Li Gongfu did not expect that one day he would become a county magistrate. This was something he could not even dream of.
On the day of the bloodbath in Qiantang County, Li Gongfu fell ill. He was fine the day before, but suddenly he lost feeling in his legs.
If it was another illness, Li Gongfu could barely report to the county government office. He couldn't even walk, so he couldn't be carried there, so he had to stay at home.
To be honest, Li Gongfu was very depressed. If something happened to his legs, he would not only lose his job, but he would also become a cripple and be unable to take care of himself.
Li Gongfu had heard about the bloodbath in the Qiantang County government office. As for the rumor that Xu Xian was the one responsible, he didn't believe it.
In Li Gongfu's impression, Xu Xian was a nerd who had no power to restrain a chicken. He didn't even dare to kill a chicken. How could he kill someone?
As for the disappearance of 30,000 Wuwei troops in the Xu Mansion, Li Gongfu heard Xu Jiarong say that the Xu Mansion hid secrets, which was why Xu Tianyou was willing to spend a lot of money to buy it.
It's a pity that Xu Tianyou was killed by the Wuwei Army before he could find out the secret of Xu Mansion.
Before the Xu Mansion was surrounded by the Wuwei Army, Xu Xian came to see Xu Jiarong and told her not to worry. He had found out the secret of the Xu Mansion and could use it to deal with the Wuwei Army.
Xu Jiaorong also wanted to help Xu Xian, but she was just an ordinary person. She took care of herself and didn't cause trouble for Xu Xian, even if she was helping Xu Xian.
Thirty thousand Wuwei troops disappeared. Xu Jiaorong thought it was because of the Xu family, and Xu Xian was still the elegant scholar.
As for the bloodbath at the Qiantang County government office, Xu Jiaorong did not think it was Xu Xian who did it.
When the Qiantang County government murder case occurred, Xu Xian had already left. Many people saw it, and there were both witnesses and physical evidence.
As for who took action, Yang Zhixian and others did many evil things. There were not ten thousand but nine thousand people who wanted to kill him.
Li Gongfu was a little skeptical, everything was too coincidental.
Suspicions were suspicions, Xu Xian was his brother-in-law after all, and he didn't want to wrongly accuse a good person without evidence.
After lying in bed for a few days, I gained feeling in my legs and was slowly able to move around.
Then, Li Gongfu received an imperial edict asking him to be the magistrate of Qiantang County.
Li Gongfu was also very confused in his heart. Even if Yang Zhixian died, wouldn't it be his turn to become the county magistrate?
Li Gongfu asked about his doubts, and the official who delivered the decree just told him to do a good job and not to live up to the divine grace.
Since he couldn't get the answer, Li Gongfu used his imagination. Of course he couldn't guess that he could become the county magistrate because of Xu Xian's words that triggered the bet between Diaosou and the chess fanatic.
The chess fanatic lost the bet, so he made Li Gongfu the county magistrate as promised.
Li Gongfu thought of the legendary Xingchu League.
Members of the Xingchu League mainly lurked on the Chu-Liao border, spying on the movements of the Liao Kingdom and engaging in espionage work.
After the Xingchu League developed, it also penetrated into major cities in Chu, and Chu Huizong used it to monitor officials in various places.
Li Gongfu suspected that the Xingchu League must have mentioned him in passing when reporting to Yang Zhixian. His dissent and collusion made Chu Huizong look at him with admiration, so he was promoted out of the ordinary.
Li Gongfu secretly decided that he must be a good official in order to live up to the emperor's grace.
As a result, Li Qingtian came out of Qiantang County.
When Yang Zhixian was the county magistrate, the judgment of the case depended on the backstage, whether the gifts given were enough, or whether there were greetings from superior leaders.
People without money, status or background generally enter vertically and exit horizontally.
Li Gongfu was born into a poor family. When he was seventeen years old, due to a natural disaster, his life was not settled. His family followed the refugees and fled to the big city.
On the way to escape, Li Gongfu's parents, like many refugees, fell ill.
Because Li Gongfu was young and in good health, although he experienced nine deaths, he finally overcame hunger and hardships along the way and finally arrived in Hangzhou.
There were too many refugees, but the porridge provided for disaster relief was a drop in the bucket. Li Gongqing, like Xiao Qiang, survived with difficulty.
In the spring of the next year, most of the refugees went home to farm the fields. Li Gongfu did not want to go back to work for the landlords like his parents, but still could not solve the problem of food and clothing, so he chose to stay in Hangzhou.
It is not difficult for a young man to survive in Hangzhou as long as he is willing to endure hardships.
In the first two years, Li Gongfu worked odd jobs here and there.
By chance, Li Gongfu heard about the recruitment of clerks in the drugstore of Xu Xian's father, Xu Tianyou.
Li Gongfu's income during the two years he worked part-time was extremely unstable. Sometimes he had no work for several days, and his life was quite embarrassing.
