Chapter 47 Chapter 107 Digging

Ding Hao was busy in the yamen for three days, sorting out all the account books, marking all the major transactions in all the account books, and arranging them in chronological order and the identity of the customers. On the fourth day, he began to re-transcribe. When Ding Hao started copying the account books, he really worked very hard, and he didn't even leave the government office at noon.He ordered meals in several well-known restaurants, and the restaurants would deliver the food to his door at noon every day.Of course, two extra servings of food and drink were prepared, so the two guards guarding the gate naturally had to have a good time with them.

It was the first time in the life of these two servants to enjoy the delicious fish soup, the fresh and tender fish slices spread on the crystal clear ice and snow. After the official took a bite, a string of heavy copper coins appeared in his mind. After a meal, when he looked at Ding Hao again, he was as awed as he was looking at the God of Wealth. Ding Hao screened the account books in the government office for five days, and the first batch of new account books that had been sorted out had already been transcribed, so he notified County Captain Zhao to ask Xu Muchen to come to the government office to have a look and confirm.County Captain Zhao couldn't bear to wait, so he immediately sent his father-in-law to Zhutou Lane to unpack the warehouse and bring Xu Muchen here.

Xu Muchen didn't have to go to the government office to report every day these few days, so it is reasonable to have a lot of leisure, but he can't go to fight with those adults who handle the case every day, so he is inevitably suspicious and anxious, and the life is even more difficult.He didn't say anything on the surface, but all the things he didn't care about were tied up in the state government office.Xu Muchen couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the message from the official, and immediately left the library and went straight to the government office. Xu Muchen entered the government office, followed the messenger to go straight to Xikuayuan, halfway, suddenly a man came out of a room, stood there and said in a low voice: "Is this the shopkeeper Xu from Zhutou Lane Jieku?"

The messenger stopped and turned his head to look, and with an ouch, he trotted forward to pay respects: Cheng Yasi, you have good eyesight, this man belongs to shopkeeper Xu, what orders does Cheng Yasi have? Cheng Dexuan smiled, and walked down the steps slowly. Xu Muchen looked at him intently, and seemed to have some impressions.I remember the last time when Chen Jianguan, who came from Beijing, personally brought him up to question the case, the young man stood at the side of the hall, smiling amiably, and never said a word from the beginning to the end. He bowed before him and said: "Xu Muchen, a grassroots man, see the process escort."

Cheng Dexuan said with a smile: Shopkeeper Xu, how did you explain the matter of Jieku in Zhutou Lane bribing the magistrate Liu? Xu Muchen turned pale in shock and said, "Why did Cheng Yasi say that?"Zhutou Lane Jieku is the property of Ding's family. Ding's family is a country gentleman who sticks to his duty in Bazhou. How could he bribe officials to do such illegal things. Cheng Dexuan was not annoyed either, he laughed and said: "Whether you keep your duty or not, the evidence speaks."The Ding family is in Bazhou, and it is indeed a well-known and well-known family. Over the years, all the grain they grow has been sold to the imperial court soldiers and horses nearby. If there is no illegal act, it will still be a meritorious service to the imperial court.But if there is really something illegal, Shopkeeper Xu's

Xu Muchen hurriedly took a step forward, crossed his hands and said: Cao Min is here. Shopkeeper Xu, you are only hired by the Ding family. The crime of bribery would never have fallen on you, but if you persist in your obsession, cover up for the Ding family, and deceive the government, once evidence is found, it will be a crime of conspiracy and cover-up. . Speaking of this, his smile is a bit cold: Your Ding family is a well-known family in Bazhou, we will not use torture to extract confessions without evidence, but you'd better not take chances and think that you can fool the past.Once we get the credentials, the Ding family can't escape, and you can't escape either. Shopkeeper Xu, don't make mistakes.

