The Heavens: A Qing, the Yue Girl at the beginning

Chapter 17 Ling Tuisi's Plan
"Oh? I see." Ma Daming stepped forward and knocked on the door of the Ling Mansion, and said again: "Brother Geng, I was threatened by thieves yesterday, and my life fell into the hands of others, but I always have loyalty to my lord."

"Presumably you have also heard that the thief is very young and has extremely high martial arts. Coupled with the fact that he was able to investigate the past three years clearly, it can be seen that there is probably a huge force hidden behind him. If you can uproot him , hehe... Then the prefect's merits must be added to one another."

His voice suddenly rose.

"In fact, I temporarily listened to the thieves and arrested two civilians in order not to startle the enemy. In fact, what kind of 'five cloud hands' and gangsters, how can they match the noble status of Lord Ling? I will see you later. When explaining, I hope Brother Geng can help to intercede."

After Ma Daming finished speaking, he took a bag of gold and silver from the horse's bundle and handed it to his colleagues.

Geng Tianba took two steps closer, stretched out his big blue-black hand to take the bag, and weighed it.

His scorched and wrinkled face twitched twice, and he nodded slowly, but a trace of disdain flashed in the corner of his eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Then I will say a few more words for you later."

At this moment, the door of Ling Mansion opened, and the two stopped talking to each other and walked in together.

The doorkeeper closed the door again, bolted it, and seemed to catch a glimpse of blue passing by.

This blue color is Zhao Qing. After she had lunch early, she inquired about the location of the Ling Mansion. When she came to investigate, she happened to meet Ma Daming and the other two.

Zhao Qing was dressed in a blue shirt, with a light veil covering his face, he passed the gorgeous screen wall and the front hall, and stood outside the main hall.

There didn't seem to be many servants in Ling's mansion, but there were a few sword guards dressed as military officers standing outside the main entrance, walking a few steps from time to time, making the rustling sound of footsteps rubbing against the ground, blade and scabbard. strict.

Is there some important discussion or something going on in the house?Just in time to find out.

Zhao Qing glanced at the surrounding building terrain, jumped lightly, and fell on the beams of the corridor along the wall outside the hall, preparing to check the situation inside the house through the wall.

For a long time, there has been a saying in the rivers and lakes that one can peek inside the house by lifting the roof tiles.However, in many areas, especially large families, there will be interlayers such as mortar and rib ash, and the tiles are also multi-layered, so it is impossible to peep through the tiles.

Coupled with the fact that there were patrols outside, and the roof was still a bit conspicuous during the day, Zhao Qing could only give up observing the inside of the house and just listen to the sound without being exposed.

……

In the main hall of Ling Mansion, the interior furnishings are elegant and clean. On the wall of the middle hall hangs an exquisite portrait of Guan Gong facing the door, with a majestic and majestic posture.

A 42-year-old middle-aged man was sitting on a sandalwood chair covered with brocade, with luxurious clothes and a vigorous look on his face.

This person is Ling Tuisi, the magistrate of Jingzhou Prefecture.

He looked at another sandalwood chair beside him, a skinny old man in a lion patch suit with bulging temples on both sides, and took a blue and white fine porcelain tureen bowl containing green tea from the tea tray. , drank it carefully, and said:

"Xiao Zongbing, you came from a long way and came to my house as a guest. In a hurry, there are some things that are not well received. Please see."

"Don't dare to do it, the magistrate Ling is out. I, Xiao Fulu, came to visit today because I have something to ask for advice. I heard that there are bandits in Jingzhou city recently who are making trouble? Do you need me to order the soldiers under Mr. Xiong Qian of Jingzhou to cooperate with you?" Xiao Zongbing replied.

As the commander-in-chief of Yichang Town, Xiao Fulu was in charge of the Fourth Battalion of Zhenbiao and Shi Nanxie, Yuan'an Camp, Weichang Camp, Yidu Camp, and Jingzhou Defense Battalion. The armament of Jingzhou City was also under his jurisdiction.

In the Qing Dynasty, literature was used to control martial arts. Although the commander-in-chief was a second-rank official, he did not have much advantage in status over the magistrate.When Zongbing Xiao was on patrol in Jingzhou, he heard about yesterday's situation and came to visit specially, wanting to help the prefect of Ling suppress bandits and control the situation in Jingzhou city.

