No one denies that the governor of Jingzhao Mansion is a third-grade official, but the real big shots rarely take Ma Rui seriously.
Because Ma Rui is too "faced", or in other words, the official position of Jingzhao Prefecture Yin is too "faced".
But no one has thought about what the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, who is always on the sidelines, always sells face to other officials and aristocratic families, and is always willing to turn big things into trivial matters, is doing and contacting people every day. What, what is responsible for.
He knows every official in Beijing.
He knew the details of every member of the aristocratic family in the capital.
Every official, every son of aristocratic family, which people they had bullied, who their names were, and how they were bullied, Ma Rui kept it all in his heart, deeply in his heart.
Since ancient times, the people have not fought with the officials. As an official, Ma Rui understands better than anyone else that when a "people" wants to seek justice, it is tantamount to wishful thinking.
Ma Rui is not trying to make peace with others, nor is he giving face to others, nor is he afraid of offending others. He just wants the "people" to live. Even if they are bullied, even if their family is ruined, even if they have nothing, at least they must live.
When those courtiers or representatives of aristocratic families who came to Ma Rui to make matters less serious left Jingzhao Mansion, they would always praise Mr. Ma for being really sensible.
But they didn't know that the gaze behind them, from Ma Rui, was so deep and unwilling.
Ma Rui is not giving them face, he just wants to keep the people alive, that's all. Rather than giving them face, it is better to say that Ma Rui is doing the only thing he can do, and that is to protect the people, even if Let the people call him a dog official, and it is a matter of officials protecting each other.
Today, Ma Rui stands here, on the third floor of Zui Ke Residence, looking at Li Lin coldly. He does all this because he knows that he no longer has to give face to anyone, or in other words, can no longer protect him. The common people.
Since you can no longer do the only thing you do, then there is nothing to worry about.
Under Li Lin's uneasy gaze, Ma Rui bent his slightly fat body, struggled to lift the flour bag full of stones, and then slammed it on the table.
Those exquisite dishes, the soup splashed all over Li Lin's flawless white gown.
After taking a few deep breaths, Ma Rui, like a chatty uncle next door, tore the flour bag hard and slowly opened his mouth.
"When I first came here, you were...reciting poems and writing poems. Yes, you must be reciting poems and writing poems. As a scholar, you should be elegant."
"Young Master Li must be wondering why I came to find you and go to war over such a trivial matter."
"Don't be surprised, because you live too leisurely. It is precisely because you are too leisurely that you have time to think about these meaningless things, and you have time to complain about nothing. Look, look at the people."
"Look at the people in the capital, look at the refugees outside the city. They don't recite poems and write poems. Why? Because they are illiterate. Why are they illiterate? Because they are poor, but they are also busy. Their time is spent on eating. Go on, they have to fight tooth and nail to stay alive."
"The common people are tired. In fact, I am also tired. I can't let go of my arrogance, can't save face, and can't untie my knot. People in the world are greedy and always want to find both ways. But in this world, there is no way to have both ends. In life, A hundred years is just a matter of choice."
"Then today, I have to make a choice. Between the people who are working hard to live for food, and you moths, I have to make a choice today. I have to sacrifice my body and take righteousness."
Ma Rui finally tore open the dough bag and poured out all the flour-coated gravel inside. Then he smiled at Li Lin, a smile that was almost flattering and humble.
"In the past, I always sold your Li family's face. Today, Mr. Li also sells my face. How about that?"
Li Lin looked uneasy and subconsciously shouted: "Ma Rui, what do you want?"
"I'm just looking for favors from Mr. Li." Ma Rui pulled the gravel on the table: "Now the refugees gather in the south of the city, but what your Li family shop sells are only gravel and gravel. It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense. I am Jingzhao Prefecture Yin, if you just sit back and do nothing, future generations will poke my spine."
Li Lin was slightly startled when he heard this: "Master Ma, are you going to put on a show?"
"Yes, it's a show. It would be embarrassing if you don't show a show."
