The winter water is gurgling, the sun is high in the sky, and the dead leaves are rustling in the wind.

On the bank of the Bian River, it was damp and cold. Tang Wenshi, the magistrate of Chenliu County, organized hundreds of boatmen to salvage the sunken ship of Prince Guangling.

Last night, as soon as he fell asleep with Xin Na's concubine in his arms, he received the news and hurriedly got up. He still hasn't been able to close his eyes. The master placed a soft chair for him on the shore, and Magistrate Tang was about to sit on it.

After coming down to take a nap, the Yamen servant came to report that the Prince of Guangling County had arrived.

Tang Zhixian quickly stood up, neatly dressed and went to greet him.

Even though he was extremely bored, he had to cheer up and smile.

"The prince of Guangling County arrived at Chenliu, and his subordinates met him from afar."

Fu Jiuqu lazily glanced at the river and smiled carelessly.

"You're welcome. The water bandits in the area under the jurisdiction of Tang Zhi County are very enthusiastic. They came to greet them last night, and they almost killed me with a head on my neck."

The Tang magistrate had sweat on his forehead.

He was only transferred to Chenliu to be the county magistrate last year. He was also a capital official before, and he was well aware of the character of the Guangling County Prince. This sentence sounded like a joke, but he understood that the Guangling County Prince was very dissatisfied and angry about last night.

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This is the only close nephew of an official. If the robbers' matter is not handled well, even if he survives, his future in this life will be ruined. How can he be willing to accept it after spending more than ten years studying hard in college and becoming an official?

"Your Majesty, forgive me!"

Tang Wenshi bit his teeth and bowed deeply to Fu Jiuqu.

"It's because of the incompetence of the lower officials. It's been more than a year since I came to Chenliu during the winter solstice last year, and I still haven't been able to cure the scourge of banditry in Chenliu water. I've suffered from serious illnesses that are difficult to cure and chronic illnesses that haven't gone away... Who would have thought that these dogs are so courageous?

, it actually happened on the head of the county king, the subordinate is guilty."

Regardless of whether he is right or wrong, he first punished himself with three glasses of wine, and then pushed the incident of water banditry to the previous county magistrate, classifying the matter as a serious illness. He had only been in Chenliu County for a year, and he was not that fast in cracking down on water bandits.

No one can blame him.

Xin Yi found it interesting to sit on the donkey's back with a smile.

These people never speak well when they have something to say. They have to listen to what is inside and outside the context.

Fu Jiuqu chuckled, not surprised by Magistrate Tang's quibble.

The water banditry problem in Chenliu is so serious. As a local governor, is it really impossible to crack down on it, or is he afraid to crack down because of worries, or is it a nest of snakes and rats, with officials and bandits colluding?

Fu Jiuqu: "Tang Zhixian is right, but I blame him for secretly leaving the capital to handle the case. In order to avoid causing trouble, he did not take an official ship, did not warn the water bandits, and did not inform Tang Zhixian in advance to visit a dock. No one else can blame him.

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Tang Zhixian smiled bitterly, with a hint of flattery, "The county prince really offended Xianguan when he said that. The county prince came to Chenliu so that Xiaguan, the light of the firefly, could look up at the sun and the moon and listen to the county prince with his own ears.

Teaching is already a great blessing."

After saying that, he glanced at the river and lowered his voice suddenly, "The prince does not know something. This section of water belongs to two jurisdictions. This is Chenliu and that is Yongqiu. These water bandits are very good at following.

Like a fox, he didn't go anywhere, just guarding this section of the river... To be honest, in the year when Xianguan arrived in Chenliu, he had many conflicts with Hezhi County in Yongqiu due to the water bandits. The county

King, it is really... difficult to be promoted to an official position, it is difficult to do."

There is no doubt that there are two embarrassing and tragic protagonists in a row.

Fu Jiuqu looked at him, "How do you know the county? But He Xu, who has been an editor at the Hanlin Academy?"

Tang Wenshi's eyes flashed slightly, and he held his hands with a smile, "It is the young and promising Master He, who was famous in Beijing the year before last and the son-in-law of the Zhang family."

Fu Jiuqu smiled and said nothing.

Tang Wenshi stopped talking and didn't go into the topic any more.

At this time, several more officials from Chenliu County came to pay homage to Fu Jiuqu and started talking about the salvage of the sunken ship.

The crowd was very lively, but they never mentioned the Yongqiu man who knew the county.

After all, He Xu, who became an official at a young age, was probably someone from above. He had practiced in Yongqiu for several years and returned to Beijing. He was probably someone who wanted to enter the two governments to discuss matters. Who could afford to offend him?

