Feng Eping returned home, her father was not at home, and she also knew that now was the time of emergency, and it was impossible for her father's warm-hearted person to sit at home and wait for news.

Just when Feng Eping was anxious at home because of the refugee matter, she suddenly heard someone outside the house constantly shouting loudly, "Sister, sister". Feng Eping went out to see that it was a dog, and he was running in the direction of Feng Eping's house, and kept shouting "sister, sister".

Seeing this, Feng Eping thought that something must have happened, so Feng Eping also ran out of the door, "Dog! What's wrong? What happened? Feng Eping also said loudly.

The dog ran to Feng Eping's side and said breathlessly, "Sister, it's not good!" Go to the county office and have a look! Your father was arrested by the people in the county office! Feng Eping was stunned, "What's wrong?" How could my father be arrested by the county government? Saying that, Feng Eping took the dog and ran in the direction of the county government, and the dog said while running: "Soon after you left, my Uncle Yao and Aunt Yao came back, and when they saw that I had gone back, they said that they were going to the county government, saying that there were many people in the county government, so I went with them, and found that there were many of our fellow villagers, all of whom came from Yugan together, and there were many of your local people gathered at the gate of the county government, and they went to the county government to ask how to settle us from other villages. As he spoke, they quarreled, and then the people in the county government arrested a few of your local people and went in, including your father! ”

When Feng Eping and the dog came to the county office, there were still many victims gathered at the gate of the county office, and there were also many local enthusiastic people.

The county yamen was chattering, it was noisy, everyone you and I kept talking, Feng Eping saw that there were also a lot of victims just sitting listlessly sitting on the stone steps at the entrance of the county ya, they were either hungry, or sick, where did they have any strength to quarrel loudly! However, none of these people at the door, Feng Eping, nor did they know Feng Eping, and now his father is already in the county office, what is going on inside, Feng Eping does not know, and then, Feng Eping rushed to the gate and was immediately stopped by several guards.

"Let me in, my dad is inside." Feng Eping said indignantly.

"Bold! How can you enter the county government casually? If you know each other, go away! The guard yelled at Feng Eping fiercely.

Feng Eping continued to defend that he wanted to enter the county office, but the guards at the door still scolded, and the people gathered at the door also cast their eyes on Feng Eping. It seems that it is difficult for Feng Eping to enter the county office! Seeing this, Feng Eping thought about it, and wanted to enter the county government to see how things were going, and now there is only one way, which is to beat the shouting drum next to her!

Feng Eping walked to the drum, picked up the drumstick, and hit it hard without saying a word, "Dong Dong......" The drum sound was sonorous and powerful, and the people at the door were silent at the moment, and they were sweating for the "bold" girl in front of them, for fear that she would fall into a situation out of control. The guards at the door, just now with a hideous face, shouted at Feng Eping, when they saw Feng Eping beating and shouting the drum, they also shook their heads helplessly, they must also think that Feng Eping is a girl who doesn't know whether to live or die, this may be a big trouble, so one of the guards immediately went to the county office, presumably to report the situation to the county government.

Not long after, the guards who had just entered the county government came out again!

"You, girl who just beat the drum! Come in with me. ”

Feng Eping followed the guard into the door, and then Feng Eping thought to herself, "I'm beating the drum, I won't wait to ascend to the hall!" However, since Feng Eping has already beaten the drum, the matter has come to this point, of course she is not afraid, she is here to find her father, her father just followed those victims to ask the government to resettle the victims as soon as possible, there is nothing wrong at all, she also thought about it, if the county government has nothing to do, to find fault with their father and daughter, what crime to punish them, just rely on a few guards of the county government can not help them! However, she believes that in this critical and sensitive period, the county magistrate should not make trouble for them, after all, the most important responsibility of a local parent official is to protect the people and ensure the peace of the house.

The guard really didn't take Feng Eping to the lobby, but came to the inner hall behind the lobby, and before entering the inner hall, the guard stood at the door and reported loudly to the inside, "My lord!" The drumming woman has been brought! ”

Then a voice came from the inner hall: "Let her in." ”

"Let's go inside!" The guard said to Feng Eping, his tone was not as vicious as before, but said softly and politely, which made Feng Eping a little surprised.

