There's A Beauty

"Zhao Youshu" was a money fanatic, and stored all the gold and silver looted in the county government's treasury, opened all the boxes, and the white flowers were shining golden, extremely dazzling.Youshu carefully counted and registered them, and then used them to buy disaster relief supplies, repair and strengthen dams, and so on.

In just over half a month, his reputation has spread far and wide.Only Suichang County under his jurisdiction does not charge more money and food from the people. If anyone is wronged, he can just beat Dengwengu. There is no need to bribe the yamen servants, nor do he need to spend a lot of money to hire a lawyer, because the county magistrate will personally Writing a petition for you, the literary talent, the arguments, really are full of flowers and clouds, and the paper is full of clouds.Gradually, the literati in Suichang no longer stayed at home to study all day long, but wandered around the gate of the county government office just to listen to the county magistrate's words, and then shook their heads and sighed intoxicatedly, "Listen to what you say, and win Read books for ten years!"

What Youshu is doing now is to repay the debt, and to protect himself. Who told him to be so unlucky that he will have such a descendant.Because the price he offered was very reasonable and the demand was huge, grain merchants near Suichang came to negotiate with him one after another, and there was an endless stream from morning till night.

On this day, Youshu finally finished negotiating a big deal, and was already so hungry that her chest was pressed against her back, so she hurriedly ordered her servants to prepare meals.Because the common people lived a hard life, he didn't dare to waste extravagance, so he only asked the cook to fry a plate of pork liver, a plate of cabbage and a dish of cold fungus.He picked up the bowl and took a quick bite. Just as he was about to reach out to pick up a piece of pork liver, he saw a tall figure suddenly appearing in the empty seat opposite him.

The man was still wearing a mask, staring at himself with dark and unpredictable eyes.

What, why are you here again?The villain in Youshu's heart almost wanted to howl, the muscles on his face trembled unavoidably, the rice grains in his mouth spontaneously swallowed down his throat in shock, and then unfortunately choked into his trachea.The desire to cough came overwhelming, but Youshu could only hold back, because he knew that if he behaved strangely, the person opposite would immediately snatch his soul away.

Don't cough, don't cough.His hands holding the chopsticks were trembling, his small Adam's apple kept moving, his big and round eyes were scrambling to shed tears, and he looked extremely pitiful.The servant who was standing by the side was taken aback, and hurried over to ask about the situation.

He wiped away his tears indiscriminately, rubbed his neck again, and said with difficulty, "I'm fine, the cook put too much pepper today, I'm not used to it."

"But master, didn't you tell the chef to put more chili? Yesterday you thought his fried dishes were too bland and ordered him to put some dried chili even in boiled cabbage."

The little servant immediately broke the stage, making Youshu both annoyed and flustered.He covered his Adam's apple with his palm, and said shortly, "Yesterday it was true that I let it go too little, but today I let it go too much. You can tell him when you turn around and let him weigh it. It's best not too much or too little." Then he lowered his head, Continue to burst into tears.

If the choked person resists coughing, the feeling is simply indescribable.Youshu wanted to bang her head against the wall, but she had to pretend that she was so hot that it was nothing serious.The servant poured him a cup of herbal tea, then ran to the kitchen to talk.As soon as he left with his front foot, the man's back foot disappeared. I don't know if he saw any flaws.

Youshu didn't care to think about it, and immediately fell back on the chair and kept beating her chest, and then coughed desperately. The corners of her eyes and nose were wet and red, and her cheeks were stained with tears and snot. She looked embarrassed and ridiculous.When he finally coughed out the rice grains in his trachea, he didn't know that the man who had disappeared was actually still in the hall.He just hid his figure, and sat beside Youshu instead, with his head tilted and his jaw resting, staring at her for a moment.

Seeing that Youshu finally regained his strength, he didn't dare to plan the rice. Instead, he asked the servant to exchange two big white steamed buns, which he gnawed furiously as if venting his anger, and he finally laughed lowly.

