Chapter 305: Rescue (1)

At this time, the sky thundered with lightning and thunder, and the torrential rain roared, and it leaked down fiercely like a heavenly river, but it could not hide the sound of drums.

"It's raining heavily, and there are still people beating drums and complaining, they must be deliberately trying to make trouble for my brothers."

"That's it, the few people who stand on the class are real, knowing that the county lord is not in the yazhong, they don't know how to stop it."

After about a few minutes, those officials came to the outside of the lobby as if they were walking, and when they saw that their colleagues who were ahead of them were already standing in line, they were about to step forward with a smile, and suddenly found that the atmosphere in the lobby seemed to be wrong.

However, Chu Zhen had obviously discovered their existence, and looked at them with a cold gaze, and the few officials who were late did not dare to slack off, so they hurriedly trotted up, stood up, lowered their heads, and felt a little panicked in their hearts, afraid that Chu would ask them.

However, at this time, Chu Zhen was not in the mood to play any tricks such as killing chickens and showing monkeys and rectifying the rule of officials, looking at the twenty or so officials in front of him who were standing loosely, his forehead immediately wrinkled, and he suddenly felt that what Fan Zhongyan said was very reasonable, and it seemed impossible to rely on these people to smoothly transfer nearly 10,000 people into the city.

After the assembly of the officials, Liu Renzhi walked out unhurriedly, and when he saw the situation in the lobby, he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and asked suspiciously: "My lord, what are you?" ”

"Needless to say, I'll give you half an hour, prepare an umbrella and a robe, and go to the state government with me immediately." Chu Zhen ordered loudly, completely different from the previous gentle tone, and his attitude was very tough, and there was no room for negotiation at all.

When the officials heard this, they immediately sounded a slight uproar, and they had been in the public gate for many years, and some of them had become lazy and slippery, and they were used to being powerful and powerful in front of the villagers, and their temperament was sometimes more delicate than that of a rich man, not to mention traveling in a rainstorm, that is, the weather was a little hotter, and they were not willing to step out of the yamen for half a step, and they couldn't bear any hardship.

So when he heard Chu Zhen's order, his first reaction was not to act according to the order, but to express doubts, and a few people even stood up with a smile, and said with a bargaining look: "It's just to go to the state government, how can you need many brothers to go together, if it's just to open the way for the gong, then it only takes seven or eight, and you have to work in the yali in the end." ”

Of course, there are also a few shrewd and slippery servants, who vaguely noticed that Chu Zhen's expression was wrong today, and very cleverly retreated to the side, and coldly watched others play the striker in front, anyway, it will be successful, it will have its own benefits, and it will have nothing to do with failure, and the abacus is very fine.

If it is in normal times, the official still doesn't feel that there is anything wrong with his smiling speech, after all, the education he has undergone makes him not pay much attention to the ancient rules of superiority and inferiority, or it is precisely because of his connivance to a certain extent that some officials think that the magistrate is an honest gentleman, although he can't be bullied, but he doesn't need to be serious and obey.

It seems that it is really as Shen Liao said, he is usually peaceful, and he has the intention of indulging his subordinates, not the way of his majesty, Chu Zhen secretly pondered, his eyebrows were raised, the matter was urgent, there was no extra time to rub against these people, and the clay man also had three points of fire, and the Buddha also had the appearance of angry King Kong.

"Presumptuous!" A loud shout came, which made the servants look sideways, but it was not Chu Qian's voice, but he saw Liu Renzhi's hair and beard floating, his eyes were angry and round, and he looked like he was angry and rushed to the crown, pointing at the officials and yelling: "Shangguan has an order, how can you wait for the blame, and hurry up to prepare rain gear, otherwise don't blame me." ”

Relatively speaking, perhaps Liu Renzhi's main book is much more majestic than Chu Zhi's magistrate, and his roar has not fallen, and he has disappeared as soon as he does the official service.

"A few rabbit cubs, I don't have any eyesight, I can't tell the occasion to mess around, if it weren't for the sake of how filial you are on weekdays, I didn't bother to mention it, and I also asked you to suffer some hardships, so that your eyes can be brighter." Liu Renzhi muttered in his heart, but his expression remained the same, and he stepped forward and asked, "Your Excellency braves the rain to go back and forth to the state government, and is preparing to gather the crowd to go, isn't there something serious?" ”

Chu Zhen hurriedly ran out of the yamen just now, with Liu Renzhi's understanding of him, he knew that this magistrate was a little lazy on weekdays, and he would never be idle if he could, and he would definitely not have nothing to do, thinking about what urgent matter would be like this, and now that he saw Chu Zhen's order, he was even more certain.

