The crossed scholar

Chapter 497 The New Sheriff

Seeing those yamen servants throw Yu Zhongping out of the Sheriff's Mansion awkwardly, Zhu Xiaobao nodded in satisfaction and said, "Don't be impatient, the new Sheriff will take office soon. Hmph, if You have ghosts in your heart, think about it carefully in the past few days, don't use swords and axes when the time comes, it's too late to regret!"

Those yamen servants all stared at the King of England, Chitose, in a daze.Unexpectedly, the Yu family, which was thought to be deeply rooted and powerful, was so easily pulled out by this young prince, and it was still a complete defeat. It was still useless to move out all the ancestors of the family!

Zhu Xiaobao didn't care about these things, he led his people away, and just returned to his Yingwang Mansion, he saw Zhu Rong leading the servants and guards to welcome Zhu Xiaobao back to the mansion happily!

It turned out that Zhu Xiaobao's three absolutes in the hall had spread quickly, and now those literati are copying these three couplets on brocade silk, savoring them and admiring them again and again. They were all paired up within a day, and the last pair was like a slap in the face of the three elders of the Yu family.

"Congratulations to the Wang family for a thousand years! The slave family has congratulated the prince. Not only has the flag been won, but it has also broken the three absolutes of the Yu family!" Zhu Rong gave Zhu Xiaobao a gentle gift with a smile. It is clearly showing the demeanor of the British princess!

"Hehe! Did you do this on purpose? Do you need to be so grand? But your demeanor is really good-looking!" Zhu Xiaobao smiled a little flattered, and now he feels that being a person in power is really satisfying and satisfying. Intoxicated feeling!

"Well, royal etiquette, how can you neglect it? These rules must not be ignored!" Zhu Rong said with a smile.

"It's very troublesome if there are too many rules. Let's all be excused! Sister, according to the rules, shouldn't we go hand in hand?" Zhu Xiaobao asked with a smile on his arm, holding Zhu Rong's waist.

"Hehe! There is no such rule! Going long can only be regarded as your order!" Although Zhu Rong said so, she was still quite at ease, letting Zhu Xiaobao hold her waist and slowly returned to the mansion. inside.

Back in the front hall, Zhu Rong said softly: "I have asked Yu Li to take people to monitor the government servants in the county guard's mansion, in case there is any change!"

"Well! It's my sister who is thoughtful. Now that I have withdrawn Yu Zhongping, why hasn't the person I wanted arrived yet?" Zhu Xiaobao nodded. He didn't think well about many things, which showed Ying The princess has meticulous thoughts and rich experience!Know what to do to help Zhu Xiaobao!

"Well, it's already here, it's in the backyard, but...well, why don't you go and see for yourself? I won't accompany you there!" Zhu Rong said with a bit of disgust.

"Oh? Why? Is there something wrong?" Zhu Xiaobao asked in astonishment, but seeing Zhu Rong's disgusted look, he just smiled without saying a word, became more and more curious, and hurried to the backyard.

There is a carriage parked in the backyard, which is the kind of carriage with a wooden fence that is specially used to detain prisoners, and there are eight female guards guarding it, but these eight female guards are all far away. And cover your nose with your hand...

When he got closer, Zhu Xiaobao understood why Zhu Rong didn't want to accompany him. The smell from the prison car was really bad, and he probably hadn't washed it for half a month!

Look at the person sitting inside, unkempt, ragged, this person doesn't care at all, sitting in the prison car, he is still playing a chess endgame with great interest, so focused that even Zhu Xiaobao doesn't care when he comes up to him. Did not notice!

"This man is Tao Zhiqian? How did this happen? Didn't I tell people not to treat him badly?" Zhu Xiaobao couldn't help but asked, holding his nose.

"It wasn't like this at first, but half a month ago, Military Master Murong ordered that he no longer change his clothes, eat, drink and wash his hands in a simple way, and only take care of one meal a day, and nothing else! But it's strange to say, This person is still indifferent, even very happy, saying that he will be released soon!" The female guard next to him reported to Zhu Xiaobao.

