Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"Acheng, you are so busy...".

"That's right, this agreement was originally made by the Zhang family brothers on my behalf. I didn't want to fight this idleness, so I didn't take it seriously. But now it seems that I can't be negligent." I continued to walk, After pondering for a while, Tang Cheng smiled slightly and said, "I have his pride too!".

Chapter 92 Salt, yes, salt!

In the days that followed, there was not much to talk about. Tang Cheng continued his busy life of residence, county school, and county government. Occasionally, he went to learn painting skills from the old monk Chengning of Tianfu Temple in his free time.

The lecture of "The Book of Songs" in the county school has been completed, and now I have entered the study of "Shangshu". On the day of chanting, everyone grimaced in unspeakable misery, Tang Cheng was not much stronger, but he worked hard and had a tenacious mind, so his progress was faster than those fifteen or sixteen-year-old classmates So much so that every time after checking and chanting the scriptures, the master can't help but praise him as a model. After passing the adaptation period of the county school, Tang Cheng has faintly become the top student in the Mingjing department. born.

Because it was related to their son's marriage, the couple Tang and Zhang went to find Liu Lizheng after returning to the village that day. Just as Tang Cheng expected, Liu Sanneng found out that the first daughter-in-law of the Tang family turned out to be Li Yingwan, the niece of County Captain Zhao. Later, while surprised, his attitude toward the Tang family changed quietly. Tang Shuan's name was removed from the corvee recruitment list, and he also resumed the habit of visiting "Brother Tang"'s house from time to time. Everything was the same as before. Like those half a year, it seemed that the estrangement had never happened.

As for calligraphy practice, Tang Cheng still insisted on the task of [-]-character ink scriptures assigned by the old monk Chengning every night, but his speed was slowly increasing. It has been reduced by at least half compared to the original.

When Tang Cheng finally returned the entire hand-copied "Diamond Sutra", Cheng Ning told him indifferently that Zhongshu's "eight-point regular script" had almost used his skill in "shape similarity", and as for the more Difficult, but also more spiritual "similarity" can achieve that step, not only relying on hard work, but more importantly, understanding.Then, the old monk threw him another copy of the "Lianhua Sutra of the Wonderful Law" with only the beginning, but this time the number of words per day was reduced from two hundred to one hundred when assigning the task.

After more than a year, Tang Cheng finally overcame the obstacle of brush writing. Although his calligraphy is not very good, it is not worse than his classmates. But it is more rigorous than that of the younger students.As for when the ingenuity in the characters can be removed, it depends on his progress in "spiritual resemblance".

Because the self-study of "Four Books" has been completed, and the time for calligraphy practice has been shortened a lot, he can free up more time to focus on painting skills.Just like what Liu Suifeng did outside the gate of Wanfu Temple that day, after adjusting the time, Tang Cheng went to find Liu Suifeng at the school building of the Jinshi Department and informed him of the change in his schedule.From now on, he will devote at least twice the time to study painting to an hour and a half of later generations.

Your pride, I have it too!Tang Cheng returned to the school of Ming Jing, and when he was about to enter the classroom, he looked back. Liu Suifeng, who was dressed in white, was watching his back quietly just like he was in front of Wanfu Temple that day.

For some reason, at this moment, when Tang Cheng saw the Shengxue white dress again, he felt an unprecedented warmth in his heart.

During this period of time, many aspects of Tang Cheng's life have changed compared to before. If there is no change, it is the county government.Since County Magistrate Zhang had a meeting with Zhao Huhu and Lin Xuezheng that day, Zhang Ziwen, the chief arrester of the county, went to Erlongzhai early the next morning with the tolerance of the two squad leaders.

Relying on the ten hard tire bows and five powerful crossbows that have been sealed in the official warehouse for a long time, the eighteen tolerances led by Zhang Ziwen locked the bandits on the mountain, making it difficult for them to go down the mountain to commit crimes, but what they can do is impossible. That's all, the special terrain made it impossible for the tolerances who were at an absolute disadvantage to attack the cottage.

Also in the county government, Tang Cheng could meet Zhang Xiangwen every day, and learned from him that there was no progress in exploring other methods. There is no path to the cliff at all. Even Zhang Ziwen took people to visit the elderly people in the nearby villages, but they did not find the path or the cave leading to the peak. All the way to the status quo.

