June has arrived, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day. The sun is like a great furnace, which bakes the earth hot, and even the air is hot, and people sweat when they move.

The old locust tree in the courtyard grew luxuriantly, and the clusters of small beige flowers rustled by the wind, and the whole yard was filled with a refreshing fragrance.

At noon, the streets are deserted, and the disturbing sound of cicadas can be heard everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Gu Qian looked at the paperwork in his hand and couldn't help frowning, it seemed that there were still a lot of problems in the Yunzhou County Office.

The most obvious thing is that the people in the yamen are superficial, and many people are monks for a day and hit the clock for a day. In addition, the practice of eating and taking cards was prevalent, and the people's offices were harassed.

Zhu Miao handed a booklet to Gu Qian, "My lord, this is the roster you wanted. In addition to me and Master Lin, there were two hundred and seventeen people in the three classes and six rooms, and there were also six or seven hundred other miscellaneous servants. This booklet is full of detailed staffing, please take a look. ”

Gu Qian picked it up and flipped through it, there were indeed quite a few people.

"Master Zhu, in recent days, I have found that many errands in the yamen are idle and idle, do you think I should reorganize the personnel?"

As soon as Zhu Miao heard it, he immediately understood that Gu Qian was planning to lay off people.

"My lord, it was a busy few days of farming, and the people were busy in the fields, so there were fewer things in the county yamen, and when the crops were harvested in a few months, the yamen would be very busy."

Gu Qian nodded, "Well, what you said is also right, raising soldiers for a thousand days is used for a while." He continued to flip through the booklet and asked: "But I don't think there is so much need for these palanquins, guys and the like, you see if you can streamline these unnecessary personnel, so that you can save some expenses." ”

Zhu Miao's face was a little ugly, after all, most of Gu Qian's positions just now were arranged by him by accepting other people's money. Those positions that do not enter the stream only need to be filed with the Ministry of Officials after being recruited by themselves, and they do not need to be reviewed by the imperial court at all.

"My lord, I'm afraid this is inappropriate."

Gu Qian was a little puzzled, "What's wrong?" ”

"Although the positions you just mentioned are all unsubscribed positions, they are all approved after being reported to the Ministry of Officials. If you rashly streamline them, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain. ”

"What Master Zhu said is not unreasonable, then put this matter aside for now, and let me think about it."

Gu Qian just wanted to probe the wind this time, and he didn't really plan to attack these people in front of him.

I don't know when Xinghua will lie down under the locust tree after lunch every day, so comfortable.

Gu Qian saw that he was holding Erlang's legs while shaking the pu fan in his hand, looking like an old god was there.

Suddenly, he pulled Xinghua up, "Let's go, I'll take you to a good place." ”

Gu Qian rode on his horse and took Xinghua out of the city gate, and after a while, he came to a river.

The surrounding trees are luxuriant, the grass is green, and the water is red and slim.

Xinghua couldn't help but exclaim when he saw such a beautiful scenery: "It's a paradise, how did you know about this place?" ”

"As the magistrate of Yunzhou, I naturally want to know the mountains, rivers, grass and trees here."

Xinghua picked up a stone from the ground and started to float, turned around and asked Gu Qian, "Do you know how to play?" ”

"Of course!"

Saying that, Gu Qian also picked up a stone and threw it into the water, only to see the stone floating happily on the surface of the water, and only sank to the bottom after a long time.

Xinghua was dumbfounded: "You are so amazing, you have floated a total of twenty-seven times, quickly teach me how to get it?" ”

Gu Qian clapped his hands, "It's the same as you, it's just that I used a little internal force to drift farther than you." ”

"Cut, it turns out that you bully me and don't know martial arts!"

"Soldiers don't get tired of cheating! Who said that before? ”

Without waiting for Xinghua to reply, Gu Qian began to take off his coat, Xinghua glared and asked, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Of course, I took off my clothes and got ready to go into the water, I was afraid that you would be spoiled by the heat on such a hot day, so I brought you over to cool off."

Xinghua was a little embarrassed: "However, I grew up in the mountains since I was a child, and I have never been in the water. ”

At this time, Gu Qian's clothes were almost taken off, he patted his strong chest and said, "Isn't this still me?" ”

Xinghua finally put his mind at ease and began to take off his clothes.

Gu Qian stood aside and couldn't help but glance at it a few more times, he originally thought that Xinghua just had a good-looking face, but he didn't expect that his snow-white skin was as white and tender as a lychee that had been removed from the shell.

He suddenly had an urge to go up and pinch it to see if he could pinch the water.

Under Gu Qian's guidance, Xinghua quickly mastered the trick and could already start swimming alone.

He suddenly wanted to tease Gu Qian, so he pretended to be drowning and called for help.

After hearing Xinghua's cry for help, Gu Qian hurriedly swam over and dragged him to the shore, but no matter how he shouted, Xinghua was always motionless.

