After a while, the red-faced official came over, opened the prison door, pointed to Yu Xiang, Liu Xiangzhong and the invincible Gui Xin Shu of the Divine Fist and said, "You three come with me!" Pass the trial! ”

Cheng Guoxiang said with a frightened face: "Pass the trial!" Hell! You have to be careful. ”

Yu Xiang patted him on the shoulder, smiled, and motioned for him not to worry.

When I came to the lobby, I saw the fat Gou Zhixian sitting in the center of the main hall, and a goatee master was bowing down beside him and whispering.

Gou Zhixian had a satisfied smile on his face.

The red-faced official announced: "Go back to your lordship, the bandits are here." ”

As soon as he saw Yu Xiang go to the court, Gou Zhixian was shocked and shouted: "Bah! Bold bandits, in broad daylight, knowing the law and breaking the law, when you see Benzhi County, you don't kneel, when will you wait? ”

The officials holding wooden sticks on both sides struck the ground with their sticks and shouted, "Might-"

At this moment, I heard only a few errand officers hurriedly running in and replying: "There is a large group of officers and soldiers from outside the city, saying that it is the governor of Henan who has paraded here. ”

Gou Zhixian was startled, then came back to his senses, and shouted and scolded: "You dogs, Lord Governor parades, go through the motions, as for being so panicked?" Wait for the official to go out to greet him. ”

I only heard a loud shout outside the lobby: "Don't work hard to know the county." Before the words fell, Liu Guoneng strode into the hall, and behind him, dozens of sturdy and fierce soldiers quickly controlled the court. All the officers had their hands cut off behind their backs and knelt on the ground in a proper manner.

Liu Xiangyong approached and cut Yu Xiang's rope with a knife. Zhuge Shanzhen held Yu Xiang's governor's uniform with both hands and came to Yu Xiang. said: "General Liu led troops to control the city defense, we have surrounded the county government, and everyone has controlled it. ”

Yu Xiang nodded, and said with a pleasant face: "Lord Gou, where is there a single room, the governor wants to change clothes." ”

Gou Zhixian trembled, got off the table, and took Yu Xiang to a remote room.

Yu Xiang changed his clothes, was majestic, and sat in the lobby. This is the first time Yu Xiang has sat in the lobby and opened a foreign meat restaurant.

Yu Xiang coughed dryly and said to the red-faced official: "I said this official, what about the sandalwood fan of this governor?" ”

The red-faced officer hurriedly took out the sandalwood fan from his arms, Zhuge Shanzhen snatched it from his hand, kicked him to his knees, and the red-faced officer hurriedly kowtowed, shouting for mercy, the appearance of a dog slave was vivid, Yu Xiang looked at him in disgust, and said, "Get up!" ”

The red-faced officer was relieved, stood up with his head bowed, and stole a look at the young governor's face out of the corner of his eye.

Yu Xiang smiled, pointed at the red-faced official with a sandalwood fan and said, "Tell me, how does this curfew law make money?" As you saw just now, I am the governor of a province, and I have two taels of broken silver in my bag, and everyone else laughs at it, so you come to give the governor a little allocation. ”

When the red-faced official heard this, he came to the spirit and said: "My lord, this curfew law is a good way to make money, the small one personally designed and implemented it personally, in recent years, other counties have been so poor that they have clanged, but my county is the only one that eats and drinks spicy food, and is also rated as an advanced county in public security, which has the credit of the villain." ”

"Shut up!" Gou Zhixian let out a loud shout, interrupting the red-faced official to continue, Gou Zhixian said: "Lord Governor, let the lower official report truthfully!" ”

Yu Xiang nodded and said: "This 'noon pass is not clean' clearly and clearly, close the door at noon, and go to bed at no time, if everyone abides by it, how can you collect the money?" ”

Gou Zhixian smiled and said: "Your Excellency Governor, do you know, this noon, not at any time, it is all up to us, just by looking at the shadow of the sun, how can it be so accurate." It is not based on the shadow, it all depends on the gong of the house, it is early, it is early at noon, and if it is late, it will be late at noon. Besides, the locals don't have much oil and water to fish, and our financial resources depend on past merchants. Here is the throat of Henan and Hubei, is the main road of traffic, since ancient times it is a place where merchants must pass, as long as you come to stay in this county, you must pay the fee illegally. "Hey! Hey! Hey! He chuckled smugly.

"Well, the initiative is all in your hands, how many taels of silver can this small county collect in a year?" Yu Xiang asked.

Gou Zhixian pretended to be mysterious and stretched out two fingers.

"Two thousand taels?" Yu Xiang asked.

Gou Zhixian shook his head and said, "Twenty thousand taels!" ”

Yu Xiang was shocked. In this era, 20,000 taels is not a small number.

"That's a small amount, at most a year, we received 40,000 taels." The red-faced officer added.

