However, in addition to the officials in the county, Liu An also has a higher-level opponent, that is, the prefect of Wuyuan County.

The capital of Wuyuan County is Jiuyuan County. Naturally, the prefect of Wuyuan Prefect is also in Jiuyuan County.

The Shouxiang Mansion is the place where the prefect of the county or the prime minister of the vassal state work and live, and is generally located in the northeast of the county town.

Liu An’s county government is also located in the northeast, not far from Wuyuan Shouxiang Mansion.

After arranging someone to find Lu Bu, Liu An went to the county yamen hall and took out the twenty pieces of silk in stock.

After choosing one of the black and red silks, Liu An asked Liu Bei to accompany him to the Shoujing Mansion together.

When he was just chatting with Fei Guang, Liu An asked about the situation of the Wuyuan Prefect. He just asked someone about this kind of thing when he went out. Liu An didn't believe Fei Guang and dared to deceive himself.

From Fei Guang's mouth, Liu An learned that when the Xianbei bordered the border last year, the original Wuyuan prefect also died in the Xianbei invasion.

The new prefect was named Lin Fang, whose courtesy name was Shouju, and he was a poor family. He arrived in Wuyuan one month earlier than Liu An.

It is reported that the new prefect arrived in Wuyuan a month ago, and was indifferent to wine and sex. He stayed in his doorstep every day. The mansion was full of singing and dancing, and the wine and banquets continued.

When Fei Guang said this, his face was filled with a smile, as if he was very satisfied with the new prefect's performance.

Liu An could hear that he hoped that he would be as tactful as prefect Lin, addicted to enjoying and not asking about political affairs.

Riding in the only carriage left in the county, Liu An and Liu Bei came to the Shouxiang Mansion.

Liu An handed his Mingshu to the guard guard. The guard saw the seal on Liu An's waist and did not dare to be negligent. He took Mingshu and bowed and trotted into the guard's palace.

Liu An waited outside for a while, and the soldiers came back and said respectfully to Liu An: "Please please in the messenger."

Then the soldiers led the way and took Liu An into the prime minister's mansion.

The front of the Shouxiang Mansion is the office, and the backyard is where the prefect lives.

As the doorman had not entered the backyard, Liu An heard the melodious sound of the pipa coming from the courtyard.

When I stepped into the backyard, I saw that the main hall door was open, and many dancers were dancing inside. There were singers next to me playing the pipa and singing a small song.

Among the many dancers, Liu An also saw a young man dressed in a brightly dressed wandering among them, holding wine in one hand and occasionally passing through the dancer's waist with his other hand. His expression was extremely pleasant and he was so happy.

Liu An entered the hall calmly, bowed to the young man playing among the dancers and said, "The lower official Liu An, whose courtesy name is Changsheng, is the new county magistrate of Jiuyuan. He has met Shangguan."

The young man was the prefect Lin Fang. It was not until this time that he turned to look at Liu An, but then he was attracted by the two pieces of silk held by Liu Bei next to him.

He put down the wine pot and came to Liu Bei flutteringly. Looking at the silk with great color, he touched it with love.

After asking the servant next to him to take the silk from Liu Bei's hand, Lin Fang held Liu An's hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu has come here as soon as he comes. Why are you still bringing such a precious gift?"

Liu An noticed that when Lin Fang saw the silk in Liu Bei's hand just now, a trace of contempt seemed to flash in his eyes.

The silk he brought was a top-notch product produced by the system. There is no saying that he disliked this silk, so there must be another reason.

But Liu An couldn't be sure if he had read it wrong, so Liu An took out ten golden cakes from his clothes and tentatively stuffed them into Lin Fang's arms. At the same time, he paid attention to his wink and said:

"The little gift is not respectable, and the official is a little cautious and wants to offer it to the prefect Lin."

This ten gold cake is a total of 100,000 yuan, and the children of aristocratic families naturally look down on it, but Liu An knew that Lin Fang was a poor child and his family was not rich.

Moreover, this Wuyuan is a bitter and cold place among the bitter and cold. It is not easy to loot 100,000 yuan of people's fat and ointment. This time, there will definitely be no situation where Lin Fang looks down on him.

