After saying this, Magistrate Wu continued to close his eyes and meditate.
As a county official, there are countless big and small things that he needs to deal with every day, not to mention that Xiao Han's arrival has added a big problem of raising food out of thin air, which makes him concentrate on the past two days. Up here.
Like what the bookkeeper said was a 'little thing' where the theater troupe was robbed and smashed, but no damage was caused, it was really not worth his trouble.
Therefore, Magistrate Wu didn't even think twice and just used a sharp knife to cut through the mess!
After sitting quietly behind the desk and thinking for a while, Magistrate Wu slowly opened his eyes when he had some new concerns about raising food.
However, in front of him, the chief clerk who was supposed to leave was still standing there, motionless.
"Huh? Why are you still standing here? Go do something!" Looking at this subordinate in surprise, Magistrate Wu frowned and scolded him unceremoniously.
"Here…"
The poor bookkeeper was already filled with sorrow, but when he was scolded by the superior, his white face suddenly wrinkled up like a bitter melon: "Sir, the twenty coppers you mentioned are not enough..."
"Not enough?! You can't add ten more! Do you still need me to teach you such a small thing?"
The skinny Magistrate Wu almost laughed out of anger. He usually felt quite smart when using this guy. Why did he act like a fool these past two days?
"Thirty is not enough..." The chief clerk wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a sad face: "I really don't dare to hide it from you! At the beginning, I thought the same as you, just take some money and forget it. ! After all, the law does not punish the public, and our yamen does not have that many people to arrest people one by one for investigation!
But the problem is that he won’t do anything to the unruly man at the door! There he insisted: Those robbed coppers were personally rewarded by Mr. Xiaohou, and they were all imbued with fairy spirit, which could not be compared with these ordinary coppers!
If we can't get those coins back for him, we have to ask those who looted them to pay him the price of a five-string coin! He said that he had calculated it all and had to pay a total of one hundred and forty dollars! "
"What? I lost a total of about twenty copper coins, but I have to pay him one hundred and forty coins? Did you hear that right? Or is he crazy!" After hearing what the chief clerk said, County Magistrate Wu immediately took a sip. Liangqi, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"You heard that right, I asked twice." The chief clerk nodded with difficulty, and his round and white face didn't know whether it was shame or anger, but it was turning red now anyway.
"One hundred and forty guan? If I remember correctly, our combined salary is only about 50 guan per year, right? This money can support us both for three years!"
Magistrate Wu laughed angrily, and then without waiting for the chief clerk to answer, he slapped the table in front of him with such force that even the inkstone and pen holder on the table jumped!
"Okay, the blackmail is all on me! This cunning man doesn't know how to write the word "death", or he bullies me into being kind!"
There was a sharp pain in the palm of his hand, but Magistrate Wu seemed unknown.
It is said that the county magistrate who ruins the family is the governor who destroys the family! As soon as the county magistrate goes out, ghosts and gods will change things! He, the county magistrate, can be blackmailed even when he is at home. This is clearly deceiving him of his incompetence!
After taking several deep breaths, Magistrate Wu suppressed the urge to rush out, pointed outside, and shouted angrily at the chief clerk: "Go tell that idiot outside, isn't he trying to catch the thugs? I can catch him for him!"
However, this county will never let go of a traitor who wants to make money by using Mr. Xiao’s reputation! Tomorrow, no! After a cup of tea, I personally led the government officials to arrest the person! Let him wait at the door! Wait! "
"Here!" The chief clerk must have been waiting for this sentence for a long time. As soon as the county magistrate finished speaking, he cupped his hands, turned around and rushed out in a hurry.
At the gate of the county government office, the acrobatic class leader was still wrapped in bandages, lying on the door panel and humming in the sun.
When he saw the head clerk hurriedly walked out of the room, the team leader quickly lowered his legs and made a look of pain.
However, his pretentious appearance had long been noticed by the chief clerk, and his dislike for him became even stronger!
"Sir, the county respects him..."
When the head clerk reached the position above him, the class leader pretended to be struggling and sat up from the door panel, cupped his hands and just asked.
But the chief clerk had a sullen face and said condescendingly: "Master Wu said that this matter is indeed a big deal. He is going to order all the people immediately to arrest them!"
"Okay! Mr. Wu is really awesome!" When the class leader heard this, he quickly raised his hands and said with fake excitement: "It's just ordinary people who are worried that those copper coins will be stolen. I beg you, after arresting people and taking the stolen goods, you must let the villain Identify it carefully to see if it is the copper coin that the villain lost!"
"Asking you to identify copper coins? What else can you identify? Don't you just want to find an opportunity to say that the money you got back is fake, and then ask for compensation for that price?!"
I cursed secretly in my heart! The head clerk's face also turned darker. He stared at the class leader, nodded slowly and replied: "Okay, but the county magistrate also said something!"
Seeing that the chief clerk's face was getting more and more uncomfortable, the class leader began to feel uneasy: "Oh? What else did Master Qingtian say?"
The chief clerk snorted coldly and said word by word: "My lord has said that the mob must be arrested, but the profiteers must also be arrested! Especially the kind who are swindling under the banner of the Marquis! Oh, by the way, you know this How will profiteers be sentenced?"
"How...how to judge?" The class leader's face turned pale, and his voice seemed to be trembling.
"It's actually nothing."
Seeing this, the chief clerk deliberately relaxed his tone. After the class leader also breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly said: "According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, anyone who pretends to be a relative or a relative of the emperor and deceives will be killed!"
The word "Zhan" suddenly came out of my mouth.
Not only was the acrobatic class leader suddenly sweating like rain, but even the several acrobats who sent him took a breath of air-conditioning. For such a trivial matter, his head was going to be beheaded? !
"Ahem, Xiao Hou, he doesn't seem to be a relative of the emperor..." the acrobatic class leader said with difficulty in a hoarse voice.
The chief clerk glanced at him with a sneer: "Sorry, Mr. Xiao's daughter is the goddaughter of the current emperor. With this relationship, do you think she is a relative of the emperor?"
"Well……"
The class leader was stunned, and while he was in a state of confusion, a "mighty" sound suddenly sounded from the county government office in front of him!
After hearing this voice, the class leader even broke the last string in his heart!
He no longer bothered to pretend to be injured. He jumped up from the door panel and ran outside. As he ran, he shouted: "Sir, the common people will not complain! The poor people will not want the money either!"
Before he finished speaking, he had already run far away. Looking at his neat appearance, how could he look injured at all?
"Hahahaha, sir, you are so powerful, you scared him away with just a few words!" The two clerks at the gate had already disliked this guy, and now they were scared away by the chief clerk after just a few words from him, and they immediately followed him, haha Laughed loudly.
"Why are you laughing? Why don't you just throw this broken door aside!" The chief clerk glared at the two clerks fiercely and walked back to the Yamen alone. Then, there was a burst of uncontrollable laughter like a night owl. , came out from the Yamen.
