small county magistrate

As for the cause of the fire incident?

Ha ha……

"Let me tell you, the one who set the fire is you, the Elder." One day, I went to see the flower seller Xiaolan. That morning, Xiaofu, who was leading the donkey back to the county government, didn't know what Mr. Han said. , I told Xiaolan the same way.Unexpectedly, someone's sharp tongue pierced through it with a sharp sentence.

"How could it be our master!" Xiao Fu expressed disbelief.

"Hehe..." The muscles on my face pulled stiffly, maintaining an innocent smile.

"How can it be impossible!" Xiao Lan put her hands on her hips, and Xiao Fu's body shrank, "Your masters are clumsy, maybe it was your masters who started the fire and burned down the general's guest room."

"Hehe..." Whenever I make this kind of laughter, it's usually when I feel guilty.

"Master?" Xiao Fu looked at me suspiciously.

"Hehe..." I smirked, "As long as you don't tell Mr. Han..."

What is actually happening?hehe……

Didn't Master Ben not sleep well there?

Lying on the table and not sleeping well, what do you think will happen?

Ha ha……

In a daze, I remembered that when I was scribbling with my hands, I knocked something to the ground.

What can be placed on the table and cause a fire if you are not careful when it touches the ground?

Ha ha……

And I used that thing last night when I had a night talk with the great general...

Ha ha……

After the fire incident, nothing major happened, but there were often distinguished guests in the small yamen.It is the great general Ying Shao.His general seems to be really just recuperating at the moment, living an extremely idle life.Every morning when I was dragging my donkey around, I would occasionally turn to his general’s camp, and see him watching people practice, occasionally throwing it a few times, and then, when I turned back to my yamen, I will always see his general sitting in my living room, drinking tea leisurely, with a game of chess in front of him, waiting for me to come back to play chess, poor little county magistrate is penniless, and there is only a little money in the tea pot. Poor tea, he drank it up after a few visits by his general, and he had to send Xiaofu out to buy tea in private...

What a terrible word.

Originally, if there was nothing to do in the yamen, after I wandered around, I would go back to the place where the two old people lived to greet the two old people, and then I could sneak back to my room and sleep back in the cage.If you don't want to sleep, you can also go to the study to read a book.As for playing chess...

Since Mo Qiao left a few years ago, all the chess pieces have been put away.I don't want to do this kind of troublesome and time-consuming work...

"It's such a hard life..." I sighed and lay down, facing Ruhua, whose back was facing me, "When I thought about going back to the yamen to play chess with others, I just thought about staying in your Yicuilou "Good wine, famous piano, beautiful women, my life could have been without any troubles——

"Okay. My lady is here to welcome you anytime, sir." Ruhua recently learned some color painting from somewhere. She painted in front of the mirror, and a branch of ice plum appeared on her cheek.

"No, no, no, I still have to go back." I thought for a while, and got up, "I dare not offend you, the general, and he is the prince's son. Maybe one day, this small county will be entrusted to him. If I offend him now..." Seeing a big pen poking towards my face, I took a step back vigilantly, "What are you doing?"

"Master, what do you think of Ruhua's makeup today?" The eldest lady was so interested in this today that she didn't even play the piano.

"Not bad." I glanced, and my attention was distracted, "But... the color of the snow on the plum petals is a bit lighter." Picking up a small brush, dipped some silver and pink paint , lightly traced a few times on the edge of the petals on her face. "It's almost like this." I took a step back and looked at it carefully, "Not bad."

"Of course my little girl's Danqing is not as good as your master's." Ruhua laughed.

Looking at the remaining color on the tip of the pen, I sniffed it with my nose. There was a slightly pungent smell, "What kind of paint is this?" It didn't melt when it was painted on the face.

"It's a kind of paint from the Western Regions. I saw it when I went there before, but I didn't pay attention to it. I was bored a few days ago, so I thought of it. I sent someone to buy some over there immediately, and let it here The girls go play on their own."

"Three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflake silver. I am not as good as you as a county magistrate." I laughed.Seeing Ru Hua's pen coming towards my face again, "Ru Hua, stop joking with me, Master."

