Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

"Where's Datou?" Yang Zheng pulled out a government servant who passed by him.

The officer's face was full of exhaustion, "The corps commander is checking the number of people." He replied in a hoarse voice.

"Where?" Yang Zheng asked.

The yamen officer pointed him in the direction, and Yang Zheng looked over, and sure enough he saw Zuo Datou who was busy.

The officer said in a hoarse voice: "It's right there. Did you see me calling the corps commander over?"

"I saw it, go ahead." Yang Zheng walked around him, "Stop talking with that voice."

Yang Zheng walked to Zuo Datou and asked, "Is the verification done here almost complete?"

Zuo Datou was muttering about the number of people and pointing at the person he had just named. He really had no time to reply at the moment.

Yang Zheng understood, nodded towards him, and went to wait for him.

Zuo Datou was still short of the last few people. After the counting was completed, he returned to Yang Zheng's words, "The verification of the last group of people has been completed, and we can take them back."

"We'll take them away later." Yang Zheng hesitated.

Zuo Datou has been dealing with him for many years, so he can naturally tell, "Colonel Lieutenant, if you have anything to do, just ask me."

"I'm worried that someone will come over at night." Yang Zheng said, "We passed that village during the day and saw several people who wanted to come over, but were dragged away by others and couldn't come. I think if they sincerely wanted to come, they would probably come over at night.

You lead people to guard here at night. "

"Okay!" Zuo Datou said, "Let those who didn't call anyone stay here with me."

Yang Zheng patted him on the shoulder, "You guys have worked hard all night."

"It's not hard. I'm happy to see so many people coming!"

Yang Zheng stood next to him for a while, Zuo Datou said to him: "You can take people back first!"

"Don't stand here stupidly at night, take the brothers to take turns to rest." Yang Zheng lowered his voice as he said this, "Yangmen County is not peaceful after all. Although we adults have discussed with them to take a step back, we are not that I don’t know what he is thinking because of the roundworm in his stomach. We must be careful at night. Our people should not be left alone and try to stay as close to the city gate as possible. "

Zuo Datou nodded, "I know."

"I'll be here early tomorrow morning."

Zuo Datou said: "Captain, bring some wood and straw curtains to build a shack here so that you can have a resting place."

"it is good."

Zuo Datou handed the checked roster to Yang Zheng, and then ordered five government officials to stay here.

Under the night, the tall city gate slowly opened.

The first person to come out was wearing a military uniform, riding a tall horse, holding a torch with one hand, followed by hundreds of people.

These people lined up neatly, and at some distance there were people holding torches. The whole team was very conspicuous in the dark night.

Walking at the end were a few more cavalrymen.

After all the people had left the city gate, two cavalrymen quickly moved forward, walked to both sides of the team, and kept patrolling.

Yang Zheng was walking very slowly with these people.

After all, not all people in the crowd are young and middle-aged. Besides, these people have been waiting in the open space for an entire afternoon and their energy has been almost exhausted.

The cavalry on both sides were constantly patrolling, just to see who in the team could not stand it. Once discovered, they could be taken out of the team in time to avoid being trampled.

After the team had walked about five miles, Yang Zheng ordered them to rest on the spot. When the group gathered around and sat down, the government officials began to distribute dry food. It was getting late at this time, and the weak people could not replenish their bodies even if they ate this dry food. They wanted to drink hot soup and lie down in a warm place to sleep.

Yang Zheng looked at the crowd, feeling a little guilty. He didn't arrange what happened today well enough. He should have found a way to send the people whose identities were checked earlier to Beishan County, so that they wouldn't have to wait with them.

He misjudged the difficulty of this matter and thought that the verification would be completed soon, but he did not expect that he would have to wait for a long time.

If any of these people get sick because of his mistakes, then he is very undeserving.

Just as he was standing next to the horse and blaming himself, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.

Yang Zheng immediately became vigilant and called all the government servants together, "Where does the sound of horse hooves come from?"

"Like in front of us."

Just when Yang was thinking about whether the bandits on the mountain had horses, the crowd in front was already revealed in the night, and the torches illuminated the red flag of Beishan County very clearly.

The government servant next to Yang Zheng said excitedly: "It's our flag, the master must be coming to pick us up!"

Only when he saw the flag and then the county government carriage did Yang Zheng's wariness dissipate.

He immediately understood what Meng Changqing meant and said to those who were resting: "Your Excellency has sent a carriage to pick us up, but the number of people that can be seated in the carriage is limited. Those who cannot bear it will come out first."

Hearing this, no one in the crowd stood up.

Yang Zheng noticed that a child told an adult that he wanted to ride in a carriage. He looked like he wanted to stand up, but was pushed down by his mother beside him, "My mother will carry you away later."

Yang Zheng said to the mother and daughter: "I see you can't walk anymore. How will you carry the child later? Let's take the car with the child."

The man next to the woman had the courage to say something, but Yang Zheng was the first to say, "You and your family will ride in the car together, so that you don't have to worry separately."

At this time, the convoy led by Meng Changqing had already arrived at the front.

She spoke at the same time as Yang Zheng, "It's too late. There are still more than ten miles to go from here to the place where you are temporarily staying. Those who cannot keep up, please get on the carriage and I will take you there first."

People looked left and right, waiting for others to take the lead.

Meng Changqing also noticed that perhaps the idle waiting this afternoon had calmed down their hot-blooded minds. Now they were obviously more defensive.

Meng Changqing smiled and said: "You don't need to be so defensive. What Beishan County lacks most is population. When you come, I can only treat you well. I hope you will settle down here."

Of course, I also understand your mood. In this way, the carriage will follow you slowly. If any of you feel that you can't walk any more, you can go to the back and ride at any time. "

"How long have you been resting?" Meng Changqing asked Yang Zheng.

"About a tea time."

"The temperature is low now, and it would be bad to take a long rest. Get ready to go."

Some people were still hesitating, but the team had already moved forward and walked some distance away. Some people really couldn't hold on anymore, and saw those carriages following the crowd.

Some people also think that they are already in other people's territory. If the government here really has any bad intentions and can directly expose it, why cover it up and give them a carriage ride?

After thinking about this, some people slowed down and took the car behind.

Someone took the lead, and others quickly followed. Before long, the carriages brought by Meng Changqing were full of people.

Some of them were slow to respond and couldn't find a seat if they wanted to, so they had to accept their fate and walk ahead.

Meng Changqing's level of being a good person was limited. Even if he saw someone walking reluctantly among the crowd, he would not say anything to the person who got on the bus first to give way. (End of chapter)