Rebirth of the Tang Dynasty's strongest consort

Chapter 392 Old Loach and Mangy Dog

"That's right, open the warehouse to release the grain."

Fang Yiai stood with her hands behind her back, seeing Mei Zhusheng's unnatural expression, she sneered secretly, "Mei Zhusheng, old fox! Sometimes you can't sit still."

Mei Zhusheng lowered his head and caressed his beard, turned his bright eyes a few times, and then said: "Master, the deadline for paying the grain is coming soon. If the grain is released right now, and the prefect's yamen blames it, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome." .”

"Then the magistrate of Caozhou came to suppress me? Old fox, do you know that I am a sixth-rank inspector?" Cursing secretly, Fang Yiai showed a embarrassed expression, and said, "According to Master Mei, what should I do?"

Seeing Fang Yiai came to inquire, Mei Zhusheng raised his mouth slightly, cupped his hands and said: "The people in Meiwu County have always been disobedient, and the name of troublesome people has been spread all over Caozhou. This time, someone must be telling stories in front of the county lord, which will attract the county lord. We need to open warehouses to release food."

Said the word "troublemaker", Mei Zhusheng stared at Fan Jin intentionally, with a flash of contempt in his eyes.

With the support of the county magistrate, Fan Jin seemed to be a different person in an instant, clasping his left wrist with his right hand, standing on the same ground without changing his expression, he didn't look timid at all.

"Who made the name of troublesome people? Could it be that Master Mei couldn't collect the privately imposed silver tax, so he deliberately slandered the people under the jurisdiction of the county?"

Fan Jin spoke every word so loudly that Mei Zhusheng's face turned green and pale, even Fang Yiai couldn't help but take a second look at the poorly dressed old scholar beside him.

"Is this still the cowardly Fan Jin just now?" Fang Yiai murmured behind his back, and suddenly remembered the records in the scholars, and then understood the reason, "Fan Jin studied hard for 38 years, and the bitterness in it is probably only Does he know it himself? Scholars dream of becoming an official, and I’m afraid they have rehearsed the truth thousands of times in their hearts. No wonder the commentary once said that the Fan Jin after winning the exam is not the Fan Jin of that day.”

Mei Zhusheng looked at Fan Jin with the anger in his heart, and asked: "Master Fan, why did this old man increase taxes privately? How can you spout blood without evidence? If you suspect that this old man is pocketing his own money, you can go to Wenzhou Room check."

"Hmph! Master Mei holds many important positions in criminal name, money valley, Zhengbi, and accountant. If you want to use the spring and autumn brushwork on the account book, it will be easy, right?"

Fan Jin was neither humble nor overbearing, and in the end, he turned Mei Zhusheng into an army.

Mei Zhusheng was poked in pain, and immediately flew into a rage, and was about to speak up to reprimand and blame Fan Jin in the posture of a senior, but was preempted by Fang Yiai who was standing aside.

"Bold!"

"presumptuous!"

Fang Yi'ai pretended to be angry, and reprimanded Fan Jin twice. Seeing this, Fan Jin quickly put away his serious face, put on a worried look, and cupped his hands, "The student is guilty."

"Master Mei manages the county government well, even the county has to respect three points. I think it's your first day to work in the inner government. How can you slander your colleagues and seniors like this!"

Hearing Fang Yiai's words, Mei Zhusheng turned angry and smiled, and nodded slightly with his beard, thinking, "This is not too bad. If you want to fight against the old man, you should go to school for another ten or twenty years."

After reprimanding Fan Jin, Fang Yiai sighed softly, showing a look of guilt, and said to Mei Zhusheng: "Master Mei, I think you have worked so hard for the county government, but this county can't bear to see you."

"What do you mean? This kid isn't holding back his fart!" The old and spicy Mei Zhusheng noticed something strange in a few words, and thought to himself.

Fang Yiai glared at Fan Jin, and said coldly: "Fan Jin! Thinking of you being so arrogant, how can you assist the county in the county government in the future? After that, you will assume the position of Master Zhengbi, so you can follow Master Mei more Learn something, and suppress your arrogance!"

"What! Fan Jin is the master of Zhengbi?" Mei Zhusheng was taken aback. Before that, the money, food and taxes in Meiwu County were completely controlled by him alone.

"Fan Jin, Master Zhengbi deserves you to do it right, but Shu Xiu is not too much!" Fang Yiai didn't plan to deal with Mei Zhusheng at all, and after finishing secretly seizing power, she winked at Fan Jin, There was also a triumphant smile on the corner of his mouth.

Fan Jin knew his boss's intentions, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Students take orders."

After finalizing Fan Jin's position, Fang Yiai turned to look at Mei Zhusheng, cupped her hands and said, "Master Mei, the county will go to the granary to have a look, as for the troublemakers that the master said, the county will think twice and be careful. "

After finishing speaking, Fang Yiai walked straight forward without waiting for Mei Zhu to speak, while Fan Jin sneered and bowed to his senior, then swaggered behind his boss and went to the granary to prepare for the release of grain.

Wearing an official uniform and walking on the county street, the people around took turns to look sideways, avoiding the new county magistrate one by one, as if getting caught would cause disaster.

"Fan Jin, what's wrong with them? Why do they hide when they see this county?" Fang Yiai muttered curiously.

Fan Jin walked side by side with Fang Yiai, leaned in front of him, and said softly, "I'm afraid it's Mei Zhusheng and Wang Tong's trick again."

"Mei Zhusheng and Wang Tong are both literary and military. I'm afraid they have done a lot of evil in Meiwu County, right?"

