However, the villagers soon discovered that the two sides were not equal in strength, with defenseless villagers armed with farm tools on one side and regular soldiers armed to the teeth on the other!

Needless to say, the villagers were all subdued in a single photo, and some were knocked to the ground, and their lives were uncertain.

"Prefect, we're late!"

After subduing the villagers at the scene, the officers of these non-commissioned officers bowed slightly to Ma Ningyuan.

"No, you came just in time, without you I don't know how to deal with this group of Diao people!"

Ma Ningyuan was in a good mood at the moment, and said loudly.

"This group of Diao people ignored the ban of the imperial court and planted seedlings without authorization! Go and destroy all the seedlings planted in the paddy fields. ”

Ma Ningyuan then glanced at the person who came, and then ordered.

"Your Excellency, this ...... That's not quite right, is it? ”

After listening to Ma Ningyuan's request, the officer showed hesitation on his face, and then said slowly.

"Hmph, let you go, you can go! Do you also want to disobey orders? ”

"This ...... The subordinates did not dare. ”

Seeing that Ma Ningyuan had already given an ultimatum, the officer gritted his teeth and instructed the soldiers behind him: "Listen to my order, everyone get on their horses and step on all the seedlings in the paddy field!" ”

"Yes!"

These soldiers had no right to refuse the commander's order, so they had to respond in unison.

Then the rest of the soldiers turned on their horses, lined up, and drove the horses under them towards the paddy fields.

"Drive!"

The horse's hooves were deep in the paddy fields, and when the horses pulled their legs again, the horse's legs were already stained with black mud, and the stench was unbearable! The place where it has been trampled on will inevitably leave a large pothole, and the inside of the pit is still bubbling outside.

As soon as the horse's hooves went down, all the nearby seedlings were destroyed and trampled into the dirt.

"Ouch, my seedlings! God, you still don't let people live! ”

"Without these seedlings, how can we live this year, woo woo."

"Oh my God, open your eyes and see! What kind of world is this! ”

Seeing that the seedlings they had just planted were destroyed, the villagers became more and more excited, and they wanted to break through the official barrier and go to the paddy fields to protect the seedlings they had planted earlier.

Finally, a gray-haired old man, taking advantage of the negligence of the official, broke through the layers of obstacles and came to the paddy field.

"Please, don't step on it again!"

The old man looked at the seedlings that had been trampled and sobbed.

The soldiers ignored the old man's voice, and still rode the horses under them.

The old man leaned down and carefully straightened the seedlings that had been trampled into the mud.

At this time, the soldiers had already trampled all the seedlings in the paddy field before, and now, it was the second time.

"Ahhh

The old man looked at the seven or eight horses galloping towards him from a distance, and his eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire, and he stopped straight between them.

"Old thing, get out of the way! Don't you want to live? ”

Seeing that the old man stopped on their way, at this time, the soldiers on the horse were also panicked, and hurriedly shouted.

The old man ignored the soldier's shouting, and stood motionless! From a distance, it looks like a scarecrow placed in a field.

"Ah, get out of the way!" Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer, it was too late for the soldiers to tighten the reins and stop the horses under them.

I saw that the old man was knocked out two meters away and fell heavily in the paddy field! The horse's hooves trampled fiercely on his back, and in an instant, only a crisp sound was heard, and the old man's mouth vomited a large mouthful of blood, and his head tilted, and he was silent.

And it was only then that the horses stopped.

"Ahhh

"Folks, rush with me!"

This situation completely ignited the anger in the hearts of the villagers at the scene, and they broke through the official barrier one after another and came to the old man, wanting to investigate the situation.

Then the villagers lifted the old man from the mud and carried him to the edge of the paddy field.

A moment later, Lang Zhong, the only man in the village, arrived at the scene, and after checking the old man's injuries, he shook his head imperceptibly.

"It's hopeless."

After Lang Zhong left these words, he turned around and left.

"Lord Prefect, someone has died! What do we do now? ”

Seeing this, the subordinates on the side hurriedly asked Ma Ningyuan about the countermeasures.

"What are you afraid of, it's that this old thing doesn't have long eyes, and he has to stop the government from doing things! He is completely to blame for today's fate! ”

Ma Ningyuan glanced at his subordinates and said lightly.

"You!"

And Ma Ningyuan's words successfully ignited the anger of the villagers, and the villagers ignored the long knife in the hands of the official and gradually approached the place where Ma Ningyuan was.

"What do you want to do? Assaulting an official of the court is a serious crime! ”

Seeing this, the guards on the side hurriedly pulled out the long knife at their waists and warned the villagers.

"We are not even afraid of death, are we still afraid of the charges you have imposed on us?"

Among the villagers, someone said.

"Yes, folks, fight with them!"

"Fight!"

Just as the two sides were tense, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

I saw Hai Rui of Chun'an Zhixian County rushing to the scene with people, and when he saw the old man lying on the ground, he looked around and said in a deep voice: "What the hell is going on?" ”

"Lord Zhixian, please call the shots for us!"

Seeing Hai Rui coming, the villagers of Wangjia Village knelt on the ground and wept as if they had found the backbone.

"Tell me all the ins and outs of the matter."

Immediately after that, Hai Rui asked the villagers who were kneeling on the ground to get up and spoke.

"Lord Zhixian, here's how it ......"

Seeing Hai Rui's questioning, the villagers of Wangjia Village hurriedly explained the whole story.

