I am the county magistrate in Liaozhai

"Master, why did you buy that red fox and let it go?"

The one who spoke was a round-faced book boy with ponytails, about thirteen or fourteen years old, and at the moment he was carrying a small bundle, looking at his young master with some doubts on his face.

The person called the young master walked a little slower than the book boy. He was tall and tall, and he was dressed in a moon-white gown. There is a tear mole under his right eye, which makes him look more and more handsome.But when he smiled, a small dimple formed at the corner of his mouth, and his demeanor became peaceful and approachable.

"Probably to protect wild animals." The young master said as he waved the folding fan in his hand.

Book boy A Cong: ... the young master is making strange speeches again.

Fortunately, the book boy A Cong was used to this, but he was helpless for a moment, and then said: "Master, not far ahead is the boundary of Jinhua, we are almost there."

The young master tapped his palm with a folding fan, but the dimples on his face deepened: "Not bad, it seems that I can arrive within the term of office."

As the old saying goes, Wangshan is not far away, but the master and servant did not enter the Jinhua territory until dark.Because it was dark, the two stayed overnight in the nearest village.

"Xiaosheng Cheng Jin, I'm bothering my mother-in-law."

The mother-in-law who was staying overnight was a widow, and her surname was Lou. Now it was near the end of September, and the night in the south was already a bit chilly. The master and servant ate the hot soup and rice prepared by Lou's mother-in-law, which finally dispelled a lot of fatigue from the journey.

Cheng Jin asked about the customs of the Jinhua land boundary, no matter what, it can be seen that it counts wherever the conversation goes, Granny Lou was talking, but suddenly whispered: "You young people don't have any taboos, how can you talk about these things nonsense? Not to mention far away, as far as our Lanxi boundary, who dares to provoke cats and dogs!"

Grandma Lou spoke with a heavy accent and her voice was soft. Ah Cong, a true northerner, of course didn't understand, but Cheng Jin did.This is not because of his extraordinary talent, but because he was an authentic Jiangnan native in his previous life.

Jiangnan is good, the scenery is old and familiar. After so many years, Cheng Jin finally returned to this land, but compared with the Jiangnan in memory, there are not many similarities here.

That's right, Cheng Jin is not an indigenous ancient, he is a time traveler.

Speaking of this, Cheng Jin is still full of dissatisfaction.Although he is an orphan in modern times, his life is not tight. On the contrary, he was admitted to a top university very early. Although he did not study a trump major, it gave him a lot of time to do all kinds of strange things. part-time job.

The scholarship of TOP University is very generous, and Cheng Jin's part-time job is purely out of interest.He has done everything from being a volunteer at the summit forum to delivering couriers in the community, but if you want to say that the part-time job he regrets the most is definitely delivering food for others.

As we all know, food delivery is a high-risk occupation.It was not the first time Cheng Jin delivered food for someone, but that time he not only delivered food for someone, but also gave himself a bento by the way.

Then, he wore it here.

When he first woke up, Cheng Jin dreamed of returning to modern times every night. After all... life at the bottom of the ancient times was really bitter. Compared with this, life in an orphanage can be compared to a paradise on earth.

After a month of being in a daze, Cheng Jin touched his numb arm and felt that it was impossible to live like this, so he began to understand the world.

It is also a very coincidence that the original body was also called Cheng Jin. Although he was born insane and mentally insufficient, he had a mother who treated him very well. It gradually emptied out, and finally let go when Cheng Jin was ten years old.

Although the original owner didn't understand anything, when his mother passed away and was buried, he was so terrified that he cried to death.

When he woke up, Xinzi became Cheng Jin.

It is very subtle that on the night when Cheng Jin started to live an active life, he dreamed that the mother and son of the original master Cheng Jin walked up to the Wangxiang Terrace hand in hand, took a look at him, smiled at him, and then drank Mengpo soup and went back in reincarnation.

After waking up from that sleep, Cheng Jin still remembers the feeling similar to Shen Ke's disappearance, as if he had really fully integrated into this body.

After that, Cheng Jin began to walk the "road of a farmer's steady progress".

You know, in ancient times, it was very, very difficult for an orphan who lost his parents to succeed.Cheng Jin knew that his arms and legs were small, so of course he would not challenge the rules casually. He first washed off the label of "crazy" for himself, and then turned the ancient life into an RPG upgrade stream farming game. worry.

But the good times didn't last long, and he was soon taught to be a man by the "ancient power", but fortunately, the tuition fee was just a small idea to make money.

It was also at that time that Cheng Jin understood the ancient royal society, even if he could fight and speak, so what?He has to change his social status so that he can teach others to be human instead of being taught.

how to change?The most operable is the imperial examination.

