After receiving Shen Xi, Jiang Shun, the magistrate of Chenghai County, returned to the county government and was immediately relieved. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

He heard a lot about Shen Xi's previous actions, for fear that the next person Shen Xi targeted would be him, because in the past few years in Chenghai County, in order to ensure the official hat on his head, he did do some things that were not very proper, and these things could not be known to the imperial court, otherwise there would be a catastrophe.

"My lord, have you found any clues over there?" Before Jiang Shun could sit down and take a sip of tea, Master Tian Jun came over to salute him.

Jiang Shun put down the teacup with a "bang", turned his head, and said with some annoyance: "In the future, if you come in the door silently, you will be surprised by everything you will do." ”

Tian Jun smiled and should be, but he didn't think so in his heart, you were scared into a cold sweat by Lord Governor's presence, and you couldn't give up, but you blamed me?

Tian Jun asked: "My lord, you have arranged to drive the refugees from the east of the city out of the city, and this matter has been arranged, I don't know what else you have to order?" ”

Jiang Shun said: "It's best to drive it out, don't have any dealings with bandits outside the city in the future, let alone pass on letters, people who have been involved in this matter ......"

Speaking of this, Jiang Shun made a gesture to wipe his neck, which meant killing people and killing people.

Tian Jun was slightly surprised: "My lord, is it inappropriate?" ”

"What's wrong? Now that the Governor has arrived in Chenghai, he has set up a big tent for the Chinese army in the school field in the city, and it is estimated that he will not leave for a while. If the suppression of the bandits goes well, the bandits will inevitably be captured, and the matter will be revealed. ”

Jiang Shun looked like a wimp who couldn't do anything without responsibility in front of Shen Xi, but he was actually a ruthless character.

As a master who has to handle everything, Tian Jun is not worried about the people under his hands at this time, he is afraid that he will eventually become the target of extermination.

In the past few years, Tian Jun has followed Jiang Shun to do things, and he has long seen that his proprietor is a ruthless person...... Jiang Shun is just a person to be an official, and now it is very reluctant to become a magistrate, and if there is no particularly tough backstage, it will be difficult to go up. Tian Jun was afraid that Jiang Shun would ask Shen Xi for merit at the expense of the people around him and strive for the opportunity to be promoted.

Tian Jun said: "The things that the adults have confessed, I will do it now, but the corpse ......"

Jiang Shun sneered: "How many corpses, this can't be disposed of?" If you can't deal with it, don't come back! ”

"Yes, yes."

Tian Jun was already a little in danger at this time, and hurriedly saluted respectfully, "Don't worry, my lord, the moon is dark and the wind is high tonight, everything must be done properly, even if someone wants to frame the adult and collude with the thief, I can't find any evidence of guilt...... Evidence! ”

Tian Jun said "incriminating evidence", Jiang Shun suddenly looked at him angrily, and hurriedly changed his words.

Tian Jun saluted and retired, Jiang Shun walked to the back hall, picked up a calligraphy and painting on the table, and muttered: "This young superintendent, I heard that he is not greedy for money and not lustful, it is really difficult to do." He went on a killing spree in Huizhou Mansion, and if he knew about my compromise with the thieves, he would definitely die! It's best for me to gain his trust before the incident, and I have a preconceived idea that I may not be able to escape the catastrophe...... Yes, I can give it away! ”

Although Jiang Shun's reputation is not high, he is very good at officialdom management, and is good at "prescribing the right medicine", if some officials who claim to be honest and honest do not accept money and are not lustful, they will give elegant celebrity calligraphy and paintings or antiques. It is very common to give calligraphy and painting antiques to each other in officialdom, because it is difficult to price calligraphy and paintings and antiques, and it is best to give them as gifts between friends, so in many cases, even if you accept them, they will not be considered bribes.

It's like the original "Qingming Riverside Picture", which was given to each other among the high-ranking officials and magnates in the DPRK and China, and was finally given to Li Dongyang by Xu Pu, the former first assistant, not only was it not regarded as a bribe, but it was also cited as a beautiful talk by the people of the time.

Just when Jiang Shun was about to take out his collection of antique calligraphy and paintings to select, a person came in at the door of the back hall, which made Jiang Shun a little surprised. After he saw it clearly, his face sank directly: "A female streamer, who allowed you to enter the house?" ”

It was none other than Jiang Shun's concubine Qingping, who had been married for less than a year.

But said that this Qingping, originally a musician, followed the musician to the Guangzhou Mansion Teaching Division on the way, was robbed by the Chenghai bandit Zhang Tianfu, because she was outstanding, and was given to Jiang Shun by Zhang Tianfu as a gift after getting tired of playing.

Jiang Shun was an official in a foreign land, Chenghai had trouble for a few years, and the city was depressed, and he was greedy and lustful, and at the same time, in order to make the bandits feel at ease, he was disrespectful and gave Qingping the title of a concubine.

"Master, it's the slave who is wrong. The slave just wanted to come and ask the master, I don't know if I want to leave the door for the master at night......"

Qing Ping was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Jiang Shun, when she was four years old, her father committed a crime and the family was copied and demoted to a happy book, and she was beaten and scolded at every turn in the process of growing up and learning art, and was abducted by thieves and robbers.

Jiang Shun lives in the backyard of Chenghai County on weekdays, and the backyard of the county is his study.

Although Jiang Shun married Qingping, a concubine in Chenghai, he rarely came back on weekdays, and drank and had fun with others outside at night, and he raised many women in the city, but Jiang Shun was afraid of his image and did not dare to openly bring these women to the county government to mess around.

