"Gu~~~"

The sharp and loud rooster crows tear open the night and dawn falls.

Liu Taozi changed into his brand new official uniform, which was still black.

During the former Wei Dynasty, the temple set up five-color official uniforms, requiring them to be uniformly worn according to the grade. However, when we arrived in Daqi, it was "all the clothes were mysterious and the lower ones were covered", and there was no obvious distinction.

But this set of official uniforms is different from the previous set of robes. The robes are short clothes, including the lower clothes, which are also tight and short, covering the top of the robe, tightly clasped, and need to be buckled with a tie, and the crown is a military cap, with a strong smell of military officers and nomadic smell.

Now this official uniform is a big-sleeved shirt with hip folds underneath, and the waist is divided into two layers. The outer coat is shaped like a cloak, the inner coat is exquisitely woven, and the various beasts are embroidered with thin sleeves. The large sleeves are covered with red and white cage crowns. Just looking at the outer coat, it is like a madman from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. If you look at the inner coat, it is a bit nomadic and rough, and the sword at the waist is also replaced with a long sword, which is really majestic, completely different from the past.

Yao Xiong and others had already been guarding the door. When they saw Liu Taozi strode out, the few people were stunned.

They have seen such clothes before, and they often wear them like this when they go to the road.

But Liu Taozi was really different when wearing this outfit. She was tall and mighty. With this outfit, she didn't look like a ninth-rank county magistrate, but she had a bit of the style of a first-rank general who recorded the Shangshu.

Yao Xiong hurriedly said, "Brother is majestic!"

Tian Zili was not in the mood to hear this guy flattering him. He hurriedly pulled someone to Liu Taozi and said with a smile: "Brother, Shi Tian, ​​the Li Lushi, was waiting here before he was bright, saying that he wanted to take us to see the county magistrate and then summon the officials."

This Li Yang record history is called Li Jun. This person who took the lead in greeting Liu Taozi yesterday.

This man is about thirty years old, with an ordinary appearance, a flashing eyes and a smile on his face. He is a standard official from Daqi County.

He quickly flattered and said, "Mr. Liu is so majestic! He looks so good! His subordinates see him as if they are heavenly beings."

Tian Zili interrupted him with a smile, "My county magistrate doesn't like to listen to flattery!"

"Not flattery is it, it's all the words of the subordinates."

Li Jun said to Tian Zili, obviously, after this night, Tian Zili had already had some social interactions with several officials in the county, but they could not talk about friendship, but they had a certain understanding of each other.

Li Jun hurriedly sent someone to open the way, nodded and bowed, following Liu Taozi, leading the way for him.

"Mr. Liu, I met the county magistrate later, so I must be careful of my words."

"The county magistrate is a strange and perverse person. When we go to visit him on weekdays, we are cautious and dare not offend him. If we offend him, we will be beaten."

Li Jun subconsciously touched his face and looked at everyone, "You must be more careful when you are in the backyard and don't anger this person."

Hearing these words, Yao Xiong immediately sneered.

Another fucking dog official.

Kou Liu was also full of righteous indignation and looked ugly.

Tian Zili narrowed her eyes and just chuckled.

Li Jun and a few people walked more than a hundred steps before they walked around a house. The house looked extremely dilapidated and perfectly matched the style of the entire county government.

The walls of the house were damaged, and weeds even grew at the door.

An old man stood at the door, napping with the spear in his arms.

When Li Jun saw this, he couldn't help but be furious. He hurried forward and woke up the old man, "I said last night that the county magistrate was coming. How dare you, old man?!"

The old man looked at the other party with horror, and he knelt on the ground and apologized repeatedly.

A harsh look on Li Jun's face and disappeared immediately. He smiled and returned to Liu Taozi, "Mr. Liu, it's because I'm not disciplined, please don't blame me."

He pointed to the dilapidated house in front of him, "The county magistrate lives here and he has a strange temper. Oh, the county magistrate has to go in by himself."

Liu Taozi asked everyone to stay here, but he pushed open the gate of the courtyard. His voice was extremely rough, and Li Jun couldn't help but tremble.

Liu Taozi walked into the yard, but saw that the yard was also particularly bleak, with weeds everywhere and miscellaneous things piled up everywhere. If Li Jun didn't say it, no one would think that this was the residence of the county magistrate, but just regarded it as a warehouse where miscellaneous things were piled up.

Liu Taozi walked to the opposite house and patted the door.

"who?"

One person asked.

"County magistrate."

The door was slowly pushed open, and a man in ordinary clothes and a sloppy look opened the door.

This man looks only about thirty years old, but his beard is messy, his face is pale, and his expression is indeed a bit strange.

The man looked up and down at Liu Taozi in front of him, with a warning in his eyes, "Are you the new county magistrate?"

"yes."

"But he was a scholar in the exam?"

