Moth

On the day Song Wuchang was dismissed and ransacked his home, Fang Bingbi fully demonstrated his shock as a "trickster" who had never seen the world: Song Wuchang was fat, and the warehouse was even fatter than others.

After kicking open the warehouse door, there were several coral trees of excellent appearance and color, each of which was half the height of a person.The multi-treasure grid made of golden nanmu is full of jade Ruyi, Fang Bingbi feels strange, isn't Ruyi just a scratchy person, asking for so many... Does this fat man have ringworm?Several large boxes of gold, silver and jewelry filled the entire warehouse, not to mention gold and silver bricks.

Liu Changzhou's eyes immediately glowed green.

He was still hesitating before, whether to ask the Ministry of Households for money to build this water gate, after all, there is more than one place affected by floods in the four realms.Now that the new emperor is practicing Zuo, the national treasury is tight, and even if the household department is not stretched to the point of stretching, there is a tendency to care about the head and ignore the back.And since Fatty Song became an official, the amount of people's fat and people's ointment he collected was more silver than the imperial government's disaster relief funds.

It seems that the construction of this water gate is imperative.

Within a few days, another edict came down, and Fang Bing wrote to move to the prefect of Taihe Prefecture, and concurrently served as the magistrate of Qinghe County, the prefecture.So Liu Changzhou took advantage of Fang Bingbi, the well-known magistrate, to pull out a large group of giant beetles from the country, and punished them all.It turned out that the feudal officials in the magistrate's yamen didn't pay much attention to the new magistrate, and their words and demeanor were quite offending. Now they all nodded their chests and retracted their backs, looking as disheveled as rats crossing the street.

Liu Changzhou was also not polite, and unequivocally took the gang of villains, and handed over all the accounts of the entire Taihe Mansion, the imperial court, and the subordinate counties to Du Heng, and forced Du Heng with that unnecessary "poison/drug" Became his master in charge of money and food.The famous criminal master who was in charge of the prison case in the yamen was sent home by him with two taels of silver, and the upright and somewhat stupid Zheng Xuange was promoted by him.

Seeing that the [-]-day completion date agreed with Xie Qingyun, the big cabinet of Hengmen, was coming, Liu Changzhou, who was so busy every day, pushed his head back and went to the warehouse to put the snatched painting into a box. Before leaving the yamen, he did not forget to take the chicken feather fan, and led Jindou to Hengmen, step by step.

Under his coercion and temptation, Jin Dou and Xiao Hong can finally coexist peacefully.

The gastrointestinal problems he suffered when he was not acclimatized to the environment, and the stuffy nose and cold he had when he first came here, he got used to it for half a month, and it was only at this moment that he truly experienced what is called "bloody wind" ——The chicken feather fan could only sense the indescribable smell, and it indiscriminately penetrated into his newly unobstructed nasal cavity, almost making him exhausted.

He immediately stood in awe of the other party.

There are not many tea customers in Hengmen.

In order to show his sincerity, Liu Changzhou specially bought a roast chicken for Jin Dou, left Jin Dou on the street after coaxing him, and walked in by himself.

As soon as Xie Qingyun saw him, her right eyelid twitched, and the corners of her mouth became stiff: "Master Liu, what's your business here?"

Liu Changzhou was very kind, opened the box and put it on the table, and said with a pleasant face, "Return it to its original owner."

He didn't usually look in the mirror, and he didn't know that when he laughed, every kind of smile that the scar made him-whether it was a sneer or a gentle smile-looked very ferocious.Xie Qingyun also extracted a bit of the meaning of "nothing to be courteous, either rape or steal" from the amiable face.

There is a saying that people don't fight with officials, so he hurriedly took the painting and offered him a cup of tea.

Liu Changzhou tapped the table with his fingertips, and said sincerely, "Is your boss here?"

Xie Qingyun's eyebrows jumped, and she replied in a very strange tone: "Unfortunately, my boss just left."

Looking at his expression, Liu Changzhou knew that there must be something in it, but it's not easy to ask for something.He has a sixth sense intuition, Lu Hengmen must not be very easy to deal with.Du Heng and Zheng Xuange, the former is an unpromising sissy, the latter is a straight-eyed reckless man who doesn't have that many thoughts, and he doesn't need to talk too much, he can just threaten and understand Take it for your own use.

This Lu Hengmen doesn't know what's going on.

He could only get up and say goodbye, courtesy first and soldiers later, he couldn't be so insincere on his first visit, right?So he would come to Hengmen to cool off for a while almost every day, after all, he couldn't do without the sincerity of visiting the thatched cottage.

Still to no avail.

