As soon as Ma Xiancheng returned to the Yamen, he reported He Dianshi's situation to Liu Zhimo.
Liu Zhimo listened, and snorted coldly, this is the last chance he gave He Dianshi, and if there is a next time, he will let him go.
He wasn't even afraid of He Zhao Wanglin's four families, would he be afraid of He Dianshi
"Let's go to Wutong Village." Liu Zhimo stood up, stroked the officer's uniform, put his hands behind his back, and strode forward.
Ma Xiancheng followed Liu Zhimo closely, frowning slightly, worried that going to Wutong Village this time would not go well.
Bah, bah, bah... Crow's Mouth, it will definitely go well.
After getting into the carriage, Ma Xiancheng glanced at the bodyguard acting as the driver, and he turned to ask Liu Zhimo, when will the government servants be recruited
After those yamen servants were arrested and sent to the prison, the positions of yamen servants have been vacant, and no one has filled them up.
Seeing that Liu Zhimo hadn't talked about it, he didn't dare to ask.
In any case, it is very inconvenient for the yamen to have no yamen servants.
What if something goes wrong and there is no yamen servant to help
Liu Zhimo looked up at Ma Xiancheng, said oh, and asked if he had a good candidate
Ma Xiancheng's heart tightened when he saw him, he shook his head violently and said no.
"Maxian Cheng, if you have any good candidates? You can recommend them."
"Really?" You won't lie to him again, will you
"Has this officer ever told a lie?" Liu Zhimo gave him a blank look, "Is this officer so scary? It makes you dare not tell the truth in front of this officer." He was obviously very gentle. , Why are you still so afraid of him, you are too timid.
As soon as he heard it, Ma Xiancheng was about to break his neck, "No, no, no, how could I be afraid of the magistrate? I am in awe of you, yes, in awe..." He wanted to swear to the sky that Liu Zhimo believed what he said.
Liu Zhimo snorted, and asked if he had someone to choose
He asked the village chief to send two people over, and the remaining vacancies would be filled here in Ninghua County.
He was busy before and kept forgetting about this matter. Now that Ma Xiancheng asked about it, he will put this matter on the agenda.
Ma Xiancheng reached out to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead, nodded and said that a person he knew used to be a dart walker, but now he doesn't walk a dart walker, and is farming at home.
Darts
Dart walkers generally know how to use their legs and feet.
"Okay, let him come to the Yamen tomorrow and let me meet him."
"Okay, okay, then I'll go to him tonight and tell him about it." It's an honor to be a yamen servant, and I believe he won't refuse it.
Liu Zhimo glanced at Ma Xiancheng amusedly, and asked him if there was only one candidate? Are there any other options
The person recommended by Ma Xiancheng is somewhat trustworthy.
Ma Xiancheng scratched his head, went through it in his head, and then shook his head again and said, no more.
"Then put up a notice tomorrow and ask people to apply for government servants."
This is a good idea, Ma Xiancheng nodded in agreement.
"My lord, it's better for the yamen servant to know a little bit of legwork, right?"
"What do you say?"
"..."
He was despised by the adults again, Ma Xiancheng wanted to reach out and slap himself on the mouth, to make him mean, ask such a sentence
No wonder he is despised by adults, isn't that obvious
How can you catch criminals if you don't know how to use your legs when you are a government servant
"I see, my lord."
Before Liu Zhimo closed his eyes to rest, he said lightly, a fool can be taught.
"..."
The corner of Ma Xiancheng's mouth twitched. He is obviously so much older than the magistrate, why...why is he always being lectured by the magistrate
He reached out his hand helplessly and knocked on the head. The next time he spoke, he had to go through his brain, and he couldn't blurt out, otherwise, he would be hit by adults again.
He glanced at Liu Zhimo who had his eyes closed. He quietly stretched his legs, leaned against the wall of the car, and closed his eyes. He has been seriously deprived of sleep recently, so he has to take this opportunity to catch up on sleep.
When they reached Wutong Village, the guard called Liu Zhimo softly.
Liu Zhimo opened his eyes abruptly. How could there be any traces of sleep in those sober eyes
He looked at Ma Xiancheng, who was soundly asleep, and stretched out his hand to gently push his shoulder.
Although he teased Ma Xiancheng from time to time, he was grateful to him in his heart. During this time, he had been busy with him until midnight before returning home, which was very hard.
After this busy period, let him rest for a few days.
After finally meeting a good helper, he can't use it too much, and let him relax at the right time.
Ma Xiancheng clicked his mouth, turned his head, and continued to sleep.
"..."
Liu Zhimo glanced at him, forget it, let him continue to sleep!
He stepped over Ma Xiancheng and got out of the carriage. He asked a guard to stay on the carriage to guard Ma Xiancheng, and the other two walked with him.
The villagers of Wutong Village were taken aback when they saw Liu Zhimo coming in official uniform, fearing that Liu Zhimo would settle accounts with them.
Someone quickly ran to the village chief and asked the village chief to come see Liu Zhimo.
When the village chief heard Liu Zhimo coming, he ran out of the house quickly. When he saw Liu Zhimo, he brought the villagers of Wutong Village to kneel down and shouted that he had seen the county magistrate.
Liu Zhimo asked them to get up.
