"Who are you? Do you know how sinful it is to break into the Yamen without permission!" Mr. Guo was dragged into the lobby of the Yamen by Yi Xiaodao. He was really panicked and had to pretend to be calm at this time and asked.
When Yi Xiaodao arrived at the Yamen lobby, he let go of Mr. Guo and said, "I am Yi Xiaodao, an envoy sent by the emperor to inspect Nanhuai. I have offended a little, so please forgive me."
Master Guo saw Yi Xiaodao dressed as an ordinary person, but he was calm and composed, a little doubtful.
"May I ask, are you the magistrate of Yicheng County?" Yi Xiaodao asked with his hands raised.
Seeing Yi Xiaodao taking the initiative to salute, Master Guo softened his tone and said, "The county magistrate is not in the city. I am the county government master, Guo Tianyu."
Yi Xiaodao nodded. It seemed that the county magistrate was indeed not at the county government office. He asked, "I heard that Yicheng and Jiacheng are competing for a mineral deposit recently. Is this relevant?"
Master Guo took a deep breath and said, "Yes, the mineral deposit is less than twenty miles north of Yicheng. It belongs to our city, but a group of miners came to Jiacheng and hired people to dig it privately. The county magistrate argued with him and was driven down the mountain! Since theory failed, he had no choice but to resort to violence."
Yi Xiaodao frowned and continued: "I saw that the city is sparsely populated and only saw many old people. Could it be that all the people in Yicheng have gone to participate in the fight? Although Jiacheng is not far from Yicheng, it is still some distance away. Jiacheng How many people can the miners have? They actually force the whole city of Yicheng to mobilize?"
Master Guo looked Yi Xiaodao up and down and said, "Don't you know this? That group of miners colluded with martial arts people and persuaded Ling Yue Pavilion of Nanhuai Shuangxiu to come to help in the battle... But I, Yicheng, will never bow down. Vow to take back the mine!" After saying that, he raised his thin arms and waved his fists, which was quite funny.
Seeing this funny scene, Yi Xiaodao remained silent, feeling a little more admiration for Yicheng in his heart. You can tell where the mine is as soon as you leave the city. You can't lie. If this is the case, then the Jiacheng miners came to seize the land for no reason and were unreasonable.
Yi Xiaodao understood the thoughts of Master Guo and the people of Yicheng very well. The floods in Wancheng and the destruction of their homes were the same as the situation in Yicheng when the mines were taken away.
Yi Xiaodao understood, but the top priority now was to solve the mess, and said: "Ling Yue Pavilion has heard that Ling Yue Pavilion and Xiu Shanfang are called Nanhuai Shuangxiu because all the sects are women...Master Guo, Please forgive me for being presumptuous, a group of women...Does Yicheng still need to mobilize the entire city?"
Master Guo glanced at Yi Xiaodao, and these words sounded extremely harsh to him, and he said dissatisfiedly: "That is a martial arts sect after all! Our city is full of ordinary people, how can we resist the enemy? If nothing happens, you can do it yourself. "After that, he rolled his sleeves and turned to leave.
Yi Xiaodao quickly grabbed him and said, "That's not what I meant. Your Majesty sent me here to seek justice for Yicheng. However, I have to know the whole story first before I can report it to the court. Where is the county magistrate?" "
Master Guo saw that Yi Xiaodao was concerned about Nanhuai affairs, and he already believed in his identity as an imperial envoy. He asked, "Since he is an envoy of the imperial court, do you have any credentials?"
Yi Xiaodao smiled bitterly and said: "The envoy is still in Su City, visiting the King of Nanhuai. I was sent to inquire first..."
Master Guo nodded and felt relieved. The matter of Yicheng Mine was already a hot potato and no one wanted to take care of it, but neither the imperial court nor the King of Nanhuai could do anything about it. So it is reasonable to send a deputy envoy here to inquire about the case. The deputy envoy is also polite. The envoys of the imperial court are respectful to their master. It seems that they are living in the cracks. They live in the cracks. Not having a good time.
Thinking of this, Mr. Guo softened his tone and said: "The county magistrate is in the camp in the north of the city, supervising the battle for the mine. If you want to find it, you can go there yourself."
