This shotgun made the general mood come and go quickly, his eyes returned to his spirit in a moment, he stared at Li Shi, and slowly shook his head: "With your age and experience, it is impossible to know these things in the army......"

Li Xian nodded, if he wants to say anything after three hundred years, Xiao Sheng will not believe it, and the implication is to ask who else is behind him.

"I've already said that I don't have any other intention to mention these things, but I just want you to understand that the big thing I just said is not a bluff, it is indeed a big thing that you definitely don't want to be involved in."

The weight of Li Xian's words, Xiao Sheng has now weighed it out, just now casually said his details, he already understands that this young man is really not just as simple as reading a few books, so this big thing is really not something he can mix casually.

Xiao Sheng is also a decisive person, gritted his teeth, and weighed the benefits and disadvantages clearly, "I haven't seen you today......"

Li Xian smiled, arched his hand towards Xiao Sheng, and was about to leave, when Xiao Sheng suddenly said again: "You haven't seen me Xiao Sheng either...... Xiao put the total. ”

This was to warn Li Xian not to spread the details of his Xiao Sheng, and Li Xian nodded knowingly.

"Boss, how are you ......?"

Seeing that Li Shi and Xiao Sheng talked for a while, he slowly flicked his sleeves and left, the two flood soldiers, one tall and one short, leaned over, and asked their head with puzzled faces, the tone was completely different from when he was in front of Li Shi before, if Li Shi was still here, he would raise his evaluation of Xiao Sheng a little higher, and as an additional external commissioner, it was indeed not easy to envelop his subordinates to such a point.

"Which of you two went to Zhongfu, found Lai Yipin, and told him that Li Si wanted to go to the county seat, but we blocked him back, but he had to take a detour from other places, so we couldn't help it."

When Xiao Sheng said this, the two subordinates were even more surprised, and Xiao Sheng sighed helplessly: "That Li Si is not an ordinary person, and the battle between him and Lai Yipin is not something we can get involved with." But after all, we took the silver, and we have to give an explanation to Na Lai Yipin. ”

The two subordinates nodded again and again, and the short man looked teachable: "We have the boss covered, and the son has finally had a better life, listen to the boss, yes!" ”

The tall man was righteous and patted his chest: "I'll go to Zhongfu!" I'm stupid, just follow the boss's words. ”

After more than half an hour, another person landed at Jinshandu, found Xiao Sheng, and asked, "Li Si from Fengtian Village, have you seen it?" ”

This person Xiao Sheng knew, he didn't dare to be too lazy, so he nodded quickly, and the person who came was the old Xiucai of Duan Hong's period. Although there is a saying that "when a show meets a soldier, it is unreasonable to say", but it was wartime. At present, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has also followed the habits of the Ming Dynasty, and the general soldiers of the second grade may not be able to suppress the head of the county of the seventh grade, not to mention that Duan Lao Xiucai is still a celebrity in the county. This old man was about to be provoked, and kicked them down the river one by one, and Xiao Sheng didn't dare to do anything to Lao Xiucai.

Seeing that Xiao Sheng's face was wrong, Lao Xiucai was surprised: "You didn't embarrass him?" Don't prevaricate with me, I know your relationship with Zhong Shangli Lai Yipin. ”

Xiao Sheng smiled bitterly, why wasn't he embarrassed? As a result, they even stripped off the bottom of their pants......

Righteousness said awe-inspiring how can we be soldiers to embarrass the villagers, Xiao Sheng was blushing when he said this, Lao Xiucai sneered, and unceremoniously exposed him: "Was it coaxed by that kid?" ”

Forced to retreat, Xiao Sheng came to his senses and asked Lao Xiucai hesitantly: "Then Li Si and the old gentleman, ...... you?"

Lao Xiucai nodded neatly: "He's my protégé, what's the matter?" You let him go because of my name? ”

Xiao Sheng secretly scolded himself for being too stupid, he was thinking that there should be someone behind that kid, why didn't he think of this old man! Then he secretly scolded Li for being inauthentic, saying that he was a disciple of Old Man Duan, so why should he bother!?