"Just try it, it doesn't matter if you wash it off when you go out." Ruhua smiled and pressed me down, dipped the pen thickly in red paint, and drew on my forehead. "I heard that the prince left the palace a few days ago."

"Really?" I shifted my attention again and let her draw strokes on her forehead, "The prince is young, will he get the emperor's permission to leave the palace? Maybe he escaped secretly."

"Yes. Does your lord know where he sneaked off to?" Ruhua smiled like a flower while drawing.

"It can't be from me." There was a faint bad feeling in my heart.If the news Ruhua brought had nothing to do with me, she wouldn't tell me.

"That's right." The eldest lady patted my shoulder with her slender hand, "It's just a few days of rumors, but at least ten and a half months from the capital to here, I can't tell, the little prince has already slipped out gone."

I was sweating from fear.

"I heard that the palace sent someone to look for it. If it wasn't for your place, my lord, I wouldn't know about it." Ruhua laughed. Well, if you are hungry or cold, my lord, your head will be lost.”

"It's really unlucky these days." Touching the cold sweat on my forehead, I sighed, "Forget it, he ran out secretly anyway, and he deserves to freeze to death. If he really freezes to death, I'll find someone to bury him immediately." As long as the people in the palace are not found, nothing can be done to me."

hateful!After returning home, the whole city will be searched for people.

First came a general, the son of the prince, the future king of the county, and now a little prince, the son of the emperor, the future emperor.How can I, Li Fei, He De, a small county town attract so many people!

"That's right. My lord found out someone secretly, and killed the little prince without anyone noticing." Ru Hua drew the last stroke, and then stepped back to appreciate it carefully, "This way, my lord's hatred can also be dispelled. "

"Master, my heart is like stagnant water. What hatred can I have?" I opened my mouth and touched my forehead. The paint didn't get on my hands. It's really good paint. I sighed in my heart and saw Ruhua covering her mouth and snickering at me. , I became suspicious, "What did you draw on my head?"

"Adults can tell just by looking at it." Ruhua put down the pen with a smile, and brought a bronze mirror to me.

a bolt from the blue.

I pointed at my forehead dumbfounded, "This... this... is like a flower, wipe it off..." Smiling weakly, I grabbed a square towel and wiped it vigorously on my forehead.

Can't wipe it off?

The eldest lady laughed so hard that her flowers trembled.

****

Sneaking out of Yicui Building, I covered my forehead with a handkerchief, and ran into a nearby place that sold medicine for traumatic injuries.I took out a few pennies and bought a sheet of ointment, and after I uncovered it, I put it on my forehead regardless of the 21 and [-], and went back in the direction of the county government in a miserable state.

hateful……

I have raised the little girl to be so savage...

I think back then, when the little girl was first sold into the Yicui Building, she cried so earth-shatteringly. At that time, she was like a flower, so pure, lovely, simple and kind...

It's not like now——

Woooooooo——Even she dared to tease me, her old savior——

Thinking sadly, from time to time he touched his forehead uneasy, and hurried back.

But it's okay this time... I just said that I accidentally bumped my head... I don't have to accompany that general...

But think about it again, Ruhua is already in her early twenties this year, and she hasn't even married yet...

Hmm—as fierce as a tigress... who would marry her...

A gust of wind blew over, and there was a coolness on the forehead, damn it...

And that Ying Shao, who comes to my small yamen to report every day, really——

I really want to grab it and beat it...

Because of him, and because of his unusually similar waist to Mo Qiao, I always stare at him after he leaves.

I have big dreams every night...

Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Thinking in my heart, I suddenly heard a "Hello" in my ear, and a person patted me on the shoulder twice.

I looked up in surprise, and saw a young man in red, leaning against the door with his arms crossed, smiling and looking at me.

This vermilion gate...why does it look so familiar...

Only then did I realize that I had walked a long way in meditation, and I didn't even know when I had arrived at the gate of the yamen.

"Oh... this little friend..." The face is a bit familiar, but I can't remember where I met it.

"It's me!" The red-clothed boy opened his eyes wide and his smile was big, pointing his finger at himself, "I treated you to barbecue that day."

"Shame, shame." I sighed, remembering the regrets of that day.

