After pinching some earth for incense, the three of them bowed to each other eight times, and then used the remaining wine to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth. The three of them announced their birth dates and arranged themselves in a long order. Ximen Qing was one or two years older than Wu Song and Shi Qian, so he
You're welcome, he became the eldest brother; although Shi Qian was older than Wu Song, he still gave in and let Wu Song be the second brother and he was the third.
"I don't want to be born in the same year and the same month on the same day, but I want to die in the same year, the same month and the same day! We share weal and woe! Never betray each other!"
Since they had already sworn sworn friends, Wu Song was naturally embarrassed to go to Liangshanbo alone to look for Song Jiang, so he had no choice but to listen to Ximen Qing's advice and go back to Qinghe County for a short stay before making any fuss. Isn't it?
Shi Qian let the horses out very generously, and his light body skills allowed him to get out, which also avoided the pain of bumps. The horses of Ximen Qing and Wu Song walked side by side slowly, so as not to pull Shi Qian down.
The tangle in Wu Song's chest disappeared, and he gradually began to talk more. He chatted with Ximen Qing and discussed Wu Dalang's funeral affairs.
When mentioning Pan Jinlian, Wu Song was still a little uneasy. Ximen Qing saw through Wu Song's thoughts and comforted him: "Liu Niang and I were just in love, not polite, and we didn't do anything out of the ordinary. After Wu Dalang's funeral is over,
, you can allocate another courtyard in the house for Liu Niang to live, and then make plans."
Wu Song felt quite relieved after hearing this: "Since my brother said so, Wu Song will just follow the arrangement. If my sister-in-law and my brother are really in love, Wu Song will have nothing to say."
Ximen Qing was very happy after receiving Wu Song's promise. In this way, Pan Jinlian was considered his own, and Wu Dalang... ashes will return to dust.
But there is still one thing that remains unfinished, and that is the Niudutou who is causing trouble and causing trouble!
"What! That guy is so bold!" After hearing what Ximen Qing and Wu Song said, Zhu Zhixian was so angry that he slammed the table: "Originally, it seems that this guy has no merit and hard work, but I didn't expect that he would have such thoughts!"
"Brother Ximen, Wu Song, please bring people to tie up the heads of the cows and bring them to see me!"
Zhu Zhixian gave an order, Ximen Qing and Wu Song took several government officials to search for it, but there was no trace. When they went back to his room, they saw that the gold and silver were soft and soft, and even a change of clothes was missing. Only then did they know what happened to this guy.
No, just run away.
When Ximen Qingwusong rushed back, he saw that Zhu Zhixian's face was even more angry. After asking, he found out that Niu Dutou not only escaped, but also went to the prison and chopped down the iron ruler with a knife, and released all the prisoners.
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"All the prisoners?" Wu Song's face changed: "This guy is too courageous!"
"Fortunately, they were discovered early and most of the prisoners were blocked back. However, in the chaos, some people saw that guy and Bai Song killing each other. I don't know where they escaped!" Zhu Zhixian said angrily: "Master! Send them to the sea to arrest them.
Documents, search for these two people everywhere!"
"What about Brother Yun?" Ximen Qing asked from the side.
"That young man became demented for some reason, but he didn't escape." A government official replied.
Ximen Qing and Wu Song looked at each other. It seemed that Brother Yun was quite frightened by Shi Qian, and he was even a little demented.
"Originally, this county must have done well in the assessment this year, but it was so troubled by such a thing, alas!" Zhu Zhixian lost his temper and sighed: "Brother Ximen, the Taiwei has already agreed, and the letter said that he would find an opportunity to kill me.
Transferred to the capital, I don’t know if there will be any changes now.”
"What, your Excellency is going to Beijing?" Ximen Qing was slightly surprised. No wonder Zhu Zhixian took all the money and sent it to Lieutenant Zhu in Tokyo. It turned out that he had such thoughts.
"You are all brothers of this county, and you have to say something." Zhu Zhixian asked the others to retreat, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Qinghe County is really too small. Even if you serve until your term is over, what can you do?
?This officialdom is a carrot and a pit. My gift to the Taiwei is nothing more than seeking an opportunity. I must go to Tokyo to become an official."
"Brother Ximen, the business of your wine shop is booming. You will definitely go to the capital and have more development. But if you don't have a strong backstage, opening this shop will just be an extra piece of fat for you.
It’s just for people to eat.”
"The alcohol tax is already extremely heavy, not to mention all kinds of filial piety money. After all, how much do you have left?"
These words made Ximen Qing nod his head repeatedly. It seemed that whether it was this world or the world he traveled to, these aspects were the same.
Speaking of backers, the strongest one must be Song Huizong, an art master who was extremely accomplished in calligraphy and painting. If you want to get close to him, you probably can only go through Li Shishi. I don't know if there will be any changes in this world.
Next are the so-called six thieves: Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Meng, Li Yan, plus the familiar Cuju master Gao Qiu and Gao Taiwei. If you can win over these people, there is no need to worry.
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"Brother Ximen, if you really want to go to the capital, you must be willing to spend money. In front of Taiwei Zhu, this county will naturally say a few good words."
Sure enough, that old fox in Zhu Zhi County still wants to make money. But if there is no way, the money cannot be given away.