Seeing Xiao Sheng's expression, Lao Xiucai snorted in his mouth: "Don't use my name? This kid is really capable. ”

Ignoring Xiao Sheng, who was already in a state of confusion, Lao Xiucai shook his head and left, and dropped a sentence: "Don't get involved with Zhong Shangli Lai Yipin, not only can you not afford to be involved in this matter, but you also have to burn incense and hug the Buddha, and pray that you will not be implicated." ”

Xiao Sheng's face turned pale completely, and he hurriedly shouted his hands to chase after the tall Xun soldier who had already gone to Zhongfu, and it seemed that it was better to be exempted from the previous arrangement.

When Xiao Sheng was wondering whether he was really going to burn incense, Li Shi had already lit a pillar of incense.

This will he has come to the county seat more than ten miles of Magang Village, the end of the Tang Dynasty Huangchao rebellion, chaos to Yingde, the Cao Zhai Lord of Magang Village resisted here, after the death of his wife Mrs. Yu continued to lead the army to resist the enemy, thus also obtained the name of the Cao Lord Niangniang, has been passed down to later generations. In Li Xi's time, she was already known as the goddess of Beijiang, although she was not as prominent as Mazu Niangniang, who originated from Fujian, but she was also a famous indigenous god in Guangdong.

Li Shi came to worship Cao Zhuniang, but he saw this shrine on the middle of the road, in terms of faith, Li Shi is a typical Chinese person, there are gods to worship God, there are Buddhas to worship Buddha, ask for an auspicious meaning.

After making a wish and praying that the mother wished him a smooth trip to the county seat, Li Xi continued on the road, leaving more than ten miles of land, trotting all the way, and it didn't take too long, and soon saw the low city wall of the county seat.

The county seat of Yingde is on the west bank of the Beijiang River, the city is three miles, and the Ming Dynasty is nine miles, and it is an out-and-out small city. But even in the Ming Dynasty, not everyone lived in the city, let alone the Qing Dynasty, which had a growing population.

I saw a large circle of houses outside the city, and a stone road split the houses, leading to the gate of the small city. At the intersection of the dirt road and the stone road, there are also a few soldiers, but they are in a hurry, and they are basically just decorations, if Li Xian is not mistaken, these soldiers are idlers, hired by real green battalion soldiers to stand on stakes [1]. Occasionally, when I saw passers-by pulling carts and carrying goods, I would stretch out my hand to ask for a few coppers, and I didn't care about people like Li Xi with clean sleeves at all.

Stepping on the stone road, I saw a stone tablet standing on the side of the road, which was written with the words "the county's parents, Uncle Tian, benevolence and compassion for the people......", which is an ode. Only then did Li Xi remember that Yingde County once had a Qingtian lord named Tian Congdian. Calculate that he was appointed as the county magistrate of Yingde seventeen or eighteen years ago, and he was the official of the Yongzheng period, and now he should also be a senior Beijing official. He did a lot of practical things in the Yingde Miscellaneous School, repaired roads and bridges, and revitalized culture and education, and he should have presided over the construction of this stone road. Tian Congdian has a high reputation in Britain and Germany, and both British and German people are honored as "Uncle Tian" [2].

It's just that the stone road is dilapidated now, and thinking about the situation in his own house and village, Li Xian sighed in his heart, people go to politics to rest, and no matter how clear the sky is, only the echo of the empty valley is left.

"I'm not Tian Kewu......"

In the back hall of the county government in the small town, a middle-aged man with a white face and a bit of nobility was sitting behind the bookcase, taking off his winter hat, and muttering in his mouth while looking at the brass beads on it in a daze. He was wearing a blue official uniform, and a stupid goose (emu) in the complement chased Hong Yue above the blue waves, and at first glance he was a seven-grade civil official.

"Mr. Luo, he has been in Yingde County for thirty-four years, and he has stayed for three terms and has not moved his nest! Forty-two years of grievances, forty-three years into the Metropolitan Procuratorate, forty-nine years moved to Zuo Tongzheng, now it is less than two years, and moved to Guanglu Siqing, can I compare with him? ”

Li Zhushou, the magistrate of Yingde County, had just retired from the hall and was being encouraged by his own Master Luo, but the effect did not seem to be very obvious.

