Chapter 33: He's a Helper
From noon to now, at dusk, it has been three hours, and Liu Chang is still drinking tea unhurriedly. It is said to be drinking tea, but it is just a posture of drinking tea, holding the ear cup in his right hand, his eyes are closed, and he is motionless.
The officials around them, who were nervously jumping, also began to relax, staring at the big flag and the small body under it with a lively attitude.
The sun had set, but it was still quiet
The moon had risen, but it was still quiet
The moon had gone down, but it was still quiet
In the east, the belly of the fish appeared white, and the surroundings were still quiet
The sun came out, there were people walking around, those who watched the excitement yesterday, went home to rest for one night, and also spread the news farther, this morning, just after the curfew was lifted, the people who watched the excitement came out, there were more people, Liu Chang was surrounded, and the yamen had to dispatch more officials to maintain order.
The people who were waiting still didn't show up, Liu Chang sat all night, his body didn't move at all, he just sat quietly, petrified.
"Is this kid dead? Why don't you move? "People who like to watch the excitement can always find the flashpoint of the excitement.
"Don't talk nonsense, can you still raise a cup with a dead hand?" There are always smart people who are observant.
"I heard that he is the illegitimate son of the county order, and he came to recognize his father." Gossip is always the focus of the news.
"Don't you see the words on it? He's a beggar."
"What kind of beggar gang leader, that's the beggar gang leader, the head of the government who grabbed food everywhere some time ago."
"Now you're not even allowed to ask for food?"
"If you want food, you have to pay rent, and they don't pay rent."
"If you want food, you have to pay rent, what kind of world is this?"
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In the whispers of these people who watched the excitement and expressed their own opinions, time passed quietly. The strange thing is that time has not worn out their enthusiasm for watching the excitement, but there are more people, some people even bring a stool, sit in the shade of the tree, eat cucumbers, and the professional people who watch the excitement of eating melons appeared.
When the sun was almost noon, Liu Changcai slowly opened his eyes and looked at the group of people kneeling in front of him, about thirty years old, and the leader was Ma Dung Dan, Ma Wei, and Ma Deputy Gang Leader.
Seeing Liu Chang open his eyes, he kowtowed together: "Helper!" ”
"Get up, it looks like you're the only one who survived." Liu Chang sighed, put down the cup in his hand, and after a day and a night, the water in the cup had dried up, looked at the ragged men, and said softly.
"Subordinates are incompetent" None of the more than 30 people dared to stand up, still lying on the ground.
"The family is all settled, and there is nothing involved, right?"
"Several deputy gang leaders are orphans, their relatives died during the witchcraft a year ago, and a few who got married were also raided, and their families were all distributed and sold by officials." Horse manure and eggs wept silently.
This scene made the jaws drop of those officials who had been on duty for two days and one night, this kid is really a helper!?
A group of officials immediately dispersed the crowd of onlookers and surrounded them. The gang did not seem to see the siege of the officials, and still knelt there, motionless.
"It's rare that you can survive, get up."
The county order also appeared at this time, originally he didn't have hope for this matter, how could there be a pie in the world, and it happened to be smashed on his head, just like a child's nonsense.
I never thought that this heaven would really fall off the pie, of course, there is no pie in this era, just treat it as a meat sandwich, and really hit it on your head. They dug three feet into Chang'an City, and even dug out the fleeing prince, but they couldn't find the leader of the beggar gang, they thought they must have absconded, and they were ready to be wanted, but there was no way to be wanted, no way to meow the shadow graphics, and no one knew what this gang leader was like.
Now it's okay, the helper has caught it, and all those who have slipped through the net have been caught in the net. He wanted to find a place to laugh for a while.
"I really underestimated you, you are really the helper" The county magistrate looked around Liu Chang with a smile, there are monsters every year, this year is very unique, and a cub of a monster appears.
"Lord Prefectural, you see, I'm not lying." Liu Chang didn't get up, he still sitting: "I'm very surprised."
"Yes, you did surprise the county, a big surprise. inherited such a big sect as the beggar gang at such a young age. ”
The county order doesn't think that this sect was founded by this child, and it must be inherited.
"My people have also arrived, I want to borrow your place to understand things, I will not only listen to my people's words, nor will I only listen to your words, it is easy to misjudge."
"What do you want to know? The county can get back to you. ”
"They" Liu Chang pointed to the horse dung eggs who were still kneeling: "What are their crimes?" Why do beggars commit capital crimes? ”
"Humph!" The county magistrate did not answer this question, but just snorted coldly:
"I really underestimate you, but you're really a helper! Come on, take them all! ”
"Wait, Lord County Commander, I think you may not have understood what I said" Liu Chang hurriedly waved his hand, then slowly stood up, walked a few steps behind his back.
"When you get here, how can you speak, take it all" The county order was not interested in listening, took a step back, and gave an order to the officials and the arrester. Your words? The county hasn't spoken yet, so how can you speak.
"If the county magistrate really can't calm down, I think I can help the county magistrate calm down" Holding the low table with one hand, he tore off a leg with the other hand, and threw it casually towards the plaque of "Chang'an County Ya" hanging on the gate of the county government. Just listen to a "poof", the plaque and the door frame behind it immediately appeared a hole, and the beams and pillars that passed through the main hall with several legs were nailed to the back wall of the main hall, of course, from their angle, only two holes were seen, one on the main gate and one on the girder of the main hall.
The sudden change stopped the servants and the head catchers. The prefectural order also looked at the hole that suddenly appeared on the gate in horror, closed his eyes, and shook his head, it must have been a hallucination that he didn't sleep well last night, and he had hallucinations, it must be a hallucination!
