Trembling, like walking on thin ice, Zhang Jifeng walked out of the gate of Ziming Building with trembling calves and stomach trembling under the "escort" of several bodyguards.

As soon as he went out, Zhang Jifeng seemed to have fallen into the hands of the most murderous pirate in the South China Sea: "Wronged! I didn't do anything! ”

A tall worker rushed up and grabbed Zhang Jifeng's collar with one lunge: "Bah! And dare to talk nonsense. In front of so many people, I won't beat you out of the today! ”

As he spoke, the worker raised his fist with a big sand bowl, and saw that he was about to beat this machine wind to open the soy sauce shop like Lu Ti Zhi angrily beating the town of Guanxi, and the ladies on the second and third floors were so frightened that they covered their faces with fans.

Fortunately, someone stopped the angry fists of the workers at this time.

"Wait a minute, listen to what he has to say." Cheng Qi said, after he stopped the workers, he bowed his hand to Zhang Jifeng: "Boss Zhang, right?" In the east of the lower river, Cheng Qi, long admiration and long admiration. ”

"I'm glad I will." Zhang Jifeng reluctantly arched his hand, if it weren't for the support of the two big men, I am afraid that he would not be able to stand steadily-these two eight-foot men are the guards of Ziming Tower, they just need to care that nothing happens in Ziming Tower. As for what's going on outside, that's none of their business.

"Boss Zhang is the person in charge of Shouzhou Station, these people are all workers under you, relying on Boss Zhang to eat and Boss Zhang to drink. On weekdays, everyone is harmonious, Boss Zhang spends all day drinking, and the big guys eat porridge and cakes cleanly. Now that the year before last has arrived, the workers' families are sad, and they always want to have a good New Year for their parents and children, which is not too much, right? ”

Zhang Jifeng looked at the people present and hurriedly said, "Not too much, not too much." ”

"The workers want to pay for the New Year, and it's not too much to want to raise their wages a little more."

"This is ......" Zhang Jifeng cherished his money like his life, and spent 1,000 and eight on the girl without blinking, but if he wanted to spend an extra penny on the worker, it would be his own life.

The worker grabbed his collar again, and Zhang Jifeng hurriedly said: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, the board of directors has to meet together to discuss the wage increase, and I don't count if I say it alone." ”

Cheng Qi sneered and said: "This is a delaying tactic, even if you promise it now, as soon as you turn around, you will go to your ruffians and hooligans, and you will come to settle this account with the workers after the autumn." ”

Zhang Jifeng hurriedly swore that he had eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall, and he didn't have the guts. But where were the workers present willing to listen to him, and a few old ladies rushed out and scolded Zhang Feng for hiring murderers to beat people, and smashing all his family's belongings for the New Year, this year is impossible!

Zhang Jifeng didn't know what was going on at all, and thought that it was the useless subordinates who were messing around with him and causing trouble. Hurriedly apologized in a low voice, pointing to the Emperor God and repeatedly swearing that this matter had nothing to do with him.

"Hmph, it's okay, it's okay, why did you apologize just now?" Cheng Qi seized the loophole.

Zhang Jifeng was dumbfounded: "I ......"

"Explanation is a cover-up, and discernment is quibble." Cheng Qi waved his hand: "Tie up this reactionary element who sabotaged the strike!" ”

At the sound of an order, the workers rushed forward and tied up the innocent Boss Zhang Jifeng and Zhang, and he couldn't run away even if he was a monkey.

Zhang Jifeng was so frightened that his face was bloodless: "Help...... Help me...... Where are you going to take me? ”

Cheng Qi said: "Boss Zhang, don't worry, although you are extremely evil, you are not full of evil. We will send you to the prefect's yamen, and let the prefect take you. ”

In this way, Zhang Jifeng was tied up like a pig to be slaughtered, picked by the workers with bamboo poles, and sent to the prefect Yuxing all the way.

Yuxing is a pure-hearted person with few desires, and every night after dinner, he has to change into a Taoist robe and close his eyes in the bedroom, meditate and practice qi. But today, he just read the "Taishang Induction Chapter" silently in his heart, and the master pushed the door in: "Fujun, something happened again." ”

Yuxing was also helpless, and let out a long breath of turbidity: "It's really sad this year...... Which side is making trouble this time? ”

"The railway workers have arrested Zhang Jifeng and are parading the streets."

"Nonsense!" Yuxing couldn't sit still: "Why is there no one to maintain order on the street?" What about the two shifts of officers? All went home and hugged their wives and children on the hot kang? ”

"There are many railway workers, and they bring their wives and children to the streets with their parents. Several Ti Zhi didn't dare to move, so they came to ask the prince of the government how to deal with it? ”

Yuxing got up from the low couch where he practiced tuna and instructed the maid beside him, "Change clothes." Then he said to the master: "Let Meng Tiha and Zhu Tiha wait for me in the study." ”

After a short time, Yuxing changed into civilian clothes and came to the study, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Meng Hao and Zhu Qing, the two ministers of the Shouzhou Mansion Yamen, getting up and saluting him.

"Excuse me." Yuxing didn't have the heart to think about these false courtesies: "What's going on on the street now?" The end of the year is coming, why is it getting more and more chaotic? ”

Zhu Qing first introduced the two smashing and looting incidents that occurred in the afternoon, but he only said that it was a group of masked thugs, and the yamen was still investigating who instructed them.

Meng Hao said: "Fujun, now the workers are excited, should they appease them first, or ......?"

Yuxing is a civil official, and he hates those who fight and kill the most. He said: "The New Year is coming, and the poor will also celebrate the New Year, so let Zhang Jifeng break the wealth and eliminate the disaster." If he refuses to come up with the money, then it is better to suffer a little. ”

Meng Hao said in his heart: "Yes! That guy eats the road and never takes us ground officials to make a fortune. This time, the eating appearance is too ugly, and it is deserved to be pinched! ”

Zhu Qing said: "Fujun, will this continue to increase the prestige of the poor legs, and the other big families in the city will also ...... Afraid of living in peace? ”

Yuxing glanced at him: "It's almost the New Year, don't make any extraneous branches." ”

Zhu Qingzheng was about to continue talking, and someone outside the door came to report, saying that the workers had come with Zhang Jifeng and asked to see the prefect Qingtian. Yuxing frowned: "Let them send two representatives in." Also, arrange a table of wine and food, ready to crush Boss Zhang. ”

After the servant was ordered, Yu Xing got up and said, "Zhu Tixia, you go and carefully investigate who is the mastermind behind this gang of smashing and looting." Zhang Jifeng is an idiot, he can't do this kind of thing. ”

After that, he motioned for the two to leave, walked around the study twice, and bit each other's ears with the master for a while before going to the west hall. As soon as I entered the door, I saw Boss Zhang who was crying with a handful of snot and tears, as well as two majestic workers, and a handsome young man holding a folding fan and a Confucian scarf - naturally, this is Cheng Qi Cheng Xiaolangjun.