Thus, Cheng Jin officially embarked on the road of imperial examinations.

As the so-called ten years of hard study, Cheng Jin didn't spend ten years, but it took eight years to be named on the gold list.

In a word, the imperial examinations in ancient times were really not conducted by human beings.

Originally, his teacher wanted to pressure him to retake the national exam in three years, saying that he would not be able to secure a top-ranking position before he was ready. Cheng Jin told the teacher that his goal was only to become a Jinshi.

What is Zhongjinshi?Saying this can piss off most of the scholars in the world, and Zhou Daru was so angry that he picked up a ruler and club to beat the little disciple.Of course, Cheng Jin can understand this.

After all, the teacher became famous at a young age, won the first prize at the age of weak crown, excellent in calligraphy and painting, and achieved the position of offering wine in the Imperial Academy all the way, and the teacher's eldest disciple, that is, his senior brother Fu Chengshu, won three consecutive awards. What's more, he has a brilliant literary talent, and he was born with the appearance of an exiled immortal. The name of Mr. Wushu in Beijing is unmatched.

If this little disciple of his only took the examination for an ordinary Jinshi, he would indeed be a little too hip.

But comprehension is comprehension. To gain breath, read for three more years?Cheng Jin quit.

During that time, he studied hard, and in the end he went to take the exam. Due to various chances, he even came back with a flower.The Tanhua, finally, is not disgraceful to the teacher, but of course it is not so brilliant.

However, what I never expected was that Tanhua had to enter Hanlin.

Not only that, but also writing all kinds of rhetorical public relations manuscripts for the old emperor, and editing books and strategies in his spare time. After staying in the Imperial Academy for two years, Cheng Jin felt that his head was getting bald.

Every time Zhou Daru mentioned the little disciple, he would sigh with a sigh.

Fortunately, he only needed to stay for two years. After Cheng Jin passed the assessment by the Ministry of Officials, he chose to be released without even thinking about it.

But before that, the three of Shimen gathered together for a small meeting. Because of the special status of the senior brother, the old emperor's health is not getting better now, and the atmosphere of seizing the heir apparent in Beijing is getting stronger, so Cheng Jin chose him for himself. A very special place to be a county magistrate.

Originally, before arriving, Cheng Jin brought a teacher with him, but he didn't expect that everyone was halfway there, but he received a letter from home about the new funeral.There is no way, the ancient filial piety was too great, which is why Cheng Jin only brought a book boy to the post.

Cheng Jin withdrew his thoughts, glanced at Granny Lou by the faint candlelight, and then said, "Grandma, but are there any customs that must be followed?"

Then, Cheng Jin sat on the ponytail and listened to the story of fox ghosts and ghosts told by Granny Lou for half an hour.

Got it, Granny Lou is a lover of supernatural stories.

The night was getting late quickly, Granny Lou had already gone to rest, so A Cong packed up his things and said, "Master, what were you and Granny talking about just now?"

"Talk about stories that children can't hear."

A Cong immediately said: "Master, I am 14 years old, and I have reached the age to marry a wife."

Cheng Jin had already taken off his outer shirt, and now he was holding a folding fan on the floor, looking boneless: "What? Your young master hasn't married a wife yet, so you want to get married? Little Acong, Amazing!"

Book boy A Cong: ...Hi, super angry.

However, Ah Cong was so angry that he still respected his young master very much in his heart. Although his young master always teased him with words, if it weren't for the young master, he might have become a lonely ghost long ago.

"Master, before the old gentleman left, I asked you to speak more seriously." A Cong said with a stern face.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, just tell you to listen, how can I not be serious, your young master?" Cheng Jin recalled the strange stories just now, and picked a less scary one and said, " It is said that there is a kind of cat in Jinhua, Wuzhou. If the cat is kept at home for more than three years, it can suck and spit out moonlight, and it can become a demon after a long time. Cat demons have always been weird. Female, when you meet a female, you can become a male, they are all beautiful, ordinary people are often confused by it, so ah, Xiao A Cong, stay safe when you are single, understand?"

Ah Cong was so angry that he didn't want to talk to his young master anymore.

Accompanied by the bedtime stories of the local cat demon, the master and servant fell asleep one after another.

On the second day, Cheng Jin bid farewell to Grandma Lou. Before leaving, Grandma Lou told him that when foreigners arrive in Jinhua, whether they believe it or not, they should go to the Town God's Temple to pay respects.

Cheng Jin's modern thinking, of course, does not believe in supernatural powers, but he also saw Granny Lou's kindness, so he sincerely agreed.

