After 300 years of cultivating immortals, he suddenly discovered that he was a martial arts man

"Chen Tong, don't betray me." Sun Panshi said impatiently, "He wants to give up the position of sheriff, doesn't he?"

"Why did Deacon Sun say that?" Chen Tong made a puzzled expression.

"Okay! Very good!" Seeing Chen Tong's expression, Sun Panshi had already guessed it, and sneered, "Liu Taishou is very thoughtful and considerate, he is indeed a veteran who has been in the officialdom for many years!

"However, it's useless. Don't think that if he finds someone else to be the prefect of Lu County, our factions won't be able to handle it! At that time, he, Liu Litao, and you, Chen Tong, don't even think about it!"

"The Taichong faction is so powerful!" Chen Tong sneered, "Could it be that you still want to use force in the county government office?"

"Hehe!" Sun Panshi grinned with a threatening expression, as if he had boundless support, "Let's wait and see! Hmph!"

After saying that, he walked away.

He didn't give Chen Tong the face of the county captain at all.

boom! !

Chen Tong slapped the table beside him, and the teacup on it was shattered all over the floor. He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay! What a Taichong school, what a martial arts school!"

Chapter 61 The sect family, the rich Jia

In the reception hall of the Juhe County Government.

Cui Heng sat on the chair, while Xu Fengan stood behind him, like a follower.

Liu Litao came here with Qian Cang, took a look at Xu Feng'an, and felt familiar, but he didn't remember where he saw him.

Afterwards, his attention was focused on Cui Heng.

The magistrate of Juhe County didn't seem to be about to stand up and salute.

However, Liu Litao, who is the sheriff, was not dissatisfied.

He randomly found a vacant seat and sat down. He took the initiative to open up the conversation, and said with a smile full of admiration: "Magistrate Cui is young and promising. He has only been in office for a few days, and he has managed this Juhe County in an orderly manner, so that the people can live in peace."

"It's all about fulfilling your duties." Cui Heng smiled, and instead of beating around the bush, he asked directly, "I don't know why Liu Taishou Yuzun is here."

"Ahem!" Liu Litao obviously didn't expect Cui Heng to speak so directly, coughed a few times and said, "Since Cui County Magistrate has said so, then I won't keep it to myself.

"To tell you the truth, County Magistrate Cui, some time ago I had a cold, and I have been feeling unwell. It is already difficult for me to handle the government affairs of the county. I can't hold on to the position of county magistrate.

"At this time, I just heard that you, County Magistrate Cui, repelled the army of Yan thieves and restored people's livelihood in Juhe County, which had been impoverished for a long time, so I thought about it and wanted to ask County Magistrate Cui if you want to be the prefect of Lu County. job."

As he spoke, he asked Qian Cang beside him to open the bag, and took out the three things inside.

"Haha, the prefect is really well prepared." Cui Heng laughed when he saw it, "Even the recommendation letter is ready."

The three things Liu Litao brought were Lu County's prefect seal, prefect's official uniform, and a letter of recommendation.

The first two are necessary for being a sheriff.

The letter of recommendation above is the procedure for transferring the position of prefect.

In fact, the procedure for transferring the post of prefect was originally not simple.

According to the official system of the Jin Dynasty, if the prefect wants to cede his position, he can appoint a non-kinship candidate to take over the post of prefect by submitting a recommendation to the court.

After receiving the recommendation letter, the imperial court will send officials to inspect the recommended person.

After the imperial court received the inspection results, it called a group of ministers to discuss, finally approved and approved, and the appointment letter was sent back to the county, and the recommended person could actually take office.

But these are policies that can only be fully implemented in an era when the imperial court has strong dominance over the local area.

Since a hundred years ago, the national power of the Jin Dynasty has been declining, and its control over the local area has become weaker and weaker. Gradually, it has developed to the point where it only needs to send the letter of recommendation to the imperial city, and the new prefect can take office.

This is because the investigation officials sent by the imperial court could not reach the local area at all, and would always be killed by bandits on the way for no reason. Later, the imperial court simply gave up this step.

Now that the world is in chaos, it is difficult for government orders to go out of Zhongzhou, and the prefectures and counties are more free. Although the above-mentioned recommendation letter still exists, it has been reduced to a face-saving project.

Even the step of sending it to the imperial city was omitted.

All you need to do is set up an altar, burn the letter of recommendation in the direction of the Imperial City of Zhongzhou, and make one more prostration to complete the recommendation.

The new sheriff can take office directly.

Void Recommended Belonging is.

