The next day, the beginning of the day.

Knock, knock, knock.

Before dawn, there was a knock on the door of the courtyard where Wang Ling lived.

Wang Ling, who heard the sound, woke up suddenly, and thought that the man in black had come to the door again last night, and subconsciously frowned, but when he heard Dawu's voice calling the door outside, his brows stretched again, he put the robe on his body casually, got up and walked out of the room, and opened the courtyard door.

The moment he opened the door, he couldn't help but be stunned, in addition to Dawu, there was a sedan chair parked in the distance, plus four sedan chair drivers, and a lamp was hung on the sedan chair.

And next to the sedan chair there is ...... A donkey???

"Childe, it's time to go and respond." Dawu smiled innocently.

When the yamen is called, there will be a roll call on the officials and officials, check the number of people in class, that is, the number of people in the class, and go to the yamen to listen to the roll call is called Ying Mao, which is similar to the meaning of "Shangya", the former is more like going through a process, just for a roll call, because the roll call is only once a day, often after the end of the call, individual old oilers can not find anyone.

Wang Ling glanced at the official sedan chair not far away, and Cao Yong was opening the sedan curtain to look at him.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the Street Division." Cao Yong's voice was not loud, but because it was not yet dawn, there was silence around him, but Wang Ling heard it clearly.

"Wait a minute, I'll wash my face." With that, he turned around and went back to his room.

In less than half an hour, he had washed up and returned neatly dressed, his hair loosely tied back at random.

"Childe is fast!" Dawu exclaimed.

Wang Ling patted the back of his head angrily: "Don't pat yourself on the back, let's go, Master Cao is waiting for us." ”

In fact, Dawu is really not patting him on the back, ordinary people need to wash up, tidy their hair, and wear clothes when they get up in the morning, all three of which are more time-consuming, and the more people with status, the more meticulous they are to clean up.

Dawu felt that only a rough person like him, with a handful of cold water and a face cloth, could wash faster than Wang Ling.

But Wang Ling's one hand was very neatly tied, and the power suit with red lines on a black background was worn on him, which was extremely pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at it.

The two came to Cao Yong's sedan chair one after the other.

"Lord Cao." Wang Ling saluted Cao Yong in the sedan chair, which was regarded as a greeting.

Cao Yong bowed his head and chuckled: "Although the Street Division is not far away, it will take a while, it is not appropriate for you to follow the sedan chair like a subordinate, I will let Dawu bring the donkey from the house, and be your mount for the time being." ”

At this time, Dawu led the donkey to him and handed the reins to Wang Ling.

Looking at this little black donkey, which was dark except for its mouth and belly, the corners of Wang Ling's mouth unconsciously pulled and asked, "Isn't there a horse in the house?" ”

Cao Yong also seemed to feel a little embarrassed, and smiled ashamedly: "It's a shame to say that the little money of this official has been taken by the little girl to help the poor family, and the family has a thin background and can't afford to raise a horse." ”

It's really a daughter slave, and the money is handed over to the girl, and the baby daughter is really done, and she takes all the money from Lao Cao to help the poor, poor Lord Cao, who is also an official, and others go out with a high head, but you only have such a donkey?! Fortunately, there is also an official sedan chair, so it has not lost its dignity······ Wang Ling secretly felt sorry for the prefect.

Cao Yong: "Let's go, although you don't need to order something, but going early will leave a good impression on others." ”

The king ordered the head of the jaw.

When he came to the little black donkey, he was about to turn over and get on the horse, ah no, it should be on the donkey, he found that it seemed inconvenient to have only one hand, and he stood in place with some embarrassment.

Dawu had great eyesight, and hurriedly came to Wang Ling's side and said, "Childe, I hold you." ”

Wang Ling smiled with satisfaction, and with his help, he finally got on the little donkey.

However, no matter how he drove it, the donkey just didn't go, and Dawu helped pull it hard in front, and he only barely moved a few steps, and the green tendons on his arms were highlighted, which showed how hard he was.

Whether it was Cao Yong or Wang Ling, or the four sedan chair drivers, they were all dumbfounded when they watched one person and one donkey wrestling.

Wang Ling asked embarrassedly, "This donkey... Has it always been like this? ”

Cao Yong thought for a while and replied: "Xu has not ridden for too long, and he has cultivated his temperament in the backyard, which is difficult to do. Brother Wang is walking behind my sedan chair, right? ”

Wang Ling: "It's okay, I have a way." ”

He first stopped Dawu, who was still competing with the donkey, and did see that the great force was strong, and Wang Ling was afraid that if he didn't stop him, the head of the stubborn donkey would be torn off by him.

