"My lord, the emperor is forcing you to have a correct attitude, this letter is said to be for Xiao Jin, but in the final analysis, I also want you to have a number in your heart, the father-in-law who came to deliver the letter, why didn't he leave after sending the letter, he must be waiting for the adult's reply."

"What does this Xiao Jin's promotion have to do with me?"

"My lord, think about it carefully, what Xiao Jin did after coming to the county, if the emperor didn't know, how could he have this letter to him."

"Well, this is killing a lot of officials, Wang Pingzhi looked for me a few times a few days ago, I don't have any points in my heart, I said that this Xiao Jinshi came with the holy hand, I have not been sure, it seems that there is the emperor's meaning in it." Mock said with hindsight.

"It seems that Wu Sangui really can't be contacted anymore, you help me give the letter to my father-in-law, and let my father-in-law bring a message to the saint, just say, in the past two years, Guizhou has been blessed by the emperor, the wind and rain are smooth, and there is plenty of food and clothing, and the local people are all looking forward to the emperor coming here to patrol."

"My lord's words, the emperor must be happy when he hears it, hehe."

In the inner courtyard of the mansion, Gonggong Gui thought of this letter, "I really let the Holy Master guess correctly." ”

Shun'an Mansion, Wang Pingzhi comforted, "I also want to take Xiao Jin, but the prince asked me not to do it for the time being, and I have to be appeased, and I can't help my younger brother." ”

Mrs. Wang of Chenjiazhuang said with a dark face, "What kind of official are you, such a big Zhuangzi let the little sesame official be demolished alive, look at your nephew's face, what has it become?" Can you do something as an uncle? ”

Wang Pingzhi looked at his nephew with a blue nose and swollen face, frowned and said, "I said something bad about you, what is the situation in Linxian County, you didn't know before, and swaggered to die, you are a pig's brain, and said to his sister, "It's good that he can come out like this, didn't you see that Yao Zhaonian's head was cut off by me and gave it to the little sesame official you said?" This is what the prince explained. “

"Lord Wang, Lord Wang, you know Lord Wang, and he is also a member of the five grades, I don't care, this surnamed Xiao must die, if he doesn't die, I won't have you as a younger brother."

Wang Pingzhi listened to her sister scolding there, and looked at her nephew with a face full of grievances, his whole head was swollen like a pig's head, and he was silent with a teacup.

Seeing that his sister was tired of scolding, he comforted, "Okay, okay, in the morning, I will listen to you scolding here, you can rest assured about this matter, this copy of the house has been copied to my Wang Pingzhi's head, I can still be indifferent, you go back first, I will take care of this Xiao Jin." ”

The two got Wang Pingzhi's words, and then left.

Wang Pingzhi saw them leaving, thought for a while, changed into official robes, came to the prefect's yamen, and called for a general sentence.

Seeing the prefect, the general judge looked angry, seemed to be in a bad mood, sat down, and said softly, "My lord? Why are you so sad? ”

"Hey, Lord He, I won't tell you, my sister Zhuangzi was ransacked by a gang of bandits a few days ago, and she just came to my house to make trouble.

"My lord, this newly appointed magistrate really doesn't understand the rules, he has been in office for so many days, and he doesn't come to visit the adult, and he wants me to say that he has to be cured. It's him like this, what's the difference between it and rebellion, the prince is also confused. Keeping him in Linxian isn't embarrassing for me. ”

"The prince has his own holy judgment, don't mention it in advance, this gangster is so rampant, I have to get rid of it, you send an official letter, let Xiao Jin gather some people, go to Dalong Mountain to suppress the bandits, and be sure to wipe them out."

"My lord, what if this Xiao Jin doesn't take the order?"

"Why? As soon as he came to the county magistrate, it was within his power and responsibility to suppress bandits, so why should he not go? If you don't go, we will have enough reasons to take him, not to mention the prince, even if it is in front of the emperor, he will not be able to please him. ”

"My lord, the bandits in Dalongshan are strong, and after so many years, they have not achieved results, and the little head soldier in Xiao Jin County, I'm afraid it's not enough to see."

Wang Pingzhi heard him say that Xiao Jin was not enough to see, and secretly thought to himself, what I want is to let him go and have no return.

On the surface, he said with a straight face, "That's Xiao Jin's business, you must let him make a contribution at one time, and leave no trouble, or try to ask him for the most negligence." After saying that, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

At the beginning of June of the twelfth year of Kangxi, Xiao Jin received an edict from the emperor brought by Gonggong Gui.

"What Aiqing has done, deep heart, Zhuo Zhuo promoted you to the county of Zhengqipin, coordinating all the affairs of the county, and the people who are lacking can recommend their candidates, report to the governor, and do what they will do in the future, and don't be bold and reckless, I hope Aiqing can see the overall situation and know what I think in my heart."

"I also hope that my father-in-law will go back and tell the emperor that he should do his best to do his errands and solve problems for the emperor."

"If you have a heart, I'll bring it for you." Gonggong Gui looked at the silver brought up and said with a smile.

Xiao Jin said with a smile, "There are some entanglements here, and I will spend money on the road for my father-in-law, and I can't get through my humble duties by letting my father-in-law come to deliver the message, so I can only thank my father-in-law with this little silver, and I hope that my father-in-law will not refuse." ”

"Hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say, I'll do things for the emperor, why do you have to work hard, I know that you are busy with government affairs, so I won't stop, and I'll leave for Beijing."

"It's because I'm a small county, and my father-in-law can't get into the eyes of the law, hehe, I'll let people escort my father-in-law on the road."

Gonggong Gui was not embarrassed by his guess of the central thought, patted Xiao Jin's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Lord Xiao is really sensible, no wonder the saint values you so much, you are an understanding person, let's go, and I'll talk about it when I return to Beijing later." ”

Xiao Jin asked Xiao Jian to bring an escort to escort Gonggong Gui out of the city, looked at the vanishing convoy in front of him, looked at Ji Xiaolandao and Zheng Banqiao, who had been waiting for a long time, wiped the sweat on his head, and didn't know if it was nervous or hot, "I originally thought that the emperor would blame me for killing the court officials without the court pronouncing a sentence before, but I didn't expect to just order a few words from me." ”

Ji Xiaolan shook her head and said, "Adults should not be taken lightly, since ancient times, the king's mind is the most difficult to guess, and now the emperor wants to use adults, of course, he will not easily blame adults, but it can still be seen from the oracle that the emperor still has ideas about the style of doing things for adults." “

"Well, I know this, it's better than I expected, the two gentlemen heard it just now, I'll ask people to report your two names to Guiyang, the affairs in this county, without your care, I really don't worry about Hu County."

Ji Xiaolan and Zheng Banqiao said in unison, "Lord Xie promoted." ”

I took the two of them to walk around the workshop, saw that things were in order, and looked at the training ground again, and the more than 100 guns that had just been issued had been used by the soldiers for live-fire training.

The other teams without guns are still honestly standing in a military posture and doing physical training, everyone sees the first group of people shooting happily, so they are not envious, and they heard Shangguan say that it will take a month before it will be their turn.

When Butcher Zhu saw Xiao coming in, he took the initiative to run up and said, "My lord, these big-headed soldiers know all day long that they are fighting with birds, what is the use of this, if you want me to say, this battlefield still depends on a piece of strength and a big knife in your hand." Isn't this kind of training a delay? I heard that this bird is worth a few hundred taels of silver, with this money, I can pull up a team of thousands of people, and there is no shortage of weapons and armor. ”

"Why are you there, Chen Jinnan's words were ordered by me, who is powerful in this musket and sword, you will know later." Xiao Jin said with a straight face.