The best county magistrate

It was half past midnight, deep in the woods to the west of Qingshui County.

A Taoist nun who still retains her charm meditates under a huge tree.

After a rustling sound, a woman wearing a green shirt appeared next to her.

"Miaomiao, did you succeed?" the Taoist nun asked calmly.

The woman pursed her lips, shook her head, knelt on the ground, and said nothing.

"To kill a small seventh-grade county magistrate, do you still need to do it for your master? Didn't you already..." the year before last..."

"Master, the one from the year before last was indeed a dog official. Miaomiao has a duty to eliminate harm for the people."

She paused and continued: "But...but this new county magistrate is a good official!"

The Taoist nun spat and said angrily: "The world is as black as crows, how can there be any good officials?"

"Besides, the young master has already given the order. It's not like you don't know who the dog officer offended..."

The woman interrupted the Taoist nun and said excitedly: "Master, is the young master necessarily right? Miaomiao knows very well who he is working for!"

"Okay, stop talking! We, the master and the apprentice, are living under someone else's roof, so we still have to do some things."

"Miaomiao, you are kind-hearted, don't be deceived by other people's appearances."

"We'll see for a few more days. After five days, whether it's successful or not, we'll go back to the mountain with the master."

The woman nodded, as if she had listened to the Taoist nun's words.

She looked in the direction of Qingshui County, and a delicate face appeared in her mind.

He is upright and resourceful. In just three days after taking office, he eliminated the landlords and bullies for the people of Qingshui County, and gave the impoverished Liujia Village a new lease of life.

One incident after another intertwined together, making her curious about him.

This night, Yang Xuanchen had a dream.

In the dream, he was an invincible hero fighting on the top of the Forbidden City with a woman covered in white gauze.

After a hundred sword moves, the two cherished each other.

The scene flashed, and when Yang Xuanchen was holding the woman's pretty face and about to go to the clouds and rain together, the tenderness in his palm turned into a furry feeling.

"Ah! You...you guys!" Xiaolian screamed and woke up Yang Xuanchen.

Zhang Biao's unshaven face almost touched his, while Yang Xuanchen held his face with both hands and pouted.

Yang Xuanchen opened his eyes, "Ah! Zhang Biao, what the hell are you doing?"

"Master, I'm here to wake you up. There are a bunch of people outside the yamen, saying they want to come to work in our county yamen!"

"I'm hot, then why are you so close to me?" Yang Xuanchen became anxious.

"It's not my fault. As soon as I came over, you took my hand and touched it, and then held my face with your hand."

"My mother is so scared that I don't dare to move."

Zhang Biao said that he still did not forget to draw pictures, which made Xiaolian giggle.

After sending Zhang Biao away, Yang Xuanchen had breakfast, put on his official uniform and went to the gate of the county government office.

A table was placed in the Ximin Pavilion, and the people gathered around the scholar who was registering, chattering and shouting.

It was very lively as you pushed me and squeezed, and a few people even struggled together, causing dust to roll up all over the floor.

"Ms. Doute, you have to get out, line up, and come in one by one to register your name."

After Yang Xuanchen roared, he pointed at a government servant who was passing by quietly, "Xiaoba, right? Bring me a chair."

I sat there all morning, and the people who came to recruit were all thin dogs, or people pretending to be intellectuals.

Yang Xuanchen was so angry that he could squeeze out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.

As a last resort, Yang Xuanchen had no choice but to lower his standards, and in one day he could only recruit two attractive government officials.

As the sun was about to set, two more people came outside the gate.

Looking from a distance, they saw two graceful women. The scholars almost drooled at the sight.

When they got closer, they saw clearly who was coming. They sat back and sighed.

Yang Xuanchen sneered, these poor scholars are hopeless because they like beauty but dislike ugliness!

The older woman's plateau red cheeks were covered with pockmarks, while the young girl's face was black, her hands were black, and her whole body was black.

"You are the county magistrate, right? Our mother and daughter fled from Jiangzhou."

When Yang Xuanchen heard that they were refugees, he immediately stood up from his chair.

"Then who, and you, don't have any eyesight?"

He pointed at the two scholars who were sitting idle, "Go and bring some water to the aunt and the girl, and some food. By the way, remember to call Xiaolian to me."

Yang Xuanchen welcomed the mother and daughter into Ximin Pavilion for a rest, "Auntie, what do you call me?"

"Caomin, Hu Lijing, this is my daughter, Zhou Miaomiao. In addition to farming, our family also makes wine."

"Aunt Hu, what's going on in Jiangzhou? Why are you two in such a miserable state?" Yang Xuanchen asked softly.

Hu Lijing lowered her head and sobbed a few times, "It has been raining for dozens of days in a row. Our family is a tenant farmer with no land and no house. Her father was washed away by the flood again."

"We had no choice, so we came out to escape."

Yang Xuanchen looked at the mother and daughter, thought for a while, and then nodded, "Since there is a problem, I will naturally take care of it."

"Do you think this is possible? The county government's dining room is short of manpower..."

Before he finished speaking, Hu Lijing became excited and kept crying: "I am a good man, I am a good man!"

After Yang Xuanchen comforted him for a while, he turned to Zhou Miaomiao and spoke.

"It is said that Jiangzhou's wine is the best in Dayan. If Miss Zhou can make wine, it will be even better."

"How about we make some good wine together later?"

After Yang Xuanchen asked, he thought Zhou Miaomiao would be able to say a few words, but unexpectedly she just nodded silently.

Looking at Yang Xuanchen's suspicious look, Hu Lijing reminded him.

"Master, my daughter was raped by the landowner a few days ago... so she will be a little timid when meeting strange men, you know!"

"What? It's really lawless. If I see that hairy landowner, I will definitely give him a guillotine." Yang Xuanchen said indignantly.

"Master, who do you want to hit? I heard you shouting from far away!" Xiaolian came.

She looked up and down at Hu Lijing, Zhou Miaomiao and her daughter, and then listened to Yang Xuanchen's introduction and his arrangements.

Suddenly, Xiaolian's eyes were filled with tears, "Aunt Hu, now that you are here, don't leave."

She turned around and took Zhou Miaomiao's hand, comforting her: "My sister is fine. She will live in the Yamen from now on. Let's cook and wash clothes together..."

After settling the mother and daughter, Yang Xuanchen pulled Xiaolian aside.

"Girl, please pay more attention to these two women, especially our meals."

Xiaolian trembled with fright. Just as she was about to turn her head to look, Yang Xuanchen pinched her back.

"Don't look back. Just listen to me. These two people have unknown origins. We have to be careful."

Xiaolian blinked her big eyes and asked, "Why do you keep them here if they come from unknown origins?"

"Are you stupid? When they open their mouths, they say they are refugees."

"If I don't take them in and they make a fuss outside the county government office, won't their new reputation be ruined?" Yang Xuanchen said angrily.

"This means that you must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. Do you understand?"

"Observe them for a few days first. If they are really refugees, treat them well..."

Xiaolian lowered her head and poked each other with her fingers, muttering: "You have a reputation for being a hairy mouth..."

"Huh? What did you say? Say it again if you can!"

"Speaking of your sister, I will take Aunt Hu and Miss Zhou to the dining room first..."