"Huh!" Wei Tingkui was stunned for a moment, picked up a match from the table, lit the paper ball in his hand and threw it into a copper basin under the table, and after watching it turn to ashes, he picked up his robe and sat down firmly on the chair, looking at Qin Xiong with a smile and saying, "Surprise this official doesn't dare to expect extravagant expectations, as long as you don't send it to fright!" ”

"My lord laughed! Qin has always been cautious in front of adults, how dare he do anything wrong? What happened last night was a complete misunderstanding! No, Qin didn't want to go, and came to give advice to adults! ”

Qin Xiong accompanied the smiling face, and gave Wei Tingkui enough face with a respectful look.

Seeing that Qin Xiong, who never easily admitted his mistakes on weekdays, was now blaming himself like this, the anger in Wei Tingkui's heart calmed down a little.

He raised his hand and motioned for Qin Xiong to sit, Qin Xiong did not shirk, carefully sat next to Qin Xiong, turned his head vigilantly to look outside the door, made sure that the partition wall was behind his ears, and lowered his voice and said with a little mystery: "My lord, the way to make money is here!" ”

"Oh? What way? Wei Tingkui subconsciously leaned forward.

As a county official, the annual salary is 1,200 taels, which seems to be a lot, but in fact, the average monthly income is only 100 taels.

It takes silver to feed a group of third-class servants who carry the mighty baton, and it also costs a lot of silver to support a few masters who play with a pen, and if you want to go out to find a flower and ask for a willow, or to take a charming concubine like Wu Niang, who is ecstatic and soul-striking, it will cost a lot of silver.

What's more, you have to take care of the family's food and drink.

Someone is going to ask, shouldn't the salaries of the poor men be paid by the imperial court? Do you have to find the county magistrate to pay out of his own pocket?

You don't understand this, those who are prepared to eat the emperor's grain, and they love to pick and choose by relying on the favor of the top.

If there is not enough manpower, the county master will find a way to go out to recruit people, and all the dirty work and thankless work will be thrown to these unprepared people to do.

Of course, this part of the money is not recognized by the imperial court.

Since the person is recruited by the county magistrate himself, then the salary should naturally be paid by the county magistrate himself.

What should I do if there are too many people, too much money, and not enough money? You'll have to find a way somewhere else. Anyway, I have the power in my hands, and I handle countless cases every year.

If there is a case, there will be oil and water, and some prisoners will ask their relatives and friends to try to send benefits to the county magistrate in order to avoid being lightly punished.

"It's still about the case of Pudong Sheng, as long as the adults can let him go, he is willing to give this amount." Qin Xiong naturally stretched out five fingers.

"Five thousand taels?" It seems to be a question sentence, but it is actually an affirmative sentence. Wei Tingkui leaned forward with some emotion.

"Five thousand taels!" The corners of Qin Xiong's mouth moved slightly, and he couldn't help but smile that couldn't be hidden.

That's a lot of money, and it's as much as four years and two months of his income.

But high income means high risk, as a court official, Wei Tingkui knows this better than anyone else. The 5,000 taels of silver may be the money that Pudong Sheng made up to buy his life with his bankruptcy, of course, it may just be a drop in the bucket.

As the saying goes, take people's money to eliminate disasters for others, at this time, although Wei Tingkui was greedy, he had nothing to do. I had to ask this resourceful Master Qin for help.

He sighed softly and said: "Pudong Sheng bought and sold young girls and forced them to become prostitutes under the pretense of adopting a righteous girl and raising a daughter-in-law, but he committed a felony that everyone and God were angry against, and I am afraid that these five thousand taels should be put in my pocket...... It's not that easy, is it? ”

Qin Xiong smiled confidently: "Your Excellency is only responsible for providing a pocket for silver, as for how to put it in, I, Qin, am solely responsible." ”

Wei Tingkui said vigilantly: "What are you going to do?" ”

Qin Xiong stretched his neck forward, and whispered a few words in Wei Tingkui's ear, Wei Tingkui's brows tightened, and he seemed to be a little hesitant: "Can this work?" ”

Qin Xiong was confident that everything was under control: "With me planning behind my back, don't worry, my lord!" ”

Wei Tingkui smiled meaningfully and patted Qin Xiong's shoulder: "Then there is Master Lao Qin!" ”

As the two looked at each other and smiled, all the past grievances were written off at this moment. At this very juncture, there was a dull sneeze outside the door.

