The longevity of the heavens begins with Mingyu Gong

Watching Li Gongfu and others leave, Song Xing's small courtyard returned to calm again.

Song Xing, on the other hand, lost his previous calmness and frowned. He had just calculated the secrets hidden in Xu Xian through Guizang Yijian, but he faintly felt a counterattack coming.

You must know that even if Xu Xian can become an immortal in the future, he is just an ordinary mortal now. Under Song Xing's eyes, all the cause and effect are only in Qiantang County.

But the backlash that Song Xing felt faintly exceeded the capacity of Qiantang County.

"It seems that Bai Suzhen came to Xu Xian for other purposes."

Song Xing pondered to himself, and then shook his head. No matter how many secrets Xu Xian had, he was not concerned about it now. Anyway, as long as he was in Qiantang County, sooner or later they would meet again.

His main purpose in coming to this world is to break through the cultivation level of Taiji Xuanqing Dao Taiqing realm and reach the Daluo realm mentioned by Zhou Xian.

Thinking of this, Song Xing closed his eyes and rested his mind, preparing to meditate and strive to break through as soon as possible and reach the Daluo realm!
As for whether there are other secrets hidden in this world, he is not interested at the moment.

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In the next few days, Song Xing hid in a small courtyard to practice in seclusion. Even Zhao Wei came to pay his respects again the next day, but he was politely turned away.

Zhao Wei knew Song Xing's temper, so he had no choice but to decide to visit another day. Then as agreed with Li Gongfu, he went to the county government office and became a government servant.

The yamen of local prefectures, counties, etc. are used to drive the running servants and subordinates, collectively referred to as yamen.

Specifically, there are inner classes and outer classes: the inner classes serve in the yamen, such as disciples, waiters, etc.; the outer classes include the "three classes" such as Zhuang class, Zao class, and Kuai class, as well as grain cadres, and workmen. .

These people are recruited from the private market and are voluntary in nature.

Some were inherited from father to son and served for generations; some were temporarily mobilized and returned to the people after the work was completed.

There are also differences in their status and status. All those who serve in the Yamen, except Kuding, Douji, and Minzhuang, are still listed in the Qi Min. They are Zaoli, Ma Kuai, Bu Kuai, Xiao Ma, Jailer, Menzi, Archers, The workmen, grain messengers, and patrol camp servicemen are all lowly servants.

In particular, most of the government servants such as Zao Ban, Kuai Ban and Liang Chai in the foreign classes come from the market and have been serving for generations. They are many scoundrels. They often rely on the power of the government to curry favor with superior officials and associate with bad officials and evil officials. Because of his anger, he extorted money, violated civilians, and was evil in the countryside. He was called "Yamen" by people at the time.

These people are responsible for the yamen's standing hall, arrests, detentions, reminders, food collection, release and other matters. The yamen servants Zhao Wei joined are the arresters. They can get three to 12 years of salary every year, with an average daily salary of [-] cents. About the same as the cost of a meal.

Why does Zhao Wei still feel grateful to Li Gongfu despite such a low salary?

Just because these government officials don't just rely on their salary to live.

Their main income comes from bad regulations, and most of the government fees are shared between the scribes and the government officials.

As long as you are dispatched, you can get fees or bribes. For example, in a murder case, various fees from investigation of the scene to the conclusion of the case can reach tens of thousands of dollars.

Generally speaking, prefectures and counties also believe that the fares, donkeys, shoes and socks, meals and tea money collected from the parties by the yamen on errands are "normal charges", but they are not allowed to use the opportunity to extort money.

With these normal incomes, even without extortion, the life of a government servant is generally relatively comfortable.

Even if Li Gongfu is just like Li Gongfu, he has not canceled these routines among his subordinates. At most, he only restrains his subordinates from extorting ordinary people.

After all, compared with the meager salary of the yamen, if Li Gongfu forcibly cut off the financial resources of the yamen servants, I am afraid that he himself would be the first to be killed.

As for Zhao Wei, a newcomer who replaced the dead yamen servant and entered the yamen, the old yamen servants did not bully him because of Li Gongfu's face and Zhao Wei's outstanding martial arts skills.

