On the second day, Murong Fushun signed alliance contracts with eighteen firms, drank celebratory wine, and set off for Xiping with the fifteen accounting talents that Su Mai had prepared for him early in the morning. At the same time, Bao Wei also handed over the work in his hands to Su Mai, and rushed to the capital with fifty accounting talents to work for Su Shi, who had been promoted to the right minister.

Because this accounting team is all powerless scholars, although there are fast horses, Murong Fu's journey to Xiping is still not fast. Seeing the stitches, he actually drafted the management regulations of the "Shunfeng Dart Bureau" that could be seen everywhere in the future for Qiao Feng on horseback.

When the group arrived in Xiping, the time was close to the end of the year. In this day when every household changes new clothes, sets off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcomes the new, but everyone in Xiping County closes the door. Occasionally, I met a few pedestrians on the road, but they were also cowering in their old clothes, and they didn't see the slightest joy.

Qiao Feng clamped the horse's belly between his legs, came to Murong Fu's side and whispered, "It seems that the people here are not having a good time. ”

Murong Fu casually pulled his cloak to block the wind and snow, and also replied in a low voice: "Not long after Xiping County returned to the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, the people have probably not eased their breath. Let's go to the government office first. ”

The group hurried and soon arrived at the county office in Xiping County. Seeing the lonely and dilapidated official office crumbling in front of him, Zhang Wenjie, the boss of the accounting team, immediately burst into tears and regretted that he had lost it! It's a loss! It's a big loss!

Zhang Wenjie is a native of Suzhou, and there are seven Chinese New Year's Eve today, and since he passed the state examination 20 years ago, he has repeatedly failed to pass the provincial examination. Although the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are benevolent and righteous, they can give special performances to those candidates who have repeatedly failed to pass the test. But if you have the title of Jinshi and no official position, you can't support your family after all. Zhang Wenjie also had the name of a prodigy when he was a teenager, and he was quite arrogant, so he never wanted to suffer this humiliation. However, he took the test again and again, survived his parents, exhausted his wife, sold out the thin fields in his family, and saw that he could not even raise his only daughter, Zhang Wenjie finally came to his senses and burned four books and five classics to find a job.

A year ago, Su Mai recruited literate teenagers to learn accounting knowledge in the Jiangnan area with a lot of money, and made a talent reserve for Murong Fu. For the sake of money, Zhang Wenjie entered the accounting school with a cheeky face, and took out the perseverance to study poetry and books to study accounting. Half a year later, he graduated with high scores and received a ten-run bonus from Su Mai himself.

The spring breeze graduated proudly, but Zhang Wenjie hesitated about the work arrangement. Although he said that he had abandoned his official career, he regarded it as a daunting way to join the business world and become the last of the four people, so he would rather stay in Shanghai as a clerk who only received half a salary a month, rather than obey Su Mai's arrangement to go to Jinlin Building or Bianjing Times as a bookkeeper. It wasn't until a classmate who graduated from an accounting school sent a large sum of monthly money back from other places and arranged for his family to buy real estate that Zhang Wenjie regretted it.

With the experience of the previous car, this time Su Mai wanted to recruit accounting talents to go to Xiping with Murong Fu, and Zhang Wenjie was the first to sign up. He was full of thought that if he could follow the owner's saddle before and after, this path to advancement would be smoother than others. Su Shi, the mentor of the owner, is now the right minister, if he can recommend him to Mr. Su in half a word, it is not impossible to return to the official career. It wasn't until he rushed all the way to Xiping and saw this mansion that was a little more ruin than the old mansion of the family, as if the broken bricks and tiles of the roof would be smashed down with a stomp, Zhang Wenjie finally realized painfully: The owner is probably not Su Xiang's proud disciple, otherwise he would not let him suffer here.

