Song Qing also felt helpless about this group of people, but everyone has their own ambitions, some people yearn for freedom, and some people yearn for food, so he can't force it.

The two sat on the ground in the cell, and Song Qing kept weighing in his mind how he could get out.

He stood up and watched through a small hole to pay attention to the outside, to the flowers and plants outside, to the grass and trees outside.

At the same time, in the yamen, at this moment, the magistrate of the county was sitting in the courtyard and constantly teasing the crickets, very happy.

This cricket has a strong physique and a strong body, like a battle-hardened cricket general, crawling on the stone slab and constantly beating and screaming.

"Good crickets, good crickets, the outsiders of this county will come later, you have to fight for me, win a little more of their money, and then hehe, and then we will make a lot of money."

A servant came over from a distance, and immediately knelt down and said, "Master, are you calling the little one?" Man Kun said: "Servant, tell the master, how many people have been caught on the street today who don't have monthly rent, but still go to the street without permission?"

"It's... Back to the master, there were more than a dozen people, and they refused to pay the fine, and they were already in the cell by the small one. ”

"Refusal to pay a fine? Hehe, these people are really getting bolder, sir, I really underestimate them, the servant, let them go, as long as it is early tomorrow morning, if there is no one to pay the silver, then you can take it directly to dig coal. ”

"Yes, sir."

Outside the yamen, more than a dozen people walked in with some bags in their hands, all of which were some silver, and they were ordered to come to fight crickets today.

It's more like gambling than giving money.

Everyone entered the yamen, and Man Kun walked over with a smile.

"Oh, I said everyone, you are here, I have been waiting for you for a long time, my lord, it is really exciting."

Some people were very ashamed, "Lord Zhixian, I waited all the way to come non-stop, I hope I didn't disturb Lord Zhixian."

"Yes, yes, the little one came as soon as he received the order, I really don't dare to be careless, Lord Zhixian, how about we win or lose in one game?"

Man Kun is also satisfied, these people don't get much help from him on weekdays, such as land, if he wants to take anyone's money, it's very, very easy, just a matter of words.

"Since all of you have already said so, then the official will not refuse, surname, let's bet all the silver in your bag, if you lose, it will be mine.

"But if this official loses, then he will compensate you for your silver, but your large amount of land will be recovered by the yamen."

The undisguised threat is clear, and if you win this time, you will lose everything you have now.

More than a dozen people had already heard it, and they didn't dare to refuse, and before the cricket was put on Zhuo, suddenly someone deliberately smashed it on the ground, and then stepped on it fiercely.

"Oh, Lord Zhixian, look at the confused heads of the grass people, why did you accidentally kill the crickets just now? Oops, this game is considered a grass man lost, this silver, at this moment, it belongs to the county lord.

As he spoke, he respectfully handed it over.

Immediately afterwards, someone shouted angrily, smashed the cricket to death, and roared: "You dare to bite me, you are really against the sky, Lord Zhixian, you won this game."

He also took the money.

"I'll ..... How did my crickets die in the bag? What's going on?" Hey, I forgot to bring crickets early this morning. ”

"Look at my foolish head, the crickets have been locked in the bag for days, and they have all been covered to death at this moment.

In just such a short period of time, these crickets outside the staff have died in various ways, and all kinds of accidents have occurred, which is really unpreventable.

Man Kun was directly happy, he had already expected such a scene, and he looked like he should have taken it for granted.

"Lord Zhixian, you see that I have lost the silver, and at the same time, the cricket is also dead, so I really can't continue to fight.

"Yes, yes, Lord Zhixian, look at it, what should we do now? Why don't you wait for another time?"

Man Kun waved his hand and said, "What's so difficult about this? Besides, you don't have any money left, or next month, at the same time, today's official office [1 I won't accompany you at this moment, come on, send these people out of the yamen for this official].

"Yes."

As soon as everyone left, the county magistrate Mankun opened the bag and counted it slowly, there were a total of thousands of taels of silver, and the harvest was good.

"Hehe, it's still a stranger to these outsiders, otherwise, where am I going to get this money?"

The official walked in from the outside and said happily: "Master, congratulations so much, you look at this group of people who really dare to be angry and dare not speak, they are very satisfied with the obedience made by the magistrate."

"Dare to be angry? Hehe, master, can I make them dare not be angry, dare to fight me, they also have this strength? Isn't that a joke?"

