Although Xu Changqing did not enter the officialdom, after the rapid rise of the Xu family, he deeply felt that some official backgrounds were conducive to acting in the future, so he spent a lot of money to donate a member of the Ministry of Labor, so now the official people are generally used to call him "Xu Yuanwai".

In fact, the official title of "Six Ministers Wailang" is just a means of wealth accumulation created by the imperial court to raise salaries for the border army, just an honorary position, not to take the official position of the imperial court, and there is no right to participate in politics, but only has the right to suggest local affairs, which is equivalent to lifting people's background, and seeing that officials below the fifth grade do not need to kneel and salute, it is also a political treatment that many wealthy businessmen and squires envy.

Of course, this member of the staff can not donate money without money, don't even think about it without some background, Xu Changqing with the help of Huang Xuan's uncle relationship or successfully completed it, since then Xu Changqing has become the leader of the gentry and township elders in Miluo County, which has further consolidated the position of the Xu family in Miluo County.

Xu Changqing was accompanying a group of officials from the county government to visit his ancestral hall, and suddenly his body shook, and he felt that his body, which was still full of energy just now, suddenly seemed to have been drained of most of its strength, and it became extremely heavy, and his hands and feet became weak.

Xu Changqing immediately thought: "Could it be that there is something wrong with the Red Blood Pill? Why did it lose its effect in just two hours? Damn Shan Tongzi, dare to give me such a big side effect medicine!"

When Xu Changqing was still scolding in his heart, the discomfort in his body became more and more serious, and his qi and blood were surging, and he was even more suspicious that it was the problem of the red blood pill.

Xu Changqing is also a ruthless person, once he determined that something was wrong with the red blood pill, he immediately gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to take it again, and now the discomfort of his body was still within his control, so he relied on his own perseverance to suppress the discomfort and did not show it.

Xu Changqing heard Miluo County Decree praise himself like this, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said: "Thank you for the compliment, this is what the Xu family should do! ”

Miluo County Ling nodded and said, "Well, the Xu family is doing things, we can rest assured!"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden tsunami-like cheer outside the ancestral hall of the Xu family, all kinds of screams and scrambles, Miluo County Ling and Xu Changqing were stunned, the two immediately stopped talking to each other, Xu Changqing hurriedly recruited a steward and asked him to go out to investigate.

The steward had not come back after going out for a cup of tea, but the noise outside was getting noisier and louder, and Miluo County Ling's face began to become ugly, and Xu Changqing also had an ominous premonition.

At this time, the Miluo county lieutenant rushed in from outside, and saw Xu Changqing accompanying the county commander, he did not speak directly, but came to the county commander's side and whispered a few words, and the Miluo county commander couldn't help but change color.

The Miluo County Commander turned around and glared at Xu Changqing angrily, and said with a cold face: "Outside Xu Yuan, the county has already given your Xu family great grace and face by placing this year's Dragon Boat Festival memorial activities in the ancestral hall of the Xu family, why do you still send people to distribute zongzi for free and give clothes to beggars and poor, what good is it for you to gain fame in this way?"

Do you want to know the truth of overdoing it and prospering and declining? The imperial court has repeatedly ordered the people not to give porridge and clothes in their personal names, so as to avoid the suspicion of inviting people to buy people's hearts, but your Xu family is the No. 1 family in Miluo, don't you know this rule? Why would you do such a formless thing?"

The sweat on Xu Changqing's forehead rolled down, and although the Miluo County Order's question was very cold and hard, it was already very polite to him, and the imperial court has never set a standard for dealing with similar incidents.

"Giving porridge and giving clothes, inviting people to buy people's hearts", this crime can be big or small, the rich businessmen in the harvest years have done the same thing, and some have been lightly let go by the government, but they have been sentenced to improper behavior and fined; and those who have done the same thing in the disaster year have killed many people after the disaster, and the crime is to harbor evil intentions, gather a crowd to cause trouble, and attempt to rebel.

As the saying goes--"the county order of the family, the mansion of the house", although there are some official forces behind Xu Changqing, but he knows that if this matter is confirmed, I am afraid that the Xu family will not escape the fate of copying the family and exterminating the family, and no one dares to come forward to protect the Xu family before the major crime of rebellion.

Xu Changqing looked at the bloodthirsty and greedy eyes of the Miluo County Commander, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant and the ordinary county officials behind them, and knew that this matter would not be settled if it was not ruthless.

At this time, the chief housekeeper of the Xu family also came in, and was also about to go to Xu Changqing's side to talk in his ear, and the Miluo County Commander said coldly: "Is there any secret of the Xu family that we can't listen to?"

Xu Changqing glared at the big butler fiercely, blaming him for coming at the wrong time.

Xu Changqing knew that he would never be able to confront the Miluo County Commander at this time, so he had no choice but to shout angrily at the chief butler: "You old killer, don't you see the county commander here? ”

The big housekeeper was a little embarrassed, and even more hesitant, not knowing whether he should say his words or not, Xu Changqing saw his appearance, he was even more angry, and shouted: "If you have something to say, say it quickly, if you have a fart, let it go!"

