Transmigrated into a female county magistrate during a famine, leading her country to prosperity

The atmosphere in the backyard was lively, and the detectives were punching with all their might. Compared to when they first started their morning exercises, they had made rapid progress.

Seeing her coming, Xiao Yuan wiped his sweat with his hand and came forward to greet her. The detectives shouted in unison, "Sir!"

Shen Zheng nodded at them, looked around the crowd, and asked Xiao Yuan: "Where is your brother Zhao?"

Xiao Yuan glanced towards the room and replied, "My Lord, Brother Zhao said he has a fever and is afraid that it will infect us, so he won't do morning exercises with us these past two days."

"Wind-heat?" Shen Zheng asked.

Xiao Yuan nodded, thinking back to what Zhao Xiu said, and said, "During the heavy rain yesterday, Brother Zhao said he got wet for quite a while, and he didn't get a good rest last night, so he had a terrible headache when he woke up this morning."

Shen Zheng looked at Xiao Yuan's expression, and seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, she nodded and left.

She went to the book office first and found Xu Zhubu.

The door of the book room was not closed. Chief Clerk Xu was busy recording the county's expenses in the past few days. Shen Zheng knocked on the door symbolically and walked in.

"Sir." Xu Zhubu stood up and called out.

"Please sit down." Shen Zheng said, "You have worked so hard recently. Now we don't need to issue food coupons every day. If you have something to do or want to rest for a few days, you can ask for leave."

She thought that Xu Zhubu was different from her. His family members were still alive, and he hadn't been back to visit his home in Liuyang Prefecture for some time.

Moreover, officials in the Zhou Dynasty all had fixed days off, but the people in Tongan County, on the contrary, only the constables had occasional days off.

After thinking for a while, Xu Zhubu said, "My grandmother's birthday is next month, so I may take two days off."

Shen Zheng nodded in agreement, and Xu Zhubu asked again: "My Lord, is there anything you want to take with you? I will buy it for you on the way."

Shen Zheng smiled: "Why do you all like to say this? The last time Lord Yu came back to the government office, he said the same thing."

Xu Zhubu also laughed and said, "Maybe everyone is thinking about you, my Lord."

These words made Shen Zheng inexplicably feel as if her parents were out and she was left behind to look after the house.

She shook her head and got down to business.

She first told Xu Zhubu the significance of the enlightenment class, and then said, "Draft a notice to recruit teachers for the county school enlightenment class. The scope is within the entire Liuyang Prefecture. If you go outside of Liuyang Prefecture, forget it. We can't find out the details."

Xu Zhubu nodded in agreement.

Shen Zheng continued, "We need a scholar, with or without a degree, but the most important thing is that he has good character and loves children. I'll ask you and Mr. Li to check and take charge of this matter together. Once you've decided on the person, I'll come and take a look."

"Your Majesty is right."

Xu Zhubu's eyes were full of admiration. "To educate the children in the county, except for you, no other local official would have such a plan."

Shen Zheng shook her head and said sternly: "Your Majesty is open-minded. It is the general trend to educate children. I just understood your intention in advance."

Xu Zhubu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Mr. Qimeng, do you have any other requests?"

The other requirements were a bit broad, and Shen Zheng couldn't think of them for a while, but she believed in Xu Zhubu's judgment of people, so she just said:

"I just told you the significance of the introductory class, so let's recruit teachers focusing on the most basic literacy, arithmetic, knowledge and crafts. The more comprehensive the better."

Xu Zhubu probably understood what she meant. He took out two pieces of rough paper from the drawer and started drafting the notice.

Shen Zheng interrupted him, "Master Xu, please come with me to take a look at Zhao Xiu first."

Xu Zhubu raised his head, with a puzzled look in his eyes, and asked, "Captain Zhao? What happened to him?"

Shen Zheng recounted what happened yesterday, and then said, "I saw that he looked unhappy yesterday. Although he was deliberately pretending to be miserable, his lips shouldn't be so pale."

Xu Zhubu also frowned and said, "According to what you said, he was fine before you left the study yesterday, but he became abnormal afterwards. Could it be..."

He thought about it and felt that it was unlikely. "Why would Captain Zhao hurt himself?"

Shen Zheng shook her head: "I don't know either. I thought I was wrong, but the detectives were doing morning exercises today and he wasn't here."

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhubu felt that her intuition should be correct. Zhao Xiu usually attached great importance to morning exercises. If it was not a serious matter, he would not be absent.

He stood up and said, "The sooner the better. I'll go in and take a look for you."

Shen Zheng stood up and walked ahead, then turned back and whispered, "If you're afraid he's hiding, you have to take off his clothes and take a look."

Xu Zhubu's face froze, as if he had given up. He nodded and said, "I'll take it."

......

"Knock knock knock." Xu Zhubu knocked on the door of the house.

"Who?" Zhao Xiu's slightly weak voice came from inside the house, with a hint of vigilance in his tone.

"It's me. I heard that you had a fever, so I came to bring you some medicine." Xu Zhubu lied to the room without changing his expression.

"Master Chief Registrar?"

Zhao Xiu in the room immediately became suspicious. His relationship with the chief clerk had always been lukewarm, unlike his relationship with the detectives, who were as close as brothers.

There was the rustling sound of someone getting dressed in the room. The two men outside the door heard Zhao Xiu say, "Master Chief Clerk, please wait a moment. I will be right back after getting dressed."

Shen Zheng glanced at the door of the house and became even more certain that Zhao Xiu was hiding something from her.

It's not just that Zhao Xiu is weak, the most important point is that he did not go home last night.

Ever since Shen Zheng talked to Zhao Xiu last time, Zhao Xiu felt that he had neglected his wife and children at home, and he rarely stayed in the county government office since then.

His wife is the closest person to him in this world. If he were injured, he would definitely not dare to go home.

All signs indicate that Zhao Xiu really did...

Shen Zheng frowned, he didn't understand why Zhao Xiu was like this.

"Squeak." The door opened from inside the house.

Xu Zhubu and Shen Zheng looked at each other, then squeezed through the door and reached for Zhao Xiu's collar without saying a word.

"!!" Shen Zheng's eyes widened. It was true that she asked Xu Zhubu to take off his clothes, but she didn't let him do it as soon as he entered the door!

What words does this sound like!

Zhao Xiu in the room was also frightened. He had just opened the door when a young man impatiently touched his clothes. Who wouldn't be scared?

In panic, he screamed out: "Xu Zhubu! What are you doing? I am a man! If you don't stop, I will tell the adults what happened today!"

Xu Zhubu kept moving his hands, and Zhao Xiu became anxious, shouting, "I'm telling you, don't do this! Although I'm a big man, I have a wife and children at home, and I won't accept this!"

Xu Zhubu's hands trembled, his face was so dark that ink could be squeezed out, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Shut up, what nonsense are you talking about? Let me see."

Shen Zheng, who was leaning against the door: "......"

No, could you please stop saying such ambiguous things? She can't see the scene inside the house now. It's really hard not to get distracted just by listening to the two people's voices...