"Hey, why are you in such a mess?" The red-clothed boy jumped over and reached out to touch my forehead, but I hurriedly slapped it away, "How did you get into this? You really look like a dog officer."

Dog officer?I was very dissatisfied, "Does the dog officer wear such broken shoes like me?" I raised my feet to show him the patches on the shoes.Since I was pointed out by Ying Shao that day, I now have a bad habit of raising my feet to look at this patch by myself from time to time.

"You just discovered it." The boy in red clapped his hands, "Idiot. I saw such a big patch at a glance that day."

"Speaking of which, I was really miserable that day." I retracted my feet and sighed.

"I'm here today to treat you to barbecue." The boy smiled, "Come in."

Jumping up a few stone steps at the entrance of the yamen, the young man smiled and assumed a gesture of welcoming guests, "Please——"

I lift my legs happily...

……

Suddenly something felt wrong.

What's wrong?

In front of you is the vermilion gate, here is my yamen.

Every day when I come back from Yicui Tower, I also enter from here——

What's wrong?

"My lord, come in." The boy in red at the door said with a smile.

Someone said they wanted to invite me to a barbecue, but they stood at the gate of the yamen and asked me to come in——

This……

There is an ominous premonition in my heart.

The caterpillar in my heart crawled quickly.

As soon as I entered the lobby, what I saw was still the plaque on the hall with the blue sky and white sun, and I put a stone in my heart.

"Master, you are back!" Xiao Fu rushed over.

"Master is back!" "Master, you are back!" A large group of people rushed in and surrounded me.

……

When will there be so many people in the yamen when the master comes back?

Dingqing looked again, Master, I was so angry that I almost vomited blood.

Oh!Have!this!reason!

become!what!body!System!

The normally dirty floor of the yamen has been swept clean and covered with extravagant red blankets. It was supposed to be a place for yamen servants, but now there are two rows standing with hands down...

Such a familiar face...

The person at the head of the row came over with a white towel and greeted with a smile, "Master, you are back." It was Boss Bao from Huixianglou, "The little one is here to take care of you, Master."

"..." I froze for a moment, "I didn't ask you to come."

"It's from this boy," Boss Bao said with a smile all over his face, "Today, I'll personally cook barbecue for you, Master."

"Master, it's been a while since you came to Tianbinlou." The owner of Tianbinlou came over with a greasy rag on his shoulders and said with a smile, "I'm also here to make something nice for you old man." gone."

"..."

"Master, the person who roasts the most in the world is also here. I am waiting for your order." Mr. Cai, the owner of the roast chicken shop, wiped his hands and came over to stand in front of me.

"..." I stood for a long time before I managed to say a word, "I...have never eaten roast chicken at your place..."

"The first time is raw and the second time is cooked." Boss Cai's oily face was full of smiles, "Master doesn't like roast chicken, okay, I'm here to make barbecue for you today."

"..."

Looking over one by one, they were all owners of well-known restaurants in the county. Finally, I saw the last three. "Aren't you guys from Tieji Paint Shop?" I pointed to those three and asked.

"Yes." The three young fellows held the table in a docile manner, lowering their hands and bowing their heads. "The young master said that we did a good job of painting. Come here today to paint the sauce for the master's barbecue."

"..."

Turning my head and staring at the young man in red, the young man smiled so happily that I couldn't continue to scold, so I lowered my voice, "Why did you invite so many people? Also, although my yamen is not very useful Got it, but don’t make it like this.”

This is a serious crime of contempt for the court...

The young man grinned, his teeth were so white that his eyes shone, and he waved his hands in front of me. At some point, ten skewers of barbecue appeared in his hands, "Do you want to eat?"

"..."

The young man smiled and stuffed a bunch of cold ones into my mouth, and pulled me up to sit down. Then he sat beside me, looked at the two rows of people in the hall, and said, "Go ahead."

"Yes." The following responded in unison, and all of the people in the two rows left.

Grandpa, I tried my best to bite, bit off the meat on the small pine branch, and swallowed it, "Where did they go?"

