A night of wind and rain, but the wind and rain disappeared at dawn, under the spring sun, Beihai City is a beautiful and peaceful scene of wind and sun.

In the morning, a man of about forty walked out of the gate of the county office, hummed a little song and went down the steps, someone led the horse, waited for him to get on the horse, and the man swayed slowly along the bluestone road in front of the county office, and went straight to the east of the city.

This person's name is Liu Ji, and his official position is Beihai County. The so-called don't drive, literally means not to go out with the Taishou in the same car, there is a single car to drive, from this literal meaning can be seen, don't drive is actually in a certain aspect with the Taishou neck-and-neck. It is true that in Beihai County, in addition to Li Yong, who is too guarded, Liu Ji is an out-and-out second-in-command. And Taishou Li Yong is a master who likes to travel in the mountains and rivers and does not like to deal with government affairs, so to a certain extent, Liu Ji is the parent official of Beihai County.

Beihai County is not big, but it is not small, but it has jurisdiction over one city and three counties, and it is under the jurisdiction of Henan Province. The county has a population of more than 90,000 households, and there are a lot of affairs. Taishou Li Yong didn't care about anything, but Liu Ji was not keen on dealing with the affairs of these counties, because he didn't come to Beihai to do things himself. Just a few months ago, Liu Ji was still in the capital as his Zuo Xiao guard Cao joined the army, and was a middle-level general among the sixteen guards in the capital, living a good life.

Almost all the generals in the Nanya are from the children of the family, even if they are not the children of the family, they must have a good back. Jing relation, and Liu Ji's back. Jing is not small, because he and the crown prince Li Heng are brothers-in-law. The crown prince's concubine Wei is Wei Jian's younger sister, but the prince does not have only one wife, the prince's second concubine is called Liangdi, and she is the youngest daughter of Du Youlin, a subordinate official of the East Palace, known as Du Liangdi. And Liu Ji's wife is Du Liangdi's eldest sister. If you really talk about it, Liu Ji can be regarded as a relative of the emperor.

Liu Ji is a bold person, he likes to drink and brag and make friends from all over the world, which has long become the reason for his father-in-law's criticism. Du Youlin is cautious and serious, he doesn't like his eldest son-in-law to swagger around, and he has reprimanded Liu Ji many times for his profligate form, and Liu Ji has a headache for this old man.

Until the beginning of this year, the case of Wei Jian and Huangfu Weiming was discovered, which involved the prince, causing the prince to even take a leave of absence from the concubine Wei, and the depressing atmosphere in the East Palace can be imagined. However, Liu Ji didn't know how to restrain himself, and still shouted at his friends to swagger in Beijing, which made his father-in-law Du Youlin anxious. So Du Youlin privately raised his concerns with Li Heng, fearing that Liu Ji would make trouble, so he thought of a way to get Liu Ji out of the capital and become an official abroad.

It happened that Li Yong, the Taishou of Beihai, returned to Beijing to meet the prince, and Li Yong and Liu Ji were the same kind of people who liked to swagger, and they were quite like-minded, so Li Yong suggested that Liu Ji be his own subordinate in Beihai County as the second-in-command. So Liu Ji reluctantly left Chang'an and came to Beihai County, far away in Shandong, to be the official of Beihai County. At the beginning, Liu Ji was very unhappy, he couldn't be at ease anywhere compared to being in the capital, his official position and identity in the capital were also golden signboards, and it was smooth sailing wherever he went, and when he came to this poor and remote place in Beihai County, even if the grade was still a high grade, but this gap was huge.

Fortunately, Li Yong treated him like a brother, and the two got along happily, and soon after, Liu Ji found himself in love with Beihai, a place that was about to break, because there were many different pleasures from the capital. What's more, in Beihai County, Liu Ji felt that it was even more beautiful than in the capital. The entire Beihai County can be unimpeded, and everyone can call him Ye when he sees it, and it feels like becoming a local soil emperor.

In addition to some banquets that Li Yong often held, he was able to attend, and Liu Ji also found his own extra pleasure. When he was in the capital, because his wife was the sister of Prince Liangdi, he was somewhat low-voiced at home, and he couldn't think of such things as taking concubines and visiting restaurants. However, after coming to Beihai, the officials who knew the fun quickly surprised Liu Ji in this regard, and Liu Ji, who came alone, already had two beautiful concubines to serve him in his residence, and there was another good woman in the east of the city. The woman's temperament is as gentle as water, and the things in the bed are first-class, compared with the lady who doesn't understand the taste of her own family, it is simply the difference between heaven and earth.

That's not all, the money is also quite rich, Taishou Li Yong is generous, and I don't know where he got such a big furniture, and from time to time send some gold, silver and cloth to Liu Ji to use; Liu Ji was a little embarrassed at first, but soon he was at ease. He believes that since Li Yong wants to curry favor with the prince, then he deserves these finances, and it has nothing to do with him as to where the money comes from.