Li Lin breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "How about the students send the shopkeeper in charge of the shop to Jingzhao Mansion to plead guilty?"
"No." Ma Rui shook his head: "A shopkeeper can't stand on the table."
"What about the butler?"
Ma Rui still shook his head: "I can't even get on the stage."
Li Lin frowned and sneered: "Master Ma definitely doesn't want my Li family to go to Jingzhao Mansion to apologize."
"No, the Li family is a famous family. How could I be so ignorant of myself?"
"Then what your lord means is..."
"Eat." Ma Rui sat on the stool and pointed to the gravel on the table with a smile: "You come and eat."
As soon as the three words "You come and eat" came out, even Chu Qing had a look of shock on his face.
Li Lin was furious: "Ma Rui, you don't want to be an official anymore?"
Ma Rui still had the same smile: "Are you going to eat or not?"
"You are threatening this young master, the son of the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs!"
"I just want to ask you whether you want to eat or not."
"you…"
Ma Rui stood up suddenly, raised his arm, and slapped Li Lin on the face.
This slap was hard and loud.
Li Lin was caught off guard and almost fell to the ground, but unexpectedly, Ma Rui suddenly turned around and snatched the fire and water stick from the soldier behind him.
Everything happened between lightning and flint, and the stick of water and fire hit Li Lin's calf so hard.
Jiang Yuesheng's expression changed drastically: "Master Ma, proceed with caution!"
But Ma Rui turned a deaf ear and overturned the table, wooden plates, soup, flour, and gravel, and hit Li Lin on the head.
"eat!"
The water and fire stick hit the ground heavily, and a slightly ferocious look appeared on Ma Rui's face.
"Master Li, why don't you show me how this man lives by eating stones? If he eats stones, he can fill his stomach, and there will be no hungry people in the country. Why don't you give me a demonstration?" If I personally ask for merit for you, you, the second young master of the Li family, will definitely become a Buddha among thousands of families!"
The embarrassed Li Lin lay on the ground, covering his calves like cooked shrimps: "Ma Rui, you, you are looking for death, you dare to hit me!"
Another stick fell and hit Li Lin's other leg.
"The people are already having a hard time, so they collected some money and went to your Li family's shop to buy grain at a high price. Not to mention, the grain was actually mixed with sand and gravel. You are a damned dog and you are unworthy of being a human being!"
Another stick hit Li Lin on the forehead.
Jiang Yuesheng couldn't stand it anymore and took a step forward, holding the water and fire stick in his rough palm.
Ma Rui seemed to have lost his mind: "How dare you stop me!"
Jiang Yuesheng lowered his head and said softly: "Such scoundrels are infuriated by both humans and gods, but Master Ma... Master Ma should not die because of this dog."
"Are I afraid? I will be afraid. I'm scared to death. I'm afraid that when I go to the Palace of the King of Hell, the King of Hell will ask me to get out of the frying pan because I am the Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, and the Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture should get out of the frying pan. !”
Ma Rui burst into laughter and burst into tears: "What happened to the death tribe? Go to the south of the city, go to that thatched hut. Rats and insects are rampant, mosquitoes and flies bite you, you can't catch all the lice on your body, and you have leprosy on your legs. The blood is green, my back is itchy, and there are gangrenes, and the rain is pouring on my forehead. I sit on the soil and look at the thief God. I am neither alive nor dead. I have noodles, I have noodles, I finally have noodles to eat, but It's a stone, but it's sand. They're all human beings. They're all fucking human beings. People, eat rocks. It's a strange thing in the world. Okay, okay. Refugees can eat it. Why can't Li Lin eat it? It doesn't matter if his body dies and his family is destroyed. My family has left the city and gone away to be happy and happy. Even if I die and my family is destroyed, I still want to open my eyes and see how this person swallows sand and gravel to fill his stomach!"
A silent figure came over and squatted next to Li Lin.
Chu Qing picked up a piece of gravel, thought about it, dipped the gravel in some soup, and gently handed it to Li Lin.
"Come on, be good, be obedient, and eat."