"Master, it's in your yard. The barbecue over there is very smoky, let's come here to eat." Two well-dressed teenagers brought over two pots of barbecued meat and put them on the table.I looked at the two pots of shiny barbecue, and then at the gavel thrown into the token bucket on the table, feeling weird in my heart.

"This..." I asked, pointing to the two teenagers serving barbecue.

"It's pretty good looking." The boy smiled and took my hand and put it down, and stuffed the barbecue into my mouth, "I saw a few waiters, and these two looks are pretty neat. Just I have called to entertain you, my lord."

"..."

With the barbecue in my mouth, watching these two teenagers dressed neatly and serving the wine and dishes, my heart is always fuzzy.

"Papa——" two times, the young man clapped his hands with a smile, and there was a burst of piano music in the hall immediately.Two rows of dancers in red gauze dresses came out gracefully from the back of the hall, walked to the front of the hall, put their hands on their left waists and lowered their bodies slightly, "Good luck, my lord!"

My jaw almost dropped to the floor in shock.

"Like... like a flower..."

****

"Feng Xi Feng Xi returns to my hometown—"

As soon as the sound of the piano sounded, the graceful figures of the two rows of dancers scattered to both sides, and the fragrance floated in the place where the veil shadows fluttered, like an ice plum painted on the forehead of a flower, which I drew for her an hour ago. Sleeves dance.

"Ruhua? Has your lord been to Yicui Tower?" the young man asked.

I quickly put away my surprised face. "The famous prostitutes in this county are famous far and wide. Today, it's really worth seeing once you hear a lot." Court officials can't sleep in flowers and willows, so they can only talk nonsense with their eyes open.

"Well, I also guess that you have never seen it before." The young man smiled, "Generally, when officials see a local famous prostitute, they will get her to be a concubine in their own yard. Now that I have seen it , do you have an idea?"

"Don't dare." I refused again and again.Not to mention that I don't have any feelings for Ruhua. If I really take her into the house, I'm afraid she won't roar every day with her tigress appearance. "I'm not blessed to be an official. You'd better eat my barbecue." I said, grabbing the barbecue on the plate and biting it to express what I thought.

The fresh mutton meat is tender and juicy, and the meat tastes rich and fragrant when I bite into my mouth. After eating, there is still a faint fragrance of pine branches in my mouth. life is beautiful.

The young man in red accompanied me to drink a few cups, turned his head to look at me with dark eyes, and suddenly grinned, "Do you think this kind of life is called life?"

I sighed contentedly, agreeing.I don't know where the young man got the wine in his mouth, every drop of it is extremely soft, the wine is strong and mellow, it can really be called a fine nectar.

The two young boys came up again, replaced the empty pots, brought over two jugs of wine, a few stacks of side dishes, and of course, a pot of steaming barbecued meat dripping with sauce.

"He Yuan crosses the neck to be a mandarin duck, and Hu Jie is soaring together!" The sound of the piano is melodious, tantalizing, with bright eyes like flowers, a sweet smile, and a graceful figure. But he wasn't looking at the dancing beauty, but he noticed that I was looking at him, so he simply turned his head and smiled at me showing my snow-white teeth.

"The lower officials don't look good, you made me laugh." I said.He smiled foolishly at people for no reason, feeling a little suspicious in his heart.

"If you look like this now, anyone who looks at you will say that you are a veritable corrupt official." The young man laughed.

I looked at myself, and then at all the things in the yamen lobby, and I couldn't help but respond with a smile, but I cursed in my heart, it's not all because of you that you make such a donkey or a donkey or a horse or a donkey!

"The small county is elegant, and has never been as grand as the young master." I replied.

Hmph, if he didn't see that he spent so much money to make such a big show for the sake of my master, he would have been dealt with long ago!

"I'm talking about this plaster patch on your head." The boy smiled brightly,

"It's so ugly, it looks like the kind of ruffian after being beaten up."

"..."

My master is phoenix and dragon, but there is an extra piece of plaster on his forehead, is the situation so bad?

Seeing the young man stretching out his hand to peel off the medicine patch on my forehead, I quickly blocked it and said with a smile, "Small injuries, although they are not beautiful, but they are enough to heal the wound and regenerate the muscle. Don't tear it, don't tear it—— "joke!If this medicine post is torn off, what face will I have as a master!