Yi Xiaodao hurriedly thanked him profusely and said: "Thank you Master Guo... I have one more thing to ask for. I am waiting to enter this yamen, but I have to go to the camp to find the county magistrate. How can I find the county magistrate? Master..."
Yi Xiaodao was born as a beggar, and he was the best at pretending to be pitiful. Master Guo said, "Okay, I'll write you a letter and take it with you. People on the road won't make it too difficult for you when they see my letter. Wait a minute." After that, Guo The master went to the side room and wrote a letter.
Yi Xiaodao breathed a long sigh of relief. Since the master is willing to help, it will be easier.
Soon, Mr. Guo put a letter in an envelope and came to the lobby and handed it to Yi Xiaodao: "Forgive Guo for talking too much, this matter is wrong in Jiacheng! The envoy should report to the court and question the Jiacheng miners. !”
Yi Xiaodao put the letter in his arms, cupped his hands and said: "This is natural. I will wait until I understand the origin and end of this matter, and I will report it to the court truthfully. At that time, the court will have its own decision!"
Master Guo nodded and exchanged a few polite greetings. Yi Xiaodao was thoughtful, and with just a few words, Master Guo changed from an "iron-faced judge" to a "Maitreya Buddha" and personally escorted him out of the house.
When the lame old Zhangtou saw Yi Xiaodao coming out of the Yamen, he knew that he had taken advantage of the chaos and slipped into the Yamen. He was about to go up to settle the score with him, but saw Master Guo walking him out chatting and laughing. He had just taken two steps. Then he limped back to the door, pretending not to notice.
Yi Xiaodao walked to the door, saluted Master Guo and said, "Master, if you stay, I will do my best!"
Master Guo nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, let's wait for the good news from Master Yi."
"Two old men, I have offended you so much, I hope Haihan will do it." Yi Xiaodao also gave an apologetic smile to the two old soldiers guarding the gate, turned around and left.
"Master Guo, who is this guy?" Lao Zhangtou couldn't hold back and asked.
Master Guo said: "The envoy of the imperial court is just a deputy envoy, who was forced to come here by the superiors. Alas, our Yicheng... is difficult." After saying that, he turned around and went back to the Yamen.
"Is he really from the imperial court? Is this kid good?" Lao Zhang moved his head two steps and looked at Yi Xiaodao's back and said.
Old Yangtou, who had lost his teeth, said, "I see, the young man is quite capable. If he is not allowed to enter the Yamen, wouldn't he just go in now? Master Guo sent him here. I hope it can be solved soon."
"Alas" Lao Zhangtou sighed, withdrew his gaze, and continued to lean on the door to guard the Yamen.
Yi Xiaodao left the Yamen. The weather today was very good. Although it was late autumn, it was still a bit hot from the sun as it was approaching noon. Xiang Lian'er had already been pulled to the shade of a big tree by a group of elderly people, who brought some food for her. Fruit, fanning, and chatting about home affairs. It's just that... this family chat was too sad. A group of old men sighed, and several mothers-in-law sat aside and secretly wiped their tears.
"Lian'er, are you... okay? I just went to the yamen to reason, and the yamen also admitted their mistake... and paid... two cents of silver." Yi Xiaodao approached the crowd, spoke carefully, and as he spoke, he carefully picked up the money from his pocket. I took out two coins.
"Damn these people! My two sons went to rob the mountain! They even sold the three piglets in the house to the government for food! Now when the government beats someone, they have to pay two cents in silver. I want to go Ask! Where did all the money we paid go?" When an old man saw this, he became furious and went to the Yamen to argue with him on crutches.
"Hey, oh, oh, lord, that's enough. It's not easy for the government to apologize, not to mention the money lost. It's also our brother and sister's fault. The government is busy, and we still bother you. You will learn a lesson from the experience. Well." Yi Xiaodao panicked, it would be inappropriate to "theory" now, and he quickly stopped the furious old man.
Seeing Yi Xiaodao's actions, Xiang Lian'er knew that the matter was done, and stood up to dissuade him: "Grandpa Jiang, don't go. I just hurt from the fall, but I'm fine now. Don't get so angry. "
"Oh, what a girl! What a boy! Old man Jiang, please calm down. Since these two kids have said forget it, it's not appropriate for us to go anymore." All the old neighbors nearby started to dissuade them. The old man named Jiang was persuaded.