Xu Muchen thought to himself: If he could recruit, the old man would have recruited long ago.However, I did not know how many illegal activities I did in private by taking the opportunity of offering bribes for the Ding family. I pulled up the carrots and brought up the mud. This confession is bound to be impossible to cover up. After all, Si is a young man who thinks that he can deceive me into a truthful confession? Accompanying him with a smirk, he replied repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, Cheng Yasi's kind words, the grassroots will always remember them in their hearts."But Caomin's actions are innocent, there is really nothing to confess, and I also ask Cheng Yasi Mingjian.

Cheng Dexuan looked up to the sky and laughed, walked up to him, patted him lightly on the shoulder, and said in a cold voice: "Good medicine tastes bitter. Shopkeeper Xu is a smart man. You'd better think carefully about Ben Yasi's words."Ben Yasi is working in Kaifeng South Yamen, how can I spend a lot of free time in this Bazhou, you don't want to test Ben Yasi's patience. Xu Muchen sneered secretly, but his face was full of humility, he bowed and sent Cheng Yasi away very respectfully.When Cheng Yasi was far away, the messenger shouted: "What are you looking at, let's go quickly."

Xu Muchen turned around and continued walking with him, and when he arrived at the Xikuan courtyard, he carried his robe and walked over the high threshold, Xu Muchen suddenly thought, he stopped and chewed Cheng Dexuan's words twice, secretly wondering: "It's amazing." Well, this Cheng Yasi didn't seem to be intimidating, but rather to embolden me.What is it that the Ding family has been in Bazhou for these years, and they have sold grain to the imperial court? If there is no illegal act, it will be a meritorious service to the imperial court.They will not use torture to extract confessions without evidence, but once they are caught with evidence, what will happen.If I deliberately concealed it, wouldn't it be a reassurance to hear these words?Although Cheng Yasi is a young man, he is an Yasi after all. These officials are more slick than officials, so how can they not know the depth of their words?

The man in front walked a few steps, turned around and saw him twirling his beard and staring at the big vats in the corner, he didn't know what he was thinking, so he said angrily: "Why can't you just stop and go?" Xu Muchen hurriedly caught up two steps, and said with a smile: My lord, why are there four big tanks in the corner? This state government office was left over from the previous dynasty. Many houses have been decayed for a long time, and they are often drained. If there are not many large tanks, this state government office has long been burned to the ground.As the gentleman spoke, he glanced at Xu Muchen, and said with a sneer: You old man is interesting, you are in trouble, and you still have time to take care of these nosy things.

