The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 384 Jiujiang
After Wang Gang interrogated Zhu Wu, he and Gu Tingye took Zhu Wu and Zhu Manniang back to the original courtyard and locked them in the firewood room for the time being.

Gu Tingye later went to visit Sister Rong and Brother Chang.

Looking at the son who is already asleep, but is not his own son at all.

Gu Tingye's mood was extremely complicated. At one moment, he was ruthless, wanting to strangle this evil seed, but at the other moment, his heart was soft, and he couldn't do it no matter what.

During the battle between heaven and man, Gu Tingye finally heaved a long sigh and decided to bring this secret into the coffin.

Brother Chang is, after all, Sister Rong's younger brother.

But Gu Tingye will never forgive their mother.

Gu Tingye came to the firewood room angrily, picked up a hatchet, and was just about to open the door and go in to chop Zhu Manniang to death.

Wang Gang stretched out his hand to stop him.

"This kind of woman is not worth getting your hands dirty." Wang Gang shook his head.

Gu Tingye's lips trembled and said: "Chang Feng, don't stop me if I'm a friend. Keeping this kind of vicious woman will be a disaster to the children in the future."

Wang Gang nodded and said, "I know, but you can't do it, let others do it!"

Gu Tingye suddenly remembered the two children, and finally understood what Wang Gang meant.

If Sister Rong found out in the future that her father killed her mother, she might not be able to accept it.

In the end, Gu Tingye put down the hatchet for his daughter.

The next day, Gu Tingye called his attendant Shitou and asked him to take Zhu Wu and Zhu Manniang outside to deal with them.

Zhu Manniang is Gu Tingye's concubine, and Gu Tingye's deed of sale is still in Gu Tingye's hands. He can deal with it as he wants, and he doesn't need to go through the government.

As for Zhu Wu, can't his Ningyuanhou's mansion deal with a rascal?

According to Tingye's instructions, Shitou wanted to kill Zhu Wu and Zhu Manniang, but was stopped by Wang Gang.

Although the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion is powerful, there are also many political enemies. If someone takes advantage of it, it will be troublesome for Gu Tingye to inherit the throne in the future.

Wang Gang suggested that instead of killing Zhu Wu and Zhu Manniang, it would be better to place them in a place where no one can find them, and it would be too cheap to kill them.

Shitou understood, and asked his relatives in the Cao Gang to sell Zhu Wu and Zhu Manniang overseas as slaves.

I heard that those savages overseas don't treat slaves as human beings at all, they are worse than livestock.

For a pretty woman like Zhu Manniang who is thin-skinned and fleshy, one can imagine the situation when she goes overseas.

As for Sister Rong and Brother Chang, Gu Tingye said that their mother died of illness, and Gu Tingye specially prepared a fake grave to perform a full set of plays.

The two children continued to be raised outside, and Gu Tingye was raised by the nanny who took care of her since she was a child, and she was given a sum of money every year.

Gu Tingye didn't tell his mother Chang's life experience, but Gu Tingye saw Chang'er less and less in the future.

After this incident was over, Gu Tingye and Wang Gang went to Yu Mansion again to propose marriage to Yu Yanran.

Wang Gang knew that Yu Yanran was a virtuous and virtuous woman, and marrying Gu Tingye should be able to heal his emotional wounds.

As for Yu Yanhong, who would cheat on her, Wang Gang didn't dare to let her marry Gu Tingye.

The Yu family didn't want to agree to Gu Tingye, but Gu Yankai couldn't help but finally asked Prince Zhao Shu for a marriage.

The prince bestowed a marriage, and the Yu family didn't dare to resist even if they had nine guts, so the marriage between Yu Yanran and Gu Tingye was finally settled.

Wang Gang also persuaded Gu Tingye to treat him well after marrying Yu Yanran.

After Zhu Manniang's incident, Gu Tingye has grown up completely, or he may have accepted his fate, and decided to be a respectful couple with Yu Yanran and live a good life.

Wang Gang believes that after Yu Yanran marries Gu Tingye, she will gradually discover Gu Tingye's strengths. If the two can redeem each other, it would be a beautiful thing.

Because he was going to take office in Hongzhou Mansion, Wang Gang didn't have time to drink Gu Tingye's wedding wine, so he could only give a gift in advance, which was regarded as a wedding present.

At the beginning of May, Wang Gang left Bianjing in a very low-key way with his wife Hai Chaoyun and several servants, and rushed to Jiangxi to take up his post.

This way, Wang Gang took the water route deliberately, and even found the relationship between the stones, so he asked the Cao Gang for help, and he entered the border of Jiangxi smoothly all the way.

After entering the border of Jiangxi, Wang Gang changed to land and hired a carriage to go to Jiujiang County where he went to work.

This time it was not as peaceful as taking the waterway.

Jiangxi is infested with bandits, even if you follow the official path, it is not peaceful.

Wang Gang encountered two groups of bandits along the way, the first wave was fairly moral, and Wang Gang took some money and sent them away.

The second wave was not so easy to talk about, not only asking for money, but also wanting to harass the female relatives.

