Chapter Eighty-Four: The Counterattack Counts
Ma Lao Liu finally inspected the dark county office, changed into the clothes of the catcher, and prepared to go home. In normal times, there are people on duty in the county office, but now in extraordinary times, seeing that Yang Kai, the county commander, is not only not a problem of not protecting his position, but also a matter of his life, naturally no one will respect him anymore. The new prefectural order has not yet come, but there are always well-informed people in the county who have long known who is coming.
The whole county has herded sheep, and all things have fallen into paralysis, and now the things in the county town are happening one after another, and people are panicking, and it is just dark, and there is no one to see on the street.
Ma Lao Liu thinks that Yang Kai's county order is still good. At least, he didn't poison the people, he came to Wuyi as a county magistrate for nearly a year, tried a few cases, but he was able to act impartially, and he didn't fall to one side because the other party in the case was rich and powerful, Ma Lao Liu heard that the family gave money, but it seems that Yang Kai didn't accept it.
In fact, Yang Kai didn't take money, but at that time, he didn't look down on this little money, Li Ze gave him a big mansion, and promised to give him an allowance every year, the amount of money was unimaginable to Li Kai. Now that he has money and a house, he has the idea of being a master of the sky and earning fame.
He really didn't expect that it was this little thought that made Ma Lao Liu admire him, and when he was most desperate for betraying his relatives, this small catch gave him a precious little warmth in the world.
Ma Lao Liu walked out of the gate of the county government and was about to go home, when the sound of horses' hooves and neat footsteps suddenly sounded on the street, and he looked at the other side of the street in amazement.
Under the dim light on the gate of the county government, he suddenly found that the person who was riding on a horse and walking at the head turned out to be Yang Kai, the county commander who left early this morning.
To Ma Lao Liu's surprise, behind Yang Kai, there were several knights and an unknown number of soldiers in leather armor who were neatly lined up.
Yang Kai turned over and dismounted, walked to Ma Lao Liu, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, glanced at the dark county government again, and asked, "Are you alone?"
Ma Lao Liu nodded and said, "I'm also ready to go."
Yang Kai smiled, "Now don't go back, you have to go for a trip, go to the county lieutenant, the county magistrate, the head of the sixth house, and all the officials to run to the house, just say that I will convene a meeting tonight, and I must not be absent."
Ma Lao Liu sighed, glanced at the people behind Yang Kai, and realized again.
"Remember, after you go, only say these few words, and not much more." Yang Kai admonished.
"So, what if they don't come?"
Yang Kai sneered: "Then they will never come. Go for it!"
"Yes." Ma Lao Liu nodded again and again, the sky of this Wuyi seems to be changing again.
Seeing that Ma Lao Liu was about to leave, Yang Kai grabbed him and stuffed his horse's reins into his hand: "Don't say that I don't give them a chance, you ride a horse. Be quick, whether they come or not, and come back as soon as you're done. By the way, what's your big name, isn't it just Ma Lao Liu?"
"My name is Ma Mingcheng, and I am the sixth oldest in the family. Everybody calls me the Sixth."
"There are six more above you?" Yang Kai was a little surprised.
"There are only two sisters left, and the rest are not supported." Ma Lao Liu was a little gloomy." In my early years, my family was poor."
Yang Kai nodded: "Go ahead, work hard in the future, and let the family live a good life."
The old six horses flew away.
Yang Kai turned to look at Chen Bing and Chu Sheng, and arched his hand and said, "Brother Chen, Brother Chu, please."
Chen Bing said with a smile: "This Ma Lao Liu Ma Mingcheng has eyes, the cold stove burns well, and he will follow Yang County's order in the future, but it will be developed."
Yang Kai said with a smile: "If I can be developed, I can't point to Gongzi. Two, please come in, sorry to let you see the joke."
"Human affection is nothing more than that." Chen Bing said lightly: "When we were sent to follow the little boy, we also saw the same face. However, in the past 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, who can say clearly, maybe those who will look down on us when they are young in the future will not be able to rely on us in the future!"
The lights gradually lit up in the dark county office. Chen Bing and Chu Sheng used to be on an errand in Jiedu Mansion, compared to this small county office, the guards in Jiedu Mansion have a lot of rules, and they are much stricter. When they arrived at the county office, without Yang Kai's orders, the two of them arranged the young men they brought with them.
After a while, another group of young men came out of the county gate and began to patrol the county seat.
