At the same time that Lu Xiangsheng and the main force of the Qing army were engaged, the main force of the Jingbei Army had entered Yucheng in Jinan Prefecture in Shandong Province from Wuqiao between the rivers.

The benefits of having an official position were undoubtedly evident in this march, and as the general soldier of Leyden of the Ming Dynasty, Li Xingzhi did not have to worry about the problem of supply at all.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty are not fools, but they are very shrewd, although Li Xingzhi is born as a thief, but the background is hard, the Jingbei army has not yet arrived in Shandong, the imperial court has issued a holy decree, and Liu Lishun, the old henchman of Xue Ge, has been appointed as the governor of Shandong.

What kind of person is Xue Ge, that is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, the second assistant of the imperial court, this time he captured Abatai, and he was even more meritorious, and it was a sure thing to be promoted to the first place.

Yucheng.

In the hall of the county government, Shi Chengxu, the commander of Yucheng County, was interrogating a case of bow rape.

"Prisoner Huang Qiushi, the forester accused your wife of seducing him, he has no longer pursued it, you still dare to roar in court here, don't you want to be punished?"

"The county lord, obviously when the forester went to the grass people's house to collect rent, he coveted the beauty of the grass people's lady and wanted to do bad things, but the grass people desperately blocked it, but the forester made the family beat the grass people! Don't believe me, look at the wounds on the grass people's bodies. ”

"Bastard! The county has always been fair and honest, and the case handling is reasonable and well-founded, and the family members of the forester's family have all testified, saying that your wife does not abide by the woman's way, and seeing that the forester is strong and good-looking, he wants to behave reluctantly, and you dare to quibble here, and someone will give the county a heavy responsibility for the 20th board! ”

Shi Xian Ling was shocked, looked coldly at Huang Qiushi, who was kneeling in the hall, and threw the arrow in his hand to the ground.

The two yacha took the sticks and wanted to step forward.

"The grass people are wronged, and the county lord is wronged!"

Huang Qiu was shocked and shouted injustice.

"Outside the forester, do you think this case is judged like this?"

Shi Chengxu judged the case and looked at the forester with a smile.

The sleeves of the forester's robe waved, sighed: "There is no need to fight, my Lin family's poetry and books are heirlooms, and what is important is fairness and justice, this old man is as protective as jade, and the cheap women around me have not touched my body, forget it, the material certificate will be sent to the county government on the day, and please ask the county to announce the Quartet, and return my name." ”

"Stop."

After Shi Chengxu listened to the words of the forester, he slapped the shocking wood again, stopped the two officials who were about to start, and then said: "The forester is really a good person!" Huang Qiushi, you still don't thank the forester, otherwise, you would have to blame you for the 20th board today. ”

Huang Qiushi was just a farmer, where did he dare to resist, so he had to turn his head to look at the forester, ready to apologize.

"Huang Qiushi, no, your mother-in-law hanged herself at home! What kind of lawsuit are you fighting, go back and watch your mother-in-law. ”

In the crowd outside the public hall, someone shouted urgently.

Huang Qiushi was shocked and fainted directly to the ground.

Shi Chengxu didn't look at it, waved his hand and said, "Drag it out." In his heart, he was thinking about how much silver the forester would be able to bring with him tomorrow.

At this time, Dong Zhenglu, the garrison of Yucheng, hurriedly walked into the county office, looked at the left and right of the public hall, and bowed his hand slightly: "Shi Xianzun, the new Laizhou prefect Qian Tianxi, Leiden Bingdao Lu Liangzhi, and Leiden's general soldier Li Xingzhi are about to arrive in the county seat." ”

"What? Wait for the county to meet you, and then go to the Songhe Tower to arrange a banquet. ”

Shi Chengxu was overjoyed, as the saying goes, three years of Qing Governor's Mansion, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, this Li Xingzhi is Xue Ge Lao's henchman, if he takes this relationship, will he still be worried about not being able to make money?

The county lord gave an order, and the county government was jumping again, Shi Chengxu didn't care, he had already taken the officials of Yucheng to line up in Beicheng according to their ranks, and welcomed the general army of Daming Leyden into the city.

