Shang Ge returned to the money village to go through the accounts, and then went to the silver treasury to deposit the silver, Shen Sanlai's cashier's convoy was already on the way, although it was less than a month, but the money villages everywhere were calculated according to the beginning of the month, and this first month was how much to pay.

Shang Ge was busy counting the silver when Huan'er sent the things, he politely thanked Huan'er, after ordering the treasury silver, he didn't even have time to eat, Shang Ge immediately returned to the room and locked the door and began to check.

Although the Confucius Hall is known as the holy land of scholars, the yearning of students all over the world, but there will also be some scum, those who have studied hard for decades, once powerful, there are inevitably some scum who have been blinded by lust, most of them are some scum with limited prospects, and are willing to fall into the dregs of the people's fat and ointment for their own use.

Of course, this is only a minority, and most of them can still maintain their own integrity and be a hard-working parent official in the local area.

When the water is clear, there are no fish, and the court knows this truth, so even if there are a few scum in the Confucius Hall, they will only punish individuals and will not implicate the school.

Shang Ge looked at the scattered materials in front of him and had a headache, this is just some ordinary things, although it can be regarded as a small stain on the Confucius Hall, but it is absolutely impossible to shake the Confucius Hall with these.

"What should I do?" Shang Ge pondered.

Shang Ge didn't eat that day, he spent it in this hut, his head hurt when he thought about it, and finally thought of a way that was not a way, but this required him to visit various places in person to know if it was useful, and made up his mind, Shang Ge pushed open the door and went to the kitchen to eat casually, and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Shang Ge handed over the power of Qian Zhuang to Liang Xifeng, and asked her to hand over the team to receive the silver, and he took Fei Yu to Yuanchuan County, which is a small county town more than 100 kilometers away from the first line of heaven, and the yamen master of the county town is called Huo Chenglin, which is Shang Ge's goal this time.

This Huo Chenglin is a student from the Confucius Hall, when the half-bucket of water of the academic reference imperial examination fell to the list, for the sake of the face of the Confucius Hall, the court rewarded him with a local petty official, who knew that he was actually self-defeating, crazy scraping the people in the local area, and often collecting taxes and silver because of various provisions that the imperial court did not have at all.

This place is far away from the emperor, the court doesn't want to care about it at all, and the people who are used to being oppressed don't know how to resist, so Huo Chenglin did this and became the local emperor, and he married five people in the partial house alone.

Shang Ge and Feiyu came to Yuanchuan County, but they were stopped before they entered the city, and two untidy guards who looked like soldiers stopped them, one of them picked out the soldier's hat, and said unruly: "Do you understand the rules, just go in hard?"

Shang Ge suppressed Fei Yu and said with a smile: "This lord, are there any rules for entering the county seat? ”

Looking at Shang Ge's weak appearance, the man said disdainfully: "Na, look at this." As he spoke, he knocked on a wooden sign hanging behind him with his scabbard, which read: The entrance fee to the city is one or two silver per person.

Shang Ge really hadn't noticed this brand before, thinking that the place where this bird doesn't was dark enough, and it would cost one or two silver to enter the city, but he didn't talk nonsense with these two little ghosts, so he happily paid the money and went in with Feiyu.

The two soldiers glanced at each other, their eyes were full of joy, and one of them divided the toll of Shang Ge in half, and blocked the wooden sign.

In fact, there are no tolls, they all depend on people drugged, and they saw that Shang Ge and them were dressed extraordinarily, so they deliberately knocked on it.

I didn't let Shang Ge know about this, if Shang Ge knew, it was estimated that he would immediately turn around and beat these two people up.

came out early, Shang Ge and Feiyu hadn't eaten yet, so they casually found a noodle stall and sat down and asked for two bowls of noodles, and the noodle stall owner immediately prepared to go.

Shang Ge looked at the desolate street and wondered, now should be the time to be lively, but why didn't there be a few people in this place.

The taste of the noodles was not good, and the two of them did not dislike it, so they ate a fine light, Shang Ge drank tea and asked the boss: "Boss, where is your yamen?"

The boss tidied up the stall and said, "Follow this street all the way, just on the street, what, is there any difficulty for the guest officer to find the master of the official mansion? If it is a trivial matter of less than twenty taels, I advise you, just bear it if you can." ”

Shang Ge said strangely: "What does this mean, why can't you find the yamen if it is less than twenty taels?"