Today there are thirteen divisions in the world, which is a modern province in terms of conversion. Each division has a prefectural city, which is approximately equal to the provincial capital city. Jinhuafu is the prefectural city of Zhejiang.Like the county magistrate of the capital, it is not a remote and poor place, and it has always been a good place for promotion.

For example, in the seven counties of Jinhua, there are a large number of people waiting in line behind each of them. Logically speaking, it is not Cheng Jin's turn to jump in and cut him off.However, there were too many grassroots bandits and thieves in the southwestern part of Jinhua a few years ago, so the government designated the surrounding area of ​​Lanxi, Longyou and other places, and established another county called "Tangxi".

Originally, the imperial court recruited a group of "grass bandits" to self-govern Tangxi County, in order to quell the thieves, but who knew that the more the government became more chaotic, the achievements of the Jinhua Mansion over the years have been crazily hindered by this shortcoming, and the magistrate is also very difficult to deal with. Ah, every day, the newspapers complained about their grievances, and there was a lot of bickering in Beijing. This seemingly good but weak county magistrate fell on Cheng Jin's head.

Everyone knows that Tangxi County will have a big eye if it is done well, but there are many mountains and forests in the southwest of Jinhua, and there are many Baiyue Yi people. The dialect is difficult to understand, and there are all kinds of ghost rumors.Even an upright military officer doesn't want to go there to suppress bandits, let alone a civil servant who grew up reading sage books.

But for Cheng Jin, it was a pretty good place to go.

First, Tangxi has a high degree of freedom of governance, so he can be regarded as someone in the capital, and the local government officials will not make things difficult for him; second, he does not have such great ambitions for power, and it is not bad to be a parent official in one place. choose.

Of course, it is not that there are other choices. The senior brother also said that he does not need to be too accommodating because of his status, but who makes Jiangnan have so many delicious foods? For the sake of delicious food, Cheng Jin thinks he can do it.Finally, there is another reason that is not humane, that is, after he reached the crown this year, he was urged to marry and lost more hair.

God is sorry, he is still a child and doesn't want to get married at all. Doesn't he like being single?

Since he doesn't want to get married, then he can't do it. To some extent, Cheng Jin is a very self-willed and willful person. He can work hard to study and integrate into the other world in order to survive, but he will not abandon his bottom line in order to integrate.

Maybe he will change his mind in the future, but at least for now, he doesn't want to "casually" go to the countryside and marry a girl.After all, even after ten years, Cheng Jin still doesn't have much sense of belonging here.

"Master, what are you thinking about? I just inquired about it, and you can see the boundary of Tangxi after turning over the Black Mountain in front of you."

There are many mountains in Jinhua, especially in the south, especially in Tangxi County. It is said that when the grass bandits were rampant, there was a cottage leader on every hill. When fighting with weapons, I heard that there were still people fighting with shovels and plows. of.

Cheng Jin handed A Cong a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and then said, "A Cong, have you noticed that the weather is much hotter?"

A Cong nodded: "A few years ago, I heard people say that the south is extremely hot, but I didn't expect it to be this hot at the end of September. How are you, young master?"

"What can I do? Do you not believe your young master?"

Ah Cong, well, but after thinking about it, there is really no need to worry about his young master, after all——

"careful!"

Ah Cong was pulled by Cheng Jin, so he managed to avoid bumping into the girl who came out of the corner, but even so, the girl not only dropped the basket in her hand because of her fright, but even half of the veil on her head fell off , You can faintly see its moving posture.

"I'm sorry, my little boy didn't look at the road when he walked, and bumped into the girl."

Cheng Jin quickly apologized, and also pulled A Cong back, but the girl said "Ai yo", saying that she sprained her ankle, and she might not be able to walk.

Cheng Jin: ...I think you are touching me, but I have no proof.

But since there is no evidence, Cheng Jin is not good at leaving people behind. Although he is not a good person, he can't do anything like throwing a girl with a sprained foot in the forest, so he said: "Girl, let's go!" Not moving anymore?"

The girl straightened her veiled hat, but she unexpectedly hooked it to a branch next to her. On the contrary, she revealed her entire beautiful face. Even with an ordinary dress, she still couldn't hide her beauty.

Seeing this, the girl immediately showed a shy expression on her face. She wanted to back away, but unexpectedly her foot was injured, so she staggered and threw herself on Cheng Jin.

Cheng Jin dodged to the side subconsciously, and the beautiful and attractive girl slammed on the rock next to her with a "slap".

Book boy A Cong: ...Young master!

This was really a conditioned reflex to hide from the "fans" for his senior brother in Beijing. Cheng Jin immediately went to help him with guilt, but he didn't expect something weird to happen the next moment.