"I said, do you know what determines the fate of this society? Is it a fist? No, no, it's right, because power can give you everything, bring anything you want. ”

"Look at these outsiders, which one is not worth a few thousand taels of silver? But, have they fought for my rights? I can't fight it. ”

The official suddenly, "What the master said is completely correct, no, they are all holding their tails now, so the master is invincible."

"Well, yes, servant, now I will reward you with ten taels of silver, tomorrow, you take these people to the coal mine, and hand them over to the steward over there, remember, this matter must be done for the master, and no mistakes will occur."

After taking the silver, the official said happily: "Knowing the master, my subordinates will definitely handle this matter."

"Well, tomorrow, my lord, I still have to visit the prefect of Zhizhou, and there is a history of pacification, these are big people, sir, I can't make a mistake."

The servants left, and the remaining Man Kun was still teasing the crickets here.

When noon came, in the cell, the official had already brought some steamed buns and some pork, and the food was good today.

After the official Yiyi gave it to everyone, he immediately said: "Let's eat them all, today's county magistrate will prepare some pork for each of you."

The prisoners rushed up, and they forgot the last time they had eaten pork.

When I took the food, I took it and ate it in a big gulp, as if I had been hungry for a long, long time, which was embarrassing.

When they came to Song Qing and the others, the official reminded again, "Two, there is not much time left for you now, if you don't hurry up, you won't be here tomorrow."

"If you are not here, can you still be in the field? I said that the officials, not only are you county magistrates bold, but I think your dog gall is also very fat.

The official was furious, "Presumptuous, you are so bold, you dare to insult the magistrate, do you believe that I won't give you food today?"

Song Qing also hurriedly apologized, what are you kidding, who can get along with her stomach?

"This poor master, you see that I didn't mean to wait, besides, I've been locked up for a morning, it's normal to be a little angry, don't you say?"

The official said: "It's good that you know, this son, I see that you are dressed, and you don't look like some poor person, you say, pay a fine for a few taels of silver, and then apply for a monthly rent on the street, I said, is it so difficult?"

"That's ten taels of silver, but you are two, what is the pity? Do you say?"

Song Qing nodded, he didn't think it was bad, but in order to find out the truth of this matter, he couldn't care so much.

The two of them began to eat with food, and the official ran out scolding, there was fire in his heart, he had never met this kind of picking.

Sitting on the ground, Tang Yueyue said: "I said, my lord, look at this situation, the yamen wants to take us to dig coal, this is not a good job."

Song Qing also heard it, but he knew that there must be some shocking secret hidden in this coal mine, and there must be a lot of officials involved, and even the possibility of the imperial court.

The water in this Kaiyuan county is too deep, which seems to indicate that the wind and waves are calm, but there are many things behind the scenes, and this time, I have to give a nest to it.

The two began to eat, and the strong man next door looked at him with envy, and there was still some unfinished look, Song Qing immediately saw what he was thinking, so he said, "Strong man, how long have you not eaten meat?"

He swallowed his saliva vigorously and thought for a moment, "As for when it was, I actually forgot it, anyway, it was a long, long time ago!" Is it the Chinese New Year? No, I didn't have meat to eat during the Chinese New Year. ”

"Oh yes, one day last year, I caught a dead rat in my cell, so I ate it raw, hehe, you've eaten pork and duck, but you must have never eaten rat meat.

Song Qing didn't know what to say, so he walked up to him and gave all the pork to Dahan.

"You eat, although Song Mou's life is not good, he can always eat some pork in a month, and you have to say that you are better than you."

Tang Yueyue also threw the pork in her bowl over.

Dahan was a little moved, and after gobbling it up, he looked at the two of them, "Childe, there is a sentence I don't know whether to say or not, I always feel that you are not an ordinary person, and no matter who enters here, at first they are crying and making trouble. Hanged, but you're very calm, childe. Song Qing smiled, he just forgot to hide himself.

"Childe, if I'm not mistaken, you should be the son of a big family, but your family is good, why don't you want to spend money to go out?"

"Besides, you're not as good as me, but I didn't eat the last meal, our whole cell is like this, and I'm not afraid of your jokes, son, we are all lazy people, and we don't want to go out to work."

Song Qing has the meaning of hating iron and not steel, this person is also thick-skinned, he even said such a thing, and he doesn't know what his head thinks.