Han official!

Chapter 84: Changshe
When Ting Zuo heard the special mark on the contract, he was startled and thought to himself that Guo Jie was the most difficult official to fool he had ever seen.

There is absolutely no intention to tamper with it.

He just wanted to honestly write the letter and guarantee required by Guo Jie, arrest Wan Zimeng who was illegally selling horses, and save his family's lives.

Tingzuo walked into the side room again, spread out a wooden tablet, and wrote another contract in the same style as the one he had written to the horse merchant.

However, the name was slightly changed.

Ma Shang became the Jin Shuzuo of Huainan State.

In addition, there is another detail: the name of the clerk of Shangguan Temple is not written.

According to the provisions of Han law, the buyer and seller signed a contract.

Must be a clerk.

This means that the contract must be signed in the presence of an official from the government or temple. If there is no official witness, the government or temple will not accept any lawsuit between the two parties in the future.

After Tingzuo finished writing the contract, he picked up the carving knife on the table and carved a mark on the edge of the wooden slip.

Three>.

＞ represents ten, so three marks are engraved.

There is another one -.

It refers to the most precious red cardinal.

"Chief Guo."

Holding the wooden tablet in both hands, Ting Zuo stepped forward and handed it over, bowing. "This is a forged document by a petty official. No, it's a contract that the petty official kept privately. It details the illegal horse trading activities of the Wan family of Liushi and the Jin Shuzuo of Huainan State."

"good."

Guo Jie took it, examined it several times, and after confirming it was correct, he handed it to Wei Guang and said, "Ride the red pillar and return immediately to the Chang'an official temple. Hand it over to the superior official Zhang Tang. Then, bring the thief officer and the thief catcher back as soon as possible."

Wei Guang was surprised. "Brother, why don't you come back with me to the official temple in Chang'an? If we stay in the neighborhood of Liushi, we'll be easily killed by the flag chief Wan Zimeng and the guards. Why don't we go back to the official temple together?"

He took the forged letter and pledge, placed them between Ti Yi's chest, and held Stanley's reins.

Be ready to leave at any time.

If I wasn't worried about running into the servants from the princess's residence who were out shopping.

Let Guo Jie ride up to Stanley.

"I can't leave, brother."

Guo Jie drew his two-foot sword, a murderous look flashing across his face. "If the news leaks out, Wan Zimeng will kill the horses immediately. Selling horses and killing them are not the same crime. Besides, Wan Zimeng doesn't need to do it himself. He can just get the executioners in Liushi to kill the Hexi horses and then lie that he likes horse meat, and then he won't be caught."

By then, Hexi Ma was dead and there was no evidence to prove his guilt.

The letters and pledges became forgeries.

It's also a false accusation.

False accusation and counterattack!

Guo Jie needed to stay and protect the Hexi horses until Wei Guang returned with the thief Cao and the thief catcher Gan.

"Take care, brother."

Wei Guang bowed solemnly and said, "Go to the temple immediately and hand over the letter and the pledge in your hand to the chief official Zhao Yu. With the horsepower of Stanley, we can reach the temple in Chang'an in an hour at most. However, the thieves Cao rode in a carriage, while the thieves Gan walked, so it will take a while for them to arrive. Brother, please hide carefully and don't be careless."

"drive!"

Wei Guang threw the reins and rode Stanley out of the tunnel.

Rushed out of the gate.

Guo Jie called Mang Tong and told him not to continue guarding the tunnel. He asked him and Yi Zong to change back into their official caps and black robes, and go get the Hexi horses from the stable, put on saddles, and get ready to go out.

"Where are the Hexi horses raised?"

Guo Jie led the Hexi horse to the tunnel outside the courtyard and asked, "Wanzi Mumbai bought the Hexi horse, where else can it be kept besides your house?"

Tingzuo and his family of three walked out of the gate of the house and saw Guo Jie preparing to leave.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had been deliberately humble and had indeed deceived Guo Jie.

Ah.

Wait until Guo Jie leaves.

Go to Qiting immediately to find Jin Shuzuo.

