Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 716 Greedy Ghost

Li Xiuyuan walked into the dark lobby.

He was standing with his hands behind his back at this moment, quietly looking at the plaque hanging above the hall with a mirror.

In this dark lobby, the pure copper plaque also looked dull, with many cracks on it, and the plaque seemed to have fallen off, and the position was not placed properly.

After standing here for a long time, Li Xiuyuan could even smell the faint smell of blood wafting from the entire lobby.

It is believed that countless people who cried out for their injustice were tortured and beaten in this hall, with blood spattered five steps.

At this moment, a sneaky black figure suddenly appeared behind the beams and pillars in the lobby. This person was wearing an official hat, with a fat head and a thin body, which looked very strange. He was crawling along the beams at the moment, It seems that I feel some discomfort and want to leave here, but because of the behavior

The movement was slow but he couldn't leave immediately, he could only slowly crawl along the beam towards the inner hall.

At this moment, I don't know why.

A ray of setting sun came in from outside the lobby, and the sunlight fell on Li Xiuyuan's body, and the entire dark lobby gradually became brighter.

The resentment permeating the surroundings is rapidly dissipating, and the feeling of darkness and oppression is gradually disappearing.

"Pfft~!"

The big-headed ghost on the beam was caught by the sun, and immediately fell off the beam. He shook his head, picked up the official hat that fell on the ground and straightened it, and then wanted to go to the dark place next to him. place to climb.

"Resentment and greed have bred evil spirits like you? With something like you entrenched in the lobby, anyone who becomes a magistrate is afraid that he will quickly degenerate. Am I right, greedy ghost?" Li Xiuyuan looked at that head The bloated, motionless brat looked slightly cold.

This little ghost is not a pure ghost, but a manifestation of evil thoughts and greed, which can affect people's minds, and those who are not strong enough will be bewitched and depraved.

Just like some people can't restrain their desires when they arrive at the brothel.

It's not the seduction of women in the brothel, but the brothel is full of lust, which will lure you into depravity unconsciously, just like gambling in a gambling stall, full of gold and silver wealth, it will also confuse you, let you be blinded by money, and make A lot of greedy things come.

This is why people who practice the Tao should avoid the world of mortals.

And when these evil thoughts and desires accumulate too much, this kind of evil will manifest.

The ghost that Li Xiuyuan saw was a greedy ghost, manifested by the evil thoughts of corruption and bribery. If an official sits here and is given gifts and bribes, this greedy ghost will appear to confuse you in your heart. Let you fall into depravity step by step.

Of course, the depravity of officials is not because of this ghost, but because of one corrupt and bribed Yamen official after another before such evil spirits can be bred.

Then this evil spirit bewitched the people who entered the yamen later.

Therefore, corrupt places will become more degenerate and corrupt, and even people with a bit of righteousness will be assimilated soon after entering.

If this is the case for a single yamen, if it is enlarged, the entire Song Dynasty is also like this, then there is a problem in this dynasty, and then it is not far from the change of dynasty.

"My lord, I have summoned all the current servants in the yamen according to my lord's instructions." Cui Wei walked in at this time, cupped his fists and gave a salute.

At this moment, outside the lobby, officials, clerks, and servants from the yamen came in one after another.

"Very good, let them all stand in line, I want to lecture." Li Xiuyuan said, he pulled out the Tai'a sword from his waist and threw the sword.

Immediately, the sword pierced the greedy ghost's body and nailed it to the ground.

The greedy ghost made a miserable cry, like the creaking of an old wooden door.

Cui Wei just saw the brat, and immediately his eyelids twitched, his whole body subconsciously tensed up, showing a look of vigilance.

How could it be possible that there are little ghosts entrenched in the yamen?

He also knew that it was impossible for little ghosts to breed in the yamen, and even if there were complaining ghosts to report the case, they could only wander around the yamen gate, unless the county magistrate or magistrate gave permission for ghosts to enter the yamen.

And this kid obviously didn't come in from the outside, but was bred in this yamen.

However, under the sword of Tai'a, the little ghost quickly disappeared with a few screams.

For such evil spirits, Li Xiuyuan directly killed them without thinking.

But when such a scene happened to those civil servants, the petty officials couldn't help feeling a little nervous. When they saw Li Xiuyuan throwing the sword and standing on the ground, they thought it was a show of prestige.