"Murong Feng? What does she mean? Hehe, is she trying to make things difficult for me?" Zhu Xiaobao couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, the person inside suddenly saw Zhu Xiaobao, and immediately became excited, leaning on the railing and shouting loudly: "My lord, my lord, I have seen you. Let me tell you, who wants to promote me? It turned out to be the King of England, Qiantui! The guilty minister pays respects to the King of England, Qiantui!"

"Tao Zhiqian, why are you so sure that I will use you again? It seems that you are very sure? You are still in the mood to study chess records?" Zhu Xiaobao asked curiously.

"Hehe, my lord! No, no, King Ying Qiantui, isn't it simple? It turned out that it was normal in the prison. Although it was simple, it was passable. But then suddenly I didn't eat, drink, wash or change. I want to kill I killed him a long time ago, so why make things difficult for me now? What’s more, my family members are all fine, so it means that they want to let me out! There must be some people who didn’t mean it, so they deliberately punished me, ha ha! I've seen this kind of little tricks a lot, and it's probably that Murong military adviser!" Tao Zhiqian said triumphantly.

"Hey! You're thinking too much, I don't want to use you now! Send him back!" Zhu Xiaobao hummed suddenly with a sullen face, turned around and left.

"My lord, my lord! Thousand years old, king of England thousand years old, I know my mistake, don't dare to talk nonsense anymore! Please forgive me!" Tao Zhiqian was so shocked that he quickly kowtowed in the prison car. It's so smug, as a repeat offender, to be so smug, of course he's looking for death!

"Hmm! Should the red side go for your chess?" Zhu Xiaobao then turned around, looked at the endgame inside and asked.bang bang

"Yes! But I can't think of which way to go!" Tao Zhiqian said cautiously, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Horse eight into seven, and then seven into eight..." Zhu Xiaobao looked at it for a while before saying.

In this way, Tao Zhiqian responded with two hands, and shouted in surprise: "Ah! I understand, it will be an afterthought, and it must be killed!"

"Well, you have to look at a few more moves in chess. It's not the cannon that really wins, but the horse. It can serve as a general and can be a cannon stand, understand?" Zhu Xiaobao said with his hands behind his back.

"Understood, understood, from now on Tao Zhiqian will be a thousand-year-old wildebeest, a cannon stand, and die after doing his best!" Tao Zhiqian knelt down and kowtowed again and again.

"En! Let him out, let him take a bath and change clothes, and then bring him to see me!" Zhu Xiaobao waved his hands and said, and then returned to his study.

"How is it, this Tao Zhiqian didn't impress you?" Zhu Rong asked with a smile after she had prepared a teacup in the study.

"This guy is a little clever, but he just likes to show off. I taught him a lesson, and now he knows how to restrain himself! Hehe, in fact, I am quite optimistic about this guy. He has a heart and a guts, and the key point is that he has a good brain!" Zhu Xiaobao said with a smile, now that Murong Feng wants to make this move, he just wants to see Tao Zhiqian's reaction. It seems that Tao Zhiqian's performance is still good, at least he is still full of energy. Old wits man!

After half an hour, after Tao Zhiqian took a bath and changed his clothes, he came to Zhu Xiaobao's study and formally had an audience with King Ying and Princess Ying.He was originally the sheriff of Taohua County, so he followed the rules of etiquette and was meticulous!

"Get up, this is not above the lobby, you don't have to be formal!" Zhu Rong said softly.

"Yes! Thank you, King Ying, and Princess Ying!" Tao Zhiqian said respectfully, then stood up and stood there with his waist bent.

"Tao Zhiqian, have you missed me in prison these past few months? We don't know each other, right?" Zhu Xiaobao asked with a smile.

"Yes yes yes! At the time when Chitose was still an inspector, he had already beaten the crap out of me! Now that he is the King of England, I would like to thank Chitose for not killing him!" Tao Zhiqian kowtowed again and said.

"Do you know what I asked you to do?" Zhu Xiaobao waved his hand, signaling him to get up, and then asked.

"Chitose is now going to integrate Huiwen County, so...you want my subordinates to help you make suggestions?" Tao Zhiqian said cautiously.