He asked Dawu to take a bamboo pole, a short rope and a carrot to form a fishing rod, but others fished, and he fished a donkey.

The black donkey saw a carrot appear in front of him, took two steps forward but found that he couldn't reach it, and then he kept walking and couldn't eat, forming a dead loop, Wang Lingyou sat on the back of the donkey, and said to Cao Yong and others behind him: "Let's go!" ”

Cao Yong was stunned, and then smiled: "Interesting." ”

Dawu hurriedly caught up, even ignoring his master, and followed Wang Ling's side, holding the bridle on the donkey's mouth with one hand, and giving Wang Ling a thumbs up with the other hand: "Childe is so smart, this method is really good." ”

"It's not that I'm smart, I also learned it from others, there used to be a farmer who went to the city to deliver goods, but the donkey pulling the goods refused to go, so he came up with this method, and I just borrowed it." Wang Ling explained.

Although Dawu understood, he still insisted: "The way that the master can't think of, let you think of it, that is, the son is smart." ”

Wang Ling smiled dumbly and did not explain any more.

At this time, Cao Yong's sedan chair also caught up, and Lord Cao opened the sedan curtain and said to Wang Ling: "I will take you to the Street Division first, and when I get there, I will hand you over to Xiaoyu, and then I will go back to the prefect's yamen and join the Street Division, and she will guide you." ”

Wang Ling smiled and thanked: "Then there will be Lord Lao Cao." ”

Cao Yong bowed.

As he walked, Wang Ling suddenly looked at the corner of the street and couldn't help frowning.

A few homeless people huddled together for warmth were sleeping soundly in the corner, wearing tattered single clothes and only a straw mat barely resisting the wind and cold.

Along the way, there were more and more similar scenes, and a few were awakened by the clatter of donkey hooves, and after seeing the royal order riding a black donkey, and the official sedan chair next to him, they subconsciously shrank back, and their eyes were full of fear.

"Alas, when the two countries are at war, it is always the people who suffer, and all I can do is to shelter these displaced people so that they will not starve to death." Cao Yong sighed.

Wang Ling said in a deep voice: "Lord Cao has done his best, but I don't know, today Qingzhou can still protect the people of Dingzhou, and the Japanese soldiers are coming to the city, can the people of Qingzhou have a way out?" ”

It means that Qingzhou has parents like Cao Yong, but he is not sure that other neighboring state capitals also have officials like him.

Cao Yong heard the sound of Wang Ling's voice, and said helplessly: "If there is really that day, Qingzhou borders Fuzhou and Suzhou to the south, and I have no contact with the officials of Suzhou, but the Suzhou prefect is my old friend when I was in the capital, and he has always been upright, maybe he can." ”

In other words, it is impossible for Qizhou to accept the displaced people, or he feels that the displaced people will not be properly resettled after arriving in Qizhou······ Wang Ling began to analyze Cao Yong's words in his heart.

Two smart people, although some words are not easy to say, but it does not hinder the communication between them.

Feeling the eyes of the homeless people looking at him, Wang Ling felt a moment of distraction, withdrew his gaze, and said no more.

Yesterday, he was one of them, but now he has become a fearful existence in their eyes, which can't help but make people feel emotional.

······

Mao Zheng.

In front of the yamen of the street division, there are three or three city attendants and officials.

They seem to be gathered, but in fact they are divided into several areas, keeping a distance from each other, and the handful of people standing on the edge are the city servants in the second room who helped Wang Ling relieve the siege yesterday, Tang Xiaoyu is standing at the front, and Zuo Yucheng and other city servants are standing behind him.

"The big house and the third room are now less and less in their eyes, obviously we are the second room, and we should be in the forefront when we order, but they are excluded from the outermost." A city attendant behind Tang Xiaoyu said dissatisfied.

Then the servant who was called the third brother by Tang Xiaoyu gritted his teeth and said: "The other three rooms are the same, just now I took two steps inside, Zhang Zhanyi and Tian Ming of the sixth room in the fourth room deliberately blocked my way and didn't let me in." ”。

His real name is Xie Sanjin, just because he was born prematurely, he was only more than three catties when he was born, and he was the third in the family.

Third Brother Xie is a violent temper, if he hadn't been stopped by Zuo Yucheng before, he would have already done it.

The more Tang Xiaoyu listened, the more angry he became, his eyebrows frowned, and his big and bright eyes swelled with a layer of anger, looking at the people serving the city at the entrance of the yamen.

