While still in the capital, Feng Xi had already heard Liu Rong talk about the Mingzhou corvee, and one of them mentioned the repair of the county government office.
However, she took a closer look at the dusty county government office in front of her. It was obvious that it had not been repaired and was the natural state of the county government office after its decay.
Looking at the third hall of the county government, there are only five rooms in total.
It also includes a living room and kitchen, and the remaining three rooms all look relatively narrow and simple, which are not what the officials would like at first glance.
No wonder those county magistrates like to move out.
Feng Xi thought this way, and her impression of Magistrate Song became a little better.
In fact, they had already learned about the county magistrate carefully before coming to Mingzhou.
He was born as a Jinshi during the late emperor's time and was from a poor family. Although he was younger than Li Cifu, he was still an old man who had been in the officialdom for many years.
The reason why he is still a seventh-grade petty official after serving for many years is probably because he is too upright, or because he is really unlucky. Most of the bosses he meets are corrupt officials, or people who like to flatter...
Li Cifu was deeply touched by this after personally reviewing the files.
Li Cifu, who was also a Jinshi during the late emperor's time, admitted that as the second best candidate, he did better than Song Yichun, but he was able to get to his current position because of some luck.
He met many talented people, among which Emperor Sheng De and Princess Zhaoming in front of him were obviously his biggest talents.
And this Song Yichun...
While Li Cifu was thinking, he saw a thin old man in official robes coming quickly from the second hall of the county government office, accompanied by the two government officials they had just seen on the street.
At this moment, Liu Rong had followed Uncle Liu into the room at the end to watch people. However, Feng Xi and the others chose to stay in the courtyard to give the two brothers and sister some space since they were not Liu Rong's real relatives.
No, when you hear the crying in the room, you are holding your head.
On the contrary, the old man in official robes who was supposed to go to the room to take a look paused when his eyes glanced at Li Cifu.
Before Li Cifu could react, the other party had dismissed the two government officials behind him, walked quickly to Li Cifu, and said in disbelief:
"Li, Mr. Li..."
Li Cifu was heartbroken when he heard this, but he calmly bowed his hands to the old man and said:
"Old man Xiao Min came here with his grandson and granddaughter-in-law. Not only the county magistrate said Mr. Li is..."
Unexpectedly, before his hand could be raised, the old man intercepted it and said:
"My Majesty Song Yichun, the magistrate of Qingquan County, may I ask, Mr. Li Minsheng, who was the second-ranked minister in the late emperor's twenty-sixth year and is currently the second assistant in the cabinet?"
Li Cifu was dumbfounded. He really didn't expect that he would be recognized by Magistrate Song with just a mask.
He admitted that this group of people did not disguise themselves too much for their subsequent plans, and a bad old man like him had no disguise except for his clothes.
Because in his opinion, even if he was already a high-ranking official in the court, few local officials would recognize him.
Moreover, he was dressed like a peasant, so how could the officials take a closer look at him?
Even if he looks familiar, I'm afraid he just looks like an old friend.
Who would have thought that in front of Master Song...
Seeing that Li Cifu remained silent, Feng Xi, who was standing by the side, offered a rare generous comment:
"If I help him say that he is not, will you believe it?"
Li Cifu: "..."
Song Yichun: "..."
A pair of eyes stared closely at Li Cifu. The old man Song Yichun obviously did not believe Feng Xi's lies.
Sighing softly, Li Cifu now knew that the other party was probably not asking him for confirmation, but had already confirmed his identity when he saw him.
In this case, it would seem less upright for him to hide it.
"That's all, since you have recognized Lao Chan's identity, Lao Chan will admit it."
After hearing this, Song Yichun immediately bowed his hands to Li Cifu with excitement and said with a trembling voice:
"Song Yichun, the lower official, has met Mr. Cifu. I wonder why he suddenly appeared in our Qingquan County. Is it because the imperial court finally knows that I am in trouble in Mingzhou..."
Song Yichun was not tall, and even a little thin due to overwork, and the sides of his cheeks were slightly concave.
Fortunately, his appearance is fair, so he still looks strong and healthy, making people unable to feel a trace of disgust.
At this moment, he obviously had countless questions that he wanted to ask Li Cifu, and a series of questions came out as soon as he opened his mouth.
However, this was obviously not a good time to talk, so before Song Yichun could finish asking, Li Cifu reached out and patted him on the shoulder.
Song Yichun was honest and honest, but he was not a fool either.
So he quickly broke away from the emotion of seeing hope and pushed all the questions back to the bottom of his heart.
He was just too anxious just now, because the news that he had been sent to the court in recent years had either disappeared or was directly rejected by the Shangguan. He really needed a chance to save the people of Mingzhou.
Seeing that Song Yichun was no longer excited and the crying in the room gradually subsided, Li Cifu then made the decision:
"Let's go and have a look in that room. The night is still long. Let's wait and talk about what we have to do while we sit down."
"That's what Mr. Xiao said."
With Li Cifu's accurate words, Song Yichun quickly changed his title.
Since Li Cifu had just called himself Xiao Min in front of him, it meant that the other party did not want to reveal his identity, at least not now.
So he thought about it and finally chose the appropriate title of "Old Xiao".
At the same time, Uncle Liu who came out of the house also saw his master and hurriedly came up to him and said:
"Master, Sister Rong is back. She is fine. She also said that she will not go to Fucheng to seek death again. By the way, she, she also said that she has a way to save Brother Yin's life, and Brother Yin will be fine soon. "
If Uncle Liu had told him before that Liu Rong had a way to save his student Liu Yin, he would have felt that Liu Rong had been deceived, or that he was deliberately trying to make them easier.
But now that he has met Li Cifu, most of his words can be believed.
"Okay, okay..."
Song Yichun nodded. He did not deliberately wait for Li Cifu and the others, but entered the room first as usual, as if he didn't know anything.
Feng Xi and the other three followed him into the house and discovered that there were more than two people in the room.
The woman with tears streaming down her face was Liu Rong. The young man lying on the bed in front of Liu Rong, whose face was obviously similar to Liu Rong, must be Liu Yin.
So here comes the question...
Why is there a bed in this room, and there is a young man lying on the bed, and he looks like he is dying, just like Liu Yin next to him?
how to say?
This one seems to shed less tears than Liu Yin beside him...
So based on the principle that a lunatic who doesn't cause trouble is not a good lunatic, Feng Xi said to Liu Rong who was wiping her tears:
"If they both fall into the river at the same time, Liu Rong, who will you save first?"
Liu Rong: "?"
Everyone: "?"
