Because there were so many people gathered there, no one noticed the arrival of Qi Yu and his party.
Inadvertently, they squeezed left and right and quickly got into the crowd.
Since the undercover investigation began, Peng Wenchang has been grimacing, shaking his head and sighing from time to time.
Yes, he is a little depressed now.
According to his idea, after arriving in this southern barbarian land, he can let go of his hands and feet, show off his talents, and help Qi Yu achieve great political achievements. Such application of knowledge will not be in vain for his lifelong learning.
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But what he didn't expect was that he couldn't even understand the local dialect. How could he carry out his future work if he encountered such a level of language barrier?
Huang Fei and Leng Qing had no pressure on this, and looked indifferent. In other words, they were not in their positions and did not seek political advice.
Seeing that Master Peng was struggling, Qi Yu was about to enlighten him when he suddenly saw a familiar figure floating into his eyes.
Who is this?
It was Tan Junyan, the down-and-out scholar he met when he went to Beijing to take the exam.
I still remember that he once said that he was from Guangdong, but I didn't expect that his hometown was Qiongzhou. Now that we met by chance, it was really a big pile of ape dung!
From a visual point of view, Tan Junyan's appearance has not changed much. He still has the same miserable look as before, as if he had lost eight hundred dollars.
However, the clothes he wore had undergone a qualitative change. They were made from serious Suzhou weaving, which was in sharp contrast to the previous coarse cloth shirts.
Huh? This guy is so mixed up?
Thinking of this, Qi Dalang suddenly remembered: By the way, this guy still owes him ten taels of silver and hasn't paid it back?
Ahem, let’s talk about paying back the money later. Let’s see what happened first.
So, Qi Yu cast his gaze over again, and at the same time pricked up his ears to hear what they were talking about.
Huh? He actually speaks Cantonese in Guangdong?
Fortunately, if you can still understand it, then listen carefully and concentrate on it.
good!
But as he listened, Qi Yu's expression began to darken...
Tan Junyan said with dissatisfaction: "Master Xiao, as a government official, how can you use your power to commit murder and hurt people?"
Jing Cheng is the supervisor of each room in the yamen, and he is the kind of official who holds real power.
Mr. Xiao replied a little domineeringly: "What are you talking about? I call it punishing unruly people and trying to rectify the world. How can I say that I knowingly commit crimes and hurt people? Tan Junyan, don't think that there are sailors to support you.
You can talk nonsense and talk nonsense. Let me tell you, if you make me anxious, I can take you down in just one fart!"
This is a blatant intimidation!
Tan Junyan seemed a little scared after hearing this, but he still mustered up the courage to argue: "Master Xiao, you are openly robbing people's food and injuring people in my family. You must give me an explanation, right?"
Mr. Xiao didn't even look at it, and snorted coldly: "What do you want to say? Tell you, I will stop here to explain!"
"..."
After listening patiently for a while and asking around, Qi Yu finally figured out the whole story.
Let’s talk about Mr. Xiao first. His real name is Xiao Yunyan, and his ancestral home is Dongguan County, Guangdong Prefecture. That’s why he can speak Cantonese.
Because he and the former prefect were relatives and brothers-in-law, he used this relationship to get a lucrative job as a household manager.
Tan Junyan's current identity is the adopted son-in-law of local drug dealer Hai Dafu, so he has some influence in his surroundings.
The Hai family is a wealthy family nearby and is highly respected by the local people.
As for the current conflict, it arose because of the grab for food.
Here's the thing.
The tsunami caused by the earthquake not only destroyed people's houses, but also flooded a large amount of farmland, and also caused the displacement of many people.
The local chieftain Na Yan, dissatisfied with the imperial court's policy of returning natives to the countryside, took advantage of the chaos to openly rebel. He gathered thousands of people to rebel, and then moved to Wuzhi Mountain in Qiongnan to establish a foothold and occupy the mountain.
Be king.
On his way south, the rebels under his command were like sweeping away Fusang, snatching away all the food that could be taken away. As for those that could not be taken away, they were set on fire, leaving not a single grain of rice for the people.
As a result, the food crisis becomes even worse.
The people are very unfortunate!
However, the fortunate thing among the misfortunes is that Qiongzhou is surrounded by the sea and there is no shortage of aquatic products to satisfy hunger, so there was no tragedy of starvation to death.
During this process, the government was not idle either.
