As soon as Fu Xiaojiu finished asking, Wan Zhang replied again: "The richest man in Dongzhou County turned out to be that evil young man. After he was beheaded, all his businesses were bought up by a porcelain merchant. The merchant's name is Guo Lin, and he should be the largest and most well-connected person in Dongzhou County now. ”

Fu Xiaojiu asked anxiously: "Is there any kind of business in Guo Lin that is more profitable when there are natural and man-made disasters?" ”

"Huh?" Wan Zhang was a little puzzled, but quickly reacted, "He seems to have a coffin shop and the largest rice noodle shop in the county." ”

Fu Xiaojiu pursed his lips, "Coffin shop and rice noodle shop?" This is really a good deal for disasters! ”

But soon Fu Xiaojiu shook his head again, "This Dongzhou County is so well governed by you, there are no people who starve to death at all, and the business of the coffin shop may not be very popular." Unless he's already working against you, so that this drought will kill more people! But I don't think he's that capable. ”

Wan Zhang also spoke for Guo Lin, "Guo Lin has a good reputation, he has never worked against me, and he also donated a lot of rice and noodles to the yamen." ”

Fu Xiaojiu nodded and said: "Yes, even if he doesn't donate rice and noodles and wants to stock up on Juqi, but the surrounding counties have been affected, and he will have to pay a high price for food in the future." It doesn't make much sense to stop the drilling of wells in order to sell more grain. ”

Wan Zhang already knew that Fu Xiaojiu was suspicious of Guo Lin, so he said fairly: "Fu Langzhong, you won't suspect that the so-called villagers were instructed by Guo Lin, right?" I don't think he's going to do that. ”

Fu Xiaojiu said: "I do doubt him, but now I don't doubt him." But if it weren't for him, who wouldn't want the drought to be alleviated? ”

Wan Zhang also thought about it carefully, "Actually, Jinping Village is next to Dongzhou County in the east and Quanling County in the west. The original county order of Dongzhou also competed with the county order of Quanling County for Jinping Village, and later it was Lord Zhizhou who assigned Jinping Village to Dongzhou County. ”

"How can such a thing happen?" Fu Xiaojiu was very surprised, "Could it be that the county magistrate of Quanling County still holds a grudge against this matter, so he doesn't want the people of Jinping Village to live a good life?" ”

Wan Zhang said in disbelief: "He wouldn't do such a thing, right?" It's a matter of human life, not a time to be angry! And how could he have the audacity to go against Chincha? ”

Fu Xiaojiu shrugged his shoulders, "Who knows?" Maybe the county order just ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, right? Since there has been such a festival in the two counties, it is a clue. Brother Zhang, you can rest in peace, I will tell my father-in-law this clue, and let him and Lord Qi investigate. ”

Wan Zhang smiled gratefully at Fu Xiaojiu, "Then there will be Brother Lao Lin and Master Qi." But if you want to ask anything, you can come to me at any time, I am physically inconvenient, but I will not delay my head and mouth. ”

Fu Xiaojiu wanted Zhai An and Tan Zhanpeng to go home to rest, but the two of them still didn't leave, saying that they could rest in shifts, and said that Wan Zhang had done a lot of practical things for the people of the county, and now was the time to repay him.

Fu Xiaojiu had no choice but to let them stay here.

Nianzhen brought her two daughters to visit Wan Chang in the morning, and when she saw that Wan Zhang's complexion was fine, she was relieved.

After all, Wan Chang has not recovered yet, and Fu Xiaojiu is afraid that Nianzhen will be cranky when she sees Wan Chang like this, so she asked her to be in charge of distributing the supplies and told her to come and see Wan Chang again at night.

Although Nianzhen is worried about Wanzhang, but also concerned about the people of the county, she can do something to help the people, not only does she not always have to worry about Wanzhang, but it is also the best explanation for Wanzhang to let the people eat and clothe themselves.

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo have been gone for almost an hour, but no one has come back to report the news, and Fu Xiaojiu couldn't help but be distracted during the free clinic.

Nianzhen also knew what was going on, and looked into the distance from time to time, hoping that Wanlin and them could return safely as soon as possible.

When Wan Lin and Qi Hong arrived at the place of the accident, the officers and soldiers and the villagers had already formed a mess, and billowing smoke and dust flew up.

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo hurriedly dismounted, but they were all stopped.

Dai Hui said to them: "The little one went over first and told them that the Qincha adults were coming, and if they knew each other, they would be able to make a truce!" ”

After saying that, Dai Hui ran over there.

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo didn't have to rush over, otherwise they were really injured by the two groups of people with red eyes and had an accident, wouldn't it be even more chaotic?

Dai Hui ran to the two groups of people who were fighting together and shouted, "Don't fight! The Chincha Adults have arrived! If you fight again, you will be guilty of the following crimes, interfering with official business, and you will all have to go to jail! ”

Dai Hui's shouting was really effective, and the two groups soon stopped.

To Dai Hui's surprise, although the officers and soldiers had weapons and good kung fu, the villagers did not suffer any losses, but were only slightly injured.

A man of Dai Hui's level hurriedly walked up to him and said, "This group of Diao people is not like ordinary villagers! Although we didn't kill them, it took seven or eight successful husbands, and they were able to fight us so far without being hurt much! ”

Dai Hui also had a judgment in his heart, and said to him: "Our people just have nothing to do." You go and calm the emotions of the officers and soldiers first, and I'll go and bring Master Wan and Master Qi over. ”

When Dai Hui brought them over, he told him about his suspicions about the villagers.

