Of course, Hu Xiaotian would not be polite to him, and directly handed over the twenty people to Murong Feiyan and asked her to be responsible for assigning tasks, while he and Liu Baoju sat in the wind and rain pavilion, and it happened that at this time, Liu Angelica, the shopkeeper of the Huichun Hall, came to deliver wine and food, he came to see his son under the banner of consolation, and heard that his son followed the new county lord to the berm, and the parents were still a little worried. Liu Kuohai was patrolling the river embankment with six servants, walking in the wind and rain with strutted strides, and he was majestic. Liu Angelica was also very relieved to see his son so majestic, and sent the food box to the wind and rain pavilion, where he prepared quite richly, with wine and food.

Hu Xiaotian had actually contacted a nearby tavern and gave them money to send food over, in fact, this kind of thing should have been paid for by the yamen, but Hu Xiaotian was too troublesome, and he had to ask the county magistrate Xu Qinglian for instructions, plus he didn't have much money, so he simply paid out of his own pocket.

After Liu Baoju heard that Hu Xiaotian was treating him out of his own pocket, he couldn't help but give him a thumbs up: "Master Hu is really generous and righteous, and he is really a model for us." "This thing secretly thinks in my heart, I have been an official for so many years, but I have only heard that officials put money in their pockets, and not much is taken out. The new official took office with three fires, aren't you still pretentious and buying people's hearts?

Hu Xiaotian opened a jar of wine, and the two drank and chatted in the grass pavilion, at the beginning, Liu Baoju still had scruples, talking and hiding, but this guy should be a drunken master, and he drank red in the middle of drinking, and his voice was a little loud when he spoke, and his voice was much louder than just now.

Hu Xiaotian wants this effect, although his current wine is not good for his health. But many times it is a social weapon, Liu Baoju is a person. As long as you drink too much wine, you don't ask him to take the initiative to pour out the little things in his stomach.

Liu Baoju said: "It takes a lot of silver to rebuild the Qingyun Bridge, right?" ”

Hu Xiaotian nodded and said: "But no, I'm worried about this matter, there is no article in the county, Lord Xu asked me to solve it by myself, I just arrived, I have no relatives, and I went to find so much silver." He sighed again.

Liu Baoju said: "I heard that Lord Hu mentioned that each family and Qingyun will pay five taels of silver...... before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Hu Xiaotian. Hu Xiaotian scolded angrily: "Which turtle king bastard made this up?" It's basically ruining my reputation, and I'm not angry if I don't talk about it. He slammed the bowl on the table, and a lot of wine spilled from it.

Liu Baoju was a little embarrassed: "Master Hu, I heard, this is not what I said. ”

Hu Xiaotian said with a smile: "Lord Liu, you are a kind person at first glance, come." Let's drink! ”

Liu Baoju drank this bowl of wine with him, and said pretendly: "I can't drink it anymore, I'm a little overwhelmed." ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "I have long heard that Lord Liu is massive, and you are the most refreshing to drink up and down in Qingyun County. ”

Liu Baoju said: "But Lord Hu has a heavy responsibility. As he spoke, he glanced at the embankment.

Hu Xiaotian lowered his voice and said, "We are responsible for the command." Those patrols and guards of the embankment are done by ourselves, and compared to those colleagues who hide in their rooms and enjoy comfort, we can be regarded as having worked hard. ”

"Not really!" Liu Baoju felt that Hu Xiaotian's words were big for his spleen and stomach, and he was happy and worked with Hu Xiaotian three times in a row.

Hu Xiaotian saw this drunken and hazy look and knew that he was already drunk, so he deliberately said, "Where does Lord Liu live?" ”

Liu Baoju said: "The fifth ...... on the right side of Wuliu Lane in the west of the city" He burped.

Hu Xiaotian said: "Lord Liu doesn't live in the county ya?" ”

Liu Baoju grinned and said, "Except for Lord Xu." How can we have that blessing? ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "It's really a headache to say, our meager money." Not even enough money to rent a house. ”

Liu Baoju sighed, this Qingyun County is a poor place, don't look at him as a county lieutenant, but he doesn't have a lot of money, the county ordered Xu Qinglian to monopolize the power and wantonly loot the people's fat and ointment, but this person is extremely stingy, and only a very small part of them are distributed to these subordinates. Liu Baoju said: "Sometimes when I think about it, it's really better to go home and farm." ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "It's not a secret, my county was donated." "This lie's comes and goes.

Liu Baoju was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, people are easy to get worse under the influence of alcohol, and he belongs to this kind of thing: "I have heard about this for a long time, they said...... Say that your father is a salt merchant in the East China Sea...... Wealth ......"

Hu Xiaotian put his arm on Liu Baoju's shoulder very enthusiastically, and said mysteriously: "Brother Liu, you have to keep this matter secret for me." ”

Liu Baoju said with a smile: "It's still a secret, everyone in the yamen knows about it." In his sober state, he would never have said such a thing under any circumstances.

Hu Xiaotian said: "I thought that if I came to Qingyun to be a county magistrate and mix it for three years, I could earn back the cost of buying officials, but now it seems that it ......" The goods sighed.