"Do you know Yu Zhongping? What do you think of him?" Zhu Xiaobao ignored Tao Zhiqian's question and continued to ask.

"I know, this person is a descendant of the Yu family, the sheriff of Huiwen County. However, the three elders of the Yu family really have the final say in Huiwen County, and Yu Zhongping is just their puppet!" Tao Zhiqian resumed his old self. Wise, well said!

"Well, you really do know some inside information. That Yu Zhongping has been dismissed by me! Who do you think I should send to take over the position of the sheriff?" Zhu Xiaobao looked at Tao Zhiqian and asked calmly.

"Well, there are really not many people who can stand firmly in Huiwen County! Hmm... huh? Chitose, you don't mean to let me..." Tao Zhiqian suddenly woke up and cried out after thinking for a long time.

"How about it, do you intend to continue to be a sheriff? Continue your old job?" Zhu Xiaobao nodded and looked at Tao Zhiqian with a smile.

"Thank you Qiantui for your support. Tao Zhiqian will definitely live up to everyone's expectations and turn Huiwen County into the first county of Zirui Country!" Tao Zhiqian knelt down and kowtowed excitedly, and said loudly.

"Oh? So confident? It's not easy to be a sheriff! You might even lose your life, you should think about it!" Zhu Xiaobao reminded meaningfully.

"The villain is a person who deserves to die. This life is picked up. What are you afraid of? As long as he can die before the death of a thousand years old, Tao Zhiqian will be so heartbroken that he will die!" Tao Zhiqian said suddenly, really It means that a bit of a scholar will die for his confidant!

"Okay! Then get ready and take office tomorrow! I will handle all the filings and approvals for you! Your martial arts are not too weak, your mind is flexible, be careful, and you should be able to live for a long time! Well, whatever, I will do it again Send you a guard, Yu Li! From today on, you will follow Master Tao!" Zhu Xiaobao said to Yu Li who was standing outside the door.

"……Yes!"

Chapter 498 The New Sheriff

Tao Zhiqian was very grateful this time, he didn't expect that Zhu Xiaobao would use him so much, he thought it would be a good thing to just let him be a teacher and help out with advice, but he didn't expect to be a sheriff again!

"Don't be too happy too early. You have committed crimes and meritorious deeds. You have no salary for the time being. All expenses will be reimbursed by me! Well, I will send your family and children over! Don't you think I will take them as hostages?" !" Zhu Xiaobao simply said more generously.

"No, no, no! Master Qiantui, it's better to let them stay in Yingshan County! In this way, I will have nothing to worry about here, and I can work hard!" Unexpectedly, Tao Zhiqian's mind was quick, and immediately I have already realized the danger here, and there is no need to bring my family and children here!

"Hehe! You're really smart! But, Tao Zhiqian, do you really want to do something big? So you're a corrupt official, not an upright official!" Zhu Xiaobao looked at Tao Zhiqian and teased.

"Hehe, a good bird chooses a good tree to live in, and a good minister chooses a wise master! I have never met a wise master! In fact, when I was a county magistrate, I was also an upright official and benefited one side..." Tao Zhiqian was a little embarrassed laughed.

"Hahahaha! Tao Zhiqian, you can really say it, I'll take it as true!" Both Zhu Xiaobao and Zhu Rong couldn't help laughing. The reason why Tao Zhiqian and the others are optimistic about the future is that they will make a difference. !It's because this person's skin is thick enough, and his brain is still very flexible!

When he went to take up the post the next day, Zhu Xiaobao didn't send Tao Zhiqian himself, but let him take up the post alone, with two hundred guards.Unexpectedly, Tao Zhiqian didn't take it seriously at all, and took office swaggeringly!

With Tao Zhiqian as the sheriff, Zhu Xiaobao was much more relaxed, and he hid behind the scenes, and Tao Zhiqian came forward for everything.And Zhu Xiaobao also found that he had picked up a treasure, this Tao Zhiqian started to toss as if he had been injected with chicken blood!He is not so tough and domineering, every family greeted him with a smile and called him brother, but when he turned his face, he began to hurt the killer!

