quiet!
The whole room was quiet, only the sound of breathing could be heard.
Everyone's eyes were complicated and they were silent for a long time.
They were in disbelief.
You clearly said that you were going to the countryside to inspect the people's situation, why did you lie?
We are all people sent by the National Preceptor. Don’t you think the National Preceptor will give you any face?
After a long time, a scholar murmured: "Is this true or false? Could it be that I got it wrong?"
In this way, other scholars all looked at the scholar who came through the door.
They still have a glimmer of hope in their hearts, hoping that the news is false.
They don't believe that as a thirteenth-grade court official, he can still be treated like this?
It must not be true. It must not be true.
"Hey! Now that things have happened, do you still believe that the dog magistrate is a good official?"
The scholar who inquired about the information said angrily: "You will know if you go and inquire in person. Anyway, when I inquired, the people who came from the countryside did not have a very good tone towards Gouzhi County."
silence.
After confirming the news, the scholars fell silent again.
The fledgling little lambs felt the dangers of officialdom for the first time.
For a long time a burst of angry noise broke out.
"Damn it! It's so abominable, all fifty of us have been tricked!"
"Gou Zhixian is too courageous! He dares to leave us alone for five days. Brothers, please go and reason with him!"
"Yes, I have to go to the county government office today to find out what's going on!"
"Brothers, let's go! Let's go together and take the Cixi Guard brothers with us. I don't believe they dare to do anything to us."
But this group of scholars was so angry, and they were now braver, and they directly asked to go to the county government to argue.
"etc!"
Yu Qian stopped him and said, "Calm down, everyone, let's not care whether this is true or not. We rush over like this and people from the Yamen stop us. What should we do?"
Liu Quan said angrily: "If you dare to stop us, just rush in! Can they stop two hundred of us?"
Others responded: "Yes, can we still be afraid of him?"
Yu Qian thought about it and felt that even if the other party was unreasonable first, the other party's rhetoric was impeccable. On the other hand, if he rushed in hastily, what was reasonable would become unreasonable.
This county magistrate is really a bad official. If you beat him up, your brothers will suffer.
So, Yu Qian immediately said loudly: "Listen to me, everyone, if we break in rashly like this, not only will we commit a crime, but we will also implicate the brothers of Cixi Guard. Don't act recklessly."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, then calmed down.
"What Yu Qian said makes sense. We were reckless just now. If we are really dog officials, what we do will play into the opponent's hands."
"Brother Yu Qian, what do you want to do? We all listen to you."
"Yes, we all listen to you, you make the arrangements."
Everyone looked at Yu Qian and said, they are all used to listening to Yu Qian's ideas.
"so."
Yu Qian pressed his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down. After everyone sat on the floor, Yu Qian whispered: "In any case, we must first explore the truth and confirm the authenticity of this matter. If the county magistrate really lied to us, , deliberately giving us a blow, then we will make plans. I will first take a few people to the backyard of the county government office and sneak in to see if the county magistrate is there, has not seen us, or has really gone to the countryside."
Everyone thought about it and thought it made sense.
First things first need to be determined before you can make the next step.
Yu Qian ordered: "Liu Quan, Lu Gang, and Liao Qiu, you three are the most powerful at climbing over the wall. Come with me, and the others will stay put."
The scholars said: "Okay, then let's wait for the news with peace of mind."
That's it.
Yu Qian led three people who were good at climbing over the wall and left the inn.
Then he walked around outside the county government yard.
Found the southeast corner, where there is no one.
The courtyard wall of the county government office is almost ten feet high. It is difficult for ordinary people to climb over it, and no one has time to climb over the county government office wall.
"Let's see the situation first"
Yu Qian started back, then charged toward the wall, jumped up, and grabbed the edge of the wall with both hands.
With a strong movement of his elbow, half of his body crossed the wall.
This wall-climbing skill was learned from someone else during the Glory Competition in the military camp. He is very skilled and has a high level of proficiency.
"There is no one, Liao Qiu, you stay below and the others come in with me."
After Yu Qian finished speaking, he turned over and jumped into the yard of the county government office.
The place where they landed was a garden, and soon the other two people jumped down.
A few people sneaked out of the garden and found that there was no one in the back hall of the yamen, and there were no yamen patrolling.
"Everyone split up, be careful and gather here later."
Yu Qian ordered, and then took a few steps.
They didn't have time to separate.
Then I heard the sound of hanging tags coming from a room.
Then, the three of them sneaked to the corner and put their ears against the wall to listen.
Crackling——
"Eighty thousand, touch."
"Go, touch."
