Naturally, Xu Huang was unaware of the shocking changes in his family, and even now he is being made things difficult by the county magistrate.
"Xu Huang, who do you think you are? Are you a county captain? Ah?"
"I'm telling you, you are just a little clerk! If you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, get out of here!"
Xu Huang lowered his head and did not dare to talk back at all. This document was the lifeblood of his mother and son. Once he lost his position as this document, he would have to live on the street in an instant.
"Master Liu, my subordinates are also doing this for official business! Transporting 500 shi of food in such a blatant way will not give an opportunity to thieves!"
"Shut up!"
Magistrate Liu was furious and his eyebrows were raised.
"You little clerk, is this something you should ask?"
Xu Huang felt aggrieved. He was treated like this for his own good!
"Sir, thieves are rampant around Yang County. My subordinates are also afraid that the food will be stolen by thieves. The county government blames you!"
Magistrate Liu snorted coldly and looked at Xu Huang with evil intentions.
"Thief? Huh! I think you are a thief! Let me tell you, if the food and grass are robbed by thieves, you are the one who is secretly collaborating with the thieves!"
Xu Huang couldn't bear being said like this, and his anger surged at the moment.
"Sir, how can you slander others! How could a good man like Xu Huang be willing to stoop to become a thief!"
"Hmph! You must be motivated by the wealth! Tell me! Did you collude with thieves and prepare to rob me of my food and grass because of that old man in your family?"
Xu Huang felt extremely aggrieved and suggested to the county magistrate to send more people to prevent the food and grass from being robbed. When the county magistrate said that he was colluding with thieves and preparing to hijack the food and grass!
This is no way for good people to live!
"Sir, please don't slander me. Xu Huang has been in the county government for many years, and he has never done anything sneaky!"
"You are such a treacherous person, don't try to hide it from me. I have long thought that you are up to no good! I think you should be arrested and tortured first. I'm not afraid that you won't do it!"
Magistrate Liu is getting more and more outrageous and is planning to impose charges on Xu Huang!
Xu Huang was shocked. He still had an old mother at home who needed to be taken care of. How could he be arrested? So he immediately came up with a plan.
"Master Liu, Wei Jian and I have an old relationship!"
Sure enough, after Xu Huang mentioned Wei Qian, the county magistrate looked obviously panicked.
"Who! Which guard is coveting it?"
Seeing this situation, Xu Huang felt relieved.
"It's Wei Jian, the eldest son of the Wei family in Hedong. The county magistrate has just taken office and I don't know. I was invited by Mr. Wei a few months ago."
County Magistrate Liu was obviously doubtful of Xu Huang's words. What is your identity, Xu Huang? You are just a poor man, how can you be related to the eldest son of the Wei family?
Magistrate Liu's uncertain look made Xu Huang very nervous and he had no idea at all!
Not to mention the old relationship with Wei Jian, he still had two questions about whether Wei Jian remembered him! Especially since he refused the recruitment of the later general Liu Zhang, would the other party hate him?
At this time, bursts of shouting suddenly came from outside.
"Gongming! Gongming!"
The sound was so obvious that Xu Huang heard that he was from the village and ran out quickly.
"What's wrong? Why are you so impatient?"
"Hurry, go back quickly!"
"Did something happen to my mother?"
Xu Huang was shocked and thought it was his mother who was dying.
The villagers shook their heads and took a few breaths.
"No, no! It's soldiers! Many soldiers came and surrounded your house! I had already broken in when I came!"
"What!"
Xu Huang shouted, pushed away the villagers, and ran directly to his home.
Xu Huang was completely despairing at this moment, and a sense of sadness arose in his heart!
I'm really afraid of what will happen! Just now I was thinking about offending Liu Zhang, but I didn't expect retribution to come so soon!
The difficulty of a county magistrate made me feel a life and death crisis. If it were revenge from the general, I am afraid that today would be the end of the mother and son!
Even so, Xu Huang still had no intention of escaping. He had already decided that even if he died, he would stand in front of his mother!
"Old madam, this is what happened."
Liu Zhang told Xu's mother his appreciation for Xu Huang and his intention to recruit him, and at the same time once again expressed his recognition of Xu Huang.
"Hey! My son is confused! It's all because I have dragged my son down! I deserve to die!"
Xu's mother obviously had no knowledge of these things, and she suddenly felt that she had delayed her son's bright future!
"Is it possible that the old lady didn't know anything about it? Didn't the old lady receive the bamboo slips I sent?"
This reaction made Liu Zhang very puzzled. He turned to look at Wei Qi and gave him a questioning look.
Wei Jian stared at Xu's mother, fearing that if she said she didn't receive it, Wei Jian wouldn't be able to wash it off even if he jumped into the Yellow River!
Xu's mother fell into thinking. After a moment, she nodded in realization.
"It turns out, that's what it is!"
"General Hou, I received a bamboo slip, but I can't read, so I can only ask my son to read it to me. But my son said that someone else sent it by mistake!"
Liu Zhang sighed. After all calculations, Xu's mother was illiterate! This could not be blamed on Wei Jian, it was Liu Zhang's own oversight.
Wei Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Xu Mufei didn't receive it, then he would have suffered a lot!
"Old madam, I understand the situation of your mother and son. I think it would be a waste of Gongming's talents if he keeps working as a clerk in Yang County! Now is a time of troubled times, when heroes are emerging in large numbers! I hope I can
People, please think of Gong Ming!"
"Of course, no matter what, I will not embarrass you, mother and son. I came to Yang County from Luoyang just because I value Gongming!"
Liu Zhang once again stated his position. He would never force or force anything, nor would he feel resentful for rejection.
Xu's mother was very sad, shedding tears and looking at Liu Zhang apologetically.
"General Hou, my son is lucky to be valued by the general! I only regret that I have dragged my son down! I only regret that I could not die early. If I stay in this world, I can only drag my son down!"
When an old man cried like this in front of him, Liu Zhang was very heartbroken and quickly spoke out to comfort him.
"Old madam, please don't do this! As a man, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are the top priority! If it weren't for the touching filial piety, I wouldn't have traveled hundreds of miles to come here!"
Xu's mother kept nodding her head to thank Liu Zhang. If her legs were not inconvenient, she would have given Liu Zhang a big gift in person to express her gratitude!
Although Xu’s mother is illiterate, she is not without vision!
Mother Xu of the Wei family in Hedong still knows that in the entire Hedong County, she is like an emperor! But now the head of the Wei family looks submissive in front of Liu Zhang. From this, we can intuitively see Liu Zhang's power!
For the poor Xu family, this is simply pie-in-the-sky delicacies! You can even describe this favor as smoke rising from ancestral graves!
Xu Huang rejected Liu Zhang several times, and he had already missed the opportunity. He didn't expect that Liu Zhang would travel hundreds of miles to chase him to Yang County in person!
If nothing else, Xu’s mother was deeply moved by her love for talents!
"Thank you to the general for not abandoning my son and stooping to come here! I am extremely grateful, not to mention my son! Today I put my words here. If Xu Huang refuses to surrender to the general because of me, I will hit him and die.