Tao Zhiqian replaced almost half of the former yamen servants in the county guard's mansion in just a few days, and he arrested some of them. Tao Zhiqian had already investigated these people for what they wanted!Not only that, Tao Zhiqian also brought back his own subordinates one after another. Of course, they are all people with some real talents. It's been reused!

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"Tao Zhiqian, you bastard! What kind of a thing is he? In Taohua County, he was also a corrupt official who took bribes! When he got here, he started to talk about justice and integrity with us! I sent someone to send him gifts and beauties. The boy even beat the gongs and drums to send it back! It's really abominable!" Yu Hanbai, the youngest of the Yu family, scolded while jumping on his feet.

"Third son, please be safe! Do you think this is what Tao Zhiqian did? Wrong, it is actually the meaning of the King of England's thousand years! Our King of England is not easy! Get Tao Zhiqian, he is just a mad dog, messing around everywhere Bite, and if this person dies, he will die, King Ying Qiantui doesn't care at all, but if he doesn't die, he will try his best to please the King, so now the county guard is very clean!" Yu Hanshan held tight He frowned and said.

"Hey! It's all because Yu Zhongping is too impulsive. He offered to resign himself. That's good. Yu Xiaobao immediately caught the conversation and drove him back!" Yu Hansong also shook his head and sighed.

At this moment, Yu Zhongping ran in in a panic: "Patriarch, it's too bad, Tao Zhiqian actually ran into the prison today, and stayed in the prison all day!"

"It's bad, he's going to start with those civilians who were demoted to slave status! Those slave status have not been registered. Once they are found out, the consequences will be disastrous! It will involve thousands of people!" Yu Hansong Immediately he said in shock and anger.

"I'm going to kill this Tao man! You won't be running around like a mad dog!" Yu Hanbai couldn't bear it anymore, and said viciously.

"Don't be impatient, there is nothing to say at this time, let's see what Tao Zhiqian will do! Although those people who were demoted were not registered, they really failed to complete the payment of taxes. At most, we missed the report. That's all!" Yu Hanshan was still relatively calm, suppressing the two brothers, and now they are staring at Tao Zhiqian, to see what he can do?

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"Ah! Who's cursing me? Chitose, do you think someone wants to kill me? I've been a little scared these days!" Tao Zhiqian was playing chess with Zhu Xiaobao at this time, and he actually took this opportunity to think Zhu Xiaobao reports on his work.

However, Tao Zhiqian's level of chess is much higher than that of the old apprentice, and this guy is studying when he has nothing to do, so now the old apprentice can't beat him at all.Those chess routines are useless to Tao Zhiqian, he can't be fooled!So now Zhu Xiaobao is playing against Tao Zhiqian himself!The old apprentice could only watch the battle depressedly from the sidelines!

"You make such a fuss, of course the Yu family wants to kill you! However, I'm not worried, your life is long enough! I can't let you die now!" Zhu Xiaobao looked at the chessboard and said casually.In fact, I am quite satisfied with Tao Zhiqian's performance during this period of time, but now that Zhu Xiaobao has become wealthy, he will not show it.

"Yes, yes, with the guards sent by Chitose, it is impossible to kill me!" Tao Zhiqian said with a bitter face.love reading

Yu Li protected her well, but followed her too closely. Tao Zhiqian tried to use some tricks many times, but Yu Li interrupted her, which made Tao Zhiqian very embarrassed. Li was kicked out of the door!

"Hehe, although Yu Li is a little blunt, but if you cooperate with each other tacitly, you will be fine! You can use your talents to the maximum extent!" Zhu Xiaobao couldn't help laughing, and asked Yu Li to follow along. Tao Zhiqian, one is to protect Tao Zhiqian's safety, and the other is to let Yu Li learn something, so that he can be promoted to a more important position in the future. After all, Yu Li still has to go back to lead the team!

"Yes, yes! Chitose, what should the civilians in the cell do? They were all confiscated because they failed to pay taxes. If Chitose hadn't come here, Kaichun would have been branded as a slave and demoted to slavery , and then it was divided up by several big families! There are more than 400 people!" Tao Zhiqian didn't dare to complain anymore, but turned the topic to the real business.

