"There's such a thing."

At noon, Jin Chan and Tong Xuan invited a head catcher from the government to drink, and knocked on the side during the banquet, saying that the gentry of Tongren did not give face, and the adults had just taken office, and there was no one to pay a visit, which was really unusual.

As soon as the head-catcher came up, he told the two of them about the recent events in Tongren Mansion. What is the county master of the Qianguo family who was poisoned by Gu poison, the local prefect was removed from the black yarn, and the next few prefects all rolled up and left after less than two months, and one took the surname. Therefore, the current local gentry are not optimistic about the successor Tongren prefect, and it is estimated that they will not last long, so they don't have to spend money on it. So, when Lord Yue arrived, none of them came to give gifts.

Knowing the truth of the matter, Jin Chan made an excuse to leave in advance and leave Tong Xuan as a companion. When he returned to the mansion and told him the news, Yue Su understood why a pie fell from the sky and smashed on his head, and he was able to rise to four levels in a row at once.

At present, a hot potato is held in his hand, and if he is not careful, his fate will be the same as that of the previous ones.

In the middle of his sorrow, an errand officer came to pass the ceremony, saying that the master of the Qianguo Mansion had come to pay a visit.

The main book is just a nine-grade small official, and it has always been nothing, but the main book on the Duke's Mansion is different, and when you come to the place, everyone has to give three points of face. It depends on the owner to beat the dog.

Yue Su met guests in the flower hall. The name of the master book on the Qianguo Mansion is Mu Yi, who is about forty years old and has been a slave of the Mu family for generations, so he was promoted to the main book. Mu Yi has always relied on the power of the Duke of Qianguo, doing whatever he wants, and not taking anyone in his eyes. This time I came to the prefect's yamen, and the purpose was nothing more than to exert pressure.

Originally, Mu Yi thought that the grandfather had participated in several Tongren prefects in a row, and this time the court should be concerned and send a cadre over. I didn't expect to enter the flower hall before I saw that the new prefect was a young student about twenty years old. Contempt arose, and without waiting for Yue Su to invite him to sit down, he sat down directly at the top of the position.

"Mu Yi, the master of the Qianguo Mansion, has seen Lord Futai." In the tone, there is no half of courtesy.

The other party has no one in his eyes, no matter how good Yue Su's cultivation is, he can't bear it. He didn't have a polite greeting, and said straight to the point: "I don't know why the master bookkeeper is looking for this official?" ”

Mu Yi chuckled and said: "Lord Futai has just taken office, and I don't know that Tongren now has a tricky case, and this case involves Lord Guogong. It's the case of Junma being assassinated.,The previous prefects have all fallen because of this.,I'm here this time with good intentions.,I hope you solve the case as soon as possible.。 The case could not be solved within two months, and the lessons from the past are already obvious. If Lord Yue thinks that he doesn't have this ability, then it doesn't matter, I have a way to keep the adult's black yarn. ”

Yue Su pretended to be surprised and said: "The county master was killed in Tongren, this is a big deal, can the master know why?" ”

"Because of what? If I knew, this case would have been solved a long time ago, would there still be so many prefects who would have lost their black yarns. Mu Yi's tone was not good.

"Oh." Yue Su nodded slightly, and said: "Lord Shicai said, if the government is unable to solve the case, you have a way to keep my black yarn, I don't know what the way is." ”

"The method is simple, you go to the imperial court, ask the Duke of Qianguo to send troops over, and all the nearby Miao villages will be leveled. Only Miao people in the world can poison Gu people, it must be their doing, they would rather kill the wrong one than let it go. Mu Yi said with a sneer.

"This method is not bad, but why do you want to let this mansion play, the Duke of Qianguo is from Chen Biaozhang." Yue Su said lightly.

Crossing the border to lead troops is a major matter, and it is not a trivial matter to exterminate the local Miao villages, who is responsible for provoking a popular uprising. How could Yue Su be on this seal, it is expected that the previous prefects all knew that it was powerful, so they would rather resign and return to their hometowns. Everyone knows that as long as this seal reaches the heavens, let alone the emperor, the cabinet will not be able to agree to it at all, and if you don't do it, you will be directly charged with dereliction of duty, slackness, and incompetence. Even if he agreed to let the Duke of Qianguo cross the border to lead the troops, and then the Miao people rose up to resist and fought together, they didn't know how many years it would take, and the court would not be able to pay their teachers. The public position of Qianguo is high and powerful, and the imperial court will not count it on his head, and those who are on the table must not be nailed to the name of the culprit. Who can afford to be infamy.

Seeing Yue Su answer like this, Mu Yi's face was ugly, and he said coldly: "This is a matter under the rule of your Tongren Mansion, how can it be Chen Biao by the Duke of Qianguo, isn't this selfless and disadvantageous." Lord Futai, I think it's better for you to play the imperial court. Otherwise, you won't be able to solve the case after two months, how can you work so hard to earn fame......"

