Crazy Xiuxian, boundless magic power

The old monk looked at Chu Wen in surprise.

"How dare you scold the imperial envoy, you think your life is too long!"

"What's wrong with scolding him? Can it remove me from office? I'd love to." Chu Wen looked disgusted.

"Why does the emperor want you to be an official?"

"How would I know? Master, do you want to be an official? I will be one for you."

"Let me be serious with you, your grandson. Do you think you can be an official?"

"I don't know anything."

The old monk was almost dying of worry. Those officials were all serious scholars. If Chu Wen, a lunatic, was allowed to be an official, he would definitely mess things up. When the time came, his entire family would be executed and his entire clan would be implicated...

The old monk became more and more frightened the more he thought about it, and he couldn't even eat.

Widow Zhou and Widow Xu were both surprised and delighted, and surrounded Chu Wen, asking him questions non-stop.

Until now, they still couldn't believe that the naked brother they adopted back then has now become the county magistrate.

Poetry and rhetoric don't think this is anything to be surprised about.

In their eyes, with their master's ability, he could become not only a county magistrate but also the emperor.

……

Duan Ming and two guards boarded the flying boat specially used to convey imperial edicts. They inserted the token and the boat slowly rose into the air.

Cao Zhi did not come to his senses until then, and said through gritted teeth:

"How dare a ninth-rank official scold the imperial envoy! When I return to the capital, I will file a complaint in front of the emperor!"

"Can you see the emperor?" another guard sneered.

"He's just an ignorant kid. Why make a fuss about it?" Duan Ming shook his head.

"To disrespect the imperial edict is a serious crime, he must not be let off easily!" Cao Zhi said hatefully.

……

Chu Wen sat in the side room, looking through the imperial edict with a sad face, and he was worried to death.

How could he be an official? As a county magistrate, he had no idea what he should do first, what should be done later, what should be done, what should not be done, what time to go to work and what time to get off work.

The only experience is the movies I watched in my previous life.

The only lines I remember are:

"You are so bold, Chang Wei, and you still say that you don't know martial arts... You have deceived the world and committed many evil deeds. Today is the day for you to be punished."

"Wang Chao and Ma Han! Zhang Long and Zhao Hu! Behead them!"

"Grandpa was trying a case just now, but no one filed a complaint, so he had no choice but to catch two jailers pretending to be here. Now you are really here to file a complaint. Tell me, what is the injustice you are facing?"

……

In the afternoon, Zhao Dezhu came to Fengyinju and said angrily when he saw Chu Wen:

"Damn... you're so arrogant. You didn't even go to the government office to hand over the imperial edict after receiving it!"

"I don't know! No one told me!" Chu Wen looked confused.

Zhao Dezhu saw that Chu Wen didn't seem to be lying, so he suppressed his anger.

"Now I know. Let's go to the government office to hand it over."

"Wait, wait, Lord Zhao, tell me, how should a county magistrate be? I know nothing about it." Chu Wen said hurriedly.

Zhao Dezhu looked at Chu Wen’s young face and sighed heavily.

"The county magistrate is the head of a county and is responsible for coordinating all matters related to taxation, politics, law, finance, culture, and education within the county. This is a heavy responsibility and you must not take it lightly."

Chu Wen frowned even more when he heard this, and asked, "How much is the salary?"

Zhao Dezhu saw that Chu Wen only wanted money, and said angrily, "A monthly salary of 40 taels."

"That's all." Chu Wen's brows were wrinkled like a folding fan.

Zhao Dezhu sneered when he saw this:

"Except for the county magistrate, chief clerk, county lieutenant, and registrar, the salaries of other officials are paid by the county magistrate."

"Ah! Doesn't that mean losing money?" Chu Wen was surprised.

"If you do it well, you lose money; if you do it badly, you make money."

Zhao Dezhu said this angrily and let out a long sigh.

Chu Wen understood after hearing this. This court was talking nonsense. Wasn't this forcing people to be corrupt?

"What does the county magistrate usually do?"

"The county magistrate is the father of the county. He manages the general affairs and comforts the people. All matters concerning education, taxes, labor service, litigation, and public security fall under his control."

"The primary responsibility is to promote morality, supervise agriculture and sericulture, collect taxes and fill the granaries."

