In the backyard of Sanhuang Temple, the raging fire was roasting the ducks on the rack. From time to time, duck fat was roasted and dripped into the firewood below, making a crackling sound. Liu Xiaoyi and Lu Fang, two soldiers, cut a few long bamboo branches, washed and cut the deer meat on the skewers, and reached to the fire to roast.

Not far away, I set up a large pot and cooked the remaining deer meat and bones inside. The water had already boiled, making a "cuckoo" sound, and the aroma slowly floated out of the pot.

Xu Ping has always adhered to the principle that if he had meat, he would let his subordinates drink soup. When he had meat himself, he would definitely cook a large pot of broth to make everyone have the least taste in his mouth. Moreover, the broth would be cooked for a long time and tasted sufficiently, and there was no shortage of nutrition in it, so that his subordinates would not lose their body.

Under the big ginkgo tree, Xu Ping and Li Shen sat opposite each other, savoring tea while chatting.

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Li Shen smiled and said, "When it is cooked in the Sanhuang Temple, the Taoist who presided over the temple doesn't know what he thinks, aren't he afraid of the gods getting meat?"

"They should not be afraid! Whenever they sacrifice to the gods, they must prepare three animals. It can be seen that the gods do not avoid meat food. These temple guards are both jealous and jealous. They are bewitched by the customs passed down by the Hu people. Where did we Han people come from? If they think that I have a taboo to drink here, they must first think about whether they are right to their ancestors and then think about the gods."

Li Shen laughed at the end of the day: "I'm so straightforward to do it!"

Xu Ping said: "It was originally. People usually don't continue to eat three meals, but they don't even think about avoiding meat. They are those who eat a lot all day long to have the intention. They feel that they can't eat, so they'll just be hungry for a few meals!"

Sighing, Li Guan looked at Xu Ping and looked serious: "I mean something to be controlled-"

"I can't deny that when Parliament Li Tong said this. Although Heyin is not a big county, there is only one household in the whole county. Did you know this before? Don't talk about the excuse of local poverty, the classification of fifth-class households is different in the local area. Heyin cannot be so much worse than other counties in Mengzhou!"

Li Shen said slowly: "As a magistrate of a state, I am in charge of civil affairs of a state. If I don't know, it will be pretentious. This Heyin County is really different from other places. No matter what standard it is, there is only one household registration."

"There are naturally a reason for the five-level households to be divided into five levels. If you can't even get the five-level household, it means there is something wrong with this place. Does Li Tong clearly understand this principle?"

After hearing this, Li Shen laughed: "Xu Waijian, the world is so big, there are all kinds of strange things! Why can't there be a county and household that cannot be divided into five levels? Jiang Da has a family, and I have been taking care of it again and again. Heyin County has never been reported to have committed crimes. Can I still confiscate his house?"

Xu Ping sneered: "There is only one household in the county. Do you say this is a law-abiding and good citizen. Do you believe this?"

"How come I don't believe it! Although the county magistrate Yao Zeguang was just a cadre at Taiwei Zhang's family before he entered the officialdom, he was smart and worked diligently after he took office in Heyin County. His words were never said out of thin air!"

"Yao Zeguang, work diligently? - Yes, yes, the day before yesterday, the child of the family ran to his uncle's house to play. The woman thought his child had been lost, so she came to the county to hand over the complaint. County Magistrate Yao sent all the servants out and led the team himself to almost turn the entire county over. Yesterday there was another case. The chickens in the family were eaten by the dog next door. They came to report that there was a chicken thief in the village. County Magistrate Yao had been busy for another day-"

Li Shen smiled: "A small place is always such trivial matters. Yao Zeguang does everything himself, and although it is inevitable that he will make a big deal, he is a diligent and loving the people."

"Prime Minister Li Tong, do you think I'm stupid?" Hearing this, Xu Ping slapped the stone table in front of him. "Since I was the first to be a Jinshi, I have been working in prefectures and counties for six or seven years. How can I not know this kind of trick? Local tyrants, in order not to let the officials cause trouble, they focus on the local people's pulse and work. If someone is greedy for money, they will have a lot of money to respect you. If someone is not greedy for money, they will have such small cases every day that you don't have time to do things. Whether it is Yao Zeguang or you, Li Shen, have been in the local area for many years, have been doing things well and have outstanding political achievements. I don't know what?"

Seeing that Xu Ping changed his face, Li Guan knew that it was useless to say something false, and said in a deep voice: "What exactly should Xu Waijian?"

"I have said just now that the canal will be opened in the autumn at the latest, and Heyin County will be responsible for manpower and material resources!"

Li Shen said slowly: "Even now, the officials dare to take protection. The county will definitely not miss the construction period!"

"And what? A canal was built, and I, Xu Ping, was scolded by people in this county for thousands of years. What I did was something that was beneficial to the court and something that was beneficial to the local people. This benefit should be felt by the local people, not to come and scold them!"

Li Shen was silent for a while before he said in a deep voice: "I'll make it clear when I'm going to do it. What do you want me to do? Whether Jiang Dayou or Tong Qilang, they are both relatives and bad things. They have to kill and cut them, just one sentence of waiting!"