It was in this situation that after four times of hoeing in the countryside, Zhao Huhu applied, and Zhang County Magistrate immediately issued a call for recruitment notice. Among the dozens of villages in the vicinity of Erlongfeng, those over 25 years old and 45 years old All middle-aged men under the age of [-] were recruited, and hundreds of them gathered under Erlong Village.

On the day when the call-up order was issued, Zhao Huhu went to Erlongzhai with the call-up notice, and with the help of more than a dozen veterans of the town army, he personally presided over the simple training for recruiting young men.

Half a month later, under the leadership of Zhao Laohu, the first strong attack and siege, which Zhang County Magistrate placed high hopes on, was officially launched. After getting down, there is really no way to walk in this hellish place, except for the sheep intestine mountain road in the middle that can only accommodate three people at most, the two sides are full of fucking sharp and sharp stones, people can't even stand here They can't stand still.

Although the Bandit Suppression Brigade had hard-tired bows and powerful machine crossbows to assist in the battle, no matter how far the arrows were shot, they couldn't shoot as far as the boulders rolled down the mountain by the bandits. He didn't show his head too much, and hid in the stone formation above, he was condescending and smashing stones down.

The first storm to suppress the bandits ended without a problem in such an embarrassing situation. Not only did the campaign fail to attack the mountain, but even the bandits failed to kill a single one. On the contrary, dozens of bandits were injured by the sudden rolling stones There are so many people, but fortunately no one died, which can be regarded as the greatest luck in misfortune.

After resting for a day, he went up the mountain again on the third day. This time, Tiger Zhao was really ruthless. The 52-year-old was stunned and rushed to the front with a gleaming waist knife. The hoes and long-handled shovels that suddenly protruded from behind the rocks on both sides forced him to walk. There were obstacles on the left and right, and there were rolling stones under his feet. After a blow, he barely retreated.

The second attack on the bandits still failed to break through the scissors. What was better than the first time was that the few tolerances who rushed in after Zhao Huhu seized the opportunity and killed five bandits, but the price they paid was that they rushed in Almost all of these people were injured to some extent.The three legs of the most seriously injured were all broken.

Before the anti-bandit brigade could charge again, the bandits, who were terrified of death, actually moved stones to block the scissors. At this point, although the bandits couldn't get down, the bandit suppression team couldn't even think about going up.

When the news came back, Tang Cheng watched helplessly as Magistrate Zhang smashed the precious white porcelain teacup from the criminal kiln to pieces with a bang, and his increasingly haggard face became more and more anxious.

Over there, hundreds of strong men gathered in one place, and it was impossible to attack, but there was a lot of food to eat. As the delay got longer, the county official warehouse gradually felt the pressure.And as the time for the wheat harvest double-grab is approaching, the strong men who were happy to eat and not work are not stable, thinking about going home to prepare for the double-grab.

The pressure of time, the pressure of the official position, and the pressure of the unsteady men's hearts piled up on County Magistrate Zhang. The haggard look on his face became more and more obvious, and his temper became more and more hot-tempered. Not to mention, on a rainy afternoon, Zhang and Yao, who had been indifferent to each other, finally broke out for the first time in their verbal dirty words. As for the cause, it can even be ignored.

His eyes were covered with a layer of bloodshot eyes. After Zhang County Magistrate returned to the office with a gray face, he opened his mouth to tell Tang Cheng to prepare the carriages and horses and leave for Erlongzhai early tomorrow morning.

With the development of the situation to this point, as time passed, County Magistrate Zhang could no longer sit still in the county government.

Early the next morning, Tang Cheng, who had asked for leave from the county school, followed County Magistrate Zhang and left Yunxi County to Erlongzhai under the guard of a group of tolerance officers.

County magistrate Zhang seemed to be in a hurry. He, a civil servant, gave up his car and ran to Erlongzhai on horseback. Since then, Tang Cheng has been tormented miserably.It should be said that he also rode horses with Zhang Xiangwen a few days ago, but the time was too short, and the mare was very docile when he learned how to ride. The so-called horse riding is just a person sitting on it and strolling around That's all.This sudden discovery, the feeling is really uncomfortable. I was tired from long-distance riding, and his riding skills that barely fell off made it even more tiring.

But since he was on a business trip, and even County Magistrate Zhang rode a horse, Tang Cheng could only grit his teeth and rush through the two-day journey. At that time, his whole body was stiff and exhausted, and his legs, which were sandwiching the horse's belly, were even red from wear.