After the village head took the lead to stand up, the other villagers dared to stand up.
Liu Zhimo saw that they were restrained, so he smiled and told them to go to work when they had work, and he didn't have to follow him, he just walked around.
The other villagers said thank you, sir, and ran away. The one who couldn't run was the village chief.
He looked at Liu Zhimo anxiously, and smiled, "My lord, Caomin... Caomin will take you around." If he hadn't been bewitched by Baldy Lai last time, how could he have arrested the magistrate and locked him up in prison? In the woodshed
Fortunately, the county magistrate did not punish them afterwards, otherwise...
Liu Zhimo nodded and said hello.
He just took this opportunity to ask the village chief about the affairs of Wutong Village.
The village chief bowed his body and introduced Wutong Village to Liu Zhimo in a low voice.
Liu Zhimo saw that he was so tired from walking hunched over, so he didn't have to be so restrained, just walked and talked normally.
The village chief glanced at Liu Zhimo cautiously to see if he was talking politely, so he respectfully said yes, slowly straightened up, walked on the right side of Liu Zhimo, and continued to introduce Wutong in a normal tone village.
Liu Zhimo stood on the base of the field with his hands behind his back, looked at the seedlings with tassels, and asked the village chief, how was the harvest in Wutong Village? After taxes, is there enough to eat
When the words fell, I was afraid that the village chief would not dare to tell the truth in front of him, so I said one more thing, let him tell the truth, and don't hide it from him. If you let him know that he is lying, you will bear the consequences.
Hearing this sentence, how could the village chief dare to hide it? He crackled like pouring soybeans, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Liu Zhimo nervously, wondering if he would be angry
Liu Zhimo frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Why are there so many taxes? Why don't you resist?" Ninghua County's tax revenue is at least one third higher than that of other counties, and the blood-sucking leech-like Wang family makes it even worse. It's over.
No wonder Ninghua County is so impoverished, it turns out...
It was more serious than anything he had investigated before.
The village chief smiled bitterly, and said how could the common people resist? How did the enemy pass the government? Some people could not live longer and resisted before. What happened? Was beaten to death alive.
At this point, they dare not say anything anymore, they can pay as much as the government asks, and the food at home is not enough, so they eat wild vegetables and grass roots, and they can always survive.
"Bastard..." Liu Zhimo cursed bitterly, clasping his hands, how can a person who oppresses the common people be worthy of being an official
The village chief thought Liu Zhimo was scolding him, so scared that he fell to his knees with a plop, begging Liu Zhimo for his life.
Liu Zhimo sighed slightly, turned around and stretched out his hand to help the village chief up, "I'm not scolding you, don't be afraid." After a pause, he gave the village chief a promise, "I'll remember this, I will seek justice for you."
After hearing this, the village chief thanked Liu Zhimo gratefully.
"You're welcome, it's my duty to be the master of the people." Liu Zhimo smiled at the village head comfortingly, "This year's taxation will be in accordance with the government's announcement, and the people will never be charged an extra grain of rice. "
"Thank you, sir, you are wise." The village head knelt down again with a plop of tears, and kowtowed to Liu Zhimo a few times. This is the county magistrate who cares about the common people. Why didn't they meet earlier
This year they save some food, so they don't have to eat grass roots and tree roots.
God opened his eyes, so that they don't have to suffer forever.
"Please get up quickly, please get up quickly." Liu Zhimo helped the village chief up again, telling him not to get too excited.
The village chief wiped the tears from his face, and kept saying that Liu Zhimo was their reborn parents.
Liu Zhimo smiled, changed the subject without a trace, and asked the village chief to take him to continue to visit Wutong Village.
Halfway through the walk, he asked without a trace if there was a woman named Wu Mei in Wutong Village.
The village chief nodded and said yes, then sighed again, saying that he was a poor man.
"Oh? What's the matter?"
"Ms. Wu's husband is a hunter in our Wutong Village. Relying on his hunting skills, the family is doing well. Until a year ago, after her husband disappeared, the family couldn't do it anymore. There was a man paralyzed on the bed. Father-in-law, there is a child who is waiting to be fed, and it is really not easy to rely on her as a woman to support the family and the outside world." The village chief sighed again when he thought of the Ying family, "Our villagers are not rich. Even a little help can't help."
"Why is her husband missing?"
The village chief raised his eyes and glanced at Liu Zhimo, and said truthfully, "At first it was said that someone killed him, but after reporting the case, the case was withdrawn one night later, saying that he fell to his death from a cliff." , the village head pointed to the tall Wutong Mountain next to Wutong Village, "The side of Wutong Mountain is a cliff. Few people in the village dare to go there. If you don't pay attention to it, you will be smashed to pieces."
At that time, he also had doubts about Ying Jie's death, but Uncle Ying and Mrs. Wu insisted that he was thrown to death, so he, an outsider, had nothing to say.
It's been more than a year, and I didn't expect it to be brought up by the county magistrate.
I don't know what the county magistrate means? Are you trying to reverse the case for Ying Jie
After listening to Liu Zhimo, he asked the village chief to tell the villagers not to let them go to dangerous places, and he didn't say anything else.
Seeing Liu Zhimo like this, the village chief denied his guess in his heart.
The county magistrate should have asked casually, without any other meaning.
He was thinking too much.