When the three of them returned to the county government office, it was already dark.
Zhang Jun got off the donkey tiredly, took the knife from Taozi's hand, and walked toward the back room exhausted.
As soon as he walked in, he bumped into Nursha.
Nursha frowned, his eyes full of evil.
"You old dog, you'll be out all day! And you're taking two people with you!"
"You're going to die if you don't slack off for a day, right?"
His saliva almost sprayed on the old official's face.
The old official's face was calm and motionless.
This old official has no family or support. He has been a casual official here for a long time.
Almost no one thinks highly of him, and no one treats him well.
The old official explained: "Nugong, I went to nine villages, but they were not close to each other. I didn't delay for a moment. I was always on my way..."
"Fart! Don't think I don't know your methods, old dog. Next time, I will hang you up and beat you!"
"roll!"
Nursha cursed angrily again, but the old official did not refute, but pretended that he could not hear him and moved on.
Nursha looked around again. He quickly walked out of the inner courtyard and looked at the few people outside.
"You! You go and clean the courtyard!"
"And you, don't lie down! Get up!!"
"Go and empty the shit bucket in my house for me!"
He issued orders everywhere and spared almost no one.
The exhausted people struggled to get up. They had been busy all day and could not rest until now.
"They're a bunch of dogs who just lie down all day long!"
Nursha cursed a few words and turned around to go into the house.
At this moment, Tian Zili appeared next to Taozi, his eyes full of fire.
"Brother Taozi..."
Liu Taozi leaned against the wall and ignored him, so he sat next to Taozi.
"Brother Taozi, I know you don't believe me."
"As early as when I was in county school, I knew that you are not an ordinary person."
"I wanted to find you then, but I was afraid that Lu Lingshi would find out."
He spoke very kindly, but Liu Taozi closed her eyes and ignored him at all.
Tian Zili was a little frustrated. He was silent for a while and said, "Okay, Brother Taozi, I will show you something tomorrow."
"After reading it, you know everything...otherwise, you won't believe anything I say."
Tian Zili murmured a few words, then stood up and left.
The night is getting darker and darker. Unlike yesterday, today's night, you can't even see the moon.
The whole sky was dark and there was nothing.
No fire is allowed in the outer courtyard, and you can't see your fingers with your hands.
Taozi slowly opened her eyes.
………….
The next day.
"Fuck!! Fuck!!"
"It's against! It's all against me!!"
The official named Cao rushed into the inner courtyard with a roar.
There is a clear hierarchy within the county government. The only people who can be called officials are the county magistrate and the county magistrate.
The county magistrate depends on the size of the county. A large county has five ranks, a small county has seven ranks. As for the Cheng, he is the most humble official of the ninth rank.
But even a ninth-grade official is someone who cannot be offended by anyone in the county government.
After all, he is an official.
Those at the bottom are those officials with real power. They generally have their own division of labor and are responsible for certain tasks in the county government.
At the bottom are the casual officials. These people have no real errands and are just auxiliary officials. They go wherever they are needed.
This Duke Cao is the official Cao Shi who is responsible for the officials inside and outside the county.
Logically speaking, the head of the official department should come to see the official Cao Shi every day and receive from him the many errands that need to be assisted today.
But now, it’s been two days! No one has come to see him for two days!
Duke Cao, who was already busy, was extremely angry.
He rushed here, gritted his teeth, waved the whip in his hand, and made a sound like thunder.
All of a sudden, all the officials in the inner courtyard ran out and paid homage to him one after another.
"Where is Nursha?! Where are the others?!"
Duke Cao asked.
Everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.
"Go find him!!"
He gave the order, and a clerk hurried into Nursha's house.
Soon, the clerk came out, his face was extremely frightened and his whole body was shaking.
"Reporting to Duke Cao, he, he is also missing..."
Duke Cao was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of surprise, "What do you mean by disappearing?"
"How can you, Sanliyuan, be cannibals?! Two people were lost in two days?! In another month, will you all be lost?!"
Upon hearing his question, everyone looked at each other with frightened expressions.
Duke Cao frowned and pondered.
"Forget it, we are busy with things now, so we can't delay."
He looked sharply at the clerk.
"You! You come to be the official!"
