Xu Liang returned to his residence and saw that the house was empty, and the iron head didn't know where to go. So he sat down in the house for a while, and could not find anything to do for a while, and was about to go out to look for the iron head, but he saw the iron head carrying a wooden barrel and entered the house from the outside.

"Ah Tie, where have you been?" Xu Liang asked.

As he put the barrel down, Tietou replied, "Young master, I just went to the river to wash my clothes, and I just washed the pile of clothes you put in the house." ”

Xu Liang was ashamed when he heard this, and he said embarrassedly: "Ah Tie, it's really hard for you." ”

"Whatever the young master says, the iron head follows the young master, and it is right to take care of the young master." Tietou waved his hand and said, "It's just that Tietou is clumsy, I'm afraid I haven't cleaned the young master." ”

"It's okay, it's okay." Xu Liang waved his hand again and again, thought about it, and asked curiously, "Eh, Ah Tie, what do you do to wash your clothes?" ”

"Use your hands!" Iron Head said as a matter of course.

"Oh, and what?"

"Just use your hands." "Oh, I asked someone to borrow a wooden stick by the river." ”

"Don't you use soap?"

"What soap?" Tietou exclaimed, and before long he suddenly realized, "Young master, do you mean soaphorns, that ...... I saw that the soap horns sold in the store were quite expensive, and they cost three or four cents a tael, so I didn't dare to buy them. ”

As soon as Xu Liang said soap, he came to his senses, and in ancient times, he was only afraid that there would be no soap. He said to Tietou: "Ah Tie, you will go to the street and inquire later, see where you can buy Yahuan or something, we two old men, it is too unreasonable to have no woman to help clean up the house." ”

"Young master, it costs a lot of money to buy a ring, don't worry, the iron head can do these things well."

Xu Liang was secretly amused, and scolded with a smile: "I see that your kid is also born poor, don't worry, I still have the money to buy a maid ring, young master." ”

Tietou listened, happily responded, and was about to rush to the street, Xu Liang saw him out of the door and suddenly turned back, and said to Xu Liang: "Ah young master, Tietou almost forgot to say, in the morning Miss Feng came to pass the word, saying that the dead Feng Daolin will be funeral tomorrow." ”

"Ah, I see." Tietou didn't say it, Xu Liang really forgot about the Feng family. Thinking that although he couldn't fight with that Feng Daolin, no matter how he said that he was Feng Suqin's uncle, if he married Feng Suqin in the future, it would really have to do with him. For my Suqin, I really have to go tomorrow.

The funeral of the Feng family was very simple, and there were not many people who came to mourn. Xu Liang came to the door of the Feng family in plain clothes, and the old housekeeper of the Feng family, who was in charge of the reception, hurriedly stepped forward to welcome Xu Liang in.

Xu Liang entered the mourning hall and saw a straw mat placed in the middle under the altar set up by the white curtain, and on one side knelt side by side Mrs. Feng, Feng Daolin's daughter, and Feng Suqin. In the summer, the weather was hot, and the whole mourning hall was filled with an indescribable strange smell, Xu Liang looked around, and saw several bamboo baskets covered with white cloth in the corner of the wall, and three or four salted fish were exposed in an open basket. A string of firecrackers sounded, Xu Liang solemnly stepped forward and put on three pillars of incense, detained three gongs, and then stepped forward one by one to help up the three women who were kneeling.

Mrs. Feng's voice was mournful, and she choked up and said: "The concubine thanked Lord Xu, woo, my lord has been an official here for three or four years, and only then can I see that the power of officialdom is cold." ”

When Xu Liang heard this, he comforted him repeatedly, and when he helped Feng Suqin up, he quietly asked, "What's wrong with Mrs. Feng?" ”

Feng Suqin's eyes were red, and she whispered: "The mourning hall has been set up for three days, but none of the people from Jianchang County have come, and today you are the first." ”

Xu Liang felt very uncomfortable in his heart, but in a blink of an eye, he was relieved, the Feng family didn't seem to have any powerful backstage, an outdated original history, who would come to flatter, even if it was himself, if it wasn't for Feng Suqin's relationship, I was afraid that he wouldn't come today. Since ancient times, the official voice, the shopping mall, it is as good as it.

Xu Liang patted Feng Suqin's hand, after a few days of not seeing, Feng Suqin looked even thinner, so weak that it made people feel distressed, "Suqin, people can't be resurrected after death, I know you are sad in your heart, but you also have to pay attention to your own body, and mourn by the way." ”

"Hmm." Feng Suqin replied in a low voice, carefully retracting her hand, and said, "There is a lot of inconvenience today, I will thank you again in the future." ”

Xu Liang nodded in understanding, and comforted Feng's mother again.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the mourning hall, and the old housekeeper of the Feng family led a person in, Xu Liang looked up and couldn't help but be taken aback, it was actually the deputy envoy of the case handling this time, and Lu Chengyuan, the inspector of the Imperial Palace.

After Lu Yushi finished worshipping, Xu Liang stepped forward to greet Lu Yushi, and the two said goodbye to the Feng family, and left the Feng Mansion one after the other.

The two walked silently all the way, Lu Chengyuan walked to a willow tree with a thick bowl mouth and stopped, his eyes were like torches, he looked at Xu Liang and asked, "Lord Xu, how do you feel about worshipping Lord Feng today?" ”

Xu Liang stood three steps away and looked at Lu Chengyuan with a wary expression. Since that day after knowing the official reputation of this Lu Yushi from Wang Zhixian's mouth, Xu Liang admired and was a little stunned by this supervising imperial history.

