Due to the large number of people gathered there, no one noticed the arrival of Qi Yu and his party.
Inadvertently, they squeezed left and right and quickly got into the crowd.
Ever since the secret investigation began, Peng Wenchang had been grimacing, shaking his head and sighing from time to time.
Yes, he is a little frustrated now.
According to his idea, after arriving in this southern barbarian land, he could let go of his hands and feet, show off his talents, and help Qi Yu achieve great political achievements. Applying such knowledge is not in vain for his lifelong learning.
But what he didn't expect was that he couldn't even understand the local dialect. How could he carry out his future work if he encountered such a level of language barrier?
Huang Fei and Leng Qing were not stressed about this, and looked indifferent. That is to say, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your government.
Seeing that Master Peng was struggling, Qi Yu was about to enlighten him, when suddenly he saw a familiar figure floating into his eyes.
Who is this?
It was Tan Junyan, the down-and-out scholar he met when he went to Beijing to take the exam.
I still remember that he once said that he was from Guangdong, but I didn't expect that his hometown was Qiongzhou. Now that we met by chance, it was really a big pile of ape dung!
From a visual point of view, Tan Junyan's appearance has not changed much. He still has the same miserable look as before, as if he had lost eight hundred dollars.
However, the clothes he wore had undergone a qualitative change. They were made from serious Suzhou weaving, which was in sharp contrast to the previous coarse cloth shirts.
Um? Is this guy so mixed up?
Thinking of this, Qi Dalang suddenly remembered: By the way, this guy still owes him ten taels of silver and has not paid it back?
Ahem, let’s talk about paying back the money later. Let’s see what happened first.
So, Qi Yu cast his gaze over again, and at the same time pricked up his ears to hear what they were talking about.
Um? She actually spoke Cantonese, the Cantonese language of Guangdong?
Fortunately, if you can still understand it, then listen carefully and concentrate on it.
good!
But as he listened, Qi Yu's face began to darken...
Tan Junyan said with dissatisfaction: "Master Xiao, as a government official, how can you use your power to commit murder and hurt people?"
Jing Cheng is the supervisor of each room in the yamen, and he is the kind of official who holds real power.
Mr. Xiao replied a little domineeringly: "What are you talking about? What I call punishing unruly people and rectifying the world, how can I say that I knowingly commit crimes and hurt people? Tan Junyan, don't think that there are sailors to support you, so you just You can talk nonsense and talk nonsense. Let me tell you, if you make me anxious, I can take you down as soon as you fart!"
This is a blatant intimidation!
Tan Junyan seemed a little scared after hearing this, but he still mustered up the courage to argue: "Master Xiao, you are openly robbing people's food and injuring people in my family. You have to give me an explanation, right?"
Master Xiao didn't even look at it, and snorted coldly: "What do you want to say? Tell you, I am going to this stop to say it!"
"..."
After listening patiently for a while and asking around, Qi Yu finally figured out the whole story.
Let’s talk about Mr. Xiao first. His real name is Xiao Yunyan, and his ancestral home is Dongguan County, Guangdong Prefecture. That’s why he can speak Cantonese.
Because he and the former prefect were relatives and brothers-in-law, he used this relationship to get a lucrative job as a household manager.
Tan Junyan's current identity is the adopted son-in-law of local drug dealer Hai Dafu, so he has some influence in his surroundings.
The Hai family is a wealthy family nearby and is highly respected by the local people.
As for the current conflict, it started because of the robbery of food.
Here's the thing.
The tsunami caused by the earthquake not only destroyed people's houses, but also flooded a large amount of farmland, and also caused the displacement of many people.
The local chieftain Na Yan, because he was dissatisfied with the imperial court's policy of returning natives to the countryside, took advantage of this chaotic situation to openly rebel. He gathered thousands of people to start a rebellion, and then moved to Wuzhi Mountain in Qiongnan to establish himself and occupy the mountain as king.
On his way south, the rebels under his command were like sweeping away Fusang, taking away all the food they could take away. As for those that could not be taken away, they were set on fire and burned without leaving a grain of rice for the people.
As a result, the food crisis has become worse.
The people are very unfortunate!
However, fortunately among the misfortunes, Qiongzhou is surrounded by the sea, and there is no shortage of aquatic products to satisfy hunger, so there was no tragedy of starvation to death.
During this process, the government was not idle either.