Ximen Qing played with the mutton-fat jade pendant and was about to accept some political donations when the master knocked gently on the door: "Sir, there is a man outside the door who claims to be from Tokyo Prefecture. He has urgent matters and wants to see the magistrate!"
"Tokyo Prefecture? Could it be that Lieutenant Zhu has another letter?" Zhu Zhixian thought and asked the master to bring someone in.
The person who came was young, about twenty years old, with a fair face and no beard. He was dressed as a businessman. However, he did not bow when he saw Magistrate Zhu. He just nodded slightly and said in a high-pitched voice: "Are you Magistrate Zhu?"
"Huh? Where are you from? Why don't you be polite when you see this county?" Zhu Zhixian saw that the visitor was rude and scolded him.
The visitor didn't say much, and took out a waist badge from his arms and presented it. Seeing the slight change in color, Zhu Zhixian stood up and said: "It turns out..."
Someone came to stop Magistrate Zhu and said, "These are all secrets. Now that we have many eyes and ears, we should stop talking about them."
"Yes, yes, yes." Zhu Zhixian looked attentive and hurriedly ordered the attendants to sit down and watch the tea. He also asked Ximen Qing and Wu Song to wait outside the door.
Ximen Qing was originally going to discuss with Zhu Zhixian about going to Tokyo Prefecture for development, but was inexplicably disturbed by a strange visitor, but Zhu Zhixian didn't dare to offend him.
Wu Song had a lot of experience in the arena, but he had no idea about this kind of thing.
However, the master had some opinions and whispered to Ximen Qing and Wu Song: "This man is mysterious and mysterious. He might be from the Imperial City Department."
Under the bright light, the old man still knocked on the mahogany table out of habit: "Should our people have arrived?"
"Calculating, it should be about the same." The young man thought for a while and replied, "But you also know that that person is procrastinating in doing things. In fact, you should send me there."
"Send you?" The old man cracked his mouth and smiled: "I watched you grow up, and I don't know what you think? You didn't have the guts last time, but you want to try Wu Song's skills this time?"
"Our Imperial City Secretary finally got this opportunity to turn around. One wrong step will lead to a bottomless abyss. Do you think there will be an official who will let the prince be responsible for promoting the Imperial City Secretary next time?"
"I understand, little one."
Seeing that the young man was convinced, the old man flipped through the pamphlet in his hand and said in wonder: "This Ximen Qing is really... very strange. He is really just the shopkeeper of a herbal medicine shop? He cuts people with whips and touches breasts.
, laughed at the imperial doctor, became a county captain, took a concubine, rescued Wu Da, divorced his wife, captured a big thief... If it weren't for this anecdote, I wouldn't have believed such things."
"I didn't expect that apart from Wu Song, Qinghe County actually has such talents. They are simply born for our Imperial City Division."
There was a hint of jealousy in the young man's eyes. He had been trained by the Imperial City Secretary since he was a child, and he was both civil and military. Who was Ximen Qing?
"I have read this brochure several times, but I still can't believe it. My lord, do you think it could be that Mr. Wu Daoguan deliberately fabricated it?"
The old man's eyes were full of questions: "Fabricated? Do you think this kind of thing can be fabricated casually? If you can't control your jealousy, don't do anything in the future."
"I understand, little one." The young man lowered his head in fear.
"Zhenren Luo is also curious, why do you have to go to such trouble to collect this information?" The old man smiled and carefully put away the pamphlet in his hand: "But it just happens to be used by our Imperial City Department. Collecting information is not something that should be done.
This is the responsibility of our Imperial City Department."
"Master Luo, Master Luo, are you really a god in the sky?" The old man squinted his eyes and said to himself: "Why haven't we been able to find your heels after we checked for so long?"
"Is something lost?" When Zhu Zhixian called and Ximen Qing and Wu Song went in, they got such a strange case.
"This... dear friend has lost something in Qinghe County, you go and check it out." Zhu Zhixian took a sip of tea to cover it up, but Ximen Qing could already hear it clearly.
My dear friend? Are you an adult? You are so young, and you even have to call yourself an adult even if you are the magistrate of Zhu County?
"I dare to ask this... dear friend, what exactly did you lose, when did you lose it, and how did you lose it?" Ximen Qing, as a county captain, of course needs to find out first at this time.
"A letter. I lost it at the West Street Inn last night." The gentleman's voice was really unflattering. It was so sharp that it seemed to drill into people's eardrums: "Originally, it was put together with the baggage, but it turned out that
Even the baggage was lost. Later, the baggage was found in the stable of the inn, but the letter was missing."
"The security in this county is quite good. There are no habitual thieves. I'm afraid it was a passing thieves." Zhu Zhixian hurriedly excused himself: "I, the Ximen County Lieutenant, have a lot of experience in solving crimes. Don't worry, dear friend."
"Okay, I'll give you three days." The man was very arrogant: "That letter is very important to me, you must find it for me."
"Yes, yes." Zhu Zhixian nodded repeatedly, then turned around and asked: "Brother Ximen, what do you think of this matter?"
A passing thief? Ximen Qing smiled inwardly. The newly sworn drum had fleas on it. Wasn't it a passing thief?
Wait, isn’t this really what this guy did? Whether it’s from stealing a whole lamb to stealing a chicken to eat in the novel, this guy is really in need.