On the night after the auction banquet, the little marquis brought the account room dinner did not have time to use, and hurriedly sorted out the entire account.

"Master Hou, if you only have the 1.8 million taels of military salaries that have been raised, the proceeds from the auction banquet will be more than enough. But if you count Qingcheng's side, I'm afraid it's ......"

The latter words were not spoken, but the meaning was understood by everyone. As the old saying goes, a strong dragon can't overpower the ground snake, not because the dragon is not strong enough, but because the earth snake is more suitable for local feng shui. The territory of Great Xia is vast, and the customs of each province, state and county and then to each city are different, and the local forces are intricately intertwined, which affects the whole body. It's good to complete the task as a messenger, and leave those thankless things alone.

Of course, Lu Jingyuan also understands this truth, but this time the incident involves that girl.

"I'm afraid of what?"

Little Hou Ye, is this going to be managed? Undecided, the account office explained the situation 1510 clearly: "The Shen family's arrears mainly involve four aspects, one is to raise military salaries, the other is to exchange accounts with other merchants, as for the remaining two parts, it is the deed of destruction silver signed with the Hu family and silkworm farmers, speaking of which these two pieces are the big heads, but if they are not forcibly investigated, they are all neighbors and do not need to be so strict." ”

The last point is the most difficult place to grasp the account room, he has been in charge of the accounts for many years, he understands the twists and turns, and knows that some things are simply confused accounts, and the parties want to rely on it, and the government is in line with the principle that it is better to save one thing than to slack off, and it will be delayed indefinitely, and it will often end up in the end.

These two deeds were indeed the fault of the Shen family, but they were just disputes between civilians, and they had nothing to do with the promotion assessment and other points that were at stake, so how could the officials really take it to heart? It's good to drag it back, if you meet that black-hearted person, you will directly accept Shen Jinshan's silver, collude to forcibly suppress the matter, and even hit a rake is not impossible.

"Don't you have to be that strict?" Lu Jingyuan repeated.

"The evaluation of the imperial court is based on whether the officials are stable and prosperous, and this stability is based on the number of criminal cases on the file. If there are two states, one state has solved all 100 criminal cases, and the other state has only broken 25 out of 50 criminal cases, it is clear that the officials of the previous state are more promising, but when it comes to the assessment of the officials, it is the latter who has the advantage. The Shen family's deed destruction involves the entire Qingcheng, which is not a trivial matter, and it will take at least a lot of effort to do it, but even if it is done, what is recorded in the case file is that there is an old man in Benzhou, which openly arouses public anger. Not to mention the painstaking efforts, I also have to add a sum to the criminal case. But if you accept the benefits of the Shen family, you will take advantage of the situation to suppress this matter, not to mention that your purse is full, and even the performance assessment will be advantageous. ”

Although he has experienced life and death disasters frequently when he is young, Lu Jingyuan has always been smooth sailing on the official road. He was directly from the unfavored concubine of the Marquis of Guangping, and was promoted to the hot Dingbei Marquis of Great Xia, and the speed of promotion can be said to be unique. After becoming the Hou Ye, naturally only others stuttered to him, so he didn't know anything about these twists and turns of being an official.

When he first heard the account room talk about it, he was still a little surprised, but when he finished speaking, he also completely figured it out.

After thinking about it, he became even more angry, the reason why the imperial court set such assessment rules was that he hoped that local officials could do their best to let the local people live and work in peace and contentment. Cang Liao knows the etiquette enough, the road is not left behind, and the door is not closed at night, so naturally there are no criminal cases. Conversely, if thieves are rampant somewhere and everyone is at risk, how can it be said that the local officials are doing a good job?

I didn't expect such the original intention of the imperial court to be completely distorted by local officials. In order to evaluate the results, he deliberately suppressed the criminal case and whitewashed the peace.

"How can it be!" His hands clenched into fists, and the chill in his words was even stronger.

"Brother Jing?"

After finishing dinner, she finished writing the big characters arranged by Mo Daru, and drank a whole bowl of love tonic soup brought by the Song family, the whole person was warm, and she simply put on a dress and walked around the yard, thinking about what happened that day while walking.

Before she knew it, she walked to the guest house where Brother Jing was, and saw that it was brightly lit, and after the dark guard made a "please" gesture, the little expectation in her heart still let him walk in. As soon as I walked to the door, I heard the words of the bookkeeper.

Through the open door, she saw that Brother Jing was frowning inside, and the blue tendons on her wrists under the dark sleeves were about to protrude, and she couldn't help but shout.

"Huh?"

Did the way he look just now scare that girl? Thinking of this, Lu Jingyuan wanted to make his expression softer, but this time it was indeed unheard of for him, and for a while, he was a little unable to control his feelings, and his face was a little distorted deliberately.

It seems to be even more angry, standing by the door, A-Yao is timid.

"Brother Jing, what Mr. Bookkeeper said is true. The Shen family couldn't get the black charcoal, and after the deed was automatically broken, some people had sued the yamen, but they were all told that such trivial matters between the countryside and neighbors only needed to find the elders and clan elders and other respected people to make the decision, and solve it by themselves, and it was inconvenient for the government to interfere. Not only this time, but they have been like this many times before, and the account office did not lie to you. ”

This is happening right under his nose! When the anger came up, Lu Jingyuan's fists were clenched with a rattling sound.

