Chapter 11 Taking office
After leaving the food stall, Liu Jinzhu said with a depressed look on his face: "Brother Shan, what should we do? Otherwise, we will not be able to catch this muddy water, and the earth will be huge, and we are afraid that we will not have a place for both of us?"
When Liu Jinzhu heard that this small Jiangyou County was just a county magistrate, there were so many tricks. When he heard the waiter said that he wanted to murder the two of them, Liu Jinzhu suddenly became timid and came here to enjoy his happiness. Liu Jinzhu began to give up.
"What are you afraid of?" Lu Haoshan glared at him and said with some regret: "We are officials, they are people, and this world is still the Zhu family. They dare not rebel? The good ones are afraid of being dependent, and the poor ones are afraid of being dependent. We have nothing but one bad life, and we are afraid of not being able to succeed?"
As soon as he heard Lu Haoshan's scolding, Liu Jinzhu immediately lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "Actually, I am just worried about Brother Shan. Brother Shan, don't worry, no matter what, I, Liu Jinzhu and Brother Shan, advance and retreat together."
Lu Haoshan nodded and said nothing. Liu Jinzhu was also tested at the beginning. He was greedy for money and was afraid of death. He had bad habits of gangsters, but he still had some morality and passion in his heart, and was reliable at critical moments. This is also the reason why Lu Haoshan brought him by his side. Speaking of the situation in Jiangyou County, the words of Dian Er just now did not make Lu Haoshan retreat, but instead aroused his fighting spirit. He turned to Liu Jinzhu and said, "I remember a great man said that fighting with the sky is endless fun; fighting with the earth is endless fun; fighting with people is also endless fun. This time we fight with these local tyrants and evil gentry who have colluded with each other. I want to see if these people are solid."
Fighting with heaven and earth?
Liu Jinzhu was shocked when he heard this. The ancients were very awe of heaven and earth. Heaven and earth, the king, parents and teachers, and the "heaven and earth" were still ahead of "parents" and "emperor", but Lu Haoshan said it without caring. Liu Jinzhu originally wanted to persuade Lu Haoshan to respect the gods, but when he saw Lu Haoshan's firm eyes and the courage to fight with the heaven and earth, he was also infected by his heroic spirit. He clenched his fists and said, "Yes, we have a bad life, are you still afraid that they will not succeed?"
After saying that, he quickly asked in a low voice: "Brother Shan, what should we do now? Will we go to the county government office now?"
"No," Lu Haoshan shook his head and said, "The waiter said that Chen Gui is Jiangyou's boss. In Jiangyou, he can say that his hand covers the sky. When our identity is exposed, it will be inconvenient to do anything. While no one is paying attention now, he will just touch their bottom."
After saying that, Lu Haoshan's eyes flashed and he said in a voice that he could only hear: "I'm here, not just asking for two meals and one night. Huang Taiji, Shunzhi, Li Zicheng, you have to wait for me."
The identity was not exposed, and the two were passers-by. No one paid attention to them. It would be convenient to inquire about news and other things. If the identity was exposed, every move would fall into the eyes of those who were interested, and it would be inconvenient to do anything. Lu Haoshan decided not to be busy taking office first, and to touch their bottom first, so that they could defeat them one by one.
Now Lu Haoshan finally understood why some officials like to transfer their old subordinates together. In addition to the relationship between human relationships, it is also a very good thing to have a few subordinates who can do things and feel at ease. Now, except for a loyal and lacking Liu Jinzhu, who is surrounded by him, there is no helper. It seems that this small Jiangyou County is not as simple as he imagined.
Well, there are many hardships and storms in the road of life. Jiangyou County is the first whetstone to grow up.
Liu Jinzhu repeated his catchphrase again: "Okay, I'll listen to Brother Shan."
"But we have to keep a low profile, Jinzhu, find some ash in a while, and paint your face a little blacker, so don't attract attention."
"Yes, I listen to Brother Shan."
Lu Haoshan:......
Seven days later, Lu Haoshan, dressed in scholarly clothes, carried Liu Jinzhu, and the two rode high-headed horses and walked on the official road leading to Jiangyou County with high spirits. At this time, Lu Haoshan had a little more confident look on his face.
For several days, the two people dressed up in disguise and found out in Jiangyou County in the name of collecting mountain goods. They collected information. Until the term of office was about to come, Lu Haoshan ended the investigation. The ancients were honest and did not have as many descendants as they were. They often made a few words of family matters and said some warm words to get the news. In just a few days, Lu Haoshan had a general understanding of Jiangyou County, so that they would not be blinded by their subordinates easily.
In order to prevent them from being alert, Lu Haoshan walked back nearly ten miles, found a place where no one was left, took off his thick clothes, linen, put on a shirt, put on a square scarf, washed away the ash and beard on his face, and restored his original appearance. As the saying goes, Buddha relies on gold clothes, and people relies on clothes. Once they change their clothes, they immediately changed from an inconspicuous young peddler who walked around the world and a scholar full of sutras. This attracted many girls along the way to secretly sending out their misfortunes.
