Chapter 37: Sophistry
The person who came was the inspector Shen that everyone was talking about.
Not far behind him was a young man with a cautious face and careful eyes.
As soon as he appeared, several archers who had previously flaunted their might were immediately frightened. Two of the more timid ones fell to their knees as soon as their legs were weak, and their bodies trembled like chaff.
The people around him, who were afraid of causing trouble, had quietly left, and the timid ones knelt down one after another, and the bold ones were consciously silenced, and everyone's eyes were cast on the majestic existence in the street.
Lord Shen walked up to the archers and looked directly at them with frost on their faces, and the archers who were still stiff at first couldn't stand the pressure, and their legs bent and knelt.
Seeing this, the two coachmen were even more in a cold sweat, and kowtowed to the ground: "My lord, we don't dare anymore, we don't dare anymore, let's drive the car away immediately, and please don't arrest us!" ”
"Humph!" Lord Shen snorted coldly and was noncommittal, but then he heard him say sharply to the archers: "Make amends to the villagers!" ”
As soon as he said this, the archers did nothing, but the two coachmen shouted in fright in unison: "My lord, I can't help it, I can't help it, it's really us who are wrong today!" ”
"Reparation!"
The archers looked frightened and didn't know what to do, and after looking at each other for a while, they really couldn't stand Lord Shen's gaze, so they had to open their mouths and say a few words. Although these words were as thin as mosquitoes, they surprised the two coachmen and the people around them - this is something that has never happened in Luoxia Town! Shame on the street, how can these archers be errands after this spreads?
However, these archers did not dare to think about the future errand for the time being.
This Lord Shen has been in office for more than two months, and he has always been the shopkeeper, and the dragon has not seen the end. But because of his actions, the two largest Ma and Huang factions in the inspection department did not care about it for a while, and the battle between them became increasingly fierce.
After the last fight, both factions exposed a lot of smuggling and bribery secrets, and this adult, as a yellow finch that catches cicadas, picked up a big bargain without much effort. Several of the most troublesome thorns were directly dismissed, and even Ma Jinbao, who was beside Ma Huaide, was suspended from his position, which was equivalent to clamping one of Ma Boss's arms, and Huang Guangfu was restrained for many days.
The two eldest brothers seemed to want to shake hands and make peace recently, and in the past two days, they also instructed them, the people below, to take advantage of Lord Shen's unauthorized search of people's houses two days ago, and take the opportunity to do some small tricks, which is best to arouse the anger of the people, but it was only three or two days before it was broken. What they are thinking about now is not how to give the two big brothers above, but they are worried about whether they will be dismissed because of this.
I really wanted to come to something, and I only listened to Lord Shen turn his head sideways and explain to the fifth junior high school behind him: "Write them down and deal with them!" ”
The fifth year of junior high school, which was a big step behind Lord Shen, hurriedly responded respectfully: "Yes, my lord!" The small ones are all remembered. ”
At this moment, three panicked middle-aged people rushed out of the crowd, and pleaded on the ground: "My lord, my lord, please forgive the children for being reckless and ignorant, they are also acting according to orders!" Please don't dismiss them! ”
All three were dressed in cotton shirts, and one of them was wearing a bib, apparently doing business in the neighborhood.
"Oh? Who's at your disposal? ”
"Listen, listen......" The three of them didn't dare to say.
"No order! It's all, it's all my idea! The leader closed his eyes and interrupted, but his courage was commendable.
"Very good...... I'm afraid, you can't afford it alone! Go back! ”
The archers immediately got up in a hurry, and fled under the leadership of the leader, and the three middle-aged men who suddenly appeared looked at each other a few times, and also got up to catch up with the two timid archers, and left together.
Lord Shen didn't leave, he bowed his hand to the onlookers, and his eyes glanced at the fifth day of the first month.
