The days when I farmed in Liaozhai

Chapter 117 Master Ji is unnecessary

Zhou Chengzhang, the prefect of Hangzhou, looked out the window with his hands behind his back, and the summer insects squeaked on his nerves.His brows were tightly furrowed, and he stared at a servant who was dozing on the porch in the back house.

"My lord called me?"

"Come in."

Zhou Chengzhang nodded to his master, walked to the desk and sat down, reached out and patted the files on the desk.

"It's been seven or eight days, and I haven't picked enough beautiful girls yet, is the master not in a hurry?"

"Don't worry, my lord. The unmarried women in the city have heard the news and are rushing to marry, and some have hidden in the countryside. The county government doesn't have so many people to catch them one by one, and there is no need to catch them...

In my humble opinion, it is better to search the city as much as possible.I heard that the emperor didn't want to choose beautiful and beautiful women to accompany him, but he just wanted to enrich the harem before the day of the auspicious moon and the sun according to the Great Master. "

"Is it still possible to go to the street to arrest people?"

"Your Excellency, you don't have to worry about public grievances. Whoever dares to resist in the emperor's draft can be punished for deceiving the emperor."

Zhou Chengzhang nodded, the rabbit was anxious to bite, he thought of this trick just now when he saw the servants in the back house, but it is more reasonable for the master to say it, and it can better reflect his helplessness as a parent...all forced !

"I have a few maids in the back house, you can take them out first to fill up."

"My lord...yes!"

The master's eyes showed awe, and he bowed and retreated out of the door.

Zhou Chengzhang let out a long breath, his brows relaxed, he stretched out his hand to caress his fair and rosy face, took out a mirror from the shelf to look at it, stretched out his fingertips to brush off the two white hairs on his forehead.

Suddenly, I heard a report from outside the door: "Master Ji, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, has arrived."

Zhou Chengzhang hurriedly stuffed it back into the mirror and greeted him at the door.

"I have seen Lord Zhou."

Ji Yunshen saluted, Zhou Chengzhang bowed and returned the salute, warmly greeted Ji Yunshen to sit down.

"I don't know what wind has blown Mr. Ji to Hangzhou City?"

Ji Yunshen and Zhou Chengzhang have the same official rank, but Beijing officials must be more prestigious than local officials.

Zhou Chengzhang smiled enthusiastically, and poured tea for Ji Yunshen himself with the teapot.

Ji Yunshen has always been indifferent to these formalities, and directly explained his intentions.

In the past month, there have been children missing in the Hangzhou area. Eight cases have been reported to the authorities. I don’t know how many cases have not been reported to the officials...

"I don't know what clues Master Zhou can find out here?"

Ji Yunshen glanced at the female draft files on the desk, and then at Zhou Chengzhang.

When Zhou Chengzhang heard that Ji Yunshen came because of Tong'er's disappearance, he immediately stood up with a puzzled expression on his face, "The case of Tong'er's disappearance has been closed, and the parents of those children have already been punished by me for [-] years because of ineffective supervision..."

"You hit the parents of the lost kids?"

Ji Yun stood up abruptly, staring at Zhou Chengzhang in disbelief.

"Yes, that's right."

Only then did Zhou Chengzhang notice that Ji Yunshen's expression was wrong.

It is said that Mr. Ji of Dali Temple is young and indifferent, no matter what kind of difficult case he encounters, he is expressionless, how could he be so angry because of the few missing children.

Zhou Chengzhang didn't dare to look into Ji Yunshen's eyes, and looked down at Ji Yunshen's chin.

The arc from Ji Yunshen's chin to the ears is as perfect as if drawn with fine brushwork, the peak of his lips is sharp and the lips are thin but not shaved, and the color of his lips is red but not bright... Zhou Chengzhang looked a little dazed, but even felt a little jealous in his heart.

"Is Master Zhou handling cases so casually?"

Ji Yunshen tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart. The disappearance of the child was enough to make the parents anxious. They reported it to the government in the hope of getting help, but in the end they were punished.

