Cao Thief

Chapter 144

Wang Guo is indeed a warm-hearted person!

"This matter has something to do with the stability of Haixi. Since Mr. Ma came here in person, I should try my best to speak for you... However, what you have done before is indeed a little too much. If the county magistrate Deng hosted a banquet invitation , you dare not go due to Chen Sheng's lust, it is understandable. But why did you take no action after Chen Sheng died? If I were Deng Haixi, I would be very angry."

"I'm so confused, so confused!"

The Jia people looked embarrassed and bowed again and again.

Fortunately, Wang Cheng didn't go on talking about this matter. After sending Jia Ren away, he prepared a car and went to the county government.

Unexpectedly, Deng Ji was not in Haixi County.

It turned out that after Chen Gui dismissed Chen Sheng's status as a child of the Chen family, he also invited Deng Ji to Guangling for a briefing.As Deng Ji's superior, and also the leading family in Guangling County, the Chen family can be said to have given Deng Ji enough face.As Chen Deng's subordinate, Deng Ji should have visited Chen Deng before taking office according to etiquette... Therefore, since the Chen family spoke, the trip to Guangling was urgent.

"Hu Ban, is Mr. Puyang there?"

"Returning to Mr. Wang, Mr. Puyang and my master went to Guangling together."

Wang Cheng asked: "Mr. Puyang has also gone, so who is staying in the county government now?"

"Oh, it's my son!"

"Master Cao?"

"Exactly... the young master was supposed to go to visit old Mrs. Chen, but he stayed in Haixi County because he was not feeling well."

"Oh okay!"

Wang Cheng nodded thoughtfully.

"Mr. Wang, do you want to see my son?"

"Oh, since the young master is ill, then I won't bother you! By the way, the county magistrate Deng mentioned when he plans to recruit soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress pirates?"

"Well..." Hu Ban shook his head, "The master doesn't seem to have mentioned this matter! After eradicating Chen Sheng, the master just ordered someone to recall a hundred patrolmen and put them in charge of Feng Chao and Pan Zhang. The rest ...Oh, I remembered, the owner also said that the management of the market must be strengthened, and that he was going to introduce a...that name is too difficult to pronounce, and I can't remember it...Oh, public security management regulations. "

"what?"

Wang Cheng was stunned.

"What it is?"

"The full name is Haixi County North Market Commercial District Public Security Management Regulations. What is the specific content is not something that villains can inquire about."

"Haixi County North Market Commercial District Public Security Management... Regulations?"

This long name is indeed a bit of a mouthful.

Wang Cheng scratched his head, secretly gave Hu Ban a consistent amount of money, and then left.

What regulations in this Laoshizi business district, what exactly are they?
Wang Cheng left in a daze. Hu Ban looked at his back, weighed the copper coins in his hand, and laughed softly.

"Hu Ban, why are you laughing?"

"Oh, someone came to ask again just now, I answered according to the young master's instructions, and got the usual reward again."

"Damn, the young master's move is really clever."

"That's... I got nearly two pennies in this noon. But speaking of it, Wang Cheng is still generous, and he is consistent every time he makes a move."

After joking with Mending, Hu Ban walked into the county government office.

He bypassed the yamen hall, walked through the lane, walked into an arched door, and came to the Kuanyuan where Cao Peng lived.

The courtyard is very quiet, with a study, two rows of wing rooms, and a small garden.Hu Ban walked to the door of the study, knocked on the door, and opened the door.

"My lord, Wang Cheng is here!"

"What is he doing here?"

Cao Peng was sitting among a pile of copybooks, flipping through them non-stop.

When Hu Ban came in, he asked directly without raising his head.

"He came to see the master... but the master is not here, so he didn't say anything about asking to see him."

"Then did he say anything else?"

"Oh, he just asked when the master will suppress the pirates."

Cao Peng trembled and raised his head from the copybook.

"He is a teacher, why is he so enthusiastic about fighting pirates?
I remember that after he visited my brother-in-law for the first time, he publicized it in a panic, which almost put my brother-in-law into an embarrassing situation. "

"This... the villain is not very clear."

With a trace of tiredness on his face, Cao Peng straightened up and gently rubbed his temples.

These two days, he was indeed exhausted!

In order to find out about Yukissong Town, he almost searched through the documents in the archives.It has to be said that the archives recorded by the ancients are often just a few words, which explains a lot of problems.At any rate, Cao Peng has been reborn for almost a year, and he has some understanding of the rhetoric and sentence making in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.But if you understand it, you understand it. When he took out these copybooks and looked them up, it was really hard.

In a word, it often takes repeated scrutiny to figure out some meaning.

Cao Peng is holding a bamboo slip similar to the local chronicles of Haixi. Most of the records on it are some strange things...

Like, local legend?
Well, it looks like the type of monsters in "Sou Shen Ji".

Putting down the bamboo slips, Cao Peng got up from the case and grabbed two jade balls the size of a baby's fist.

This pair of jade balls was confiscated from Chen Sheng's home, and it is said that they are Chen Sheng's favorite things.Cao Peng felt that this thing looked like a fitness ball for later generations, so he kept it.Two white jade balls rolled in his hands, making crisp sounds from time to time.

"This Mr. Wang is a little too enthusiastic about fighting pirates."

He walked out of the study, raised his head, and glanced at the gloomy sky.Haixi in winter is like this, wet and damp, making Cao Peng somewhat uncomfortable.He walked slowly on the porch, and Huban followed behind him, unhurriedly following...

