However, it was said that Qian County Cheng and Miao Zhushu had returned to Pinghu, and as soon as Fang arrived at the county office, before he got off the sedan chair, the errand officers who had paid the money surrounded them and asked them to explain the law.

Qian County Cheng said: "The county government is heavy, what kind of system does it become to gather together, you wait and disperse first, and come down together in the evening, I will give you an explanation." The officers were then dispersed.

The more Qian Xiancheng and Miao Zhushu thought about it, the more angry they became, and the nameless fire didn't know where to go, but fortunately they didn't even light it, and they drank the sedan chair and went back home. Master Miao also followed to Qian County's house. Come in and sit down, and don't want tea. Qian Xiancheng said: "From today onwards, you and I will sue for illness together, and the yamen will not be there, and he will make a fuss with Li." ”

Master Miao said: "What Master Qian said is right, Li is in charge, and the benefits can't be reaped, and this bad thing doesn't mean anything, it's better to stay at home and commit suicide." When everyone arrives in the evening, they want them to go to the sick home, but it depends on what else he can do. ”

The two of them made up their minds, but the qi in their stomachs did not dissipate, and they never ate a bite of food. It wasn't until late that he was a little relieved, feeling empty, Qian Xiancheng called someone to serve tea and snacks, and ate a few bites with Miao's master book. Qian Xiancheng ordered the guys to be withdrawn again, and sat upright, waiting for the servants to come in.

After a short time, the officers gathered outside the door, came in as one, and knelt down to worship in a crowded manner. Qian Xiancheng and Miao Zhushu both got up and left their seats, bending down slightly, which was regarded as a return gift. Let everyone get up and sit down, there were not enough chairs, and several more were added, and they were placed on the edge of the door, and then they could barely sit down.

The servants folded the money, although they were distressed, but Qian Xiancheng and Miao were their top officials after all, and they didn't dare to ask, so they all lowered their heads and were silent, waiting for Qian Xiancheng to speak. Qian County's silver was not used less, and the matter was not done, so I didn't know how to speak for a while, so I had to sit down.

After a long froze, a highly qualified old team leader said: "The villains have no other meaning when they come here, they just want to ask the two adults to have an idea, how to deal with it in the future?" ”

Everyone immediately chimed in: "Exactly, exactly, we are always counting on the two adults." ”

Qian Xiancheng opened his mouth at this time, added fuel and vinegar to what Hao Zhifu said, tried his best to clean himself up, and finally said: "I can't count on it, so we have to rely on ourselves." Master Miao and I are planning to report illness, and all of you should also report illness. The yamen in Pinghu County is not big, but there are a lot of things, and he Li only believes in one surnamed He, and everything is done by the two of him. When the official work is piled up, he will come and invite us back, and then negotiate terms with him, won't we have the final say? ”

As soon as Qian Xiancheng finished speaking, everyone thought so. Only the old team leader had doubts and asked: "We all complained about the disease, and then Li went around to make people, and we were shortaged, and we didn't even have a place to eat." ”

Qian County Cheng said: "He is a newcomer to Li, and he is not familiar with the place; If I can't trust you and me, can I trust others? Besides, it's the people who are in the scene, and the people who come are all raw melons who don't understand anything, and the things in the county haven't been experienced for a few years, so can anyone do it? Put your heart in your belly, brother. ”

When the old team leader heard this, he was relieved, so he agreed with everyone to complain. It was decided at the moment, and the officers took their leave. Master Miao sat down again, said some gossip, and left.

Early the next morning, Qian County Cheng, Miao Master Bookkeeper and the following six room scribes, three classes of officials, and prison guards all reported illness, and none of them arrived. The huge yamen was empty, only Li Xian's master and servant were with He Tai'an.

Li Xianzhi knew that it was Qian and Miao who were making trouble, but he was helpless, and when people sued him, he couldn't force people to go to work. In this way, it was indeed a ruthless general of Li Xian's army. The official affairs of the county are very hard, and they can still deal with it, but when someone complains, there is no one standing in the hall, and the plan is not good. Moreover, there are prisoners in prison who cannot be left unattended.

When there was nothing to do, Li Xianzhi suddenly thought of Zhao Wenhui. It is said that this position of canonical history is the head of the officials of a county, and it is extremely prestigious, but Pinghu County has always been in the hands of Qian County Cheng and Miao Zhu, and Zhao Wenhui has been excluded because he refuses to go with the same stream, and the county affairs cannot be interfered with.

