"Our village is not in charge of the first two small villages. The Zhengzheng also want to save face, so let us fight. The old man sighed.

Every one hundred and ten households has a lizheng. This place is densely populated and there are many villages, and it is normal to have two miles.

It's just that Li Zheng was supposed to mediate the conflict, but now the villagers are fighting for water, which is really unqualified.

Zhao Ruxi turned his head and glanced at Chen Kang.

Chen Kang understood what Zhao Ruxi meant, and there was a faint sweat on his forehead.

The twenty-three lizheng around Nanyang were all hand-picked by him. Of course, this selection depends not only on whether the person is capable, but also on how much money he gives him every year.

This money was distributed to Cai Yaozong before, so when he and Cai Yaozong encountered this kind of problem, as long as they didn't make too much trouble, they would turn a blind eye. But now that I meet Zhao Ruxi, it's a little difficult to do.

When they said goodbye to the old man and left the field, Chen Kang explained to Zhao Ruxi: "This kind of problem does not exist in other villages, and the villagers of these two villages have old grudges. There was a married girl in Wangjia Village who was beaten to death by her mother-in-law in Huaishu Village, and the people in the village came to seek justice, and the two sides clashed, and the people of Wangjia Village beat another person from Huaishu Village to death. The two villages have accumulated a grudge. So when there is a dispute over a trivial matter, the elders can't hold it down, it's not at all what the old man said just now, because they let them fight because of face. ”

Zhao Ruxi nodded, noncommittal.

Seeing that Zhao Ruxi didn't ask any more questions, Chen Kang breathed a sigh of relief, and thought in his heart, what if Zhao Ruxi is smart and has a background? After all, she is a little girl who has not been deeply involved in the world. If there is a problem, you can fool it by saying a few words.

Thinking so, he listened to Zhao Ruxi say: "Let's go to the village for a walk." ”

Zhao Ruxi came here, in addition to taking a look at the fields, water conservancy and reclamation below, just to see these Lizheng. In the places she had been two days ago, she had already seen three Lizheng.

Therefore, Chen Kang was not surprised by her request.

The boundary where they stood belonged to Wangjia Village, and the group walked for a while and entered Wangjia Village.

When I entered the village, I saw a magnificent house. It is said to be magnificent, not that it has the size and exquisiteness of Zhao Ruxi's house in the city, but in a gray mud brick house, the large blue brick courtyard with high walls looks very magnificent.

"That's the family of the chief Wang Houde." Chen Kang introduced.

Zhao Ruxi narrowed his eyes: "His family is still quite rich." ”

Wang Houde's father, Wang Jiaxing, was a showman, who went to the capital to be a shopkeeper for half his life, and saved money to return to his hometown to buy fields and build houses. So his family's mansion is better than everyone else's. Chen Kang said with a smile.

Wang Jiaxing was well-informed and fair in the capital, and after returning to his hometown to settle down, the villagers chose him to be Lizheng. After Wang Jiaxing's death, Wang Houde was elected by the village to be Lizheng. ”

Many people in the village went to the fields, but there were still some old people and children in the village. Seeing a group of well-dressed people entering the village, everyone gathered around curiously.

Someone recognized Chen Kang and saw him as if he were waiting for his master, following a very beautiful man or woman with a very beautiful appearance. An old man had the courage to ask curiously: "Chen Jingcheng, who is this nobleman?" ”

Chen Kang didn't hide it, and replied: "This is the new Tongzhi Lord Zhao. ”

Zhao Ruxi arched his hand around and said, "Hello uncles and aunts." ”

Before everyone could answer, a voice sounded in front: "Is Chen Jingcheng in front?" ”

Zhao Ruxi looked up and saw a chubby middle-aged man trotting over, with a warm smile on his whole face: "It's strange that the magpies are chirping in the morning, it turns out that the adults in the yamen are here." ”

As he spoke, his eyes swept through the crowd, and finally his gaze stayed on Zhao Ruxi.

Chen Kang didn't wait for him to speak again, so he hurriedly introduced: "Lord Zhao, this is Wang Houde of Wangjia Village. ”

He turned his head and said to Wang Houde: "Wang Lizheng, this is the new Tongzhi Lord Zhao." ”

Wang Houde hurriedly bowed his hand to Zhao Ruxi, and his already small eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile: "Lord Zhao, villain Wang Houde, Li Zheng of Wangjia Village." In the future, please take care of Lord Zhao. ”

"Wang Lizheng." Zhao Ruxi smiled and raised his hand to return the salute.

Nanyang's new acquaintance, Lord Zhao, is a female official, and it is estimated that this news has already reached the ears of everyone. Zhao Ruxi met a few Li Zheng today, and Li Zheng didn't seem surprised at all that she was a woman and not very old.

The same is true of this Wang Houde. Except for the initial curiosity, he didn't show any more clues, and enthusiastically led everyone into the house, asked his subordinates to serve tea and snacks, and then answered Zhao Ruxi's question.

As soon as the two of them had spoken a few words, there was a commotion outside the door.

Wang Houde's amiable face sank suddenly, and he said to the housekeeper standing aside: "Go and see, what's going on." ”

Zhao Ruxi looked at Zhou Chun, and seeing Zhou Chun nodding imperceptibly, she stood up and said, "I'd better go and take a look together." Without waiting for Wang Houde and Chen Kang to react, she walked directly outside.

"Hey, Lord Zhao......" Wang Houde shouted, seeing Zhao Ruxi walking out in ignorance, he looked at Chen Kang as if asking for help, Chen Kang nodded at him, and then stood up and chased out.

At this time, there were many people surrounded by three layers outside the door, and in the middle of the crowd, a middle-aged couple was kneeling there and crying: "Lord Qingtian, please make the decision for us." ”

As soon as he saw these two people, Wang Houde's face became extremely ugly.

He slowed down and fell behind Zhao Ruxi and his party, turned his head and asked the housekeeper in a low voice through gritted teeth: "Didn't I tell you to watch the couple and their husbands?" How do you get them to come here and make trouble? ”

The housekeeper Zhang was at a loss: "The villain sent out the three family members and directly tied the couple to the cave in the back mountain. I don't know what those three family members are doing at this time, how did they put these two people back? ”

Wang Houde's nose was crooked: "You ask me, who do I ask?" ”

The housekeeper just wanted to go to the three family members to ask about the situation, but as soon as his feet were raised, he felt that something was wrong, so he stopped again, looked at the two people who were kneeling at the door, and asked Wang Houde: "Master, what should I do now?" ”

Although Wang Houde was angry, he didn't panic.

He instructed: "You ask your wife to give you two hundred taels of silver tickets, and secretly stuff them to Chen Jingcheng." ”

"Yes." The housekeeper received the order, hurriedly retreated, and went to Wang Houde's wife to get the silver ticket.