Chapter 242: Threatening the County Honor
The big boss used his superb acting skills to win the favor of everyone at the table.
In the eyes of everyone, the image of a man who was once poor, but who worked very hard despite difficulties, and finally transformed himself from a poor man to a wealthy businessman with his own hands, was placed on the face of the big boss.
In addition, he can speak well, and always say something light-hearted and humorous mixed with some life truths. So after three rounds of drinking, he became familiar with everyone.
The county lord's heartbeat was fast and slow, for fear that one of the big bosses would accidentally say something out of his mouth.
If you let everyone know that sitting here, this man who shows his image of hard work and progress is actually the big boss of the Iron Head Gang who has done all the bad things of murder, arson, rape, adultery, and plunder.
Then everyone will fry.
Doesn't such a person call a brother and a brother to the county lord?
In the middle of the banquet, the county lord was going to the toilet again, and the big boss also stood up, looking overwhelmed, and went to the toilet with the county lord a little crookedly.
The two of them went to a remote place, standing still under a ginkgo tree, and the drunkenness on their faces faded.
The county lord lowered his voice and said, "What are you doing?
The big boss smiled and said: "Where is this talk, how dare the villain come to make trouble? The villain is here to congratulate you on your birthday, what, isn't it welcome?"
The county said: "If you mess around again, don't blame me for not reminding you if something goes wrong." None of the people at this banquet are fuel-efficient lamps, and once they find out, you won't be able to protect your head!"
The big boss said: "It's not that serious. I didn't come to your birthday in previous years, just sending you silver, it always seems insincere, this year I thought, I came in person, to be considered a heart. Don't worry, my lord, I'll leave in a while. I don't guarantee that it won't affect you. ”
"Nonsense!" the county flicked his sleeves and went into the latrine to pee.
Standing outside, the big boss looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he urinated on the spot, and after peeing, he muttered while carrying his pants: "It is really a great thing to pee in the county mansion." ”
After that, he saw the county lord with a blue face looking at him. The big boss laughed and took his leave.
The meaning is very simple, today, I can pee in your county lord's house at a public gathering, and tomorrow, I can also go into your house in the dead of night...
Strictly speaking, this is a threat, but for the county lord at this time, he can't help him at all.
Someone asked, "Lord Xianzun, where is your friend?" The county said with a smile that he was too drunk and ran away.
Next to the humane, my lord, your friend is really good, although he is only a businessman, but he is very righteous, we have long said that you are upright, and the friends you naturally make are all very righteous people.
Lord Xianzun smiled bitterly, not knowing how to respond.
Everyone should only be humble as a county lord. Fly Lu
When the feast was over, the crowd dispersed. Some of the wealthy gentry and elders of Bazhong City who had been written by the county lord to stay before gathered in the study of the county lord, sat and drank tea, and waited for the county lord to send off the guests.
After everyone drank the tea, the county lord came.
The people stood up and saluted.
Because there was an old county order, the county lord didn't dare to hold it up, so he bowed down and said, "My lord, please sit down, the students are ashamed to keep you waiting for a long time." ”
The county lord who has retired for many years, the bearing that he cultivated when he was a county lord has not completely subsided. It's just that the attitude of ignoring nothing is gone, and it is more indifferent, after all, it is old. I'm also used to seeing a variety of attitudes that come and go with many county orders.。
When some county magistrates came, they didn't pay attention to him at all, except for a routine visit when he first took office, and never set foot on his door until he left office.
Of course, this kind of person is still in the minority. Most people, at least on the face, still talk about morality.
Like this county lord now, he is very sensible, and he will send people to send gifts every New Year's Day, although it is not valuable, but there is such a person in his heart, in the eyes of others, it is very benevolent.
If an incumbent is willing to spend energy to make friends with old people who have abdicated, this in itself is a very good behavior in the eyes of the people and colleagues.
After the old county order sat down first, the county lord sat down, and the rest of the wealthy businessmen and gentry and elders sat down.
The county lord took a sip of tea and said, "I won't greet politely, let's go straight to the point." Recently, there have been some bad rumors in the city, and you should have heard of them. It is rumored that many officials in our county government have colluded with the Iron Head Gang. And the rumors are true. These rumors must have been spread by people with intentions, what do you think?"
Everyone was silent for a while, first, they didn't know how to respond, and second, they really didn't dare to talk nonsense.
Seeing that everyone was silent, the county lord turned his head to look at the old county commander and said, "My lord, tell me first, the students need your help." ”
The old county commander sighed lightly and said, "My lord, this matter is not trivial, if it is true, then we don't have to say it... But I believe that this will not be true. Since it is not true, let the people spread it, and after a long time, the rumors will definitely be self-defeating. ”
The county thought to himself, this old guy is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he refuses to come up with any ideas. However, now he has a request for them, so he said: "That's right, but now this rumor has made the entire county government panic, and it has greatly affected the people below." ”
The elder next to him said: "My lord, the little old man thinks that the yamen should find a way to find out the person who spreads the rumors, and punish him severely after he is caught." ”
Another wealthy businessman said: "My lord, the villain thinks that if you want to put an end to this rumor, the yamen must cast a wide net and find out the source." The villain believes that this is probably spread by the Iron Head Gang to confuse the people. ”
As soon as the old county commander spoke, everyone followed the opening to give ideas.
The county magistrate nodded with satisfaction, but then frowned and thought, don't just talk about this nonsense, come up with these bad ideas that you don't like when you hear them, can you have some real goods? But I can't let the county government fall into panic and let the officials in the county government be suspicious of each other, which will greatly reduce the efficiency of the county government. Some of the methods you have said are not very desirable. First of all, let it develop and ignore it, although this method has a certain truth, but most of the people are like the clouds, if they don't care, I am afraid that the rumors will spread beyond recognition. Second, to find out the root cause, this method is of course better, but the problem is that the county government is not manpowered, and the Iron Head Gang is very careful and cunning when spreading rumors, so it is difficult for us to find out anything. ”
The old county commander and several old men looked at each other, and they didn't know what the county lord had in mind, and he didn't say it directly, just going around the bend here.
Although they have a lot of experience, they can't figure out the true thoughts of the county for a while.