In the class room, the crowd caught fast to call Li You unconsciously, from Little Brother Li to Little Brother Li, I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing. Then there are a few helpers gathered around him, what Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Er, are all people who were used by their father back then, and then they dispersed, and now they feel that Li You looks very promising, so they posted it again.

At this time, Li You is going to go to a few commercial streets to urge the door to spread the money (listen to this name like a protection fee, in fact, this is a formal tax that should be paid by the shops in the city in this dynasty, which is levied by the county government; The aforementioned tax department collects the commodity tax in the distribution chain). When I got to the county office, I was going out. An inner hall disciple came out and called out to Li You, and spread the word that the county lord had summoned him.

This is the first time that the county official has been summoned alone since he took office for two months, and Li You estimated in his heart that it was for those two words. When I arrived at the county magistrate's house, I kowtowed again, waiting for the eldest man to ask.

"'If life is only as first seen' and 'Who turned the bleak song of Yuefu', but you wrote them?" Chen Zhixian, who has always admired the majesty of Banzheng in front of his subordinates, also had an unconcealed look of curiosity on his face this time.

"Exactly." Since being beaten twice, Li You, who feels that he will lose if he says too much, has always been concise and never nonsense in front of the magistrate.

Chen Zhixian encouraged him very procedurally: "Silver words and songs are all small ways, and Jingyi is..."Suddenly remembered Li You's identity, even if Li You studied the Four Books and Five Classics well, what is the use? After a pause, he didn't say anything more and let Li You retreat.

In another public house in the county government, Master Huang lay on the case and worked hard to write: Since the arrival of Chen Gong of Xujiang County, he has emphasized literature and education, advocated poetry, calligraphy and etiquette, and the literary style in the county has been clear, and the education has been opened, and Li Shu has been contending. There is a servant Li You, only able to read, by the indoctrination of Chen Gong, the story of the imitation of the Eastern Wu Lu Meng, three impressive and composed two lyrics, the nearby counties have sung, highlighting the literary style of our county. Li You once said that if there is no Chen Gong, it is like being in a long night. Chen Gong's merits can be seen...

What Master Huang wrote, if Li You knew that he had to vomit three liters of blood and plagiarized two poems, he would not have enjoyed much benefit, and he would have become the master of the county first. The responsibilities of the county magistrate are simply the four major items of money and food, education, criminal name, and public security, and the weight of education is not light.

Li You went out of the yamen, summoned the helpers and lackeys, walked around the street with six and four drinks, and collected dozens of taels of silver and more than a dozen copper coins, of course, it was inevitable to collect some more money for his legs and feet. There is a Qi silk and satin shop that has a very bad business, and the money has been owed by the stall, so Li You beckoned his subordinates to grab a few satin horses from this shop as tax silver.

The prescribed amount of silver money and goods were handed over to the county government, and after eating and drinking at noon, the helpers distributed some silver money like birds and beasts, and Li You also went back to the class room to doze off.

But I didn't sleep long, and an old woman dressed in red and green broke in, not like a good person. Li You didn't know him, but he came to find someone else.

Zhao Zhu, who was also in the room, smiled and said, "Isn't this Mrs. Xie, has she come to the door to solicit business?" ”

The old woman squeezed out two smiles and said, "But there is a good deal." He said to Li You again: "Is it Li Guanren in front of you?" ”

Li You looked at it twice, and felt that this old woman looked like a matchmaker in the play, and muttered in his heart that he was going to tell me about the matchmaker for the master. He replied, "I am, why do you have to do it?" ”

The old woman said: "It is inconvenient to talk here, please ask the official Li to move to the tea shop next to him, there is a deal to talk to the official." ”

Li You was displeased, this old woman didn't introduce who she was when she entered the door, she couldn't help but take a big deal, you said that if you told me to go out, I would go out?

Zhao Zhu came over and whispered to Li You: "This old woman is in the skin and meat business, and she is called Mrs. Xie, and she is a very tricky person. There are a few prostitutes under her hands, and Yao Xing'er is her person. As mentioned in the previous chapter, this Yao Xing'er is the most famous Yaji in the city, often singing and communicating with literati, and the official banquet is also necessary to summon her to help the fun, a first-class scene.

