Chen Zikun didn't rub the sand in his eyes, and immediately said angrily: "What a Xia Dalong, he didn't even put this envoy in his eyes, hum!" ”

County Magistrate Liu sighed and said: "Master Xia has a cousin who is the head of the regiment under Sun Dujun, and he has something to rely on, half of the industry in Nantai County belongs to his family, and it is just a matter of not taking me, the county magistrate appointed by the provincial government, in his eyes, but it didn't come to fruition...... Alas......" he whispered as he blew the steam from his teacup, his expression gloomy.

Chen Zikun said: "When I first arrived here, many of the situations were not very clear, and I had to rely on County Magistrate Liu. ”

County Magistrate Liu said: "That's natural, if the protector has any orders, just open your mouth." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Just tell me about a few big families in the county, at the beginning of the county magistrate Liu, no one gave you a talisman or something?" ”

Liu Youjin said with a smile: "The envoy is talking about the kind of talisman in Jiayu Village in "The Story of Stones", Nantai is a remote area, and there are not so many exquisite, and there are so many gentry in the county, but except for the Xia family, the others are not to worry about." ”

Chen Zikun was quite interested: "What is the origin of Xia Dalong?" ”

After the Xinhai Revolution, Xia Dalong led his subordinates to revolt, captured the county government and slaughtered the whole family of the county, and turned into a revolutionary party.

After listening to County Magistrate Liu's introduction, Chen Zikun was silent, lowered his head and pondered, obviously weighing the other party's weight.

Liu Youjin got up and said: "It's not early, I have to go and prepare, I have prepared a reception banquet for you in the evening, and I will be in the county seat of Drunken Immortal, and I will ask the escort envoy to come at that time." ”

Chen Zikun got up and smiled heartily: "Okay, I won't send it, Adjutant Zhao, send it to County Magistrate Liu." ”

Liu Youjin hugged his fists and said, "You're polite, please go back." Quickly walked out of the second hall, and suddenly woke up, why Chen Zikun turned against the guest, this county government second hall is clearly his own office, why did he become a guest, he laughed self-deprecatingly, and walked away.

Seeing the young county magistrate go, Chen Zikun asked Yan Sudao: "Chief of Staff, what do you think of this county magistrate Liu?" ”

Yan Su said: "This person is not simple, you need to be careful. ”

"How?"

"Just now he said something bad about Xia Dalong, but after careful analysis, none of the accusations are specific, in other words, he consciously guides you to have a bad feeling for Xia Dalong, and it doesn't matter, he is a small county magistrate, and he naturally wants to show his ambitions, but there is a local tyrant on it, and he can't do anything, so he has to rely on you."

Chen Zikun smiled: "I won't fall for him, but that's all, don't talk about beware." ”

Yan Su said: "There are ghosts in the back house, but the ghost I am talking about is not a ghost in the real sense, but a ghost in the heart of County Magistrate Liu." ”

"Oh, tell me more about it." Chen Zikun's eyes flashed, and he changed to a comfortable sitting position.

"He said that no one has been in the backyard for a long time, but why did he take out the key to open the door at once, and it was easy to open, as far as I know, if this kind of iron lock is not opened often, it would have been rusted to death, unless it is smashed open, the key can not be opened at all, and there are footprints on the ground of the back house, which are clearly human footprints, and they are the footprints of a man wearing rubber shoes, so, in this back house, I am afraid that there is another mystery."

Chen Zikun smiled and said, "So you also saw it." ”

Yan Su said: "The situation in Nantai County is much more complicated than expected, and we have to deal with it carefully." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I have passed through the wind and waves, and I still care about this little Nantai." ”

Yan Su said: "This is wrong, be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, how many heroes and heroes have capsized in the gutter, if we have a battalion of troops, everything is fine, but now there is only one company, or borrowed soldiers, we have to guard against it." ”

"The chief of staff is right, I will be careful, and we will go to this Hongmen banquet together."

……

The reception banquet is located in the county's largest restaurant drunken immortal residence, the name is very elegant, but to the place to see, it is not the same thing at all, the two-storey small building, downstairs also sells loose wine and Yangchun noodles, upstairs is the elegant seat, the restaurant is located in the most prosperous place in the county, in front of the door is a road, the roadside feces and urine are cross-flowing, the road is dusty, wild dogs are scurrying, and the air is filled with all kinds of strange smells.

Chen Zikun and others went to the banquet and came to the door of the drunken immortal residence, the members of the security group drove away the idle guests early, and a group of robes and horse coats stood at the door under the leadership of the county magistrate Liu, with a smile on their faces.

A small leader shouted, "Salute! Chen Zikun turned over and dismounted, his right hand wearing white gloves reached the brim of his hat, waved it forward, and returned a chic American-style military salute.

The orderly opened the car door, and the two charming ladies got out of the car, which suddenly made people feel bright, and even the old people who were dizzy and wore melon skin hats and dragged pigtails were wide-eyed.

Jian Bing and Yao Yilei have both dressed up specially, Jian Bing is a green silk cheongsam, Yao Yilei is a Western-style skirt, a combination of Chinese and Western, complementing each other, earning enough face for Chen Zikun.

