It was destined to be an unquiet night.

Although the dart of the man in black was coated with poison, it was not a unique poison, but a relatively ordinary poison that could kill people, and the antidote was not difficult to configure, and the attack was not very fast. Therefore, after the middle-aged doctor confirmed the poison in Mu Xiaojiu's house, he quickly configured the antidote, and then helped Mu Xiaojiu deal with the wound on his leg.

"I really didn't expect that what you learned was actually Ah Qing's original Yue Nu swordsmanship." Mu Xiaojiu said with some emotion, and then ordered the middle-aged doctor to go to the Shaoxing Mansion to find the chief catcher Wang Qihe.

Qian Li Mo Hibiscus nodded: "At the beginning, I didn't know that I was learning the Yue Nu swordsmanship, and I didn't know until later." ”

"However, what kind of person is it that actually knows Ah Qing's Yue Nu Sword?" Mu Xiaojiu was suddenly a little curious, after all, it was said that Ah Qing's Yue Nu Sword had been lost for a long time, and he didn't expect that there would be anyone who would.

Qianli Mojin also shook her head, "The master is a middle-aged woman, dressed very simply, she just met me on the way home with her daughter, so she passed me on her swordsmanship, but she didn't tell me her name." ”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded thoughtfully, it is estimated that this middle-aged woman should be a character similar to a hidden master set up in the game.

Neither of them continued to speak, until a halfway point later, a sudden sound of chaotic footsteps came from the entrance of the medical hall. Then, under the gaze of Mu Xiaojiu and Qianli Mohibiscus, Wang Qihe rushed in, and as soon as he came in, he knelt directly on one knee, and bowed to Mu Xiaojiu, "Sorry Lord Mu, the lower officials are not doing well, and they didn't find out as soon as possible that there were thieves hiding in the city, and the adults were injured, and the lower officials deserved to die." ”

Mu Xiaojiu waved his hand, "Wang Zhutou get up, this matter has nothing to do with you, I was too careless." ”

Wang Qihe stood up, and then pursed his lips, "My lord, after the lower official heard about the fire in the city from his subordinates, he ordered his subordinates to divide into two groups, one group to organize the fire extinguishing, and the other group to go to the four gates to report separately, so that they could close the city gate and not let anyone pass." I wonder if you have any other instructions? ”

"You're doing a great job." Mu Xiaojiu nodded with satisfaction, "However, those people are not expected to leave the city, but will continue to hide in the city." Although I was ambushed tonight because of carelessness, it was not all for nothing. At present, it is certain that it is estimated that with the cooperation of Lu Junyu, many nails should have been buried in the city by the people behind him. With the cooperation of those people, it is estimated that it will be difficult for you to find the assassin who ambushed me tonight. ”

"So what should we do now? The lower officials really don't know, so please show the adults. ”

Looking at Wang Qihe's respectful appearance, Mu Xiaojiu couldn't help but feel a little headache. This Wang Qihe is good at everything, has the ability to do things, and is also an upright person, but it's a pity that he is too cautious and has no assertiveness at all.

"Hmm...... You let me think about it......" Mu Xiaojiu thought for a moment before continuing: "In this way, you first send someone to inform you, and let the guards of each gate increase their investigation efforts in the past two days, and see if they can catch the shopkeeper of Tingxiang Wine Workshop; Then, starting tomorrow morning, send out all the catchers in the city, and let them patrol the city in shifts for twelve hours, firstly, to prevent them from continuing to stir up trouble, and secondly, to see if they can catch any clues. It must be remembered that these patrols will soon be divided into two groups, one in the light and one in the dark. If you don't have enough people, please help. ”

Wang Qihe nodded in response, and then said, "Obey the order, then I'll do it now."

After speaking, after getting Mu Xiaojiu's consent, he left immediately. Of course, before leaving, he left five catchers here to guard in case of accidents.

After Wang Qihe left, only Mu Xiaojiu and Qianli Mohibiscus were left in the room, and at this moment, the time was almost at night.

Looking at Qian Li Mojian's sleepy yawn, Mu Xiaojiu smiled and took out a key from his waist, "The third floor of Qiyu Pavilion, go up the stairs to the first room on the left hand." Go and rest for a while, and tomorrow if I'm not here, you can go to the government office and look for me." ”

Qian Li Mo Hibiscus hesitated for a moment, and finally took the key from Mu Xiaojiu's hand, she also understood that it was really unrealistic to go to the inn at this time.