The chief housekeeper saw that the old man was angry, and hurriedly said: "Back to the master, I went out just now to ask clearly, it was Master Xu Changze who distributed zongzi for free, and he also asked people to give cloth and clothes to poor scholars and beggars dressed in tatters." ”

Xu Changqing only felt a buzz in his head, and the person shook twice, but fortunately, a few Xu family members behind him saw that his situation was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Xu Changqing.

Xu Changqing only felt that his heart was beating fast, he tried to open his mouth wide and gasp, and finally his breath was even, he hurriedly broke away from the support around him, hugged his fist at Miluo County Commander and said: "Lord County Commander, you listen to my explanation, this Xu Changze is not a ......."

The Miluo County Commander naturally didn't want Xu Changqing to explain clearly, so he coldly interrupted Xu Changqing's words and said: "When did Xu Jiachang's generation come out with such a big man who dared to be a big man, Xu Yuanwai has time to introduce me, the little brother really admires it!"

Xu Changqing knew that now was not the time to explain, so he was sweating profusely, and hurriedly changed his words: "Lord County Commander, there is a big secret here, I hope you can take a step to speak." ”

Miluo County Ling frowned slightly, he felt that Xu Changqing was in the wrong state today, and he was a little out of order, which was very different from his usual calm and strong.

When the Miluo County Commander saw the beads of sweat on Xu Changqing's forehead, he immediately realized that Xu Changqing's physical condition was not very good today, and it seemed that he could take advantage of his illness to kill him.

The Miluo County Commander shouted angrily: "Xu Changqing, this official has always been upright in his work, and now all of them are colleagues of the Miluo County Ya or leading figures in Miluo County, do you have any ulterior things that you can't say in front of everyone? If you have to lead me into the dark room, do you want to drag me into the water and trap me in injustice?"

Xu Changqing only felt that his heart was beating even harder, his cheeks were already a little flushed, and he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the hand of the Miluo County Commander and said, "My lord, I have no such intention." It's just that there are many misunderstandings about this matter today, the environment here is noisy, and one or two sentences are not clear, so I want to invite adults to enter the inner hall to report in detail. ”

Miluo County Ling felt that Xu Changqing's hands were cold and wet, and confirmed that he was unwell, and wanted to suppress Xu Changqing again, when a louder cheer suddenly came from outside.

"Master Xu is a good man!"

"The Xu family is really a good family!"

“......”

This voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the ancestral hall, and they all looked out.

At this time, Xu Changqing finally seized the opportunity and said in a voice that only he and Miluo County Ling could hear: "My lord, 100,000 taels, help me get through the current crisis." ”

Miluo County Ling sneered and shook his head, Xu Changqing hurriedly said: "Two hundred thousand taels!"

At this time, the voice outside was louder, and it was estimated that some people among the people who had really benefited shouted: "Master Xu, long live the Xu family!"

Xu Changqing's face completely faded from blood, and his body shook twice, if it wasn't for the hand that grabbed the Miluo County Order, he might have fallen down at any time, gritted his teeth and said: "500,000 taels! If it doesn't work, I'll find the Huang family to settle this matter!"

100,000 taels or 200,000 taels are not enough to impress the Miluo County Order, but 500,000 taels is indeed a big number, and it is estimated that the Miluo County Order will not be able to make so much money in a lifetime.

Miluo County Ling knew that if Xu Changqing was squeezed again, Xu Changqing could go to Huang Xuan's uncle to settle the matter, and he was afraid that stealing chickens and rice would not be a loss at that time, and it would be better to put 500,000 taels in the bag.

Miluo County Commander changed a warm smile, patted Xu Changqing's hand lightly and said: "Brother Changqing, don't worry, those Diao people outside must be making trouble in the name of the Xu family, I will immediately let the county lieutenant go out to investigate, I will not wronged a good person, nor will I let a bad person go." ”

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, they all turned their heads, and saw that the Miluo County Commander had now changed to a smiling face, and they knew that everyone was stunned just now, and the two big men in Miluo County had already negotiated the conditions, and they couldn't help but sigh that the communication between the big men was really fast.

The county lieutenant of Miluo is also a good person, although he is from the martial arts department, and there are not as many twists and turns as civil officials, but he is not stupid, the county commander must have accepted the benefits of the Xu family, so he simply helped the Xu family to exonerate, but he did not fall into the benefits, and he couldn't do this.

Miluo County Lieutenant pretended to be a problem: "Lord County Order, today is the Dragon Boat Festival celebration, there are about 60 people in the three classes and six rooms in the county government, and now they are all sent to maintain law and order in various parts of the city. ”

The Miluo County Commander naturally knew that the county lieutenant wanted to be beneficial, but he didn't want to give out a tael of silver from his 500,000 taels, so he could only let Master Xu Changqing bleed again.

The Miluo County Commander said to Xu Changqing: "Xu Yuanwai, you also heard it, now the county does not have so many manpower to disperse these Diao people, forgive them and dare not rush in, just let them go first." ”

Xu Changqing heard a shout of "Long live" outside, and knew that something big would happen if it went on like this, so he hurriedly said: "Lord County Lieutenant, what do you say can be done to quell the current riot!"