Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The sun is shining brightly in the county government office...
The sun was shining brightly and the county government office was bustling with activity.
Hezhou seemed to have fallen into the ground, with no clean spot on its body.
After finally cleaning a part of the house, he took out the quilts and other things to dry in the yard.
Xie Xunzhi was carrying a small stool and moving along the shade of the tree, which made his heart skip a beat.
Hezhou pulled down her veil and laughed cheerfully, "Thank you, brother. We may have to squeeze in tonight."
Xie Xunzhi put away the book and tilted his head to take a look. "No problem, it's always good to get some sun exposure. I'll go boil some water. Brother He, you can go wash up quickly."
Hezhou responded, scratched his head embarrassedly, and returned to the cleaning battlefield.
The room was sunny and warm, but there were quite a few odds and ends in it, so it was hard to clean them up.
At night, the waiter knocked on the back door, and Hezhou searched for a long time before finding the key to the back door.
The door was opened and the waiter had already run from the back door to the front door.
He handed the lunch box to Hezhou and took out a note from his pocket and gave it to him.
"Sir, this is our master's reply to you, and he wishes you all the best in the future!"
After saying that, the waiter left.
Hezhou put down the lunch box, shook off the dust on her body, untied her veil and squatted by the well.
"No, why do I feel like that waiter is mocking me?"
Xie Xunzhi frowned and picked up the envelope on the table and read it carefully.
Hezhou scooped up water with both hands to wash his face. The water from the well was cold, but it gave him a sense of reality.
Xie Xunzhi's face in that room was not very good. He came out with the post and said, "This Mr. Chen is really a man who can cover up everything."
"What do you mean?" Hezhou walked up to him with a towel.
There were a lot of words written on the post, some of which he recognized and some he didn't, and they were all disjointed and couldn't be connected together.
"What he meant was that only those who win the hearts and minds of the people are good officials, and those who don't live up to their reputations are just fake. We'll see how things unfold over time."
Hezhou laughed disdainfully, "So crazy?"
"It's more than just arrogance. He also said that if you don't win the support of the people, you have to write a letter to the emperor." Xie Xunzhi's face was cold. He threw the invitation under his feet and stepped on it.
"Oh, or a declaration of war? Let him come over." Hezhou stopped Xie Xunzhi from walking into the house.
He doesn't care about this. If he can do it, he will do it. If he can't, he will leave.
This thing did not hold a higher position in his heart than Xie Xunzhi did. Moreover, when he thought that this thing would make Xie Xunzhi owe him something, he wished that he would write more.
The food served in the evening was not as good as the one served at noon, but it tasted pretty good, what a pity.
At night, when two people squeezed on the hard bed, it was inevitable that they would bump into each other.
To be honest, many of those times he did it on purpose, and it has left him with many sequelae since he traveled through time.
One reason was that he didn't dare to extinguish the candle in front of the bed, and the other was that he wanted to hold Xie Xunzhi in his arms forever.
Fortunately, Xie Xunzhi didn't say anything, and it seemed that the other party's sleeping posture was not very good, and he always seemed to touch him.
It was rare for him to get a good night's sleep, and he didn't get up until almost noon. With this schedule, he thought he was back in the dormitory.
Xie Xunzhi got up early to prepare for food. He still remembered what he had done when he got up, and seemed to have reached out to grab someone's food.
Thinking of this, Hezhou couldn't help but curse himself. He didn't have this problem before.
After he finished washing up, he saw Xie Xunzhi sitting at the dining table reading a book.
The food on the wooden table was placed in upside-down porcelain bowls, dripping with steam when they were lifted up.
Hezhou half-closed his eyes and stared at Xie Xunzhi, the corner of his mouth raised, "It smells so good?"
Xie Xunzhi's pale face regained some luster. "It's a small matter."
Hezhou was not a pretentious person, so he sat down and started eating.
Xie Xunzhi told him slowly that he had cleaned the stove when he boiled water yesterday, but it was still not clean.
He accidentally spilled some sugar while cleaning this morning, and the porridge lacked some sweetness.
Hezhou didn't care at all. He picked up the black bowl and drank from it in big gulps, his face puffed up and his beautiful eyes curved into a smile.
Xie Xunzhi also laughed when he saw this.
It was still the same outside as last night, with a few birds sitting on the trees, chirping.
Not long after, the sound of drums was heard outside, and the birds in the trees scattered.
The two looked outside at the same time. Xie Xunzhi pulled him to his feet and said, "Someone is coming. Go change into your official uniform."
Before Hezhou could react, he took a big gulp of porridge while holding half a piece of bread in his mouth and walked into the house.
The man was pushed into the lobby.
Ajia and Ading stood on both sides with sticks in their hands.
It had been a long time since Ading had worn his official uniform. It was so tight on his body that he looked like a carrot from a distance.
The person beating the drum was a woman in blue cloth with messy hair. She fell to the ground as soon as she entered the door.
Hezhou didn't even see what she looked like. He was frightened when he saw her kneeling down and stood up quickly.
Before he could go forward, he saw Xie Xunzhi motioning for him to sit down, and he walked forward to help the man up.
The woman stood up and cried, "God damn Wang Er, he stole my hens. My Lord, please help me! He is a damned scoundrel."
As early as when the drum was struck, the door was crowded with people. Hezhou saw the butler at the back of the crowd at a glance.
