In Cangyan City, there is a large square in front of the meeting hall in the middle of the inner courtyard of the government office.
At this moment, the square was surrounded by blood cavalry guards. The door of the main hall was open and dark. No one entered it, because right at the entrance of the main hall, there was a grand master's chair in the middle on the steps, and a man wearing the uniform of Lijun County Sheriff.
young man is sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and meditating.
On his left side were the old coachman Luo Jiang, who looked many times younger and more powerful after donning the armor of a general, Luo Changgong, the general of the blood cavalry, and Siqi, a red-armored woman who stood at the end and specially put on the cape of the colonel.
On his right side stood a lonely middle-aged man. He had a face like a crown of jade, sparse brows, and a high crown of black hair without a single strand hanging down. He had a beard under his chin to add a third degree of dignity. At the moment, his eyelids were just drooping.
An Ran stood solemnly, it was the middle-aged man who had led a group of petty officials into the inner courtyard in front of the gate of the County Cheng's Yamen.
At this moment, there were forty or fifty people standing in the courtyard. However, except for the officials from the County Cheng's Government Office who were arranged in two rows, only half of the officials from the County Wei's Government Office on one side could come. On the other side was the Sansi Government Office.
In the open space left, less than ten people came from the three yamen together.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
There was another three-way drum sound that was so dull that it suppressed everyone's heartbeats.
Everyone present couldn't help but hold their breath. Under the gaze of the blood knights around them, they didn't even have the courage to lower their heads and exchange glances with each other. Moreover, this sense of depression was getting deeper and deeper as time went by.
I don't know how long it took, but some people wearing the official uniforms of the Sansi Yamen ran into the inner courtyard one by one. They were panting and trotting. As soon as they entered the door and saw the formation in front of them, they all stopped. After a moment of surprise,
Only then did he dare to suppress the sound of breathing, lowered his head and bent his waist, and carefully moved to his position in the Yamen and stood there.
Luochuan still didn't open his eyes or make a sound, he just sat quietly.
I don’t know how long it took, but the drum sound of “Boom! Boom! Boom!” sounded again, startling all the junior officials from the Sansi Yamen in the inner courtyard who were later admitted to the hospital. They were frightened and sweating.
It was not until this moment that Luo Chuan, who was sitting high on the steps in front of the palace, slowly opened his eyes. His eyes calmly swept across the dozens of people in the courtyard before him, and finally landed on the face of the leader of the officials in the county government office.
The man's eyebrows were raised and his eyes were raised, his beard was like an arrow, and he had a ferocious appearance, even worse than Qin Wansong, the Wangchuan sword cultivator who followed Luochuan.
The official uniform seemed to be covered with armor. He slowly said, "Your Excellency, please come to the stage."
The burly man cupped his fists and saluted, and then came on stage with a simple smile. Only then did Luo Chuan realize that one of his legs seemed to be inconvenient, and it was leaning slightly when he walked.
The burly man went up the steps and saluted Luo Chuan again. Then he stood up and looked at the old coachman and the other three. He hesitated and stood next to the middle-aged man on the right side of Luo Chuan and remained silent.
Luo Chuan slowly stood up and walked to the front of the steps and said in a deep voice, "I am from Li County, and I am from Bian County!"
Once the word was spoken, there was silence everywhere.
After a pause, Luo Chuan continued, "Those iron-blooded rules that our predecessors sacrificed countless lives for have now been completely forgotten by some people!" He pointed at the huge black drum beside the door of the hall behind him, and raised the volume.
He yelled, "In my Li County, every county official has a black drum hung on his head. Where does this come from?!"
No one in the inner courtyard dared to make a sound. They could only lower their heads lower and listen quietly to the man on the stage.
"The first drum is here, the second drum is urgent, and the third drum is dangerous!" Luochuan said in a deep voice, "Now that the three drums are gone, how many officials in the county governor's office have come?!" He glared and shouted angrily, "If the Western Yi people have already
Well, I’m afraid half of Cangyan City has been lost and the government officials are still sleeping peacefully at home!!”