"Don't talk about going up, this year's catastrophe in Guangdong Prefecture and County, I don't know if I can avoid it, I just hope that Yang Chongdou will not climb and bite people everywhere. Alas, this year's harvest seems to be a big loss. ”

A thin old man sat firmly on the Taishi chair next to the bookcase, holding a pot of cigarettes and snoring. This is Master Luo, who is in charge of Li Zhushou's money, food, and punishment, and takes Li Zhushou's six hundred taels of silver every year. Hearing that Dong Zhi was calling for poverty, the beard at the corner of his mouth lifted slightly.

"Dong Weng, the surplus silver that I borrowed from the Grace Shell last year is the time to come in handy."

Li Zhushou sighed, and wanted to deduct Master Luo's old age, but he was pushed back by a soft sentence, and he didn't dare to go deeper on the topic of "harvest".

"Recently, the court is tight, and Dong Weng can also suppress the white general soldiers."

Master Luo's professional ethics are good, and he still reminds the proprietor with all his heart.

"White barbarian, that guy ......"

Li Zhushou was indignant, and a porter came in, holding a famous thorn.

"Master, there is Li Si, a native of Fengtian Village, who asks to see him."

Li Zhushou raised his eyebrows and slapped the table.

"No merit? No official status? The grass people are one, and they dare to raise their names, is he eating or are you drunk!? Fork out ...... Wait a minute! This one...... Let's see. ”

There are two big words written on the back of the famous thorn: "Eliminate disasters", which can touch Li Zhushou's nerves, after all, he is an official master, and adjusting the door is like playing drifting, without even bringing a little smoke and dust.

"Li Si from Fengtian Village, meet my father, Lord Li, ......"

Li Shi entered the back hall of the county government, faced Li Zhushou, gritted his teeth, bent his knees, and prepared to bow to this parent official. There is no way, he has no reputation, if he doesn't kneel down this time, then everything will be over, just like having to stuff a few pieces of silver into the porter.

"Excuse me, Li Si? Sure enough, the aura is extraordinary. ”

Li Zhushou raised his hand with a smile on his face, Li Shi's knee only clicked on the ground, and then pushed the boat straight up, thinking that if you don't want this worship, there will be no more in the back.

As soon as he was so smooth with the water, Li Zhushou's eyebrows were like a boat hitting a reef, and he twisted it up, I really had never seen such a guy who climbed up the pole, how could he take his politeness seriously?

But the county official is cultivated after all, and he instantly covered up his unhappiness, put on a face full of spring breeze, and began to talk to Li Xi about the customs of the countryside, without mentioning Li Shi's intentions, so that Li Xi fully understood the style of the officials and gentlemen.

After talking for a long time, the topic progressed to the crop harvest, and Li Shi, who had been following Li Zhushou obediently, finally got impatient, found the fork where Li Zhushou was panting, and spoke in a deep voice.

"Lord Li, the grass people are here today for an earth-shattering event!"

"What's the matter, as for ...... so frightened?"

Li Zhushou dragged a long tail in response, and his heart was really a country grass man, and he didn't know how to be polite at all, and our foreplay was not finished yet. But he also breathed a sigh of relief, no one cooperated in this foreplay, and it was really tiring.

Li Shi took out a piece of paper, spread his hands, and clearly displayed it in front of Li Zhushou.

"I think adults should understand the things on this piece of paper."

Li Zhushou almost wanted to spit on Li Xian's face, isn't this a grain list? I still don't understand? God is mysterious, what kind of fame!?

Originally, I thought that this Li Si was coming for the big thing that he was having a headache in front of him, but now seeing this list, Li Zhushou's expectations were disappointed, and the nameless fire in his stomach burned violently, so he thought about reprimanding Li Si well, and then ordered someone to fork this vulgar grass man away, and his eyes were suddenly pulled by the date on the "license".

"Kangxi...... Fifty Years ......"

Feeling that something was wrong, Li Zhushou whispered in his mouth, the more he read it, the paler his face became, and finally with an oops, the whole person almost collapsed on the chair.

[1: In the middle and late Kangxi period, the Green Battalion soldiers had been corrupted, and many soldiers had other main businesses, and they only regarded being a soldier as a sideline. The officer even encouraged the soldier to find another job, so that he could cut off half of his monthly salary and put it in his pocket. 】

[2: The title of "uncle", among Kangqian, is not a general title for the elderly, only those who are highly respected and have official status can get this honorific title. 】