Chapter 7: The Escape of the County Guard

The next day, under the leadership of the pavilion chief, there were many victims gathered on the Minjiang Ancient Road, and everyone looked forward to the front of the ancient road, hoping that their parents, the Shu County Taishou, would come to the disaster area to inspect the disaster situation and rescue them.

A young man named Er's son was a little impatient, and he complained: "I've waited for a long time, and no one has come, so I'm afraid I'm waiting in vain today." If I don't come again, I'm leaving. ”

The thin old man said, "Second brother, you young man, be patient, maybe you have just left on the front foot, and then the county guard will come, haven't you lost all your efforts? ”

The young man said, "Which one said that the county keeper is coming?"

A middle-aged village woman whispered, "What the pavilion chief said, is there anything wrong?"

The young man stopped talking and glanced at the pavilion chief.

The pavilion chief felt the young man's gaze, he?] gave the second child a positive response, but what he said was to ask him to control his emotions and not cause trouble: "Second child, let me tell you, when the county guard comes, you have to have rules, don't act recklessly, and ruin everyone's good deeds." “

The second brother is a young man with a bit of a temper, he does not accept the pavilion chief's opinion of himself, and says: "Pavilion chief, who do you call my second brother? Am I as melon as you say? Purely prejudiced against me." ”

The pavilion chief explained: "Second brother, it's not that I'm prejudiced against you, I just want to give you a wake-up call, thinking that your temper is a little hairy." ”

The second child still didn't accept it: "Pavilion chief, is there such a reminder?"

After all, the pavilion chief is an old man, and he doesn't give the general knowledge of the younger generation, so he laughs and says, "Second brother, why do you think I should remind you?"

The second child couldn't speak himself, and he was speechless. But his eyes were still on the pavilion chief.

The thin old man looked at this scene, afraid that it would be stiff and affect the big things, so he hurriedly wiped it off with the second child's hair, and put a high hat on the second child: "Don't worry, the pavilion chief, although the second child is usually a little reckless, but when it comes to the critical moment, he is still very sensible and will take care of the overall situation." “

The second child was very happy to hear it and seemed less impatient.

At this moment, a team of crown chariots suddenly appeared along the ancient road of the Minjiang River, the treasures marched forward, the military officials guarded, and the officials were behind.

This official chariot turned a blind eye to the miserable scene after the disaster along the Minjiang River, and only waved their horses vigorously and galloped in a hurry.

The chief of the Minjiang Pavilion and the people all saw the official chariot and riding procession. Their expressions are mixed: glazed, hopeful, helpless, or resentful. The second child asked anxiously, "Pavilion Chief, is it the county guard's convoy that has arrived?"

When the pavilion chief saw this official house, he hurriedly said to the villagers: "Fellow villagers, kneel down quickly." ”

The villagers knelt down in unison.

The young man named Erzi didn't kneel, he stood in the center immediately, like a flock: "I don't kneel!"

The pavilion chief was very anxious and ordered the second child: "Second brother, kneel down quickly!"

The young man was very stubborn and said casually, "Why do you kneel?"

The pavilion chief was furious: "Why don't you kneel? When the common people see their parents and officials, they have to kneel, this is the rule!"

The young man said angrily, "What rotten rules? The boy has gold under his knees." ”

"There's a fart gold, kneel down quickly, and you can have food for disaster relief." The thin old man said.

Hearing that there was food to eat in the account disaster, the second child obeyed: "Then kneel." The young man fell to his knees helplessly.

As soon as the young man knelt down, the official's car had already galloped to him, and without seeing the brakes, he rushed straight and almost knocked down the young man. The young man was so angry that his eyes were full of fire, and he had to move his position to give way.

Seeing this, one of the Che soldiers drew his knife and yelled at the second child: "What are you doing? Do you want to assassinate?" I'm unarmed, what kind of thorn can I do? We just want to ask the county keeper for a wish. The second child argued, and spread out his hands, indicating that his hands were unarmed. "

"What do you want! Get out of the way, get out of the way!" The military officers are fierce.

Seeing this, the county warden asked in the car, "What's the noise?"

The military official hurriedly announced: "Lord County Guard, this gang of Diao people is blocking the road to petition." ”

When the county guard heard this, he became angry: "Lang Lang Qiankun, the government is harmonious, what kind of wish do you want? It is clear that they are gathering a crowd to make trouble and plotting to rebel! Arrest the leader!"

The car slowed down, the military officer jumped out of the car, and jumped forward with an arrow, and couldn't help but say, take the second child.

Seeing this, the pavilion chief hurriedly stepped forward to accompany the salute and said: "The military master is angry, please tell the military master Taishou, I am the pavilion chief of the Minjiang River, we are the victims along the river, the current flood, there is no harvest, I hereby implore the government to be sympathetic to the disaster and rescue the small people." ”

Hearing what the pavilion chief said, the county keeper's eyes turned around a few times, and then he spoke slowly: "Get up, get up, everyone get up." If you have something to say, why kneel on the ground? The county warden glanced at the many victims kneeling on the ground in the car, and saw that they were in rags, yellow-faced, thin, and mentally exhausted.

The villagers did not get up, but still knelt there untouched.