When the former second room general flag was still there, everyone was kind, and the people in their second room only did not deal with the people in the big room and the third room, and now there are rumors that the next second room general flag may be Tang Xiaoyu, and most people are not convinced.

The six rooms and six general flags of the street division, each of these six positions can compete, and finally vacated a position, why let a little girl occupy it?

At first, it was only the servant of the second room who spread the word about it, but the people in the other five rooms scoffed at it, and only thought that the people in the second room were daydreaming behind closed doors, so only the people in the big room and the third room were still looking for trouble.

But yesterday there was conclusive news that there was an old beggar who even Lord Cao regarded as a guest, and in a few words he decided the position of the second room general flag, and planned to fill the vacancy of the second room general flag by one of Tang Xiaoyu and another yellow-haired boy in the regular election next month.

At this time, the people in the fourth, fifth and sixth rooms are no longer doing it, and with the addition of these three-room people, the people in the big room and the third room have become more unscrupulous, which also leads to the scene where everyone in the second room is excluded.

If it goes on like this, after a while, the people in the second room who should have been standing in the second row can only stand in the last row and shout.

Tang Xiaoyu tightened the big knife in his hand, and was about to drag the knife up to theorize, but Zuo Yucheng hurriedly dragged her back.

Tang Xiaoyu: "Brother Yucheng, let go of me, you let me go!" ”

Zuo Yucheng persuaded: "It's a routine election next month, don't make the relationship stiff, even if you can't get along, you can't offend them." ”

After saying that, he saw a little more hesitation in the girl's eyes, and he continued to add, "Aren't you going to inherit your father's legacy?" Just endure for another month, and we will be able to help you sit in the position of the general flag, and you must not bury this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity because of a moment of recklessness. ”

Sure enough, after hearing this, Tang Xiaoyu's delicate body trembled significantly, and became a lot more peaceful.

What is Tang Xiaoyu's ambition?

It is to become the commander of the street division and protect the people of Qingzhou.

If you want to achieve this goal in advance, you must keep climbing up, only in this way can you stand on a high place and shelter the people below from the wind and rain, this is the way of being an official, and this is the truth that her father once said.

Hearing Zuo Yucheng's words, the others glanced at each other and said one after another.

"That's right, Xiaoyu, we don't have anything, and the brothers just endure the bird's anger for a month."

"Aren't you standing in the last row? Lao Tzu is still happy, he doesn't dare to move in front of him, but he can stand lazily in the back. ”

"When we see those dogs in the future, let's go around, it's no big deal!"

"It's all a person from the yamen, you can't get around it, if you get blocked, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing......"

After the last person finished speaking, he realized that he had lost his words, and looked around, all of them were the eyes of his colleagues who were ready to eat people, and he hurriedly silenced him.

"Hit him!"

I don't know who shouted, everyone gathered around and beat that person violently, what black tiger pulled out the heart, the monkey stole the peach, cut off the feet of the children and grandchildren, and used all the bad tricks.

Tang Xiaoyu looked at all this in a daze, a layer of mist covered the girl's beautiful eyes, and her vision gradually blurred.

"You ......"

Everyone in the second room knows Tang Xiaoyu's ambition and wants to help her achieve her ideals.

Tang Xiaoyu joined the Street Division at the age of fourteen, at that time everyone looked down on this little girl who came in through the back door, and even teased her boldly, and the people in the second room were also dissatisfied with her as a relation, but Tang Xiaoyu took less than half a year to convince them, not to mention the strange cases that were repeatedly solved, and the force was second only to the former second room general flag, and he was promoted to a small flag officer after half a year of entry.

In addition, this Tang Xiaoyu is a person who values love and righteousness, no matter who is in trouble, she will try her best to help, and over time, the people in the second room are convinced by this girl.

After the former general flag was transferred, the second room gradually looked forward to Tang Xiaoyu, and they all hoped that she could take over the general flag, and the second room was not only a small flag official like Tang Xiaoyu, in fact, Zuo Yucheng was too, as for why they all supported Tang Xiaoyu instead of choosing the more calm and experienced Zuo Yucheng?

Because Zuo Yucheng also supports Tang Xiaoyu.

At this time, several servants of the city walked towards the people in the second room, the first one was full of meat, the two lip flaps were thin at the top and thick at the bottom, the body was as strong as a cow, and there was a disgusting evil smile on his face, he quipped: "Yo, isn't this the people in the second room?" Why are you messing around here? We also want to have fun with the brothers in the second room to enhance our relationship, I wonder if we can kick it alone? ”

As soon as these words came out, the group of people burst into laughter, and the people in the second room were all pale.

