Wu Qingzhu changed his clothes, took the post, asked his mother for five taels of silver, and went out.

Wu's father couldn't sit still at home, so he took over the work of driving the carriage and accompanied Wu Qingzhu to the county seat.

Before leaving, Helan took out the three taels of silver she had saved and stuffed it to Wu Qingzhu, no matter how stupid Helan was, she knew that it was easy to do things with silver, and it was definitely indispensable to make dots up and down.

Wu Qingzhu held the silver given by the lady tightly, touched Helan's face with his other hand, said wait for me, and rushed to the county seat with Wu's father.

Since she married Wu Qingzhu, Wu Qingzhu gave Helan the private money in his hand, but he didn't expect the two of them to get together with seven or eight taels.

On weekdays, except for Wu Qingzhu who wants to spend and take it, Helan can not use it without moving a penny, but I didn't expect to be so willing to take out half of it at once this time.

Besides, the father and son of the Wu family, the two of them hurried slowly inside, and rushed to the door before the yamen closed.

After Wu Qingzhu delivered his prayer to the door, he was led to the backyard, and Wu's father could only find a shady place to watch the horse and wait for Wu Qingzhu.

After walking some distance, Wu Qingzhu was ushered into the living room of the inner hall.

"Wu Gongzi will do it for a while, and the county master will come over later."

This yamen's messenger brought Wu Qingzhu here and retired.

Wu Qingzhu didn't have the heart to look at the situation nearby, so he fidgeted and simply stood up.

didn't wait for a few minutes, there was a cough outside, and Wu Qingzhu didn't need to look back to know that the main owner was coming, so he hurriedly turned his head and saluted the person behind him.

"Late life, meet the prefectural commander!"

"No courtesy, no need to be polite, come, sit down." After saying this, he sat down in the front seat first.

"Congratulations to Mr. on taking office, the news of the late birth is a little blocked, and I don't know until today that I really deserve to be punished." Wu Qingzhu said that he put his face very low, and he only hoped that the adult he was asking for could say a few more words to him, so that he could ask his younger brother about it clearly.

"It's okay, it's okay, I've just been in office for a long time, and I don't know anyone here, so it's normal if you don't know."

"This is a congratulatory gift from a late student, and I hope that Mr. will not dislike it." After Wu Qingzhu said this, he hurriedly put the ink ingot he bought for five taels of silver.

The county magistrate looked at the ink ingot in Wu Qingzhu's hand and did not take it, first sighed, and said: "I know your intention today, I will not accept this thing, although we have known each other for a few days, but I see that you are still more compatible, so I gave you that pen, one is to thank you, the other is to encourage, I hope you will go further on the road of studying." But when I look at you running around for your family today, I can't help but feel a little sorry, after all, the high-spirited young man will still be smoothed out. ”

Wu Qingzhu lowered his head in shame when he was said, this kind of gift to his husband and begging someone to do something was the first time.

When he came to this point, he could only be cheeky and continue to speak: "My lord, please help me show the way, my brother has been locked up now, and I really don't know what to do." ”

Wu Qingzhu was going to kneel down and beg for help as he spoke, he also had his arrogance, but now, for the sake of his younger brother, he was willing to give it up.

"The man has gold under his knees, you sit down and listen to me."

The county magistrate hurriedly helped Wu Qingzhu, who had not yet knelt down, to help him up, and then said: "When I sent someone to arrest someone, I found out that this person was your younger brother, so I inquired more. I also sent someone to see the person who had the accident, and there was no big deal, but the person reported to the little general, and the little general couldn't save face, so he found the yamen. Otherwise, your brother would have been arrested by the soldiers, and now I don't know what happened. ”

Wu Qingzhu also tightened his heart, and couldn't help but feel a little lucky.

"This little general actually committed an accident in Kyoto, and he was driven here, and in the end, the background of the people is there, and we can't afford to offend."

"What does the gentleman think I should do?"

"I'll give you an idea, you can see how it goes."

Then he groaned, lowered his voice, and said, "When this little general was kicked out, he didn't bring anything with him from home. There are also a few concubines as companions, and the most lacking is silver. The county magistrate didn't say the next words, and those who could understand it would naturally understand.

Wu Qingzhu didn't miss a word, and answered: "How much do adults think is appropriate?" ”

Saying that, he also gestured with his hand, the first time, he gestured fifty taels, seeing that the county master shook his head, and made another one hundred taels, the county lord hesitated and nodded.

Wu Qingzhu's heart sank, and he understood why the county master said that it was easy to be big and small, and it was simple to use money to solve things, but this kind of thing was paralyzed on their ordinary people, and that was a matter of human life.

"If I raise enough money, I can take you to beg for it, try it, I think you should not be taken into account by him for your brother."

After getting the words of the county master, Wu Qingzhu's body seemed to be covered with a layer of dust by the years, and his shoulders, which were quite straight, collapsed instantly.

"Can you ask what you say about my brother's punishment over there?"

"I don't say it specifically, it probably means that you can be locked up for a few years and give some hardship, but don't worry, your brother won't be embarrassed here."

Wu Qingzhu clenched his fists, and then loosened up, making a difficult choice.

The county master also sighed: "Alas, I know that this thing is not easy to do, if you want to rescue him, you better hurry up, and later, I am afraid that there will be another moth over there." Also, you should return this ink ingot, and now it is important to save your brother. ”

Wu Qingzhu shook his head: "Where can I take back what I sent out." ”

The county magistrate smiled: "Give me a gift, you might as well give me a pair of couplets you wrote are useful, your handwriting is very good-looking, I have long wanted to ask for a pair, but I have not been embarrassed." ”

Then he pushed the thing in front of Wu Qingzhu, stood up, and planned to leave.

When he passed by Wu Qingzhu's side, he patted Wu Qingzhu on the shoulder, and then disappeared from Wu Qingzhu's field of vision.

Wu Qingzhu touched the ink ingots on the table, and finally took them in his hands and left the county government.

Father Wu waited left and right, and finally waited for Wu Qingzhu to come out, and hurriedly leaned over to ask how it was.

Wu Qingzhu motioned to Father Wu not to ask more, and then whispered, "Let's talk about it when I go home." ”

"Alas, alas, then let's hurry back?" Father Wu looked at his son inquiringly.

"Let's go to Lin Zhukuai's house first and ask about Qingquan's situation."

Hearing his son's words, Wu's father hurriedly drove the carriage in the direction of Lin Datou's house.

After a while, after the two met, they didn't say much to each other, Wu Qingzhu sent a jar of good wine and hurriedly asked about his brother's situation.

Knowing that everything was okay was to let go of some worries: "Please let Brother Lin help me pass the word, let him stay well, and I will pick him up in a few days." ”

After speaking, Wu Qingzhu handed over two taels of silver.

Lin Datou, who was about to agree, also had a dark face when he saw the silver.

"Brother Lin, don't be angry, this silver is for you to pay up and down, and you can't eat and spend money when you ask someone to do errands in prison? That's all for my brother today, you can use it first. ”

Lin Datou, who heard this, also sighed, and did not shirk it, now they did not listen to the above words to teach Wu Qingquan a lesson, they are already under pressure, in case they are discovered, it is terrible, and it is indeed appropriate to invite people to dinner.