Chapter 23: The Fox Fake Tiger
Before the person arrives, the sound comes first.
Following this unkind sound, several people directly pushed the door and broke into the courtyard.
When brother-in-law Zhao Scarface saw the visitor, his face twitched a few times, and then he quickly smiled, and he walked towards the person with his waist bent.
"It turned out that Zhao Dangjia came, sit down quickly, Lianniang, but poured a bowl of water."
"No, I'm not here to drink your water, I'll ask you, when will this deer skin and pheasant feather be handed over?"
"Zhao Dangjia, you also know that it is difficult to hunt a deer on this Changbai Mountain now, and those pheasants are even more difficult to hunt."
"I don't care about that, if you can't hunt deer or pheasants, that's your hunting ability. Tell you, if you can't hand over the fur, you can pay the money as soon as possible, so that you are good and I am good. If you don't have a deer skin and pheasant feather, I can sell you, the price is easy to say, a deer skin I will count you for five dollars, a pheasant feather consistently, how about? ”
Luo Feng stood aside, looking at the burly man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, but he bowed his waist in front of a thin bamboo pole-like man, and couldn't help but shake his head in his heart.
It is said that the officials are treacherous and slippery, the fox is fake and the tiger is mighty, and he is powerful and blessed in the countryside, and the fish and meat people have seen it with their own eyes today.
This surnamed Zhao is not a Xu official, he is just a Xu official's helper, but he is also pretending to be a tiger skin of the yamen to do power and fortune, which is really rampant and domineering.
"Zhao Dangjia?"
Luo Feng stepped out of the crowd, walked in front of his brother-in-law, and arched his hand at Zhao Bangxian.
"I am, which one are you?"
"Zhao Shilang is his brother-in-law, I am his brother-in-law, my surname is Luo, and everyone usually calls me Luo Wu."
"Oh, it turns out that you're Scarface's brother-in-law, what's the matter, do you want to help him pay the fur or pay the money?" Zhao Lao Liu asked very unceremoniously, looking up at Luo Feng with his nose up, and didn't take this young man into account at all.
Luo Feng just smiled.
"Zhao is in charge of the county government, which Zuo Shi is on an errand?"
"What are you doing with this?"
Luo Feng just continued, "I heard that it was under Wang Huzuo to run errands and help out, I happened to see Wang Huzuo in the county yesterday, he is a good and kind person, he also toasted me with a glass of wine yesterday, saying that in the future, they will be in the same yamen to do errands, and they will take care of each other." ”
That's right, Luo Feng saved the daughter of the county order, and he was appreciated by the county order and the county order, and he was newly promoted to catch fast, although he can't compare with Wang Huzuo's status, but the relationship between the family and the county order is special, so Wang Huzuo, who is an old fritter Xu official, also toasted Luo Feng with a glass of wine and pulled the relationship.
"You?"
Zhao Lao Liu was a little puzzled now, didn't he say that Scarface's daughter-in-law was poor and couldn't open the pot, so Scarface picked up a beautiful daughter-in-law after taking three buckets of su? Why is this brother-in-law who suddenly appeared now saying that he was drinking with Wang Huzuo in the county office?
"Oh, there may be some things that Zhao Dangjia doesn't know yet, have you heard about the capture of the blue-faced eighteen ghosts?"
"I've heard about it." Zhao Laoliu nodded. "My cousin was originally a catcher of the county government, because he lost his errand because of this matter, I heard that the blue-faced eighteen ghosts were captured by a government soldier in Licheng."
"Then the news you heard is not very accurate, to be exact, Qin Shubao from Licheng was captured by Luo Wu of our Zhangqiu and seven villagers together, that Luo Wu happens to be me, and your cousin was removed from the position of catching fast, and now it happens to be given to me by the county order!"
As he spoke, Luo Feng took out a waist card and lit it in his hand.
This is a bronze medal, the front is the word "catch fast", and the back is the word "Zhangqiu County".