It turned out to be an old bustard, Li You snorted coldly and said, "I'm too lazy to move, I have something to talk about quickly." ”

Xie Laobuar was not polite, and said: "My daughter Yao Xing'er admires the words written by Li Guanren, and I, who is a mother, have to worry about my daughter." From now on, sell the words you write to my daughter. In her mind, it is useless for people like Li You to recite poems and lyrics, and it is only right that they can be sold and exchanged for silver for white flowers.

Actually, Xie Laobustard thinks it is not bad, he is not mixed in the circle of readers, Li You plagiarizes poetry is really useless, it is really better to sell it to others for some money, and Li You himself does not deny this. However, this Xie Laobustard's somewhat condescending style disgusted Li You, and he couldn't accept the price of three or two songs. At this time, the average price of fields in Xujiang County has been more than a dozen taels of silver, and only five high-quality words surnamed Nalan can be exchanged for one acre of land, and how many goods does Li You have in his stomach?

This old bustard must have something to rely on when he opened his mouth, Li You thought about it in his heart, and sneered in his mouth: "I heard that Yao Xing'er's overnight scoop is ten taels of silver, so do you buy words at the price of three taels?" ”

Who knew that the old bustard was more decisive than Li You, and he didn't bargain at all, and he sneered a few times and pointed to the bridge of Li You's nose and said: "Li Guanren toasts and doesn't eat, but he wants to eat and drink, just wait for the good news." That's all the old man said, and there will be a period later. Then he turned around and went out.

Zhao Zhu quickly came up and said worriedly: "Little Brother Li, our second master is very obsessed with Yao Xing'er, and he has a close relationship with this old lady Xie. If you provoke her, you're afraid you're in some trouble. ”

These two masters are naturally Zhou County's Cheng in this county. The county magistrate is the adjutant of the county governor and assists in handling the county government. The brand of the two lists of Jinshi in Chen Zhixian County in this county is very hard, and the prefect has to mention him, and he has been diligent in governance since he took office, so the sense of existence of Zhou Xiancheng, who is forty years old, is not so strong. But Zhou Xiancheng is an eight-rank official after all, and he is far from being comparable to the small officials and officials who are not in the stream.

The revenge came faster than expected, and after two days, Zhou Xiancheng called Li You over and reprimanded: "The imperial grain and national tax are the foundation of the national treasury, and the imperial court uses it all because of this, how can it be despised?" This Diao slave is derelict in his duties, omitting and greedy for ink, and he is ashamed of the people of the country, do you dare to walk in the public gate! ”

Li You defended: "The master is aware of it, and he has not omitted matters such as greed for ink. ”

"This time the tax money, where is the tax money of the Qi family satin shop?" Zhou Xiancheng asked.

Li You continued to defend and said: "So that the master will know that there is no money in the store, so I have to take a few satins from the store to fill the number, and they have been handed over to the treasury." ”

"Dare to make a slave and dare to quibble! The treasurer didn't see any silk, either you deliberately omitted it or you were greedy for ink. Besides, you waited for a few people to eat and drink money at noon and left, and there was no greed for ink, where did you get the money? ”

Li You knew in his heart that this was Zhou Xiancheng who wanted to put him to death. Not only did he make something out of nothing, but he also took the wrong thing of overcharging money for his legs and feet, you know, every official will collect a little more tax money, which is an unspoken rule in society, and Zhou County Cheng even grabbed this point.

"You have nothing to say! This judge sentenced you to thirty lashes, dismissed from the army, and expelled from the public office! ”

Li You knew that it was useless to say more, and he didn't care about the humility and resentment of his superiors and subordinates, and hurriedly asked Master Huang for help. Li You consciously did so many things for him, he had all the credit and hard work, and he always got along with him with a little affection, and he should not be saved by seeing death. Why is Master Huang not in the yali, but he asked the disciple but said that he went to the banquet, and the way is that there is a Zhishi waiter in this county surnamed Zhu passing by, and Chen Zhixian took Master Huang to visit the banquet.

There were two soap slaves to catch Li You, Li You arched his hand and said: "The younger brother is going out to find Master Huang, the two elder brothers raise their noble hands and slow down." The two glanced at each other, gave Li You a look, and didn't answer but still pretended to come forward to do something. Li You willingly pulled his legs and ran, and the two chased after him slowly, but they couldn't catch up, but they kept following behind.