He turned back to the back office, but the ladies and servants didn't respond to greetings along the way. He walked into the courtyard and looked at the west wing.
There are indeed two vacant rooms in the west wing, and now Li Xia has asked people to move all the luggage into them.
Li Xia was not here at this time. Jiang Chun looked at the two rooms and didn't know what he was feeling.
"Official." Jiang Chun's wife Mou Zhu stepped forward and asked, "What's going on? Is there any reason for the county magistrate to live with the county captain?"
Mou Zhu looks quite ugly.
Jiang Chun was also shocked when he took off his hijab. Now, the couple has gotten used to it after many years.
"Women don't have to worry about this."
"How can you ignore this?" Mou Zhu said: "The female family members live here, how can we bring in a few outsiders for no reason? How about I ask Yan Po to throw his luggage out?"
"Nonsense. Can a dignified county magistrate do this?"
"How can he, a county lieutenant, be so shameless?"
"He is shameless, but we still want him!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"It's so annoying!" Jiang Chun shouted.
After more than ten years of cultivation, my self-cultivation finally broke at this moment.
"Stop crying here and go back to the house! Don't make me angry!"
Mou Zhu was still about to speak, but suddenly looked behind Jiang Chun, his eyes widened, and he seemed stunned.
Jiang Chun turned around and saw Li Xia leading the boy and girl into the courtyard, carrying a basket of eggs.
"Magistrate Jiang." Li Xia cupped his hands and said, "Xia once again thanks Magistrate Jiang for taking me in."
Jiang Chun was embarrassed, but he still smiled out of habit and said: "Feiyu, you're welcome, as long as you don't mind the crowd..."
"Don't be too crowded." Li Xia said, "I heard dinner is ready?"
Jiang Chun was stunned and said with a stiff smile: "That's right, Feiyu can't crowd in the front office with the officials to eat. For example, the landlord will eat in his own house."
"Yes." Li Xia had already walked to the kitchen.
He seemed to have thought of something, so he turned around and said, "I would like to advise County Magistrate Jiang that it is better for husband and wife to live in harmony. It would be rude."
The fake smile on Jiang Chun's face remained, but many emotions surged in his heart.
He watched helplessly as Li Xia called the cook, handed over a basket of eggs, and told the kitchen to cook them every day.
"Our bowls and chopsticks have been marked, so don't confuse them with those of Magistrate Jiang's family..."
"The villain understands that the county captain is interested."
"This money is for you. After all, you have to work extra; this money is our food. From now on, you can control what I want every month..."
"Xie County Lieutenant."
"Housekeeper Yan, right? Take these two coins and watch them be distributed to the servants in the mansion..."
"The county captain can just call the villain Yan Po, and the villains must serve the county captain just like they serve Alang."
Because it was in front of Jiang Chun, the servants in the mansion thought it was Alang who took the initiative to invite the county captain to live here, and they were quite enthusiastic.
They don't understand the official language.
Jiang Chun was unwilling to explain this to his servants, as it was not good for his official prestige.
I can only sigh in my heart, how can there be such a shameless person?
…
When County Magistrate Jiang was in a depressed mood and was preparing to eat, County Lieutenant Li had already eaten and went out.
In the official residence next door, the landlord had just returned from his morning duties.
…
Fang Yankai was preparing to wash his hands and eat.
The staff member Jiang Yan hurried over and whispered: "Dong Weng, County Lieutenant Li has taken away the roster of the third class used for ordering."
Fang Yankai's movements froze.
Jiang Yan said: "Both County Magistrate Jiang and Dong Weng are not in the front office. No one dares to disobey him. The scribes have no choice but to give it to him."
"The dianmao roster only has names, so it doesn't matter much." Fang Yankai said, "It's good that I still have the copy in my hand."
"I just feel that he doesn't take Dong Weng seriously."
Jiang Yan said, shook his head and sighed: "I have never seen this kind of people. They don't abide by any rules and etiquette, and they don't show any respect for the world."
