Before Zhao Sheng arrived, Yan Xiubai was worried about money, Chen Sheng County was poor, and the poor couldn't even afford the salaries of the people under him, and he wrote an excerpt on the first day of his appointment to ask for money from above, but Yuanshui couldn't save the fire, and he was in urgent need of manpower now, where would the manpower come from?

I didn't hear Zhao Sheng say that the only master in the county government didn't do it because he didn't have money to do day jobs.

Although Yan Xiubai stretched out his hand to ask for money, he also knew that this money could not come down so lightly, and he was afraid that he would have to go through all the ruffles, delays, and shirks in the officialdom, and he did not put all his hopes on the dedication of his boss.

He wanted to take it himself, but the problem was that he was a poor bastard now.

In the past, he was not poor, although the disciples of the Changge Sect did not spend a lot of money like the Tibetan Sword Villa, but the disciples of the Changge Sect were not bad for money, who let them have a head who is very good at making money and doing business?!

Moreover, to be honest, in the eyes of the Changge disciples, the golden little yellow chickens in the Tibetan Sword Villa are the standard local tyrants, and they are earthy and heroic, and the Changge disciples who claim to be romantic and elegant naturally disdain.

Yan Xiubai grew up in Changgemen since he was a child, and was deeply edified, although he did not show it on the surface, but he did have the kind of temperament that regarded money as dung, and because of this, after he came to this world, he really didn't have any business in money.

Basically, it is spent when you receive your salary, and when you have money, you squander it lavishly, and when you don't have money, you put up with your belt and endure it, and you can't starve to death anyway.

In fact, his life was quite depraved.

Yan Xiubai didn't think there was anything bad in the previous days, of course, he didn't think so now, until Lin Shiyin knew about his predicament and gave him a little jewelry, gold and silver brought from Li Yuan.

Qingjun's face turned red all of a sudden, Yan Xiubai jumped up as if his ass was burned by fire, and shook his hand again and again and said: "No, no, no, no, how can you use your money! Originally, you were responsible for all the expenses in the family, I was already very ashamed, and now I even want you to pay this money, wouldn't it make me ashamed to die, the gentleman has done something and has not done something, Miss Lin quickly take it back, otherwise my conscience will be difficult to settle down."

Yan Xiubai was not lightly stimulated, and even the chatter attribute came out.

But all his words were blocked by Lin Shiyin's sentence "This is not for you, it is for the people of Chen Sheng County".

Yan Xiubai suddenly felt that Lin Shiyin, who was now clothed and had a tough attitude, was much more pleasing to the eye than the beautiful and melancholy ladies in Li Garden, and he wanted to paint a picture for her

Zhao Sheng came in at this time, he first bowed to Yan Xiubai, and then looked at Lin Shiyin, not sure what to call her for a while.

Everyone in the county knows that when the county magistrate took office, he came with two people, but a child was not his biological son, after all, one surnamed Yan and one surnamed Ji, and a woman was not his wife, and with Yan Xiubai's attitude towards the two, he was not a subordinate or something.

is very good for Ji Ji, and he is always called Xiao Gongzi, after all, even if he is not surnamed Yan, he is also from Yan Xiubai's family, and it is troublesome for Lin Shiyin to be called, a pair of people who are not husband and wife or brother and sister live under the same roof, especially for the Ming Dynasty, a place where the defense of men and women is still particularly strict, with Yan Xiubai and Lin Shiyin's current situation, it will be criticized if one is not good.

This is also the biggest reason why Lin Shiyin has been wearing men's clothes and has not changed back to women's clothes.

But this is definitely not a long-term solution.

Yan Xiubai thought for a moment, and said directly: "This is my biological sister-in-law, but my family's situation is a little special, I follow my father's surname, and Shiyin follows my mother's surname." ”

Lin Shiyin was very surprised, but she was smart and didn't show it on her face, just after thinking about it for a while, she understood the real reason why the other party would tell this lie.

She doesn't object, sometimes a lie can save a lot of unnecessary trouble.

Zhao Sheng suddenly, bowed his head slightly, and shouted, "Miss Lin." ”

Lin Shiyin blessed her body and left soon, and she had to go back to supervise Ji Ji's homework.

Yan Xiubai, a stern teacher who can't hold sand in his eyes, has lost a lot of weight these days.

When the others left, Zhao Sheng quickly said his intention, "I have sent someone to inform the people you want to meet, they will gather in Qijiawan, it depends on which day the adult has time." ”

"Qijiawan, where is that?" Yan Xiubai was a little puzzled, "Why don't you come to the county seat directly?"

