"Secretary Li, I don't know that Secretary Li is coming to Mengjin, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome!" Xu Zhihai saw Cao Hong walking out of the pavilion and hurriedly gave a salute.

Cao Hong saw that Xu Zhihai had a big belly, and he was out of breath when he bowed and saluted, so he smiled and said: "I just heard that the post guard said that the eldest prince of Xujiabao had arrived, and it was Li Yu who came to Mengjin and did not go to visit the eldest prince, which was rude!" ”

Xu Zhihai couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that this official was so young, but soon said with a smile on his face: "My father wanted to come to visit Secretary Li in person, but he was unwell, so he had to let me greet him." ”

"Sect Master Xu is in good health? Can it be severe? Cao Hong asked pretending to be concerned.

"It's okay, it's okay, Secretary Li, look at our ......" Xu Zhihai turned his head and looked around.

Cao Hong immediately laughed and said: "Hahaha, I was negligent, Xu Gongzi, please talk about it." ”

The two entered the room, sat down, and Xu Zhian said: "Secretary Li is young and promising, I am really ashamed to wait." I heard that Lord Priest is Lord Jerod's ......? ”

Cao Hong was stunned, this is the news of the Xu family. So he smiled and said: "Lord Yelu is a distant relative of my family, Yu took care of him, made up for the position of a warden, and now walks in the Shuntian Mansion." ”

Xu Zhihai was even more polite when he heard this, and the flesh on his fat face smiled into a flower: "Lord Yelu's sea is also fortunate to have seen it, so I am still friends with the warden." ”

Cao Hong scolded in his heart, I have a fart relationship with you, and I don't know what benefits Ye Luxi received from your family at that time, but now it is not easy for me to come forward, but he pushed me out. Although Cao Hong was unhappy, he still laughed and said, "It turned out to be Brother Xu, ...... Brother Shi looking for me this time?" ”

Xu Zhihai's bones were lightened by two taels when he called "Brother Shi", and he said with a smile: "Don't dare, Lord Yelu is the Yin of Sanpin Shuntianfu, how dare the grass people of the sea let Lord Yelu's family call him so." This time I came because I couldn't visit Lord Yelu for a long time, and I missed it very much, so I prepared a small gift and asked the priest to hand it over on my behalf. With that, he pulled a few pieces of paper from his sleeve.

Cao Hong opened it and gasped, this thin piece of paper turned out to be the title deed of Pingcheng, Pingcheng is Ye Luxi's hometown, there are 100 acres of good land on this title deed, think about the fat man won Xu Zhi'an only 20 acres of mature land, Xu Zhi'an is afraid of being like that, this Xu Zhihai is 100 acres of good land as soon as he makes a move. That's a lot of money.

Xu Zhihai saw that Cao Hong took the title deed, only stared at the title deed, and did not speak, thinking that Cao Hong was greedy, so he smiled "haha": "Secretary Li, let's meet for the first time, Zhihai also prepared a little heart, and asked the secretary to smile." At this time, Xu Zhihai took out a pledge ticket from his sleeve, which read, "Redeem the ticket when you see it, 40,000 yuan." ”

Since the Jin Dynasty, the war continues, the price of rice remains high, each stone grain can be sold for 2,000 yuan, after the establishment of the Great Wei Dynasty, because there is no war, the price of rice fell to 900 yuan, Xu Zhi'an's pledge ticket has 40,000 yuan, and the grain can be eaten for an adult for three years, which is a huge amount of money.

Cao Hong pushed Xu Zhihai's hand away with the pledge ticket, shook the title deed in his hand and looked at Xu Zhihai and said, "Master Xu, is there something you are looking for Lord Yelu?" ”

Xu Zhihai saw that Cao Hong didn't accept it, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's not because the imperial court is urging the three elders to pay their records!" ”

Cao Hong deliberately asked: "The third long file is a matter of the county government, why worry about the Xu family?" ”

Xu Zhihai sneered and said: "Li Si Zhi doesn't know, this Mengjin spring has chosen the three chiefs, because some candidates have rebelled, so it has been undecided for a long time, and now the hearts of the people in the township are floating, and the matter is boiling, my Xu family is dedicated to sharing worries for the court, so the Yue Yi is on behalf of the family, and for the sake of peace and security, I have to draw up a list of three chiefs on behalf of the people, and also ask Li Si to submit it to Lord Yin. After speaking, he took out a roster and handed it to Cao Hong.

