"I-" His thin lips twitched, and he tried to answer him firmly, but he didn't know what he thought.

He changed the subject a little stiffly, "Where are we going now?" Going back? ”

Qiao Xuan saw his hesitation and didn't ask again, "Go to the county." ”

Xi He's eyes flashed with surprise, "In the county? ”

"The wool is out of the sheep, didn't the county master let us build the road! Then the money naturally has to come out of him, how can fifty taels of silver be enough" Qiao Xuan smiled, and walked in front with his hands behind his back.

A smile tugged at Xi He's lips.

At the entrance of the county office.

"Let's go! Come on! Don't linger at the gate of the county government if you have nothing to do," Qiao Xuan and Xi He approached, and the officials standing on both sides of the door opened their mouths to drive people away.

Qiao Xuan stepped forward with a smile and stuffed one or two pieces of silver into each of the two officials, and for the sake of the money, the faces of the two softened a little.

"As soon as the two of you informed the county magistrate, they said I-" She glanced at the street in front of the county yamen, and whispered a few words in the ear of one of the officials.

"Really? Are you kidding? This matter is not a joke," the official 's expression became very serious, and his eyes looked Qiao Xuan and Xi He up and down several times.

"Don't worry! Just go, if something happens, it's mine, and it won't affect the two of you. ”

Xi He stood behind Qiao Xuan, he didn't know what Qiao Xuan had just said to the servant, and asked Qiao Xuan on the way here, and she knew it mysteriously.

The official took a deep look at Qiao Xuan, then turned around and went in to report.

The two waited for a while, and a fat man in an official uniform walked out quickly, he was like a white-faced solid steamed bun, and the flesh on his face and body was trembling as he walked.

A pair of mouse eyes, thick lips, two eyebrows that are so light that there are almost none, double chins, and white and smooth skin that make Qiao Xuan a little jealous.

"Can you save my mother?" He glanced at Qiao Xuan and Xi He and walked towards Xi He without thinking, the two of them were obviously older and more calm and reliable.

"It's me!" Qiao Xuan pointed at himself.

This county master seems to be a big mouse, and he eats his brain full of fat, and he has no image of half of it, giving people a strong sense of discomfort.

"You?" The county master's eyebrows, which were almost absent, frowned, "Where did the yellow-haired girl come from to tease the official?" ”

He waved his fat big hand, "Come on, pull it down and hit it hard and throw it out." ”

Xi He stopped Qiao Xuan behind him, staring at the dog official with a defensive expression, Qiao Xuan's unhurried voice sounded: "Is the old lady getting more and more sleepy?" ”

"Do you often have nightmares about someone trying to take her life?"

"Did you dream that an adult was going to-"

As she threw out her questions one by one, the county master's expression couldn't hold back, and he waved his hand to signal the person who wanted to arrest Qiao Xuan to retreat.

"Can you really save my mother?" He narrowed his already small eyes and asked in disbelief.

"Can you give it a try? The left and right adults don't lose anything. ”

Qiao Xuan didn't take the official authority of the person in front of him in his eyes, his face was as usual, and he said generously.

The county magistrate pondered for a moment before saying, "Follow me!" "They sent it to the door themselves, and if they can't be cured, they will have no life to come back.

The county government backyard is built exquisitely and luxuriously, all kinds of precious flowers and plants in the back garden of the rockery group compete with each other, and an independent small courtyard appears at the end of the carved corridor.

The maids and mothers-in-law in the courtyard were busy with their own work, and when they saw the county master, they saluted one after another, "My lord." ”

Qiao Xuan and Xi He glanced at each other, and they both saw the disdain in each other's eyes, the dog official was really a soil emperor in Gupo County, and he had accumulated countless wealth.

I heard that he was greedy for money and lustful before, but today I saw that it was really the case, coupled with the daughter of the county magistrate who was rampant and domineering and oppressed the people, all the members of the family were evil, Qiao Xuan secretly complained in his heart as he walked.

"Is the old lady awake?"

The county magistrate looked at a very beautiful little girl, and asked very seriously, but his eyes were undisguised and greasy.

"The old lady has been awake for a while, and she has eaten a bowl of porridge, and she is copying scriptures at this time," the little maid replied with low eyebrows, and her cautious appearance attracted the county magistrate to look at her eyes a little darker.

"Yuming is here, come in!" An old and weak voice came from inside the house, the county commander's surname was Li, his name was Yuming, and the old lady called him Yuming.

"Come in with me! There is a reward for curing, but if you can't cure it......" Li Yuming's meaning was self-evident, and his fleshy face was full of threats.

Qiao Xuan grinned, the dog official's life was about to be lost and threatened her, hum!

When they saw the old man in the house, Qiao Xuan and Xi He almost couldn't hold back their laughter.

The son is as fat as a pig, but the old lady is skinny, like a reed stick, this contrast is not too obvious.

The co-author is that all the delicious food has gone into the son's mouth, and the old lady is hungry and thin like this.

Although they were about to faint with laughter in their hearts, Qiao Xuan and Xi He did not show it on their faces, and bowed to the old lady steadily.

"They are—" The old lady looked at her son.

"She said that she could cure her mother's illness, so I brought her to see her mother," Li Yuming sat on a chair, took a sip of tea from the little maid, and explained.

The old lady glanced at Qiao Xuan very vigilantly, and the Buddhist beads in her hand turned faster than before.

Qiao Xuan caught her small movements, the corners of his lips raised, and the mockery in his eyes was fleeting.

"What do you see?"

"Please let the irrelevant people go out first" Qiao Xuan's tone was calm, and he sat on the chair next to the old lady without being humble or arrogant.

Seeing this, Xi He didn't hesitate, so he found a place and sat down.

Li Yuming was displeased to see the two of them so unkind, but he still held back his anger and said, "Go down first!" ”

As soon as the maids in the house went out, the door of the room was closed, and he urged impatiently: "Can you say it now?" ”

The old lady didn't say a word, her eyes drooped, and her fingers were plucking the beads.

"Did the old lady ever kill a black cat?" Qiao Xuan spoke slowly, his dark eyes locked on the old lady beside him.

The old lady's fingers stiffened, and she said lightly: "No!" ”

Qiao Xuan asked again: "Did you hear a cat barking in the middle of the night?" ”

Li Yuming's face changed, he once bought a black cat as a birthday gift for his daughter, and his daughter liked it very much and held it all day long, but he never saw the cat since then.

He asked his daughter about the cat's whereabouts, and she vaguely said it was gone.

"No!" The old lady still had those two words in her mouth, but her drooping eyes moved under her eyelids.