The affairs of the government office came to an end, and Li Ling said goodbye to Wei Liang the next day and returned to Huating.

Although the two masters and apprentices have not seen each other for many years and have a lot to talk about, they have the responsibility. The county government has just changed a large number of people, and the Xu family is still in prison, and the Fang family doesn't know what their attitude is. All this makes Li Ling dare not take it lightly, so he naturally rushes to return.

However, this time he returned to Huating County, his confidence was more than before. With a government office and a Shanjing as a support, he really didn't believe that the two local tyrants in a small county could still fight him. No, in fact, there should be only one left now...

The two-day journey took another turn. On the morning of that day, Li Ling and his party returned to Huating County. They could see the low city walls and damaged city gates from afar.

Just as Li Ling shook the reins and took the people to speed up, a greeting came from behind: "Are you all the lords of the county government in front?"

Everyone turned around and saw another team of carriages coming. They were more crowded. Some men immediately looked quite fierce and all of them were practicing. This made Li Moyun and others secretly alert, and their hands subconsciously pressed on the weapons. After all, their own master offended many people this time, and a certain helm leader of the Dajiang Gang fled.

Li Ling seemed quite calm, turned his horse slightly to look at the people behind him, and reported his identity: "I am the magistrate of Huating County Li Ling, who are you?"

"Ah... It turns out that it is really County Magistrate Li. Fang Changsheng has seen the Prince of County Master." A man in the lead quickly rolled down from the horse's back and saluted respectfully. Then the carriage with the curtains lowered down also quickly lifted the curtain after it stopped. A man in a gorgeous uniform also got out of the carriage to see Prince of County Master of County Master of the People's Republic of China!"

"Fang Jinbo..." Li Ling looked at him carefully. This was a person in his fifties and extraordinary demeanor. In terms of appearance and momentum, he was even more than the old man Xu Ziyang, "Are you the head of the Fang family?"

"How dare the villain be called the master in front of the county master? It's just the head of the Fang family." Fang Jinbo seemed particularly obedient and responded with a smile.

"Oh? Fang Yuanwai, you are too modest. Who in Huating County knows that your Fang family is like the Xu family, and you are a big shot of the same word." Li Ling smiled and replied, "Are you just coming back from another place?"

"I dare not, I dare not, Caomin only lost some of his family property, so he was spread by the people in the city. How dare he call him a person in front of the county master?" Fang Jinbo hurriedly took a step back, and then replied: "What the adults said is that the villain returned from visiting friends from Jinling, and was really lucky to see him here."

"Haha, it's easy to say. But it seems that although you went to Jinling, you are still very concerned about Huating County and are not unfamiliar with me." Li Ling said, staring at the other person's face, as if he wanted to capture his reaction for a moment.

Fang Jinbo also showed a hint of confusion, and then said, "The little man also heard that something happened in the county town. He knew what the Xu family did, so he hurried back."

"Will it be too late to rush back to help the Xu family become enemies with this official? Now that even Xu Ziyang is in the prison of our county government, no one can save them."

"No, no, no, even if the grass people are brave enough to eat the courage of the bear heart, they dare not have such ideas." Fang Jinbo waved his hands repeatedly to deny, "The villain is in a hurry to come back. It is because he heard of the various actions of the Xu family's children, and he was afraid that someone from our Fang family would be deceived by them and dared to make things difficult for the county master, so he rushed back to prevent them from doing something wrong. Our Fang family only respects the county government and the adults, and has no hostility at all."

Seeing him looking very nervous and terrified, he seemed to be very supportive and afraid of County Magistrate Li. Seeing this, Li Ling stopped pressing him and said, "Since that's the case, I will feel relieved. In addition, I just hope that what you said today is true. I will follow the meaning of the county government and do my best to live a good life for the people of Huating. Don't let me down."

"It must be!" Fang Jinbo once again arched to the ground, and then sent Li Ling and the others away. Until everyone had gone far, he slowly straightened his waist and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

"Father, why are you so afraid of him? You are so respectful to him, right?" At this time, the son came over with some resentment and spoke.

"Hmph, if that's the case, how can I dispel the hostility of County Magistrate Li towards us? This Li Ling is not simple. Judging from his origin, he should have just been to the government office. I'm afraid that the Xu family will be completely defeated this time."

This made Fang Changsheng feel sad: "Dad means... the Xu family's backers on the government office cannot protect them? He is just a county magistrate, and he has such skills?"

