After a little muttering, the old man sighed lightly: "Son, you don't know, the old man is a person from Suzhou, Jiangnan Province, because of the flood on Jiangnan Road in the previous year, so the imperial court moved us to Suzhou to settle, this Suzhou is not bad, there are a lot of wasteland, and it is also easy to cultivate, as long as the year is good, food and clothing are definitely not a problem, the original old man has been at ease to retire here, but suddenly heard others mention, saying that this year the Liao State will attack our dynasty in a big way, and as the forward position of the Xuzhou will also be full of wolves, soldiers and kills. ”

Speaking of this, the old man sighed again, and a worried look appeared on his face: "Little Lao'er was born in Jiangnan, he has never experienced a war in his life, but he didn't expect to face the invasion of the enemy country in this Zhouzhou, it is said that those Liao people are judged by the number of heads to evaluate military merits, and they will burn and loot everywhere, and do all kinds of evil, and the heads of our people will also be cut off by them to count their merits, and the little old man still wants to live a few more years, so he came to the county government to apply to see if he can return to Jiangnan." ”

"Sure enough, it's because I want to return to Jiangnan!" Cui Wenqing and Su Shi glanced at each other, and they both said silently in their hearts.

The people have good ideas, but the reality is cruel, according to the current situation, the imperial court will never let the people resettled in other places return to live in Jiangnan.

This is not only because it will consume a lot of money if the people resettled in other places go back, but more importantly, the current Jiangnan Road disaster relief is still in the process of taking care of itself, how can there be more spare energy to resettle the people?!

Cui Wenqing glanced around and said, "Uncle, are these people coming to the county government for the same purpose as you?!" ”

The old man nodded and said: "Most of them are like this, but there are also a small number of people who want to ask to see the county commander Ye Changchun, and they have their own demands." ”

Su Shi asked, "Then if that's the case, why doesn't this Ye County Order let you in?" ”

Hearing this, the old man was stunned, and said with a smile: "Childe, you should be a passer-by on the street when you see this county order, can you see each other?" Don't hide it from you, even today, the old man has been here for more than ten days, except for the beginning when Ye Xianling showed his face, the rest of the time was shrunk in the county ya, and he didn't come out to see us at all, a few young juniors were not convinced when they saw this, and chose to rush to the county ya, who expected that Ye Xianling ordered the soldiers to arrest them, and scolded the twenty big boards before letting them go. ”

Ning Zhen frowned and sneered: "What a mediocre county order, it is ridiculous to hide in the county government and not see the people!" ”

Cui Wenqing knew that according to the regulations of Qi Law, if there were no special circumstances, as long as people came to the county government to redress grievances or appeals, the county order must be immediately raised to inquire about it.

Not to mention that so many people are now gathered outside and demanding to meet the county magistrate.

Now this Ye county order not only turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear, but also punished a few young students, such a method will naturally make the people unconvinced.

Just as Cui Wenqing's mind flickered, another middle-aged man next to him interjected: "I heard others say that this Ye County Order is the protégé of the powerful people of the dynasty, and he is not afraid of us people at all, and according to the people in the Yamen, it seems that the imperial court has recently sent a pacification envoy to deal with the situation in Xuzhou, and Ye County Commander is preparing to hand over the mess in Baode County to the pacification envoy to deal with, and he himself handed a report to the state government, so as to serve elsewhere and avoid this troubled water." ”

Hearing Su Shi's words, Su Shi's color changed, and he instantly said angrily: "There is such a thing, this Ye County Order is too shameless." ”

The middle-aged man sighed and said, "People are officials, and we are the people, what can we do?" Now we can only hope that the new appeasement envoy is a good official who is the master of the people, and administers justice for us and the other people. ”

At the point of these words, Su Shi, Ning Zhen and Lotus Leaf Su San's eyes all looked towards Cui Wenqing's face involuntarily.

Cui Wenqing groaned slightly, as if he had made up his mind, and said to the old man and the middle-aged man: "Yes, I believe that the pacification envoy will definitely uphold justice for everyone!" ”

This was said sonorously and powerfully, and the old man and the middle-aged man couldn't help but smile.

However, the smile was more of a bitter smile, because they knew that officials had always guarded each other, and maybe the pacification envoy was the same as the county order, but it was just a raccoon dog.

Pinning hope on one person is really so slim!

After saying goodbye to the old man and leaving the main gate of the county office, Cui Wenqing's face was indescribably solemn, and he said: "Without further ado, we must go to meet the county order immediately." ”

Su Shi nodded, and then frowned: "But at present, the people have surrounded the county government a few times, how are we going to get in?" ”

Su San proposed: "Two sons, why don't we directly identify ourselves?" ”

Cui Wenqing shook his head and said: "The current situation is unknown, let's take the liberty of revealing our identities, maybe it will stir up a commotion among the people, and when the time comes, it will be even more difficult to investigate the truth of the matter, so the best way is to tell the county order directly about our arrival, and let the county order send someone out to greet us." ”

Lotus Ye tilted his head and asked, "But Childe, how are we going to notify the county order?" ”

Cui Wenqing glanced at Ning Zhen and said with a smile: "Don't we have a guard with strong martial arts here?" Just ask her to go and bring a few words to the county magistrate. ”

When Ning Zhen heard this, her eyebrows immediately rose up, and she said coldly: "Cui Wenqing, I am a guard, not a messenger for you to deliver a message, how can I go to do these things!" ”

Cui Wenqing shook his fingers and smiled: "Ning Guard's words are wrong!" If you take the liberty of revealing the identity of the official, it may cause a commotion among the people, and when the time comes, the crowd will be excited, and it is possible that there will be an accident, so for the sake of the safety of the official, I still ask Ning to make a special trip! ”

These words suddenly made Ning Zhen angry, but after thinking about it, he felt that what Cui Wenqing said still made some sense.

So she didn't insist anymore, and turned around with a cold voice.

Su Shi was amazed, clapped his hands at Cui Wenqing and smiled: "Brother Wenqing, your courage is really admirable, and your official authority is also dignified, but I didn't expect that even Ning Zhen would go obediently." ”

Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "As long as I am reasonable, Ning Zhen will naturally not refuse, it is really different from Guanwei." ”

Hearing this, Su Shi smiled faintly, but he understood in his heart that Ning Zhen was not the kind of person who would easily submit to others, and there must be a reason why she was so accommodating to Cui Wenqing.

However, what is the reason why Ning Zhen, the deputy head of the six doors, who is known as the Luoyang Tiger, can be as well-behaved as a kitten in front of Cui Wenqing? even came to be Cui Wenqing's escort at the expense of condescension, which really made him very curious.

(End of chapter)