Lu Dongli served in Ji County for less than half a year, and the county seat was already under great governance and all industries were prosperous.

Seeing that it has been nearly a year old, according to the old practice, officials from all over the country need to go to the provincial capital to report a year's government affairs to the officials, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is just to give the officials an opportunity to gather in the provincial capital, celebrate the New Year, and give a little filial piety to the superiors.

Lu Dongli has been a local official for several years, and he knows these customs and conventions, but he really doesn't have much money to do such entertainment and filial piety, so he has to harden his head and treat this as an ordinary official business.

In this way, he went around the major yamen, empty-handed, and did not bring anything except official documents, and the faces of the officials of all sizes in the provincial capital were naturally not good-looking, and what they said when they met was secretly thorny and full of ridicule.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, Lord Lu seems to be a little blessed, and everything is going well in Ji County, right?"

For the greeting in a bad tone, Lu Dongli always replied with a smile: "Thank you for your concern, the people of a county are happy, and everything will naturally go well for the lower officials." ”

"Yes, yes, under the governance of Lord Lu, can Jixian still be not governed? Who doesn't know that you, Lord Lu, are resolute and resolute. The case of the Feng Jinjie didn't even go back to the top, so the adults directly closed the case, determined the murderer, and handed it over to the government. ”

Regarding this kind of acrimonious voice, Lu Dongli only smiled calmly: "Thank you for your praise, the people under his rule are innocent, even if he stays in prison for one more day, it is a dereliction of duty, so he has to dare to release the people first." As soon as the documents of the new murderer were delivered, they were immediately approved and submitted to the Criminal Department, and they were quickly approved, and the verdict was so fast. The quick decision of the various departments of the government and the government really made the officials ashamed. ”

He said it easily, and the faces of the officials of the government were even more ugly. The conviction of the new murderer was so fast, of course, there was no shortage of Feng Jinjie's dots, the same case, the official documents of the two murderers, one was held and not approved, and the other was approved quickly, which is mysterious, and anyone with eyes can see it.

Regardless of whether Lu Dongli was sarcastic in his words, others would definitely be uncomfortable listening to it.

Lu Dongli didn't raise his eyes to look at everyone's expressions, but only smiled: "The lower official has to go to the yamen elsewhere to report on official business, so he will leave." ”

Without waiting for anyone to say anything more, he turned around and left.

Although he walked quickly, he still faintly heard the cold words behind him.

"When I used to run errands in the house, I really looked like a dustless clean official, as if he was a good person in the whole world, there are so many of us, who can let him take it in his eyes. It's just a small county town, and its true face is immediately revealed. ”

"Although it is a small county town, in the end, he is respected, and he has the final say in everything, so it is naturally different from doing things in our county."

"Why is the Wind Jin Festival so refreshingly released, who doesn't understand in their hearts, when it comes to this, they still have to pretend to be a clean official, and they don't pull out a dime to such a point, it's really ...... Phew. ”

Lu Dongli smiled bitterly, the demeanor of an official was not to such a point, and Li Lingzhi was so stunned that he really didn't know whether he was angry or sad.

Not to mention that the language is vulgar, the mentality is ugly, and there is no appearance of a scholar. That is, talking about people's gossip, and even can't wait for a quiet place to talk behind someone's back, knowing that it may be heard by him, and still speaking out, this kind of behavior is completely opposite to the practice of people in officialdom, who handle things smoothly and regress in everything.

It can be seen that almost all people really believe that they don't know how much benefit they have received from the Wind Festival.

is so rude today, I am afraid that first, I will be jealous that I have taken a lot of benefits, second, I will be annoyed that I have not been filial, and third, I will be a little angry.

In the past, he was a clean official who worked in the government office, and he was out of place, and he hindered the ups and downs, everyone's affairs, and now the officials, big and small, are sure that he is a corrupt official, and he immediately feels that he can raise his eyebrows, hold his chest up, and find an opportunity to vent all the grievances he had unconsciously suffered and endured before.

He has always been very good at cultivating his temperament, but he does not feel angry because of this, even the little indelible sadness in his heart, and it is not for himself.

strolled out of the mansion, but saw Lu Dongjue hurrying up to meet him: "Big cousin......

Lu Dongli frowned slightly, he really didn't want this little cousin to follow him, facing these embarrassments: "Didn't you ask you to wait for me at the inn, why did you come by yourself?" ”

"Don't mention it, Yicheng said that it is almost the New Year, and officials from all over the country have come to the provincial capital, and they are full, and there are no more empty rooms for us." Lu Dongjue said indignantly, "Let them find a way to take off, but they don't even ignore me." ”

Lu Dongli smiled: "You didn't give the reward, or the reward was too small, right?" ”

Lu Dongjue was angry: "You are an official, it is your right to live in the inn, why do they still want to reward more money?" ”

Lu Dongli smiled and shook his head: "Do you know how meager a postman's salary is, it is not enough to support his wife and children, and he has to wait for officials of all sizes, and he will be convicted if he is called around." If it weren't for Tuna's reward, who would be willing to do such a hardship and burdensome thing. If we are really as clear as water and as clear as a mirror, they will have no hope, but now they are only afraid that the people in the provincial city will make us a fortune, if we still don't pull out a dime, they will hate us for being stingy in their hearts. In addition, now that the New Year is approaching, there are indeed many officials from the provincial capital, and my officials are small and small, so they naturally have to take care of the officials first and act generously, which is also common sense. ”

Lu Dongjue suddenly realized: "It turns out that it was dragged down by the Fengjin Festival incident, I said, why is the Yicheng looking at me so strange, and there are other officials, dragging."