"Where are their family members and children? Why aren't they locked up together?" Zhu Xiaobao asked with a frown. The methods used by these families are really complicated, and Zhu Xiaobao couldn't figure it out.

"Most of these people's parents were sent to the quarry to do hard labor. The quarry was a big source of income for them. Those people basically went to the quarry to die. As for their women, they have long been sent to the quarry. The family has been divided! These women can't wait, let them conceive and give birth immediately, and the next generation of slaves will increase again in the coming year. And..."

Tao Zhiqian looked at Yu Li who was standing aside, then lowered his voice and said:

"Besides, there are a lot of people here because their wives are too beautiful! In fact, they can borrow money to pay taxes. But those government servants are looking for various reasons to delay the time. In the end, it became unfinished and was arrested. On the day of arrest, my wife was put on someone else's bed! When I get tired of playing, I can't escape the life of giving birth to a small slave! Yu Hansong, the third elder of the Yu family I really like doing this, Shen Dali who escaped from his house last time, was targeted by Yu Hansong because his wife Tong Erniang is too beautiful!"

"Snapped!"

Finally, Zhu Xiaobao couldn't bear it anymore, smashed the teacup in his hand, and shouted angrily: "These bastards are so vicious, and they still claim to be saints? They should be reduced to slaves, let them Have a good taste of this!"

"Ah? Chitose? What's wrong with you?" Tao Zhiqian raised his head in surprise and asked, these things are commonplace to him, he didn't expect Zhu Xiaobao to get so angry, so he was a little puzzled He said: "Although it is hateful, there are many such things? At the Li family in Taohua County, Li Yuanwu was more straightforward. If he took a fancy to a woman, he would grab it directly. If he was honest and appointed, it would be over." Return it to you, if you are not convinced, the whole family will suffer!"

"Huh! You have done this kind of thing a lot, right?" Zhu Xiaobao realized that he had lost his composure, but seeing Tao Zhiqian's disapproval, he couldn't help snorting coldly.

"No, no, no! Qiantui, although I have been greedy for some money, I am devoted to my wife. I don't even have a concubine! If you don't believe me, you can check!" Tao Zhiqian immediately defended himself in a hurry!

"Hmph! That's because you are too incompetent! You can't even handle a wife!" Seeing Tao Zhiqian's panic-stricken look, Zhu Xiaobao couldn't help laughing.

"Hey, you underestimated me. Back then, I had the power to fight against the four girls for one night. Even now I can... Uh! Oh no..." Tao Zhiqian was a little carried away at the beginning, and then he realized himself He slipped his mouth, so he knelt down dejectedly: "My lord, please forgive me. What Tao Zhiqian said just now was done in a brothel, and he didn't take other women by force! Please be careful, my lord! Sigh, why did I just say that I slipped my mouth... "

"Get up, I'm not interested in these matters! As for whether you have raped other women, I'm afraid Murong Feng has already found out, otherwise you wouldn't be able to live today! What are you going to do to these people in the prison?" What to do?" Zhu Xiaobao regained his indifferent expression, but he really wanted to get rid of the three elders of the Yu family at once!

"I want to split them up and defeat them one by one, so as not to have too much influence. I don't know what the prince means?" Tao Zhiqian asked cautiously.

"This is your business, you just let go and do it, and I will support you behind!"

"Yes! The villain understands, the villain is the pawn! You are the veteran who sits in the Nine Palaces!"

"Hmph! Don't worry, I won't make you a blind dog!"

"Hey, thank you Chitose!"

"Go away! You have already lost this game!"

"Huh? Another hindsight?"

Chapter 499

After Tao Zhiqian left, Yu Li stayed and did not leave. She didn't want to follow Tao Zhiqian, and felt a little wronged to be Tao Zhiqian's bodyguard!

"Go! This is also an opportunity for you to learn and exercise. I guess the next assassination and assassination will appear frequently soon, and you have to be careful!" Zhu Xiaobao shook his head, still let Yu Li Follow Tao Zhiqian.

