In June, the heat was scorching.

Li Xi was in the yamen while criticizing the documents that had accumulated for several days, and at the same time grabbed a copy and slapped it, Rao was so, his face was still hot and red, there were beads of sweat rolling on his forehead, and his body was even more sticky, and he felt that it was too hot to hold on, so he picked up the wet towel next to him to wipe his sweat.

In fact, he is quite good in this room, but the county government also gives a bucket of ice every day, and that bucket of ice is placed not far away, at least a few degrees lower than the temperature outside, but it is too hot today, and it still makes people feel unbearable. Except for the four high-ranking officials in the county government, the other officials didn't even have ice cubes in their rooms, so it was naturally much hotter. Even if the door was open, the window was open, but there was not even a trace of wind outside, and it was useless to open it.

Shuzhong is hotter than other places, so at this time, as long as the conditions at home are slightly better, they all drop out of work, just do everything possible to find that cool place to escape the heat.

But the people in the county government can't rest, they are officials, they must advance and retreat according to the point, and they can't make any mistakes, otherwise the golden rice bowl will be smashed.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Zheng Shuang, the county magistrate, to catch up with the hottest days, he just comes over every day to inspect it, and if there is a general matter that he needs to take an idea, he will say a few words, and then arrange it, turn his head and leave, hide in the backyard and find a way to take advantage of the coolness. There are some things that need to be handled by him personally, and most of them are pushed to Li Xi, the main book, and he will take care of them on his behalf.

Don't think that the relationship between the two people is good, the county magistrate is willing to take care of it everywhere, involving these trivial affairs, the county magistrate can still push it, but on the contrary, Li Xi is eager to integrate into this big era and want to master more experience as an official, so the county magistrate has instructions, although he works harder, he does not shirk, but just works hard.

Although Li Yifeng is not there, but Li Wei has been in the yamen for so many years, but he is still proficient in general affairs, with his guidance from time to time, these things are still difficult for Li Xi, and he has come and gone, not only the county magistrate feels more and more that this Li Xi is a down-to-earth person, so the evaluation of Li Xi up and down in the yamen has gradually changed from awe at the beginning to admiration.

Don't underestimate this seemingly inconspicuous difference, one is awe, the other is admiration, but it determines whether Li Xi is just afraid of its authority and reluctantly copes with it when dealing with ordinary affairs, or willingly obeys orders.

And this difference in attitude naturally affects the quality of work.

And in the recent period of time, after the previous repeated blows, Pei Jun and Jiang An have become more and more honest, and Jiang An has obeyed Pei Jun's words in peace, so he can not mention it, but Pei Jun has really been a little afraid of Li Xi since he saw Li Xi's very spicy methods, and since then, it is the original thing that always has to delay and prevaricate, and he no longer makes things difficult, and therefore, Li Xi's power to speak in the county government of Jinyuan County has become bigger and bigger.

It's easy to deal with the document in his hand, Li Xi called the little official named Yang Duolang, and ordered him to distribute the document one by one, so he had time to get up and walk, then Yang Duolang was clever, and quickly called him a basin of cold water, and Li Xi washed his face with cold water, which made him feel much more refreshed.

At this time, Yang Duolang couldn't stop flattering: "Lord Li is really enthusiastic about business, on such a hot day, even if there is something to do, I don't want to rush over on this day, so Lord Zheng needless to say, even Lord Pei and Lord Jiang only came over and went back." ”

Yang Duolang is responsible for handling the copywriting in the county government hall, and is naturally a subordinate of the county order Zheng Shuang, but Li Xi, the main book, is a subordinate official of the county order, so he should also be under Li Xi's control, and even these days, because the county order Zheng Shuang is almost not in charge, Yang Duolang has simply become Li Xi's follower.

Li Xi glanced at him when he heard this, and suddenly realized something.

It's the same, the officials want to be lazy to escape the heat, and the people below don't want to stay in this yamen like a stove! Of the four chief officials in the yamen, only he was here to deal with affairs all morning, and the other three just came over after breakfast and wandered around, and then they each found a reason to run away. But I stuck here all morning, and everyone didn't dare to slip away even if they wanted to...... Thinking about this section, Li Xi smiled, shook his hand and threw the towel back into the basin, and said, "Yes, it's too hot." ”

Then he looked at Yang Duolang with a smile and said solemnly: "You go, gather all the people in the yamen, and wait in the second hall, the official has something to say." ”

When Yang Duolang saw his eyes, he suddenly understood something, and immediately nodded his head and responded with a huff, and ran out like a burning buttocks.

