When everyone heard this, they suddenly didn't know what to say. But they were all thinking, if others didn't know and they suddenly picked up a large sum of money, would they hand it over or keep it for themselves
Master Qiu suddenly realized that if it was him, he would definitely keep it for himself. Anyway, no one else knew, and what he picked up was his. So it seemed reasonable that Fang Shaohua would not pass the test.
Everyone looked at Qian Jiujiu. Qian Jiujiu took out a bag and threw five hundred taels of silver into it. He looked at everyone and said, "Let's go."
Then he looked at Mu Yexiao and Master Qiu and said, "It's a bit rude to test someone like this. So no matter what the result is, I hope you two will not tell this to Fang Shaohua in the future, okay?"
Mu Yexiao naturally nodded in agreement: "I will listen to you, my lady."
Master Qiu muttered in his heart again, you are a wife slave. But he still nodded in cooperation: "Okay."
After finding Fang Shaohua, Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other. Fang Shaohua in front of them was quite handsome and was working for someone. When the time was up, he left work and walked towards home.
On the way, Qian Jiujiu, Mu Yexiao, Master Qiu and the other two finally found an opportunity. Then Qian Jiujiu sped up, used Qinggong, and placed the silver on the path that Fang Shaohua had to take.
Not long after returning to Mu Yexiao, he saw Fang Shaohua walking towards the place where the silver was kept. Fang Shaohua walked very fast. He had many younger brothers, his younger sister was in poor health, and his parents were also very hard-working.
I just wanted to go back and help as soon as possible. But as I was walking, I suddenly saw a bag beside the road. The things inside were still reflecting light. I walked over and found that it was silver.
After a rough count, he found that there were as much as 500 taels of silver. Fang Shaohua couldn't help but frowned, and then tied up the bag of silver in a few seconds, apparently intending to take the silver for himself.
A hint of disappointment flashed across Master Qiu's eyes. It turned out that Fang Shaohua was also a person who could not escape the common customs. However, in this case, the candidate for the master's position would have to be selected again.
"Sir, I am wrong. I did not expect that Fang Shaohua..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw Mu Yexiao waving his hand: "Look, he didn't leave."
Master Qiu was stunned for a moment, and sure enough, he saw that Young Master Fang just tied the bag, then stood there holding the bag, waiting. He must be waiting for the person who threw the silver.
Mu Yexiao nodded in satisfaction: "He seems to be a good candidate. He has a noble character of returning lost property. And judging from the speed at which he was walking just now, he must be in a hurry to go home. Now he can actually stop and wait, which is good enough."
Qian Jiujiu also nodded: "Okay then, don't notify him, let's see when he leaves."
Seeing that it was getting dark, Fang Shaohua had been waiting for an hour but still hadn't returned. His second brother came to him and said, "Brother, you are here. Why don't you go home if you have nothing to do? Mom and Dad are worried about you!"
Fang Shaohua looked at the silver in his hand, then at his anxious brother, and finally went back home with the silver.
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao walked towards the government office after Fang Shaohua left. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the government office, they saw two people arguing with each other and talking to the yamen runners at the gate.
When they went forward to take a look, they saw Liu Yifang and Zijiang. Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other. Why were these two people here instead of staying in Kyoto
Liu Yifang was still talking: "I am really the guard of your new master. I followed you. We have been traveling all the way and are very tired. Please let us in."
Zi Jiang also nodded: "Yes, I came to the government office to be a painter. We are together. Please let us in first."
The two men tried to persuade him, but he just couldn't get in. The yamen runners stood guard at the door and refused to listen: "All the people who came with our master this time have settled down with him, except you."
It must be said that this yamen runner had a very good memory. It was the first time that Zi Jiang had met such a stubborn person: "Then you take us in. When the master comes back, we can ask him and we will know."
The yamen runner shook his head and said, "No, we can't bring irrelevant people into the yamen."
Zi Jiang looked at the yamen runner angrily: "You, you, don't you worry about your master coming back and I'm going to complain! I'm so angry."
Liu Yifang looked at Zijiang's frantic look and patted him on the head: "Okay, let's wait here for a while. When the master comes back, we can go in."
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other, then they walked up to Liu Yifang and said, "Liu Yifang, why are you here?"
The yamen runner also saw Mu Yexiao at this time and immediately bowed: "Sir, you are back."
Mu Yexiao nodded: "These two did come with me, let them in."
Liu Yifang and Zijiang followed Mu Yexiao and walked inside. Master Qiu also followed beside them. After they entered, Liu Yifang knelt down in front of Mu Yexiao and said, "Your Excellency."
