After reading it, Lu Yuan handed the note to Lu Yutong: "Help me put it away." ”

Lu Yutong nodded and stuffed the note into the baggage.

Since he had to get up early tomorrow, Lu Yuan went to bed early in the evening. One of the great things about sleeping in the countryside is that you are never afraid of being late.

Before dawn on the second day, Lu Yuan was woken up by the sound of a rooster, he got up with difficulty, looked down, and saw that Lu Yutong was sleeping sweetly, and his whole body suddenly became more energetic.

He stepped lightly out of bed, washed up briefly outside the house, took a piece of bread and headed for the county seat.

It was not yet dawn outside the house, but fortunately there was only one official road to the county, so I was not afraid of getting lost.

When I arrived at Sun's house, before the hour arrived, I saw many carriages parked outside Sun's house, and I didn't know what to do.

He entered through the small door, through the porch, and into a small courtyard.

There was a table in the courtyard, and a deacon sat behind the table, looked at the wooden card in Lu Yuan's hand, and said lightly: "Shunsan, take him to the study." ”

Following the family named Shun San, he walked along the corridor for a long time, and then passed through a round door, and a row of low houses appeared in front of him.

Shunsan pointed to a room and said, "Go in and wait." ”

After entering the house, there were already three people waiting inside, and there was not even a chair in the room, so Lu Yuan had to stand and wait like the three of them.

After another pillar of incense, a deacon in his thirties entered the hut.

He glanced at the four of them, shook his sleeves and said, "My name is Zhou Bei, and I am the deacon of the Sun Mansion, and you have all been under my control for the past few days." I'm the most amiable person, as long as you listen to me and do things well, we can talk about everything. ”

Speaking of this, his expression turned sharply: "But the ugly words are also said in front, who dares not to listen to me, or stabbed me Louzi, don't blame me for turning my face and not recognizing people when the time comes." ”

Seeing that several people were silent, Zhou Bei consciously calmed everyone and continued: "Working in the Sun Mansion, nothing else, the eldest lady, the young master and the three of Steward Yang must not be offended, otherwise even I won't be able to protect you." ”

Lu Yuan was secretly amused when he heard it.

"Alright, let's get here today, come with me." Zhou Bei led everyone out of the door.

The four of them followed him to get a notebook and pen in one room, and changed into a net worth in another room.

Then follow him to the door, Zhou Bei pointed to a carriage lane: "You are waiting next to that carriage, and you will follow this carriage later." ”

It's only the first day of work, are you going somewhere? Lu Yuan felt slightly strange.

There were seven or eight carriages, the inside of which were empty, and each of them was followed by four or five people, as if they were going to carry something.

Lu Yuan saw a familiar face next to the carriage in front of him, but it was a young man named Luo Wang from Huangkou Village, and it seemed that he had also applied for the job through the family.

After a while, the convoy began to set off, and Lu Yuan followed a carriage through several streets to a cloth village.

There were several strong men standing at the door of the store, and when they saw the horse team coming, a strong man who took the lead said loudly: "Who are you?" ”

A steward went up and said something to the strong man, and with a wave of his hand, the man behind him got out of the way.

Luo Wang and the others began to move the cloth in the cloth village to the carriage, while Lu Yuan and the four of them counted the numbers and made records.

The work is a team of two, and it is not complicated, Lu Yuan took the opportunity to talk to a person next to him: "Hello, brother." ”

The man was also bored, glanced at Lu Yuan, saw that he was good-looking, and said with a smile: "Brother, is there something wrong?" ”

"My name is Mu Xuan, I don't know what my brother is called?" Lu Yuan set up almost.

"My name is Zhao Dong."

"Brother Zhao, is this cloth village also from the Sun family?" Lu Yuan asked.

"Why, haven't you heard of such a big thing?" Zhao Dong looked at Lu Yuan in surprise.

"What's the matter?"

Zhao Dong looked at his expression carefully, and saw that he didn't mean to tease himself, so he said: "Of course, it's a matter of spending a lot of money on the young master of the Chen family and the young master of the Xu family." ”

"What the hell is going on? I also ask Brother Zhao to give advice. "Lu Yuan just came to She County, so naturally it is impossible to hear about this.

Zhao Dong thought to himself that such a big thing had been spread from other counties, how could he not have heard of it? Suspicious: "You really haven't heard?" ”

"I'm not going to hide it, little brother, I live outside the city, so the news is blocked."

Seeing that you look like a dog, it turned out to be a farmer, Zhao Dong felt a sense of superiority in his heart, and said with a smile: "If you want to talk about this kind of thing, you will never hear it in the village for the rest of your life, and today you are considered to be blessed with ears." ”

"Little brother listens." Lu Yuan put on a humble posture.

