Li Weizheng rushed to the county government as fast as possible. County Magistrate Zhang was exhausted and had already gone back to rest. County Magistrate Li and Yang Zhuan were not found. It seemed that they were probably going home. Li Weizheng was about to go to Yang Zhuan’s house to find him, but suddenly he heard someone calling him behind him.

"Fifth brother, go slowly!"

Li Weizheng turned around, but it was Qin Dianshi. Qin Dianshi had just finished the procedures for imprisonment and was about to go home. When he saw Li Weizheng from afar, he immediately understood what was going on. It must be the money for auctioning slaves. Of course, he knew the trick. The money must not be spent overnight at his house. Otherwise, if something happened, the money deducted by the yamen runners would be counted on him. Refunds were still small, and his reputation would be broken.

Qin Dianshi had a good impression of Li Weizheng. He was good at doing practical things, was clear-headed, righteous, and generous. Seeing that he was in a dilemma at this moment, he wanted to help him, "Does the fifth brother come to pay the money?"

Li Weizheng nodded and said helplessly: "I'm going to be one step late, everyone is back, I plan to go to the chief clerk's house."

"Fifth brother, don't be stupid. Now it's time to finish work. If the money is over, he will have to be less than half. Of course, he will not admit it. How can I explain it then?"

Li Wei was reminded, and he nodded and thanked: "Thank you, second brother, what should I do?"

Qin Dianshi pointed to the yamen and laughed in a low voice: "I just handed over the account to Master Ma, he is still here, I might as well go find him."

"Is Master Ma still there?" Li Weizheng was overjoyed. Master Ma, also known as Master Zheng Ming, was aide to the magistrate. Although Master Ma was not appointed by the court, he had great power and could represent the will of the magistrate to a certain extent. Li Weizheng's money was money involved in the murder case in the school field. As Master Zheng, he could indeed accept it. Moreover, Master Ma had also helped Li Weizheng to get this position, so he should not make things difficult for him.

Li Weizheng thanked Qin Dianshi and walked quickly to the inner hall. Behind the second hall, Ma Shi Ye’s office was a small courtyard. There was a total of Qiangu. The two masters Xingming worked here, responsible for handling various documents for the county magistrate, equivalent to the current secretary. Qiangu was surnamed Lin, and the class was already closed. There was only Ma Shi Ye in the courtyard. He was writing a report on the murder case in the schoolyard, so the class was closed a little late. He was thinking about the words, but Li Wei was appearing in front of him.

"Is there anything wrong with Brother Li?" Mr. Ma was about 40 years old and was a scholar. Although his education was a little lower, he had a very good pen. The report he wrote for the magistrate and even officials of the imperial court's Ministry of Justice applauded him. He has always been deeply trusted by magistrate Zhang. Li Weizheng's father, Mr. Li, is the head of Lijia Village and often comes to the county to do business, so he also knows Mr. Ma. This time his son asked him for a favor to find an errand. Afterwards, Li Weizheng secretly gave him 100 cents of money to express his gratitude.

Li Wei quickly put the cloth bag on Mr. Ma's desk, "This is the money for auctioning the goods of the murderer in the school murder case today. A total of 655 stakes were handed over together with the auction account book."

"I am writing this report. Brother Li'er's money is delivered very promptly." Master Ma gently stroked his mouse's beard and smiled: "Brother Li is indeed getting more and more aware of doing things. The magistrate is also worried that you will bring a group of slaves to serve!"

"The master has been awarded."

Master Ma untied the package and ordered the treasure money inside. He suddenly laughed and said, "You won't collect all the treasure money, right?"

Li Wei understood what he meant. This was actually an unwritten rule. The government auctioned items both cash and money, and then the money was exchanged for treasure money privately by the clerk. When the treasure money depreciated again, the person who was doing business was greedy for the exchange price difference.

Everyone knows this secret in the officialdom. Even though Zhu Yuanzhang hated him, he could not get any evidence. This was a loophole that he created himself. In the early years, the imperial court had only a tax of tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, but he had to issue 50 million jin of treasure banknotes every year, and issued a mandatory order, and the banknotes were exchanged one to one, and the people were not allowed to use gold and silver. In fact, the treasure banknotes depreciated every year. In the market, the treasure banknotes were actually only worth 250 cents, and he couldn't resist the use of gold and silver.