"The fame of this house is not determined by the Lord Bookkeeper." Yue Su's face sank now, "You also said just now, Tongren Mansion is under the rule of this official, and everything should be decided by this official." When the official received the seal, the imperial court did not issue an order to let the official solve the case within a time limit, and the Tongren Mansion has a lot of official affairs, so you can't use all the energy of Tongren for the sake of a case. I also asked the master to go back and tell the prince of the country, and said that the official would do his best. ”

"Do your best, just rely on what you can do to solve the case. My ugly words can be said in front of me, just two months, after the deadline, if you don't want to leave, Qianguo Gong will also take you away! ”

Mu Yi's voice was getting louder and louder, and he didn't take Yue Su in his eyes at all, making it clear that he was giving Yue Su an ultimatum now. Yue Su's temper was finally ignited by him, and he shouted: "Lord Bookkeeper, you keep saying that you can't solve the case for two months, is this the rule of the imperial court, or the rule of your family Qianguogong?" The Duke of Qianguo is just managing the military affairs of Yunnan, and I don't have to worry about the government affairs of Tongren Mansion in Guizhou. This public case, both horizontal and vertical, is a matter under the rule of this official, and if he cares about this case as a bitter master, this official will welcome it. If he is aggressive, he will blame the government for not accepting his affection! ”

After speaking, Yue Su picked up the teacup, "Send off!" ”

Seeing Yue Su's tough attitude, and serving tea to send guests, without showing affection or talking about it, how could he not be angry in his heart. Although the previous prefects didn't agree, they didn't pay homage to him, so he went back and said a few good words. Yue Su is good, and he doesn't even care about dinner.

"Good! If you have a kind, let's see! ”

After Mu Yi left in a hurry, Yue Su sat in the flower hall and thought about it. After pondering for a long time, he called the golden cicada.

"Jin Chan, you just said that Tongren Mansion has withdrawn three prefects, and one died in office. I analyzed, the dead prefect, presumably to find out something, you go and ask, what is the name of the dead prefect, and where is the home now? ”

"Yes, sir."

Although it was said that Mu Yi did not save face, the case should still be handled.

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The prefect of Tongren who died in office was named Wang Shengcai and was born in Shandong. Speaking of this guy, he is also a cup, he was originally a pusher in Shanxi, but it happened that the prefect of Tongren Mansion was vacant, and he didn't know the details, so he spent a lot of money on the relationship and found a way, and finally sold the land in his hometown before he got this errand.

I came to Guizhou with my family in a hurry, thinking of doing a lot of work and making a good profit. Don't look at Guizhou as a barren land, but Tongren is mineral, and it is very easy for an official to make money here. Otherwise, Wang Shengcai would not have been able to spend such a large amount of blood.

Less than two months after taking office, Qian Guogong sent people to urge him twice in three days, so that he didn't even have a chance to make money. Under pressure, he wanted to find two ghosts to confess the murder, but he never thought that things were not as simple as he thought. In this place, the Miao people are all in a group, if you dare to arrest people for no reason, and finally bend to the crime of being convicted, the people of Miao Village will dare to form a group to carry a knife to find you desperately.

Seeing that the old method was not used, Qian Guogong was urging him tightly, and Wang Sheng was in a hurry. I don't know why, suddenly one night, he yelled at home and died. After testing, it was Miao Jiang Gu poison.

A county horse died, and a prefect was hitched, and things got bigger and bigger. How can the Miao people be strong, and if there is no evidence, it is easy to cause a civil uprising, and the court has dragged it out again and again.

Wang Shengcai's home is now in Sanma Hutong in Tongren City, and after inquiring about the direction, early the next morning, Yue Su took Jin Chan, Yin Zhu, Tong Xuan, and Tie Qiu to visit. When the prefect goes out, if he wears a yuan suit, it will be too eye-catching after all, and the five of them will go in microclothes.

As soon as the prefect of the king died, the family immediately fell into the middle, leaving only orphans and widows, and two subordinates, relying on the pension of Lord Wang. Yue Su was kind enough to condole and inquire, but there was no useful information at all, and it was basically the same as what Jin Chan heard in the mouth of the officer, and his ears were just filled with the widow's cry.

Seeing that it was not easy for orphans and widows to live, Yue Su left five taels of silver, which was not much, but Lord Yue was really not rich.

Leaving Wang's house, it was almost noon, and the five of them found a restaurant to taste the local snacks.

Oily baba and glutinous rice buns are known as the most authentic snacks in Tongren, and the five men are the main ones who can eat, and each one is called five cages, and you can take it home if you can't eat it.

The five people tasted it in the corner, and they were full of praise, and when they were about to finish eating, more than a dozen soldiers came down from the second floor, and the leader was a general.

The group walked straight towards the door of the restaurant, and when they were about to step out of the door, Xiao Er came to the side of the general manager in a few steps, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Jun, you seem to have forgotten something." ”

The general manager glanced at him, his eyes widened, and said, "I forgot something, the master seems to have lost something." ”

"It's not that you forgot something...... It's you......" Xiao Er cringed and said, "It's you...... Forget...... To give...... Gave the money......"

"Give money?" slapped the general manager with his hand, turned Xiao Er's fan in a circle, and shouted angrily: "His grandmother's, my grandfather doesn't give me money to eat in a big restaurant in the city, and you dare to ask me for money if you eat some oily baba here!" This slap is for you, no need to look for money! Get lost! ”

Xiao Er covered his cheeks, turned his head and looked at the shopkeeper helplessly, now he didn't dare to say a word.

The soldiers behind the commander also made a noise at this moment, pulled out their waist knives one by one, and said: "Grandma, you still want money to eat some oil, you can also want money, ask the guy in Lao Tzu's hand if he is willing to give it!" ”……

"Dude, it's a matter of course to pay the bills for dinner. If all the soldiers were like you, who would dare to sell your things? What is the difference between you and robbers, the face of my Ming Dynasty has been lost by you! "Seeing that the soldiers did not give money for eating in the restaurant, and also intimidated and beat people, Yue Su immediately became angry, but this place is under his rule, how can these people be allowed to come nonsense.

"Oh, why did you jump out of the pit so quickly,, dare to meddle with Lao Tzu's business. Do you know who Lao Tzu is and doesn't want to live? "This boss also drank some wine today, and rushed over to Yue Su's table. The soldiers behind him, when they saw the leader coming up, also swarmed up.