In spring, the river is as green as blue, the wind cuts the willows on the surface of the river, and the penny and small boats are pushed into the picture scroll......

It is the beginning of May, although the "Little Qinhuai River" is only two feet seven or eight wide, the two banks of the river are also willows and willows, there are many river lamps hanging, the green river surface is like a mirror, only the partial boat crosses, only some waves. The breeze is blowing, like a woman's hand gently caressing her face, and the leaves seem to be frolicking with the clear water, facing the breeze, swaying and living.

A rainbow bridge connects the two banks, and bamboo rows and boats pass under the bridge...... When it comes to the time to catch the market, the flow of people on the street of Yongtai County gradually rises, the boats are all over the river, the flow of people is crowded on both sides of the river, and the only Hongqiao near the two sides of the river becomes crowded and lively.

The dwarf carrying the burden of cooking cakes and the tall man carrying the bamboo pole glared at each other and crossed the bridge; The fat man with the rice bag on his back and the thin man driving the ducks scolded each other and left; The old man who drove the crops of the old cow whipped and kept shouting, and slowly walked across the Hongqiao; The captain of the boat under the Hongqiao inserted the oars into the water, rowed the boat to the shore, and the long-term worker wearing coarse cloth and short sleeves carried bags of heavy objects on board; The geese by the river fluttered their wings and flew into the river, and suddenly the water splashed up......

The streets of Yongtai County were crowded with people at this time, dense, almost like a swarm of ants. There are all kinds of small stalls on both sides of the street, and there are all kinds of food stalls, including buns, dumplings, cold noodles, soy milk, fried dough sticks, flower rolls, etc., and the fragrance of one after another lures people drooling; The jewelry stall is even more dazzling, rouge gouache, gold and silver jewelry are everything.

"Uncle! Uncle! You see! This one looks so good! Xiaoman picked up a sachet embroidered with the pattern of "Mandarin Duck Playing in the Water" from the stall, revealing broken jade-like silver teeth, smiling with crooked eyes, and her pretty appearance attracted many men to watch, but when she saw that the famous Master Song was standing next to her, she didn't dare to move forward.

After the "tragic death of Liu Mou'er", the number of people who came to the county government to complain every three, six, and nine times gradually increased, and there was an endless stream of people in the city, and even on April 29, it reached an unprecedented peak, and there were as many as nine people who came to the county government to beat drums and voice grievances that day, forcing the Song court to deal with nine cases in one day.

But fortunately, in the past few days, the murder has never happened again, and it is all trivial cases of abduction and deception, and the neighbors are long and short: today it is the chicken of the Zhang San family that is lost, and tomorrow the cattle of the Li Si family are lost, or the widow of which village is peeking to take a bath, and the grandmother has eight sons but no one to support them...... Wait, don't say that these cases make the Zhong scribe who is responsible for writing the confession cry and laugh, even Song Ting also thinks it's funny, and in addition to being funny, he also thinks that the public security in this county is really too chaotic.

In response to this endless momentum of complaints, Song Ting came up with an idea to deal with it: in addition to homicides, serious cases, and cases where economic losses reach more than 1,000 yuan, some other trivial disputes are handled impartially by each village first, and if you feel that the village is handling it unfairly, you can sue the county government, and the county government will punish the village official; If the village is dealing with justice and has to report to the county government, a penalty of 100 to 1,000 yuan will be imposed as a punishment. This order has been implemented since the beginning of May, and today is the second day of the new year, and it will not be long before the results will be seen.

In addition, the Song court also found two people in the county, Mr. Xu and Mr. Zhu, to compile the ten articles of the "Civilized Township Covenant", prohibiting fights, drunkenness, gambling, etc., standardizing the behavior of the villagers, and electing model villages for commendation and commendation, which greatly improved the public security environment in the county. The arresters, detainees, and officials in the county government are also busy, and from time to time they have to go to the villages to supervise the development of the work of the "Township Covenant", and they will no longer eat and wait for death as before. Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, was very happy to see that his political achievements were affirmed by his boss, so he let his master do it, and he himself accompanied the concubines to eat, drink and have fun every day, and even revealed to Song Ting that he had the idea of marrying another concubine, which made Song Ting secretly speech: "You have married eight, and you still want to marry?"

After a series of work and the fair trial of all kinds of cases without any mistakes, Song Ting, the master, has not only convinced the officials up and down the county government, but also has a lot of prestige in the minds of the people, and it can be said that his influence has reached the sky. Even the people in the villages privately said that "if you want to file a complaint, find the master", it seems to have reached the point where "you know that the county government has a master, but you don't know that the county government has a county order". Of course, Wu Ruxiong, the magistrate of the county, was not aware of the fact that his power was hollowed out, and he was still thinking about how to collect the people's fat and ointment and how to make more money.

Whenever Song Ting walked out on the street, shopkeepers, buddies and even brothel girls from all walks of life would take the initiative to greet each other and respectfully shout "Master Song!" Song Ting usually smiled with his chin bowed, which made others feel that he was unfathomable and incomprehensible.

