Xu Lingfu also wanted to know the reason, so he couldn't help but prick up his ears and listen carefully.

But seeing that the people looked at each other, the old man named Zhang Shun hesitated and said, "I don't know...... It's just that the rice shop in the county is always open sometimes in February, sometimes not, less when it is open, and more when it is not open. ”

"The price of grain is one price a day, and recently it takes 1,200 wen to buy a bucket of rice, even so, there are still many people who can't buy this limited amount of rice, please make the county master for us, our wives and children are waiting to eat!"

"Yes, please respect the county!"

This was said vaguely, Xu Lingfu paid attention to the expressions of several people, and always felt that they were afraid of something, and refused to speak out.

Cui Yuanting nodded: "Just now, you said that you went to buy this rice in other places?" ”

He Xin replied: "Exactly, the grass people have a cousin in Yu County, Bozhou, and I heard that their rice there is only 800 wen a bucket, and the supply is stable, so I took a car and went there to buy a few bags of rice back, but I was stunned by these officials as thieves, saying that we stole the rice from the county rice line." ”

"Yes, yes, I have applied to the yamen for a public inspection (certificate of leaving the city) according to the rules before departure, and there is nothing illegal, I hope that the county will respect Mingjian!"

Cui Yuanting nodded: "Don't worry, this official should find out." ”

He then shouted, "Where is the scribe of the torture room?" ”

A small man stepped forward quickly, bowed and said, "My subordinate is here." ”

Cui Yuanting: "Take them down, issue a letter of cut, and let them go home, and return the confiscated rice and grain to me, don't make it difficult!" ”

Torture Chamber Scrivener: "Yes." ”

Several people didn't expect a catastrophe to be solved, and they were very grateful, and bowed to Cui Yuanting again and again, grateful.

Cui Yuanting waved his hand and said: "No thanks, go back and explain to the neighbors, please rest assured, this official will find out the reason for the rice and grain as soon as possible, so that everyone can have food!" ”

"Thank you, county!" ……

Cui Yuanting said again: "Where is the scribe in the office? ”

Another man stepped forward and said, "My subordinate is here." ”

Cui Yuanting: "These servants are lawless, and they are falsely accused and beaten on the street, and this trend will not last!" Take them down and give each of them twenty lashes, eliminate the battle, and let Fang Zhengli re-select the right person to go up. ”

"Yes!"

Cui Yuanting slapped the angry chess again, and when he got up, he nodded slightly to Xu Lingfu, and Lingfu immediately followed.

The servants looked at the Lingfu to describe it as extremely beautiful, and saw his men's clothes and women's appearance, and they couldn't figure it out for a while, two of them suddenly felt that the Lingfu was very familiar, but they couldn't remember where they had seen it for a while, so they had to give salutes with everyone.

Lingfu tried to ignore their gaze and straightened his back.

Cui Yuanting instructed the officer: "This official will go and change his official uniform, tell the Yiying county government personnel, and wait for me in the second hall in a quarter of an hour." ”

"Yes." The officers took the order and departed.

Xu Lingfu followed Cui Yuanting out of the back door of the lobby and came to a small hall. This is the room where the chiefs rest and arrange their clothes while sitting in the hall, and behind the hall is the courtyard of the second hall.

Along the way, Xu Lingfu paid attention to the people who came and went - Xu Baixing was on an errand in the yamen, maybe he would meet at any time, and Cui Yuanting didn't know about this layer yet.

But now is not the time to talk about this, there is no doubt that she has to cooperate with Cui Yuanting's appearance in the yamen.

When I entered the hall, I saw a messenger giving the county magistrate's uniform.

Lingfu looked and saw that there were black heads, green official uniforms and silver belts neatly stacked on the plate, which were obviously different from the official uniform of the master bookkeeper.

She didn't know that among the more than 1,500 counties in Daqi, such as Chuyi County, which has a registered population of more than 6,000 households, is a Shang County, and Cui Yuanting, who is a county magistrate, is an official from the sixth grade, and Li Ye, the county chief bookkeeper she saw just now, is under the ninth grade, so the official uniform is different.

Cui Yuanting sat on the couch and did not change his official uniform, and only after the errand officer retired did he look at Xu Lingfu: "Do you have martial arts?" ”

Xu Lingfu lowered his eyes and bowed slightly: "The subordinates embroider their legs, and they don't dare to enter the eyes of the county." ”

That's an acknowledgement.

Cui Yuanting didn't comment on her martial arts, but then asked: "With martial arts, why does your uncle's family dare to force you?" ”

Originally, I didn't plan to say it now, but since Cui Yuanting asked......

"Hui Xianzun, my subordinates have been weak since childhood, so when I was six years old, my grandfather and aunt entrusted Lumen Mountain Ziting Zhenren as my master and took me up the mountain to teach the exercises of self-cultivation and life......"

"My physique has improved a lot over the years, so Master also taught me some fist and foot kung fu, one is to strengthen my body, and the other is to protect myself." Xu Lingfu revealed the memories of the original owner little by little.

The original owner has been cultivating in the mountains for nearly ten years since he was six years old, and he is relatively unfamiliar with everything in the world, and even has a good relationship with his mother Qu. If you remove the fact that you know martial arts, the original owner's simple growth experience is easy to be calculated by the uncle's family.

"This spring, Master feathered, and Senior Brother sent me home, and I only arrived in Chuyi County half a month ago. Therefore, uncle, they don't know that I have martial arts, so they don't guard against me waiting for an opportunity to escape. ”

"However, the uncle's family will never stop there, they let the yamen send officers to search around, arrest me back, and coerce our mother and daughter to submit."

Cui Yuanting heard the key point, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Your uncle asked the yamen to find you?" ”

Lingfu nodded: "Uncle he is Xu Baixing, the secretary of this county, and he is very familiar with the errands. ”

This sentence hides a lot of information, and Cui Yuanting really understands the reason why this woman is bent on following her.

Sihu Samoto has no quality and no rank, and he is a miscellaneous person who does not enter the county government, and he assists the county lieutenant of the household, but he can intervene in everything related to money and grain, household registration and cultivated land in the county government.

Although these unscrupulous miscellaneous duties pose no threat to real officials, they are enough to manipulate and oppress the small people.

And this uncle of Xu Lingfu seems to be still treacherous, and he actually uses his niece like this.

There are two points in this matter that are difficult to solve: first, the persecution of the uncle's family did not really succeed, and second, Xu Lingfu's words alone are not evidence, and the other party is her own father, so she can use words to quibble.

Since ancient times, it has been very unfair to sue the superior of the inferior. Unless the superior is guilty of the crime of rebellion, the plaintiff must first be held criminally responsible, regardless of the reason.

And this kind of "kinship concealment" is extended, and the closer the kinship, the more difficult it is to win, and the lower the punishment they receive.

More often than not, this kind of conflict between family relatives will be resolved by the clan itself.

The difficulty of Xu Lingfu's affairs lies in the above two points, as long as the other party refuses to let go of Xu Lingfu, her danger will not be truly lifted for a day.

Thinking of this, Cui Yuanting said: "What do you want me to do in this matter?" ”