Xu Liang couldn't figure out for a moment what this Lu Yushi suddenly meant by such a sentence, and said hesitantly: "Xiaguan is also very touched, Feng Daolin has been a Jianchang history for three or four years after all, I didn't expect him to leave like this, and there was not even a person in the Jianchang County Yali who went to worship." Alas, before the people left, this tea was cold......"

"Oh?" Lu Yushi was quite surprised, he didn't expect Xu Liang to say such an opinion. He examined Xu Liang and said, "This official and Lord Xu have very different ideas. Today, I saw Lord Feng's widow, orphans and widows, the scene was desolate, not to mention Lord Feng's family who was like this, the more than 300 court officers and soldiers who died with Lord Feng in the Jianchang turmoil, and the hundreds of people who were attacked by the water bandits, which family was not as miserable as Lord Feng's family. ”

Lu Yushi approached Xu Liang by deception, stared at Xu Liang, and said: "Lord Xu, there are gods in your head, and you must be worthy of your own conscience when you act and behave, seeing countless people suffering like this, Lord Xu still hasn't woken up?" Do you really want to be in league with those scum of officialdom who deceive their superiors and subordinates? The more Lu Yushi spoke, the louder he became, and the last few exhalations came out.

Xu Liang took four or five steps back, stunned, his face was cloudy, and he suddenly felt that Lu Yushi's eyes seemed to be insightful, he turned his head weakly, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Lord Lu, the lower officials are also very sympathetic to the officers and soldiers and the people who have been killed, but this matter is a man-made disaster and a natural disaster, it is really difficult to explain clearly. The lower officials are also reported according to the truth, and a qiē is waiting for the holy judgment! After speaking, he arched his hand towards Lu Yushi and said, "There is still something in the Xiaguan Yamen, so I will leave first!" ”

Lu Yushi looked at Xu Liang's distant back, his eyes showed disappointment, and his expression was lost. In the past few days of investigation, he has gradually understood that from Yang Suoxiu, the head of the Qinchazheng Officials Department, to the officials of Jianchang County, they all have an attitude of calming things down, and they are unwilling to reveal the truth of the matter, but instead put the responsibility on the deceased former Jianchang County Cheng and Dian Shi. Lu Yushi was angry, but he was very helpless. A day ago, Lu Yushi saw the conclusion of the investigation written by Director Yang, and almost all the blame was put on the county Cheng and Dianshi who died in battle.

Lu Yushi wanted to argue with reason, but he couldn't get the exact evidence in his hand, he originally planned to give up, but when he saw Xu Liang in the mourning hall today, he was unwilling to deliberately provoke Xu Liang again, however, he still found nothing.

Lu Chengyuan felt extremely lonely.

The investigation of the case is finally leaving. Wang Xian, the magistrate of Jianchang County, led the officials of Jianchang County and sent the two Qin out of the city. Xu Liang found that Yang Suoxiu, the official of the Qin Mission, still looked like he was smiling and groaning, but Lu Chengyuan, the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, was indifferent, and followed behind Yang without saying a word, until he got into the sedan chair and left, he had never looked at a person directly.

Qin Cha left, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Liang followed Wang Zhixian into the second hall of the county ya, and sat down in a secondary position.

Wang Zhixian wiped the sweat on his face and said to Xu Liangle: "Sure enough, it is a hero who is a young man, this time we were able to pass the test, and Brother Xu contributed a lot." In the evening, the county arranged a table, and the three of us got together. ”

Xu Liang said modestly: "Whatever the county leader says, this is all because the county leader has a good way, so that we can save the day." ”

"Haha, don't be modest about Brother Xu," Wang Zhixian was quite interested, and said with a thin smile to Lord Ge: "In the evening, Brother Xu has to pay tribute to Brother Xu for the county two more cups!" ”

"Of course!" Ge Zhubo is also full of lightheartedness.

Wang Zhixian looked at the modest and polite Xu Liang, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, pinched his chin, and said to Xu Liang: "Brother Xu, I heard that since you came to Jianchang County, you have been renting the small courtyard in the north alley?" ”

"Uh, yes." Xu Liang said: "There is Lao County's concern, the lower official got the order of Lord Huang Weizhong, and hurried to Jianchang to take office, and he didn't have time to return to his hometown for a while, and he didn't have much entanglement on his body, so he had to find a place to live first for the time being." ”

"How?" Wang Zhixian shouted strangely: "Brother Xu is also the fourth master in our county, how can he live in such a cold place." In this way, our county government has a house on Dongmen Street, which was originally a property outside the county, last year the member committed an accident, and after a lawsuit, the house was owned by the county government, and now it has been empty and no one lives, I think it is just right for you to live in Brother Xu. ”

"Ouch," Xu Liang jumped up in surprise and shook his head again and again, "I can't help it......"

"Hey, Brother Xu, don't shirk!" Master Ge Bo also spoke up at this time, "The county lord has already spoken, and Brother Xu can't say anything if he refuses." ”

"That'...... Then the lower officials will thank the county lord," Xu Liang thanked him curtly.

"It should be, it should be, haha!" Wang Zhixian laughed.

At that moment, the three of them laughed for a while, and Xu Liang asked: "Two adults, now that Qincha has left Jianchang County, I don't know what to do with the money and benefits of the houseowner?" ”

"Him?" Wang Zhixian snorted and smiled coldly, "Dare to betray this county, how can you spare him, Lao Ge, you go back and arrange the arrangements, and send the fat man to Liaodong to defend the city, what crime you think, this county only needs the result!" Hmph, dare to demolish the county's platform, I'm impatient!"

Xu Liang trembled in his heart when he heard this, the county order of the broken family, the Fu Yin who destroyed the door, this is really not blowing, Wang Zhixian, who has fine skin and tender meat, moved his mouth, and Qian Yi was sent to Liaodong to guard the city gate!