Fang Yankai was noncommittal and said, "What did he do this morning? Why didn't he go find Bao San?"
"All morning, I went through the door of Zao class and Kuai class. Except for those who went out of town to do business, there was no one in the two classes that he didn't know."
"How could he do it without my help?"
Jiang Yan said: "He has an excellent memory. There are dozens of people in the two classes plus clerical staff. Whenever they give him a name, they all remember it without making a mistake. He even remembers his place of origin, family background, etc. clearly."
Moreover, every time he asked questions that had any inconsistencies, they would be discovered immediately. The government officials couldn’t stand him doing this, so they gave a lot of explanations. But don’t worry, Dong Weng, they still care about you."
Fang Yankai finally frowned and said: "Nonsense. What's the critical moment? Let the subordinates chat with me, delaying official business."
"Yes, Dong Weng is working hard on the case, day and night, but he is meddling in it randomly. This person is greedy for power and acts wildly and rebelliously. We must be on guard."
Fang Yankai took a few steps and finally made up his mind.
"If he doesn't come looking for him, then let Bao San look for him. He can do it as long as no one is killed."
Han Qiaoer was very happy. Walking beside Li Xia, she couldn't help but jump again.
Li Xia then glanced at her.
"Brother Li, what do you want me to do?"
"You didn't walk on tiptoe like this before."
Han Qiaoer raised her head and said, "I'm too short. I always want to be closer when talking to Brother Li."
"You can grow taller by eating more." Li Xia said, "I will buy milk for you to drink."
"Brother Li always said that he wanted to buy a cow. He said it four times in total, but there was no place to raise it."
"Then we can raise them in this county."
"Okay. By the way, I've finished counting the roster, including archers, fire submersibles, people Zhuang, etc. Brother Li has a total of 387 people in charge, which is a lot."
"It's a lot. Generally, you can't get so many in lower counties. The owner's book is pretty good."
The two of them were talking as they walked through the street in front of the county government office.
Han Qiaoer asked again: "Where should we go next?"
Li Xia said: "The map of the county government is not accurate. I will take you around the city a few times and you can help me draw it again."
"Okay, the locations of the two underground fire buildings are definitely wrong. I remember one is a hundred steps away from the post house, and the other is a hundred and fifty steps away, but they are the same on the map."
"How did you notice?"
Han Qiaoer said: "I didn't memorize these before, but now I am serious about memorizing more."
"It doesn't have to be too hard."
"Okay. Brother Li, the man coming across is named Fei Boren, and he is a class leader in the fast class."
"Then go say hello."
Before Li Xia finished speaking, Captain Fei suddenly lowered his head, turned around, and walked quickly into the alley.
"Ah, it seems that he saw us and didn't want to say hello to us." Han Qiaoer said.
"Yes." Li Xia said.
He could feel that the Sichuan and Sichuan military and civilians seemed to reject officials from other places.
In fact, it is understandable that after Yu Jie's death, he was accused of having his house confiscated, and Yu Hui was in charge of Sichuan and Shu, resenting and killing generals, and suffered repeated defeats. In these years, all the land in western Sichuan was lost, Dali was destroyed, and the war clouds in Shu were thick, making people panic.
This disaster made Qingfu County a place where the Mongolian army might attack.
Under such circumstances, it would be strange if Qingfu soldiers and civilians could accept him, a young county lieutenant appointed by the traitorous party under unusual circumstances...
Fei Boren walked quickly into the alley, looked back, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Li Xia didn't follow him.
After walking a few more steps, I suddenly saw a one-eyed man standing at the corner with his arms folded. Who could it be if it wasn't Bao San?
"Brother, why are you here?"
Bao Sandao: "That person named Li wants to say hello to you, why are you running?"
"Who cares about him? We all only listen to the chief clerk."
"That's good."
Fei Boren suddenly understood and said with a smile: "Brother came here to take him away? Let me tell you, how could the chief clerk let him jump up and down?"
"Um."
Bao San leaned against the wall and glanced down the long street. He saw that the little traitor had led the little book boy through the alley, so he followed him...