Zhao Sheng, who has always been straightforward, rarely had some crampedness, and he hesitated for a long time before he said a vague sentence, "The goal of coming to the county seat is too big, those people are not regular troops, and they are not organized."

Yan Xiubai immediately understood that the imperial court was very strict in its control of the military system, and although Zhao Sheng was a fast catcher, he ate the imperial grain, but he was a small official with no grade, and according to the regulations, he was not qualified to recruit soldiers at all, even if it was only a militia of less than a hundred people.

Chen Shengxian is in a special situation, although he does this is beneficial to the people, but it is a great risk, if he meets a reasonable person, he will praise him for his loyalty, and once he meets a person who does not like him, I am afraid that a sentence of raising private soldiers, his heart will be deducted from his head.

No wonder he's so cautious.

Yan Xiubai sighed, fortunately he was a reasonable boss.

Without hesitation, he praised him a few words, and after dispelling the apprehension in his heart, Yan Xiubai discussed the time with him, and then handed him the notice that had been written a long time ago.

"This is a notice to recruit people, you go to the county government gate to post, only recruit ten people, the requirements must be famous, at least you have to be talented, understand some financial things, you are a local, you should know most of the people in the county, take a good check, the most important thing is that the family background is innocent, and the character is good. ”

Zhao Sheng took the notice stained with ink, he did not leave immediately, but hesitated.

He is not a scheming person, his expression is written on his face, Yan Xiubai naturally saw it, he patted the other party's shoulder with a smile, and said: "Don't worry, there is still some money, and tell them that the salary of two taels of silver a month, the person I selected can advance half of it on the first day of work." ”

Two taels for one person, two taels for ten people, Zhao Sheng has been in charge of the county government for more than half a year, and he knows the situation of money best, not to mention twenty taels, even ten taels of silver, the entire yamen may not be able to get it out, for a while, he still doesn't know where the money came from, looking at Yan Xiubai's expression is excited.

Yan Xiubai smiled indifferently, "Don't thank me, my lord, I'm also a poor bastard, if you want to thank you, thank Shiyin." ”

Zhao Sheng was surprised, and after the surprise, he was in awe

Lin Shiyin felt a little strange, she was no stranger to Zhao Sheng, he was Yan Xiubai's most relied on assistant, and he often came to the backyard to discuss things with him.

She didn't meet him much, every time she nodded her head, it was a hello, and she didn't even say a few words, but in the past few days, somehow, maybe she was sensitive, she always felt that the other party looked at her differently than usual, with respect?

Such doubts swirled in her mind, and then dispersed, she was not a person who pursued the root cause, some things could not be understood and she did not want to, but she cared more about another thing than this.

Yan Xiubai's trip to Qijiawan told her the night before, this is an inspection, in Yan Xiubai's words, as a magistrate, you can't just understand the customs and customs of this place from the paper, but also go to see it yourself and feel it.

What he said made a lot of sense, but Lin Shiyin always felt that this was an excuse for him to sneak out and hang out, after all, since they came here for a month, the three of them had never seriously gone out to see this place.

With this thought, she couldn't sit still, the most important thing was Ji Ji, since he was taught by Yan Xiubai, a child who was originally cute and a little naughty and playful was actually framed in the study.

Reading and practicing calligraphy and martial arts every day has taken up most of his time, but in addition to these, he also spends half an hour learning piano and painting, and then comes to play for half an hour before going to bed.

But in this way, Ji Ji is really hard, Yan Xiubai is very demanding, and it is not good to meet the requirements he has set, Lin Shiyin is really distressed watching from the sidelines.

Ji Ji is a good student, he is smart and serious, and his temperament must be strong, but no matter how strong he is, he is just a child, and it is inevitable that there will be times when he can't sit still.

Of course, this coquettish trickster only dares to face Lin Shiyin, not Yan Xiubai, he is fine on weekdays, but Yan Xiubai is definitely a strict teacher in his homework.

Lin Shiyin was soft-hearted, and she was reluctant to let a good child become a nerd, so she asked Yan Xiubai to let them go out for a walk as well, after all, she had been in this place for more than a month, and it was not good to be in this courtyard all day.

Yan Xiubai thought about it too, so he happily agreed.

Qijiawan is not far from Chensheng County, walk for two hours, take a carriage for an hour, because of the sea, the whole Qijiawan people are fishing for a living, but also because of the sea, every time the pirates attack, Qijiawan is the first to suffer, slowly, the whole village scattered together only more than 30 families.

Maybe it was the first time he saw the sea, but he was far away just by hearing the sound of the waves crashing, Ji Ji jumped violently, and his little head kept poking out of the car.