As long as Youshu grinned or squeezed her mouth slightly, the dimples on her cheeks would be faintly visible.He opened his mouth to bite the steamed bun, and suddenly felt that the dimple was cold, as if a snow seed fell into it in winter, the touch was very real.

what?Suspicious in his heart, he touched it with his hand but there was nothing there, so he continued to bite the steamed bun, took a few bites and felt the dimples were slightly cold, but there was no abnormality when he touched it again.After repeated several times, he finally realized something was wrong, looked around with vigilant eyes, and forced all his mental power into the eyeballs to scan.

The house is very clean, not even a ghost.Is it my illusion?Sometimes the human body does feel hot and cold, this is because the internal fire is too dry.Thinking of this, he relaxed again and tore open a piece of steamed bun to dip in the fried pork liver juice.

The man sitting beside him could barely retract his fingertips poking his dimples, and smiled happily.After admiring Xiao Zhao County Magistrate's eating, he did not leave, but followed to the study, wanting to see what the other party would do in private.At this time, the sun had already set, and a dim oil lamp was lit in the room. The wick seemed to be almost exhausted, and it was crackling.

"Master, this servant will help you change a lamp wick and add a little more lamp oil, so as not to hurt your eyes." A handsome maid said in a soft voice.

"It's okay to change a wick, but don't add lamp oil, it's a waste. I'll sleep in a while." After Youshu took all her family property to buy food, she really didn't have any money left, and now she is more and more like Grandet .He took out a book and read it slowly. Seeing that the maid never left and kept blinking at him, he asked in a daze, "Why, is there anything else?"

The maid rubbed her eyes that were about to cramp, and went down dejectedly.Is this county magistrate sensible or pretending to be confused?So the obvious signal can't be received?

Youshu really couldn't receive it, but the tall man knew what it meant, he couldn't help but snorted coldly, then stared at the bewildered magistrate Xiao Zhao, and laughed dumbfounded.If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that this simple-minded Zhao Youshu would be the treacherous and evil person before.But it is clearly recorded in the book of life and death, there must be no mistakes, and there is no more reasonable explanation except that knowing the mistakes can make up for it.

Just change it, who didn't do one or two ridiculous things when they were young?Thinking of this, the man stretched out his hand and touched Xiao Zhao County Magistrate's head.

Youshu suddenly felt chilly on the top of her head, so she immediately put on her hat, read a few pages, took out a can of Cicada in the drawer, shook it, listened to it, and then went to sleep happily.Seeing his "toy", the man couldn't help laughing again, which gradually disappeared after he fell asleep.

The man appeared ten miles away out of thin air, followed by two prison masters who also wore masks.He asked in a low voice, "Is everything done?"

"It's done, the gap in the animal path has been blocked. Dare I ask the master, what should I do with the animals that have already been entrusted?"

"Let's deal with it after the scourge of God." The man was about to leave, as if thinking of something, he said, "Since you've come to Lishui Mansion, let's go and see what the officials in Lishui are doing."

The two prison masters bowed to promise, first went to the residence of Wang Zhifu, and found that he was hugging two beautiful women, and the picture was unsightly, so they went to the subordinate counties. Conspiring to frame others, or hiding in the warehouse to count money, is a greedy and sinister face.

The three of them looked at each other one by one, their eyes became colder, but Yan Luo Wang seemed to think of something, and there were a few strands of smiles in his dark pupils.A prison owner proposed to go to Suichang County to take a look, but he immediately denied it, "There is no need to go, the king just came from there. In this Lishui Mansion, there is probably only one official, Zhao Youshu, who can be called an example for the people."

Seeing that the master spoke so highly of Zhao Youshu, the two prison masters were surprised, but they didn't dare to ask any more questions, and they all disappeared after taking a step into the darkness.

This day, Youshu finished her breakfast and was going to work in the yamen.He looked up at the sky habitually, and found that the black clouds in the sky were getting thicker and thicker, as if he could touch them with his hands, and the number of thin dragon shadows shuttled among the clouds had also increased from dozens to hundreds, indicating that A disaster is coming soon.

To make matters worse, besides the dragon shadow, there were also wisps of black smoke coming out of the ground, drilling straight into the bodies of passers-by.Youshu knew that it was the plague, which was caused by the ghosts wandering around. After the natural disaster, a large-scale plague would break out.