"Secondly, judge cases, distinguish right from wrong, severely punish evildoers, and protect the country and the people."

"Furthermore, we should rectify the morals, encourage agriculture and commerce, promote education and cultivate talents, repair the roads, and ensure that the internal affairs of the county are smooth and the people are happy."

"The county magistrate is responsible for the well-being of the area. He must not slack off for even a moment in order to benefit the people."

The more Chu Wen listened, the deeper his frown deepened. By the end, his brain was about to explode. He said bitterly:

"Master Zhao, please don't leave. You can continue to be the official. I don't want to do this anymore."

"Nonsense! The emperor has ordered this! How can I let you do whatever you want! I will leave the county tomorrow, you must go and take over!"

"Where are you going, Master Zhao?"

"Pinghu Prefecture."

Chu Wen was overjoyed when he heard this and was so excited that he spoke without thinking.

"Great! Great! Then you are my immediate superior, right? Fire me quickly. I can't do this job."

"Nonsense! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll give you fifty lashes of the cane right now!"

"..."

Chu Wen followed Zhao Dezhu to the county government office dejectedly and found that more than thirty officials were waiting for him in the lobby.

Chu Wen recognized the county magistrate Xu who had interrogated him, the constable Zhou Bantou who had arrested him, and the jailer and Bantou Liu in cell A who had taken care of him.

Chu Wen didn’t recognize any of the other ones.

When Zhou Bantou found out that the new county magistrate was the thief he had caught himself, he was so scared that he almost fainted.

He hid behind the crowd with a pale face, imagining ten thousand ways of dying in his mind.

The few yamen runners who had beaten Chu Wen with the board in the past were also feeling insecure.

In stark contrast to them were Liu Bantou and several jailers in Cell A.

Originally, when they heard that a new county magistrate was coming to take over, they were all gloomy.

A new emperor appoints new ministers, and a new county magistrate often has a new team. Cell A is the most leisurely but also the most dangerous.

When they saw that the new county magistrate walking into the county government office was Chu Wen, they were overjoyed and secretly thanked God that they had not listened to Master Xu and fabricated charges against Chu Wen.

Zhao Dezhu introduced several chief yamen runners in the county government to Chu Wen one by one, and then the handover process began.

There were huge piles of data, including land boundaries, household registration files, financial accounts, and unresolved cases.

Chu Wen got a headache when he saw them. He didn’t have the time to check, so he accepted all of them.

Zhao Dezhu briefly introduced the geographical environment, population distribution, farmland irrigation and local customs of Shuiniu County.

Then he stuffed the official seal into Chu Wen's hand, and the handover was completed, allowing Chu Wen to take office early the next morning.

After Zhao Dezhu left, a group of officers came forward one after another, surrounded Chu Wen, flattered him, tried their best to get close to him, and vied with each other to welcome the county magistrate.

Chu Wen was worried about Zi Yan, who was about to leave him, so he had no mood to eat with them.

He threw a hundred taels of silver to Master Xu and asked him to lead everyone to Wenxiang Tower.

Then he used the wind escape technique and sneaked to the backyard of the county government office.

As soon as I arrived at the backyard, I heard Zi Yan crying in the room.

Seeing that Zhao Dezhu was not at home, Chu Wen sneaked into Zi Yan's boudoir, took two quick steps, and hugged Zi Yan, who was crying, in his arms.

"Zi Yan, be good, don't cry."

Zi Yan was surprised to see Chu Wen suddenly break into the room.

Seeing Chu Wen holding her in his arms again, she was overjoyed.

With surprise and joy, Zi Yan stopped crying.

"Brother Chu, how did you get in?"

"Keep your voice down, or your dad might hear me. I sneaked in here."

"Okay, okay, let's keep our voices down. Brother Chu, my dad said he'll take me to Pinghu tomorrow, and I'll never see you again, wuwuwu..."

Zi Yan became more and more sad as she spoke, her tears streaming down her face, wetting Chu Wen's clothes on his chest.

Chu Wen felt very sad. He touched Zi Yan's head and suddenly said in a firm tone:

"I'm going to talk to your dad!"

Zi Yan looked up in surprise, staring at Chu Wen with tearful eyes.

"Brother Chu, what did you talk to my father about?"

"I'll try to keep you here."

Ziyan is seventeen years old