Mr. Xu, who was on the carriage, heard the government servant in front of him asking him to get the county magistrate's warrant and leave the city.
He was so angry that he immediately yelled: "You fart here! The county magistrate has long..."
"Don't talk nonsense." The yamen officer said with a straight face, "There are so many people around here. Mr. Xu, please don't talk nonsense."
"Fart." Mr. Xu spat at the yamen servant and cursed, "People have already run away and don't let others talk about it. Xiao Wu, give him the money to go out of the city. Master, I am too lazy to talk to such a scoundrel."
After saying that, he returned to the carriage.
Xiaowu is the name of the driver.
The driver took out a few large coins from his sleeves and threw them at the government servant in front of him.
The big money hit the government servant and fell to the ground.
"I've given you the exit fee, so you can get out of here!" the coachman said with disdain.
However, the yamen servant did not get out of the way. Instead, he wiped the area where the big money hit him with his hand and said: "It costs a few big coins to enter the city, a hundred big coins per person to leave the city, and one tael of silver for a carriage. "
"You're so damn poor!" The coachman said with an expression of disbelief.
Asking for a tael of silver to go out of the city was the funniest joke he had ever heard in his life.
The officer's expression remained unchanged and he said, "Mr. Xu's family is extremely wealthy, but this little money is just a drop in the bucket in Mr. Xu's eyes."
"Even if it's a drop in the bucket for our master, I won't give it to you in vain. Get out of the way. If you don't get out of the way, don't blame me for being rude." The driver pointed the whip in his hand at the government servant blocking the way.
After hearing this, the yamen servant thrust the knife in his hand into the ground in front of him, pressed his palm on the handle, and said, "Without money, you really can't leave the city today."
"Hey, you are still acting like a rogue here. Why don't you go out and find out who our master is? It would be easier for you to kill a policeman than to kill an ant. Get out of here." The coachman was angry at him. Cursed.
The yamen servant was not frightened, but threatened in a loud voice: "Listen, if the Xu family's carriage dares to take a step forward, I will smash it."
"Don't worry, boss, no one can leave the city without your consent."
Several white servants were gearing up.
These white servants are different from the formal servants in the regular yamen. Each has a formal establishment of 800, and the white servants like them are temporary workers, the kind of temporary workers without wages.
The usual income comes from taking advantage of merchants and vendors, or going to someone's house to collect taxes and get some benefits back, and then guarding the city gate and following the people in the city to collect the city fees.
In short, except for people who don't do things, they are indispensable when they can take advantage of other things.
Although the majority of the out-of-city fees belong to the leading government servants, with such a high out-of-city fees, they, the white servants, will also get a lot in the end.
Wanting to go out without paying the city fee is equivalent to cutting off the income of the white servants, so for the benefit they are about to receive, the white servants will try their best to stop the Xu family's carriage.
"Xiao Wu, give them money."
Just when the coachman and the government servant were arguing, Master Xu's voice came from inside the carriage.
The coachman dared not disobey his master.
I saw him carefully taking out a piece of silver from his wallet, throwing it at the government servant in front of him, and said bitterly: "It's easy for you, please get out of the way now!"
The yamen servant who received the money weighed it with his hands, put on a smile and said, "After paying the exit fee, you can leave the city."
With that said, he turned around and said to the white servants around him: "Get out of the way, let Mr. Xu's carriage leave the city."
He himself stepped aside.
drive!
The driver waved the whip in his hand, driving the animals and pulling the carriage forward. However, after taking a few steps, the carriage suddenly stopped.
A group of cavalry approached from far away and appeared outside the city gate, blocking the way out of the city.
Faced with being blocked on the road out of the city, the coachman not only did not dare to say anything like telling people to get away, but instead shrank his neck and curled himself up as much as possible, becoming insignificant.
"What are you doing? Who is sitting in the car?" The coachman did not dare to speak, but someone from the cavalry team blocking the city gate shouted at him.
The coachman looked at the person asking the question carefully and said nervously: "The young one is the Xu family's coachman, and our master is sitting in the coach."
The yamen guarding the city gate trotted over.
When he got closer, he looked at the leader of the cavalry, knelt on the ground, and said respectfully: "Young Huang Yougui, I have met the commander-in-chief."
It turned out that Chen Yongfu failed to enter the city through the west city gate of Zhongmu County, so he took his people to go directly to Kaifeng. However, when he passed by the east city gate of Zhongmu County, he found that the east city gate was wide open, so he led his men to the east city gate. .
"Has the Superintendent ever been to Zhongmu County?" Chen Yongfu asked.
Huang Yougui, the yamen servant, raised his head and said, "Here he is, he is here, but he is gone again."
"How long have you been walking? Where have you been?" Chen Yongfu asked.
Huang Yougui, the yamen servant, shook his head a few times and said, "I'm afraid I've been gone for almost an hour. I don't know where I'm going, but the county magistrate went with the governor, and I'm guarding the city gate that leads out of the city." .”
He didn't lie, he really didn't know.
After all, he is just a small servant, let alone Yang He, a governor. Even if the magistrate of Zhongmu County wants to do something, he will not discuss it with a servant in the yamen.
"From here all the way east to Kaifeng, the supervisor should have gone to Kaifeng." A general next to Chen Yongfu said in a low voice.
Hearing this, Chen Yongfu nodded.
Yang He also went to Kaifeng.
"Without the county magistrate, who is in charge of Zhongmu County now?" Chen Yongfu asked the government official in front of him.
I want to know more about the situation in Zhongmu County and see if I can use Zhongmu County to fend off the pursuers from behind.
Huang Yougui, a government official, said: "There is no one in the city who can make the decision. Not long after the county magistrate left, the chief bookkeeper and the dianshi also left the county."
"Assholes, a bunch of mediocre people who don't know what loyalty is." After hearing the current situation in Zhongmu County, Chen Yongfu couldn't help but curse.
I was disappointed in my heart, knowing that there was no hope for Zhongmu County.
Huang Yougui, the government official, was so frightened that he hurriedly fell to the ground with his forehead on the ground and dared not speak.
Chen Yongfu glanced at the carriage parked at the city gate and the many people inside the city gate, and asked: "What are so many people gathering here for? Let them all coax them back, close the city gate again, and the people in the city are not allowed to leave the city. .”
"Yes, yes, yes, I will drive everyone away and close the city gate." Yamen Huang Yougui promised repeatedly.
Thinking that there were still pursuers behind him, Chen Yongfu did not dare to stay here for a long time. He turned his horse's head and left the city gate with his dozens of riders and rushed towards Kaifeng.
