On the second day, Timo woke Li Yu up early. Li Yu got up energetically, got dressed, and came to the room with Timon. Li Yu walked over and picked up the bucket next to the water tank and asked, "Master, fill these eighteen water tanks." Then he glanced at the water tank, eighteen water tanks, and there was a lot of water in several of them. After all, Li Yu and Ti Wu can't use so much water even if they add daily washing water. Li Yu was happy in his heart, hey, in this way, he wouldn't have to draw so much water.

Timo nodded, then walked over to the water tank, lifted one with one hand with a slight force, and walked effortlessly out of the house. Li Yu looked at his master with a shocked face and asked, "Master, what are you doing here?" ”

Forgetfulness didn't answer, and walked out of the room with a water tank. Li Yu followed out, and saw Master Ti forget landing lightly, holding the water tank to the fence around the small courtyard, and then holding the water tank with both hands, leaning over, and pouring the water in the water tank on the fruits and flowers planted on the ground little by little. This small green plant, not big or small, just uses up the remaining water in the tank. After watering, Timo looked at the small orchard on the ground, smiled slightly, and walked back with the water tank again and put it in the room. Li Yuxin said secretly: It's just watering the flowers, and there are so many tanks of water.

Subsequently, I saw Ti Wu take out a water tank again, put it four or five feet away from the courtyard door, and then folded back to hold a water tank, put it not far from the previous water tank, and then turned back and took out a water tank, and so on. Li Yu didn't know what the master was going to do, so he had to watch intently, during which Li Yu asked, and he didn't answer, but just got all these water tanks out with all his heart. After Timoth had brought out all the thirteen water tanks that still had water storage, they were arranged in a circular array, and Timoth stood in the center of the thirteen water tanks. Suddenly, Ti Wu stomped his feet suddenly, and Li Yu, who was five or six feet away, could feel a slight tremor, and the water in the water tank around Ti Wu was all stirred out of the water tank because of the tremor caused by Ti Wu, Ti Wu stretched out his hands, and the luck condensed all the surrounding water and put it in the air above his head, and after a while, a big water ball appeared above Ti Wu's head! "Go!" With a loud shout, Timo tossed the balloon into the air, which soared into the sky, and a moment later a drizzle began to fall in the area. In the drizzle, Ti forgot to bring back the water tanks one by one, put them in the room and set them up, and said to Li Yu: "At noon, when the teacher comes back, you have to fill these water tanks, and you must not be lazy." ”

Li Yu opened his mouth wide at this time, and said with some complaints in surprise: "Master, you are afraid that I will be lazy, and you don't need to pour out the rest of the water." ”

"Even without you, I would have used all this water." ”

Li Yu said a little depressed: "With so much water, how many days can our master and apprentice use it?" Now, yes, it's all watered. ”

"This water is for watering the trees." ”

Li Yu was puzzled: "Why?" Could it be that this forest was planted by you, Master? ”

"The woods and bamboos here are naturally raised. I water them to repay the favor, and when I first came here, I cut down the trees and bamboo here to build the houses where I lived. Since the teacher took their branches back then, he had to return them a piece of rain. ”

Li Yu suddenly became enlightened at this time, and he still understood the truth that the grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring. In my heart, I was in awe of the master in front of me. After respectfully watching the master leave, Li Yu lifted the wooden bucket and went to the place of the mountain spring to fetch water.

After a night's rest, Jiang Zhixian walked out of the door radiantly. We must discuss a way to find out this gang of bandits today, Jiang Zhixian thought, and walked towards the office room. When I walked to the office, I saw a young man in cloth standing at the door of the room, holding a book in his hand and reading carefully. Jiang Zhixian walked over and asked, "Hello, I am the magistrate of Xinyang County, who are you?" ”

The young man raised his head, put the book away, saluted Jiang Zhixian, and said without humility or arrogance: "Lord Hui, the student's name is Zhu Shuo, come to our Xinyang County, and should be the master." ”

Jiang Zhixian saw that although Zhu Shuo was young, his appearance was dignified, his speech was sonorous and powerful, and he must be a talented person, so he smiled and said, "Then you can come in with me." With that, he opened the door of the office room and brought Zhu Shuo in. Jiang Zhixian sat on the chair, pointed to the chair on the side, motioned for Zhu Shuo to sit down, and asked, "Be my master, salary, can Master Yang tell you?" ”

Zhu sat down after saying thank you, and replied, "I have already said it." I have no objection to this, besides, this time I came to our Xinyang County to be a master, not just for those few dollars and broken silver. ”

Jiang Zhixian said with interest: "Oh? So what happened to Zhu Guanren? ”

Zhu Shuo's face was grim, and he changed his elegant attitude just now, and said sharply: "Of course, it's for the people!" Students, may I ask my lord, what is the main thing in Xinyang County at the moment? ”

