Liu Haojia didn't take a few steps before he saw the county magistrate coming over with some people. This made the anger in his heart decrease slightly! He looked up and saw that this county magistrate was in his forties, but he had a vicissitudes of life, not like an ordinary county magistrate.

Liu Haojia has seen his resume, this person's name is Meng Jitang, the evaluation is acceptable, but the official luck is not good. Whenever the promotion assessment is about to happen, there will be some natural and man-made disasters and the like under the rule! So he has moved to several counties in a row without promotion.

When Liu Haojia saw him coming, he stood still, and when they approached, he saluted and said, "Xiaguan Zhang Meng Jitang greets the angel!" “

Liu Haojia calmly accepted his salute and asked them to get up. Then he found that almost all the officials in the county who could speak were there, and there were four people dressed as gentry, so he said: "Lord Meng, I see that people are very united now, but they are deliberating?" ”

Meng Jitang said: "It's really a discussion. Since the county has been spending money and grain like smallpox, it has long been beyond its means! Therefore, Xia Guan specially invited four local gentry with high moral standing to raise some money and food! ”

Liu Haojia naturally wouldn't spoil this matter, he immediately said to the four gentry: "I see, this official has thanked the people of the county here!" ”

The four of them looked at each other and smiled bitterly, knowing that this time they would definitely bleed! Maybe this deputy envoy came at this time, and he colluded with the county order! But they still have a smile on their faces and say something like "yes!" Something like that.

At this time, Meng Jitang said: "Angels come from afar to work hard, please go to the back hall to serve tea." ”

Liu Haojia followed him to the back hall and sat down, and everyone else also sat down to accompany him. Waiting for the tea to be served, Liu Haojia was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, anyway, he had already torn his face, so there was no need to care about his face, so he asked directly: "Please also ask Master Meng to introduce the situation in your county." ”

Meng Jitang knew that he had offended the other party, otherwise the other party would not have even said a polite word. But things are arranged by themselves, and the bitter fruit can only be eaten by themselves! So he shook his head in his heart and sighed, and began to introduce the local situation to Liu Haojia.

Liu Haojia still asked questions from time to time when listening to his introduction, and for a while, there were only two people in the whole room who spoke in their voices, which embarrassed the others!

However, Liu Haojia can see from Meng Jitang's account that this person is quite capable. Otherwise, the area where smallpox occurred would not have been sealed so quickly. I just don't know why this person is snubbing himself?

However, Liu Haojia has no intention of reconciling with the other party, since he is already an enemy in the officialdom, there is nothing to say, it can only be your life and death! Only those who can grow up are called talents, and the rest are useless!

After listening to Meng Jitang's narration, Liu Haojia closed his eyes and thought about it, sorted out the whole situation as a whole, and then said, "Thank you Lord Meng for your help!" However, these Japanese officials want to go down and take a look to see how the situation is in these villages? ”

Meng Jitang hurriedly said: "This matter is not necessary! Because these villages have long been sealed off by soldiers and horses, they are not allowed to enter or leave. Moreover, the envoy and the imperial physician of the imperial court are also about to arrive, so it is better for the adults to rest in the county with peace of mind. ”

Liu Haojia sneered and said, "What, does Lord Meng want to put this official under house arrest in the county?" ”

Everyone present knew that Meng County's order had broken the rules of officialdom and did not go to greet Liu Haojia. Although everyone thinks it is strange, they also know that Meng Jitang is not an unwise person, so there must be a reason for this. So they were all a little cold to Liu Haojia. But they didn't expect Liu Haojia to tear his face and point out the matter directly!

That's a little wrong! Shouldn't officialdom be smiling on the surface and stabbing behind the back? This is the rule of the official face! Just like Meng Xianling, although he didn't go to greet the deputy envoy of Qincha, the excuse is enough! It seems that this Liu Haojia is a stunned young man, so stay away from him!

In fact, Liu Haojia's purpose is this! He is now on Meng Jitang's land, and he can't avoid him if he wants to do anything. So simply tear his face, so that the people in the county will spontaneously stay away from him, Meng Jitang just didn't dare to intervene when he saw him do anything, otherwise it would really fall into Liu Haojia's mouth! Otherwise, it will not be good for Liu Haojia to join him at that time. After all, it's so easy to pick a bone in an egg!

Meng Jitang's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Xia Guan didn't mean that! It's just that the day is too dangerous, and I'm afraid that the angels will get it! So it's better not to go to that kind of place, and the officials will report it in time under any circumstances. ”

Liu Haojia got up and said, "This doesn't bother Lord Meng to worry about, the official has his own arrangements!" I just hope that when the people of this official buy some things in the county, the adults will not hinder it! ”

After saying that, Liu Haojia walked out directly, Meng Jitang saw that Liu Haojia's style was also discouraged, but he still got up and sent Liu Haojia out of the county government with a group of people with panicked and puzzled faces.

After sending Liu Haojia away, Meng County Ling took everyone back to the back hall and hastily discussed the matter of donating money and food. The four gentry had already discovered that the relationship between Liu Meng was not good, and they also heard that the county magistrate had not gone to greet Liu Haojia, so they knew that there must be a reason for this! But they didn't want to get involved, so they simply threw out a lot of money and food and left the county government as soon as possible.

After everyone left, Meng Xian ordered a person to sit in the back hall and think silently. The old servant of the family, who had been standing on the side, stepped forward at this time and said: "Master, this Liu Haojia looks young, and he is even more reckless in doing things, do we still have to treat them according to the requirements of the Jingshi?" ”

Meng County Ling sighed and said, "Otherwise, what can you do? I thought that as the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, he would not tear his face rashly! But I didn't expect this person to reveal this matter in public, which caught me off guard and couldn't interfere in his affairs anymore! ”

The old servant said, "But I don't know if it's worth it?" Can the people of Jingshi speak their minds? ”

Meng Xianling said helplessly: "Otherwise, who else can I rely on?" You know that my official luck is not good, and I have no backing behind me, and finally someone has shown me goodwill, this opportunity must be seized! ”

The old servant said, "But Master Li looks very young, and he must be a powerful person in the family. Does offending do more harm than good? ”

Meng Xianling shook his head and said, "This is nothing. After all, now the court is still a civil official, he is from a noble background, and he can't say anything! ”

The old servant said, "In that case, what about the people outside the inn?" ”

Meng Xian Ling waved his hand and said, "What else can I do, let's withdraw it!" ”

The old servant sighed and went on an errand, only Meng Xian Ling stayed in the room and thought about the next step of the matter. But he knew that things had come to this point, and he could only trust those colleagues in the Jingshi!