When Feng Eping just stepped into the threshold of the inner hall, he saw his father walking over from inside and whispered: "Eping, why did you come to the county office?" ”

"Daddy! I heard that you are in the county office, so I came over to take a look, are you okay? ”

The father didn't say anything more, but took Feng Eping to continue to walk into the inner hall, and then Feng Eping found that there were six people in the inner hall, including his father, and the one sitting directly above it must be the county government, and the other four people in the hall were sitting in two rows on the left and right.

"Master Bao, this is the little girl Eping."

"Eping, come and see Lord Bao." The father whispered to Feng Eping to politely meet the county magistrate.

"The people's daughter Eping has seen Master Bao!" As soon as he arrived at the lobby, Feng Eping found that the situation inside was not as described by the dog, and his father was arrested, so Feng Eping also politely saluted the county magistrate in front of him.

"Since you're here, sit down!" The county magistrate said with an expressionless face.

Feng Eping and her father took advantage of the situation to find a seat and sit down.

"Lord Bao, there are hundreds of victims in Guixi right now! These people are currently gathering and wandering all over the county, they have nowhere to go, no food to eat, and they really urgently need the help of the government! An uncle sitting opposite Feng Eping said!

"Your Excellency doesn't know! Since these victims came to our Guixi, the official has sent people to inquire about the news several times, and has also asked people to provide them with help within their ability, clothing, and food, but later there are more and more victims, and the county government has no extra food for them, however, the official has reported the matter to the prefect, and has made a request to several surrounding counties to help these victims, but there is no news feedback yet. Master Bao said "helplessly".

"But my lord, these victims can't wait! People are iron and steel, not to mention that these victims have come from afar, physically and mentally exhausted, and some have even fallen ill, if there is no food to eat for a day, they may starve to death, so we must provide them with food and settle them properly! Otherwise, the consequences are unimaginable, my lord! At this time, my father also said to the county magistrate.

"This, of course, the official also knows, and the official is also very anxious, but he has more than enough heart and insufficient strength, and he can't do anything! Today, the official saw that everyone was working hard for the disaster victims, and their enthusiasm also made the official admire, so I invited a few people to come over to discuss and think of ideas to help these victims get through this difficult time! The county magistrate's tone changed, which surprised everyone sitting in the hall!

"Lord Bao, we are all ordinary people in Guixi, what can we do? If we have a way, how can we trouble you, the county magistrate? A slightly younger man next to him said.

"Yes", "yes", the people in the hall echoed the young man.

"Lord Bao! Please forgive me for being unreasonable! Can't the granary of our county government really allocate a little food to these disaster victims? The young man continued.

Obviously, the people under the hall, including Feng Eping, are hard to believe the words of the county magistrate!

"That's true! Last year, we had a great drought in Guixi, and we still owed taxes to the imperial court, so we thought that we could pay all these taxes this year, but now it seems that it is impossible, so ah! Our county government really doesn't have any extra food, and if there is, do you still need you and the victims to come and petition? This official is not a cruel and ruthless person, how can he bear to watch the people suffer? ”

Listening to what the county magistrate said, everyone knew that it was impossible to get food from this Lord Bao for the victims!

"Lord Bao, so to speak! How can the people outside be accommodated? If we can't provide them with food, the victims will starve to death, and when the time comes, the victims will be in turmoil, won't we also have great chaos in Guixi? "After sitting for so long, listening to them say so much has no result, especially the words of the county magistrate are high-sounding on the surface, but in fact they are prevarication, crying poverty, and making excuses. Feng Eping was really indignant, she wanted to hear what the county magistrate was planning! She knew that since the county government had let them enter the inner hall, since they had put on a deliberative posture, they must have already had an idea in their hearts, but this idea was never to take out any grain from his county office.

So! She wanted to hear what Master Bao would say next, and see what the cunning county magistrate was going to do.