The little official's face changed drastically, and he suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Mr. Cao!! How could I be so virtuous and capable! I am incompetent!"
"Please arrange for someone else!"
"Shit!!"
Duke Cao swung his whip, and the whip fell hard on the opponent's back, causing the skin and flesh to burst open.
The clerk groaned and kept begging for mercy.
Duke Cao looked at the other person and said, "You take charge!"
"Please!! Spare me!! I don't dare!!"
The man immediately knelt on the ground.
Mr. Cao's face was almost crooked with anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "I need an official, otherwise, I will chop you all off!"
"It's you! You take charge!"
Duke Cao pointed at a person at random, and that person was the official named Zhang who took Taozi out yesterday.
He looked a little confused, but looking at Mr. Cao's angry eyes, he didn't dare to refuse.
Duke Cao called him over, and everyone stayed where they were, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.
"What the hell is going on?! Is there a ghost?"
"Who knows? It was fine last night and no one came in or out. Why did it disappear without a trace?"
"What the hell, what the hell..."
Everyone was extremely frightened.
When Zhang Li came back, everyone hurried forward to pay homage to him.
Zhang Li looked at everyone and was speechless for a moment.
He had worked in the county government all his life and had never been promoted. Unexpectedly, this first promotion would be a fatal promotion.
However, Zhang Li did not believe in ghosts. If there were ghosts, He Xingseng and Nurxia should not be the ones who died.
He first gave instructions for today's errands, and then he hurriedly saluted everyone.
"Everyone, I have never harmed anyone in my life. I work conscientiously and have no grudge against anyone."
"If I have offended everyone in any way, please speak out and I will definitely correct it..."
After hearing his words, everyone looked at each other and seemed to realize something.
Zhang Li arranged the work, then walked out of the door and came to the outer courtyard.
Everyone was still lying on the ground, motionless.
He cleared his throat and looked at everyone. Several people struggled to get up.
A stiff smile appeared on Li Zhang's face.
"Everyone, I am today's...I am now the head of Sanli."
"It's really hard on you all on weekdays. I will arrange less things in the future so that you can rest more."
"If you think there is anything wrong, you can tell me."
Hearing his words, the candidates were stunned.
They had been here for so long, and this was the first time they heard human words from these casual officials.
What's going on?
What's his last name? Where's the creepy man?
Looking at the astonished people, Zhang Li continued: "Now there are two vacancies for casual officials..."
He looked at everyone, "Tian Zili, Liu Taozi, are you two willing to fill in?"
For a while, the outer courtyard was quiet.
Alternate officials, alternate officials, they almost forget that they can be candidates for officials.
Tian Zili was very excited. He quickly stood up and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang!!"
Liu Taozi stood up and nodded.
Zhang Li then looked at the rest of the people and said, "Everyone, the quota of casual officials is not fixed. If someone does well, they can fill it up. If they don't do well, they have to be a substitute."
"I just hope everyone can work hard..."
"You two, just follow me."
Zhang Li said to Liu Taozi, turned around and walked into the inner courtyard, Liu Taozi and Tian Zili followed behind them.
Yao Xiong stood among the crowd, his eyes sparkling. He looked at several classmates in the law school, looking at each other with joy in their eyes.
As expected of Brother Taozi.
I got my quota on the second day after I came to the county government office.
From now on, someone will be able to protect us.
Zhang Li gave them official badges, new clothes, and arranged rooms for them to live together.
Tian Zili was very excited and stuffed a lot of things into Zhang Li's sleeves.
Official Zhang was very inexperienced and looked embarrassed.
"Tian Jun, please wait outside the door for a moment. I have something to tell Liu Jun."
Tian Zili hurried out, and Zhang Li grabbed Taozi's hand.
"Liu Jun! Something happened. The two officials in the government office disappeared. They disappeared suddenly..."
Zhang Li looked very scared, and he held Tao Zi's hand tightly.
"Originally, Mr. Cao only asked me to make up for the Tianzi ceremony, but I joined you. I only want one thing from you."
"Tonight, you stay with me and stay with me all night. I really don't dare to live alone. You are tall and strong. I will get you a knife, and you will protect me all night, okay?"
"I have never harmed anyone, I really..."
"Okay?"
Chapter completed!