Chapter Fourteen
"right......."
The candlelight swayed, shining with the white silver light, the county magistrate was dizzy. He came to his senses and glanced at the doors and windows, and straightened his face: "No, even if you change the land certificate in Gengjia Village, how can you use so much money? Don't worry about the county and take it back quickly."
However, those eyes that didn't seem to be opened were still staring at the pile of flattering things on the table.
Geng Qing stood there motionless, looking at the county magistrate's expression, leaned forward slightly, took the lamp at the corner of the table and moved it to the middle, pressing it onto a document.
"Please see the county lord."
He spread his hand and bent his fingers under the light of candlelight. "...A village has changed the land deeds again, and the number of copies that need to be copied is always required. The pen fee is always required. It is also a lot of money to use the ink paste of the official seal. There is also a lot of hard work in the yamen. They also reward the officials. The county magistrate enforced the law impartially, staying up late for us and other villagers, and they always need to buy some supplements, right? It's almost enough to calculate the miscellaneous things."
As a senior salesperson in his previous life, giving gifts was a basic skill. The county magistrate over there watched him list them one by one in different ways, and each one corresponds to a expense. It seemed like this was the case, and he was stunned.
‘When did I work so hard, why don’t I know?’
But his hand unconsciously followed Geng Qing's words and hugged the tabletop, put the fifty or two circles in his arms. After a moment, he nodded at Geng Qing with his lips and praised it, and stood up with a smile to look outside the window frame.
"Well... what you said is right. It really costs so much to change the land contract. If you think about the county and the yamen, how can this county make the people of Gengjia Village feel upset and come!"
The county magistrate turned around and shouted loudly at the door. In less than a moment, a yamen runner came to stand and decided: "What are the instructions for the county magistrate?"
"All the civil servants in the yamen will put down their affairs for the time being, read the number of land acres in Gengjia Village, and copied the land deeds. They should be delivered early tomorrow morning."
"yes!"
As soon as the yamen runner left, the county magistrate shook his sleeves in awe, sat back on the table, and looked at the young man opposite him with a smile.
"Tomorrow morning, our county will send people to escort you all the way back to the village to ensure that there are no obstacles on the road."
"I thanked the county magistrate for taking care of Gengjia Village. There is a county magistrate who is an official in Feihu County. I am really a blessing for the poor people." It was time to go down the slope. Geng Qing bowed his hand and gave a few more praises, which made the fat county magistrate smile a few wrinkles on his face. However, there is one thing that the other party may think of later, so it is better to tell the truth now.
After thinking about it, Geng Qing stopped and started his hand again, "County Master, there is something else."
"What else?"
Over there, Geng Qing came over and pointed at the silver ingot he was playing with.
"County Master, in fact, this property is not owned by me, but..."
Before he finished speaking, the county magistrate slapped the silver ingots and interrupted: "I have known for a long time that you, a farmer in the mountain village, have so much silver, but it doesn't matter. Now they are all from the government... yamen."
His tone paused, and he looked at Geng Qing with a close look.
"Whose original belongs to it?"
"Niu Family Ji, Mr. Liu."
The flames as big as beans swayed slightly, striking Geng Qing's face. He spoke slowly and told the county magistrate the truth, and of course he also explained the power in the middle thoroughly.
"At that time, Mr. Liu knew that the county master was helping him. As long as the young man was still there, he would definitely make contact with the county master and give him more gifts."
A fat sheep and a mountain rabbit, as long as you have a little brain, how could you choose the wrong choice? What's more, Geng Qing is carrying it in front of you, and the county magistrate can get a lot of money by just sitting in the yamen and knocking it intentionally or unintentionally.
The two looked at each other for a moment, and the county magistrate touched his bare chin and showed a smile of approval.
"good!"
The sunset was draped in the streets and alleys to outline the dim outline. Soon, Geng Qingshen came out of the yamen with a refreshing spirit, bowed to the yamen runners guarding the gates on both sides, and went down the steps with a smile. Although it was a bit dangerous, he probably had guessed the temperament and ability of the county magistrate when he came.
Otherwise, they would not be underestimated and become a leisurely official. Often, such people need to prove themselves urgently and are extremely greedy for money.
Furthermore, climbing to this relationship and leaving a useful impression on you will only be a huge benefit for Geng Qing, who is now poor and careless. After all, there are people in the yamen who are easy to do things.
After a quick calculation, before leaving the yamen, a fast horse ran over beside him. A servant stopped the horse. Before he could stop, he turned over from the horse's back and hurried into the county government. After a moment, there was a burst of noise inside. A group of servants, the constables, carried water and fire sticks, and formed several teams of swords and weapons and ran out.
Geng Qing looked at the county magistrate to remind them, walked back, and raised his hand: "County Master, what's wrong with the yamen?"
"Those two days of assassin's affairs."
The county magistrate saw that it was Geng Qing, nodded with a majestic expression, said casually twice, and sent him to leave quickly.
"This matter has nothing to do with you. Hurry up and stay in an inn for a night. Come to the yamen early tomorrow morning and take Tian Qi back to the village."
On this side, Geng Qing didn't say much, responded "Yes", and said goodbye and walked out of the long street of the yamen.
At this time, the sky was dark and the spring cold had not yet gone. Street lights extended along the eaves of the shops. Hawkers extinguished the charcoal fire in the furnace, closed the stalls and shouted the last shouts.
