The money matter will be unclear for a while.

Liao Qing asked another thing, "Mr. Zhang knows about Old Man Zhou? What's going on?"

Zhang Zhubu was dissatisfied and thought about this new master, is he determined to go against him?

So entangled.

He thought he had done well enough and welcomed him!

I didn't expect it to be so unreasonable.

But this is nothing, and it is not the first time he has experienced this.

Now he looked like he was doing his job and revealed the causes and consequences one by one.

It is said that Old Man Zhou's son lost land in gambling and was sued to the government. He acted according to law. The plaintiff held Zhou Xiaochai's mortgaged book, which contained Zhou Xiaochai's handwritten seals. He was naturally upholding justice and asked the Zhou family to hand over the land.

I am willing to accept the loss when I give the plaintiff! But the Zhou family is unwilling to cheat and refuse to accept his trial. Both parties cannot argue, so he can only temporarily put the defendant Zhou Xiaochai in prison. But he never expected that the yamen cell had been disrepair for a long time.

It was leaking, and Zhou Xiaochai was frozen to death! He didn't know what to do. You are here, please deal with this matter...

The reason why Liao Qing mentioned this was just to see what the chief clerk said and see if there were any loopholes to be exploited.

Unexpectedly, this guy is so sophisticated and smooth, and after saying something, he will never miss it.

After the handover of the affairs of the yamen was completed, the group walked in again.

***

Zhang Zhubu personally led Liao Qing and his group into the third gate of the county government, the house gate.

That is where the county magistrate lives.

There was thick snow here, and even the snow on the trail was not cleaned. It was stomped down and half of its legs were flooded. The house was dilapidated, as if it hadn't lived in anyone for a long time.

Zhang Zhuan ordered two young men to get tools to clean up.

Then he smiled at Liao Qing and the others and said, "Sir, you came too suddenly, otherwise we would have packed up the yard long ago. This is also the most grand house in our Hancheng Yamen, and he has served as the county magistrate.

Everyone lives here, please…”

Liao Qing replied with a calm face, "It's okay, we can just clean up ourselves."

"That's so sorry. How could you let the adults clean up the house with your own hands?... Hey, you guys, hurry up! I've cleaned up all the snow for the adults..."

Zhang Zhubu laughed and politely, and said goodbye first on the grounds that there was something going on.

After Zhang Zhuan left, Liao Qing and others started to clean up the house themselves.

The place where the county magistrate lives is also called the Houya or the Neihad, and is one of the most heavily guarded portals in the entire yamen building complex. Logically, there should be a "door" at the ritual gate, which is equivalent to a modern gatehouse and a communication room.

, Security Department.

But there was no one here, and I didn't even see a dog.

There are quite a few rooms, but they are not well maintained, and they all look a little worn. The stone-built area is good, but the wood-built area is hard to see. There are holes everywhere, and even the wooden door is broken.

When you open the door, you can see air leaking everywhere. There are many places where heavy snow has fallen into the house, which is not like a place where people can live.

It seems to be different from the dilapidated temples in the wilderness they saw on the road.

The only advantage is that it is made of stones and is not afraid of heavy snow collapse.

Xu Jiaojiao quickly looked at some houses, and most of the doors and windows were broken. Fortunately, there were still some necessary daily necessities, such as beds, chairs, stoves, etc.

Although there are many houses and more than ten, there are not many people who can live in it.

Noting that Xu Jiaojiao frowned, Liao Qing thought she disliked her and comforted her, "Wife, let's overcome the bad house for now. When tomorrow, I will ask someone to repair it."

Xu Jiaojiao smiled and said, "I'm fine. I'll clean up the good doors and windows. Just build three rooms to live in. The kitchen has to be repaired. The place where I cook and eat is leaking.

, it is not easy to make a fire."

Liao Qing also smiled.

His wife is indeed not a pretentious person, so there is no need to worry that she cannot adapt to the harsh environment.

Sometimes, he felt that she could endure hardships than him and had more survival experience in the harsh living environment. He was waiting for his wife to actually tell him what he didn't know.

He didn't ask.

He just waited for her to talk to him one day, and then he told him.

No matter how hard it is to accept it, as long as she says it, he will believe it...

This is God's kind gift to him. Everything has a fixed degree. The reason why he was abandoned when he was a child was definitely to meet Xu Jiaojiao in Xujia Village.

...

The two looked at each other without saying much, and when it was still dawn, the couple would do it as soon as they said they would.

Liao Qing is a good friend, and he can do some carpenters' work. Without further ado, he started to tear down the east door and repair the west window.

And Ji Fu, who also has a strong hands-on ability.

However, there are still many things missing, so Ji Fu went to find the little yamen.

"I won't say that the doors and windows are broken. We will repair them, but there is no charcoal and wood in the house in this cold weather. There are also empty houses, even tables, chairs, and benches are broken, and even tea drinkers.

There is no teapot, you go find some..."

A little yaman looked at him, "Sir, you are afraid you don't know that you are just so poor in Hancheng. You have nothing to do. Please take the adults to the warehouse if you don't believe it.

Look inside, let alone the charcoal fire table, chairs and benches, there is not even a needle."

Ji Fu narrowed his eyes slightly, "Then your former county magistrate is here, how can you live?"

Another young yamen officer replied in a formal tone, "That is already the best house in our yamen. The former county magistrate naturally lived here. But the house was not like this before, but the predecessor was the snowed.

After the wolf killed him, everyone didn't dare to come here easily, so it seemed a little dilapidated."

Ji Fu and the others have already known about how the county magistrate died.

Everyone in the Hancheng knows it.

It was when the county magistrate was sleeping, a heavy snow wolf suddenly came from somewhere. He sneaked into the yamen at night and chewed off the county magistrate's head...

Speaking of which, it's very scary.

There are walls in front and behind Hancheng, but not on both sides, because there are snow-capped mountains on both sides, glaciers all year round, and snowy, and people and animals cannot pass through. But for some reason, a snow wolf broke in and gave the county magistrate to the middle of the night.

Bite to death.

The little yamen runner deliberately brought up the matter of the county magistrate, but he was not afraid at all when he saw Ji Fu.

A little surprised.

Then, he returned to the original topic, "Our chief clerk also talked about it several times, wanting to repair it, and live for the new county magistrate. However, the conditions in Hancheng County are too poor, and all aspects are not bad.

There are silver everywhere, and the emperor is far away. The court doesn’t care what we are doing here. The annual tax and silver are not enough to be used to repair the walls, and life is very difficult. Therefore, the inner house of this yamen has been dragging it down and cannot be repaired.
Chapter completed!