"Can you come with me to the government office to ask for a favor?"
"Xiao Lin helps everyone everywhere, you must help him..."
Chen Dalang went from house to house begging for help. He had just been released from prison, but Hu Xiaolin was still detained.
At this time, he was also injured and had obviously been tortured in prison.
He was able to come out because the incident had nothing to do with him, but he still stayed in jail for more than ten days.
"Xiao Lin is a good boy, Da Lang... I will go with you!"
"Dalang, when are you going to go? Xiaolin saved my life, I can't just die without saving him!"
Chen Dalang went from house to house asking for help. Although some people were silent, there were still people who were willing to lend a helping hand.
"Thank you, thank you so much!" Chen Dalang thanked him one by one.
To be honest, Chen Dalang and Hu Xiaolin are not related to each other. If he can help him in this way, he really treats Hu Xiaolin as a brother.
"Da Lang, do you really want to do this?" The Chen family's father looked solemn.
"As the saying goes, the people will not fight with the officials..."
Father Chen's emotion is normal. For ordinary people like them, fighting against the government in this era is simply asking for death.
"Dad...Xiao Lin was wronged!" Chen Dalang said firmly.
"I know he was unjustly accused, but... now that the government won't release him, what can you do?"
"I can't just die without saving you!" Chen Dalang said firmly.
After saying this, Chen Dalang turned to Chen Xiaomei and asked: "Little sister, what do you think?"
"Brother, Brother Xiao Lin was wronged, we have to save him!" Chen Xiaomei was full of worry.
Seeing that his children all had this attitude, Mr. Chen didn't know how to persuade him.
He was also thinking about the family. Provoking the government could lead to disaster at any time, and their little family couldn't afford it.
"Dad... don't worry, we are here to complain, not to rebel!"
After hearing this, Father Chen felt more relaxed.
"Wait a minute...I'll follow you!"
Only by watching along with him can Father Chen truly feel at ease.
"good!"
Time passed quickly, and after noon arrived, more than 30 people gathered at Chen Dalang's house.
"Uncles and brothers, let's go?"
"Walk!"
So, everyone walked towards Beicheng.
Chen Dalang acted like a thief. In order not to be expelled by the government, the thirty or so of them did not leave together, but divided into several small groups and went to Beicheng.
About half an hour later, they gathered outside the government office, with a dozen police officers in front of them.
"What are you going to do?" the leader of the arresters asked.
Chen Dalang stood at the front, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, and then shouted: "You are wronged!"
The people behind him followed suit and knelt on the ground, shouting loudly that they were wronged.
Seeing this, the head catcher asked others to guard the door, while he turned around and ran into the Yamen.
After a while, Wang Zhengjun, dressed in official robes, walked out of the Yamen accompanied by several minor officials.
"The prefect is here!"
When the shouting ended, everyone present did not silence themselves, but instead shouted even louder.
"What are you doing?" Wang Zhengjun looked calm.
Knowing that Wang Zhengjun was a good official, Chen Dalang raised his head and said: "Master Qingtian, Hu Xiaolin was wronged. Please make the decision for him to redress his grievances!"
The people behind shouted: "Please make the decision, sir!"
Wang Zhengjun said with a sullen look: "Are you unjust? This matter is still under investigation. Just go back and wait for the news. Why are you making noise here?"
After all, he was provoking trouble in the government. It would be false to say that Chen Dalang was not afraid at all.
I just heard him stammering: "Master, those people... they have to give in to the attack. We can't let them do whatever they want... Please make the decision, Master!"
The "those people" Chen Dalang mentioned were Lin Quan and his gang.
To say that Lin Quan and his gang were wrong is not necessarily the case. They really wanted to dig out the spies hiding in Yuanyang City.
Hu Xiaolin was suspected, and Ma Jin was still alive and wanted to keep him alive. How could Lin Quan let him go so easily?
At this moment, Wang Zhengjun didn't know how to answer.
The attack on the palace was a huge event. Not to mention that Wang Zhengjun had little say, even Zhou Chengping, who was Zuo Changshi, was being roasted on the fire.
Ma Baokun, who was responsible for the ceremony, and his subordinates are still under house arrest, so what does a mere Hu Xiaolin mean?
"Sir, you are a good official. Please...save Xiao Lin!"
"Please, sir, have mercy on me..."
Seeing the people begging below, Wang Zhengjun felt uncomfortable, but he still said in a cold voice: "Go back, you are making trouble here, even if I forgive you, others will inevitably stare at you..."
"When the time comes, if you are accused of being a traitor and accomplice, who will be able to save you?"
Even the most ignorant people have to think more when they hear these words.
Seeing that everyone was no longer making a fuss, Wang Zhengjun said seriously: "Go back, you have to believe in the government, everything will be decided!"
At this moment, several petty officials nearby also tried to persuade him.
"Go back, everyone, stop messing around here..."
"The right and wrong will be investigated clearly, and good people will not be wronged..."
Amidst the voices of persuasion, someone finally said: "Da Lang, how about... let's go back first!"
This sentence also expresses what everyone is thinking at the moment.
It's not that they are not interested enough, it's that each family has its own problems and they don't dare to really get involved in this matter.
"Yes, Dalang, how about we go back first and think of other solutions?"
Hearing these words, Chen Dalang felt very powerless. He knew that he could not save Hu Xiaolin.
"Dalang, let's go!"
Sighing, Chen Dalang kowtowed to Wang Zhengjun on the steps, and then slowly got up from the ground.
Then Chen Dalang could only turn around and leave, and everyone who came with him also left.
Watching them go away, Wang Zhengjun could only sigh helplessly, and he didn't have much else to do about it.
When Chen Dalang left, someone also left in the dark. He saw everything that happened just now.
This man came to a small courtyard on the west side of the palace, where Lin Quan's office was located.
"Father, the news just came that someone gathered at the Yuanyang government office to cause trouble, saying they were interceding for Hu Xiaolin!"
Lin Quan was checking the news summary. When he heard this, he put down what he was doing and asked: "Gathering a crowd to cause trouble? Who is the leader?"
"Back to my father-in-law, this man's name is Chen Dalang..."
"Chen Dalang...is he the one who was just released?"
"Exactly!"
There was only a "pop" sound, but it was Lin Quan who slapped the table. He was obviously very angry at this moment.
"These untouchables are really bold. They dare to gather people to cause trouble...send some people to catch this man named Chen!" Lin Quan said coldly.
"Father, he was just released. Why was he arrested?"
Lin Quan looked at the person asking the question coldly and asked in a stern tone: "This person is speaking for a traitor, isn't he a comrade?"
