The Shadowless God of the Six Doors

Chapter 3 Officials and bandits

Anger to anger, disappointment to disappointment, dinner is still needed, after all, Zhang Wenjin is already hungry and hungry.When he returned to the county government office with his wet police uniform after washing his clothes, he was immediately attracted by the smell of meat coming from behind the county government office as soon as he entered the door.

"New here, ready to eat." Liu Kuaizui waved to Zhang Wenjin at the door of the cottage, and went straight to the backyard.

Zhang Wenjin agreed, and after drying the wet clothes in the courtyard, he trotted to the backyard looking for the smell of meat.

As soon as he entered the backyard, he heard Hu Butou shouting: "Wen Jin, come and meet Master Lu."

There is a table in the courtyard, a middle-aged man who looks like a private school teacher is sitting on the main seat, accompanied by Hu Butou and Liu Kuaizui, Li Cheng is walking over with a big mud pot meat in a gust of wind.

"Zhang Wenjin has met Master Lu." Zhang Wenjin hurried to the table and saluted Master Lu who looked like Mr. Private School.

"Lord Lu, this is the Zhang Wenjin I told you about." Catcher Hu turned to look at Master Lu and said.

"Okay, since you're here, let's stay. Our place is no better than other places. As long as we eat well, it's not a problem." Master Lu looked at Zhang Wenjin, and said kindly, "Find a place to sit and don't see outsiders. Here are just five of us. People, there are not so many rules."

Zhang Wenjin looked around and saw that there were really only five people, so he sat at the table in surprise.

"My lord, would you like to say a few words?" Hu Butou asked.

"Okay, today we will have a tooth-beating festival. Firstly, it is to welcome Hu Butou and Zhang Wenjin. Secondly, we haven't eaten meat for a long time. We will satisfy everyone's hunger and open meat. Li Cheng will bring my good wine. Today Happy, let's have two drinks." Master Lu said loudly.

When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited. After a while, Li Cheng brought a jar of wine and poured a glass for everyone.

"Come on, finish this glass." Master Lu raised his glass, and everyone agreed, got up, picked up the wine glass, and drank it down in one gulp.

Zhang Wenjin took a sip of Lord Lu's "good wine", and felt that it was not as good as the bulk wine sold in the village mixed with water. Seeing that everyone was drinking happily, he swallowed the wine with restraint.

"Hu Butou, tomorrow's level is up to you." Master Lu said after three rounds of wine and five flavors.

"Don't worry, my lord. Even if I risk my life, I will get this matter done. How much money do we have left?" Hu Butou asked.

After Hu Tutou finished asking, Li Cheng and Liu Kuaizui stopped their chopsticks and looked at Master Lu.Zhang Wenjin was also embarrassed to eat any more, and put down the meat and bones in his hand.

Lord Lu glanced at the crowd, and said with a lack of confidence: "Our silver taels are enough to last for another month. If we don't earn any money, we will drink the northwest wind."

Zhang Wenjin was very surprised after hearing this, and thought: "Is the county government going to close? No way, I'm going to break up when I just came here?"

"I have to find a way to collect some money. The village tax has not been paid for several years." Hu Butou said with a sigh.

Li Cheng and Liu Kuaizui bowed their heads and were thinking about each other.

County magistrate Lu took another sip of wine, got up to say goodbye to everyone, and went back to rest.

"Hu Butou, my lord..." Zhang Wenjin asked after seeing the magistrate Lu leaving.

"Don't mention it. The magistrate of Lu County is also difficult! In the early years, he passed the Juren examination, and later joined a wealthy family. The wealthy family donated some money to buy him an official when they saw that he had some knowledge. But we adults are not willing to welcome him After coming and going, he was squeezed out to Yunju County.

For the first few years, my lord's father-in-law gave me some money, but later seeing that he didn't do much, he cut off his money.There is no food in Yunju County, and life is getting worse day by day. Lord Lu does not want his wife to suffer with him, so he sends her back to live with her father-in-law. also ran away.