After Cao Hong opened it, he was secretly angry in his heart, the first two pages were normal, and from the third one, almost all of them were people with the surname Xu. If you count the in-laws of the Xu family, it is estimated that nine out of ten of them are the candidates of the Xu family. If the three chiefs on this list really take office, won't the father's hard work be in vain?

Xu Zhihai saw that Cao Hong's face was expressionless, and he didn't approve or object, thinking that Cao Hong thought that 40,000 yuan was less, and couldn't help but curse in his heart. So he took out another 10,000 yuan ticket from his sleeve, and put it on Cao Hong's table with the 40,000 yuan just now. With a smile on his face, he said: "Ah, there is even a missing one, Secretary Li, you only need to submit this list at that time, and I will go to the county government to do it, and I will not make it difficult for you." ”

After that, Xu Zhihai said goodbye and walked out.

Cao Hong heard Xu Zhihai say that he was going to the county government to do something, and suddenly remembered that Su Jianan had said that Su Yun went to Xu's house for a banquet, so he said hello to the fat man and went to the county office.

The county yamen saw that Cao Hong was coming, and hurriedly said: "Secretary Li, the adults said that you don't need to report when you come, you go to the second hall by yourself, and the small one won't show you the way." ”

Cao Hong nodded and walked in.

When he came to the second hall, he saw Su Jianan standing there waiting for him, Cao Hong arched his hand and asked, "Sister Su, is Uncle Su here?" ”

Su Jianan nodded and said, "Your Highness, my father has been waiting for you for a long time. With that, he led Cao Hong into the back hall.

Cao Hong entered the back hall and saw Su Yun coming out with a smile.

"Your Highness!"

Cao Hong saw that Su Yun was about to make a big salute, so he hurriedly helped Su Yun up and said, "Uncle Su, I didn't expect you to be my grandfather's robe." Macro is rude. ”

Su Yun said with a smile: "Your Highness, our old Su was born as a pawn, and he is a good hand at marching and fighting, and the mess in this county is blind when he looks at it, plus the Xu family raised by the son of a bitch, it is difficult for me to move an inch in Mengjin." In the past ten years, General Han has been hung there by the imperial court, and our old subordinates have no place to complain, and our old Su can only drink every day to get by! When you came to Mengjin that day, I saw that there were idle people around you, and you claimed to be the official of Shuntianfu, so I didn't mention this stubble. ”

At this time, Su Jianan sneered and said, "Dad...... Your Highness must have something to do with you. ”

"Oh...... Oh" Su Yun patted his head and said: "We are rough people, hey, being a county magistrate is also a cold man, treating people and things, and you will never learn." Your Highness, what is happening today? ”

Cao Hong smiled and said, "Uncle Su, I heard Sister Su say that the Xu family went to discuss things with you?" ”

Su Yun's face turned cold when he heard this, and he said, "Hmph! This Xu family really dared to think that Xu Zhengtai said that he would marry his little sister to me, and let me hand over the list of three elders drawn up by his family. ”

Su Jianan's pretty face was cold: "Xu Zhengtai is really shameless, he hurt my mother, and he still wants my father to marry his sister?" ”

Cao Hong listened and said: "This Xu Zhengtai doesn't know where to hear the rumor, knowing that the imperial court attaches great importance to this reminder of the file, and knows that it is not good to delay any longer, and now not only is the cold stove burned on my uncle's side, but the relationship has also gone to the head of me, the official of the Shuntian Mansion." ”

The Su family was confused, so Cao Hong informed the Su family about Fluttershy and Xu Zhihai's bribery today.