"Mei Zhusheng is known as a smiling tiger. He is good at killing people with soft knives, but his heart is very vicious."

"What about Wang Tong?"

"Relying on the prestige of the magistrate's brother-in-law, Wang Tong almost walked sideways in Meiwu County, and this man was bloodthirsty. It is said that he killed people in the streets of Caozhou Mansion in the early years, so he ran to Meiwu County to avoid the limelight."

Knowing the details of Wang Tong and Mei Zhusheng, Fang Yiai nodded slightly, "One is an old loach who is extremely deep in the city, and the other is a mangy dog ​​pretending to be a tiger. This combination can be regarded as a standard match for a local snake."

As she said that, Fang Yiai couldn't help asking curiously: "Master Fan, why do you know the details of the two so clearly?"

"To be honest with the magistrate, students sometimes go to the literary meeting, and these are all heard from literary friends." Fan Jin murmured with his head bowed. A pedantic literati who can't eat enough.

"You offended Mei Zhusheng with your words just now, I'm afraid he will hold grudges in his heart, Master Fan, who else is there in the family?"

"My mother is still here, but a good wife is at home to serve." Speaking of his mother and wife, Fan Jin seemed a little lonely. Seeing that he was the magistrate's wife at a young age, this old scholar had never had such a dream in his heart, but luck made him Even if he is familiar with the scriptures, in the end he is exchanged for the examination papers and loses his future, so that he lives in desperation, causing his mother and wife to suffer.

Seeing Fan Jin's tone was low, Fang Yiai chuckled lightly, put her body on the master's shoulder and said, "Don't sigh, let Ba Duan accompany you back to the Shuanghuai tree tomorrow, Shu Xiu?"

Thinking that Qin Jingniang still had 200 taels of silver, Fang Yiai resorted to a "big hand" and began to win over his confidants, "Shu Xiu pre-ordered for a year, one tael and five taels of silver a month, a year is"

"18 taels of silver!" Fan Jin's eyes sparkled. He had never seen so much silver in more than 50 years since he was born!
"I'll go back to the inner office later, advance 20 taels of silver in advance, go home and settle down with my family, and buy a new outfit. How can the confidantes in this county be so shabby!"

Seeing that Fang Yiai regarded himself as a confidant, Fan Jin's eyes turned red, and he almost fell to his knees, "Duomeng County Honor appreciates it, the students must do their best to help the County Honor get rid of the two black sheep, Mei Zhusheng and Wang Tong!"

"Okay, let's go to the granary to have a look."

The two came to the granary in Meiwu County, and saw four police officers guarding the door, Fang Yiai nodded slightly, "It's not so careless to pay attention to money and food."

Walking forward slowly, the four arresters bowed their hands in salute when they saw Fang Yiai coming, but when they saw Fan Jin, a look of disdain appeared on their faces.

"Isn't this the old boy of Shuanghuaishu? Why don't you read your broken books at home?"

"Fan Jin, you'd better go home and learn how to butcher pigs from your father-in-law. You can get some meat every day, or you will starve to death sooner or later."

"Yo Yo Yo, look at your poor look, and you are still beating our brothers with your eyes, don't think that we dare not think that the county magistrate is here."

Seeing that the arrester was about to attack Fan Jin, Fang Yiai smiled and said, "What are you going to do to the master in this county?"

"What? Master? The county master's master?!" The four arresters looked at Fan Jin with surprise in their eyes.

Fang Yiai clapped his hands, walked slowly towards the granary courtyard, and said at the same time: "Fan Jin is a newly hired staff member in this county. .”

Knowing Fan Jin's position, the four police officers who had been guarding the granary all the year round were dumbfounded, and quickly smiled, and began to greet Fan Jin, whom they had always looked down upon.

"Master Fan, I knew you were going to be lucky. Look, did I hit the mark?"

"Master Fan, can I invite you to have a light meal tonight?"

"Master Fan, the county lord ordered you to take up the post of Shuqi and Bibi, what did Master Mei say?"

Fan Jin faced each other with a cold face, and said in a cold tone: "I am a member of the county's kinship sect, what do you want that old man Mei Zhusheng to say?"

After finishing speaking, Fan Jin moved forward, leaving only four policemen standing on the ground and looking at each other. The scene they just experienced seemed like a dream to them. Climb up to the new county magistrate.

Entering the granary, Fang Yiai looked around for a few moments, opened the door and walked into the main hall. He was about to check the surplus grain account book, when he saw a burly, flesh-faced Zaoli, and two coquettishly dressed sisters. Son.

Different from ordinary Zaoli, this Zaoli is dressed in soft armor, with a tiger-headed waist knife at his waist, and a soft scarf that matches his eyebrows. He seems to be dressed up.

"This guy is Wang Tong? How dare you bring these remnants of flowers and willows into the granary of the county government in broad daylight! I'm afraid it's a long life?!"

Fang Yiai guessed Wang Tong's identity, and he was determined to take the opportunity to get rid of these two stumbling blocks, so there was no sympathy for him, pointing to the three Wang Tong who were sleeping soundly on the couch, and shouted: "Boldly send someone!" How dare you act recklessly in the county government!"

Hearing the anger, Wang Tong turned over and stood up, looking at Fang Yi'ai in blue official clothes, he said angrily, "You are the new county magistrate? Why do you disturb Bendu's elegant mood!"

While speaking, Wang Tong quietly touched the saber at his waist with both hands, a murderous look flashed in his eyes, but Fang Yi'ai watched every move he made.

(End of this chapter)