"The last two mutton pancakes... buy one and get one." "Chunhan, mutton bone soup, bought the pancakes next door, and with my bowl of hot soup, I woke up in the morning and buckle bulge, and I slept soundly at night!"
As the shouting of the long street gradually calmly, Geng Qing was hungry for most of the day and quickly went over to buy a mutton patty. It was so white that he went to buy hot soup next door. He squatted on the street and took a bite, took a sip, and said with satisfaction, "ah--" and felt unspeakable.
Just as he sighed, the vendor who was cleaning up the stall suddenly looked at the end of the street, and in the distance, he subconsciously murmured: "What's the sound over there?"
There was a loud bang. The next moment, a figure smashed into the street shop like a cannonball. The lanterns under the eaves shook and broke into the ground. The flames instantly spread. In the illuminated range, a pair of light blue cloth shoes and a slim figure quickly came towards this side.
"She is over there!" "Chasing!"
Noisy voices resounded throughout the streets. Behind the figures, figures holding torches, wearing swords and hearing the news, crawling out of the nearby streets and alleys.
Seeing the figure running towards this side, Geng Qing almost sprayed the sheep bone soup from his mouth, and hurriedly put his hands on his chin, "Is this woman avenge to destroy the family and the county magistrate? I am so persistent in killing the other party? Forget it, just pretend that I didn't see it, causing trouble, and I don't have enough head."
He quickly brought the bowl, got up with the pancake, turned around in a direction, but the woman there seemed to have seen him, and she flashed, rushed to the wooden pillars along the nearby street, jumped over here, handed a dagger in her sleeve, pressing against Geng Qing's neck.
"Let me think of a solution, or I will support you as an accomplice!"
"This set comes again..."
Geng Qing turned his face and looked at the woman wearing a black scarf in front of him. The vendor who was cleaning the stalls seemed to have not seen this scene. He continued to clean up his belongings. The footsteps in the distance were getting closer and closer. Geng Qing didn't dare to gamble. He glanced around and hurried over to the vendor, took the basket over, and asked the woman to squat down.
"You..." The woman glared at her beautiful eyes, then she was pulled over and pressed to the ground, and the basket was covered. Geng Qing sat on top of her head and lowered her voice.
"I'm unlucky when I meet you! Don't talk."
Stepping...... The messy footsteps spread, and the torches illuminated the surroundings. All the soldiers in the county were soldiers. The yamen police officers hurried over here with weapons. Someone saw the vendors and Geng Qing who were cleaning up the stalls here, and asked him how he could see the suspicious person.
The vendor was stunned for a moment and subconsciously looked at the basket. Geng Qing frowned and shouted at him sternly.
"What do you think? It's dark, hurry up and clean up your house."
"oh....."
The vendor continued to clean up the pots and pans. The soldiers who were asking questions could not find anything, so they had to follow the others to the next street intersection.
As soon as the man left, Geng Qing lightly sat down on the ground. The woman stood up in the basket and looked at the young man on the ground. After hesitating for a moment, she went over to help the person up and apologize.
"Forget it, go quickly."
Geng Qing waved his hand. He didn't want to have too much connection with this woman. The latter probably understood what the young man meant, pursed his lips and said, "I'm sorry." Then he took advantage of the open space where the soldiers who were searching for it and hid in the nearby alley.
On this side, as soon as the person left, the vendor took back his bowl and drove the wheelbarrow away quickly. Only Geng Qing stood on the street for a while, and simply found a corner to sit down, dazed and a little dazed.
The night clouds reveal half a clear moon,
The wind blew across the long street, and the ground was filled with thin mist, and the sound of the assassin was still coming from afar.
Feeling the coolness, Geng Qing shrank his arms and moved toward the corner again.
"I didn't expect that I would have a day left to stay on the streets. If those villagers were ungrateful, I would be really sorry for me... Ah Yeh!"
When he was sneezing, he raised his head and the lantern under the eaves suddenly swayed, and a figure stood there not far away, which made Geng Qing stunned for a moment. In an instant, the figure approached the range of the fire. It was the woman wearing a black scarf. She threw a bedding over and covered Geng Qing.
"I... saw a quilt hanging outside, and I think no one wanted it, and there is also..."
The woman's voice hesitated for a moment, and added a sentence as thin as a mosquito: "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Geng Qing was cold, so he naturally didn't politely with her. He wrapped the bedding around and patted it next to him. "The bedding is quite big, come together."
"lecher!"
The woman couldn't see her face and expression clearly. Her eyes were exposed outside and turned white to him. She still sat next to her, but she had no intention of covering her with her.
"Aren't you children in the world? Where are there so many constraints?"
Geng Qing pulled the corner of the quilt to cover the other party. The latter opened his hand, took the quilt and put it on his legs, then leaned against the wall, closed his eyes and stopped talking.
"You have a grudge against that county magistrate?" Geng Qing moved in the quilt and turned his face to look at the other party. The woman there just closed her eyes and breathed slightly evenly and slowly, as if she was really asleep.
Suddenly, a sound came out.
"This person is a mighty man, and the people are unable to see him, so they will naturally be killed!"
"So that's it, haha... should be killed."
Geng Qing said, shrank his arms and turned in one direction, cursing in his heart: "My heart." He leaned against the wall and closed his eyes, thinking about something, thinking about it, and falling asleep in a daze.
Chapter completed!