The couple in the last days traveled to ancient times, farming and storing grain and meat in the war

But the peddler was not a local, lived alone, and had already run away without even paying the rent for the house.

However, the matter has been roughly investigated: Shen Chunhua and the peddler killed Jiang Eran.

Now the county magistrate is being temporarily replaced by the county magistrate in the county government. Since it has been confirmed that Shen Chunhua and the peddler were responsible, the county magistrate will naturally order them to be arrested immediately.

Anyway, the arrest warrant has been issued, but no one knows whether they can be caught or not, because no one knows where Shen Chunhua and the peddler escaped to.

Shen Chunhua sold the land, and the Jiang family's main branch had no land left. Their only assets were the few houses with mud walls and thatched roofs.

But after all, Yan Xuezhi married into the Jiang family and became a member of the eldest branch.

Naturally, as soon as the Yan family heard about this, they rushed over to help take care of Jiang Er'an's funeral.

After all, he was Xuezhi's husband. Although no relatives from the Jiang family came to attend Jiang Er'an's funeral, the Yan family still held the funeral quite well for a farmer.

When Jiang Changcai and his men were exiled, Jiang Er'an's sister, Jiang Fangfang, did not come back; when Jiang Chuchu killed someone and was arrested, Jiang Fangfang did not come back either; now that Jiang Er'an is dead, even if Jiang Fangfang was notified, she still did not come back. The family affection has become so weak that the Yan family does not know what to say.

The Yan family was even more worried about Xuezhi's future.

The second husband died so soon. Could it be that Xuezhi is really unlucky in marriage?

The county magistrate had just issued the documents for the arrest of Shen Chunhua and the peddler, and sent someone to inform the peddler's hometown to cooperate in the arrest, so he wanted to get busy with other things.

He is now acting as the county magistrate and makes all decisions about the government office. He is really too busy.

But before he could do anything else, he heard that someone from the Ministry of Personnel in the Imperial Capital had arrived.

He was startled and hurried out to greet them.

The official from the Ministry of Personnel didn't even enter the government office. He said directly, "County Magistrate Yuan, the appointment document for the new Dengping County Magistrate is in my hands. Please lead the way and invite the new Dengping County Magistrate, Xiao Yan and Xiao Ruoqing, to take up his post immediately."

Xiao Yan Xiao Ruoqing?

County Magistrate Yuan was stunned. "But it's Xiao Ruoqing, the newly admitted scholar from Zaoshu Village, Si'an Town?"

"it's him."

"Yes, yes, yes." County Magistrate Yuan then hurriedly led the way. Finally, the county government had a magistrate again, and he finally didn't have to be so busy that he always had no time to eat.

However, the new county magistrate is too young after all. He is already forty years old, while the new county magistrate is only seventeen. He doesn't know whether he can get along well with the new county magistrate.

If he had known that he would be the county magistrate, he should not have asked his family members to go to the banquet. He would have gone anyway no matter how busy he was!

The people in Zaoshu Village had just finished lunch and were all at home. They were suddenly frightened when they saw someone in official uniform riding a horse into the village.

Not only County Magistrate Yuan was riding a horse, but the people from the Ministry of Personnel were also riding horses, and there were several yamen runners riding behind them.

This was the first time the people in Zaoshu Village had seen such a scene. They were so frightened that they didn't know whether to come out and kneel down.

Fortunately, County Magistrate Yuan and his men rode directly over on horseback.

County Magistrate Yuan didn't know where Xiao Yan's home was, but the yamen runner who had come to deal with Jiang Er'an's murder case last night knew where the new top-ranked scholar's home was.

The yamen runner pointed from behind and said, "That's the house!"

When Village Chief Chen heard about this, he was so frightened that he didn't dare go out. But after all, he was the village chief, and if anything really happened in the village, he would definitely be there.

Village chief Chen, still afraid, hurried over to take a look.

County Magistrate Yuan and his men had already arrived at Xiao Yan's house.

Xiao Yan went to the academy to learn military tactics with Ji Wei in the morning, but he came back before noon. After lunch, he did not rest. He was playing with a sand table in the study. He planned to practice what Ji Wei taught today and what he had already mastered on the sand table so that he could master it more proficiently.

If there really is a war one day, he will be able to use it better.

Suddenly, the servant Xiao Jia rushed in and said, "Sir, the county magistrate is here! There's also someone here who says they're from the Ministry of Personnel and want to see you!"

When Xiao Yan heard that someone from the Ministry of Personnel had arrived, he knew that it must be an appointment, and hurried out to greet him.

Jiang Ningning and the others had already had lunch and did not rest. However, they went to take a look at the workshop where white fungus was grown. Suddenly, they heard that government officials had arrived, so they hurried back from the workshop.

When Jiang Ningning heard that someone from the government had arrived, she knew it must be the appointment letter.

But Tian, Xiao Fushan, Sun and Jiang Shengcai didn't know and were all in a panic.

When Jiang Ningning and the others arrived at the door, Xiao Yan was already bowing to receive the appointment documents.

This was not an imperial edict, but an appointment document issued by the Ministry of Personnel. Xiao Yan had the right not to kneel when meeting an official, so naturally he just had to bow and receive it with both hands.

"I hope Lord Xiao will take office immediately." said the person from the Ministry of Personnel.

It is rare to rush officials into office immediately.

But now is a special period, and relief grain is no longer being transported to the north. People in the north are already fleeing famine, and Dengping County is still lacking someone who can take full charge.

Xiao Yan naturally knew this and said, "Xiao Yan obeys your command."

Without having time to say anything to Jiang Ningning and the others, Xiao Yan went to take up his post first. Anyway, it was in the county, and it wasn't far to ride back.

Naturally, County Magistrate Yuan and his men also rode away together.

Everyone then realized that Xiao Yan had become the magistrate of Dengping County.

"Oh my God..." Village Chief Chen didn't know what to say.

The four members of the Tian family were stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed.

The families in the village who had bad relations with Xiao Yan and Jiang Ningning, including Jiang Facai's family, were all dumbfounded. He became an official just like that?

No, no, didn’t he just pass the imperial examination?

The other villagers were delighted. Their village had finally produced an official. Now they could go out with dignity. Furthermore, no one dared to bully their village anymore.

As soon as Xiao Fuhua arrived, he heard that his nephew had been appointed as the magistrate of Dengping County and had already taken office. He and his entire family were extremely happy.

Naturally, the ancestral hall was opened again, waiting for Xiao Yan to come back from the county government office to worship the ancestors again.

Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans are considered to be completely in the first echelon. Naturally, their ancestors who cross classes are even more glorious, right?

The Xiao family opened a separate page for Xiao Yan in the family tree without waiting for him to return from the county government office.

Everyone at Honghu Academy was surprised to learn that Xiao Yan had become the magistrate of Dengping County.

Although Xiao Yan was the top scholar and had great strategy, it was not easy to become an official as there were too many people with connections. Moreover, Xiao Yan was still so young. Logically, the court would let Xiao Yan continue to take the exam to see if he could get the top three places.

After all, Xiao Yan ranked first in both the examination for the scholar and the examination for the juren, so it was very likely that he would pass the imperial examination and get the top three honors.

It has been a long time since anyone in Dayan has passed the imperial examination.

Dayan still needs another person like this to show the prosperity of Dayan.

Only Ji Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Now that he was an official, he would definitely not continue to take the exam for a higher position.