Su Yun listened to it, and said in a deep voice: "I heard that this Xu Zhi'an is not a good thing, he spends all day drinking, but I didn't expect that he would dare to commit adultery and instigate murder." Hey, my Lao Su really underestimated him. ”

Su Jianan said: "Your Highness, the matter of the three elders is imminent, the Xu family is anxious, my father is also anxious, if it is not handed over by then, the court will punish the crime." Since the evidence of what Xu Zhian committed is conclusive, should he be arrested first? ”

After listening to this, Su Yun smiled "haha": "What does it matter if I do it as an official or not, it's a big deal to fight with the Xu family, this is also my term as an official, and I have done a good thing for the people under my rule." ”

After hearing this, Cao Hong thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Uncle Su, it hasn't reached this point yet, this Mengjin County Ya, can there be someone you trust?" ”

Su Yun thought for a while and said, "I'm ashamed, only the officials of Xingfang and the head catcher of the fast shift are the brothers I brought out of the army. Other people are more or less related to the Xu family. ”

Cao Hong clapped his hands and said happily: "The torture room is the best for my own people, first arrest a few fast, and take down that Xu Zhi'an secretly." ”

Su Yun frowned and said, "But where the Xu family ......?"

Cao Hong suddenly smiled at this time and said, "The Xu family, it seems that Uncle Su has to be asked to be the son-in-law of Chenglong Jia!" ”

Su Yun blushed in embarrassment and waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, I won't marry, when Nan'er's aunt died, I swore that I would not marry again in this life, not to mention let me marry a daughter of the Xu family, no, no." ”

Su Jianan seemed to understand, nodded imperceptibly, and at this time happened to see Cao Hong looking at her, and the two looked at each other and smiled. This made Su Yunzhang and King Kong confused.

As soon as he returned to the post house from the county office, he met Wang Ying, who saw that there was no one left and right, and hurriedly dragged Cao Hong into the house where he lived.

Cao Hong saw that Wang Ying was sneaky, so he smiled and said: "Brother Wang, when did you come back, this Yicui Pavilion will make you forget to return!" ”

Wang Ying smiled bitterly and said, "These days have been ridiculous. ”

"Brother Wang, are you looking for me for something?" Cao Hong asked.

"Where did you just go? I can't find you. Why are you still moving? Wang Ying asked.

Cao Hong dealt with the matter of moving in the past and said, "Go to the county office to inquire if there is any new news." ”

Wang Ying stomped his feet and said, "Hey! The county order is a mallet, and the Xu family has already drawn up a new list. I'm just waiting to bring it up. ”

Cao Hong asked, "Brother Wang, how did you know about this?" ”

Wang Ying said "hehe" twice, but did not answer, and said: "Let's not go to the county government to listen to this matter, it's useless." I think we'd better go back to Luoyang to report to Lord Yelu, right? ”

Cao Hong heard it even more strange, today this Wang Ying is determined to go back, there must be a hidden secret.

Wang Ying saw Cao Hong looking at him, and after a while, he became furious, so he had to say: "Okay, okay, the Qian family gave us three pledge tickets of 5,000 yuan each, and the Tianning Temple pledge warehouse will take the tickets when they see it." ”

Cao Hong still didn't speak, only looked at Wang Ying with a smile, Wang Ying had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Each person gave seven thousand, we have discussed, and the three of us will each give you two thousand ......."

Cao Hong saw that his flesh hurt, and he snickered in his heart, he still had 50,000 yuan in his arms, so he said to Wang Ying: "Who gave it, why did you give you money?" ”

Wang Ying looked at the door and whispered: "It's not the Xu family yet, the Xu family sent someone to tell us, just go back and say in front of Lord Yelu that the county order has not handed over the list of three chiefs for a long time." ”

Cao Hong nodded after hearing this and said: "This county order is indeed too disagreeable, and it is good to govern him, who can't be such an official?" ”

Wang Ying smiled and said, "Who says it's not." ”

Cao Hong said to Wang Ying again: "Brother Wang, you can divide the money, I don't need it." ”

Wang Ying was overjoyed when he heard this, but he still pretended to be surprised and said, "This ...... This can't work, how embarrassing to come out together......"

Cao Hong waved his hand so that Wang Ying didn't have to be polite, and said: "Brother Wang, this matter is so decided, so let's go back to the Yamen of Shuntianfu first, and inform Lord Yelu of this matter, I will wait here, there must be someone waiting for the roster." Oh, by the way, I'll write a letter to Lord Jerod, and please pass it on to me then."

Wang Ying smiled when he heard this: "It's okay, you really don't want the money?" ”

"Don't." Cao Hong shook his head.

"Great!"