Xu Ping sneered: "Don't I say clearly? There is only one household in the county, so it is impossible for you to never do anything offends! Go and find out what's behind this, follow the law, kill if you should be killed, and send a military force to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to be sent to

"If, I mean, then Jiang Dayou and Tong Qilang are indeed law-abiding people, what should we do?"

"If you find out this result, I will transfer to Wenjing West Road Transportation Command and Taijian Department and ask them to send someone to investigate. I still said the same thing, only you should check it out without any care, and there is absolutely no such thing as a law-abiding citizen! At that time, Judge Li Tong also understood what would happen. The three of us jointly participated in you, deceived our superiors and concealed their subordinates, and were fish and meat!"

During the days when he arrived in Heyin County, Xu Ping naturally knew the situation in this county. After all, the population of this county was only equivalent to a large village in his previous life. Although he did not know all kinds of details, the Jiang family and the Tong family gathered most of the wealth in the county. To abide by the laws and regulations, it is an insult to the IQ of people. Only the matter of committing is a big or small problem, and there is no problem of not committing it.

It was precisely because of this that Xu Ping was very annoyed by Li Shen's attitude. With Li Shen's qualifications, it was impossible to see this, but he kept refusing to rely on the prefect Li Di to make him look ugly? In this case, he could also bypass Li Di. Yang Gao, the transfer envoy of Jingxi Road, is an old man from the three departments' regulations, and some ways to deal with Li Shen.

As the verdict of Mengzhou, Li Di is just a name for himself. He can do it without passing through him and directly attack Li Shen. Such a state prefecture, whether it is a merit or a fault, has always been directly counted on the head of the magistrate.

Li Shen sat there, silent for a long time before saying, "Xu Waijian, let me think twice!"

Xu Ping looked at Li Shen opposite him and saw that he had a calm expression and was not at all panic. He obviously had a constitution in his heart and said lightly: "It's okay, I have to stay in Heyin County for a few days. You can think carefully and investigate the situation in this county clearly. There are so many rooms in Sanhuang Temple, so let's live here."

Li Shen said again: "Doing to the system does not mean that three escaped officials were arrested on the road, and the county did not recognize them, and there was also a escaped family. I don't know whether it is convenient or not, so I will interrogate them tomorrow."

"What's inconvenience about this? It's the population you ruled. But I brought the people here, and it's about my family. I want my people to accompany you during the interrogation."

"The officials understand, of course it should be like this."

Seeing that both of them were silent and seemed to have nothing to say, Liu Xiaoyi came over and said, "Monkey King, the meat has been roasted, so why not just start eating?"

Xu Ping nodded: "Okay, I'm really hungry after running for a day. - By the way, it's rare for Punishment Li Tong to come and take out two bottles of liquor brought from home, and drink it happily tonight!"

Liu Xiaoyi turned to his room and ran all the way back to his room.

The soldiers took a few chairs and placed them in front of the fire, asking Xu Ping and Li Shen to sit there.

Sitting in front of the fire, Xu Ping looked at the ducks on the fire and said, "You all say they are fat ducks. Where is this duck fat? It doesn't seem like two taels of meat on its body, and it can only chew bones!"

Liu Xiaoyi happened to take out the wine and smiled and said, "What the marquis of the county said is, but it is rare for wild ducks to grow like this. You can barely suck it. It's not like the ones raised in our farm. If you fill it with it before eating, it's fat."

Xu Ping shook his head repeatedly: "Forget it, take off the duck, tear the large pieces of meat and skin, put them on the plate to put them in the wine. Take the remaining skeleton to make some soup and serve the soldiers outside."

Liu Xiaoyi responded, took off the two roasted wild ducks, tore the skin and put them on a plate.

Xu Ping said to Li Shen, who was still sitting at the stone table under the tree: "Prime Minister Li Tong, come and eat meat and drink!"

Li Shen stood up, reluctantly smiled and thanked Xu Ping, and walked to the fire and sat in the chair.

Liu Xiaoyi opened the bottle and poured the wine. Xu Ping raised his glass and said, "This is a good wine brewed at home. The price sold in Beijing is not cheap now! Punishment Li Tong, come and drink this glass!"

After saying that, he drank the wine in the glass in one go.

Li Shen accompanied him to drink, put down his glass and said, "Xu Waijian's wine at home is not only famous in the capital, but also on Jingxi Road. There are many large restaurants and wealthy families who drink this wine."

Xu Ping was surprised: "Why, the prefectures and counties on Jingxi Road still allow Kaifeng Prefecture to sell wine here?"

"There are always exceptions in the world. Although wine is prohibited, there are always some unstoppable channels, so someone brings it over to drink it. As long as it is a gift from a friend and does not sell it to the public, it is not considered a violation of the law."

Xu Ping smiled and nodded without saying a word. In the name of the palace or the false edict, even the big trees, bamboo and wood in the Qingtang area in the northwest were transported in smuggled. What a few jars of wine were worth, and it was absolutely impossible to ban it.

Before the fire, Xu Ping and Li Shen just drank and ate meat, and never mentioned the business matters they just talked about.
Chapter completed!