The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official

Chapter 210 Funeral County Magistrate

Seeing Mr. Su from the capital stop in his tracks, Qi Sijin quickly knelt and crawled over, "Sir... Mr. Su, my father was murdered. Please make the decision for my father."

 Murder?

Su Yanli was shocked. He thought the Weizhou County Magistrate was killed by bandits, but he was actually murdered? He looked at his daughter.

The daughter didn't seem to hear Xiao Langjun's cry. She glanced at the people who had not dispersed. Most of them were old, weak, sick, and disabled. Some seemed to be too hungry to walk and collapsed on the ground. Some had dull eyes as if they were stupid. I don’t know how to go outside the city to grab soup.

some…

Su Ruojin's eyes fell on the middle-aged man sitting on the curb. He turned his back to the county government gate and looked at the empty but cluttered street, motionless.

"Ajin..." Su Yanli walked to his daughter and followed her gaze, "What are you looking at?"

She glanced at Su Yanli, but did not reply to him. Instead, she asked Hu Dianli, "Who is that person?"

Hu Dianli concealed his disdainful eyes and said, "An old scholar who comes from nowhere has been living on the streets by reading and telling fortunes and writing letters for others."

Seeing that the young lady was about to pass, he stopped her and said, "People on the street call him an old scholar, but they don't know whether he is a real scholar or a fake scholar."

He probably heard someone talking about him. The middle-aged man turned to look at them with a disheveled face and a cold expression. Hearing Hu Dianli's words, he sneered disdainfully and turned to look at the empty street.

Su Yanli saw his daughter staring at this person and asked, "Ajin, what's wrong with this person?"

She shook her head and turned her eyes to Xiao Langjun, who was kneeling over. "Dad, let's help County Magistrate Qi with his funeral first."

 “Then how to treat it?”

Hu Dianli just wanted to hear how Mr. Su from the capital handled the matter of Magistrate Qi. Unexpectedly, he heard him ask his daughter how to attend to the funeral of a court official.

He is totally lost: ...what a **** guy from the capital.

 Could he be a liar? Want to make money by organizing funerals? Normally, he would never believe that someone dared to pretend to be an official, but after the rioters and bandits crossed the border, even the county magistrate and others were able to ignore the county government. There was nothing else that the rioters did not dare to do.

Once he became suspicious, Hu Dianli immediately raised his hand and asked, "I don't know what position Mr. Su holds in Beijing..."?

Su Yanli returned the greeting: "I am Mrs..."

Su Ruojin interrupted his father's words, "Hu Dianli, please look over here."

The young lady pointed at Su Yanli's belt. When Hu Dianli saw the silver buckle, he immediately understood that this was a belt that only seventh-rank officials were qualified to wear. It seemed that his identity as a Beijing official was true, but the young lady refused to let him Dad told me what the official position was.

He couldn't help but guess, the prince's young mansion? ...Taishi Jucheng...Taichang Temple?

 In ancient times, officials of different ranks had strict requirements for official uniforms and belts. Princes to the third rank were made of purple Dake (big flower) silk, and their belts were made of jade belt hooks. The fifth grade and above are made of vermilion Xiaoke (small flower) silk, and the belt is made of grass gold hook. The sixth grade is made of yellow (lemon yellow) double-chain (geometric pattern) damask, and the belt is made of rhinoceros hook.

 The seventh rank is made of green tortoise-shell, double giant, and ten-flower (all geometric patterns) damask, with a silver buckle (buckle) belt, and the ninth rank is made of cyan silk mixed damask, and the belt is made of jade stone hooks.

Su Ruojin didn't care what Hu Dianli guessed, as long as he believed that Su Yanli was a seventh-rank official, equal to the county magistrate and older than him, and he would be obedient.

Su Yanli was just afraid of things and trouble, but he was not pedantic and stupid. He immediately understood what his daughter meant. While Hu Dianli was making wild guesses, the father and daughter looked at each other, and Su Ruojin looked at the young and old of the Qi family.

 He will understand and nod.

Suddenly the official shouted with full authority: "Hu Dianli—"

 “The little one is—”

"You are an old man in this county and a subordinate of Magistrate Qi. You will take the lead in the funeral arrangements. We should hurry up and get it done in the summer."

"Sir...it's not that I'm unwilling, it's really..." Hu Dianli knelt down and almost shouted, "You can't just ask me to do things in vain." ’

Funeral management, as the name suggests, is to handle funeral arrangements, decorate the mourning hall, carry out funerals, and bury people, etc., but all of them require money to clear the way.

The old official stared at Su Yanli intently.

Su Yanli understood his eyes and looked at his daughter in embarrassment.

Su Ruojin really wanted to slap her on the head and see what this artistic nerd could do to her!

 “Shangguan Gongzi…”

Shangguanyu, who had always been invisible, was suddenly called out by Miss Su. He trembled in fright, thinking that he had committed something big, and looked at her blankly.

