At noon that day, in a wing room next to the county office, the atmosphere here seemed to be a little warm at the moment, and four or five officials gathered around to drink and chat, and they were very happy.

One of the people sitting on the side, looking at everyone, couldn't help but hold up the wine glasses, took a sip of the wine in the glass, and then shouted to everyone: "You said that the newly appointed Cao Xing is too lucky, and he can come back alive, I really didn't expect it!" ”

The person who said this is named Wu Zhong, who is the chief bookkeeper of the county office, usually in charge of clerical affairs, and when he was young, he was also educated and could read and hyphenate words, so he found this errand, and his family is also Bianyun County, and it is also a small family.

As soon as the person sitting opposite him heard this, he immediately waved his hand, and his face showed a look of disgust: "Hehe, what if that kid is lucky?" You see, we've been here for four or five days, haven't you heard? That kid was so frightened that he cowered in his room every day, couldn't take half a step, and even had to be delivered by others, I guess he also knew, and he should be decent to us! ”

The person who said this was named Zhu Crack, with a full beard and a somewhat vicious appearance, he was a soldier in the county government, if the imperial court issued a conscription matter, he would do it, and he also needed to take care of the security and patrols in the county at ordinary times.

Hearing that the two of them were there to mock Cao Xing so much, the others couldn't help but raise their glasses and began to make fun of Cao Xing constantly, saying that Cao Xing was too timid and cowardly, and some people said that Cao Xing knew current affairs and came here to make rules.

And Wu Zhong laughed and said: "This Cao Xing, you see that he used to try to go against the head of the Cai family, but you look at his current cowardice, spent a lot of silver, and finally bought a county Cheng to be, but as a result, it is not only obedient to lie on his stomach, do you say that he is a fool!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter, and Wu Zhong and Zhu Split were even more laughing and leaning back and not being happy, but the people around them were laughing and laughing, and their laughter stopped, only Wu Zhong was still laughing there, and even he himself felt very funny about the joke he told, and he couldn't stop for a while.

"You, you say that Cao Xing ......" Wu Zhong seemed to want to mock Cao Xing again, but when his eyes saw everyone, he found that everyone's faces seemed to be a little strange, there were still talking and laughing just now, but at this moment, they all showed serious expressions, and even a little embarrassed.

Wu Zhong couldn't help but look back, and the whole person was also taken aback, because his position was the closest to the door, and there were already two people standing behind him, one was Cao Xing, and the other was Zhou Cang with a gloomy face.

Cao Xuan is nothing, wearing an official uniform, looking at the amiable looks on everyone's faces, it seems that Cao Xuan chose to ignore what he said just now, and Zhou Cang's appearance was a little scary, but he still stood behind Cao Xuan without saying a word.

"Oh, oh, it turned out to be Lord Cao, hahaha, you came just in time, why don't we sit down and have a good drink!" Although there was a temporary panic, Wu Zhong was also from a family and a person who had seen the world, so he quickly calmed down, changed to a smiling face, and said to Cao Xing with a smile.

And Zhu Xuan and the others also reacted at this moment, according to the size of the official position, Cao Xing is their boss after all, and the soldier Cao and the main book are equivalent to a miniature version of the county lieutenant and the county cheng, they still have to listen to Cao Xing's orders, at this moment Cao Xuan chose to ignore what they just said, indicating that they have scruples about their background, in this case, why don't they go down the slope.

Wu Zhong Zhu Lu and the others hurriedly got up and asked Cao Xuan to sit down with a smile, but Cao Xuan did not refuse, and sat on the bench with his buttocks, and sat with the fifth middle school next to him.

Wu Zhong smiled and poured a glass for Cao Xing, and then handed it to Cao Xing, and made a gesture of invitation to Cao Xing, but Cao Xuan looked at the white wine and the sumptuous meal, and did not move his mouth immediately, but looked at everyone with a smile and asked.

"You think this food is delicious, the wine is delicious, and life is comfortable!"

Hearing this, Wu Zhong laughed, and immediately patted his chest and said: "Lord Cao, do you need to say this, you look at this wine and cooking, they are all purchased from your restaurant, of course it is first-class, as for the days, our small days are all ......."

As he spoke, Wu Zhong felt that something was wrong, and when he opened his eyes again to look at Cao Xing, he found that Cao Xing's whole person seemed to have changed his face, and the smile on his face immediately turned into a dark cloud on his face.

Wu Zhong hadn't reacted yet, what Cao Xuan meant, but Cao Xuan slapped him in the face, and Wu Zhong only felt a buzzing in his left ear.