Master Lu came here to make a big sedan chair, and now there is only a thin donkey left.The attitude of the father-in-law's family towards him has also plummeted, and we adults dare not come to the door.It is said that Qingzhi County has [-] snowflakes a year, but who knows our suffering! ..." Liu Kuai chattered a lot.

Hu Butou didn't stop Liu Kuaizui, and before he could finish speaking, he already went to the courtyard with a knife in his hand to dance with Jiu Jin.

"All the officials in the county government have left, and you are the only ones left?" Zhang Wenjin asked.

"That's right! Hu Butou is a good man, but in this world, the more good a man is, the more he is bullied. He was squeezed out and had nowhere to go. He came to Yunju County with Master Lu. He is considered a veteran."

As Liu Kuaizui spoke, he looked at Li Cheng. Li Cheng just ate and drank and didn't intend to speak. Liu Kuaizui reached out and hit Li Cheng and said, "Eat slowly, save some for me."

"New here, do you know what we have the most in Yunju County?" Liu Kuaizui picked up a piece of meat and asked.

Zhang Wenjin shook his head.

"Troublemakers, bandits and dead people." Liu Kuaizui said, "Do you want to know why?"

Zhang Wenjin nodded hastily.

"Our Yunju County was originally just a small village with a hundred or so families. When the Sui Dynasty and our Tang Dynasty went to war, many officials and remnants of the Sui Dynasty fled here and became bandits. Therefore, there are as many bandits here; Troublesome people, what Yunju County lacks most is troublemakers. Anyone who sells breakfast on the street dares to scold us a few words and start fighting if they disagree with us. So the Yunju County Government was established, but in the past few years, the unscrupulous people and the bandits in the county have been fighting constantly. We were caught in the middle by the unscrupulous people and the bandits.

Why!Back then, we had to hide in the mountains for more than half a year just to survive.Much worse than now! ..." Liu Kuaizui danced when he was excited, and dejected when he said sad.

"Can't we ask the state to send troops to help us eliminate bandits and suppress troublemakers?" Zhang Wenjin asked.

"I've thought about it, and I've done it, but the officers and soldiers have to walk two or three days on the mountain road once they come. When they arrive, the bandits have already left, and the troublemakers are only in charge for a while. When the officers and soldiers leave, we will be the ones who are unlucky." Therefore, later we learned the spirit, negotiated with the bandits, negotiated with the unruly people, and negotiated with everyone on this site, so we ended up in such a safe nest. We have to pay protection fees to the bandits every month." Liu Kuaizui continued road.

After listening to Liu Kuaizui's words, Zhang Wenjin was stunned. Everyone in the county government let it go, but he didn't expect that the majestic county government had to pay protection fees to the bandits, which was unprecedented.Zhang Wenjin was shocked for a moment, as if petrified, unable to speak.

Li Cheng and Liu Kuaizui were enjoying their delicious food, eating with relish, and their eyes seemed to say: "The newcomers have never seen the world, so what's so strange."

"Tomorrow the bandit will come to collect the protection fee, and I just met him to get acquainted. I will go out to do errands in the future, so as not to be killed by the bandit by mistake." Liu Kuai said while biting a piece of meat with a bone in his mouth.

Zhang Wenjin felt like being put on fire, as if everything was so illusory, and he couldn't help but wonder who was the soldier and who was the bandit in Yunju County.

Seeing Catcher Hu practicing his knife, Zhang Wenjin asked, "Catcher Liu, why did you give me a wooden knife?"

At this time, Li Cheng's mouth was full of oil, he belched and said: "New here, don't ask, our waist knife was confiscated by bandits, and we only left an iron knife for Hu Butou as a front. So the three of us are all charging with wooden knives, and we don’t need us to charge forward.”

Zhang Wenjin was completely speechless!

(End of this chapter)