Xu Muchen laughed and said: This old man has no ghosts in his heart, so he is naturally at ease. The gentleman smiled, stopped talking, turned around and led him forward, Xu Muchen followed behind, thinking to himself: I heard people say that Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu in the Nanya have always been at odds, could it be that Cheng Yasi from the Nanya Did he come to hold Chen Guan back and fight Zhao Xianggong? After careful consideration, the more he thought about it, the more he was right. Xu Muchen couldn't help but feel confident. When he stepped into the remote hut and saw Ding Hao in his waistcoat sweating profusely writing, Xu Muchen was calm, as if watching A poor wretch who is busy but achieves nothing, unexpectedly I can't help laughing Shopkeeper Xu, you are here.Hehe, this is the account book that Ding has sorted out during this period of time. I have Lao Xu's shopkeeper to look over it. If there is no mistake, please sign and mark.When Ding Hao saw Xu Muchen, he was polite, as if he didn't see the mocking smile on his face at all, got up and wiped his sweat, and handed over the written account book. Xu Muchen took the account book arrogantly, walked aside and put it on the table, raised his robe, and sat down, then took the account book and opened it for viewing.When the account book was opened, Xu Muchen was stunned for a moment, and then he burst out laughing. Ding Hao stood next to him, like a shy elementary school student, and said shyly: Shame, shame, Ding's handwriting is really ugly, and it made shopkeeper Xu a joke. Xu Muchen couldn't help laughing out loud. In fact, Ding Hao didn't know how to write many ancient characters. Fortunately, this is a copy of the old account, and the words he doesn't know can be copied from it. Occasionally there are a few typos, and that's understandable.It's just that it's the first time in Xu Muchen's life that he has written such ugly words. Ding Hao's writing with a brush in his hand was miserable. A line of characters was written crookedly on the white paper. At first, he made vertical grids on the white paper. Later, he found it troublesome and stopped drawing the vertical lines. So the lines of words are like willow branches under a strong wind, sometimes floating to the left, sometimes shaking to the right, making people dizzy. Not to mention, some of the characters he wrote are big and some are small. One big character is worth three small characters. I am afraid that only a student who has just studied in a private school for three days can write such a dog crawling. Words come.Wouldn't it be ridiculous for such an ignorant person to find Xu Muchen's fault in his account books? He laughed, and Ding Hao laughed too.He laughed, and Ding Hao laughed too. Ding Hao said he was ashamed, but he looked complacent, as if being able to write characters was a great skill, so he was not half ashamed.Xu Muchen put away his smiling face, his expression sank, and he looked down at the account books. He ignored Ding Hao who was standing beside him.Seeing Ding Hao being humiliated like this, the two clerks at the door felt a little sad for him. Ding Hao felt relieved, and looked around for a while. Seeing that Xu Muchen was concentrating on the account books and didn't want to talk to him at all, he touched his nose and put a puddle on his hand. The ink was smeared into a black nose, and then like a clown, he returned to his seat, grabbed the writing brush, and continued to splash ink with gritted teeth. Xu Muchen didn't believe that Ding Hao could find any clues from the account books, but he was afraid that Ding Hao would make a fuss in the account books. Although the ugly words were really hard to catch, he still read them word by word and refused to leave a line.After reading this account book, Xu Muchen was really overwhelmed. The handwriting is ugly, but it only tortures his eyeballs.But this Ding Hao didn't even know how to make sentences. The words at that time had no punctuation marks. Looking at the account books with crooked lines, big and small, and word order reversed, Xu Muchen was dizzy. After finally reading it, Xu Muchen threw the account book on the table and let out a long sigh.God, if Chen Guan, who was sent by Beijing to investigate the case, forced him to read three books written by Ding Hao every day, he really didn't know if he would be beaten into a trick, and he would readily agree to any crime. Throwing the account book on the table, there was a bang, and Ding Hao, who was writing vigorously over there, immediately raised his head. Seeing Xu Muchen screaming upwards, he quickly threw the brush away, and Xinxin came forward and said, "Xu Muchen!" The shopkeeper, is Ding's account okay? Haha, well, it's really good.Xu Muchen couldn't help but nodded repeatedly. Ding Hao was overjoyed, rubbed his hands together, leaned closer with his black nose straightened and asked: So, is there anything false in the records? Xu Muchen smiled and said: No. Haha, that's good, if that's the case, please ask shopkeeper Xu's signature to deposit it.I'm relieved now, in order to clean up this messy account book, Ding wrote like a bucket. Xu Muchen said sympathetically: That's for sure, the old man also looks as big as a bucket. Ding Hao didn't seem to hear the meaning of ridicule, he excitedly took the pen, ink and ink box, Xu Muchen glanced