"This is the yamen, but during your official duties, you are drinking, seeking pleasure, having fun, what kind of system have you become!" Cao Xing slapped Wu Zhong in the face twice, and Wu Zhong only felt dizzy.

Zhu Li and the others next to him were dumbfounded when they saw this scene, no matter how Cao Xing said it, he turned his face, even if he was unhappy with others, he had to do it in person and heart.

However, they didn't expect that the radical things were still to come, Cao Xinghuo got up and overturned the table, knocking over all the good wine and food on the table.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, he directly took an account book from Zhou Cang's hand and smashed it directly on Wu Zhong's hand: "I spent four full days checking the number of household registrations in Bianyun County overnight, but the above record is very different from the actual situation, isn't it your business to collect taxes from the population?" What did you do? All went to drink, didn't they! ”

Wu Zhong's whole person woke up like a dream, he finally knew Cao Xing's smile just now, it was just superficial kung fu, Cao Xing was clearly here to find fault this time, the key is that Cao Xuan also grabbed his handle at one time.

In the past, when Chen Xiancheng was in office, the county was just a small family in Bianyun County, and he didn't know what shit luck he had, and he was later promoted to filial piety, so he became the county leader of Bianyun County, but he had no power and no power, he could only be at the mercy of others, Wu Zhongren didn't buy his account at all, and his daily official business was to eat and drink when he should eat, and he drank when he should drink, as for what happened to the county Cheng, it had nothing to do with them at all, and they didn't care about the county seat surnamed Chen.

Now that his own work has not been done, he is actually having fun here, Cao Xing grabbed this handle and was ruthless, and directly scolded Wu Zhong with his head and face, in the face of Cao Xing's sudden attack, Wu Zhong was unexpected, and could only hold the account book in place, nodding like a chicken pecking rice.

Cao Xuan scolded louder and louder, but he still saw that the expressions of the soldiers Cao Zhu Split and others seemed to be getting more and more unhappy, the corners of Cao Xuan's mouth outlined a trace of imperceptible arc, and he quickly took a ledger from Zhou Cang's hand again, and slapped Zhu Split's face.

"Zhu Li, I said what are you doing to eat, many of the military service population above have died in the war, and many have been discharged from the army and returned to their hometowns, and there are even many people who are unknown, but in today's Bianyun County defenders, their names cannot be found at all, you explain to me where these people went!"

"This, this ......" Zhu Split picked up the ledger and kept flipping through it in his hand, beads of sweat the size of soybeans had been squeezed out of his forehead, and he couldn't say a word there for a long time.

Cao Xing's reaction to these people has long been expected, he spent a few days to familiarize himself with his own work in the county, and one more thing is to find their stubble, Cao Xing has already calculated everything clearly in his heart, so now he can scold them with a slap in his face.

Wu Zhong and Zhu Lu also seemed to know that they were really planted this time, so they didn't dare to be reckless, and hurriedly bowed their hands to Cao Xing and said: "Lord Cao, please calm your anger, it's true that the lower officials didn't notice these things, now go and help you make up for these things immediately!" ”

Saying that, Wu Zhong and Zhu Split and the others hurriedly rushed out of the door, but after walking away completely, Wu Zhong and Zhu Split glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of indignation.

The reason why Cao Xuan was allowed to beat and scold just now was not because Cao Xuan spent a few days successfully holding their handle in his hands, they didn't dare to say more, but they were still unconvinced in their hearts, and they still looked down on Cao Xing.

"Damn, Cao Xuan is something, he dares to point fingers at me!"

"Hmph, I thought that this kid Cao Xing had grown up and knew how to restrain himself, but I didn't expect that it would still be like this, I estimate that it won't be long before this county should be replaced!"

The two of them scolded and returned to their official duties, although they had scolded Cao Xuan several times in their hearts, but they didn't know that this was just the beginning of their yamen nightmare, and in the next week, Cao Xuan almost drove them crazy.

"Standing or not standing, sitting or not, since you are at the entrance of our yamen, don't say that you should stand tall and loose, but at least you should be in order, you look at the way you look like a hanger, what is the difference between you and those little ruffians, I think you don't have to come here again tomorrow, just go to the street and mess with them!"

"Cao, Lord Cao, please forgive your sins, I don't dare to wait!"

"Look at you, a scribe, what are you doing, the official documents you write, I can't read the handwriting on it at all, it's crooked, you read it to me yourself and listen to what you wrote!"

"I, I ......"

"What! You can't read, so what are you doing here? Go home! ”

"Master Book! Hyosa! Why are you two so grinding? If this were on the battlefield, the enemy would have taken the heads of the two of you and used them as night pots for others! ”