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"Come on, let's take a look too."
The fifth master said he was not afraid, but in his heart he was still very taboo about the tiger-character flag.
The patriarch's house is not too far from the wooden platform in the village. The patriarch, the Fifth Master and others quickly arrived at the wooden platform.
When they arrived, there were already people standing under the wooden platform, all of whom were villagers from Zhengjia Village. There was also a group of Tiger Flag soldiers around to maintain order.
There were several soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp swords standing on the wooden platform, and a middle-aged man sat on a wooden chair in the middle.
The clan leader looked at the person for a few times, and the unfamiliar appearance made him think that he was not from the Xin'an County Yamen.
Although this person was not wearing anything related to official robes, the demeanor that the other person inadvertently revealed was a bit like the court officials he had seen from a distance before.
So he guessed that this person was probably the thief official from Luoyang.
"Back off!"
Just as the clan leader and the fifth master approached the wooden platform, they were stopped by the tiger-character flag soldiers guarding the stairs of the wooden platform.
The patriarch looked at the sharp bayonet in front of him and said with a smile: "I am the patriarch of this village. I heard that a great man has come to the village. I am here specifically to see him. Please let me know."
"And I, I am the clan elder in the village." The fifth master who followed quickly pointed at himself to identify himself, for fear that he would be left behind if he was too late.
"Again, everyone, stay back."
The soldiers guarding the exit of the stairs drove them away again with expressionless faces.
Seeing that the two thieves standing in front of him were determined not to let him get on the wooden platform, the clan leader had no choice but to cast his eyes on the people on the wooden platform and shouted loudly: "The eldest man above, this little man is the chief of Zhengjia Village. , we, the cadres of the peasant association, can we let this villain get on the wooden platform and talk to you?"
While waving and shouting, he tried to attract the attention of the people on the wooden platform.
But at this moment, from the corner of his eye, he noticed a flash of white light under the tip of his nose.
When he noticed what the white light was, he broke into a cold sweat.
"Little brother, we are one of our own, don't do anything, don't do anything." The clan leader was frightened when the bayonet was pressed against his neck.
My legs were shaking.
"Back off immediately." The soldier said coldly.
The clan leader raised his hands and grinned: "Back off, back off."
As he spoke, he slowly moved back. When he found that the bayonet in front of him had not followed up, he quickly stepped back several steps, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He couldn't understand it now. The man on the wooden platform didn't want to pay attention to him at all, otherwise he wouldn't have known about the commotion he made here.
This also made him feel gloomy.
"Clan leader, why don't you try again!" The fifth master who also retreated here said in a low voice.
The clan leader who heard this looked at him angrily.
The fifth master turned his head aside with a stern expression, not daring to meet the clan leader's eyes.
No matter how angry the clan leader was, he knew that the two of them were like grasshoppers on the same rope. It was not appropriate to cause discord at this time, so he said: "The person sitting on the chair on the stage should be a senior official from Luoyang. He doesn’t want to see us, which is not a good thing for us.”
"If you don't see me, then see you. What bad things can happen?" The fifth master turned around and said disapprovingly, "They are high officials, and we are just a little bitch in their eyes. It's nothing strange if they don't see us."
He didn't take it seriously.
In the past, although there were no high-ranking officials from the imperial court to visit their Zhengjia Village, there were high-ranking officials who came to Xin'an County. They, the local gentry clan, had accompanied the county magistrate to greet them outside the city.
And people like them who came from small villages have always stood in the outer circle of the crowd, and no high-ranking official who came to Xin'an County would even look at them.
Now another high official is here.
The only difference is that the high official came directly to Zhengjia Village, but villagers like them always nodded and knelt down to kowtow when they saw the county magistrate.
Even if high officials came to Zhengjia Village, it would not be surprising if they ignored them.
However, when the clan leader next to him heard the fifth master's words, he rolled his eyes angrily and wondered why there was such a fool beside him.
He didn't want to say anything more in the face of such a fool, because he knew it would be useless.
I had to wait patiently under the wooden platform to find out the purpose of the person on the wooden platform.
On the wooden platform.
Hong Chengchou was sitting alone on the chair, and beside him was the chief registrar of Xin'an County, who was wearing a long gown.
Before the Tiger Character Banner captured Xin'an County, he was the chief registrar of Xin'an County. He had an official rank of ninth rank and wore a green official robe with a quail patch on his chest.
However, since the Tiger-Character Banner occupied Xin'an County, he has never worn that official robe again, and usually dresses in a long gown.
"The two people who caused trouble are the clan leader and the elders of the five clans of Zhengjia Village. The elders of the big clan and the elders of the three clans are still not here." The chief clerk introduced to Hong Chengchou in a low voice the identities of the two people who wanted to climb the platform.
He has been dealing with people in the villages and Baozi under Xin'an County for many years, so he knows several clan elders and clan chiefs in Zhengjia Village.
Hong Chengchou glanced at the Zhengjia Village patriarch from the corner of his eye, and then looked away.
As the chief envoy appointed by the Tiger Character Banner in Henan, he paid no attention to the two village elders. Even when he was participating in politics separately, he never let go of these two ants who could be crushed to death at will. In the eyes.
"If you press me again, aren't there two important people who haven't come yet?" Hong Chengchou said.
After hearing this, the squadron leader of the soldiers on the side turned around and walked down the wooden platform. He took a dozen soldiers with him and a commoner who was familiar with Zhengjia Village, and went directly to his home to take care of him.
The chief of the Zhengjia Village standing under the wooden platform saw a group of soldiers leaving. He couldn't help but feel panicked, but he kept telling himself that these people did not come to Zhengjia Village because of the things they committed in Zhengjia Village.
Time passed little by little.
Fewer and fewer villagers from Zhengjia Village came to Mutai from all around, and gradually no one came over for a long time.
But at this time, the gray-haired elders of the big clan and the elders of the three clans were brought under the wooden platform, accompanied by the tiger-character flag soldiers.
"Uncle, Third Uncle, you are here too." The clan leader awkwardly greeted the elders of the big clan and the elders of the three clans who had been rushed here by the tiger-character flag soldiers.
The crutch in the rich man's hand poked the ground hard, and he cursed: "I am so old, and I am still being held like a prisoner. It seems that I should have died long ago at my age."
"Okay, I was caught here too." The third master said in a bad tone.
Originally he didn't want to come, because he was afraid, so he didn't dare to face the people sent by the Tiger Character Banner, but he didn't expect that he was snatched out from his home. Faced with the dark muzzle, he couldn't even think about it. .
