Mortal Mirror

Li Ergou arrived at the yamen, where everyone greeted him warmly. Zhou Da was especially happy to see Li Ergou and immediately came over, grinning, "Ergou brother, you've finally arrived! County尉大人 (wèi dà rén, magistrate) has been waiting for you. You've done a great job this time, and a promotion is likely. Don't forget your brothers when that happens!"

Li Ergou was speechless, thinking, 'This guy only thinks about getting benefits all day long.' He rolled his eyes at him and said, "Alright, I know. Relax, I won't forget you if there are any benefits."

Zhou Da chuckled and said, "Great, I'll wait for your good news. I'll celebrate for you when the time comes."

In the small sparrow hall, County尉周彬 (Zhōu Bīn) saw Li Ergou arrive and actually stood up, walking up to Li Ergou with great enthusiasm. He said, "Excellent, excellent, Ergou, you've done a great job! You've performed exceptionally well this time and have made a great contribution to our yamen. The head of the academy,柳山长 (Liǔ Shāncháng), specifically praised you to me and asked me to thank you on behalf of the academy."

Li Ergou was slightly stunned, thinking, 'You guys aren't just trying to fool people with words, are you? Where are the benefits? What's the use of thanks? Can it be eaten or spent?'

Unfortunately, the county magistrate didn't mention anything else. He felt a chill in his heart, thinking that this was all for nothing and there was no real action at all.

Well, Li Ergou wasn't that petty, but he was just grumbling in his heart. Without saying a word, he threw the yellow weasel, snow ape, giant spider, and Wu Dazhi's corpse on the ground. Then, he took out the Candle Dragon Cult's Wu Dazhi's token.

At that moment, he couldn't help but raise his little head, thinking that with such great merit, the county magistrate would be too embarrassed not to reward him with something.

Seeing these things and the token, the county magistrate couldn't help but get a little excited.

He excitedly said, "Good heavens, it's even a protector's token! This is a big fish! Ergou, you've done a great service!"

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, hissed, and then said helplessly, "Ah, Ergou, it's a pity that you're already a head constable. To be honest, this is the highest position you can get with your martial master status. If you want to go further, you can only take the exam. As long as you pass the Grand Martial Master exam, I guarantee you can be a deputy chief constable. For now, I can only record these merits for you first."

Li Ergou understood that the official positions of the Great Xia Dynasty were also related to the assessed titles, but these were all things for later. Now, the county magistrate's meaning wasn't just to get something for free.

This was unbearable, it was too much. How could he suffer such a loss? If he suffered this loss, he wouldn't be able to sleep at night.

No way, he thought for a moment and immediately came up with a small idea. So he also hissed and said, "My lord, you're joking. We are doing our best for the Great Xia, and we will die for it. How can we covet official positions?"

As soon as these words came out, the county magistrate was very happy, thinking that Ergou's ideological height was extraordinary, worthy of being cultivated by me.

But the next moment, Ergou continued, "Ah, I don't care, but the brothers below are born and die. If you don't give them an explanation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince them in the future. I'm thinking, why not not take back those sets of equipment and just treat them as a long-term loan to our team? Otherwise, I really can't explain to them, and those guys won't stab me in the back in the future. I don't know if the adults can agree to this matter for the sake of my dedication."

The county magistrate's face changed slightly, thinking that this little ghost was actually playing tricks on me.

But he really couldn't refute the things this guy proposed, otherwise, those guys would not be stabbing him in the back, but himself.

In this way, he sighed in his heart and said, "Okay, Ergou, I will give you face, but don't embarrass me like this in the future, after all, it's not easy for me to explain to the top, especially the county magistrate, who is now watching our yamen very closely."

Li Ergou ignored these words and immediately said happily, "Okay, I thank you for everyone."

Immediately, he waved his hand again, took out two second-generation chickens and ten second-generation eggs, and handed them to the county magistrate: "My lord, it will be the New Year tomorrow. I don't have anything good here, so I will give you some local specialties. You must not refuse."

The county magistrate raised his eyebrows when he saw such a big chicken, thinking that this Li Ergou really knew how to be a man, so he said, "You, you, don't do this again."

Li Ergou put down his things, smiled, and didn't talk nonsense, and left Xiaoque Hall happily.

In fact, he gave things to the county magistrate, not because he was slippery, but because he felt that the county magistrate was quite kind to him. If it wasn't for the county magistrate's efforts in the last incident, he might have been killed by the county magistrate. In this way, he can be regarded as repaying him, after all, people's hearts are still very simple, don't think too much about it.

The county magistrate looked at Li Ergou's back and didn't know what to say, so he could only smile bitterly and said, "This little guy is very slippery, but fortunately he is a piece of jade. If he is well-carved, he is a useful trump card."

Back in his own Chuncao Hall, Li Ergou told everyone about this, and everyone was very happy and more supportive of Li Ergou.

As the end of the year approached, Li Ergou specially brought some second-generation eggs and distributed them to everyone, ten for each person. Although the gifts were not very valuable, they were very rare. Now, if you don't have connections in the market, it is difficult to find even one egg.

But these eggs were just a matter of one or two days for those chickens to poop for him, it doesn't matter, it's just a drizzle.

To his surprise, everyone brought him a lot of New Year gifts, whole beef, mutton, bear meat, various melons, fruits, pears, peaches, various candies and snacks, almost piled up into a small mountain.

Li Ergou naturally accepted all comers. He didn't want to pretend to be honest, but the more the better. Everyone loves me, I love you, is the kingly way.

Everyone said some New Year greetings to each other before leaving reluctantly.

He then came to the Lingwu Pavilion, but unfortunately, Liu Zhiyu was not there. He bought ten copies of medicinal materials for boiling turtle paste in one breath, and left a second-generation chicken and ten eggs, asking the buddy to hand them over to Liu Zhiyu. In fact, the county magistrate also revealed some information, and Li Ergou knew that Liu Zhiyu had also contributed a lot to the last killing of Ximen Shang.

Li Ergou naturally remembered this kindness in his heart, but everyone was a good friend. If he was too serious, he was afraid that Liu Zhiyu would be unhappy, so he made a small expression, after all, there is a long way to go in the future, and this kindness is not repaid in one day.

Leaving the Lingwu Pavilion, he came to the Gujianmen grocery store again. It was speechless that it was also closed, and he didn't know where Yu Tailai had run again.

Although his subordinates gave him a lot of good things, he still came to the market and bought some delicious and fun things, such as candied haws, Xiaoren crisps, various pastries, and big meat buns, etc., and bought a lot of them.

I also bought a few big red lanterns and some couplets calendars. It's the New Year, of course, there must be a lively look of the New Year.

On the way home, he suddenly heard the sound of iron being struck in a blacksmith shop next to the road, which was very pleasant. He couldn't help but think of a very important thing, that is, although the Lengque knife was sharp and strong, it was too light.

Although the fish scale sword is good, it is very awkward to use the sword technique.

He felt that he needed a knife, a very heavy, very hard knife, so that when he burst out his martial arts true energy, he could fully exert his strength.

With this in mind, he couldn't help but walk into the blacksmith shop.