The six rooms of the county government have always been in tatters, not that they have no money to repair them, and the official offices in the world are like this, and they have never been repaired. Therefore, every winter, except for the officials who have to be on duty, everyone else in the six rooms of the Yamen who are idle is a cat at home, and the home is much warmer than the six sides that are ventilated on all sides.

But now it's different, people in and out, not to mention, the busiest house has actually been repaired, and several places where the air leaks are blocked with mud planks, the reason why this is the case, because Master Zhou is old and can't stand the cold.

The house was in full swing, not only because the officials were very busy, but also because of the three large charcoal stoves, it was really warm. Master Zhou was in the middle, his eyes were half-squinted, as if he was drowsy by the heat of the charcoal fire, but Jin Guannian, who was standing beside him, did not have the slightest relaxation on his face, full of nervousness and solemnity, while flipping through the account books on the table, he whispered something.

The officials deceived their superiors and subordinates and controlled the government affairs of the county, because they dealt with all aspects, and the county order and the master had no way to be grounded, so they naturally had to let them go and fool their tenure. But that's external, internally, Zhou Gui, as the chief of the house, doesn't know what tricks he has, and he doesn't know what the details are, and he can't rub sand in his old man's eyes.

The head of the household is in charge of the county's financial endowment and land tax, and the basis of this tax is naturally the county's field area, but the area of the field is a number on the top, and it is a number for the other five houses, and the household itself has a number, and the gap between these numbers is the dependence of the household to deceive the upper and lower levels, and if you want to do the errand of the household well, you must firmly grasp these figures, not only to keep them firmly in mind, but also to know their ins and outs.

I think that when Zhou Gui was still a white servant in the household, he worked tirelessly and traveled all over Huairen County and several surrounding health stations, every village, every fortress has been there, and the fields of the villages and fortresses have been measured.

It can be said that he has memorized all the acres of the county. It is precisely because Master Zhou sorted out the fields and acres of the county when he was young and redid the inner account of the house that he was favored by the seniors and sat in today's position smoothly.

The people in the sixth room and the third class of the county government have private legends that there are still a few accounts hidden in Mr. Zhou's house, and these accounts are the real accurate numbers of acres in Huairen County.

Don't look at the fact that Jin Guan Nian is in charge of the affairs of the household on weekdays, he is also called the second master and the second master inside and out, but he is trembling in front of Zhou Gui like an apprentice.

Listening to the number of acres reported by Jin Eryu, Zhou Gui listened with his eyes closed most of the time, and occasionally interrupted the report to say a few words, it was these occasional words that often pointed out the omissions and mistakes in the accounting, although Zhou Jingcheng did not go out of the county, but he knew the details better than those who did it in person.

Of course, no one can tell whether these mistakes and omissions are really mistakes or tricks, and no one can tell whether those reminders of Master Zhou are corrected or beaten, and this old man who has been up and down in the yamen for many years naturally has a very good grasp of proportion, and knows when to tighten his face and when to turn a blind eye.

"Xiao Jin, will you leave so much over there, Master Qin?" After the account came to an end, Zhou Gui picked up the tea bowl and asked.

"Master Zhou, there are a lot of these, everything that Zhuangzi around the county town can see is left to him, and there are some on the Zheng Jiaji side, these are really a lot." Jin Guan Nian replied with a smile.

When he said this, all the officials in the household who kept accounts and settled the accounts slowed down the movements in their hands, listened carefully to the conversation here, everyone has benefits in collecting the errand of the ownerless wasteland, and deduct some from others, and they can take more, not to mention that the deduction is still the one who wants to take the largest piece in the plan, and everyone in the household as the main handler, everyone has the most benefits in this matter of deducting profits, I thought that Master Zhou was acquiescing, but I didn't expect to ask a few days, everyone was a little nervous, after all, the meat in the mouth was unwilling to spit out.

Zhou Gui took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl, turned his head and took a sip I don't know if it was a tea stalk or something else, and said with a half-open smile: "There is no ownerless wasteland around the county seat, it is nothing more than a few Zhuangzi of the Fang family, the ownerless wasteland over there in Zhengjiaji, what is that, maybe it is the property of his Qin family, you are a little fooled, that is the only person in our county." ”

This Jin Guan Nian cautiously glanced at Zhou Gui's face, and hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Master Zhou, this is really a lot, this Qin Juren doesn't have to rely on us Zhang Luo if he wants to get the field, we don't care about him and can't do anything, even the dignified county lord has to admit this, he also has to admit it......

"The Zhuangzi of the Fang family was originally taken by Zhu Da, Qin Juren and Zhu Da have been running Zhengjiaji for a few years, after this catastrophe, the Zheng family was wiped out, Qin Juren and Zhu Da are afraid that they have long regarded Zhengjiaji as their own, you take things that are originally other families to do your own thing, who will admit it, isn't this offending people?" Zhou Gui said indifferently.

