Sending these two away, Song Ci came to Xiaoxiang's side again, and said at this moment: "Miss Xiao, your husband died unjustly, this Song gave you Zhaoxue, he was wrongfully killed, but the matter has come out, and Song has no strength to resurrect the dead."

Xiaoxiang cried: "Thank you, my lord, the folk girl is already very happy, at least this dog official has been punished, which has made the folk girl grateful."

Song Ci said: "Xiaoyue, take out fifty taels from the yamen's treasury and give it to Xiaoxiang girl, it can be regarded as the court's compensation for her!"

"Yes, my lord."

Xiaoxiang hurriedly said: "I don't want silver, I just want to..."

"What's wrong?" Song Ci had a hunch that this Xiaoxiang might also want to follow him!

Xiaoxiang said: "My lord, the folk girl can not need silver, but I only hope that I can follow the adult and be a personal maid by the adult's side, how about it?"

Song Ci was taken aback, how could she be the same as Xiaoyue before? What do you want your maid to do? It's not a palace noble, it's really unacceptable.

"Miss Xiaoxiang, you have to ask for this silver, after all, it was your husband's life in exchange, but if you want to follow Song, I'm afraid Song won't be able to agree to you."

On the side, Lu Sheng and Ren You were already anxious, "My lord, Miss Xiaoxiang is good, why don't you accept her?" Wouldn't we be a little more lively on the road?"

"Yes, sir!" Qin Xiaoyue also walked over, "My lord, this Xiaoxiang girl looks very good, I guess her cooking skills are better than mine." ”

Looking at Xiaoxiang's tearful appearance, Song Ci couldn't continue to refuse, and he was afraid that he would hurt the other party again.

Xiaoxiang said: "My lord, if you don't accept me, then I will kneel down here forever, the kind that will never die."

Song Ci really obeyed her, and he was afraid of her, so he said helplessly: "Since you want to come, then come, but you must take this silver, this is what you deserve."

Xiaoxiang was overjoyed, took the silver and put it on his body, Song Ci looked at the group of officers and soldiers again, and then said: "Everyone, why don't you stay in this pomegranate county for the time being, if I wait for the next county town to have a situation, I will come to call you?"

"Yes!" They spoke in unison.

At the same time, Wencheng Wenwu also walked over, "My lord, just now I found more than 7,000 taels of silver in Zhang Ji's room, and a total of 100,000 silver tickets. ”

This number is shocking enough, there are too many, a small Qipinzhi County is so bold, more powerful than the corrupt officials Song Ci has ever met.

Everyone in the hall was silent for a while, "Wencheng Wenwu, these silver will be given to each of us officers and soldiers, and the rest will be returned to the people equally, Xiaoyue, you write a notice and stick it outside, the content is nothing more than that, each family will have a representative, but not more, otherwise... I'm afraid the yamen can't tolerate it. ”

"Yes, sir."

After a few days, the matter was finally settled, and all the money had been distributed, and the people who had already planned to leave had no such thoughts, and those who had already left, when they heard the news, also returned.

On this day, in the yamen, Song Ci and others were eating in the house, and suddenly more than a dozen people walked in with fruits in their hands, including apples, pears, and other categories.

Song Ci was taken aback by such a scene, and there was no need to think about it, these people should have come to thank him and others.

"That's... Old man, you guys..."

Someone said: "Lord Song, you have arrested Zhang Ji, who has done all kinds of bad things in our Pomegranate County for more than ten years, it is really very happy, very happy, let's take some fruits to show our hearts, and I hope that the adults will not refuse."

Qin Xiaoyue said: "Old man, you are serious, our Lord Song is such a person, he is a criminal officer, it is right to do this kind of thing, in fact, you really don't need to do this."

"Make it!"

With that, they put all the fruit baskets on the ground and walked out, Song Ci couldn't stop them, so they had to do it at the moment.

"See, this is the common people, as long as you are good to them, they will double the reward and return it to you, but unfortunately, these magistrates will never understand this truth.

A few days later, the magistrate sent by the imperial court arrived, and Song Ci went through the formalities with him, so everyone got into the carriage and left.

But as soon as he got in the car, he noticed that something was wrong, so he said, "Xiaoyue, why do I always feel a little different about our carriage?"

Qin Xiaoyue said: "The adults don't know, the previous car was smashed by the Xu family, and he wanted to give us a new one, but he was afraid that the adults would not agree, so he came up with such an idea."

Song Ci said, "So, this is what he gave us?" Yes, my lord, that's what it means. ”

"Haha, this Xu Yuan, it still looks quite smart, if he didn't smash our car before, Song would have to return it to him now.

The carriage went straight for a long time, and then stopped at a small stream, the water was very clear, and there were fish swimming in it, and it was very lively.

Qin Xiaoyue used a tool to get some clean water and brought it to Song Ci, "My lord, after walking for so long, you should be thirsty, why don't you drink some stream water!"

Song Ci took a sip and took a sip, and then said, "This water is so sweet, it doesn't seem to have any pollution, it looks good, by the way, Miss Xiaoxiang, do you know where we should go next out of this pomegranate county?"

Xiaoxiang said: "My lord, if you continue to walk forward for thirty miles, it should be Liucheng, such as Pomegranate County, and Ping'an County are under its jurisdiction."

Liucheng? Does it mean that you can deal with someone like the prefect right away? Song Ci hopes that these prefects can be better, otherwise, there will be a lot of bad luck.

Qin Xiaoyue said: "My lord, we have won so many prefects, and we finally met the prefects at this moment, I hope they won't think about these prefects."

Song Ci said: "Miss Xiaoyue, it seems that you are still full of hope for the imperial court, all officials, there is no one who does not love money and power, they don't talk about corruption, at least, don't go to harm the people, just to do this, Song is already thankful."

Lu Sheng said: "My lord, if the prefect is also a corrupt official, then what are you going to do?" Do you take it, or..."

"Take it? Why not take it? As long as it is not good for the people, then .... Naturally, he won't let him go. ”

When the people had eaten their food and were about to continue their journey, a woodcutter came down from the hill carrying firewood, and as he went, he sang a song in praise of the court.

Hearing this voice, Song Ci was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: I hope that this prefect, like in this ballad, loves the people and is honest and honest. ”

Xiaoxiang Road; "Not necessarily, if he is really a Qing official, then how can Ping'an County and the magistrate of Pomegranate become like this?"

Song Ci thought it made sense, it seemed that he still thought too highly of them.

Chai Nong walked over, and Song Ci stopped him when he heard the words and said, "Uncle, may I ask what you sang just now, but this ballad praising the prefect?"

He nodded and said: "Childe, you are right, our prefect of Liucheng is very honest and a good official, you see that the common people are well dressed and full, what is this not a good official?" Right!"