"When did you get hurt?" The boy stopped his hand and looked at it with his chin resting on his hands.

"This morning." I smiled guiltily, afraid that he would reach out and expose it if I was not careful. "Small injuries, minor injuries, nothing to worry about."

The young man turned his eyes around my forehead for a while, and finally turned his attention to other aspects. I put down a stone in my heart and picked up the glass to drink.

"When I came in the morning, there were customers waiting in your yamen." The young man took a few sips and raised his head suddenly.

The wine glass moved to his mouth, but luckily the wine didn't spill much, and he didn't lose his composure on the spot. "I don't know." Now that I think about it, that time should have been when Ying Shao was around. I don't know what kind of ability this young man has, but let him go first as a general.

"It seems to be a very big official." The young man rested his chin in thought, "I always feel familiar. But I can't remember it. By the way, the two people next to him said he was a general."

really. "He left later?"

"Yes..." the young man said lightly.

I put down my glass and asked cautiously, "Then how did he get away?"

"He just left like this?" The young man looked at my face a little incomprehensibly, "I asked someone to pack up the things in the hall and put the guy in the backyard. By the way, there seemed to be a smell of smoke at that time, which was very choking. People, they stood for a while, and when they saw that you hadn't come back, they left first."

"..." I couldn't help wondering if this young man was an idiot.There is no dignity, no hospitality, and seeing how he made the yamen like this, I think he has no concept of court, I don't know what charm I have to make this young man who has only met me once treat guests like this please me.

I was thinking, but I didn't notice that the young man moved his seat, moved closer to me, observed it carefully, and suddenly said, "Looking at you so closely, I feel more and more ugly on your head."

"Ah?" I was stunned, and found that the young man stretched out his hand and peeled off the plaster on my forehead.

"Friendship, understanding, harmony, and harmony in the middle of the night——" the sound of the piano suddenly stopped, and the dancing flowery "puff——" the dance froze, and then straightened its face again and continued to dance.

"With both wings up and flying high, I feel sad when I don't feel it." The sound of the piano is still the same, and the faces of the dancers are still smiling.

I am embarrassed.

After staring at the lip marks on my forehead for a while, he slowly turned his gaze over to meet my eyes. The young man's expression was very strange.

"Where did you come from?" His voice was slightly stiff.

My heart suddenly changed, "I played with my wife last night, and I accidentally left it." Embarrassment is a bit embarrassing, but it is still an excuse.

"My wife?" The young man's face became extremely serious, "Can I invite Mrs. Madam to the hall?"

"My wife just returned to her mother's house today." I said.Also a lame excuse, but that's about all I can think of.Do you want me to say that I did it when I was playing with a famous prostitute in the county in the morning?

The young man in red flicked his sleeves and left the table, yelling at the dancers in front of the hall, "Stop! Stop it! Stop dancing! Go away! Go away!"

Ruhua called the girl who played the piano, and led the others to retreat, with a smile still on the corner of her mouth.

I'm just getting pissed off.

hateful!This girl, I don't even think about who caused me to be in such a mess!

The boy turned around and stared at me without blinking.I sighed, grabbed the plaster that had been removed, and tried to stick it on my forehead again.Unexpectedly, the boy snatched it, threw it on the ground, and stomped it hard with his feet.

"Young master, this is..." I was a little puzzled.There's no need to lose your temper with this thing.The thing on the forehead was removed, and now it is cold, which makes my heart flutter.I was worried that my subordinates would see my embarrassment when they came.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" The young man said three times, he didn't know whether he was cursing someone or the plaster on his feet.

Glancing at some of the remaining barbecued meat on the plate, some of them had cooled down slightly, with no steam coming out from above, and a layer of translucent jelly formed on the surface of the meat, which made people salivate even more.But——looking up at the boy who lost his temper for some reason, I couldn't help but sighed, swallowed, and touched my forehead with my hand.

Hey……

Ruhua, a little girl, is not good at drawing anything, so she drew a lip print on my forehead.If it's just for fun, but it can't be washed off with water. Looking at it like this, it seems that I have to bear the imprint for two or three days until it fades away.