Since the former Qiongzhou magistrate accidentally 'died in the line of duty' in the earthquake, this place became leaderless. In order to maintain basic stability, the provincial government immediately sent government troops to encircle and suppress Nayan.
It is deeply regrettable that due to the complex terrain in the Wuzhishan area, the government army failed to suppress the enemy twice, and finally had to return without success.
However, after this suppression, Na Yan was intimidated and did not continue to make trouble. Of course, there is another reason. He took everything he could. Even if he came out to sweep again, he would not be able to pull anything away.
Stability has been temporarily maintained, but the urgent need for food still hangs there.
People cannot live without food for a long time, and they cannot survive just by eating fish and shrimp.
Therefore, the people were praying for disaster relief food from the court, but it never arrived.
Using this excuse, Xiao Yunyan made his own little calculation. He searched everywhere in the name of "raising food for disaster relief," but he scraped everything, but all of it went into his own pocket. As for the people who were in urgent need of rescue
, but didn't even lick half of the grain.
Today, it was finally the turn to hit Haijia.
The wealthy member of Hai Da was a businessman, so how could he dare to openly say no to the officials? So, he asked his son-in-law Tan Junyan to donate ten kilograms of rice in order to give up his wealth and seek peace.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yunyan complained that it was too little and refused to accept it, cursing and cursing. In the end, he simply ordered the government servants to snatch it directly, and in the process of snatching it, he even brutally injured a servant of the Hai family.
In this way, the scene just now occurred.
…
Tan Junyan suddenly said to the people who were watching: "My fellow villagers, it's not that our Hai family is unwilling to provide food, but because this food cannot reach your mouth at all, it is all pocketed by Mr. Xiao..."
"Shut up!" Xiao Yunyan interrupted him with wide eyes, and said angrily: "Drink! I haven't seen you for a few days, but your courage has grown a lot! Haha, you dare to openly frame me.
, then don’t blame me for being ruthless, come here! Beat me to death!"
As soon as he heard the beating, Tan Junyan was frightened and trembled. He hurriedly said: "Wait a minute! Uh... I... I can tell you that Qi Yu, the incoming prefect, and I are close friends of life and death. If you dare
Move me a little and see if I don't... don't let him criticize you harshly!"
Qi Dalang, who was listening on the side, was startled when he heard this. When did he and he become life and death friends?
However, in Tan Junyan's unilateral view, he had been saved by Qi Yu. Without him, he would have probably starved to death long ago. Isn't this a true friendship between life and death?
It’s just that the death I’m talking about is my own death. I, Lao Tan, am a real person and I never lie when I speak.
His idea of scaring people is quite good, but the problem is that Xiao Yunyan doesn't believe it at all.
Not only did he not believe it, he was also very angry.
If you threaten him openly in front of so many people, where will you put the old face of Mr. Xiao, who is accustomed to being domineering?
"What? You want to use Qi Yu to scare me? Haha, I'm not afraid to tell you, Qi Yu is not even a piece of shit here with me!" In order to save face, Xiao Yunyan also pretended to be thirteen.
Anyway, everyone is bragging, and there is no need to pay taxes, so let’s see who brags more!
Besides, Qi Yu couldn't hear him, so what was he afraid of? Even if someone reported him in the future, he could refuse to admit it.
Then, Xiao Yunyan said shamelessly: "Actually, I have already inquired about it. He Qi Yu is not doing well in the capital. To put it bluntly, he is just a little sesame official who raises horses. I also heard that he was offended because of
He defeated all the vassal kings before being demoted here by the emperor. Haha, if he wants to gain a foothold here, he must have a good relationship with locals like me, otherwise, he will not be able to secure this position."
A strong dragon will not overwhelm a local snake.
That's the truth.
Tan Junyan finally showed a look of fear after hearing this.
Seeing that he was afraid, Xiao Yunyan became even more proud. He turned around and said to the government officials: "Beat this man named Tan to death!"
"yes!"
At this moment, there was a loud dry cough.
That loud voice, like thunder, shook everyone's eardrums.
Xiao Yunyan looked around and said displeasedly: "Who is howling? Is he choking on the water?"
But see.
Qi Yu opened the folding fan with a swish and walked out with his head held high, saying: "It's me!"
"Who are you?"
"Haha, I am the bastard Mr. Qi Yuqi you call me!"
Damn it!
No! Can you still meet the real owner by bragging?
Xiao Yunyan couldn't help but shiver, and at the same time, an ominous premonition came to his mind.