In the past few days, there have been many people muttering in front of him, saying that it is such a hot day, that is, when Lord Pei was the most diligent in previous years, he also came to see things in the morning, and left after a while.

Yang Duolang didn't think so, he had a fierce woman at home, and staying at home was also a part of being twisted in his ears, although he also accepted a small concubine, but he mostly served the eldest lady in the family, so he slept at night, and it also depends on whether the eldest lady is happy, if she is not happy, even if he covets the concubine, he must feed her first before changing the house, so in his opinion, it is better to stay in the county government and stop when he goes home to see the face of the mother-in-law.

But he is a person with a heart, I feel that the status of this Li Xi Li in the county government has been getting higher and higher recently, and I found that he is a person who can be an official, and he has the Liu family as a backer, and he also worshiped Lord Thorn Shi as a teacher, thinking that it must be a bright future, so he is determined to serve, and he is careful, knowing that since he wants to take refuge, there must always be some service, so he often pays attention to planning one or two for him, and attracts more hearts for him in the county government. Second, he also wants to take the opportunity to follow this Master Li to make more good connections among those scribes in the county government.

Therefore, as soon as everyone nagged, he had already taken it to heart, and now he saw the opportunity, so he carefully said around the bend, but he didn't expect that the master bookkeeper was actually thorough, and immediately understood what he meant, which suddenly made him happy in his heart, and he felt more and more that Li Xi's future must be limitless, and his careful thinking was really finding the right person, and he would definitely be rewarded if he came to a different place.

At that moment, he walked around the county government quickly, and after a while, he summoned the six-room clerks and officials in the county government and the officials to wait in the second hall, and then went over to invite Li Xi over.

After Li Xi arrived, he looked at the neatness of the personnel, nodded with a smile, coughed, and began to lecture.

"This official knows that the summer is hot, and everyone has worked hard, but hard work is hard work, who let us eat official money? It is also appropriate to work hard for the people! As you know, the county magistrate of this county went out early this morning to inspect the planting of late rice, and in such a hot weather, the county magistrate is still outside, exposed to the scorching heat, what can we complain about? ”

When Li Xi said this, these people gathered in the second hall couldn't help but look at each other.

When the prefectural magistrate came in the morning, he said that he was going to inspect below, but everyone knew that it was just an excuse, and the prefectural magistrate went back to the back office after he finished speaking, which everyone saw with their own eyes...... Of course, everyone also understands very well in their hearts, such a hot and broken weather, let alone going down to inspect, even if you stay in the yamen, you can't keep it, and it's normal for the county magistrate to find an excuse to hide, and even, if he doesn't, it's not normal!

I just don't know...... How could the master bookkeeper suddenly mention this...... At this time, although Li Xi looked at everyone's face-to-face, he turned a blind eye to it, and just continued to continue seriously: "The county commander went down to inspect, the county lord went down to inspect, and even the county magistrate Jiang was enthusiastic about business, and went out to arrest and arrest the thief. ”

He said so seriously, but everyone felt more and more that something was wrong, because ...... This is even more outrageous.

Who doesn't know that Master Jiang also went home to escape the summer under the pretext of going down to inspect it? As for Lord Jiang, the county magistrate, on such a hot day, even the robber knew to find a cool place to cat, which thief did he catch? Besides, the security of Jinyuan has always been very good, but there has never been a repeat offense in that prison for a long time, and there are very few thefts, where are there so many thieves who need to be caught? Still need to run out in this weather?

At this time, I heard that Li Xi had already continued: "Therefore, this official has decided to go to the countryside immediately to inspect it, well, it is estimated that he will not be able to come back until tomorrow afternoon......"

Hearing this, everyone in the second hall couldn't help but shake for a while...... After a long time, it turned out that the pen of the master bookkeeper was here!

At that moment, everyone who was stunned just now didn't know what it meant for the master to suddenly call everyone here, but this time he suddenly came back to his senses, and immediately one by one also looked righteous and stern, and said respectfully: "The master is working political affairs, and he is really the parents of the people, and we admire it!" ”

Li Xi was amused when he heard this, but he still nodded with a serious smile on his face, laughed at everyone's flattery, and then said: "During the absence of this official, well, Yang Duolang, Li Wei ......"

Yang Duolang and Li Wei were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then hurriedly came out and agreed.

Li Xi smiled and nodded at them, "The general affairs in the county government, please work hard for the two of you, if there is something that cannot be decided, you will discuss it, and if you can't discuss it, you will keep it and wait for the official to come back to deal with it, or hand it over to Lord Zheng to deal with, can you remember?" Ladies and gentlemen, do you hear that? ”

"The villain remembered ......"

