The demon world I designed

Chapter 69
"My lord wants to buy cooking cakes? Your lord is so lucky. This is made of freshly ground wheat by the old man's wife this morning. It smells delicious, and sprinkled with sesame seeds and sugar..."

"Yes, Uncle General, the cakes made by my grandma are delicious..." A six or seven-year-old girl next to him helped the old man to sell them, looking lively and cute.

But when Li Danian looked at the girl who was approaching, he showed horror, and stepped back while holding the horse.

The horse seemed to sense the panic of its owner, and raised its hooves vigilantly, warning the little guy in front of him not to approach.

The girl was scared by the horse and backed away with a scream, and fell to the ground. Seeing this, the old man hurried forward to pick up his granddaughter, and shouted angrily, "You soldier, if you don't buy it, don't buy it. Why scare my granddaughter?"

Li Danian stared at the grandpa and grandson in a daze, seeing that the old man was about to carry his granddaughter to the side of the road as he did a few times before, suddenly his face became ruthless, he clamped the horse's belly tightly, and the overriding horse trampled towards the old and young go!

Although Longma was puzzled, he also sensed the master's determination, and rushed over without hesitation.

This dragon horse is a top military horse specially used by the imperial court, its body is like an elephant, its speed is as fast as thunder, how can an old man or a child dodge in a hurry when it really moves?

In an instant, with a scream, it was trampled into meat sauce by the huge horseshoe!
A pair of grandparents and grandchildren died extremely tragically.

But the murderer Li Danian was still in shock.

"died?"

"Is that really dead?"

Mumbling to himself, Li Danian dismounted directly, drew his knife lightly and approached. After careful observation, the bones, flesh and blood were the same as those of people who were trampled to death normally, and there seemed to be no problem.

Did I think wrong?Is this grandfather and grandson really just ordinary people?

but……

Li Danian looked around strangely.

The familiar scenery, the familiar road, the familiar two grandparents, and even the familiar weather are all exactly the same as when I passed by the previous three times!
It's been three times, it's like a strange circle that can't get out, he is obviously going straight, he is sure that there is no turning in the middle, but why, he always returns to this ghost place every time?
See these two grandparents?
Li Danian took a breath, looked at the little girl who was trampled to death, a trace of unbearableness flashed in his eyes after all, but he didn't look too much, he got on his horse again, galloped away towards the familiar front again.

This time, the two grandparents are dead, so they won't return to the same place again, right?Don't delay the military report sent by General Yuchi to the imperial court!
Thinking like this, Li Danian ran all the way, his attention was extremely concentrated, looking at the surrounding scenery, his heart became more and more cold.

Because he saw again that the sun had just risen in the sky.

But obviously... when I left my grandfather and grandson, it was almost noon...

Once again, the surrounding scenes became more and more familiar, and the road was exactly the same as before, and the extremely disturbing thing was that the surroundings were shrouded at any time, that... faint fog!
"My lord wants to buy cooking cakes? Your lord is so lucky. This is made of freshly ground wheat by the old man's wife this morning. It smells delicious, and sprinkled with sesame seeds and sugar..."

The grandfather and grandson looked at him expectantly at the intersection again. It was the old man again, the granddaughter again, and the familiar smell of cooking cakes again.

Li Danian felt like he was going crazy...
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"But Mr. Zhou?"

In the teahouse of a relative of Ma Erniang on Liuzhou North Street, there was a soft voice probing, which made Zhou Haitao, who was counting household registration here, feel his whole body tremble. When he looked up, his eyes lit up!
What a beautiful lady from the Western Regions!
"Who are you and what do you want from me?" Zhou Haitao asked solemnly after taking a sip of coarse tea.

The woman smiled slightly, and quickly told people around: "Master Zhou is busy with civil affairs. It is really hard work for me to wait for the people of Liuzhou. Come, make some good tea for Master Zhou." She sat on the opposite side of Zhou Haitao's desk and chair with a smile on her face: " This is a famous snow bait in the south of the Yangtze River, Master Zhou, will you try it out?"

"No need." Zhou Haitao flatly refused: "I'm used to drinking rough tea, so I can't taste your delicate things. If there is anything to say, I'm busy with things, please briefly..."

"Yes, yes..." The woman blocked the two attendants with bad faces behind her with her hand, and smiled apologetically, "Your Excellency has worked so hard for the people's livelihood, which is really admirable. My concubine Ye Xiaoqian is now the head of the Huasheng Firm. I came to your lord to ask about the shops on South Street."

"The head?" Zhou Haitao frowned and raised his head: "Oh, it is rumored that there is a female head in one of the top ten commercial firms in the south of the Yangtze River. Is that your Excellency?"

Damn, why is a woman so tall?

Zhou Haitao's tone was casual, with disgust, which made the faces of the two red-clothed women in the back look even worse. He was walking in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the chief minister was polite when he saw him. What is the arrogance of Liuzhou's temporary experience in the history department?

"I made the adults laugh." Ye Xiaoqian still smiled gently, and even offered to pour tea for Zhou Haitao: "I saw the majesty of the adults at the pier at noon today, and I really admire you."

