Guangye County Ya,

Li Zhao was holding a cup of tea, smiling all over his face, but his eyes were focused on the paperwork on the table.

Today he was in a good mood, and the haze of the past few days was swept away.

Just now, the official document from the Qingzhou Mansion was officially delivered.

Shen Du is responsible for escorting the tax silver to Qingzhou!

Finally, that disgusting stinky rat is dying.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Zhao couldn't wait to go to the Spring Breeze Pavilion immediately to listen to the tune.

This official document is on the path of the Qingzhou Mansion, and at the same time, it has passed through the six doors of the state government, so it can be said that there is no problem in the procedures.

Even if it is checked in the end, it will not have anything to do with him, and it is to blame Shen Du for his incompetence.

Normally, the state government sends people to escort tax money, and then the local county government sends people to escort them together.

The six gates of the state capital will also send a master to escort it.

However, now that Shen Du has been promoted to the head of the red-clothed catcher of the six doors, Li Zhao has asked someone to dredge up the relationship, so the task of escorting it has also fallen on Shen Du's head.

In fact, this kind of escort task was a task that everyone fought for in the past, and it was a great achievement if it was done well.

But now the world is chaotic, bandits are rampant on the road, once the tax and silver are lost, it is a big crime to punish the nine clans.

Li Zhao kept looking at the official documents on the table, but he didn't see Shen Du coming for a long time, and he was a little anxious in his heart.

"Someone!"

Li Zhao summoned a servant and ordered: "Send someone to see, is Shen Du here?" ”

As soon as the official wanted to leave, a servant came from outside to report, and Shen Du asked to see him.

"It's finally here!"

Li Zhao sneered and waved his hand, "Let him come in." ”

When Shen Du approached, the gloomy look on Li Zhao's face was long gone, but he was full of smiles.

"I've seen Master Li!"

Shen Du symbolically arched his hand.

This was the first time he had met the county magistrate of Guangye County.

He doesn't feel like a county magistrate, but like a shrewd businessman, with long and narrow eyes and slightly squinted eyes, giving people a feeling of calculating all the time.

But he has a unique temperament of a literati, and in addition to his official position, his temperament is also different from ordinary people.

At the same time, Shen Du also noticed that the index and middle fingers of the county commander's left hand were thick and had thick calluses.

This is not like the hand of a pampered literati.

Li Zhao smiled and said, "Lord Shen is too polite. ”

"Come, please take a seat."

Li Zhao warmly beckoned Shen Du to sit down, turned his head and scolded: "What are you waiting for, don't you serve tea to Lord Shen soon." ”

If you don't know, when you see Li Zhao's performance, you probably think that he and Shen Du are close friends.

And the truth is, both sides want to kill each other.

Shen Du's face was calm, and he smiled lightly: "I don't know if the county commander suddenly summoned him, but what's the matter?" ”

Hearing Shen Du's question, Li Zhao immediately took the opportunity to say, "There is indeed an important matter. ”

Li Zhao took the official document on the table, handed it to Shen Du, and said with a smile: "This is the secret letter sent by the state government just now, the county government has a batch of tax silver that is about to be sent to the state capital, and this time I have to worry Lord Shen to be responsible for escorting it." ”

The teacup that Shen Du was holding stopped in mid-air and looked up at Li Zhao.

Li Zhao smiled and looked sincere.

Shen Du smiled, stretched out his hand to take the official document, didn't open it at all, and nodded: "Got it." ”

"When are you leaving?"

Li Zhao was stunned for a moment, and a trace of surprise and puzzlement flashed in his eyes.

Shen Du's attitude surprised him.

Judging from Shen Du's recent actions and his investigation, this son does not look like a cowardly and obedient person.

Shen Du looked at Li Zhao, who was stunned, and said with a smile: "Does Lord Li have any questions?" ”

Li Zhao came back to his senses, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Doesn't Lord Shen look at the official documents?"

Shen Duyan raised his eyes slightly, and asked rhetorically, "Is it necessary?" ”

Li Zhao said with a smile: "Next, the escort of the tax silver will be entrusted to Lord Shen." ”

Shen Du nodded indifferently, got up and walked out.

Escort tax silver?

If this was said by someone else, he might still believe it, but Li Zhao's move was a weasel greeting the chicken for the New Year, and he definitely didn't have a good heart.

As for his promotion, he now somewhat understands what is going on.

Seeing Shen Du leave, Li Zhao glanced at the chair where Shen Du had sat on the side, and said coldly: "Someone!" ”

A servant outside the hall stepped forward cautiously and said respectfully, "What does the master command?" ”

"Go, dismantle this chair and burn it!"

"It's an eyesore!"

The official glanced at the chair, and secretly regretted that the chair cost thirty taels of silver.

However, he didn't dare to disobey the order of the county magistrate, and hurriedly carried a chair and left.

……

Evil Tiger Ditch.

Although this place is called Evil Tiger Ditch, it is a mountain, and on this mountain, there is a famous cottage within a radius of 100 miles.

Since the retreat of the Son of Heaven, chaos has begun to appear in the world, coupled with the drought in Qingzhou, many people have to fall into the grass, and the power of the evil tiger ditch has also risen sharply.

However, unlike Duliang Mountain, the Evil Tiger Valley bandits have always acted unscrupulously, and the merchants in the past are all afraid.

If it was before, the Evil Tiger Ditch bandits would not dare to act so arrogantly, but now the officials are dumb, and the Evil Tiger Ditch occupies the advantage of the terrain, and the government is unwilling to send troops to exterminate it, which makes the Evil Tiger Ditch bandits more and more rampant.

At this time, a carriage came slowly at the foot of the Evil Tiger Gully Mountain.

"Ma'am, let's go back."

The horseman who was driving the car looked at the mountain in front of him and looked frightened: "This place is the notorious Evil Tiger Gully, and the bandits on this mountain are all murderous without blinking." ”

"Keep walking!"

A cold voice came from inside the carriage.

"If you don't leave, I'll tell my lord that you're trying to defile me."

The groom's face changed, and cold sweat flowed from both sides of his forehead.

The curtain of the car was lifted, and it was Shen Nanshan's second wife.

The carriage had not been moving forward for a long time, and many strong men with fierce faces suddenly burst out on both sides of the road.

"Stop!"

"Something, woman stay!"

An ugly-looking man with a mustache on his chin smirked.

The groom's face turned pale with fright, and he subconsciously wanted to drive the carriage away.

At this moment, the second lady slowly walked out of the carriage, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "This hero, the concubine wants to meet the master of the village, please pass it on your behalf." ”

The bandits were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Haha!"

"What does this say?"

"Want to see the owner?"

The second lady looked at everyone calmly, although she was also frightened in her heart, she tried not to show herself, and said loudly: "I am here to talk about cooperation with the master of Dazhai." ”

"If you miss the big thing of the big village master, can you really afford it?"

Seeing the second lady's sworn look, everyone hesitated.

The man with the rat whisker thought for a moment and shouted, "Take them up the mountain." ”

It's just a woman on the left and right, and even if you go up the mountain, you can't turn up any wind and waves.

This woman is good-looking, give her to the owner of the big village, maybe the master of the big village can make him a big boss as soon as he is happy.

The second lady breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, with a faint smile on her face, looking like a big guy, but there was deep hatred in her eyes.