Chapter 26
The three big men were shocked and asked tremblingly: "Who is it? Why is it blocking my way?"
A Sansi was about to come up from the crowd, looked up and down, and shouted: "I would like to ask who you are, and you dare to do something wrong here! Name and where is your home, report it honestly one by one!"
A man with a fierce face said at the top of his voice: "We are the officials of Heyin County. We have come to Bajiao Town to work in the business under the order of the county magistrate! No matter who you are, make the way quickly!"
"The official of Heyin County? Zhiniang thief, you ran to Kaifeng Prefecture to play wild. Where is the official document? Take it out and I'll read it!"
The three of them looked at each other and remained silent. There was no official document at all for this job. The county magistrate was as smart as a monkey. How could such controversial things fall into the hands of others? If not, the three of them went to the prison town to ask for people as soon as they arrived. How could they go around outside by themselves? When they asked for official documents, their hearts would be cold.
When the general saw this, he remembered Manager Chen's words and regarded these three people as thieves. He waved his hand and said to the person behind him: "Come on, go up and invite these three people to the yamen of the prison town with us, and the official affairs are handled!"
Then several xiangjun came up, holding a knife in his hands and surrounded him.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the three of them didn't care about Sun Erlang anymore, so they hurriedly raised their hands and said, "This is a rank of the ministers. We did not bring official documents with us. We will go to the yamen and go with you. We have no eyes, so don't hurt the good people by mistake!"
He was about to wink at the surrounding army and sneer a few times.
Several Xiangjun arrived, and pulled Sun Erlang one by one, cut his arms back and grabbed them firmly in their hands. The other people stretched out their legs and kicked the three of them to the ground, pointing their swords and guns in their hands, and cursed: "Zhi Niang, a few thief bones cut into pieces, dare to make trouble with us Qiao at this time! Then catch them and take them down, don't worry you won't help! The public is passing through the county and the county office, but there is no official document. When we are all stupid? My brothers have been in the Sansi for many years, they have done more errands than Heyin County for decades. They actually pretended to be in front of us, blinding your dog's eyes!"
Looking at the shaking swords and guns in front of him, the three big men were so scared that they were confused. After a while, the big man in the middle asked in a trembling voice: "Who are you? How dare you use swords and guns on the official road!"
Everyone laughed at each other and was about to say to Manager Chen beside him: "Supervisor, see if these thieves are trying to die! When they snatch our door, they don't know what we are doing!"
Xiang Jun, who was in front of the man, raised his leg and kicked him: "You are such a slut, so I'll tell you so that you won't be a fool! We are the team of the Sansi who transported goods to Xijing Henan Prefecture. Along the way, the soldiers and horses of the prefectures and counties passed by must obey the dispatch of the goods to protect them. You thieves are confused and rob us!"
"Misunderstanding! It's really a misunderstanding!" Hearing this, the man on the ground knew what he had done, and cried and robbed the sky and cried. "The three of us are really not thieves, but the public from Heyin County! This is to pursue the fleeing households recently, and there is no intention of robbing families! The minister, you must investigate clearly!"
"This thief knows that he is still robbing the house and is still screaming there. The skin on his body must be tight!" The general smiled at Manager Chen beside him, "Catch it back. The ones he brought with him on this trip will eat dozens of killing sticks and see what they say!"
Xiqing looked at it, feeling dazzled. I don’t know why things turned out like this. It took me a while to sort out the clues about the matter. I walked to Manager Zheng and whispered: “Supervisor, in my opinion, these people may be really not thieves. Erlang told me yesterday that their family did escape from Heyin County famine. Maybe these people are really public servants from Heyin County, so why did they chase them out and get people?”
Manager Zheng also believed it a little, and he thought more than Xiqing. This year, there were several counties in Mengzhou and Henan Prefecture that had severe drought, and even the Yellow River had been diverted. The drought situation can be imagined. Although the court exempted the taxes there and paid money and food for disaster relief, the Yellow River was not as good as other places. Even if you can't starve to death, you will still face the mission of repairing the river bank in the autumn and winter. People often fled in the peaceful years, let alone now they are suffering from disasters.
As long as the households escaped, both the government and the employer had no power to stop them, and they could only use other means to attract them back. However, the assessment of officials was closely related to the number of household registrations. This year is another leap year, and it is the year of making up the leap year for the leap year, which is particularly sensitive. The population of Heyin County is not large, and if the households suddenly moved from Zhongxian to Zhongxia County, the future career of this county magistrate will be very bleak.
For the sake of his career, Manager Zheng also thought that the county would inevitably block the procedures for population migration and then try every means to catch the escaped person. This matter cannot be done explicitly. If you go to nearby prefectures and counties, it is also a troublesome to make trouble all of a sudden. It is better to do it in such a way that it is not in line with the procedures.
It is not strange to such things in the officialdom. As long as there is no trouble, the nearby government will turn a blind eye. There is no need to offend colleagues for a few people. I think these people are used to doing it, and they are so desperate that they hit the Sansi cargo team to arrest people. This time they are going out with the disaster star on their backs.
If you figure it out, you can't give up halfway at this time. You must treat these three people as thieves, otherwise it will be difficult to explain today. You can't argue with the fact that a few of the officers who arrested the fugitive households will be in trouble.
Pulling the festive season beside him, Director Zheng whispered: "Don't panic. As long as what Sun Erlang said is true, the matter has nothing to do with him. Maybe it's a good thing for him!"
Joy asked in confusion: "Why is it still a good thing? He has been arrested!"
Manager Zheng smiled slightly: "Now people are in our hands. As long as we finally check, these servants have no official documents to go abroad to get people, at least one board is indispensable. After this, how dare you send people out in Heyin County? Sun Erlang's family, no one will stop him from going anywhere."
Only then did Xiqing realize it and relieved her heart to raise Sun Erlang's situation.
This is already Bajiao Town, and there are many big villages around. As long as no one is chasing them, it will not be difficult for their family to find a place to make a living. This year, there are suddenly more newly opened farms in Kaifeng Prefecture, and there are shortages of people everywhere. It is a festive time for their parents to be in their prime, so how many places are rushing to ask for them.
Xiang Jun tied up the three of them, pushed them to the front of the general, crossed his hands and asked, "Judge level, how do these people deal with them?"
The premier was about to look at the Manager Chen beside him and thought for a while, "There is Deputy Envoy Xu and his party living in the inn opposite. Let's not go to the prison town here for now, and see what the deputy envoy said. If you get the order, then make a decision!"
Chapter completed!