"The little ones have heard it, and they will do as the adults command."

When everyone heard this, although their eyes at Yang Duolang and Li Wei couldn't help but immediately become much more complicated, they still agreed one after another.

What does Master Lee mean by that...... But he is going to pick out Yang Duolang and Li Wei, everyone is old in the yamen, how can you not hear what Li Xi means? However, firstly, the popularity of Yang Duolang and Li Biao has always been good, and secondly, one of them is the predecessor of the master bookkeeper and has a close relationship, so Li Zuo is simply the uncle of the master bookkeeper, this ...... But it is also indisputable, therefore, everyone is envious, and jealousy is also jealousy, but there is no dissatisfaction.

At this time, Li Xi saw that the arrangement was almost the same, and then he said meaningfully: "The county government is the station of a county, and the people want it, but if there is something, the county government must respond as soon as possible, so it must not be unattended here!" If you are in a hurry, you should go to Yang Duolang and Li Wei to inform them before leaving, otherwise, you will have to blame the official for turning his face and being ruthless! ”

The meaning of his words was understood by everyone as soon as they heard it.

That means, you see, you all complain that I shouldn't be here to keep an eye on you and make you suffer, and now I'm going to go out to "inspect", so you can also skip work, but don't run away for me, if you make a mess, the official will not take responsibility for you, and when the time comes, whoever runs away will find whom!

Speaking of this, Li Xi coughed, and happily turned around and left amid the sound of everyone's sycophants.

As soon as he left, the entire second hall exploded all at once, and everyone grabbed Yang Duolang and Li Wei with all hands and feet, first congratulating without a mouth, and then ...... Leave.

Fortunately, both of them were quite clever, and they quickly recovered from everyone's sycophants, and they chose to approve some people's leave, as for others, Yang Duolang learned from Li Xi's words and reminded everyone around the bend.

If you translate it, it means that although everyone wants to slip away, the adults have explained that there is no shortage of guards in the county office, so ...... Let's take shifts!

Hearing him arrange this, everyone agreed, so after congratulating one after another, it gradually dispersed. A third of the people were granted a day off today...... In other words, from now on, you and others can have one day off within three days...... Lord Bookkeeper, this is really ...... Good governance, good governance!

Seeing that everyone was gradually leaving, Yang Duolang and Li Wei met each other, and the two of them smiled knowingly, and they couldn't help but think in their hearts: "This Master Li Xi, although he is only eighteen years old and has only been in office for a few months, he really looks like an old official!" Old spicy, old spicy! ”

Since he was going to "go out to inspect", Li Xi naturally went back to clean up after finishing speaking, and hurried out of the county office.

He has to go first, so that everyone can rest assured!

took the carriage all the way home, although Li Xi opened the curtain as soon as he got in the car, and the carriage trotted all the way, but it could also bring some wind, the wind was indeed wrapped in heat, and the blowing on the body only dried the sweat, but it made the body more and more sticky and unbearable.

So just after returning to the back house, Li Xi shouted to take a bath, Wu Lan smiled and ordered someone to boil water to make a bath soup for him, let him take a hot bath, and after coming out, he dried his body, and after the wind blew, he really felt much cooler.

He only wore a loose robe, and was about to take Wu Lan to the back garden to enjoy the shade, but Wu Lan pulled him back.

Li Xi looked at her in wonder when he saw this, but saw her smile and said, "She sent Miss Ah Jin over, saying that the young lady of their family ordered her to come over to serve you, what does this mean?" ”

"Ah Jin?" Li Xi was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly remembered that when he entered the back door just now, he seemed to have seen Ah Jin, and at that time he thought that Yang Huahua came to sit and talk to Wu Lan, and Ah Jin came over, or maybe Yang Huahua asked her to come over to deliver something or something, at that time, he only felt sticky and was in a hurry to take a bath, so he didn't think much about it.

Yang Huahua is a proud surname, as long as she likes it, she will do it, and she will steal. Love is also stolen above board, never taboo to anyone to know, so since the two of them went to Wushan on the day of the fight, their contacts have also been public, not only do they not hide from the people in the houses on both sides, but even the people outside, although they do not take the initiative to publicize, but they do not shy away from it, not only Li Xi slept over there, but Yang Huahua also often came here to take the initiative to ask for pleasure, so the contacts between the two mansions became warm all of a sudden. Ah Jin, as the internal housekeeper over there, and the actual chief housekeeper, has to run here a few times a day, which is normal.

