Just when Lin'an City was calm and stable, disasters came from all over the country.

It turned out that that night, the turning of the earth dragon began in Luzhou, and gradually spread to various places, so that the disaster in Lin'an was not serious.

It's just that Wang Xiancheng died in the line of duty, and the Hangzhou government specially issued a bereavement letter to show recognition.

After that, Meng Hao led the chief bookkeeper, the county lieutenant, and the wardens, clerks, and errands of the sixth room of the county government to go out to the countryside to inspect the disaster.

After the inspection of various places, it has reached the end of the year.

All the residences are preparing to welcome the New Year.

In this year's New Year, in order to dispel the bad luck of calamity, the people of Lin'an hung red lights all over the city, and the sound of firecrackers rang from Chinese New Year's Eve to noon on the first day of the new year.

At the first month of the imperial meeting, the emperor changed the name of the year to "Taiping" and sent a decree to the world.

On the first day of February, Mr. Zhang came to Meng's Mansion and continued to teach Meng Ran.

Meng Ran saluted and greeted Mr. After the gossip, the lecture begins.

Mr. Zhang got straight to the point, "Young Master Meng, I originally planned to finish the Teng Wen official chapter of "Mencius" before the New Year, but I never thought that disasters would fall from heaven, so that I missed the course, and I have to speed up the process in the future, otherwise it will delay the study plan for the second half of the year." Do you have a problem?"

"The student doesn't, please give the lecture. Meng Ran replied respectfully.

Dai Yingzhi said: "Tith, go to the city to close the expedition, but I can't do it today." Please take it lightly and wait for the coming year, and then it will be, how about it?"

Mencius said: "Today, there are people who are grabbing the chickens of their neighbors, or telling them, 'It is not the way of a gentleman.'" He said: "Please lose it, and make a chicken every month, so as to wait for the next year, and then it has been." If you know that it is unrighteous, you will be done quickly, and you will not wait for the coming year. ”

Mr. Zhang's clear reading voice came from the west courtyard, followed by Meng Ran's childish voice.

It is said that on this day, Meng Hao was working in the government office, and was worried about the lack of a county officer, and suddenly a miscellaneous servant came to report, "Lord of the county, there is a person from outside the yamen, saying that he is here to take office." ”

Meng Hao's brows tightened, and he immediately let go, and said, "Hurry up and invite it, I think the new county official is here." ”

When the handyman heard this, he quickly ran outside the county office and invited the man in. I saw that the man was very burly, with a pair of narrow eyes under the thick eyebrows, which made people look very uncomfortable.

The man didn't see anyone in the yamen coming to pick him up, but the handyman sent a message to invite him in, his face instantly turned cold, and his eyes were full of coldness.

After the handyman took the visitor into Meng Hao's public house in Zhixian County, he bowed and quickly retreated.

The man stood in front of the case, looking forward to himself, and did not speak.

Meng Hao looked up at the tall, but rooster-like man, and asked, "Your Excellency is here to take office?"

The man reluctantly took out the fish talisman, the confession, and the edict from his arms, and handed them to Meng Hao casually.

Meng Hao was not annoyed, took the paperwork, opened it and read it.

It said: Du Liang is in office, obeys the law and abides by the law, and moves to Lin'an County.

Meng Hao then checked his body and compared his physiognomy features.

After reading it, he got up and said, "Du Xiancheng has arrived, the deity is very happy, and finally someone can share some things for me." ”

After speaking, he called the miscellaneous servants, "Go and call all the directors of the six rooms, Du Xiancheng took office today, and they all came to get acquainted." ”

After instructing the miscellaneous servants, Meng Hao stepped forward and asked Du Liang to sit down to show his closeness, but without thinking, Du Liang threw his hand away and sat down by himself.

Meng Hao was embarrassed, and thought to himself: "It's okay now, here's an interesting one, I just hope that the official business can go smoothly in the future, and there will be no contradictions." ”

Just as he was thinking about it, the footsteps outside the door sounded chaotically, and the chief bookkeeper, the county lieutenant, the scribes, and the clerk came to Meng Hao's room together.

Meng Hao saw that everyone had arrived, so he introduced: "This is Du Liang, a newcomer to the county, and he will be everyone's colleague in the future." ”

Everyone saluted together, but Du Liang was bored.

I saw that Du Liang was sitting there boldly, and he didn't react to everyone's salute at all.

Everyone's faces were very ugly, and they all looked at Meng Hao.

Meng Hao was furious in his heart, and couldn't help but ask coldly: "What's wrong with Du Xiancheng? Is it because you are too tired from traveling? Do you need the deity to help you find a doctor to take a look?"

Du Liang snorted, "Thank you Lord Meng for your kindness, don't bother." Du was dusty and wanted to rest first and come back to work tomorrow. ”

With that, he got up and left.

After Du Liang left, everyone was angry with him, looking eager to eat Du Liang's meat and drink Du Liang's blood.

Meng Hao smiled slightly, waved his hand, and everyone stopped the foul language in their mouths.

At this time, the master bookkeeper Shan Wen arched his hand and said: "My lord, look at this Du Liang, I won't give you a good face when I come, but I can get it in the future? This Lin'an County is now surnamed Meng!"

Meng Hao's expression tightened, "Single master book, be cautious." Maybe Du Xiancheng is a newcomer and is not familiar with us, so he has a straight face, don't mind, don't be angry. ”

Everyone else said yes.

Everyone dispersed, leaving Meng Hao alone.

Meng Hao paced around the room with a pensive look.

"What is the origin of this Du Liang? Such a big temper, I'm afraid it's not easy to think about it in the future. But it doesn't matter, as long as you don't miss your official duties, it doesn't matter if you lose your temper. Meng Hao thought so.