A strong young man would be in pain for a few days after receiving [-] boards, not to mention ordinary people, if the mothers of those children also received [-] boards, they would feel remorse and regret and die in a hurry.

"Did Mr. Ji worry too much? If the parents of those children know the lesson, they should teach their children not to run around.
The loss of a child is the responsibility of the parents. If the child dies and is killed by someone else, of course I will send someone to solve the case.

I really don’t bother Dali Temple to intervene in this kind of matter, Dali Temple is where the royal family investigates important cases, I hope Mr. Ji will not waste time with me..."

Zhou Chengzhang wiped the sweat from his forehead as he spoke. The weather was extremely hot this afternoon. Zhou Chengzhang came back from his promotion and was wearing a full set of official uniforms.

"I will definitely continue to investigate the case of Tong'er's disappearance, and please cooperate actively with Mr. Zhou."

"Forgive me for not being able to cooperate. There are too many affairs in the prefecture and county, and I won't waste them on such trivial matters. Or Mr. Ji can bring out the case handling documents, and I can dispatch people only after I have read them."

Zhou Chengzhang spoke with confidence, neither humble nor overbearing.

Ji Yunshen stared at Zhou Chengzhang's white and smiling face, and suddenly remembered that the Grand Master asked him to investigate the disappearance of Qionglu Tonger in Hangzhou, but did not ask him to ask the prefect of Hangzhou for assistance.

The Great Master asked someone to pretend to be Ji Yunshen, and wanted to collect Ji Yunshen's body. How could he care about the life and death of the missing child...

Ji Yunshen's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly realized that things might have gone in the wrong direction... He raised his hand to salute and leave, and turned and walked out the door before Zhou Chengzhang could speak.

Zhou Chengzhang clasped his hands and maintained the posture of returning the salute, looked at the door and raised his eyebrows, "Master Ji, don't bother!"

Ji Yunshen returned to the post house, sat at the table and carefully recalled the meeting with the Great Master, the more he thought about it, the more he felt chills in his heart.

What if the Grand Master asked him to search for the missing children instead of returning the children to their parents, but to the Great Master?
"Master Ji is going out again?"

Ji Yunshen nodded to the guard at the gate, and led the white horse towards the market.

Qionglu is on the hill north of Hangzhou City, passing Qiu Lange's farmhouse.

Ji Yunshen suppressed the urge to see Fu Duoxi, he believed that Fu Duoxi and Qiu Lange would get along well, and also believed that Fu Duoxi would soon learn Qiu Lange's family-inspired skills.

"Learning stunts is all about talent and understanding. It's not about being willing to endure hardships and persevering. You are very spiritual. It took me a year to learn a family-inherited stunt, and you learned it in just one day..."

Qiu Lange held Fu Duoxi's hand joyfully, with unbelievable eyes flashing in his eyes,
Fu Duoxi was in a daze, and only repeated the action of picking and pulling the thread a day. Did he learn Qiulan's weaving skills?
Impossible, is this also called a stunt?This is the basic exercise that any weaver girl will know.
"Thank you, Master Qiu, for your good guidance."

Fu Duoxi looked at the piece of fabric he had woven on the weaving frame, and it was not considered to be a special skill in weaving. At least he wove the fabric. What he wanted to learn at the beginning was weaving, so it didn't matter whether he was a special skill or not.

Qiu Lange seemed to have guessed what Fu Duoxi was thinking, and didn't explain. She laughed and La Fu Duoxi got up, "Duoxi, I'll take you to a place."

"it is good."

Fu Duoxi turned his head and glanced at the little fox demon.

The little fox demon was sitting on the bedside with Hong'er playing with pieces of paper.

Hong'er, a little ghost, always teases the little fox demon.

In the morning, Fu Duoxi was stabbed by a shuttle, and the little fox demon yelled out unexpectedly, which happened to be heard by Hong'er. Hong'er was surprised to call his mother to come and see the talking fox, but Qiu Lange said that there was a bird in a place. cats can talk...

(End of this chapter)