There is a murder, and Ma Ye is naturally duty-bound.

He immediately instructed his subordinate Brother Yuan, who was next to him, to take the seal he had with him as a voucher and go to the Xingxian County Government to call someone.

He frowned deeply on his face, and stepped forward to investigate the situation with his back.

"Siheng, this matter is considered a family matter of our Gu family today, so we won't bother the yamen to interfere."

Master Gu stood up, the long wound on his hand was still oozing blood, but he took the lead in thinking about how to protect the reputation of the Gu family to the greatest extent.

"Sir, your hand!"

Guifu exclaimed on the side, and then immediately took out a high-grade Sujuan handkerchief that he carried with him, and carefully bandaged it for Master Gu.

"Uncle, if someone dies, the yamen will have to take care of it, not to mention that this Wang family had the intention of killing you before committing suicide, don't you want to find out?"

Although Ma Ye loves to mess around, he will never do anything that does not conform to the above rules.

"Just today, there are too many things going on in my Gu Mansion. It's just for my old face, Siheng, my uncle, trouble you, this matter will end here. ”

Old Man Gu slightly "condescended to his dignity", lowered his posture, and begged as an elder, which was already the limit of what he could retreat.

"Uncle, the investigation must be investigated, and you and I can't do this matter. But the little nephew promises you that everything will be kept low-key. ”

Ma Ye's attitude was very resolute, but he just gave some room for relaxation.

Master Gu knew that he was weak and couldn't change anything, so he could only raise his head and sigh that he was useless, waved his hand weakly, turned around and took Hula and a little maid behind him, and returned to the red lacquered high gate lonely.

Ma Ye squatted down and turned Wang's body over, seeing that her face was smooth and translucent, like a boiled egg with a shell, but the weird smile on her face made people shudder.

His face immediately showed a look of confusion and solemnity.

"What's the matter, what's the discovery?"

Ma Ye looked up, only to find Qiao Jinxin, Mrs. Mu and others behind him.

"Want to help? I asked a few brothers to build a cart to transport the body to the yamen. ”

Mrs. Mu is a doer of business, and the first thing that comes to mind is the actual handling.

Ma Ye stood up and clapped his hands.

"It's okay, when those people from the county government come over, I don't know when it will be!"

Qiao'er fainted again because of excessive worry and emotional ups and downs, and was taken care of by the capable female entourage under Mrs. Mu, and lay down in the carriage to rest.

Several other people, riding bicycles, escorting cars, a group of people marched towards Xingxian County.

This Lang Lang Qingtian, Wang's body was covered with a white cloth and carried by several guards of the Mu family.

Although you don't have to walk through the bazaar, this unusual group of people is still the absolute focus of attention.

If it weren't for the expulsion, many good deeds would have followed all the way to the county office to see what was going on.

Sure enough, this is what Ma Ye called "low-key processing".

Xingxian County is not far from Gufu, and the end of the main city is also quiet.

When I saw a huge wall that blocked people's view, I arrived.

Walk through the Yongdao, bypass the wall is the county yamen building, a plaque is hung on the gatehouse, and the two big characters of "Xing County" are written on it.

As night falls, the four large lanterns hanging along the lines become the main lighting.

On the east side of the gate there is a drum with a large drumstick on the stand.

Ma Ye and Qiao Jinxin walked up the stairs one after the other and stood at the entrance of the ya.

The two black doors were closed.

Qiao Jinxin didn't hesitate, picked up the drumstick and knocked it twice, and there was an impatient voice inside.

"What's the noise, everyone is off work today, and I'll talk about something tomorrow."

"Huh!" Ma Ye didn't follow, and stepped forward to grab the gate of the county government that he was about to close, with that smile on his face.

"This official, the people dare to beat the drum only when someone has a murder case or a big injustice, shouldn't the county government immediately accept it? Besides, it's not too late now. ”

"You don't know about this, Xingxian Yamen will be closed at the point, don't care what, come back tomorrow, I'm really anxious, go to Shaocheng along this road, and find the newly arrived prefect."