As soon as he finished speaking, a man with his hands tucked into his sleeves squeezed in.
The man raised his head and stretched out his voice, "Auntie Wu, no matter where I go, I am always right! My Lord, I, Wang Hao, bought a hen at the market yesterday, and who knew I would be blamed for it."
"I'll tear your mouth apart! I have nine hens in total, and I counted them this morning and there were only eight left. Since our two families are close together, they must have flown to your house!"
Wang Hao put his hands in his sleeves and shrunk his neck, looking like a gangster.
He pointed outside and said, "I bought the chicken yesterday. Boss Xu at the market can testify to that, and so many people on the street can testify to that as well."
There was a noisy discussion outside, and the loudest voice was that Wang Hao had indeed bought the chicken yesterday, and there was a big quarrel when buying it, which attracted many people to watch.
Hezhou stood in front of the table with a cold expression, "Silence! Is Boss Xu here?"
A fat man in an apron squeezed out of the crowd and knelt down as soon as he came up. "I'm here! Wang Er did buy the chicken from me. We had a fight yesterday about the price. Any passerby can testify to that."
Hezhou knocked on the table and looked at Xie Xunzhi, who was writing a confession with his sleeves rolled up.
"I see. We'll know what's going on when we get there."
Hezhou stood up holding his clothes, waiting for Xie Xunzhi to finish writing and walk out together.
He was not used to this official uniform and wondered in his heart if his rank was too low and he had never even measured for the clothes.
The people outside automatically made way for a path. Ading stood there and waved his hands, "I won't go. This dress is too small and I can't breathe."
"You..." Ajia was so disappointed with his friend that he turned around and left.
Hezhou saw it all, and Ajia followed and walked to the side of the housekeeper, and the two of them whispered to each other.
More and more people are walking on the street to watch the show.
Soon they arrived at Aunt Wu's house. Her house was a small courtyard surrounded by a low wall, and Wang Er lived next to his house.
The half-person-high chicken coop is right next to Wang Er's house. Indeed, as long as the hens can get into the chicken coop, there is a chance that they will fly into Wang Er's house.
Aunt Wu kept talking about how her hens were the real heroes, their smooth fur sparkling in the sunlight.
Hezhou turned around and pushed it out. Aunt Wu forced him to count the hens again, and there were still eight.
His eyes instantly blazed with anger. "Eight of them! They must have been stolen by that damned Wang Er. He's been a dirty fellow since he was little. Ugh!"
He comforted her and turned to see the woman with the yellow hairband standing next to him. "Master, have you figured out what's going on? We all know that Mrs. Wu has nine chickens at home."
The surroundings echoed the voices that surrounded him, and Hezhou was overwhelmed.
Wang Er came in holding a chicken. "Sir, take a look! This is the one! Let Boss Xu see it!"
"Yes, yes, I dare not lie. The chicken Wang Er bought yesterday was blind in one eye, and that's why we had a quarrel!"
The hen in Hezhou was indeed blind in one eye because of its tilted head. The hen was extremely thin and dying, which did not match what Aunt Wu said.
"You damned devil! If it's not with you, then where is it? How many years has it been since weasels appeared?"
Wang Er looked at Hezhou fearlessly and said, "Sir, she searched my house and found nothing! If she's been wrongly accused, I'll skin her alive!"
Hezhou stood in the middle, swaying back and forth, feeling somewhat annoyed. "Okay, I'll go see if there's anything."
Before Aunt Wu could finish her words, she pointed the finger at him, "You two won't cover up for each other, will you? I'm telling you, this will only shorten your lifespan! Stupid official! Stupid official!"
The discussion outside had already changed direction with the old lady's words.
"Justice will prevail. I'll go to Wang Er's house and take a look!"
Hezhou finally squeezed out a path, and the hat on his head was tilted, so he reached out to straighten it.
Xie Xunzhi stood beside him and whispered, "There was a fishy smell when he opened the door just now."
Hezhou nodded in understanding.
Compared with the family next door, Wang Er's family was penniless, their small vegetable garden had long since withered, and wine jars were piled up against the low wall.
I looked around Hezhou and found nothing unusual. The stove looked like it hadn't been used for a long time.
His wandering around made Aunt Wu very anxious. She sat down and was about to cry.
"Found it." Hezhou weighed the small shovel and stepped on it. "Is this land newly plowed?"
Wang Er smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Excellency, I...I wanted to renovate it, but...I'm lazy and only have this one so I'll go have a drink."
He chuckled and said, "So you're admitting you just dug it?"
Hezhou pulled out the wilted green vegetables, dug the soil with a shovel, and soon found white bones with chicken feathers stuck on them.
"Isn't this Aunt Wu's chicken?"
"Of... course... not! I bought hens last night and I brought a rooster. If he doesn't lay eggs, I'll stew him! What's the matter?"
Aunt Wu was so angry that she started to rip off his clothes and cursed at him.
Wang Er was not willing to be outdone. He took out his hands from his sleeves and shouted slander.
Xie Xunzhi picked up the wine jar and threw it on the ground, and red chicken feathers followed.
Wang Er was speechless for a moment.
Hezhou blinked at Xie Xunzhi, but the smile on his face never faded.
It was the right decision to save people. I was lucky after all.
When Aunt Wu was tired of scolding, she sat down to discuss the compensation.
A thin scholar came running in, his face pale and his body trembling, muttering "Someone's dead! Someone's dead!"
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