The next morning, Liu Hua, led by a constable, came to the back hall of Qingshi County Yamen, and met the magistrate Sun, Huang Magistrate, and Nian Gengyao in the back hall. When the magistrate Sun introduced the identities of Huang Magistrate and Nian Gengyao, Liu Hua was shocked.

He originally wanted to use the connections of Sun County Magistrate Sun to help him find two people with identities to serve as witnesses. When Sun Guangshen and the other three went there yesterday, he felt that the person Sun County Magistrate invited him was of extraordinary status. He knew that one of them was the prefect, but he didn't know the identity of the great man. No matter what, he did not expect that the man would be Nian Gengyao.

As long as you know the history of the Qing Dynasty, no one doesn’t know Nian Gengyao. This person has a brilliant mark in the history of the Qing Dynasty. In his early years, he followed Prince Heshuoyong Yinzhen. With Yinzhen’s promotion, his career was rising to the forefront.

When Nian Gengyao was at its peak, he served as the governor of Sichuan, the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the general of Fuyuan, the Taibao, and the first-class duke. But later, after Yongzheng became the emperor, for some reason, he was demoted to 18 levels overnight and was finally given suicide by Emperor Yongzheng.

Looking at Nian Gengyao in front of him, Liu Hua was really surprised. Although this person's later fate was extremely tragic, he is now in a safe career and will continue to rise step by step in the next ten years.

After knowing Nian Gengyao's identity, Liu Hua was a little confused. He didn't know what happened to County Magistrate Sun who asked him to come? Why did he introduce Huang Gongyao and Nian Gengyao to him? Could it be that Nian Gengyao and Huang Gongyao were attracted by their talents yesterday and wanted to be a disciple of him?

After seeing the puzzled expression on Liu Hua's face, County Magistrate Sun left the maid in the room and asked his servants to lock the door to death. Without orders, no one was allowed to enter. After doing this, County Magistrate Sun looked at Nian Gengyao and saw that the other party nodded, he said slowly to Liu Hua.

"Young Master Liu, I will not hide it from it. Today, I ordered someone to find you. It was because a strange case occurred under the rule of the Taigong Master.

Ten days ago, several gentry went to the Taigong University to sue, saying that in the abandoned old house of the Wu family located in the western suburbs of Yangzhou Prefecture, a woman's crying sound came from the evening.

The old house of the Xie family is the former residence of Wu Shiyun, the anti-Qing traitor, and you must have heard of Wu Shiyun's name. This person is very talented and has a strong appeal in the local literary world. In his poems and songs, Wu Shiyun openly promoted the idea of ​​anti-Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

Later, the matter was learned by the Emperor Long Sui. After seeing the collection of essays written by Wu Shiyun, the emperor was furious and ordered that all the collections written by Wu Shiyun be burned, and then the 137 people from the Wu family were killed.

Fifteen years have passed since this incident. The old Wu family house, because it has been uninhabited for many years, has long become an abandoned house. I didn't expect that such a thing would have happened after so many years.

After hearing this, Huang Zhifu sent the yamen runners from the government office to check it out. For some reason, all the yamen runners who went to check were killed in the abandoned house of the Wu family.

None of the 17 yamen runners survived. Afterwards, when Chief Tong of the government office took his men to clean up the scene, he found clues under the body of a yamen runner. Before his death, the yamen runner wrote the words "Ghost in the Netherworld" with his blood on his body.

After this incident, the government was worried that it would cause panic, so it wanted to investigate the case secretly, but I don’t know why? The case was leaked. With the rumors spread by the people in the market and adding fuel to the fire, the case turned into rumors that there were ghost houses in Yangzhou Prefecture, and ghosts in the ghost houses ran out to kill people.

For a moment, the people around the abandoned house were panicked, worried that they would be harmed by the ghosts in the ghost house. The prefect was frightened when he saw the people, and wanted to choose a zodiac auspicious day to ask the master to do some tricks to soothe the hearts of the people in this way.

But I didn't expect that this matter was learned by the Emperor. After hearing the rumors that the Wu family's abandoned house was haunted, he said that the world was bright and bright, how could there be a ghost coming out to cause trouble? The people were frightened, and the local government dereliction of duty and failed to fulfill the duties of a parent.

After scolding the Lord of the Taiping Palace, the emperor handed the case to the Fourth Master. Because the Fourth Master was busy accompanying the Lord of the Palace, he ordered Lord Nian to come here to handle the case. Seeing that Mr. Liu was meticulous, a few days ago, Mr. Liu solved the case of Dong Dali killing people and Lord Nian in his blink of an eye. Therefore, he specially recommended you to Mr. Taiping Palace and Lord Nian.

Mr. Nian had already made a statement before. As long as Mr. Liu can solve this case, Mr. Nian is willing to introduce you to the Fourth Master and serve the Fourth Master. This is a great fortune. I hope Mr. Liu will cherish it well."

After hearing the words of County Magistrate Sun, Liu Hua was curious about the case and had a headache. He looked at the three people in the room, and then said with a depressed look: "Mr. Sun, you have caused me a lot of trouble.

Although I am young, I also know that some things can be known and some things cannot be known. You don’t ask for my opinion in advance, and you will tell me such a lot of secret things as soon as you meet.

It was a haunted house again, which alarmed the emperor again. Ordinary people are qualified to listen to these things. If I don’t agree to investigate the case at this time, in order to keep it confidential, I guess this Nian would have to destroy me without saying anything. Oh... for the sake of my life, how dare I say no?”