The people inside are very arrogant, and the inside and outside mean that there is its own set of rules here.

"What is the reason?"

Qiao Jinxin looked at this perfunctory prevarication and became angry.

"This Xingxian case, of course, is handled by the Xingxian County Government, how can it be handled by the government government by one level."

"Whoever you like to find, anyway, there is no one here today, please go back."

When the words came to this point, he directly collapsed and said cruel words, how could this playful attitude have the slightest hint of what a county official should be.

"Presumptuous! What about the county master, call your county master out! ”

With such an arrogant and unreasonable attitude, if Ma Ye's good temper is also provoked, it will not work.

"Heh, I really gave you a good face, and the county master is also called when you say it? I don't weigh how many pounds and taels I have! ”

Oil and salt are not entered, soft and hard are not eaten, and this kind of "little ghost" below is the most difficult.

"Oh, isn't this the eldest brother of the fourth family of Zheng Lao, I said how can I hear the voice so familiar, I am out of breath, and I have eaten the emperor's food."

At the critical moment, Mrs. Mu stepped forward with a smile and greeted her affectionately.

The so-called "master" Mr. Xu also stepped forward and stood a few steps away from Qiao Jinxin.

Qiao Jinxin couldn't help but peek at him several times, but he finally turned his face and found that his careful thoughts were exposed, Qiao Jinxin quickly looked away, and his face turned red.

Fortunately, it was dark and no one noticed.

From the first time I saw him, Qiao Jinxin always had inexplicable feelings for this Mr. Xu, on the one hand, he had a face that was too similar, and coincidentally, he was also surnamed Xu.

"Yo, Mrs. Mu is also here."

The appearance of Mrs. Mu instantly dissolved the tense atmosphere.

"Eating is eating, but when you are not full."

With Mrs. Mu as a concoctor, the tone of the little official was also a lot more relaxed, and he actually began to chatter about some homely things.

"Listening to the words of the eldest brother, the resentment is not small."

"How dare you complain about doing things for the government," as he spoke, he looked at Mrs. Mu, his eyes rolled, and he said: "Oh, that's it, I don't know how long the seriously ill old lady at home can delay." ”

Mrs. Mu is a clever person, and when she said this, she immediately understood, took out two silver tickets from her arms, and stuffed them in the other party's hands.

"When I first married into the Mu family, I didn't understand the rules, and I always knelt in the ancestral hall to starve, if it weren't for the kindness of Aunt Zheng, who was helping in the back kitchen, she always secretly left me food, maybe I would have starved to death."

"My wife is such a kind-hearted person, but it's a pity that her life is not good."

His face was full of so-called sentimentality, but he couldn't hide the joy of seeing the silver ticket.

When he saw that he had money to take, he was not ambiguous at all, and accepted it without moving his expression, without a trace of hesitation.

Qiao Jinxin despised this kind of rich father the most, and when he saw the wind making the rudder, he couldn't help but roll his eyes in his heart, but the two silver tickets exposed his ugly face. It is conceivable that what kind of wine bags and rice bags are in the county government of Xingxian County.

"Auntie's illness will be fine, after all, she has been bedridden for more than half a year, and she can still stand hard for so long without much treatment, and her body bones are really tough."

Mrs. Mu knew that more than half a year ago, Mrs. Zheng had already passed away, and she had specially sent someone to Zheng Laosi's house to send the pension money. This only son who worked on an errand in the yamen didn't know, but you can imagine how he honored his parents and two elders.

"Yes, yes, yes..."

The little official's face immediately showed embarrassment, and he could only keep saying "Yes." ”

"Eh, big brother, are you on night today, is the county master out? Not in the inner hall? ”

After some beating, Mrs. Mu immediately changed her words and explained her intentions.

"Mrs. Mu also came to find our family?"

Seeing that Mrs. Mu was no longer aggressive in asking about the old lady, the little official secretly rejoiced and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's nothing, in the past two years, the official family has not advocated planting opium poppies and raising guns with cigarettes, our Mu family also wants to get involved, build a mountain and make tens of thousands of acres, and want to talk to our county master about the tax on this land."

