On the second day of Mu Shenxiang's appointment, he encountered a big case, the gentry of Liu Wei Town was killed, as for whether he killed or committed suicide, it needs to be verified, the imperial power is not under the county, which means that the emperor's administrative management is only to the county, and the will of the imperial power under the county is completely conveyed by the county order, and the county has a town gentry, which is the head of a town, and the town gentry then delegates power to the village department.

The smallest official who is smaller than the village division is Lizheng, that is, the smallest official who manages one kilometer horizontally and vertically, that is, one square kilometer.

The prefect's office where Mu Shenxiang is located is located in Hequan Town, Jieyi County, only 70 miles away from Liu Wei Town, Anping County, and the gentry of Liu Wei Town is a distant relative of the prefect Liu.

As soon as the gentry died, the local county officials were incompetent, so they had to report to the prefect's miscellaneous office, and received the news that it was a moment in the afternoon of the same day, and even if they were fast, they could not rush to Liu Wei Town on the same day.

At this time, Mu Shenxiang led fifteen good hands, still not at ease, and called the resourceful "Ye Xuanzi", Gu Chunyao, ghost wit and gold ingots, and the fifteen good hands were all hardcover blue servant uniforms, and blue striped square hats were buttoned on their heads.

The wood god is the same as their clothes, but the hat is different, the wood god wears a round blue hat with two wings, and the back of the round hat has a high protrusion, which is to accommodate the bun of the dress, and the back of the hat also drags two blue belts, fluttering in the wind, very majestic.

"Ye Xuanzi", Gu Chunyao, Ghost Clever and Gold Ingot are also dressed up today, and when they come out to do errands, it is always convenient to get on and off the horse, so as not to get entangled.

Although it was late spring, by the end of the year and the beginning of the month, it was already dark, even if they had the heart to hurry, they had to stop, and the horses could not see at night, and they had not encountered a post station for changing horses for three hours, and the horses were already hungry and thirsty.

"In front of Beicang Town, after Beicang Town is Liu Wei Town, it's dark, let's spend the night here first." Twenty people were facing a hotel at this time, the name of the hotel was written in small seal script, no one knew what the words were, even the well-informed "Ye Xuanzi" only smiled and shook his head.

This is not surprising, some towns have a serious retro mentality, they are obsessed with retro culture, and the emperor supports cultural pluralism, so he also turns a blind eye to the retro style in some places.

Now it's not about the retro style, but it's time to find out if this is what they think is the hotel, so the wood god tells a catcher to enter and inquire.

The official was good at talking, and in the time of half a cup of tea, the catcher who entered ran out excitedly: "Catcher, this is indeed a hotel with top accommodation." ”

Twenty people walked in, and the shopkeeper greeted him with a smile: "Master Catcher, are you going to be a tip or live in the store?"

"Eat first and then stay at the hotel. Mu Shenxiang said, he has been an official for two days, but he is completely official, if he doesn't say it, no one can guess that it is the young official who has just taken office, "Xiao Er, there are twenty horses outside the door, you lead them to the designated place, give more grain, grass and water, and have a heavy reward." ”

This expense will be reimbursed by someone when I return to the prefect's office, and it will not be spent in vain.

"Yes, Master Catcher, the little one will do it. The shopkeeper responded.

At this time, Mu Shenxiang really discovered how decent it is to be an official, if this matter was placed in the past, how could Xiao Er give up his face to greet him, every word he said now is like an order, and the fifteen catchers are all looking like only Mu Shenxiang.

"Ye Xuanzi", Gu Chunyao, Ghost Clever and Gold Ingot knew that if the money for this meal was invited by themselves, it would be equivalent to a waste, and if it was invited by the wood god, they would be reimbursed. So "Ye Xuanzi" said: "Mu Shenxiang, the new official takes office, three fires, the treat is the first fire, and the investigation is the second fire." ”

Mu Shenxiang nodded and said, "It's up to me to ask, and next, I may have to rely on the four of you." ”

"What do you mean by that?" said Ye Xuanzi.

"There may still be a place for you in tomorrow's case. "The wood god said.

"If there is no case, will it not be invited?" said the ghost.

"We're brothers, and it's not a matter of treating us at all. "The wood god said.

"Dinner is coming. Xiao Er shouted and walked this way.

"Everyone, use it slowly, the dishes will arrive soon. Xiao Er retreated.

You shouldn't eat too much for dinner, so the meals are just fine but not much, eight kinds of meat, six kinds of stir-fried, four kinds of cold dressing, and then the best daughter red, tomorrow will be early, so it is not appropriate to be greedy for a cup tonight.

After everyone was drunk and full, they went upstairs to rest.

The shopkeeper smiled mysteriously and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you need Miss to accompany you tonight?"

It turns out that this hotel has a connection with the famous local drunken fragrance building, and it can even be said that it was opened by a group of people, this hotel is called the drunken country hotel, a word is different, some inconvenient officials who go directly to the drunken fragrance building, will quietly meet guests here, and it will be the girl of the drunken fragrance building.