"Routine work, what's so majestic?" Zhou Haitao's nostrils were raised high, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, obviously duplicity.

"Nowadays, the domineering soldiers, who are as upright as the adults, dare to argue with reason, this is the first time I have seen him in Jiangnan for three years, especially when the other party is General Yuchi Feihong who slaughtered the city in the north."

Uh, massacre?

Zhou Haitao's face twitched, Damn, that scar-faced man was slaughtered across the city this morning?Didn't he tell himself this kind of wolf-killing boss?
But at this time, he couldn't lose his momentum in front of women. Zhou Haitao put down his trembling brush and looked at the other party: "Whether civil or military, we are all doing things for the court, so we must speak according to the court's rules and regulations. General Yuchi will make great achievements again. You have to follow the rules, isn't that what you should do?"

"Really?" The woman Yingying smiled: "The state government bought Liuzhou's pavement real estate by itself, but it is against the rules, right?"

"Follow the power in a hurry!" Zhou Haitao imitated Chen Qing's tone without blinking his eyelids: "The role of the government is to stabilize people's livelihood. After the incident in Liuzhou, the market obviously collapsed. Monopolizing real estate is an endless legacy!"

"Oh?"

Ye Xiaoqian was immediately in awe, she didn't expect this new Liuzhou official to have such a long-term structure, she really didn't expect it.

"My concubine has been educated." Ye Xiaoqian refilled a cup of tea for the other party and asked softly: "Adults have a long-term vision. It is really a blessing for the people of Liuzhou. Now that Liuzhou has begun to return, are you willing to return the shop to the people?"

"Of course..." Zhou Haitao drank the tea poured by the beauty, with a relaxed expression on his face.

Damn, I finally feel like an official.

Working under Chen Qing for a month, he really felt no different from working as a second hand in his father's inn, oh no, it might be worse, because his father never owed him wages!

If my father knew that after studying for so many years, he ended up doing this kind of work, I don't know if he would regret spending so much money to send him to the capital to catch up for the exam.

When he came back to his senses, Zhou Haitao looked at the other party: "What? Master Ye intends to buy it?"

Hurry up and buy it, the salary of labor and capital is finally settled!

"That's what it means..." Ye Xiaoqian smiled and said, "I don't know if the adults can make the decision?"

"Naturally!" The fat man raised his head and puffed his chest: "The magistrate is busy with things, so I can make decisions about such small matters!"

Ye Xiaoqian's eyes lit up slightly when she heard the words, she was just here to try her luck, but she didn't expect to hit it, this little fat man can really call the shots!
After entering the city, the leaders of their families naturally wanted to discuss with the magistrate at the first time, but now not only the newly appointed General Yuchi is looking for the magistrate, but also several important figures from the Shen family are also visiting the magistrate. A few of them are afraid that they will be rowed to the back.

Ye Xiaoqian didn't want to waste this free time, so she took the time to carefully observe the movements of the state capital, and soon noticed Zhou Haitao, the little fat man.

This meatball-like guy comes and goes in and out of the government office all day long, looking extremely eye-catching.

At first, I thought it was a handyman, but after inquiring about it, I found out that it was actually an experience officer who had received the official seal, and I was stunned for a long time at that time.

Because it does look like a running errand, after all, I saw him helping Erniang Ma in the morning, and he is a servant with multiple roles...
As a result, after watching a lot, I discovered that this little fat man is in charge of a lot of things, such as registering household registration, recording disputes, dispatching soldiers at the city gate, and measuring goods at the dock, all of which are done by him...
It's really all-powerful!

Thinking about not being able to see the magistrate for a while anyway, he wanted to ask the tone from here. After all, several of his colleagues hadn't noticed this guy yet, but they didn't expect to bump into Bao.

"Is this true, my lord?"

"Can I still talk nonsense?"

"No, I just feel that you are busy with so many things, my lord, and I think that maybe other people are in charge of the real estate."

The fat man twitched when he heard the words: "Master Ye doesn't... think I'm a handyman, right?"

"Hahaha, my lord is joking!" Ye Xiaoqian coughed lightly, smiled to cover up her embarrassment, poured herself a cup of tea, and then asked about the business: "I don't know what price the government plans to sell the real estate in its hands now?"

"1 taels!"

"puff!!"

"Master Ye!!" Zhou Haitao wiped the tea off his face and said angrily, "Please be more respectful!"

"Sorry, sorry..." Mr. Ye hurriedly wiped it with a towel.

After being wiped with a beauty towel, the expression on the fat man's face became a little better, and thinking that the tea was spit out of the beauty's mouth just now, he felt a little better again.

"Aren't you joking, my lord?" Ye Xiaoqian asked cautiously while wiping, "1 taels per room?"

This price is much more affordable than expected. Is this Liuzhou magistrate so generous?

"What are you thinking?" The fat man looked at each other like an idiot: "What I mean is, 1 taels per flat!"

Ye Xiaoqian: "..."

　Pursue and pursue, seek to pursue and pursue, the most critical round has begun, Rubik's Cube kneels and seeks to pursue.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)