Seeing this, Yan Xiubai laughed slowly, he asked people to stop, put Lin Shiyin and Ji Ji down, and then called another official to follow, and said "I'll pick you up later" before leaving.

Ji Ji cheered, turned around and ran, Lin Shiyin shook his head helplessly.

Zhao Sheng looked like a man with five big and three thick, but he was actually careful, which can be seen from the fact that he hid the meeting place so closely.

The carriage did not stop at Qijiawan, but turned several corners, and Yan Xiubai, who was sitting in the car, lost his sense of direction, so he stopped.

It was a small grove, well grown, lush, and the sound of the waves could be heard in the distance.

There were dozens of people standing neatly in the forest, without uniform uniforms, wearing short coats of various colors, which really hurt their eyes.

No one spoke, and there was silence in the grove, only a pair of eyes looking at Yan Xiubai with curiosity or awe.

Zhao Sheng handed the roster to Yan Xiubai and said, "Everyone, including me, a total of eighty-six people are here, Lord Mingjian." ”

Yan Xiubai closed the roster and took a serious look at these people, as he guessed, this did not look like a well-trained army, in fact, they were really not, just a group of militiamen, but they were not as bad as he imagined.

At least they still have the most basic discipline, it seems that Zhao Shenghua does have a lot of thoughts, but he is short of some formal training and weapons!

Let's not mention the specific source of the weapon, first of all, it costs money, thinking of this, Yan Xiubai has a headache.

He really didn't expect that he would have a day to get into the money eye!

"The official's surname is Yan, and he is the newly appointed magistrate of Chen Shengxian County. Yan Xiubai coughed lightly and made an opening statement with self-introduction, "I heard Zhao Zhutou talk about you, you are all good sons of my Chen Shengxian County, who stood up when the family and country were in danger, resisted the Japanese and drove bandits, and had great courage. So I just want to ask you today, can you be incorporated into the military and continue to protect my Chensheng County?"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone was extremely surprised, even Zhao Sheng was no exception, and they all looked at him with wide eyes.

Yan Xiubai smiled slightly, and continued: "Zhao Zhutou has worked hard with you before, whether you want to join the military or not, you can get a reward money, and those who join the military can get a military salary of one or two silver. ”

If you were just surprised, then the yellow and white things that are directly promised now make everyone moved, who doesn't love money, and if you join the military, you are not ordinary people, and your status is half higher, and more importantly, there is a military status at home, and even taxes can be reduced by one percent, so many benefits, it's no wonder if you don't agree.

Yan Xiubai nodded with satisfaction, although it was a little painful, but for him who was new to him, money could buy people's hearts more.

Yan Xiubai has no shelf, and he will not be separated from them from above, it is easy to arouse the favor of others, in the end, they are all simple rural men, and it is quite easy to recover, but real respect and recognition, what is needed is time.

At lunchtime, Yan Xiubai did not go back to Lin Shiyin and them, but ate with these men, eating, drinking, and fighting, which is the best way to increase favorability among men, although the last one is not yet, but the first two are still quite easy.

Yan Xiubai didn't know anything about military affairs, and all his knowledge about this was limited to reading a few books and talking about military affairs on paper, he just recorded some training methods that he thought were useful, and then handed them over to Zhao Sheng.

Today's events went quite smoothly in general, and just when Yan Xiubai instructed them to report to the county government tomorrow, and then waved his hand to announce the disbandment, he suddenly noticed that something was wrong.

He looked up suddenly, and countless birds rose into the sky, thick smoke billowing out, mixed with brilliant firelight, full of ominousness.

The sound of the sea crashing was heard by the wind, faintly with the sound of a tragic battle.

This scene was not only seen by him, but also by others, and someone gasped and said in horror: "That, that's not the direction of Qijiawan?"

"Mother-" Someone screamed, spread her feet and rushed forward.

The dark eyes flashed with a compelling sharpness in an instant, Yan Xiubai had changed his affinity and laziness just now, and the whole person was like a sword about to be unsheathed, he just ordered Zhao Sheng, "You bring these people to hurry-" Before the word was finished, a person next to him seemed to be frightened, and one staggered to him.

Murderous!

Yan Xiubai's movements were faster than his brain, and he grabbed and twisted the hand that originally wanted to help someone, and with a click, he had already unloaded the other party's arm.

The glittering dagger lost control and fell to the ground.

This scene looked extremely dangerous, and Zhao Sheng's back instantly climbed into a cold sweat, and the five big and three thick men couldn't help but tremble.

