Cao Xuan sat in his position with a gloomy face, looked at the two ledgers in front of him, and stared coldly at the two people standing in front of him.

Cao Xuan slowly took the account book, walked down from the position, looked at Wu Zhong and Zhu Li, and scolded angrily.

"Wu Zhong, as the chief bookkeeper in the county, according to my investigation, there are almost 3,000 households in Bianyun County, with a population of nearly 10,000, but the data you counted on me above, the population is only 7,000, and where are the 3,000 people gone? Whether this official did his job wrong, or your investigation is not clear, do you need me to check it carefully, and return the two of us to a clean slate! ”

"No, don't dare!" Wu Zhong was so frightened that he didn't dare to shout, and at the same time, he was secretly cursing in his heart, this Cao Xing was clearly cheating him, where did the more than 3,000 people go? Cao Xing doesn't have a little count in his heart? This Cao Xing is deliberately rectifying them, thinking back to the past, what a comfortable thing it was to be an errand, but now as soon as Cao Xing takes office, his nature has completely changed, and being an official is simply a chore, thankless.

"Since you don't dare, then why don't you hurry up and check." Cao Xing directly smashed the account book on Wu Zhong's head, Wu Zhong didn't react at first, Cao Xuan smashed it hard, and finally Wu Zhong couldn't stand it anymore, took a few steps back, Cao Xuan threw the account book on the ground, and Wu Zhong hurriedly picked it up, cowering, not daring to look at Cao Xing again.

Cao Xuan walked in front of Zhu Lu again, and his gaze became even colder: "And you, Wu Zhong just has unfinished the statistical work." But you guys have gone a little too far, asking you to count the military service population in Bianyun County, and report the number of weapons, but I went to inspect the contents of the weapons depot today, all of them are old and tattered, just ask such weapons, how to go into battle to kill the enemy? Let me ask you, what do you do with the silver taels that the county allocates to you every year! ”

The more Cao Xuan said in his heart, the more angry he became, and he directly used the ledger to continuously knock on Zhu Xuan's head, at first Zhu Xuan could bear it, but as Cao Xuan hit harder and heavier, Zhu Xuan finally couldn't help it, shouted, pulled back, and glared at Cao Xuan with angry eyes.

In fact, he and Wu Zhongzhong both understood that Cao Xing must have known what they were doing with those things, but Cao Xing just held on to this, and the two of them had no choice, so they could only say that Cao Xing came to find fault on purpose, in this case, Zhu Xuan felt that he didn't need to be polite.

I saw that Zhu Xuan's eyes were red at the moment, because Cao Xing's blow had already made his head hurt, and more importantly, when was he born in a family, when did he suffer this kind of humiliation, in a fit of anger, he couldn't care so much, and directly pulled out the big knife on his waist and pointed at Cao Xing: "Cao Xing, what kind of thing are you?" I think it's been to give you face these days, and you don't know how thick the sky is! ”

"Hehe, you still dare to point a knife at me, don't you have the courage to do it? Just ask if you dare to come and kill me! Speaking of this, the corners of Cao Xing's mouth curled up with an imperceptible arc.

Wu Zhong on the side was trembling with fright, and wanted to step forward to stop Zhu Xuan, but Zhu Xuan, who was angry, where could he manage so much, without saying a word, he took the knife and slashed at Cao Xuan, in the face of the menacing Zhu Xuan, Cao Xuan did not panic at all, just when Zhu Xuan was about to cut on Cao Xuan's head, suddenly a sound of gold and iron rang out, and an iron rod held Zhu Xuan's big knife.

Zhou Cang quickly jumped out from behind, blocking Cao Xing's life, he looked at Zhu Lu with blazing eyes, and shouted in a deep voice: "It's just a martial arts triple, what qualifications do you have to show off here!" ”

"If you dare to use a knife against Shangguan, you can damn hit me!" Cao Xuan kicked Zhu Split with one kick, and Zhou Cang didn't hesitate when he heard this, he raised the iron rod in his hand to greet Zhu Split, and Zhu Split was beaten on the ground and rolled around, screaming again and again.

Wu Zhong, who was standing on the side, saw that something was wrong, and wanted to go up and grab the people on both sides, but Cao Xingcai didn't care so much, and directly scolded: "What, Wu Zhong didn't expect that even you would dare to beat this official, it's simply intolerable, Lao Tzu even beat you together!" ”

Cao Xuan didn't say a word, and pulled the frightened Wu Zhong directly into the battle group, and then landed a left punch and a right punch in his face, I have to say that Cao Xing is in this group of people, his martial arts are okay.

There is the existence of martial arts in this world, although martial arts are only divided into one to ten, it seems that each of them is easy, but it is not easy to really cross that hurdle, like these families, small is pampered, where has done half of physical work, so it is impossible to be Cao Xing's opponent, three or two times will be beaten by Cao Xing's complaint.