"Don't leave the door, Master Ben won't come back tonight." Jiang Shun said a word, and suddenly thought of something, "I may come back in the middle of the night, let's keep the door......"

Jiang Shun is the kind of person who likes to go back on his word, which is also what others are most afraid of him, in his eyes, there is no emotion at all, and he will do anything for the sake of interests.

Qingping didn't dare not come to ask Jiang Shun's meaning, no matter what she did, once she accidentally disobeyed Jiang Shun's intentions, she would suffer from flesh and skin, so she slowly learned to be shrewd and ask things clearly first, so that she would not make mistakes.

Coming out of the back hall, Qingping hurriedly notified the kitchen to prepare the wine and food, which would be hot until after midnight. Because every time Jiang Shun comes back, she will be asked to accompany the wine, Jiang Shun is a person who loves to drink like life, she knows that she doesn't want to go to bed tonight, she can only lie on the table and sleep if she wants to sleep, and once there is movement, she must hurry to open the door for Jiang Shun.

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The night was dark, Shen Xi finished disposing of the official documents and was about to go to bed, when the guards came in to report that Jiang Zhixian was here again.

Shen Xi didn't know much about Jiang Shun, because Chenghai had almost cut off contact with the outside world in the past two years, and Chenghai was located at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong, and the commercial power of Hui Niang and Song Xiaocheng did not extend to Chenghai, so Shen Xi knew very little about the information around Chenghai.

In Shen Xi's opinion, this Jiang Shun is not a big traitor, Chenghai can be besieged by bandits, and persist for two years without problems, which shows that Jiang Shun still has a certain ability.

As for whether Jiang Shun has a dirty deal with the bandits behind his back, he can only verify it slowly, Shen Xi will not blindly deduct people's hats, and everything will speak with facts.

"Let him in."

Shen Xi didn't have to hurry, he wanted to rest well and sleep well at night, but since the lord of a county came to visit, he had to see it.

Shen Xi sat down behind the table of the big tent of the Chinese army, and saw Jiang Shun coming in with a burden under his arm, and saw Shen Xi hurriedly saluting: "Lord Governor." ”

Shen Xi thought to himself that the person who came was not good!

You came empty-handed, I can understand what you mean by coming to me to discuss things and come to the door with a baggage? If it is not a log of bandits or a strategy to suppress bandits, then there is a suspicion of bribery.

In terms of etiquette, Shen Xi did not slack off, but maintained the prestige of the governor of the three provinces, and said with a smile: "Jiang Zhixian is polite, please speak up if you have something to say." ”

Jiang Shun said flatteringly: "Lord Shen, before going down to the official, I checked the old things in the house, and I came across an ancient painting, but it was handed down by my ancestors, and I don't know the authenticity. I heard that Lord Shen is from a scholarly family, and it is Sanyuan and the first, Han Yuan is an official, and his attainments in poetry and painting must be quite profound, and the lower official has a reluctant request......"

Shen Xixin said, you know a lot of things, except for the fact that you said that I am from the "scholarly family" is debatable, everything else is true, but you Chenghai has been closed to the outside world for a long time, I know almost nothing about you, where do you know so many things about me?

Shen Xi said: "Jiang Zhixian wants this official to help you verify the authenticity of ancient paintings?" ”

"Exactly."

Jiang Shun looked at the old face and said, "I wonder if Lord Shen is willing to appreciate his face?" ”

Chenghai was besieged by bandits for two years, it stands to reason that as a county of 100 miles, you should eat bran and share the joys and sorrows with the people, but you can see Jiang Shun's red face, life seems to be very moist, the first night of the meeting to find the official to identify calligraphy and painting, it is the mystery of being an official.

If you take a real painting, whether the person who appraises it is a real painting or a fake painting, the person who sent the painting will make up a story, saying that it may be a fake, and then give it to the appreciator, or exchange a "handwritten calligraphy and painting" with the connoisseur.

Shen Xi didn't think there was anything wrong with Jiang Shun, but his behavior of delivering paintings to the door made Shen Xi's senses for him suddenly become extremely different.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Could it be that it was a mistake for me to come to the city, this Jiang Shun actually colluded with the bandits outside the city?" Yes, if it weren't for the deliberate connivance of the local yamen and guards, how could the robbers be so arrogant, and they had been entrenched in Chenghai for several years without being eliminated? This was the Hongzhi Zhongxing period, not the Jiajing period when pirates and pirates were rampant in the future. ”

Originally, Shen Xi could have refused on the spot, but Shen Xi wanted to see what Jiang Shun was doing, so he nodded immediately: "Coincidentally, although this official is not proficient in calligraphy and painting, he has also seen some famous paintings in the world, so you might as well take them to see with this official!" ”

"Yes."

Jiang Shun looked relieved, and felt that Shen Xi was giving him a chance, which was equivalent to sending a signal...... Behave well and I'll cover you.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the same is true for bribes.

If an official's enthusiasm for silver and beautiful women does not reach the point of knowing the law and breaking the law, then the result of giving money is to hit a nail.

However, it is an elegant matter for Confucian officials from the imperial examination to discuss the authenticity of calligraphy and painting, and even if the emperor learns about it, he cannot conclude that he is giving bribes because he gave away two paintings.

After opening the painting, Shen Xi only glanced at it, then shook his head and smiled bitterly. Although this painting is not signed, it has a great background, and it is the representative work of the great painter Fan Kuan of the Northern Song Dynasty "Snow Mountain Xiao Temple". (To be continued.) )