Suddenly, the feeling of despair from five years ago shrouded his heart again, his face turned pale in a hurry, he pressed Xinghua's chest while shouting: "Ah Xing, wake up quickly, you must not be fine!" ”

In a hurry, he put his lips on Xinghua's lips, wanting to give him gas, but he was unexpectedly pushed away.

Xinghua covered his mouth and said with red ears: "You, what are you kissing me for?" ”

Seeing Xinghua like this, Gu Qian knew that he had been tricked by him, and suddenly made a straight face, "Do you think this is fun, do you know how worried I was about you just now?" ”

He still had lingering palpitations from the scene just now, and he turned his back to Xinghua angrily.

Xinghua was a little weak-hearted, and felt that he had indeed done it, so he gently leaned over to flatter, "I was wrong, don't be angry." ”

Seeing that Gu Qian still ignored him, Xinghua put his hand on Gu Qian's shoulder and began to massage him.

Gu Qian grabbed Xinghua's hand, and Xinghua fell into Gu Qian's arms unsteadily, "Don't you take it as an example, do you know?" ”

Xinghua looked at Gu Qian's eyes and nodded subconsciously, and just as Gu Qian's head was close to him again, he hurriedly got up and said, "It's not too early, let's go back quickly, otherwise Qinghe and them should be worried." ”

On the way back, the two of them didn't say a word, Xinghua was still thinking about the scene just now, if he didn't push Gu Qian away, would he kiss him again?

He has never dreamed, but he actually began to dream at night, and in the dream, a man who couldn't see his face clearly pressed him under him and kissed him frantically.

He woke up in shock, "What's the matter, how could I have such a dream, who the hell is that man?" ”

Suddenly, he found a chill under his crotch, and he felt slippery and greasy with his hand.

The next day, Xinghua got up and felt groggy,

As he wandered aimlessly through the streets, he suddenly noticed that several dirty children were acting very suspiciously, so he quietly observed them secretly.

There are four children, three boys and one girl, all of whom look to be only seven or eight years old.

The three of them began to fight in front of a steamed bun shop, and the owner of the steamed bun shop came out to get rid of them for fear of affecting their business. While he was pestering with the three children, another little boy took advantage of his unpreparedness to secretly take a few buns.

Maybe it was because the buns that had just come out of the cage were too hot, and the boy accidentally dropped one by one and rolled to the side of the owner of the bun shop.

The owner of the bun shop turned around and grabbed him, "Okay, you little rabbits, you dare to join forces to steal my buns." ”

I don't know if he was scared or scratched, the little boy suddenly burst into tears.

Xinghua thought that he had done this kind of thing before, and he couldn't help but feel compassion.

He hurriedly stepped forward: "This big brother, seeing that they have been hungry for a long time, don't embarrass them, I bought these buns for them." ”

When he saw that it was Xinghua, his face suddenly became kind, "It turned out to be Ah Xing, how can I take your money." Originally, it wasn't worth a lot of money, so I just gave them food, but I didn't expect them to think of stealing at a young age, which made me angry! ”

After saying that, the seller let go of his hand and took a few more buns and gave them to them.

The children hurriedly thanked Xinghua, Xinghua shook his hand and pointed to the steamed bun seller, "He is the one you should thank!" ”

The children thanked the bun seller one by one.

Xinghua touched the little boy's head and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Xiaofu."

Xinghua saw that these children were hungry and thin, and they held the buns tightly in their hands, but no one took a bite.

"Why don't you eat it?"

Then the little boy whispered, "This is for Grandpa." ”

"You still have adults?"

A few people nodded, and then led Xinghua to a ruined temple, where a woman was frying medicine by the fire.

When she saw the children coming back, she reproached, "Where did you guys run away again, didn't you tell you not to run around?" ”

Only then did she find Xinghua following them, and she became a little alert, and hurriedly protected the children behind her, "Who are you, and what are your intentions with them?" ”

It seems that this woman has regarded Xinghua as a human trafficker.

Xiaofu shouted: "Mother, this uncle is not a bad person, he bought us steamed buns." ”

Xinghua was dumbfounded, how could he become an uncle, "I'm not a few years older than you, you still call me brother." ”

The woman's expression softened a little, and she looked at Xinghua and said, "This little brother, I see that you are about the same age as me, if you let a few of them call you brother, it will be too big and small." It's better to call Uncle Uncle. ”

After some acquaintance with Xinghua, he learned that these people had fled, there were three families in total, and the others had gone out to beg, leaving only this woman to take care of the children and the sick elderly.

By lunchtime, the rest of the begging people had come back one after another, and they put the food they were begging for into a small pot, mixed it with some water and began to boil it, so that everyone could drink a little.

The woman looked at Xinghua with some embarrassment: "Brother Ah Xing, you also saw that we only have these leftovers, and I am embarrassed to ask you to eat together." ”

Xinghua looked at more than a dozen people, old and young, gathered around a small pot, and suddenly felt a sour nose, and decided to take them to have a good meal.

These people are usually very afraid of officials, and when they saw Xinghua taking them to the gate of the county government, their legs trembled, and they refused to go in alive or dead.