Now Liu Litao has even prepared the letter of recommendation, that is to say, as long as he burns the letter of recommendation on the spot, and then bows in the direction of Zhongzhou, Cui Heng will become the legitimate prefect of Lu County.

Cui Heng originally planned to win the position of prefect of Lu County, but he didn't expect that the prefect of Lu County would come to his door on his own initiative, which surprised him a bit.

However, he did not directly agree, but shook his head, and said with a half-smile: "The prefect is really just feeling cold and unwell, unable to continue to deal with political affairs, so he can only give up his position?"

If it was before, he didn't care about the reason why Liu Litao gave up the position of prefect.

But after hearing Xu Fengan's words, he felt that it was necessary for the prefect Liu to tell the truth.

"This..." Liu Litao was speechless for a while.

At the same time, he glanced suspiciously at Qian Cang beside him, as if asking, "Didn't you say that the county magistrate is bound to win the position of prefect? ​​Why are you asking so many questions?"

Qian Cang also looked confused, why is this attitude different from what he showed before?

Did you make a mistake in "figuring out what you want"?

However, Liu Litao is a person with a keen mind after all.

After a short period of astonishment, he realized that Cui Heng should know something, so he turned to Qian Cang and said, "You go out first, I have something to tell Cui County Magistrate."

"Yes." Qian Cang quickly resigned and left in a hurry.

Now he deeply understands that as a little guy, he must have the self-consciousness of a little guy, and it's better not to get involved in the affairs of too many big shots.

"It seems that the prefect really has something to say." Cui Heng smiled.

"I made County Magistrate Cui laugh at me." Liu Litao smiled wryly, looked at Xu Fengan behind Cui Heng, hesitated to speak, "This is..."

"This is Xu Feng'an, the Supreme Elder of Yuhua Jiange." Cui Heng briefly introduced, and said with a smile, "Just say what Liu Taishou has to say."

"Xu Feng'an! The interior view of Yuhua Jiange is superb, the number one master in Lu County, the White Jade Sword God, one of the nine swords in the world?!" Liu Litao couldn't help but exclaimed, and stared at Xu Feng'an in shock.

No wonder I felt familiar, it was him, I only saw him from afar at a conference three years ago.

This is a big man who can sit on an equal footing with Toyosu Muhei. He doesn't even have the chance to meet him on weekdays. How could he appear here?

And he was still standing behind the magistrate Cui in the attitude of a follower!

From this point of view, even if the rumors about calling the wind and rain are a bit distorted, the county magistrate Cui is probably a real fairy.

Far above the top of the rivers and lakes.

Regarding the news that Juhe county magistrate wiped out [-] troops in a blink of an eye, Liu Litao was skeptical until now.

Not entirely sure.

After all, this kind of thing is too bizarre, it is completely challenging people's common sense.

If it wasn't for the fact that several sects were pressing too hard, and Fengzhou Mucao Quan was assassinated and killed first, he would definitely make a decision after further detailed investigation and confirmation.

But now seeing Xu Feng'an who respectfully stood behind Cui Heng like an attendant, he believed the news about Cui Heng [-]% or [-]%.

To be able to make a big man standing at the top of the rivers and lakes so respectful is enough to be respected as a god-like figure.

After hearing the series of titles that Liu Litao revealed, Cui Heng also looked at Xu Feng'an in surprise. He didn't expect this old boy's title to be quite long.

"It's just a vain name for the county lord to laugh at." Xu Feng'an said with some embarrassment.

Before Liu Litao came in, Cui Heng had already made an agreement with him not to reveal his identity and just call him the county lord.

"If Governor Liu has anything to say, you might as well speak up." Cui Heng looked at Liu Litao again.

"Yes, Xianzun." Liu Litao subconsciously changed his address, organized his words, took a deep breath and said, "Since Elder Xu is here, you must have known about the century-old event.

"Now that the century is approaching, these martial arts sects that are not at the top of the rivers and lakes have begun to covet the state shepherd's position, wanting to get a piece of it, and Fengzhou Mucao is probably killed because of this.

"Actually, before the position of Fengzhou Mu was vacant, the foreign affairs deacons of Taichong Sect, Tianjianmen, Pingchuan Hejia, Fashan Temple, and Qingyuguan all came to me and wanted to push me for the position of Shangzhou Mu. .

"At first, I thought they were just boasting and talking big, but they didn't take it seriously, but after Mr. Cao was assassinated, I found that they probably really thought so.

"As long as I, a man who is easy to handle, is pushed up to be a puppet, they can share the loot unscrupulously, and they don't need to worry about my thoughts at all..."

"Even if they want to share the spoils, don't you, Mr. Liu, also take the position of state shepherd?" Cui Heng smiled and said, "It's the best of both worlds, so why not do it?"