Open your eyes again, huh? That hole is still there?!
"I think adults should calm down now, I don't want to use force, that would hurt the innocent." Liu Chang still said respectfully, his eyes did not fluctuate for a minute.
The surrounding officials pulled out the Pu knife one after another, but no one dared to rush up, this hand was indeed shocking, they instinctively pulled out the Pu knife, but the legs faithfully dragged their bodies back.
"You perform official duties, even if it is to clean up and rectify the beggars, I will not interfere, cat and mouse, solo means, because this is the rule, I am a person who abides by the rules." Liu Chang sat on the couch again, and the cases that he had been holding with one hand, because he was missing a leg, would slide down as soon as he let go of the ear cups and tea sets on his hands.
"Can I trouble you to change a few cases, this can't be used," Liu Chang said to those officials again.
The county order also calmed down at this time, he couldn't help but be calm, he knew that he was a literati, and his force was worth in front of this pervert, and he was not even a scumbag. But I still have some knowledge of the legendary force, Xiang Yu who pulled out the mountain, and the Zhuan Zhu who assassinated Qingyi are all realistic examples, as for the legends of pushing the eight horses sideways and dragging the nine oxen back, they abound. Literati only have the arrogance of literati, so naturally they will not look at Liu Chang's show off of force, but they will not be stupid to directly confront these reckless people. Signaling the official to move a few more cases, the official received the instruction of the county order, and immediately moved a few cases, and replaced the original cases. Liu Chang looked at it and was quite satisfied.
"Since the county magistrate doesn't want to go back to the government, let's talk about it here, the scenery here is not bad, why don't you drink some? Good tea. Why don't you bring a set of cases to the county magistrate? Just let the adults stand like this? I don't have any eyesight, I don't know how you did it. "Listening to a child chattering in front of him, pointing fingers, and he didn't have a temper at all, the county commander really wanted to die headlong.
After his several cases and the collapse were laid out, the county magistrate also knelt opposite Liu Chang. The county magistrate is in his fifties, tall and burly, and a child who is less than three feet tall, five or six years old, drinks tea, and outsiders definitely think they are grandchildren and grandchildren.
"Deputy Gang Leader Ma, tell me first, why did people die? So many people died. How did I explain when I left, that I was not allowed to organize resistance, and that I was low-key, and that you had forgotten it? Liu Chang poured the tea slowly again, and said slowly, his eyes only staring at the teacup in front of him.
"Yes, we did not organize resistance, and this time, we did not get a single message, and the liquidation of the government began. As soon as the government cleared up, we announced its dissolution, but for some reason, the government killed beggars when they saw them, and they also killed beggars when they saw them, and they all killed red-eyed. We were just about to take the old lady away, but before our men arrived, the officers and soldiers arrived first, and it was the same, they killed anyone they saw. The old lady was also killed by them. Woo woo ~ ~ ~ " More than 30 people cried together.
"We have a secret line in their yamen, and they must know it. It's not too difficult to avoid eyeliner. ”
"Yes, when we receive the warning of the dark line, it will be too late, because I am a hidden line, so I will not be with everyone."
"That's not what I want to know," Liu Chang raised his hand to stop Deputy Gang Leader Ma from continuing: "Whether they arrest or search, this is their duty. It is your luck that you can escape, and that you cannot escape. I wonder, why do so many people die? How did those people die, and who killed them? Who ordered the killing? Liu Chang finally showed a fierce look.
"Lord Prefectural Commander, whether his words are true. Did they really not resist, or did they have something else going on? Liu Chang turned to the county order and asked the county order.
"They are the culprits of the imperial court, and everyone will be punished" The county order was originally just a cold look, and when he was thinking about how to outwit it, when he heard Liu Chang's question, the teacup fell down and stood up, outwitting bullshit, Lao Tzu is an upright official, the embodiment of justice, and a representative of morality: "The affairs of the court are not allowed to be pointed at and talked nonsense." ”
Liu Chang stretched out a hand: "You said that they are important criminals of the imperial court, they must have some credentials, right?" Show me."
"See what?" Chang'an Ling is inexplicable.
"Tingwei's case file, the judgment of the three divisions"
"They are criminals designated by the emperor, and the court captain has his own judgment. How can you wait for your beak. "The anger of the prefectural order is growing.
"I won't tell you this, my lord, if you can get your hands on it today, the dossier, the verdict, or the evidence of their resistance and rebellion, I will leave immediately, I said, the rules, this is also the rules. If you can't take it out, you will be killed first and then judged, and it is your officials who catch the head and kill people, I will destroy this Chang'an Mansion. ”
"Do you dare to threaten the imperial court, do you want to rebel?" was questioned in public by a child, how can the county order be endured, this is not only the face of his own family, but also the face of the court.
"Such a government office that cares about people's lives will be destroyed if it is destroyed, and it has nothing to do with rebellion" Liu Chang still held the teacup in his hand, gently blowing the tea powder that did not exist on it, and said calmly.
"I think you dare?"
"My lord, dare or not, there is no need to argue here. Someone asked me why I didn't turn my anger into a raging flame. I didn't answer; I can answer you now: rules! The government must abide by the rules of the government, and the common people must also abide by the rules of the common people, and I must abide by my rules. I'm not here to argue with you, I'm waiting for an answer" Liu Chang ignored the angry county order, still looking at it harmlessly, and his hand was always stretched out.
"Hmph was killed by the Northern Army, what do I think you can do?" The county magistrate looked disdainful and sneered.