Xu Chen's head, which was covered with several layers of thick cloth, came groggily all the way to the mansion where Qin Jie was staying under the ya.

He couldn't stand the bumps and couldn't take the carriage, but the official sedan chair under the government was in short supply, and it would take three days to find a carpenter to build one at the earliest, but he really couldn't stand the bumps of the carriage, so he sent someone to Lintao Market Town to buy one and come back.

Originally, I planned to set off at the end of the afternoon and the beginning of the afternoon, and when the people who bought the sedan chair returned from Lintao market town, the sun was already setting in the west. The people at the bottom spread the mats and changed the pillows, and delayed until a moment before leaving.

The four sedan chair drivers were worried that it would be easy to turn Xu Chen on their feet if their steps were fast, and they walked steadily all the way, but the hour had lost half an hour, and when they arrived in front of the Qin Jie Mansion, it was almost time.

Jin Yiwei introduced Xu Chen into the door, temporarily placed him in the living room, and muttered to Jin Yiwei who was guarding outside for a while before leaving.

After leaving on the fifth day of the first month, several Jinyi guards stared at Xu Chen as if they were guarding against thieves, he served tea, and Jinyiwei's eyes followed the direction of his hand movement, completely ignoring the injury on his head.

People say that Jinyi Wei is a group of cold-blooded and ruthless, and they really didn't deceive people, but they didn't know that Lord Shangguan Qin was a cold-faced person like the rumors.

Last time, Xu Ran angered Qin Jie because of a cat, and almost hurt Xu Chen, who was demoted three levels in a row, he had already stabbed Qin Jie's heart with a knife, if he was not cautious in his speech this time, I am afraid it would not be as simple as being demoted three levels in a row.

A cup of tea was just the last sip, and the fifth day of the first month reappeared outside the door, and the brocade guards dispersed in an orderly manner.

"Lord Xu, Lord Qin, please talk about it in your study." On the fifth day of the first month, I will do it sideways.

Xu Chen came out, and he didn't see the figures of the previous few brocade guards, and the whole mansion was just a courtyard, and there were no tall trees with lush foliage, so it was almost impossible for Tibetans to think about it.

He thought for a while, but he couldn't guess and gave up, Mu Ran followed behind Chu Wu, his eyes looked uncontrollably at the eaves, and then at the flower beds in the courtyard that could be swept at a glance.

Clusters of lilac or dark purple petals stand out in the greenery, and this kind of flower is also common in Jiangnan. When Xu Chen was serving in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he had seen many ordinary families or large families planting flowers called "jade cicadas" in their flower beds.

Xu Chen didn't think that Qin Jie was a person who took care of the flowers and plants in Yaxing, so he followed the fifth day into the study with one shallow foot and one foot on his forehead.

Agarwood burned in the room, and a chill ran straight to his head from under his nose, Xu Chen suddenly sobered up a lot, shook his head, and his vision was clear.

He saw the person sitting behind a long desk inside the floor cover, not wearing the usual clothes of the soldiers of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but wearing an ochre-colored round-necked regular clothes, sitting there quietly without saying a word, not even a single look passed to him, but Xu Chen felt that his arms were a little cold.

Xu Chen didn't think about it, endured the pain to the point of trance-making injuries, and "pounced" on his knees.

"Xiaguan Xu Chen knelt down to see Lord Qin, please ask Lord Qin to be the master of Xiaguan!"

As he spoke, tears had detached from the corners of Xu Chen's eyes and smashed on the ground one by one.

He is really crying, of course, there is also an element of begging for mercy, if you want to say that the top official will rehabilitate him, Xu Chen thinks that if he does not move the real character, Qin Jie does not exert his authority, then the hole in his head will be in vain!

"Adults don't like people who cry and cry without temperament, and ask Lord Xu to speak well." After being reminded on the fifth day of the new year, retreat to the door.

Xu Chen's face turned red, and he hurriedly took a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe his tears, and was about to get up, but he remembered that Qin Jie hadn't let him get up yet, and his straight legs bent silently to their original form.

Qin Jie raised his eyes, and a cloud of vermilion dazzling blood oozed from under the white cloth on Xu Chen's forehead, the white cloth was wrapped in seven or eight layers, and the blood could be seen leaking out of it, and its severity could be imagined.

"The wound on your head...... Could it be that there are also Tartars under the ya? ”

Xu Chen gasped, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, it wasn't hit by Tartars." Xiaguan is coming for this matter, the injury was beaten by several tenants of the Ruan family with shovels and hoes, after the lower official was injured, he had sent someone to ask the people of the Ruan family for questioning, but the Ruan family did not admit it, and the door was closed to death, and Xiaguan had no idea, so he came to ask Lord Qin. ”

Qin Jie said lightly: "Since he was beaten and injured by the tenants, it should be the tenants who should be asked, how can he go to the Ruan family to get people?" ”

Xu Chen's head was dizzy again, and the cool agarwood fragrance wafting from the room no longer worked, and he pressed his temples hard.

"It is the same reason that tenants beat people and mad dogs bite people, and they are all caused by the master's lack of discipline, so naturally the Ruan family should apologize to the lower officials!"

Qin Jie lightly "oh", "What do you want to apologize, this official weighs whether he has the ability to do this." ”

Xu Chen frowned, "Xiaguan is not the kind of person who must compete with the baht and hold on to his tail, as long as the Ruan family compensates Xiaguan for the piece of land in Xishan, and then pays a hundred taels of medical fees, they can settle the matter." ”

"Well, that's a good idea." Qin Jie nodded with a smile.

Xu Chen was overjoyed again, and just about to say a few kind words, he saw Qin Jie's face suddenly turn cold, and the eyes that looked at him were like thousands of sharp icicles flying towards him.

"If you really implement this, the Ruan family will sue you to the magistrate for self-protection, and the chances of winning are only two percent."

Twenty percent? Xu Chen held up two fingers in a daze.

How can it be that there are only two percent, and the Ruan family still has a reason for beating people?

Qin Jie asked lightly, "Do you know what the hunting ground in Xishan is for?" ”

Xu Chen shook his head and said that he didn't know, he had been in the second half of the ya, how could he be like a treasure to every place?

"The hunting grounds in Xishan were enclosed by the government and handed over to the magistrate of Ganzhou to take care of, and there were not only wild beasts in it, but also poultry, rice grain, vegetables and vegetables. It was originally prepared by the government in order to prevent a sudden invasion by foreign tribes, and over the years, the wind and rain have been smooth, and people have gradually forgotten about it, but the magistrate knows it. You went hunting in the West Mountain, but you violated the law of the country, how can this official make the decision for you! ”

Xu Chen's expression was shocked, his half-straight and half-bent legs fell straight to the side, and the whole person fell to the ground.

When he went out hunting, no one mentioned it to him at all, and he didn't want to believe it, but Qin Jie's look made him have to believe it.

"Don't believe me?" Qin Jie asked.

The voice of the fifth year of junior high came from outside the door, "My lord, the book of the magistrate has arrived!" ”

With permission, a person stepped over the threshold and came in, past Xu Chen, who fell to the ground, and could not be compared to Qin Jie.

"Xiao Min Yan Xun has seen Lord Qin!"

Qin Jiechu glanced at Yan Xun, as if he had seen it somewhere, and after thinking about it carefully for a while, he remembered that he had asked Yan Xun for the name of the poplar tree when he first arrived at Yaxia.

I saw Yan Xun turning sideways to Xu Chen, stepping forward to help Xu Chen up, and carefully patting the dust from the front and back for him.

"Why is Lord Xu wrapped in so many cloths on his head?"

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