But Dou Qing has something to say!

If he hands people over to Yang Ji or handles official business, Yang Jian will definitely settle the accounts later. But compared to Yang Jian, Dou Qing is undoubtedly more afraid of Yang Ji. At most, Yang Jian will give him little boots to wear in official business.

, but Yang Ji is an evil god who can stab and chop people.

"Prefect of Qutu County, hand over the prisoner Qin Qiong to King Wei." Dou Qing weighed it in his mind and decided to hand the person over to Yang Ji. If Yang Xian was blamed, the worst he could say was that Yang Ji came to rob the person. He wouldn't

Dare not give it.

Qu Tugai frowned and said: "County magistrate, is it not good to hand over the prisoner to King Wei?"

"What's wrong?" Dou Qing looked gloomy, pointed at Qu Tu Gai's nose and cursed: "This case is related to King Yuzhang, is it something we can try? It's best to leave it to Zongzheng Temple."
To be continued...