"If he had no such skills, how could he have had this quarrel with the Xu family when he first arrived in Huating? He was young and from Tanhua and Jingguan. This County Magistrate Li not only has a background, but also has high skills and is so imposing. We must be able to fight him next. Now, if you give in a little, you may not be a good strategy to paralyze him."

Fang Jinbo said, and glanced at his son again: "After going back, please help me pass on the words. Try to be as low-key as possible during this period and do not have any friction with the people in the county government. We must not touch the Xu family affairs. It is best to have a good relationship with the county government so that they can ignore us."

"Yes, my son understands." Fang Changsheng nodded. Although he was a little dissatisfied, he never dared to question the idea his father made.

"This Fang Chuangbo is not easy..." The same evaluation was also expressed from Li Ling.

"Yes, this person can bend and stretch. He was so respectful to the adults just now, but he couldn't tell what he should be like as a local tyrant in Huating." Wan Shenji also responded deeply. As for Li Moyun, he always said that he had done less and did much, and this discussion had nothing to do with him.

"What's even more suspicious is that when he knew my attitude towards the Xu family, he could still express his opinion like this. As a member of Huating's strength, the Xu Fang family and the two have some frictions, but they have achieved each other more. In this situation, shouldn't they feel that their lips and teeth are cold, and that the rabbit and the fox are sad?

"But this Fang Zhengwai acted too much, which was inconsistent with his identity, and it was also inconsistent with his sudden call from us. They did this, just to pass on this attitude to us. There must be evil if something abnormal happens. Fang Jinbo and the Fang family seem to be inferior to the Xu family on the surface, but in fact, they are a more difficult force to deal with."

After only one meeting, Li Ling came to this conclusion and felt more careful. However, he was not worried at all, because with foreign aid from the government office, his confidence was more than several times stronger than when he first came to Huating!

...

As soon as Li Ling returned to the yamen, Xu Sen hurriedly came out, looking like a fellow villager was looking forward to the return of the Red Army, and said enthusiastically: "Sir, you are back."

Seeing this, Li Ling smiled: "Why, what happened to the yamen these days when I was away? But there are still people in the Xu family who dare to come to disturb me, or are those unsightly officials still dare to cause trouble?"

"No, there is no one. Brother Chang and others are in charge. They are brave enough to dare to run to the yamen to make noise." Xu Sen replied quickly, then turned his head to look at the second hall behind him and said seriously: "That is the second master and the third master are back. They... they also advised me that it is better to have less things than to do more, and not to stop the road." Inside the county yamen, the county magistrate is called the eldest master, the county magistrate is the second master, and the chief clerk is the third master.

When Li Ling heard this, the smile on his face suddenly subsided: "They will pick the time to come back." When Li Ling and the Xu family were fighting head-on, the two assistant officials naturally stood on the side of the Xu family at the beginning, and they were passive and lazy like everyone else, saying that they were not sick. When Li Ling launched a counterattack and the Xu family was unable to fight back, the Wen County Magistrate and the Chief Correspondent of Tian pretended to die again, and only let their families come to the county government to continue saying that they were sick, but finally gave an explanation.

Then this time Li Ling went to the city, and the two of them actually ran back. And with this attitude, how could Li Ling not feel dissatisfied or unhappy?

"Are they in the second hall now?" Li Ling asked again.

"That's right, they wanted to ask about the Xu family case yesterday. The young man finally made them evade them. This morning, I came to urge him again. I am really afraid that they will use force." Xu Sen said with a bitter face. After all, the other party was his boss. With his temperament, it was naturally impossible for him to fight with Wen Tian and the others to the end. So when he heard that County Magistrate Li was so anxious, he ran to the yamen to greet him and talk about the matter.

Li Ling snorted: "It seems that these two people still haven't figured out their situation. I need to let them know some truths. In this way, you go and tell them to wait in my official room, and I will see them later."

After leaving this, Li Ling walked into the room, but did not enter the second hall. He went straight to the Houya to see his family. After a few days outside, he left Qingxiao and Yue'er in the quite unfamiliar yamen. He felt quite sorry, and he had to apologize.

Seeing him coming back, the two girls who were talking in the yard were happy and quickly stepped forward to ask about the situation. They were concerned about his life outside for a few days. Li Ling responded one by one and took out some specialty gifts he bought from the capital city, which made the two girls happy. Then he washed up and changed into regular clothes before leaving the rear yamen.

But when he arrived in the yard, Li Ling turned his head and looked at the row of still dilapidated houses behind him, and frowned. He had to ask a craftsman to renovate the houses in the Houya and Ertang, otherwise he would be too aggrieved by the two women and himself.
Chapter completed!