At this time, someone outside had already recognized Lu Qi.

"Hey! Isn't it Lu Xiucai sitting in that big boat? ”

"Lu Xiucai! He's still alive, huh? I haven't seen him, and I said he died last night. ”

"Isn't he so poor that he sells his ancestral land? Yesterday, I heard Mrs. Lu scolding for a long time. ”

The person next to him hurriedly pestled him: "Don't gossip!" Didn't you hear the gong? It must be the big man in the county town! Go tell the lieutenant! ”

Before they could send the message, the lieutenant had already heard the sound of the gong, picked up his clothes and trotted over:

"There is work, there is work! The little old man didn't know that the adults were missing the distance, so he asked the courtyard to sit high, and he quickly boiled water to make tea! I haven't consulted the driver, but who is the son? ”

The lieutenant chief showed a flattering smile at Qi Ming, and while he was busy making amends, he arranged for someone to serve tea and pour water, and he didn't forget to glare at Lu Qi.

"Lu Xiucai, what are you doing in a daze? Let's introduce it soon! What is this boy called? ”

Qi Ming took two steps out of the way and let Lu Qi out:

"Don't make me wrong, it's not me who is the protagonist. The person in front of you is the new guest appointed by our county master, Master Lu! This time, Master Lu came to Lujia Village to investigate the case on the orders of the county magistrate. ”

The words landed, and the audience was silent.

In this era, most people were chained to a few acres of land, the county seat was the farthest they had ever been, and the magistrate was the biggest official they had ever seen.

And Lu Qi actually climbed the high branch of the county master overnight? Everyone's eyes when they looked at Lu Qi were suddenly different.

"Hey! I said earlier that Brother Yun is only eight years old, thirteen years old, and he is the only one in the whole Yongchuan Mansion! ”

"Brother Yun'er can only be a talented man, he is the Wenqu star in the sky, and he will be a master in the future! When the time comes, our neighbors will have a light on their faces! ”

"We have to change our words in the future, where do we small people who cultivate the land and fish fish, have the face to call Master Lu by his name?"

Everyone was talking about it.

The lieutenant chief looked at the expressions of Qi Ming and the surrounding officials in disbelief, and saw that everyone had a calm expression, so he realized that this was the real thing, and patted his head with embarrassment and shame:

"Shhh...... You see, the older you get, the more blind you become! The real Buddha is not yet recognized in front of him. Come, come, let's go inside and talk. Hurry up and make my treasured tea! ”

Entering the chief's house, as soon as Lu Qi sat down, he saw the chief sitting on the ground, with old tears and beating his chest, and several sons next to him hurriedly went to help.

"It's all bad to blame the little old man...... Woo, it's all because I didn't listen to Master Lu's advice yesterday, which caused the disaster in the night. I'm so deluded that I want to get some money to send away the widows, and I've killed so many villagers......"

Lu Qi couldn't help but sigh in his heart: That's right, if you paid enough attention to the trouble at that time and prepared early, the villagers could still run if they couldn't beat it.

In this disaster, so many people were killed and injured in Lujia Village, and the lieutenant chief has an unshirkable responsibility.

Lu Qi helped the chief up: "The chief will be sad for the time being, Xiaosheng didn't come to the village today to be held responsible." ”

The chief wiped his tears and repeatedly said: "Alas, in the future, I hope that the master will not forget the township, and the little old man should also abdicate and make way for the virtuous." ”

As he was talking, there was a sudden noise outside the door.

A servant came to report: "Master, there are two villagers surnamed Lu outside the door who want to see Master." ”

"Please come in."

Not long after the words fell, I saw a rickety figure on crutches walking in quickly, it was Lu Taigong.

He also pulled a man's ear in his hand, and led it to the front of the hall like a big dog and threw it down: "You unfilial grandson who deserves to be killed and plagued!" Why don't you make amends to your master? ”

As he spoke, he kicked him in the ass again.

It was Lu Qi's lobby brother who was beaten, if he hadn't connived at Lu Huang in the mourning hall yesterday, Chen Yin'er would not have been forced to commit suicide by hitting the coffin.

Brother Lobby is the grandson of the head of the Lu family, how much is he a character in this Lu family village, where has he ever been scolded like this? At this time, his face was discouraged, and he lowered his head and gave Lu Qi a big salute.

Lu Qi was happy to see him deflated, drinking tea by himself, and did not speak.