"Okay, then I'll come over and give you back the key when I get up tomorrow."

……

In the early morning of the next day, although Mu Xiaojiu slept late, he still got up early in the morning.

"Wood is early." A few catchers at the door were eating breakfast, and when they saw Mu Xiaojiu coming, the five people quickly stood up and saluted Mu Xiaojiu with their fists.

Mu Xiaojiu smiled and motioned for them to sit down.

"My lord, we also bought you breakfast, you can eat some too." A catcher quickly pointed to the table, Mu Xiaojiu looked sideways, and found that there were indeed two more buns and a bowl of soy milk. Feeling the constant feeling of hunger in his empty abdomen, Mu Xiaojiu scratched his head a little embarrassed, but in the end he couldn't resist the huge temptation of breakfast.

"You haven't had a night's rest?" While eating breakfast, Mu Xiaojiu asked casually.

"Well, Wang Zhutou said, let's wait until we send you to the mansion in a while, and then we can go home and rest. And we don't have to go to the yamen for the whole day today. One of them smiled and said, "By the way, my lord, Wang Zhutou came over again last night, but you were already asleep by then, so we didn't bother you." Wang Zhutou asked us to tell you that the person you want to see will be taken directly to the government office, and you can go directly to the government office later. ”

Mu Xiaojiu thought about it for a while and knew that the "person he wanted to see" that Wang Qihe said should be the acting prefect recommended by Wang Qihe.

After eating breakfast, Mu Xiaojiu didn't let the five catchers escort him, but let them go back to rest first. In fact, the injury on his leg was not serious, after the middle-aged doctor removed the toxin for him last night, plus this night's recuperation, he had actually recovered ninety and a half percent.

Walking on the street, Mu Xiaojiu was a little moved by Wang Qihe's efficiency. Last night, after asking him to increase his patrol in the city, sure enough, he could see a patrol on the street from time to time today.

Although the distance between the medical center and the government office is not far, it is not close. Fortunately, it is still early, except for some breakfast stalls, more stalls have not yet been opened, and those shops have not opened. Therefore, Mu Xiaojiu was not in a hurry to go, but chose to walk slowly in the direction of the mansion. It was a long time before he arrived at the palace.

"Your Excellency, you're here." At the door of the mansion, there were two catchers guarding the gate, and when they saw Mu Xiaojiu coming, the two hurriedly saluted, "Wang Zhutou and Mr. Mu are already in the mansion, you can just go in." ”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, his mind moved, and he asked more, "How long have they been here?" ”

The two catchers looked at each other, and then one of them said, "Wang Zhutou and Mr. Mu have probably been here for a quarter of an hour. ”

"Okay, I got it." Mu Xiaojiu smiled at the two catchers, and then walked into the mansion with a step. As soon as he entered, he saw two people sitting in the main hall of the mansion, one of them was Wang Qihe, and the other was a man about thirty years old.

"Excuse me, I'm late."

Wang Qihe was chatting happily with Mu Qiang, but as soon as he heard Mu Xiaojiu's voice, he immediately got up and went outside to greet him, "Where is Lord Mu, the two of us have just arrived for a while." ”

Wang Qihe stood up, Mu Qiang naturally didn't sit down, he also stood up and walked outside, arching his hand at the young man in front of him, that is, Mu Xiaojiu, "Grass people Mu Qiang, I've seen Master Mu." ”

Mu Xiaojiu hugged the two of them as a return salute, and then looked at Mu Qiang, who was dressed in a scribe's uniform, and said, "Wang Zhutou, this is the candidate for the acting prefect that you recommended to this official." ”

Wang Qihe hurriedly nodded, "That's right, Lord Mu, this person's name is Mu Qiang, the solemn Mu, the strong and strong, the famous one, he could have been the magistrate of a county, but he chose to return to the academy in Shaoxing and became a teacher." ”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, although this Mu Qiang hadn't opened his mouth much, but just with that temperament, he had already had a good impression in his heart.