Fortunately, he stored a miscellaneous knowledge system in his mind, including Chinese and Western medicine, so he combined the essence of thousands of years of Chinese medicine, and quickly assembled a prescription for preventing epidemics with a good effect.He declined the grain merchants who came to interview today, and immediately put up a list to buy medicinal materials, and within a few days, a large number of medicinal merchants came.

The people of Suichang County have become accustomed to the occasional seizure of the magistrate's behavior, and they just watch the excitement from the sidelines and discuss a few words.

This day, Youshu invited several drug dealers to inspect the products, and just as she put a herb to her nose to smell it, she heard a mess of footsteps outside, as if many people were trying to rush in.He went to the window and saw that it was Wang Fu leading a man dressed as an official to break in, followed by many guards with knives, their aggressive expressions showed that they were not good people.

Wang Fu kicked open the door, cursed and said, "Get out, leave it to Grandpa! Wuzhi County has something to do!" Wuzhi County is the parent officer of Longquan County in the south, and the relationship with Wang Zhifu is very close, and the methods are also very ruthless hot.His daughter is now the second concubine of Wang Zhifu, she is quite favored, and he is also very respectable in Lishui.

When everyone heard that it was him, they left immediately, thinking that fortunately Wang Fu came early, otherwise the medicinal materials were really transported to Suichang, but something happened to Zhao County Magistrate, who would pay for the expenses on the way?Zhao County Magistrate offended Wang Zhifu, and his official career has come to an end.

Youshu didn't invite the two to sit down, but took a sip from the teacup with a very leisurely attitude.Because he just got the news from the starving ghost that the obituaries of the three giants of the imperial court had already entered the county and were on their way to the government office.However, it was too early for him to feel relieved. He saw that the empty seat beside him was distorted for a moment, and when it returned to normal, there was a tall man sitting on it, his gaze was like a torch.

Youshu shook her hand and almost poured tea into her nostrils, but fortunately she stopped in time at the last moment.He took a sip of tea slowly, then gently put down the teacup, consciously acting calmly and gracefully without losing his demeanor.Little did he know, however, that someone these days knew all about his private virtues.Only when the tea is boiling hot, he will take a sip. If the temperature is moderate, he always pours it with his head up, like a cow chewing peonies.

As soon as he came, he changed from gulping to sipping, his performance was too deliberate, and his whereabouts were revealed instead.The man wanted to laugh, but he couldn't hold it back. With a flip of his palm, he conjured up a stack of official documents out of thin air, and he was very comfortable drawing with the Zhu Bugou.

Youshu let out a breath without a trace, and then looked at Wu Zhixian, "Master Wu, why are you here today?"

Wu Zhixian didn't talk nonsense, and said with a firm attitude, "Master Zhao, I heard that you raised 18 taels of silver, and you plan to use it to buy grain a few days ago? I have a batch of grain that I want to sell. How about selling it to you?"

How can there be any grain in the grain depots of the counties?Either these local officials resold it to grain merchants at a high price, or the subordinates in the yamen took a bag and I took a bag, and the remaining little would be handed over to the court. When a disaster strikes, food production decreases, and there is nothing I can do.These are all unspoken rules in the officialdom, and Youshu has learned from the memory of "Zhao Youshu", so naturally she will not agree.They clearly say to sell, but in fact they are robbing. If they want to take away the money, they will send you a few bags of sand, making you miserable.

"Master Wu, I heard that the rats in the granary in Longquan County are starving to death. What do you sell the grain for?" You Shu revealed.

Wu Zhixian sneered, "The official said that selling grain is for your face. If I want it, I can just have the money dragged away. Zhao Youshu, I advise you to be more sensible. You have already registered your name with Wang Zhifu. If there is some misstep in the future, it will be too late to regret it."

"Are you threatening me?" Youshu frowned.

The man who approved the official documents also looked up, his eyes were cold and stern.

Wu Zhixian inexplicably felt chills all over his body. He hugged his shoulders with both hands and said forcefully, "I am warning you not to block the way of others. You must know that the only end of those stones that block the road is to be removed and thrown at will." Drop it. You don’t have to buy this food, but you must give me 18 taels of silver. If you are interested, I may be able to say a few words for you in front of Mr. Wang and save your life. Mr. Deng from Changshan County, you know ? It was a miserable death when he died that year!"