When Jiang Zhixian heard this, he thought for a while, and thought that the matter of escaping from the Yamen two days ago had spread in the city, so he said: "Naturally, it is a matter of suppressing bandits!" ”

Zhu Shuo shook his head and said, "If the adults put this matter of suppressing bandits as the first priority, it would be a big mistake. ”

Jiang Zhixian asked without changing his face: "Then what do you think about the Zhu officials?" ”

Zhu said: "The most important thing in Xinyang County at the moment is people's livelihood. Dare to ask your lord, have you ever come to our Xinyang County to inspect? ”

Jiang Zhixian has always had this idea in his heart, but since he arrived, he has been dealing with many bad debts left by his predecessor, and he has no time to come out to inspect, and said bluntly: "No." ”

"I'm not a local, because it's time to pick summer tea, and my cousin in my aunt's family is still young, so I asked my mother to let me come and help my aunt pick summer tea," Zhu said. It's been a while here, but the tea farmers aren't getting the most out of it. ”

Jiang Zhixian said: "Can you tell the official what you see and think." ”

Zhu Shuo stood up and said: "First, a lot of land is contracted by some large households, and the rent is too high for farmers to afford. Second, the summer drought and the recent lack of rain have forced farmers to fetch water from far distances. Third, and most importantly, Xinyang's tea is famous, but the price of tea is controlled by one person. In this way, how can the people not be forced to fall into the grass and bandits run rampant? There is another point, for the personal grievances of the students, I heard that the county lord arrived, so he let his nephew serve as the head catcher, and now the Xinyang County government is under your control, and Wu is under the control of your nephew, so you are inevitably suspected of deceiving your superiors and subordinates. ”

Jiang Zhixian faced Zhu Shuo's questioning, laughed, and said, "Okay! What I want is someone like you who asks for the life of the people! This master is none other than you. Jiang Zhixian got up and patted Zhu Shuo on the shoulder.

Zhu said that he was a little surprised by Jiang Zhixian's sudden move. At this moment, Jiang Hong ran over in a panic and said, "Uncle! Jiang Hong saw that there were people in Jiang Zhixian's room, and hurriedly changed his words, "Lord Zhixian!" Come and see, after the officials looked through and sorted out the household register, they found something! ”

Jiang Zhixian looked at Jiang Hong and said, "I know, you go first, and I'll arrive later." Jiang Hong nodded, and hurriedly left the room. Jiang Zhixian said to Zhu: "Zhu Guanren! No! Master Zhu, that person just now is my nephew, Jiang Hong. This kid is bold and competent. And, with no bad intentions, it just so happens that you and I go with me to see what they find. If you don't think this person is available, I'll remove him immediately!" ”

Zhu said that he saluted Jiang Zhixian and said, "If you say something from an adult, the students will be relieved, so please ask the adults to lead the way." ”

Jiang Zhixian nodded, and walked to the household registration room with Zhu Shuo, and saw that a team of handymen was still looking through and sorting out the household registration of Xinyang County. And Jiang Hong, Hua Feng and Yuanhao were talking to a handyman. Jiang Zhixian and Zhu Shuo came over. When everyone saw Jiang Zhixian coming, they greeted Jiang Zhixian one after another, Jiang Zhixian nodded, and then walked to Jiang Hong and the others and asked, "What did you find?" ”

The official said: "Lord Huizhi County, we started to check the household registration register of our Xinyang County yesterday and found that there were two people. As he spoke, he handed over an open household registration book, pointed to the name of "Li Chunlin" and said: "This person, appearance, characteristics, and age are very similar to the short bandit we caught, and a year ago, his family was nowhere to be found." ”

Jiang Zhixian said: "What about the other one?" ”

The official flipped through the roster and pointed to another name, "Zhang Xiaohai". said: "This person is quite similar to one of the two bandits who came to our county office the day before yesterday. Moreover, this man is very vicious. ”

"What's wrong with this person?" Jiang Zhi County Road.

"This Zhang Xiaohai often fights with people and injures people, and the person reported to the official, and the county order at that time beat him with 30 boards. He was not convinced, and came to the county office many times to make trouble, and even took his father with limited mobility, and sat at the door, making a fuss. That man knows how to do martial arts, and every time we have to pay back a few people before we can expel him. ”

"And then?" Jiang Zhixian asked.

Later, on the way home, the magistrate was killed for no apparent reason. It didn't take long for the magistrate to come, and at that time, we all suspected that this Zhang Xiaohai did it, but there was no evidence, and no one else could be found. The magistrate of the county put the matter to an end. ”

Jiang Zhixian said indignantly: "Hmph, the death of the imperial court official is unknown, but the magistrate of the county ignores it. ”

Zhu Shuo on the side said contemptuously: "I'm afraid it's too late for people to be happy." ”

Jiang Hong looked at Zhu Shuo's tone, a little displeased, and asked, "Who are you?" ”