After understanding all the ins and outs of the matter, Hai Rui's brows furrowed, and he turned to Ma Ningyuan on the side and asked, "Lord Prefect, when such a thing happens, don't you have anything to say?" ”

Ma Ningyuan glanced at Hai Rui and said coldly: "Of course this official has something to say, look, this is Chun'an County under your Hai Rui's rule!" Dare to ignore the national policy of changing rice to mulberry, it's all Diao people! ”

"It's that old thing that can't think of it himself, and he has to stop the government from doing things, and he is to blame for this kind of thing! It has nothing to do with this official. ”

"Besides, you, a small magistrate, dare to ask me for your guilt?"

Ma Ningyuan seemed to be irritated by Hai Rui's attitude, and turned to ridicule.

"Hmph, what if you're the prefect? If you do something wrong, you should do it according to the laws of my Ming Dynasty! ”

In the face of Ma Ningyuan's ridicule, Hai Rui did not take it to heart, but stared at Ma Ningyuan's eyes and said word by word.

"Hai Jui, this official is waiting for your impeachment!"

After Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, he looked Hai Rui up and down, as if he wanted to engrave his whole person in his mind.

"Let's go!"

After Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, with a wave of his big hand, he gave his subordinates the order to retreat.

"Hmph, after doing bad things, you want to leave after patting your ass? It's late! Accompany me to the Governor's Mansion to meet His Excellency. ”

Hai Rui stopped Ma Ningyuan out loud and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, this official will accompany you to the Governor's Palace! When the time comes, let the Governor decide the guilt. ”

When Ma Ningyuan heard what Hai Rui said, he immediately stopped.

……

Fujian, in the government where Tan Lun works daily.

"Lord Governor, this is a letter from Xu Jie, Xu Ge Lao!"

Just as Tan Lun was dealing with the official documents on the case, the voice of his subordinates came from outside the door.

"Well, come in."

Tan Lun said, put down the official document that had been half processed in his hand, and said loudly.

"Lord Governor, this is the letter that Elder Xu Ge sent to you! Say it's going to be delivered to you personally. ”

After the subordinate entered the door, he respectfully handed over the letter in his hand to Tan Lun.

"Well, the official knows, you go down!"

Tan Lun took the letter and instructed his subordinates.

"Yes, Governor!"

After the subordinate finished speaking, he bowed and left, and by the way, he also closed the door.

Tan Lun looked at the letter sent by Xu Jie in his hand, and his face was full of struggle.

As early as before, since listening to Hu Zongxian's advice, Tan Lun had already made up his mind to cut off relations with Qingliu! Therefore, he did not reply to any of the letters from those members of Qingliu.

And right now, Xu Jie wrote a letter to himself personally, which made Tan Lun a little uncomfortable for a while, after all, this was Xu Jie, the second assistant of the cabinet that he once admired the most!

Tan Lun suppressed his chaotic thoughts and opened the letter that Xu Jie sent to him.

In addition to the daily greetings, the content of the letter also includes the strategy that Xu Jie's team discussed in the Yuwang Mansion before, that is, to vigorously support Tan Lun to exterminate the bandits in the entire Fujian Province!

At the same time, he also promised to reduce the burden on the people of Fujian, correct unjust, false and wrongful cases, rectify corrupt officials, in short, let Tan Lun make political achievements as soon as possible.

After reading the contents of the letter, Tan Lun rubbed his chin and kept thinking about the intention behind it.

After a long time, I saw Tan Lun's eyes shining brightly, and he said excitedly: "I understand!" Xu Ge always wants to use me to fight against the Yan Party, after all, I am one of the few feudal officials. ”

After Tan Lun thought about everything behind this, he couldn't help but feel that his thoughts were clear, and the whole person had an indescribable sense of happiness.

"Alas, but the content of the letter is also right, at present, there are bandits in Fujian, and the people still have not lived a peaceful life! Do you want to take this opportunity and take advantage of the support of Xu Ge Lao to wipe out all the bandits in Fujian? ”

"But I'm already a feudal official now, and I'm a person from His Majesty's side! If I don't talk to Your Majesty in advance, will Your Majesty think that I, Tan Lun, are still engaged in the party and private business, but I don't have the channel to directly present it to Your Majesty. ”

Tan Lun thought so, his brows furrowed, and he fell into a dilemma.

"Yes, how did I forget Governor Hu! Wouldn't it be sufficient for me to repeat the contents of this letter to him as it was, and for him to pass it on to His Majesty? ”

The more Tan Lun thought about it, the more feasible he felt, so he immediately spread out the pen and paper and began to write.

"Governor Hu, Xiaguan Tan Lun, recently, Xiaguan has received a letter from Xu Jie, Xu Ge Lao, the content is as follows......"

"At that time, please also forward this letter to Your Majesty, the letter contains some thoughts of the lower official on this matter, and the lower official would like to thank Governor Hu here!"

After Tan Lun finished writing the last sentence to Hu Zongxian, he got up from his seat and said to himself silently: "In this way, it will be foolproof!" ”

After the ink on the paper dried, Tan Lun summoned his subordinates and instructed: "Submit this letter to Governor Hu as soon as possible without delay!" ”

"Yes, Lord Governor, my subordinates will do it!"

After the subordinate took the envelope from Tan Lun's hand, he left quickly.

(End of chapter)