Seeing Leng Yi tilting his head and looking teary-eyed in a daze, the old man didn't know what he was thinking, and stomped his feet and said: "I also blame the students for my incompetence, except for Qian Gu accounting, criminal and civil laws, I know a little bit about it, but I can't solve the case, at this critical moment, I can't help Dong Weng, so that Dong Weng is going to leave home, the student is really ashamed!" ”

Tongqian Valley's criminal name, also known as the magistrate as Dong Weng, then this old man should be the staff master hired by the magistrate.

He said that he would not solve the case and the critical moment, which means that this county magistrate became a monk because of a case that could not be solved? Moreover, this case is so closely related to his future and fate that he couldn't figure it out for a while, and he committed suicide by hanging himself?

What kind of case is it? The only person who can be difficult to know the county must be his boss, that is, the prefect in the name.

Leng Yi then said sadly: "This can't be blamed on the master, it's just that the prefect ......, alas! ”

He deliberately only mentioned one thing to see if the master would continue. Sure enough, the master also sighed and said, "If Dong Weng feels hopeless and frustrated to become a monk because the prefect refuses to meet him, then he is too worried." The prefect is also helpless, there is a murder case under his rule, and the inability to solve the case will also affect his political performance. That's why he put pressure on Dong Weng. ”

Speaking of this, the master took a step forward, lowered his voice, and said, "Besides, the gift money given by Dong Weng is too light, so it's no wonder that the prefect refuses to see Dong Weng." But it doesn't matter, let's go back and think about making money, if not, we will borrow money from the big families in the county. As long as Dong Weng speaks, these people can't save face, so they will borrow some money to Dong Weng. ”

It turned out that the money in the box was really used to give gifts to the prefect, but it was too little, and the prefect didn't look down on it. The pressure on the magistrate is really the prefect of Bazhou. In this way, the Yinling County where this magistrate serves is under the jurisdiction of this Ba Prefecture.

Although the master's voice was light, the shopkeeper was close to the horse-faced Xiaoer before, and he still heard a few words, which were about money, and couldn't help exchanging glances with each other, and the shopkeeper coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "Master, look, since you are going to leave home, this house money and meal money, isn't it, hehe, this, settle it?" ”

The master said angrily: "What's the matter with you? This time you should persuade the eldest master to think about the people of one side, don't become a monk, you don't persuade it, but come to collect the account at this time, what is the reason? Could it be that the dignified county lord will still owe you money for the house and the meal? ”

The horse-faced little two next to him said angrily: "That's not necessarily, the eldest master hasn't settled the bill for several months, and he owes more than ten taels, and if he continues to owe, our shopkeeper will close down!" ”

The master looked very embarrassed, and his old face turned red.

The shopkeeper's hypocrisy scolded the little two and said, "Don't talk nonsense!" In front of the big lord, you must not be rude! Don't want to apologize to the eldest master? ”

The horse-faced Xiao Er hurriedly bowed down and agreed, slapped himself lightly, and said to Leng Yi: "The villain is guilty, and the villain is also because the eldest master owes too much money for the house and food, looking at our shopkeeper sighing all day long, and his mouth is fast for a while, so he said, I offended the eldest master, and asked the eldest lord to forgive me." ”

Leng Yi thought to himself, being an official eats and drinks a lot, and signs a bill to owe money to the hotel, which is also a common thing in modern society. I can't imagine that there were also in ancient times. However, now it seems that the county owes the inn money, but I am afraid that it is not because of embezzlement of public funds to eat and drink and sign bills, but because it is really impossible to get the money.