"Well said! Say! I'm going to go in and report it! ”

The little official is very cooperative, and he is really concerned about the matter of Mrs. Mu, so he went upside down.

"Sure enough, it's still good for silver! I knew that I asked Brother Yuan to come directly with the silver, what kind of seal to take. In the eyes of these people, it's just a discarded stone! ”

Ma Ye shook his head for self-reflection, and his tone was full of mockery.

"If nothing else, your messenger should still be locked up in the Xingxian prison, and the crime is probably to pretend to be an official of the imperial court."

"That's right, it's small to big. His subordinates are so unreasonable and arrogant, and they are no different from the scoundrels in the market, and the county master is definitely a person who reverses right and wrong, and is mediocre and incompetent. ”

"Lady Mu!"

Qiao Jinxin suddenly called softly, interrupting the conversation between the two.

Several people looked at her in unison.

"Are you really planning to grow poppies in Xingxian?"

Qiao Jinxin looked serious and serious.

"That's the raw material of Fushou ointment, and it can kill a lot of people."

Mrs. Mu laughed awkwardly: "Oh, hehe, what should I do, how can I count the excuses I said casually." ”

"Fushou ointment is addictive, it is a drug, and those who make money from it are heinous murderers."

"No, no...

"If you say such an excuse, it means that you have such an idea!"

Qiao Jinxin's thimble made the scene embarrassing again, several people were silent, and Mrs. Mu was also speechless for a while.

At this time, Mr. Xu paid attention to Qiao Jinxin, and this twisting energy also made him feel familiar.

There was a "squeak", and the door opened a little crack again.

"Inside, please."

Dressed as a housekeeper, half-bowed with a lantern, leading the way.

Through the instrument door, it is a neatly repaired road leading to the lobby, on the road is a stone workshop, and the book is vigorous and powerful with three big characters: Weisheng Lian.

On the east side, there are households, money sections, and grain departments, and on the west side are five rooms: officials, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers.

The county government hall is majestic and solemn, and there are plaques of "Mirror Hanging", "Law Enforcement Like a Mountain" and "Self-denial and Dedication" above, and in the middle is the screen of the landscape and the rising sun.

After the detour lobby, it leads to the throat of the inner house. The east side is the Ordnance Bureau, the west side is the pavilion library, and there are "door rooms" on both sides of the house door.

After the second hall, it is the inner house. Only one room was brightly lit and there was a lot of noise.

"Master, the people have arrived."

The one who leads the way takes two steps forward and waits for a reply by the door.

"Come in."

The door was opened, and a room full of people sat around the round table drinking.

Sitting on the throne was a very thin old man.

Half-white hair, wrinkles on the forehead, like a knife and axe, a faded blue and gray gown was empty, and a small wine glass was clenched tightly in his thin hands.

"Master Li has a distinguished guest here, and I don't see you drinking more."

The five big and three thick men sitting next to him picked up the wine jug and added another glass to himself, and he was in high spirits.

"If it's okay, please come back."

The little old man had a cold face and issued an eviction order.

The man's rude hand to tear the roasted chicken leg stopped, pursed his lips, sniffed, and reluctantly beckoned the others to get up.

"Dog, Wang Er, don't eat it."

The man rudely lifted a lean short man with one hand, and with the other hand, he carried the back of the neck of another sturdy man who was still trying to hold broad beans, and stood up.

"Then my lord, we won't delay your work, let's go back first."

was respectful to the little old man, and forced the other two to bow before leaving.

"Eat well, drink well!"

Waiting for a few people to go away, Master Li drank the wine in this cup of wine sadly and angrily, stood up, and staggered to Ma Ye and said loudly.

"Xiaguan Li Yuelin see Lord Tong."

Ma Ye was stunned for a moment, and immediately picked up Li Yuelin, who was saluting.

"Master Li, please get up!"