In the third year of Yonghui (652 AD), November 10, Mao.

It has been more than a month since the bad man died in the line of duty. As the saying goes, memory is the root of pain, and time is the medicine of healing. Wu Kang stayed at home for a whole month, ignoring what was going on outside the window, reading and practicing calligraphy to cultivate his mind, and gradually freed himself from endless guilt.

He couldn't do it if he didn't want to cultivate his mind, and the day after the incident, he was pushed to the end, and then he was grounded by Lao Cui. The fugitives are let go, the bad guys are killed, and someone must take the blame. But he was not depressed, on the contrary, he felt lucky. Fortunately, the leaders didn't know that Chen Shuozhen, who was let go, would hold high the anti-Tang banner next year, otherwise even if he had ten heads, it would not be enough to cut off!

At the beginning of this month, good luck came, Cui Yixuan recommended again, Zheng Guoqi approved the judicial army, and Wu Kang became the deputy judicial officer. is similar to the second-in-command of the Political and Legal Committee, the name is quite high, and as for how much real power there is, it depends on how much judicial participation in the army. The judiciary does not let go of power when joining the army, and the deputy does not fart in the army.

Lao Zheng is a good comrade, and he is also old, so he simply became a shopkeeper. The corpse has a vegetarian meal all day long, either looking for Zhao Bei to play chess, or looking for Bai Sima to discuss poetry. In this way, Wukang has become the actual "judicial participation in the military", in charge of the three guards and the first court.

The three guards, that is, the bad guards, the station officials, and the prison officials, add up to more than 100 people. The bad guard is the old team, and the bad handsome is taken over by Jiang Daniu, who is absolutely loyal. The remaining two yamen were a little troublesome, although they didn't dare to openly disagree, but they disobeyed the yang all day long.

The first court is the Wuzhou Intermediate Court. Wu Kang also served as the president of the court, handling appeals in four counties of Wuzhou, as well as lawsuits in Wuzhou City. However, since Zhenguan, the politics have been relatively clear and the social order is good. In the full ten days of taking office, not a single case has been handled, which is quite regrettable.

Today is the middle of the holiday, at the invitation of the second generation, go to the south of the city "Wuzhou Chick Hatching Center" to visit and guide the work. The center was completed a month ago and is built on a wasteland south of the city. On the day of the opening, all the officials of Wuzhou, including the county commanders of the four counties under its jurisdiction, all came to attend the ceremony.

After the ceremony, except for the Jinhua County Order, the other three all rode away on horseback. Wu Kang was very puzzled, and later Jiuniang explained to him, "Yonghui Law" stipulates that the assassin history and the county order leave the jurisdiction on non-official business, as long as they spend the night outside the jurisdiction, they will have to suffer a hundred boards. This is really a bit of a pitfall, and the treatment is far worse than that of later generations.

After eating breakfast hastily, riding the black wind horse, leaving the new house, walking on Jinhua Avenue, going to the Thorn History Mansion to pick up Jiuniang, and visiting the incubation center together. This sentence is slightly more informative, first of all, the black wind horse, the white dragon horse was taken away by Chen Shuozhen, and the rich woman Jiuniang gave a black horse, a Turkic horse worth more than fifty yuan. This is a drop in the bucket for the Cui family with five surnames and seven wangs.

Jinhua Avenue is a street of official residences, where the mansions of officials of all sizes in Wuzhou are located, and money may not be able to buy a house. Because Wu Kang taught the "secret art of hatching chickens", he sent Wu Kai and his wife to the incubation center and sent the only thermometer. The second generation didn't want to go, and gave him a stake, as well as this mansion.

Seven days ago, I moved over and handed over the yard of the craftsman alley to the Wu Yuan family to take care of. With him, Ruyan, Xiaocui, Wu Lan, and the two tiger babies came. Both tiger cubs are males, more than three months old, and only 50 centimeters long. It looks like it should be the South China tiger, the smallest tiger species, at most two meters and five long and weighing three hundred pounds when it reaches adulthood.

"Riding a black horse in front, stop for a certain person", the voice was like Hong Zhong Dalu, and Wu Kang, who was frightened, quickly grabbed the reins. When I turned around, I saw two men, wearing linen robes, with red silk tied on their left arms. The man on the left holds a horn in one hand and a plank in the other; The man on the right is carrying a shovel with a dung basket hanging from it.

Seeing that horn, Wu Kang felt Coke. The sun-dried vegetable gourd was sawn, and since it appeared in the "Chicken Sharing Conference", it has started in Wuzhou officialdom, and all yamen are using it. Even the regimental training commander also used this thing to direct the militia drills. So far, the vegetable gourd has a new use, cut vertically into two scoops, and horizontally cut into horns and bowls.