Hearing these words, the abacus in the household room was quieter, Jin Guannian bowed his waist even more, looked at Zhou Gui's face more cautiously, and felt that there was nothing abnormal before he boldly said: "Master Zhou, if a few days ago, Xiao Jin and I didn't have the courage to do this anyway, it would be to bring trouble to everyone, but in the past few days, the pro-jue and Zhu Da have leaked out, it is nothing more than a paper tiger with a bright surface, that Qin Juren has a good brain but doesn't care, and Zhu Da can't see how powerful it is, The affairs of the Fang family and the Yang family were not done by him, Wang Jiatun Lao Zhang gave him some face, isn't this also enduring......"

"Lao Zhang was instigated by you, right?"

"We didn't instigate, Master Zhou, you also know that Lao Zhang's fool is a violent temper." Jin Guannian replied with a dry smile.

The house was quiet again, the officials didn't care about their work, and they didn't care about any etiquette and tacit understanding, they turned their heads to stare at them, Zhou Gui was silent, and Jin Guannian didn't dare to speak, just after a while, Zhou Gui said slowly: "Since you have planned so thoroughly, I only have one sentence to remind, what should be distributed must be distributed, don't let yourself be cold." ”

"Please rest assured that Master Zhou, everyone must do this errand properly, Master Zhou, your share must be the biggest." Jin Guan Nian said with a smile.

Zhou Gui smiled and didn't answer, the sound of the abacus in the house sounded again, and the house began to get busy again, everyone's worries and worries disappeared, and the next thing is how to reap the benefits, what Qin Juren, what Zhu Da, it is not necessary to follow the old rules.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the house, and it was not surprising that everyone was in a hurry, and the people who went to measure the fields everywhere came back in a hurry, and they did not know who in the third class had returned.

After a while, someone opened the door and lifted the curtain and rushed in, indeed a catcher of the fast class, this person is a brother of the house, has always been close to the house, is one of the eyes and ears of the house in the third class, this person broke the quiet atmosphere of the house at this time, everyone looked over, saw this young catcher panting, looking anxious, and everyone knew that this catcher did not go out to measure the field, is there something wrong?

This catch quickly looked around, walked quickly in the direction of Zhou Gui and Jin Er, and hurriedly saluted in front of him, he panted and said: "The eldest master, the second master, there is an urgent message from the west, and the Zhang inspector of Wangjiatun is dead!" ”

The room was quiet, everyone subconsciously stopped moving, and the next moment there was a loud noise, I don't know whose abacus fell to the ground, the golden pipe Nian's body trembled, took a step back, and almost fell to the ground.

"How...... How did he die? That Jin Guannian's mouth opened and closed a few times before he trembled and asked.

"The one who was killed by two people, saying that he was walking on the street, suddenly rushed out two people, one with a knife, the other with a bow and arrows, and cut off his ......head in the street," the young catcher quickly replied.

After saying a few words, the young catcher gasped for breath, and continued to narrate: "It was said that Zhang Patrol was accompanied by more than a dozen fighting men at that time, all of whom were famous figures in the Jianghu cottage, but they couldn't stop the masked man with a simple knife, it is said that the masked knife man was a ten, one step to kill a person, no one could stop him with a knife, so he killed in front of Zhang Inspector, and cut off his brain with a knife...... "The young catcher said that it was a report, but in fact he was very excited, which is not surprising, this killing method sounds legendary, Of course, the young man's blood boiled when he heard it, and he talked as if he were commenting.

"Alright, don't say it!" Jin Guan Nian drank angrily, and then hurriedly asked; "Is this true? Who told you, is it a rumor? ”

"It's true, it's a letter from Wangjiatun's Li Zhengbao, and the bloody official robes and black yarn have been brought." The young catcher who reported the news quickly replied.

The room was silent, who still cares about settling accounts and keeping accounts, everyone looked at Zhou Gui and Jin Guannian, Jin Er, who was still in his chest, did not have a trace of blood on his face at the moment, and his robe seemed to be blown by the wind, but he was actually trembling.

The young catcher who reported the news was a little confused, he didn't know why he had such a reaction, he was confused, and only heard Jin Guannian ask in a trembling voice: "Kill ...... Kill...... Have you caught the maniac who killed the official and rebelled? ”

"Where can I catch it, cut off two heads and run away on horseback."

"You...... You go and inquire again, if there is something, hurry up and tell me! Jin Guan Nian urged angrily, and the young man scratched his head, thinking that I came to report the news kindly, why didn't I even have a kind word, but everyone in the room was his elders and seniors, so he could only go out with his head down.

There was silence in the house again, but the noise outside was getting louder, and the news of the patrol was being killed everywhere, which was a big deal.

The officials of the household were originally looking at Zhou Gui and Jin Guannian, but now everyone's eyes are focused on Jin Gui alone, and Jin Er, who was still in his chest, was at a loss at the moment, and finally looked at Zhou Gui, the owner of the household, for help.

After another quiet moment, Zhou Gui slowly stood up, coughed and said, "The old man is old, and the account is not clear, so I still won't delay your errand."

"Master Zhou, Master Zhou, master!"

Zhou Gui, who walked to the door, stopped, sighed and turned back and said, "The old man just has one word, and he should be divided." ”