Zangshi Town, located in the border of the Jin Kingdom, is under the jurisdiction of Zhiyuan County.

The town is not big, the streets are dirt roads, which have become a little muddy due to the heavy rain last night.

There are not many pedestrians on the street.

However, the breakfast shop in the town has long been overcrowded.

Mu Qingyao observed the people who ate breakfast, all of them were men in coarse cloth clothes, and their hands were covered with calluses.

These people are coolies.

Mu Qingyao remembered that there was a jade mine in Zangshi Town, and a lot of jade in the imperial capital came from here.

When I walked to a steamed bun shop, I immediately smelled the aroma of meat buns.

Mu Qingyao glanced at the steaming cage drawer, and quickly retracted his gaze, maintaining the dignity of the county lord.

But the stomach is gurgling.

Fortunately, there were many people nearby, and no one could hear it.

"Make a place."

Yun Que stood behind a table full of Dengden's coolies, his voice cold.

"Didn't you see that it was full, let what! I'm late and squatting to eat! ”

A lean man looked back and suddenly changed his words: "Yo! Brother Yun! Come on, I have a place here, you sit, you sit! ”

A table of men got up one after another to give up their seats, and there was no one left, squatting in a row in the corner of the bun shop, holding a big bowl and continuing to eat.

"Two drawers of meat buns."

After Yun Que sat down, he knocked on the table.

The owner of the bun shop immediately sent the two drawers of buns that were originally served to the other table to Yun Que.

The whole process is skillful and natural, whether it is the boss or the diners who have been cut off the buns, they all feel very normal, and no one has any opinions.

In Mu Qingyao's impression, this kind of style was only done by those in the imperial city.

But she found that the men around her, including the owner of the bun shop, were not afraid of Yun Que, but a kind of respect.

Respect from the heart.

Mu Qingyao picked up a hot meat bun and took a small bite.

It's fragrant.

When the little county lord tasted the sweetness of the first bite of the bun, Yun Que was already half in his stomach.

"Their steamed buns taste great in the town, they only sell a fixed amount every day, and if they are gone, they have to wait for tomorrow, you deserve to be hungry this way of eating."

Yun Que gobbled up while staring at the drawer of buns in front of Mu Qingyao, his eyes lit up, like a hungry wolf.

Mu Qingyao immediately protected her bun and sped up.

She herself felt a little puzzled, as the county lord, how could there be such a move as protecting food?

It's such a gaffe.

But the buns are really delicious......

There is a cloth alley in the town, and it is inhabited by poor families.

At the end of the alley was a small house, with a half-man-high broken wall, an old hut, built high in front and low in the back, with a wide door at the top and narrow at the bottom.

The courtyard was clean, with dwarf white wildflowers growing in the corners.

This is Yun Quan's home.

When she walked into the courtyard, Mu Qingyao had the feeling of walking in the mourning hall.

In front of the door of the house, Yun Que stopped.

"I'm home, and if you don't have a place to go, you can stay here, but not for long."

"I can pay, I don't care about reputation, you don't have to worry too much." Mu Qing Yao said.

"It's not that you don't care, it's that I care."

Yun Que frowned and said: "If you want to stay for a day or two, the neighbors will think that I brought back a kiln sister, if you want to stay for a long time, they will think that I brought back a daughter-in-law, after a while, you are gone, what about my reputation, tell others that my daughter-in-law ran away?" ”

Mu Qingyao was stunned for a moment, and was speechless.

"Brother Yun! You're back! ”

There was a loud roar from outside the courtyard, and a middle-aged man broke in, wearing the clothes of an official.

The person who came was the head catcher of Zangshi Town, Wu Dachuan.

Wu Dachuan came to the front in a hurry and said, "Something happened!" The county magistrate has an extra daughter! ”

"It's a good thing, when to eat the feast, the old rule, cough five times outside the wall after three dishes, three long and two short." Cloud lacks a way.

