A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination

Chapter 61: Magistrate

Xiao Jingduo has been to many places over the years. Before the age of nine, he lived in Zhuo County, and then moved to Chang’an. In those few years of Shouxiao, he lived temporarily in Zhongnan Mountain. Live in the North. This time, he moved to Jiannan because of a transfer order, which was also his first time to the south.

Xiao Jingduo has been practicing martial arts for many years, and his physical fitness is good, but the accompanying female relatives can’t hold it. Qiu Ju and Xiqi had never traveled such a long way. From the moment they entered the land of Shu, they vomited and diarrhoea constantly, and they were not satisfied with the soil and water.

After crossing the Qinling Mountains and entering the plain, the climate of Jiannan Road suddenly improved. Chengdu Prefecture has the reputation of Jincheng and Rongcheng. It blooms undefeated all year round, and the city is splendid. It is a first-class prosperous and enjoyable place. The only downside is that this is not the place where Xiao Jingduo took office.

After bidding farewell to Chengdu Mansion, Xiao Jingduo and his party continued to go deep into Shu.

Jiannan Road is surrounded by mountains, blocking the air vents, so it is surrounded by mist all year round. Xiao Jingduo grew up in the north, and this was the first time he had seen such a thick fog. From early morning to noon, the vast white fog shrouded the mountainside, and the surrounding trees were also thick and outrageous. The leaves were very dense and glowing. The deep and shallow greenery is like a beautiful mountain view.

The further you go, the more rugged the official road becomes. In the end, the official road simply disappears. Xiao Jingduo and the others could only go deeper while asking for directions.

Jinjiang County is more remote than he thought.

The emperor divided the world into ten roads, and Jiannan Road is located in the southwest, which means the south of Jianmen Pass. Under Jiannan Road is divided into prefectures. Chengdu Prefecture is the place where Jiannan Dao governs the government. By convention, Chengdu Prefecture is also called Yizhou. Below the state is the county level.

Jinjiang County, where Xiao Jingduo took office, was under the command of Rongzhou. He traveled with Xiao Lin, Qiu Ju and others for two months, and finally reached Jinjiang County at sunset.

At this time, Xiao Jingduo had changed into his official uniform. Logically, when the new county chief arrives, Jinjiang County should have something to say. However, the strange thing is that they walked in the county for a long time, and the people on the side of the road just glanced indifferently, and then ignored it. And the government of Jinjiang County, there is no movement.

“Da Langjun, what’s going on?”

At this time, Qiu Ju has been tossed and lost a lot of weight. She thought she could relax when she got to the county seat, but before she could let go of her breath, her heart tightened again.

Why does she feel that the county where they are about to live doesn’t look very friendly?

Xiao Jingduo also had a sullen face, intuition told him that the situation in the county was wrong, but he was the backbone of the team and could not show the slightest hesitation and depression, so he just said calmly: “I am an official appointment of the imperial court. The county chief, if there is anything to fear, go directly to the county government.”

They came here for the first time and were not familiar with the terrain. Xie Qi was taken out of Chang’an by Xiao Jingduo. She also wanted to show one or two in front of Da Langjun, so she took the initiative to ask the people on the road for directions.

Unfortunately, after playing chess for a long time, I still couldn’t ask the other party where the county government was. Passers-by saw this woman from out of town saying it twice and couldn’t understand it. Just turned away.

Xiqi stood in the same place, angry and embarrassed, quite at a loss, or Xiao Jingduo couldn’t stand it any longer, and called: “Come back, our accent is different from this place, I’m afraid it will change in a while No. The official building is always the same, just in the center and north, come with me.”

Sure enough, Xiao Jingduo turned left and right with the group, and soon saw the county government in the north of the central axis of the county. While Xiao Jingduo was relieved, he was also secretly dissatisfied.

In a county government office, it is still dark, why is there not even a gatekeeper at the gate of the government office?

Suddenly arrived in a completely unfamiliar place, Qiu Ju and others were also frightened, and only dared to follow Xiao Jingduo step by step. As the county magistrate, the first thing Xiao Jingduo did when he took office was to pay a visit to his Shangguan, but now that there was no one at the door, Xiao Jingduo could not send someone to inform him, so he had to pay respects directly.

