In the side hall of Shendu Yamen, Magistrate Zhang poured a cup of tea for Li Mu and asked in surprise: "Why are you here in Shendu?"
Li Mudao: "I was transferred here because of King Chu Jiang's affairs."
He answered, then looked at County Magistrate Zhang and asked, "How come you have become a captain of Shendu? I remember that you were transferred to a certain county in Zhongjun as a county magistrate..."
"It's hard to explain in one sentence." Magistrate Zhang sighed and said: "Before I took up my post, Captain Yuan Shen was dismissed from his post for investigation and sent to prison. The court didn't know why, so he replaced me...
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From the Yangqiu County Magistrate to the Shendu Lieutenant, the jurisdictional scope is not much different, or even narrowed. However, the Duya is directly under the imperial court, and its administrative level is equivalent to the county level. Zhang County Magistrate has been dormant in Yangqiu County for ten years.
In the year, I finally achieved a triple jump in official rank today.
Li Mu cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations, sir, congratulations, sir..."
"Congratulations..." County Magistrate Zhang drank all the tea in the cup, leaned on the chair, and said with a look of despair on his face: "How can this seat be so easy to sit in? The court has to change it every year.
Several divine captains are not as stable as before in Yangqiu County, and I don’t want to follow in the footsteps of my predecessors..."
He looked at Li Mu and said sympathetically: "It's not easy to get around in your position. Do you know what happened to your predecessor, your predecessor, your predecessor?"
Li Mu said: "Dead, blind, lame?"
Magistrate Zhang was stunned for a moment, "You still dare to come after knowing this?"
Li Mu sighed helplessly and asked: "I just found out, does Sir know the inside story?"
Magistrate Zhang nodded and said: "This official just heard that the previous arrester in Duya was ordered to be beheaded by His Majesty because of corruption, perversion of the law, and disregard of human life. The previous arrester only took office three days ago.
I broke two legs, resigned, and was the last headhunter. The day before taking office, I suddenly lost my sight..."
Li Mu was shocked: "How could this happen?"
Magistrate Zhang sighed and said: "This government office may sound impressive, but in fact it is useless. It is nominally in charge of the affairs of Shendu, but among the things that happen in Shendu, 30% of the things that happen in Shendu do not dare to take care of them.
If you can't control the matter, if you make a wrong step, not only will the position under your butt be lost, but the head on your neck will also be unstable..."
If Li Mu had known that his predecessor had suffered this kind of fate, he would not have come to such a ghost place even if he was beaten to death.
Now he has boasted to Liu Hanyan and Wan Wan that he will make a name for himself in Shendu in a year and bring them back to Shendu in a glorious manner. Now it is too late to run away.
Magistrate Zhang looked at Li Mu and said: "In short, when you are on duty here, you must be careful in everything and don't cause trouble..."
Li Mu shook his head and asked, "Do you think I am someone who will cause trouble?"
The fate of the previous arrests made Li Mu feel a little depressed, but this time when he came to Shendu, what he encountered was not just bad things.
At the very least, his immediate boss is an old acquaintance. At least his life in the yamen will be much easier and he will not be tricked. Before Li Mulai came, he was still worried that he would be placed under someone from the old party, but now he can rest assured.
Li Mu hugged Xiaobai and walked out of the side hall. The policeman just now came up and said, "Captain Li, I will take you to where you live."
The Du Yamen was very large, and as the head catcher, Li Mu also had his own private residence within the Shendu Yamen.
The detective led Li Mu through several moon gates and led him to a small courtyard. He said, "This is where you live. Your subordinates have already cleaned it for you..."
Not to mention the job of arresting the head of the Du Yamen, at least the treatment is much better than that of the County Yamen.
Although there is only one room and the yard is very narrow, at least there is no need to crowd with many people. It is enough for Li Mu and Xiaobai.
This time he came to Shendu, but he brought a lot of banknotes with him, but living inside the Yamen was obviously more convenient and safer than living outside.
After I have established a firm foothold in Shendu, I will buy a house in the capital and wait for Liu Hanyan and Wanwan to come.
The agent helped Li Mu put the luggage into the room, gave him the key, and said, "The bedding on the bed is old. If Agent Li doesn't like it, I'll throw it away for you. You can go to the tailor shop on the street to buy some."
A new bed..."
Li Mu was not used to using things that strangers had used, so he said, "Then just throw them away."
The catcher hugged the quilt and ran out quickly. After a while, he ran back humming and asked, "Does Captain Li have any other orders?"
This young catcher did have an eye for him. From his accent, Li Mu must have been born and raised in Shendu. He had just arrived in Shendu and was not familiar with everything. He just needed someone who was familiar with this place.
Li Mu looked at him and asked, "What's your name?"
The policeman said: "My subordinate Wang Wu."
Li Mu continued to ask: "Wang Wu, how long have you been in Duya?"
Wang Wu smiled and said: "My subordinate grew up in Shendu. He succeeded his father and came to Duya five years ago."
Li Mudao: "Then you should be familiar with gods."
