Chapter 206

Xie Jingsheng's process of handling this set of ghost cases is very interesting.

Zhao Fusheng stayed on the three words 'Xie Jingsheng' for a moment, then tucked this volume of files under his armpit, and began to rummage through the list of personnel changes in the Demon Suppression Division in 204 of the Great Han.

The first filing of Dahan 204 was in January, followed by June.

Judging from the time Xie Jingsheng handled the ghost case in 203, this person has a certain obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the case handling time is very average.

From November 203 to January of the following year, there was only a short interval of two months, breaking the rule of handling cases every four months during Xie Jingsheng's reign, and June was too late.

In two months, there was only one volume of the January file, and there were seven or eight volumes of the June file, forming a small mountain.

Therefore, Zhao Fusheng guessed: Could it be that January was not the change in the large number of casualties caused by the ghost case, but Xie Jingsheng's personal transfer?

It wasn't something she had imagined.

Xie Jingsheng was not originally from Wan'an County, he had a background and a backstage, and there were people in his family who were general-level figures in the Demon Suppression Division, and he himself was seconded from under the state and county.

In Zhao Fusheng's view, Xie Jingsheng is more like coming to Wan'an County to serve for a year, which is equivalent to a layer of gold, and he can be promoted when he goes back.

As she expected, the transfer in January 204 did belong to Xie Jingsheng.

It reads: In January 204, the General Administration of the Demon Suppression Division sent Ren Lu Jing to Wan'an County to take up his post, and Lu Jing was under the rule of Yizhou......

In addition to the brief personal file about Lu Jing, the back is about Xie Jingsheng's promotion.

This person performed well during his tenure, was commended by the Son of Heaven, and returned to Beijing after reporting on his work.

Zhao Fusheng put away these files one by one and put them back on the file shelves.

As soon as she stood for a moment, Fan Bi Death came to call her, saying that the carriage was ready.

Fan Bidan did things neatly, taking advantage of Zhao Fusheng's efforts to inquire about the information, not only the accompanying carriage and personnel were arranged, but even the luggage of Kuai Manzhou and Zhao Fusheng was packed properly.

By this time, the weather had turned cold, and the car was loaded with a few thicker coats.

There aren't a lot of people in the Demon Suppression Division who come to send it.

Zhao Fusheng temporarily decided to go to Fengmen Village, some people have not received news so far, and only the two brothers of Pang Zhi County, their masters, and miscellaneous servants are guarding outside the gate.

Wu Shaochun stood in front of the car with some excitement, Kuai Manzhou took a string of money, held it in her hand and shook it with a 'ding bell', after seeing Zhao Fusheng, she raised the money and shook it a few times:

"Fusheng, Yulu."

Two anxious men stood beside the car with respectful hands, one old and one young, and when they saw Zhao Fusheng, both of them swayed.

"Fusheng, money."

Seeing that Zhao Fusheng didn't reply, Kuai Manzhou shook the money string again.

In the sound of 'ding bells', Zhao Fusheng saw that the little girl was holding a round knot made of thin hemp rope, and five copper coins with round square holes were hung on it.

She touched Kuai Manzhou's head, and then turned her head to see Fan Bisheng.

Fan Bi Death received the inquiry from her eyes, and hurriedly said:

"According to the rules of the Demon Suppression Division, Kuai...... The envoy should be fifty dollars a month, according to the meaning of Pang's stewardship, she ...... According to the calculation of two months, she should be given a hundred hanging money, but with so much money, it is not very convenient to travel, so I will give her five coins to hold first, and put the rest of the money in the house, and look back to see how she arranges it. ”

Kuai Manzhou ignored Fan's words that he would die.

She only had five coins in her eyes, obviously very happy about it, and at this time she stared directly at Zhao Fusheng, and tried to hand over this string of money to her: "Fusheng, money." ”

"What are you giving me money for?"

Zhao Fusheng pinched the money, a little crying and laughing:

"Don't you want to be a man? Keep it away. ”

"I want to give you money."

The child held her leg and tried to put the money in her hand on tiptoe:

"I'll buy you candy."

“……”

Zhao Fusheng vaguely felt that these words were a little familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere.

Wu Shaochun and Fan Bi looked at the conversation between the two with strange expressions, and felt that something was wrong, but the two of them, one of the big and the young, looked as usual, one gave money, and the other received it righteously, as if others were making a fuss.

Fan Bi died watching Zhao Fusheng take the money and put it in his arms, and the five coins that Kuai Manzhou had just obtained after entering the Demon Suppression Division for a month and a half were immediately handed back to the boss, and the little girl still showed a rare smile.

After Zhao Fusheng received the money, he climbed into the carriage, and then saw the others with a stunned look, and couldn't help shouting:

"Shaochun, get in the car."

Wu Shaochun suddenly realized and hurriedly climbed into the car.

Fan Bi Death tried his best to restrain his expression, and then heard Zhao Fusheng call him:

"Brother Fan."

