In this way, for two days, Lin Qingji and the six casual masters did not stay in the inn, they went out before dawn in the morning, and did not return to the inn until the third watch in the middle of the night.

Two days later, Lin Qingji put on the imperial clothes of the Qincha and entered Jiaozhou City from outside the city, and nearly ten officials, including Zhang Shan, the prefect of Jiaozhou, and Ji Chun, the governor of Shandong, went out of the city to greet him. Lin Qingji nodded, and after greetings, he was led into the city by the officials.

After entering the city, Lin Qingji suddenly said: "Lord Zhang, this official has heard of the outstanding people of Jiaozhou for a long time, and it is an ancient city. ”

Zhang Shan glanced at Ji Chun, a little embarrassed, and after Ji Chun secretly gave a look, he said with a smile: "Lord Qincha has a life, and the lower officials dare not disobey, then please ask Lord Qincha to move into the sedan chair, and the lower officials will take you around Jiaozhou City." ”

"It's not necessary, the official doesn't like to sit in a sedan chair, so let's walk, so that I can see the style of Jiaozhou." Lin Qingji said with a smile.

Some other officials naturally didn't dare to disobey, just looking at the appearance of those people with big bellies and oily faces, they must be inseparable from the soft sedan carriage in three steps, and this walk is equivalent to asking for their old lives, and they all showed their faces, but they didn't dare to say anything.

And Lin Qingji has been practicing martial arts, not to mention walking around in Jiaozhou City, it is not a problem to walk three or five laps, he deliberately wants to organize this group of fat-headed, big-eared, and official-protected magistrates.

Lin Qingji walked on the cold street, and asked Zhang Shandao, who was accompanying him, with a puzzled expression: "Lord Zhang, why is this Jiaozhou City so deserted?" The official heard that Jiaozhou was prosperous and rich, but now he can see with his own eyes, how can it be so withered? ”

Zhang Shanxiang said with a smile: "Because of the invasion of pirates, the people in the city are very afraid, so they hide at home and dare not come out." ”

Lin Qingji nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then if these people don't go out to do business, how can they have money to live?" ”

Ji Chun said with a smile: "Lord Qincha doesn't know, the silver money allocated by the imperial court has also been distributed to the people in the city by Xiaguan and Lord Zhang, and after so many years, they also have a lot of savings, so they don't have to worry about their livelihood for a while, as long as they drive away the Shuikou pirates, they can solve the current dilemma." ”

"Oh? Is it? So what are the guys up front of you doing? Beggars? Lin Qingji frowned, pointed to a group of ragged people not far away, and asked.

A group of officials slowly approached, and there were about 100 beggars standing or sitting on the side of the street, all hunched over and begging with their hands or bowls, and when they saw these officials approaching, they knelt down and kept saying: "Please have mercy on us, I haven't eaten for a few days, please have mercy on us." ”

Lin Qingji showed a puzzled look, turned his head to look at several officials, and said in a cold voice: "Just now Lord Ji said that he had already allocated two taels of silver to the people, why are there so many people who are downtrodden and become beggars?" Can you explain what this is all about? ”

Ji Chun's face was embarrassed, and he didn't know how to answer, but he saw a beggar grab the corner of Lin Qingji's robe, and Zhang Shan, the prefect of Jiaozhou, said loudly: "Quickly protect Lord Qincha!" ”

Several officials stepped forward and wanted to kick away the woman who grabbed the corner of Lin Qingji's robe, but Lin Qingji waved his hand and said: "Don't bother, it's just a beggar, and it's also a common person of the Great Jin Kingdom, how can you be so rude?" ”

The two officials walked away in a daze, and Lin Qingji squatted down and looked at the woman in front of him and said softly, "This eldest sister, what do you have to say to me?" ”

Seeing that Lin Qingji had no official stand, the woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, her voice choked and hoarse: "I beg Lord Qincha to be the master for us, we really can't eat enough and don't have enough clothing, our family is starving to death, and we are dying of illness, and we haven't gotten the money from the court for disaster relief at all, my child hasn't eaten for two days, and he won't be able to live if he continues like this, please ask Lord Qincha to save us, save us." ”

The officials behind Lin Qingji were as ugly as ashes, and Ji Chun, the governor of Shandong, glared at Zhang Shan, the prefect of Jiaozhou, meaningfully, with an obvious threat, and all of this was seen by the six guards brought by Lin Qingji.

As the woman pleaded, more than 100 beggars behind her knelt down and said in unison, "Please let Lord Qincha decide for us!" ”

Then these beggars stabbed out all the actions of Zhang Shan, the prefect of Jiaozhou, especially the statement that the disaster relief silver and the people had a lot of savings, and slapped them hard.

After Zhang Shan saw Ji Chun's eyes, he stepped forward and said, "Lord Qincha, don't listen to these nonsense, the lower officials have not done what they said. ”

"What does Lord Zhang mean is that these Diao people in your mouth have joined forces to frame you? So what are they doing this for, and what's in it for them? Lin Qingji's voice was still soft, but there was indeed a chill in his eyes.

"This ......"

Without waiting for Zhang Shan to finish speaking, Lin Qingji said loudly: "Rest assured, thanks to the trust of the emperor and the crown prince, since this official is a messenger, he will definitely investigate this matter and give you a stable life, you give me some time first, and later I will order someone to build a porridge shed on the street in the city to give porridge to the people, you can go there first and wait for the distribution." ”

After listening to Lin Qingji's words, these beggars rushed to the streets of the city, the people's minds are the simplest, as long as the family stays together, there is food and clothing will be satisfied, but this wish is difficult in today's Jiaozhou.

Zhang Shan, Ji Feng and other officials saw the situation just now, their backs were already wet, they couldn't understand why they still appeared on the street when they had already driven these beggars out of the city in advance, of course they couldn't imagine that the young and handsome Qincha in front of them had already quietly arrived in Jiaozhou two days ago, and this group of beggars was led by this Qincha who they didn't look at.

What made them even more uneasy was that they seemed to be unable to hide their personal greed for disaster relief money.

Since they all knew that Qin Cha had arrived in Jiaozhou, they naturally couldn't live in the inn anymore, so several people moved to a three-entry mansion that had been arranged for them a long time ago.

As soon as he settled down his baggage, Lin Qingji gathered the six people who accompanied him and ordered: "I have debunked their faces, the next days should not be easy, a few of you will live in this main courtyard with me, there is a wind and grass to facilitate action." ”

Of course, a few people knew what Lin Qingji was referring to, in order to keep their official rank, in order not to become a prisoner and be questioned, these people jumped over the wall in a hurry, and what they thought of must be to kill Lin Qingji, the messenger sent by the imperial court, and then they could send someone to pretend to be a water thief to rob and kill, and when the time came, it was inferred that they died at the hands of the water kou pirates, and they didn't know it, and there was no way to check if there was no proof of death, and their official hats could naturally be kept.

But they didn't expect that the young Qincha had already seen through their tricks, and what was waiting for them was the dark prison and the big knife of the executioner at the entrance of the vegetable market.

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