"I'm crazy, haha, give me money, give me money"
Hearing such a sound, the three of them had an ominous premonition in their hearts.
Damn it, the county government actually rubs hangtags, it’s outrageous, it’s outrageous!
Who can play mahjong there?
Besides the county magistrate, who else could it be?
as expected.
They soon heard voices coming from inside.
"The county magistrate is so high. He just goes to the countryside to inspect the people's sentiments, and he stops those pretentious district chiefs from the door, hahaha."
"First give them a warning. From now on, these district chiefs will definitely follow the lead of Luzhi County and let them understand who is the host and who is the guest."
"First give me a stick, and then give me a sweet date. These district chiefs will be used by Luzhi County in the future, so that the national preceptor will return without success. How wonderful, how wonderful."
After hearing these words.
Yu Qian and others concluded that the magistrate was deliberately leaving them indifferent.
Not only did he want to give them a blow, he even wanted to turn them into the puppets of the county magistrate, so that the master of the country would return without success!
is it possible? This is impossible, absolutely impossible!
How could they become puppets and be at the mercy of the great kindness the Imperial Master had shown them?
"Bullshit!! Damn it, I'm going to kill him!"
Liu Quan had a hot temper. After hearing these words, he couldn't stop being angry. He got up and rushed to the room.
"Liu Quan, calm down!"
Yu Qian hurriedly greeted: "Lu Gang, stop Liu Quan."
The two hugged Liu Quan and then pulled him to the garden.
"Why are you stopping me? I'm going to expose the hypocrisy of this magistrate now."
Liu Quan said angrily.
"Liu Quan, if you rush in now, not only will you not be able to expose him, but you will also be thrown into jail. We sneaked in over the wall. Besides, so what if you are caught on the spot? Who will believe us?"
Yu Qian tried his best to persuade Liu Quan and finally calmed down.
"What should we do now?" Liu Quan said.
"Let's go. It's not a good time to stay here for a long time. We've been discovered and we can't eat without walking around. Let's go back to the inn first and discuss it with everyone."
Yu Qian said aloud.
In fact, he was holding back his anger and wished he could beat the magistrate on the spot.
However, during the three months of training in the military camp, Yu Qian learned a lot from the process of winning and losing the Glory Competition.
The first thing to bear the brunt of is to plan before acting and not to act recklessly.
So, he suppressed the anger in his heart, pulled the two people he brought with him, and climbed out over the wall again.
Fortunately, all of this went relatively smoothly and no one discovered it.
The four of them returned to the inn again.
Pushing the door open, everyone looked over, obviously waiting anxiously.
"Brother Yu Qian, how are you? Is the county magistrate here at the county government office?"
As soon as they returned to the inn room, the other dormitory leaders started asking questions.
Before Yi Qian opened his mouth, Liu Quan said angrily: "Not only in the county government, but the dog magistrate actually put up a hangtag in the backyard of the county government! He even said something shameless, saying that he would give us a blow, and then give us a sweet date, giving him kindness and power at the same time. , let us obey the order and the county magistrate, and stop the national division's plan!"
As soon as this statement came out.
The dormitory leaders in the whole room exploded.
"Let me just say that we were deceived. We really wanted to do something real, but we were deceived by others. We were treated like fools and waited for five days. Traitors, evil thieves, and dog thieves!"
"The Imperial Preceptor has repeatedly ordered that gambling is not allowed. Not only does this person gamble, but he also gambles and plays cards in the county government office. An official who knows the law and breaks the law will be punished by one degree!"
"Pigs and dogs are not as good as pigs and dogs! Unfortunately, I thought he was a good official who loves the people like his own son, but he is a dog official in the county government!"
"This stupid thing was deliberately left to dry for five days, causing us to have to wait for a while. I am living happily in the county government office. If I don't kill this thief, it will be difficult to understand the hatred in my heart!"
"He still wants to win us over to be his lackeys, bah! I'm telling you today that if anyone becomes the magistrate's lackey in the future, I, Zhang Wen, will be the first to despise him and will not spare him!"
Everyone was so angry that they wanted to beat up the county magistrate.
Someone suggested: "Brothers, let's go to the county government together now and ask that dog official to come out and give us an explanation! Expose his crime in public!"
This move was immediately approved by most.
"Okay! Well said!"
"Go, go now!"
"We bring Cixi Guard's brothers, two hundred of them, who can stop us?"
The district chiefs of all houses stood up one after another, wanting to ask for an explanation.
At this time, Yu Qian was sitting on a chair, frowning, seeming to be thinking about something.
So, everyone looked at Yu Qian: "Yu Qian, what do you think?"
