Upon hearing the name of the former county magistrate, the subordinate officials of the county government immediately shrank back.
Li Chaozi was obviously frozen in front of the door and was at a loss.
Xu He said: "My teacher clearly said in the notice that those who died in the war will be compensated eight taels. Why did I only get two taels when I came to this house and said, where did the rest of the money go? Did you ink?"
When Li Chaozi heard this, the expression on his face kept changing.
Xu He continued: "This was originally a pension that my teacher specially raised out of sympathy for the heroes who died fighting for Hailing City. I didn't expect that it was a good governance, but in the end it was defeated by you and other thieves. Try it today. If you don't Give these eight taels to the Zhang family, will our neighbors let you out of Tokachi Street!"
After speaking, he turned to the people and shouted loudly: "Neighbors, do you think they can leave this street?"
Everyone's eyes turned red when they thought of Li Chaozi's arrogance just now and how Zhang Wang and her children were struggling to survive.
Xu He continued: "If we let them go today, and your wives and children will be bullied like the Zhang and Wang family in the future, will you be willing?"
"No!"
"I don't want to!"
"Even if I die, I will take these people away as a ghost!"
"Made, you are so arrogant when you bully us people, but when the thieves come, they all turn into cowards!"
"Yes, Mr. Xu is right. Today is not his Zhang family's business, but our Hailing City's common people's business!"
The onlookers all looked excited, clenched their fists tightly, and looked at Li Chaozi as if they were looking at the enemy who killed his father.
On weekdays, Li Xiaozi is used to showing off his power among the people because he has the support of the county government's third-in-command, Master Ma.
In his mind, these people were all quails. They would stop moving after being frightened. Even if they hated him afterwards, how dare they come out with such nonsense?
But today...
Today was different, everyone looked at them as if they wanted to eat them.
"You, what do you want to do?" Li Chaozi was so frightened that he backed away.
Xu He said: "What are you doing? We made it very clear, keep the money and get out!"
Li Chaozi almost collapsed when he heard this. He came out this time with only four taels of silver given by the Yamen, of which he was going to take out two taels and share it with his brothers, and finally left two taels to Zhang Wang.
But Xu He told him to leave the eight liang and get out. He wanted to get out, but he didn't have that much money on him.
Seeing his hesitation, everyone took two steps forward with red eyes.
Li Xiaozi was shocked when he saw this, and said quickly: "Fellow folks and neighbors, the money the government gave me is less than eight taels! I...I can't help it..."
Xu He said: "Then you go to the Yamen and ask for eight taels of silver, otherwise you won't be able to leave today!"
"Yes!" all the neighbors shouted in unison: "You can't leave today unless we give Mrs. Wang the full pension."
When Li Chaozi saw that everyone was so united, he was completely panicked this time. He quickly called for a thin man to lower his head and whisper a few words.
The thin man got the message, looked at the crowd cautiously, squeezed out of the crowd cautiously, and ran away as fast as he could.
The two sides were in a stalemate for about a stick of incense, and suddenly the sound of horse hooves "clack" and "clack" came from the bluestone road at the intersection.
A guy in a blue official uniform came over on horseback, and the thin man just now held the horse's reins and led the way.
Xu He took a closer look and saw who it was if it wasn't Bo, the horse owner.
When the horse owner Bo Xing came closer, he got off his horse in full view of everyone. When he saw Xu He, he smiled and said: "Mr. Xu, I heard that your house has managed to get the head of the case, congratulations!"
As the saying goes, don’t hit the smiling person with your hand. Xu He didn’t show any force. Instead, he bowed his hands and said, “The owner of the horse is Bo!”
Xu He said hello, but his expression was cold. Master Ma saw that he did not bow when he saluted, and obviously did not take him as the third county official in his eyes. He couldn't help but feel annoyed, and his face turned cold.
I saw him pretending to be in front of everyone and asked: "What's going on?"
When Li Chaozi saw the backbone coming, he quickly ran out of the courtyard, pushing away the onlookers as he ran, and regained his arrogance.
"Third Master, I followed the wishes of the county government and paid pensions to the families who died in the war a few days ago, but these unruly people stopped me from leaving!"
Fortunately, a bad person complained first, and all the neighbors became angry.
But for thousands of years, the fear of officials gene buried in their bones broke out, and no one dared to speak out. They could only stare at Li Chaozi bitterly without saying a word.
The horse owner Ma Mingqiu glanced around, then whipped Li Shorty in the face in front of Xu He and cursed: "You bastards, you guys must be greedy for the pension!"
Li Chaozi was caught off guard and was whipped, and immediately cried out with his head in his arms.
Who knew that Ma Mingqiu would not let him go, and whipped him again and cursed: "Tell me, how much money did you get from greedy ink?"
Li Xiaozi cried for his father and mother and said: "The county government gave me four taels, but I took two taels!"