When Gou Zhixian heard the red-faced official interject, he was angry and shouted: "You shut up for me, come on, give me a palm!" ”

Yu Xiang glanced at Zhuge Shanzhen, Zhuge Shanzhen understood, and replied: "Obey!" ”

After speaking, he picked up his thick palm, and fanned the red-faced poor official wildly, making the red-faced poor official howl like killing a pig, his facial features moved greatly, and the blood flowed down the corners of his mouth, and he was beaten miserably, now it is not a red face, but a red head, his face is covered with blood, Zhuge Shanzhen hit his hand painfully, so he stopped, everyone think about it, Zhuge Shanzhen is what kind of kung fu he has, so that his hands hurt, what kind of strength does that make.

When Gou Zhixian and Master Goatee saw this scene, they were so frightened that they trembled and trembled. kowtowed to Yu Xiang like a chicken pecking rice and begged for mercy. Ping Suri didn't know where to run.

Yu Xiang saw that killing chickens and monkeys played a role, and asked Gou Zhixian: "How many years have you been in office?" ”

"Three years. No, it's three years, three months and three days! ”

"On average, how much money do you make each year?"

"Three, thirty thousand taels"

Yu Xiang said: "Earn 30,000 taels a year, three years is 90,000 taels, three years Qingzhi County, 100,000 white flowers." It seems that you didn't complete the task, which is a bit of a pity! ”

The more Gou Zhixian listened, the more confused he became, and he didn't know whether to praise or criticize: "Where and where, the main thing is the expenses, these brothers are working hard, how many points." ”

Yu Xiang said: "Oh, that's right, you get up!" ”

Gou Zhixian thanked him and stood up.

Yu Xiang continued: "Our group, people are sleepy and tired, and we have to hurry, can we get some food, Sichuan travel expenses, and the governor is in a hurry, no one is waiting, do you want to find someone to serve tonight." ”

Seeing that he said it so explicitly, Gou Zhixian was overjoyed, and said in his heart: Fuck, the world is as black as a crow, as long as this person is a corrupt official, it is easy to say. But he said: "Don't look at my small temple, the grain reserves are very rich, and the wind and rain in this county were good in the past few years, and the grain collected was stored." You can have as much as you want. ”

Yu Xiang showed an approving expression to him, Gou Zhixian was even more proud, and leaned into Yu Xiang's ear and said: "A few days ago, this mansion caught a yellow flower girl, her appearance and figure are not picky, but her temper is a little big, and she has a strong temperament, I have been hungry for her for two days, so let her sleep for you tonight, it depends on whether you can ride this batch of fierce horses." After speaking, he laughed a few times wickedly.

Yu Xiang was silent, nodded and said, "It's rare that Lord Gou has thought it through. It is better for the Governor to be respectful than to obey his orders. ”

Gou Zhixian was immediately overjoyed, he didn't expect to take down this governor so quickly, and he was secretly proud!

"How often does Lord Futai come here to patrol this place?" Yu Xiang asked nonchalantly.

Gou Zhixian smiled and said, "I have to come two or three times a year." In order to show Yu Xiang his experience, he approached Yu Xiang and said: "His ten-room concubine, the mansion has given him three rooms, all of them are young and beautiful women, and I am close friends with Lord Futai." ”

Yu Xiang was interested and asked, "Oh, there are such beautiful things, your little projectile land is still rich in beautiful women?" ”

Gou Zhixian haha said: "You don't know, this county is not rich, but other counties are rich, as long as she passes by this county and looks beautiful, she has to break the law, break the law, this county has the ability, let her do whatever she wants, not to mention marrying the wife of Lord Futai." ”

Yu Xiang couldn't wait to go up and smoke this grandson, but he still suppressed his anger and asked, "How many concubines do you have?" ”

Gou Zhixian said: "I can't hide it, I have sixteen wives and concubines, if it weren't for my body, I would marry more." ”

"Dare to ask Lord Gou how expensive you are this year?"

"Six out of forty! The bones of the body are not as good as before. ”

Yu Xiang said in his heart, such a ridiculous and unreasonable, it would be strange if his body was good. Then he asked, "Lord Gou, how much silver do you pay to Lord Futai every year?" This time the question was even more explicit, and the whole room could hear it.

This Gou prefect immediately became alert, stared at those eyes, looked at Yu Xiang, and did not dare to answer.

Yu Xiang pointed to the goatee master and said, "You come on." ”

Master Goatee was like a sifting chaff and shaking non-stop. He trembled and said, "Lord Qiyu, every time I come, the number varies, ranging from a thousand taels to ten thousand taels. ”

Yu Xiang nodded and said to Master Goatee, "Well said! For the sake of your sincerity, the Governor forgives you for your innocence in accordance with the War Amnesty Act, and that all the crimes you have committed in the past, the purchase and sale of a sum of money, and the two taels of silver that you have in your house, must be handed over in full, and you must not hide it privately, and from now on you must strictly abide by the laws and be a good man, you know? ”

When Master Goatee heard that he was forgiven, he was grateful, and immediately kowtowed to thank him.

