"Zhao Youshu" is a fan of money, and he stored all the gold and silver he scavenged in the treasury of the county government, opened all the boxes, and the white flowers were shining brightly, which was very dazzling. Youshu carefully counted and registered the books, and then used them to buy disaster relief materials, repair and strengthen the embankment, and so on.

In just half a month, he has become famous. Only Suichang County under his jurisdiction does not collect much money and grain from the people, and if anyone is wronged, he can just go to beat the drum, and he does not need to bribe the officials, nor does he need to spend a lot of money to ask for a pleading, because the county master will personally write a complaint for you. Gradually, the literati of Suichang no longer stayed at home all day to study, but wandered at the door of the county government, just to listen to the county master's words, and then shook their heads while sighing intoxicated, "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years!" ”

What Youshu is doing now is to repay debts, and the other is to protect himself, who called him unlucky, and put on such a descendant. Because the price he offered was very cost-effective and the demand was also very huge, grain merchants near Suichang rushed to negotiate with him, and there was an endless stream from morning to night.

On this day, Youshu finally finished negotiating a big deal, and was already so hungry that her chest was close to her back, and she hurriedly ordered her servants to set up a meal. Because the people lived a hard life, he didn't dare to be extravagant and wasteful, so he only asked the cook to fry a plate of pork liver, a plate of cabbage and a cold fungus. He picked up the bowl and quickly took a few bites, and was about to reach out to grab a piece of pork liver, when he saw a tall figure suddenly appear on the empty seat opposite him.

The man was still wearing a mask, staring at him with an unpredictable gaze.

What, why is it here again? The villain in Youshu's heart almost wanted to wail, the muscles on his face couldn't help but tremble, and the rice grains in his mouth spontaneously swallowed into his throat under fright, and then choked into his trachea with great misfortune. The ** who wanted to cough came overwhelmingly, but Youshu could only hold back, because he knew that once the appearance was abnormal, the person opposite would immediately take away his soul.

Don't cough, don't cough. His hand holding the chopsticks was trembling, his small Adam's apple was constantly stirring, and his big, round eyes were rushing to burst into tears, and he looked very pitiful. The little guy who was standing aside and waiting was startled, and hurriedly walked over to inquire about the situation.

He wiped away his tears, rubbed his neck again, and said with difficulty, "I'm fine, the cook put too many chili peppers in today, I'm not used to it." ”

"But sir, didn't you tell the chef to put more chili peppers? Yesterday, you thought his fried dishes were too light, and ordered him to put some dried chili peppers even in boiled cabbage. ”

The little guy immediately demolished the stage, which made Youshu annoyed and panicked. He covered the Adam's apple with his palm and said shortly out of breath, "I did put less yesterday, but today I put too much, you go back and tell him, let him weigh it, it's best not to put more, no less." The words fell and hung his head, and he continued to burst into tears.

If a person who is choked can't help coughing it out, the taste is indescribable. Youshu wanted to hit the wall with her head, but she had to pretend to be spicy, but it wasn't a big deal. The little guy poured him a cup of herbal tea, and then ran to the kitchen to talk. As soon as he walked on his front foot, the man's back foot disappeared, and he didn't know if he could see any flaws.

Youshu couldn't think about it, so she immediately fell back on the chair and kept beating her chest, and then coughed lifelessly, the corners of her eyes and nose were wet and red, and her tears and snot were also covered with cheeks, looking both wolf and a little ridiculous. When he finally coughed up the rice grains in his trachea, he didn't know that the man who had disappeared was still in the hall. He just disappeared and sat next to Youshu instead, tilting his head and supporting his chin, staring at the other party for a moment.

Seeing that Youshu finally relieved himself, he didn't dare to go to the rice, but asked the little guy to change two big white steamed buns and gnaw like a mad man, he finally laughed lowly.

As long as you have a grin or a slight sip, the dimples on your cheeks will be looming. He opened his mouth to bite the steamed bun, and suddenly felt that the dimples were cold, like a snow seed falling into it in winter, and the touch was very real.