"Brother Shan"
"How many times have you said it, call the young master outside?" Lu Haoshan corrected immediately.
Liu Jinzhu stuck out his tongue and immediately corrected: "Young Master."
"Well, what's the matter?"
"It's so great. Li Xiangcai deserves his crime. Now even the family is burned. If his son hadn't been an official outside, he would have destroyed his entire family. It would be so satisfying. We could save a lot of trouble." Liu Jinzhu said with an excited look on his face.
While changing clothes, the two picked up a newspaper on the side of the road. The so-called newspaper is something equivalent to a newspaper issued by the government, which reads the decisions of the court and many things across the country. Among them, in an inconspicuous corner, Lu Haoshan saw a piece of news that bandits in Yongzhou Prefecture were rampant. A group of outlaws rushed into a neighboring county to raid the Li family mansion of Zhushan Village. He killed and set fire to do everything he could. Even children were not spared. After a long period of reconnaissance, the yamen runners of the government cooperated with the officers and soldiers of the garrison to wipe out all the heroic deeds of the bandits in one fell swoop.
This solved a mystery in Lu Haoshan's mind. It has been a few months since the two of them deceived Li Xiangcai out and killed. The constable in Qiyang County is a pig. It can be found in a few months, but I have never seen the orders about the two. Now I understand that I was too impatient to force myself. The rabbit really knows that Li Xiangcai's wealth is millions, so I have been eyeing it. Looking at the date above, it is really a coincidence that it was just the night when I lured Li Xiangcai out, maybe the local county magistrate would be less. Even if I found any clues, I would blame the bandits. In this way, there would be no matter Lu Haoshan and Liu Jinzhu.
The two of them were also very impressed when they knew this news. At that time, in order to conceal their whereabouts, they always used fake paths to induce fake identities.
Lu Haoshan sneered: "Thinking about it now, he still feels so comfortable to die. The fat pig has given so much money, and I don't know how many people sell their wives and daughters, and their family is destroyed. If it falls into the hands of others, I would probably not be so lucky."
"Young Master, we will avenge Dad Lu with our own hands, which is not bad."
Lu Haoshan didn't say anything, but just nodded gently.
After walking for a while, Liu Jinzhu said with some concern: "Young Master, do you think Chen Gui and the others know that we are here to take office?"
"I don't know, but they'll find out soon."
"Ah, why?"
Lu Haoshan pointed to the front and said, "Look, they sent someone to wait in front, well, be smarter later."
"Yes, Brother Shan, no, young master." Liu Jinzhu responded, looking at a few people in constable costumes, waiting by the official road leading to Jiangyou County, constantly looking at the people coming and going, as if they were waiting for someone. From time to time, people came forward to randomly check the routes of passing business travelers.
The two of them rode their horses and walked forward swaggeringly. Soon, a detective walked forward and bowed and said, "Young Master, it seems that you are not a local, so can you have a way to guide you?"
Seeing that the two were dressed in different faces, there were many locals, the constable immediately stepped forward to investigate.
"Bold!" Before Lu Haoshan could speak, Liu Jinzhu, who was beside him, shouted loudly: "My young master is the newly appointed magistrate of Jiangyou County. You are so brave. It's okay if you don't come to welcome him, but you dare to block the county master's way."
"Plumber" Lu Haoshan said unhappily: "We take office to benefit the people. How can we mobilize the masses? We must not be arrogant when we step down."
"Yes, Master."
The constable was shocked, but he turned to a happy mood and asked excitedly: "Mr.... Is the new county magistrate?"
I was waiting here just to wait for the county magistrate who was about to take office. Now that I finally waited, I was naturally overjoyed.
Lu Haoshan saluted to the direction of the capital, and then said seriously: "Mr. Lu is not talented, Emperor Sheng loves him well and is appointed as the magistrate of Jiangyou County, Long'an Prefecture. Why do you need to check the official seal?"
"I dare not, I dare not. It turns out that the county master has arrived. The young man was ordered to wait here for a long time, and finally waited for the person. If the county master said that, Chen County Magistrate and Zhang Zhuan were looking forward to you every day, but they still had to handle official duties, so they did not come to greet him. Master, please invite him here, and the yamen will be cleaned up long ago and will be waiting for you to check in." The constable said with a flattering look on his face.
Judging from the momentum of the two, they are not like ordinary people. Besides, there are not many people who dare to take officials these days. That is a crime of beheading. It is just a test, and it is not something that a small constable can test. His task is to come here to pick up people, and they will not test it.
So, surrounded by several constables, Lu Haoshan and Liu Jinzhu walked straight towards the Jiangyou County Government. Not long after the few people left, a panting constable ran to Jiangyou County Magistrate Chen Gui and reported: "Grand... Sir, the new county magistrate has arrived."
Finally arrived?
Chapter completed!