Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 145 The Empty Village (5)
"Still using the gun?" Lu Ban bent his head and picked up the short gun, and then took the sheep, and found some lead pellets and gunpowder on the master. "Hey hey, I just didn't bring the guy with me, so let me borrow these things first!"

"Bastard!" A yamen servant got up in disgrace, his mouth stubborn. "How dare you be rude to our master?"

"Hmph," Lu Ban said disdainfully, "Don't say he's just a little teacher, so what if your county magistrate comes?"

Hearing Lu Bantou's tone, the master and the Yachai were all dumbfounded. "You, who are you?"

Feng Shen continued, "This is the chief prison officer of the Shuntian Mansion Fourth Road Department—Officer Lu!"

"Ah?" the master said in surprise, "It turned out to be Lu Bantou, why didn't you say it earlier?"

Lu Bantou said angrily: "I want to say it, but you fucking only care about killing, have you ever given us a chance to speak?"

"Xiao Ke is confused, Xiao Ke deserves to die", the master apologized and turned to Feng Shen. "Then... who is this lord?"

Just as Lu Bantou was about to speak, Feng Shen said first, "My surname is Ma, and I am working on the Shuntian Mansion's review."

"Oops!" The teacher folded his arms and clasped his fists, and hurriedly sang a fat song: "Xiao Ke Lou Dezhao, I have seen the two superiors. There was a collision just now, but it was unexpected, and I hope the superiors forgive me a lot. "

"There is no such thing as you!" Lu Bantou was still furious, "If it were ordinary people, they would have been hacked to death by the roadside!?"

"That's right... Lu Bantou taught you a very good lesson..." Mr. Lou said obediently, and then rushed to the clerk, "Why don't you pay the two superiors soon?"

When the two yamen heard this, they hurriedly nodded and bowed, bowing incessantly.

"You three young ceremonies," Feng Shen said, "Master Lou, what are you doing up to this point?"

"Well...hehe," Master Lou smiled awkwardly, "Xiao Ke heard that Fengluotan is not peaceful recently... so he brought someone over to have a look..."

"What else is there to look at?" Lu Ban nodded, "This village is almost deserted! I said, how did you county magistrates do it? It took a few days for you to get a letter?"

"I'm ashamed," Master Lou said, "I'm a bit late."

"Master Lou," Feng Shen said, "Fengluotan is not too far from the county seat, so you guys don't know anything about such a commotion?"

Master Lou hesitated for a while, then said: "I'm not going to hide it from my job, Xiao Ke actually has some difficulties. A while ago, our great-grandfather went back to his hometown to visit his relatives' tombs, but he hasn't returned to the yamen. On Xiao Ke's head, so I didn't pay much attention to the situation in the countryside..."

"Wait first!" Lu Ban said puzzledly, "Even if the county magistrate is not here, there are still magistrates and masters. It's not your turn to be a master to govern for you, right?"

Feng Shen also nodded and said: "Tou Lu Ban is right. Master Lou, this is straight and straight, you can explain it to me!"

Master Lou rolled his eyes and said, "You two don't know something. Pinggu is a small county. How can we afford to support so many assistants? Ever since my grandfather hired me as a guest, there has never been a county magistrate or chief secretary. gone."

What Master Lou said is also true.Since the Xin Chou New Deal was promulgated by the imperial court, there have been many vacancies in county government offices in many places.

Feng Shen thought for a while, and asked again: "According to the old system of civil elections, there should be four appointed officials in the county yamen. Have you also dismissed the post of Dian Shi?"

"There is a classic history," Mr. Lou said, "Xiao Ke went to the county government to enter the court, and he was the one who recommended him. Masters like us don't need the imperial court to allocate salary, work and food, and just give them some repairs at the end of the year. Xiao Ke has more than one person, and takes care of the miscellaneous affairs of the six houses for the county..."

"Don't be too busy putting gold on your face," Lu Ban said impatiently, "What about the Dian Shi?"

