The beauty of the peasant girl of crossing

Chapter 396
Shen Furong said softly: "I am the daughter of Zhou Xueru of the Zhou family in Qingzhou, and I am here to help everyone get through the crisis."

She continued: "Xu Xiaoli, the son of the governor of Qingzhou, also personally came to Huainan Town to take charge. If you have any needs, you can come directly to the county government to raise them."

Zhou Xueru?Is it that Zhou Xueru who, in the year of great disaster, saved countless lives with his own efforts?
Sure enough, as soon as the name "Zhou Xueru" was spoken, there was a sudden silence in front of the city gate.

Xu Xiaoli also stood up and spoke promptly:

"That's right! Don't worry, everyone, we are here just to save people!"

"As long as we all unite as one, I am very confident that we can defeat this smokeless battle."

Some people began to look hopeful, "I believe what they said. After Mr. Xu and others came to Huainan Town, they did save the villagers who were locked in iron cages..."

"So we can be saved?" An old man burst into tears.

"Great! We are saved! We are finally saved!"

Others were also excited when they heard this.

The riot was suppressed easily.

The people left here one after another.

Magistrate Zhang frowned when he heard the news. He thought Xu Xiaoli, the dandy, would be scared away, but he actually appeased these people.

Magistrate Zhang had a sullen face, hands behind his back, and paced back and forth in the room anxiously.

Xu Xiaoli and that princess didn't come early or late, but they had to wait until he summoned nobles and wealthy businessmen to discuss important matters. What a misfortune!

He recalled the whole thing and felt that he was in a very dangerous situation.

There is a plague in Huainan Town, so how can there really be a cure?
It's just a matter of fooling the ignorant people, don't try to bluff in front of him!

And last night, when the son of the Xu family broke into the door and took him out of the chair, causing him as a county magistrate to lose all face, he already had the urge to fall out with Xu Xiaoli, but he was just rational. Dissuaded him.

So he swallowed the bad breath hard and didn't go anywhere or do anything. After he came back, he just lay in the room and drank.

"Master Hong, what do you think I should do next?"

Master Hong has been following County Magistrate Zhang all these years. He knew what his master meant from Magistrate Zhang’s expression, so he lowered his voice and said:
"Sir, if he wants to mess around, let him go. We must leave here as soon as possible."

"Yes, I will move out of the city tomorrow."

In special times, life is more important than anything else, so why worry about so much?

"Sir, even if you leave, you must find a calm reason, otherwise there is no guarantee that Xu Xiaoli will not accuse you of retreating in front of the prefect."

"Well, that makes sense...what do you propose?"

"I think you might as well pretend to be sick. You will be frightened and sick when you return from the meeting hall in the evening and will be unable to continue handling the affairs of the county government."

"I have to go to a villa outside the city to recuperate first. What do you think of this excuse?"

"Yes, this is a good plan!" Magistrate Zhang's old face showed a smile.

"Sir, the most important thing now is that you must not conflict with Mr. Xu. No matter how he tries to anger you, you must endure it!"

"Okay, I understand. With the plague, Huainan Town cannot be saved. I can endure the humiliation and bear the burden. If something goes wrong, I will just pass the responsibility to the yellow-mouthed kid named Xu. Inform the guards that we will leave the city immediately tomorrow morning ." Magistrate Zhang ordered in a deep voice.

***
When Shen Furong and Xu Xiaoli returned to the county government office again, the people below came to report that County Magistrate Zhang suddenly suffered from an old illness this morning. He has now left the city to recuperate and will come back after he recovers.

Before leaving, he left a message that Xu Xiaoli would be in charge of all matters in the county government.Malingering?

Xu Xiaoli said no more, but his eyes narrowed.

When he turned to look at Shen Furong, he found that she seemed to have expected it and didn't act too surprised.

"You expected that, didn't you?"

Shen Furong curled her thin lips, "There are more difficult things to handle than this."

Xu Xiaoli followed her line of sight and saw a group of government officials standing there, all with their nostrils turned upward, looking very arrogant.

The young man who reported just now said that Xu Xiaoli was in charge of all affairs in the county government office in a loud voice, but these government officials only glanced sideways at the young man who reported the news, folded their hands in front of their chests, and did not look at him and Shen Furong at all.

Xu Xiaoli pressed his temples. On one side were the restless people who urgently needed to maintain stability, and on the other side were the government officials who despised orders and did not obey them.

He felt his head suddenly hurt.

***
A large group of people gathered around a lively street. October and Li Yeyu squeezed in to take a look.

All he saw was a man crouching in the corner, his eyes full of fear. He was holding a porcelain pot filled with medicine, and the lid on the porcelain pot was missing.

The bumpy ground was extremely wet, and there was something greasy on it. The man stood up, then stumbled and fell to the ground. When he tried to get up again, the yamen servant was already standing beside him.

The two government officials looked fierce, with knives on their waists and chains in their hands. Their aura alone could intimidate people.

The man knelt down in front of the government officials, kowtowed to them and begged for mercy:

"Two gentlemen, please let me go. I just came out to buy medicine for my wife. I will definitely not step out of the house in the future. I promise not to spread the plague to anyone."

"The outbreak of the plague should have ended with the massacre of the city. The magistrate was so merciful that he only ordered people to seal off the gate of your house. But you dared to sneak out through a dog hole. You should be thrown into jail and slapped on the wall!"

The officer who spoke had a stern look on his face, and he walked forward and started pushing the man, "Follow us! Cooperate well, maybe you can live a few more days."

The man shook his head: "Please, let me go..."

The man kept begging them to let him go, claiming that he had a four-year-old child, his parents, and his sick wife, all of whom were waiting for him to take care of him.

The two government officials looked at each other and pounced on him like wolves and tigers. Without any explanation, they grabbed the man from left to right and threw him to the ground.

The man cried out that he had been wronged and told him that if he didn't go back, his wife and children would not have enough to eat and would starve to death. He begged the government officials to give him a way to survive.

The two government officials had stern faces as they dragged the stumbling man forward: "If you want to be whipped, I'll feed you enough when we get there!"

"stop!"

In October, more and more people came out and overcame the atrocities of these government officials. "Is there any justice in arresting people indiscriminately in broad daylight?"

The officer frowned and looked at the woman in front of him, and said disdainfully:

"You are a village woman. What do you know? Let me tell you. If you dare to stop me from doing my errands, I will carefully arrest you and these black sheep who have contracted the plague."

"Village woman?"

Jump in October.

"You blind people, why don't you use your brains to think about it? The plague spreads very quickly. Even if we arrest all the people in the city, we may not be able to control it."

(End of this chapter)