He couldn't rest just like that, and after he got off his horse at Erlongzhai, Tang Cheng, who was stiff and pale, accompanied County Magistrate Zhang to Zhao Huhu's residence.

This is obviously a temporary earth enclosure, and it is really very simple. It was dusk, and the lighting in the house was not good, so that when Tang Cheng stepped into the log-framed door, he couldn't see clearly for a while. scene.

Magistrate Zhang was obviously the same as him, but the people in the house saw them first, "Master Zhang, why are you here? Ziwen, light the lamp."

As the orange oil lamp came on, Tang Chengcheng saw Zhao Huhu lying on a thick couch in the house. The expression on his face was the same as when he was in the county government office. The only difference was the one exposed outside. The legs were thick and swollen, covered with a layer of black stuff that I don't know what it was, it looked very scary.

Although Zhang Ziwen standing beside his couch was not injured, his eye circles were darkened, and he looked really haggard.

"This room is small, and the lamp oil is heavy. I couldn't bear to turn on the lamp. Mr. Zhang, sit down quickly." Zhao Huhu made a gesture to get up, but just as he moved, he was held down by the county magistrate Zhang who rushed forward, " You hurt your leg, don't move around."

"Master Zhao is suffering." After carefully looking at Zhao Huhu's injured leg, the county magistrate Zhang stood up straight and raised his tone in a somewhat depressed mood: "Lieutenant Zhao took the lead and took the lead to eliminate the local banditry for Jing." Although life and death cannot be avoided, once the suppression of the bandits is successful, this official will personally write the document and ask for the meritorious service of the county lieutenant."

"This is a good relationship! Tang Cheng, what are you doing in a daze, bring that wooden scorpion over and ask your lord to sit down." Just at this moment, Zhang Zishan walked in with two bowls of tea in his hand, "This place is simple, and only white water is used for hospitality. Master Zhang will drink something to quench his thirst."

Tang Cheng moved the wooden scorpion over and looked at Zhao Huhu lying on the bed while drinking the water handed over by Zhang Zishan. He failed to suppress the bandits and suffered such a serious injury himself. How could he still behave like a normal person? Same?Is he really not annoyed, or is he deliberately enduring it?

After county magistrate Zhang asked a few more questions about his injured leg, the topic of the two naturally turned to Erlongzhai. There is really no good way to deal with the dangerous terrain.

What Zhao Huhu said was stated in the news sent back. County magistrate Zhang hurried over anxiously, and what he heard was these uninspiring things. The anxiety in his heart was not only unresolved, but even worse. , but Zhao Huhu was so injured that he really couldn't say much, he could only sit down for a while, and said something to make Zhao Huhu feel at ease and raise his legs first.

After making a plan to go up the mountain to see the terrain the next morning, Tang Chengcheng and the magistrate Zhang were led by Zhang Zishan to the dormitory. This is a small mountain village seven or eight miles away from Erlongzhai. The whole village However, although the thirteen families are very poor, they are much better than the earthen enclosure where Tiger Zhao lives.

County magistrate Zhang was in a bad mood, and he was really tired these two days. He went straight to sleep after eating the pie hastily. The same was true for Tang Cheng. After soaking his feet in boiling hot water, he fell on the bed Fell asleep.

The next morning, I followed County Magistrate Zhang to the Erlong Peak. The terrain of the scissors mouth was exactly the same as what Zhao Huhu said. Stop, if the bandit suppression brigade wants to rush up again, it needs to move the stone first.

Seeing this scene, there is nothing to say, but the magistrate Zhang who came down from the mountain, no matter how anxious he was, could only put on a confident and warm appearance to comfort the young men who had been recruited.

Zhang County Magistrate was accompanied by Zhang Zishan, and Tang Cheng stayed in the room where Zhao Huhu was recuperating.

After handing over a bowl of water, Tang Cheng began to change Zhao Huhu's dressing, "At least he is over fifty, even if he works hard, why do you want the county captain to be at the forefront?".

Although Tang Cheng's words contained some complaints, the root was the intimacy of his own family. Zhao Huhu still couldn't hear it. Since that year in Liunai, I have not personally caught a thief."

"Then this time...".

"After leading the brigade to Erlongzhai for the first time, I understood that it is absolutely impossible to storm Erlongzhai before September without mobilizing the town army."