Because Pinghu Lake is near the sea, there are often thieves, so there are more than 200 native soldiers in the county. This native soldier is not a regular soldier of the imperial court, but the people of various townships spontaneously assembled, trained and practiced martial arts, and defended the township. There is neither military registration nor military salary, ploughing the fields during farming, training in leisure time, gathering when there is something to do, and returning if there is nothing to do. Zhao Wenhui is in charge of the training of the local soldiers.

Li Xianzhi invited Zhao Wenhui to the second hall, watched the seat, and finished the tea, and said: "The county officials are all sick and resigned, and no one is available for a while, and I also ask Zhao Dianshi to help me." ”

Zhao Dianshi said: "Adults have a place to work, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

Li Xianzhi said: "Now the officials in the yamen have all developed the ability to eat people without spitting out bones, and once they provoke him, they will threaten him with illness." How could such an atmosphere be promoted, so Zhao Dianshi was asked to select a few shrewd and capable soldiers from the local soldiers below to replace them in the county. ”

Zhao Dianshi was not used to the behavior of the Qian County Cheng Gang, and the day before yesterday, when he saw Li Xianzhi making decisions for the people, he felt three points towards him in his heart, so he said: "It's not difficult to find people, it's just that they all have no food and no salary......"

Li Xianzhi hurriedly answered: "This is simple, just give them the money they sent to them." ”

Zhao Dianshi said: "If there is silver, it is not difficult for people to choose." Then he hurriedly took his leave and went to find someone. In the evening, Zhao Dianshi recruited fifty or sixty people from Minzhuang to the ya, and divided the division into stations, arrests, patrols, guarding the city, prisons, and guarding warehouses. Li Xianzhi also sent a few gentlemen from the county who taught private schools to the yaya as a scribe who copied and wrote.

A few days later, the Futai Yamen passed down the card ticket, and the patrol was about to go to the province, asking all prefectures, states, and counties to be cautious in their words and deeds. Only then did Li Xianzhi remember that Zhang Fengyi had come to write before, saying that he had changed Zhejiang Road and was going to patrol the place, and he must have arrived this time.

As soon as they heard that Master Du was coming, Qian Xiancheng and Master Miao immediately panicked. It turns out that this Jiaxing Mansion is rushing up the canal, and if you want to go to the provincial capital Hangzhou, you must pass through Jiaxing Mansion. If the old man is a good thing, he will start from this place first, and if he investigates it carefully, his own guilt for bewitching the errand to go to work is not small. If you go to the yamen on an errand at this time, you feel that you can't get over your face, and after thinking about it, you will go to the yamen of Futai to ask for advice from the prefect Hao. met and told Governor Hao about the cause and effect.

Hao Zhifu said: "This old man is also a jinshi of Xinke, and it is the same year as Li Zhixian in Pinghu. ”

When Qian Xiancheng and Miao Zhushu heard this relationship, they became more and more panicked, and kept asking Hao Zhifu for advice.

Hao Zhifu said: "This old man is a newcomer, he can get such an errand, so as not to be poor in Beijing, presumably someone above appreciates him, and when he leaves Beijing, he naturally entrusts him."

After arriving in the province, the big man who had entrusted him couldn't move, so he had to use us, the invisible little people, to add his own resume. Even if Li Zhixian sent him a message, we couldn't stand it when the time came. The two of them should go back to Pinghu as soon as possible, go to Yamen, and get along with Li Zhixian well, so as not to get into trouble. ”

Qian and Miao had no other good way, so they had to thank them, resigned, and hurried back to Pinghu. Early the next morning, I went to the county office. When he saw Li Xianzhi, he couldn't stop asking An to laugh.

Li Xianzhi didn't have the same knowledge as them, and after a perfunctory politeness, he let them perform their duties. Another day, Qian Xiancheng sent another message to the sick officers and scribes to come back. Unexpectedly, as soon as these people arrived at the yamen, they saw that a notice was posted outside the gate, and except for a dozen or so people who were diligent in their daily work, the rest of the people were all dismissed on the charge of "not listening to dispatch and despising the officials".

The servants not only folded the silver, but also lost the messengers, and one by one they became angry in their hearts, and they cried in front of the yamen, shouting that they wanted Qian County Cheng and Miao to be the masters.

Qian County Cheng and Miao Zhushu were hiding in the county government at this time, ashamed and angry, not daring to show their heads, and kept scolding Li Xianzhi for being "villain and shameless".

