"thump!"

Old Man Zhou couldn't sit firmly, and he slid down from the chair, stuttering, "This guest, you can't say anything randomly... Are you serious about this?"

He was not stupid, but on the contrary, he was a little smart. Otherwise, he would not have insisted that Xiaochai was deceived and never handed over Tian Qi.

He is an old resident of Hancheng. He has seen countless merchants. The few merchants in front of him look the same. But if you think about it carefully, which caravan has a doctor accompanying him and even entered his house to ask so many questions.

?

It is reasonable to say that some people in the caravan know how to use the three-legged cat medical skills, but they are definitely not as good as Xu Jiaojiao.

If a kind-hearted person cares about him, it is reasonable, but he will never ask again and again after him.

The person in front of me has a dignified appearance and extraordinary momentum, but he doesn’t he look like the top scholar?

Not like a traveler at all!

Old Man Zhou shivered and hurriedly wanted to kneel down, "The grass-roots have seen the master!"

He was poor all his life and was a commoner. When did he have such close contact with the county magistrate? He was surprised and happy at the moment.

"Get up, no big gift."

Liao Qing pulled him up and said, "Tian Qi must be kept. When the truth is found out in the future, I will give you justice."

Old Man Zhou sat down slowly, but hesitated, "Or... I'd better forget about this matter. I'll give them Tian Qi to avoid trouble..."

Huh?

Everyone was surprised, Ji Fu asked directly, "Brother, what do you mean? Our master is willing to make the decision for you, but you want to give Tian Qi to someone else?"

Old Man Zhou looked at everyone and sighed, "Oh, I know you are all good people, but you don't know that this Hancheng is the territory of the chief clerk, Lord Zhang. Here, he is the king of heaven, and no one can do it.

. ""

"oh?"

Liao Qing and others looked at each other, "I wonder if the old man can tell you in detail?"

Old Man Zhou didn't hide it, and came one by one.

It turns out that Lord Zhang, the chief clerk of Hancheng, is a local and has been a chief clerk for more than 20 years. Under his long-term management, both local gentry and yamen, he only followed his leader.

The county magistrates in Hancheng have been replaced one after another, but most of them have been excluded by them because no one really listens to the county magistrate and cannot do the work.

For example, a county magistrate once felt that the weather was cold and it was hard to bear at night, so he asked the household house to buy charcoal firewood, but the chief clerk directly took it back, because he had no money. The county magistrate said where did the charcoal fire burned in your house come from.

?The chief clerk said that it was given by the rich people voluntarily, and if you have the ability, you can ask them to give you some. How can the newly appointed county magistrate have the nerve to let others take the initiative to provide fuel? Besides, even if he speaks, no one will give him a gift.

Being greatly lost.

For example, a county magistrate's youngest son was injured by the chief clerk's grandson and bleeding. The youngest son came to cry and complained. The county magistrate was indignant and prepared to punish the chief clerk's grandson. As a result, a large number of gentry stood up to prove the chief clerk's.

My grandson is an honest man and never beats others. Did his youngest son make something wrong? After all, he is ignorant...

Old Man Zhou knew about all the trivial things, but the chief clerk was aggressive, let alone other things.

"This is a local snake!"

Ji Fu sighed.

Because of this, Old Man Zhou said that this matter would be forgotten, so as not to embarrass the newly appointed county magistrate, and that the strong dragon could not defeat the local snake!

In the past, the ambitious county magistrates were not unaware of the ambitious county magistrates, but in the end they left in shame and left in disgrace.

"Just talk about the last county magistrate, he is not willing to be the back garden of Hancheng to become the chief clerk's back garden. The entire yamen became the chief clerk's one-man sect. He tried his best to change this situation, but he persisted for a long time, but it was a pity that his life was weak.

He was actually bitten to death by a wild wolf at night, alas!"

This is also something that Xu Jiaojiao and others find incredible, "Old man, do you think this is true?"

Old Man Zhou hesitated for a moment, "Although this matter sounds lingering, it is not the first time in Hancheng. This kind of thing has happened before. The city walls can block the savages, but they can't stop the snow wolf on the mountain.

, On occasion, one or two snow wolfs will rush into and harm people, but this situation is rarely the case."

Xu Jiaojiao still felt a little incredible. The decent imperial official would be killed by a wild wolf!

It's simply listening to a joke.

Liao Qing asked, "Are there anyone else who was bitten to death or injured by a wolf that night?"

Old Man Zhou recalled and shook his head, "I have never heard of this."

Liao Qing and Ji Fu looked at each other and both had some doubts.

However, Old Man Zhou is an ordinary person and doesn't know much about this. Several people asked about it.

Although the cold city is cold, there are crops that can be planted, such as potatoes, beets, etc. Especially there is a valley outside the city, with a significantly warmer and moist climate. You can plant some high-value fruit trees, medicinal materials, etc.

However, the valley has a limited range and the fields inside are very popular. As a former resident, Old Man Zhou owns several acres of land there.

Outside the city north of Hancheng is the enemy. The people of Daxiang generally call them savages or barbarians. They are tall and strong, with thick hair, and are amazing in speed and strength. One person can deal with three soldiers of Daxiang.

But their population is not large. Every time they hit the city wall, most of them only have a hundred people, sometimes even fewer. And they do not have siege equipment, so in general, they cannot get any benefits unless they meet in the wild

, the Daxiang soldiers were most likely no match for each other.

After chatting for a while, I got to know each other almost everything. Several people discussed it and asked Che Zhengting and Erya to go out with Old Man Zhou to purchase some daily necessities. It was such a cold day, just after the New Year, Old Man Zhou was alone

Ding, helpless and has no support, his family is left alone, looking pitiful.

Then Liao Qing, Xu Jiaojiao and Ji Fu went straight to the yamen.

After a while, I saw the yamen.

...

The government offices in Hansha County are similar to those in other places. From the central axis, there are also three conspicuous gates in front and behind, which divide the entire office into three major pieces.

The first gate, which can be seen on the street outside, is the only entrance and exit of the entire yamen directly south. This gate is not a simple gate, it is a building with a roof, with three rooms, each of which is each.

There are two black lacquer doors, a total of six, so the yamen is also called "six doors". There is a pair of grinning stone lions at the door.

When you enter the gate, the most conspicuous thing is the lobby, which is where the county magistrate tried the case. There are conference halls on both sides of the lobby, and there are bungalows on the back of the lobby, mainly houses of Zaozhuang Express.

Continue walking in and you will reach the second ritual gate. This is the place where superiors and superiors handle government affairs, officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and workers are all working here. Other clerks will also live in
Chapter completed!