Deng Zhixian was also a loyal, brave and upright person. Because he refused to join forces with Wang Zhifu, he was hacked to death by bandits on the roadside when he returned to his hometown to visit his relatives. His wife and daughter were also taken away.But thinking about it, the end must be more bleak than life.

You Shu already knew that the magistrate and bandits had colluded together, so she could guess the real cause of Master Deng's death.Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the man standing up suddenly, strode up to Wu Zhixian, and stared at him with lowered eyes.His eyes were extremely penetrating, even if he didn't show his figure, Wu Zhixian could instinctively sense the cold and fear.

"How many ice trays do you have in your room?" He folded his arms tightly and asked tremblingly.

Youshu found that the backs of his hands and face had a lot of goose bumps, and his hairs were standing on end, but he didn't know that he was being watched by King Yama, so he couldn't help mourning for him in his heart.You said you didn't come sooner or later, but you came when King Yama was watching me. Aren't you courting death?

Youshu was refreshed in her heart, but she didn't show anything on her face. She shook her head and said, "I didn't put a single ice basin." At the same time, try to avoid eye contact with the tall man.

Wu Zhixian didn't seem to believe it, he stretched his neck to look around the room, his expression became more and more disturbed.Wang Fu saw that he had strayed from the topic, and quickly reminded him in a low voice, "Master Wu, Mr. Wang is still waiting for our letter, so it's important to take the silver away first. Think about it, Prince Li has a very large army. How many gifts do you have to receive for a birthday, if you don't make it in time, won't the opportunity be taken away by others?"

Wu Zhixian nodded, rubbed his arms and was about to speak harshly again, but someone shouted outside, "Master, there is an urgent letter from the capital, please take a look."

At this time, unlike modern times, the traffic is very blocked, and the population seldom moves. Often, earth-shattering events happen in a certain place, but it will not be known until a few months or half a year later in other places.If the magistrate deliberately concealed it, he would never know it for a lifetime.Therefore, the emperor, the imperial concubine, and the prince of Li died suddenly one after another, and the five princes ascended the throne. It had been more than half a month before the news reached Lishui.The merchants naturally knew about their dealings, but they didn't dare to talk about the government affairs, especially the government affairs with the change of emperors, so they kept tight-lipped.

Youshu immediately opened the envelope and read it quickly. In addition to the obituary, the new emperor has repeatedly urged all places to prepare for flood control and drought relief, which shows that he is farsighted.He handed it to Wuzhi County, and said slowly, "Don't worry about my 18 taels of silver. The fifth prince ascended the throne, and Prince Li died suddenly. You should go back and find a new backer, lest the position under your buttocks be replaced by someone else. .”

Wu Zhixian refused to believe it at first, but when he took the official document and looked at it, he almost fainted.In one night, the emperor, imperial concubine, and Prince Li all died, and the fifth prince, whom no one knew, ascended the throne.These veterans in the court are not his confidantes, so he dared to use them, of course he had to replace them with his own team one by one.In other words, there will be a big change in the DPRK and China. Whether this change will affect the small county is still unknown, but it is always right to deal with it as soon as possible.

Small sesame officials like Wu Zhixian don't need to worry too much, but big officials like Wang Zhifu should be cautious, they are often in the same team.But the bad thing is that Wu Zhi County sent his own daughter to Wang Zhifu as a concubine. He and Wang Zhifu are already grasshoppers on the same rope.If Wang Zhifu is planted this time, Wu Zhixian will not have any good fruit to eat.

Wang Fu was also in the same situation, so the two quickly realized that the situation was critical, and ran out like burning their buttocks.The tall man followed closely behind, and when the carriage drove out of Suichang County, he pointed at him.

A ray of black light hit the buttocks of the driving horses, they raised their front hooves and sprinted left and right, throwing the two people in the car far away. When the guards brought them back, they found that one had a broken leg and the other a broken waist. The injuries were all extremely serious.