at him, picked up the pen and dipped the ink, spread out the account book and began to sign page by page.With a few fingers in his left hand, he flipped through the account pages, and with his right hand hanging his wrist, he held a pen, and inscribed his famous name on the lower right corner of the page.With dozens of pages of account books, Xu Muchen raised his pen with his wrist hanging, turning the pages and signing without hesitation, and his flowing movements had an indescribably elegant beauty. Can't do it. After Xu Muchen signed the account book from beginning to end, he took ink and stamped his fingerprints on each page. Then he pulled out a piece of paper, wiped the ink on his fingers slowly, and said with a smile, "Look at the account books you cleaned up." Only then did the old man understand what the master sent you here for.Why are you willing to do this job, the old man is also clear in his heart. Ding Hao blinked and said with a smile: What does the master mean, and what does Ding Hao mean? Xu Muchen rolled up the paper in his hand and threw it on the ground, and said with a smile: Last time, you wanted to find trouble with the old man, but you were sent to the countryside to dig a river. Maybe you have been dissatisfied with it?Hehe, Ding Hao, after we got acquainted, the old man has a good word to persuade me, I wonder if you will listen to it? Ding Hao happily said: Shopkeeper Xu, please give me your advice. Xu Muchen raised his eyelids, and said earnestly, "I advise you, go back and dig the river."If the river has been dug, the ditch can also be dug, then that is the job that suits you!After Xu Muchen finished speaking, he put his hands behind his back and walked out boldly. Ding Hao stood in the room, looked at the back of him leaving, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said to himself with a half-smile: What the shopkeeper Xu said is so fucking reasonable, am I digging a ditch for you? Xu Muchen came out of the gate of the mansion, and the carriage of Zhutou Jieku rushed over immediately. As soon as the car stopped, the sedan chair curtain was lifted, and shopkeeper Wang Er came out from inside, and asked nervously: "The big shopkeeper, what account?" How did the check go? Wang Zhizhou was really worried, he didn't know what kind of mystery Ding Hao was playing.So as soon as Xu Muchen left, he ordered the store to be closed, and he hurriedly chased to the state government office. When he saw Xu Muchen's carriage, he went to wait for him in the carriage. Xu Muchen got into the car and ordered: "Go back!"After finishing speaking, he put down the car curtain, and said with a sneer: Let Ding Hao check the account, and the more you check, the more confused you become. He thought for a while, this Wang Zhizhou was his confidant, and the biggest shortcoming of this man was his timidity, so he had to try his best to keep him safe, so as not to catch fire in the backyard, so he told him about the incident when he entered the government office and ran into Cheng Yasi of the Kaifeng government office Once again, and then smiled: Are you relieved now?The top is also competing with each other.The magistrate Liu is doomed, Zhao Xianggong wants to find some accusations against him as much as possible, he wants to make a name for himself, so that no one will criticize him for being narrow-minded and avenging his personal revenge.The Kaifeng government sent people to try their best to obstruct it, just thinking that the fewer crimes that fall on Liu Zhifu, the better.Zhao Xianggong is now in the royal family, even if the governor of Kaifeng is the current emperor's younger brother, he can't bring him down. Nanya is playing a trick of destroying gold and accumulating slander. Wang Zhizhou clapped his fists excitedly, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I don't worry about that, as long as we wait a little longer, these businessmen from Beijing will get nothing, and they will definitely not want to spend more time here, and our calamity will be over." up.Hey!Ding Hao is a boy who overestimates his abilities. A manager who has just been promoted doesn't know how to be a man with his tail between his legs. He dares to confront you again and again, the old shopkeeper. He must be dealt with properly at that time. Xu Muchen snorted with a half-smile, covered his mouth and coughed, and said: Go find some rogues, keep an eye on that Ding Hao, take a chance, and teach him a lesson. Wang Zhizhou was startled, and blurted out: "Old shopkeeper, you mean just these two days?"Before the case is closed? Xu Muchen smiled lightly, closed his eyes slightly, stroked his beard and said: Yes, do as the old man said, remember to tell them not to beat Ding Hao immobile, this old man still wants him to continue to investigate. Wang Zhizhou hesitated and said: "Old shopkeeper, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to teach him now, right?"If we do it now, everyone will guess that we have found someone, isn't it? Xu Muchen smiled and said: "The old man just wanted to let everyone know that Ding Hao checked the old man's account, and the old man was a little scared, hehehe Wang Zhizhou suddenly realized: Yes, let them keep their eyes on the account books that will never find any problems, are we afraid that we will not be able to pass this test?The wisdom of the old shopkeeper, hahahaha