The regulation of the local government offices is generally the former government office. Xiao Jingduo followed the routine and walked to the west after entering the mansion gate. The west side was usually the county magistrate’s place. The front office held banquets and the family members were placed in the back.

Xiao Jingduo went around the corridor and entered the flower hall. Before taking two steps, he met several people head-on.

These people are all wearing official uniforms, and they are obviously colleagues who will work together in the future. Xiao Jingduo raised his hands and said actively: “Xia Xiao Jingduo was dispatched by the Ministry of Personnel to serve as the county magistrate of Jinjiang County. , I don’t know the way, I’ve only arrived at the county office now, it’s really rude.”

A few scribe-like people opposite looked at Xiao Jingduo up and down and asked, “Are you the new county chief?”

“Exactly.” Saying that, Xiao Jingduo took out his name and Lu Yin.

The person on the opposite side reached out to take it, flipped through it for a while, and then passed it on to others. Xiao Jingduo just smiled and was not displeased. After everyone had read it, he asked, “Dare to ask where the magistrate is, I’m going to pay homage to Ming Palace.”

“The magistrate, he is dead.”

Xiao Jingduo was stunned for a moment, then realized what he heard: “What did you say?”

“Alas, come with me.”

Now Xiao Jingduo didn’t care about placing his luggage, he hurriedly instructed Xiao Lin, and quickly followed the clerk back.

Still arguing.

On the opposite side stood a white-faced clerk, who looked white and delicate, and looked like a clerk in the county government office.

It seems that they are arguing about the cause of death of the county magistrate, but no matter what it is, they should not be arguing over the bones of a county lord.

& nbsp; You fake little white face.”

When the handsome scholar saw the strong man come with a knife, he panicked immediately and ran back in a hurry, shouting, “This butcher killed the county magistrate, and now he wants to kill us, and he still wants to kill us. Take this man down quickly!”

Feng’s family is a famous thorn in Jinjiang County. Their family was involved in slaughtering activities in their time, and they were extremely fierce. Butcher Feng was even more talented. He could smash five tiles with one fist, not to mention thin arms and thin arms. The legged Sun Sizuo, even the other military officials with swords, did not dare to rush forward.

Feng Butcher relied on his own force to be domineering in Jinjiang County. He was speechless by the Sun family boy, and he was very angry. When he was angry, he simply became ruthless. , grabbed the knives from the side, and planned to teach these incompetent officials a lesson.

Feng Butcher ran rampant in the county office with red eyes, no one dared to stop him wherever he went, and they all screamed and avoided. Seeing these cowardly officials who are so powerful on weekdays, Butcher Feng’s sullen breath in his heart finally dissipated. He was feeling happy when his mouth suddenly became numb, and he was shocked and staggered two steps.

Feng Butcher was stunned for a moment, then immediately widened his eyes. He hadn’t met an opponent in Jinjiang County in all these years, and he never thought that someone would dare to attack him like this.

He looked up fiercely and looked forward, and saw a man in a dark blue official uniform standing in front, his face like frost, looking at him with cool eyes.

Feng Butcher smiled disdainfully: “Another little white face.”

Xiao Jingduo sneered: “It’s just brute force.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out the long sword of the military officer next to him with his backhand, and evaded it to meet him.

The military officials who were frightened by this change hurriedly shouted: “The county magistrate must not!”

Feng Butcher is a famous strongman in eight townships. He can chop pork bones with one knife. Just now, the newly arrived county magistrate took out his knife and clicked it for some reason. Feng Butcher was knocked back two steps. Before the military official could react, his knife returned to the scabbard. Wu Li was stunned, and he couldn’t understand what he was doing now, but in the next instant, he saw the county magistrate grab his knife and face him.

The military officials were so frightened that they were heartbroken. This is the county chief from Chang’an.

“I can’t make it, this is the county chief…”

The words of the military officials gradually became lower, and he saw that although he could not be said to be weak, he was definitely not strong, but he was definitely not strong. In the end, he held Feng Tuhu’s knife horizontally, and with a sudden force, he pushed Feng Tuhu, who is known for his brute force, back several steps.

Wu Li was completely stunned. He grew his mouth and didn’t know how to speak. He could only stare blankly at Xiao Jingduo, walking towards him with a knife in his hand. The slender knife was inserted into the scabbard in his hand, and he added at the end: “It’s easy to be taken away by someone like this, your martial arts are too loose, and you need to practice more in the future.”