No one dared to reply.
Luo Chuan walked back and forth on the steps with his hands behind his back, and then asked without looking back, "Your Excellency, the county magistrate, are the chief officials of the three divisions of Cangyan Yidi here?"
The middle-aged man standing on the right side of Luochuan's chair bowed and saluted, "Reporting to the county governor, among the chief officials of Cangyan's third division... none of them has arrived yet..."
On the square, the junior officials belonging to the Third Division broke into cold sweats one by one, and their bodies shivered unconsciously when the sharp cold wind blew.
Of course they already knew what was going on in Shuangjing Town, and of course they saw the yamen servants from the Silu Yamen who were tied up in the corner of the square.
Luo Chuan snorted coldly and asked, "Among the officials from the three divisions present now, who has the highest official position?"
The middle-aged man glanced at the positions of the officials of the Third Division and shook his head, "Everyone present in the Third Division is a deputy official."
"Oh?" Luo Chuan sneered, "Is it possible that in the Sansi Yamen where daily affairs are complicated in Cangyan, we don't need a official to run everything smoothly?!"
The middle-aged man looked up at Luo Chuan's back and said slowly, "Except for priority tasks such as supplying food to the war zone, other affairs can run smoothly without the need for three senior officials...
..."
As soon as he finished speaking, even the burly man standing next to the middle-aged man couldn't help but look at him with wide eyes.
Luo Chuan slowly turned around and stared at the middle-aged man. After being silent for a while, he narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Master County Magistrate, do you want me to praise you for your good management?"
The middle-aged man lowered his head, and after a moment of silence, he knelt down and said, "I don't dare to do this in a humble position. The subordinates of the Third Division are indeed within the responsibilities of their subordinates. Now that the official of the Third Division does not respect the iron rules and ignores his superiors, he is also responsible for his humble position.
"
Luochuan snorted and turned to look at the officials in the small square, "The county guard was appointed to Cangyan, and he specially sent someone to deliver the news to the government office. Although the county guard was in Shuangjing Town due to some matters...
." He scanned the people in the audience, but no one dared to look up at him, and his tone couldn't help but become more and more cold, "... It took some time, but after all, the chief official of the other side came to the appointment with the prefect's order, and Ji Hei
The drums sounded three times, but still no official from the three divisions came. The charge of 'ignoring your Majesty' is probably not enough to describe it!"
You can hear a pin drop in the square.
"What's more, the county magistrate encountered something in Shuangjing Town before he took office..." Luo Chuan sneered, "I saw with my own eyes that the agricultural official Liu Ming was leading a group of officials from the provincial government office.
The yamen officials oppressed the people, robbed the women of the people, knew the law and violated the law to the point where people and gods were outraged. Therefore... the county guard beheaded Liu Mingzheng's dog and brought back these dozen yamen servants from the Silu Yamen...
..." He paused long enough before asking slowly, "I would like to ask the prosecutor who colluded with the agricultural officials to commit crimes, and the treasurer who despised the majesty of the prefect.
Do they still have a prefect in their eyes? Do they still have the law of Lijun?!"
Luo Chuan asked without looking back, "My lord, I wonder if you and your county yamen are willing to work with the county magistrate to defend the majesty of the magistrate and the majesty of my law in Li County?!"
The burly man knelt down on one knee, punched his chest, and gave a military salute. He smiled and shouted loudly, "It is my duty to share the worries of the county guard!"
"Okay!" Luo Chuan remained motionless, "Seal up the homes of the three chief officials, and escort the prosecutor and treasurer to the Si Lu Mansion to await trial. All the officials of the three divisions will be summoned to court for those who dare to obstruct law enforcement or even disobey orders.
....." His voice was as cold as the cold winter wind, "... Punished for treason!!"