What is it? He was suspicious, and when he touched it, there was nothing, so he continued to bite the steamed bun, and after a few bites, he felt that the dimples were slightly cold, and then he touched it but there was nothing unusual. After repeating it a few times, he finally sensed that something was wrong, looked around with a wary gaze, and forced all his mental power into his eyeballs.

The house was very clean, not even a ghost. Is it my delusion? Sometimes the human body does feel hot and cold, which is due to the fact that the internal fire is too dry. Thinking like this, he relaxed again and tore open a piece of steamed bun to dip it in the juice of fried pork liver.

The man sitting next to him retracted his dimple-poking fingertips and chuckled happily. After appreciating Xiao Zhao's eating appearance, he did not leave, but followed him to the study, wanting to see what the other party would do in private. By this time the sun had set, and a dim oil lamp was lit in the room, and the wick seemed to be running out and crackling.

"Master, the slave will help you change a wick and add a little more polish so as not to hurt your eyes." A delicate-looking maid said softly.

"It's okay to change a wick, but don't add oil to the lamp and waste it. I fell asleep in a while. "After Youshu took all the family property to buy food, he really didn't have any money left in his hand, and now he has more and more Grande's demeanor. He took out a book and read it slowly, and saw that the maid always didn't leave, and kept winking at himself, so he asked in a daze, "What, is there anything else?" ”

The maidservant rubbed her eyes, which were about to cramp, and went down in a gray manner. Does this county magistrate understand people or pretend to be confused? So the obvious signal can't be received?

Youshu really couldn't accept it, but the tall man knew what it meant, so he couldn't help but snort coldly, and then stared at Xiao Zhao County, who didn't understand the amorous feelings, and laughed dumbly. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that the simple-minded Zhao Youshu would be the one who was the one who was a traitor before. But the book of life and death clearly remembers that there will be no mistakes, except that knowing mistakes can make amends, there is no more reasonable explanation.

It's good to change it, who hasn't done one or two ridiculous things when they were young? Thinking like this, the man reached out and touched Xiao Zhao's head.

Youshu suddenly felt a chill on the top of her head, immediately put on her hat, read a few pages of the book, and took out a jar in the drawer and shook it, listened to it, and then went to sleep. Catching a glimpse of his "toy", the man couldn't help but chuckle again, and only faded away when he fell asleep.

The man appeared out of thin air ten miles away, followed by two prison masters who were also wearing masks. He asked in a low voice, "Everything is done?" ”

"That's it, the crack in the beast road has been blocked. Dare to ask the master, what should be done with those beasts who have been entrusted? ”

"I'll leave it to the end of the day." The man was about to leave, as if he remembered something, and said, "Since you have come to Lishui Mansion, let's go and see what the officials in Lishui are doing." ”

The two prison masters bowed down and agreed, first to the residence of the prefect Wang, and found that he was holding two beautiful women in his arms, and the picture was unsightly, so they went to the subordinate counties, and the county magistrates either drank and had fun, or plotted to frame others, or hid in the treasury to count the money, all of them were greedy and vicious.

The three of them looked at it one by one, and their eyes became colder, but King Yama seemed to think of something, and a few wisps of laughter flashed in the dark pupils. The prison owner mentioned that he went to Suichang County to take a look, but he immediately denied it, "No need to go, this king just came from there, this Lishui Mansion, there is only about Zhao Youshu An official who can be called an example of the people." ”

Seeing that the master had such a high evaluation of Zhao Youshu, the two prison masters were surprised, but they didn't dare to ask more, and they took a step forward into the darkness and disappeared together-

On this day, Youshu finished breakfast and prepared to go to the yamen office. He habitually looked up at the sky, and found that the black clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, as if he could reach out and touch them, and the thin dragon shadows shuttling in the clouds had also increased from dozens to hundreds, indicating that a natural disaster would soon come.

To make matters worse, in addition to the dragon shadow, wisps of black smoke also rose from the ground, burrowing straight into the bodies of passers-by. Youshu knew that it was a plague, and it was transformed by the ghosts wandering around, and after the natural disaster, he thought that there would be a large-scale plague outbreak.

