It is said that there is no county order in Dinghai County, only the county order, and there is a county order in the big county, in the small county of Dinghai, the county officer is the chief official, and the county lieutenant is divided into officials, such as the main book, the canonical history, and the documents. The original Dinghai County Cheng committed something a few months ago, and was supervised by the imperial history to the Liang Governor Shi Mansion, so he lost his position, so Dinghai County Cheng has been vacant for several months, and during this time, Wu Degui, the county lieutenant and chief bookkeeper, controlled the affairs of the county.

When Chu Xian came, he had already learned about it from the documents of the ministry.

In fact, Chu Xian didn't look at the document, he also knew everything about the situation in Dinghai County, after all, in the life in his dream, he had come here for a year three years later, and Dinghai County was Wu Degui at that time.

In this way, Chu Xian was born in this life, disrupting what was going to happen, if there was no Chu Xian, then it would be Wu Degui who became the Cheng of Dinghai County, and he was regarded as an adjutant.

When he thought of this, according to Chu Xian's understanding of Wu Degui, it was almost certain that the other party would definitely hold a grudge against him because of this matter.

Perhaps, now in Dinghai County, there is a crisis, and it is estimated that Wu Degui will not let himself take office so easily, let alone tolerate his control of Dinghai, which originally belonged to the other party.

But will Chu Xian be afraid?

Apparently not.

When he arrived at the boundary of Dinghai County, Chu Xian looked at the county seat in the distance, and his thoughts couldn't help but think of the past of his previous life.

At that time, because his mother died of illness, he didn't do well in the township exam, so he could only retake the exam, and he still failed in the second year, so he was angry and made persistent efforts, and finally won the list in the third year.

After being admitted to the list, it is not necessarily possible to enter the ranks.

At that time, although Chu Xian was a list student, he was not recommended by anyone, and he had no relationship with the backer, and it just so happened that he heard that Liangzhou was recruiting new candidates from all over the country, so he went, and happened to be assigned to Dinghai County as a small official.

One year has left an indelible memory for Chu Xian.

So at this moment, although it was three years earlier than the previous life, seeing the familiar county again, Chu Xian was still full of emotion.

Qi Chengxiang didn't feel so much, he looked at the surrounding scenery, took a deep breath and said: "My lord, look at the terrain in front of you, to the west of the county seat, there are continuous mountains, and the scenery is unique, which cannot be seen in other states." ”

Chu Xian smiled and said, "You know this Dinghai County, why is it called Dinghai?"

Qi Chengxiang shook his head, and Chu Xian explained: "In ancient times, there was a sea here, and suddenly a different stone fell from the sky, and the sea was reclaimed into a mountain, because of this legend, so this place is called Dinghai, if you don't know this allusion, you think that there is no sea in Dinghai." ”

The two chatted and walked, and finally entered the county seat.

Because it is located in the border place, so Dinghai County has a city wall, and the city wall is two zhang high, the rock is piled up, it is extremely solid, the wall is more than 300 zhang long, and Dinghai County is behind the wall.

Different from other places, if you want to enter the county seat here, you have to go through an investigation, there are soldiers guarding the county gate, and when you see Chu Xian showing the official talisman and the official documents, you don't dare to slack off, and hurriedly go to report.

"Lord County Cheng later, I'll wait until I go to inform Lord Wu, the chief secretary of the county lieutenant. The soldier said at this time.

Chu Xian smiled and nodded, this is also reasonable, ordinary officials will be greeted by other local officials when they take office, which is also a kind of etiquette.

It's just that the officials who were supposed to come to greet them soon, after Chu Xian waited for a while, they couldn't see any of them.

Dinghai County is not big, even if it comes back and forth, it won't take so long.

After a while, the soldier who went to report the news came back and told Chu Xian that Lord Wu was dealing with urgent official business and could not withdraw for the time being, and asked the new county lord to enter the county seat by himself.

Hearing this, Chu Xian's face was fine, but Qi Chengxiang couldn't help it.

"What kind of official business can be more important than the head of a county?" Qi Chengxiang asked, but the soldier had a bitter look on his face and couldn't answer.

Chu Xian waved his hand, signaling that there was no need to embarrass a gatekeeper.

"No one answers, so we'll go in by ourselves. Chu Xian didn't have the slightest displeasure, at least not on the surface, and then stepped into the county seat.

Qi Chengxiang gritted his teeth and led the horse to follow.

The two of them asked all the way, and when they arrived at the county government office in Dingxian County, in fact, it was okay not to ask passers-by, Chu Xian had been in Dingxian for a year, and he didn't know where the county government was.

When he arrived at the door, the official guarding the door actually blocked the road and asked, which made Qi Chengxiang angry, saying that Wu Degui didn't come to greet him, knowing that Lord Chu had come to take office and had already entered the city, he didn't even inform the official guarding the door.

This is clearly intentional.

is deliberately cutting the face of Lord Cheng of Xinlai County.

This is a proper dismount.

In this case, it is not to be angry, it seems that you are so domineering when you first arrive, and it is not okay if you are not angry, it will make people think that you are a soft persimmon, and it will be difficult to establish official authority in the future. In short, it is not right to do anything, and it is at a disadvantage, which is not a good thing for new officials to take office.

Qi Chengxiang understands these truths, how can Chu Xian not know?

It's just that this kind of means can't be difficult for Chu Xian.

"Chief Qi Dao, let's go, let Wu Degui personally invite us in a while. After Chu Xian finished speaking, he turned around and left, and Qi Chengxiang hurriedly followed.