Mu Qingyao heard it strangely and asked, "Why do you cough five times, it has to be after three dishes?" ”

Wu Dachuan blurted out:

"Because after the three-course meal is the busiest time for the owner, most of the accounts will be negligent, to put it bluntly, it is the best time to eat for nothing...... Alas! It's not that she gave birth to a daughter, but she has a daughter who is exactly the same as Xiao Cui'er! The county ordered the old man's house to have a trick! ”

Hearing about the twins' trickery, the little county lord became curious, and looked at Yun Que with bright eyes.

Mu Qingyao was not only curious about the case itself, but also about why after a tricky case happened in the yamen, she didn't solve the case by herself, but came to find Yun Que first.

Yun Que said lazily:

"It's not very good to have multiple daughters, and in the future, the double bride price, the county lord will definitely receive a soft hand if he is so greedy for money."

Wu Dachuan said with a bitter face:

"It's still soft, now the county commander is soft-footed, and he can't stand steadily! Brother Yun, hurry up and take a look, waiting for you to save your life. ”

Yun Que said: "Brother Wu said that he laughed, he must have come to me when he was eating, this kind of trick case sounds scary, and I don't have an official position, and I have a flat-headed commoner, so it's better to stay away from this kind of thing." ”

Wu Dachuan: "Brother Yun is not a flat-headed person! You are also a member of the yamen, didn't the county magistrate only bring you two years ago, and now he is a servant like me! ”

Yun Que said: "Can you and I be the same, you are the head catcher, a month less than ten taels of silver, the county commander of the lord to take me as a servant, not to mention that I have to deal with the corpse, only a hundred copper coins for a corpse, ten corpses for a tael of silver, if you want to catch up with your Yulu, Zangshi Town has to die at least a hundred times a month to be enough, more than a thousand people die a year, ten years ......"

Wu Dachuan: "Don't, don't be ten years!" If he dies like this, within two years all the living people in the town will have to be moved. ”

Mu Qingyao finally understood that Yun Que had an errand that was a servant in the town.

In the Great Jin Kingdom, although he was subordinate to the government and was a servant, he did not have any official position at all, and the autopsy was paid, and to put it bluntly, he was a temporary worker, the same as the man who patrolled the night, the horseman who raised horses, and the man who cooked rice.

And it's hard to find people in this business.

After all, dealing with corpses, how can normal people not be taboo.

Most of the servants are old people, and they don't care about half of the ground, and they don't have the basic ones who do this business.

The husband is on duty at night, and he has a lot of time during the day, and the groom feeds the horses, and he can get some forage, not to mention that the men are all full of pot-bellied fat intestines.

It's just a job, and you can't get any oil and water.

But whenever there is a murder and a corpse, the people of the yamen have already filtered it, and they can't leave any good clothes.

Of course, it's not all without benefits.

If you're lucky, you might end up stumbling into a ghost.

"Each performs its own duties, each takes care of its own affairs, and when the county commander becomes a corpse, I will definitely do business and help him have a good examination."

After Yun Que finished speaking, he raised his legs and left.

Mu Qingyao didn't know where Yun Que went, so she could only follow.

Wu Dachuan has long been accustomed to Yun Que's temper, he is anxious but not annoyed, he laughs with him, and keeps persuading.

Yun Que turned a deaf ear and went directly to the bazaar.

Don't buy anything else, just look for eggs.

The market in Zangshi Town is very lively, and it is crowded with people early in the morning.

Sellers of mountain goods, leather jackets, jewelry, snacks, and children.

When passing by a pork stall, the butcher with a broken hand had to stuff Yun Que with two catties of pork belly, saying that he didn't want any money.

"If Yun Ge'er hadn't gone to the mine last year, few of us old miners would have survived! At that time, I swore that even if I changed careers in the future, Brother Yun'er would be free when he arrived! Sell noodles for free, sell pork for free, and sell body for free! ”

The man who sold pork laughed.

"You still sell pork, if you sell yourself, I will definitely not come to your house to buy and sell in my life."