Wang Wu said sheepishly: "I'm not bragging. In this divine capital, if you name a place, I can find it even if I close my eyes."
"That's just right." Li Mu said: "This is my first time in Shendu. You can take me around Shendu and buy some daily necessities."
Wang Wu immediately agreed. He walked in front of Li Mu and walked out of the yamen. He happened to meet several police officers.
Wang Wu stepped forward and said to several people: "This is the new Capt. Li from Du Yamen."
Several of them immediately hugged Li Mu and said, "I've seen Capt. Li."
There was only one middle-aged headman with a long face. He just glanced at Li Mu, turned away, and stood aside holding a knife.
When he walked out of the capital office, Wang Wu took the initiative and said: "The person just now was Deputy Sun, the chief catcher. Originally, everyone thought that after the previous chief catcher resigned, he should take the position of chief catcher. Now that you have come to the government office,
He may be a little dissatisfied, but it will get better after a while..."
Li Mu glanced at his mouth and said: "There is still someone trying to steal this bad job. If he is willing, I will trade with him."
Wang Wu was surprised and said: "Does Capt. Li also know that this is not a good job?"
Li Mudao: "You all know, right?"
Wang Wu chuckled and said: "There have been three arrests in the capital in two months. Everyone has noticed it. Only Deputy Chief Sun is stubborn and only thinks about five times his salary. But this salary is
If you have a life to earn, you must also have a life to spend..."
Li Mudao: "It seems that you know the previous arresters very well. Tell me, why did they leave their posts?"
Wang Wudao: "My predecessor was arrested because he was on the wrong team. He sided with the old party, protected people in the old party, took bribes and perverted the law, and disregarded human life. After being found out by the internal guards, he was sentenced to death...
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Wang Wu has been at the Yamen and knows more about the inside story than Mr. Zhang, who just arrived.
Li Mu asked again: "What about the other two?"
Wang Wudao: "Of the other two, one fell down three days after taking office and shattered his leg bone, and the other blinded his eye the day before he took office. You will be the next one...
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Wang Wu looked around and whispered to Li Mu: "I have heard about Capt. Li's scolding deeds, and I admire you in my heart. However, I have to remind you that the city of God is different from the outside. The new party and the old party are all different."
The party, right and wrong, right and wrong, are not as simple as imagined. If Capt. Li doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of the previous captors, he must be extremely careful. Don't you feel comfortable going shopping and drinking tea every day? I've seen some things.
, just pretend you didn’t see it, anyway, there are so many yamen in Shendu, and the yamen are just decorations. If you do more, you will be wrong, if you don’t do it, it will be good..."
Li Mu glanced at him and said, "You can see clearly."
Wang Wu sighed: "That's you, if it were anyone else, my subordinates would never have said so much to him."
Wang Wu's sincere advice was remembered by Li Mu in his heart.
No wonder he has been able to stay in Duya for so long. His awareness is even worse than that of Lord Zhang.
Since the new party and the old party were both right and wrong, and it was difficult to see through them, he stopped reading.
As a minor official in the city of God, he only needs to do his job well.
The two of them were walking on the street, when someone rode past on the street, which startled the people into panic. Wang Wu hurriedly pulled Li Mu to hide aside.
Even Yangqiu County and Beijun County do not allow horses to ride on the streets. Li Mu asked Wang Wudao: "Are horses allowed to ride on the streets of Shendu?"
"It's not allowed." Wang Wu shook his head and said, "Captain Li will know about these things later."
An old woman hurriedly dodged and fell to the ground. Pedestrians passed by her in a hurry, but no one helped her.
Li Mu walked over, helped the old man up, and asked, "Old man, are you okay?"
The old woman shook her head and said, "I'm fine. Thank you, young man."
Helping the old man to sit on the roadside to rest, Li Mucai and Wang Wu continued to move forward. Li Mu sighed and said, "Is this really the capital of the gods..."
"You can't blame them." Wang Wu shook his head and said: "A few months ago, someone helped an old man who fell down on the street, but the old man falsely accused him. Later, he sued the capital government. The then captain was sentenced to
The man who helped the old man was given twenty punishments with a cane and a fine of a lot of money. Now that something like this happens, everyone is afraid..."
Wang Wudao: "I know that Capt. Li is from Beijun, but Shendu is different from Beijun. You may not be used to it at first, but I'll see you more in the future, so it won't be surprising..."
Li Mu asked: "Does Your Majesty not care about this kind of thing?"
Wang Wu shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is in charge of the major affairs of the Thirty-Six Counties, so you have no time to take care of these things. If Capt. Li doesn't want to offend the old party or the new party, he can just turn a blind eye, or simply turn a blind eye."
Close both eyes..."
Li Mu originally thought that the incident in Yang County was just a special case.
After all, Yangqiu County and the county town still have fairness and justice. As the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the divine capital must be more orderly. Now it seems that maybe Yangqiu county and the county town are special cases...
Soon, Wang Wu took him to a tailor shop. In this shop, in addition to custom-made clothes, there were also ready-made quilts for sale.