I'm taking the imperial examinations in Liaozhai

It's been a few days since I received the arrest warrant from the imperial court, and nothing happened to the police officers on their daily patrols. As time passed, no one took it too seriously.

How can it be so unlucky, the flower picking thieves will come to their county, maybe the group of wanted criminals are hiding in some deep forest and dare not come out.

Even so, Ji Zihe didn't let the matter go.Those who should patrol still have to patrol, and the notice is still posted. He is a local parent official, and it is his duty to protect the safety of the people. If those thieves are not caught for a day, he has to guard against them.

But everyone else in the county government office is a little dissatisfied with this. They all know that the new official took office three fires.But for such a tossing about a matter that has no shadow, and working overtime every day, who can feel no resentment in his heart.

Don't think that the yamen is just a few people such as the county magistrate and the yamen servants. That is a misunderstanding. How can a few people manage a county well.In the Great Chu State, no matter how small a county is, there are more than a hundred people in the county government, and there are thousands of people in the big counties.

Ning'an County is a medium-sized county, and there are three to four hundred people working in the yamen.There are not many officials in the county government. Except for the county magistrate Ji Zihe, there are only three assistant officials, the county magistrate, the master book and the county magistrate, and the rest are officials and government servants.

Officials also belong to the court order officials, who handle all the affairs of a county, such as taxation, justice, culture and education, etc.But the yamen servants are not officials appointed by the imperial court, but staff recruited by the county government itself. In addition to the three classes of yamen servants that are often said, staff in the county yamen such as clerks, cooks, and watchmen also belong to the category of yamen servants.

Ji Zihe's official house is located in the county government office. Recently, Huang Jiulang is busy with his sisters' affairs, not to mention cooking, and he doesn't even see a person all day long.But the bones are inconvenient and inconvenient to cook, so he ate the big pot of rice in the county government for several days.

The food in the cafeteria in the county government office is really hard to describe in a single word. Now the cook in the county government office is an old man named Gao. He used to raise horses in the county government office. Later, the chef resigned and he filled the vacancy. higher wages.Don't think that Uncle Gao can only mix fodder for horses, he can be called a tiger if he shakes the spoon.It looks like a thing, and it can barely be eaten when it’s done, and it’s fine if you can’t eat it to death. Why pay so much attention to it.

It's okay to eat this kind of food once in a while, but Ji Zihe's face will look pale after eating too much, and he feels nauseous just thinking about it.

To be honest, Ji Zihe really wanted to change cooks, but good cooks were easy to find, the key was lack of money.As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.I heard that the chefs in the restaurants in the county can earn tens of taels of monthly money, and look at the chefs in the county government, the salary is only a few pennies, if they really have good cooking skills, who would come here.

In fact, there are not many people eating in the canteen of the county government on weekdays. Unless they are busy with business, most of the time when they are free, everyone prefers to go home and cook a small stove by themselves, and no one wants to make things difficult for their stomachs.

When he saw Huang Jiulang, an irresponsible servant again, Ji Zihe's eyes lit up, and he suddenly wanted to taste the taste of fox meat.

Huang Jiulang's tail bone numb. If it was the prototype, he must be looking like he is going to run away at any time with his tail between his legs.

"Master, what's the matter with you?"

"You know how to come back!" Ji Zihe withdrew his gaze and continued to look at the official document in his hand.

"Look at what you said, you are my master, where else can I go if I don't come back." Huang Jiulang felt guilty.

Ji Zihe snorted coldly, "It's hard for you to remember that I am your master."

"It is indeed the slave's fault, but the slave also has a reason for the incident. Master, your prime minister can hold a boat in your belly, so don't bother with the slave." Huang Jiulang flattered.

"Forget it, when you come back today, is there any progress in the case of Xin Shishiniang?" Ji Zihe asked.

He wasn't really angry with Huang Jiulang. It was understandable for Huang Jiulang to be worried about his relatives having an accident. He didn't really care about a few meals with the book boy who had been with him for several years.

"Yes, sir, I saw that scholar named Feng went to worship at the grave of the old Junjun today, and burned the marriage certificate to the old Junjun. I guess the old Junjun will have to send the marriage letter when it gets dark at night. Marriage proposal. When they catch someone, they will immediately go to Chenghuang Temple to file a complaint, and then I will have to trouble you to uphold justice for the fourteenth sister." Huang Jiulang said.

"Well, don't worry, I will deal with it fairly." Ji Zihe said indifferently.

"Thank you, master." The big stone in Huang Jiulang's heart finally fell to the ground, but when he remembered that he had been out of duty for so many days, he felt a little uneasy, and flattered him, "Master, it's almost noon, you must be hungry. I'll go get you lunch."

"Need not."

"What?" Huang Jiulang panicked, maybe the master is angry and doesn't want him.

"Master, I know I was wrong. Don't drive me away. I will definitely not leave my post again in the future. If you want to get angry, just punish me. If I do it again next time, you will shave my hair off."

"That's what you said." Ji Zihe propped his chin and said.

"Sir, don't be angry, I'm going to cook now!"

"Need not."

Huang Jiulang's shoulders have slumped. If he is the prototype now, his ears and tail must have drooped together.

