Chapter 96.

In the Great Chu Kingdom, it was divided into a total of four levels of capital states, prefectures, and counties, with each level governing the levels below it.

Anding County was under Yunlai Prefecture, and there were many counties that Yunlai Prefecture governed.

Yunlai Prefecture’s Prefect Sun Zhiju had a big head at the moment.

Recently, the Great Chu Kingdom was organizing the Casting Dao Grand Competition.

This competition is similar to the imperial examinations.

However, it is much more troublesome than the imperial examinations.

It is also an attempt by the Great Chu Kingdom.

The imperial examination is recruited by the scholar, pay attention to the country.

And casting road than, recruiting is about casting a class of talent, and is young talent.

The person who made it to the government order, naturally has a very high vision.

He knew very well that the Emperor of the Great Chu Kingdom attached great importance to this Great Competition.

Even when the court opened the morning meeting, it was stated that each government must seriously organize it.

And there can’t be any half-assedness.

Like going through the relationship kind, if found, will be directly cut off the head.

It was also because of Emperor Xingwu’s emphasis on this Grand Competition that the Sun Prefecture Order felt more and more of a headache.

Even sitting in his position, one would still want to move up the ladder.

If you don’t do a good job, or if you do a mediocre job, but do better than you elsewhere, what will the emperor think then?

But to do a good job, you have to master a lot of details.

It was these details that gave him a headache.

“My lord, nowadays, a lot of people from the casting path have come to our mansion, first of all, we need to do a good job with the security of this mansion.”

Listening to his subordinate’s report, the Sun Prefecture Order nodded.

Since it was a holy decree issued by the imperial court, naturally there would be many people involved, and security was a top priority.

“Let the constables and head constables step up their patrols, if anyone dares to make trouble, directly arrest them, in addition, let the Zhen Gui Si’s also cooperate, many of those who are here this time are jianghu people, it’s not okay for them not to cooperate, when something goes wrong, they will have to take the responsibility as well.”

One by one, the Sun Prefecture Order enacted the safety measures.

Only when it was almost time, did he let his men leave to implement his measures.

After the men under his command left the entire room, only Sun Fu Order was left alone.

“This time, the matter is important, and we also have to make sure it’s fair, first of all, I have to make myself make fewer mistakes, or at least don’t make any mistakes, and I don’t ask to be too colorful.”

Sun Fu Order opened the drawer, inside was a large stack of envelopes.

“What a bunch of stupid people.”

“At this kind of juncture still dares to send gifts, still dares to invite me to a banquet, really discovered, when the time comes, one of them will not be able to eat.”

“Originally, when this kind of thing happened in Anding County, I was already concerned by His Holiness, fortunately it was resolved, and now I’m being given these troubles.”

“It’s really annoying, tomorrow I still have to go to Anding County, after all it’s the place under my jurisdiction, it’s not good to not go there once.”

The more he thought about it, the more of a headache he felt, and in the end, he still felt it was better to go to bed early.

Tomorrow he was going to go to Anding County.

The new magistrate of Anding County had to go and take a look as well.

Thinking of this, Order Sun Fu blew out the candle and turned out the light to rest.

The next day.

Morning was the time to get refreshed.

When the first rays of sunlight shone in through the window, Zhou An put down the book in his hands.

The skill of reading had risen quite a bit again, and last night he had actually gotten mesmerized reading it.

Not to mention, the book looked like a better way to pass the time than a lot of things.

“I have to go to the blacksmith store today, so I’ll talk to Old Zhao for a while.” Zhou An put the book aside and stretched, thinking in his mind.

He now temporarily wanted to focus on the skill of Butchering Knife Technique and Reading, and after he had livered Butchering Knife Technique to level five and Reading to level four, he would then think about other skills.

Yesterday, he felt the Qi in his body and realized that if he livered the Butchering Ox-Splitting Knife Technique to level five, he would be able to reach the Second Stream Realm without any problems.

At that time, his Qi would change and become more pure, and he would also be able to make a qualitative leap.

“That old Zhao guy, I guess he’ll have to give me another nagging.”

Zhou An stood up and left the door early, eating a bowl of noodles outside before skulking around and rushing towards the location of the blacksmith store.

As he expected, when he arrived at the blacksmith store, after he explained the reason, Blacksmith Zhao really did nag himself for a long time.

There was nothing he could do about it, so he could only talk while leaving the blacksmith store.

After leaving, he could even hear the blacksmith store sighing.

Zhou An was all relaxed, and after saying goodbye to Blacksmith Zhao, he was ready to buy some food and go home to liver Butcher’s Knife Technique.

It was not a good idea to eat outside every day, sometimes it was quite flavorful to cook for yourself.

“Too expensive too expensive, cheaper.”

“Brother, you shop all over this street, if you find one cheaper than me, I’ll give it all to you.”

“Look at this vegetable, it’s all wilted, cheaper.”

