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Ever since Liu Mu became an official, he even got a little bit of oil and vinegar. He said, "Now we can enter the magistrate's yamen with our chests upright. The last time we entered the yamen was when we were beggars at the age of eleven or twelve, because the coffin The owner of the shop suspected that I stole wood from his house to make fire, so he sued me to the yamen. Later, I was punished and thrown out of the yamen. Life."

Bu Si said, "I was poor since I was a child, and my father used all his savings for my education during his lifetime. He only wanted that one day I would be able to pass the exam. I didn't want my parents to die early. I couldn't continue my studies and almost starved to death. Young master, now I can live comfortably in the mansion. Although it is impossible to obtain fame in this life, but now that the young master is the magistrate, I can serve the young master, which is half a dream come true."

Jiajiu said, "Which of us is not a poor person. Tianyou has lived with his grandma since he was a child. Later, his grandma was seriously ill and had no money for medical treatment. Thanks to meeting the young master, she let her go away with dignity. My father is addicted to alcohol and gambling, and often loses so much that the whole family has no food. My mother left us and a businessman from the north. Before leaving, my father did not forget to knock on the businessman A sum of money, but soon spent penniless. Later, I sold my sister to a local rich man to be his concubine. My sister moved to another place with the rich man in the second year of her marriage, and she was never seen again. My father spent all his money and wanted to sell me too. Seeing that no one would buy me, he thought I was edible, so he left me without a word. When my father left, he exchanged all the things in the house. Even the dilapidated house left by my grandfather was sold by my father. I was homeless and could only live on charity, and sometimes did some stealthy activities. That year there was a severe drought in the farm, and the villagers I came to Jinling to flee the famine, and I followed. In the city, Tou Mantou was almost beaten to death. If there is no young master, I am afraid that I would have been put in prison long ago. We are now the masters of the magistrate. Followers, no one will look down on us anymore."

Liu Mu walked in from the door and said, "Then do you want to be more majestic?"

Everyone was puzzled, Liu Mu said, "No, didn't you always want to be an official? I can't make you an official, but I happen to be short of a master. Do you want to think about it?"

Bu Si looked flattered, "Master, you mean I can be a master?"

Liu Mu smiled and said, "I don't read much, and my handwriting is also ugly. From now on, you, the teacher, will do these things for me."

Bu Si hurriedly said to the others, "I've become a master! I've actually become the master of the yamen!"

Adding jealousy, he said, "Young master, soon all of you will be masters, how many of us?"

Liu Mu said, "Jiajing, you are smart, go to the shop tomorrow to learn about the accounts from those old shopkeepers, and then come to be the master of money and grain in the yamen. From now on, you will be in charge of all the accounts in the yamen. Jiajing and Bu Si has become a master, so I can't let you go and Bu San. I will give you two titles of arrest, but you still have to follow me on weekdays."

"Hmph, nepotism, I'm afraid this newly appointed magistrate is not much better than that dog official Yang Dacheng."

Liu Mu followed the prestige, and saw a young man with a catcher's saber in one hand standing outside the door, looking at Liu Mu with disdain.Bu San said, "Who are you, how dare you talk to my young master like that!"

Bu Si said, "This brother's words are wrong. Although my lord appoints us, there is suspicion of cronyism, but Yang Dacheng has been the magistrate of Yangzhou for many years. Now most of the people in the yamen followed Yang Dacheng in the past. As the saying goes, the top is not right. Liang Wei, I'm afraid they are unreliable these days, so my grown-ups will be nepotism."

Liu Mu asked, "Your Excellency is holding the head catcher's saber, could it be the head catcher in the yamen?"

"He Yi, I'm the head catcher in the yamen."

Add vinegar and said, "A small head catcher dares to talk to my young master like that, I think you don't want to do it anymore!"

"That's right, I just don't want to do it anymore." After finishing speaking, he threw the knife forward, and just across the threshold, he threw the knife in his hand on the table in the lobby, and said, "The world is as black as crows. I'm afraid that the newly appointed magistrate Master is not much better."

Liu Mu just took office, and everyone in the yamen is fawning on Liu Mu, but this person is the only one who disdains him, Liu Mu is very curious about this person, "Wait!" Liu Mu went over to pick up the saber, and returned it to He Yi, "Yesterday, the head catcher in the yamen sent a box of jewels to my house, but I was kicked out of the house by the official. I was thinking that the head catcher was not pleasing to the eye and wanted to hire someone else. The official sees that you are very skilled, how about It's up to you to replace him."

He Yi looked at Liu Mu in surprise, thinking that this guy was trying to get revenge on him.Liu Mu smiled and said, "However, headhunters in this official yamen can't be done just by throwing a knife."

