Xu En once shook his hand and left, and Huang Li and Ma Kui couldn't help but look at each other. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This hand was indeed a surprise to them.

When he saw that Xu Enzeng treated Wu Song very well yesterday, Huang Li knew that this was Xu Enzeng's plan to further cultivate his cronies in the arrest of the officials. But there has to be a process, and Wu Song has to be gradually familiar with the situation and improve step by step, right?

I didn't expect Xu En to carry out a surprise attack, and he dared to be so unusual.

It also happened that Wu Song made a contribution today, which gave Xu Enzeng an excuse to break the routine and promote him exceptionally.

Originally, Xu En was the highest magistrate of Qinghe County, and he was assisted by the county chief, the county lieutenant, and the chief officer, which objectively also formed a certain degree of mutual containment. In the past, the county lieutenant and the chief bookkeeper were all locals, and they represented the interests of the local forces in the yamen, or more precisely, the local magnates in Qinghe County, and formed a delicate balance between the magistrates sent by the imperial court.

But this time, in the case of the vacancy of the county lieutenant of Qinghe, Xu was able to explain to his boss and let him temporarily serve as the county lieutenant, making a special exception, which caused the local forces in the yali of Qinghe County to suffer a heavy setback.

However, the county officials are all locals, and Hu Qin, the deputy head of the capital, was also in the local camp in the past, if the government officials are still in the hands of local forces, then at the critical moment, Xu En has a yang and yin disobedience, even if Xu En has personally led the county lieutenant with the respect of the county, it can still be gradually set aside.

Therefore, Xu En once wanted to cultivate and install cronies who were truly loyal to him in the arrest of the servants as soon as possible, which was inevitable.

Historically, the Qinghe county government was originally in the hands of local forces for a long time, and the magistrates who came and went were just passers-by, and most of them compromised with local forces, so that everyone was harmonious and wealthy, and you had everything and me.

Why, now Xu Enzeng must break this long-lasting pattern? Why was he so anxious? Is it just because his personal desire for power is particularly inflated?

Huang Li knows that this is not the case, there are deeper reasons behind this, but now everyone has been riding the tiger, it seems that the situation that Qinghe County has been controlled by local forces for a long time will eventually face a major reshuffle.

In this case, Huang Li's original strategy was to win over the county Cheng Jiang, jointly stumbling on Xu Enzeng, and then trying to change the situation and save the decline of the local faction.

It should be said that although Empress Jiang did not clearly reply yesterday that he would form an alliance with Huang Li, judging from the fifty taels of silver he gave him when he accepted Huang Li, he should have agreed to stand on the side of the local forces.

In terms of interests, Empress Jiang has been torn between the magistrate and the local faction in the past. If Xu Enzeng really covered the sky in Qinghe County, then he could only be obedient in the future, so it was actually the most beneficial for Empress Jiang to form an alliance with local forces and maintain a long-term balance in the political situation in Qinghe County.

Who knows, judging from the fact that Empress Jiang didn't help Huang Li speak today, and took the initiative to ask Xu Enzeng to lead the team to search for the assassins, it seems that he has changed his mind again and stood on the side of the magistrate.

"This king eight lambs are grass on the wall!" Huang Li not only scolded Empress Jiang in his heart, but he was also helpless. Without Empress Jiang's support, he and Ma Kui alone would not be able to stop the temporary appointment of Wu Song by the magistrate.

Ma Kui is just a secret in the yamen, responsible for assisting him in charge of documents and archives and other affairs, his position is actually very humble, and his right to speak is quite limited.

I couldn't help the county for a while, so I could only find Wu Song to vent my anger. After Xu Enzeng left, Ma Kui ridiculed Wu Song in public and said, "Hmph! Dog meat is not allowed to be chaired! The hillbilly is the head of the capital, and the county magistrate will regret it sooner or later! ”

With that, he hurried away. Nothing else, he knows Wu Song's skills, and he won't leave after taking advantage of his mouth, for fear that Wu Song will be rough again.