Everyone was in an uproar. As expected, this short guy Li had embezzled the Zhang family's pension money.
Ma Mingqiu pretended to say: "Why don't you go and give four taels of silver to others? You can even take money from dead people, huh!"
"Wait a minute!"
While they were acting, Xu He looked at Ma Mingqiu indifferently and said: "Master Ma Bo, the notice posted by my teacher before leaving office said eight taels of silver. Even if it is based on old rules, the yamen should give each family six taels." , why are you only giving four taels to this family today?”
Ma Mingqiu thought that he had just given face to the former county magistrate's student, but who knew that this guy was still pressing forward step by step without knowing what he was doing.
Recalling the incident of [Xiaohu Chun]'s failed return a few days ago, he had already found out that the money from the inn was made away by Huibinlou through Xu He and Lao Hu's way.
Xiao Huchun had promised him forty taels of benefits per year, but who would have thought that he would be disturbed by this kid.
Li Zhijie was in office before, so he didn't dare to do anything to this kid.
But now Li Zhijie is gone. Although he has gone to the mansion to serve as a general judge, he is still an assistant official after all. What can he do to him?
At the thought of this, Ma Mingqiu's new and old grudges welled up in his heart. His face darkened and he shouted at Xu He: "The county spent a lot of money because of the banditry that invaded the city. Mr. Li was indeed compassionate at the time, but he couldn't help it. I am nervous about money, so I only approved four taels per household for those who died in the war! If you don't know the situation, don't stop the Yamen from doing its work!"
After saying that, he gave Xu He a cold look.
Xu He was not afraid and sneered: "Then why did I hear that some people gave out six taels?"
After County Magistrate Li left, the horse owner Bo Ziran, who was in charge of military affairs, took on the responsibility for the compensation and distribution of those who died in the recent war. With his method of plucking feathers, eight taels must pass through a sieve.
This screening process is also very particular. People with some background or connections with the yamen will naturally be six liang!
Those with profound backgrounds, such as Xu He’s clan members who also died in disasters, would naturally be paid in full!
And for a small family like the Zhang family, it doesn't matter, there are only four liang.
This time, he immediately earned several hundred taels of money.
Now Xu He is entangled with him over this account...
Killing someone's money is like killing one's parents. He is a small, ninth-grade master, and he doesn't care about his future. Isn't it just to make money by being an official for thousands of miles?
Since you, Xu He, have cut off my financial path, I don't have to coddle you anymore.
Thinking of this, the horse owner Bo sneered: "Mr. Xu, if I remember correctly, you are just a boy now. There have been rumors outside that you boys are lawless, known as the [Tong Tianwang], and your reputation for causing trouble has long been spread. When we arrived at the court, the court ordered you and others again and again not to interfere with the official affairs of the yamen. Anyone who violates this rule will be punished by twenty and his name will be reported to the school!"
He narrowed his eyes slightly to cover up the vicious look that almost overflowed: "Here, take Mr. Xu to the county government office and give him twenty sticks first!"
Li Chaozi, who had been holding his head and gasping just now, suddenly became energetic when he heard this. He smiled evilly and waved his hand, and several bastard white servants gathered around him.
He glanced at the crowd and cursed: "You bitches, have you seen this? If you go against the Yamen, go against our Lord Ma, no matter who you are, you will end up like this!"
When all the neighbors heard this, they were all frightened into silence; some of the aggrieved people showed dissatisfaction in their eyes, but the other party had obviously been accumulating power for a long time and could only hide their anger in their hearts.
Just when the thugs were cutting Xu He's hands behind his back, a yellow-haired child rushed out from the door. He rushed to Xu He with a cry, and moved his hands forward to pull away the arms of the white servants.
I cried while pulling: "You are all bad people, you are all bad people, you are not allowed to bully good people!"
Seeing this, Li Chaozi kicked the child to the ground, spat hard and cursed: "You bastard, get out of here, don't delay grandpa's work!"
But the child refused to let go. He struggled to stand up while holding his chest where he was kicked, and still wanted to pick off the arms of the white servants.
Xu He's eyes were about to burst and he cursed: "You are still not human, he is still a child!"
Ma Mingqiu raised his left hand, touched the nails of his left hand with his right hand, and said calmly: "Can a child stop the Yamen from doing things?"
When the woman at the door saw her son being beaten, she rushed out like crazy, grabbed Li Chaozi and scratched him.
Li Chaozi was furious. He took a stick from his subordinate and wanted to greet him.
At this critical moment, suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums came from the street corner.
Everyone turned around curiously.
The first thing that appeared in front of everyone was a dozen honor guards carrying the imperial envoy's guard of honor, followed closely by soldiers wearing bright armor and holding bright spears to open the way.
Ma Mingqiu and everyone else were all dumbfounded.