After hearing Liu Hua's self-pitying complaints, Nian Gengyao and the other two were all a little surprised. None of them expected that Liu Hua would have such an opinion at a young age. Nian Gengyao's mind was just as Liu Hua thought. If Liu Hua could not solve this case, in order to preserve the details, Nian Gengyao might really take silence measures.

Seeing that Liu Hua was so clear-headed, Nian Gengyao smiled generously: "Hahaha, young people are so terrifying. Mr. Liu is young but his mind is so sophisticated. The elderly admire him. Since you understand the great relationship here, I will just say it.

If you have any requests, you can make them now. I will try my best to satisfy you. As long as you can tell the case, I will report your contribution to the Fourth Master. If you can gain the appreciation of the Fourth Master, Mr. Liu, by then, you will be successful and will be just around the corner."

When Liu Hua heard Nian Gengyao's bewitching words, he was really moved, for nothing else, because the current Fourth Master and Prince Shuoyong are a generation of iron-fisted emperors in ten years. Now, while Yinzhen has not yet made a fortune, he can stand in Yinzhen's camp and wait for Yongzheng to ascend the throne to the throne in the future. Then will his career rise to the top and rise to the top?

Thinking of this, Liu Hua immediately made up his mind to solve the case no matter what, and then take this opportunity to join Yongzheng. However, since the case is to be solved and it is related to ghosts, he must first equip some hardware measures.

After making a decision, Liu Hua scratched the back of his head and asked tentatively: "Three leaders, don't you know that you have heard of Zhan Zhao and Li Yuanfang? I want a bodyguard with a skill similar to theirs, and then you can allocate some funds and give me an official position, which is enough."

After Liu Hua finished speaking, Nian Gengyao and Huang Magistrate were all stunned. After a few breaths, Huang Magistrate frowned and said, "There is no problem with the funds. The government office can allocate you ten taels of silver as the case handling fee.

As for official positions? This is a bit difficult. Handling the case and killing the murderer is the responsibility of the constable. However, in this dynasty, the constable has no rank and cannot have an official position. In this way, our government temporarily appoints you as a part-time constable in Qingshi County, from a ninth rank official, and is specifically responsible for investigating the case.

Afterwards, let County Magistrate Sun file your information in the county government and submit it to the Ministry of Personnel. After all, you are the person recommended by Liang Gong. Due to the relationship between Liang Gong and the Fourth Master, in order to prevent people from being robbed in the future, it is better to follow the formal methods and follow some procedures.

As for the bodyguard you mentioned, our mansion is powerless. Zhan Zhao is a master of knights in the mouth of a storyteller, responsible for protecting the safety of Bao Zheng, a famous official of the Song Dynasty. This man is not only very skilled, but also open-minded by nature and loyal to Bao Zheng.

Although I have never heard of the Li Yuanfang you mentioned, since you compare him with Zhan Zhao, I believe he is also a top master who is rare. Such a person is hard to come by and I can't even find him. Where can I ask me to find him?"

After hearing what Huang Zhifu said, Liu Hua felt that his request was a little over. After laughing embarrassedly, he proposed to look at the corpses of the yamen runners first. After the bodies were examined, he went to the Xie family's abandoned house to investigate.

After Liu Hua's voice fell, Huang Magistrate said in surprise: "Don't Mr. Liu go back to the Futai Yamen with us?"

"I won't go with you all the way. After investigating the dead's body and the so-called ghost house, I will go to the government office to find you." After saying this, Liu Hua thought of another question: "Mr. Sun, my father is determined to let me pass the exam and firmly opposes me helping the yamen solve the case.

In order to prevent him from letting me out, I will not go home and say goodbye to him later. Please send someone to tell him later, and say that I will go out for a few days and come back in a few days, so as not to worry him and my mother.”

After seeing the county magistrate Sun nodding his approval, Liu Hua asked the prefect Huang to write him a letter of proof to prove his official identity. After collecting the letter of proof written by the prefect Huang, Liu Hua asked him for another ten taels of silver as office funds. After he stuffed the silver into his arms and asked the place where the yamen runners were stored, he said goodbye to everyone.

As soon as Liu Hua left, Huang Magistrate joked to Nian Gengyao: "Mr. Liang, I just paid ten taels of silver for you. If that kid runs away with these ten taels of silver, my official's wealth will be wasted."

"Brother Baishan, don't cry with me, as the saying goes, "After three years, the Qing magistrate has been in charge of Yangzhou Prefecture, you, Brother Baishan, have been in charge of Yangzhou Prefecture in recent years, probably have saved up a lot of money? Just ten taels of silver, for you, isn't it a drop in the bucket?

However, I have a saying that I would like to remind Brother Baishan that in the past two years, the emperor has paid much attention to the rectification of corruption. Although I believe that Brother Baishan will not plunder the people’s wealth and ointment in the jurisdiction, your official position can easily cause the outside world to imagine.

Many people are watching the position of the prefect of Yangzhou. The prince wants to leave this position to his people. The Eighth Master wants to do this, and even the Fourteenth Master’s subordinates have also set their sights on this position. Therefore, the Fourth Master asked Brother Guangshen to take over your position, which is under heavy pressure."

Nian Gengyao's words not only implicitly warned Huang Baishan, but also sold a favor for Yinzhen in disguise, so that County Magistrate Sun could understand that the prefect of Yangzhou was not so easy to take over, and many people were watching.

Hearing Nian Gengyao's words, Huang Baishan and Sun Guangshen looked at each other, then smiled slightly, and the two said nothing.
Chapter completed!