Phoenix Nine Heavens

Chapter 2

By the Jinshan River, the former Jinshan County Magistrate Zhao Dongchen was sitting on the fishing platform at the moment, staring intently at the river with a fishing rod in his hand. The seventh-rank official uniform he was wearing was very conspicuous, which did not match the fishing figure in front of him at all.

Regardless of the heat on his body, a yamen servant held an umbrella for him with one hand and waved a fan with the other. Sometimes he flattered his superb fishing skills, and sometimes he boasted that he had plentiful catches. I know how much I weigh.

And in an open space next to it, a bill table was placed, and the two sides were full of yamen servants.

These are the two classes of yamen servants who followed Zhao on errands. They faced each other from left to right, presenting an upright posture above the court, extremely solemn and solemn.

An old woman and a child are kneeling between them.

At this moment, the old woman seemed a little exhausted under the scorching sun, her expression was painful but she didn't dare to express any dissatisfaction, she just used her body to block some sunlight as much as possible, so as to leave more shade for the children around her.

No one paid any attention to them, they were ignored like air but they really existed, because they were insignificant at all and would not affect the mood of everyone present.

Su Xuan and Xiao Jing came to the river and headed directly towards the open space.

The guard in charge of the shift was about to stop the two of them, but the little mirror immediately said to the guard, "I'm sorry to bother you, elder brother, to report to Mr. Zhao, the newly appointed Magistrate of Jinshan County, Chi Rui, please see me!"

"Master Chi?" The guard glanced at Su Xuan in surprise, his eyes were complicated but he didn't say anything, and it took a long time before he said, "Wait!"

Then he turned around and walked towards Zhao Dongchen's fishing direction.

Zhao Dongchen also found that You Shengrang came here. Based on his years of experience in making money, it is natural that you know that these two people did not come to him to settle the case, so he immediately asked the guards around him dissatisfied: "What's going on? It's not an explanation. Do you want to prevent anyone from disturbing my fishing?"

"Returning to the master, the brother on duty came to report, saying that the newly appointed Lord Chi Rui, the magistrate of Jinshan County, begged to see you." The guard did not dare to hide it, and told Zhao Dongchen exactly what the brother on duty had reported. , and then waited for Zhao Dongchen's order.

"How is this possible? He's not at the post station..." Zhao Dongchen instantly lost his interest in fishing, and immediately got up from the chair, with that expression of surprise and disbelief on his face.

"Master, now is not the time to talk about these things. Now that they have arrived here, the key is to think about how to send him away?" The guard immediately said to Zhao Dongchen.

"Here you come, why don't you send me away? The fire at the post station has nothing to do with me, so I'm still afraid that he won't succeed!" Zhao Dongchen turned around immediately, and said to the guards beside him, "Let's go, follow me Meet him!"

"Yes!" The guard naturally didn't dare to neglect, he immediately responded to Zhao Dongchen, and followed Zhao Dongchen all the way towards Su Xuan.

Zhao Dongchen came in front of Su Xuan, because he was not an old friend, so naturally he was not polite, and asked Su Xuan directly: "You said you are Master Chi Ruichi, do you have your official credentials?"

"Little mirror, open it for him to see!" Su Xuan immediately said to the little mirror when she heard the other party's question.

Little Mirror immediately took orders, took out something from the bag, unfolded it in front of Zhao Dongchen, and showed it to Zhao Dongchen.

It clearly stated the time when he took office, Chi Rui's name, and the big seal stamped by the official department, all of which were readily available.

"Since Mr. Chi Rui has arrived, I will naturally follow the arrangement of the Ministry of Officials. When I return to the county government, I will hand over everything in Jinshan County to Mr. Chi. But before that, I must first hand over the grandparents and grandchildren in front of me to Mr. Chi. This is what Mr. Chi should do as an official, so it is inconvenient for me to intervene!" Zhao Dongchen obviously did not want to see Su Xuan, but he had no choice but to look at the old woman kneeling on one side, and then said to Su Xuan.

"What's going on?" Su Xuan found out about the old woman and the child, and immediately asked Zhao Dongchen for some unknown reason.

"You are the magistrate, you should ask her instead of me, understand? Master Chi!" Zhao Dongchen said to Su Xuan immediately, as if he wanted to see Su Xuan's joke.

After saying this, Zhao Dongchen walked away in a huff.

Following Zhao Dongchen's departure, the two classes of yamen servants and the guards around him all left at this time, and no one planned to stay and help her.

"What does he mean? Take everyone away, let our adults decide the case!" Seeing this situation, the little mirror immediately shouted at the backs of these guards leaving.

"Forget it! He can't wait to see me disappear, so how can he leave someone to help us?" Su Xuan is quite insightful and knows the depth of the water in Jinshan County. What they have encountered now is just the beginning. It may be more difficult than this, she must be prepared mentally.

"Then what should I do now?" Little Mirror didn't know what to do. You must know that they don't want everyone now, and they haven't got any jobs. Zhao is simply preparing a big hole for them to step on. She really doesn't like it. Know what to do.

At this moment, the old woman fainted, and the child was so frightened that he burst into tears.

"Little mirror, hurry up and get a bowl of water, save people first!" Su Xuan immediately said to the little mirror.

Although she didn't know what kind of complaint this old woman had, since she met her, she couldn't ignore it, not to mention that this person's life was in danger, so it was inappropriate for her to ignore it.

Little Mirror didn't dare to delay, immediately picked up a bowl from the case, rushed directly into the river, fetched a bowl of water and handed it to Su Xuan.

Su Xuan held the old woman's head in her left hand, took the bowl with her right hand, and fed the old woman water. It took a while for the old woman to open her eyes, but she didn't say a word of thanks to Su Xuan. Crying on.

"Old man, what grievances do you have? Just tell me, I will definitely make the decision for you!" Seeing her wronged appearance, Su Xuan asked the old woman directly, without caring about other things.

"The old woman has no money, so the old woman can't afford a lawsuit!" The old woman broke free from Su Xuan's arms immediately, knelt down in front of Su Xuan, and said to Su Xuan, "The old woman will not sue, my lord, just let me The old woman takes her grandson home!"

It seems that because of Zhao's attitude towards her just now, she completely lost her confidence. She felt that all officials were unreliable, so the appeal she said at this moment was to let her go home.

"Old man, this official is different from Mr. Zhao, I don't need a penny from you!" Su Xuan sympathized with the old woman, and felt that she was late, which made the old woman suffer such inhuman treatment. So she feels guilty.

"My lord, you don't want the old woman's money, but you are alone now, and you don't even have an obedient servant, how can you make decisions for the old woman?" It seems that the old woman has seen everything that happened just now. In his eyes, that's why he said such a sentence.

(End of this chapter)