Wan Lin whispered to Dai Hui: "How can it be an ordinary villager who dares to make trouble when the Qin mission comes? Wan Xian Ling also had the same speculation. Let's be impatient, and don't be in a hurry to question them, and wait for me and Master Qi to probe their tone. ”

Qi Hongkuo followed and said, "What Master Wan said is right. After all, this is other people's territory, we can't be too reckless, we must be calm. ”

Dai Hui replied sensibly: "Don't worry, the two adults, the younger one has already told our people, and we are all measured." ”

There are a total of twenty villagers in this group, and the leader is indeed a big man, about 1.9 meters tall, in his early thirties, muscular, with a horizontal face and a pair of crab eyes full of thief light, which makes people uncomfortable to look at.

He looked like a peasant, though he wore a patched sack shoulder and a pair of coarse cloth pants with patches on it.

But Wan Lin noticed that the shoulders of his kan shoulders did not have the marks of grinding on the shoulders worn by other peasants, who often carried farm tools.

Not only this big man, but also some of the others looked dark-skinned, but not only the patches of the clothes were not worn, but even the skin of the exposed ankles was delicate.

And the farmers here work in the fields all year round with their trouser legs, and the skin on their ankles is rough and even a little chapped by the wind and sun.

Wan Lin had already determined that this group of people was not a villager.

The people who fought with them just now couldn't suppress their anger, and yelled at them angrily:

"You guys are so daring! The emperor sent Lord Wan and Lord Qi to relieve the disaster, in order to alleviate the disaster situation as soon as possible to dig a ditch and dig a well here, you actually dare to stop the well! Did you not take the emperor in your eyes, or did you not take the Qincha adults in your eyes? ”

This group of people really didn't know what to do, and no one refuted after being yelled at.

Wan Lin said to Nadutou: "Don't talk about them yet, they may have some unspeakable suffering, right?" ”

Qi Hongkuo saw Wan Lin glaring at him, and immediately said, "Don't worry, although you had some misunderstandings with the officers and soldiers just now, just talk about the misunderstanding." Can you tell me why you don't want us to dig a well here? ”

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo are saluting first and then soldiers, if these people are too ignorant of lifting, they will not blindly accommodate these "villagers".

The big man secretly looked at these two Qincha for a long time, and he also had some calculations in his heart.

"The grass people have seen the two Qincha!"

The big man opened his mouth first and knelt down with his head.

Everyone else also knelt down, and the big man said: "The grass people just contradicted the officials, it was the grass people who were reckless, and please punish the adults!" ”

Wan Lin said to them with a pleasant face, "Get up and speak." ”

They just stood up, and Wan Lin looked at the big man and asked, "What's your name?" Where to stay? ”

The big man made a humble appearance, lowered his head and replied very naturally: "The grass people's name is Xiong Ersheng, and they live in the courtyard of the third row of the head in the east of the village. ”

Although Xiong Ersheng lowered his head, Wan Lin still had to raise his head to look at him.

"What the hell are you bringing these people to stop digging the well?"

Xiong Ersheng said with a look of grievance: "If you dig a well here, it will not be good for the feng shui in the village, and it will make the men in the village unable to marry their daughters-in-law!" Our village is already poor, and there are a lot of singles! ”

Speaking of this, Xiong Ersheng muttered even more aggrievedly: "I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet!" ”

Such a reason is really simple and ignorant, but it is very in line with the character of Xiong Ersheng.

But the bad thing is that his pair of thieves are slippery and have a pair of fierce crab eyes.

Even if he imitates his clothes and behavior, his eyes betray him.

Wan Lin was not in a hurry to expose him, and said very cooperatively: "If you really don't want us to dig a well here because you are afraid of destroying Feng Shui, you just need to explain the reason." Although tackling the drought is a top priority, it is also important to respect the customs and customs of the people. ”

After speaking, Wan Lin said to Dai Hui: "Since they don't want to dig a well here, let's change places, there is no need to hurt the harmony of the government and the people for such a trivial matter." ”

When Dai Hui heard this, he immediately knelt down.

"My lord, if it was really because of the matter of digging a well, it would have been fine, but they hurt people first and almost killed Mr. Gong! And they also dare to attack the officials, two adults, this is not a trivial matter! ”

Wan Lin's face changed in astonishment, "They almost killed Mr. Gong?" Are you saying that they caused Mr. Gong's injuries? ”

Qi Hongkuo also immediately widened his eyes in surprise, "Is this true?" I said, why isn't Mr. Gong here, where is he now? Can you be sent for healing? ”

The three of them were deliberately acting, and Tan Sujing stood aside and secretly gave a thumbs up to their acting skills.

Dai Hui said with a bitter face: "When the little one went to report to the two adults, Mr. Gong was sent to the yamen, presumably he missed it with us." At that time, the little one was worried that there would be another accident here, so he didn't report the injury of the second adult, Mr. Gong, and asked the two adults to punish him. ”

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo's faces all sank, and they all looked at Xiong Ersheng and the others.

Wan Lin asked with a straight face: "Xiong Ersheng, did you really almost kill our superintendent?" ”