"Am I not as good as Yu Shuang and the others? Or do you not want me to be with you at all?" Yu Li asked depressedly. She was used to the life of leading soldiers, and now this role of bodyguard made her a little uncomfortable .

"On the contrary, I let you have a good experience now, just to prepare for leading troops to fight in the future. In a short time, I will take back Nanzirui Kingdom. So what you have to do now is to improve your judgment, and Make some achievements and let those female warriors accept you again! Of course, there is another purpose for letting you follow Tao Zhiqian, and that is to keep an eye on him! Although he is not suspicious, you must be careful, after all, he just started Doing things for me, I'm not completely at ease! So you are very useful now!" Zhu Xiaobao said patiently, and his words revealed that Yu Li is his own person, which made Yu Li feel better immediately too much!

"Well! I see. Once the matter here in Huiwen County is over, I will come back!" Yu Li finally felt more comfortable, then nodded her head and said.

"Of course, when the development here is on the right track, then there is no need to use you, Martial Master!" Zhu Xiaobao also said with a smile.

"Ok!"

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As soon as Tao Zhiqian returned to the county guard's mansion, he recruited Yu Zhongping. Now Yu Zhongping is no longer the county guard, so he had to salute Tao Zhiqian when he saw Tao Zhiqian. This made Yu Zhongping very aggrieved, but there was no way out!More importantly, he was a little panicked. Many things were handled by his predecessor, so it must be no good for Tao Zhiqian to come to him!

"Mr. Yu, where are the family members of these more than 400 prisoners? Why is there no record? Where are their fields? Why is there no record?" Although Tao Zhiqian spoke calmly, he stared at Yu Zhongping sharply.

"I didn't handle this kind of trivial matter by myself. I remember it was registered by my steward! I was supposed to wait until the beginning of spring to handle it myself! Why don't you invite me to ask about the original steward's remaining statement?" Yu Zhongping retreated. Cleaned up, and directly pushed the matter to the people below.

"Hmph! Mr. Yu, you probably know that the county guard can't find Yu Shu, right? But it doesn't matter, the property of these prisoners is always there, even if it is not registered, their own property should be clearly remembered! " Tao Zhiqian said calmly.He had already sent someone to subpoena this Yushu, but the person was gone, neither alive nor dead!

"What do you mean, my lord? What does it have to do with me that you can't find Yu Shu? I can't be the one who hid him, right?" Yu Zhongping said dissatisfied, but he was very sure in his heart. Anyway, Tao Zhiqian must be I can't find Yu Shu anymore!Because this person has disappeared!

"Qiu Erdun! You should know this person, right? He is also a prisoner in the prison. His property is clearly stated. It seems to be a coincidence that those properties are now under your name? I don't know if this is the case? " Tao Zhiqian suddenly asked with a sneer.

"This... I don't know. If there is such a thing, Yu Shu allocated it to me privately in order to please me! Hehe, my lord, you know that I have always been busy with official duties, and I seldom ask about family affairs. I'll go back and investigate, if there is such a thing, I will definitely not cover up my servants!" Yu Zhongping was shocked, he did not expect that Tao Zhiqian had found out about him!But he still picked himself up, but his attitude was already a bit restrained, he didn't want to be so arrogant just now!

"Okay, okay! Then please go back, Mr. Yu, and check it out carefully. Sometimes the people under him are really worrying about their work!" Tao Zhiqian didn't make things difficult for Yu Zhongping, but said with a smile, and then With a wave of his hand, he signaled that he could go.

"Um, thank you for your understanding, the villain will leave!" Yu Zhongping hurriedly bowed and said goodbye!He has to rush back to deal with these things!

"Okay, take your time, don't worry!" Tao Zhiqian still said with a smile, and then chased after him: "Mr. Yu, think twice about everything, it seems that things are not very peaceful recently! Hmm, many people can't be found! Sigh , knowing too much, sometimes it is really worrying!"

"..." Yu Zhongping's figure obviously paused, and then he speeded up again and rushed back to his home.

"Why don't you just arrest him and torture him, I don't believe he won't confess?" Yu Li asked a little dissatisfied at this time.