"Who?" Wei Tingkui restrained his smile while asking.

There was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and at the same time, a thin figure flashed by.

The two glanced at each other, quickly got up and chased out.

In the bedroom, which is so simple that there is only one bed and two tables, Wang Huizu is complacent about his victory in the first battle, he holds a pen in his hand, racking his brains to think about how to write to make this Pudong Sheng, the scum of the beast inferior to the beast, fall again.

After brewing for a long time, when he was sure that there was no room for improvement, he waved the pen in his hand and used his skills to complete it in one go.

"Hehe, with my Wang Hui ancestor, you demon don't want to come out again to make waves and harm the world!" Wang Huizu gently put down the pen in his hand and looked at his masterpiece proudly and muttered to himself.

With a flurry of footsteps, the door that had been kissed by the years made a dull sound.

The sky is white and panicked, there must be something urgent. When he first arrived at the house, he didn't know anyone else, so there was no doubt that he was the one who came.

Wang Huizu quickly opened the drawer with his left hand like a master of crime, and stuffed the verdict in his hand with his right hand at the same time. Then, he got up and walked to the door, pulled the door open, and without saying a word, dragged in Xiao Zhuozi, who was standing outside the door and panting.

"Tell me, is it eavesdropping and being discovered again?" Wang Huizu looked at Xiao Zhuozi with an anxious face and asked coldly.

"Isn't it? Master Wang! You, how do you know this? Xiao Zhuozi stared at a pair of innocent big eyes, and was surprised that he couldn't speak fluently.

"Because I can pinch and calculate." Wang Huizu coaxed and deceived.

"It's horrible!" Takuko believed him completely.

Since the last time Wang Huizu handed over the documents prepared in advance to him, and everything that happened next was within his calculations, he felt that this master surnamed Wang was unfathomable.

Now that he knew what happened to him in an uncertain and prophetic way, Xiao Zhuozi was so impressed by this uninvited new master that he threw himself to the ground.

He quickly closed the door, knelt on his knees, and asked Wang Huizu for help in a panic: "Master Wang, Xiao Zhuozi is afraid that a big disaster is coming this time, please save me!" Fear and excitement made his slightly crying voice sound trembling slightly.

Wang Huizu hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull him up, staring at him worriedly: "Little Zhuozi, tell me, what did you hear?" ”

"Master Wang, I heard a secret between Master Qin and the county master."

"What's the secret?" Seeing Xiao Zhuozi's trembling and frightened face, Wang Huizu was faintly worried. He opened his mouth and said suspiciously, "Is it ...... Is it about the Pudong Sheng case? ”

"Yes." Although Xiao Zhuozi didn't open his mouth, he simply hummed a word through his nose and did something perfunctory, but this word was like a sudden boulder, stirring up a thousand waves in Wang Huizu's originally calm heart without warning.

A messy footsteps made Xiao Zhuozi tremble with fright, and he desperately asked Wang Huizu for help: "What should I do Master Wang?" They're coming after you! Can you find a place to hide me? ”

Hide? Isn't that self-defeating?

What's more, where can this big fart be hidden? Just flip it and the stuffing will be revealed!

Wiser than he is, he would never do such a stupid thing!