Seeing that it was nearly August, Liu Changzhou, who had been rejected by Xie Qingyun's trick of "his boss going out" every time, became impatient.This time he was not so easy to talk, he picked up the tea bowl, and just as his lips touched the rim of the cup, his drooping eyelids suddenly lifted, his hand shook without warning, and the tea cup fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

The sound of breaking things has not stopped yet, the "windy" Jin Dou gnawed a roast chicken, and jumped in like a burning butt, and started scurrying around in the hall like a habitual criminal, following the vicious one that made a big fuss in Yangliutai. The dogs miraculously joined together.

On the way of pretending, Liu Changzhou is much more professional than Fang Bingbi.Relying on himself with one eye blindfolded, when he got up to stop Jin Dou who was running around, he "accidentally" tripped over a table leg, and threw himself firmly on the floor, creating a five-body throwing effect, and then he felt at ease. While calling for Jin Dou while pretending to be helpless, he silently kissed Jin Dou, who was so dear to my heart, several mouthfuls in his heart shamefully.

Xie Qingyun: "..."

Jin Dou ran wildly, making a one-way sundial movement around the hall, and in the blink of an eye, the originally stylish teahouse was completely messed up, the tea trees fell, and the bamboo rafts collapsed piece by piece.All the Xiao Er who came up to intercept were overturned by Jin Dou, and the whole hall turned into a hunting ground for Jin Dou to run around.

The range of the attack wave it set off was rapidly expanded, and the last few rows of densely packed flute-tube bamboo rafts in the hall were not immune to the disaster. The door was slightly pushed open by the falling bamboo raft, and few people could find it.With a jump, Jin Dou pushed the door wider with one paw.

Liu Changzhou was almost weeping with joy, at this moment he "coincidentally" stood up with the legs of the table, and in a blink of an eye he came behind Jin Dou, and pretended to shout: "You unfilial son, you must pay daddy Poor, let's see what happens when Dad goes back..."

The father, who was about to go bankrupt, didn't even finish his sentence, and the couple stood at the door of the bamboo gate together.

Xie Qingyun was very curious about where their boss's feather tattoo had progressed, so she rushed over intentionally or unintentionally, and then...he quietly covered his eyes.

On the very elegant corridor around the patio with flute pipes and bamboos, there is a man lying sideways in a bamboo chair.This man is dressed in a very low-key white robe, with smooth black hair hanging on one shoulder, his eyes are closed, his fine eyelashes bend in a soft arc, his brows are slightly wrinkled, and the corners of his mouth are flattened. A thin film of sweat was seen on the tip of the nose and thin chin.

A woman was sitting on the stool next to the bamboo chair, her face was covered with a veil, and her face and expression could not be seen clearly.The woman was still holding a needle in her hand, and she was caressing the man's neck with the other hand, and she didn't know what she was doing.

The movement of this person and a dog was really too big. When Xiu Niang saw a big dog suddenly barging in at the door, she was startled, and her hands lost all sense of control. They only tied the last point of the feather pattern hard, leaving the fair neck Suddenly a drop of blood popped out.

Lu Hanzhang trembled almost imperceptibly, and then slowly opened his eyes - he can pretend to ignore whatever the front hall makes, but now that the key people are making trouble in his old nest, he can't be indifferent.In addition, as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the long-haired dog who wanted someone to shave him so much, and the unlucky master behind him who would lose his appetite at the first sight, he suddenly felt that the neck could be tolerated. The pain, enlarged to infinity in an instant, is as hot as being burned.

He straightened up, moved his head with his neck stiffly, and asked the embroiderer expressionless: "Is the tattoo finished?"

Xiu Niang felt wronged in her heart. It was the first time in her life that she put a needle on a human body, and the pain was very obvious in the skin under the ear. It is good to be able to function normally.If it weren't for the generous reward, who would take the risk?She snorted coldly, and said in a flat tone: "The patterns are all tattooed on, and the material is just missing."

Lu Hanzhang glanced at Xie Qingyun secretly, took the white clam powder sprinkled on the plain tea saucer, poured it roughly on a handkerchief, and spread the handkerchief on the thorn in one piece ——That feeling, in a word, is joyful.

Liu Changzhou was well-informed and knew that there were all kinds of birds in the forest. After being stunned for a while, he returned to normal. While he defined the behavior of this mysterious owner as "there is nothing to do when he is full", he said duplicity: "Boss Lu is very elegant."

Lu Hanzhang stood up, clutching his neck, with a fake smile on his face, with a rigidity in his tone that just wouldn't be noticeable, he cupped his hands and said, "Master Liu is here, I'm sorry to welcome you."

Xie Qingyun's curiosity was greatly satisfied, she accepted the blank stare contentedly, took Xiu Niang to the front hall, and closed the bamboo door with a wink before leaving.