Leng Yi said: "Okay, how much do I owe you in total?" ”

The horse-faced little two was quick-mouthed, and hurriedly said, "The house fee is one hundred and fifty wen per day, and the meal money is ...... per meal per day." In the end, the horse-faced Xiao Er said: "These add up to 17,200 Wen!" And that's not even this time! ”

Leng Yi was taken aback, in ancient times, one tael of silver was equal to one thousand wen, he knew this, this seventeen thousand two hundred wen, that is, seventeen taels! And the prefect took it to give gifts to the prefect, but it was only ten taels of silver, and it was estimated that it was borrowed, which was not enough to settle the house money and food money. He glanced at the master and said, "You say, is there any hope that our case will be solved?" ”

As soon as the master heard that Zhixian had the meaning of activity, he just thought about not letting him become a monk now, and then talked about it later, so he smiled and said: "Of course there is hope!" As long as everyone works together, we will be able to succeed! ”

Speaking of this, the master glanced at Leng Yi's expression, pretended to be relaxed, and said: "Besides, even if you can't solve the case, the sky won't fall!" Dong Weng has now fallen into a poor rural area like Yinling County, Bazhou, which is a place of exile and military service, even if his political performance is not good, what is worse than this? ”

It turned out that the Yinling County that he governed was one of the worst prefectures and counties in the Great Song Dynasty. It's also good, in such a place, it is not easy to expose yourself by pretending to be a magistrate.

Leng Yi pretended to groan, and after a long time, he patted his thigh and said, "What you said is very reasonable, and I also thought of becoming a monk when I couldn't figure it out for a while." Listening to your enlightenment, I am also suddenly enlightened! As you say, I have fallen into such a field, what could be worse than this? As the saying goes: Damn it! What is there to be afraid of! Lao Tzu is no longer at home, and he doesn't give gifts anymore, let's see what he can do with Lao Tzu! ”

Hearing that the exit of the dignified county was dirty, the master and the onlookers laughed.

Master Xiao smiled happily and said, "That's right, Dong Weng quickly washed his head, there are a lot of broken hair on it......"

"No!" Leng Yi patted his shoulder casually, got up and walked to the bed, opened the brocade box, glanced at the silver inside, picked it up, walked to the front of the innkeeper, and said: "This silver, I will settle the account for you first, if it is not enough, the county will find a way to settle it as soon as possible." ”

The shopkeeper was surprised and delighted, for fear that Leng Yi would regret it, so he hurriedly took it and said, "Thank you!" That's a great thank you! ”

"What do you say, I owe you so much money, and I owe you so much money, and I owe you money, it's just right, how can I say thank you!"

The master next to him smiled bitterly, I didn't expect that the county master had just dispelled the idea of becoming a monk, so he immediately scattered his wealth, and now is the time when he needs money the most. The money has been returned, looking at the shopkeeper's eyebrows and smiling and holding the money box tightly, where can I get it back? In the end, he is a young man, not calm enough, and he can't help but smile bitterly and shake his head.

Leng Yi had his own plans, when he crossed over, he carried a few modern things with him, but he really couldn't do it, so if he took it out and sold it, he would have money. Of course, these things should not be used unless absolutely necessary.

The shopkeeper glanced at the wine cup on the table, turned to the horse-faced Xiao Er and said, "Quick, tell the kitchen, make two small dishes, and blanch a pot of rice wine to shock the old man!" He turned his head and said to Leng Yi: "This is a villain's treat, not included in the meal money, please rest assured." ”

Leng Yi smiled and thanked him.

Let the onlookers see that there is no excitement, and they all disperse.

The shopkeeper nodded and was about to withdraw, Leng Yi said: "Since the shopkeeper has sent wine and food, why don't you have a drink together, and the master is also together, it's freezing this day, let's drink some wine together to warm up and talk." ”

The shopkeeper's great joy, although Leng Yi owes him a debt, but in the end, he is an official master, a businessman who opens a shop, where is he qualified to accompany the county master to eat and drink? Now that the county magistrate took the initiative to invite him to have a drink, his face was really bright. I was busy agreeing, but I was worried that the county master would get drunk, so I covered my face with wine and asked for the money back, so I put the silver back first, so I used the excuse to go back and change my clothes and come again, and went downstairs with the box of silver.

The man removed all the cups and cups from the table, replaced them with three clean ones, and the food and drinks were quickly served. The shopkeeper came in a formal suit. ――If you drink with the county magistrate, you can't dress too casually.

The three of them sat down, pushed the cups and changed the lamps, and chatted while drinking. Both of them drank averagely, but they drank with the county master, and they had to drink if they couldn't drink, so soon their tongues were a little bigger, and they talked more.

This is what Leng Yi wanted, and he heard some useful information through chatting.