Fortunately, he had a miscellaneous body of knowledge stored in his head, including Chinese and Western medicine, so he combined the essence of thousands of years of Chinese medicine to quickly combine a prescription for preventing diseases and with good results. He refused the grain merchants who came to talk today, and immediately went out to buy medicinal materials, and within a few days, a large number of pharmacists were ushered in.

The people of Suichang County have become accustomed to the occasional madness of the county magistrate, and they just watch the excitement from the sidelines and just talk about it.

On this day, Youshu made an appointment with a few pharmacists to inspect the goods, and as soon as she put an herb to her nose and sniffed it, she heard a messy footsteps outside, as if many people were trying to rush in. He walked to the window to take a look, but it was Wang Fu who led a man dressed as an official to break in, followed by many guards with knives, and their menacing expressions showed that they were not good.

Wang Fu kicked open the door and scolded, "Get out, give it all to grandpa, I'll fuck off!" Wuzhi County has something to do! "Wu Zhi County is the parent official of Longquan County in the south, and he has a very close relationship with the Wang Governor's Mansion, and his methods are also very ruthless. His daughter is now the second aunt of the Wang Governor's Mansion, and she is quite favored, and he is also very face-saving in Lishui.

When everyone heard that it was him, they immediately said goodbye, and said in their hearts Fortunately, Wang Fu came early, otherwise he really transported the medicinal materials to Suichang, but Zhao County's order had an accident again, whose expenses were on the way? Zhao Xianling offended the prefect Wang, and his career can be regarded as coming to an end.

Youshu did not invite the two to sit down, but took a sip of the teacup with a very leisurely attitude. Because he had just received news from the starving ghosts, the obituary of the three giants of the DPRK and China had already entered the county seat at this time, and was on the way to the official office. However, he was still relieved too early, only to see the vacancy beside him distort for a moment, and then when he returned to normal, a tall man sat on it, his eyes like a torch.

Youshu shook her hand and almost fed the tea into her nostrils, but fortunately stopped in time at the last moment. He took a sip of tea slowly, and then gently put down the teacup, consciously expressing a very calm and elegant appearance, without losing his demeanor. Little did he know, however, that these days someone was already well aware of his private virtues. Only when the tea is boiling hot, he will take a small sip, if the temperature is moderate, he has always poured it on his head, like a cow chewing a peony.

As soon as he came, he changed it to a sip, and his expression was too deliberate, but he showed his deeds. The man wanted to laugh, but he barely held it back, and as soon as he turned his palm, he conjured up a pile of official documents out of thin air, and drew a picture with Zhu Piao, which was very comfortable.

Youshu exhaled without a trace, and then looked at Wu Zhixian, "Lord Wu, why did you come here today?" ”

Wu Zhixian didn't talk nonsense, and said with a tough attitude, "Lord Zhao, I heard that you raised 180,000 taels of silver, and you are going to use it to buy grain a few days ago?" I have a grain for sale, how about I sell it to you? ”

What grain is in the grain depots of each county? Either these local officials resold it to grain merchants at a high price, or the officials in the yamen take a bag and I take a bag, and the rest will be handed over to the imperial court, and finally a letter of accusation will be issued, saying that the county has suffered a disaster, grain production has been reduced, and there is nothing they can do. These are all unspoken rules in officialdom, and Youshu has learned from the memory of "Zhao Youshu", so naturally he will not agree. They say they are selling, but in fact they are robbing, and if they want to take the money, they will send you a few bags of sand, so that you will have a word of misery.

"Lord Wu, I heard that the rats in the granary in Longquan County are dying of hunger, what do you sell grain for?" Youshu revealed it in one word.

Wu Zhixian sneered, "The official said that selling grain is to give you face, if I want it, just let people drag the silver away." Zhao Youshu, I advise you to get acquainted, you have already registered your name in the prefect's mansion, if there is a mistake in the future, it will be too late to regret it. ”

"You're threatening me?" There is Shu twisting eyebrows.

The man who approved the official document also looked up, his eyes cold.