"Then your second time..." Tang Cheng's hand holding the medicine bowl shook suddenly, "Is this an intentional injury?".

Hearing Tang Cheng's question, Zhao Huhu rarely showed a wry smile on his face, "I thought it would be a good idea to hang a flower, but who knows that one who didn't hide his leg hurt like this, mother, after all, he is old, and his legs Out of order."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng really didn't know what to say. After a long silence, he said, "Why is this so?".

"Erlongzhai is too important to County Magistrate Zhang. I presided over this matter personally. If he can't take it down, even if he doesn't say anything, he must have a deep hatred for me." He then pulled out a self-deprecating wry smile, "It's not that I'm afraid of him, but wouldn't it be better if I could get a little lottery to avoid this grudge? Besides, I'm a county captain who specializes in catching thieves. Since I'm here, I can't leave A little movement, I thought I would always go up, and by the way, a little injury would kill two birds with one stone, who knew that after calculations, I missed it, and I am too old to keep up."

In this dimly lit shabby room, listening to Zhao Huhu talking about his thoughts, Tang Cheng inexplicably remembered the first time he saw Zhao Huhu. It was the first time he entered the county government and saw Zhao Huhu swearing He whipped a subordinate Tolerance, and his words were shockingly vulgar. Anyone who saw him like that would naturally think that Lieutenant Zhao is a rough person with no brains.

But after further contact, he realized that Zhao Huhu's whipping of his subordinates was just a bitter plan. After the two recent conversations, Tang Cheng had a deeper feeling that this yamen can really train people, and he will take a willful man who was so self-willed back then. Daqingpi has been tempered into the old fox with deep thoughts.

Then the two talked about other things, and the topic was naturally inseparable from Erlongzhai. After arriving here, Tang Cheng realized that solving the Erlongzhai problem was far more complicated than he thought before. With those words, the feeling is getting deeper and deeper.

It's just that the feelings belong to the feelings, and the heaviness in Tang Cheng's heart is not much less than that of Zhang County Magistrate. Whether he is naive, stupid, or young people are impulsive and irrational, at least once he has given up his position in the county government. The difference is linked to the future of the county magistrate Zhang.

Once the Erlongzhai issue cannot be resolved, and Zhang County Magistrate resigns because of this, Tang Cheng is not prepared to stay in the county government any longer, instead of relying on Zhao Huhu's face He just made up his mind to come back and walk the path of Ming Jinke's official career.

I just thought that although I thought so, it was really a last resort. From the bottom of my heart, Tang Chengshi hoped that the extermination of Erlongzhai could be completed smoothly.

After chatting for a while, County Magistrate Zhang came back. As soon as he entered the door, the confidence and ease he had just forced himself to do outside the door suddenly disappeared.Zhang County Magistrate, Zhao Huhu, Zhang Zishan and those retired town troops discussed together for a long time, but failed to come up with an effective way to attack the mountain.

The whole atmosphere ended in a dull mood.

Because the county lord personally comforted them, the emotions of the strong men calmed down temporarily. In the next two days, Zhang Zishan led the team to go up Erlongfeng twice. Apart from a few people, there is not much help in the situation.

Repeated toil and in vain had a great blow to the morale of the people. Not only did the recruited strong men see that it was impossible to storm Erlongzhai, but even the Tolerances already thought so. Although Zhao Huhu and Zhang Zishan did not know After saying such words, the expressions on their faces have already revealed the thoughts in their hearts.

Under such circumstances, although County Magistrate Zhang was still supporting himself, the desperation in his eyes did not escape Tang Cheng's eyes from time to time.

County magistrate Zhang is a literati, and it is really difficult for a typical literati official to encounter such a thing when he is in charge of a local area for the first time. It is really difficult for him to see the magistrate Zhang who was casual and comfortable on the chessboard in the mountain pavilion a year ago. With his current appearance, Tang Cheng, who was also in a heavy heart, couldn't help but sigh. Being an official is indeed glorious, but who can see the heaviness behind this man's former glory?

The weather was very bad that day, just like Tang Cheng's mood. When the sun went down, he followed County Magistrate Zhang back to the small mountain village where he was staying, and both of them were speechless.

After dinner, County Magistrate Zhang went back to his room. Tang Cheng didn't feel like sitting outside, so he went back to his room and lay down. But he couldn't sleep because of something in his heart, rolling around on the couch. After going for a long time, I became more and more anxious and couldn't lie down.