"Uncle! Uncle! What are you thinking? Let's go over there! Xiao Man grabbed Song Ting's placket and folded it in the crowd, looking very happy, and before going to the street, his lips were specially smeared with orange lip grease, which looked red and tender, with a hint of charm.

Song Ting was pulled by her, and the two of them seemed to have forgotten their identity as master and servant, and she was even more innocent, and when she was happy, she forgot all the etiquette and rules, so she pulled and pulled, and unconsciously put her hand under his armpit, and turned it into holding his arm.

"Uncle! When did you go back to see the princess ...... before the word "princess" was spitted out, he was hit by Song Ting's arm, and immediately changed his words: "Go back to see Miss?"

"I'll go back during the Dragon Boat Festival."

"Yay! Today is the second year of junior high school, should we go back on the fourth day of junior high school? Xiaoman cheered.

"The fifth day of the first month."

After Song Ting finished speaking, he continued to shuttle through the lively street market with her, and came to a silk cloth shop.

Song Ting bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "I want to order a piece of clothing."

The shopkeeper asked, "Did you wear it yourself?"

Song Ting shook his head lightly and said, "No."

"Oh, I see." The shopkeeper called him out, but whispered a few words in her ear. After listening to his instructions, he nodded, then took a few high-quality silks, and asked Xiaoman, "Girl, which color do you want?"

"Ah, me?" Xiao Man pointed to his nose, his eyes dripping, and his face was incredible. It turns out that Master Ma is going to make clothes for her...... Thinking of this, he lowered his little head in shame, and couldn't help blushing and heartbeating.

"Choose one, if you're not satisfied, let's change to another house." Song Ting urged.

"Huh? Oh......" Xiao Man snorted, his face flushed, and he pursed his lips so happy that he couldn't speak.

Xiaoman finally chose a pale pink silk with a plum blossom pattern, and then measured the size with the help of the proprietress, Song Ting paid the deposit, and the proprietress said that the tailor would finish the clothes in a few days, and he could come and pick it up.

After coming out of the silk shop, suddenly heard a burst of singing, Song Ting walked into the hook bar with Xiao Man, Xiao Man was a little embarrassed, his face was flushed, after all, most of the spectators in the hook bar were male guests, and most of the performers on the stage were prostitutes, although these prostitutes were selling their art and not selling their bodies, but when she first arrived on this occasion, she still felt a little uncomfortable.

I only heard the babbling and singing on the stage, all of which were local tunes from Wu Nong's area, and after singing, the audience shouted a few hello, and some were not satisfied, and some people threw rewards. Then a few girls dressed in red and green came up, and even one of them was already quite good, but the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were full of charm and dust, and she sang softly when she opened her mouth: "The waist of the palace is slender, and the age is only too old." Just got caught in the amorous ...... With Xie Luoshang, Yingying stood up with a silver slug on her back, but said that you should sleep first. "It's a willow song sung, the palace tune, the tone is slightly low, it's not good.

After listening to it for a while, Song Ting was slightly disappointed, after all, this small county town is not as prosperous as Yangzhou City, and it is really not easy to meet a few people with good voices. After listening to it for a while, I felt a little bored, and I casually rewarded those girls with some broken silver, and then got up and took Xiaoman away. Many people who knew him on the side of him clasped their fists and saluted him, and when he stood up, he also clearly saw the dusty woman singing willow words on the stage, and a faint loss flashed in the corner of his eyes.

"Uncle, let's go back! Xiaoman will make braised fish for you. What you told me last time about mastering the heat...... I think I learned. Also, add some soy sauce, shredded ginger, and chopped green onions...... Well, you said it would be nice if there were chili peppers...... Hey, what's a chili pepper? Coming out of the hook bar, Xiao Man seemed very happy, chattering non-stop along the way.

When I walked to the door of the county office, I suddenly saw an old dog sticking out his tongue and panting in front of the two. The old dog was demented, walked slowly, and had an iron chain around his neck, and the end of the chain was led by a man with a rough expression, and the man was wearing a fast hunting suit, and when Song Ting saw this person, he smiled and asked, "Where is Cao Zhutou going?"

"I'm looking for you!" Cao Bin took out a letter from his bosom, handed it to Song Ting, and said, "The post station has sent your letter."

"Oh?" Song Ting took the letter, opened it and looked at it, his face changed after reading it, his hands trembled slightly, and he said to Xiaoman: "It's not good, something happened at home."

When Xiaoman heard this, his heart also panicked.

…

At the post station, with an urgent knock on the door, the post man hurriedly ran out, and when he saw someone coming, he immediately asked with a smile: "Oh, it turned out to be Master Song, Master Song is this?"

"I'm in a hurry, I need a fast horse."

"Yes, yes, I'll do it."

The officials of all aspects of Yongtai County, Song Ting had already gotten acquainted, and there were a few good horses in the post station, and he didn't know about it today, so he came to borrow the horses. During this time, Cao Bin taught him the essentials of horseback riding, and after two days of learning, he was already able to ride a horse.

Soon Yicheng brought a jujube red horse, looking at the posture of a miracle horse, Song Tingwei hugged his fist, stepped on the horse's back, "snapped" and whipped the whip, the horse galloped, and rode away at a gallop to Yangzhou City......