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"Magistrate Chen, you won't offend this long history, right?" Yang Fu, the servant sent by Yang He, said to Magistrate Chen.
After hearing this, County Magistrate Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying: "The person who offended this person was Lin Futai. I can only say that I have suffered it on behalf of others."
As he spoke, he shook his head helplessly and sighed.
County Magistrate Chen also got on the small green cloth sedan he came in and asked the bearer to catch up with Cui Changshi's sedan in front.
Although the domestic servant Yang Fu did not have a sedan, he came on horseback. Now he also got on the horse and rushed to the front to guide Cui Changshi.
Kaifeng City has been besieged for almost a month. Many poor people who have no food to eat have gathered on the streets, under the walls, and in the corners of the city.
There are especially many people outside the restaurant and canteen.
Yang Fu, who was leading the way, took the main streets in the city. Even if he took a longer detour, he did not want to take some remote streets and alleys.
Especially on some streets where there are few people, there are often groups of soldiers going to rob people's homes in the city.
Since the city of Fengfeng was besieged, the lives of the people in the city have been difficult, and even the lives of the defenders in the city have become worse day by day.
Although the defenders in the city could still have some porridge to drink, the rice grains in the porridge were getting less and less, almost as much as the clear soup. Many soldiers were so hungry that they could only go to people's homes to grab food.
Faced with food prices rising three times a day, food is the lifeblood of a family.
If someone wants to take away their livelihood, the people will naturally resist with all their lives to protect the last ration of food in the family from being taken away.
In troubled times, human lives are like straw.
Those who study are not as good as those who hold knives, let alone these poor people who don't even have enough to eat, so the result is obvious.
The one with the knife handle naturally had the absolute advantage.
Since the soldiers took action, they would not end with just grabbing a little food. In many cases, the fight would not end until the knife was stained red.
They all have to live, and these soldiers are the most knowledgeable about things like life and death.
When the soldiers had looted enough, what was left was a mess, and it was even more common for a lot of people to die.
Every family has several relatives and friends, good neighbors, and family members of the deceased. The relatives in the family naturally refuse to do anything. The common people carry the corpses and come to the Yamen in groups to complain.
However, the city of Kaifeng was under siege, and the city officials were still counting on the city's soldiers to defend the city. They needed to coax the city's defenders, so naturally they would not severely punish the city's defenders for a group of people who were barely able to eat.
Similar to the case of soldiers breaking into the house, looting and killing people, under the indifference of all the officials, the Yamen refused to accept it.
When encountering those stabbing people who had died, they would be dragged into the Yamen without saying a word, beaten with a board, and then thrown out of the Yamen half-dead.
If it doesn't work, the matter will be left directly to the defenders in the city to resolve.
The result was that these people were attacked by bandits at night, or were visited by gangsters, and all of them were killed. The next day, the corpses were collected by the government officials.
Naturally, there were fewer people making trouble, and the city became stable. The officials in the city were satisfied, and the soldiers guarding the city were also happy, because they had one more channel to get food.
There are also more beggars in the city who are homeless and can only make a living by begging.
Arriving at the gate of the house where Yang He lived, Yang Fu jumped off his horse, walked quickly to Cui Changshi's sedan, and said respectfully: "Chang Shi, we are here."
Cui Changshi opened the curtain on one side of the sedan and glanced into the gate, saying, "Doctor Yang lives here? Why don't you live in the Yamen?"
"My husband came to Henan and worked hard to suppress the rebellion. Finally, he collapsed from exhaustion. The doctor who was treating the doctor said that he should not work hard anymore and find a cleaner place to recuperate, so our husband moved here." Yang Fu explained at the side. road.
Hearing this, Cui Changshi smiled contemptuously.
In his opinion, any recuperation was just an excuse. He just didn't want to stay in the Yamen anymore and looked at the faces of Magistrate Lin and others, so he found an excuse to move here.
"Press the sedan chair." Cui Changshi ordered the bearer of the sedan chair.
The sedan curtain opened and he walked out of the sedan.
Magistrate Chen, who got off the sedan first, was already waiting aside.
"Chang Shi, please." Yang Fu respectfully invited Cui Changshi in and led County Magistrate Chen straight to Yang He's study.
Since moving here, Yang He has never left the gate of this courtyard, and he has no interest in matters outside. If Magistrate Chen hadn't come to visit him, he would not have known that so many things had happened in Kaifeng Mansion in recent days.
"Sir, Cui Changshi is here." Yang Fu shouted outside the door, opened the door at the same time, and invited Cui Changshi and County Magistrate Chen to enter the house.
Yang He, who heard the words, walked around from behind the table and walked towards the door.
Cui Changshi, who had just entered the door, saw this scene, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, cupped his fists and said, "Master Yang."
"Cui Changshi doesn't need to be polite, take your seat first." Yang He came to Cui Changshi in a few steps, took Cui Changshi's forearm affectionately, personally helped him to sit in front of the seat, and then faced outside shouted, "Tea."
"The Superintendent is too polite." Cui Changshi said politely, and the National People's Congress sat on the seat with a prickly look.
"Yes, as long as Cui Changshi doesn't dislike the tea here." Yang He patted Cui Changshi's forearm enthusiastically, then turned around and said to County Magistrate Chen who also came in, "Magistrate Chen is also looking for Sit somewhere!”
"Thank you, Governor." Magistrate Chen bowed deeply and then walked to a seat opposite Cui Changshi.
However, he did not sit down immediately, but waited for Yang He to sit down before sitting down carefully.
The servant outside the house brought hot tea, first gave Yang He a new cup of tea, and then placed the other two cups in the hands of Cui Changshi and County Magistrate Chen.
Cui Changshi glanced at the tea at hand and did not move it. He said: "I heard that the supervisor was anxious to see the official. The official should have come earlier. Just when he was about to go out, His Highness suddenly summoned him for something. In the middle It took some time, so please don’t blame the supervisor."
"Your Highness's matters are important. It won't be a problem for me to wait a little longer." Yang He was very polite.
When asking for help, you have to have a better attitude.
"If the supervisor says this, I will feel more at ease." Cui Changshi looked relieved, as if he was really afraid of Yang He's blame.
However, with his status as the chief historian of the palace, even if Yang Hegui was the governor of Henan, he could not give him face, not to mention that Yang He only had the title of governor now, and his power had already fallen into the hands of others.
County Magistrate Chen on the side saw that the two people, Zuo Guyan, were not talking about business, so he couldn't help but said: "Supervisor, don't you have something to discuss with Cui Changshi? Cui Changshi is here now, you can talk .”
"Oh? The Superintendent has something to say?" Cui Changshi asked with a surprised look on his face.
Of course, he was deliberately pretending to just know.
It is normal for an official to have several faces.
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