He Yi said disdainfully, "Could it be possible that Mr. Liu wants some benefit?"

Liu Mu smiled and said, "The head catcher oppressed the people before, and seized a lot of people's fat and anointment in the name of handling the case. I want you to go to his house tonight, steal that box of jewels, and then distribute it to the farmers in the suburbs. If you can do it again If you don’t get discovered, the position of chief arrester in Jinling will be yours from tomorrow.”

He Yi smiled confidently, "It's hard to chase after a gentleman's words!" After speaking, he strode out.

Liu Mu looked at He Yi's back with great interest, and smiled thoughtfully.Liu Mu noticed that this man obviously didn't have an Adam's apple, but it reminded him of Zeng Qing who was wearing men's clothes in Huguo Temple back then.

During breakfast, Liu Mu stared at one place in a daze, and didn't move for a whole stick of incense. Liu Ye whispered, "Why is it that I have always been so stupid since I became an official?"

Master Liu said, "Now your elder brother is the magistrate of Jinling, so he will inevitably be in a daze when he is busy with official duties. What's more, he is busy with government affairs during the day, and he still doesn't forget to ask your sister-in-law about business matters at night. It's normal for you to be dizzy and stupid. Your elder brother has become a blockbuster without fame, and has no merits. He was appointed as a fifth-rank magistrate by the emperor. No one in our Liu family has been in an official career for several generations."

Liu Ye said, "Listen to what Dad means. Could it be that some of our ancestors were officials? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Master Liu changed the subject, "I don't remember the matter of my ancestors. There must have been an official hundreds of years ago. Come on, let's eat quickly."

Yu Wanran pushed Liu Mu lightly, "If you don't eat the porridge, it will be cold."

"Oh." Liu Mu turned around and replied dully.

Yu Wanran jokingly said, "Why, your Zeng brother is gone, are you very reluctant, you look like you're out of your mind."

Liu Mu said embarrassingly, "That's not it. I just don't understand who could sneak into the prison and kill Yang Dacheng under the noses of the officers and soldiers. I was afraid that someone would harm Yang Dacheng, so I specially sent [-] more officers and soldiers to guard the prison. These people said that no suspicious person entered the prison at all last night. Moreover, the windows of the prison are palm-sized holes cut from the stone walls, and the prison door is the only entrance that can enter the prison. How did the murderer get in? Well, could it be that I guessed wrong, that Yang Dacheng really killed himself by biting his tongue?"

Yu Wanran said, "They just said that no suspicious person entered the prison, so what about the unsuspecting person?"

"You mean..." Liu Mu suddenly realized, "You mean that it is possible that the officers and soldiers guarding the prison or the jailer killed Yang Dacheng? That's right, why didn't I think that it would be someone from the yamen who killed Yang Dacheng?" Liu Mu Standing up and about to leave, Yu Wanran grabbed Liu Mu, "Where are you going?"

"It's not too late, of course I'm going to the Yamen."

Seeing that Liu Mu had left, Liu Ye wanted to follow her, Master Liu said, "Ye'er, your eldest brother is going back to the Yamen to investigate the case, what are you going to do?"

"Now that my elder brother is the magistrate, I will naturally go to the magistrate's yamen to take a good look. Brother, wait for me!" Shouting and chasing after him.

Liu Mu went to interrogate the officers and soldiers who were on guard that day. Liu Ye was walking around in the back hall by himself. He heard footsteps and thought it was Liu Mu who had come back. "Brother!" People collide.Liu Ye ran too fast and sat down on the ground.

He Yi was hit by a willow leaf, and the bundle in his hand fell to the ground, and the jewels and silver inside were scattered all over the ground. He Yi crouched expressionlessly and repacked the things on the ground.

Liu Ye stood up, patted the dust on her body, and said, "Hey, you daredevil, you bumped into this girl, wouldn't you apologize!"

He Yi wanted to leave, but was stopped by Liu Ye, He Yi said, "Miss, please get out of the way."

"Ha, you bumped into me, and you let me get out of the way confidently! I have never seen such an imposing man."

He Yi said impatiently, "Girl, it's clear that you knocked off the bag in my hand. This is the first time I've seen such an unreasonable woman." After finishing speaking, he wanted to go around Liu Ye and walk in.

Liu Ye grabbed He Yi's shoulder and said, "You say this girl is unreasonable? Seeing how sneaky you are, these must be stolen goods from you."

"Let go!" He Yi said coldly.

"Don't let me go! This girl wants to arrest you and take you to an official!"

He Yi said, "It's really funny, girl, you broke into the back hall of the yamen, and you still yelled that you want to arrest me to see the officials. The chief arrester of Jinling is next, and you can report to the officials."