 “Can you settle accounts?”

 “Understand a little bit.”

"That's good." Su Ruojin thought she heard the word "understand", "Have you ever seen a funeral?"

Shangguanyu nodded.

 “Do you understand the funeral process?”

 “Understand a little bit.”

Su Ruojin still ignored the word 'shortly' and said, "Write out the process and let Hu Dianli read it. If the customs are different from those you have seen, follow the customs here. After you have reconciled, Uncle Shutong will follow you. Is it okay for you to record every penny I asked him to take?"

"No." For some reason, she was just a little lady, but when she asked him to do something, he didn't hesitate at all. There was even a sense of joy and excitement in his whole body. He knew that this was a funeral, and it was very inappropriate to have such emotions. But he couldn't help being secretly happy.

 He was so happy that someone found him useful.

Shu Tong looked at his young master in disbelief, "Second Madam, what do you mean, use the Su family's money..." to organize the funeral for the Weizhou County Magistrate?

Su Ruojin nodded.

Shu Tong secretly took a deep breath, why should they pay money since they didn't know Magistrate Qi?

Su Ruojin glanced at him and signaled him to be obedient and do things.

Shu Tong walked to Hu Dianli with emotion and said, "Hurry up and sum up with the official, so that I can know how much silver I will get."

Hu Quli: ...Is this solved?

 Why is it so simple? Is there anyone really willing to take money for free? Why doesn't he believe it so much?

"Hu Dianli, where is your eldest son?" He's here... he's here... He just said, "How can you get money for nothing? No, why do you want my son?"

Hu Dalang took a step forward strangely and unconsciously, and said "Dad..." He walked to the door automatically.

Su Ruojin turned to her father and said, "Dad, you personally write notes to the squires, landlords, and court officials of Weizhou County, asking them to express their condolences to Magistrate Qi. The written notes will be sent by Hu Dianli's boss The young master will send you to your door. If anyone dares not to come, he will be treated as a suspect of murdering the county magistrate."

 The angry family members of Qi County Magistrate: Sis...

 Hu Dianli’s family: Sis…

The middle-aged man sitting on the curb turned his head again and looked over with complicated eyes.

 “Hey, that uncle with a one-character beard, come here!”

Who to call?

　　The middle-aged man subconsciously touched his mustache, and his eyes widened instantly. Little lady, what did you call him?

 “I’m calling you!”

Hey! Really called him.

The middle-aged man with a beard stood up in a hurry. Who is this young lady so vulgar and uncultured? He took a few steps and walked quickly in front of everyone, "What did you just call me?"

Su Ruojin looked old-fashioned and said: "I write letters for people on the street. I guess I have a good handwriting. You are the one who wrote the condolence letter."

 "I...I..." I couldn't say a word of nonsense.

Su Ruojin didn't seem to notice, and asked Hu Dianli's wife to be responsible for all the logistics of the funeral, including meals, tea, and so on. She asked Qiuyue to work with her to mobilize the wives of all the minor officials in the government office to complete the matter.

Seeing that a group of people were really about to leave this time, Qi Sijin, the eldest son of County Magistrate Qi, quickly stopped them and said, "Sir, my father was murdered. Please make the decision for my father."

Mr. Su glanced at his daughter and saw her nodding. He thought that it was benevolent to attend the funeral of Magistrate Qi. Finding the murderer was a matter for the court. It was not his duty as a doctor. He wanted to refuse.

But my daughter never does anything mindless. If she asks herself to nod, there must be a reason, so why not just nod first?

Thinking like this, he nodded, but said, "Young Master Qi, the murder is a big deal. I will report it to the court..." At this point, he suddenly understood that this was what his daughter asked him to nod. Meaning, he looked at his daughter again, and sure enough, when he saw the corner of her mouth slightly raised in approval, he was also very happy, and thought to himself, it was indeed his little cotton-padded jacket, and she still had a tacit understanding.

Although Qi Sijin was disappointed, someone finally helped the Qi family report the matter to the court. The first step was finally taken. The only thing left for the court to do was to arrange for people to investigate the case after receiving the report.

The matter finally came to an end, and Su Ruojin asked Shi Er to take his son to take the Qi family to the place where the Qi family lived after the county government.

“Master Hu, please arrange the mourning hall and everything before the sun rises tomorrow.”

 There was money and people, so Hu Dianli hurriedly went to organize the affairs without any complaints.

Su Ruojin asked his father to live in the office of the county government officials, and then go through the same process and things as before.

It may be the first time he came into contact with county government affairs. Su Yanli was more flexible and energetic than in Beijing. Although he had not slept for nearly a night, he not only handled the funeral-related matters mentioned by his daughter, but also the meritorious officials took the opportunity to ask him to solve trivial matters. Four or five of the items could be returned, and those that could not be returned. After getting to know Hu Dianli, one or two were returned. The remaining one or two were all difficult and complicated diseases. Not to mention that he was not in charge of the county, even if the county magistrate himself was there, It’s probably not even possible.

