After saying this, Magistrate Wu continued to close his eyes and meditate.
As a parent official of a county, there are countless big and small things that need to be dealt with every day, not to mention that Xiao Han's arrival has added a big problem of raising food out of thin air, which has made him concentrate on the past two days.
Up here.
Like what the bookkeeper said was a 'little thing' where the theater troupe was robbed and smashed, but no damage was caused, it was really not worth his trouble.
Therefore, Magistrate Wu didn’t even think twice and just used a sharp knife to cut through the mess!
He sat quietly behind the desk and thought for a while. When he had some new thoughts about raising food, Magistrate Wu slowly opened his eyes.
However, in front of him, the chief clerk who was supposed to leave was still standing there, motionless.
"Huh? Why are you still standing here? Go do something!" He glanced at this subordinate in surprise. Magistrate Wu frowned and scolded him unceremoniously.
"Here…"
The poor bookkeeper was already filled with sorrow, but when he was scolded by the superior, his white face suddenly wrinkled up like a bitter melon: "Sir, the twenty coppers you mentioned are not enough..."
"Not enough?! It's not enough. You can't add ten more! Do you still need me to teach you such a small thing?"
The skinny Magistrate Wu was almost laughed out of anger. He usually felt quite smart when using this guy. Why did he act like a fool these past two days?
"Thirty is not enough..." The chief clerk wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a sad face: "I really don't dare to hide it from you! At the beginning, I thought the same as you, just take some money and forget it.
!After all, the law does not punish the public, and our yamen does not have that many people to arrest people one by one for investigation!
But the problem is that he doesn't want to do anything to the unruly man at the door! He insisted there that those robbed copper coins were personally rewarded by Mr. Xiaohou, and they were all imbued with fairy spirit, which could not be compared with these ordinary copper coins!
If we can't get those coins back for him, we have to ask those who looted them to compensate him based on the price of a five-guan coin! He said that he had already calculated it, and he would have to pay a total of one hundred and forty coins!"
"What? I lost a total of about twenty coppers, but I have to pay him one hundred and forty coins? Did you hear that right? Or is he crazy!" After hearing what the chief clerk said, Wu County Magistrate immediately took a sip.
Liang Qi, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"You heard that right, I asked you twice." The chief clerk nodded with difficulty, and his round and white face didn't know whether it was shame or anger, but it was also turning red now.
"One hundred and forty guan? If I remember correctly, our combined salary is only about 50 guan per year, right? This money can support both of us for three years!"
Magistrate Wu laughed angrily, and then without waiting for the clerk to answer, he slapped the table in front of him with such force that even the inkstone and pen holder on the table jumped!
"Okay, the blackmail is all on me! This cunning man doesn't know how to write the word "death", or he is bullying me into being kind!"
There was a sharp pain in the palm of his hand, but Magistrate Wu seemed unknown.
It is said that the county magistrate who destroys the family is the prefect who destroys the family! As soon as the county magistrate goes out, ghosts and gods will change things! He, the magistrate, can be blackmailed even when he is at home. This is clearly deceiving him of his incompetence!
After taking several deep breaths, Magistrate Wu suppressed the urge to rush out, pointed outside, and shouted angrily at the chief clerk: "Go tell that idiot outside, isn't he trying to arrest the thugs? I can arrest him!"
However, this county will never let go of a traitor who wants to make money by using the name of Mr. Xiao! Tomorrow, no! After a cup of tea, I will personally lead the government officials to arrest him! Let him wait at the door.
Here! Wait!"
"Here!" The chief clerk must have been waiting for this sentence for a long time. As soon as the county magistrate finished speaking, he cupped his hands, turned around and rushed out in a hurry.
At the gate of the county government office, the acrobatic class leader was still wrapped in bandages, lying on the door panel and humming in the sun.
When he saw the head clerk hurriedly walked out of the room, the leader quickly lowered his legs and made a look of pain.
However, his pretentious appearance had long been noticed by the chief clerk, so his dislike for him became even stronger!
"Sir, the county respects him..."
When the head clerk reached the position above him, the class leader pretended to be struggling and sat up from the door panel, cupped his hands and just asked.
However, the chief clerk had a sullen face and said condescendingly: "Master Wu said that this matter is indeed a big deal. He is going to order all the people immediately to arrest them!"
"Okay! Mr. Wu is really awesome!" When the class leader heard this, he quickly raised his hands and said with fake excitement: "It's just the ordinary people who are worried that those copper coins will be stolen. I beg you, after arresting someone to take the stolen goods, you must let the villain
Identify it carefully to see if it is the copper coin that the villain lost!"
"I asked you to identify copper coins? What else can you identify? Don't you just want to find an opportunity to say that the money you got back is fake, and then ask for compensation for that price?!"
He cursed secretly in his heart! The head clerk's face also turned darker. He stared at the class leader, nodded slowly and replied: "Okay, but the county magistrate also said something!"
Seeing that the principal's face was getting more and more uncomfortable, the class leader began to feel uneasy: "Oh? What else did Master Qingtian say?"
The chief clerk snorted coldly and said word by word: "My lord has said that the mob must be arrested, but the profiteers must also be arrested! Especially the kind who are swindling under the banner of the Marquis! Oh, by the way, you know this
How will profiteers be sentenced?"
"How...how to judge?" The class leader's face turned a little pale, and his voice seemed to be trembling.
"Actually, it's nothing."
Seeing this, the chief clerk deliberately relaxed his tone. After the leader also breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly said: "According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, anyone who pretends to be a relative of the emperor or a relative of the emperor to deceive will be killed!"
The word "cut" suddenly came out of his mouth.
Not only was the acrobatic class leader suddenly sweating like rain, but even the several acrobats who sent him took a breath of air-conditioning. For such a trivial matter, they were going to be beheaded?!
"Ahem, Xiao Hou, he doesn't seem to be a relative of the emperor..." the acrobatic class leader said with difficulty in a hoarse voice.
The chief clerk glanced at him with a sneer: "I'm sorry, Mr. Xiao's daughter is the goddaughter of the current emperor. With this relationship, do you think she is a relative of the emperor?"
"Well……"
The class leader was stunned, and while he was in a state of confusion, a burst of "mighty" sounds suddenly sounded from the county government office in front of him!
After hearing this voice, the class leader even broke the last string in his heart!
He no longer bothered to pretend to be injured, he jumped up from the door panel and ran outside. As he ran, he shouted: "Sir, the common people will not complain! The poor people will not want the money either!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already run far away. Looking at his neat appearance, how could he look injured at all?
"Hahahaha, sir, you are so powerful, you scared him away with just a few words!" The two gatekeepers had also disliked this guy for a long time. At this time, they were scared away by the chief clerk after seeing him just saying a few words, and they immediately followed suit.
Laughed loudly.
"Why are you laughing? Why don't you just throw this broken door aside!" The chief clerk glared at the two clerks fiercely and walked back to the Yamen alone. Then, there was a burst of uncontrollable laughter like a night owl.
