Taming the Demon: A Guide to Raising a Great Sage

Chapter 21 021

The job of a yamen servant is easier than imagined.

On the first day of work, Shen Lang followed Zhu Hu from the street to the end of the alley, and then from the end of the alley to the street, doing nothing along the way, just chatting nonsense, like two worthless people.

When it was over, when the sun was getting higher and the weather was getting hotter, Zhu Hu simply took Shen Lang to find a teahouse, went in to drink tea, eat melons, listen to books and catch fish.

Coincidentally, Shen Lang and Zhu Hu were not the only ones fishing in this teahouse.

That day in Wangjiazhuang, the black-faced policeman who netted Shen Lang with Zhu Hu, named Zhao Junshan, unexpectedly brought his attendants, and was listening to books with sunflower seeds.

When the two sides met, of course they would sit at the same table, and chat about gossip while listening to books.

"Have you heard? Last night, another maid was buried in the Zhao family in the north of the city. She also said that she accidentally slipped while fetching water and fell into the well and drowned."

"Hey, this is nothing new. I heard before that the Zhao family has buried seven maids this year. They all died by falling into wells."

"Tsk, counting the one last night, that's eight. It's only June this year, and there are already eight maids who've fallen into wells and drowned... On average, it's more than one per month."

"It's really a crime...Old Zhao, you said that your surname is Zhao, how come there is no good person?"

"Don't get involved with me. I am not the same Zhao as the Zhao family in the north of the city. His family's ancestors moved from the Western Regions when the country was founded, and they mixed with Hu people's blood. My family is a local Zhao. Since the previous dynasty, our ancestors have lived in Changsheng Farming and hunting in the county is the purest blood of Dongtu..."

"Old Zhao, I think what you said is wrong. Your name is Zhao Junshan, and the eldest son of the Zhao family is called Zhao Mengshan. It sounds like a clan brother!"

"Heh, according to what you said, there are Zhu Hu, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Erhu. There are not one thousand but eight hundred in the whole Great Chu. Are they all your half-brothers of Zhu Hu?"

"Hey, old Zhao, your words are too rude..."

Hearing that Zhu Hu and Zhao Junshan were talking about this, Shen Lang couldn't help asking:

"In the Zhao family in the north of the city, so many girls died in half a year, and they all fell into the well and drowned. I feel that there is a big problem! Don't the yamen check carefully?"

Zhu Hu, Lao Zhao and Lao Zhao's yamen servants all glanced at Shen Lang at the same time, and their eyes were quite subtle.

When it was over, Zhu Hu said in a low voice:

"I've heard rumors about the real death method of the maids of the Zhao family. It is said that the eldest son of the Zhao family has practiced tiger claw kung fu and likes to practice kung fu with living people... It is said that he crushes living people, especially young people. The voice of a young girl's bone sounds very beautiful..."

Shen Lang's scalp tingled when he heard that:

"The method is so cruel, it's just frenzied. The government doesn't care about this kind of people? Just sit back and watch the Zhao family's youngest take care of people's lives?"

Zhao Junshan sighed, and slapped Shen Lang on the shoulder:
"Little brother, the Zhao family dies a lot of maids every year. Everyone in Changsheng County knows about this. Therefore, no matter how poor the county is, they will not sell their daughters to the Zhao family as maids. As for the Zhao family, we can only go to the outsider market to buy a dead girl..."

Shen Lang frowned, endured the discomfort in his heart, and said slowly:

"Co-authoring a foreigner is not a person? A maid who signed a death contract is not a person? Whether it is dead or alive, no one cares? Knowing that they were crushed and tortured to death, the yamen refused to do it for them. In charge?"

Old Zhao said displeased:
"Hey, you little brother, why are you talking so aggressively?"

Zhu Hu sighed:
"It's not that the yamen doesn't want to take care of it, but it doesn't dare to take care of it. Why do you think the Zhao family dared to declare openly that all the maids who died in his family fell into the well and died?
"One or two fell into a well and drowned, which is justified. But these seven or eight, or even a dozen or so last year, all fell into a well and died. People in our county are not fools. How could they believe such nonsense?

"But since the Zhao family dares to bully our county people and even the county government as fools, it is of course justified. Do you know who is Zhao Mengshan, the eldest son of the Zhao family who is in charge of the Zhao family now, and who is his sister? "

Shen Lang put on a dull face: "Who?"

Zhu Hu sighed:

"Zhao Mengshan's sister is the concubine of Duke Ying. The mansion of Duke Ying is the founder of the country. The first Duke Ying made great contributions to Emperor Taizu, and even rescued him twice.