Youshu guessed that the two of them might be unlucky, so she felt relieved. She took a pen and wrote down the news that "the former emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne", and ordered her servants to post it. The matter of plague is arranged, and the responsibility is divided among the chiefs of the mile.

Knowing that Wuzhi County had gone to Suichang, the officials and lords in several nearby counties secretly felt sorry for themselves, blaming themselves for not being able to act sooner, and all wishing for the misfortune of County Magistrate Zhao.However, the news of County Magistrate Zhao's relegation did not come, but the obituary came first. Their backers varied from one to the other, and the one in the top position was the fifth prince whom no one knew well.

What is it all about!The officials and lords complained endlessly in their hearts, but they still managed to arrange white flags, incense candles and other things, preparing to sacrifice to the imperial mausoleum in the distance. As for the decree on flood prevention and drought relief, they didn't seem to have seen it.But Youshu only put on a show on the first day, and spent the rest of the day busy buying supplies and consolidating the embankment, leaving 10 taels of cash for spare.

Before I knew it, another month passed. Looking back, the elusive King Yama hadn't come for seventeen or eight days. Could it be that he completely dispelled his doubts about me?Before Youshu had time to be happy, she heard the starving ghost say, "My lord, I have to go out to avoid the limelight, so I bid farewell to you. Look at the black clouds in the sky and the fog on the ground, they are almost connected. In front of my eyes, many people will die at that time, and ghost messengers will go all out to lock up wronged souls. To prevent being caught, the young ones have to leave quickly."

"Isn't it a good time to be reincarnated after being arrested?" You Shu was puzzled.

"The little one didn't accumulate virtue in his previous life, and even if he was reincarnated, he wouldn't be able to enter the human realm. It's better to stay in the mortal world. The little one is gone, sir, take care." He bowed and hid underground, and the rest of the ghost servants also said goodbye one after another.

At this time, Youshu didn't have the time to think about anything else, and immediately went to the warehouse to count the relief supplies such as food, medicinal materials, and silver.But when he was busy, Wang Fu's servants came to the county government office to make a fuss, saying that they wanted to come back to serve as errands.One day's wages will be deducted for one day of leave. This is the rule of the imperial court. They have been on leave for dozens of days, and they have lost a lot of money. They thought that when Wang Fu came back, he would definitely regain power and make up for everyone's losses. The unlucky Wang Fu broke his waist and was paralyzed in bed.

What is even more disturbing is: the sudden death of Prince Li, the new emperor's ascension to the throne, and the sudden collapse of the prefect's backing. Whether he can continue to be an official in the future is unknown, and how to protect the following nepotism Xiao Luoluo?It wasn't until this time that everyone realized what it means to be "a master of flowing water, a county magistrate of iron".The county magistrate couldn't understand Wang Fu, so he kicked him if he said he would kick him; he was short of manpower, and he could hire dozens of strong men in a blink of an eye.Confronting him is tantamount to hitting a rock with an egg, and you are going to kill yourself.

They regretted their mistakes and knelt outside the gate and kowtowed to confess their crimes.You Shu was already very busy, so how could she use this group of snobs who only knew how to eat, and immediately wrote a letter of dismissal with the official seal, distributed it, and then posted it on the list.

Now the people of Suichang are used to going to the public list outside the yamen every day to see that the magistrate of the county will report everything, no matter how big or small, and this practice has a name called transparent government affairs.Although I don't know if it is really transparent, the common people can at least know which policies are beneficial to them, and which ones they need to prevent or implement in a timely manner.

In just two months, the law and order in Suichang County has changed from chaotic to well-organized, and the mental outlook of the people has also changed.Their love for County Magistrate Zhao has surpassed their respect for gods and Buddhas. Anyone who dares to say a bad word about County Magistrate Zhao will be immediately mobilized and attacked.

Right now, the magistrate of Zhao County has eliminated a great harm for the people, and he has wiped out all the policemen, government servants, and subordinate officials who once oppressed them. How gratifying is this?After taking off that layer of official skin, these people are nothing, who would be afraid that he will fail?Amidst the sound of gongs and drums, everyone flocked to smash stones, spit, and throw rotten vegetable leaves, making a group of people cry for their fathers and mothers, and fled in embarrassment.