Wang Bian settled the affairs of his own house, out of the mansion, he did not go to the county government first, but walked around the county, dozens of transactions in the county, from Chen Kang's account book, almost every family in the past two years has more or less tax arrears, but most of them are the same as the situation of the tavern where Wang Bian and Yuan Ze went: the basic house tax and land tax are not in arrears, and the sales tax is not much, most of them are owed to the miscellaneous tax, Wang Bian remembered the conversation between Chen Kang and the tavern owner, presumably Chen Kang is trying his best, These businesses cannot be bought and sold.

However, there are a few households in this county The situation is very different, among which Ruyi Restaurant is the largest one, in addition to one or two silk villages, jewelry shops are also among these tax evasion households, Wang next to look at these households, these households are counted as large households in the county, the geographical location of the trading shop is good, the supply of goods in the store is sufficient, and there is no problem with the flow of customers and sales, and the things sold are also considered to be middle and upper-class, Wang Pan runs outside all the year round, and looks at the business of these stores for a while, and has an estimate of the approximate profit in his heart.

Wang next to this look is a morning, he has a bottom in his heart is about to go to the county office, two or three girls with flowers and branches come to the face, these girls pass by Wang next to the side, Wang next to feel the fragrance, and then look at these girls wearing red hanging emeralds, walking swaying wind, talking and laughing behavior to know that it is not a good woman, one of the girls with a round face and big eyes said to the one walking in the middle: "You are considered to have survived, you said that the county master will leave here after the New Year, then do not take Miss Liu with you." ”

This Liu girl, the age is about twenty years old, although in this group of women is also a good look, and there is also a bit of charm, but if it is put in the land of fireworks in the capital, it is at most a second- or third-rate courtesan, although the appearance is average, but what these girls said attracted the attention of the king, thinking of the county order that Yuan Ze just said has been in the county for almost three years, hum, Zhu Xianling, this old thing, must be trying to make a lot of money,

Wang Fang swept it with his afterglow, and the one who walked in the middle was the courtesan of Ruyi Restaurant, the girl surnamed Liu, but saw her frowning and said: "What do you know, officials from other provinces are not allowed to bring their families when they take office in this year, otherwise how can the lord have no family members in our county, and now that he is in the county, he doesn't say that he will give me a good placement, not to mention that he will leave after the New Year." As she was talking, she raised her eyes and saw the king, Miss Liu was slightly stunned, this young man was really spirited, it seems that he had seen it somewhere, when the king was downstairs, although he looked up to say hello, but from upstairs down he only saw the mighty figure, as for the face is very trance,

At this moment, the shopkeeper of the jewelry shop next to Wang saw Miss Liu approaching, and hurriedly greeted the customer: "A few girls came early today, this is to accompany Miss Liu to see the jewelry, Miss Liu, you came just right, I happened to be on the new goods, look at this hairpin, how good is this color." ”

Hearing that there is a new hairpin, several girls swarmed around, Miss Liu also forgot to look at the familiar things next to the king, they laughed and walked past the king, into the jewelry shop, the king slowed down, and looked at the jewelry shop lively, he was really curious, not to mention in Linchuan, that is, walking on the street in the capital, there will be girls who look at themselves twice, in the end it is still jewelry, in front of this group of girls, they are really not as handsome as the jewelry,

Wang looked towards the jewelry shop, Miss Liu was taking the hairpin handed over by the shopkeeper, she looked left and right, and put the hairpin on her head to try, the shopkeeper took the bronze mirror and gave her a look, and said: "Oh, this hairpin is also matched by our Miss Liu, you see how beautiful this is." ”

Miss Liu held the hairpin and looked at herself in the mirror, the more she looked at the hairpin, the more she liked it, and the girl next to her asked: "Shopkeeper, how much silver do you want to sell for this hairpin." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Not much, not much, Miss Liu will ask for a hundred taels of silver if she likes it." ”

The girl exclaimed, "What kind of hairpin costs a hundred taels, and you are too expensive." The shopkeeper smiled: "This hairpin is gilded, this craft is worth a lot, we don't have a second store in Linchuan to have this product, and it is the latest style in Beijing this year." ”

Such a rich person next to the king, it sounds expensive, not to mention gilding, one hundred taels of silver can be exchanged for ten taels of gold, even if it is half of the manual fee of five taels of gold on the top of the head is heavy, Miss Liu said dissatisfiedly: "One hundred taels is too expensive, I can't afford it, fifty taels is about the same." ”

Wang Bei thought to himself, this girl is so rich, why don't she redeem herself, it's not worth buying such a hairpin for fifty taels, the shopkeeper said with an embarrassed face: "The purchase price of this hairpin is more than fifty taels, Miss Liu, you can take out a little bounty to take care of my business......" What else did he want to say, Miss Liu's eyebrows rose: "Shopkeeper, your business is so good, if it weren't for the county master to take care of it, I'm afraid there will be more than that." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly accompanied the smiling face: "What the girl said is, okay, okay, just fifty taels, and the rest will be my filial piety to the girl." ”