Once he got used to the pain on his neck, Lu Hanzhang's expression became less forced. He found a silk ribbon that seemed to be shining brightly from somewhere, and wrapped it around his neck to fix the square silk handkerchief, without any flaws. Yan Yan said with a smile: "A few days ago, the big cabinet had offended a lot, and I hope that the master will have a lot of offenses."

Liu Changzhou looked at the person in front of him calmly, and felt that if he wanted to use a kind of animal to describe this person, he would not think of it except "peacock"—it's all fancy.

That face is almost jade-cut, and the eyebrows are not as sharp as Fang Bingbi's slanting into the temples, but with some just-right arcs, extending from the center of the brows to the sides in a soothing manner.The bridge of the nose is not as straight and feminine as Du Niangpao's, it only implies a five-point sharpness, and the lips are thin, looking mean.

The man's hands looked extremely slender, the joints were obvious but not exaggerated, and they were a little too clean.The whole person is tall and tall, and he fully displays the various styles of the pure white gown.

He rolled his eyes in his heart, and thought coolly: the four bodies are not working, and the five grains are probably not distinguishable, a human-shaped vase.But what happened to that feeling of deja vu... Hey, no, probably all beauties in the world look like this.Although he is very disgusted with these social conversations, he can only give full play to his ninja spirit at this moment, and after patiently explaining his intentions, he went straight to the topic: "To tell the truth, Boss Lu, I am here this time. , I do have something to ask for."

Lu Hanzhang pushed him over with a cup of tea, thinking that he had nothing to do anyway, and it would be good to play Tai Chi with this unsightly scarred face, so he smiled politely: "How can I be so good, I can help Master Dajia?"

Liu Changzhou sneered in his heart, whipped this strange flower like dog's tail grass several times, and then smiled steadily: "I heard that Boss Lu is quite proficient in civil engineering, what's your opinion on the design of the Xuanhe Estuary fortification?"

Lu Hanzhang didn't pause for a moment, and shook his head with an ignorant expression: "I don't think so." Then he looked like a philistine businessman, and said sadly: "In recent years, the estuary of the Xuanhe River has burst its embankment many times, and all the county magistrates have been helpless. Hengmen The tea boat turned over several times, and a lot of it was folded in. Presumably the government wants to rebuild the water conservancy? If this is the case, I am not talented, so I am willing to donate 10 taels first, and do my best."

Lu Hanzhang was like a mirror in his heart. This person asked "design" instead of "construction" as soon as he opened his mouth. It was obvious that he was not here to ask for money, but to ask for talents.

As soon as these words came out, Liu Changzhou immediately had the feeling that he had been shut down—this person very consciously expressed his willingness to donate money. On the surface, he appeared to be sincere, but in fact he quietly distorted the intention of others. , so that no one else can make another request.

In other words, Lu Hanzhang made him a sweet rejection.

However, he is on the side of asking for others, so he really can't put on any airs. He sneered in his heart, but he was extremely sincere on his face: "To be honest, although the silver gap is not small, what is more lacking is a leader... He waited for the rabbit, waiting for Lu Hanzhang to come up with "hearing the strings and knowing the elegance".

Lu Hanzhang looked sad again, and he opened his eyes and said nonsense: "I'm afraid I can't do more for a small business. I'm really sorry about this. As for the leader, I really don't have a good eye for finding people."

Then the gauze around his neck began to ooze blood at the right time. At first, it was just dotted little by little on the white square handkerchief, and then it was almost blurred. The veils were all soaked, and some simply slid down Lu Hanzhang's neck, and the plain white inner coat collar was slowly stained with a layer of red.

He reached out to touch it and found a pool of blood.

Liu Changzhou took a sip of his tea, and saw that the boss's face turned pale, making the red spot on his neck extremely dazzling, and then his very shrewd eyes widened, his breathing became rapid, and his whole body was without warning. He fell back, hit his head on the floor, and fainted instantly.

Liu Changzhou: "..." The sneer in his heart almost froze him to death, this way of seeing off guests is quite unique.

Jin Dou was very conscious, stood up and walked out.

Liu Changzhou followed behind with his arms raised, thinking how confident Sangu Thatched Cottage was in being able to take this man down, and at the same time began to think about the second way out—a person who was hanged from a tree is not a hero, but a fool.

As soon as he returned to the yamen, he sent someone to invite the doctor Guangjitang, who is famous for his medical skills in Taihe Prefecture, and gave him a rather generous wallet, which he sent to Hengmen.Then, after thinking about it all afternoon in the signing room, he decided to imitate Qin Xiaogong, who had passed away long ago, and issued an edict to recruit talents and sin against himself. He still didn't believe what Zhan Baili said, but only Lu Hengmen had this ability.