It was impossible to stick to it, so Tang Cheng simply turned over from the couch, thinking of blowing the night wind outside to breathe.

Because County Magistrate Zhang lived in the same house, he deliberately walked very lightly when he came out. It was cold in the mountains at night, and he suddenly came out to eat the cool night wind. Tang Cheng shivered all over his body, but his chest was cold. The irritability was relieved a lot.

Standing under the eaves and looking at the dark mountain in front of him, Tang Chengcheng, who was very restless, heard voices muttering from the melon stand on the left, and the voices clearly belonged to the couple who owned the house.

"Boss, if you don't go to see Wang Lizheng tomorrow, I can't do this meal." The woman who spoke was Mrs. Yu Qisao, a woman in her 30s and early [-]s. It's very clean, and it's good to have tea and food in hand, which is why Zhang County Magistrate and Tang Cheng were arranged to stay at his house for the night.

The man, Yu Qi, listened to the woman's complaints and didn't speak. After a long silence, he smacked his lips and said, "Since the county wants to suppress the bandits in Erlongzhai, what's the mess here? Wang Lizheng is busy with his heels these days. I'm going to find him now, this..."

"He's busy with his heels, so we'll be fine? No matter how busy he is, he's only supported by poor men. The county magistrate is the one who settles down in our family. Is this county magistrate easy to serve? It's only this day that eight Ten pennies, how dare I miss six dishes for my meal these two days? How dare I miss four meaty dishes? That day I can’t post ten pennies and twenty pennies..." Yu Qi's voice was deliberately lowered. They were full of complaints and grievances, but it turned out that the couple stayed up at night because they hid here to discuss this matter, presumably they were also afraid of being heard by Magistrate Zhang and Tang Cheng when they talked in the house.

Hearing that what the couple said was related to him, Tang Cheng listened more carefully. Mrs. Yu Qi was silent for a while, but when she saw that the man was still silent, she suddenly became angry again, "I'll tell you, Mr. , if you don't go to Wang Lizheng again, our family won't even be able to weigh the salt tomorrow, and the county master will blame you, and you have to be the man in charge if you want to beat the board and resist the shackles. Don't complain then I."

Yu Qi was annoyed when he heard his wife's words, "Hu cao cao what?"

"I'm noisy? Look at the county master and that Tang Lushi. They haven't laughed since they lived in our house. Such people are hard-hearted. When you don't greet them tomorrow, just wait! Don't It’s okay to talk about the meat, there are always some dry goods in the neighborhood that can be borrowed, but I can’t borrow the salt goods!”.

Hearing this, Tang Cheng thought about the food and preparation for the past few days, and added up to the eighty cash per day, it was really not enough. No wonder Yu Qi's sister-in-law was full of complaints. Thinking of this, he was secretly shaking his head Tang Chengjue suddenly felt his heart move.

Salt, by the way, is salt!

Ever since this idea popped into Tang Cheng's mind, his mood that had been depressed for the past two days suddenly became excited, and his heart beat faster and faster as if he had been stimulated by some strong stimulus, and he no longer cared about listening to the Yu family. Complaining, Tang Cheng turned around and walked quickly into the house.

Chapter 93 Get a good night's sleep!

When Tang Cheng first came out, because he was afraid of alarming County Magistrate Zhang, his footsteps were very light, and the night wind was strong in the mountains, so the couple Yu Qi who was upset didn't notice.But at this time, when he moved around and the sound of pushing the door, Yu Qi and his wife under the melon stand were taken aback. When Yu Qi's sister-in-law was in shock, she patted her chest and looked at the man, what she saw was A pale face.

"It's bad, what I said just now was overheard by the people in the room, but now the person in the room is asleep..." Yu Qisao's hand patting her chest froze suddenly, and her face turned pale in an instant...

Now Tang Cheng still has the mind to pay attention to this. After turning around and entering the house, he went straight to the house of County Magistrate Zhang.

Although the lights were turned off and the outer shirt was taken off, County Magistrate Zhang was obviously not asleep and asked, "What happened?".

"I thought of a way, maybe we can solve Erlongzhai without a strong attack." Just as Tang Cheng finished speaking, County Magistrate Zhang sat up from the couch, "Hurry up and talk."

After Tang Cheng turned on the lamp, County Magistrate Zhang got up from the couch without any clothes on. Seeing that Tang Cheng was going to get him clothes, he waved his hands and said, "Don't worry about the clothes, just tell me."