The escort envoy came, the second floor of the drunken immortal residence lit up the firecrackers, crackling and exploding, red confetti flew everywhere, Chen Zikun and others went to the second floor surrounded by the local gentry, in order to entertain the guests, the second floor was also emptied, there was a large round table in the private room of the Tianzi number, Chen Zikun gave way, or sat on the top, and the rest of the people sat down equally, strangely, a seat next to Chen Zikun was empty.

There were melon seeds, various dried fruits and tea on the table, and the county magistrate Liu introduced everyone present to Chen Zikun one by one, and the first one was a pockmarked face wearing a black uniform and carrying a box cannon, saying that he was Qiu Fuzhao, the head of the county security regiment.

Commander Qiu stood up and nodded: "The protector makes you auspicious." ”

Chen Zikun smiled: "Captain Qiu has worked hard. ”

Then there are some leading figures in the county, the old man of the former Qing Dynasty, the owner of the silk shop, the pharmacy, the pawnshop, the principal of the county middle school, and so on.

The introduction was finished, but the banquet did not start for a long time, Chen Zikun knew that they were waiting for Master Xia, but he deliberately said: "Let's start the banquet?" ”

A group of old men pretended to be deaf and dumb, and they only promised.

Liu Youjin smiled and said, "Wait a minute, Master Xia is probably delayed, or Captain Qiu will send someone to call it." ”

Qiu Fuzhao got up and said, "I'll go and see for myself." "Say goodbye and go downstairs.

As soon as I went down, there was a loud and hearty laugh downstairs, followed by heavy footsteps, and the wooden floors were trembling, and then I saw a burly red-faced man appear at the top of the stairs, dressed in a black silk shirt and trousers, playing with two iron galls in his hand, crackling.

"Lord Protector, Xia Dalong is late, and I still look at Haihan." The red-faced man bowed his hand and entered the private room with a big grin, and as soon as he entered, everyone suddenly felt that the room had become much smaller.

"It turned out to be Master Xia, long admiration." Chen Zikun greeted him very politely, Xia Dalong sat down in the vacant seat next to Chen Zikun, and suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Lao Lin, the last jar is for nothing!" ”

Lao Lin is the boss of Drunken Xianju, when he heard Master Xia's greeting, he didn't dare to slack off, and personally went to the wine cellar downstairs to bring up a jar of ten-pound liquor, and used a kitchen knife to pry open the mud seal in public, and the aroma of wine overflowed, and even Chen Zikun couldn't help but sniff it twice.

"Bring me a wine bowl." Old Man Xia's voice was like a bell, and he put aside the small wine cup on the table.

"Take the wine bowl!" Boss Lin shouted, the guy quickly brought a big bowl, and Master Xia glanced at it and scolded: "Such a small bowl, how can you drink!" ”

The guy brought a big bowl again, this time Master Xia was finally satisfied, picked up the wine jar and poured a bowl of wine, his movements were very rough, a lot of wine was splashed on the table, County Magistrate Liu frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

"Protector, I'm late, I'll be fined three bowls of wine, look at me." Xia Dalong picked up the wine bowl, tilted his neck and didn't even need to ventilate, he just dried it, and then wiped his mouth and showed the empty bottom of the bowl.

"Good!" Qiu Fuzhao was the first to clap his hands and shout, and the gentry present also high-fived and praised.

Xia Dalong's face did not change, and continued to pour wine: "There are still two bowls, you can see it clearly!" ”

In this way, he drank three bowls of wine in a row, at least one and a half catties of white wine went down his stomach, Xia Dalong's red face became even redder, and the white hair on his temples was particularly powerful.

"Master Xia, a lot!"

"Brother Long's majesty has not diminished back then."

"Master Xia is really old and strong."

The melon skin hats shook their heads and praised, Xia Dalong was triumphant, but when he heard the words "old and strong", he raised his eyebrows and said to a middle-aged gentleman: "Gong Shanren, although I am a few years older than you, I can't talk about being old." ”

The gentleman surnamed Gong hurriedly apologized: "Yes, yes, I said the wrong thing, Master Xia is not to blame." ”

Xia Dalong suddenly smiled again: "Laughing with you, why are you so nervous." Then he turned to Chen Zikun and said, "Let the protector make the envoy smile." ”

Chen Zikun smiled and said: "It's okay, Master Xia's heroic nature, Chen admires it." ”

Xia Dalong was very happy and said: "What do the protectors want to eat, don't care if they fly in the sky or swim in the water, we have them all in Nantai County, so let's try the wild boar in Daqingshan, the bullwhip in Kushuijing, the fried golden cicada in Xiajiawa, and the Wang Ba of Dawang River, all of which are the signature dishes of our Nantai County, but unfortunately the time is not right, otherwise it is not bad to get two puffer fish in the Huaijiang River for the protector to taste." ”

Yao Yilei rolled her eyes, she felt that this person surnamed Xia was too arrogant and annoying.

Suddenly, there were sporadic gunshots in the distance, and everyone stopped their chopsticks and looked at Xia Dalong in horror.