Revealing the news that Guo Jie wanted to frame Jin Shu Zuo could also be used to curry favor with Huainan State's Menxia Shu Zuo.

Ting Zuo said with a flattering smile: "One is the stable of the flag pavilion, and the other is the pavilion chief's residence near the back gate of the gate."

The main residence in Liushi Qiting has only one room and two halls.

It was far inferior to the long house in Duting, Gaojie. Wan Zimeng used the excuse of building a long house to build a private house at the back gate of Liushi.

Guo Jie nodded and tightened his grip on the two-foot sword.

Seeing him nod, Ting Zuo was overjoyed: "Captain Guo already knows where the horses are kept. Can you please let them go?"

A sword light flashed across.

Guo Jie beheaded Ting Zuo with one sword, killing him with his eyes wide open.

Do not look down.

Tingzuo had only one thought before he died.

How could Guo Jie, who valued loyalty and trustworthiness, kill him?

"boom!"

"what!"

"Boom!"

"what!"

Mang Tong reacted the fastest and smashed the head of the pavilion chief's wife with a blow.

Yi Zong stopped Zhang Qian who was about to take action, and the tenon in his hand, under the impact of Tie Lei, penetrated into the head of the pavilion chief's son.

Finally, the torture of chiseling the head was completed.

There were four horses in the stable. Guo Jie and his three companions each took one horse and prepared to ride to the long residence in the flag pavilion.

"There are bandits!"

Suddenly, several guards appeared at the tunnel entrance. They were also the guards at the gate. After waiting for a long time, the guard still did not come back, so they arranged for several people to come and check the situation.

Several guards saw a shocking scene.

Tingzuo's family turned into corpses, lying in the tunnel at the door.

A group of thieves shouted.

The shops on both sides of the tunnel hurriedly closed their doors, as the innkeepers were afraid that the fight between the guards and the bandits would spread to their own shops.

Guo Jie stared at the guards at the tunnel entrance and immediately shouted, "Go to the long house!"

Only half of the Hexi horses can be saved.

For safety reasons, Guo Jie took a few people to the residence of the flag chief.

Changshe was a private residence with only a few servants and no guards stationed there.

Qiting is the official temple of Liushi, garrisoned by armored soldiers armed with bows and crossbows, and guarded with tight defense.

In addition, Jin Shuzuo brought many wanderers to live in the flag pavilion.

Going to the flag pavilion is tantamount to committing suicide.

Two guards took out red-painted double-arc shields and blocked the entrance. One of them hurriedly ran to call the other guards.

"Ta-da-ta-da-"

After a burst of rapid horse hooves.

Guo Jie was the first to break through the guards holding red-painted double-arc shields, and rushed out of the gate with a few people, heading left to Changshe, and saving half of the Hexi horses in Changshe.

One person did not follow.

Zhang Qian's Hexi horse stopped at the gate of the village. He looked toward the flag pavilion in the middle of the four villages, his eyes flickering. "Only by leading most of the people in the flag pavilion away can my brother be safe. Then we can charge into the flag pavilion, capture Jin Shuzuo, and fight for our survival."

The desperate nature of the lower class people broke out again.

Zhang Qian immediately turned the reins and galloped to the right, heading towards the flag pavilion in the middle of Liushi.

Charge into the enemy camp alone!

"Ok?"

Guo Jie rushed into the long house with two people and found that one person was missing. "Where did Zhang Qian go? Why didn't he come with us?"

The three men dismounted, killed the resisting servants in the long house, and brought out tools such as treadle pestles, stone mills, and orchid hammers, and piled them at the door of the long house to prevent the guards from breaking down the door and entering.

Mang Tong was carrying a Lanqi used to place swords and knives. When he heard Guo Jie's question and saw Zhang Qian turning his horse around and heading for the flag pavilion to die, he did not tell the truth.

In his eyes, no one's life is more important than Guo Jie's.

Mang Tong put Lan Qi down and lied: "Zhang Qian went to a nearby village pavilion. He and the pavilion chief are from the same village and can borrow ten armored pavilion soldiers."

(End of this chapter)