"Since there is no way to attack, let's not attack, we still use the method of siege." Seeing that the county magistrate Zhang's expression darkened after hearing the words, Tang Cheng continued: "Erlongfeng has both water and grain, but it But it cannot produce salt."

"Xianyan?" After hearing the words for a moment, County Magistrate Zhang suddenly patted the log table and stood up, "Xianyan, yes, why didn't I think of this?".

Outside the door of County Magistrate Zhang's house, Yu Qi and his wife had just tiptoed into the room when they suddenly heard County Magistrate Zhang talking about salt. Ah, as expected, the county magistrate heard it and made such a big fuss, now...

After standing up, County Magistrate Zhang couldn't sit still any longer, and circled the room with his hands behind his back, thinking in circles while following the origin of Xianyan.

Although County Magistrate Zhang didn't speak, Tang Cheng knew what he was thinking. If the imperial court had the strictest control over those supplies, salty salt must be indispensable, and it would definitely rank among the top three.Salt is not only related to the national economy and people's livelihood, but also one of the most important sources of imperial taxes.

Unlike the extremely cheap salt price in later generations, the current salt price is not low at all.Although the cost price of the salt taken by the imperial court is only about ten yuan per bucket, when it is sold in the market, the price increase of a bucket of salt is as high as one hundred yuan. Shannan Dongdao does not produce salt, and all the salt needs to be brought in from other places. The mountains are big and difficult to walk, so the transportation cost is extremely high. After the salty salt that was originally sold for about 110 yuan in the east and west of the south of the Yangtze River was transported into Yunxi County, Jinzhou, it would cost more than 20 yuan for each bucket, so for Yun For the households under the jurisdiction of Xi County, salt money is a very large item of daily expenses. Tang Cheng, who has lived in the village for more than half a year, has a deep understanding of this.

Nowadays, people in Yunxi do not deliberately buy more salt when they buy salt like later generations. The reason is not only that because of the high price of salt, the villagers have few ways to get money, and they simply cannot afford to buy too much at one time; One important reason is that Yunxi is a typical mountain city, with large mountains and a lot of water, so the humidity is high. If you buy too much salt at one time, it is easy to rust, which not only affects the taste, but also costs more to use.

You can't eat and drink, you can't be poor for a lifetime, it's just a little extra to watch a meal, but it will be terrible after accumulating over time.

Because of the above reasons, people in Yunxi County have never had the habit of buying more salt, and the bandits in Erlongzhai must be no exception.

It's true that Pingtou Peak can open up wasteland and cultivate land to produce its own grain, but the entire south of the mountain does not produce salt, so it's impossible for Erlong Village to grow salt in the flat land, right?It may be okay for people not to eat oil, but if there is a lack of salt, it is not just a problem of tasteless food. The direct consequence of the lack of sodium in the body is loss of appetite, weakness of limbs, dizziness and other phenomena; Symptoms such as nausea and vomiting, accelerated heart rate, weak pulse, muscle spasms, and blurred vision will occur. Half of the more than [-] people in Erlongzhai are women and children. Men can say how long women and children can last without salt. ?

The more I thought about it, the more excited I became. The worry that had accumulated on Zhang County Magistrate's face for days suddenly disappeared without a trace. go".

After all, it was Tang Cheng's idea, and he was also happy with Zhang County Magistrate's performance, but if he ran to Erlongzhai in the middle of the night, Tang Cheng had to stop him no matter what, so he finally persuaded Zhang County Magistrate Living.

I slept late at night, and the next day just after dawn, County Magistrate Zhang woke up. Under such circumstances, Tang Cheng had no choice but to get up, brushed up hastily and didn't eat, yawned, climbed on the horseback and headed straight to Erlong Go to the village.

Woke up so early, I didn't even eat my meal... Seeing the smoke and dust brought up by the two county masters riding away, Yu Qisao, who had been terrified all night, couldn't hold back the fear in her heart anymore, her legs went limp She was so tired that she sat on the threshold, crying without tears...

The morning's meeting swept away the dullness and depression of the previous few days, and the whole atmosphere was unprecedentedly active. Following Zhao Huhu's order, more than ten tolerances were divided into four shifts, and scattered around Erlongzhai to investigate. , to check whether the nearby small shops have sold a large amount of salt in recent months, and even the abnormal frequency of buying and selling is also within the scope of the investigation.

