Wu Degui has been a little frightened in the past few days.

Because, Chu Xian's control over the county government is getting stronger and stronger, and he got the news that Xia Bozhong should have taken refuge in Chu Xian. Hearing the news, Wu Degui was shocked and angry.

The two most important positions in the county government, clerical officer and canonical history, one of them, he has lost, so that Chu Xian has the capital to compete with him.

Wu Degui couldn't understand, how could this be? How could it be so fast?

Losing the important position of clerical officer, Wu Degui was afraid that Chu Xian would find out the deficit of the county treasury over the years, so he gritted his teeth and secretly made up for it, although it would not hurt his muscles and bones, but it also made Wu Degui feel extremely distressed, which was tens of thousands of taels of silver.

It's just to make up for the shortfall, at least for a short time, that Chu Xian can't catch his handle.

"Wait, there's still a long way to go!" Wu Degui gritted his teeth.

......

Chu Xian watched and listened to Xia Bozhong's dictation, and the current internal affairs situation in Dinghai County was already clear.

And in just a few days, Xia Bozhong was able to grasp the situation and control the situation, which Chu Xian was also very satisfied with, which showed that he did not use the wrong person.

As for Xia Bozhong's sudden and extremely respectful attitude, Chu Xian knew that the other party should be completely at home, which was a good thing, and it was expected by Chu Xian.

Some people can't be won over by words and benefits, so they can only use other methods, or let them be willing to take refuge in their hearts, this time, Chu Xian used a clever method to get Xia Bozhong in a very short time.

"My lord, there are still some small discrepancies in the county treasury bank, and they are all related to the previous clerical officer, and the lower officials think that they should be strictly investigated to the end. Xia Bozhong knew that there must be Wu Degui behind him, so he really wanted to pull Wu Degui off the horse through this line.

Chu Xian shook his head.

"It's not time yet, I know you want to do good things for the people of Dinghai County, but some things can't be rushed. ”

Chu Xian said this because he knew Wu Degui, although this person was greedy, he was not a stupid person, he could hold Dinghai County for so many years, how could he be incompetent?

Those problems on the treasury silver are so obvious, I am afraid that they are traps deliberately arranged by Wu Degui, and even if they are not, if they continue to dig deeper, at most they will involve Cai Wenwen, Wu Degui's buttocks, they have already been wiped clean, and if they do it too early, they will only startle the snake.

Xia Bozhong nodded and didn't say anything more.

At this moment, a holy light suddenly fell from the sky, passed through the clouds, through the roof, and fell on Xia Bozhong's body, along with a fish-shaped official talisman.

Obviously, Xia Bozhong is an official official at the moment, and he has become an official official.

Xia Bozhong's face was flushed, and he was extremely excited, although he exercised the power of the document before, but after all, he had not officially become an official, at this moment he was relieved, and he felt that the strong official power was filled in his body, which made Xia Bozhong feel that he had been empowered by others, as if at this moment, he had also become a master.

In addition, with the blessing of official power, the original physical discomfort and illness can also be eliminated instantly, as if the body is much more relaxed all of a sudden.

Xia Bozhong said secretly, no wonder so many people want to be officials, not to mention that after becoming an official, the power is in hand, it is the improvement of the body, which is unstoppable.

Chu Xian waited for Xia Bozhong to recover his mentality, and then said: "Xia Wenwen, when I first came to Dinghai County, I heard people say in my early years that Liangzhou is located on the border and borders on the land controlled by the demon clan, so there are often demon clan invasions and scourge the people, I don't know if you know this?"

Xia Bozhong hurriedly said: "That's true, especially our Dinghai County, in the early years, it was indeed often harassed by the demon clan, when it was serious, more than half of the people in the county were killed and injured, but later the holy dynasty was strong, and the demon clan was weak, in the past ten years, there has been almost no demon clan to invade again, even if there are, there are only two or three kittens, wandering far away and leaving, so in the past ten years, the surrounding area of Dinghai County has also been calm." ”

Chu Xian nodded, he knew all this.

But where is there eternal peace in this world? In the last life, four years later, Dinghai County was invaded by a large number of demon clans, and the entire county was conquered, and no one survived.

Chu Xian naturally wouldn't let this kind of thing happen.

From the officials to the people of Dinghai County, they have obviously forgotten the horror of the demon clan in the past, and the disaster that attacked the ten thousand demons on the night of the blood moon.

Chu Xian plans to ring the alarm bell first, given Hai County.

"Xia Wenwen, take the records of the demon clan invasion in the past thirty years, I want to take a look. Chu Xian ordered, Xia Bozhong was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed, and he said, "My lord, what news have you heard? Could it be that there is another movement on the demon clan's side?"

Chu Xian didn't deny or admit it, but said, "Don't think about it first, take it and I'll take a look." ”

Every time the demon clan invades, there will be a very detailed record, forming a document to warn future generations, Xia Bozhong took the dusty book, Chu Xian looked through it and found that sure enough, the last time he saw the traces of the demon clan was three years ago, and it was only two or three demon clans, wandering in the distance, and there was no invasion.

But if you continue to turn forward, ten years ago, fifteen years ago, or even further, there were many records of demon invasions, every time, it was a devastation, and every time, there were people who died.

