Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

After saying that, Meng Changqing took out a sign from the drawer, found a carving knife, and engraved an identity for Fang He.

Everyone gathered around to watch and saw Meng Changqing carving a few words on the sign: Specially dispatched by Beishan County Government, Fang He.

"It's too crudely made. Why don't you write something on it and ask Laicai to carve it." Bafang suggested kindly.

Meng Changqing slightly trimmed the rough edges and said, "It's not a work of art. It doesn't have to look good. It just needs to be useful. Besides, this side isn't what's important." Meng Changqing turned the sign over and pointed to the official seal that was originally engraved on it and said, "This side just needs to look good."

He also found some ink and applied it on both sides of the token, then copied the contents engraved on it onto paper. He then put the paper into an envelope, sealed it, stamped it, and asked Bafang to hand it over to the post station, where it would be delivered along the way in the direction Fanghe wanted to go.

A token cannot prove Fang He's identity in front of the government, so it must be accompanied by this piece of paper that can only be delivered through the official post. And once the envelope containing the paper is opened, it must be re-sealed by the local government and the original envelope and paper must be put back together, otherwise the paper will lose its effectiveness.

Bafang took the things from Meng Changqing and went to Luo Yu at the post station first. He handed the things to him and asked him to make a record. Then he immediately sent someone to deliver them to the south. He also told him that there must be no mistakes with the things in the county government.

After leaving the post station, Bafang went back to the county government office and found Fang He.

He also watched the opportunity and saw that there were several yamen runners in front of Fang He, so he stepped forward to talk to them.

"Hey, what are you guys saying?"

"Master Ba is here." Someone made way for Ba Fang to come over. "He's talking about the market."

Bafang coughed twice, "Fanghe, the master has something for you to do."

Fang He immediately put away the smile on his face.

Bafang took out the token and money and said, "Thank you for the long journey."

After Fang He reached out to take the item, Ba Fang continued, "Please go to Song Xiyu and Sun Zixiao's hometown and exchange these twenty taels of silver notes for silver and send them over."

A few people didn't understand what was going on, so they asked everyone why they should give money to the two families. Most people in Beishan County didn't know about the death of the two people.

Bafang followed their question and replied, "After the two were sent back to Weishan Camp, the camp couldn't accommodate them and drove them out." Bafang said this, pretending to be sorry, "No one expected that not long after they left Liangzhou, they ran into robbers, their luggage was stolen and hacked to death. Look, Lord Wang from the Imperial Guard went to investigate this matter and just came back today.

If you ask me, I don't feel sorry for those two people. They had bad conduct and so they're dead.

But they still have families to support, and Your Excellency feels sorry for them, so he borrowed these two banknotes and asked Fang He to deliver them to their home."

Bafang patted Fang He's shoulder and said, "All the certificates have been sent to the post house. You should leave your post early today and pack your things. You can leave tomorrow morning."

Fang He had never expected that such a thing would happen to him, and he couldn't help but speculate in his heart. This year, when the official road was being repaired, he was in charge of the accounts following Zuo Tou. Could it be that the adults suspected that he was not doing his job well and punished him on purpose?
He kept speculating in his mind, but others were different.

As soon as Bafang left, someone whispered, "Our Lord is still kind and righteous. How much compensation does the court give to soldiers who died in battle? Your Lord gave twenty taels at once."

Someone else said, "Those two were kicked out of the barracks. It would be a waste if they died. I didn't expect the adults to give them money."

"Although our master was cruel, he never treated us unfairly as long as we worked honestly under him. Now that they are dead, they still remember the past friendship and send money to their families."

"Yes, you are not rich yourself. I have heard from everyone that the money was borrowed."

Someone bumped into Fang He and said, "My Lord, you are the one who gave this matter to you. Don't take advantage of them. After all, someone has died. We have been working with them for more than a year. We shouldn't take advantage of them. Besides, my Lord, you have that kind of temper. The reason why these two people died was because of greed."

Fang He kept frowning, as he couldn't understand why he was asked to go and send her off. "Stop talking, it's giving me a headache!"

Fang He handled this matter with great concern. At the same time, news of Meng Changqing's handling of the matter spread in the county government.

When Chu Mufeng heard this, he felt even more that Meng Changqing was a kind-hearted person despite his cruelty. (End of this chapter)