Chapter 55: A Little Trial (Part 1)
The face of the county magistrate Wei, who was still smiling, suddenly sank: "Who dares to be so arrogant in the county yard?" When he glanced at him, he was so scared that the two yamen runners outside the door were so shocked. He nodded and said that he would go to investigate, then turn around and run out.
Before he could take two steps, another servant rushed over outside the attack. Seeing the county magistrate here, he came up to report: "County Master, there are families of families who were dismissed from the yamen who were previously dismissed from office and those related to the torture houses outside the yamen. They kept shouting to see the adults, and there were still many people gathering around..."
Wei Liang snorted even more annoyed: "What a courage. I want to talk to them. Let's see where they got the confidence to make such a noisy!" Just as he was about to lift his feet, Li Ling beside him had already dissuaded: "Sir, wait, you don't have to come forward for some small things, so let's go to deal with them." He was quickly involved in the show and now he has regarded himself as a member of the county government.
After looking at him, Wei Liang was decisive and nodded immediately: "Then I'll have a hard time. Remember, don't let things get really big."
"Don't worry, sir." Li Ling bowed confidently and then quickly went out with two officers. Wei Liang and Cao Jin behind him looked at each other, with some praise in their eyes. This person was really right.
At this time, there were already a riot in front of the county government. On one side were more than 30 elderly men and women, and on the other side were more than a dozen servants led by Lin Lie. If someone hadn't stopped him, these bold guys might have gone to beat the drums of grievance.
But even so, the scene was still very unreasonable. Three or four women were sitting on the ground under the steps, slapped the ground and shouting: "We are wronged... Our man has been working diligently in the yamen for more than ten years and worked hard every day, but in the end he was kicked out of the county government at will. How can we live! County Magistrate Wei, you have to make the decision and give us an explanation!"
On the other side, a few trembling old men gathered around a few clerks who came to persuade him and complained loudly: "My son and you are also colleagues for many years, and you are working together. You just watched them be bullied by the new county magistrate? You have thought about it, maybe you will be the same as my son in the future!"
"We want to meet the magistrate of Wei, why should he open the rebels at will? He just didn't come to the county government for a few days and did nothing that would harm the world..."
These people kept shouting, attracting all the pedestrians on the bustling Yaqian Street. Suddenly, there were three layers inside and three layers outside, and hundreds of people surrounded the county government. Seeing these many people coming, they became more and more excited and shouted to the surroundings: "My fellow villagers are here to judge. How could the county magistrate kill people when they come? This is not a county magistrate, it is clearly a cruel official!"
Seeing that they were talking more and more distorted, Lin Lie, who was just blocking the door, finally couldn't hold back and waved his hand and wanted to stop him. Unexpectedly, the person behind him pressed his shoulder: "Captain Lin, wait!" As soon as he turned around, he saw the county magistrate Feng Ping standing there, "You can't solve this matter, you should wait for the county magistrate to come over."
"But..." Lin Lie frowned and faintly smelled some conspiracy.
"I'll do it." Another voice sounded from behind, but Li Ling finally arrived. He looked at Feng Ping, who was slightly surprised. He only owed his lower body slightly, "I am here to solve the current situation by the county magistrate. Lord Feng will not stop him, right?"
When Li Ling took a look, Feng Ping felt that he had seen through his thoughts. His heart was thumping and could only smile reluctantly: "Since it is the county magistrate's order, I will naturally not stop it. But Li Ling, don't mess up the matter, the county magistrate should not be abandoned."
"Don't worry, sir." After Li Ling dropped this sentence, he stepped forward and glanced at the current chaos, and had a complete conclusion. If he just speculated that someone was deliberately disturbing him and wanted to use it to attack Wei Liang's reputation and prestige, then he would now be 100% sure. Moreover, the person who planned this chaos must be Feng Ping behind him and Zhuang Hong who was locked in the prison. This is their counterattack.
Actually, it seems that the magistrate of Wei has been suppressing them in the past few days, and they beat these local snakes to no avail. This is obviously unreasonable. After all, they have been here for many years, so how could it be so bad? The only explanation is that they need time to prepare in series.
As Zhuang Hongzhen was dismissed from office and imprisoned in prison, these people were really anxious. Even if they were not sure, they had to fight for it at this time, so they organized so many people to come to the yamen to make a fuss. If this trip could not be suppressed, they might have to call for justice for Zhuang Hong in the future.