Xu's drugstore has excellent benefits and is the safe haven that wanderers like Li Gongfu dream of.
Young, strong, honest, and able to endure hardships, Li Gongfu met these conditions and successfully became a clerk in a drug store.
Li Gongfu is not responsible for selling medicinal materials, but for delivering medicinal materials and acting as a bodyguard. He lives in Xu Mansion in his spare time.
After staying in Xu Mansion for a long time, it was inevitable to meet Xu Jiarong, the daughter of Xu Mansion, and the two fell in love at first sight.
However, Li Gongfu was always a servant, and the two were worried that Xu Tianyou would object.
Once the two of them put it together, they had an idea.
The Xu family has a great business, but they only have money and no power. The situation is very bad.
Xu Tianyou was good at dancing. Although everything was taken care of properly, after all, he was not an official himself, so he was still a little bit behind.
Xu Xian's imperial examination was an opportunity, but it took time and he had to do it step by step. At that time, Xu Xian had not even passed the imperial examination and was still far from becoming an official.
If Li Gongfu goes to work as a government official, Xu Tianyou will definitely look at him with admiration.
Xu Jiaorong gave Li Gongfu his personal money. Li Gongfu found Yang Zhixian and bought a policeman to work as a policeman.
Li Gongfu gained confidence after becoming a policeman and asked a matchmaker to propose marriage to Xu Mansion.
In Dachu, according to the order of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, merchants ranked last and had the lowest status.
Xu Tianyou is a businessman. Although he is very rich, he has not been accustomed to look down upon others.
Li Gongfu used to be a pharmacy clerk. Xu Tianyou knew Li Gongfu very well and knew that Li Gongfu was loyal and reliable. After asking Xu Jiaorong's opinion, he agreed to the marriage without hesitation.
With Li Gongfu's upright personality, it stands to reason that it would be difficult for him to survive in the Qiantang County Government Office.
However, because Li Gongfu was serious about his work and repeatedly solved strange cases, he gained the favor of Wu Xuan, the prefect of Hangzhou, and was promoted to be the head catcher.
Wu Xuan is the magistrate of Hangzhou. Although Qiantang County is under the jurisdiction of Hangzhou, Wu Xuan would care about a small policeman, which surprised Magistrate Yang.
Although Yang Zhixian has a background and does not need to be too proud of his immediate superior Wu Xuan, he is not willing to break up with his superiors because of a headhunter.
Therefore, Li Gongfu has always been a good catcher and is very popular among the people. He has become a star catcher in the eyes of the people.
Without Wu Xuan's endorsement, when Yang Zhixian and Fang Zihao planned to seize the Xu family's property, they would definitely get rid of Li Gongfu to avoid future troubles.
Despite this, when planning to attack the Xu family, Fang Zihao still proposed to eradicate the root cause.
Just when he was about to take action against Li Gongfu, Yang Zhixian received an order from Wu Xuan, the magistrate of Hangzhou, asking Li Gongfu to go to Hangzhou to help him for a few days.
Then, Wu Xuan arranged for Li Gongfu to go on a business trip.
After the tragedy in the Xu Mansion, Wu Xuan asked Li Gongfu to return to Qiantang County, and also warned Yang Zhixian and Fang Zihao that Li Gongfu was the person the higher-ups wanted to protect, and no one could protect them if something unexpected happened.
Wu Xuan's teacher is not an ordinary person. Although he has retired for a long time, his skills can reach the sky. He is a person that Yang Zhixian and Fang Zihao cannot afford to offend.
Yang Zhixian and Fang Zihao had just made a lot of money and were in a good mood. They did not want to offend their superiors because of Li Gongfu, so they stopped causing trouble to Li Gongfu.
Li Gongfu didn't know that Magistrate Yang was involved in the Xu Mansion extermination case, and thought that everything was done by Fang Zihao.
When Xu Xian took refuge with Li Gongfu for the rest of his life, Yang Zhixian and Fang Zihao were shocked. In order to avoid future troubles, they decided to eradicate Xu Xian, Li Gongfu, Xu Jiaorong and others in one go.
Then, they met a man.
Wu Xuan’s teacher warned the two:
"If anything happens to any of Xu Xian, Li Gongfu, or Xu Jiaorong, I will personally eliminate the harm for the people."
Fang Zihao and Yang Zhixian decided to let Xu Xian go. The situation was stronger than others and they had to bow their heads.
Li Gongfu's background is astounding, and Xu Xian's bloodbath in the county government some time ago is still lingering. No one dares to point fingers at Li Gongfu's case, so it can be said that the road is smooth.
However, there was one case that made Li Gongfu hesitate.
Confucian scholars in Qiantang County jointly wrote a letter saying that Xu Xian's Jishitang employed female workers and advocated equality between men and women. They also said that women hold up half the sky...
Such behaviors were offensive and blatantly challenged the ethics of Da Chu, allowing Li Gongfu to arrest Xu Xian and imprison him.
