Jiang Zhixian continued: "I haven't made such a big deal over the years, but last year, Yun Tianqing, the son of Yun Tianqing, the owner of Miao Village, was arrested on the spot and sentenced to death because he set fire to the county Yawang Dianshi and his concubine, and also burned down the inner house of Dianshi. ”

Hearing this, Yang Qiuchi understood, when he entered the yamen, he saw a large burned house on the right, which was originally burned by Yun Xuan, the son of the owner of the Miao village, and that house should be Wang Dianshi's inner house, which has now become a ruin.

Jiang Zhixian continued: "This time, the beheadings were cut off together, and there was also a Jiang Yang thief who killed people and oversold goods, and he was also sentenced to be beheaded and executed together. I heard from Zhenyuan Prefecture that the 'nail seal' for the execution of these two people will arrive in the next two days. You came just in time, you have already received the seal, and our official business has been delivered, so you will be responsible for this beheading. ”

Prison beheading? Yang Qiuchi didn't expect that he would catch up with the prison as soon as he arrived. Before he crossed, he often participated in the autopsy of the execution ground at the request of the court, and he saw a lot of people shot, but he had never seen this ancient beheading, and he didn't expect that the first time he saw it was actually his own beheading.

The ancients believed in the heavenly way of "spring birth, summer raising, autumn killing, and winter storage", so the ancient execution of the death penalty was almost all placed after the autumn, according to reason, it is now the beginning of spring, and the death penalty cannot be executed, however, some major crimes are sentenced to death and "never wait for the time", they are not subject to the restrictions of the autumn queen's beheading, this kind of capital crime is called "standing decision", according to the different methods of execution, it can be divided into "hanging and standing decision" and "cutting and deciding" and so on.

Later, Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that all criminals to be executed would be tried by the highest officials of the imperial court once before being executed in the autumn, and the "court trial" and "autumn trial" would be formed later. This led to the later "waiting list" system, which meant imprisonment pending the autumn trial. Only those who have been sentenced to death again after a "court trial" or "autumn trial" will be executed.

Yun Tianqing, the son of Yun Tianqing, the owner of this Miao village, was sentenced to "be decided", that is, "never wait for the time", which means that there is no need to wait until after the autumn to be executed. Therefore, Yang Qiuchi just happened to bump into it now.

Jiang Zhixian coughed a few times, and then said: "Yun Tianqing, the owner of Miao Village, thinks that someone framed his son, and he led Miao Min to the county town to make trouble last month, and I arrested him. Although Yun Tianqing, the owner of this Miao Village, has been locked up, Miao Zhong is in a great mood now, when you behead his son, Miao Zhong may want to make trouble, so you must be more careful. ”

When Yang Qiuchi heard this, it turned out that this old guy had left such a mess for himself and slipped away, he knew that he would come a few days later. However, Yang Qiuchi still likes challenges very much, and he is not afraid in his heart.

Jiang Zhixian introduced Yang Qiuchi to the number one of the largest families and meritorious students in Qingxi County, and finally said: "Lord Yang is so humble, and he has given such a generous gift to the old man, and the old man has nothing to repay, so I will leave the old man's follower to you." ”

Jiang Zhixian ordered his subordinates to go out and call his followers. After a while, a middle-aged man came in, forty or fifty years old, with a little hunched back, his hair was already a little gray, and he was smiling all over his face, bowing down.

Jiang Zhixian introduced Yang Qiuchi: "His name is Chang Fu, he is an old man who has been following him for many years, he is loyal to his duties, he is very reliable, the most rare thing is that he understands Miao language, is very familiar with the situation of the town's Yuanzhou boundary, and knows the relationship between various characters in Qingxi County well, and is the right-hand man of the old decay." The old man has already told the court to return to his hometown, and it is not interesting for him to follow me, so I will introduce him to Lord Yang as a follower. ”

Yang Qiuchi was overjoyed, he was worried that he was not familiar with the situation in this area, especially if he didn't understand Miao language, it would be difficult to carry out this work, since this Changfu was personally introduced by Jiang Zhi County, of course, the source was reliable, and he had been a follower for many years, he was experienced, and it looked very down-to-earth, what made Yang Qiuchi the most happy, he was very familiar with the situation here. nodded immediately: "Okay, thank you Lord Jiang for your recommendation." ”

That Chang Fu is worried about what he will do in the future after Jiang Zhi County returned to his hometown, and he was very happy to hear the news, so he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Yang Qiuchi: "Villain Chang Fu, I have seen Lord Yang and Lord Yang, thank you Lord Yang for taking him in, Chang Fu will do his best to assist the Lord in the future." ”

"Okay, get up!" Yang Qiuchi said.

After Chang Fu kowtowed to Jiang Zhixian again and thanked him for his recommendation, he got up and stood behind Yang Qiuchi.

Jiang Zhixian also said: "These maids, servants, and old mothers around the old man have been following me for many years, and now that the old man has returned to his hometown, he doesn't need so much, his hometown already has it." If the adults can see it, they will leave them, they are very familiar with the place, some of them also know the Miao language, and they can also use it to buy groceries and things. ”

Yang Qiuchi was even more happy, these servants were all sponsored by Jiang Zhi County, and they were old family slaves who had followed him for many years, and the source was no problem. Then he said: "Okay, I only brought some guards and a few little maids this time, and I am worried that there are too few servants at home, so if I can, I will stay all." ”

Jiang Zhixian nodded, some of these servants were sold to him, and some were hired. For those servants who sold their bodies, Jiang Zhixian set a price, which was reasonable, Yang Qiuchi didn't say a word, and immediately paid the money and accepted the deed of selling his body.