“No, this, I…” The military officer’s language system was disordered, and he couldn’t even utter a complete sentence.

Xiao Jingduo solved the troublesome butcher and used absolute force to intimidate the officials. Only then did he take on the air of an official from the capital and slowly asked: “Now tell me, county magistrate, the quarrel just now. , and the murderer you mentioned, what the **** is going on.”

In the county government, the magistrate is the head of a county, and the second is the largest county magistrate. Now that the magistrate is gone, it is reasonable for Xiao Jingduo to preside over the situation.

The identity of Xiao Jingduo and several others were confirmed, and the civil servants who had just made trouble reluctantly gave Xiao Jingduo a salute: “I have seen Xiao County Chancellor.”

“Yes.” Xiao Jingduo nodded lightly, then pointed at a clerk who seemed to be honest, and asked, “Tell me, what happened to the county magistrate?”

The accused person said tremblingly: “Return to the county magistrate, last night, county magistrate Chen drank wine yesterday and went to bed early. The county magistrate was left alone in the house. Later, in the middle of the night, we suddenly heard a scream, and after running out, we saw Feng Butcher standing outside the magistrate’s door, surrounded by blood stains. When we ran in, we found the county magistrate. Ling is dead.”

Everyone in the officialdom speaks Mandarin, so there is no communication barrier. Although these local literati still spoke with accents, Xiao Jingduo could still understand them.

“When was the last time you saw the county magistrate last night?”

“Xu Shi. The county magistrate was not in a good mood, so he asked his servants to bring him wine and instructed us not to disturb. We did not dare to go against the wishes of the magistrate, and after a while there was no movement in the house. , I thought the magistrate had already fallen asleep, so there was no more mercy.”

“Then what time did you find Butcher Feng?”

The answering clerk glanced at Sun Sizuo, and Sun Sizuo took the initiative to take the words: “Xiao Xiancheng, I was the first to see Feng Butcher. It was already dark at that time. , it’s Zi Shizhong.”

“In other words, during this period of time, except for Butcher Feng, no one has ever seen the magistrate again?”

“That’s it!” Sun Sizuo pointed at Butcher Feng excitedly and said, “This reckless man has always refused to obey the supervision of the county magistrate, so he took advantage of the dead of night to murder the magistrate Chen! , you must avenge the magistrate!”

Feng Butcher was also excited: “I look down on this mediocre official, but if I didn’t do it, I didn’t do it, I said it wasn’t my hand!”

“Shut up.” Xiao Jingduo raised his voice, looked around coldly, and said, “I have a decision on this matter, you go back to your respective positions first, I will call them one by one to inquire later, Butcher Feng stayed at the county office for the time being, waiting for my summons. Now, take me to see the body of the county magistrate Chen.”

The corpse of the county magistrate Chen has been placed in the coffin and is parked in front of the main hall. Xiao Jingduo walked to the black coffin and respectfully placed three incense sticks on the officer he had no chance to meet.

He arrived in Jinjiang County today. It just so happened that the county magistrate Chen died last night. Really, it was a coincidence that people didn’t know what to say.

After the incense, Xiao Jingduo looked around and found a question: “Where are the family members of the county magistrate?”

Chen county magistrate died suddenly, and there should be children and family members to cry, but in the empty mourning hall, apart from their colleagues, there is no one else.

“Chen County Magistrate’s wife died of illness last year, leaving only one daughter. It’s pitiful to say, Miss Chen also suffered an accident this year, Chen County Magistrate was hit hard by this, and she was in a state of slump. Drink to get through the day.”

“The county magistrate Chen has been staying in Jinjiang County for the past few years, and he has never seen him interact with anyone. The lower officials really don’t know about this.”

“It seems that we have to take a long-term plan at this time.” Xiao Jingduo sighed and said, “Open the coffin, I want to send the county magistrate Chen for a ride.”

“Since the county magistrate Chen has no relatives, everything can only be done with authority. Although I was delayed for a while on the road, I missed seeing the last face of the county magistrate, but as a subordinate, I always have to fulfill my wishes. Open the coffin.”

The author has something to say:

Small Theater:

Congratulations to your youth, your immediate boss died on your first day in office.

Xiao Jingduo:…

No, he’s not that kind of person.

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Thank you, stunned face!