Mu Qiang arched his hand and humbly conceded: "Wang Zhutou is really polite, with my humble knowledge, how dare I say that I will become the magistrate of a county?" ”

Wang Qihe was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, but heard Mu Xiaojiu speak: "Mr. Mu, that's not what you said, if you don't even dare to say that you can govern a county, then there is no need to talk about today's affairs, it's better to go back as soon as possible." ”

"Today's events?" Mu Qiang was stunned, "What is today's matter?" ”

This time it was Mu Xiaojiu's turn to be confused, "Wang Zhutou, didn't you tell Mr. Mu?" ”

Wang Qihe said with a smile: "I was just about to say, my lord, you are here." No, I haven't had time to say it, Mr. Mu doesn't even know anything about it. ”

Mu Xiaojiu pursed his lips, it seems that this Wang Qihe is sometimes more efficient than anyone else, but sometimes he is also procrastinating, and it is not good to do things.

If it were a change on weekdays, maybe Mu Xiaojiu would still play some step-by-step tricks. But there have been a lot of things recently, and he has no interest in wasting time, so he simply said directly: "Mr. Mu, you should know that I just killed the prefect of Shaoxing City yesterday, Lu Junyu." ”

"Well, this, I've heard a little." Mu Qiang hesitated for a moment, and had some thoughts in his heart, "Don't you want me to ......" Saying that, Mu Qiang was taken aback by his thoughts, and he couldn't continue to say the following words.

As soon as Mu Xiaojiu saw this Mu Qiang's appearance, he understood in his heart that he probably knew what he wanted him to do, "Mr. Mu is really a smart person, that's right, this time I called you over, in fact, I wanted you to temporarily take the position of the prefect of Shaoxing City." ”

Mu Qiang originally wanted to give a few words, but he heard Mu Xiaojiu continue: "Mr. Mu doesn't need to shirk to resign, this official just wants to ask you, do you think you have that ability?" ”

Mu Qiang pondered for a while before he said, "This ...... I'm afraid that the qualifications of grass people are not enough. ”

"Qualifications aside, I'll just ask if you have that ability." Mu Xiaojiu frowned, these scholars are good at everything, but they are a little brainless, "This position is only temporary, and the imperial court will send someone else to take over this position." I just need you to help with government affairs for a while. ”

"I ...... OK. ”

To put it bluntly, how many scholars don't want to be officials? Mu Qiang didn't become an official before, but in fact, it was just because of the darkness of officialdom, and he didn't seem to be involved in it. Now that he has the support of this Lord Mu, he can show his ambitions. Although it is only possible for a few days, maybe if he does a good job, he will be able to turn positive.

Sure enough, in the next sentence, Mu Xiaojiu said directly: "Very good, although you are only the temporary prefect now, but if you can do it well, although you can't be turned into a regular, it is not impossible for you to officially become an official." ”

"So, then there will be more adults." Mu Qiang responded without humility or arrogance, and then said: "But my lord, just by virtue of Wang Zhutou's words and the next guarantee, is it a bit hasty for you to make such a decision about the people of a city?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not leaving immediately, isn't there still a few days of observation?" If you really can't do it, it's a big deal to let you be a companion for Lu Junyu. ”

Mu Qiang's eyes widened, he was a scholar, how could he ever hear such remarks? The meaning of this Master Mu is obvious, if he doesn't do a good job, he will cut off his head with a knife.

Nima, what the hell?

Even if it was really dereliction of duty, then there was no such thing as that! What's the matter with cutting off your head if you don't agree with each other? At this moment, the temper of the scholar in Mu Qiang's heart suddenly surged, and he was about to choke back with Mu Xiaojiu, but Mu Xiaojiu suddenly said again: "That's it, Mr. Mu, let's make a bet." If you can do a good job as the acting prefect, I guarantee that you will enter Beijing as an official, and you will not have to participate in factional disputes; If you don't do it well, I'll cut your head with a knife, what do you think? ”

Well? Mu Qiang suppressed the fire in his heart, and looked at Mu Xiaojiu with a little provocation, "Lord Mu, I dare to take this bet, but Lord Mu, do you have that ability?" ”

Mu Xiaojiu smiled playfully, "Mr. Mu, if I answer your question, it will be like I'm boasting." Otherwise, I'll give you a day, and you can inquire and see if I have the ability, and then come back and see if you want to accept my bet. After speaking, Mu Xiaojiu sat down directly, lowered his head and dusted off the dust, then picked up the tea cup next to him casually, and took a sip of the tea that was a little cold.