All the maid servants and old mothers knelt down in the courtyard of the temporary mansion and kowtowed to Yang Qiuchi. Yang Qiuchi took a cursory look, and he looked quite capable, and he was very satisfied.

After Yang Qiuchi asked Jiang Zhixian for some advice on how to be an official here, he took his resignation, sat in the official sedan chair, and returned to the yamen with Chang Fu and a large group of newly received Yahuan servants.

Master Long is very efficient, and according to Yang Qiuchi's arrangement, he has begun to renovate the county office, divided into several waves, some are responsible for repairing the wall, some are responsible for changing furniture, some are responsible for renovating the roof, and some are responsible for demolishing the dilapidated house and rebuilding it.

When Master Long saw Yang Qiuchi coming back, he hurriedly ran over and briefly reported the progress of the project. Yang Qiuchi was very satisfied when he heard this, and raised his eyes to see that the burned down mansion had not yet started, and asked a little strangely: "Why hasn't that piece been moved?" ”

Master Long said: "That area is very large, if all the construction is to be started, it will be redesigned, and the contemptible people are preparing to ask Dong Weng for instructions on how to design." ”

Yang Qiuchi was about to say that he would repair according to the appearance of Guangde County, and suddenly remembered what Jiang Zhixian said just now, the son of the owner of Miao Zhai burned down the house and burned the classic history, and Miao Zhong wanted to make trouble, it seems that this matter is not over yet, it is not appropriate to demolish and rebuild it immediately, or wait until this matter is completed, anyway, there is no classic history now, and there is no hurry to rebuild, so he said to Master Long: "Don't move this piece first, those ruins and broken walls will maintain the status quo, and the rebuilding will be talked about later." ”

Master Long agreed, the rebuilding of the yamen had been arranged, and it was progressing smoothly, and the two masters, Master Long and Master Jin, began to handle the handover with the masters of Jiangzhi County.

Although the people in Jiangzhi County are old and faint, the accounts and documents are still very clear, so the handover is going smoothly. After the handover, the two masters asked Yang Qiuchi to issue a "guarantee agreement" to Jiangzhi County, ensuring that all affairs had been handed over clearly, and all future problems would be the responsibility of the new official. Jiang Zhixian set off and left. This is another word, press not table.

Yang Qiuchi asked Yahuan's servant Lao Mazi and others to wait outside the inner office, and entered the inner office by himself.

The little black dog ran around in the inner office, and when he saw Yang Qiuchi coming in, he jumped into the living room and barked twice, then jumped out and staggered to Yang Qiuchi's feet.

Yang Qiuchi picked up the little black dog and stroked its smooth fur. Song Yun'er and the others heard the puppy barking and knew that it was Yang Qiuchi who had returned, and surrounded them like a group of chirping sparrows. He told Yang Qiuchi that the furniture in the inner office had been replaced, the skylight on the roof had been repaired, the grass had been pulled, and the toilet had been cleaned. They all looked happy.

It was already evening, and Yang Qiuchi hugged the little black dog and asked as he walked into the living room, "Have you eaten?" ”

The girls shook their heads, they were so excited to come to their new home that they forgot to be hungry.

Yang Qiuchi looked at Red Aya: "How is it?" Red Aya, your cooking is very good, will you show your hand today? ”

Red Aya's face flushed slightly, and she replied sweetly, "Okay." After thinking about it, he said: "However, we are still these people, if we add dozens of guards outside, so many people's food, I can't cook it alone." ”

Yang Qiuchi smiled: "The food you cook is very good, in the future, you just need to take care of me, the three young grandmothers, and Mrs. Bai in our inner house." Tonight is the first night to the new home, let's celebrate, so you get more food, plus you, Yuechan and Liyuan Ke'er and the seven of them, let's have a good time. ”

Yang Qiuchi ordered those servants to be called into the inner office, and continued: "The guards outside make their own food. Today I bought some maid ring servants from Lao Zhi County. I can't bear to keep you busy. ”

Hong Aya said, "The young master is really thoughtful. ”

After the team of servants and slaves came in, Yang Qiuchi said to Mrs. Bai: "These people don't know if they are agreeable, so they will be placed in charge of your boss, okay?" ”

Mrs. Bai kept smiling and watching them talk and laugh, and when she heard Yang Qiuchi's sudden decision to let herself be placed, she was a little surprised, and then she also understood that Yang Qiuchi didn't want to make herself feel like a superfluous person, so she deliberately arranged things for herself to do. Thinking that the child's heart was quite small, he was very happy, so he happily agreed.

Mrs. Bai has been married to Mr. Bai Qian for many years, and she is still very experienced in managing family affairs, much better than Song Qing and these little girls, so Yang Qiuchi can be regarded as making the best use of her talents.

With Madame Bai's arrangement, everything was quickly in order. In Yang Qiuchi's study, the bedrooms of the three young grandmothers, Song Yun'er and the seven little girls in the pear garden were all arranged, and the maids, slaves, maids, and mothers in each room were all assigned.

(To be continued)