"My lord, where are we going?" Qi Chengxiang didn't know that Chu Xian had already made a plan, and he was worried at the moment, after all, when a new official took office, he was so faceless, and if this official can't be established in the future, who will listen to you?

Chu Xian was light and said, "Go visit someone." ”

If you want to talk about the understanding of this Dinghai County, Chu Xian is no worse than the locals, and even knows many things that the locals don't know, for example, Chu Xian knows that the last chief bookkeeper of Dinghai County has been in Dingxian County for the elderly.

This chief bookkeeper is called Jiang Yuan, he has been an official in Dingxian for decades, although he has resigned for more than ten years, but he still has a certain influence, and the most important thing is that Chu Xian knows this Jiang Yuan very well, although this person is sleek and sophisticated, but in major matters, he still has a very good position, in the life of the dream, Chu Xian and this Jiang Yuan are old friends, if it is not for the same temperament, how can there be a friendship?

Of course, in this life, Chu Xian knew Jiang Yuan, but Jiang Yuan didn't know Chu Xian, this time, Chu Xian wanted to borrow Jiang Yuan to fight back against Wu Degui.

Chu Xian himself also knows that Wu Degui is giving himself a prestige, and he is taking office as a new official, and he must not tolerate it at this time, this is related to face, and for the way of an official, face is extremely important. But you can't force it, if you shout or have a conflict, it will be the other party's heart.

And going to visit Jiang Yuan was a wonderful move that Chu Xian came up with.

Jiang Yuan is a person, he is old and refined, and within Dingxian, Jiang Yuan knows very well what happens, and Wu Degui has been an official in Dingxian for more than ten years, and it is impossible to be clean with two sleeves, as far as Chu Xian knows, the other party has a lot of tricks in Jiang Yuan's hands.

This was not Chu Xian's blind guess, but Jiang Yuan once said it to him personally.

Jiang Yuan said that although he is old, he is not stupid, his eyes are not dazzling and his ears are not deaf, and he does not dare to say anything else, but what happened on this one-third of an acre in Dinghai County is basically impossible to hide from him, and he also said that he knows the bad things that Wu Degui has done, but he is old and doesn't want to fight, live his own life, take care of his family, and live a peaceful life to be content, plus Wu Degui is quite respectful to him, so more is better than less, don't embarrass others, and others don't embarrass themselves.

Jiang Yuan's mood Chu Xian naturally understands and agrees, but now, in order to gain a firm foothold and fight back against Wu Degui, Chu Xian can only play Jiang Yuan's move.

"Old fox, I'm sorry, I'll use you first, and I'll compensate you in the future. Chu Xian said secretly in his heart at this time.

Jiang Yuan's residence is in the south of Dinghai County, the house is not big, but there are three in and three out, after all, he is a native of Dinghai County, and he has been an official for so many years, and his family is huge.

Chu Xian revealed his identity, saying that he was going to visit Jiang Yuan, and when the Jiang family's family heard that it was the county lord, he naturally hurried back to report, this time, but in a moment, he heard the Jiang family's chickens and dogs jumping, and soon a large group of people came out, and the leader was an old man.

Chu Xian looked at this old man, and smiled secretly in his heart, old fox, we met again.

Jiang Yuan is over eighty years old, his appearance is ordinary, although he is an old dragon clock, but his spirit is actually very good, and his physique is not bad, Chu Xian is Jiang Yuan's old friend, but he knows that Jiang Yuan is practicing martial arts, and his cultivation is not bad, others practice martial arts, all for the purpose of attacking and killing, and Jiang Yuan does not like to fight with others, what he practices is the martial arts of longevity and longevity.

But it was such a calculating old fox, four years later, he also died in the invasion of the demon clan, not only Jiang Yuan, but the entire Dinghai County, as far as Chu Xian knew, there was no life.

So seeing Jiang Yuan, an old friend, again, Chu Xian was still a little excited.

In this life, Chu Xian naturally would not watch Dinghai County be destroyed in the invasion of the demon clan, what did he have to do, and Chu Xian also had the ability to do something.

"I don't know if the county lord is coming to the cold house, and the old decay has lost the welcome, and the old man has lost the welcome. "Jiang Yuan is still scheming, and he can't find a fault in dealing with people.

Ordinary people really can't deal with this old fox, but Chu Xian wants to calculate him, and he can do it in minutes.

Therefore, Chu Xian did not give Jiang Yuan a chance to speak again, and if he let the other party speak, it was estimated that Chu Xian's plan would not be implemented.

"Mr. Jiang doesn't have to be polite, let's go into the house and talk. ”

After speaking, Chu Xian didn't wait for the master's invitation, and actually walked into the courtyard by himself.

Jiang Yuan was stunned.

He had never seen such a 'shameless' person, he didn't let him in, and the other party actually came in by himself.

It's just that because of the identity of the other party, Jiang Yuan can't say anything, and he can't drive out the new county lord, so he just frowned and walked in together.

Qi Chengxiang pressed the handle of the knife with a mighty face, followed behind Chu Xian, and the two of them strode into the private house, and then entered the living room by themselves and sat on the chair.

The Jiang family didn't know why, but they didn't dare to ask anything, Jiang Yuan waved his hand, asked the family to retreat, and then smiled: "Can you let the old man look at the official talisman of the county lord, after all, ......"

Chu Xian didn't wait for him to finish speaking, he was already showing the official talisman.