"That's right." Chu Zhen nodded and said, "Master Liu, you should leave three or two scribes to guard the yamen, and the rest of the people will also accompany the others." ”

Liu Renzhi was surprised, but he didn't ask why, and directly received the order, which made Chu Zhen feel very satisfied, this is the difference between officials and officials, as the deputy of the county magistrate, Liu Renzhi naturally understands his position, and has already surpassed the realm of what should be asked and what should not be asked, and has reached the height of understanding what should be opposed, when to actively obey, and advancing and retreating freely.

Half an hour was almost up, but only seven or eight officials with umbrellas and cloaks returned to the assembly, but the others were nowhere to be seen, and before Chu could question, some officials stepped forward and explained: "My lord, there is not enough rain gear in the ya, and they are looking for any omissions." ”

"In that case, then don't look for it." Chu Zhen's tone was flat, without the slightest anger, and when some people hiding in the shadows snickered, he suddenly said coldly: "When the official returned to the office, he didn't use any rain gear, and now it's the same, just let them go directly." ”

Some people were stunned for a moment, and finally understood why the magistrate looked similar to a water man.

"My lord, that's not right." Of course, it was not those officials who spoke, they didn't have the courage to refute Chu Zhen in person, but they saw Li Mingda walking in slowly from outside the hall, frowning and saying: "Braving the waterfall and rain, if there is nothing to block, wouldn't it be self-inflicted." ”

This seems to mean something, you must know that Chu Zhen came back from the rain, if it was before, Li Mingda would not choose to confront Chu Zhen face to face, but he has been in a very unhappy mood recently, coupled with a group of subordinates, the resentment hidden in the depths of the center has emerged, so that he said such a thorny word.

It's just a few words of being contradicted, Chu Zhen still has this bit of energy, so naturally he is not angry, but he feels a little strange because of Li Mingda's attitude, since he took office, he seems to have never provoked him, how can he be angry.

It's just that Chu Zhen is very anxious now, and he is not in the mood to pursue the reason, his eyes swept over Li Mingda, fell on a few officials, and said Pingping: "Everyone is together, then let's go, those who didn't come won't be used in the future." ”

Ignoring the crowd as he spoke, he threw himself into the rain and ran away, and several officials in their robes looked at each other, hurriedly followed, and those who had the opportunity to immediately open their umbrellas to protect Chu from the wind and rain.

In the lobby, the officials hiding in the shadows came out, surrounded Li Mingda, and said with hesitation on his face: "Lord Zhixian seems to have something important to do, why don't I go with me to find out." ”

"That's right, Master Li, you wait in the ya, and Rong Xiao will come back to report the situation."

"Master Li. Brothers, and so on. ”

In the middle of a few words, more than a dozen officials ran out, they are not stupid, everyone knows that in the officialdom, for the orders of the top boss, whether it is to kill slacking off, lazy and slippery, or even disobeying the yang and the yin, it is not a problem, but the key is a Fengzi.

Acting according to orders, can't do it, or can't do it well, that's a matter of ability, or there are all kinds of objective factors, and refusing to do it is a matter of attitude, not even a basic attitude, who will leave you to eat idle in the yamen, and as the head of a county, for small officials such as yamen, Chu Zhen has the absolute right to appoint, unless he doesn't want to do it, no one dares to disobey the order.

So although there is no rain gear to wear, these officials would rather go forward in the rain than roll up and go home tomorrow, of course, the officials are not all gone, and there are a few Li Mingda's henchmen left, but they are also a little uneasy: "Lord Li, what should we do?" Otherwise, let's find out. ”

Chu Zhen's unintentional ignorance, as well as a group of subordinates who saw the wind and steered the rudder, made Li Mingda's heart more and more resentful, a handsome face was gloomy and black, and the words of a few henchmen were like adding fuel to the fire, which made him completely explode, and roared angrily: "Detective you XX, if you want to go, then get out of me." After venting, he turned around and left with a gloomy face.

was scolded for no reason, how could there be no resentment in the hearts of several officials, if it weren't for Li Mingda's usual treatment of himself, and for the sake of the boss in charge, they would have sneered at each other, but Li Mingda let go, there were two choices in front of them, one was to stay, and the other was to chase Chu Zhen and his party in the rain.

There is no doubt that this is indeed a difficult choice, staying, although he will gain Li Mingda's trust from now on, but he is afraid that the county will settle accounts after the autumn, but he doesn't know if Li Mingda can keep himself, chase him out, and keep his position, but Li Mingda is their direct boss, and he may not know how to give them small shoes in the future.

