In a magnificent courtyard in Yanggu County, the gorgeously dressed Ximen Qing was sitting on a Taishi chair with Erlang's legs crossed and a teacup.

He looked a little impatient.

Beside him stood a man who looked like a butler, who was 1510, reporting to him in every detail.

"Master, there are bandits in the countryside this year, several farms have been robbed, the income of the grange has been seriously reduced, and several tenants are uniting to ask me for rent reduction, you see......"

"Did I bring in the bandits? What does it have to do with me? ”

"Last year's drought was going to reduce the rent, and this year, the thieves have reduced the rent, and the rent is reduced every year, so that I can drink the northwest wind every day?"

"Don't you see that I have a family to raise?"

"Don't!"

"Yes, yes..."

The housekeeper wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and asked uncertainly, "How many did you take the lead in making trouble?" ”

Ximen Qing put the teacup on the shelf, a trace of ruthlessness appeared on his face, and he said hatefully: "Didn't there be a tenant named Zhang Dashu in Xiaohe Village who couldn't pay the rent before?" What happens in the end? ”

Ximenqing said as he spoke, and suddenly patted his knee, "It's all because of your waste material that confused me, and this little thing will bother me." ”

"You go and contact the person in the tooth shop first, doesn't he have a pair of children? Bring more people when urging the door, if you can't pay the rent, let him draw on the spot, take the child away, I remember that the eldest of his family is exactly 8 years old, and he was sent directly to the dental store after making a deed of sale. ”

"It can pay for itself."

"You can't be soft on these people,"

"Don't use some means, these mud-legged people really think that I, Ximenqing, am a great good person, and they dare to join forces, it's like an old birthday star hanging-I don't want to live anymore."

After speaking, Ximenqing crossed his legs, his expression was a little proud, and he seemed to have dealt with a trivial matter with a snap of his fingers.

The butler secretly wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

Generally, the master is strong, but the servant is weak.

The housekeeper of a large family is not good to be.

Taking advantage of the master's good mood, the housekeeper thought of a more spicy thing he had just learned.

Gritting his teeth, he decided to seize the opportunity to strike while the iron was hot.

"Master, according to the report, there is a new medical hall on the side of the West City Gate, and there is a self-operated pharmacy, you see ......."

Ximenqing's face instantly turned cold.

Different from the grange in the countryside, running a pharmacy is the foundation of the Simon family.

After several generations and decades of hard work, the Ximen family's pharmacy now almost monopolizes the large and small businesses in Yanggu County, and makes a lot of profits every year, which is the basis for maintaining his lavish spending.

Now that someone Tai Sui has broken ground on his head, don't you know the rules of my Simon family?

Ximenqing slowly put down the teacup and asked seemingly casually, "Didn't you tell him about our rules?" ”

"The medical hall can be opened, but you must purchase medicinal materials from my pharmacy, as for the pharmacy, in the entire county seat of Yanggu County, there can only be our Ximen family's pharmacy, this is the rule."

"Find a few splashes, make some silver taels, let people pretend to come to the door to see the sick, and then you feast these splashes and put some medicine in the wine and food, remember, this matter must be done in a concealment, and it doesn't hurt to take the medicine heavily."

The butler carefully clinged to his head, and the chick nodded again and again like a peck.

"Is it okay to take the medicine a little heavier? What if someone dies? ”

The housekeeper was holding back doubts in his heart, and was about to ask carefully, when he suddenly raised his head and met Ximenqing's cannibalistic gaze, his whole body couldn't help but shudder, and he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak anymore.

After arranging this trouble, Ximenqing's expression was obviously impatient, and he waved his hand unhappily, "What are you doing here?" Don't go down to arrange it? If things go wrong, don't blame me for sending you to a cell to eat chicken legs. ”

Actually, there is one more thing......

The housekeeper originally wanted to tell in person, but seeing that Ximenqing no longer had the excitement just now, he simply swallowed the words, and he cleverly went out for a circle and brought in a servant wearing public clothes.

The official looked familiar, and he bowed his hand to Ximen Qing with a familiar way, and said loudly: "Recently, the county government has newly appointed any head, called Cao Jun, so that the officials of Ximen will know. ”

When Ximenqing heard Cao Jun's name, he was slightly more energetic, leaned forward slightly, and asked, "But the hero who fights the tiger?" ”

"Exactly!"

Ximenqing patted his thigh in annoyance after hearing this, and scolded unhappily: "I heard that the prefect of the county gave a tiger skin to the prefect, the prefect is very happy, this year's evaluation is not a big problem to get a 'winning lottery', this old horseman, I made people spend 200 taels of silver to buy, he said that he wanted to leave it for his old mother to keep out the cold in winter, and he turned his head to the prefect, and he was a good fart." ”

The duke was not angry when he saw Ximen Qing scolding his boss, but he didn't dare to take over the conversation casually, but just laughed a few times.

Then he said: "The head of the capital has just taken office, so he asked people to go around to find out the details of the Ximen officials, and also checked the files that have been sealed over the years, I'm afraid it's not easy to get along, the county lord asked me to bring you a message, there is a new dead body in the county office, let you be careful." ”

"Dead bodies?"

Ximen Qing was stunned for a few seconds, and then gasped.

I have already made a mess in my heart.

scolded mercilessly.

"These pickles... Dog offal, so that the means to your grandfather's head, is really unreasonable. ”

Ximenqing's main job is to pick up girls, the first deputy job is to run a pharmacy, and the second deputy job is to cheat and deceive, and he is good at dirty methods, so he naturally knows the doorway.

As the saying goes, "Hades is easy to mess with, but the little ghosts are difficult,"

This little ghost refers to the various officials who work in the yamen.

In particular, all kinds of head catchers, capital heads, and priests who have some small power in their hands have to receive filial piety money from large families in the county every year.

The so-called filial piety money, also known as peace money.

If not?

Hum!

They will use some shady methods, such as taking fresh dead bodies and secretly throwing them in your yard when the night is dark and windy, and the next day they will come to your door with great fanfare.

Once you are in the cell, if you don't have a few dozen taels of silver, you don't want to get it back.

I heard that when the year is good, dead corpses are in short supply, and a fresh dead corpse is often used in a row until it stinks at the end.

Ximenqing thought of the filthiness in this, and the whole person suddenly sat still, and the expression on his face was so angry that he seemed to be eating people.

Syllable!

Ximen Qing shook his cuffs, picked up the tea cup on the table and smashed it to the ground.

In the past, it was used as a means for others, and one day it was used as a trick to blackmail him.

Is there still a royal law?

The duke said: "The county lord said that these are the doorways that have existed in the county government for many years, and it is not easy for the adults to interfere, so let the officials make some money and have the right to eliminate disasters." ”

Ximenqing's whole face kept trembling with anger, and he wanted to scold these pickled talents in the officials.

"It's small to make some money, but how can I swallow this breath?"

After the official who reported the news went down, he had a special person to send the errand fee and information fee.

There were only two people left in the living room, Ximen Qing and the housekeeper, and the atmosphere in the air was a little frozen for a while.

"This ...... Sir, what should I do next? ”

The butler stood uneasily.