"It's ...... How? The other asked incredulously.

The man immediately replied, "Do you need to talk about that?" That's the county master's clever plan! He was afraid that Wu Sijing's matter would be found out by the superiors, so he deliberately played this trick. So the people were grateful to Dade and had to send things every few days, which was very courteous. ”

"Is there such a thing...... Ye Yongjia was shocked, his body pressed closer to the wall, and he listened attentively.

The pots and pans on the stove suddenly sounded, but he could still vaguely hear the human voice: "Lord Zhixian still allows a fan person to make waves under his nose?" Isn't it convenient to kill people and kill people? ”

"He's still useful to the county lord," the man continued, "Your Excellency must rely on him to talk to the merchants, otherwise the court will blame him, and he will not be able to afford it." ”

"Master, are your words true? How does it sound like nonsense. ”

The guy slapped the chopping board: "Really! A few days ago, my lord invited all the merchants to come here as a guest, and asked me to prepare a meal for serving. Afterwards, I asked the book office again, and they said that the county parents were doing things without Ye Bing's department this time, and told me not to make a noise. ”

Ye Yongjia's eyes widened suddenly, he couldn't believe that Zhixian would do such a bold thing behind his back! His first instinct now was to leave, but he was afraid of being heard in the room, so he only hesitated under the wall, and his feet seemed to be moving.

"Come, cut open the belly of this beast with a knife, and I'll cut the flesh!"

Ye Yongjia heard that he was busy inside, so he took advantage of this effort and hurriedly walked out, and when he got to the yard, there was no place to put a bowl, so he simply held the wooden bowl and went straight to find the magistrate.

"Not bad, really good...... Zhixian sat at the Nanmu square table, still tasting the soft-shelled turtle soup with a big spoon, and exclaimed, "In the future, ask the next person to buy a few soft-shelled turtles, do you hear?" ”

The clerk standing next to him didn't move, his eyes looked straight out, and he lost his temper: "I called you ......"

"Lord Zhixian."

"Ah......?" He turned his head suddenly, and saw Ye Yongjia standing solemnly behind him, so frightened that he almost jumped up, his face was sallow, "Have you finished eating......?"

Ye Yongjia put the bowl down: "I'm done eating, do I need to wait a little longer?" ”

"No, you don't have to ......" the magistrate smiled and waved his hand to the bookstore to remove the soup bowl.

"I'm here to inform you that this official has considered the opinions of the merchants, and has already written a recital to submit to the court." Ye Yongjia sat down and said, "You go and tell them that they are waiting in Beitang with peace of mind, and they won't be in the city for the time being." ”

"Everything is up to you......" Seeing that he seemed to have something to say, the magistrate became more and more panicked in his heart, and he could only bow down stiffly.

"In addition, I have also told the court about your merits. Although you don't have any great achievements, after all, there is always a bit of hard work in planning big things in the county government. So I raised it and waited for the reward. ”

The magistrate was terrified for a long time, but when he heard him say this good word, he was very happy in his heart and thanked him again and again.

"You don't have to thank me, the reward is the prime minister's and the prime minister's intention after all, and you have to be worthy of others' attention. By the way, Bishop Wu has been treating us well lately, and a few days ago he wrote to me to send me a whole sheep, but I refused. Such faithful people should be treated with courtesy. ”

Wu Sijing also sent a sheep this morning...... Listening to Lord Ye say this, it seems that he asked him first, and no one asked for it before giving it to me'...... Zhixian looked suspicious, but he still dealt with Ye Yongjia first and nodded.

"I've said all that I need to say, I didn't sleep well when I came back yesterday, and I'm going to rest." Ye Yongjia covered his head, as if he hadn't noticed his expression, so he hugged his fists and said goodbye.

"Walk slowly, walk slowly......"

After this conversation, Zhixian's heart has been uncomfortable, in order to find out this matter, he deliberately went to the kitchen to ask a few men, and when he carried the sheep in, he could see Ye Yongjia? The man who did the knife himself shook his head, saying that he was only concerned with watching the sheep, and that no officials had come.

This made him even more puzzled, how could a living person turn a blind eye if he really passed by the fire room. Then he pondered: "Then Wu Sijing is good at tricks, but he can do this kind of thing." It's a pity that the court documents have not arrived, and I have no reason to summon him, so I can't confront him face to face. It's better to write a letter and ask for truth. ’

After thinking about it, he hurriedly returned to the study, and soon wrote a letter and handed it to his confidant secretary: "You quickly send a reliable person to secretly go out of the city at night and send the letter into Wu Sijing's hands." Tell him that if you want Wu Sijing to give an explanation in person, you can't give him time to think. ”

"Do as you are told!"

That night, as soon as the bangzi of the third watch rang, the people selected by the secretary office set off from Ninghe. In order not to be discovered, he covered his face with a black cloth, rode a fast horse, and rushed out of the city gate with stars and moons—the whole city was pitch black, and a black shadow flashed rapidly, and only the lights of the county government in the distance shone on his robe.

In the brightly lit room, it was none other than Ye Yongjia and the other two court officials, and the three of them gathered together again.

"We've been living in the county government for three days in a row," Cai Xianqing quipped, "for none other than you, Lord Li." Look at what a face. ”

Li Wenshou flicked his sleeves and muttered: "I just came as soon as I was called and left as soon as I was called, and I didn't expect you to care much about me." ”

"The news that Tinglong revealed just now really made me come out of the long fog and see it all in one pair of eyes. I didn't expect this magistrate to be cowardly and would take risks. ”

"We can't rush to punish him, we need to take advantage of it." After that, the eyes of the two invariably projected onto Li Wenshou.

"You ...... Got something to say? Li Wenshou asked in amazement.

"My lord," Ye Yongjia begged, "Now is an extraordinary time, we need you to do something, even if it is a big crime." ”

Li Wenshou's gaze suddenly became vigilant, and he leaned his ear to the latter, who whispered, and the candle flame in front of them was blown out by the breeze.

The messenger entered the city early in the morning. He took off his black hat and robe, led the horse, went straight to the church to visit Wu Sijing, entered the inner courtyard, and saw Wu Sijing talking with several merchants in the hall, and did not deliberately avoid it, and walked up to deliver the letter: "Bishop Wu, the county magistrate has something to ask you, and I hope to answer it." ”

Wu Sijing hesitantly took the letter, he didn't know the contents, he wanted to take the messenger to the room to talk, but after observing the expressions of the merchants, he was also afraid of arousing their suspicion, so he thought: "I'm afraid I'm thinking too much, the magistrate has been very close to me recently, what is there to be nervous about." ’

But when he looked down to read the letter, his brow furrowed.