Most of the heroes from all over the world gathered by Wanjia yesterday stayed in the city of Jingzhou and did not plan to leave; the masters of the rivers and lakes from several nearby state capitals will enter the city one after another within a few days and also stay in the city.

And so many people from all walks of life come here, there are both righteous ways and black ways, which is naturally not a good thing for the common people, and there is a high probability that Jingzhou City will fall into a somewhat chaotic situation.

But Ling Tuisi, who is the "parent official" of Jingzhou Mansion, didn't care about this matter at the moment, he was thinking about other things.

In fact, when he served as the magistrate in Jingzhou, he has always followed the principle of "not seeking merit, but seeking no past mistakes", and his treatment of the people is of a well-regulated kind, and he cannot be called a bad official.

If he had done all kinds of evil things on a daily basis, even with Ling Shuanghua's relationship, Ding Dian would not have respected him very much before Ling Tuisi was imprisoned.

For him in the past seven years, the most important thing is to ensure his stay in Jingzhou. For this reason, he has spent nearly 10 taels of silver and sent rare treasures of even greater value, making the funds of the Longsha Gang The operation has been affected a lot.

However, the Liancheng Treasure has some signs of being acquired by others recently, and a decision must be made as soon as possible.Otherwise, paying such a huge price and getting nothing, this is something Ling Tuisi cannot bear.

"Martial arts competition..." Ling Tuisi murmured softly, and then asked: "Xiao Zongbing, who is the number one master of the Qing Dynasty?"

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Outside the wall, Zhao Qing listened quietly to the conversation between the two: first they talked about the masters who served in the imperial court, then they discussed the deployment of Jingzhou City's military defense, and finally the two had a simple exchange of ideas with bare hands, complimenting each other a few times sentence.

Then, Xiao Zongbing left with his men, and Ma Daming and Geng Tianba, who had been waiting for a long time, entered the house.

Ma Daming maintained a mournful tone, explaining yesterday's behavior in detail according to what he said at the gate of Ling Mansion.Geng Tianba perfunctorily agreed a few times.

Zhao Qing almost laughed out loud when he heard it outside. He probably didn't have the slightest intention to promote himself for adding merit to Ling Tuisi.Aren't you annoyed by saying this?
However, it can also be heard from it that Ling Tuisi still keeps his subordinates secret about the real reason why he became the magistrate in Jingzhou.

"Hmm...Brother Daming, you've done a pretty good job, but the next time you encounter something like this, you must report it to me before you do it."

Ling Tuisi took a bowl of tea from the tea tray, covered the sprinkling of a few grains of inconspicuous blue powder with his robe, got up and handed it to Ma Daming, and then handed another bowl to Geng Tianba.

"Shangzhi County in Jiangling County has been reported to the governor for accepting bribes. It is very likely that you will be transferred away this year. Both of you are my confidantes, and I will not hide it. This is a very good opportunity."

"Chance?"

"That's right, there are chances for official positions such as chief secretary and county lieutenant." Ling Tuisi said.

"What advice does your lord have?" Ma Daming and Geng Tianba asked at the same time, with a bit of excitement in their tone.

"I can't talk about advice, but I just hope that you can try your best to help me with a few things, and I will find a chance to recommend it."

There was an edict in the Qing Dynasty that candidates for officials, Jinshi, Juren, tribute supervisors, and hermits in the mountains and forests could all be recommended.The recommendation of a prefect of a state is definitely not low.

"The first thing is to mobilize the power of the sect you belong to and help me find a good doctor in the Jianghu who can heal old cuts." Ling Tuisi said in a deep voice with his eyes shining brightly.

Zhao Qing heard it clearly from outside, and secretly thought in his heart: Ling Tuisi was trying to heal the scratches on his daughter's face, what was he planning?

……

　Hei Dingdian had seen someone before who killed the person who assassinated Ling Tuisi. He was helping the evildoers.

　　Let me explain here, Ling Tuisi should not have done much evil on the surface when the treasure was not involved, otherwise Ding Dian should have been on guard before; and the assassins killed by Ding Dian could recognize Ding under the long-haired and long-bearded prisoner attire Dian, who was obviously quite familiar in the past, was indeed what he called an "enemy", close to killing each other.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)