Everyone knows this secret, but everyone pretends to be stupid, but Master Ma now has a different meaning. He is actually asking Li Wei who is asking him for what he wants!

Li Wei sighed secretly and said helplessly: "Master, please give me an integer receipt!"

Master Ma smiled and immediately issued a receipt of 600 yuan in three copies, one reported to the magistrate, one with the stolen money, and the other with Li Weizheng. Li Weizheng collected the receipt and said goodbye. Master Ma looked at his back and left, and suddenly a gloomy smile flashed in his eyes.

Li Weizheng sighed all the way to the darkness of the Ming Dynasty officialdom and the greed of the Ming Dynasty officials. This was the most honest early Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang killed and skinned people. In the middle and even the late Ming Dynasty, the government was even more relaxed. It was even more conceivable that the officialdom was going to be dark. However, it was actually caused by the system. For example, the master did not have a salary for the court, and it was all up to the county magistrate to support himself. Zhu Yuanzhang gave grassroots officials very low rice, which was only enough for officials to eat, and sometimes he issued a Baochao, and he paid a salary according to the official price of Yiguanbaobao. In fact, Yiguanbaobao could only buy five dou of rice in the market. As the Baochao became increasingly depreciated, the salaries of officials could not even support their families, let alone raise their masters. This is an extremely contradictory logic. It is necessary for the horse to run fast and not eat grass. How could it be done? Therefore, it is reasonable to kill corrupt officials in the early Ming Dynasty.

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After Li Wei was about to get off to the place, he quickly walked towards his residence, where there was a poor little girl waiting for him to help! He passed by a clothing store, and suddenly hesitated for a moment and ran into the clothing store. When he came out, he had an extra cloth bag in his hand. He seemed to be a thief and stuffed the cloth bag into his clothes, but his face seemed to be covered with a piece of red cloth.

The residence is very close. Li Wei rushed back to the courtyard like a gust of wind. The door was covered. Li Wei was stunned. He suddenly remembered that his key had not been given to Wang Sanbao yet! How did he open the door? Sure enough, there was a big footprint on the door, and the iron door buckle fell out of the door. Li Wei was very angry. Do this rude guy want to show his might in front of the little girl?

Li Wei was entering the yard. Under the golden sunset, the little girl was washing her face by the well, her hands were red from the cold, and her hair seemed to have been washed. "What are you doing!" he shouted loudly.

The little girl was shocked. She was so shocked that she threw down the basin and ran to the back of the old locust tree to hide. Li Wei knew that she was scaring her and couldn't help scratching the back of her head and apologized: "I'm sorry! I mean, you will get sick by washing your hair with well water now. Why don't you use hot water?"

He slapped his forehead suddenly, by the way! She didn't have a key to the room, so he quickly took out the key and opened the door, greeting the little girl, "Come in the room! There is food in the room, and there is charcoal fire to keep warm, and dry your hair."

The little girl may be very hungry, and maybe she knew she had to face it. She finally slowly walked out from behind the tree. Li Weizheng also saw her appearance. Her face was pale and faintly blue, her body was terrible, and her eyes were a bit sick, and she always had a kind of fear. But if you look closely, you will find that her facial features are actually pretty, small and cute, but unfortunately she is a mute. Li Weizheng sighed secretly and said softly: "Get into the house! I won't hurt you."

Li Wei was entering the house and lit the lights. He quickly took out the cloth bag under his clothes and placed it on the table. He quickly brought a plate of half-eat snacks in the morning. His dinner was delivered by the restaurant staff every day, and it was not yet time.

Just after the arrangement, the little girl finally walked into the house slowly. Li Wei pulled a chair for her, pointed to the snacks on the table and smiled, "Let's have something to eat first!"

