Chapter 167: Busy Official Duties

Wuyoucheng County Ling Jingzhigang's family of more than a dozen people has lived in the palace for more than two years, but suddenly said that they all moved away, and they don't know anything about the whereabouts of the "Closed Moon Shame Light" sword kept in the palace, how is this possible? Now that everyone is sitting at the table, Jing Zhigang is still talking nonsense with his eyes open, which makes Gong Changyu and others unbelievable.

Gong Changyu scolded in his heart, Jing Zhigang, you big moth, reselling state property, and pretending to say I don't know, okay, when I eat, immediately take someone to your Duliang antique shop, and catch the shopkeeper, I see that your fox tail is not yet visible!

"Oh, but I heard that Lord Jing has not been in the yamen for most of the past few years, so why is he busy with official business?" Gong Changyu said with a smile.

"Who said that? Let him come out and confront the official......" Jing Zhigang looked at the hollow carved railing outside the restaurant.

"Lord Jing, you look into General Ben's eyes, don't look at the street." Gong Changyu reminded.

"Ugh." Jing Zhigang cast his gaze back again, his expression was very embarrassed. Then he looked at the county Chengma Wenling on the side, hoping that he would say a few words to himself.

Ma Wenling sits in the county government office most of the time, and the big seal of the county order is in his hands, and he decides on big and small matters. If there is a big matter, he will send people to restaurants, restaurants, tile shops and other places to find Jing Zhigang.

Sometimes there was no one to be found on the streets, so he had to put aside his official business and say to the people who came to litigate and do business: "The county magistrate is sick, come back tomorrow." After speaking, he retreated, which made the people miserable, so the people called Jing Zhigang the "shadow county order". If you want to think of the county government affairs (lawsuits), you must be prepared to live in Wuyou City for 3578 days. After a long time, the common people regarded the county Chengma Wenling as a county order.

"Lord Jing, the eyes of the common people are bright, you have not been on duty in the public court in the past few years, everyone knows it. I said I don't count. Ma Wenling said.

"There are several of you, Ma Wenling, the official treats you well, but you ......" Jing Zhigang trembled, his face pale.

"Lord Jing, calm your anger. There are some important things that you have to handle personally, and I don't dare to overstep the bounds. In addition to managing documents and warehouses, this official is also responsible for grain and horses, household registration and taxation, water conservancy, arrests and other matters, and I am not iron-clad, but you leave all the work that originally belonged to you to me, and I am not only a county magistrate, but also a county magistrate, and I am very busy. Do you want to exhaust me? Ma Wenling, who seemed to be taciturn, became angry.

"Didn't I give you all the seals of the county order and let you move to my office?" Jing Zhigang smiled.

"That's right. I am tired of dealing with people from all walks of life, and you know better than me that if the relationship with the patriarch and the chief is not handled well, it will be difficult to carry out even the big orders at the bottom. You are wandering around with a group of people, searching for antiques everywhere on the pretext of observing the people's feelings......" Ma Wenling became more and more excited, and shook out the matter of Jing Zhigang opening an antique shop.

"Ma Wenling, you shut up for me. The official resold the antiques, and the profits were not also distributed to you, and you are still not satisfied. Believe it or not, I'll hand it to the ministry and let you go home and farm? Jing Zhigang rolled up his sleeves and stood up to slap Ma Wenling.

"Jing Zhigang, my appointment and dismissal are all managed by the officials, and you have no right to be held accountable, understand?" Ma Wenling grabbed Jing Zhigang's hand, "If you want to crush people to death at the level of the official, there is no way." ”

Gong Changyu has heard more or less about the civil official powers in the system, and now he has gained a little insight when he hears Jing Zhigang and Ma Wenling pinch each other. It is no wonder that Jing Zhigang often takes his subordinates to "take care" of the Weixi River Fish Restaurant during his official hours, and the secret is here. He didn't come out to stop the war of words between the two, let them tear it up! Mr. Yin and the others were also silent, watching the battle on the side.

Jing Zhigang saw that Ma Wenling was really angry, so he quickly put down his hand and smiled again: "Brother Wenling, don't be angry." This county was just a joke. ”

"Where did you hide the Dragon Lock Sword in the palace, tell me quickly!" Ma Wenling asked.

"I observe the people's feelings every day, I really don't know." Jing Zhigang sat down, grabbed a yellow eel and chewed it. It seems that this guy is really unwilling to hand over the Lock Dragon Sword.

"Come, come, everyone, eat and drink." Jing Zhigang held his chopsticks and was very enthusiastic.

"Wait, Lord Jing, who will pay for this meal?" Suddenly, Gong Changyu clamped Jing Zhigang's chopsticks with chopsticks.

"Do you want to ask? said that the official had a treat. Jing Zhigang went to take the chopsticks on the plate with his other hand.

"You're in for a treat? Let me ask you, how many white strips have you played in this Weixi River Fish Restaurant? Gong Changyu grabbed the chopsticks.

"I can't remember. It's not me who eats and drinks alone, everyone in the county government has a share. Jing Zhigang Tian said shamelessly.