"Hey. The old man looked at Shang Ge and said: "Little brother doesn't seem to be a local, you don't know, our county yamen has a nickname, we all call him the black ghost, but if there is something to find the yamen, before you see someone, you have to pay twenty taels of silver first, saying that it is the labor fee of tolerance, you say, where is there such a truth in this world." ”

Shang Ge was amazed when he heard this, and at this time, an old lady came out of the house, and she grabbed the old man's ear and scolded: "You don't want to live anymore! Dare to corrupt the yamen so blatantly!"

"Oh, you old woman, tap!"

The old lady turned her head and said with a smile: "Don't listen to the nonsense of this old man in my family, the two of you are old and your mind is not clear, and the two of you laughed." ”

The boss broke away from his wife's hand, and he was still stubborn, but he no longer said anything about the county government, and concentrated on adjusting the noodle pot.

Shang Ge listened thoughtfully, stood up and threw down a silver ingot, and walked towards the county government with Fei Yu.

There is a big red drum at the entrance of the county office, Xu has not been touched for a long time, at this time a thick layer of dust fell on it, the rotten leaves on the platform at the door are all over the ground, the warped door is closed, and there is not even a guard.

Dirty and messy, this is Shang Ge's first impression, this is not like a yamen, more like a deserted house in disrepair and uninhabited, Shang Ge shook his head speechlessly, did not grind, pulled out the drumstick 'dong dong' and knocked it up, the dull drum shook the dust on the top fluttering, Shang Ge standing in front of him was choked with a cough, so angry that he hammered hard, and he directly hammered the drum out of a hole.

Shang Ge was stunned, he looked at the drumstick in his hand, stretched his arm, and muttered, "Do I have that much strength?"

In fact, it's not that Shang Ge's strength has become greater, but that this drum doesn't know how many years it has been here, older than Huo Chenglin, the county lord, it is like an old man with a broken candle, where can it withstand Shang Ge's hammer, hammering this red drum is as simple as knocking down an old man.

Shang Ge is fascinated by narcissism, the door of the county government squeaked open, and out of a thin middle-aged man with a black scarf on his head, he grinded a wisp of goatee on the side of his mouth and said with a smile: "Two, since you hit the drum, it means that there is a grievance, come, please go inside~" said and let go of the body and went inside.

Shang Ge smiled unconsciously, what kind of place is this, the one who decides the case is still doing business, maybe in the eyes of the locals, these two things can coexist.

Goatee is the master here, surnamed Tang, the yamen of Yuanchuan County brought Huo Chenglin and him, and there were only four people, two officials, and two officials.

The previous Yuanchuan County was a normal place and a small yamen, but after Huo Chenglin came, it changed, and after Huo Chenglin came, he began to loot the finances on a large scale, not only scraping the people's oil and water, but even the money of his subordinates had to be deducted, and slowly the people were gone.

Master Tang used to be a ruffian in Yuanchuan County, this person's advantage is that he can pat on the back, so he became Huo Chenglin's henchman, the reason why he has been following Huo Chenglin is because of this identity, as the former celebrity of the county government, who in the entire Yuanchuan County did not nod his head when he saw him, and even the beauty who had been pitiful before was forcibly robbed into the room by him.

What does it matter to Huo Chenglin's deduction, he casually squeezes the merchants in the city are more generous than that point, the only armed force in the county yamen, the only remaining servants are actually Master Tang's distant nephews, the original servants are gone, he will find distant relatives in the poor countryside to fill the number, Master Tang will also be a man, every time the money is in hand, he will divide it into four parts, take the largest share himself, give Huo Chenglin a share, and the remaining two sons and nephews will be equally divided, so everyone is satisfied, so Huo Chenglin values him even more, it can be said that in Yuanchuan County, Master Tang is under one person。

Master Tang took Shang Ge and the two of them all the way to the hearing hall to wait, it was also full of dust, he didn't find a rag, he rolled up his sleeves and wiped it on the chair, and then turned back with a smile to give up his seat, this fashion pavilion and Fei Yu are white flowers and silver in his eyes, these two people are not locals at first glance, and they are dressed like rich people, and the labor expenses will definitely be indispensable after a while.

As for whether Shang Ge will give it, Master Tang has not considered it at all, when he enters this yamen, he has to give money if he has anything to do, arrest people if he doesn't give it, and report to the court if he dares to resist.