Chapter 24: Secret Mission
Liu Gouwa looked at the disbelieving eyes of the two middle-aged men who were fighting for horses, and laughed: "The old horse told the official that he is old and dizzy, and he really can't recognize which one is its owner, but it still knows where it lives and knows the way home. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
So, Liu Gouwa instructed Qian Feng to untie the reins of the old horse, let it go out of the county office, the horse walked around the city, Qian Feng brought some officials and curious people to follow, Liu Gouwa already knew the result in his heart, and did not go with everyone, just took a sip of a cup of hot tea, and smiled at the door of the yamen to see those curious people follow the old horse.
After more than half an hour, Qian Feng and they turned back, along the way people were amazed, to the county office, Qian Feng stepped forward and saluted: "It's really God, the old horse twisted and turned in the city for a long time, and actually turned to Zhang Laohan's house, and went directly into the stable." "One of the middle-aged people fighting for horses is the son of Zhang Laohan, after fighting for the old horse, he went back to the yamen with Qian Feng to thank Liu Gouwa, but the other middle-aged man who fought for the horse knew that he was wronged and did not come back.
"You've all heard of the old horse, right?" Seeing that everyone had no intention of dispersing, Liu Gouwa waited for her to analyze the case, and couldn't help asking.
In the crowd, some people were stunned, some people were confused, and some people exchanged heads and ears and asked each other. Qian Feng also suddenly realized and said: "My subordinates have also heard of this allusion, but I didn't expect it for a while. ”
In this era, knowledge and culture were basically in the hands of the powerful, wealthy businessmen and literati, and the untouchable civilian refugees at the bottom could be said to be cultural primitives. Some people don't know a word in their lives, can't write their names, make handprints for everything, can't count, sell catties of fruit, and collect money with their fingers, unlike later generations, where knowledge is universal.
Liu Gouwa is now talking about culture and allusions with these people, no wonder most people are ignorant and have a bit of a feeling about cows playing the piano. Although Qian Feng is a member of the yamen, the knowledge of these low-level officials in the yamen is also limited, and they are also half-understood.
So, Liu Gouwa went to war with the Qi Henggong he knew, got lost in the mountains, released the old horse to lead the way, so as to find the allusion of the way back, and patiently gave everyone a free science popularization.
After talking about the allusion of the old horse, Qian Feng slapped a sycophant in a timely manner, saying that the allusion told by Liu Gouwa was ten times more exciting and a hundred times more vivid than what he had heard before. Although Liu Gouwa has always been disgusted with sycophants, and in later generations of companies, she sneered at her colleagues for patting the leaders' ass, but now she is being patted on the back, and it is also very useful, no wonder people at home and abroad in ancient and modern times like sycophants, and women like sycophants.
When Qian Feng returned to the county government from the city, he also brought back the fishmonger surnamed Qiao, who had lost his money bag, and the fishmonger surnamed Qiao also accurately stated the amount of silver in the money bag and claimed his money bag. After the case was handled, Liu Gouwa led Qian Feng to send half of Zhang Dagui's silver to Chai Wujia, and when he arrived at Chai Wujia, he witnessed the tragic situation of Chai Wujia, and the two donated all the silver money they had left on their bodies to them.
Since Liu Gouwa dealt with the robbery case, the money bag case, and the horse fight case, he became famous in the state city, smart and wise, knowledgeable, humorous, close to the people and love the people, helping the needy, judging cases like a god, selfless and other rumors are flying all over the sky, the more they spread, the more gods are spreading, and the eulogy of not wanting money is still emerging, and he is almost praised as a fairy monster.
Finally one day, Hao Dongqing, the envoy of Jiedu, met him, and Liu Gouwa bought some gifts to go to the Jiedu Embassy, and it is not strange that there are many people. When he arrived at the Jiedu Embassy, Liu Gouwa's own housekeeper Liu was already waiting in front of the mansion, and Liu Gouwa also gave him a gift, and Steward Liu accepted the gift and politely led Liu Gouwa to the Jiedu Embassy to see Hao Dongqing.
