The county commander tracing a rough portrait of Sui'er, and appended the information I described next to the portrait to make a missing person notice.

"He Bingcao, can you see if there are any modifications to this portrait? Is there any information you would like to add? "Lao Li came to my room with a missing person notice and asked me.

I took it and looked at it carefully, pointed to the portrait and said, "The nose is smaller, the eyes are bigger, the mouth is a cherry mouth, the eyebrows are willow eyebrows, the portrait is generally fine, just debug it a little according to what I just said, and that's basically all the information." ”

"Okay, I'll find someone to revise the portrait again, and then I'll trace dozens of missing person notices based on this, and send people to post them in various places."

"It's hard work!" I said gratefully holding his hand.

It was another quiet night, and I couldn't sleep in bed, so I simply walked out of the house and went outside to cool off.

It's a scorching summer, hot during the day and cool at night. The moon hangs high in the sky, selflessly sprinkling its light on the earth, and as if splashing ink to paint, rendering the whole heaven and earth with a golden brush.

The wind is blowing, and the night wind gently beats on the face and body, not to mention how refreshing it is. The rustling of leaves, the chirping of cicadas, and the cries of frogs not far away are truly a beautiful piece of music!

"He Bingcao didn't sleep either?" I followed the voice, and it turned out to be the county magistrate, and he was walking towards me, carrying a bottle in his hand.

"I can't sleep, so I come out to enjoy the cold." I stretched and said, "Why didn't the prefectural magistrate sleep?" ”

The county magistrate wanted to sit on the ground like me, but there was too much meat on his body, so he put the bottle in his hand on the ground beside him, and it took a lot of effort to sit down, and his mouth was still panting.

I couldn't help but cover my mouth and laugh a little, then helped him up, "I'll go get two chairs in the house, the floor is too dirty." ”

I brought two chairs, and I sat next to the prefectural magistrate.

"Here, I'll show you something good." The prefectural magistrate picked up the bottle that had just been placed on the ground.

"What is this?" I asked.

The county magistrate didn't say anything, and took out two more cups from his arms, which were the kind of cups that usually drink, he handed me one, and then pulled out the cork, and suddenly, a fragrant and mellow smell of wine came out, and the whole air became fragrant for a while.

"This was given to me by a friend, I have treasured it for more than ten years, I was going to go to your house to find you to drink, but you are out to enjoy the cold, then we will drink it here." As he spoke, he prepared to pour wine into my glass.

I waved my hand.

"Doesn't He Bingcao drink?" The prefectural order stopped pouring alcohol.

"Drink, it's just that this bottle of wine is still kept by the county order to drink for yourself or for dignitaries and nobles, just drink some ordinary wine for civilians like us."

The county magistrate smiled, "What are you talking about?" What is the difference between high and low when drinking? So saying, he filled my glass with wine, and then poured himself wine.

I took a small sip and felt the whole mouth was mellow, "What a good wine!" I sighed from the bottom of my heart.

"Yes! Wine. The county magistrate took a sip and slowly spoke, "That missing person notice Lao Li has already sent someone to post it, and I believe it won't be long before there are eyebrows." ”

"Thank you so much!" I lightly touched the prefectural wine glass.

"You are all from our county government, what are you polite? Really. It's convenient to ask the person you're looking for and what is your relationship? ”

I hesitated, not knowing how to answer the question.

"If it's inconvenient to answer, don't say it, come, drink!" The prefectural commander raised the wine glass in his hand and gestured.

I took a sip and said, "She's my sister, but it's the kind of sister who talks about it." ”

"You have a special affection for her?"

"Yes!" I don't want to hide anything.

"Then why did you go your separate ways?"

"I did something wrong, she has always refused to forgive me, and then before Goujian, the king of Yue, led his troops to crusade against Wu, she moved away, I guessed it should be in Ailing, so I found here."

"Why do you wear a face shield all day? I don't take it off at night. ”

"I scratched my face, which can be regarded as a punishment for myself, I hope to get her forgiveness."

"Okay, I see. Drink! The prefectural magistrate poured wine into our glasses again.

I asked, "Actually, even if I don't serve as a soldier, I can trouble the county government if I find someone in Ailing." ”

The prefectural commander replied with a smile: "Of course! ”

"Then why does the county order have to let me promise you to be a soldier before Cao is willing to help me?"

The prefectural magistrate looked up at the night sky and didn't answer my question.

"He Bingcao, I have regarded you as a confidant, and I hope you can keep it a secret for me." The prefectural order suddenly spoke.

"No problem!" I replied crisply.

"Actually, I have always had a plan to bullied one of our bullies, his name is Zhu Tongyu, he has been a farmer for generations, and in recent years, he has suddenly become rich without knowing what method, and has his own team, often bullying the people, and he doesn't take my county order in his eyes at all. A few months ago, because he fancied a family's land and couldn't get it, he secretly sent people to kill all the people of the family, and the method was extremely cruel.