These thoughts were all understood in Li Ling's mind, and they also made him feel more stressed. But the smile on his face was still bright. After walking forward, he bowed politely: "My fellow villagers, please listen to the next word."
"Who are you? We want to meet the magistrate of Wei!" The old man who was closest to him said with contempt when he saw that he was not wearing a public uniform.
Li Ling was not angry and still smiled, "I am here to talk to you by the order of the county master. Please listen quietly and listen to me finish my words." The last sentence he suddenly raised his voice, which really covered everyone's noise, and all his attention was poured on him.
"Hey, wasn't he Li Ling the one who complained that day? Why did he become a person in the county government?" Some people in the distance recognized him with curiosity. Fortunately, these voices did not reach the front, and everyone did not recognize Li Ling, but just looked at him suspiciously: "Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course, you will be confirmed soon." Li Ling said solemnly. After giving them confidence, he asked again: "You should not belong to the other party, I don't know what your identities are."
"I am from Li Qing's family clerk..."
"I'm from Zhang Dan's family in the torture room..."
"I am……"
These people reported their identities one by one, and Li Ling nodded to them one by one, responding politely, and actually let him control the situation. It was not until he found out that there were twelve officials here that he smiled and said, "You can understand in your mood. It's just that you are disturbing in front of the county yamen. To put it bluntly, this practice is a great disrespect to the yamen and the court. If you really pursue it, you will be severely punished. It's all light to beat the 20 or 30 yards."
"You..." The old man was immediately annoyed again. He was about to scold something, but was quickly interrupted by Li Ling: "Of course, our county magistrate Wei has always been kind and will not do this, but you also need to know your mistakes and correct them. You should not be disturbed in front of the county government!
"Then the county magistrate will give us an explanation!"
"My man has never made any mistakes, so why has he been rebuked?"
Suddenly, several more people started shouting, and some people took the opportunity to mention: "We want to meet the county magistrate!"
"Okay, okay!" Li Ling quickly pressed his hand down: "I have already understood everyone's mood, but the county government is different from other places. You can't let all of you go in and talk. In this way, how about choosing a few people as representatives and speaking with me? I promise that as long as you go in and you will be able to give you a satisfactory answer."
This made people feel a little uneasy. Two of them looked at the Fengping in front of them. They didn't say loudly until they saw him nodding slightly, "Okay, I'll go in with you, who else would like to go with you?"
With the leader, the others became bolder and followed up: "And I..."
Originally, there were only two or three people, but in a short while, there were more than ten people, almost one by one. Obviously, although these people were united, they were far from being united, and they were worried that they would suffer if they didn't go.
Li Ling was generous and nodded immediately: "Then let me follow me to the county government and talk. Everyone else is here to wait, don't bother me, otherwise..." As he said that, he looked at Lin Lie again, "Captain Lin, if anyone dares to do anything else, take the person down first!"
"Yes!" Lin Lie hurriedly agreed. He had long seen these guys not going well.
When Li Ling led more than ten people to the yamen in front of him, Feng Ping, who was watching the show, looked at him thoughtfully: "Li Ling, don't make a fuss. If something goes wrong, no one can protect you!"
"Mr. The county magistrate is too worried. It's my reason to do this." Li Ling replied, and kept taking people into the door and heading straight to the second hall along the aisle. But behind him, the low hum of the county magistrate Feng came.
Li Ling led the people in, but did not lead them to the county magistrate's public housing. Instead, he turned around and came to the signing room where the house he was most familiar with. At this time, there were several new house clerks, and they were busy handling the matters at hand. When he saw that Li Ling had brought so many people over, he was stunned: "Are you?"
These people recognize Li Ling and have heard from people that the county magistrate intends to make him the new household resident official, but now you have not taken office yet, why dare you come here?
Li Ling had no intention of treating himself as an outsider at all. He waved his hand and ordered: "You guys go out first, and then take me the stack of things behind the shelf."
Several clerks showed a hint of displeasure, but then they saw Master Cao appearing outside the door, and he nodded slightly to them and signaled them to listen to Li Ling's words to do things. In desperation, they could only put the things on the desk as Li Ling said, then went out obediently, and closed the door by the way.
It was not until this time that the few people who had just entered the yamen tasted it: "Where is the magistrate of Wei? Why didn't he tell us the difference?"
"Mr. Zun is busy with official business and can't take time to deal with such trivial matters now. Let me entertain you all." Li Ling smiled and said.
Chapter completed!