Chapter 5 The people are angry and-for-tat
Ling Huxian followed the old man through the shabby, low, dirty slum streets, and into a dilapidated courtyard. The sound of a child crying was heard.
"Madam, you don't look like an old woman from an ordinary family, why are you so down?" The old woman did not speak like an illiterate commoner, but seemed to have read a private school. "Alas, don't hide it from the girl, the old body is the old lady Meng Li of the scholarly family in Chengyang County," "How did it become such a depressed state now?" She looked up and down at the three-inch small dilapidated house, crowded and dilapidated, where two grandparents lived.
Meng Li helped his weak five-year-old grandson to eat oil cakes and drink cold water, while sighing: "It's all the fish and meat of the people!" He robbed my daughter-in-law and killed my son! Ruined our family, this Chenghe County, the water is beautiful and the fish are fat, where will there be many poor people, it's a pity that Chenghe can't raise a fish master....."
The woman complained indignantly, trembling with anger, coughing uncontrollably, Linghu Xian listened quietly, and followed the pulse for her without being dirty. "Does the old man still know the sins of this fish?" "All the poor people in a radius of dozens of miles are thanks to him! Widow Li opposite, her husband was beaten to death by the servants who were in the water because he didn't have time to give way, and the Zhao family next door, two daughters-in-law and a daughter were all harmed by the fish and water, the people here, which did not have a little bit of thin land before, and the taxes were heavy, and if they couldn't pay the taxes, they had to go to the county government as slaves to pay off the land to pay off the debts... This person can't live anymore....""Grandmother, don't be angry, don't be angry...."The five-year-old grandson seemed to feel the old man's anger, and very obediently helped the old man beat his back.
"Take pity on my Meng family, there is still a lone seedling..."
Ling Huxian lowered her head with self-reproach, she had left Longxian County all these years, she didn't expect that there would be such corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the people of the victim side lived in fire and water, which was really a dereliction of duty.
"Have you ever thought about the old man and accusing this county Taicheng?" "Where can I not think about it," the old man was frightened and lowered his voice: "There are probably people above this county master, last year a few young people went to the city to complain, but they were killed on the way back, and they warned us that even if they complained, it would be useless, and in the end they would die!" ”
Hearing this, Ling Huxian was furious, clenched her fists and released them quite controllably, and asked Mrs. Meng: "Old lady, are you willing to avenge the people of Chengyang County?" "This... This... What do you mean, girl? "Meng Li was so frightened that he avoided Ling Huxian again and again, just like avoiding the scourge, he was very vigilant." I can help you, as long as you can take these persecuted people to the yamen to complain..." The yamen was opened by Master Yu, isn't going to the yamen to complain is to find death! Mrs. Meng's face turned pale with fright, and she hugged her grandson and shook her head fiercely. No," Ling Huxian smiled slightly, trying her best to put herself kindly: "Mrs. Meng, please believe me," "No, this is not good, this is going to lose your head!" ”
Ling Huxian was helpless, and untied a small and delicate gold waist card from her waist, on which the dragon flew and the phoenix danced a "order", "Madam, I need someone to denounce the sins of the fish, no one denounces these secrets will only be covered up, only if someone stands up, I can take the opportunity to act." She walked over slowly and put the waist card on the messy table: "If you want to harm you, with this waist card, he doesn't dare to make a mistake," Seeing that Mrs. Meng hesitated, she bowed slightly: "If you can trust me, three days later, the change of the yamen, the younger generation will always wait for you and say goodbye." ”
Returning to the inn, Ling Huxian immediately ordered the twelve butterflies to thoroughly investigate the ins and outs of this Chengyang County, but for two days, Chengyang County was silent, but there were two people in the state city of the county town to which the county belonged were robbed unknowingly.
Three days have passed in the blink of an eye, Chengyang County is not as depressed as in the past, but it is rare to see the liveliness, every household walks the streets and alleys to tell each other, in front of the high platform of the yamen in the center of the county, surrounded by a circle of people, on both sides of the forest there are fierce and vicious officials to maintain order, under the lobby of the yamen, there is a group of people in shabby clothes but also very clean, the woman at the head, with a serious face, holding a five-year-old child in her hand, staring at the county master who came to sit in the hall!
The people in the hall all sighed, pointed and pointed, saying that these people were crazy, and the accusation of accusing him of getting in water was even sued to him, and now I am afraid that he will only die without a place to be buried.
"Bold! You and other untouchables dare to slander the county master! "I didn't expect that someone would dare to sue him in front of him! Mung Bean's eyes widened: "Yes, yes, yes, you pariahs, you dare to slander your master, believe it or not, you will be rewarded for your hardship!" He echoed the commanding scholar beside him, and when he slapped the wood, all the people were silent.
"Hmph, Huang Side, you are embarrassed to rape and harm the people, how many hurtful things have you done, do you still need us to count them! How many women have been harmed by this dog thief, and you are involved in it, it's simple! It's just unworthy of being a human being! "Meng Li made up his mind, even if he was killed, he would let out this evil breath, pointing at the fish and scolding, which instantly aroused the anger of the people." The old woman's daughter-in-law was robbed by this dog thief, and it was you! You heartless thing, let people beat my son to death! You! She trembled with anger, and her little grandson leaned on his arms and trembled.
