Bachelor

Chapter 263 Sun Dan's Trick

As a result, Sun Dan had doubts in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face: "Since Mr. Mu said so, then I will do so. Otherwise, I will entrust you with the full authority to clear the land and search for the population. You have collected enough evidence in the past few days. Once the evidence is in hand, I will send people to arrest the relevant criminals. This must be done. At that time, the county will go to Mr. Yin Luo of Shuntian Prefecture to report to Mu Your honor please."

Hearing Sun Dan's arrangement, Mu Shouzhi was so frightened that his body trembled and he was about to sit up from the bed.But as soon as he moved, he realized that he was still wearing a coat, and hurriedly shrank back under the quilt.With a sad face: "Thank you, sir, for your trustworthiness, my lord."

This kind of thing would not dare to do this kind of thing even if he used his wood to guard against a hundred bears' hearts and leopards' courage. Don't say that the major gentry in Fangshan County have such inexplicable relationships with the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital. Pulling any small landlord out might offend a lord, lord, lord, etc. Wu Dinghou, who is behind Guo Pu alone, can kill him, a small county magistrate, with a snap of his fingers.

Sun Dan, a stunned young man, didn't know what to do if he wanted to touch Guo Pu, he just wanted to go, why did he bring himself to accompany him in the execution?
Sun Dan glanced at Mu Shouzhi's neat clothes intentionally or unintentionally, then quickly withdrew his gaze, and fell on Mu Shouli's face: "Since Mr. Mu has agreed, it's done, and I will leave this matter to you."

Mu Shouli was shocked, and said repeatedly: "My lord, my lord, this matter is of great importance. If I let the lower officials handle it, I'm afraid it will not be done well. You should be in charge yourself!"

"What can't be done?" Sun Dan's smile that was still on his face before suddenly subsided, and his eyes became sharp.He already felt something was wrong with Mu Shouzhi. It seemed that this person had never thought of cooperating with him from the beginning, and now he was instigating himself to fight against the local forces in Fangshan, with ulterior motives.The test just now really got him out.

Sun Dan didn't wait for Mu Shouzhi to reply, and said coldly: "Mu Xiancheng has been the county magistrate in Fangshan for three years, right? In three years, even a stone can be warmed. The gentry and landlords you have been in contact with in the past three years should be Quite a few, is there any poetry and wine singing between each other, is there any entertainment, why, it is not suitable if you can't do it?"

Hearing Sun Dan's harsh words, Mu Shouli felt anxious, beads of sweat came out on his forehead, and he said, "It's a big deal to clear the land, and the imperial court didn't invent a decree for the local implementation. I'm an official... I'm an official I don’t have enough prestige, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to restrain those gentry. My lord is the head of a county, this matter... you have to do it yourself.”

Sun Dan suddenly burst out laughing, the laughter made Mu Shouli's ears buzzing.

Mu Shouli became flustered when the first-rank official crushed someone to death.

Sun Dan suddenly withdrew his smile: "Forget it, I won't make Master Mu difficult."

Mu Shouli breathed a sigh of relief as if he had received an amnesty: "Your Excellency is wise and decisive. If you go out personally, the matter of clearing the land will naturally be a success. I wish you success here."

Sun Dan shook his head: "No."

"Why not?" Mu Shouzhi was so shaken by Sun Dan that he couldn't keep up with Sun Dan's thoughts at all.

"I don't know the land anymore."

"Don't clear the land?" Mu Shouzhi cried out, but he was extremely disappointed in his heart.Sun Danruo really saw the difficulty of this matter, but if he shrank his head, how could he unite with the gentry to drive Sun Dan out of Fangshan?
Sun Dan said coldly: "I only clear Zhang Guo Pu's land, I don't care about the others." Sun Dan said heartily: Let me offend the landlords in Fangshan, and then offend the scholars and the ruling class in the world, I will not do such a stupid thing!
It is just a personal grudge against Guo Pu, and other scholars and those with vested interests will not react much.

If you can't enjoy peace and wealth, you want to be a reformer who doesn't want to die. Sun Dan doesn't make such a mess!

