Liu Wu was caught by someone and failed to escape. The other person was planning to run away after Liu Wu was caught. However, before he could figure out how to run away, he saw Brother Qiang being knocked to the ground. Dust was flying all over the ground. When he got up, his heart was also lifted up. He glanced at Huang Rui and realized that he couldn't bear his fist.
Huang Rui stepped on Brother Qiang's chest with one foot and said sarcastically: "You've gained so much weight for nothing!" After saying that, he turned to Li Hu and said, "Brother, why don't we good people do it to the end and help us?" This aunt and little brother sent these three people who wanted to eat for free to the Yamen!"
Li Hu responded with a smile: "Okay, let's just be good people and do it to the end." Looking at the other person who had turned around and wanted to run away, but was blocked by Murong Qingyuan and Li Linsong who each had a brick in their hands, "Some kind-hearted person can come up and help me. Help me catch this skinny monkey so I can catch another monkey."
After Li Hu's words, the people around him no longer held back their laughter and started laughing heartily. Not only did they laugh, but some people also responded: "You have already caught a monkey, this one will be left to you." We're done, don't you think so? We just tasted the luncheon meat from my brother's house, and this is the time to help."
The person who responded to Li Hu was a man in his thirties. After his words, everyone also responded, and someone else cheered: "Let's go, let's catch the monkey!"
The man was dumbfounded when he saw the crowd surrounding him. He instinctively wanted to run away, but what was blocking him was not only two boys with bricks in their hands who wanted to smash him to death, but also a group of people who treated him like a monkey. , the person who wants to arrest him. A pair of mung bean eyes turned around, and finally he ran towards an opening. Just as he ran, people in the crowd also started running. I saw one person in the crowd rushed to the side and took two steps to the mung bean. Eyes caught. Chinese website
The person who caught the mung bean eye was the one who just answered Li Hu, "The monkey is caught, let's go, let's take the monkey to the Yamen."
Murong Qingyuan stepped forward and bowed to the crowd: "Thank you everyone. Please wait for me. I will talk to grandma and then go to the Yamen with everyone."
Huang Rui Biantou looked at Murong Qingyuan, "Little brother, what are you doing with a little kid going to the Yamen! Don't worry, there are so many of us who will definitely send them to the Yamen."
Murong Qingyuan shook his head and said, "Everyone is wasting time and effort just to help us. There is no reason for us not to go." Then he looked at Song Nanzhi and said, "Grandma is waiting for me here. I'll come as soon as I go."
How could Song Nanzhi trust him to go to the Yamen alone? He pulled him and said, "No, you can't go alone. I'll pack up my things right now and we'll go together."
"Grandma, you have been gone for a while and I have to take care of you and Mo Li. Just wait for me here. I will be back soon." Murong Qingyuan said.
Ordinary people, not to mention going to the yamen, would rather go a little further when walking in front of the yamen. But she was worried about letting Qingyuan go alone, but she was afraid of dragging him down when she went. Finally, she said: "I'll wait for you at the door. .”
Murong Qingyuan looked at the worry in Song Nanzhi's eyes, and finally nodded and said, "Well, you guys will wait at the door then."
So the group of people walked towards the Yamen. The crowd of only a dozen people turned into a bustling group when they walked to the Yamen. The Yamen guarding the door saw a large group of people walking towards the Yamen and immediately became vigilant. The two of them clenched the sticks in their hands, and then moved in front of the door, "The important place of the Yamen, enter with caution!" After shouting, they shouted: "You must retreat quickly!"
Huang Rui pushed Brother Qiang forward, whose arms were tied behind his back. "Not only did these three people want to buy things without giving them money, they also asked for protection money."
After Huang Rui finished speaking, Murong Qingyuan also came forward. He clasped his hands and bowed to the yamen servant before saying, "I'm sorry to trouble you. Today, my grandmother took my brother and sister to the street to sell things. Unexpectedly, these three people came up to me." When they come to beg for things, they also charge us a protection fee of one tael of silver per month. We are a small business. Wherever we have a lot of things and money to give away, we also ask adults to help evaluate the management, otherwise our small business will not be able to do it. If I can’t continue doing this, I’m afraid my family’s life will be even more miserable.”
Li Hujie said: "Brother Chai, these three people are really hateful. They bully an old man and four children. We really can't stand it, so we sent them over to you."
The people in the crowd were also filled with indignation. Song Nanzhi listened to all kinds of denunciations and condemnations in his ears.
He scolded and became bolder. He walked forward with a basket on his back and knelt down in front of the yamen servant. He said in a trembling voice: "Sir, we are selling things well and have not recruited them. We still ask you to make the decision for us."
Seeing this battle, the two government officials knew that this matter could not be resolved. The government official in front of Song Nanzhi immediately pulled Song Nanzhi up and said: "Auntie, get up quickly. If you have anything to do, tell us the county magistrate directly. We Your Excellency will definitely give you justice."
After pulling up Song Nanzhi, he said to the government servant opposite him: "Go and inform the Lord quickly, saying that some people have caught the troublemaker and brought him to the government office."
After hearing this, the other yamen servant immediately nodded in agreement, and then ran towards the yamen. Soon the yamen officer ran out again and said, "Sir, please let us bring the person who caused trouble to the court."
Then Murong Qingyuan, Huang Rui and the other three who were holding Brother Qiang and others, as well as anyone who wanted to watch the fun, also walked towards the Yamen.