"It turns out that you are the chief arrester. What's so great about the chief arrester? My elder brother is the magistrate of Jinling! My elder brother said that you oppressed the people and robbed the people of their money. I wanted to punish you a long time ago. It just so happened that this girl met you today." Stolen goods, you just wait to go to jail!" After speaking, he took He Yi's arm and shouted, "Come here, there are stolen goods!"

He Yi wanted to leave, but was held tightly by Liu Ye, who seemed determined to deal with this guy in front of him.After a while, all the officials and policemen who heard the shouts ran over. When Liu Mu heard that it was Liu Ye's voice, he hurried over with a few others.

Liu Ye said, "Brother, this dog catcher's baggage is full of ill-gotten gains from looting the people! I was caught by this girl today, let's see how you can escape."

He Yi smiled, and handed the burden in his hand to Liu Mu, "I have done everything Master Liu asked me to do. As for what this girl said..." He Yi leaned in front of Liu Mu, and said in a low voice, "How can my lord make sense of this? , then it’s none of my business. You won’t forget what your lord said yesterday, right?”

Liu Mu weighed the burden in his hand, thinking that He Yi really has something to do.He smiled and said, "Ye'er, you are too nonsense. This is the Chief Catcher of Jinling who just took office in our yamen." Then he said to others, "Captain Wu oppressed the people, searched for the people's fat and anointing, full of evil, I have decided to put him in prison After the trial, it will be decided how to deal with it. From now on, He Yihe will be the chief arrester of Jinling." Then he said to Liu Ye, "This is not some stolen goods, I gave it to Chief He. They came to repair the yamen. But Catcher He said that the yamen had just been renovated last year, so they were no longer needed, so they returned them to me.”

Liu Ye gave He Yi a disdainful look, "Hmph, the beard hasn't grown yet. I've never seen such a young head catcher. He looks like a dog with a knife. It must be an embroidered pillow."

Liu Mu hurriedly said, "Ye'er, don't be rude. Your elder brother and I also don't like people with beards, and now I'm a magistrate too. Hurry up and apologize to Catcher He."

"Hmph, I'm not apologizing to the embroidered pillow. It's not bad for her to apologize to this girl."

He Yi said impatiently, "I'm so annoying." Turning around a little, Liu Ye froze in an instant.

Liu Ye scolded, "You bastard, you actually tapped this girl's acupuncture point, so hurry up and untie it for me. See if I don't peel your skin!"

He Yi stretched out his hand again, and Liu Ye didn't even make a sound this time.He Yi smiled and said, "I'm just an embroidered pillow, how can I know how to untie acupuncture points, since Miss Liu is so capable, then I can untie the acupoints myself." Before Liu Mu pleaded, He Yi flew directly onto the roof and ran away .

At this time, the willow leaf was stuck and unable to move, so it would not be very elegant to carry it out so ostentatiously.The people had no choice but to go back to the mansion to lift the sedan chair, and put the willow leaves into the sedan chair with great effort and carried them back to the mansion.

Yu Wanran looked at the motionless Liu Ye, and asked Liu Mu, "Who did Ye'er get acupuncture?"

Liu Mu said, "It's the head catcher in the yamen. I blame the little girl Ye'er for her poisonous mouth. If it doesn't offend her, she can't move at first, and then she can't speak anymore. Wanran, you need to get rid of this hole soon." .”

Yu Wanran said, "Different schools and schools have different acupuncture techniques, so I can only try it." Yu Wanran only clicked twice, and Liu Ye suddenly sat down on the ground, Liu Mu hurriedly picked up Liu Ye, and Liu Ye was weak Cursed, "This bastard, the bastard is arresting the head, see if I don't go to the yamen tomorrow and skin him!"

Liu Mu said, "Look at you, you don't look like a lady." After speaking, Qiushuang Donglu called out to help Liu Ye go back to the room to rest.

Liu Mu said, "Lady, you are so powerful, you just tapped twice casually to relieve Ye'er's acupuncture point."

Yu Wanran said, "It's strange, how can this person's acupuncture technique be the same as our sect's. And Ye'er just felt weak after being relieved of the acupuncture point. This technique is clearly from our Emei school."

Liu Mu said, "What's so strange about this, I think that He Tuotou's martial arts is not low, maybe this person is from the same school as yours."

"No. Didn't you say that the head catcher in the yamen tapped Ye'er's acupuncture points. But our Emei Sect has never had any male disciples."

Liu Mu laughed suddenly, "It really was my guess."

"Guess what?"

Liu Mu whispered, "If I'm not mistaken, that Catcher He is also a woman."