Seeing the horse manure not far away, I couldn't help but blush. The two are health coordinators, temporary workers recruited by the poor guards, who have been on duty since the public toilet project fell into the water. Wu Kang made simple rules, and the two were on duty at the same time, one to issue a ticket and the other to clean up the feces. People are fined two copper dollars for open defecation, four copper dollars for livestock, and two copper dollars for littering.

Because of the name of the bad guard, since taking up the post, there has been no refusal to pay. This time he deserves to be unlucky, the black wind Madang Street, and was caught by the assistant manager. Wu Kang laughed dryly, opened the money bag on his waist, took out four copper coins, and waited for them to come over and admit the punishment.

Assistant Manager B put down the manure basket, shoveled the horse manure into it, and shoveled the soil to clean up the filth. The assistant manager A hung the horn on his waist, ran to Hei Feng, saluted nondescriptly, and said with a stiff face: "Hello Lang Jun, your horse defecates everywhere, according to Article 2 of the "Wuzhou Health Regulations", you will be punished with a 'fine of copper and four documents'. If Lang Jun refuses to accept the punishment, he can go to the 'health department' to appeal. ”

Wu Kang hehe Yile, the interim measures for health regulations were formulated by Cui Yixuan and Zhao Beijia. The assistant manager A's law enforcement is very standard, and he also follows the rules he set, and he is very relieved in his heart, and he hands the copper coin in his palm.

Assistant Manager A took the money, took out a box from his back, and stuffed it one by one. Looking at the nondescript box, Wu Kang was secretly happy again. This is also designed by him, with a ten-centimeter-long cube on the side, similar to a piggy bank in later generations. You can only fill it with money, and it is difficult to pour money out to prevent them from rubbing oil. There is a lock at the bottom of the box, and the key is stored in the bad guard, which is turned in every three days.

Assistant Supervisor A hung the box on his waist and removed the document board from his waist. It is the size of A4 paper, with a thick layer of paper on it, and a hole in the upper part that is fastened with a strip of burlap. The words on the paper are all handwritten, and above it is the headline "Wuzhou Judicial Yamen Health Punishment".

Below the title to the right is the number, which combines the year, month, and day with Arabic numerals; The blank space below the number, divided into three parts, separated by a ruler in the middle, are three parts: people, livestock, and garbage. Of course, this is also Wu Kang's handiwork.

People defecate in the open, and the punished person in the first part, press the thumb mudra; Livestock defecate in the open, and the owner presses in the middle; Litterers, press your fingerprint at the bottom. On the piece of paper in front of me, there were five people, four animals, and three pieces of garbage, and the fine was 32 yuan. According to 28 and rounding, these two people can get six copper coins, and the business is good!

Assistant Manager A opened the ink box, sent it to Wu Kang, and said solemnly: "I'm tired Lang Jun, cooperate with our work, dip your thumb in the ink, and press your fingerprint in this part." ”

Wu Kang did as he was told, and his thumb was about to be pressed up, when Assistant Manager B suddenly shouted: "Slow, Lang Jun and slow." ”

Wu Kang stopped when he heard this, and looked at the caller in confusion. Assistant Manager B put aside the shovel and dung basket, ran quickly to the horse, looked him up and down, and asked tentatively after a while: "Lang Jun Rongyu, but in front of the army?" ”

Oh, it's a bit interesting, Wu Kang turned over and dismounted, looked at them and smiled: "So what?" Isn't it? ”

The assistant manager glanced at each other, and the assistant manager Yi said with a smile: "If it weren't for Wu joining the army, then there would be nothing to say, and it would be official." If Lang Jun is a military member of the army, it must be a different matter. We have relatives who are in the bad guard, and it is the military that can be used as health coordinators, how can we be ungrateful? ”

Wu Kangpi didn't smile, the scalps of the two staring at him were numb, and he sneered and said: "Even if I am a military member, the money is put in the piggy bank, you can't open it without a key, what can you do?" ”

The assistant manager also laughed and said, "We can't punish... Collect your money, if my cousin Xu Tonglin knew, he would have to slap me. You don't need to press your fingerprints to join the army, you can't take out the money, we will pay you the money..."

As he spoke, he lowered his head and touched the money bag, but he was grabbed by the assistant manager A, pulled him aside, and whispered in a low voice: "A few days ago, Cui Gong's mount peed, and the assistant manager Liu Zi did not dare to punish him, and he was dismissed the next day." Don't be confused, if he really joins the army, we will be unlucky! ”

Assistant Manager B immediately changed his face, Assistant Manager B glanced at him, came to the horse again, and said awe-inspiringly: "We will do things according to the rules, please Lang Jun press the handprint." If Lang Jun refuses to accept the punishment, he can go to the bad guard to appeal. ”

These two boys are very clever, Wu Kang is too lazy to say, took the document board and pressed down the handprint, rode away on the horse, leaving the two of them staring at each other. After walking away, he couldn't help laughing, Cui Yixuan attached great importance to the name of "Wuzhou Qingtian" and took the lead in supporting health punishment.