The season is already more than May, and the weather is getting hotter every day, and the weather in the past two days is really boring. It is really uncomfortable to stay in the dirt enclosure where Zhao Huhu lives. When he was injured, Lizheng was going to arrange for him to sleep in a nearby village, but Zhao Huhu had a problem. Whenever he went out of the county to do business, he had to live with his fellow servants. This habit had persisted for over twenty years. So even though Li was trying to persuade him, he still lived in this simple earth enclosure.Although he hurt his leg, but in this weather it was too much to stay in the enclosure, so everyone went outside to talk in the open air.

Although it was called a negotiation, Tang Cheng could see that the word "negotiation" was just a rhetoric, so what else is there to discuss now?County Magistrate Zhang, Zhao Huhu, and Zhang Zishan are just talking nonsense. In fact, they are all waiting for the inspection results to be reported by the tolerance officers. Speaking of which, the tolerance officers have been away for more than a day. , is riding a horse again, calculating the time and footsteps are almost the same.

Zhang Zishan slapped a mosquito on the neck and killed a mosquito the size of a mountain ant. While twisting the mosquito with his hands, he said bitterly: "I can't stop burning wormwood, this mosquito is so fucking Ruthless", after so many days, and the pressure has been very high in the past few days, Zhang Zishan now speaks without the polite expression that Zhang County Magistrate forced when he first came, and he has completely recovered his rough and bold nature.

"Just the smoky smell on the body, even the most burning wormwood can't prevent it." When Zhao Huhu, who was still lying on the couch, said this with a smile, he deliberately raised his hand and sniffed his sleeve before sighing. Said: "Second brother, we haven't suffered this crime for many years."

"It's not a big deal! I haven't suffered such a crime since I rounded up Liang Waijuer. It's been 12 years. Damn it, Erlongzhai", Zhang Zishan turned his head to look at Erlongfeng while speaking, After spitting out a mouthful of thick phlegm, he said in a hoarse voice: "After dragging these tortoise bastards out of their shells, if I don't take good care of them, I will be sorry for the hardships we have suffered these days."

Zhang Zishan's rude words and the thick phlegm he spit out made Zhang County magistrate frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything about his words about punishing these bandits in Erlongzhai. As far as he is concerned, if he was not deeply annoyed by the bandits in Erlongzhai, he would definitely not be like this.

The county magistrate Zhang clearly acquiesced in this behavior. Zhang Zishan smiled, and his mood obviously increased a lot. There are many, and the hostility between the brows is getting deeper and deeper.

Knowing that the second brother has been holding back a lot these days, it would be a good thing to have such a talk now, so Zhao Huhu didn't stop him, but after Zhang Zishan excitedly mentioned something that should not be known to outsiders, He coughed heavily to remind him.

Tang Chengcheng sat behind Zhao Huhu and Zhang County Magistrate, holding a long branch in his hand to repel mosquitoes, listening to Zhang Zishan talking excitedly there, although he had no words, but he was really happy .

The bandits in Erlongzhai are really a motherfucker, not to mention Zhang Zishan and Zhao Huhu who came first, now even Tang Cheng feels his body is sticky, which makes him who always loves to be clean very uncomfortable, so don't Speaking of which, for Erlongzhai, how much schoolwork has he missed these days?

These bastard bandits should be dealt with, the worse they are after they are caught, the better!

Just as Tang Cheng was shaking the branches with his hands and following Zhang Zishan's words in his heart, while the bandits were in pain under the pepper water, clamp sticks and other instruments of torture, he heard the sound of horseshoes coming from far away in the west.

As soon as the sound of horseshoes sounded, County Magistrate Zhang stood up immediately. Zhang Zishan, who was talking to himself, was not slow at all. Zhao Huhu, who was lying on the couch, stretched half of his body.

Tang Cheng smoothly placed the water bamboo mat on which Zhao Huhu was leaning on under his waist, and stood up holding the branch. He was also really nervous at the moment, and this nervousness not only had something to do with Zhang County Magistrate The reason is the same as that of Zhao Huhu and others, and more importantly, he was the first to directly put forward the strategy based on salty salt this time.

In the sweltering heat, he was in a hurry, and the horse's tolerance was covered with oil and sweat, and his mouth was covered with dry white skin. He was still running far away, and Zhang Zishan opened his throat and asked: " Old Huang, how are you doing?"