"I also accompanied my grandfather to return home to visit relatives," Master Lou said with a sneer, "Before leaving, I left Xiao Ke to take care of all the matters I ordered, so Xiao Ke was tired of official duties and never got out."

"The two of them are quite carefree," Lu Ban said, "I haven't come to Pinggu these few years, and I haven't dealt with them for a long time. Hey, your county magistrate's surname is Liu, right?"

Master Lou said with a smile: "The leader of the class is really a noble person who forgets things too much. Our grandfather's surname is Chen."

"Oh...then let's take the surname as Chen!" Lu Ban was a little embarrassed, "I seem to have seen him seven or eight years ago, and now I can't even remember what he looks like...Okay, okay, no Speaking of these. Then according to your words, the county is now in charge of you?"

"Don't dare to dare," Master Lou said modestly, "Weng Mengdong looks down on me, it's just for the time being, hehe, it's just for the time being..."

"There's no need to talk too much about the vain scene," Lu Ban frowned, pointing at Feng Luotan behind him, "Is this how you act as a substitute?"

"This is indeed an omission," Master Lou said with a smile on his face, "Xiao Ke also explained it just now, but he is too busy with official duties and has no skills at all. However, although Xiao Ke dare not say that he is comprehensive about everything in the yamen, he can be regarded as a planner." The management is very orderly. If not, please go back to the county government office with us to have a look."

"I'm going to go, but I'm not in a hurry," Feng Shen said, "Master Lou, I heard that people in Fengluotan got lost a few months ago, you should know about this matter, right?"

"Xiao Ke heard about it," Master Lou said, "At that time, the county sent people to investigate, and they found nothing serious, so they let it go..."

"Absurd!" Feng Shen said angrily, "The whereabouts of those villagers are still unknown, such a bizarre change, can it be called 'no big deal'!?"

"Please calm down on the mission," Master Lou hurriedly said, "It's not Xiao Ke who is trying to evade the situation, but our grandfather will handle it all by himself. How can Xiao Ke know the inside story if he has never done it before?"

"What a slippery official!" Lu Ban said angrily, "If you get something good, you can take it from yourself, and when you encounter something bad, you can ask the three questions! Damn, what can you expect from you?"

Under this accusation, Master Lou and the others made a few perfunctory words verbally, but their expressions were somewhat disapproving.

Seeing that they were indifferent, Lu Ban was even more annoyed. "You're not convinced, are you?"

Feng Shen looked up at the sky and suppressed his emotions. "Forget it, boss, we still have important things to do, so it's useless to talk about it now."

Although Lu Bantou was reluctant, he had no choice but to give up temporarily.Just when I wanted to go to the field to call for horses, I suddenly had a plan. "Hey, the three of you can't come here for nothing. How about this, I will arrange an errand for you!"

"An errand?" Master Lou was full of suspicion, "What is Lu Ban's order?"

Lu Ban pointed his head at the ground, "There is no one in the village right now, but the crops are ripe. Anyway, you are free, so let's help harvest first!"

"Ah?" Master Lou and the others opened their mouths wide and were all startled.

"Why?" Lu Ban scowled, "Is this a trivial matter being pushed back and forth?"

"Three people can't harvest such a large piece of crops," Master Lou said with a bitter face. "Otherwise, the team leader, Rong Xiaoke, can go back to the yamen to recruit some people."

"It's up to you," Lu Ban said, "if you can finish the job!"

Unexpectedly, Lu Bantou was ingenious, Feng Shen laughed secretly, and was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Master Lou again.

"Hehe", Master Lou smiled all over his face, "Xiao Ke forgot to ask, what is the two of you doing here in Pinggu?"

"What are you asking for?" Lu Ban shouted, "Since it's an important matter, can I tell you casually?"

A clerk said: "We can guess without telling us, the two of you are going to the Cliff Temple, right?"

"Oh?" Feng Shen's eyes froze, "How did you see that?"

The clerk answered irrelevantly, and said to himself: "It's best not to go to the Moya Temple, there is a purgatory there!"

(End of this chapter)