The fifth meeting of the first month stepped forward, stood half a step behind Lord Shen, and also made a gesture to the people around him, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, after this matter, please spread the word among the neighbors, and if you see such behavior again in the future, don't pay attention to it, you can also go to the inspection department to complain, our adults will definitely make decisions for you!" ”
As he spoke, he looked at Lord Shen, and when he saw Lord Shen nodding almost invisibly, he immediately became full of confidence and commanded in a cold voice: "Two coachmen, you should immediately move the carriage out of the way and get out of the way, and don't make trouble on the street like this next time!" The folks who have nothing to do are scattered! ”
As if the spell was lifted, the atmosphere on the street loosened at once, and some people left in a hurry, while others took the initiative to help, quickly clearing the road.
Lord Shen saw that order had been restored on the street, and was about to leave, when he swept his eyes to Jiang Han, who was looking at Jiang Han on crutches. He glanced slowly at her left foot, then strode forward.
The fifth junior high school who followed him also glanced at her and smiled.
When Jiang Han saw the reaction of the master and servant, he remembered the seventy taels of silver that should have been in his hand, and as soon as his head was hot, he boldly limped to catch up.
"Hey, big blackface, wait a minute!"
Lord Shen's back froze, and his face was gloomy as he slowly turned his head to stare at her.
"What are you looking at?" Jiang Han glared back without fear of death, and asked in an unkind tone, "Why did you swallow my seventy taels of silver?" ”
"Inexplicable!" Lord Shen frowned when he heard this.
"You are inexplicable, without me, can you catch the kidnapper and save the child? And I almost lost my life for this, so Master Xu's one hundred taels of silver should be mine! Why did your inspection department covet me seventy taels? After Jiang Han finished speaking, he stretched out his hand towards him.
"The child you saved?"
"Yes, without me, the child would have sunk to the bottom of the water and would not have been found, of course I saved it!" She said confidently.
"Who saved you?" Lord Shen stared at her without blinking.
At this moment, his eyes are like black holes, as if they can suck people's souls. This made her a little breathless, uncomfortable but unable to dodge.
"Me? I...... I, I swam to the shore by myself! "Her eyes dripped, 'me' for a long time, and she had to play a scoundrel with her neck.
"Really?" Lord Shen withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at her.
"Little second brother, you didn't swim to the shore by yourself, you were rescued by my family! Without my lord, how could you still have the life to take the silver! On the fifth day of the first month, he saw that his family was wronged, so he hurriedly came out to fight the grievances.
"So, what if he saves me? I'm also here to help you catch people in the water! As the biggest official in Luoxia Town, shouldn't he save me, a good citizen who has acted bravely? ”
"But you also got someone's honorarium, and my family saved you, should you also thank my family?" Seeing that the adults of his family did not stop him, he took the opportunity to compete with Jiang Han.
"Then, that shouldn't take seventy taels!" Jiang Han quibbled without suffering.
"You took thirty taels alone, and the seventy taels in the hands of my family were all distributed to dozens of people in the inspection department! Everyone contributed that day, shouldn't they be paid? The fifth day of the first month sighed a few times, changed into a disdainful look, and choked, "I didn't expect your little second brother to be so greedy, it's too little to take thirty taels for one person!" Supposedly, my family saved you, and you should also come up with thirty taels of silver! ”
"Go, go, what, thirty taels? Your family should save me, I am the people under his rule, and he should protect us as an inspector! It is natural and righteous to be an official for the people, otherwise why should we pay taxes to support you......" Jiang Han said and said the modern set.
When Lord Shen heard these words, he sarcastically tugged at the corners of his lips, and his face showed disapproval.
Jiang Han immediately stopped the words that were about to be spoken, rolled his eyes and muttered in a disdainful voice: "Hmph, what can you understand when you talk about this to you old antiques?" ”
"Old antique ......" Lord Shen repeated coldly, looking her up and down with the afterglow of his eyes, and finally his eyes stopped on her chest, and snorted coldly in disgust: "No man, no woman!" ”
After saying that, he left her and strode in the direction of Lower River Street.
Jiang Han raised his hand to cover his chest blankly under his glance, waited for him to go away, and then reacted, flicked his hands and pointed at his back for a long time speechless, and finally had to scold repeatedly: "Black charcoal head, paralyzed face, old antique, fake model and fake pretending to be forced to do something!" ”