Chapter 42: Poisoning the Back House

"No... Can't. The official whispered, turned around and was about to leave, when he heard another voice coming: "Stop! ”

Shan Hu turned around and saw that the person who spoke was Shan Long, and he grinned: "Big brother, this person is here to deliver tea." ”

Shan Long glared at him and said, "Fortunately, I came over to take a look, otherwise I would have made you a big deal!" ”

Shan Hu touched his head, not knowing why.

"Let me ask you, did Lu Xianggong drink the tea you sent?" Shan Long asked in a deep voice.

"No, no one opened the door when I knocked." The official said tremblingly.

Shan Long asked: "Is the tea sent poisonous?" ”

The servant was pale, and did not dare to speak.

What the? Is tea poisonous? Shan Hu picked him up with an arrow step, threw him on the ground, and said angrily: "Stinky boy, dare to lie to me, see if I can't kill you!" ”

The official begged for mercy repeatedly: "A good man spare his life, I didn't lie to you!" ”

"The tea you sent is poisonous, why don't you say it? To conceal it is to deceive! Shan Hu Zhenzhen said, saying that with the force under his feet, he was going to end his life.

Suddenly, his body was light, but he was picked up by someone and the back collar was lifted, he didn't have to guess to know that it was Shan Long, and he didn't reply: "Big brother, what are you doing, let me trample him to death!" ”

Shan Long said in a deep voice: "In the past few days, you must not kill people indiscriminately with Lord Lu, otherwise Miss will not spare you." ”

Hearing him move out of Miss, Shan Hu shouted: "Okay, I know, let me down!" ”

Shan Long let go of his hand, picked up the servant, and instructed: "I'll go and tie him up, and I'll hand him over to Lu Xianggong tomorrow, you go and close the weeping flower door, don't let people into the inner house again!" ”

The Hanging Flower Gate is the partition door between the inner courtyard and the outer courtyard, because the inner courtyard is generally inhabited by female dependents, so such a door is set up to separate it.

Shan Hu muttered: "Got it, it's long-winded." ”

……

The next day, Lu Yuan woke up slowly, only to feel full of energy and refreshed.

He is the county magistrate, and no one will urge him to work, so he stood up and stretched his waist, he put on a coat and walked towards Lu Yutong's room.

When I went to the little girl's room, it was empty, the quilt was neatly folded, and it seemed that she had gotten up.

Lu Yuan began to search for her in the house, the big house is not good at all, it takes a long time to find someone, all the way to the kitchen, and he saw the little girl in the kitchen.

The outer door connecting the kitchen to the courtyard has been opened, and Lu Yutong has found a small chair somewhere, stepping on the chair and busy in front of the stove.

"Rain Hitomi, what are you doing?"

Lu Yutong looked back and said, "Brother, I want to heat up the dough, it will taste better!" ”

What a diligent little guy, Lu Yuan smiled: "Then I'll have to eat more later." ”

"That's not good, it's not good to eat too much in the morning." At a young age, there are several potential mothers-in-law.

Lu Yuan smiled: "You know a lot. ”

"It was my mother who said it." She had never dared to mention her father and mother in front of Lu Yuan before, and she had only occasionally mentioned a few words recently.

Hearing her mention her father, Lu Yuan thought of his parents in another world, and suddenly felt a little melancholy in his heart.

Back in the lobby, push open the door and wash up outside.

As soon as he finished washing, he found that the two brothers, Shan Long and Shan Hu, came over with a servant, and the officer's hands were tied behind his back.

Lu Yuan sensed that something was wrong, and wondered: "Two brothers, who is this official?" ”

"Last night, the two of us caught a suspicious official in the inner house...... "Shan Long slowly recounted what happened last night.

The official was very timid, and after seeing Lu Yuan, he confessed everything without waiting for him to ask, and the mastermind behind the scenes was Ding Wei.

Lu Yuan was taken aback when he heard this, he couldn't imagine that the head catcher who was ousted by himself dared to poison and murder himself, fortunately, he and Lu Yutong slept early last night and didn't hear him knock on the door.

A little head catcher is so fat, then Li Xiancheng and the others may have more powerful means, Lu Yuan's relaxed strings jumped up again, and he muttered:

"Brother Shan Long, you go and lock this person in the firewood room, Brother Shan Hu, you go and see if Master Qin is here, if he comes, please invite him to see me."

After the two left, Lu Yuan returned to the main house and hurriedly ate breakfast.

The second hall of the county government is the office of the county order, and there is a study room in the hall, and the county order handles all kinds of things in this study.