But when Liu An took out the golden cake, he still noticed the fleeting expression of hatred in Lin Fang's eyes.

So Liu An stopped Sai Jinbing's movement and asked Lin Fang: "Did Prefect Lin think that the courtesy of the officials is too light?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Fang's eyes, then he laughed, held Liu An's hand with both hands, and smiled exaggeratedly: "What did County Magistrate Liu say? I love this thing very much!"

Liu An was unmoved and said calmly: "What is the problem with Prefect Lin?"

Lin Fang said in surprise: "Where does County Magistrate Liu start with this?"

"The servants in Xiaguanguan County respected and loved Prefect Lin very much. From this perspective, Prefect Lin should not be a harsh person under his jurisdiction, and the soldiers were still in good manners and did not rely on Prefect Lin's power to be arrogant to others. It can be seen that Prefect Lin has good control over his daily life."

Then, Liu An pointed to the wine bottle placed in the hall to warm the wine and said, "Although the wine in the wine bottle is warm, it does not show heat. Obviously, the wine in the wine is not hot. If the outside world said, Prefect Lin was addicted to wine all day long, the wine would not be like this at this time."

After talking about the wine bottle, Liu An looked around the singer dancer and Lin Fang's clothes and said, "It is understandable that the prefect Lin and the dancer's clothes are not neat, so why are the singers sitting aside playing the piano and singing like this? If it weren't for the urgent dressing in a hurry, what explanation could be made without checking whether it was neat?"

"This..." Lin Fang was speechless when Liu An said, and hesitated and didn't know how to explain.

He really didn't know that he had so many flaws. Before, the officials from the county came to the prefect's office and were very satisfied with what he did, and no one pointed out his mistakes like Liu An.

Seeing Lin Fang like this, Liu An knew that he had guessed correctly, so he said to Lin Fang: "Prince Lin should not be surprised. The lower officials are not the same as those ******s. Here, the silk and gold cakes are also the income from the lower officials doing business in their hometown, and they have not bullied the people at all."

Lin Fang looked at Liu An in shock, and was stunned for a moment before apologizing to Liu An: "I don't expect it was because of a misunderstanding of County Mayor Liu."

After sighing heavily, Lin Fangping left the singing and dancing girl in the classroom and told the truth.

It turned out that he had been here for more than five months and had been fighting with local wealthy families openly and secretly for many days, but he had no results. Instead, his rights were increasingly undermined.

He was worried that if this continued, he would even lose his life here, so he stopped asking about the serious matters and locked himself in the prefect's mansion all day long, leaving all matters to the county chief Gongcao and others for handling.

However, he was originally a poor disciple and had been used to suffering in the world since he was a child. He was not a luxury or wasteful person. Only when someone from the Shoujing Mansion visited would he order his servants to hurry up and hold the banquet.

The only girls in the hall invited the singer. The dancer was pretending to be a maid in the house. When there was no one on weekdays, the singer would teach the maid to dance in order to make the fake real.

Since he did not ask about politics, many wealthy families who came to the mansion to pay gifts, Lin Fanggu accepted them, but he hated the group of people who plundered the wealth of the people.

However, he was not capable enough and had a heart of loving the people, but he could only lament in this prefect's mansion.

After hearing Lin Fang's experience, Liu An stepped forward and grabbed Lin Fang's wrist and said sincerely: "If Lin trusts the officials, he can hand over the matter to the officials for handling. The officials will make those corrupt and perverted people bow down! But... at the critical moment, the prefect Lin still needs to cooperate with him..."

Seeing Liu An say this, Lin Fang took two steps back and bowed deeply to Liu An: "I don't ask for high-ranking officials and generous salaries, nor do I hold great power. I just hope that County Magistrate Liu can return the bright world of the people, and that I can return to my hometown to serve my mother for the rest of my life."

Liu An hurriedly avoided Lin Fang's great ceremony and stepped forward to help Lin Fang up and said, "Prince Lin has been defeated and punished corrupt officials and safeguarded the territory and the people are all matters. How can he afford such a great ceremony for Prefect Lin?"