Yu Qian did not answer, frowning, biting his fingers, thoughtfully.
Lu Gang, who was standing next to Yu Qian, was also a smart man and said, "No one can go."
One person asked: "Why?"
Lu Gang said: "Now that we are here, what evidence can we find to prove that the magistrate is behind the scenes?"
The man said: "Didn't Yu Qian and others hear it?"
Lu Gang said: "I would like to ask, can this eavesdropping be used as evidence in court? To say the least, even if it can, will the magistrate and county admit it? Moreover, this was also heard by Yu Qian and others secretly entering the county government office. This secret intrusion The county government is a serious crime, if everyone uses this as an excuse, wouldn’t it mean that they are being humble and unjust?"
Hearing this, everyone was silent.
If you think about it carefully, it makes sense.
"That's right. Let's discuss what to do."
A scholar said: "The so-called three stooges are like Zhuge Liang. Let's brainstorm and come up with a countermeasure. Can't we keep waiting? We should take office quickly first. The more important thing is to serve the national master."
After saying that, everyone nodded and then began to think about countermeasures.
After a while, District Chief Yishe suggested: "Why don't we go back to Nanjing and report the matter to the Imperial Preceptor, so that the Imperial Preceptor can punish this county magistrate who deliberately makes things difficult for us."
"No."
Lu Gang waved his hand and said: "There are a total of 1,500 of us on this trip. If each of us encounters some minor difficulties, we will have to trouble the National Master. Even if the National Master has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to handle it."
Hearing this, everyone recognized this.
The head of another district said: "Yes, the National Master has trained us in March this time, training our physique, courage, and strategy, just to enable us to have the ability to face difficulties on our own. As a matter of taking office, we have to If you look for a national master, haven’t you trained yourself into a dog’s belly in the past three months?”
Everyone said: "That makes sense. The Imperial Master has lived and ate with us and trained hard for three months. We can no longer trouble him. We dare to sleep on graves and are not even afraid of ghosts. How can we meet such a small person?" Gouzhi County, are you afraid of them?"
In this way, everyone agreed that the National Master should not be troubled at this time.
But you have to find a solution yourself!
After thinking for a long time, another person suggested: "Why don't we lead two hundred people and rush directly into the county government office, seize the stolen goods personally from that dog official, and then send him to the prefect to make him admit his guilt and punishment."
Everyone felt that with their two hundred people, the Yamen servants could not stop him at all.
"bad idea!"
A person who understands the laws of the Ming Dynasty said: "Absolutely not. If you do this, let alone let the dog official be found guilty and punished, we people will be killed first. Hanging a tag in the Yamen is at most a crime of dereliction of duty, but if we If you dare to hijack a court official in public, that is a capital offense."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
This is indeed the case. Although they are officials now, they cannot be so reckless.
"Then secretly report it to Jinyiwei and let Jinyiwei investigate?"
"No, you can enter the Jinyiwei Yamen if you want? And are you sure that Jinyiwei will take care of this trivial matter?"
"That's it"
"No way"
In this way, everyone expressed their opinions, but they were rejected by others.
Finally, everyone became impatient.
A scholar said: "This won't work, and that won't work either. Can we just wait and let that dog magistrate do what he wants?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone fell into silence again.
Then, everyone looked at Yu Qian.
Yu Qian had been biting his finger from the beginning without saying a word, and he didn't know if he had thought of paying attention.
So, everyone waited patiently.
Waiting for Yu Qian to speak, he didn't dare to disturb him.
About a quarter of an hour passed.
Yu Qian's eyes finally lit up. He slapped the table and said, "Yes! I have a plan. Not only can I take office immediately, but I can also make the county magistrate beg us to take office. I hope we take office. At the same time, I also give him a warning. He knows that we are not to be trifled with and cannot be manipulated!"
As soon as this statement came out.
Everyone cheered up.
"It has to be Yu Qian!"
"That's great. It would be really satisfying to have the county magistrate beg us to take office."
"Brother Yu Qian, what's your plan? I'm all ears and will be at your disposal."
Everyone sat around Yu Qian and looked at him expectantly.
Yu Qian said slowly: "Everyone, listen to my arrangements, we should do this."
After listening, everyone suddenly realized.
"What a great plan, kill three birds with one stone, achieve three goals with one stone, wonderful plan, wonderful plan!!"
Everyone was very excited.
Yu Qian waved his hand: "In that case, let's all split up. In an hour, we will gather at the gate of the Yamen and act as planned. I promise that within a day, the county magistrate will not be able to sit still!"
(End of chapter)