"If it weren't for the fact that Da Chu's different surnames are not allowed to be crowned kings, with the merits of the first generation of Duke Ying to protect the sky, how can he be a king of the word. But even if there is no king, the Duke of Ying's mansion is still the iron hat of Yingzhou in the world town The Duke of the state has a Danshu iron certificate, and he is the king of Zhibi County.

"Zhao Mengshan's older sister, although she is only the concubine of Duke Ying, is young and beautiful, and she is very favored. With the support of Duke Ying, who dares to take care of the Zhao family if you say that our small Changsheng county government about?"

Hearing this, Shen Lang once again confirmed his previous understanding of the world, and gained a deeper understanding:
In an imperial society, power is greater than the law.

For the real dignitaries, the so-called imperial laws are nothing more than a dead letter.

In the ancient times of the earth, in the era of imperial power and aristocracy, no matter the east or the west, no matter which dynasty or country, no matter how powerful the country is, didn’t all the powerful and nobles stand above the top and take life and death, while the grassroots trembled and crawled below?

Even if the empire spreads all over the world, what does it have to do with the people?
It's nothing more than that in the prosperous times of the empire and the prosperity of the country, it is a little easier for the people to survive than in troubled times.

But once they are crushed by the rich and powerful, they will also have nowhere to go, and their families will be ruined!
Even if a character like Hai Gangfeng or Bao Longtu appears occasionally, it can't change the overall atmosphere.

"Prosperity, the people suffer; death, the people suffer" is not the poet Wen Qing, but a statement of facts.

The Great Chu of the East in this world will not be any different from the era of the earth's imperial power.

Shen Lang, who came from the prosperous dynasty, had instinctive displeasure, discomfort, and dislike for this reality.

Even though the matter had nothing to do with him, hearing it in his ears, he still couldn't help but feel agitated and couldn't calm down.

Just like before he crossed over, when he saw some dark and unfair news on the Internet, he would be filled with righteous indignation and rant about it.

Although at that time, he could only "spray Cao Nima in the void, and press a key to scare ghosts and gods", being a keyboard man with flying fingers and raining words did not change the dark and unfair real power.

But public opinion is a force in itself.

In the Internet age, events in one place can quickly become known to the whole country and force reality.

But here, in this era of imperial power and aristocracy, the grassroots were crushed to death by the powerful and powerful, and they couldn't even utter a mournful cry.

The youngest of the Zhao family, who was backed by the hereditary state government, not only ran amok, targeted innocent maids as practitioners, but also blatantly bullied the county people and county government as fools, but such behavior can only be done in Changsheng at best. Spread throughout the county.

Out of Changsheng County, or even out of the county town to the countryside, no one may know about it.

Shen Lang exhaled lightly, and said expressionlessly:
"Master Mu is patrolling Yingzhou, cracking down on lawbreakers? Doesn't even she dare to take care of the Zhao family's affairs?"

Zhu Hu and Zhao Junshan were silent.

After a long while, Zhu Hu said helplessly:

"Master Mu doesn't know anything about the Zhao family. The county government didn't dare to tell her about it, and neither do we."

Zhao Junshan also said with a dark face:

"Your Majesty Mu is a figure in the sky, but the government of Yingguo is not a good opponent. If the two of them fight each other, it will probably end without a problem in the end, and no one can do anything to the other. But we little shrimps, even if it is the county magistrate, I'm afraid All of us will be affected by the fish in the pond. How dare we risk our own wealth and lives?"

Zhu Hu held the teacup, squinted his eyes, and said slowly:
"Brother Shen, I know you are young and energetic, and you can't rub the sand in your eyes. My brother was the same as you back then. But so what?

"If you don't get beaten by reality, you won't know the cruelty of the world. This world is just like this. For little people like us, it is already the limit if we don't go with the evil and oppress the good."

Shen Lang was silent for a while, put down his teacup, got up and said:
"Brother Zhu, Lao Zhao, the weather is too hot, and I feel a little unwell. I want to ask for leave to go home and rest for a day."

Zhu Hu didn't say anything, sighed, waved his hands and said:

"Go, the market is safe and sound, and I'm going home to rest in the afternoon."

After Shen Lang left.

Old Zhao suddenly slapped the table with a dark face:
"Being looked down upon by a young kid, I am really ashamed to have the same surname as the Zhao family in the north of the city!"

Zhu Hu smiled wryly:

"I used to get along well with Xiao Shen, but I said I introduced my cousin to him. Now, I will be looked down upon by him too."

[Ask for a ticket~! 】

(End of this chapter)