Volume 5 Chapter 21

In the early summer, there was a lot of rain by Xizi river. In the dusk, a shower of poplars fell.

Wearing a black silk shirt, hair tied with straw rope, and a pair of open toed straw shoes, Pu Feng, a rough man, sat in a small shop famous for selling fried pancakes and doing tea business, slowly eating an oil pancake.

A middle-aged man in a blue shirt like an accountant came in with a black oil cloth umbrella, nodded at him and sat down in front of him.

"The other side received it, but let out the news, saying that the three thousand Liang was the compensation for Mr. Mo's business, so sorry." The middle-aged man in the blue shirt with the appearance of Mr. accountant was a little lifeless. He took an oil cake from the plate and ate it without any emotion.

"It's too tough. It's three thousand Liang, not thirty-two." Pufeng frowned, and said quietly, "how did he see Zhuang ju'an's stab?"

The middle-aged man in the green shirt with the appearance of accounting room is still dead: "Zhuang ju'an said it's a tough role. He didn't even frown. He must have seen blood and dead people Zhuang Juan also said that the other side didn't even say much, which made him feel like he was just out of office, rather like he had been in the old hunt for Wang Yang bandits for five or six years. "

The middle-aged man in the green shirt with the appearance of the accounting room nodded, "OK, let LV fengniang go tomorrow?"

Park Feng nodded.

The middle-aged man in the green shirt with the appearance of the accounting room grabbed half of the unfinished pancakes and walked out. At the same time, he asked softly, "how is the body of Zhang Er ye?"

When he asked this question, he had a real color of concern on his face, which was as dead as the evening mist on the riverside.

Park Feng looked at his back and said, "it's terrible."

The middle-aged blue shirt with the appearance of accounting room no longer asks what, shrinks his neck, and is ready to walk into the drizzle.

"I have a chance to send some wind from the silver hook workshop to the ear of this little Lin adult."

At this time, park Feng whispered again, and then murmured: "to make Donggang Town cleaner, it depends on whether you have the courage and ability to wash away the real black water."

Pufeng, who has no fame in Donggang Town, is actually one of the most powerful backbones of Zhu Siye's staff. He has a rough appearance, which is totally inconsistent with his appearance. He is like a black fish hiding in the sand in the middle of Xizi river. The water waves are not obvious in ordinary days, but it is very dangerous for shrimp and crab.

But he didn't know that the middle-aged man in green shirt, who was supposed to be as loyal to fourth Master Zhu as he was, had finished half of the pancakes in the rain, but walked into an ordinary restaurant in another alley.

Then the middle-aged man in the blue shirt with the appearance of the accounting room, with the umbrella still dripping, opened a draped cloth curtain in the restaurant and went to the elegant seat in the back.

Facing the people in the balcony covered by bamboo curtains, the dead middle-aged man in blue shirt said simply and directly: "Zhang Er Ye's body is very bad. Zhu Siye and park Feng have wanted to take advantage of this gust of wind. "

"Well, I can't believe that I happened to be here these two days and something interesting happened." Inside, a young man's laughter came out, "let's see what's going on tomorrow If there's something about this arrest, we'll take advantage of it. "

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"Your Excellency, you may have done too much about it."

In a Langfang near the river, Du Weiqing looked at Lin Xi with a sad face and said, "these three thousand Liang are not small for fourth Master Zhu. He doesn't know how long he needs to dry the black oil under the sun to earn so much money back. If you don't take it quietly, you can give him real benefits in the future, no matter how much you used to scare him My Lord, it's still used to buy my Lord. He and his people will think it's worth it. But my Lord, you say that these three thousand Liang are used to compensate old man namo, which is equivalent to saying that fourth Lord Zhu is in your hands and bowed his head. It's hard for them to accept more than 3000 Liang. "

Lin Xi turns his head slightly, looks at Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi, and looks at the distant row of riverside stilts looming in the rain and fog. With a smile, he asks, "Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi, do you know why I only let you two lead the way, but not others?"

Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi, whose temples have been dyed with frost, are both stunned and can't help but look at each other.

"I don't know." Du Weiqing soon shook his head.

"I let you lead because you have courage." Lin Xi took a look at him and said peacefully: "I asked Xu Jianling and Liu Tong about that before. You knew that Xu Jianling had completely angered me. If you change ordinary people and are afraid of the anger of your boss, naturally you can say a little and then say a little, but you dared to speak out and explain a lot at that time. You have courage and say so much. You just want to help Xu Jianling and remind me not to be too ambitious. So my judgment is that you are honest and loyal. "

After a slight meal, Lin Xi turned to Liang Sansi and said, "as for you, Liang Sansi, I can see that you are dissatisfied with Xu Jianling and Liu Tong. Moreover, I can't see how much dissatisfaction you have with me from your eyes, but only worry and doubt. So you should also be a positive person, but the position is too low to change anything. "

Looking at the stunned and silent two people, Lin Xi then said slowly: "in fact, I haven't much idea of going up and down, but I'm afraid you dare not think I'm a friend. What you can understand most is that no matter whether I'm a junior official of zhengshipin or a senior official of zhengyipin, I always need some confidants. I know little about Donggang Town, and I need someone to ask for some information and tell me some ways, otherwise I will waste my energy. "

"My Lord, to tell you the truth, I can conclude that you are not a bookworm who knows nothing." Du Weiqing hesitated a little and said with a wry smile, "but you really want to take care of all the injustice around Donggang Town. The official rank of the arrest is too small."