Closing the book, Chu Xian said: "Xia Shu, write a warning text, distribute it, and post it in the county notice, this matter must not be slack, and the alarm bell must ring for a long time." ”

Although Xia Bozhong was puzzled, he still nodded and wrote it down.

"In addition, report it, tomorrow's Japanese officials will personally inspect the county's demon fortifications, inspect the county army, ordnance and drills, and report this matter to County Lieutenant Wu and Zhang Dianshi. "After Chu Xian takes control of the county's internal affairs, he naturally wants to meddle in the county's defense, and this matter is the most important thing.

Xia Bozhong went down to do errands, and Chu Xian closed his eyes and pondered.

There are less than four years left before the overall invasion of the demon clan, it is not long, it is not short, but for Chu Xian, it is enough.

At most, it will only take a few months for Chu Xian to completely kick out Wu Degui and control everything in the county, including internal and external defense, and then have enough time to build city walls and arrow towers, recruit and train county troops, and resist the invasion of the demon clan.

At that time, he will be a master in the demon clan, and Chu Xian can also use magic to kill thousands of zhang away, so that the tragedy of Dinghai County in the dream can be avoided.

It's just that Chu Xian always feels that he seems to have neglected something.

At this moment, a loud drum beat broke Chu Xian's contemplation.

Qi Chengxiang walked in quickly and said, "My lord, someone is beating drums outside. ”

Chu Xian was stunned.

There is a drum of grievances at the entrance of the yamen, but this drum is not something that everyone dares to beat, and in ordinary cases, it is enough to submit a lawsuit, and some cases do not even need to be tried in court, after all, if everything is handled by the county official, it cannot be dealt with at all.

But if the drum of grievances sounds, it must be dealt with by the county of oneself, if someone makes a false accusation, or it is a big matter, it will also punish the person who beats the drum indiscriminately, because of this, it is not a big grievance, it is not forced to be helpless, it will not beat the drum to sound the grievance.

Chu Xian put on his official uniform at this moment and asked Qi Chengxiang to go down to prepare for the promotion, and when Chu Xian went to the hall, he saw two teenage men and women kneeling on the ground wearing filial piety clothes and mourning clothes.

The moment he saw these two people, Chu Xian was stunned, and memories came like a tide.

"Is that them?"

......

In a dream, in a past life.

Chu Xian finally passed the exam, but he was assigned to Dinghai County, Liangzhou as an errand boy, but he was a small official among the small officials, and he came for a few months and made some friends.

At that time, Chu Xian studied art in his spare time, and would often go to the mountains around Dinghai County to find herbs and identify medicinal properties.

One day, Chu Xian went up the mountain, got lost, and unfortunately encountered a tiger again, and his life was in danger. At that time, Chu Xian was a poor student who had no power to tie the chicken, he had an empty stomach of knowledge, he couldn't fight tigers at the top, he couldn't kill chickens at the bottom, and when he encountered a tiger, there was absolutely no other possibility except to become a piece of meat in people's mouths.

But Chu Xian didn't die.

A brother and sister in the mountains saved him.

The brother and sister live in Luojia Village at the foot of the mountain, the elder brother is called Luo Yong, and the younger sister is called Luo Fei.

At that time, the brother and sister were nineteen years old and the other was eighteen years old, so they met Chu Xian at that time, and they became good friends.

In other words, the brothers and sisters of the Luo family are Chu Xian's life-saving benefactors, and Chu Xian will naturally not forget it.

But as soon as they said goodbye in their previous lives, they never saw each other again, the demon clan invaded, and the first village to be slaughtered was Luojia Village, with 53 households in the village and more than 180 people, none of whom were spared.

In the previous life, Chu Xian entered Liangzhou three times in the next few years, one came to worship his former friends and confidants, and the other came to fight wine and hold a sword, hunt the demon clan, a pot of turbid wine, a Qingfeng sword, kill ten demons, take a sip, and not stop until the wine is exhausted.

Why?

It's for dead friends.

If you want to say who Chu Xian trusted most in Liangzhou in his previous life, it was not Jiang Yuan's old fox, nor Xia Bozhong, but the Luo family brothers and sisters.

In this life, Chu Xian came to Liangzhou, thinking that after controlling the situation in Dinghai County, he immediately went to Luojia Village to find the Luo family brothers and sisters, but he didn't expect to see him in advance in this hall.

Who would have thought that the people who beat the drum and sang the grievances were the brothers and sisters of the Luo family.

In an instant, Chu Xian's heart turned back and forth, and the feeling of seeing the old man was indescribable, especially the old man who had been lost. Trying to come back to his senses, Chu Xian restrained his mind and sat in the position of chief judge, and soon, Wu Degui also came, he was the chief bookkeeper, so he naturally came, and Xia Bozhong, of course, was indispensable to be absent.

At this time, the brothers and sisters of the Luo family are not what they looked like when they met in their previous lives, after all, this was three years ago, Luo Yong was sixteen years old, and Concubine Luo was only fifteen years old.

In his previous life, Chu Xian only knew that the Luo family's brothers and sisters had both parents died, but the brother and sister did not say the specific situation, so Chu Xian didn't know either, but what he saw at this moment, I am afraid that it was the change in the Luo family, which happened not long ago.

Chu Xian's face was gloomy, if he had known this, he might have been able to change the fate of the Luo family's brothers and sisters, or if he had gone to find them a few days earlier, he could also change all this.

But now, it seems to be too late.