For Tang Wenshi, it was not his turn to eat meat, and he had to bear the beatings. There was nothing he could do about it. The Prince of Guangling County was here today, so he took the opportunity to spit out sour water, and did not dare to make his complaints too obvious.

One can imagine how deep the water is in the boundary between Chenliu and Yongqiu.

After Fu Jiuqu stayed for a while, the Tang magistrate sent someone to send them to Chenliu and arranged for them to stay in a post house.

In the evening, he personally led people to deliver some of the items salvaged from the sunken ship to the post house.

Fu Jiuqu did not show up again, but asked Cai Qi to receive him.

Of course, their luggage was not neat and tidy, but the items sent by Magistrate Chenliu... were several times their own belongings.

Good guy!

Cai Qi had rarely been to places before, but this was the first time he saw such a battle. When he saw the magistrate, who was full of smiles and showed off his mountains and rivers, he had brought so many good things, he didn't know where to put them.

Should I throw it back in his face? Or should I welcome him in and offer him tea to thank him?

"Mr. Tang is so polite."

Cai Qi called for his chief attendant and asked him to find Sun Huai and claim their luggage and belongings together.

At the end, he sent the remaining things back and sent the guests off with a smile.

"The Prince of Guangling County caught a cold last night and felt unwell, so he did not come out to say goodbye to Magistrate Tang. But he specifically told me to express his gratitude to Magistrate Tang. When we return to Beijing, we will report the matter of the Chenliu water bandits to the officials and send someone

Please feel free to come and assist the magistrate in the investigation..."

Tang Zhixian didn't see the Prince of Guangling County and couldn't show his filial piety in person. He was originally unwilling to do so, but after hearing Cai Qi's last words, his heart dropped in his throat.

"Then I'm waiting for good news..."

He pointed to the filial gifts, "This, this... I hope the young marquis will accept it."

Cai Qi seemed to be smiling but not smiling, "A man has short hands. Although the things salvaged by Tang Zhixian are good, they were not dropped by us. I guess they were left behind by other unlucky merchants when they were robbed, so we should return them."

"But, but..."

Tang Wenshi wanted to say something else, but Cai Qi blocked him.

"Tang Magistrate, please come back."

Tang Wenshi led the people away angrily.

When Sun Huai was cleaning up, he found Xin Yi's cloth bag among a pile of debris. His eyes lit up and he picked it up.

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Xin Yi didn't know what was happening outside.

Her legs and feet were disabled and hurt when she moved. She originally thought she was unlucky enough, but then she heard that several of the guards who stayed at the foot shop last night, including Fu Jiuqu, were all sick. She didn't know whether to laugh or not.

She asked Sun Huai about his symptoms, took his pulse, and asked about other people's conditions. She was sure that he had intestinal borborygmus and diarrhea caused by the cold in the foot shop last night, as well as chest and stomach bloating. She asked someone to go to Chenliu Pharmacy to buy aconite.

, pinellia, licorice, jujube and japonica rice, and asked people to make a pot of aconite and japonica rice soup according to their own instructions and let them drink it.

These men were the most impatient about taking medicine, but when Xin Yi limped out to check on his condition, everyone praised him.

"I've never had such a delicious medicine. I can take two more bowls."

Cai Qi didn't believe in evil, and even though he was not sick, he had people come and taste it, and he was full of praise.

"My sister-in-law is so capable, I have to accept her."

Xin Yi smiled happily and felt very accomplished.

She glanced around.

The luggage was all packed, but Fu Jiuqu was nowhere to be seen.

She frowned again, "Where is the prince? Is he seriously ill?"

Cai Qi hummed, "It's not like he's seriously ill. Maybe his brain went astray..."

Xin Yi couldn't help laughing, "How do you say that?"

Cai Qi raised his eyebrows and said, "He is not going to Shouzhou anymore."

Xin Yi was stunned.

This incident was unexpected and reasonable.

Such an accident happened to Chen Liu. Was the shipwreck related to the case investigated by Fu Jiuqu, or was it just an accident?

With Fu Jiuqu's temper, how could he be willing to leave like this?

However, he was originally going to Shouzhou. If he wanted to stay in Chenliu, he had to have an explanation, right?

"Is this the reason why you are sick? Is it a real illness or a fake illness?"

Everyone laughed.

"Never mind the real illness or fake illness, this is the most delicious japonica rice porridge I have ever tasted."

Xin Yi:……

She glanced at the pot of porridge and saw that she had already finished it.

Everyone was laughing and talking, and she suddenly pressed her forehead and turned to look for Fu Jiuqu.
To be continued...