Seeing that Lu Qi didn't mean to respond, Lu Taigong kicked the lobby brother again:

"You pickled goods, making you make amends and wronged you? How did you teach you in the past, if you don't learn well, you can learn some tricks and meanness with Lu Huang's dog, and now you're in trouble!

Saying that, he raised his cane and hit his head and face, Lu Qi saw that he was really beaten, but he was afraid that he would be beaten to death - after all, Lu Qi came to the office on an errand this time, and his grievances with the Lu family were private matters.

The first time you went on a business trip, you dared to make a fuss under the pretense of Huwei? How many pairs of eyes are watching inside and out?

"Alright, alright."

Lu Qi put down the tea: "Why is Taigong doing this? Since the eldest brother has made amends, don't be harsh, not to mention that this is still in front of outsiders. ”

After Lu Qi's words, Lu Taigong breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that the situation was stable, five or six men came in outside the door, all of whom were elders of the Lu family's various rooms.

"Brother Yun is out, it can be seen that our Lu family is blessed by our ancestors. It's just that Qi'er, who is poor in the third room, is lonely on the side of the mass grave, so Ming'er and the old man will go to the ancestral grave to choose a place and move Qi'er in. ”

Lu Qi recalled.

The custom here is that unmarried daughters are not allowed to enter the ancestral grave, so Lu Yun is actually buried next to the mass grave. In that case, then give my brother the treatment he deserves, and let him be buried next to his parents.

"That's very good." Lu Qi nodded: "When the day of moving the grave is settled, send someone to the county to inform me." ”

Lu Taigong was busy.

Several relatives praised Lu Qi for his talent, praising what is in the sky and what is not in the ground.

"I said earlier that the Chen family is blessed, you see, married a good man who can be counted in the whole county!"

"Which one of the talented men in the county has the good looks of our Master Lu?"

……

After going around in a big circle, and finally it was time to get down to business, Lu Qi looked around the room and asked, "Why don't you see Lu Huang?" ”

A middle-aged man came up and arched his hand: "I saw Lu Huang and his mother-in-law come back drunk this morning, and eighty percent went to the county to gamble last night, and he is asleep at this time, right?"

Don't worry about the master, a few of us will work together and wake him up! ”

Lu Qi shook his hand: "I'll send someone to come forward in this matter." All the team leaders, I bother you to lead the brothers to Lu Huang's house to get people! ”

With the sound of the head of the class, the relatives who were blowing Lu Qi's rainbow fart in the hall were silent.

"But I don't know ......" The chief who was watching his nose next to him couldn't help but show an inquiring look:

"I think it's Lu Huang who offended the master, but killing chickens with a knife, and it's your word to beat or scold under the clan rules, so you don't have to work to send someone to get him, right?"

Lu Qi stood up, straightened his clothes, and said, "I came today on the orders of Wu Zhixian to arrest the spies of the Japanese in the village!" ”

The guard of honor opened the way, and the officials, villagers, and people of the Lu clan surrounded Lu Huang's house in a mighty way.

The head of the Du Ban stepped forward and kicked the door open, and then led the officials to carry sticks and knives and fish in, and came back after a while to report: "Back to the master, Lu Huang and his mother-in-law are sleeping drunk in bed, and there is no one else in the house. ”

After eliminating the danger, Lu Qi took the lieutenant chief, Lu Taigong and others in, Lu Huang and his wife had been dragged to the ground by the officials, and the house was messy everywhere, and there was a smell of wine.

That Lu Huang was pressed by the officials, and he was still drunk and didn't know what was going on.

But Lu Qi wouldn't be polite to him.

"Rummag through the cabinets, touch the beams and knock on the bricks, and find me all the belongings in this house!"

Hearing these words, Lu Huang's wine woke up suddenly:

"Stop! Who are you? Yikes! Yacha? Inside? Taigong? What are you going to do? I didn't do anything...... Lu Yun?! ”

At this time, the officials had already made a discovery.

"Back to Master, there's a burden here!"

When Lu Huang saw the burden, he struggled and writhed as if he was crazy, the green tendons on his head burst out, and the two officials almost couldn't hold him down: "Let me go!" Is that...... That's my's dowry! Don't move anyone! ”

Lu Qi waved his hand: "Open!" ”

Unfolding the baggage, there were four or five jewelry rings inside, two strings of sandalwood beads, and other ingots of silver in size, roughly estimated to be worth hundreds of taels.

"When did the get this dowry?"

The people who followed up were confused, and suddenly a voice came from the crowd: "I remember the string of counting beads, isn't it the baby of Zhang Lao Wu who died last night?" ”