It wasn't until he was released that Meng Hao went home slowly.

Meng Hao arrived home, just changed his clothes, and was about to sit down to drink a cup of tea, when the porter came to report, saying that it was a single master book to visit, Meng Hao raised his eyebrows, and then said: "There is a single master book, I am waiting for him in the study." ”

Meng Hao arrived in the study and called the little servant Chunsheng, "Chunsheng, when the guests come in a while, please come in directly, after serving tea, you are guarding outside the door, don't let people approach." ”

Chunsheng nodded and went out.

Then, the porter came to the door with a single master book, and Chunsheng invited people into the room and closed the door from the outside.

Meng Hao greeted the single master book and sat down separately.

Just as he was about to greet him, Chunsheng pushed the door in, put on two fragrant teas and retreated.

Meng Hao stretched out his hand and said, "Single master, please tea", and then picked up the cup of tea in front of him, put the lid of the tea bowl slightly obliquely, sniffed the tea fragrance twice through the gap, lifted the lid of the bowl, gently brushed off the tea leaves, and took a sip.

After a cup of tea, Meng Hao put down the teacup and asked casually, "Master Shan, what's the matter with the visit?"

Shan Wen said with a worried face: "My county magistrate, you still have the heart to taste tea." This person surnamed Du is not good. If you tolerate it again and again, Lin'an County will change its surname in the future. ”

Meng Hao said slowly: "What's the hurry? Could it be that he can ride on my head as a county prince? Besides, isn't there a big guy." ”

Shan Wen looked helpless, and said in a muffled voice: "Lord Zhixian, if you don't come forward, who will dare to come forward? ”

Meng Hao patted Shan Wen's shoulder and signaled Shan Wen's peace of mind, "Don't worry about him first, observe and observe, maybe he just has a personality problem." If you run errands in the future, as long as you don't go to the business pool, you don't have to worry about him. ”

Shan Wen looked like he hated iron but not steel, and said seriously: "My lord, when the wings of the surname Du are growing in the future, it will not be so simple for you to move him again." You might as well take advantage of his new arrival, and there are no henchmen, so as to avoid future troubles. ”

Meng Hao smiled and shook his head, "There is no need for this, we are officials who only seek the well-being of the people, so why should we be so intrigued." ”

Xu hurt the heart of the single master bookkeeper, and the single master book stopped talking.

After sitting sullenly for a while, the single master bookkeeper drank all the cold tea in one gulp, and was about to say goodbye and leave.

Meng Hao kept it again and again, "Single master book, it's rare to come once, let's have a light meal together." ”

"No, there are still people waiting in the subordinate mansion, so I will retire first. After Shan Wen finished speaking, he hugged his fists, turned around and walked towards the door.

Meng Hao could only get up and send him to the gate.

It wasn't until Shan Wen walked away that Meng Hao turned back. I don't know if it's an illusion or a reality, Meng Hao heard a long sigh coming from the alley.

Before Meng Hao could think about it, a servant came to urge, saying that it was the lady who urged the meal.

After the meal, Meng Hao sat alone in the study, carefully recalling what happened that day.

"I don't know why, I always feel that there is something wrong with the attitude of the single master book today, although the two of us are closer on weekdays, but I have never been so explicit in talking about others behind my back. It's just that the county secretary is generally removed from the title of Juren, Engong, and Bagong Deputy Gong, and the single master is not qualified enough, he is only promoted from the work of the Xu officials to the main book, no matter how hard he tries in the future, he can only die in the main book, so why is he like this?

In addition, this Du Liang is very strange, he has never heard of anyone having a dirty relationship with the chief official at the beginning of his tenure, is he not afraid that I will put on small shoes for him, make a stumbling block, or empty him? Or is he relying on something else? It's just that this small county of Lin'an, although it is a little prosperous, is not in the eyes of any adult, so why should he put people in the eyes?"

Meng Hao was puzzled.

It is said that the post of county commander is used to assist the county order. The county has its own office office, under which is the chief bookkeeper and the county lieutenant. The county assists the county, and is in charge of the county's grain and horses, taxes, household registration, patrol and other affairs. The chief Bo and the county lieutenant each have full-time jobs. The status of the county chief is higher than that of the chief secretary and the county lieutenant, and he is close to the county order.

Since Du Liang took office, no matter how big or small, he has to inquire about everything, and all the documents signed by him must be understood clearly.

After being familiar with the specific situation of Lin'an County, Du Liang first recruited miscellaneous servants, and then slowly approached the wardens and clerks of various houses, and often took everyone to eat, drink and have fun after the release of the government. After a long time, everyone also had a good personal relationship with Du Liang.

After all, guarding a straightforward and high-minded magistrate, although everyone didn't eat any harsh criticism, they didn't reap any benefits. Now there is a county man who is proficient in human affairs, and everyone is going up the ladder.

In the end, the entire yamen, except for Meng Hao and Shan Wen, the rest of the people were all brothers and sisters with Du Liang, and they had a very good personal relationship. What's more, some people call themselves lackeys of Du's men.

Although Meng Hao heard about these, he ignored them, let them develop, and he only did his daily official duties.

Later, the single master book, who really couldn't stand it, found Meng Hao, "Master Meng, have you ever heard of "Lantian County Cheng Hall Wall Records", do you want to follow in Cui Sili's footsteps?"

Meng Hao just shook his head, "As long as they do things seriously, what if they form a party?

Shan Wen was angry and funny, but he could only say: "That's all the subordinates say, I hope your Excellency will take care." ”

Meng Hao was just silent.