Liu Baoju said: "I really don't understand, if you don't do it with a good rich young master, why do you want to come to this poor countryside to be a county magistrate." ”

"It's the official who is stronger than the people, although this county is not big, but it is also a nine-pin, I think that although my Hu family has been in business for generations, there is no one who has been an official for eight generations from me, so my father regrets it, so he spared no expense and helped me buy this nine-grade official, originally thought that he would be an official to ensure income in drought and flood, even if he couldn't make a fortune, he wouldn't lose money, but he didn't expect it!" Hu Xiaotian patted his thigh, with a look of regret.

Liu Baoju narrowed his eyes, and his stubby fingers dangled in front of Hu Xiaotian: "Brother Hu, it seems that you really don't know much about the market of this officialdom, since you are buying officials, then you can do it in one step, even if you come to such a remote place, the place is already unsatisfactory, why not just spend more money and buy a county order?" ”

"Uh......"

Liu Baoju said: "You must know that being an official below has little power, and whoever is the leader must not be tightly in his hands, and it is difficult to get a piece of the pie from his hands!" Difficult! From Liu Baoju's words, it is not difficult to hear that he also has a lot of criticism about the county order Xu Qinglian,

Hu Xiaotian drank a few more drinks with Liu Baoju, and took the opportunity to say, "Brother Liu, I think Master Xu seems to be a little prejudiced against me." ”

Liu Baoju was already seven points drunk at this time, and he sneered: "His mind can't accommodate other people at all, Brother Hu, you are a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and you have to ...... when you first arrive." Fight with him for power...... How can he not target you......"

Hu Xiaotian said: "I don't want to fight with him, Brother Liu......" Suddenly heard a snoring in his ear, but Liu Baoju had fallen asleep on the table, Hu Xiaotian smiled, it seems that Xu Qinglian's group of people is not monolithic, this person is stingy and mean, naturally it is difficult to convince the public, Hu Xiaotian looked at Liu Baoju who was asleep, and secretly wondered in his heart, dividing Xu Qinglian's team needs to start from the inside.

At this time, the rain seemed to be lighter, Hu Xiaotian picked up the oilcloth umbrella and walked up to the embankment of the Tongji River, looking at the turbid waves in the Tongji River, the water level seemed to be still rising. Two patrols in the distance patrolled back and forth, because with the twenty soldiers brought by Liu Baoju, there was naturally no need for the prisoners to continue to stay behind to help protect the berm, Hu Xiaotian arranged for Liu Kuohai to lead two officials to send the six prisoners back to the prison cell, so as not to make others suspicious.

Zhou Batian came to Hu Xiaotian's side before leaving, and said softly: "Be careful of that person!" His gaze looked at Liu Baoju in the distance.

Hu Xiaotian was stunned in his heart, Zhou Batian had already walked past him, Zhou Batian's voice just now was not small, but no one else seemed to hear it, could this be the legendary sound transmission?

If it weren't for Zhou Batian's reminder, Hu Xiaotian would have thought that Liu Baoju was a drunken drunk who lost his words, and it was his timely reminder that made Hu Xiaotian suddenly vigilant, could it be that Liu Baoju just deliberately pretended to be drunk, so as to let himself relax his vigilance? If this is the case, this person is really hateful to the extreme, people are unpredictable, you must not relax your vigilance when you want to harm others, maybe others are just planning to plan, who cheats who doesn't know. Thinking that he didn't have contact with Liu Baoju at all, he brought twenty soldiers here, this guy didn't have such a good heart, maybe he just came to monitor his every move under the banner of helping.

A lightning bolt crossed the dim sky, illuminating Hu Xiaotian's heart, his whole person was like an initiation, Zhou Batian let himself beware of Liu Baoju, it seems that Zhou Batian already knew something about Liu Baoju before, Liu Baoju is the lieutenant of Qingyun County, responsible for local military and political affairs, maybe the tiger head battalion also had contact with him when he escorted the prince of South Vietnam to cross the border. A small Qingyun County, the internal relationship is so complicated.

Boom, a series of muffled thunderbolts fell. Hu Xiaotian breathed a sigh of relief as if he woke up, but now Murong Feiyan, who was wearing a cloak and a hat, had come to his side at some point.

Hu Xiaotian diligently raised his umbrella to cover the drizzle for Murong Feiyan, Murong Feiyan didn't seem to appreciate it, and looked at him with a pair of clear eyes: "Find a place to shelter from the rain, be careful of thunder and thunder." ”

Hu Xiaotian pushed the umbrella forward: "If you want to split, you have to pull a cushion." ”

Murong Feiyan said: "I'd better stay away from you, for the sake of an acquaintance, there are people who will help you collect the body." “

"You're so poisonous!" Hu Xiaotian smiled on his face, flirting with beautiful women was quite enjoyable.

Murong Feiyan had already turned around and walked down the embankment, Hu Xiaotian followed, and saw that Liu Baoju was still asleep, so he called two soldiers under him to take advantage of the fact that the rain was a little lighter at this time to send him home.

After Liu Baoju left, Murong Feiyan sat down in the grass pavilion, glanced at Hu Xiaotian with some disgust, and said, "You still think that you don't have enough enemies to make people like that." ”

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