Besides, this can be regarded as a betrayal, as Li Mingda's henchmen, they also know what their heart is, others are not easy to say, but they will definitely not tolerate their existence, and the future will not be much better, thinking of the gloomy future, for a while, several officials wanted to cry without tears, and they didn't ask if they knew it, and it was good to sneak out quietly.

"What are you doing with it?"

Fortunately, they didn't have to be upset for long, someone made a choice for them, and I saw Liu Renzhi leading a dozen scribes to gather in the lobby, wearing hats and robes, all dressed in a simple dress.

Looking at the empty lobby, there was no figure of everyone, taking advantage of the situation to look at the white rain scene outside, and vaguely found some shadows, Liu Renzhi immediately waved his hand and said: "Let's go, bear with me for a moment without rain gear, don't delay the important affairs of the magistrate." ”

Two to one, after hesitating, several officials made a very interesting decision, if they don't go, they will definitely be dismissed, and if they go, they may not lose their jobs, so they can only gamble.

Walking under the waterfall rain, the speed was not fast, and those officials and scribes had the intention to catch up, so after a while, they arrived at Chu Qian's side and gathered, and rushed to the state office.

At this time, a few arc-shaped electric lights flashed in the sky from time to time, thunder thunderclaps, deafening, accumulated months of rain poured down, the rain was so fierce that not just umbrellas and robes could resist, only walked more than 100 steps, the pervasive rain penetrated into everyone's clothes, as for the shoes and boots under their feet, it had already accumulated water like a pool.

Although it was very uncomfortable to be wet and sticky, but no one dared to complain loudly, after all, the magistrate who led the team forward, in the case of wind and rain, did not see anything abnormal, and those who were subordinates should have this kind of awareness, fortunately, the state government was in front of them, and many people quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and then curiosity swelled.

In this kind of weather, the county government can be said to be pouring out, and everyone knows that the matter must be extraordinary, but Chu Qian, who knows about it, did not reveal the slightest tone, and the scribes and officials naturally can't guess it.

Hoping that the situation outside the city was not as bad as imagined, Chu Zhen lowered his head and walked with water, letting the raindrops the size of his thumb fall all over his body, his thoughts were flying, the rain was monstrous, and it came quickly, those simple grass huts must not be blocked, I don't know if the victims know how to take shelter in the nearby villages.

As for entering the city, the ancient city gate was not entered if you wanted to, not to mention the entrance fee, there was also a road to investigate, most of the victims fled to come, where is there a certificate from the official office, otherwise Chu Zhen would not have hurriedly run to ask for help, and Fan Zhongyan would not have made any more moves to let Gu Kezhi open the order.

"Taishou."

Chu Zhen woke up from a trance, and almost took a few steps to the gate of the state ya, but found that there were nearly 100 people standing in line in front of the door, ready to go at any time, including Fan Zhongyan, who was supposed to be recuperating in the room, although there were two officials holding umbrellas to block his head, but under the wind rolling, there was still rain leaking through the net on his body, but he didn't care, seeing Chu Zhen leading the crowd to come, he smiled and nodded lightly, but he couldn't hide the pale and sick look on his face.

"Here, let's go." Fan Zhongyan signaled and walked towards the city gate.

Anyway, under Fan Zhongyan's order, the officials who were waiting to go in front of the door did not have the slightest intention of slacking off, and they ignored the wind and rain and walked forward.

"You will follow him." Chu Zhen turned around and commanded, but he stepped forward quickly and stopped Fan Zhongyan, with a hesitation on his face: "Taishou, you." ”

"The old man was ordered to be the governor of Hangzhou and shepherd the people, but now the people of Hangzhou are in trouble, how can they sit idly by." Fan Zhongyan said resolutely.

"But you." Chu Zhen was a little anxious, Fan Zhongyan fell ill because of the rain, and now he ran out again, isn't this worse.

"No but, get out of the way." Fan Zhongyan said lightly, seeing that Chu Zhen had no intention of moving, he simply walked around.

"Wait, the lower official implores Taishou to return to the ya." Chu Zhi reacted quickly, took out the purple gold fish bag from his arms, blocked in front of Fan Zhongyan again, and said loudly: "The lower official was ordered to be in charge of this matter, is it too shou to be ready to rebel, there is evidence here, if there is a violation of the order, the lower official has the right." ”

"So what?" Fan Zhongyan glanced at Chu Zhen, and said with a smile: "Could it be that you have the courage to blame the old man?" ”