Soon.

Hundreds of cavalry appeared on the northern horizon, slowly galloping towards the city gate with a red flag and two black flags.

Behind the cavalry, a large number of infantry escorted twenty carts slowly.

The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and it only took a moment to reach the north city of Yucheng County.

Shi Chengxu hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "Li Shuai has traveled a long way, out of the town of Leiden, to protect my Shandong Township, and the next official Yucheng County has ordered Shi Chengxu to thank Li Shuai here." ”

Li Xingzhi is now the chief soldier of Leyden in the imperial court, so he can naturally be called the marshal of a town.

Regarding the official voice of Shi Chengxu in front of him, Li Xingyi has come all the way, and he also knows it, he is greedy and greedy, and he is a fish and a common man.

However, Li Xingzhi is not ready to take care of it, because since he passed Xian County, the officials of the prefectures and counties that the Jingbei Army has passed through, nine times out of ten, are the same as Shi Chengxu in front of him, even if he kills a few, the ones who come to take over may not be better than the officials in these places.

The more roads you go, the more you see, even Lu Liangzhi and others, who were originally loyal to the Ming Dynasty, are also worried about the current situation, there are strong enemies outside, there are rogue inside, the party struggle within the court is continuous, and the local officials are even more corrupt, how long can this court last?

For this reason, Li Xingzhi also instructed Lu Liangzhi and others to formulate relevant regulations based on what they had seen and heard, in view of the corruption of the local gentry, the corruption of officials, and the food and clothing of the common people, and prepared to implement them in one after Leiden.

"Shi Xianzun doesn't need to be polite, and please ask Shi Xianzun to prepare the supplies and camping for my army."

Li Xingzhi didn't bother to deal with Shi Chengxu, after all, as soon as the East Capture arrived, this Shi County Order would not survive.

"Li Shuai, the lower officials have set up a banquet in the Songhe Tower in this county, can Li Shuai move and allow the county to do the friendship of the landlord!"

Li Xingzhi thought for a while, waved his horsewhip, and said: "No need, Ben Shuai has traveled a long distance, and he really has no appetite, so the expenses he spends will be discounted!" ”

Shi Chengxu was shocked, and the lord in front of him loved money more than this county! It's good to love money! If you get through this relationship and go to the south to buy a prefect to do it, are you still worried about running out of money?

At that moment, Li Xingzhi and others were invited into the city, and the infantry who followed closely behind set up a camp outside the city.

Li Xingzhi, Lu Liangzhi and others were naturally invited to the county government to live temporarily.

On the same day, Shi Chengxu visited Li Xingzhi at night, of course, it was impossible for such a transparent official as Shi County to come empty-handed, and he was accompanied by two heavy big boxes.

As soon as he sat down, Shi Chengxu said with a sneer: "The lower official took the liberty to come and disturb Li Shuai's rest, and please forgive Li Shuai!" ”

"I don't know what happened when Shi County ordered to visit late at night?"

The so-called people who don't stretch out their hands and don't hit the smiling face, not to mention that they also came with silver.

Shi Chengxu said with a smile: "Li Shuai, Xiaguan is a cheerful person, I have heard that Li Shuai and Xue Ge are old friends, you see if you can transfer Xiaguan to the south to be a mansion or prefect, of course, Xiaguan will not let Li Shuai be busy in vain, this is all the savings of Xiaguan, a small meaning, not a tribute." With that, he opened the box.

Li Xingzhi looked at it fixedly, these two boxes were all gold and silver, and there was a stack of silver tickets on the top floor. I'm afraid there won't be tens of thousands of taels.

Shi Chengxu continued: "Li Shuai has 10,000 taels of silver and 700 taels of gold here, which are for Li Shuai's use, do you think it is enough?" ”

"The silver is enough, but Ben Shuai wants to go to Leiden, since Kong rebelled and rebelled, Leiden's population is not one in ten, if your county transfers thousands of households to Laizhou, this transfer is not a big deal."

Don't take it for nothing, Shi Chengxu is already a person who has half of his body into the ground, as for the sacking of Yucheng, he has no desire, and if he wants to rob a big city like Jinan.