Wu Song watched Ma Kui leave, his eyes were indifferent. Ma Kui actually molested Pan Jinlian in broad daylight on the street, he was by no means a good person, and what was more serious was that he dared to instigate the arrest of Wu Dalang to wear a flail to show the public, this "kindness", Wu Song would not fail to report it.

It's just that I remember what was written in the book of my previous life, this Ma Jingyi is also a key figure who affects his fate, and he was punched because he was drunk, thinking that he was killed, so he was forced to flee to Chai Jing Zhuangzi, and as a result, his brother Wuda was forced to marry Pan Jinlian, Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing hooked up and became adulterous, his brother was poisoned, and Wu Song was forced to kill people for revenge.

Therefore, even if it is to avenge the revenge of the previous life, Wu Song has to punish this horse secret. However, he can't repeat the kind of mistakes written in his previous life, and now is not the best time to deal with Maqui.

Therefore, he, bear with it first.

It is already an open secret that Huang Li has recently been at odds with the magistrate, and he has just openly obstructed the magistrate from promoting Wu Song. Therefore, the officials and officials of the Yamen who were present only said that he would also reprimand Wu Song a few words like Ma Kui.

Unexpectedly, Huang Li's eyes moved on his originally ugly face, and he actually smiled all over his face, and said to Wu Song affectionately: "Wudutou, you and I don't know each other, and there is no injustice or hatred. It's just that I'm the most upright in life, and just now I dissuaded the magistrate from appointing you, completely out of public intentions, not for any personal grudge against you, please forgive me, don't be surprised! ”

Damn, there is this kind of face turning faster than turning a book. Wu Song looked at him coldly.

Huang Li didn't seem to see his coldness at all, and continued to smile affectionately: "Don't worry, I always say things to my face, not to people, and I will expose them after I have said it." Since the magistrate insisted on appointing you as the acting head, we will be colleagues in the yamen in the future, and we will naturally help each other in the future. Today, I will be the east, and I will set up a few tables in the jade archway to celebrate the promotion of Wudutou, how about it? ”

Typical of seeing the wind makes the rudder. This is obviously a deliberate gesture close to Wu Songtao. It seems that since he can't change the appointment of the magistrate for the time being, he plans to try to get on good terms with Wu Song first.

But, will this also work?

In fact, yesterday, Xu En, the magistrate of the county, asked Wu Song to enter the yamen to talk, and immediately a cronie in the yamen inquired about the situation and reported it to Huang Li. In order to save Pan Jinlian, Wu Song clashed with Ma Kui on the street, and Huang Li also knew about it.

Pan Jinlian has now been snatched away by his brother-in-law Zhang Dahu. I heard that this Pan Jinlian can be called the first beauty in Qinghe County. Huang Li couldn't help but feel a little moved. However, he hadn't had time to see her yet.

According to what the cronies said, there seems to be some personal relationship between Pan Jinlian and Wu Song, but it is only a contradiction between her brother-in-law Zhang Dahu and Wu Song.

As one of the most senior officials in Qinghe County and the main representative of the local forces, Huang Li's principle is that interests represent everything: Wu Songcai came from the countryside and was a blank slate in the political circles of Qinghe County, so he was favored by Xu Enzeng, the magistrate of the county. However, this also shows that since Xu Enzeng can cultivate Wu Song and he can't stop it for the time being, why can't he try to win over Wu Song in turn?

After all, the magistrate can give Wu Song an official position, but Huang Li can't give Wu Song other things, such as money, beauty, the sense of belonging to joining the local forces, and so on.

As long as Wu Song was willing to go to the restaurant with him, he could make Wu Song see all this immediately.

A hillbilly like Wu Song, who dares to fight with others for Pan Jinlian, can be seen to be a womanizer, so for all this that Huang Li can give him, can he refuse?

This is obviously a trap that is difficult to refuse as long as Wu Song steps into.