Wu Zhixian felt cold inexplicably, hugged his shoulders with both hands, and said forcefully, "This official is warning you, don't get in the way of others." You must know that the only fate of those roadblocks is to be removed and thrown away. You can buy this grain if you don't want to, but you must give me 180,000 taels of silver. If you are interested, I may be able to say a few kind words for you in front of Lord Wang, and save a small life. You know Lord Deng from Changshan County, right? The one he died that year was a miserable one! ”

Deng Zhixian is also a loyal, brave and upright person, because he refused to go with the Wang Governor's Mansion, he was hacked to death by mountain bandits on the side of the road when he returned to his hometown to save his relatives, and his wife and daughter were also taken away, and now he doesn't know where he is. But come to think of it, the end must be more bleak than living.

You Shu knew that the magistrate and the mountain bandits had colluded together, so she could naturally guess the real cause of Lord Deng's death. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the man suddenly standing up, walking to Wu Zhixian, and staring with his eyes down. His gaze was extremely penetrating, even if he didn't show his figure, Wu Zhixian instinctively sensed the cold and fear.

"How many ice basins do you have in your house?" He folded his arms and shook his mouth.

Youshu found that the back of his hands and face had a lot of goosebumps, and his hairs stood on end, but he didn't know that he had been targeted by King Yama, so he couldn't help but mourn for him in his heart. You said that you didn't come early or late, but you came in time when the king of Yama was spying on me, aren't you looking for death?

Youshu was happy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, and shook her head and said, "I didn't put a single ice basin." "At the same time, try to avoid eye contact with tall men.

Wu Zhixian seemed to be in disbelief, and craned his neck to look in the room, his expression becoming more and more uneasy. Wang Fu saw that he was pulling and pulling off topic, so he hurriedly reminded in a low voice, "Lord Wu, Lord Wang is still waiting for our letter, so it's important to take the silver away first." Think about it, Prince Li's ministry is very extensive, how many gifts do you have to receive for a birthday, if you can't catch up, won't the opportunity be taken away by others? ”

Wu Zhixian nodded, rubbed his arms and was about to say another cruel word, but he heard someone outside shouting, "Master, there is an urgent letter from the capital, you can take a look." ”

Unlike today, where traffic is very closed and people rarely move, it is not uncommon for an earth-shattering event to happen in one place, but it is not known until months or more than half a year later. If the magistrate deliberately concealed it, he would not even know it for the rest of his life. Therefore, the emperor, the imperial concubine, and the prince of Li died violently one after another, and the five princes ascended the throne. There are merchants who come and go, but they don't dare to talk about the government, especially the government of the emperor's succession, so they have been tight-lipped.

Youshu immediately opened the envelope and read it quickly, in addition to the obituary, the new emperor also repeatedly urged all localities to prepare for flood control and drought control, which shows that he is a visionary. He handed it to Wu Zhixian and said slowly, "Don't worry about my 180,000 taels of silver." The fifth prince ascended the throne, and Prince Li died violently, so you better hurry back and find a new backer, so as not to be replaced by someone at the bottom of the fart-thigh. ”

Wu Zhixian refused to believe it at first, but when he took the official document and looked at it, he almost fainted. Overnight, the emperor, the imperial concubine, and the prince of Li all died, and the five princes who did not know anyone ascended the throne. These old ministers in the DPRK and China are not his confidants, where does he dare to use them, of course, he has to change his team one by one. In other words, there will be a big change in the DPRK and China, and it is not known whether this change will affect the small county towns, but it is always right to deal with it as soon as possible.

A small sesame official like Wu Zhixian doesn't need to worry too much, but a party official like Wang Zhifu should be cautious, they often stand in line. But the bad thing is that Wu Zhixian gave his daughter to the Wang Zhifu as a concubine, and the Wang Zhifu is already a grasshopper on a rope, and both glory and loss. If the Wang Governor's Mansion is planted this time, Wu Zhixian will not want to have good fruits to eat.

Wang Fu was in the same situation, so the two of them quickly realized that the situation was critical, and ran out like a fart. The tall man followed closely behind, and when the carriage drove out of Suichang County, he pointed and waved.

A ray of black light hit the horse's ass, they raised their front hooves and rushed left and right, throwing the two people in the car far away, and when the guards carried the people back, they found that one broke his leg and the other broke his waist, and the injuries were extremely serious.