Liu Ji rode on a horse and walked along the street to the east, and the people carrying baskets on the street in front of him were bustling, Liu Ji liked this feeling, as if he was inspecting his own people, and he had a sense of accomplishment.

The 'Dong Ji' at the entrance of the street in front of him is Liu Ji's favorite dim sum family, the glutinous soup is no less than the taste of Chang'an, the sesame cake is also very fragrant and crispy, and more importantly, the shopkeeper's daughter is born Shui Ling, Liu Ji comes every day, hooks the girl with his eyes when eating and drinking, and always gives more money after eating, and has a deep meaning to say: "Take it and buy some gouache to rub." ”

But today's girl is not a good person, Liu Ji also ate this breakfast tastelessly, after eating a little, he went out, ignoring the nod of the shopkeeper Dong behind him, and continued to go east after getting on the horse. I haven't seen the water girl who is good in Dongcheng for a few days, and I miss her strangely, so it's okay to comfort and comfort her.

At the end of East Street, the alley is secluded, Liu Ji got off the horse and went to the alley leisurely, the residence of the water girl was at the side of the alley, and it was less than thirty or forty steps away after entering. When he saw the pomegranate tree in the small courtyard, Liu Ji's heart began to heat up, imagining that the good water girl must have pounced on her neck and kissed her honey, and she couldn't help licking her thick lips.

Tethered the horse to the outside of the yard, Liu Ji pushed the courtyard door in, the yard was quiet, there was no sound at all, and the mother-in-law who arranged to serve the water girl was nowhere to be seen. Every day when I came here, I could see the woman sweeping in the yard, and I didn't know where she went.

"Little girl, little baby, I'm here, do you miss me?" Liu Ji rubbed his hands and went up the steps, gently lifted the floral curtain and looked inside.

It was dark in the room, the curtains were drawn, and it was dark and rumbling that I couldn't see clearly. When Liu Ji was about to call a little boy again, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him. The sound of footsteps was heavy, and it was definitely not the movement of the lotus feet of the water girl. Liu Ji, who was born as an officer, was startled, and when he was about to retract his head, he was kicked hard on the buttocks, and the whole person stumbled into the door.

"Damn, who is so bold that he wants to die?" Liu Ji scolded, stabilized his body and raised his head, and suddenly took a breath of cool air. A steel knife in front of him was pressed against the door in front of him, and as he slowly got up, the sharp knife also moved, always pointing at his eyebrows.

Behind him, there was a crowd of human figures, and it seemed that seven or eight people had entered the house.

Liu Ji's first reaction was: "It's not good, I ran into a thief." ”

Donghai County is located in the middle of nowhere, and there are some thieves around, but the city is quite peaceful, do these thieves dare to come to the city to spread wild?

"Where is the hero, there is something to say." Liu Ji calmed down.

"Draw the curtains." A cold voice sounded, stabbing and stabbing a few times, the curtains were opened, and on a bright spring morning, the sun was shining obliquely in the middle of the room. Liu Ji saw the situation in front of him clearly, the bamboo chair that he liked to half lie on and half lie on top of it and hug the water girl's happiness was occupied, and on it sat a thin and capable man, wearing a black robe, unmasked, and looking at himself in a daze.

Liu Ji opened his mouth wide in surprise, pointed at the black-robed man and said, "Are you ...... You are ......"

The black-robed man smiled slightly and said, "Liu Bingcao, don't come unharmed." Do you still know me Jiwen? We met in the capital. ”

Liu Ji swallowed and spitted and said, "Ji Shicao? Why are you here? ”

Ji Wen smiled and said, "Surprised? To tell you the truth, I'm here for you. ”

"Coming for me?" Liu Ji pointed to his nose and said, "Don't be kidding, you came to me from the capital here for more than a thousand miles?" ”

Givin nodded, "It's for you." In order to see you, we ran for five days and five nights, and it was quite far from here. ”

Liu Ji fixed his mind and said, "But, what are you looking for me to do? I have nothing to do with Your Excellency, and besides, I am not an official in the capital, you Ji Shicao is a Shicao from Jingzhao Mansion who joined the army, why did you go to Beijing to do business? ”

Ji Wen raised his hand, got up and said, "That's a good question, I, Ji Wen, am indeed the Shicao of Jingzhao Mansion, and I am in charge of the affairs of Jingzhao Mansion." But when I came to you today, I really didn't cross the line, because although you left the capital, I have an official matter to look for you when you were in the capital. In order to avoid you, Liu Bing Cao...... No...... It should be told that Liu Don't drive a tiring journey, and the brothers have to come to you in person. ”

Liu Ji was stunned and said, "What happened in the capital? What's the matter, for you to be so tense and point a knife at me. It's not good. ”

Gwin laughed and said, "It's not good, but it's necessary, because this is a serial case, and I have to be careful." ”

"Big case?" Liu Ji was shocked: "You mean I committed a big crime?" ”

Ji Wen smiled and said, "Naturally, it has something to do with you, if Liu Beijia has no other official business, how about we sit down and talk?" ”