He originally wanted to say "Prince", but since Master Qiu was there, he said "Sir". Then he took out the letter from his arms and said, "Sir, this is what the Lord asked me to give you. He said that I will stay with you from now on."
Master Qiu was confused. This is not an adult. How can there be an adult? Mu Yexiao had already taken the letter. He recognized the words on it. This was from the emperor's brother.
It turns out that Liu Yifang was sent by the emperor's brother to take care of the empress dowager. It was also a token of his gratitude. If we had known that Liu Yifang would come, we would have had a ready-made chief of police and legal advisor.
But Fang Shaohua is not bad, and he is familiar with Xianyou Town. After thinking about it, Liu Yifang decided to continue to be the head of the police. Originally, there were two head of the police in Xianyou Town. One of them left with the previous master, and the team was preparing to find a new one.
"Okay, then you can stay and continue to be the head of the police. As for Zijiang, you can continue to be a painter. You two can arrange your own accommodation."
Liu Yifang had never thought that the prince would solve their problem: "We just come here to report to the adults first, and then go out to find a house."
Zi Jiang nodded: "Yes, we will go now."
It was already night, Qian Jiujiu rolled her eyes and said, "Stay in the mansion tonight, and look for a house tomorrow morning. Don't you two have any money?"
Speaking of silver, Liu Yifang sighed: "I did have some, but along the way, I spent most of it on the quilt."
Qian Jiujiu was a little curious: "What do you mean?"
Zi Jiang touched his head a little embarrassedly: "They are all very pitiful."
Liu Yifang said coldly: "Without silver, we are also pitiful. If we had silver, we wouldn't have to wait here for you, sir. We could find an inn to stay in first."
"Sir, Madam, when we came out, I had three hundred taels of silver notes and some loose change on me, which I gave to Zijiang to give away."
Moreover, Liu Yifang now understood why Zijiang, who had a good income, had always lived in that kind of place and was still so poor. It was mainly because she was too stupid.
Qian Jiujiu's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say: "If you don't have money, you can ask me to borrow it. Go down and rest first."
Master Qiu looked at Mu Yexiao and Qian Jiujiu with a puzzled look on his face. Such a master is really good. Looking at the two of them, he said, "Master, Madam, I will take my leave now."
The next day, after Mu Yexiao took office, the government office officially opened its doors. The opening of the government office early in the morning instantly alarmed all the people in Xianyou Town: "The government office is open, the new lord is here."
The people all started discussing: "I wonder what kind of person this new leader is? Is he a corrupt official?"
It seemed that they were afraid of a corrupt official coming. After the yamen opened, the first person they welcomed was Fang Shaohua from yesterday. Fang Shaohua entered the yamen with the bag of silver.
Mu Yexiao was sitting in the hall. When he saw Fang Shaohua coming in, he was a little confused: "Who is this person in the hall? What's the grievance?"
When talking about the word "injustice", Mu Yexiao suddenly became very excited. Being able to help others get justice is a very happy thing.
When Fang Shaohua heard the word "injustice", his mouth twitched: "Sir, I, Fang Shaohua, have no grievances. I am here to hand over the silver."
Hand over silver? Mu Yexiao suddenly realized what Fang Shaohua was here for, but he still pretended not to know and coughed twice: "Oh, what silver? Tell me the truth."
Qian Jiujiu was in the back hall, watching Mu Yexiao ascending the throne with the Queen Mother, and couldn't help but comment: "This looks pretty decent."
Who said it wasn't! Fang Shaohua thought that he would accept the silver after he took it home yesterday! After all, Qian Jiujiu didn't show up yesterday, which meant that he was giving the silver to him.
Unexpectedly, he was sent to the government office today. In fact, after Fang Shaohua returned home yesterday, he explained why he hadn't returned so late.
When everyone in the Fang family saw the five hundred taels of silver, they were all dumbfounded. Although they were tempted to keep the silver, Fang's father had already spoken first: "Such a large sum of silver may be a problem. Boss, send the silver to the government office tomorrow."
Fang Shaohua also meant this, so he showed up with the silver today and told Mu Yexiao about picking up the silver yesterday. Mu Yexiao nodded and said, "Okay, put the silver down. I have something else to discuss with you."
Hearing Mu Yexiao's words, Fang Shaohua was confused. What could possibly happen between him and the new county magistrate? He looked at Mu Yexiao and asked, "What else do you want me to do, county magistrate?"
Mu Yexiao smiled and said, "I am still short of a mentor. I'll choose you. What do you think?"