"Hu Ban, how about the inventory of Chen Sheng's property?"

"Brother Xiahou is still counting. When he left in the morning, he also said that Chen Sheng's family property is too huge, and it is difficult to count it in a while."

"Well, asking Xiahou to do this kind of thing is indeed a bit embarrassing for him."

Chen Sheng's business during his lifetime covered industries such as gold market, grain and rice, woodworking, and cloth shop.

In addition, there are various businesses such as pawns and farms, which are various and very complicated.Moreover, it is also necessary to count the population and register it, which is a very hard work.There are about [-] people registered in Haixi.But this is the population of two years ago.What is the population of Haixi now?No one can tell.Local tyrants often have servants in their families.These servants belong to the private property of local tyrants and are not shown on the household registration.Chen Sheng owns a large piece of fertile land in Haixi, so how many servants are there under his name?Careful investigation and counting are still needed... Xia Houlan can fight wars, but she can't do this kind of thing.

That's right, Chen Sheng is dead!
Deng Ji also seemed to have gained a foothold in Haixi.

But in fact, Deng Ji has not established a complete team of members so far.

Generally speaking, in a county seat, in addition to the county magistrate, it is necessary to set up a county magistrate to manage documents and warehouses, and one or two county lieutenants to manage public security.Below the county magistrate and county lieutenant, there are also positions such as master book, meritorious officer, 掾, and historian.In addition, there must be the most basic officials such as the three elders and the head of the village.County magistrates or county magistrates are appointed by the imperial court.But the state and county can also intervene in the personnel affairs of the county.

However, Haixi's situation was special, and Chen Deng did not intervene in it.

Now, Deng Ji has opened up the situation, so the establishment of a staff team is imminent.

The position of county magistrate has been taken up by Puyang Kai; county captain, Zhou Cang and Xia Houlan can both take up the post.Cao Peng's current position is Haixi County Bing Cao.But in fact, he only has those 100 soldiers and horses in his hands.Feng Chao served as a soldier of Cao Shi, and Pan Zhang served as a soldier of Cao Cao, and they were already the armed forces of the entire Haixi County.The rest, such as Hucao, Facao, Cangcao, and Gongcao, are still vacant.

It is not realistic to rely on Deng Ji alone to govern Haixi County well.

Pu Yangkai's knowledge is very outstanding, but it is somewhat insufficient to deal with these trivial matters.

Therefore, the most urgent task is that Deng Ji needs to enlist a master book, as well as meritorious personnel from various ministries, and only then can he establish a complete team.

But it is really difficult to build a team.

People without talent are useless if they use them; who would want to work under the command of an ordinary county magistrate, Deng Ji, if they have talents?

Cao Peng patted his forehead: I have to find some helpers for my brother-in-law!
He stopped suddenly, turned his head and asked, "Hu Ban, have you ever released the news I asked you to release?"

"My lord, they have all been released... But they all asked me, what are the regulations?"

Cao Peng smiled slightly, "When it's time to tell you, I will tell you of course!"

"Here!"

"Okay, you go down first."

Hu Ban bowed and retreated.

Cao Peng walked slowly on the corridor, the jade ball in his hand was spinning faster and faster.

Fish Kiss Copper Town!

The mysterious murderer...

And the legendary treasure.

These days, he has been thinking about this matter, and a thread has gradually formed in his mind.

According to the local chronicles of Haixi... oh, that is the record on the bamboo slips of the strange body: Li Guangli did bury a large amount of wealth before he surrendered to the Huns.However, from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the present, no one has found the location of this wealth for hundreds of years, and even the so-called labyrinth has gradually become a myth and legend.Until now, this legend is not well known.

Li Guangli's Treasure - Fish Kiss Copper Town - The Bizarre Death of the Haixi County Magistrate in Recent Years - Mai Cheng's Residency in the County Government...

Everything seemed to point the finger at the Mai family.

And this Mai family is a wealthy family in Haixi, not only has a long history, but also has a high reputation.

Although Chen Sheng is domineering on the surface, but if compared with the Mai family, he is a scum!The Mai family is the real Haixi tyrant!
Cao Peng can deal with Chen Sheng mercilessly, but that doesn't mean he can deal with the Mai family.

In his previous life, with his passion and fearlessness of the powerful, he ended up with his family ruined; in this life, he repeatedly warned himself not to be a hero!So when faced with the same problem, Cao Peng decided to bear it for the time being and not rush to solve the mystery.

After all, Deng Ji has not yet taken root in Haixi County...

One more thing, Wang Cheng seems to be very active these two days.

Perhaps it was the instinct of the criminal police that made Cao Peng wary of Wang Cheng from the very beginning.

According to the news he got, Wang Cheng was indeed a good man.He is forthright, he is willing to do good, he does not seek luxury, and lives a life almost like an ascetic.Such a person is really perfect.But it is this kind of perfection that makes people feel that Wang Cheng is not real.

It seems that it was deliberately made perfect!

If so, why did he make this illusion?
Under great good, there must be great evil.This is Cao Peng's feeling... Wang Cheng's enthusiasm for suppressing the pirates made Cao Peng even more suspicious.

call……

What a complicated matter!

Cao Peng took a deep breath and stood down on the corridor.

The winter rain began to fall, but Cao Peng unexpectedly discovered that a plum blossom was quietly blooming in a corner of the courtyard wall!

(End of this chapter)