Ma Lao Liu came back, the county lieutenant and county Cheng naturally didn't come, they didn't even let Ma Lao Liu enter the door, Ma Lao Liu is usually just an ordinary catcher, in front of them, how can he have half a status? It is the head catcher team who usually has status in the county, and they did not follow, but those ordinary officials catch fast, some of them have a good relationship with Ma Lao Liu, Ma Lao Liu secretly mentioned a few words, and some have a little eyesight, although Yang Kai is about to fall, but now the official official document has not come down, and the person who takes over has not yet arrived, nominally Yang Kai is still the county order, and the head of the head catcher county is not easy to move, but it is still easy to deal with them These ordinary officials are quick to catch, at least they can lose their jobs.
And those county lieutenants who catch fast Bantou are only afraid that they will lose their jobs, this job bowl does not seem to have much status, but there is really a lot of oil and water here, at least they can support their families, and they still have status in front of ordinary people in the county. They could just put more of their own people in there.
Yang Kai sat behind the big case, Chen Bing and Chu Sheng sat on the left and right beside him, on both sides of the two halls, there were full of fully armed soldiers, when the officials who arrived at the yamen saw this scene, they all changed their faces, and cautiously entered the lobby, originally wanted to stand in their original positions, but those positions have now stood on the soldiers, and they can only stand in the middle of the hall nervously, looking at Yang Kai one by one.
Yang Kai smiled, looking at the servants who were less than half of the people arrested, laughed for a long time but his face was solemn, he stood up and clasped his fists at the people who came, so panicked that some of those people bent over, some knelt down on one knee, and a chaotic "Don't dare," "The county order is tormenting us" sounded in the lobby.
"These days, there are a lot of rumors that I, Yang Kai, are going to be unlucky. Regardless of whether I, Yang Kai, am really unlucky, but the official document has not arrived for a day, and the successor has not arrived for a day, then I, Yang Kai, will still be the county commander of Wuyi." Yang Kai's voice was cold, "You can still come today, even if I am Yang Kai is county order, this is not only a manifestation of abiding by the law, but also a sign that I can afford to be Yang Kai, then I Yang will not treat everyone poorly."
Speaking of this, he clapped his hands, and the two Yang family servants came in with a box. Yang Kai walked down the hall and kicked open the box, which was full of yellow and clear copper coins, and he was afraid that there would be hundreds of them.
Looking at these copper coins, Yang Kai felt a little distressed, these were all his private property. But today, it is destined to give up money.
"Those who come, everyone is consistent, take it yourself." Yang Kai waved his hand.
Many officials looked at Yang Kai hesitantly.
"Ma Mingcheng, you take it first." Yang Kaidao.
Ma Mingcheng strode up, lifted the usual copper coin from the inside, and stuffed it into his arms. Since someone started the way, the other officials stepped forward in turn, and one of them took the same thing. There was still half a box left in the box.
Yang Kai turned back to Chen Bing and said, "County Lieutenant Chen, the rest of these will be distributed to the other brothers, in this cold day, everyone is still busy and hard."
Chen Bing secretly praised in his heart, at this time, this Yang Kai is really good at being a man, arched his hand, and said, "Then I will thank the county order for the brothers."
Seeing that the two soldiers carried away the remaining money in the box, Ma Mingcheng and those officials looked at each other a little, the county lieutenant still didn't come at home, where did this county lieutenant come from?
"Ladies and gentlemen, the former county lieutenant, and the county official have been absent from work for many days without reason, resulting in the abandonment of the county government affairs, the livelihood of the people, and the suffering of the people, so from now on, the county order will dismiss the two of them and take over by Chen Bing and Chu Sheng, do you know?"
At this moment, the officials have not yet understood the truth, Yang Xianling has found a backer from nowhere, and this is to counterattack. Everyone looked at Ma Lao Liu, and Ma Mingcheng's eyes couldn't help but be full of gratitude.
Sure enough, Yang Kai continued: "The six house masters and officials who didn't come today will not be used in the future."
The crowd couldn't help but be awe-struck.
"Everyone do things well, from now on, Ma Mingcheng will be the chief catcher of Wuyi County, as for the shortage of six house owners, I will rearrange it next, and you all have a chance. It's up to you guys."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was overjoyed, and if he jumped from the Yatou to become the head of the sixth house, it would be a great step, at least from then on, he would become a well-organized official.