Chapter 168: Compal County Government, Stealing Money?
Renbao Town is the most prosperous place in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages, so the people come to the town to buy anything.
Most importantly, Compal is the seat of the county government. If the people of Shili Eight Village have any grievances and accidents to deal with, they must go to the county government to report them.
Compal Town is neither big nor small, but basically everything that the people need can be found in the town.
Today, Xu Muchuan took Fu Hengsheng and the monk Wuming and dozens of soldiers hidden among the people to Renbao Town. Because he didn't wake up when he heard that he was not poisoned, he slowly came from Yujia Village in a carriage under the care of the old military doctor and Ran Hong.
The shouting of the little guys on both sides of the street kept reaching Xu Muchuan's ears, and Xu Muchuan muttered when he saw this: "It seems to be calm as water, but in fact it is turbulent." ”
Thinking of the people of Yujia Village living with gruel similar to clear water, Xu Muchuan's heart was filled with resentment.
"Childe, where are we going now?" Fu Hengsheng asked in a low voice.
Xu Muchuan glanced at the streets on both sides of Rembo Town and replied, "Wait until the evening to meet Changqing to see what news he finds, and then make plans." ”
"Hmm." Fu Hengsheng nodded approvingly.
At this time, the monk did not have the appearance of the previous master, he walked over barefoot, and looked at the tavern in front of him with bright eyes.
Monk Wumei licked his lips involuntarily, and was about to walk forward.
"Master, can we hold back first, and when this matter is dealt with, let you drink enough." Xu Muchuan saw the appearance of the enlightened monk at a glance out of the corner of his eyes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching slightly.
"Nan Wu Amitabha Buddha, Xu Shizhu, the little monk has always followed the precepts of my Buddha's Buddhism, if it is not for the sake of purifying sentient beings, the little monk will definitely not drink." The enlightened monk clasped his hands together and said slowly with a solemn expression.
Hearing the cheeky boasting of the enlightened monk, even Fu Hengsheng, who had always been indifferent, couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. Fu Hengsheng looked away from the monk who was concentrating on the Enlightenment Monk, otherwise he was afraid that his heart would not be able to stand it.
"........." Xu Muchuan directly gave the monk a roll of his eyes, not wanting to say a word of justification to this monk who had already reached a certain level of thickness.
"That's right, Lord Xu. Did you just say that when this matter is over, you should let the little monk have a good drink? The monk walked barefoot slowly behind Xu Muchuan and said, "Alas! Originally, the little monk wanted to follow the precepts of my Buddhism, but under the painstaking heart of the Xu donor, how could the little monk refuse? If it was because I rejected the kindness of Lord Xu and made Lord Xu feel guilty, then wouldn't the little monk let Lord Xu fall into endless hell. ”
"The Buddha said: If I don't go to hell, whoever goes to hell. Even if the little monk breaks his vows and drinks, he can't let Xu Shizhu fall into hell. Nan no Amitabha Buddha ...... "The enlightened monk kept muttering.
Xu Muchuan and Fu Hengsheng heard it clearly, and the muscles of their faces were trembling lightly for a while, and they were really speechless.
Then, Xu Muchuan and the others wandered around casually and walked to the gate of the county government.
In the county hall of Renbao, the plaque with these four big characters is hung high above the gate, which is extremely magnificent.
At the gate of the Renbao County Government, four young men in the clothes of the servants stood lazily and chatted together.
Xu Muchuan hid in the crowd and couldn't help frowning when he saw the appearance of the four men at the gate of the county government.
"Let's go to this tea shop and sit down and see what the atmosphere of this county government is." Xu Muchuan glanced at a tea shop diagonally opposite the Renbao County Mansion and said softly.
Immediately, Fu Hengsheng and Monk Wuming followed closely behind Xu Muchuan and walked towards the tea shop.
Sitting on the chair of the tea shop, Xu Muchuan casually sent the owner of the tea shop, and then drank this inferior tea and stared at the gate of the Renbao County Mansion.
Time passed through my fingers, and in the blink of an eye, it was noon.
Suddenly, at this moment, a group of noisy people walked briskly towards the county government. Xu Muchuan immediately lifted his spirits, squinting his eyes and quietly looking at the dozens of people who walked towards the gate of the county government.
"My lord! The little old man implored the master to call the shots. Standing in front of the noisy dozens of people, there was an old man in tattered clothes crying and shouting, and a little girl about six years old was still holding the old man's shriveled thighs tightly.
"Stinky old man, don't shout. Let me tell you, if you steal my money today, the lord will definitely deal with it impartially. Next to the old man was a man in his prime who pointed at the old man and yelled loudly.
The people around heard the noise, and soon there were nearly 100 people watching.
"You...... You are talking nonsense! This is obviously the little old man's money, and it is you, a man, who wants to rob me of my money. The old man was a little angry and his face turned red, and his bones trembled slightly.
"Cut! Where did you old man have the ability to earn these ten copper coins, it was obviously my money, and I was almost stolen by you. The strong man made an angry look and said with a big grin.
The little girl at the old man's feet was startled by the strong man's roar, her thin body curled up, and a pair of dirty little hands grabbed the old man's thighs tightly.
"You ......" the old man wiped the tears that were about to fall, and then walked to the door of the county government, bent his knees crying, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Please help the little old man!" I beg the master of the blue sky to be the master of the little old man! ”
At this time, a servant at the door pointed angrily at the old man and shouted, "What a noise! Shut up! ”
Soon, the people who were still talking just now stopped talking, and even the strong man who was swaggering just now just pouted and didn't say much.
Seeing that everyone was not making noise, the official who was roaring just now snorted coldly and walked towards the county government.
It didn't take long for the sound of drums beating from inside the county hall.
Thundered...... Thundered...... Knock knock knock......
As soon as the drum sounded, it meant that the county magistrate wanted to be promoted to enforce the law impartially and deal with this dispute.
The old man touched the thick tears that slipped from the corners of his eyes, then squatted down his skinny body, touched the somewhat dirty girl and doted: "Xiaowen, Master Qingtian will return the money to us in a while, and then we can buy new clothes to wear, and we can buy rock sugar gourds to eat." ”
"Well, grandpa, Xiaowen is going to eat two sugar gourds later, okay?" As soon as the little girl who was still crying heard the sugar gourd, she wiped her tears and snot, and after sobbing a few times, she pleaded with a milky voice.
"Okay, grandpa promised you, just buy two sugar gourds for Xiaowen." The old man touched the little girl's messy hair, and his somewhat sunken old eyes showed a strong sense of doting.
"Okay, hee-hee-hee-hee......" The little girl burst into tears and laughed, her bright little eyes were full of happiness, as if she was the happiest person in the world at the moment.
Xu Muchuan frowned and stared at the old man and the little girl at the gate of the county mansion, as if he was pondering something.
So, a group of people followed closely behind the officials and walked towards the lobby of the county government. Xu Muchuan and the others naturally mixed in the crowd and walked into the county hall.