Everyone was standing in front of the mansion and was stunned, not knowing what to do, Murong Fu suddenly let out a long sigh and said everyone's heart: "It's so poor! ”

But at this moment, the yamen "squeaked", and a yacha with his hands and feet curled up and bent on his back was removed, and asked hoarsely, "What are you doing?" ”

Murong Fu gestured to Zhang Wenjie with his eyes, Zhang Wenjie was looking at the thin and shabby official uniform on the body of the yacha and looked stupid, and was poked in the arm by his companion before coming back to his senses, and turned out Murong Fu's official robe and the official document from the package and moved it to the yacha to look at.

The yacha was violently excited, and hurriedly said to Murong Fu: "I don't know if the adult has arrived, the villain will go and invite Lord Hong!" After that, he actually left Murong Fu and the others in place, turned around and ran away.

Qiao Feng couldn't help but smile and tugged at Murong Fu's sleeve. "Murong, it's cold outside, let's go in and wait."

As soon as he entered the county yazheng hall, Hong Danwang, the current county magistrate of Xiping County, rushed out of the back hall with the county Cheng Min Zhong. Zhang Wenjie saw that this Lord Hong also had a shabby official robe, a yellow face and thin muscles, and he was already secretly saying that it was not good.

Sure enough, when he saw Murong Fu, Min Zhong, the county from Bapin, only looked cold. On the contrary, Lord Hong Danwang, who was the eighth grade, had an abnormal peach on his face, and gave a deep salute to Murong Fu, and said courteously: "But Lord Murong in person? ”

"Don't dare!" Murong Fu was of the same grade as Hong Danwang, where did he dare to accept his big gift, and hurriedly reached out to support his arm. "After the end of school, I entered Murong Fu and met Lord Hong."

Hong Danwang was full of joy, and said continuously: "I have heard of Lord Murong's fame for a long time, and his popularity is high, it is really better to see it than to hear it!" I heard that the lord came here to take over the post of Xiping County Commander, I don't know where the Ministry of Officials is? Can I borrow a certain view? ”

Hong Danwang, the current county magistrate of Xiping County, had not received a letter from the Ministry of Officials before this, and ordered him to go to his post after leaving Xiping. In other words, once Murong Fu takes office, this Lord Hong will become one of the redundant officials waiting for the arrangement of the ministry, and his value will plummet from then on. If the luck is not good, I am afraid that I will never have the opportunity to wear this official uniform in this life. With this inside/background, Murong Fu thought that it would take a lot of thought to ask this thirty-year-old and young Lord Hong to take over official duties. Everyone is a colleague, if Lord Hong is bent on hanging himself in office and refuses to hand over official duties, for the sake of reputation, Murong Fu can't really beat him to death. Who knows, Hong Danwang is so cooperative, and he can't help but surprise Murong Fu.

Murong Fu was stunned, but Hong Danwang had already seen the official Wenyi, and said with a smile: "Lord Murong is a young man, and the lower officials can entrust the people of this county to the adults with peace of mind!" The county government should be on official business, and Min County knows all about it, and adults can rest assured. Xia Guan has been away from his hometown for many years, and he has not heard the news of the capital for a long time, so he also invited the adults to accompany Xia Guan to drink a glass of thin wine. After that, he didn't care whether Murong Fu agreed or not, and pulled the person away half-dragging and half-dragging him.

This wine was drunk late into the night. Seeing that Hong Danwang was asleep, Murong Fu instructed a few servants to help him to the back hall to rest, and got up and went to the county office.

In the office room, Zhang Wenjie and others all looked gloomy. Seeing Murong Fu appear, Zhang Wenjie sighed and handed over the accounts. The grain in the granary was only enough for the officials in the county government to make ends meet, the ordnance in the armory was only wooden sticks and bamboos, and the treasury was clean and even owed hemp rope with copper plates, and the taxes of the imperial court had been received by Yuan You for ten years.

"My lord, let's write to Su Xiang as much as possible and try to transfer out of here." Zhang Wenjie leaned over to Murong Fu's side and whispered. The officialdom of the Song Dynasty ruled that as long as an official reported a serious illness or a reason for filial piety to the officials, he could not go to work. But if you go to the local area to handle the handover, you can only endure hard in office.