Several mothers-in-law who were wiping their tears came over, grabbed Yi Xiaodao and said, "Young man, this is so hard for you! Both parents are gone, and the child is not his own flesh and blood... My little wife even ran away with someone..."
"Yes, you still want to drag this sister, did you all hear it just now? You came here begging for food all the way from Wancheng to Yicheng!"
"Last time, an old rich man took a fancy to this little girl and wanted to rob her. Your elder brother was beaten to the point of being kowtowed on the head and taken to the place where grains are reincarnated..."
When old things were brought up again, even the old men standing nearby were a little confused, and the mothers-in-law even started crying: "Poor children!!"
Yi Xiaodao was confused and looked at Xiang Lian'er who had his back turned and a smirk on his face. He was furious, but looking at the atmosphere at the moment, he had no choice but to continue with the trick: "Ah... yes... It’s okay… My sister is okay. That… place of reincarnation of grains… doesn’t exist, so they just scared me at that time…”
"You kid, talk back! Your sister said she saw it! Let's go, it's noon, come to your mother-in-law's house for dinner! My mother-in-law doesn't dislike you!" A mother-in-law quickly stepped forward and grabbed Yi Xiaodao.
Immediately, the other old neighbors came up to invite Yi Xiaodao enthusiastically.
Yi Xiaodao gritted his teeth and forced a smile to Xiang Lian'er: "You...have...seen...it...!"
Xiang Lian'er hugged Yi Xiaodao's arm and said coquettishly: "Brother, I'm hungry... Go and eat... next time, how about I stop talking nonsense~"
Seeing Xiang Lian'er's coquettish behavior, Yi Xiaodao let out a long sigh and said to the original mother-in-law: "Thank you for your warm hospitality. Mother-in-law, please keep these two coins. We, brother and sister, are also ambitious and will never take it in vain." Let’s eat other people’s food for free, otherwise our parents will blame us!”
The mother-in-law tried to push it away, but Yi Xiaodao couldn't resist it, so she had to accept it and invited a group of old neighbors to her home to lively set up a table full of delicious food.
Several old men helped each other to buy two jars of rice wine, and pulled Yi Xiaodao to express that they must drink two glasses.
Yi Xiaodao and Xiang Lian'er felt so full after eating that their clothes were about to burst because of the consolation given by the old people. Yi Xiaodao didn't drink much. The last time he drank with Li Dingxing and Xiang Lian'er in Suzhou City, he was suffering from anger, and he didn't drink much, so he was fine. This time, I couldn't stand the advice, so I drank a full jar by myself, and talked with the enthusiastic old people. I forgot about the heat and the heat, and I was so dizzy that I couldn't find my direction.
"Good...good wine...this rice wine is really good..." Yi Xiaodao said vaguely with his tongue wide open.
"Young man, this wine has a good name! It's called Lanqiaoyue! People nowadays don't care about the name when the wine turns yellow, so they just call it yellow wine. It's a bit vulgar..." An old man seemed to have some knowledge and explained. said.
"Lanqiaoyue...Lanqiaoyue...yue...yue'er..." Yi Xiaodao pondered the name of the wine and repeated it vaguely.
After a while, Yi Xiaodao hiccupped and stood up. He cupped his hands to the old men on the table and said, "Thank you... for your kindness... hospitality... Xiao... Xiaodao is leaving."
"Hey, this kid wants to leave after being so drunk! Let's rest for a while at my mother-in-law's house!"
Yi Xiaodao held on to his consciousness and patted Xiang Lian'er gently. Xiang Lian'er understood, stood up, and said goodbye to all the old neighbors: "We still have to look for relatives, and I don't know if we can find them. My brother is such an impatient man. Grandpas and mothers-in-law, thank you..."
Everyone also knew that it was inappropriate to force him to stay, so they gathered around him and sent him to the street. Yi Xiaodao couldn't hold on any longer and was about to fall down as soon as his body went limp. Xiang Lian'er reacted quickly and grabbed Yi Xiaodao, which prevented him from falling. on the ground.
"It's really..." Xiang Lian'er complained for a while, then picked up Yi Xiaodao and put it on her shoulder.
"North..." Yi Xiaodao muttered.
Xiang Lian'er carried Yi Xiaodao on her back and headed towards the north city gate. Looking at the backs of the two of them, she made a group of elderly people behind her sigh.
