First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Currently, there is no prefect in the entire Mangcheng. After Wei Ling beheaded the original prefect of Mangcheng, all the officials under him, both high and low, fled or died. Except for the basic yamen runners and constables, the positions of officials, both high and low, in the yamen are basically vacant.

Therefore, after Wei Ling took over Mangcheng, the military and political affairs were all in his hands. It is no wonder that Emperor Longchang is sending someone to take over the post of governor of Mangcheng now. Wei Ling cannot be allowed to dominate Mangcheng alone!

Later, when Wei Ling went south to pursue Emperor Jing, he left the garrison troops and government affairs in Mangcheng to Fan Mingdong who was with Nangong Rui. Nangong Rui was in charge of the army, while Fan Mingdong was in charge of the government. Fan Mingdong was also an old member of the Wei family and had stayed in Mangcheng for many years. He was familiar with the local affairs, so he was able to handle them easily.

After Wei Ling came back this time, Fan Mingdong retired from Wei Ling, resigned from his position, bought some land in the countryside of Mangcheng, and lived as an idler.

He was already very old, and had been plagued by illness after so many years at the border, so he wanted to go home early to hug his grandchildren.

Now the affairs of the yamen are temporarily managed by Xie Yingfeng.

So Xie Yingfeng was very busy every day, running between the military camp and the government office.

The government office has far more affairs to deal with than the military camp. People will report any trivial matters to the government office.

Xie Yingfeng has already selected several smart and literate men from the army to help, but the yamen is still in chaos every day.

In fact, the people of Mangcheng are relatively good. There are no particularly serious cases, and murders and other fatal incidents rarely happen. Even if there are some, there are only one or two in a year.

After all, a large number of troops are stationed here, and there are few street urchins, let alone hooligans and vicious bad guys. Of course, petty thefts happen from time to time, which is unavoidable.

Therefore, the biggest thing that the Mangcheng Prefecture's Office dealt with was the arrangement of agricultural affairs and the purchase of grain.

Although there is a river outside Mangcheng, it has not flooded for many years. After all, this is the north, and even during the flood season, the amount of water is not as large as in the south...

In addition to farming and food, the government was mostly concerned with minor disputes between the people, such as who occupied the edge of someone else's homestead, whose hen went to another family's land to lay eggs and the family refused to return the eggs! Or someone else's dog barked at someone else and frightened the elderly and children... and other trivial matters in daily life.

Generally speaking, Xie Yingfeng would ask the village chiefs and township heads to take the matter back and handle it according to the severity of the matter.

It's a bit of a waste of your talent to bring this kind of thing to the government office.

He deals with criminal matters such as theft and robbery.

Today, the shopkeeper of Jibaozhai reported the matter to the government. Originally, such matters would be referred to the head of the village for handling. However, when Xie Yingfeng heard that the shopkeeper was reporting the father and son of the hunter in Kaoshantun, he immediately escorted the two men to the government office...

These two people have been quarreling, Xie Yingfeng knows it.

He originally wanted to suppress this matter, but how could he suppress it? These two people would not listen to advice! Both father and son were stubborn people. Once they recognized what others had promised, they would not let it go.

Moreover, this father and son told everyone where their money came from, causing a lot of commotion. He wanted to shut them up, but he couldn't really kill them to silence them!

So after thinking about it, Xie Yingfeng decided that it would be better to just let the two of them make a fuss outside.

Everything is more obvious than it seems. Even if the spies from the capital come to investigate, what evidence can they have? As long as Su Jixiang hides well, it's fine. Besides, Su Jixiang didn't say that he was from Mangcheng at the beginning. Maybe he came from another city...

What's wrong with running a little further to honor the elderly?

If he really used extraordinary means to capture the father and son and silence them, or sent them away now, that would really hand the handle to the spy. The spy found the father and son, tortured them, and as long as he found his own fault, it would be Wei Ling's fault! Xie Yingfeng, who had experienced it once, knew the mentality of the superiors too well.

As long as he thinks you are wrong, you shouldn't even take a breath.

So after weighing the pros and cons of both sides, Xie Yingfeng spent more time in the yamen during these few days.

These two father and son made trouble in front of other people's shops and prevented them from doing business. This is unacceptable. One or two days is no big deal, but if they keep going there for several days in a row, the shopkeeper will definitely report to the police.

At that time, it would be natural for him to catch the person back, and it would not attract anyone's special attention.

Only when the father and son arrived at the court of the prefectural government did they begin to feel a little afraid, but they were still very tough.

The two people also cried out for justice to Xie Yingfeng, asking him to make the decision for them.

"Were there any witnesses at the time?" Xie Yingfeng was really prepared to take care of this matter.

In fact, after Su Jixiang told him about the father and son, Xie Yingfeng asked someone to investigate.

He had known about the closing of the shop for the festival, and he also secretly asked someone about the guy who acted as the matchmaker. That guy was called Fan Wei, and he worked as a small errand boy in the government office. He was originally from Kaoshantun, so he grew up with Mo Dashan when he was a child. Later, he went to Mangcheng to get a business trip, and that's how he got acquainted with the owner of the grocery store.

Now that Fan Wei knows that the two father and son are so obsessed with each other, he regrets it to death. Before, he was just kind-hearted and thought too simply, just wanting to make a young couple, and didn't think too much about other things.

Because he was a government servant at the time, the shopkeeper at that time didn't want to offend him, so he made such a condition.

Afterwards, he apologized to Fan Wei, saying that he did not agree to the marriage, but he said so for Fan Wei's sake so as not to embarrass Fan Wei in front of his fellow villagers.

Fan Wei also felt that he was being too abrupt, and he never mentioned the matter again.

Who would have thought that the Mo family father and son would suddenly get money and come to propose marriage again.

This time, no matter what the Mo father and son said, Fan Wei refused to take the lead.

That’s why the Mo family father and son went to look for the shopkeeper themselves…

Xie Yingfeng called Fan Wei over in front of Mo Dashan and his son.

When Fan Wei saw that it was Mo Dashan and his son kneeling in the hall, he was overwhelmed.

"My Lord, I am no longer a matchmaker!" Fan Wei said to Xie Yingfeng, "I was really wrong!"