Although today is the day of announcement, Wei Changfeng is not sitting in the lobby. Instead, he is handling official duties in the backyard. After receiving the report from the yamen servant, he immediately straightened his official uniform and walked quickly to the lobby. Seeing Murong Qingyuan, Huang Rui and Li Hu came up with surprised expressions on their faces. After being surprised, they looked at the three people who were being escorted up. When they walked to the center of the hall, Murong Qingyuan was the first to kneel down and said, "Your Majesty, please make the decision. !」
Wei Changfeng slapped the gavel tree in his hand on the Book of Songs on the desk in front of him and shouted: "Who is in the audience? What do you mean you are here?"
Murong Qingyuan replied: "My name is Murong Qingyuan, the name of Luwan Village. Today I came to the county with my grandmother and younger brothers and sisters to do some small business. Unexpectedly, I met these three people who came up and wanted to eat the food we cooked. They also came to us. They want protection money, but if we don’t pay it, they threaten us.”
"Yes, we can testify." Li Hu said again.
After Li Hu's words, everyone else also spoke up. After everyone testified, Wei Changfeng stared at the three kneeling brothers Qiang on the ground, "Can you plead guilty?"
Brother Qiang thought he had some friendship with the yamen. Even though he entered the yamen now, he was not too afraid. He thought that the worst he could do was go inside and take a look around before coming out. At the same time, he also thought about going to get those things when he came out. The old woman's stall was demolished. As for the boy in front of her, she gave him a severe beating to let him know how many eyes Lord Ma had. Then he pretended to repent and said: "Sir, the common people know that they are wrong. The common people are just confused for a moment. The common people are willing to ask this man for help." I apologize, sir, and please be kind to me."
After Brother Qiang confessed his mistake, the other two people also admitted their mistake. It's just that this time he made the wrong calculation. He only heard Wei Changfeng's another loud crash, "He will be sent to prison after 30 years of punishment."
After hearing this, the Yamen servant in the audience immediately responded to the order: "Yes."
"Detain him and beat him hard!" Wei Changfeng said seriously.
Murong Qingyuan thanked the three of them as they begged for mercy: "Thank you, sir."
"Everyone, please get up!" After letting everyone stand up, Wei Changfeng looked at Murong Qingyuan and said, "I am very sorry that there are such unruly people in my jurisdiction." Then he turned to Huang Rui and others, "Fortunately Thanks to your help today, it will not lead to disaster. I will strictly investigate the three people brought here. If the three people have criminal records, they will be severely punished. We will never let such evil people harm the people again. "
After hearing this, Li Hu fell to his knees with a plop, and then shouted: "Thank you, Mr. Qingtian. It is a blessing for us, the people of Cangxi County, to have parents and officials like you here."
With Li Hu kneeling and shouting, others also knelt and shouted.
Only two quarters of an hour passed from entering the yamen to coming out. After coming out, Murong Qingyuan bowed to everyone again and said thank you: "Thank you all for your help. I don't know how to thank you all. I can only invite you to come and taste my home." It’s lunch meat. When I get rich, I’ll invite everyone to come and eat.”
As soon as Murong Qingyuan finished speaking, the crowd burst into laughter as they thought, "I said you are a very smart boy. You can save your younger brothers and sisters from shouting by saying this."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was another burst of laughter from the crowd. Murong Qingyuan scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Then I will let my brothers and sisters shout again and invite everyone to try my lunch meat."
Huang Rui said: "I think you'd better ask your grandma to put out the lunch meat first. In order to buy a piece of lunch,
For the meat, I even went to the Yamen. I had to eat the meat slowly and taste it after I bought it! "
Murong Qingyuan walked to Song Nanzhi's side and said, "Thank you for your hard work, uncle. I'll give you a 20% discount on this meat today." Then he shouted to the people in the crowd: "Uncles and aunties, if there is anything else you want to buy, please give it to me." Everyone calculated it as 20% off because it was cheaper. It originally cost 20 cents, but today we calculated it as 16 cents."
When Song Nanzhi saw Murong Qingyuan coming out, he wanted to ask him, but before he had time to ask, he heard him say thank you to everyone, and then said that it would be cheaper for everyone, so he endured it, looked at the present first, and then put the dustpan Turning it over, he took out the luncheon meat from the basket and handed it to Huang Rui first, then followed Murong Qingyuan and thanked him: "Thank you very much. I trouble you to help me every time."
Huang Rui smiled heartily and said, "Isn't this a coincidence?" Then he picked up the purse on his waist, counted sixteen cents and handed it to Song Nanzhi.
The people who had followed along had already wanted to buy it, but now that Huang Rui was starting to buy it, it was four cents cheaper and they wanted to buy it. They immediately untied their wallets from their waists, counted their coins, and went out to buy luncheon meat. It was not big. After a while the remaining lunch meat was sold out.
After thanking everyone again, Song Nanzhi took Murong Qingyuan and the others outside the city. After walking a while, Song Nanzhi asked: "Why did you come out so soon? I thought it would take a while for you to come out. .”
Murong Qingyuan explained: "With Uncle Huang and the others helping to testify, the master quickly figured out the beginning of the matter. In the end, he not only slapped the three of them, but also checked whether they had committed any crime before. If so, If you do, you will be severely punished again.”
"My lord has said that we will never let them bully the people again."
Song Nanzhi looked grateful after hearing this, "Your Excellency is such a good official!"
