Chapter 22: Bullying Children
Liu Shanglang's face, which was originally full of smiles, sank suddenly, "You are all made of flowers, and it will be bad if you don't give it to me, I am all for your good, why do you still ask me for money?" ”
Do you want to co-author? Zhang Tao couldn't hold back and laughed.
"You, what are you laughing at?"
Liu Shanglang looked at the child in front of him who was eight or nine years old, and his eyes laughing at him were more terrifying than the housekeepers of big families he had seen, and the words he blurted out were all trembling.
"Laughing at what? Of course, it's laughing Uncle Liu, your daytime dream is very beautiful, and if you want to pick up a bargain, you actually picked up the head of an eight-year-old doll? ”
Zhang Tao deliberately raised his voice, tears rolled around his eyes, and a group of people soon surrounded him.
"It's shameless for such a big man to bully a child."
"This kid looks pitiful."
"This kind of bully should not live."
"Yes, let's report to the official, isn't the prefect sacrificing inside."
"Yes, yes, let's report to the official, we can't let this kind of person harm us."
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Liu Shanglang never thought that he would be put on such a big hat without doing anything, and even reported to the official. He wanted to get out of here quickly, but he was tightly surrounded by onlookers, and he couldn't move an inch.
"Don't listen to his nonsense, I didn't bully him."
Liu Shanglang was angry, stomped his feet and yelled at the onlookers.
Liu Xianglang's angry appearance made the onlookers even more convinced that he was indeed not a good person, and Zhang Tao had been standing beside him, watching quietly, without saying a word.
After a while, people from the government came, and the prefect participated in the activities, and the security measures were very sufficient, just worried that such a situation would occur.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way," the officials scolded the crowd of onlookers, and everyone consciously moved out of the way, "What's the matter?" ”
When Liu Shanglang saw the official errand coming, he felt confident.
"My lord, this group of Diao people framed me, and I will arrest them all in prison."
As soon as Zhang Tao heard Liu Xianglang say this, he raised his head and looked at the official led by him, Yo, it's a bit interesting to hear this, it seems that these two people know each other, maybe they have a lot to do with each other.
The official mission headed by him is called Zhang Dalong, who is a small head in the government office, and he is usually very dignified when he goes out.
"You're making trouble?" Zhang Dalong frowned and glanced at Liu Xianglang, "Who is the other party?" ”
Liu Xianglang looked at Zhang Tao viciously, "My lord, it's him!" ”
Zhang Dalong followed Liu Lang's line of sight and saw a seven or eight-year-old child, dressed quite neatly, standing in the stall, obviously also setting up a stall here.
"Did this kid take your stuff?"
Seven or eight-year-old children are not sensible, and Zhang Dalong has encountered unclean hands and feet a few times, so he thinks that this time is the same as the situation encountered before.
didn't even understand the basic situation, so the official set a name for himself, and Zhang Tao's anger came up all of a sudden.
"This lord, which eye did you see me taking his things, so many pairs of eyes at the scene, you didn't ask anyone, only asked Liu Xianglang, are you afraid that what others say is inconvenient for you to directly condemn me?"
Zhang Tao bypassed the stall, walked in front of Zhang Dalong, and asked.
"The official asks, don't interject in your little hairy boy."
was said by Zhang Tao in the heart, Zhang Dalong yelled at Zhang Tao.
"If I wasn't on the other side, I wouldn't have interjected, but now that I've been bullied, won't you let me speak? The official is not the master of the people, why do you wear the clothes of this official? ”
What are you kidding, if she is yelled at back, it will be humiliating for herself to stand up, she doesn't believe that in front of everyone, this official really dares to do anything to herself.
Zhang Tao guessed right, in front of everyone's eyes, after Zhang Dalong was scolded by Zhang Tao, he didn't dare to show more dissatisfaction, and he could only hold back his anger.
"Let you talk about it when you say it, don't talk about it here and influence me to handle the case, come and two people to take them away."
In essence, Zhang Dalong didn't dare to do anything to Zhang Tao, but he couldn't be weak in momentum, and Zhang Dalong had his own set of methods to deal with these flat-headed people.
The official behind him listened to Zhang Dalong's words and stepped forward to pull Zhang Tao and Li Chengshou away, and even kicked their stall down.
Zhang Tao was anxious on the spot, "What do you want to do?" Just go, why kick my stuff? Liu Lang wants to take my things for nothing, and it will be my fault if I don't give them? That's how officials make decisions for the people? Kicking my mess and ruining my stuff completely, isn't it? ”
Those who are barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, if they are not stronger, there will be more people who bully them in the future.
The officials who wanted to step forward to catch Zhang Tao were stunned when they saw Zhang Tao splashing, and they didn't dare to step forward and stretch out their hands easily.
"What are you doing stunned, are you still afraid of a monkey? Bring it back to the yamen, and you can't make it if you don't hit it. ”
Zhang Dalong pointed at Zhang Tao angrily and said.
"You guys are doing this, does Lord Xu know?"
Just when the officials were about to start grabbing Zhang Tao, someone behind the onlookers asked lightly.
Everyone turned their heads in unison to see who was sacred at this time.
