Chapter 20: The Squire
"This is it," said the old man, pointing to a very tall and solemn courtyard in front of him.
There were several officials guarding the door.
"Let's go!" Long Yu motioned for the old man to go in with him.
The old man shook his head again and again, he did not dare to go in.
In such an era, the common people always lack the courage to deal with the officials, let alone sue or something.
If you can't really live, who doesn't want to be a civilian!
This phenomenon has always been common in the history of our country, and even in ancient times, there was a rule that civil prosecutors must be beaten dozens of sticks before talking about things.
And this old man, even if he has no relatives and is dying himself, this fear has not been reduced much.
"Are you really not going with us?" Long Yu tried to persuade him.
But this man just shook his head and didn't dare to go.
Long Yu had to go in with two guards by himself.
"What for?" A servant stopped Long Yu who was walking inside.
"We're looking for your stewards here."
"You can also see the officials?" The official looked at Long Yu's dress and said unceremoniously.
Seeing this, the other officials on the side also planned to step forward and drive these people away.
However, as soon as their hands grabbed Long Yu, they suddenly found that the person in front of them was not simple.
No matter how hard a few people tried, they couldn't shake Long Yu in the slightest.
Because it's too hard,
In addition, several of them couldn't pull Long Yu alone, and they also felt a little embarrassed.
Several people's faces were already flushed.
Seeing this, the two guards shot one after another, and several officials were already lying on the ground with three fists and two feet.
The highest physical fitness of these officials is only more than 20, and they are basically not much stronger than ordinary people.
And Long Yu's guards are all carefully selected masters, and their physical fitness is about 100, and they are still practicing C-level and B-level martial arts provided by the state.
Naturally, these officials are far from being opponents.
The official in charge had already rushed out when he heard the movement, and when he saw the official lying on the ground, he thought he had encountered the rebels, and he was frightened and wanted to run.
"Stop, I'll do it if I run again."
Long Yu threatened from behind.
The official immediately knelt on the ground spinelessly, "Grandpa spare his life!" Spare your life! ”
Seeing this, Long Yu always felt that something was wrong with the script, shouldn't he show his identity as the prince and then kneel? Why is this kneeling?
"What are you doing on your knees? I haven't said I'm the crown prince yet! ”
After hearing this, the official not only knelt but also began to kowtow, "Uncle! I know you said the rebels, so there's no need to play tricks on me! Spare the villain's life! ”
"What am I lying to you! Could it be that you can give me money? Long Yu stuck his waist and was amused by the official and said happily.
But after finishing speaking, Long Yu waited for a while and didn't move, and turned to look at the two guards behind him.
At this time, shouldn't these two guys cooperate with themselves to prove their identities?
Shouldn't you take out the prince's token and let them see it?
But these two goods obviously didn't realize it, and just stood straight behind Long Yu.
"Aren't you two going to do something?" Long Yu said angrily.
"What? Didn't you tell us to follow behind you and say nothing, to do nothing? ”
Listening to the somewhat dumbfounded tone of the two goods, Long Yu was speechless for a moment.
All right! All right! It's all my fault.
I'm the one who said not to let you speak!
No longer counting on the two of them, Long Yu took out his own prince token.
"See this? I'm really the prince......"
The officer kneeling on the ground looked up at the glittering token,
Suddenly, the officials kowtowed more frequently, "His Royal Highness the Prince! It's really not that I don't want to save those victims, it's that I can't afford to offend those squires! Villains deserve to die, villains deserve to die. ”
At this time, when it was time to get down to business, Long Yu also became serious.
"Of course I know your difficulties,"
However, as soon as Long Yu's voice changed, if you didn't report it, your punishment would be indispensable.
The official's face was slightly relaxed when he heard Long Yu's words, but Long Yu's words later made him nervous again.
"What will this Crown Prince do with himself? I heard that he killed his own brother! ”
But at this point, he couldn't do anything, and his life was all in Long Yu's hands.
He can only cooperate with Long Yu well, maybe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not hold him accountable as soon as he is in a good mood.
"Now let all your servants gather together and come with me to the uncooperative squires."
The officials acted quickly, and after ten minutes, all the officials had arrived, and followed Long Yu towards the squire who took the lead.
The old man who has been standing outside the yamen waiting to see this young man who does not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth being driven out,
First, he saw Long Yu knock down several officials, which made him worried.
This person brought it by himself, what if the yamen holds him accountable in the future!
After thinking about it, he thought of the dry food given by Long Yu again, would the yamen take away these dry foods?
These are also given by those young people!
After thinking about it, he thought it was very possible.
No, he couldn't let the grain be taken away, and he decided to eat it quickly.
I broke another piece at the moment, ate it quickly, and then fled from here.
In this way, even if the yamen looks for itself, it will not be easy to find!
However, his escape also made him unable to see the subsequent scene, and all the servants went to find the squire together under the leadership of Long Yu.
In this way, Long Yu led all the servants and walked towards the squire under the shocked gaze of many victims on the side of the road.
"Are the officials going to do something to those squires this time?"
"I feel like ......"
"Do they dare? There are a lot of powerful people in those people, and there are people in the court! ”
"Maybe it's because of the young men? Someone pointed to the dragon feather who was surrounded by everyone in the center. ”
"There are people who have left to oppose it, and they are definitely not big people dressed so ordinary, how can they ......"
"Isn't it possible for a big man to be surrounded by so many adults in the center?"
……
In the discussion along the way, Long Yu and his party finally came to their destination.
The other party was obviously prepared, and greeted him outside the door early. However, dozens of strong people behind him looked like people who had practiced martial arts, exposing him, obviously not having any good intentions.
Long Yu didn't speak, and stood quietly behind the official, he planned to see what kind of attitude this squire had.
"The imperial court has ordered that each of your squires should take out all the grain stored and do their best to appease the victims."
"My lord, we have already produced hundreds of stones, and we will have no food ourselves, I hope your lord can understand!"
"The people pay taxes for the court every year, and in the year of famine, the court doesn't care about the people and let us take care of it, what kind of reason is this!" The squire said with a sad face, as if he was very aggrieved.
"You are talking nonsense, the imperial court doesn't care, it's just that all our grain has been sent out at present, and the grain requisitioned from other places has not yet arrived.
And are you squires so ruthless? Those who have been working for you for generations! "The officials were a little angry.
"My lord said this, they ploughed for us and I gave them food, and we don't owe each other anything."
"You ,......" the official wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say, and these squires didn't seem to be wrong......