"It's unreasonable. I encountered robbers before I took office. What kind of security is Ningguo Mansion?"
When Liu Xinnan heard about the robbers, she immediately became angry. This place was already under the jurisdiction of Ningguo Mansion, and she was the parent official here!
"Brother Song, Brother Jiang, don't say anything for now, let me go meet these robbers!" Liu Xinnan straightened her clothes and got out of the carriage.
Song Che and Jiang Yuntian looked at each other, smiled, and shook their heads. Let's see how she performs.
It was raining lightly outside the car.
In a forest, seven or eight masked men holding steel knives blocked the carriage's path.
On Song Che's side, apart from himself, Liu Xinnan, Jiang Yuntian, and a little book boy, there were only four people in total.
Liu Xinnan, who had originally vowed to do so, was instantly halved after seeing the imbalance in the number of people. She turned her head and glanced at Song Che and Jiang Yuntian.
Song Che smiled and waved his hand slightly, indicating that she should solve it by herself.
She swallowed and had no choice but to bite the bullet and shouted at the robbers: "You... what are you doing? How dare you block the road with a knife in broad daylight!"
The leader of the robbers came forward with a machete and shouted out the jingle: "I planted this tree and opened this road. I want to pass by from now on and leave money to buy the road! Pretty boy, if you meet grandpa today, I will count you unlucky. Please know your character." Hurry up and hand over your valuables, otherwise don’t blame me for waiting for you to be ruthless!"
Liu Xinnan's face changed greatly, and she spoke through gritted teeth: "Do you know that the capital is two hundred miles away, and you dare to block the road and rob someone under the emperor's feet, aren't you afraid of beheading?"
"Behead? Hahaha... I was born with nine heads, nine lives, and a body of fine steel. I'm afraid even if your knife is missing, you won't be able to chop off my head, right?"
"Crazy guy, I...I am the prefect of Ningguo Prefecture!"
"If you were the prefect, I would be the emperor!"
"Brother, don't talk nonsense with me anymore, you're killing people and stealing goods!"
The robbers rushed towards the carriage brandishing machetes.
Liu Xinnan was so frightened that she hid behind Jiang Yuntian, "Brother Jiang, arrest the murderer quickly, arrest the murderer quickly!"
"Search for the murderer?" Jiang Yuntian raised his eyebrows.
Liu Xinnan was determined: "Find the murderer!"
Jiang Yuntian unsheathed his sword and flew out on the chariot shaft. His swords were like chopping melons and vegetables. His throats were sealed with blood. Between the lightning and flint, seven heads rolled to the ground. The rain washed away the hot blood and stained it. A large area of land turned red.
Liu Xinnan felt a twinge of yin and yang on her face, and finally couldn't bear it any longer, holding on to the carriage and retching.
Jiang Yuntian wiped his sword and sighed to Song Che, "She is not suitable to be an official."
Song Che smiled and stroked Liu Xinnan's back, "After Master Liu became the prefect, he would have to cut off several heads a year. You have to get used to this kind of thing."
Liu Xinnan raised her head and wanted to say something, but she glanced at the decapitated corpse and "vomited" her head down again until she vomited out bitter water and her face turned white.
Song Che helped her onto the carriage and quickly left the place of trouble.
For the next whole day, she was almost in a fugue state.
She seems to be really not suitable to be an official.
In the evening, the rain finally stopped.
Song Che and his party arrived at the inn closest to Ningguo Mansion, preparing to rest for one night before entering the city tomorrow.
"What! Do you know who my young master is? He is the magistrate of Ningguo who was personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor! Is there no one to greet you? Also, we were attacked by robbers not long ago. Are you the ones on duty? What are you doing to eat!”
Lu An put his hands on his hips and scolded the postman loudly.
According to common sense, the day before a new official takes office, he will stop at a post station outside the city. The officials from the government will form a welcoming team, beat the gongs and drums to clear the way, and send the new official into the city in great splendor.
The postman felt aggrieved and said: "Sir, we are just handymen. We did not receive the notice from the Yamen..."
"That's weird! The news of the new official's appointment came from the capital five days ago. It's only two days' journey from Jinling to Ningguo Mansion. The news should have arrived a long time ago. How could you, as the postman who receives the official, not know about it? It seems to me that you guys clearly don’t respect the newly appointed prefect!”
"Lu An." Liu Xinnan stopped the angry little book boy, "I said I would take office in casual clothes. Besides, I don't like guards of ceremony. If you don't want to accept it, then I won't accept it."
Lu An was still upset: "I see, they did it on purpose! Even today's robbery was deliberately arranged by them!"
The little book boy's energy makes her more suitable to be an official than her master.
I'll stay at the inn tonight.
Early the next morning.
"Crackling, crackling..."
A burst of gongs and drums woke up the sleeping people in the inn.
"Master Liu! We are here to welcome you to take office!"
An honor guard of about forty or fifty people, composed of government officials, lined up neatly at the entrance of the inn. The leader was a middle-aged Confucian scholar wearing a long gown. Next to him stood this middle-aged man with round legs and waist. He should be It's the master and the head of the yamen.
Liu Xinnan quickly changed into her official uniform. Yesterday she said she was taking office incognito and did not need anyone to pick her up. However, today a guard of honor arrived, and she was quite happy.
"Mr. Liu, it has been raining heavily these days. I thought that your term would be late, so I didn't wait for you in advance. Yesterday the postman came to inform you that you had arrived at the post station, so we came in a hurry. We didn't greet you well, but we still hope that you will. Please forgive me."
The middle-aged Confucian scholar apologized first, and then introduced himself. His surname was Ma, and his last name was "tong". He was a staff member in the yamen. The middle-aged man next to him was called Chen You, and he was from Ningguo Mansion. All the yamen servants have their heads.
"No problem, no problem. I originally planned to take office in white, but Master Ma came to pick me up early in the morning, but it caused trouble for you." Liu Xinnan said with a smile.
The corner of Ma Tong's mouth raised slightly, and he led a horse with a big red flower on it, "Master Liu, please mount the horse. The streets in Ningguo Mansion have been cleared, and the gentry and the common people are waiting for your arrival."
Liu Xinnan smiled and came to the horse. She was about to hold the saddle and mount the horse, but she had trouble. She was too short. The horse was more than half a head taller than her. She tried several times and couldn't get on.
The government officials covered their mouths and snickered, and there was still a bit of intentionality in their smiles.
"Oh, Master Liu, I'm really sorry. I originally thought you were a strong man, so I picked a big horse... I should have picked a pony for you." Master Ma's tone was somewhat mocking.
Liu Xinnan grinned and apologized, feeling fierce in her heart. She grabbed the saddle, pushed hard, and finally got on the horse's back, but she just grabbed the reins——
"hiss!"
The fierce horse neighed loudly, raised its hooves and bumped violently. She couldn't catch it, so she fell off the horse with a cry of surprise.
Fortunately, Song Che at the side had quick eyes and quick hands, and hugged her when she fell from the horse.
She blushed and bit her mouth, "It's so embarrassing..."
It's really embarrassing.
"Hahaha……"
Even Master Ma couldn't hold it back and started laughing wildly with the other officials.
Obviously, this is deliberately making things difficult.
"laugh!"
Jiang Yuntian scolded angrily, glaring at all the government officials with his tiger eyes, his aura was shocking in all directions!
"Smile again and I will pull out your teeth!"
All the government officials couldn't help but tremble, their cheeks turned red, they didn't dare to laugh anymore, and they didn't dare to take a breath.