Yan Xiubai clicked on the man's acupoint and threw the person to the ground, "Find two people to watch, don't let him die, the others go to Qijiawan quickly!"

As soon as the words fell, his whole person had already swept a foot away.

Zhao Sheng shuddered again, and he yelled: "Why are you still stunned! Do as the adults ask! The others will follow me!!"

The sharp tiger eyes looked forward, Yan Xiubai's figure was completely out of sight, and he was nervously wiping the cold sweat on his forehead as he ran.

He never expected that the county magistrate who looked like a gentle and elegant talent turned out to be a martial arts master, and this new magistrate was definitely not a simple person.

Of course, for him, this is not the most important thing now, the most important thing is that the county commander was assassinated, and the murderer was one of the militias he formed and personally introduced to the adults.

If one is not done well, he may be charged with the crime of "assassinating the court official with an assassin".

He only prayed now, hoping that the adults would restore his innocence for the sake of his dedication in these days.

That was the only thing he could hope for

Lin Shiyin didn't see clearly how this disaster came about.

Like Ji Ji, she also saw the sea for the first time, was shocked by the choppy scene, and in the face of the vast miracle, she would truly realize how small she was.

Lin Shiyin and Ji Ji are beautiful and cute, and they are accompanied by an official errand, looking different from ordinary people, and the villagers look at them with curiosity and awe.

Fortunately, Lin Shiyin is easy-going, and Ji Ji is even more naughty in line with his age, and he quickly became warm with others, and they also learned to weave fishing nets and rub a meal at other people's homes.

And the robbers came after lunch.

When the surroundings burned, thick smoke billowed out, and Lin Shiyin choked and coughed while looking for Ji Ji's traces.

She regretted it very, very much, she should have let him stay by her side just now and not let him leave, if something happened to him, she would never forgive herself!

"Miss Lin, it's too dangerous here, let's leave first, let's go and meet the adults first-" This was the anxious persuasion of the official who took care of them.

Lin Shiyin didn't hear it, but said without looking back: "You go first, I'm looking for Tangtang!"

There were cries everywhere, and the small mountain village, which had just been calm and peaceful, fell into hell in an instant.

Lin Shiyin has never seen such a tragic scene since she was a child, to be honest, if it weren't for the idea of finding Ji Ji who was only supporting her, she would definitely turn around and run.

The young lady who has been pampered in the boudoir since she was a child was shocked like never before.

Suddenly, she was pulled back hard, avoiding a corpse that had fallen in front of her.

Although the corpse's face had been burned by fire, Lin Shiyin still recognized the identity of the other party from her dress, it was the aunt who had just warmly entertained her and Ji Ji, the food she cooked was delicious, especially the vinegared fish, Ji Ji was very happy to eat, and she was still thinking about whether to ask the lady for advice.

But such a hospitable man has now become a corpse

Lin Shiyin felt that her eyes were a little blurry, and when she touched her hand, it was covered with tears.

The official held his waist knife vigilantly, not daring to leave Lin Shiyin half a step, he almost trembled and said: "How is this possible?!" Even if the gang of people in the wolf village eat the gall of the leopard, it is impossible for them to destroy a village in broad daylight!

At this time, it was useless to say this, Lin Shiyin gritted her teeth and stepped over the corpse on the ground, and she didn't know when there was an extra knife in her hand, an ordinary flying knife with only the length of her palm.

When the hideous robber slashed over with a bloodstained knife, Lin Shiyin was obviously scared, the tears in her eyes hadn't even dried yet, but her eyes were very calm, unprecedentedly calm.

She still clearly remembers her cousin's words when he smiled and told her, "The eyes are fixed, the heart is calm, the hands are steady, there is no need to aim when the flying knife is held in the palm of the hand, and there is no need to hesitate, where your eyes look, your knife is there." ”

Her eyes kept looking at the man's throat, and a little red blood was running down it, and her throwing knife was already there.

The officer raised the saber in his hand stupidly, and then his eyes widened as he watched the enemy slowly fall, making a clattering sound.

He opened his mouth, opened his mouth again, wanted to say something but even released his voice, and watched Miss Lin, who needed his protection, hurriedly run forward, and disappeared in the blink of an eye

Lin Shiyin had already seen him, and the familiar blue gown was sewn by her own hands.

The harsh training of these days is not without results, Ji Ji is trying his best to resist, but in the end, in order to protect another child, he was slapped on the back of the head, Lin Shiyin saw the man hold the child under the armpit, and then walked to the boat not far away

Lin Shiyin was about to rush over, but was held down by a plain white and clean hand.

A familiar voice sounded in her ears, and she saw only a slender back.

"Stay, I'll go!"