"Hmph, today, I, a rough person from a businessman's family, have only seen what is called the door style of the scholarly family, your Xiao family, is so deceitful too much, I Qiao Zheng remembered, let's see!"

After Qiao Zheng left a cruel word, he also asked Qiao Wenxuan to pull Yu Niang and walked outside the door of Xiao's house. 【&n】

Since Meng Qiuxiang admitted that three years ago, the marriage between Yu Niang and Xiao Hao was invalid, and the marriage book was torn up, so there was no point in staying in the Xiao family and making noise, it was better to take Yu Niang back first, and then sue the Xiao family to the county office.

After Qiao Zheng made up his mind, of course, he left the Xiao family without looking back, and as soon as he left the gate of the Xiao family, he ran into Hu Yunxue.

Hu Yunxue also just heard that Yun Niang was missing, so she planned to come over to take a look, but she didn't expect to run into Qiao Zheng and Yu Niang head-on.

"Jade Niang......" Hu Yunxue shouted.

Yu Niang's eyes did not have a trace of brilliance, and the whole person was sluggish, but when she heard Hu Yunxue's shout, she woke up and covered herself, she quickly broke free of Qiao Wenxuan, but was grabbed by Qiao Zheng, Yu Niang was caught by Qiao Zheng, and she didn't dare to resist at all, so she had to shout: "Ziheng!" ”

Qiao Zheng shouted: "Beast, isn't it enough? Does this Xiao family have anything to do with you? ”

Yu Niang came to her senses at this time, yes, she turned out to have nothing to do with the Xiao family!

Losing her head to the ground, Yu Niang let Qiao Wenxuan help herself into the carriage, and then left Changle Town.

Hu Yunxue watched the carriage leave a long way before she frowned and walked into the courtyard of the Xiao family.

The hall was very quiet, Xiao Mo's face was extremely pale, Meng Qiuxiang lowered his head and was silent, Qiao Zheng's face was ugly, and the middle-aged man looked at Xiao Mo with interest.

Coming to Xiao Mo's side, Hu Yunxue asked with concern: "Ziheng, what happened?" ”

Seeing that it was Hu Yunxue, Xiao Mo shook his head, and then smiled bitterly.

Seeing that Xiao Mo was a little distressed in front of him, the middle-aged man next to Lin Chong laughed.

After the middle-aged man laughed, Lin Chong hugged his fist at him with some embarrassment and said, "Let the adults laugh!" ”

My lord?

Hearing Lin Chong's address to the middle-aged man, Xiao Mo and Hu Yunxue looked at each other.

The middle-aged man said, "Oh? Where's the smile? ”

Lin Chong said respectfully: "This matter of the Xiao family is indeed a little wrong, but please forgive me, the Xiao family is a scholarly family in this town, and the reason why they did the thing of tearing up the marriage book privately is that I am afraid that it is also out of righteousness, and I don't want to delay other girls!" ”

Seeing Lin Chong speaking for the Xiao family, the middle-aged man nodded and said: "Yes, after that, Xiao's mother forced her son to visit the Qiao family girl for selfishness, which is also human nature, but, according to the official, this Xiao's mother just tore up the marriage book, I'm afraid it's fake!" ”

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Xiao Mo and Lin Chong were surprised again, Lin Chong was surprised by what the middle-aged man said, I don't know if it's true or not, if it's true, then why did Xiao's mother tell a lie just now?

And what Xiao Mo was surprised was the 'official' in the mouth of the middle-aged man!

Seeing Xiao Mo's surprised look, the middle-aged man smiled and said, "Yes, this official is the county magistrate of Shen County!" ”

He is Li Ji, the county magistrate of Shen County?

Xiao Mo's heart was shocked, and he quickly stood up with his chair, and was about to salute Li Ji.

Li Ji, the son of Li Zhun, the famous minister of the An Dynasty, is four years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, born in Jinshi, after winning the Jinshi, he has been released as an official, and it has been eight years now, it is said that Li Ji is upright, honest and honest, but his political performance has not been so good, so every three years when he is transferred, he is a county order, and he has not been promoted!

In fact, with Li Zhun in the court, it is not difficult for Li Ji to be promoted, but Li Zhun has not let Li Ji be promoted, on the one hand, it is true that Li Ji has not done much in recent years; Second, Li Zhun also wants Li Ji to raise his prestige outside, in the An Dynasty, after the students and the first, they will generally be released to be officials, for a period of three years, the longer they stay outside, the better their political performance, and the higher their prestige after being transferred to the capital.

Moreover, since the war between the An Dynasty and the Liao State in the north three years ago, although the two sides finally signed a peace treaty, the treaty stipulated that the An Dynasty must pay 600,000 taels of coins to the Liao State every year, and call the Liao State a brother, so in the eyes of the ministers, this is a humiliation to the national body, and Li Zhun also resigned because of this, and was idle in his hometown Jiangning.

After returning to his hometown, Li Zhun has been in obscurity, ready to spend the rest of his life in peace, and as for Li Ji, he doesn't bother to care.

Seeing that Xiao Mo was about to salute, Li Ji knew that Xiao Mo was sick, so he stopped him, and then said to Xiao Mo: "There is no need to salute, this official is a private visit to Weifu this time, which is intended to investigate the drought in Changle Town, so this gift can be waived!" ”

Xiao Mo sat down at this time, but Hu Yunxue and Xiao's mother were different, neither of them was sick, so they still had to see each other.

But Li Ji was exempted one by one, and when he saw Hu Yunxue Ziheng, Li Ji was stunned at first, but then returned to normal, and then said to Xiao's mother: "I don't know what the official just said, but is it true?" ”

Xiao's mother has never left Changle Town in her life, where has she seen such a big official as the county order? So I didn't dare to hide it, so I had to nod.