Mu Shouli was very disappointed: "If only Guo Pu is implemented, it will have no effect on improving Fangshan's tax situation."

Sun Dan glanced at Mu Shouli: "My lord seems a little disappointed."

When Mu Shouli saw that Sun Danyou brought the topic up to him, his heart trembled: "This official is worried that our county will not be able to pay enough money, food and taxes to the imperial court."

Sun Dan: "I'll talk about the taxation later. It's only November now, and there's still half a year before next year's summer tax. There is always a way to think about it. By the way, when will Mr. Mu be able to return to the county government?"

Mu Shouli: "Xiaguan has been very ill recently, and he is drowsy all day long." He suddenly became afraid of Sun Dan, and didn't really want to go back to work. He just felt uneasy when he stayed with Sun Dan for a while, so he It was as if everything had been calculated by him.

Sun Dan nodded: "Yes, I forgot that Mr. Mu is still recovering from his illness. It's so cold today, Mr. Mu should take a good rest. I'm still waiting for you to return to the Yamen to help after you recover." , Sun Dan stretched out his hand to touch Mu Shouli's forehead: "Master Mu's illness is better?"

Fortunately, Mu Shouzhi was frightened by Sun Dan just now, and he was sweating. His body was really hot, but Sun Dan didn't find out his flaws.However, being touched by Sun Dan's cold hand still made Mu Shouzhi's vest goosebumps, and his heart was utterly bored.

"Ah!" Sun Dan withdrew his hand: "Master Mu's forehead is so hot, it looks like he is seriously ill." After finishing speaking, he turned his head to Mu Shouli's wife in the outer room and said, "Mrs. Mu, Master Mu's decoction But it’s still eating, do you want to invite a doctor to come over and take a look?”

Mu Shouli's wife hurriedly replied: "Thank you for your concern, my master just took medicine."

Sun Dan frowned, touched Mu Shouli's quilt and kang again: "Why is the quilt so thin, the kang is not burned. Mrs. Mu, quickly bring two quilts over, and heat the kang again. My lord still has some daily affairs that I would like to ask Mr. Mu for advice."

Mrs. Mu looked at her husband with some embarrassment.

Mu Shouli had no choice but to say: "Bring two quilts over here, and then set the kang on fire."

Mrs. Mu had no choice but to take a quilt to cover Mu Shouzhi, and lit the stove again.

Sun Dan also disappeared, took off his shoes, jumped into bed, and chatted with Mu Shouli, from the farming season to the weather, and then the tax law, and this conversation turned to darkness.

It was okay at first, but Mu Shouzhi could bear it.But he was still wearing a padded jacket, covered with two thick quilts, and the kang was getting hotter and hotter, and he couldn't bear it any longer.

Because there was no greenhouse effect in ancient times, the weather was not as cold as it is in modern times.The climate during the Zhengde period was very good, and the temperature was higher than that of later generations. The Little Ice Age has not yet come.Even though Mu Shouli was in good health, being so hot made him feel restless.

I saw the sweat on his forehead falling like raindrops, and his face was as red as a boiled crab.

But Sun Dan still spoke in a leisurely manner, but as a subordinate, Mu Shouli had to raise his spirits to answer.

Mu Shouli couldn't take it anymore, so he hurriedly asked his wife to bring a cup of tea.Unexpectedly, Sun Dan took the teacup and kept shaking his head: "Master Mu, tea is used to improve the properties of medicine. You just took the medicine, so you can't drink tea. You are sweating all over your head, it should be the medicine's effect. , as long as the sweat comes out from this body, the disease will be cured by [-]%."

Mu Shouli's clothes were completely soaked in sweat.He was also dehydrated and felt that his whole body was going limp, and Venus was shining in front of his eyes.

After finally dismissing the talkative Sun Dan, Mu Shouli sat up from the bed and yelled, "The heat is killing me!"

At this time, a gust of cold wind blew in from the door, and Mu Shouli felt his head hurt from the cold wind, and fell down with a sound of "Plop!"

This time he was really sick, and developed a high fever that night.

(End of this chapter)