"I'm afraid that this new adult will inevitably show his dignity. It seems that he should be careful."

"I heard that this lord is a minister of the imperial court who has been sent to temporarily act as the magistrate and is responsible for thoroughly investigating the case of the Shangyuan Festival fire. No matter what, he has to take good care of him so as not to cause trouble."

"Even Chief Cui from Six Doors is assigned by him. This lord has a lot of background."

These civil servants and old officials have different thoughts. For temporary magistrates like Li Xiuyuan, they all treat them in the same way, that is, what the lord says and what he does, and he waits on him nicely. This limelight Yamen is still business as usual.

Li Xiuyuan walked up to the main seat at this moment, sat under the high-hanging main seat of the bright mirror, then glanced slightly, and glanced at these people.

"Is there only such a small number of people in a magistrate's yamen? I remember that the imperial court stipulated that the number of people in a magistrate was more than this. There were several fewer civil servants, one group of yamen servants did not show up, and one civil servant was missing."

"Return to your lord, I didn't know that your lord was coming today, so those who were not on duty have all gone back." An old official replied cautiously.

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said: "Forget it, if there are fewer people, then there are fewer people. Anyway, it's useless. I'm here for the first time today. Some people may know my origin, and some people don't, but it's not important. The important thing is From today onwards, I will take the place of magistrate temporarily. Here,
The official said that you must not disobey, otherwise don't blame the official for being cruel and ruthless. "

Everyone was obsequious, nodding repeatedly, expressing their daring.

"Let's talk about the official affairs of the yamen first. Today, all the yamen servants and civil servants who are absent and did not come will be dismissed, and the vacant positions will be filled by the people behind." Li Xiuyuan said calmly.

As soon as these words came out, some people were surprised and others were surprised.

The surprise was that someone was going to be promoted, and the surprise was because they didn't expect this new lord to be so bold that he would dismiss more than a dozen people from their posts.

"My lord, here, some people have no right to be dismissed from their posts. You have to hand over the list to the official department, and the official department will decide." The old official replied respectfully.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I know, that's why those people think it's inappropriate to go to Zhang Yuan from the Ministry of Officials. In short, don't let them enter the magistrate's yamen tomorrow. Whoever lets them in will be dismissed from office. Similarly, the vacated official positions will be transferred from the back." If there are not enough civil officials, the civil officials will make up, and if the civil officials are not enough, the junior officials will make up.

If there is really no one left, you will recommend me, and I will hire as appropriate. "

"If someone dares to cause trouble in front of the Yamen, Cui Wei, he will be accused of being a demon of the Wutong Sect and locked in a cell. Maybe he will be at ease after a few months."

"Yes, my lord," Cui Wei was a little surprised.

He has never seen such a reckless adult, this is in the capital, the civil servants in the magistrate may have background connections behind them.

Of course, Li Xiuyuan understood that he was doing something stupid, but if he wanted to do things in this yamen, he had to break up the civil servants and veterans in the yamen, and he couldn't let them hug each other tightly and collude with each other.

And the best way to do this is naturally to hit them randomly with a stick, knock down a group first, and then reward a group.

Even if these civil officials and old officials hug each other tightly, there will be a gap in their hearts.

As for the troubles in the future, don't think about it, even if there are troubles, it is impossible for them to be bigger than the present.

"In addition, the duty of the yamen will also be taken over by the officer. All the yamen servants and the team leader will be in charge of Cui Wei. He will follow his orders and continue until the officer leaves. If anyone thinks that the officer's handling is a bit inappropriate If so, you can go to the imperial court to impeach this official, provided that your memorial

The portion is enough, otherwise don't waste your heart. "Li Xiuyuan said lightly.

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads and bowed down again, not daring to say anything.

"Don't you dare to know in your heart that this is all for today's lecture, and everything will be as usual from tomorrow. In addition, the person in charge of the file will put the file of Fang Shengyu's assassination case on this table before tomorrow morning. I will look at it tomorrow." .”

"It's getting late, let's go."

He didn't waste any time, and after simply saying a few words, he let everyone go.

Because I didn't think about staying in the yamen for a long time, I didn't bother to take care of these corrupt officials. Even if I tried my best to clear this yamen, so what?
Once I left, it was not back to normal.

(End of this chapter)