Lin Xi was not angry, but smiled and said, "of course I know you have doubts, but dare you gamble?"

"A bet?" Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi look at each other. For a moment, they don't know what Lin Xi means.

"I want you to help me with everything." Lin Xi smiled, looked at the two people, and said: "I have seen the relevant records of you two. Your two families are only average in this Donggang Town, so even if there is some oil and water, it is estimated that the big head is also taken away by some people above, and you can only patch up one or two. Anyway, you can show a bad attitude towards me on the surface, but help me do things secretly, which should have no impact on you, but I can guarantee that in the future, neither of you will stop me from promoting and arresting positions. How about you dare not gamble? "

"My Lord, since you have iron bone, even if it doesn't do any good, Liang Sansi will certainly die." Liang Sansi took a deep breath and looked at Lin Xi and said.

Du Weiqing gave a wry smile and said, "you are honest, but you really add some confidence to me. I'll take this unfair bet, of course. "

There was a look of appreciation in Lin Xi's eyes, and he said with a slight smile, "since that is the case, please take me to the small building that Zhu Siye wants first, and I'll ask the old man with Mo surname if he can rent my room."

"What?"

Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi were surprised at the same time. "Adult, you can't live in Zhulan lane?"

According to the law of Yun and Qin Dynasties, local officials have official residences according to their ranks. When they are promoted or resigned, they will exchange. If they are damaged, they will repair and renovate. Most of the public residences in Donggang Town are in Zhulan lane. There are sergeants patrolling all night, which is the safest and easy to cultivate feelings with other officials. Ordinary officials will move to their homes unless they have a large population and can't live in them Other places are big houses, but Lin Xi is alone, and the intention to rent in that small building is very obvious.

Lin Xi smiled and said: "although fourth Master Zhu claims to be a little prudent in his actions, even if he doesn't embarrass me right away, I'm afraid he will embarrass others, especially Wang Ping, the foreigner. What's more, people like fourth Master Zhu are so nostalgic for the old man Mo's small building. I think the scenery of that small building is excellent. "

Du Weiqing knew that Lin Xi had thought very carefully, so he didn't dissuade him. He just led the way and explained: "that small building is very good. There have been two teachers in the Mo family. The small building passed down has a very artistic conception. Not only the whole building is built of nanmu, but also the main beam in the middle is Huanghua pear wood. Besides, a platform yard is built by stone materials near the river, facing the open river view, and the opposite bank is a hill, all of which are apricot trees. When the apricot flowers are in bloom, the platform view there is really excellent, and many civil servants have left ink. It is said that the fourth Master Zhu has already offered 4500 Liang. However, old man Mo has some bad temper of literati. He said that he is like the fourth Master Zhu. Even if he rents one or two rooms, he is afraid of polluting the culture in the building. It is estimated that this sentence has completely annoyed the fourth Master Zhu. "

Lin Xi nodded and asked peacefully, "to be fair, what do you think of the fourth Master Zhu?"

"The people under his hand are arrogant, aggressive and cruel. There are many things that hurt people." Du Weiqing pondered for a while, and said cautiously, for fear that some of his words might give Lin Xi some wrong judgments: "but in normal times, he almost doesn't provoke the townspeople. It's the kind of bully who only rob businesses in the river. So this time he forced the old man Mo's building. Many people thought that the old man Mo's words hurt him. "

"Is there anyone up there?" Lin Xi smiled and asked.

Du Weiqing shook his head and said, "I don't think so. Zhang Erye has said before that they don't share a boat with one or two people, so it's easiest for them to capsize with them. In fact, we all know that xizijiang river is always there, but the big boats are not always there. Those officials are always flowing away or will collapse. It is precisely because of the clear division that Donggang Town and its officials have changed so many batches over the years, but they are still the ones who are in charge of the black oil and the stone mouse. "

"Your Excellency, Xu Jianling didn't say it completely before." At this time, Liang Sansi interjected: "Zhang Erye and Zhu Siye are not only in charge of the black oil and the stone mouse in Donggang Town, but most of the black oil and the stone mouse from Tongmu town to our Donggang Town."

"It doesn't matter how much black oil and stone mice are. The key is how many really powerful people there are." Lin Xi takes a look at Liang Sansi, seriously and lightly