At this time, Hao Dongqing was described as thin, his eyes were deep-set, his face was gray, he was wearing the tiger fur coat given by Liu Gouwa, and he was sitting in the official room to deal with military affairs.
Liu Gouwa entered the official room, and after stepping forward to salute, he stood aside, an official of Liu Gouwa's level is not qualified to sit in a seat. Hao Dongqing looked at Liu Gouwa for a while, and then smiled: "It is said that you have handled a few cases in the county government, and you have done it very beautifully, and it has spread in the city. ”
The official moved the seat, Liu Gouwa thanked him, and then sat down and said modestly: "My lord praised it falsely, and the lower official just dealt with a few relatively remote and simple disputes." ”
"Lord Liu is modest, although Lord Liu is young, he still has some talents, as long as he works hard, he will definitely have a bright future." Hao Dongqing smiled approvingly.
"Thank you for your cultivation, Xia Guan will definitely work harder."
"Hehe, Lord Liu is polite, yes, Zhou County Ling has been busy with official business recently, recently his father-in-law Du Shilang has returned to his hometown, it is really a big loss for the imperial court, there is one less capable minister in the court, Lord Liu will have to assist him more in handling the official affairs of the state and county in the future." Hao Dongqing sighed as he spoke.
"Xia Guan remembered." Although Liu Gouwa didn't know why Hao Dongqing talked to him about these things in the court, and he didn't know what he asked him to do in the Jiedu Embassy, he still hurriedly agreed.
"This official also heard rumors in the city that you handled a few beautiful cases, so I asked you to ask if it was true or not, and there was nothing else." Hao Dongqing stared at Liu Gouwa and said.
When Liu Gouwa heard this, this meant that he was evicting customers, so he hurriedly stood up and said, "The official will retire, and it will not hinder the adult's office affairs." Hao Dongqing nodded slightly, and Liu Gouwa withdrew from Hao Dongqing's official room.
Or Steward Liu personally came to send Liu Gouwa out, halfway through, Steward Liu complimented: "Lord Liu is young and promising, he can get our adult's blue eyes, and the future is immeasurable, I don't know if Lord Liu knows who the adult just said about Du Shilang?" ”
Who do you care about, a retired old official, what do you have to do with me? Originally, Liu Gouwa thought so, but he knew that since this Steward Liu specially mentioned it, there would definitely be an insider, so he couldn't help but pretend to be humble and asked: "I hope the old housekeeper will tell me." ”
Steward Liu said with a smile: "This Du Shilang was originally a household official, and he is also a good man in the court, no one can be offended, and he can talk to our adults." Steward Liu said and looked at Liu Gouwa, who hurriedly said, "That's the neutral faction." ”
"Not bad." Steward Liu then smiled and said, "But his son-in-law is not like this......." said and looked at Liu Gouwa, Liu Gouwa heard what he said, this Songcheng County Commander Zhou Fuan has probably fallen to Shi Weiyi, the deputy envoy of the festival, and also to Situ Sang Weihan's faction, he was promoted by Hao Dongqing, although it was not his intention, it was the situation, but politically, he had to choose a side, so he said: "Oh, this official understands, I don't know what else Lord Hao has to order?" ”
"Our lord said that Lord Liu is smart and clever, and if it is true, it will be clear at all." Steward Liu laughed and laughed, and then lowered his voice and said: "My lord has confessed, as long as Lord Liu collects the crimes of corruption and dereliction of duty surnamed Zhou, he can hand it over to the Jiedu Embassy, if this is done, our lord will ensure that Lord Liu takes over as the commander of Songcheng County, and I hope Lord Liu will cherish it himself." ”
Walking out of the Jiedu Embassy, Liu Gouwa couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, when she came to the Jiedu Embassy, she received a secret mission, and it was a task to offend people.