Lin Fang stood up and asked his servants to return the silk he had just put away to Liu An. The golden cakes that Liu An put into his arms were all returned as much as possible.

"This valuable item should not be taken to this incompetent person. Please ask County Mayor Liu to take it back."

Liu An refused, but Lin Fang insisted not to accept it. Liu An could only take back the golden cake and leave the silk. Seeing this, Lin Fang stopped refusing.

Later, Liu An introduced Liu Bei to Lin Fang, saying that he was his nephew and had outstanding talents, so the three of them had supper together.

During this period, Liu An inquired about a lot of situations in Wuyuan County from Lin Fang.

Wuyuan was invaded by the Xianbei for many years, and no aristocratic family was there at this time, but there were still many wealthy families entrenched in it.

Moreover, although there are few people registered in Wuyuan County, there are many people hiding wealthy families. If all the hidden households are counted, the population of Wuyuan County can at least double.

In addition to inquiries about the news, Liu An also made many things to pay attention to, such as Lin Fang continuing to confuse outsiders behind closed doors, and the two sides reduced their open contacts from now on, pretending that they were just ordinary relationships.

After dinner, Liu An returned to the county government office.

After traveling for many days, Liu An was also very tired.

After confirming that everyone he was taking was settled, Liu An returned to the room he had cleaned up for him and went to bed.

The next day, Liu An got up early and went to the county government to take a look.

The backyard is like the Shogun Mansion, and is the place where the county magistrate and his family live.

The entire county government office is in the shape of "hui", and within the range of "kou" in the middle, it is the place where all officials work.

There are many connected rooms on both sides, which are collective dormitories for officials and servants in the county except the county magistrate or county magistrate and county magistrate.

When the county magistrate was not here, he was the highest-ranking officer in handling all matters in the county, and there was also a separate courtyard for him to live in the county government.

In addition, all officials must live in collective dormitories.

Of course, those who have houses in the city or those who do not want to live in the county government can stay overnight.

There are two places where the county magistrate handles government affairs. One is the largest building in the character "叶". It is also the lobby facing the gate of the county government office. This is where the county magistrate is promoted to the hall and handles important government affairs.

Another place is the wing room on the side of the main hall, which is the daily office of the county magistrate or handles confidential affairs.

Liu An didn't know about these things before, but before coming from Zhuo County, Xiahou Lan gave Liu An a tutoring at night.

Sitting in the wing room, Liu An received many county officials, county magistrates, chief clerks, and chief officials from all over the country. Liu An opened the window of the wing room, blew the breeze, drank tea and sat there, slowly playing Tai Chi with the visitor.

After lunch, Liu Anben wanted to go back to his room to take a break, but saw Liu Bei coming hurriedly and saying that he had found a man named Lu Bu.

Unexpectedly, he found it so soon. After hearing this news, Liu An was immediately excited and no longer thought about taking a nap or something.

"Where are other people now?"

"I have taken it outside the county government office to wait." Liu Bei replied.

"Can you find out the details of this person clearly?" Liu An knew in his previous life that Lu Bu was from Jiuyuan and had extremely high military strength, but he didn't know what his family background was, whether his parents were there, and how many brothers and sisters were there.

"I'm back to my uncle, this person is twenty-three years old. Seeing that his momentum is good, his military power should be extremely high. His family is a wealthy family in Jiuyuan, and there are dozens of slaves in the family." Liu Bei replied.

The big family is not as rich as a wealthy family, and the wealthy families often support hundreds or thousands of servants.

Liu An asked again: "How is his family situation?"

"His father died early, his mother is still alive, and his wife Yan is pregnant."

"..." Liu An didn't expect that Liu Bei's investigation was so clear that he even found out that his wife was pregnant. "Okay, take him to the wing room and I'll come soon."

"No!" Liu Bei left in response.

Liu An closed the doors and windows and extracted the Overlord Bow and two pairs of Golden Armors in the system.

According to the system instructions, the reason why this bow is named Xiang Yu is because it can withstand the powerful force of the king and the bow string is extremely tough.

Liu An tried to pull out the arrow and put it on the Overlord's Bow and pulled it a few times. He found that he couldn't pull it anyway, so he put it aside.
To be continued...