Due to the accidental death of the former Qiongzhou magistrate in the earthquake, this place became leaderless. In order to maintain basic stability, the provincial government immediately sent government troops to encircle and suppress Nayan.
It is deeply regrettable that due to the complex terrain in the Wuzhishan area, the government army failed to suppress the troops twice, and finally had to return without success.
However, after this suppression, Na Yan was frightened and did not continue to make trouble. Of course, there was another reason. He had snatched everything he could. Even if he went out to raid again, he wouldn't be able to get anything.
Stability has been temporarily saved, but the urgent need for food still hangs there.
People cannot live without food for a long time, and they cannot survive just by eating fish and shrimp.
Therefore, the people were praying for disaster relief food from the court, but it never arrived.
Using this excuse, Xiao Yunyan started his own little plan. He searched everywhere in the name of 'raising food for disaster relief', but he scraped everything back and forth and ended up in his own pocket. As for the people who were in urgent need of rescue, they didn't even lick half of the grain.
Today, it was finally the turn to hit Haijia.
Hai Dafu was a businessman, so how could he dare to openly say no to the officials? So, he asked his son-in-law Tan Junyan to donate ten stones of rice in order to give up his wealth and seek peace.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yunyan complained that it was too little and cursed and refused to accept it. In the end, he simply ordered the government officials to snatch it directly. In the process of snatching it, he brutally injured the servants of the Hai family.
In this way, the scene just happened.
…
Tan Junyan suddenly said to the people who were watching: "My fellow villagers, it's not that our Hai family is unwilling to provide food, but because this food cannot reach your mouth at all, it is all pocketed by Mr. Xiao..."
"Shut up!" Xiao Yunyan interrupted him with wide eyes, and said angrily: "Drink! I haven't seen you for a few days, but your courage has grown a lot! Haha, you dare to openly frame me , then don’t blame me for being ruthless, come here! Beat me to death!"
As soon as he heard the beating, Tan Junyan was frightened and trembled. He hurriedly said: "Wait a minute! Uh... I... I can tell you that Qi Yu, the incoming prefect, and I are close friends of life and death. If you dare Move me a little and see if I don't... don't let him criticize you harshly!"
Qi Dalang, who was listening on the side, was startled when he heard the words. When did he and he become life and death friends?
However, from Tan Junyan's perspective, he had been saved by Qi Yu. Without him, he would have probably starved to death long ago. Isn't this a true friendship between life and death?
It's just that the death I'm talking about is my death. I, Lao Tan, am a real person and I never lie when I speak.
His idea of scaring people was quite good, but the problem was that Xiao Yunyan didn't believe it at all.
Not only did he not believe it, he was also very angry.
To scare him openly in front of so many people, where can you put the old face of Mr. Xiao, who is used to being domineering?
"What? You want to use Qi Yu to scare me? Haha, I'm not afraid to tell you that Qi Yu is not even a piece of shit here with me!" In order to save face, Xiao Yunyan also pretended to be thirteen.
Anyway, everyone is bragging, and there is no need to pay taxes, so let’s see who brags more!
Besides, Qi Yu couldn't hear him, so what was he afraid of? Even if someone snitches in the future, he can refuse to admit it.
Then, Xiao Yunyan said boldly: "Actually, I have already inquired about it. He Qi Yu is not doing well in the capital. To put it bluntly, he is just a little sesame official who raises horses. I also heard that he was offended because of He defeated all the vassal kings and was demoted here by the emperor. Haha, if he wants to gain a foothold here, he must have a good relationship with locals like me, otherwise, he will not be able to secure this position. "
A strong dragon will not overwhelm a local snake.
That's the truth.
Tan Junyan finally showed fear after hearing this.
Seeing that he was afraid, Xiao Yunyan became even more proud. He turned around and said to the government officials: "Beat this man named Tan to death!"
"yes!"
At this moment, there was a loud dry cough.
That loud voice, like thunder, shook everyone's eardrums.
Xiao Yunyan looked around and said displeasedly: "Who is howling? Is he choking on the water?"
But see.
Qi Yu opened the folding fan with a swish and walked out with his head held high, saying: "It's me!"
"Who are you?"
"Haha, I am the bastard Mr. Qi Yuqi you call me!"
Damn it!
No! Can you still meet the real owner by bragging?
Xiao Yunyan couldn't help but shiver, and at the same time, an ominous premonition came to his mind.