Fang Bingbi, who went to the refugee camp in the east of the city to inspect the porridge shop early in the morning, came back when the willows were on the moon.As soon as Liu Changzhou finished compiling a whining and crooked notice, he was shocked by a piece of news brought back by Fang Bingbi: Most of the people who came to eat porridge in the refugee camp were not displaced refugees, but Lubang and Chuangang. Those laborers in the village who had no work, not to mention grabbing porridge, were still fighting over several bowls of porridge in the porridge shop.

Liu Changzhou leaned on his chin, and thoughtfully said: "Bingbi, if you have a gang, there are hundreds of people in it who you want to support, and now everything is useless, you don't have the ability to feed hundreds of people. , what are you going to do?"

Fang Bingbi said without thinking: "Layoffs."

Liu Changzhou commented pertinently: "A wimp like you can do it."

Then the two looked at each other, smiled tacitly, and said in unison: "Coolie."

The next day, Bingbian posted the two notices that had been copied overnight all over Qinghe County. Among the two notices, one was to recruit water conservancy craftsmen with generous rewards, and the other was to recruit water conservancy craftsmen on a large scale. The following adult males do servitude.

At the same time, at the gate of the yamen, they opened up their posture and set up several Eight Immortals tables with great fanfare. As expected, the gate of the yamen was bustling from dawn to dusk, no less than the flower festival at the moon.

Du Heng and Zheng Xuange were so busy that they didn't even eat a bite of food.

At the same time, the news that Boss Lu got a demon tattoo and was paralyzed after a stroke also spread like wildfire.

Liu Changzhou is a martial artist. He knows the distribution of the fatal acupuncture points on his body. He also learned a few hands of acupuncture from his master in Longmen Mountain, so he knows the depth of the needles.So when he heard the gossip in the market, he didn't take it to heart at all, but he felt a little weird: didn't he just want to get involved in the government's affairs?Is it necessary to act so realistically?

The last lesson his master gave him when he accepted the emperor's order to go down the mountain, he said this passage.

There is a hexagram in the "Book of Changes", and one of the six lines has a line of line that says, "Including the bag, there is no blame and no reputation."It means to tie up the pockets tightly so that others do not know what is inside. It is a metaphor for a person to cover up all his talents so that they will not be exposed, which also implies the "useless but harmless" in Zhuangzi's thinking.

The way of being a minister, serving the people, and being the son of a man is hidden in me with equanimity.Looking at it this way, it is understandable that Lu Hengmen knew his intention of coming but shirked it in circles.Such a big "Yong" fell from the sky, Zheng Xuange accepted his invitation, and decisively chose "Yes", Lu Hengmen not only chose "Hidden", but also avoided it like a scourge. They would rather make themselves a cripple. It's intriguing.

Liu Changzhou sensitively sensed something unusual in this overreaction.

But he naturally likes to make trouble for himself, he still perseveres in sitting in the Hengmen whenever he has time, and encourages Jin Dou to go for a fun run from time to time, which turns the world upside down.

Sometimes it happened that Lu Hanzhang was dealing with unavoidable matters in the front hall, and Liu Changzhou would also shamelessly join him and mention the business just right.But Lu Hanzhang is simply too slippery, every time he is very cheap and circles around the business, but he doesn't jump in circles, making Liu Changzhou so depressed that he almost wants to push him to the ground and beat him up.

He felt that dealing with Lu Hanzhang, an old fox, was not only mentally exhausting, but also mentally exhausting.

Lu Hanzhang is very good at dealing with people, but he has never dealt with dogs before, so he hasn't figured out a big move yet, how to deal with that dog that has repeatedly made mistakes.After all, that beast is unreasonable, shameless, and he can't lose his value to haggle over every detail with a dog.But what he is best at is ignoring it. He closed the bamboo door, "hid in the small building to become a unified body" out of sight and out of mind, and left all troublesome things to the loyal Xie Qingyun.

Xie Qingyun was depressed every day when he heard the rattling voices in the front hall. Several times, he ordered the subordinates to prepare rat poison, but thinking of the noble status of the government's dog, he took it back in a second.All the depression was pent up in his heart, so he couldn't bear it in the end. He angrily went to his boss to ask for countermeasures. Their boss waved his hand in a very bare manner, and there was a leisurely and steady man sitting there playing the piano, and said four lightly Word: "Thank you behind closed doors."

Liu Changzhou had been reckless for half a month, and when autumn came, the recruitment of talents and soldiers at the Yamen was transferred to the background. Even if he still didn't give up, he didn't have the time to act like a demon again.