He hurriedly answered.

"After I went to Fengmen Village this time, there are two things you should pay attention to for me."

"Your Excellency, please speak." As soon as Fan Bidie heard that there was a task, he hurriedly said attentively.

"After the ghost case in Kuailiang Village before, Wulidian Tun Zhousong, who was responsible for cleaning up the aftermath of the local cleanup, has not entered the county to report on his work, if I leave after he comes to the county, arrange for him to stay in the county for two days, and when I come back, I can let Pang Qing talk to him during this period."

Zhao Fusheng considered Pang Qing's mention of the purchase of goods by the Yizhou ships when they returned from buying timber after Zheng He.

Pang Zhi County said that Wulidiantun is still a relatively 'rich' town under the rule of Wan'an County.

But after Zhao Fusheng's last ghost case in Kuailiang Village, when he went to Wulidian Tun, he didn't find out where the lives of the people in this tun had anything to do with 'wealth'.

Coupled with the ghost cases in Kuai and Zhuang villages, the people of Wulidiantun were panicked, and Zhao Fusheng decided to give some opportunities to the people of Wulidiantun first, and leave some of the cabins for the return of the ship from Yizhou to Zhou Song - as for whether Zheng He can get a boat, it is not within the scope of Zhao Fusheng's concern at all.

"Yes." Fan Bi died down her words and asked:

"My lord, what about the second thing?"

"The second thing-" Zhao Fusheng thought for a while and said:

"After I leave, you find a time to find Meng Po, saying that I want to ask her something after I come back."

It's not a big deal.

Meng Po has been setting up a stall to sell soup outside the alley, and the carriage is just a matter of hours, Zhao Fusheng specially told at this time, could it be because it was involved in a ghost case?

Fan Bi's mind was suddenly flexible.

It's a pity that he has been in charge of internal affairs a lot recently, and he hasn't been involved in ghost cases for a long time, and he has no clue when he hears Zhao Fusheng's words at this time, and he can't come up with a reason for thinking about it for a while, so he can only answer:

"Yes."

After finishing the order, Zhao Fusheng waved his hand:

"Let's go!"

As soon as her voice fell, the middle-aged man who was driving the car raised his whip and shouted, and the vehicle moved forward slowly.

After the vehicle departed, Zhao Fusheng's eyes fell on the people in the car.

This time, there were a total of five people, and the Demon Suppression Division accounted for three of them.

Except for one person who was driving the car, the man who remained in the car was an old man of about 60 years old.

He wore a blue shirt with patches on his armpits, hands, feet, and shoulders, and from time to time he reached out to smooth the folds of the fabric, looking a little uneasy.

Pang Zhixian mentioned that when he went to Fengmen Village this time, these two people were from the public gate.

When Zhao Fusheng stared at him, the old man's knees were clenched, his forehead was sweating, and he blinked frequently.

"You're from Nagastripe?" Zhao Fusheng was the first to break the silence, and the old man suddenly got up and fell to the ground with a 'bang' on his knees:

"My lord, I am a messenger in Changtiao Town, and this time I was sent by Confucius to come to the county to find a huge person to reply."

"Did you bring the word for Guo Wei, saying that something happened to his family and he wanted to push the county government?"

This person is not young, and he is very frightened when he sees him, and he does not dare to sit and speak, but seems to be more comfortable after kneeling.

Zhao Fusheng endured it and didn't immediately call him to get up.

He breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably:

"Yes, sir."

Zhao Fusheng looked him up and down for a long time, and suddenly asked him:

"Are you a native of Long Strip? What is your name? How old are you? ”

Her sudden question made the old officer a little stunned, and he subconsciously turned his head to look at Wu Shaochun.

I don't know why, among the few people in the car, Zhao Fusheng doesn't look very old, and he doesn't look like a person with a vicious temperament, but before he came, Pang Zhixian warned him, saying that Zhao Fusheng was the lord of Wan'an County and must not be disrespectful to her.

As soon as he got into the car, he felt panicked and frightened, and felt that although the little master looked young, he was frightened for some reason.

In addition to Zhao Fusheng, Kuai Manzhou's existence also made him instinctively afraid.

He couldn't tell why.

This little girl is even younger, like his grandchildren, but when he saw this child, he felt shocked in his heart, and he didn't even dare to look directly into Kuai Manzhou's eyes.

Among the several people, the errand officer who originally came and went between the town and the county could say a few words to him, but the man wanted to catch the car, and only Wu Shaochun in the carriage made the old errand feel some relief.

At this time, Wu Shaochun looked at him as if he was asking for help, and he couldn't help but be puzzled by the second monk, and said:

"When the adults ask you something, you just have to answer, what do you see me doing?"

As soon as his voice fell, the old officer seemed to have been granted pardon, and hurriedly said:

"This lord has taught him a lesson."