The fifteen catchers were suddenly in a state of gearing up and eager to try, just waiting for an order from the wood god.

"I still have important things to do tomorrow, so I'm not interested tonight. "The wood god said.

Fifteen catchers heard this, like a deflated ball, and immediately stopped.

The shopkeeper is not dead hearted, he has also met such an official before, they are nothing more than to save face or think that the Hongchen woman in the brothel is not clean, so he continued: "Ladies and gentlemen, please rest assured, the girls in Zuixianglou are all good goods, not too old, never more than twenty, and there are even many twelve or thirteen-year-old chicks, not only beautiful, but also clean, girls with diseases such as flowers and willows will not appear in Zuixianglou." ”

"The price is a little higher, but it's definitely worth it, and besides, you are all officials, and you are not people who are short of money. The shopkeeper added.

Fifteen people who caught the shop quickly listened to what the shopkeeper said, and they were even more moved, their faces were red, and it seemed that the girl was in front of them, but they couldn't make any claims, they all looked at Mu Shenxiang, for fear that he would refuse, they were a little disappointed, how could they meet such a leader, did they go out and didn't look at the yellow calendar.

What kind of smart and clever person is the shopkeeper, he can detect the changes in the complexion of the other catchers at a glance, as long as he understands their head, which is the person in the yarmulke hat in front of him, everything will be fine, and it will be a good income.

Mu Shenxiang was about to refuse, but was picked up by "Ye Xuanzi": "Okay, pick some young and good girls for us, silver is not a problem." ”

Mu Shen looked at "Ye Xuanzi" in confusion, but when he saw that "Ye Xuanzi" had made a color to him, he had to stop talking and agreed to this, although he did not understand what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of "Ye Xuanzi".

In fact, "Ye Xuanzi" is not sure, he is just a little curious, and only young prostitutes can solve the mess in his heart, such as a girl of twelve or thirteen years old, if it is a girl of eighteen or nineteen or twenty years old, she has lived in the mud for a long time, and she cannot be pure and clean, they are used to the life of this kind of prostitute, and they can't ask anything.

Of course, all this is just the speculation of "Ye Xuanzi", the girls in the general brothel are adults, although the state does not have explicit regulations, but the brothel is still very measured, the girls in it are fifteen or sixteen years old, but there are indeed twelve or thirteen-year-old girls in Zuixianglou, and there are many, very strange, there must be an ulterior secret in this.

After the shopkeeper received the call, he went downstairs in a hurry, whispering in his heart, pretending to be serious, and in the end, he couldn't avoid the woman.

Twenty people have four rooms, some have a room for three people, some have a room for two people, as for how to distribute it, it is not forced, it is all based on personal preference, "Ye Xuanzi" told the other four people what he thought in his heart.

Soon the shopkeeper brought eight girls, all of them were twelve, thirteen, thirteen or fourteen little girls, two people in one room, just assigned, Mu Shenxiang gave the shopkeeper a gold ingot, and then sent him downstairs, the shopkeeper took the gold ingot, humming a little song downstairs.

The five of them were left in a room, and the five of them gathered in one room, and the four girls were called together.

This matter was seen by a catcher who went to the toilet, and then it came quickly, although the crowd did not make a verbal evaluation, they all understood in their hearts, it turned out that the head catcher was also a romantic person.

The four girls hugged each other, looking ashamed, they thought that the five people in front of them had some new tricks, and their white faces immediately turned red.

One of the girls with a hairpin seemed to be a little bolder, "What are you waiting for, officials?" After speaking, he took off his coat, leaving only a dirty garment, and his slender and soft waist was immediately displayed in front of him.

"Put it on!" said Nightshade, "the girl is less than fourteen, isn't she?"

"This year, Thirteen Daughters, didn't you summon us to entertain you?" said the bold girl, but she was not in a hurry to put on her clothes, for she had doubts in her heart.

Mu Shenxiang hurriedly explained: "It's not what you think, I convened you because I have something to ask, I am the head catcher of the prefect's office, you can be honest with me, if you have any grievances, I will help you and redress your grievances." ”

Another girl with a small melon seed face was so frightened that she immediately fell to her knees, and they noticed the costume, hat, and waist tag of the wood god, and heard him introduce himself, and knew that the person in front of them was an official.

The girl who knelt down said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we have not served you yet, we will definitely do our duty, and don't take us to see the officials." ”

"Ye Xuanzi" asked puzzledly: "What is going on, you are in your youth, why do you want to be a prostitute, if you are voluntary, we have nothing to say, but if you have grievances, you can state them, we will not pull you to be an official." ”

The girl who knelt down said: "You are not joking with us, there have been such officials who have said similar things before, it turns out that they deliberately made fun of us, and if they tell our boss, we will be beaten badly." ”

"Don't worry!" Gu Chunyao, the big head, said angrily, angry that some people are parents and officials, eating official salaries, but doing things like beasts.