How could Zhao Laoliu, who was idle in the yamen, not know this fast waist card, there are only ten people in the county government who have this brand, and it is the identity of the ten people in the fast class, and even those deputy fast catchers don't have it. His cousin used to have one, but now that he was dismissed, he had taken back the brand.
"You can take a closer look, there is my name under the word "fast."
Zhao Laoliu leaned over to take a closer look, and sure enough, he saw that there were four small characters under the catch, Luo Wuzhi's card.
This is confirmed.
Zhao Laoliu's face had a very energetic expression, and he wanted to laugh and cry.
He never expected that Scarface's wife and brother would actually be one of the people who captured the blue-faced eighteen ghosts, and he didn't expect that he was the guy who walked the shit and was lucky enough to be appreciated by the county order and become a fast catcher.
Although he Zhao Lao Liu has been idle in the county yahu Cao gang for many years, in the final analysis, he is just a gangster, and he can't compare with the fast catch of the fast class.
Besides, they are still celebrities in the county order.
"Brother, no, Luo catches the head, brother has eyes and doesn't know Taishan, and he collided." Zhao Laoliu's face changed quickly.
"Hey, where did Zhao Dangjia's words go, I'm just catching fast, not heading, and besides, this is not an official appointment. This is also our brother's fate, I met here in advance, and you are still my brother-in-law's family, and we are all our own people. ”
Although Luo Feng said that this body was only sixteen years old, he was actually a human being in two lifetimes, and of course he knew what kind of attitude he should put on.
Although Zhao Lao Liu is just a small helper, there is no need to offend him.
"Zhao is in charge, go into the house and sit down, let's not stand here and talk, it's just right, our brothers get to know each other first, and I still have some things to worry about your help."
"Brother Luo, although you commanded, my third child has no other skills, but he has been in the county government for many years, and the relationship everywhere is clear." Zhao Lao Liu patted his chest and said.
Luo Feng ignored his resignation and pulled him to the hall, and Zhao Lao Liu had no choice but to call his two helpers in and sit down.
"That's the case, can my brother-in-law's mission help?" Luo Feng poured a glass of water for Zhao Laoliu, and then set it on him.
Zhao Laoliu smiled on the surface, and his heart was very bitter, he knew that he had encountered a hard stone this time, who would have thought that this Zhao Scarface would actually have a brother-in-law who walked shit luck and suddenly became a catcher, or was appointed by the county order.
"Brother Luo, since we are all a family, let's not talk about two families. Originally, the task handed over from above is really heavy, but we also have to take care of our own families. What about the fur that your brother-in-law missed, I made it up for him here, anyway, the family doesn't speak two words. ”
"One yard is one yard, how can we let Zhao Dangjia break the bank, didn't you say before that you have some fur there, then sell us at the market price, and we will buy it."
Zhao Santeng stood up, "Look at what you said, you are looking down on my third child when you say this, a little fur, can I ask for your money?" Can I ask for your money, and if I want your money, how will I go out and mix in the future? If you really treat me as your own family, then I'll give you this little fur when you go back, don't talk to me about money or not. ”
The two of you push me to resign, but others see it sincerely.
But Luo Feng and Zhao Laoliu both knew in their hearts that this was just a superficial act.
"Since you say so, then I can't accept it, brother-in-law, you see Zhao Dangjia's kindness, we can't cold his blood, you just accept it, anyway, the days will be long in the future, let's take care of each other in the future." Luo Feng said to his brother-in-law.
"Accept it, if you don't accept it, you just look down on me, and don't treat my third brother as your own brother!" Zhao Lao Liu also patted his chest and shouted at Scarface.
Zhao Scarface was confused, but finally nodded in agreement.
So, the errand that was originally pressed on my heart like a mountain is now completed.
"Brother Luo, fourth brother, brother, I still have some things to do, brother will come to visit another day!" Zhao San saw that the matter was settled, so he got up and said goodbye in a hurry.