Why are you even more angry if you haven't been deceived?

Unlike the high-flying little marquis, A-Yao grew up in this environment since she was a child. Although Hu Jiuling protected her very well, the Hu family had a big business, and she usually dealt with the government, and she was already used to the government's behavior, so she didn't understand why Brother Jing was so angry for a while.

Walked to the table and tested the temperature of the teapot, she poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to him: "Brother Jing take a sip of tea, don't be angry." ”

Lu Jingyuan also sensed that something was wrong, and when she talked about those people being prevaricated by the government, this girl's tone seemed to be too calm. Thinking of what the bookkeeper said earlier, he soon understood. Back then, the fat doll next to the lotus pond in Dongshan Courtyard who was carrying a rabbit lamp and was as simple as a blank piece of paper was used to seeing such things when she was growing up, so in his eyes, the heinous things were indeed taken for granted in her eyes.

"These local officials are really hateful."

"Aren't all officials like that?" After a pause, looking at the handsome and uncast young man in Xuanyi next to him, A-Yao added in a low voice: "But Brother Jing is different from them. ”

The relaxed and slightly helpless sentence completely confirmed Lu Jingyuan's guess. Thinking of the conscientious emperor's uncle on the dragon chair, he would treat the major affairs of the court with caution no matter how small they were, but the officials under his rule were so faceless, Lu Jingyuan felt more and more resentful.

"The Shen family's breach of the contract must be managed! In the bookkeeper, you took the token and went to the state city in person, informed Pan Zhizhou of the matter, and ordered him to supervise it personally. ”

A gold medal was thrown out, the account room took it with both hands, stepped back respectfully, and did not forget to close the door for the little marquis considerately before leaving.

There were only two people left in the room, and the little marquis looked at the girl in front of him, and had the intention to correct her perception of being an official, but after thinking about it, he gave up this idea. What if she knew? The daughter of a small merchant, who can still fight as an official? Of course, with her own protection, she doesn't have to be afraid. But what about other ordinary people like her? They also have a strong man to protect them? Between the butcher and the lamb to be slaughtered, there is never the possibility of negotiating terms on an equal footing, and in the final analysis, some things have to be done from the butcher.

Suing her is just adding to the troubles. In the future, he will protect her a little more, so that she will not be wronged in this regard.

A thousand words converged into a sigh, and he asked, "How did you get here?" ”

"A-Niang boiled tiger bone soup, drank it and sweated all over, so I came out for a walk. Brother Lu Ping said that walking around more can strengthen muscles and bones, and the medicinal effect is also better. Wiping the sweat on the tip of her nose, A-Yao smiled, her apricot eyes shining.

Brother Lu Ping? How do these four words sound so harsh.

"Strong bones?"

"Well, the master said that my body bones are a little weak, so I usually need to pay more attention."

Master Kukai seems to have told him about it, and he also lamented that he was the same when he was a child, but later he slowly changed his martial arts. You remember that after he said this, he gently patted him on the shoulder, and his eyes were full of encouragement. At that time, he was thinking about accompanying the girl to the street, but he didn't think deeply, but now that he recalled, he quickly turned a corner.

"Practicing martial arts can strengthen the body."

"Master said the same thing, I originally wanted to ask Brother Lu Ping to teach me, but he said that he was not as good as Brother Jing, and he didn't want to play a big knife in front of Guan Gong."

I wanted to say yes, but when it came to the end, I was stopped by Master Kukai with a look, and another gesture forced himself to depreciate himself and elevate the little marquis, Lu Ping, was speechless and cried. The girl of the Hu family is so cute, teaching her kung fu is simply a pleasure, much better than teaching those hard secret guards. If it weren't for the little marquis, he would not have been able to make such a big sacrifice for anyone!

His sacrifice, the little marquis felt it. Lu Ping was in a hurry, and since this was the case, he generously forgave the previous "Brother Lu Ping".

The "magnanimous" little marquis nodded, "It just so happens that I am free, but I can teach you a trick and a half." ”

Brother Jing calls himself "Ben Hou"...... Keenly aware of this, A-Yao hesitated.

"Actually, I just said it casually, and I didn't mean to force Brother Jing. I don't know anything about martial arts, Lu Ping ......"

Before she said the word "big brother", the little marquis directly "made a move", reached out and grabbed her arm, pushed open the door with the other hand, and gently and irresistibly dragged her into the courtyard.

After dinner, Ah Yao had already changed into loose clothes and walked around her yard, she didn't care too much, just put on a cloak on the outside. This will take off the cloak, and the loose clothes inside are just right for martial arts.

Considering that this girl was a beginner, Lu Jingyuan did not teach her too profoundly, but chose the basic skills when he first learned martial arts.

Young children who are new to martial arts are often soft, and in many places they need to be corrected by the professor. Lu Jingyuan didn't realize this, but when Ah Yao's lower waist movement was not precise enough, he dragged his hand to her waist and helped her to lean back, one hand could almost hold most of the slender waist through the fabric in the palm of his hand, and the touch like an electric shock came, and suddenly he was at a loss.

This action must be practiced!