Murong Fu said noncommittally, and although he didn't have expectations, he still asked, "But Lord Hong scraped the ground too hard?" ”

Zhang Wenjie checked the accounts for a day, and when he saw the innocent warehouse, he was already frightened into a cold sweat, thinking about how to persuade Murong Fu to leave here quickly, where could he take care of the reason? Murong Fu asked this, he knew that he was derelict in his duties, and hurriedly changed the topic. "Lord Min has been waiting for the adult, so it's better to let Lord Min say it."

Murong Fu glanced at Zhang Wenjie quietly, and replied, "Please." ”

After a while, Min Xiancheng, who had a cold expression and no flesh on his face, arrived. I saw that he simply gave a salute to Murong Fu neatly, and said, "I heard that Lord Murong is a tall scholar of Su, and this place is not where the adults show their strength, so let's go quickly!" ”

Murong Fu saw that his attitude was blunt and his words were sarcastic, and he was secretly dissatisfied, so he reluctantly calmed down and said, "Min Xiancheng asked to see him late at night, is it just to say this to the official?" ”

Min Xiancheng immediately choked, and suddenly a faint sentence came out: "I didn't expect Lord Murong to drink so much." ”

Murong Fu had already seen that Hong Danwang pulled him to drink just to get him drunk, but Hong Danwang was a scholar, how could the amount of alcohol compare to Murong Fu, who was full of martial arts? Hearing Min Xiancheng's sentence, Murong Fu suddenly realized that Min Xiancheng had already known Lord Hong's intention to invite him to drink, and said strangely: "The county government's accounts are wrong, if I don't need to seal him, he can't leave office, even if I get drunk, what's the use?" ”

"As soon as the adults are drunk, Lord Hong will leave immediately, who dares to stop him?" Min Xiancheng sneered and said, "Do you still want to report this matter to the ministry?" ”

Even if he sues it, the first person to eat is Murong Fu himself. Murong Fu pondered for a while and asked, "I see that Lord Hong is not a person who is greedy for ink, what is he afraid that I will find out and run away?" ”

Min Xiancheng glanced at Zhang Wenjie and the others, and replied: "The people brought by the adults are all good, and it takes half a day to verify all the documents and accounts in the county." What did they find out, don't adults understand? ”

Murong Fu gently tapped the table next to him with his fingers, and said with a leisurely expression: "Xiping County has been occupied for a long time, and it was not until Li Xuanzheng built a fort in Lanzhou in the fifth year of Yuanfeng that this place was recovered. The people of Xiping have been under the iron hooves of foreign races for a long time, and the Xia people are tyrannical, so it is not surprising that this account is so ugly. ”

Min Xiancheng never expected that this well-dressed and pampered son would know a little about the situation in Xiping, and he was not as ignorant as Hong Danwang, who came to take office back then. However, in Min Xiancheng's view, what Murong Fu knew was still only scratching the surface. "Lanzhou has been lost for nearly a hundred years, and Xiping fell into the hands of the Xia people, and I don't know how many years it is. Lanzhou was originally an important military town, and it won the blue eyes of the imperial court. Xiping is remote and dispensable, and the people are like weeds, which is not a ladder for adults, so please go back! ”

Min Zhong repeatedly wanted to drive Murong Fu away, and even Zhang Wenjie, who was originally bent on leaving, was also a little angry, and interjected: "Lord Hong Yuanfeng went to Xiping to take up his post in the seventh year, and he must be unfamiliar with the situation in this place. On the contrary, Min County Cheng has been in Xiping for a long time, which can be said to be powerful and deep-rooted, isn't it still in the Great Song Dynasty and in the summer? ”

Zhang Wenjie's words were already heartfelt, but he didn't know that Min County's coffin face showed a little smile, and he said loudly: "If the Xia army arrives again, the lower officials will naturally lead the people to surrender to the Xia country." ”

"Min Zhong!" Zhang Wenjie shouted angrily.