"There's no need to make lunch. Let's go to the restaurant today and go to Deshun Building to have a good meal." Ji Zihe said.

Huang Jiulang's ears perked up, knowing that he would not be chased away, he regained his vitality immediately, "Deshunlou is good, their stewed chicken with mushrooms is amazing, the spicy chicken is also delicious, and... "

"Stop, stop, saliva is flowing out, wipe it off." Ji Zihe said in disgust.

"Hey." Huang Jiulang wiped it with his hand, and sure enough, there was no saliva on his chin.He didn't care about Ji Zihe deliberately teasing him, and asked, "Master, when shall we go?"

"Go, call the master, and we will set off."

"Okay." Huang Jiulang cheerfully ran out to find Yan Ruyu.

It was rare for Ji Zihe to go out to go shopping. Before he became an official, he was a homeless man. He would study hard in his study on weekdays and rarely go out unless necessary.Now that he is an official, he is still an old man. He is a typical workaholic, and his spare time life is really boring.

Yan Ruyu was also quite surprised that her boss would treat guests to dinner, but it was a good thing.Cough, although he is a book demon, it is inevitable to spend money to pretend to be an adult now.His salary is not high, and he likes to buy messy things on weekdays, and he doesn't know how to cook, so he definitely eats in the cafeteria more often than Ji Zihe.It's rare that he can improve the food, so naturally he won't refuse.

Ji Zihe changed his clothes, and the three of them left the county office together, intending to walk to Deshun Restaurant in the city.

Ning'an County is still quite lively, with many squares and cities, and Ji Zihe encountered several waves of patrolling yamen servants on the road.These yamen servants were a little impatient. Although they were patrolling, their attitude was very lax.Ji Zihe couldn't help frowning, thinking about whether he should hit them.

Seeing this, Yan Ruyu said at the right time, "My lord, please think again. Although the county used to send yamen guards to patrol the streets every day, since you were wanted by the flower pickers, you have stepped up patrolling. The yamen guards usually rest Mu Tongtong was cancelled, and the patrols were performed in two shifts. But after patrolling for so long, nothing unusual was found, coupled with the tension and fatigue, after a long time, the brothers in the county government will inevitably have some complaints."

"Master, do you also think I'm making a fuss out of a molehill?" Ji Zihe looked at the yamen servant in front of him, and felt a little shaken in his heart.

"I don't dare, it's just that my subordinates feel that precaution is important, but the flower picking thieves may not come to Ning'an. Even if they come, they are just a few thieves, as long as the yamen servants pay attention when patrolling, there is no need to be so nervous to investigate."

"Let me think again."

"Yes."

Just as he was talking, the two yamen servants in front stopped two beautiful girls.

The girl was suddenly stopped by two vicious yamen servants, she couldn't help being startled, "Master, why did you stop us?"

"Look at you, you're so fresh, your accent doesn't sound like a local. Where did you come from, and what did you do in Ning'an County?" a yamen servant asked.

The older woman settled down, "Master, we are from Lanyuan County, and we are here to visit relatives in Ning'an."

"Which one is your relative?"

"Returning to the official, my aunt is married to the Zhang family who sells umbrellas in Tong'an Lane. We are here to visit relatives at my aunt's house this time."

"It turned out to be Lao Zhang's relative. I remember last time he lent me ten cents. You go back and tell him that I will pay him back when I pay the monthly money. Let him wait for two more days."

"I'll remember it, and I'll tell my uncle when I get back."

"Well, that's fine, you can continue shopping, we still have to be busy with errands, so don't bother me." The two yamen servants cupped their hands at the woman and continued to patrol.

"Do they patrol like this on weekdays?" Ji Zihe asked.This way of asking, it's strange to be able to ask something.

"What did your lord find?" Yan Ruyu asked.

"Do you think those two women look suspicious? When they were stopped by the officials, they were very scared."

"Maybe it's because they are timid, and if they are suddenly stopped by officials, even ordinary people will feel flustered."

"But they changed their attitude very quickly. Not only are they not afraid of official errands, but they can also talk to them fluently. Can ordinary women do this?" Ji Zihe asked.Looking at their obviously relieved appearance after dismissing the yamen servants, Ji Zihe really felt suspicious.

"Then what if they are bold?"

"That's not impossible, but master, according to what you mean, it seems to be guiding me. I just think those two people are suspicious, and there is no other evidence. I don't know what the master can see?" Ji Zihe asked.

"I didn't pay attention to it before, but after listening to the adults, I took a closer look. Judging by the appearance of those two, they should not be women." Yan Ruyu said.

"Why? If it wasn't a woman, how could it be so slender?"

"My lord, do you know that there is a kung fu in the world called bone shrinking skill?"

"Isn't that the kung fu in the scriptures? Does it really exist in reality?"

"Indeed, those two probably used this kind of kung fu. My lord, I am a book demon. I lived as a woman for a period of time before, and I know women's behavior very well. Although those two pretend to be very similar, but It’s because it’s too similar, but it’s a bit too deliberate.”

Ji Zihe was a little confused, what was so deliberate, and there was such an operation?I'm really ashamed, Ji Zihe really can't tell the difference between a fake woman and a real woman just by looking at her appearance.