Zhou An haggled and finally bought some vegetables and returned home.

The entire morning, Zhou An spent in carving dough.

At noon, he cooked another meal, ate it beautifully, and prepared to continue practicing the Butcher’s Knife Technique.

But unexpectedly, before he could knead the dough, he heard a knock on the door.

“Old Zhou, at home? Go, go out and watch the fun.”

Yu Hang’s voice was loud, and the soundproofing of the door wasn’t very good, so Zhou An heard it clearly.

“Coming, coming, don’t knock, don’t knock.”

Zhou An was speechless, what else is there to see in Anding County?

When he opened the door, he saw Yu Hang with a face of excitement, pulling his sleeve and planning to go out.

“Wait, tell me first, what kind of hilarity do you want to see?” Zhou An asked.

“Didn’t you hear the news today, the Prefectural Order came down, saying that they want to see the new Prefectural Order.”

Yu Hang explained.

“Originally, according to common sense, when a new county magistrate takes office, he has to go to the Prefectural Order to report, but this guy Wu Youde was directly appointed from the capital, and coupled with the fact that Anding County is without a magistrate and wants to stabilize the situation, he came directly over.”

Hearing this, Zhou An felt even more strange.

Did this have anything to do with himself?

The Prefectural Magistrate was coming over to inspect the situation, what’s the buzz about it.

Before he could ask, Yu Hang saw what Zhou An was thinking and hurriedly came over.

“You don’t know, do you? When the government order came, he saw Wu Youde sleeping, think about it, how angry he must be.”

“This is not, the government order is angry, your new magistrate of Anding County has not yet been in office for a long time, what all do not care, coupled with the recent seems to engage in what the casting road competition, two things stacked together, is now inside the county government office scolding it, let’s go to see a hilarious.”

Mentioning this Yu Hang was quite happy, at that time he was very upset with the magistrate, now the magistrate was scolded, of course he was happy.

When Zhou An heard this, his brows wrinkled slightly.

“This guy is really daring ah, still sleeping at this time.”

“That’s not true, the new official plays with fire quite well, but he’s actually a waste of time.” Yu Hang said.

This kid is quite well informed.

“I heard that it is leaning on the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, thinking about the early selection to go, so on other things do not care, just think of relying on others Chamber of Commerce.”

The more Yu Hang said, the happier he became.

Zhou An thought about it, this hilarious he did not want to go and get together.

But his own brother seemed to be very happy, so he thought that going over to take a look would not waste much time.

What’s more, watching Wu Youde’s grandson being scolded was also a pleasure.

So he followed Yu Hang and went to the county office together.

The two of them walked very quickly, after all, it was just to watch a lively event, if they went late, the lively event would turn cold.

When Zhou An arrived at the county office, he realized that there were already quite a few common people around the county office.

The sound was a bit noisy, and only after Zhou An approached did he hear curses from inside the county office.

“What’s the point of evacuating the people, let them just watch and see how you rule the county?”

“What the hell have you done since you came, it’s this time of the day, even if there’s nothing to do, you have to sit inside the county office and sleep?”

“I know what you’re thinking.”

“It’s not true that you’re evening out the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce, yes, they helped you do a good job with the economy here, it does allow you to pass the selection.”

“Then have you thought about it, the governance of a place doesn’t just rely on the economy, what exactly are you an official for!”

The noise came out from inside the government office, Zhou An padded up his feet to take a look and was instantly delighted.

Wu Youde stood cowering in the lobby, while in his place in the lobby, sat a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man had a righteous look and wore an official uniform that was not angry.

Especially the chest-length beard added a bit of seriousness and majesty.

“This should be the Sun Prefectural Order, good scolding!” Yu Hang muttered.

Zhou An also felt that the scolding was quite good.

Not only the two of them, even the people around them secretly applauded.

In the lobby, Mr. Sun cursed for a while and did not avoid the people.

In terms of this behavior, in Zhou An’s opinion, it was quite a bright and open thing.

He didn’t know who this Sun Fu Ling was, but at least doing so would make the people comfortable.

“Let’s go, it’s not much fun.”

But after looking at it for a while, he felt that there was no more point, so he and Yu Hang were ready to leave.

Yu Hang also had to study, and the two of them were just here to make a scene, so they didn’t look around much.

The two of them didn’t take long before they directly left this county office and rushed towards home.

Sun Fu Ling’s side was still cursing, and after cursing for a while, he told Wu Youde to get lost.

Wu Youde looked unlucky, but he really couldn’t be stubborn with the government order.

After all, this is his immediate superior, you dare and his immediate superior choking, waiting for bad luck.

The good thing is that we are all readers, scolding people did not swear very dirty.

Wu Youde after enduring a period of time, finally relieved.

Hundreds of people see that there is no more fun to watch, also gradually dispersed.

Wu Youde stood below, although he had finished cursing, he did not dare to leave.