After saying that, he replied:

"If you go back to your lordship, I am a native of Changtiao Town, and I have lived in Changtiao Town for several generations, and my ancestors said that I had waited for an official who had returned to his hometown, so I entered the public gate."

After he calmed down, he quickly explained his origins and indirectly proved his 'innocence of his family background' before replying:

"My name is Cao Dazong, and now I have six out of fifty."

Although the old man claimed to be only 56 years old, perhaps because of his poverty, he looked older than he really was, and he had lost a lot of teeth.

Zhao Fusheng nodded.

Although this person is younger than Zhao Fusheng estimated, he is already 56 years old, and he was already half an old man when he was in the ghost case of Fengmen Village 43 years ago.

She suppressed the thoughts in her heart for a while, and prepared to get down to business first:

"Do you know about the need to recruit people in the county this time?"

"Yes."

That Cao Dazong nodded and said:

"As early as half a month ago, the county has already sent a list of articles, Master Kong in our town-" When he said this, he seemed to realize something, and quickly explained:

"Master Kong is our mayor, named Kong Youde, the master sent a messenger to visit the village and persuade those people to enter the city, but the people in the village refused to cooperate."

"What's the law of non-cooperation?" Pang Zhixian didn't mention these details before, probably because he thought that these did not belong to the category of ghost cases, and he was unwilling to say them to annoy Zhao Fusheng.

But at this time, she still had a long way to go to Fengmen Village, so she just happened to chat with people to pass the time, and after understanding the situation in Fengmen Village, it was convenient to act when she arrived in the local area.

Cao Dazong said:

"I can't see anyone at all." He shook his head.

Such an answer was unexpected by Zhao Fu's business.

She originally thought that the villagers were just unwilling to be recruited to work in the county, but she didn't expect that Changtiao Town went to recruit people several times, and they all came up empty.

"Isn't there a lot of people in Fengmen Village in terms of household registration?"

Even if the household registration number is watery, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, a large village with so many people, even if someone in the village is well-informed and knows the news that he is going to dodge in advance, but how can a large village of hundreds of people hide all of them for a while?

"I was wrong."

Cao Dazong slapped his mouth and said with a smile:

"The people in the village did not completely hide, but all the young and middle-aged people in the village hid, leaving only the old and weak women and children."

These villagers are half people and half bandits, and in the past few decades, the county has pretended to suppress bandits several times, and they have developed the villagers' habit of burrowing into the mountains and forests.

When they heard that the official was coming, many people immediately led their livestock into the holes dug in advance in the mountains and forests.

It is impossible to search the mountains on a large scale, and such a move will tire the old soldiers in the county to death.

It is still the previous perception of the village bandits, anyway, the official messenger's behavior is to make a show, as long as he hides in the mountains for two days, after the tolerance leaves, everything is the same as usual, there is no difference.

"Every time we go back to the village, we don't see an old woman who is deaf and deaf, or a child who can't speak clearly, and not even a young woman—"

Cao Dazong shook his head:

"As soon as it is said that the county is recruiting, those old women pretend to be behind their ears, and they can't explain it at all."

After a few times, the town also reacted, and these villagers deliberately avoided people.

When the mayor of the town, Kong Youde, realized the actions of the villagers, he immediately burst into a rage.

This time, the mission in the county is short, the task is tight, and according to the county's will, the person who issued such a writ is the Demon Suppression Division.

Although the people below didn't understand why the Demon Suppression Division wanted to recruit people near Fengmen Village and Huanggang Village, in the Han Dynasty, whether it was a state, a county, or a county, as long as the word 'Demon Suppression Division' was involved, it was a task that overrode everything, and it was a matter that needed to be dealt with first, and local officials had to cooperate unconditionally.

Even if there is no law of the Han Dynasty, the Ling Si of the Demon Suppression Division is a ghost master, an extraordinary person who deals with ghosts, who dares not to obey orders?

After learning that the task of recruiting people was an order issued by the Demon Suppression Division, in just half a month, Kong Youde was so worried that half of his hair fell out.

He worries every day that he will not be able to complete the task, and when he wakes up the next day, he receives a warrant from the county to kill him, and he can't sleep well at night, and every day when he opens his eyes, he is staring at the process of recruiting manpower.

It is a pity that these two places designated by the county have always been very troubled, and they are poisonous sores that have been entrenched in the town of Changtiao for decades.

Not only the people suffered from it, but even the government was helpless.

It's just that in the past, in order to be peaceful on the surface, one did not dare to 'suppress bandits', and the other was worried about attracting the imperial army, and did not dare to blatantly rob and provoke the government.

The town's government has no way to deal with them.

After half a month, Zhao Fusheng originally expected to recruit people in Huanggang and Fengmen No. 2 Villages, and no one dared to sign up.

The bandits did not come out, and the people did not dare to come to the door, for fear that after entering and leaving the government, they would be targeted by the bandits, and then they would be looted.

"In this case, someone gave Master Kong an idea, that is, to find a middleman." Cao Dazong talked for a long time, and finally got to the point.