In addition, there are many side houses, which are generally placed for the officials who assist the prefectural prefectural office and the staff hired by the prefectural magistrate.

Due to the busy business of the county order, the imperial court allowed the county order to hire its own staff, but the county order also made its own staff.

But the general county order is not high, so they will let the staff members hang up and lead the court to pay for it, which is also a matter of acquiescence to the court, Qin Li is tidying up his office space in the largest side room at the moment, and he is thinking about what position Lu Yuan will hang on himself.

Of course, he wanted the higher the position, the better, but he was a staff member after all, and the position was too high to attract attention.

There are two kinds of county government officials, one is the official with a name, which belongs to the big official, such as the record, the secretary, the warden, etc., and the other is the official without a name, which belongs to the small official, and a big official generally has two to four small officials under him.

There are usually two powerful officials like Si Huzuo, and they have seven or eight minor officials under them.

Most of these small officials are scholars who have not been admitted to the examination, and they need to work hard to become big officials, as for officials, unless they are lucky, there is no hope for a lifetime.

Qin Li believed that he would at least have a big official by name, and he was more inclined to warden, a warden was a clerk in charge of criminal affairs, and it was very easy to make money.

At this moment, I heard a knock on the door.

"Come in." Qin Li said lightly.

One person walked into the room, it was Shan Long, and he said, "Qin Xianggong, Lu Xianggong invites you to go to the back house." ”

Qin Li was overjoyed in his heart, thinking that he must be looking for me to discuss the matter of the nominal officer, and hurriedly followed him to the back house.

When he arrived in the second hall, he inadvertently saw Zhanyuan's figure, and seemed to be talking to Hou Kaishan, he sighed in his heart, he didn't expect this kid to be so lucky, he actually got mixed up with the head catcher, but after all, the head catcher has a lot of power, and he needs to be closer to him in the future.

When he first came to She County, he met Zhanyuan in a restaurant, and the two fell in love at first sight, drank a few more glasses, and talked a lot.

……

Lu Yuan finished eating the bread, changed into an official uniform and was about to go out, when he saw Lu Yutong obediently sitting on a chair looking at him, and said with a smile:

"Yutong, you take care of your home, if you are bored, you can go to Shan Long and ask them to take you out to play."

"I'm going to clean the house, not going out." The little girl said softly.

Seeing that she was so well-behaved, Lu Yuan felt distressed, and decided to finish the work early and come back to clean up with her.

On the way to Ertang, he met Qin Li and Shan Long.

"Brother Shan Long, Yu Tong will ask you and Brother Shan Hu to take care of it, and I will treat Brother Fu Lei at night." Lu Yuan instructed.

"Xianggong, please rest assured." Shan Long answered and went back to the back house.

Entering the second hall, Zhan Yuan and Hou Kaishan were already waiting in the hall, and many other officials were also waiting for him in the hall.

"Hou Bantou and Zhan Zhutou come with me, and the rest of them perform their duties." Lu Yuan gave a brief explanation and walked towards the study.

Sitting down in the Taishi chair, Lu Yuan said "Please sit", and told the two of them what happened last night.

Zhan Yuan was secretly shocked in his heart, and sure enough, he was guessed by the master, this thief is so daring, but it is a pity that he escaped.

Hou Kaishan was shocked when he heard this, and said: "Lu Xianggong, it's too unsafe for you to live alone in the back house. ”

"Why don't Brother Hou and Xiao Yue move to the house to protect me?" Lu Yuan suggested that this was also the reason why he told Hou Kaishan about it.

"Subordinates receive orders." Hou Kaishan was overjoyed, he didn't say anything, but he didn't want to live in Su Liuying's place in his heart.

Lu Yuan said again: "Zhan Hunting Head, you immediately take someone to arrest Ding Wei!" ”

"My lord, I just got the news that Ding Wei fled the county seat last night and is missing." The voice was extremely low, and I was afraid that the county would blame me.

No wonder he used that kind of clumsy means to harm himself yesterday, it seems that he is ready for failure, Lu Yuan said: "You can go and send the sea fishing documents, and the whole country will arrest Ding Wei!" ”

"Yes!" Zhan Yuen Long said.

Today was the first time Lu Yuan had handled official business, and he first asked Qin Li to call in all the more important clerks in the county government to get to know him.

The clerk is temporarily vacant, and the two Sihu Zuo are Kong Qian and Tao Rong, and there are also two Si Zuo, Si Gong Zuo, Judicial Zuo, Si Lizuo and Si Bing Zuo, in addition to six wardens and one city order, one servant, a total of twenty-one people, and the others are all minor officials.

After that, it's time for the busy work.