"no."

"Bang!"

The man closed the door without hesitation. The force was extremely strong and the dust was shaken by him. The door almost hit Liu Taozi's face. Liu Taozi stood still for a moment, turned around and walked out.

Seeing that he came out, Li Jun hurried forward, "Mr. Liu, the county magistrate has not made things difficult for you, right?"

"No."

"That's good, that's good."

Li Jun sighed helplessly, "Oh, Mr. Liu, please follow me to the lobby to summon all the officials."

The lobby of Liyang County is a little shabby. The few wooden pillars are bright and have several gaps. The ground looks a bit dirty and cannot be washed clean.

Yao Xiong and others were no longer surprised. The county magistrate was gone, so Liu Taozi sat in the upper position.

Li Jun and others sat below, lazily, with a total of more than a dozen people.

Tian Zili frowned, already displeased.

"Li Jun, Xin Cheng comes, no matter how much trouble the officials are, they should gather together. Do these twelve or three people look down on our lord?"

Li Jun hurriedly got up and said to Liu Taozi: "Mr. Liu, I will never dare to underestimate you."

"Even if we count the scattered officials, there are only seventeen people."

"What?!"

Tian Zili suddenly stood up and said, "Liyangzhong County, there should be fifty-three officials and twelve officials!"

"What do you mean?"

Li Jun's face was pale and his whole body was trembling. "I will never dare to deceive you, there is really no one in the county government."

"Make it clear!!"

Tian Zili looked at Yao Xiong, Yao Xiong hurriedly got up and placed his hand on the hilt of his waist. Li Jun immediately knelt on the ground, "Mr. Liu! Tian Jun! Give up your life!"

"Two years ago, there was the amount that Tian Jun said in the city, but in the past two years, the harvest was not good, the food was insufficient, the county treasury was empty, and the tribute grain could not be paid. Not to mention the salary of the officials, and there was no food to live. The officials were either starved or killed or escaped or the scattered officials in the county government. We all had to arrest people from the prison, and we had to put shackles on weekdays to avoid them from escaping."

Li Jun cried and told the situation in the county, and Yao Xiong and others widened their eyes.

Even the county officials can starve to death? They have to work with shackles?

What the hell is this?

Tian Zili frowned, "This Liyang is a major grain-producing county. The land is fertile and well-known. There has been no natural disaster in the past two years. How could it be so short of food?"

Li Jun's lips trembled a few times, "I don't know either. The county magistrate doesn't know."

He slowly closed his eyes and lowered his head, but refused to speak again.

Liu Taozi looked at the scattered officials. Sure enough, those people were all thin, with sunken cheeks and dull eyes, while the other officials had their faces not very good.

Yao Xiong and others suddenly understood why the Liyang County Government looked so dilapidated, it turned out that it was because of poverty.

Liu Taozi did not waste any more time, so she turned around and left here, and everyone hurriedly followed.

After Taozi and others left, Li Jun then got up and asked those scattered officials to go back. At this moment, there were only four people left by his side.

"how?"

"Happiness and anger are not reflected in appearance, it's hard to say."

"I think he is definitely not a Han Chinese, he should be a Hun Qihu. Look at the green eyes, it is undoubtedly Qihu. There is also a strange beard. He is definitely a Xianbei person!"

"I have seen the Xianbei knights patrolling, and they have his beard and hair, which is extremely ugly."

"Yes, there is also the scary-looking one! It's a doctor, but I think it's a Xianbei witch doctor! Only Hu people carry the witch doctor with them!"

"I think I'd better tell Mr. Zhao and let Mr. Zhao come forward directly. Most of these naughty people have strange personalities. If they offend any words, they may be punished by blood! "

Li Jun gritted his teeth and pondered for a moment, "Okay, I'll go and pay homage to Mr. Zhao."

Liu Taozi and others returned to their residence.

Everyone sat down on his side.

"Zi Li, tell me the situation."

Tian Zili hurriedly stood up, "The magistrate of Liyang County was named Shi Yao, and his courtesy name was Bai Yao, and he was from An Xi. He is said to be an official who started his career in the examination in the classics."

"He has a bad reputation in the county government office. He said that this person stayed in the dilapidated courtyard for a long time and refused to go out. He slept in the courtyard all day, ignoring the government affairs of the county government office at all, and even had no arrangements for a chief clerk."

"In addition, Li Jun and others also said that this person has a perverse personality, likes to beat up officials, is moody and cannot get close to others. Well, although they did not say it explicitly, they all imply that the county gutter was insufficient because of the county gutter. He did not care about farming, and often sent his confidants to close the grain warehouse, not allowing others to check and seize the amount privately."

Before Tian Zili finished speaking, Yao Xiong couldn't help it, "Good dog official, even the county officials were starved to death by him. How miserable should the people in this city be."
To be continued...