Yun Que thanked him and walked to the mountain stall not far away with two catties of pork.

Mu Qingyao saw that Yun Que didn't go far, and asked the man who sold pork.

"Big brother, what happened in the mine last year?"

"Don't mention it, there was a demon in the mine last year, and several people died! My hand was bitten off by the demon, if I hadn't run fast, my life would have been gone! reported to the yamen, but I didn't dare to go in to check it out! Later, it was Brother Yun who took a knife and went into the mine for a walk, and the mine stopped, and our group of miners were grateful to Brother Yun. ”

In the bazaar, Yun Que only looked for bird eggs and snake eggs.

Other eggs, duck eggs, and eggs abound, and Yun Que never stops.

Mu Qingyao remembered that when Yun Que was in the wooden house on the mountain, he swallowed bird eggs raw, and he didn't even have the skin, I don't know what kind of strange habit it was.

After a long walk, I saw that it was already noon.

Wu Dachuan looked at the sky and said:

"It's almost Brother Yun, it's time to eat in the yamen, Ma Xiaojiao ordered in the morning to eat meat at noon."

"Who's Horse Littlefoot?" Mu Qingyao asked.

"It's the county order, this adult is constantly greedy, big greed doesn't dare, because of his small feet, he was nicknamed Ma Xiaojiao by the people."

After Yun Que finished speaking, he and Wu Dachuan walked towards the county office.

Mu Qingyao smiled helplessly, she became more and more interested in Yun Que's maverick.

It turns out that I walked such a big circle just to wait for dinner......

Zangshi Town County Ya.

At the gate, a middle-aged man with five big and three thick was pacing back and forth, rubbing his hands vigorously, and his palms were full of cold sweat.

Seeing Wu Dachuan and Yun Que from a distance, the man immediately greeted him.

"Brother Yun! It's time to wait for you, the county commander is dying. ”

This person is the chief secretary of the county government, and his name is Niu Bucai.

As his name suggests, he has no talent at all, he is illiterate, and he relies on his uncle to be an official in the imperial court, so he has the position of the master bookkeeper, because he is illiterate, he always brings a bookkeeper at home by his side.

Yun Que arched his hand and said:

"How long does it take for the county commander to die in a hurry, I'll wait here for a while, I'm not in a hurry."

"Don't mind, Brother Yun! You are a servant, and the county commander is our top boss, if you really want to have three long and two short, none of us can escape the involvement! Niu Bucai said bitterly.

"Humble duty is a deception, looking only at the corpse, not at the living." Cloud lacks a way.

In the yamen, the money is calculated according to the corpse, and the living person cannot get a copper plate.

Niu Bucai couldn't help it, and said:

"Just let the county magistrate die! Hurry up and help to see, this time it is the same price as the autopsy! ”

Yun Que said: "The county commander is for the country and the people, conscientious, get up early and be greedy for darkness, and are deeply loved and respected by the people of Zangshi Town. ”

Niu Bucai hurriedly got used to touting:

"That's right! The county magistrate is a parent, and he has worked diligently for the well-being of the people for many years, and he is a role model for my generation......"

As he spoke, Niu Bucai saw Yun Que stretch out a hand.

"Brother Yun, this is ......"

"Since Lord Bo also agrees that the county commander is worthy of respect, then this kind of example, does it have to be paid?" Cloud lacks a way.

"Double?" Niu Bucai said tentatively.

"Five taels." Yun Que said: "No two prices, otherwise I will only have to do an autopsy." ”

"You're too dark! The county commander only received twenty taels this month...... "Niu Bucai noticed that he was leaking, and hurriedly nodded: "Okay!" Five taels is five taels! ”

After speaking, his face was full of pain, and he advanced five taels of silver.

Those who are familiar with it know the rules of Yun Que, take the silver first and then do things, whether you look at the living or the dead, this is the rule.

The little county lord on the side was dumbfounded again.

Money, can you still make money like this?

Mu Qingyao opened her eyes today.