The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

Chapter 16 Resignation
The sun rises and the sky gradually brightens.

As early as before dawn, the four city gates of Sanshui County were opened, and the vegetable and meat vendors who were rushing outside the city rushed into the city.

When it was bright, Fang Xun changed into casual clothes and went out, ready to go to the government office.

Along the way, the sounds of hawking can be heard on both sides of the street, and the variety of vegetables, fresh meat, herbs, snacks, etc. is dazzling.

Fang Xun walked through the bustling morning market, and vendors along the street greeted him warmly.

He also responded with a smile, walked for a while, sat down at a wonton stall near the county government office, and ordered a bowl of wontons and three large meat buns.

Soon, the hot wontons and meat buns were all served to satisfy his stomach.

"Brother Xun, it's so early today."

When the waiter came over to clean up the dishes, he asked casually. Fang Xun used to come to this stall to eat breakfast every day after work. After going there a few times, he became very familiar with the vendors in this area.

"It's still about the incident between the Li family and Feiyutang yesterday."

Fang Xun smiled, threw a dozen coins on the table, and got up and left.

"Hey, Brother Xun, take care~"

Soon, they arrived at the gate of the county government office. Two yamen runners on the early shift saw Fang Xun and greeted him quickly.

"Good morning, Brother Xun."

"morning"

After patting the two on the shoulders, Fang Xun walked through the door.

Looking at the other person's figure, the two yamen runners were puzzled. Why did Xun Ge come here today without wearing official uniform?

A moment later, in the back hall of the county government office, a middle-aged man in official uniform looked at Fang Xun with a hint of reluctance in his eyes, but he still spoke.

"Xun brother, I also know about your situation, just hand it over."

Fang Xun also smiled apologetically: "Thank you, Lord Wang, for your leniency."

The man had a goatee and an elegant demeanor. He was none other than Wang Xianzhi, the magistrate of Sanshui County.

Three years ago, Wei Lin took office as inspector, and Fang Xun also became the chief constable of the yamen.

In the past three years, he has solved a large number of cases, which has improved the public security atmosphere in Sanshui County and earned a lot of honor and credit for Wang Xianzhi. The two of them usually get along with each other and talk very familiarly and casually.

Fang Xun will go to the provincial capital with Wei Lin in four months to work in the Six Gates. He is here now to resign and take over the position.

This made Wang Xianzhi feel a little reluctant for a moment, as he would never have a subordinate as powerful as Xun Ge'er again.

However, no matter how reluctant he was, he couldn't do anything to hinder someone's future, so he could only congratulate him.

"Then I wish Brother Xun a bright future."

"Thank you, Lord Wang, for your kind words."

After exchanging a few polite words, Fang Xun prepared to say goodbye and go to deal with the resignation and handover matters.

At this time, Wang Xianzhi seemed to remember something and gave another instruction: "Xun'er, after the handover, go find Master Chen and take care of the trivial matters of Feiyu Hall."

"Yes, Lord Wang."

After responding, Fang Xun walked out of the back hall. Instead of dealing with the handover matters immediately, he came to the file room.

Various case files from Sanshui County over the years are stored here. As soon as I entered the door, Manager Ding, who was in charge of organizing the files, came to greet me with a thick file.

"Brother Xun, Yan Ming told me your instructions yesterday. You should want to find out the whereabouts of the man in green. He is involved in this case."

As he spoke, Manager Ding opened the file, flipped through more than a dozen pages, and pointed to a certain place and said to Fang Xun, "Nineteen years ago, Majiazhuang outside the city was massacred by bandits. In one night, all eighteen members of the Ma family were slaughtered except for Ma Yu, who was only four years old."

"Ma Yu? He wasn't at Majiazhuang that day?"

After listening to Manager Ding's story and reading the case records again, Fang Xun immediately understood what was going on.

Manager Ding said jokingly: "They say they are bandits, but we all know exactly what happened.

Back then, the Ma family also ran a medicinal materials business, and they were at loggerheads with the Li family. In a life-and-death situation, both sides would definitely leave a way out."

Fang Xun nodded in agreement.

In general, this case was a life-and-death struggle between two local tyrants, and in the end the Li family won.

The government also believed that less trouble is better, and since the Li family had made good arrangements, they finally put the blame on the green forest bandits.

Ma Yu, who escaped the disaster, has had some good fortune in recent years. He entered the Dachan Temple and became a lay disciple. He also received the true teachings and was promoted to the innate level. Now he comes back to seek revenge on the Li family.

"Excuse me, Manager Ding."

"No, it's just my job."

After figuring out the whole story, Fang Xun left the file room. As soon as he walked out the door, he saw a man in a green robe and a mustache, waving a paper fan in his hand, walking towards him.

"Morning, Brother Xun."

The man with a moustache walked up to Fang Xun, put away the paper fan in his hand with a snap, and took out a stack of silver bills and handed it to Fang Xun.

"Brother Xun, this is the portion of the spoils seized by Feiyutang. Please count them."

Fang Xun looked at the stack of silver bills in front of him, there were at least ten of them, which made him stunned for a moment. The face value of the silver bills of Daxuan Money House was at least fifty taels.

He took it and counted it, and found that there was a total of one thousand taels.

Fang Xun looked at the mustache man and asked in confusion, "Master Chen, my share should only be over 200 taels. What's going on here?"

Master Chen smiled and explained, "Two hundred taels only account for floating wealth. There are still big things like ships, docks, houses, boatmen and sailors that are not included. You must not be left out of these things.

Feiyutang has collapsed, and there are many people in the county who want to take over their business. There is no need to worry about not being able to sell it for a good price. This thousand taels is what you deserve."

After hearing this, Fang Xun suddenly realized that all real estate confiscated by the government would generally be auctioned off publicly to other wealthy households, and the specific operations of the executing officials were very particular.

As for the Feiyutang case, Fang Xun was too lazy to delve into how much benefit Magistrate Wang and Mr. Li could get. He only cared about earning another 1,000 taels of silver.

"Thank you very much, Master Wang and Master Chen, for your kindness."

After the two chatted enthusiastically for a few minutes, Master Li and Fang Xun went together to deal with the resignation and handover matters.

Two hours later, Fang Xun walked out of the gate of the county government office refreshed. After removing his identity as the head of the police, he felt free and could spend more time practicing martial arts.

Looking at the sky, it was not far from noon.

The hot autumn sun was still a bit hot on his body, so Fang Xun couldn't help but quicken his pace.

When he was almost at the door of his house, he suddenly saw his master and a middle-aged man in a gray silk shirt walking out of the house, talking and laughing.

The man had an ordinary face, but his large hands attracted Fang Xun's attention.

He stopped suddenly ten meters away from the door, and the master and the man in the silk shirt did not lower their voices on purpose, so their conversation came into his ears.

"I shouldn't have disturbed you so rashly. I hope you can bear with me this time, Brother Wei."

"Haha, Brother Yue, what are you talking about? With our friendship, why should we be so distant? I will go with you after I finish my family matters!"

(End of this chapter)