At night, the moon hangs high.

At the prefectural magistrate's office, the obese prefectural magistrate is preparing to eat in the house.

The county commander's surname is Zhang, and in addition to liking concubines, he loves to eat big fish and meat.

Every day for lunch and dinner, you have to have roast chicken and elbows to enjoy yourself.

The officials of the Yue Kingdom are not high, as a seven-grade official, he only has 120 taels of silver per year, plus the imperial court's incorruptible silver, it is less than 1,500 taels.

As a local official, of course, he does not rely on the money issued by the imperial court to eat, and that money is not even enough for the wages of his subordinates.

His chief staff, in charge of money and grain, Xing Ming, was paid 800 taels of silver a day; The three masters who are in charge of the bookkeeper, the levy, and the education of their children and grandchildren are each given 200 taels of silver per year.

Clerks, errand servants, grooms, firewood soaps, porters, palanquins, cooks...... So many people don't know how much it will cost.

Of course, the income of local officials is mainly derived from tax revenues.

On the books, the annual tax is 20,000 taels of silver, and the actual tax is 50,000 taels, and part of the excess money is used for local expenses, and part of it naturally goes into the pocket of the county lord.

Compared with this money, the court's Yulu is naturally just "pocket money".

All over the country, the way of being an official is the same, and it has long been the default rule, and the amount he takes from taxes does not even count corruption.

It's not without honest officials who usually can't even eat a few meals of meat, but there are only a handful.

This time, there was a suspected plague in Mangshan County, so he hurriedly ordered the medicinal materials in the medical hall to be confiscated.

It is naturally false to say that the unified distribution is false, and the most precious medicinal materials in the plague must of course be held in their own hands.

Whether you keep it for yourself, give it as a gift, hoard it or sell it for money, in short, it won't be given to the ordinary people below in vain.

If there is indeed an outbreak of the plague, it is also possible that the imperial court will distribute medicinal herbs and send doctors to control it, and then it will be able to make another profit from it......

Just when the prefectural order was pondering in his heart and preparing to move his chopsticks,

There was a knock at the door, and the servant pushed the door and walked in, and said with a dry smile on his face:

"Master, there is a person who said he wanted to see you."

The county commander frowned, and then saw Luo Sheng, who was dressed in black and wearing a hat, striding in.

He asked his servants, "What about the Guardian?" ”

Luo Sheng replied, "I'm already asleep." ”

The face of the county order fat pig immediately showed a warm smile,

"It turned out that it was a distinguished guest who came to the door, and there was a loss of welcome, it was really disrespectful, disrespectful!"

With some difficulty, he stood up and made a gesture to sit down,

"Distinguished guest, I haven't moved my chopsticks for this banquet of good wine and food, and I sincerely invite Your Excellency to taste it together!"

He scolded a few concubines: "Why don't you get up and give up your seat to the distinguished guests!" Sanniang, you stay and pour the wine, and give me the rest! ”

He winked at his servant again, "Go and call someone!" Bring me the jar of good wine that I treasure! Go call someone! Come and serve your guests. ”

The servant left, and Luo Sheng sat down in a chair.

He knew that the county order had sent someone to call Li Tiezhang, so he didn't care, and threw a sword on the table.

The county commander's eyelids jumped when he saw this sword, and the fat on his face trembled.

"Lu Yu was killed by me."

Luo Sheng said: "I want you to return all the medicinal materials confiscated from the Tang Clan Medical Hall, and release the people arrested from there." ”

"Okay, okay, do it right away!"

The county commander nodded vigorously, and the fat on his face was thrown together,

"What else do you command? Please feel free to say! As long as I can do it in this county order, I will definitely do it! ”

Luo Sheng chuckled.

The so-called stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, this county order is so aware of current affairs, it is estimated that even if you encounter other thieves and strongmen, you can survive.

"Sanniang, quickly pour wine for the distinguished guest."

After a while, a servant came in with a jar of wine, "Master, good wine is here." ”

The county commander swallowed and spit, and said with a smile to Luo Sheng: "This is really good wine, please taste it." ”

Luo Sheng put down his wine glass, "If you don't drink it, it's not good to let Pavilion Master Li wait outside for a long time." ”

Ignoring the panicked county order, Luo Sheng walked out of the door.

A tall, white-faced middle-aged man with two small beards standing in the courtyard was Li Tiezhang.

Li Tiezhang smiled and hugged his fists, "I am the owner of the Li Clan's Martial Arts Pavilion, I don't know what Your Excellency has to do with the county order of this county?" ”

"A little thing, it's over."

Luo Sheng said as he was about to leave Li Tiezhang's side.

At this time, the county magistrate also ran out with a big belly and said:

"Pavilion Master Li, it's okay, it's okay, I drank a few glasses of wine with this hero, and we had a good conversation."

Li Tiezhang looked at Luo Sheng quietly and secretly, nothing happened in the first place, so there was no need for him to make a move.

It wasn't until he aimed at the knife behind Luo Sheng's back that his pupils shrank,

"Your Excellency!"

He suddenly stretched out a big blue-black hand and pressed it towards Luo Sheng's shoulder!

Three months ago, it was this hand, and the old man surnamed Diao, who had reached the realm of divine power, couldn't move!

Six months ago, it was also this hand that cracked his wrist bone just by missing Luo Sheng's blade!

Luo Sheng sneered, turned around and waved his palm.

With a muffled "bang", the air exploded in the palms of the two of them, and the power spread from the palms to the feet, and the bluestone ground shook.

After the blow, the two did not stop, but began to attack each other like a storm!

The snake fist and iron palm swung out the afterimage of the Dao, and the speed was so fast that ordinary people couldn't see it clearly.

Every time the two collided, the muscles and flesh made a dull loud noise, as if someone was constantly chiseling the wall with a sledgehammer, and the people who listened to it were terrified!

While dismantling the moves, the two sides moved with extremely fast body movements, fighting from the backyard to the frontyard.

Heavy footsteps stepped on the bluestone brick surface, making a gurgling sound, and huge cracks broke out everywhere they passed!

Li Tiezhang's hands are like a heavy hammer that rotates rapidly, powerful and swift!

A pair of iron palms waved an impermeable afterimage in the air, laying copper walls and iron walls on the body, constantly crushing towards the opposite side.

Luo Sheng's two arms were soft and powerful, like two big snakes dancing wildly, and the virtual and real changed in an instant, avoiding and dissolving all the surging and strong palm power of the other party.

A pair of palms are like snake heads, sometimes spitting letters and poking eyes, sometimes showing fangs to choose people and devouring them, aiming at the vital point to issue a "pounce bite".

Both of them are extremely superb in boxing, and it seems that it is difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

Finally, after hundreds of tricks of mutual dismantling.

"Whew!"

A sharp sword qi shot out from Luo Sheng's fingertips, grazing Li Tie's neck and flying past, forcing him back two steps.

"True Vaporization Sword!" Li Tiezhang was taken aback.

"It's called a viper's breath......"

Luo Sheng rushed forward again.

This time, he mixed the moves of the plum blossom point acupoint hand in the snake fist, and the sharp finger shadows bloomed like plum blossoms, heading towards the opponent's acupuncture point!

At this time, his moves were faster, and his finger shadow was as dense as a drizzle, as fast as a wind!

In the blink of an eye, the other party made ten moves, and he had already returned fifteen moves!

"Bang bang bang!"

The acupuncture points on Li Tiezhang's body exploded one after another, his face suddenly turned red, and he spit out a mouthful of blood!