Sun Fu Ling drank some water and moistened his throat.

He was going to hit the road and return home.

This time he came over just to inspect, and now that he got unsatisfactory results, he planned to go back to his house and write a folding.

Cursing a couple of sentences would not wake a person up, he submitted this folding to the top, and then someone would naturally deal with it.

As long as familiar with Sun Fu order people, all know that he is a straight person.

Ever since he became an official, he has been really outspoken.

Dare to say anything, dare to do anything.

Just like this matter, an ordinary official, scolded two sentences, but he had to report it to the top.

Sun Fu Order stood up, ready to leave.

Just at this time, a young man dressed in ordinary clothes, suddenly walked over.

“My lord, I found someone.”

Order of the Sun Mansion slightly froze and subconsciously looked at this young man.

Wasn’t this time the Casting Dao Competition.

This young man was also from the Casting Dao and was called Wang Mang.

However, Wang Mang was not a jianghu person, but an official in Yunlai Province.

He was responsible for governing most of the minerals in Yunlai Province.

Including the mining rights of some mines, which are also under his jurisdiction.

Yunlai Province was very large.

There was no way for Order Sun Fu to be able to do everything himself, so he also had to delegate some of his powers.

This time, he had brought Wang Mang here by the way, and in addition to scolding Wu Youde, he also wanted to take a look at the mining rights of Anding County.

After all, it was the holy decree from the saint himself that opened up the mining rights, and he thought of mapping out the minerals within the boundaries of Yunlai Prefecture again by the way, so as to avoid any mistakes.

That’s why he brought professional people with him.

“What can make you so surprised?” Order of the Sun Prefecture asked.

Don’t look at Wang Mang’s young age, but in the vein of casting dao, he did have a few skills.

This time, Wang Mang also participated in the Grand Competition.

Of course, Sun Fu Order didn’t dare to go through any connections, everything was based on his own skills.

This young man with outstanding talent, but now looks mysterious, Sun Fu Order came to be interested.

Wang Mang whispered, “I found a person, he hung a money bag on his waist, the origin is extraordinary, I am also a person of the casting road, I can see it …… at a glance.”

While listening, the Sun Prefecture Order’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Unfortunately, there were too many people at that time and Wang Mang did not go out.

But the color of that money bag, Wang Mang remembered.

“A very …… pink color.”

When Wang Mang finished speaking, the Sun Mansion Order immediately looked at Wu Youde.

“You have a person here with a pink colored money bag hanging from his waist, do you know who it is?”

Wu Youde was a bit confused, feeling that the topic had changed all of a sudden.

But ……

As long as he won’t be scolded, everything is fine.

“Pink money bag ……”

Wu Youde was sort of racking his brain at this time.

He felt that the time had come for him to curry favor with Order of the Sun Mansion.

“Pink money bag, pink money bag ……”

Wu Youde frantically recalled it in his mind.

He always felt familiar, but couldn’t think of who it was.

Just then, Sheriff Sun, who had been silent, whispered.

“My lord, isn’t Zhou An carrying a pink money bag, at that time, we, the few constables, even laughed at him.”

When Wu Youde heard this, he was struck by lightning.

He remembered, Zhou An’s waist, indeed had a pink money bag.

And it was particularly bright.

One glance could tell that it was something a girl would use.

And so on!

Wu Youde looked like he had eaten shit.

Why is everything related to Zhou An?

And looking at the appearance of the government order, it seemed like he wasn’t there to look for trouble.

“Why am I so unlucky that I offended him as soon as I arrived?”

“It seems too late to remedy the situation now.”

Once he thought of all this, especially thinking that even Qi Shuo of the Hengtong Chamber of Commerce had spoken kindly to Zhou An, Wu Youde had a hard time.

But he also knew that it was not possible to repent at this time.

“My lord, you should be talking about Zhou An, I’ll take you there.” Wu Youde humbly said.

Order of the Sun Mansion stood up in a hurry and said, “Hurry up!”

But Sheriff Sun said from the side, “There is no need to bother your honor with these things, I will just send someone to bring him here, indeed, ah, he dares to offend the county magistrate, it’s simply a slap in the face of Anding County!”

Speaking of this, Sheriff Sun even raised his head smugly.

He felt that he had made the right decision.

At this glance, it was definitely Zhou An who had offended the Prefectural Magistrate, and at this time when he came out to say such a thing, the Prefectural Magistrate would definitely look the other way at that time.

After all, in his narrow worldview, he thought that Zhou An was definitely not connected to the Prefectural Order.

If there is a connection, there is definitely only one way to get offended.

Wu Youde’s face is black.

Are you sick?

Didn’t you see Mr. Fu Ling’s excited face?

You don’t have any eyes except for giving gifts, right?

“Come on!”

Wu Youde angrily said, “Pull Sheriff Sun down and beat him ten times!”

Constable Sun: “?”

Why are you beating me again?