When Gou Zhixian saw this, he thought that he would be forgiven if he explained it, so he said: "Over the years, the total amount of silver taels given by the lower officials to Lord Futai is 30,000 taels. ”

"Is there a ledger?" Yu Xiang asked.

Gou Zhixian hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

Yu Xiang changed the topic, touched his face with his hand, and said, "Bendu's face is still hurting when he was beaten by your official just now, what do you say?" ”

Gou Zhixian said: "This dog slave dares to beat the governor, he should chop off his hands." ”

Yu Xiang immediately said: "Yes, according to what Gou Zhixian said, chop off this person's hands." ”

I saw a flash of knife light in the lobby, Zhuge Shanzhen took out the knife, collected the knife, as fast as lightning, only a few people saw this process, and on the ground, there were suddenly two more hands, the red-faced officer's hands were broken, the blood was gushing like a spring, the wailing continued, he fell to the ground and rolled, and suddenly fainted, and the bloody atmosphere of the entire hall was permeated.

Gou Zhixian's face was as pale as earth, and through these few times, he realized that this seemingly kind young governor was very cold-blooded, and an ominous premonition came to his heart.

Yu Xiang asked again: "Gou Zhixian, send the silver to Lord Futai, do you have an account book?" Does Lord Futai know that you have a curfew law here? ”

Gou Zhixian trembled, his whole body was like a sifting chaff, plopped, knelt on the ground again, and kowtowed again and again: "Lord Qiyu, the villain is afraid that Futai will turn his face and not admit it in the future, every piece of silver, there is an account book, I will take it later, this curfew law is also instructed by Lord Futai, implemented by this government, otherwise, how can I be a small county official, how can I be so bold and dare to risk such a big disapproval in the world!" ”

When Yu Xiang heard this, he got up from his chair, walked to Gou Zhixian, grabbed him by the collar, grabbed him from the ground, started work left and right, and slapped Gou Zhixian in the mouth. Beat this Gou Zhixian to a dizziness, looking for teeth all over the ground, and slapped Yu Xiang's hands painfully, he still didn't understand his hatred, and kicked Gou Zhixian in the stomach a few times, this dog Zhixian screamed a few times and fainted.

Yu Xiang stopped, sat back on the chair, and said to Master Goatee: "Write down today's experience, as for the part of Ben Du beating people, you don't need to remember it." ”

How dare Master Goatee disobey the order, he had to promise to say yes, and he himself didn't know why he was the only one who was pardoned.

"The prefect's yamen, who else is still upright, tell me." Yu Xiang asked Master Goatee.

How dare Master Goatee disobey, and said: "This Ya has a famous catcher, named Wen Zhi, known as a thief, he is an upright person, after Gou County Order took office, because he often violated the meaning of the county order, he was found a reason by Gou County Order, opened a vacancy and went home, and now he is idle at home." ”

"Go get him at once." Yu Xiang ordered.

Master Goatee hurriedly went to ask Wen Zhi, and Liu Xiangzhong followed him.

The court was extremely bloody, the red-faced officer broke his hands, fell in a pool of blood, bled to death, and Gou Xian Ling was kicked by Yu Xiang and fainted.

Yu Xiang sat on top of the court and waved his hand, and the soldiers on both sides immediately carried the two down to clean up the court.

After a while, Master Goatee came in with a middle-aged man with a tough body, gray hair, and a stiff beard like a needle.

Yu Xiang asked him to tell the story of the county, and Wen Zhi told him about the causes and consequences of the "Curfew Law", which was not much different from what Yu Xiang knew before, Yu Xiang said: "From today on, you are the chief catcher of the county, you draw up a list, write down the names of the guilty catchers and city guards in the county, and the governor will impose heavy penalties and must not hide his secrets, otherwise, he will ask you." ”

Wen Zhi hurriedly kowtowed to receive his life.

Yu Xiang ordered all the officials and soldiers in the city to be guarded and waited for the arrival.

Then he led the group to the prison.

Cheng Guoxiang saw an official in official uniform standing in front of him with a smile, very strange, carefully identified, overjoyed, it was the young man he met in the cell just now, Cheng Guoxiang fell to the ground and bowed, Yu Xiang helped him up with both hands, and said: "Brother Guoxiang, from today on, you are the county magistrate here, you must be a good official and lead the people to fight drought and provide disaster relief." ”

Yu Xiang said to Master Goatee: "From now on, I will assist this magistrate well, and I will assist him to be a good official and a clean official, if not, I will blame you, and I will kill you in the future and punish you for several crimes, remember?" ”

When Master Goatee heard this, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to thank him, vowing to be loyal.

Cheng Guoxiang was surprised and delighted, this day was like a roller coaster, from hell to heaven, he talked about his ideals to Yu Xiang, Yu Xiang stood aside, looking at him with a smile, Cheng Guoxiang's body concentrated the characteristics of Chinese intellectuals for thousands of years: pedantic, full of ideals, words of giants and dwarfs. The current Cheng Guoxiang is himself in that distant time and space, just in time and full of ideals, Yu Xiang decided to give him a stage and let him implement his ideals and ambitions well.