Youshu guessed that the two of them were afraid that they would be unlucky, and their hearts were comfortable, so they wrote down the news of "the death of the first emperor and the accession of the new emperor to the throne", ordered the servants to post it, and listed a detailed table to arrange the matters of flood prevention and plague prevention, and the responsibility was shared among the chiefs.

Knowing that Wu Zhixian went to Suichang, the officials and masters of several nearby counties secretly choked themselves, blaming themselves for not being able to start early, and they all looked forward to Zhao County's bad luck. However, the news of Zhao County's demotion did not come, but the obituary came first, and one of their backers fell to the other, and the five princes who were unfamiliar with the throne were actually on the throne.

What's going on! The officials and gentlemen complained bitterly in their hearts, but they still mustered up their spirits to arrange white flags, incense and candles and other things, and prepared to sacrifice to the emperor's mausoleum. Youshu only made a show on the first day, and the rest of the days were busy buying supplies and strengthening the embankment, and finally there were 100,000 taels of silver left for backup.

Before I knew it, another month had passed, and when I looked back, the elusive King of Yama hadn't come for seventeen or eighteen days, could it be that he had completely dispelled his suspicion of me? Before Youshu could be happy, she heard the starving ghost say, "My lord, the little one has to go out to avoid the limelight, so I will say goodbye to you." You see that the black clouds in the sky and the fog on the ground are almost connected, and the natural disaster ** is just around the corner, and many people will die at that time, and the ghosts will be popular, locking up the soul. In order to prevent being caught, the little ones have to leave quickly. ”

"Isn't it just right to be reincarnated when you are caught?" Youshu is puzzled.

"If you don't accumulate virtue in your previous life, you can't enter humanity even if you are reincarnated, so it's better to continue to stay in the mortal world. The little ones are gone, and you take care of them. He hid into the ground as he could, and the rest of the servants took their leave.

At this time, Youshu still had the heart to think about anything else, and immediately went to the warehouse to count the relief materials such as grain, medicinal materials, and silver. When he was busy, Wang Fu's followers actually came to the county government to make a fuss, saying that they wanted to come back on an errand. One day off will be deducted one day's wages, this is the rule of the imperial court, they have taken leave for dozens of days in a row, and there is a lot less spending, I thought that when Wang Fu came back, he would definitely regain power and make up for everyone's losses, but Wang Fu's unlucky ghost broke his waist and was paralyzed in bed.

What's even more disturbing is: Prince Li died violently, the new emperor ascended the throne, and the backer of the prefect's mansion collapsed, it is unknown whether he can continue to be an official in the future, and how to protect the following nepotistic little Luo Luo? It was only at this time that everyone realized what it meant to be "the master of flowing water and the county order of iron". The county magistrate couldn't get used to Wang Fu, so he said that he would kick him; Lacking manpower, he can hire dozens of strong men in the blink of an eye. Calling at him is tantamount to an egg hitting a stone and killing yourself.

They repented of their mistakes, knelt outside the gate and kept kowtowing to confess. Youshu was already busy, how could he use this group of snobs who only knew how to eat idle food, immediately wrote a letter of dismissal, stamped the official seal, distributed it, and then publicized it.

The people of Suichang are now accustomed to going to the public list outside the yamen every day to see, and the county magistrate will tell him everything about it, no matter how big or small, and he has given this practice a name, called government transparency. Although I don't know if it's really transparent, people can know which policies are beneficial to them, and which ones need to be prevented or implemented in a timely manner.

However, in two months, the public order in Suichang County has changed from chaotic to orderly, and the mental outlook of the common people has also changed. Their love for Zhao County's order has exceeded their respect for the gods and Buddhas, and if anyone dares to say that Zhao's county order is not good, they will immediately be attacked by a group.

Right now, Zhao County's order has removed a great harm for the people, and has actually wiped out the arresters, officials, and officials who once oppressed them, how happy is this? Take off that layer of official skin, these people are nothing, who will be afraid that he will not succeed? In the sound of gongs and drums, everyone flocked to the city, smashing stones, spitting, throwing rotten vegetable leaves, and so on, crying dad and mother, and the wolf bèi fled.