?? Yin shouted loudly, it turned out to be the strong and decisive Brother Lu who decided the case quickly, you will not have a penny of silver, we will go to them to argue. ”

He stretched out his hand and wanted to drag Lu Dongli back to find someone to settle the account, Lu Dongli smiled unconsciously and patted him gently: "Silly boy, those who are clear are self-purifying, why do you need to confess, those who are turbid are already turbid, what is the use of justifying?" ”

Lu Dongjue looked at him in a daze: "Big cousin, you have done a good deed, but you have been wronged like this, you are a clean official, but you are regarded as a corrupt official, why are you not angry at all?" ”

Lu Dongli smiled and winked at him: "Your eldest cousin's cultivation is good, the so-called sudden arrival is not surprised, and there is no reason to add without anger, the future champion, you still have a lot to learn?" ”

In this case, he was still in the mood to joke, Lu Dongjue wanted to laugh, but he couldn't laugh, and said sullenly: "To be a Qing official, you can even live in a post house and suffer from a sulking stomach, and let people drive people out, in this world, if you want to be a Qing official, do you really want to be so?" Between his eyebrows, a look of confusion gradually rose.

Isn't it true that good must triumph over evil? Isn't it true that a clean official must be very popular? Aren't they the pawns of the peddlers, the ordinary people, all supporting the Qing officials? Why did even a porter in the inn dare to give him white eyes, and as long as the reward given by the corrupt officials is generous enough, in the eyes of these ordinary people, it is far more lovely than the Qing officials?

Lu Dongli saw that his expression was slightly confused, and he really couldn't bear it in his heart, knowing that if he took this opportunity to say a few more words, he could make this sincere young man better understand the horror of reality and understand the scientific examination officialdom he longed for, but he really couldn't bear to say more in his heart, so he had to laugh and hit him on the head with a heavy hand: "What are you stunned about, don't you follow me?" ”

Lu Dongjue touched his head and looked at him: "Where are you going?" ”

Lu Dongli glared at him with idiotic eyes: "Go to the inn?" Do you prefer to sleep on the streets? ”

The young man who always had a gentle smile on his face, like a spring breeze, led a young man who rubbed his head with one hand and muttered from time to time in his mouth slowly walked through the long street.

The young man's face was full of grievances, and from time to time he looked up and said something angrily, while the young man just smiled and listened, occasionally striking a light blow on the young man's head.

On the bustling streets of the provincial capital, the flow of people is like water, and in the future, everyone is busy handling the New Year's goods, and no one will pay attention to this pair of brothers, just as no one will look up and look at the high pavilion on the side of the street, someone is leaning on the window to drink, with drunken eyes, casually scanning downstairs.

"Brother Feng, what are you looking at?" Someone leaned over from him and looked down, and suddenly sighed: "Is it our county master?" He also came to the provincial capital. ”

Feng Jinjie lazily responded, didn't look any further, turned around, pulled a charming woman into his arms, opened his mouth at the right time, took the slender jade hand in his mouth, carefully peeled it off, and sent it to his lips.

He played in Jixian County in the dark, and he didn't feel enough, and he went to the provincial capital to play with Xu Shiyou, a man from the same county.

said that he was going to the provincial capital to play, but in fact, Xu Shiyou heard that the provincial city of Zuiyunlou came to a few stunning beauties, so he came to play with the wind festival.

The Wind Festival is also indispensable, so I should go together.

Unexpectedly, drunk cloud building, hugging left and right, he would accidentally target the parents of his own small town.

The beautiful woman who was beautiful to the bones leaned on the arms of Feng Jinjie with her whole body soft and boneless, and said in a rambling voice: "The county master that Xu Gongzi talked about, could it be that Lord Lu Dongli Lu, who was transferred to Ji County half a year ago?" ”

Xu Shiyou also sat down, and while bowing his head to drink the wine sent by the beauty herself, he smiled and said, "Naturally, it's him." ”

Mei Ji, who was serving beside him, also smiled: "This Lord Lu heard that it was extremely lucky, and as soon as he took office, he handled a big case and cleared the charge of murder for a very rich person. ”

The other prostitutes who accompanied the wine also laughed.

"I heard that man is really very rich, and in the middle of the night, he brought four or five boxes of gold to the county office?"

"I heard eight boxes of gold?"

"I heard there are two more boxes of jewelry......

"With just one case, I have earned back the money of several lifetimes, and it is really comfortable to be an official."

Xu Shiyou looked at Feng Jinjie with sweat on his head, and reprimanded: "Don't gossip about these hearsay things." ”

"Where is hearsay, who doesn't know that it was a rich man's murder case, a rich man, killed a poor tenant, the case was decided, as soon as he took office, the murderer became an innocent person, and he was released at that time, and a murderer appeared inexplicably, if you want to say that there is no benefit in this, who believes it."

"Besides, Ruhua has a person who knows each other, but he works in the government, and when he heard him, even the adults in the government said that Lu Dongli must have made a fortune. It is said that the rich man didn't know how generous he was, just casually touched the government office, and the gift list scared people to death, so Lu Dongli released him directly, and the benefits in his hand must be indispensable. ”

Another person had a whimsical thought: "If Gongzi Xu knows that Master Lu, why don't you invite him to play and feast, our sisters have benefited, and we have to thank Gongzi Xu for their support." ”

Xu Shiyou thought about the murderers they said and the rich people sat among them and listened to them gossip, feeling embarrassed, but Feng Jinjie laughed loudly, pinched the pretty face of Liji in his arms, and his eyes were full of smiles: "In front of me, you dare to think that other people come to be guests, you are becoming more and more disobedient, come and come, each person will be fined three glasses of wine." ”