In the whole city of Wuzhou, the regulations were implemented quite thoroughly. Whoever commits a crime on Dongming and Jinhua Streets must be punished. Three days ago, he received a report from the bad marshal, and the assistant manager was on duty for ten days and received a total of more than three fines. It seems that it is necessary to report to Lao Cui and strive to promote it to the entire Wuzhou City.

Thinking of the situation just now, being punished by the rules he set was a bit similar to Shang Ying. Before Shang Ying escaped from the border of Qin, he wanted to stay in a hotel, but the owner said that Shang Jun had an order and refused to stay in the hotel without documents, so he rejected the fugitive...

Thinking like this, he came to the door of the Assassin's Mansion. When the gatekeeper saw Wu Kang coming, he immediately went in to spread the word. About a quarter of an hour, the middle door of the Thorn Shi Mansion was opened, and a luxury carriage drove out, which was Jiu Niang's special car.

When the carriage came closer, the side curtain was lifted, and Jiu Niang was still dressed in a Confucian robe. The two greeted each other, the coachman raised his whip, and Wu Kang followed the carriage and walked out of the city together. A thought flashed through his mind, he seemed to have never seen it, what Jiu Niang looked like in women's clothes, she must look like a fairy.

Walking out of the south gate and walking on the official road, the curtain of the car was lifted again, and Jiu Niang looked very happy, "Yesterday, the court documents came, and Ye Ye was very happy to see it." I have two letters, one for you and one for your cousin, do you want to read them? ”

The meaning of the words is self-evident, and he is invited to get in the car for a while. Sometimes I really wonder if this is Datang, the two are in love, and it seems that Jiuniang has always taken the initiative. Nodding awkwardly, he told the coachman to stop, handed the reins to the coachman, lifted the curtain and got into the carriage.

Jiu Niang was full of joy and moved to the side. Wu Kang sat side by side with her, stretched out his legs comfortably, and took the two letters. opened Cui Yixuan's first, Jiu Niang immediately leaned her head and read the content of the letter, both of them were stunned, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

This is a handwritten letter written by Li Jiu, president of Chang'an City, to Cui Yixuan, which is mainly divided into two parts. The first part is about the golden python, which was placed in the hot spring palace, which was specially explained by Wu Kang. The northern winter is very cold, and the python cannot effectively hibernate and will freeze to death at five or six degrees Celsius, and he will definitely be unlucky.

After Li Jiu placed Xiangrui, he immediately went to the Taimiao to report, and then summoned members of the royal family, civil and military officials, to pay homage to the golden dragon Xiangrui. In Wu Kang's view, this is President Li's oath of sovereignty and an ultimatum to those ill-intentioned royal families and ministers who hold great power and care for their lives, and I, Li Jiu, am the true son of heaven.

The political significance is greater than that of Xiangrui itself, as if in the Yonghui period, the eldest grandson Wuji was autocratic, and Mr. Li was a puffer, almost like a puppet. How serious is it, according to the wild history, Mr. Li was bullied by the ministers, and cried bitterly in the arms of Sister Wu...

The second part of the letter is about the secret art of hatching chickens. The courtiers discussed and decided to name the fire kang Yonghui Kang and vigorously promote it in Guanzhong. The secret technique of hatching chickens was also unanimously approved, and the supervisor was fully responsible, and Wannian County set up a test site.

In the end, Cui Wu, who invented the secret technique of Yonghui Kang and chicken hatching, was promoted to the order of Kunshan County, Suzhou, and took office immediately after the arrival of the holy decree. This Wu Kang couldn't help but pout, the old fox had a black hand, and Cui Wu took advantage of it. But I don't care, it's a dowry for marrying Jiuniang.

The next thing about himself is also the most exciting, on the day the holy decree arrives, he will remove the word "deputy" and become a Wuzhou judicial officer to join the army. At a loss for a while, Mu Ne turned his head, looked at Jiuniang who agreed to be excited, and stammered and asked, "Jiu... Jiu Niang, what kind of officer is a judicial officer? Is there a high grade of Bimawen? ”

"Bimawen... Is there such an official position? Jiuniang sneered, nodded his forehead and said: "Judicial participation in the military, a justifiable official position." But it's a pity, Wuzhou's population statistics last year, there were less than 20,000 households in a few hundred, I really hate it..."