I thought about bulldozing him all day long, but I didn't have enough strength, and there were some strong martial arts under his subordinates, so I thought about training the people of the Yamen, and Zhao Li was idle all day long, and I happened to meet you, so I hoped that you could be a soldier and help me train the people of the Yamen, so as to annihilate Zhu Tongyu and his comrades another day. "Listening to him, I respected him even more in my heart.

"The county reassures you, although I can only use some fists and embroidered legs, I will definitely do my best to train the people of the yamen!" I promised him.

"On behalf of all of you, I thank you." The county magistrate said, "You have to keep this plan secret for me, I don't want to make it public yet, I haven't said anything about Lao Li, I'm worried that it will startle the snake." ”

"Don't worry!"

"Good! I was right! Hahaha, come, drink and drink! The county magistrate laughed, and although he couldn't see his face clearly in the night, I guessed that the flesh on his face must have been piled up again, slightly bulging, like a small mountain peak. This county order is good, but it is too fat and looks very clumsy.

I heard the rooster crow, it should be ugly, and the bottle of wine brought by the county order was almost drunk.

"After drinking, we have confided in each other, and it is not too early, so let's rest early!" The county magistrate said, getting up and walking towards the back of the second hall, where he lived. I picked up two chairs and went back to my room, and lay down on the bed.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already the next day, and the sun's rays were shining through the window lattice, and I rubbed my eyes, it was time to get up.

Not to mention, last night's wine was really good!

"He Bingcao! He Bingcao! Miss He Sui'er has news! "Lao Li ran to my room and reported the good news to me.

I jumped out of bed in excitement and asked eagerly, "What's the news?" ”

"Her current name is Xu Liu, she is a woman in a raccoon cloth, and she lives by washing other people's clothes all day long."

"Where is she now?"

"Knowing that the county magistrate is looking for her everywhere, she has rushed to us."

I pushed the door open and ran out.

"He Bingcao, where are you going?" Lao Li asked loudly behind me.

"I'll go to the county magistrate and talk about something." I responded loudly to him.

I trotted all the way to the prefectural order's room.

"Miss Sui'er already has news, Lao Li has already told you." The prefectural order said, "She'll be here soon, you can meet." ”

"I know, but I don't want her to see me."

"Why?"

I shook my head helplessly and said, "She hasn't forgiven me yet." ”

"And what do you want me to do?"

"She's having a hard time now, I hope the county magistrate can help her arrange a better job, and then find her a place to live, preferably not far from us." I looked at the prefectural magistrate and continued, "I think I can hear her voice in the back and see her when the prefectural magistrate talks to her in the lobby. ”

"It's simple, I'll set up a screen at the back of the lobby, and you can just hide in the back when the time comes."

"County order, a woman named Xu Liu asks to see." A government official reports.

"She's coming." My feelings are very complicated, happy and sad, happy that I really found Sui'er in this place, sad that I still can't get her forgiveness.

"I'll send someone to set up a screen in the lobby now, you hide in the back, and I'll deal with her." The prefectural order said.

"What is the purpose of the prefectural magistrate's troubles looking for me everywhere?" Sui'er spoke. Through the gap in the screen, I saw Sui'er, who was thinking day and night, and after several years of hard work, her face had aged a lot.

"At the behest of your family." The prefectural order replied.

"I don't have any family other than my son."

"I'm close friends with your brother."

"I don't have a brother!" Sui'er said bluntly.

"I know you're a bit conflicted, okay, I'm not going to mention him." The county magistrate said, "You are not a native of Ailing, and you know that it is not easy for you to live with a child, so this county magistrate wants to do his best to help you and have a position that suits you." ”

Sui'er refused: "Thank you for the kindness of the county order, but I don't need it, I'm living a good life now." ”

"The shopkeeper of the 'Crescent Moon' inn is my friend, he is lacking an accountkeeper, I will help you talk about it, you only need to keep an account every day, it is much more comfortable than you soak your hands in water all day, and you can earn much more, and it can also give your children a better living environment, you think about it."

Sui'er hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "But I don't know a few words." ”

"You always know the numbers."

"Acquaintance."

"That's fine, I'll immediately send someone to the 'Crescent Moon' Inn to find the shopkeeper and say, you can go there tomorrow, and he will also provide you with a room to live in, and the food and living environment are much better than you don't know now."

"It's a lot of trouble for the county order, I'll go back and clean up now." Sui'er bowed to the county order.

"You're welcome, serving the local people is also my job as a county magistrate. Then you can go back and pack up first. The prefectural order said.

After seeing Sui'er leave, I walked out from behind the screen and said gratefully to the county order: "Thank you for the county order!" ”

The prefectural magistrate patted me on the shoulder and didn't say anything.

"By the way, where will I train the officials in the future?" I asked.

"There is a vacant lot in the west behind the three halls, you can train them there, He Bingcao has worked hard!"