The pavilion chief said: "Lord County Guard, we are all honest farmers, we just want the government to send some relief food, and there is no other way." All of us villagers are vouching, and the young man is a good person, not the so-called one who takes the lead in making trouble. ”

The thin old man also said: "The old man guarantees with a head, and the second is a good person, if not, please take the head of the old man first." ”

The villagers were a little emotional and angry.

The officers were very nervous, angry with their swords, and wanted to be powerful.

Seeing this, the county guard in the car coughed dryly, and the military officer restrained his evil attitude and hurriedly responded to the county guard: "My lord, this gang of Diao people intercepted the official car, intending to plot against them, don't believe their rhetoric, this man is not a good person at first glance." The officer pushed the second child over.

The second child clenched his fists and glared at the military officer.

The county guard waved his hand to the military officer: "Let it go, let it go, it's a misunderstanding." ”

The military officer reluctantly let the second child go.

The second brother returned to the villagers angrily, his anger was not gone, and his fists were clenched all the time. There is loosening. "Hon-sama is going to get out of the car. The county guard said to the officer.

The military officer didn't understand, and was quite suspicious: "My lord, we have to travel at the same time." He said as he got out of the car.

The noble lady in another official car shouted anxiously: "Husband, time is pressing! Don't delay the time, you won't be able to catch the boat!"

The county keeper replied unhurriedly, "Ben-sama knows. When he said this, he gave his wife a look.

The lady understood what her husband meant, stopped talking, and sat in the car obediently, silently, watching how her husband handled the situation in front of her.

The military officer hurriedly held his saber in his hand and accompanied the lord.

The county keeper said to the kneeling villagers in a mock manner: "Get up, get up, don't do this, the lower officials can't stand it." "

The villagers remained on their knees.

The county guard suppressed his temperament, went to support an old woman with silver hair, and said, "Old man, get up, you are so old, won't you break the lower officials." ”

The old woman trembled and was helped up by the county keeper.

The rest of the villagers still couldn't get up on their knees, and they insisted on kneeling until the county warden agreed to their demands.

The pavilion chief said, "Lord Guard, the hungry people will not rise until they have received the promise of disaster relief from the adults. ”

The county keeper knew very well what the treacherous villagers were thinking, and he also noticed the meaning of the pavilion chief's phrase "hungry people"? The lord knew that those who were barefoot were not afraid to wear shoes, and those who were hungry were not afraid to be propped up. In the face of this large number of kneeling hungry people, the old spicy and slippery county guard didn't know what to do for a while, but he definitely couldn't overlord force the bow...... And the focus on his mind was how to escape the scene quickly. So he said pretendly: "Fathers and fellow villagers, the officials have finished inspecting the disaster, and they will report the disaster as soon as possible. Disaster relief. It's just that now that the mother is sick, the lower officials are in a hurry to go to the funeral, and the mother's funeral is big, and everyone understands that it is not the lower officials who don't care about everyone's business. "

The villagers looked stunned, still kneeling still.

The county keeper was anxious to get out, but he couldn't get out of it for a while. So he had no choice but to exert his forbearance, and then walked to the villagers who knelt down to block the road, and said very sincerely: "Fathers and fellow villagers, the disaster situation here is very miserable and worrying, but the lower officials have taken leave and resigned, although I am unable to relieve your urgent needs at the moment, but I will truthfully report the disaster to the court as soon as possible. That was all he could say, and he did his best.

As soon as the county guard's words fell, the military officials hurriedly took a step forward and carried the county guard into the car.

At this point, the villagers had no choice but to kneel down to make way for the group of officials.

The villagers watched with amazement as the team rode away.

But the thin old man had a very opinion, and he said, "At this juncture, what does it mean to take leave and resign?"

The second child said with a thorn in his words: "The county guard said that the mother of the family is dead and the funeral is a big thing, can we stop the convoy of the next people's funeral?"

The middle-aged peasant woman questioned: "Who knows if it's really a funeral?"

The silver-haired old woman said, "Who dares to talk about his old mother?" This sentence is quite authoritative, and everyone no longer doubts it.

But what is true or false is left to later historians to debate. This is a later story, but I can't mention it.

"I have a relative who is on a business trip in the county government, and I vaguely heard some rumors some time ago. The pavilion chief said.

"What's the wind?" The second child is very interested. "The stakes are high. The pavilion chief said. "Pavilion Chief, let's hear it. "The more I don't say it, the more the lad wants to hear it.

Several villagers also gathered around to listen.

The pavilion chief said: "This matter is not trivial, and it is not possible to kill the head." "The pavilion chief is quite mysterious.

The more mysterious it is, the more everyone wants to hear it: "Pavilion chief, let's talk about it!"

The pavilion chief thought about it, but because the stake was too big, he didn't dare to say it, so he waved his hand: "Forget it, don't say it." ”

The thin old man understood very well that the pavilion chief wanted to save the life of his family, so he said: "It is the right choice for the pavilion chief to keep his head from falling to the ground." ”

The young man was quite resentful and said, "Don't say it, it's a white kneeling today." Pavilion Chief, what are we going to do now?"

The anxious and helpless eyes of the villagers were all waiting for the pavilion chief's reply.

The pavilion chief didn't know what to do, maybe the imperial court would send a new county guard." ”