After making trouble for a long time, Zhao Dianshi saw that it was too unorthodox, so he came to see Li Xianzhi and asked to show it. Li Xianzhi said: "These are the evil officials who are used to in the fish and meat township, and they must not be used again." Lao Zhaodian went to give an order, telling them to go back to the people with peace of mind, and that's it; If you want to cry again, thoroughly investigate the previous situation, and deal with it strictly! ”

Zhao Dianshi had no choice but to come out and make an edict. The dismissed officials saw that it was irretrievable, and they were afraid that Li Xianzhi would really track it down, so they had to secretly curse Qian Xiancheng and Miao Master Book, while crying and leaving.

For a few days, the official ship patrolling the imperial history docked in Jiaxing, but did not go ashore. Governor Hao was busy leading his subordinates to pay homage. It is said that this patrol is only seven grades, and the prefect is four grades, why does Hao Governor's Mansion depreciate his identity so much? It turns out that although the grade of this patrol is low, it is a patrol on behalf of the Son of Heaven, making decisions on small matters and major events. Everywhere he went, all officials, soldiers and civilians, wealth, and punishments were among the patrols. Don't say that the prefect of the fourth grade is the cloth of the second and third grades, and the second division is also respectful to it.

Governor Hao and his entourage arrived under the boat and handed the film in. When the ship came down, only the prefect, the same acquaintance, and the general judge were invited to board the ship, and the rest were all blocked. Governor Hao got the word and hurriedly climbed to the boat, because of his large body, thanks to the two of them supported from behind, it took a lot of effort to get on the boat, and the three of them were already out of breath.

The three of them entered the cabin, which was supposed to be the lowest grade of the patrol adults, and they had to salute the three adults of the house, the same and the Tong, but the three of them were as agreed, their knees softened first, and they kowtowed to the ground. The patrol press hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed to Ping, got up separately, and exchanged their names, sure enough, it was Zhang Fengyi.

Zhang Xun let the three adults sit down, and then ordered the little girl to serve tea. After a cup of tea, sweat gradually oozed from Hao Zhifu's forehead, and in a moment, beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down one after another. It turned out that the specifications of Zhang Xun's official ship were not very high, so the cabin was quite small, and there were no beds in it, only a few Taishi chairs.

Hao Zhifu was too fat, only half of his butt was put on the chair, and after a long time, he was naturally tired and sweaty.

Seeing this, Zhang Fengyi hurriedly asked, for some reason, "Fu Zun is unwell?" ”

Governor Hao wiped his sweat and said: "Xiaguan's body is hot, so he sweats a lot, which makes the inspector smile." ”

Zhang Fengyi said: "In that case, please go back to the house to rest quickly." ”

If the prefect of Hao was amnesty, he rose up with his colleagues and Tong to say goodbye. He added, "The city has rented a mansion for the adults, and it is better to ask the adults to move with them than to suffer in this cramped and wet cabin." ”

Zhang Fengyi said: "Don't hide it from the Lord, the lower officials went out of Beijing this time, and Lord Duxian mentioned it in front of his face, and he gave three orders and five repetitions," When you get to the place, you will take official affairs as the priority, and you must not be favored by half of the line. "Therefore, the kindness of the Fuzun can only be appreciated in the heart."

Hao Zhifu was repeatedly invited, Zhang Fengyi just thanked him politely, and after a long time, Hao Zhifu had to resign. got off the boat, and kept chanting to the two adults: "Lord Duxian is also the master of Cui Shaofu, Cui Shaofu is in charge of Wei Jiuqian's sect, and he is a person who collects money exclusively, how could he say such a thing?" The inspector used this excuse to refuse to get off the boat, didn't he mean to secretly participate in me? ”

The two adults of the same and Tong were relieved: "My lord is too worried, I see that although the inspector is unwilling to get off the boat, he speaks very politely, not like a person with a strong heart, and even if he wants to participate in you, the book is always read by Young Master Cui first, and he will always be thoughtful." ”

Governor Hao listened, and then lowered the heart in his throat slightly down two inches, sighed and went back to the sedan chair.

said that this time it was really Hao Zhifu who was too worried. Zhang Fengyi didn't have the idea of joining him. It's just that Zhang Xunzhi and Li Xianzhi are the same as Donglin people in the secret, and the two of them naturally knew that Hao Zhifu was a member of the eunuch party through the letter, so they didn't want to entangle with him, but unexpectedly, Hao Zhifu was full of suspicion.