He calmly glanced out of the door, then at Xiao Zhuozi, whose breath had not yet calmed down, and stretched out his finger to the ground: "Squat!" ”

Xiao Zhuozi's face was embarrassed: "Master Wang, this ......"

lowered his voice and urged: "If you don't want to die, just do what I say!" ”

A dead word made Xiao Zhuozi speechless for a moment. Like a captive who had no choice but to surrender, he held the back of his head with both hands, squatted obediently on the ground, and squatted up over and over again beside the table under the instruction of Wang Huizu.

It seems that threats at critical moments are also a solution, and although the process is not very beautiful, at least the results are satisfactory.

After getting Xiao Zhuozi, Wang Huizu quickly took out the verdict that he had just written with great difficulty from the drawer and put it on the table, and then put the teacup on the table on top of Xiao Zhuozi's head.

Xiao Zhuozi was puzzled, Fang had just said that he wanted to help himself, why did he look more like he was being punished now?

They are all straightforward and fast-hearted people, and they can't hide words in their stomachs. After hesitating repeatedly, Xiao Zhuozi couldn't help but ask, "Master Wang, who are you?" ”

"Don't stop, keep going!" Wang Huizu replied expressionlessly:

"Oh!" Xiao Zhuozi held the teacup filled with water above his head with both hands, and responded carefully.

The sound of footsteps had approached the door, and when he was about to push the door in, Xiao Zhuozi was so frightened that he struck a spirit, and the tea above his head was sprinkled on it impartially.

The tea slowly wetted the ink, unsurprisingly ruining the entire good word.

"One thousand three hundred and fifty-one, one thousand three hundred fifty-two, one thousand three hundred and fifty-three, one thousand three hundred and fifty-four...... If you can't do this, what else can you do? Don't be lazy, keep going! ”

Just when Wang Huizu was reluctantly counting the confused little Zhuozi, the door was pushed open with a hula.

Wei Tingkui and Qin Xiong stood straight at the door, their faces gloomy and terrifying.

"My lord, why are you here?" Wang Huizu's face was surprised.

"Master Wang, what are you plotting with Xiao Zhuozi here behind closed doors? Isn't it, he didn't do well and ruined your plan? Without waiting for Wei Tingkui to speak, Qin Xiong couldn't wait to ask the first question.

His tone was as cold as ice, as sharp as his gaze.

"Master Qin is right! Little Zhuozi has indeed ruined our big thing! Wang Huizu calmly glanced at the ill-intentioned Qin Xiong, with no panic on his face.

"Our big deal?" Qin Xiong deliberately lengthened the tone of the three words "our", and then, with a smile, he looked at Xiao Zhuozi, who was busy making radish squatting, and Xiao Zhuozi, who was flustered at this time, was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head.

"Could it be that Pudong Sheng's case is my Wang Huizu alone?" Wang Huizu asked with a chuckle. He has always been good at this, allowing seemingly dangerous situations to be quietly reversed inadvertently.

"Master Wang, do you mean that there is something wrong with Pudongsheng's case?" Wei Tingkui, who hadn't opened his mouth since he entered the house, finally couldn't help it at this moment.

"Look, my lord, I thought about the verdict that I had written with great difficulty, but it was ruined by this hairy stinky boy with a cup of tea! Originally, Wang was going to show it to you in person, but now it's all in the soup! ”

Wang Huizu pointed to the verdict on the table that had already been soaked beyond recognition, and said helplessly.

"Master Wang, I ......" Xiao Zhuozi, who was bent on getting rid of the eavesdropping, saw that Wang Huizu not only did not help himself, but blamed him, and felt very aggrieved.

Although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Wang Huizu's gourd, the crime of destroying the verdict at will was not small, and the instinct to survive made him suddenly stop his funny actions and prepare to defend himself.

didn't think about it, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was glared back by Wang Huizu's sharp eyes.

"What am I? Shouldn't you be punished for doing something wrong? The county master is here, there is no place for you to intervene here, let me continue to squat! If you don't squat enough for 2,000 times today, you won't want to walk out of this door! Wang Huizu reprimanded angrily, his cold tone couldn't allow Xiao Zhuozi to distinguish half a sentence.