Seeing Xiao's mother nodding, Lin Chong asked, "Sister-in-law, why are you telling such a lie?" ”

Mother Xiao just shook her head when she heard this, but Li Ji said: "According to the official's opinion, I am afraid that Mrs. thinks that the Xiao family is defeated and does not want to delay the girl of the Qiao family, but the girl of the Qiao family is a loyal person and refuses to leave the Xiao family, so I made this decision, I want to make that Qiao Yuniang die!" ”

Lin Chong and Xiao Mo suddenly realized and understood Xiao's mother's intentions, and Hu Yunxue also knew why Yu Niang became listless and lost just now.

Li Ji said again at this time: "Madame's heart is indeed good, and she doesn't want to delay Qiao Yuniang, but in this way, the Qiao family will not give up, but I am afraid that they will go to my county government tomorrow to complain." ”

"Huh?" Hu Yunxue was surprised when she heard this, and then asked, "What should I do then?" ”

After that, Hu Yunxue looked at Xiao Mo with some concern, and when she heard Hu Yunxue's question, Li Ji pointed at Hu Yunxue and asked, "Who is this girl?" ”

Hu Yunxue saluted Li Ji and said, "The folk girl Hu Yunxue is the daughter of Hu Langzhong in Changle Town!" ”

Li Ji nodded, not knowing what he was thinking, and said after a while: "It turned out to be Miss Hu, what Miss Hu said just now, don't worry at all, since this official knows what the Xiao family has done, it is out of conscience, and he will not make a judgment unfavorable to the Xiao family, but there is a question, this official wants to ask Ziheng." ”

Xiao Mo is a talented person, and he can be exempted from courtesy when he sees an official, and in order to show the preferential treatment of students by the imperial court, ordinary officials call scholars by words.

Xiao Mo said: "My lord, just ask! ”

Li Jidao: "I don't know how Ziheng wants this official to deal with the matter between you and the Qiao family?" ”

When Xiao Mo heard this, he glanced at Li Ji, not knowing what Li Ji meant by asking like this.

Obviously, if Li Ji wants to help the Xiao family, then he will be in court and in harmony, and he will break the case in a daze, so that the Xiao family will not suffer, what does it mean to ask in front of everyone?

Wrong! Xiao Mo seemed to think of something, and his brain was running rapidly.

With Li Ji's wisdom, he can see that Xiao Mu is lying, so he must also be able to see Yu Niang's friendship for him, so he has this question!

Thinking of this, Xiao Mo said to Li Ji: "It's all up to the adult, even if the adult wants to scold the student, or even if he is tortured in the service, the student will never complain!" ”

When Li Ji heard this, he asked: "I just said, the Xiao family is not very wrong, why should Ziheng be in a hurry to be punished?" ”

Xiao Mo said: "Yu Niang has been in the Xiao family for three years, she has suffered many grievances, and she also has the grace of reinvention for me and my mother, and it is my Xiao family who is ashamed of Yu Niang to be punished, and it should be!" ”

Li Ji smiled at this time and said to Lin Chong: "Lin Lizheng, the person you recommended to this official is indeed interesting, but I don't know if Ziheng can solve the crisis in Changle Town as Liang An said!" ”

It turned out that Li Ji came to Xiao's house tonight, and the real purpose was for this!

Lin Chong said to Xiao Mo at this time: "Don't blame the virtuous nephew, I was at home with the adults earlier, and I met the unsuccessful kid in my family, only to know that Ziheng had woken up, and there was still a way to drain the water, so ...... Hehe, Ziheng, since the affairs of the Qiao family are in charge of the adults, there is no need to worry, or talk to the adults, how can the drought in this town be resolved? ”

This is to discuss business with Xiao Mo, Hu Yunxue Bingxue is smart, seeing Lin Chong and Li Ji's solemn expressions, she helped Xiao's mother and said to the three of them: "Auntie's body is a little uncomfortable, I'll accompany her back to the room first!" ”

After Hu Yunxue and Xiao's mother left, Xiao Mocai said, "Your adult is not just here for the town of Changle Town, right? ”

Hearing Xiao Mo's words, Lin Chong and Li Ji looked at each other and smiled, Xiao Mo said this, which showed that Xiao Mo really had a way!

However, it is difficult to say whether the solution will work or not, after all, Xiao Mo has been lying in bed for three years, and he has just recovered from a serious illness, and he is not yet well, so he can't get out of bed, so he definitely doesn't know the current situation in Changle Town and the entire Shen County.

There has been no rain for three years, and all the fields in Shen County, except for a few low-lying towns that have successfully drained from the water and can barely cultivate some crops, others include Changle Town, Qiao'an Town and the northwest of Huaji Town, a large area, not only can not crop the fields, but even the weeds have died!

Two and a half towns, accounting for 30% of the population and land of Shen County, if there is no harvest this year, I am afraid that the whole Shen County will also have a famine, three years of drought, Shen County has long been short of food, and now it is the end of the strong crossbow.

Even if Li Ji can persuade those big families in Shen County to take out the hoarded grain, I am afraid that it will not be able to supply such a large number of people in the county for a long time.

But these are not the key, the key is whether Xiao Mo has a way to drain the water up, if the water can really be drained to Changle Town, and then to Qiao'an Town and Huaji Town, then Li Ji will force those big households to spit out the hoarded grain even if he risks the world's disapproval.

Once the problem of water can be solved, then the drought can be easily solved, which can not only allow Shen County to grow grain in the disaster year, but also solve the crisis of famine in the county, which can be said to be a very great achievement!

Political achievements are exactly what Li Ji needs now, because next year, it will be the year when Li Ji's term of office in Shen County expires, with such political achievements, Li Ji can be regarded as making some contributions to the local area, and it is logical that he will be transferred to the capital to take up a post.