Sighing again, he stroked his hand in front of his forehead, and pulled down the hair on his forehead, hoping to block it to some extent.The boy rushed to me panting, "Did you really do it with Mrs. Zun last night?"

I nodded.

"Your Madam is really enthusiastic." The young man said mockingly.

I feel a little displeased.When I saw this young man before, I thought he was simple and honest, cute, hearty and generous. Although what happened today, I saw him extravagant and extravagant, but I didn't think it was too inappropriate. I only thought that the young man was handsome and had a cute personality.Now I feel that his temper is not so good.

"That's what's so cute about my wife." I smiled, feeling very personable.Uh... Although a lip print on his forehead will affect his image...

The boy suddenly jumped into a rage: "Okay! What a cutie." He gritted his teeth, "What a cutie."

With a sound of "Shuh--", he swept all the plates and wine glasses on the table to the ground, but fortunately he didn't throw the pot of barbecue on the ground.

"You!" I stood up suddenly.

"Master——" The two teenagers who were serving us drinking came up, and when they saw this situation, they immediately stood aside and did not dare to move.

"Get off! Get off!" The boy in red yelled at them, "Who told you to come up!"

The two teenagers looked aggrieved, but they still quickly retreated.

"Li Fei, I respect you and admire you for being an official for three years. You have a clean sleeve and outstanding achievements. Seeing that your yamen is quiet and there is no noise at all. There are no cases in March. The people are honest and honest. I think you are a great talent hiding in the wild, and I think you are rare. Good officer! But I never thought that you are just greedy for pleasure and obsessed with men and women's boudoir affairs!" The young man roared,

"You've let me down so much!"

I couldn't help curling my lips.Although the words are so upright, but the expression on the boy's small and delicate face is only anger, and he can't see that upright and awe-inspiring look.Maybe it will take a few more years before he will have that kind of broad bearing and arrogance.

"How does the personal life of a lower official interfere with his political achievements?" I threw up my sleeves and left the table, "My lord is too biased." So what if he is obsessed with the affairs of a man and a woman?So what if I just don't have that kind of pride and ambition?In this great country, there are many talents, and I am not short of a small county magistrate.

disappointment?What's his disappointment?

The boy glared at me angrily for a long while, and finally, with a "huh—" he shook his sleeves and left.

I watched him leave, and as soon as the gate of the yamen opened, I heard a shout from outside: "Your official escorted you late, please forgive me, Prince."

It's Ying Shao.

The prince turned his head, looked at me angrily for a while, then turned his head suddenly, and yelled at the kneeling man at the door: "I don't want to go back! Get out! Get out of here!"

"Please return to the palace, the prince." A large group of people still knelt at the door.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" The crown prince jumped into a rage, waving his red sleeves violently, "I just don't want to go back! What can you do to me? What can you do to me?"

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

"Prince, please go back to the palace!" Ying Shao led a group of people, still respectfully greeted him at the door.

"I don't want to go back! I just don't want to go back!" The prince was furious, turned around, kicked the door with a "bang--" and walked back angrily towards me.

"I don't know if the prince is coming. I hope the prince will forgive me." I quickly knelt down and performed my courtier's etiquette.

"Humph——" the little prince snorted twice, turned around and sat on the lobby, randomly grabbed two skewers of cold barbecue, and stuffed them into his mouth.

"Prince, please return to the palace." I lowered my eyebrows and said sympathetically.

"Damn it! You want me to go back!" the prince said angrily, "Get up! Have dinner with me!"

I stood up, "I dare not."

"You—" the little prince stood up all of a sudden, pointed at me, and became angry; "I tell you to sit down and you sit down! Do you still want to resist the order?"

Carefully sit down beside Houlong who is breathing fire.

"Where are the people? Where have they gone!" The little prince roared, stuffed a pile of barbecue meat into my mouth, and then turned around and shouted at the two teenagers behind, "I haven't put the food and wine on the table yet!"

"Sing and dance—"

"The emperor, the emperor, come from me..." I sighed in my heart as I danced and sang.

What a "chaotic" word this morning.