Zhao Dong glanced left and right, and when he saw that no one was looking here, he coughed twice and said:

"The cause of the matter has to start with our eldest lady of the Sun family, it is said that the young master of the Chen family and the young master of the Xu family pursued the eldest lady of the Sun family at the same time, and the two became rivals in love. It stands to reason that the Chen family is extremely powerful, and the four major chambers of commerce were proposed by the Chen family at the beginning, and their family is ranked first among the four major chambers of commerce, even the Sun family is far inferior. ”

Hearing Zhao Dong's words, Lu Yuan groaned secretly, it turned out that the Chen family was the founder of the four major chambers of commerce, and it was its head, it seemed that to deal with the four major chambers of commerce, the first thing was to deal with the Chen family.

Zhao Dong continued: "Coupled with the handsomeness and chic of the Chen family, it stands to reason that few girls in our county can refuse him. But on the other hand, the Sun family and the Xu family are worldly friends, and the eldest lady of the Sun family and the young master of the Xu family grew up together and have a deep relationship, so the two can be said to have their own advantages. ”

Seeing that Lu Yuan's expression did not change, Zhao Dong was a little dissatisfied, he felt that with such a wonderful story, this hillbilly should be dumbfounded.

"Brother Zhao, what's next?" Lu Yuan saw that he had stopped, and immediately asked.

Although Zhao Dong was dissatisfied, after all, he talked about Xingtou, and continued: "Later, these two people fought, this is really not fighting, I don't know, I was scared and startled, I thought that these two families were not too different on weekdays, how do I know that this Xu family is so useless, and it was collapsed by the Chen family in a few days." ”

Lu Yuan was silent for a moment and asked, "I don't know how this Chen family collapsed the Xu family?" ”

Zhao Dong pursed his lips and said, "After talking for a long time, my mouth is a little dry, if only I could have a glass of water to drink." ”

Lu Yuan didn't know what he meant, so he went to the cloth shop guy and asked for a glass of water, and handed it to Zhao Dong.

Zhao Dong drank it all and said with a smile: "Do you know what the second master of the Xu family does?" ”

"I don't know."

Zhao Dong gave a thumbs up and said: "He is the recorder of our county, and he is the biggest of the unqualified officials in the yamen, except for the four high-ranking officials, he is the fifth best envoy when he speaks." ”

Lu Yuan knew that the Wupin official was referring to the Xu officials, and it was the people's honorific title for them, and asked, "In this case, how could the Xu family be easily overthrown?" ”

Zhao Dong smiled: "Didn't I say it? He can only be regarded as the fifth best envoy when he speaks, but the Chen family is in-law with the adult who speaks best, and you say that he is not wronged. ”

"Is there a county order in She County?" Lu Yuan was slightly taken aback.

Zhao Dong frowned and said: "No, it has been vacant for more than a year, and I heard that it is the big man above who does not let the faction." ”

"And who's the one you say is the best talker?" Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Of course, it's the county master."

"I see, Brother Zhao continue."

Zhao Dong was about to continue, but suddenly thought of something wrong, how did it become that I listened to him, and he said angrily: "If you interrupt me again, I won't say anything." ”

Lu Yuan arched his hand and smiled: "It's the little brother, isn't it, Brother Zhao, don't be angry, please continue." ”

Zhao Dong let him go and continued:

"I heard that the county lieutenant found out that the recorder was corrupt and took bribes, so he was dismissed from his official position and sent to prison. The Xu family spent a lot of money in order to get out their second master, so in this round of fighting, the Xu family lost miserably. ”

Lu Yuan learned from the memory of the original owner of the body that in the Southern Tang Dynasty official system, the dismissal of officials by county officials could be executed on the spot, and the reasons for the case and the attachments of the evidence could be reported to the superiors afterwards.

If an official with good character is dismissed, he can only be temporarily removed from his post and reported to the higher yamen, and the consent of the higher level can be carried out only after the approval of the higher authorities.

The more Zhao Dong said, the more excited he became: "But the young master of the Xu family did not give up, and he and the Chen family fought for knowledge and financial resources, and the two of them each made a poem, comparing who could invite the Su family in Jinling to She County and bet a thousand taels of gold." ”

Hearing the name of the Su family, Lu Yuan's heart was shocked, this woman was the object of the original owner's bitter love when he was in Jinling, and he didn't expect that this matter would involve her.

This woman is a Qing people, very talented, there is a female poet fairy nickname in Jinling City, when the original owner was an official in Jinling, he tried every means to pursue her, but unfortunately she was ruthlessly refused.

She has a good taste, if others want to invite her, no need to spend money, just make a poem that satisfies her, then no matter how far or near, she is willing to be invited to meet.

If she is not satisfied, then no matter how much money she spends, she will not care.