Wang Bian snorted coldly from the bottom of his heart, Zhu County ordered you to receive many benefits in the open and secret, wait for me to find out and see how I clean you up, Thinking of this, Wang Bian turned around and strode towards the county office,

Linchuan County is not a very big county, but the county government is very magnificent, if you take it out separately, it is more decent than the prefect's yamen in Yanzhou, the county yamen on the bluestone steps facing the street is open, and there are a few thugs standing at the door not like thugs, and the errand is not like the big man of the errand officer, these people are wearing their heads crookedly, and the water and fire stick in their hands are poked on the ground, and their arms are on the end of the stick, standing there basking in the sun, chatting, and looking at the pedestrians passing by on the street,

Wang Bian stepped up the steps, and a fat errand officer drank Wang Bian: "Hey, hey, hi, what are you doing, go in with straight eyebrows, I don't know if this is the county government." Wang recognized at a glance that this fat official was one of the people who went to arrest Chen Yuan that day, he smiled and arched his hand and said: "The surname is Wang, I came from the county master, and said that there is an errand for me to do." ”

The fat officer looked the king up and down: "Hehe, okay." As he spoke, he patted the shoulder of the king with his hands and feet, and he would have thrown it at him with a drag on his arm in normal times, but today the king was calm, and he said with a smile: "No, the county lord is raised, can several officials say a word." ”

The fat officer pointed to the king and smiled at everyone: "Hahaha, this stupid boy, call us the official." Everyone also felt that Wang was naïve, and laughed, and the fat officer said to Wang Bei: "Stinky boy, you took this is a good errand." He lifted his head a little crooked, raised his thumb and said to the county office: "The county master is in the lobby, you can go in by yourself." ”

There are really no rules in this county office, someone is looking for the county master, and the messenger doesn't care about passing the word, this will be the king is not interested in worrying with these shrimp soldiers and crab generals, he walked straight into the front yard of the government office, the fat officer looked at the back next to the king, and said to the others: "Hehe, the county master is really good, where did you find such a stupid boy." ”

The thin officer was also among these people, he pointed to the back next to the king and said to the other three people: "How can I look familiar with this kid, by the way, I remembered, when our brothers went to arrest Chen Yuanwai that day, this kid was also there, yes, it's him, and, do you know, he was the one who beat people in Ruyi Restaurant yesterday, I was there to see it at the time, why did our county master invite him." ”

The fat officer said: "What do you care about, we will reward people if we catch them, and we will get a salary every month, as for collecting taxes and running errands, it has nothing to do with our brothers." He looked up: "Yo, it's noon, let's go and drink." Saying that, one of them was on duty at the door, and several people looked for a place to drink.

Wang next to the county office, the front is the county government hall, approaching the lobby to hear the sound of laughter, there are two messengers at the door of the hall, Wang next to the step forward said: "next to the king, ask to see the county master." The messenger went in to report it, and when he came out, he said to the king, "The county lord has called you, so go in." ”

Wang next to the prefect stepped into the lobby, the prefect was sitting behind the bookcase, and there was still a middle-aged man standing next to him, a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar, looking like this is the master of the county order, Zhu Xianling saw the king coming, sat there and greeted: "Haha, the prince is here, the prince is here, please sit down." As he spoke, he pointed to a chair on one side of the lobby.

Wang scolded in his heart, the dog official also put on a shelf, and he didn't greet the master when he came, but he scolded in his heart with a smile on his face: "Thank you county master, I just returned to Linchuan after many years of being away, and I don't understand the rules of this county, and I ask Zhu County Ling for more guidance." The county commander laughed dryly twice, then raised his face and said, "Come on, bring Chen Kang up." ”

Wang Bian was suspicious, how could Chen Kang be in the county office, and not long after, with the shouts of the messengers, Chen Kang was escorted to the lobby,

Chen Kang, who just returned to the door of the mansion yesterday, was opening the key to the door from his waist, and was violently beaten from behind, and then was taken directly back to the county office, and the person who beat Chen Kang also sued Chen Kang, saying that Chen Kang picked quarrels and provoked trouble in the Ruyi Restaurant to make trouble, Zhang San and others testified, the county order had just returned from the restaurant, and he was in a happy mood when he was full of wine and food, and he dropped the order and said: "Hit the 20th board, and put it up." ”

Chen Kang is now embarrassed, this night is cold and hungry, his face is full of scars, his buttocks have been hit by the board and bloomed, and the blood that flows sticks his clothes to the wounds, every movement will implicate the wounds, he grinned and was brought up, he saw that Wang was sitting there next to him, and his heart was immediately shocked, could it be that Wang Gongzi and the county order colluded,