Chapter Seventy-Six: The Grain Team
The assurances of Lord Chincha had some effect on the victims, but they could only last for a while, and if the victims still didn't see food before tomorrow night, I am afraid that even if the emperor's relatives came, they might not suppress the anger of the people.
"What? Have a food team to go into the city? Wang Yun, who listened to the news brought by the steward, looked shocked.
Yesterday, I heard that Xiao Qincha, who had not grown all his hair, was eager to pat his chest in front of the refugees and promised that there would be food delivered to Huaizhou City before today, and he made a bet with Lord Zhao on the spot that if someone transported grain into the city for disaster relief before today, he would let out the jade pendant of the jade winged double dragon that was hard to get.
The steward who was kneeling on the ground wiped the sweat from his forehead: "Back to my lord, after the soldiers who watched the city gate stopped the grain team, they hurriedly came to report to you." ”
"Well, he's got eyesight." Wang Yun was very useful for the flattery of the soldiers: "Wang Fu, you take the official seal of your official to the yamen, and let Zhou Shuo lead a team of officials to the city gate, intercept the grain cart first, and as for the people who carry the grain, they will be temporarily detained." ”
Wang Fu stood up and asked with some hesitation: "My lord, let's detain the grain cart privately, if it is known by Na Qincha, I am afraid it will be ......." ”
"What will be?" Wang Yun took the words with a calm face: "Are you a pig brain?" A few days ago, several Qincha who came to Huaizhou for disaster relief died, and the official saw that the grain team was suspicious, so couldn't he detain it and interrogate it carefully? ”
"Yes, yes, my lord is wise." Wang Fu nodded in fright.
There is less than a stick of incense left before Leqing promised the victims, and the vegetable market is surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.
Facing the suspicious, expectant or uneasy eyes of the victims, Le Qing's face was as usual.
"Lord Chincha, didn't you say that there would definitely be a grain cart into the city before today? But now that the two days have arrived, let alone the grain truck, even a grain of rice has not been seen. ”
"Lord Chincha, you have to give us an explanation."
"Lord-sama ......."
Tens of thousands of people questioned one after another, and Le Qing was helpless, but he believed that his cousin would not drop the chain at this critical moment.
"Be quiet, listen to a certain word." Le Qing pursed her thin white lips: "Since everyone can wait for two days, why are you afraid of waiting for half a pillar of incense?" ”
"Okay, we're sure Lord Chincha won't lie to us."
"That's right, Lord Qincha said that if there is food, there must be it."
"We'll just stand here and wait a little longer."
The victims were silent for a moment, and then shouted as if grasping the last straw to believe in Lord Chincha.
The gate of Huaizhou City.
Several officials surrounded the convoy carrying grain.
"What are you doing? We are businessmen who have come to provide disaster relief. Shu'an stepped out of the carriage.
Zhou Shuo, the chief catcher, pulled out the saber on his waist and sneered: "Arrest me, if there is a resistant, kill him." ”
"Who dare?" Shu'an stepped forward and pushed away a servant who was about to climb into the carriage: "My son-in-law came to relieve the disaster by order of the emperor. ”
"Came to the disaster relief on the orders of the emperor?" Wang Fu walked out from behind the chief catcher: "I think you look like bandits who killed Qin and cut off official grain?" ”
"Bandits? You say that this son is a bandit? Out of the carriage came a man in brocade clothes and a jade face: "Have you ever seen a robber like this son?" Ben Gongzi looks at you with thief eyebrows and rat eyes, but he is more like a bandit than Ben Gongzi. ”
"What a sharp-toothed little bastard." Wang Fuyin laughed and said to Zhou Zhutou behind him: "Zhou Zhutou, if you don't take them down yet, Lord Wang will fall after listening." ”
"This son has the emperor's holy will to hand it, see which of you dares to do it." The jade-faced boy took out a roll of bright yellow from his wide cuffs and looked at the group of officials who had changed their faces with a smile.
Zhou Zhutou hesitated.
Wang Fu pushed Zhou Zhu's head: "I'm afraid of what he will do, if something happens, Lord Wang will bear it." ”
Zhou Zhutou weighed it a few times, gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "The holy decree in his hand is fake, take down all these people." ”
The jade-faced boy was stunned, he didn't expect these people to take the holy decree seriously.
"You are so big, when my young master comes, he will definitely cure your sins and lock you all up." Shu'an, who was pressed underground by two officials, scolded.
Wang Fu walked up to Shu'an and stepped on Shu'an's back: "Lock us all up?" Don't you look at where this is, the entire Huaizhou City is in charge of my family, how old is the young master of your family? ”
Wang Fu's tone was so arrogant that even the domineering jade-faced boy was a little surprised.
It is not difficult to hear from the tone of this slave that he must know who the young master in Shu'an's mouth is, but since he knows, he can still say, "How old is the young master of your family." The words are enough to prove that the slave of a small prefect is so arrogant that he doesn't even take the dignified lord in his eyes, so isn't his family even more prosperous?
"My son's cousin is a minister appointed by the emperor today, and you are a little slave, and you dare to be disrespectful to him?" The jade-faced boy hid the shock in his heart and asked deliberately.
"That cousin of yours is Leqing, the son of the prime minister of the dynasty?" Wang Fu opened his mouth to know the name of Lord Qincha, and his tone was quite disdainful: "Now he himself is difficult to protect, I am afraid that he has committed public anger now, and he can't die anymore." ”
Once the victims riot, not to mention the adults of his family, even the big officials and Xiaoshi of the entire Huaizhou will definitely stand by and see how this Lord Qincha will end.
If you don't get eaten alive by the mob, I'm afraid you will lose half your life.
"Okay, okay, take it!" Wang Fu didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, kicked Shu'an, waved his hand, and motioned for the officials to escort away even those with cars.
"Wait!" At this moment, a hoarse voice interrupted the officials' movements.
"Aren't you dumb?" Wang Fu, who followed Wang Yun, naturally knew the handsome young man who walked towards them.
"Steward Wang, Zhou Zhutou, you can't take them away." The handsome young man didn't answer Wang Fu's words, but just stretched out his finger and pointed at the jade-faced boy and the others.
Wang Fu narrowed his eyes and warned, "Little mute, I advise you not to meddle in your affairs. ”
The beautiful young man squinted and smiled: "This matter is related to the reputation of my son-in-law, and I am still in charge of this matter." The voice of the exit was still hoarse and unpleasant.
Zhou Zhutou didn't know the handsome young man, so he reached out and patted Wang Fu's shoulder and said, "Steward Wang, there are so many of us here, I'm afraid that he won't succeed." As he spoke, he put the waist knife in his hand into the sheath and pointed at the handsome young man: "Take him back to the yamen with him." ”
The handsome young man didn't see fear on his face, but smiled easily: "I have already asked someone to inform General Qu, if you don't want to be locked up by General Qu's questioning, hurry up and go back and forth." ”