At this time, when she heard Wu Lan say that Yang Huahua actually sent her over to serve her, Li Xi couldn't help but reach out and touch her chin, and frowned unconsciously.

Since the last time she mentioned that she wanted to marry Ah Jin as a concubine but was politely rejected by Li Xi, she has not mentioned it again for more than a month, but I don't know why she suddenly sent Ah Jin here today.

At that moment, Li Xi asked her: "Is Ah Jin saying that, or is it ......?"

Wu Lan nodded when she heard this, "It was Ah Jin who said it herself, she brought a small burden over today, her face was gloomy, and she said that she was given to Xianggong over there, and begged the concubine to accept her, and the concubine looked at her appearance, and she didn't know what Xianggong said to that side, so she had to arrange for her to live first." Remember last time, didn't you say that Xianggong had already refused? ”

Li Xi nodded when he heard this, "Yes, I refused, this flower slave, thinking that one is one play, it's just nonsense!" ”

Although Wu Lan smiled reluctantly when she heard this, she still said: "The sister of the Yang family is also distressed, so I sent you someone who is both caring and can help you, and she is a concubine, so she is reluctant to give it to you if she is such a good maid as Ah Jin!" ”

Li Xi was stunned when she heard this, and couldn't help but turn her head to look at her, but saw that she just smiled reluctantly, and then lowered her head, not daring to look at Li Xi, but said: "Miss Ah Jin was arranged by the concubine next to the study of the princess, this concubine body advises you not to be busy resting first, there is still a while before lunch, why don't you go over and ask her first, what does it mean over there?" How to treat her in the future, and what the house should call her, should be decided, and when lunch is held later, I will tell the people in the house together, so as not to make it difficult for Miss Ah Jin to be caught in the middle. ”

Li Xi nodded when he heard this, but looked down at her again, pulled her shoulder, stared at her eyes, and saw that she still looked unnatural, so he asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" Jealous? ”

Wu Lan hurriedly shook her head and squeezed out a smiling face, "How can there be, don't bury people!" ”

He also said: "Sister Yang loves you so much, and sent Ah Jin to help you take care of the house, isn't it just a matter of saving the concubine?" Moreover, you refuse to ask me, it just so happens that Miss Ah Jin was born so beautiful, and she happened to serve the prime minister's pillow seat. ”

Li Xi smiled when she heard this, "You girl, what did you say last time, saying that since you were so moved, it is better to repay the favor with your body, you still refuse to ......"

Hearing Li Xi say this, Wu Lan's face suddenly turned cold, and she didn't even look like she was pretending to be happy, she just looked at Li Xi and said, "Xianggong came to bury the concubine again, is that the concubine refused?" It's just that the concubine wants to help the princess redeem the incident, but the princess has played a chapter afterwards, so there is no need for the concubine to go to Chang'an to send her body to the thief......"

"Uh......"

Listening to Wu Lan's suddenly unprecedentedly fierce words, Li Xi was a little stunned.

At this time, looking at Li Xi's stunned look, Wu Lan didn't know why those two eyes suddenly burst into tears, but she couldn't help herself, and those eyes were just full of tears, but they refused to flow out.

Li Xi frightened her by the way she looked, and hurriedly took her hand and coaxed softly, "What's the matter?" Why did you suddenly cry when you said that you were just talking about it? ”

Being coaxed by him like this, Wu Lan couldn't hold back any longer, and suddenly twisted his waist and threw himself into Li Xi's arms, sobbing aggrievedly, sobbing and clenching his fist with his hand, and slammed Li Xi's chest a few times, and said: "You obviously know that the concubine body wants to give this body to you a long time ago, you know it, but you just don't want to, just admit that others are bullying me, this is good, people simply sent a personal big girl to serve, how can you still have the face to continue to stay in this mansion after you let the concubine body?" ”

"Uh......"

When Li Xi heard this, he came back to his senses.

All along, he felt that Wu Lan was gentle and silent, and the most powerful thing was the matter between herself and Yang Huahua, after she knew it, she only laughed a few words, but most of them acquiesced, and even sometimes, it was better to have a faint sense of encouragement, when Yang Huahua came here, the two of them also talked and laughed, they were like sisters, and they couldn't see anything wrong at all, so Li Xi never took it too seriously.

At present, Li Xi suddenly discovered that no matter how powerful and tolerant Wu Lan is, she is still a woman after all!

It's a woman, how can anyone not be jealous?

(To be continued)