"Hey, Jing Zhigang, Lord Jing, it's easy for people to open a river fish restaurant, and the money earned all day long has been lost by you all for nothing." Gong Changyu slapped the table with a bang.

"We'll all have to pay for what we eat and drink." Jing Zhigang scooped a bowl of polenta.

"You didn't give a penny. The shopkeeper, take out all the white strips of the Jingxian Order for me. Today, General Ben will collect a debt for you! Gong Changyu high-fived the counter three times, and soon a middle-aged man wearing a red coat and reading glasses, seven feet tall, came out of the counter with a bulging paper bag, and walked steadily towards the wine table.

"Shopkeeper Tong, when did you come back?" Jing Zhigang saw the middle-aged man, his smile froze instantly, and his hand holding chopsticks stopped on the edge of the hot pot.

"Lord Jing, the grass people have been in the restaurant all the time, I don't know how rude the adults are coming." The shopkeeper said.

Jing Zhigang was very puzzled, the guy in the restaurant clearly said that the shopkeeper was not in the restaurant, and now he suddenly appeared again, what is going on? Could it be that Lu Yuanwai is the owner of this river fish restaurant, right? …… A series of questions appeared in Jing Zhigang's mind. No, no, Jing Zhigang kept comforting himself.

"My lord, when do you think these white slips will be cashed?" The shopkeeper put the paper bag on the table.

"Shopkeeper Tong, you're not mistaken, where did we eat so much!" Jing Zhigang looked at the bundled bag of notes, almost in disbelief.

"There are your signatures on it, and it is also stamped with the big seal of the county government, if you don't believe it, you can look at it one by one and verify the authenticity of this note. Adult, please-" Shopkeeper Tong opened the paper bag, grabbed out a stack of notes, and placed them in front of Jing Zhigang's eyes.

Jing Zhigang got up, checked them one by one, and didn't see any flaws after checking for a long time, Confirm that it was the note he wrote, as well as those bright red and bright red Jiudian Wen County Ya Da Seal, which could not be forged. He had nothing to say, like a deflated ball, he sat on the stool: "Shopkeeper Tong, you can count all the numbers on this note, how much is it?" ”

"My lord, we have counted it several times, and with today's meal, it is a total of 48,756 taels and 44 yuan." The shopkeeper took out an iron abacus from his waist and dialed the beads with a loud sound.

Jing Zhigang held a white strip in both hands, looked at it carefully, and shouted loudly: "What? Forty-eight thousand taels? Aren't we just coming to eat once in a while, how can there be so many? Aren't you blackmailing? ”

In the restaurant, all the customers stopped their chopsticks in their hands, turned their heads sideways, stretched their necks, and turned their eyes over.

"My lord, we didn't even count your interest! If you include the interest, it's 50,000 taels. It's been almost three years, and you haven't given a single penny. We are all honest businessmen, honest businessmen, we eat as much as we want, and every time you come, you drink French red wine, not Louis XVI. The shopkeeper Tong took the largest number of white slips and read it to Gong Changyu and others.

Six plates of fish fat, six plates of fish skin, six plates of fish head hot pot, six plates of goose paws, six plates of duck tongue, and twenty bottles of Louis XVI...... 800 taels of silver.

"Alright, don't read it." Jing Gangzhi raised his right hand, "This official admits that it is." Ma Xiancheng, you ride to your office and bring me a cart of silver. ”

"Lord Jing, those silver have long been snatched away by the Blue Wolf Army, where can I get you a cart of silver?" Ma Wenling said.

"Find a way." Jing Zhigang put down the note in his hand, "That's it, you wait for me, I'll go to the palace with Ma Xiancheng, and I'll come when I go." ”

"My lord, do you want to slip away again?" Shopkeeper Tong put the iron abacus horizontally, blocking Jing Zhigang's way.

"Shopkeeper Tong, I think what Master Jing said this time is true. I'll go with him, and Ma Xiancheng will stay in the restaurant. Gong Changyu waved his hand and asked the shopkeeper Tong to retreat.

Jing Zhigang saw that Gong Changyu had relieved him, and immediately grabbed him, took a self-precious iron fan, stuck it behind his collar, and strode out of the river fish restaurant. Gong Chang didn't run back when he met him, so he whispered in Lu Zanchen's ear: "Brother Lu, you continue to serve food for me and stabilize Ma Wenling." ”

Lu Zanchen nodded, and then said to Jing Zhigang's back: "Lord Jing, go slowly, don't send it." ”

Gong Changyu carried a sword and followed behind Jing Zhigang, as soon as he went out, he jumped on the ox cart and beckoned to Jing Zhigang: "Lord Jing, let's take the ox cart to the palace, come here." ”

Jing Zhigang had untied the reins from the tree, sat on the horse's back, thought for a while, got down again, tied the horse to the tree again, walked to the back of the ox cart, and lay down crookedly: "General, you have to catch the car." ”

"It's fine." Gong Changyu responded, pulled the cow rope, and the big yellow cow ticked and walked on the stone road, and the copper bell on his neck also sounded with the footsteps. After a while, the ox cart left the street of the river fish house and went in the direction of the palace.