"Huang Side, you pig and dog are not as good as something! Kill my in-laws and hurt my husband, you! You don't have to die well! "That's right! Dog officer, don't die well! "Give back my son!" "Give back my wife and children!"
The people in the hall who complained with Meng Li scolded and cried one by one, and the people who watched from the high stage were also infected by this oppression one after another, picking up the food in the vegetable basket in their hands and throwing them down the hall, all scolding all kinds of evils in water.
"Bold!" This fish master has been at ease for so long, and he has long been unaware of what the royal law is, and he was shocked, and everyone was frightened and quiet. The fish's hands trembled, and he pointed at Mrs. Meng: "Someone!" Escort this group of untouchables who slander their officials down and reward them with fifty boards! Seeing that the errand was about to step forward and escort people away, Huang Side beside him didn't know what bad idea he had, and stepped forward and whispered: "My lord, where do these untouchables have the courage to sue the official, look at it smallly, someone must be instigating and instigating behind the scenes, and please let the adults know!" ”
"Yes, yes, yes!" Yu Deshui nodded solemnly, and stopped the violent detainees: "The official is confused," he stared at Meng Li with a pair of mung bean eyes and sneered, and slapped the shocked wood fiercely: "Then the old lady of the Meng family, the official asks you, where did you have the courage to sue the official!" ”
"Whew!" Meng Li sneered: "Dog official, you have bullied the people for so many years, and you have done all kinds of evil in reckless disregard for human life, corruption and perversion of the law, where do you need the courage to sue you!" ”
"Phew! How dare you speak outrageously! I ask you! Who instigated you to make trouble! ”
In a word, the people watching below became noisy again.
"Do you say it or not!"
"Dog officer! You are not worthy of a man! "Dogs, don't deserve to be parents!" "You can't die well if you fish in water!" "Ignoring human life and bending the law," "Give back my children's lives!" Seeing that the official was about to be unable to resist the angry crowd, the fish panicked, and patted the shocked wood again and again: "You! You guys! Come on, punish this old thing! I don't believe how hard your mouth is! ”
As a servant forcibly dragged Meng Li out, the five-year-old grandson cried bitterly and tugged at her skirt, and was roughly kicked away by the servant. "Qu'er!" Seeing this, Mrs. Meng was overwhelmed with grief, broke away from these servants, and ran over to hug her grandson, who was paralyzed on the ground. "You... You dog official, how dare you punish the old man! She panicked and took out the waist card left by the strange girl three days ago, the waist card was made of pure gold, with complex patterns on it, and the dragon flew and the phoenix danced with the word "order", and the word "Yuci" was engraved in the upper left corner.
"Hmph, old thing, holding a broken sign and still trying to scare the official? What are you doing in a daze! Don't hurry up yet! Yu Deshui sneered, Huang Side next to him seemed to see those two words, his legs trembled, and he hurriedly pulled the angry Yu Deshui, realizing that this matter involved this waist card It is afraid that it will not end well.
"Master Huang, what are you doing with this official! Come on, go to the punishment! "Slow.... Slow down..."Huang Side trembled and leaned over to the ears of the fish: "Big... My lord... That waist card is a royal gift.."" Fishbone? What are fish bones? As soon as this word came out, among the people who came to join in the fun, the door scholars with faces in the county changed their faces slightly, and even the ordinary people, when they heard the word "royal", they understood that this was a noble thing, and they all quieted down and did not dare to make it again.
Huang Side looked bitter and was about to explain, "The imperial gift is given by the emperor, the fish official has been an official for three years, and he won't even know who this emperor is, right?" Lang Lang's girl's voice interrupted Huang Side, looking for the voice, a girl in blue fell lightly on the high platform under the hall, the complicated embroidered skirt was embroidered with a rotten butterfly orchid, and a blood-colored jade flute was pinned to her waist, her face was like a fairy, her eyes were like stars, she took the waist card in the hand of Mrs. Meng with her own hands, and walked to the table in the stunned eyes of the people, and her eyes looked at the stunned fish with a sarcastic smile.
"You! Who are you? Huang Side was shocked, staring blankly at the beauty who was so close in front of the case, and muttered without scruples: "Beauty... Beauty... What a beauty! ”
The girl glanced at Huang Side and smiled coldly: "You ask... Who is the main hall? Are you not looking for those who instigate trouble among the people? The main hall is coming," "You are so bold! Dare to instruct others to slander this official! When Yu Deshui heard this, he immediately turned his face, stood up and slapped the table with his big hand: "Come on, take down this thief girl to this official!" ”
For a long time, no one dared to move.
Everyone, including Huang Side, heard that this little girl called herself "This Temple." ”
There is only one kind of person in the whole world who will call himself the main hall, but there is such a person in this Longxian County.
Yu Deshui was furious, and was about to catch her with his own hands, when there was a commotion in the audience, and a team of black-clothed people jumped on the stage through the people, cut their arms and legs three times and two times, and knelt down in front of the girl.
"The subordinates are late, Your Highness forgives your sins!"