This person is none other than Mrs. Lin Xu Yan, who adopted Xiaoman. Xu Yan held Xiaoman in her hand and stood behind watching the farce in front of her.
Not many people in Xunyang City knew that the prefect Xu Congwen was Xu Yan's cousin, and even the people of the Lin family didn't know. It's not that the relationship between the brother and sister is not good, but Xu Yan has just returned to Xunyang City, and Xu Congwen has been busy, so the brother and sister have not yet communicated, but this does not mean that Xu Yan does not know that the prefect of Xunyang City is her cousin.
didn't want to care about it, but seeing that the two children on the other side were Xiaoman's friends, and Xiaoman looked concerned and anxious, Xu Yan came forward.
"Mrs. Lin?"
Zhang Dalong was a little surprised, the Lin family is a famous family in Xunyang City, although it is mainly business, there are also many children of the Lin family in the officialdom, and Mrs. Lin is a girl from a family in the capital, Zhang Dalong can't figure out why Mrs. Lin cares about such idle things at this time.
Zhang Tao saw Xiao Man beside Mrs. Lin, her heart was sour, since Xiao Man left, this was the first time the two of them had met, after all, they were partners who had been in trouble together, it was normal for Zhang Tao to have some feelings in his heart.
When she saw Xiaoman for the first time, she knew that Mrs. Lin's words to help her must be because of Xiaoman, and she thought that Xiaoman would no longer have dealings with herself and Li Chengshou when she entered the Lin Mansion, and Zhang Tao blamed herself for her previous thoughts.
"These two children have helped me, and it is also what I should do to help ask and understand, but I don't know if you do this, do you Lord Xu know?"
Xu Yan mentioned Lord Xu again, Zhang Dalong was a little panicked, he only wanted to save face, and wanted to be majestic in front of the people, but he was not stupid, he knew that Lord Xu's most important home was reputation, if his behavior affected Lord Xu's reputation, Lord Xu would definitely not let himself feel better.
At this time, Zhang Dalong really regretted it.
"Lord Xu is worshipping, and we are also sharing worries for Lord Xu."
"Is it really worrying or fake worrying, I'm afraid that Lord Xu's opinion is different from yours, right? Before the matter is clear, you have to bring people back to the yamen to torture, and your official authority is much greater than that of Lord Xu. ”
Xu Yan's words raised Zhang Dalong's behavior to a higher level, and her height is different from Zhang Tao's simple dispute between the government and the people, and the reputation of the direct leader is much more seriously damaged than the reputation of the "official".
As long as it involves personal interests, no one will let it go, and now it is impossible for Zhang Dalong to get out of the matter.
"Mrs. Lin, there are some things you can say, some things you can't say, you can't slander little me."
Zhang Dalong is also a master who can bend and stretch, he is the master of the official family in front of Zhang Tao, and he immediately becomes a grandson in front of Mrs. Lin, but the tone he says still lacks due respect.
"Mrs. Lin has something you can't say, Zhang Dalong, you tell the official to listen."
Zhang Dalong never expected that Lord Xu would go down the mountain at this time, and he didn't expect that Lord Xu's first sentence was full of accusations.
Xu Congwen may not be a clear official who sees everything and cares about the sufferings of all the people in the world, but he is also a clear and reasonable person, but more often he plays the role of a child of a family who does nothing, and can be an official who does not seek merit but seeks no fault.
But his own sister was threatened by his own servants, and he said that he couldn't take it as invisible, if Xu Congwen had the most outstanding advantages, it must be to protect his shortcomings.
And among his own sisters and servants, he must be his own sisters.
"Your Excellency."
The officials who came with Zhang Dalong were a little stupid, when did Lord Xu come, none of them saw it, and they were involved by Zhang Dalong, and they didn't know if they could keep this errand.
"Is that you?"
Seeing Zhang Tao, Xu Congwen was a little surprised, this kid was negotiating with himself at the beginning, and if he wanted to save money for the yamen by self-reliance, he remembered it clearly.
Xu Congwen felt a little headache, in his opinion, Zhang Tao was not a child to be messed with, or a big trouble.
"Your Excellency is well."
Zhang Tao bowed to Xu Congwen steadily, which was regarded as a response to his question just now. Li Chengshou followed Zhang Tao on the side and gave a salute.
"Yan'er, why are you here?"
Hearing Xu Congwen call Mrs. Lin "Yan'er", the faces of the people present were lively, especially Zhang Dalong, he thought that Mrs. Lin was majestic, relying on the reputation of the Lin family in Xunyang City, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't imagine that Mrs. Lin actually knew her own adult, and she had a great relationship.
"Second brother, this is my recently adopted daughter, and she couldn't stand her friend being bullied by the officials, so she begged me to help her."
Xu Yan pulled Xiaoman in front of Xu Congwen and said unhurriedly.
Xu Congwen looked at Xiaoman a little familiar, "Why does this kid look so familiar?" ”
"My lord, I was also the child who was abducted and trafficked, and I left with them later."
Xiaoman felt that Master Xu in front of him was a person who could support him, and he had confidence in his heart, and his voice was crisp and crisp.