After a full quarter of an hour, the officials outside heard that the movement inside was too big, and they couldn't help but run in to see, and when they saw that something was wrong, they directly called many officials outside to come in, and finally separated the people on both sides, but this matter was a bit big, after half an hour, Duan Ke came to the public hall with a gloomy face, and under the public hall, in addition to the officials on both sides, there was Cao Xuan standing in the middle, but the look on Cao Xing's face at the moment was unusually relaxed, and he glanced at the side, I saw Wu Zhong and Zhu Split kneeling on the ground, but their faces were already blue and swollen at the moment, and You Tie was also standing next to him, looking at the scene in front of him with an angry face.

This was originally an internal matter of the Yamen, and it is estimated that Duan Ke did not want outsiders to come to see the ugliness, so he did not have a public trial, and the case could be decided within the Yamen.

"Duan County Order, you have also seen it, the two of them are not working well, and I scolded a few words, but this Zhu Split is going to kill me with a knife, it is simply unforgivable, this official has just arrived, but his life is in danger, and he asked Duan County Order to be my master!"

Looking at Cao Xing's high-sounding words, Wu Zhong and Zhu Li, who were kneeling on the ground, gritted their teeth in anger, just as the so-called wicked person sued first, Cao Xuan fully achieved this, the two of them wanted to refute it, but they couldn't find the words to refute, because what Cao Xuan said seemed to be the truth.

When Duan Ke heard this, he slapped the table and shouted: "Wuzhong Zhu Split, the two of you have been promoted to the main book and soldier Cao in the Yamen, what Cao Xiancheng said just now is something to do!" ”

Zhu Split had been beaten with a blue nose and swollen face at the moment, and he couldn't even say a clear word, and finally Wu Zhong said to Duan Ke with a crying voice: "Duan Xianling, I'll wait, I'll wait, I'm really confused, and I ask Duan County Commander to let the two of us go this time!" ”

Wu Zhong originally wanted to say that he was wronged, but he didn't know where to start, he knew that this matter was calculated by Cao Xing again, and the two of them had no choice but to admit it, but begging for mercy was still indispensable, after all, the two of them were not elected as officials by virtue of filial piety, if Duan Ke was really willing, it was very likely that he would be able to use the power in his hands to remove the two of them.

Seeing the hesitation in Duan Ke's eyes, Cao Xuan immediately stood up and shouted in a deep voice: "Duan County's order must not be, as the saying goes, once there is twice, there are two times, there are three times, today they can take the one to the surface to cut me, and tomorrow they can stab me behind their backs, the lower officials are really worried about their lives, so I think the two of them must be removed from public office!" ”

As soon as Cao Xing's words came out, You Tie couldn't sit still, he stood up and looked at Cao Xing with burning eyes, and snorted coldly and said: "Lord Cao, this is serious, the two of them are just the simplest of their own jobs and have not done a good job, as the so-called high position, you must be tolerant, don't you even have this tolerance!" ”

"No, no, No, County Lieutenant You, I'm afraid you don't know, if these two guys just don't know how to complete official duties, forget it, the key is that they often eat, drink and have fun without completing official duties, and they have been caught by me several times, you say, should I remove the two of them from the yamen, so as not to ruin the reputation of our Bianyun County with this kind of black sheep!"

"If there's anything wrong here, please make it clear to Lord Cao!" Cao Xing was determined to rectify the two, of course You Tie didn't do it, after all, Wu Zhong and Zhu Split were both members of the family, and he naturally wanted to protect them, so he didn't think about it, and asked directly.

Cao Xing smiled when he heard this, and then approached You Tie step by step, and said with a cold gaze: "I seem to have heard County Lieutenant You say something is wrong just now, if it is combined with me, it means that even if you do not complete the task during your public office, it is not too much to eat, drink and have fun, I don't know if County Lieutenant You means this!" ”

As soon as You Tie heard this, he knew that he didn't choose what to say, and he was caught by Cao Xing, and at this moment he couldn't wait to slap himself twice, when he said this, he either cheated himself, or he cheated Wu Zhong and Zhu Li. Cao Xing's words suddenly made him speechless and speechless.

However, if you want You Tie to give up the people of the two families like this, it is also impossible, You Tie twisted his head, no longer paid attention to Cao Xing, snorted coldly, and looked at Duan Ke on the high platform. Obviously, it is up to Duan Ke to make the decision.

And Duan Ke's face was also quite hesitant, touching his beard, thinking for a while, You Tie originally thought that Duan Ke should not dare to do anything to the two of them here, but he didn't expect that Duan Ke finally made his decision after thinking about it again and again.

"What the two of them said is reasonable, Wu Zhong and Zhu Split have served my yamen for many years, and they should not be withdrawn, but what Lord Cao said is also very reasonable, the atmosphere of our yamen should be rectified and rectified, I think it is better to do this, I will compromise the opinions of the two of you, Wu Zhong drank everywhere during his official office, and was fined for one month, as for the nature of Zhu Split is more serious, he dared to carry a weapon to cut down the official, thinking that you are a first offender, I will not remove you from your position, but you will be fined for half a year!"

"What!" When You Tie heard this, he couldn't hold back any longer, a look of horror appeared on his face, and he asked directly and loudly.

However, Duan Ke didn't seem to hear it, and after making a decision, he directly waved his hand, motioned for everyone to retreat, and then got up and left.