Ye Zhi was remembering her merits, and the thick book of political achievements was all taken by Lao Ye with a notebook, and he remembered everything in detail for two years.

Mei Xiaoren felt that Ye Zhi seemed to hope that she could be promoted and make a fortune more than herself, and everything was for her sake.

"Old Ye, why do you think what I did today is a good thing? Wouldn't it be bad if I offended someone I shouldn't have offended? ”

"When have you offended someone you shouldn't have offended?"

Ye Zhi had a smile on his lips, with the subtlety of a scholar in the moonlight, clean and clear.

Mei Xiaoren also showed a rare smile and said, "I didn't see what the background of that general was, he was vulgar, and he could have any backers." "If there is a backer, how can he be sent to Qiushui County to guard the border pass.

Ye Zhi was still a little worried: "They don't want to help, so how can the bandits be good?" ”

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain."

Ye Zhi knew that his family had a lot of ideas in his head, and no matter how tricky things were, he would definitely have a way, and now when he heard Mei Xiaoren say this, he was also a little relieved.

Ye Zhi put away the pen and paper, took out the things wrapped in oiled paper and handed them to Mei Xiaoren, "My lord has been busy for a day, so I'm hungry." ”

Mei Xiaoren took it and took a look, it turned out to be a cake. She didn't have to guess to know that this was from the hand of the master in front of her who could pick up a pen and cook.

Whenever she goes out on errands, Ye Zhi will prepare dry food for her, and in case of wind and rain, he will give her a spare cloak to keep out the cold...... If he were a woman, he could be described as virtuous and considerate.

Mei Xiaoren looked around and realized that she had walked this road.

It was on this road that she had an unforgettable experience two years ago.

At that time, she had just been promoted in the examination, and rushed from Yun County next door to Qiushui County with an appointment order. At that time, Qiushui County was poor and messy, and there were no beggars in the city, but there were bandits in the suburbs.

She met a group of bandits, and even people and luggage were kidnapped by the bandits. She met Ye Zhi, who was also kidnapped, in the bandit's den.

They are both fallen people at the end of the world, and they are familiar at first sight.

Later, the bandits offered an offer, and Ye Zhi's family sent money and food to Ye Zhi to redeem himself. Ye Zhi couldn't bear to leave Mei Xiaoren alone after getting out, so he ransomed Mei Xiaoren with his ancestral jade pendant.

Mei Xiaoren later learned that Ye Zhi had only one blind mother in his family, and Ye's mother had sold the farm house in order to redeem Ye Zhi, and the mother and son were homeless.

In order to repay Ye Zhi, Mei Xiaoren not only redeemed the jade pendant for Ye Zhi after taking office, but also took their mother and son to live in the yamen. She learned that Ye Zhi had studied, so she kept him by her side as a master.

He has been in office for two years, dedicated to taking care of the yamen for her, giving her advice, and becoming her most effective helper and confidant.

Ye Zhi is not short of food and clothing now, but Mei Xiaoren feels that there is always something missing by his side, she recalled a play in the barracks, and quipped: "Old Ye, you can be ashamed like that when you see a girl, are you not going to marry a daughter-in-law in the future?" ”

Ye Zhi shook his head silently.

He probably meant that he didn't want to marry a daughter-in-law, just like she desperately didn't want to marry.

After that day, the suppression of bandits became the top priority of the Yamen in Qiushui County, especially after Mei Xiaoren received the official letter from the state government.

Because those gangsters are really not fuel-efficient lamps.

They have been wandering around Xuanzhou for a long time, robbing villages everywhere and robbing money. Many neighboring counties have suffered.

The bandits are still at large now, just because they are a group of bandits, grabbing one place and changing another, so that the imperial court wants to send troops to suppress the bandits, but they don't know where to go to suppress them. Moreover, they patronized villages on the outskirts of the county seat, which caught the county officials off guard, and in addition, there were few people in the yamen of each county, so it was quite difficult to suppress the bandits on their own, so that the county officials had no way to deal with the bandits.

The cable reported that the bandits were still in Qiushui County, which was a headache for Mei Xiaoren, but the blessing and misfortune relied on were both problems and opportunities.

If she can suppress the bandits that others can't suppress, she will naturally be able to take a step ahead of others and sit in a position that others can't sit on.

Mei Xiaoren's sentence "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain" is not nonsense, she already has other ideas in her heart, but she doesn't want to take this move until she has to.

But now it's a last resort.

Mei Xiaoren spent several days trying to figure out the deployment, and when everything was ready, she was ready to play in person.

As soon as the morning dawned, Mei Xiaoren got up early in the morning and stayed in the room to dress herself.

She changed into a brocade robe embroidered with gold and silver threads, and even the hairpin that tied her hair was changed from silver to gold, and after working for a long time, she moved out of the box under the bed, took out the gemstone and gold ring hidden inside, and wore one in one hand.

"My lord, the hour has come." Ye Zhi shouted outside the door.

As soon as the door opened, Mei Xiaoren's head startled the people waiting outside.

Ye Zhi was not surprised by her appearance, but was also a little worried about her safety, and asked with a frown: "Do you really want to go in person?" ”

"Those grandsons are making trouble on my turf, so naturally I have to go." After Mei Xiaoren finished speaking, he opened the folding fan and shook it, and the lacquered gold fan looked particularly dazzling in the sunlight. Such a swagger will definitely make the bandits greedy.

Zhou Hu was stunned for a long time by the real money on the adult. In the past, he only knew that his adult family was solid and not stingy, and he loved to pay out of his own pocket to settle trivial cases, and he also loved to help brothers from poor families, but he didn't expect that there were still these priceless treasures in the adult's room, such as the jewel ring the size of a pigeon's egg, which was only used to seduce bandits...... It's a shame.

"Let's go."

Mei Xiaoren closed the folding fan and took the lead towards the gate of the county ya.

Ye Zhi followed closely with the political record book. If today's play goes well, he will definitely be able to add a great credit to the political performance book, and he should be extra careful to protect his adult's "baby".

Zhou Hu obeyed the order and brought a few officials to follow. These people don't know how their adults plan to suppress the bandits, and they are worried one by two, but now they can eat and eat because of the favor of adults, and the adults want them to sell their lives, can they still sell it?

The group walked to the door, and the official guarding the door was about to open the door, but the drum sound of "dong dong" sounded outside the door.

This kind of movement Mei Xiaoren is very familiar:

Someone is beating a drum and crying out grievances.

Mei Xiaoren thought that the people had grievances to sue, but when the door opened, she suddenly stopped when she saw the person coming, and she raised her hand, and her slightly cold gaze hit the person.

It was not the man who beat the drum, but his attendants.

The boy in brocade not only did not avoid Mei Xiaoren's gaze, but also stepped forward with a smile: "Villain, it's coming very quickly." ”

Zhou Hu shouted angrily: "You are presumptuous, you dare to be disrespectful to adults!" ”

The brocade boy smiled again: "Am I disrespectful to him?" Isn't he just called a villain? He turned around and asked his entourage, "Aqing, what's his name?" ”

"Hui Gongzi, it's Mei Xiao Renmei."

"Do you hear me, villain."

"On Lao Tzu's territory, there are no villains!" Mei Xiaoren glanced at him, his eyes were gloomy, and after speaking, he used a folding fan to brush off the person blocking the door, trying to make him give way.

But he didn't give an inch, still with that provocative look, blocking Mei Xiaoren and his party in the door.