Jiu Niang pursed her mouth, Wu Kang was inexplicable, and wondered: "What's wrong with Jiu Niang?" The grade of judicial participation in the army is also related to the population of Wuzhou? ”

"Of course it's related", Jiuniang said with a bitter face, "Really, can't there be a few more families?" The Yonghui Order stipulates that the population of more than 20,000 households is Shangzhou, and our Wuzhou is Zhongzhou. Shangzhou has two judicial members to join the army, from the seventh grade; Zhongzhou has a member, and he is under the eighth grade. ”

Jiu Niang's face turned red, and she said with a sad face: "From the seventh grade, the eighth grade, and the eighth grade, there is a whole two levels of difference." Uncle Sun is really annoying, as a Sihu joining the army, population growth is the top priority, how can he be so derelict in his duties? ”

Wu Kang sneered when he heard this, and comforted: "People have to learn to be content, I am only eighteen years old, if it wasn't for Cui Gong's recommendation, it would be impossible to be under the eighth grade!" I would rather choose that under the eighth rank of a person who has joined the army, he can monopolize the government affairs of the yamen who join the army. The two who joined the army from the seventh grade must be elbowed by each other. I'm not afraid of political battles, but it's very annoying! ”

Jiuniang pouted and taught: "Erlang must be loyal to his duties and not let down Yeye's hard work." After you officially take office, I will be your legal staff officer, and you in the province will create a wrong case and smash the Qingtian of Wuzhou in Yeye. Hurry up and read the second one, uh-huh... Your sister Wu, what book did you pass on? ”

Feeling that his waist was pinched, Wu Kang instantly had a bitter face, she is my cousin, and Li Jiu's Zhaoyi, what kind of vinegar do you eat? Ma Yo opened the envelope, and someone came over again.

The letters were full of trivial matters, and there was a phrase that caught his attention, "several teachings." Wu Zhaoyi's heart is so big, it is impossible to be willing to be taught by the queen? This is complaining, I was bullied by Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu.

Jiuniang also saw it, and sourly mocked: "Look... I'm looking for you to complain. Queen Wang was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, and Concubine Xiao Shu was born in the Lanling Xiao family, what is her Wu Zhaoyi background, how can she ever fight? Besides, what's the use of complaining to you? You just joined the army in the field under the eighth grade, and you are a big sesame official, can you still help? ”

"I have an opinion on this, although the urine bubble is big and there are no catties, although the scale is small, it weighs a thousand catties! Oops...", Wu Kang had a strong desire to survive, and hurriedly expressed his heartfelt feelings: "What Jiu Niang said is that I am younger than the sesame official, and I really can't help." But my cousin has a letter, we have to reply to the letter, how should we reply? ”

Jiuniang let go of the devil's claws, sighed and said, "I'm for your good, even if you become a minister in the future, you can't meddle in the affairs of the harem!" Of course, the letter must be replied, but it cannot be replied indiscriminately, and the saint will definitely look at it. If you talk nonsense, an fornication harem, eight heads are not enough to cut off! ”

The little girl looked bitter, Wu Kang couldn't help but be secretly happy, thought for a moment and had an idea, and said with a smile: "Do you know Jiu Niang, under what circumstances can a mouse eat a snake?" ”

Jiu Niang was incredulous, thought about it carefully for a moment, shook her head and said, "How is it possible, rats are food for snakes, and it is impossible to eat snakes!" Unless... A blind cat meets a dead mouse, a live mouse meets a dead snake! ”

Wu Kang shook his head: "Even if you don't hit, it's not far away!" As the saying goes, snakes eat rats for half a year, and rats eat snakes for half a year. Snakes eat rats in spring and summer, but snakes are cold-blooded animals... The blood is cold, and in the cold it hides in the ground to hibernate, motionless like a corpse. ”

Seeing that she was very interested, she continued to popularize science: "Mice don't hibernate, they are still omnivores, and they eat meat and vegetables." When you burrow in winter, you encounter a hibernating snake, what do you say will happen? ”

Jiuniang was stunned for a long time, as if she didn't believe it, "At first glance, it sounds incredible, and it makes sense to think about it, so it's no problem to reply to the letter!" Jiro is very knowledgeable, where did you learn this? ”

At this moment, there should be pretending, Wu Kang pretended, "When I was young, I had a high fever, and there was a white-bearded old man who taught a lot in my dreams..."

The mouth was blocked by a small hand, Jiuniang was very panicked, and her pretty face turned white with fright. Wu Kang was momentarily stunned, what's wrong?

After most of the day, Jiuniang let go of him, her heart palpitating and serious, "Erlang don't talk nonsense, there is a risk of life!" The Law of Thieves of the Law of Yonghui, Article 21, 'Those who create books of demons and gossipes shall be hanged'. If what you just said is heard by others, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Wu Kang was immediately dumbfounded, and his brain was short-circuited, don't the seniors of the crossing family like "Grandpa Whitebeard"? If what Jiu Niang said was true, how did they survive? It seems that it is necessary to carefully study the Yonghui Law, as well as the clearly promulgated "Tang Law Shu Yi", and the province's unknown head is gone!