The little girl stared at the cakes on the table. She suddenly rushed up and stuffed them into her mouth with the cakes. However, she choked on the cake powder and bent down to cough violently, looking extremely painful. Li Wei was shocked and quickly took her own kettle and patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't be anxious! Drink some water."

The little girl's shoulder trembled suddenly, and she rushed to the corner like a frightened rabbit. She looked at him with great vigilance, but her mouth was still stuffed with cakes. Li Wei's hand froze in the air. He pinched his fingers awkwardly and smiled bitterly: "I just let you drink water, there is no other meaning."

He suddenly pointed to the cloth bag on the table again, "Those are the two clothes I bought for you, please change them! I'll go outside."

After saying that, he ran to the yard like a thief, looked at the sky and let out a long breath. He was even more tired when dealing with this little girl than when dealing with County Magistrate Li. The door suddenly closed. After a while, the door opened again. The little girl had already changed into clothes, lowered her head, and stood timidly at the door. Li Wei was just glancing at her, and her eyes suddenly lit up. It turned out that Buddha wanted gold clothes and people wanted clothes. Wearing this emerald green trousers and jacket covered her thin body. In addition, the light was a little dark, and the dish on her face was not visible. She also showed some aura in her handsomeness.

Of course, this is just an illusion. This little girl must have suffered a lot of hardships. It will take some time to heal the trauma of her soul. The thin bones inside her jacket also need to be nourished by food. At this time, the voice of a restaurant clerk came from outside the courtyard gate, "Mr. Li, the food is delivered."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Li Wei was quickly picking up an empty food box from the window and swapping it with the friend. When he turned around, the little girl disappeared. Li Wei was shaking her head, knowing that she was hiding back to the house.

He quickly walked into the house with the food box. Sure enough, he saw her hiding behind the door. Li Wei was putting the food box on the table and taking out three dishes and one soup and a large bowl of rice from it. He found a small bowl, divided her a bowl, and then took out a pair of chopsticks and handed it to her and smiled: "Don't hide, come and have a meal! It will be cold in a while."

The little girl closed the door and locked it carefully again. Then she sat down slowly, picked up the bowl and scattered the rice into her mouth, but she didn't dare to pick up the food. Li Wei was smiling, picked up a few chopsticks for her, comforting her, "When we finish the meal, we will discuss the matter of sending you home."

The little girl shivered all over, put down the bowl, and knelt in front of Li Wei with a 'plop!'.

"Oh! You're here again." Li Wei was stomping his feet in a hurry, "I'm going to send you home anyway. Aren't your parents worried about you?"

The little girl's tears suddenly rolled down to the ground like a broken pearl. Li Wei was stunned for a while, and then he asked in a low voice: "Are your parents no longer here?"

The little girl nodded.

"Then do you have any other relatives?"

The little girl shook her head.

"This..." Li Wei was just overwhelmed. He found that he had caused a big trouble. He scratched his head, but had no choice but to think of a way out in the future.

"Don't kneel down at any time, I don't like it." Li Wei was placing her bowl with chopsticks, "Let's have dinner first! Let's talk about it after dinner."

The little girl wiped her tears and stood up, sat down obediently. She picked up the bowl, but put it into her mouth like a chicken pecking at rice. Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the room was a bit heavy.

"By the way!" Li Wei was putting down the bowl and laughed: "I said why is it so cold in the room? It turns out that I forgot to light the brazier."

He dragged out a large brazier from under the table and brought another basket of charcoal. Before he could do it, the little girl squatted down, 'Crack!' Two sounds lit the fire stick, and found a fine charcoal from the basket and placed it on the fire stick. The fine charcoal was lit quickly. When the charcoal was extinguished, she bulged her mouth and carefully blew along the charcoal. Soon the charcoal turned red. She carefully put the burned charcoal into the brazier, found a few thin and short charcoals, and formed a circle on the burning charcoal, and finally surrounded a volcanic cone with large charcoal. Soon, the cone slowly turned red.

Li Wei was looking at her silently, his heart warmed up with the brazier. He watched the charcoal fire burning, and the flames reflected reddened his face.

"You stay here to be my sister, and I will call you a mute girl from now on."

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Chapter completed!