Tang Xiaoyu raised his eyebrows, glared at the person who spoke, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Zhanyi, do you want to stir up trouble?" ”

Before Zhang Zhanyi could speak, another person took a step forward and said: "Tang Xiaoyu, you said that you, a daughter's family, like to gag in the pile of men, I think you have been rolling with men for too long, and you have the same temperament as men, why do we stir up trouble?" Didn't you say that? We are here to strengthen our relationship with the brother in the second room. ”

"Tian Ming! Don't go too far! Third Brother Xie couldn't suppress his temper, and he was about to pull out a knife.

The two people who spoke were Zhang Zhanyi and Tian Ming, who had stopped him before, and they were the small flag officials in the fourth and sixth rooms, respectively, and they were at the same level as Tang Xiaoyu.

They implied that Tang Xiaoyu was unclean, not to mention Xie Sanjin, the servant in the second room did not have a good face, and even Zuo Yucheng, who had always been calm and gentle, frowned and glared at the two of them.

Zhang Zhanyi glanced at the angry Third Brother Xie lightly, and said disdainfully: "I'll tell you about Xie Laosan, why are you so irritable?" Is it that your Tang Xiaoqi hasn't fed you these days, and you've choked enough, right? ”

As soon as these words came out, the city attendants behind Zhang Zhanyi once again laughed wantonly.

"I'll fuck you!" Insulting him can be endured, insulting Tang Xiaoyu, who they regard as his own sister, the third brother said that he can't bear it.

Zhang Zhanyi and Tian Ming both had the corners of their mouths.

The short-tempered Third Brother Xie rushed towards Zhang Zhanyi with a scolding attitude, and was about to tear his mouth.

But Tang Xiaoyu retreated: "Third brother, stop!" Go back! ”

The people in the second room were stunned, they didn't expect that it would be Tang Xiaoyu who dissuaded Third Brother Xie, even Zuo Yucheng didn't intend to stop Xie Laosan this time, no one in the second room could tolerate Tang Xiaoyu being insulted so much.

"But Xiaoyu, these dogs are too much!" Third Brother Xie said angrily.

Tang Xiaoyu said in a deep voice: "I'll let you go back!" ”

Although Third Brother Xie was unwilling, he still obediently retreated.

Zhang Zhanyi and Tian Ming glanced at each other, and seemed to be not very satisfied with this result, they actually wanted to thank Lao San more, so that they could take advantage of the chaos to escalate the contradiction to a group fight, and when the two sides completely tore their faces and beat each other, the people in the big room and the third room behind them could join in the situation, and then the people in the second room would have to be trampled on.

Even if the commander blames the adults, they can also be said to be Xie Laosan's first move, there is no general flag in the second room, only two small flag officials support the scene, and there is not even a person who has weight to speak, which side will suffer in the end, there is no need to say more.

This is also the reason why they targeted Xie Laosan for their provocation, everyone knew that he was a violent temper and would blow up at the slightest bit.

It's a pity that Tang Xiaoyu failed to let them get their wish, which made them a little disappointed.

Tang Xiaoyu: "If you have nothing else to do, let's go, the second room and you have no relationship that can be used to improve, but if you still want to have a bad mouth, I will immediately report to the commander now, and see which of us is more embarrassed at that time." ”

The two of them looked embarrassed, they looked at each other, and they saw the hesitation in each other's eyes.

They really didn't dare to make trouble directly in front of Du Mingtang, they all knew that Tang Xiaoyu and Cao Zhifu had a lot of relationship, Xie Laosan didn't do anything, and now it was them who were at fault, and it was impossible for the commander not to sell the prefect's face, and they would inevitably be punished when the time came.

Looking at the rest of the city servants waiting for admission from a distance, they couldn't understand why they hadn't started a fight yet, obviously they had already seen Xie Sanjin about to make a move just now, why did they go back again?

Just as he was in doubt, suddenly there was a clicking sound in the distance.

The people in the city looked sideways and saw a domestic servant who was taller than Zhang Zhanyi, holding a black donkey in his hand, and next to him was an official sedan chair, which they all knew, but the person on the back of the donkey was too eye-catching, so they subconsciously ignored the person in the sedan chair.

The young man on the back of the donkey hangs on his chest with a bandage in one hand, while holding a bamboo pole with a carrot hanging from the bamboo pole.

"Yo! That's a lot of people! Are they all here to greet me? The young man quipped.

Greeting you? Who the are you? Similar questions crossed everyone's minds.