However, within a few days, Zhao Wei also became a familiar face in the yamen.On this day, Zhao Weizheng left the yamen and was about to patrol the streets when he saw a group of people hurriedly coming to the county yamen to report the crime.

Zhao Wei's heart moved and he simply stood at the entrance of the yamen without leaving directly. Sure enough, after a while, he saw Li Gongfu walking out with a group of people in a hurry.

Seeing Zhao Wei standing at the door, Li Gongfu hesitated for a moment and said, "Zhao Wei, come with me."

"Yes, arresting the head." Zhao Wei quickly followed and saw a group of people hurrying to a street not far from the county government office.

"This is the Shuntian Escort Agency?" Zhao Wei looked at the solemn courtyard in front of him and recognized that this was the Shuntian Escort Agency that he had visited when he was looking for errands last time.

But I didn't expect that the person who reported the case this time was actually for the Shuntian Escort Bureau.

When it comes to Shuntian Escort Bureau, all the people in the entertainment industry in Qiantang County have to give it a bit of a thumbs-down.

There is no other reason. Wang Jiucheng, the chief escort of Shuntian Escort Bureau, is under the command of the Qingcheng Mountain Sword Sect. Qingcheng Mountain has disciples all over the world. He is famous as a knight and is willing to sell some face in the world.

Wang Jiucheng is only forty years old, but since he came down to establish the Shuntian Escort Agency ten years ago, he has become very prosperous in Qiantang County with his solid skills and impeccable character of being generous and generous.

So when they saw that it was the Shuntian Escort Bureau who reported the case, the other government officials except Li Gongfu were a little surprised.

With the financial and military resources of the Shuntian Escort Bureau, they really couldn't imagine anything that would require the government to come forward to settle things.

Zhao Wei met Wang Jiucheng in a spacious hall upon entering the Shuntian Escort Bureau.

Wang Jiucheng has a rough appearance and a tall figure. He is dressed in brocade clothes and has a long knife at his waist. He has the air of a wealthy man.

At this moment, on the table next to him, there were several escort heads from the escort agency, but their faces were a little sad, as if they had encountered something difficult.

When Wang Jiucheng saw Li Gongfu coming in, he stood up and said slowly: "Captain Li, please come and run for a while."

The Shuntian Escort Agency is going smoothly in Qiantang County. Naturally, Wang Jiucheng cannot do without dealing with the government. Li Gongfu also knows Wang Jiucheng. Hearing this, he clasped his fists and said: "Master Jiu, you are so polite. Today, the government went to the Yamen to report the case, saying that there was a murder. The county magistrate I’m here to see what’s going on.”

Wang Jiucheng sighed and ordered his servants to serve tea: "It's a long story. Why don't Mr. Li sit down and take a sip of water first? Let me explain slowly."

Li Gongfu waved his hand and refused: "Human life is at stake, so let's ask about the case first."

"Forget it," Wang Jiucheng did not insist anymore and said, "Actually, if you are invited to come this time, it is indeed the murder case committed by the escort agency."

Li Gongfu's eyes narrowed: "I wonder who from the escort agency died?"

Wang Jiucheng sighed, "Those who died were the three serving maids beside my wife, as well as an escort and two escorts from the escort agency."

The expressions of Li Gongfu and the government servant behind him suddenly changed.

Qiantang County is just a small county with simple folk customs. Now six people from the Shuntian Escort Bureau have died at once, which can be said to be a shocking case.

Li Gongfu glanced at Wang Jiucheng, but he keenly sensed something was wrong, and said in a deep voice: "Jiuye, six lives, what is the meaning behind this, please explain clearly."

A trace of fear flashed in Wang Jiucheng's eyes, and he glanced at the several escort heads next to him, and finally said: "The escort's knife comes in and out of rain. I am used to seeing life and death. Wang has lived for 40 years and has never encountered such a thing." . Capt. Li, the people who died in Shuntian Escort Bureau all died in unknown ways and in strange ways. Wang had no choice but to invite people from the county government to investigate the case."

(End of this chapter)