"Good!" Unexpectedly, before Zhang Wenjie finished speaking, Murong Fu had already stroked his palms and smiled. "Since Lord Min has this heart, how can this official not be fulfilled? Here, I made an agreement with Lord Min: If one day the Xia army arrives again, this official should be the end of the country, and the people of the county can be entrusted to Lord Min. ”

Murong Fu's agreement seemed to agree with his choice, and Min Xiancheng was stunned on the spot for a while, not knowing how to answer.

But Murong Fu turned his head and glanced at the leak in the room, rubbed his eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "Lord Min's advice has been recorded by this official, and I thank Lord Min for his kindness in advance." Tomorrow, the official will see the documents and details of the county government in the past five years of Yuanfeng, and ask Lord Min to prepare as soon as possible. With that, he got up and left.

Early the next morning, Murong Fu had just gotten up and had not yet freshened up, when Qiao Feng kicked in the door with Lord Hong Danwang, who had changed into a civilian outfit, and said proudly: "Murong, this Lord Hong is in a hurry to leave the city before dawn. I thought that we hadn't invited Lord Hong to practice wine yet, so I would inevitably wait for Lord Hong to be a little neglectful, so I personally went out to invite him back. As soon as the words fell, he threw Hong Danwang to the ground. It turned out that Hong Danwang woke up early in the morning, and immediately ordered the servants to pack their luggage and run away on the only thin donkey in the family.

The disheveled Hong Danwang rolled on the ground with a wolf wrapped in his arms, hugged Murong Fu's calf and begged: "Lord Murong, raise your noble hand and let the lower official go!" The next official will resign and return to his hometown to farm, and he will no longer enter the officialdom......"

Hong Danwang was so out of shape, Murong Fu couldn't help but twist his eyebrows in surprise. "Lord Hong, even if you are really desperate and scrape the ground until the tenth year of Yuanyou, for the sake of our officialdom, I can only admit it. Why should you resign? ”

"Wronged! The lower official is wronged! Hong Danwang burst into tears and said wronged, "Where is this money?" It's fate! It's fate! They're going to poison and they're going to kill people! ”

"What poisoning? Homicide? Make it clear! Murong Fu's face sank, and he gently slapped his palm on Hong Danwang's back.

With just this palm, Hong Danwang immediately choked, only to feel a wave of warmth all over his body, and his mind suddenly became clear. He choked twice and finally stopped crying, and said clearly: "Lord Murong doesn't know that there is a bully in this Xiping County, and he does all kinds of evil as the king of the mountain. He has received countless disciples, all of whom are good at poisoning, killing people invisibly! To put it mildly, although the lower official is the parent official of Xiping County, this bully is the emperor of Xiping County! "Hong Danwang came to Xining to take up his post back then, and he also had the ambition to shepherd the Quartet for the Son of Heaven, but he was frightened by the bullies who killed people without counting, and he was left to live drunk and dream. If he hadn't been afraid that the court would have investigated him for abandoning his official position and running away, he would have packed his bags and fled.

Murong Fu heard Hong Danwang say that this bully was "good at poisoning and has accepted countless disciples", and suddenly looked up at Qiao Feng with a strange face. After a while, he asked Hong Danwang again: "Who is the name of this bully?" ”

Before Murong Fu's words fell, a rapid drum suddenly sounded outside the house, and someone actually sounded the drums outside the county government at this time.

After a while, the yacha, who had met Murong Fu yesterday, walked in quickly with a blood book, bowed down and said, "My lord, there are people outside who have blood books to complain about grievances, and please do your best to ascend to the court!" ”

Murong Fu looked at Hong Danwang and then at the yacha, and asked, "But you came to sue the bully?" ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" The yacha hurriedly praised Murong Fu. "Hurry up, sir! Almost half of the people in the county have arrived, and the small ones are afraid that they will not be able to control the situation. ”

At this critical moment, Murong Fu actually glanced at Qiao Feng again, and said softly, "Let me guess, this bully is ...... The stars send Ding Chunqiu? ”

"It's the old immortal of the stars,......" Hong Danwang said with a pale face, and his whole body trembled like chaff.