Wang Gang finally couldn't bear it anymore, and the bandit, who was beaten with a coiling dragon stick, ran away with his head in his arms.

Through fighting, Wang Gang also discovered that these bandits had no martial arts skills, and most of them were ordinary people. They fell into bandits because they couldn't survive.

Wang Gang did not soften his heart, and broke the legs of all the bandits.

These people may have been forced to fall into the grass at the beginning, but after such a long time, everyone has done several evil things, and none of them is innocent.

Wang Gang didn't kill him, so he was showing mercy.

After continuing on the road, Wang Gang didn't encounter any bandits. It seemed that the bandit dens in the Jiangxi border had their own communication channels. After knowing that Wang Gang was a stubborn stubble, there were fewer people to harass.

It was only at this time that Hai Chaoyun realized that her husband was not only talented in literature, but also in martial arts, and he had great admiration for Wang Gang.

Half a month later, Wang Gang and his party came to Jiujiang County smoothly and found the Jiujiang County Government.

After Niu Wenjin, the magistrate of the county government, checked Wang Gang's appointment documents, he immediately introduced them into the back hall of the county government.

"I have long heard that Mr. Sheng is young and promising. He won three yuan at a young age and was entrusted with important tasks by the officials. Today, I saw him as extraordinary." After seeing Wang Gang, Niu Wenjin almost praised him to the sky.

"Master Niu, you are welcome. I just came to work today, and I am not familiar with Jiujiang County. I need your help in the future." Wang Gang said politely.

As the magistrate of Jiujiang County, Wang Gang is the head of a county. Under him, there is a county magistrate, a county lieutenant, a master book, and several government servants.

The county magistrate is the assistant official of the county magistrate. He is generally responsible for clerical work such as documents, household registration, and tax collection. He is regarded as Wang Gang's direct subordinate.

The county lieutenant is in charge of security, patrolling, law and order, and the leadership of the yamen servants, just like the county magistrate.

As for the master book, it is equivalent to the master, that is, the secretary of the county magistrate.

The county magistrate is the seventh-rank official, followed by the county magistrate, who is the eighth-rank official, and the county lieutenant is the eighth-rank official. The master book has no rank.

Officials and officials have been counted separately since ancient times. Only those who raise people can be officials, and scholars can be officials.

The official is the iron rice bowl, the imperial court pays the salary, and the official is hired by the official privately, and the official pays the salary.

Generally speaking, county magistrates are appointed by the imperial court for a term of three years. After the three-year term expires, those who perform well in the assessment will be promoted; otherwise, they will be demoted and transferred away.

Therefore, the county magistrates are often changed, and few of them have been in office for ten years.

"Master Sheng, the people in the yamen know that you are taking office today, so they specially arranged a banquet to entertain you in the evening. Please honor me."

Niu Wenjin, the county magistrate, put Wang Gang's family in the backyard of the county government, and he invited them.

"At that time, Hu Xianwei and Du Zhuzhu will participate." Niu Wenjin added.

"Where is the banquet?" Wang Gang asked.

"It's at the home of Du Yuanwai, a rich man in this county." Niu Wenjin said.

Wang Gang immediately understood that it was the local local snake that had invited him, the dragon crossing the river, to entertain him.

"Okay, I will definitely be there." Wang Gang agreed without hesitation.

Niu Wenjin left with satisfaction, Wang Gang immediately put away his smiling face, and said to Hai Chaoyun: "Madam, I will take some people to clean the backyard of the county government in a while, send out all irrelevant people, and replace them with our own people."

Hai Chaoyun understood Wang Gang's meaning and said, "I have informed the caravan to send some smart and capable people over here, and they should arrive soon."

Wang Gang nodded and said: "We have had an uneven journey, and this Jiujiang County is probably no exception. You should also pay attention to safety."

Hai Chaoyun said: "I will stay in the county yamen on weekdays, I believe no one would dare to do anything to me in the yamen."

After Wang Gang arranged the family affairs, he changed into fresh clothes and rushed to Yuanwai Du's house for a banquet.

This Du Yuanwai is the richest man in Jiujiang County. His home is bigger and more luxurious than the county government office, so it is very easy to find.

As soon as Wang arrived at the gate of the Du Mansion, he saw a Yuanwailang in his early fifties standing with Niu Wenjin, as if waiting for Wang Gang to come over.

"Master Sheng, let me introduce Du Yuanwai for you." Niu Wenjin greeted Wang Gang from a distance and introduced Du Yuanwai to him.

The so-called outsiders refer to officials other than regular officials, who have official names but no official positions. Most of them are held by local powerful gentry, and they are standard local snakes.

Wang Gang was invited into the house by Du Yuanwai, and found that the county captain Hu Dahai and the chief bookkeeper Du Ming had arrived.

This county captain, Hu Dahai, is Du Yuanwai's son-in-law, and the chief bookkeeper's surname is Du.

Looking at the intimacy between Liu Wenjin and Du Yuanwai, the entire Jiujiang county government office is almost run by Du Yuanwai's family.

On the contrary, Wang Gang, the county magistrate, is an outsider.

(End of this chapter)