After giving his father the general direction, Su Ruojin asked him to find an experienced clerk to understand the specific matters. Unexpectedly, he woke up too early and brought breakfast to his father. The chores were also taken care of.

Weizhou County Government started operating unexpectedly.

She gave her father a thumbs up and said, "Dad, it's not that you don't know how to do it, it's because you lack opportunities to practice."

"I..." Su Yanli still couldn't believe that he handled the affairs on the table by himself. He was filled with doubts, excitement, and all sorts of emotions, and was filled with emotions at the moment.

 “I believe in Dad.”

Shangguanyu came in from the outside, "Master Su, the funeral has begun at Qi's house. I will go there first. If there is anything you need from the grassroots, please try to have someone call me."

Su Yanli nodded, "Excuse me, Mr. Shangguan."

 “You’re welcome, sir.” Shangguanyu left in a good mood.

It is not only Su Yanli who is recognized, but also Shangguanyu who has been depressed and depressed. He has been writing and buying paintings. Is he willing to do so? Of course not, even though he was just helping with funeral arrangements and keeping accounts, he was happy doing it.

After three days of mourning, it stands to reason that Magistrate Qi’s official coffin should be laid to rest, but he was not from Weizhou County. The Qi family wanted to carry the coffin back to their hometown of Chuzhou for burial. It was a long journey, so they first stored the coffin in a temple. Waiting for the court to find the murderer.

  When the new emperor ascended the throne, there was a national funeral to be held and chaos to be quelled. It took three days for Su Yanli to report the information to the court to the Ministry of Personnel. The Ministry of Personnel transferred it to Dali Temple, and finally Dali Temple transferred it to the emperor's desk.

There were a lot of things that the new emperor could approve, and it took another three days to see them. He found that there was no county magistrate in Weizhou, and there was no one at hand to choose, so he directly appointed Su Yanli, a doctor from Taichang Temple who wrote the book, as the county magistrate of Weizhou. Order him to find out the murderer of his predecessor.

that's all?

When they received the appointment documents from the court, the Su family were all confused. How could they avoid a county magistrate even if they were in trouble? This is a real difference between oil and water!

 "Ah...Ajin...Dad...can you do it?" Su Yanli couldn't believe the county magistrate's document with the seal in his hand.

Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Of course it's true."

 While waiting for court documents for ten days, Weizhou County was not at peace.

That night, Su Ruojin used all the grain she bought from the landlords to make porridge. Early the next morning, she used the trick of not coming to express her condolences. She first deceived all the squires, landlords, wealthy businessmen, and then, in front of Qi County, The official coffin of the order asked each of these people to donate a certain number of stones of grain, and promised to sell grain on the same day. If the family did not sell, that family would be a suspect who had stolen the county government granary and did not dare to sell.

This move caught him by surprise and immediately destroyed the local grain market in Weizhou.

That day, all the gentry, landlords, wealthy businessmen who came out of Lord Qi's mourning hall all scolded Su Yanli for being treacherous. Some people quietly went to Beijing to find a way out, but they were beaten back inexplicably. Almost no one dared to accept the gifts they sent, and they all avoided seeing them. .

It was only then that these squires, landlords and wealthy businessmen understood that no wonder the man named Su dared to be treacherous. It turned out that there was someone behind him. After three or five days, they all behaved and opened their shops as normal.

Hu Dianli's family began to see the Su family attending the funeral for County Magistrate Qi, and threw away a lot of money. They thought that the Su family was a fool for trying to gain fame. Unexpectedly, when the condolence was over, they took back a lot of the condolence money, leaving nothing left. The money was given to the orphans and widowers of the Qi family, while the Hu family only got an errand fee.

Hu Dianli’s beard curled up angrily, but he remained silent.

His old wife was not convinced: "If you hadn't been in charge of the county government, it would have been gone long ago. Our family only got twenty or thirty taels for running errands. How dare you surnamed Su? Our old Hu family has ancestors from Weizhou." The county official, please be careful that our Hu family gives him little shoes to wear."

Hu Dalang frowned and said, "Dad, the court has not sent down the county magistrate yet, nor has it pursued the county magistrate or anyone else. Do we really no longer want the county government?"

"How is that possible?" Hu Dianli breathed, "Our old Hu family's ancestors are locals. They are different from those who come to be officials from other places. They can leave the county government alone, but my Hu family can't. Without the county government, We are nothing. "How can we survive when our iron rice bowl is gone and our connections are gone.

Hu Dalang asked worriedly, "Dad, do you think the person named Su is the new county magistrate sent by the imperial court?"

Hu Dianli didn't say anything for a long time. If the person assigned to the court is someone named Su, he is not someone who can be fooled casually. It's probably not easy to make money by working under him.