Xiao Hanzheng first took out his official seal and documents and showed them to the people in the county government.
The people saluted Xiao Hanzheng first: “Greetings, My lord!”
Xiao Dalang looked at the contents of the document and his hands trembled. He was furious.
He didn’t expect that he had come to the northern border, and Xiao Hanzheng would come to oppress him.
The most important thing was that the way he had thought of dealing with the new county magistrate before did not apply to Xiao Hanzheng.
Others thought that Xiao Dalang was so excited that his hands were shaking.
Seeing that Xiao Dalang had a close relationship with the new county magistrate.
The Dianshi smiled and asked: “County Magistrate Xiao, are you and this lord acquaintances?”
Xiao Dalang felt bitter, but he had to smile on his face: “This is my cousin, Xiao Hanzheng.”
Everyone was stunned when they heard his words, obviously the,y didn’t expect that the two had such a relationship.
Xiao Hanzheng smiled: “We used to be cousins, but we have separated and severed our relationship.”
This was to tell everyone in advance about the true relationship between him and Xiao Dalang.
After that, the people of the Xiao family should not think of making trouble in the county under his banner.
When this was said, everyone was shocked again.
Separated from the family and the severance of the relationship?
So was Xiao Dalang so excited when he saw Master Xiao?
Xiao Dalang was stiff, but then said: “Hey, this is all my second uncle’s fault.”
“For a concubine, not only did he divorce his wife to let the concubine take her position, but he also severed his relationship with my cousins.”
“This will also force us to sever our relationship.”
He didn’t want to have a bad relationship with his cousin Xiao Hanzheng, and he needed him to help him treat his illness and save his life.
And the reason why they were so relaxed was thanks to Shi Qingluo’s advice and Xiao Hanzheng’s message.
If he wants to inherit the General’s Mansion in the future, he still needs Shi Qingluo to give him advice.
Better throw all the blame on his second uncle.
Besides, it was the second uncle who did the bad things, and they were also implicated.
Everyone present knew that Xiao Dalang’s uncle was General Xiao, and recently heard that he was transferred to Beicheng Mansion as a deputy governor.
But they didn’t expect there would be such a thing.
Suddenly they didn’t know what to say for a while.
They also despised General Xiao in their heart. He divorced his wife for a concubine. It was messy.
Shi Laosan smiled and said: “Master Xiao, you must be tired after traveling for such a long time. Why don’t you rest first?”
Xiao Dalang only reacted: “Yes, you should settle down and rest first.”
“Are you going to live with us or in the county government?”
He added: “The previous county magistrate was in prison, and the yard he lived in now is vacant.”
He naturally hoped that Xiao Hanzheng and others would live in the county government.
Xiao Hanzheng couldn’t take his family to live with the Xiao family.
Otherwise, what’s the point of breaking up the family?
He replied: “We’ll live in the county government office.”
Xiao Dalang breathed a sigh of relief: “I’ll take you there.”
Then he saw Xi Rui and others get off the carriage, and his face froze again.
Why did these second-generation rich people come here?
Why was he so miserable to have to deal with these people?
Shi Qingluo looked at his sad face and chuckled: “Don’t you want to lead the way? Let’s go!”
Xiao Dalang then restrained his expression: “Yes, I’ll take you there.”
He asked the yamen runners to disperse, and he took the other three heads of the county government office, as well as Shi Laosan and the Xiao family, to send Xiao Hanzheng and others to the yard.
After arriving at the place, Xi Rui looked at the dilapidated yard with a look of despair on his face.
“Is this where the county magistrate lives? Even the place where my servants live is much better than this.”
Liang Youxiao also said bitterly: “I think my newly built stable is better than this.”
Xi Rong also looked disgusted: “How can people live here!”
“Didn’t they say that the previous county magistrate was a corrupt official? He lives in a place like this?”
The reason why they felt more comfortable than at home when they lived in Xiaxi Village before was because it was a newly built house of the Xiao family, and it had everything.
The three officials who came with Xiao Dalang were shocked when they heard what they said.
What were the identities of these people? They were too arrogant and dare to say it.
The house was not better than their stable, this was too exaggerated.
Seeing their confusion, Xiao Dalang could only introduce them in a low voice: “Those two are the legitimate grandsons of the Duke’s Mansion, and the other is the only female marquis in Daliang.”
After hearing this, the three officials immediately understood.
It turned out that they were all masters of high status, no wonder they looked down on this place.
But how did people of such status come to their bitter and cold small county?
Xiao Dalang was also curious about this question.
But he didn’t dare to ask it, after all, he and Xi Rui still had a grudge.
Especially when he heard that Xi Rui had someone cut off Ge Chunyi’s leg behind his back because of his anger, he didn’t dare to provoke this demon star. Not to mention Xi Rui and his friends, even Shi Qingluo wanted to cry when she saw this dilapidated courtyard.
It was as if she had returned to the time when she first came here.
She asked Xiao Dalang: “Has the previous county magistrate always lived in this courtyard?”
Xiao Dalang nodded: “Yes, his family just moved out last month.”
After thinking for a while, he said: “He looks very frugal on the surface, but his food, clothing, and living conditions are not good. If you don’t know, you would think he is a good official who is frugal and loves the people.”
If his second uncle’s people hadn’t found out that the county magistrate bought a courtyard in the county town in the name of someone else, and there was a lot of gold and silver hidden in it, he would not have thought that the man was so greedy.
Normally, they were reluctant to even eat meat, but who knows what they were doing…
Xiao Hanzheng looked at the shabby yard and didn’t want to wrong his wife and family.
Besides, other people have lived there for so long, not only the outside was shabby, but the inside was also not clean, they were not used to living there.
He said to Xiao Dalang: “Brother Dalang, please help me find someone to renovate this yard. I will pay for the cost.”
Xiao Dalang nodded: “No problem.”
When he came, he also disliked this place, so he hurriedly bought the yard and moved out.
Xiao Hanzheng said to Shi Qingluo: “Let’s live in the inn first.”
Shi Qingluo nodded: “Okay!”
She doesn’t know how long they will stay here. Maybe for half a year or more, so she decided to draw a blueprint and let people make some changes according to it.
The toilet and bathroom mainly need to be renovated.
This proposal also satisfied Xi Rui and others.
Then, Xiao Hanzheng asked everyone to disperse, leaving only Shi Laosan and Xiao Dalang.
Xiao Laoda and his men slipped away and went directly back to their courtyard to report to the old man and the old lady that the new county magistrate was Xiao Hanzheng.
Xiao Hanzheng didn’t care about them.
The main room was not very clean. Xi Rong’s maidservants cleaned the place before their group sat down to talk.
After sitting down, Shi Qingluo asked Xiao Dalang: “Has your second uncle’s mistress come to you for revenge?”
Xiao Dalang was stunned: “No!”
He asked in confusion: “I didn’t provoke her, why is she seeking revenge on me?”
Shi Qingluo said truthfully: “Didn’t you send her brother to mine? Hasn’t she done that yet?”
“I heard that she wants to kill you all the time.”
She didn’t lie to Xiao Dalang. Before, Ge Chunru and Ge Chuyi said they wanted to kill the people of the Xiao Family, and her husband’s people heard it.
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