"Your Excellency the county is just joking." Liu Litao said with a bitter face, "They are not the only ones who do not have the top sects in Fengzhou, and even the top forces may not give up fighting for the position of the prefect.

"This is the cusp of the storm, and you may be killed if you don't pay attention. I dare not not be afraid of Mr. Cao's lesson from the past. So I thought, I should give up the position of prefect and give it to..."

At this point, he couldn't go on, and he didn't dare to say any more.

"Such a dangerous position, why not give it to me as a scapegoat?" Cui Heng put on a sneer, "Isn't it?"

"Don't! I don't dare to think that way!" Liu Litao rolled down from his chair in horror, and explained to Cui Heng in a panic on the ground, "I, I just think that you are like a fairy He is a character with the ability to call the wind and call the rain, so he is definitely not afraid of these sects, and he is not afraid of being assassinated, that's why, there is such a bad idea. If the county lord is unwilling, I will never bring up this matter again, and I ask the county lord to forgive me. !"

"How do those sect families plan to manipulate you, are they going to use force directly?" Cui Heng didn't say whether he would accept the position of prefect of Lu County, but asked another question instead.

"It would be fine if we used force." Liu Litao said bitterly, "You don't know the county lord, these great sects and big families are not only people in the martial arts world, but also rich and powerful, holding the lifeblood of a county or even several counties. .

"For example, the Taichong faction, which has been established for hundreds of years, has been deeply involved in the grain business industry for hundreds of years. At the beginning of the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, in order to stabilize the country, the Taichong faction was given part of the water transportation rights in Fengzhou.

"To this day, the Taichong faction's food operation in Fengzhou can be said to turn hands into clouds and hands into rain. It is possible to cut off the grain in Lujun City with one order.

"There is also Tianjianmen, which is also a big faction that has been passed down for hundreds of years. If it makes his family unhappy with its ore and coal, it will make the people have no charcoal to burn in winter, and there will be wars and disasters everywhere.

"There is also the Qingyu faction... the Pingchuan He family..."

Following Liu Litao's description, Cui Heng's expression became more and more strange. With the economic lifeline of the Great Jin Dynasty, all the people's livelihoods were controlled by various big families early on.

It is outrageous that this kind of ghost country can last for 200 years.

"One more thing, I'm going to report to you, the Immortal." Liu Litao seemed to feel that he had said so much anyway, so he decided to go all out, "I probably can't hide from these sects and families that I left Lujun City.

"They will probably guess that I want to give up the position of prefect. In order to show off the new prefect, most of these sects and families have already started to restrict the people's livelihood in Lujun City.

"If you take over the position of prefect of Lu County, you will probably face the people who have been oppressed by these sects and families in a city, their livelihoods are difficult, and they will turn against Yingtian."

"Oh?" Cui Heng narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this.

There is such a good thing?

Chapter 62 Going further and further on the road to death

After explaining all the situation, Liu Litao was already broken and ready to be rejected by Cui Heng.

After all, no matter how you look at it, the position of prefect of Lu County doesn't seem like a good job.

Unless all the people from these big sects and big families are killed in this past, and all their properties are confiscated, it is possible to let them continue to cause trouble.

Otherwise, there is no way at all.

But if you really do it like that, let alone whether you can do it or not, even if you can do it, you will definitely offend most of the sects and families in Toyosu.

There are many of them.

If it reaches that point, even the gods may be unable to move an inch.

It can't be true that the heads of the whole Toyosu are rolling, and the blood is flowing like a river.

It seems that he will continue to be the prefect of Lu County after all. Liu Litao feels sad, as if he has foreseen his miserable future.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard Cui Heng speak.

"Then please ask Taishou Liu to go to the court and recommend me to be the governor of Lu County."

Liu Litao suddenly felt like hearing fairy music!

He raised his head in a jiffy, looked at Cui Heng in disbelief, and said in surprise, "You, you agreed?"

"That's right." Cui Heng nodded lightly and smiled, "I agree."

"The county lord is so righteous, the county lord is really a living god!" Liu Litao kowtowed in admiration.

This is a genuine surprise.

It never occurred to him that Cui Heng would accept the position of prefect after he realized that Lujun City was such a big mess.

In his opinion, the current situation in Lujun City has no solution.

Even if it is a fairy in the past, I am afraid it will be difficult to make any changes.

In this case, the position of prefect of Lu County is a hot potato, with no benefits and endless troubles.

After thinking about it, he could only think that Cui Heng was acting out of benevolence and righteousness.

Of course, there should be a reason for his confidence in his own strength.