Young man, please stay

Chapter 186 Huang Youwan’s Story

Falling stone well, in a dilapidated tile-roofed house.

"I said you just came back now, have you found it yet?"

"Found a shit!"

"Then what should we do? If someone picks this up, wouldn't our heads turn upside down?"

"Stop talking about it, it's all you, asking someone to write a memorandum and insisting on signing it! This is really a sin committed in the previous life!"

……

The lights flickered, and two middle-aged men with unkempt hair were pacing back and forth in the room, anxious.

"It's too late to say anything now. Why don't we just keep doing nothing and let's go to the streets to cause trouble tomorrow?"

"Noisy?"

"Yes, didn't our second and third uncles bring the former prefect to death back then? Humph! If we had had that courage, we would have had a golden job long ago!"

Hearing this, one of the men laughed angrily:

"Fuck you! Do you think Huang Youwan is the pretty boy from your ex? Let's not talk about whether there will be a fuss or not. What I'm most afraid of right now is that we won't survive until tomorrow morning!"

"Ah? Brother, don't...don't talk nonsense..."

"Am I talking nonsense? They are all from Luoshi Village. The first day you met Huang Youwan?...Huh? What is it?"

While the two were talking, a gust of wind suddenly blew away the candlelight. In the panic, a hoarse old voice floated out from the dark corner of the room:

"Both brothers, stop arguing. The elder brother is right, you won't survive tomorrow morning."

"Who...who?! Who!"

puff--!

After a trembling exclamation, one of the men opened his eyes wide. Finally, after looking in disbelief at the two-finger-wide blood hole that appeared inexplicably on his chest, he fell straight down with a blank look on his face. It can be said that he died extremely. Be quick and decisive.

"My lord! My lord!"

For ordinary people, the remaining man was calm enough. When his brother died tragically in an instant, he suppressed the trembling all over his body and knelt down directly towards the darkness where he couldn't see clearly. "Bang" He banged his head on the bumpy ground:

"Sir, spare your life! The villain admits his crime and pleads guilty! This was all his idea! I am willing to give a full account!"

Obviously, having already anticipated the worst, he instantly understood why the other party came to kill.

"rest assured."

At this time, Old Dengwei Yifeng finally took a few steps out of the corner, and gradually revealed his true face under the light, grinning sinisterly:

"I won't kill you."

"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"

"Master Huang said, one person per person, your life will be taken by this young hero."

"what?!"

The man kneeling on the ground suddenly raised his head, and the moment he saw the expression on Qin Lang's face, some hope suddenly emerged in his heart.

"Young hero... this young hero! Spare the villain! The villain was completely helpless. Master Huang really forced us, the people of Luoshijing, to the point of desperation. Only then did my brother persuade me to sue Master Huang. The royal decree, please tell me, young hero!"

"Hey, hey, that's about it. This young hero is also Lord Huang's, not Lord Huang himself. What's the point? Do you think you're just beating the drum to complain?"

"..."

If we didn’t work together, we wouldn’t have known that Lao Deng was such a noisy person. Qin Lang frowned and immediately scolded:

"Shut up."

"hiss…"

Lao Deng was dissatisfied at that time, Qin Lang cast a cold look sideways, and Wei Yifeng immediately took a few steps back in awe.

After this short scene was captured by the man kneeling on the ground, he made many judgments in the flash of lightning, gritted his teeth, and simply hugged Qin Lang's legs like a dead horse. , started to cry:

"Master Young Hero! Master Young Hero is wise! Make decisions for the common people!"

"..."

To be honest, Qin Lang has never encountered anything like this in his travels. After being a little at a loss for a moment, he shook his legs and said:

"If you have something to say, either say it well or don't say it at all."

"No, Qin Lang, I said you..."

"you shut up."

"..."

Lao Deng tried to stop him, but Qin Lang choked him back. The man immediately knelt down again, let go of Qin Lang's legs, and whispered:

"Young hero, I don't know. The villain's name is Huang Tu. After all, he is from the same family as Huang Youwan, the current magistrate of Yangzhou. They were both born in this Luoshijing. It stands to reason that our village has worked hard to cultivate a magistrate. It is like a chicken coop. A golden phoenix flew out..."

"...But who would have thought that after Huang Youwan became successful, he turned his back on us poor fellows and disowned us, and... he also disliked us for tarnishing his origin. Since he took office, he did not say anything about taking everyone to eat and drink, but he wanted to Pin us to death in this miserable place..."

"...He himself became an official and enjoyed it with the rich, and left us honest poor people here to die. The annual relief is not enough to live on. Now we want to go to the capital to seek justice. He Huang Youwan still has to pay for it. Asking the young hero to kill us and silence us almost ruined the reputation of the young hero. Please make the decision for the common people!..."

……

The man burst into tears, and Qin Lang felt a little confused after hearing what he said.

After all, he is a rough man, and he is not suitable for doing such things as redressing justice for the people.

But there was one thing. Qin Lang was not moved by the other party's tears. Instead, he thought of Lao Deng's previous words and became more vigilant.

"You stand up first."

"Thank you, Mr. Shaoxia."

"No thanks, your... name is Huang Tu, right?"

"loess."

"Oh, loess..." Qin Lang nodded. Before he could think of what to do next, Lao Deng couldn't help it again.

But this time, in order to prevent Qin Lang from being cruel to him again, Old Dengwei Yifeng still smiled in front of Qin Lang with a smile:

"What about that, Young Master Qin Lang, I really have a lot to say about what this person said, can you..."

"You said."

"Good good."

Wei Yifeng scratched his chin and turned his mocking gaze to the man Huang Tu. Huang Tu felt his heart skip a beat for a moment.

"Master Huang turned his back on others after becoming rich. Is that what you said?"

"This...this is something everyone in the village knows!"

"Yes, yes, we are all birds of a feather, hehe."

Wei Yifeng sat down at the table:

"When Huang Youwan just took office, hundreds of people from Luoshi Village, large and small, all moved into the newly built new mansion without being invited. They ate and drank a lot every day. In the words of you Luoshi Villagers, everything was delicious. It was a government meal, so there was no need to spend any money. Hundreds of people ate and stayed in the yamen for several days. It was a spectacular scene."

"you…"

"Shut up."

This time, Qin Lang told Huang Tu to shut up, then glanced at Lao Deng, who continued:

"Huang Youwan also thought about it at the time. We are all fellow villagers, and he was raised in the same soil and water. He could not repay the kindness, so he immediately said that within two years of taking office, Luoshi Village would be renovated and rebuilt. The land has also been reclaimed, so that Luoshi Village will have no worries about food and clothing..."

"...But what Huang Youwan didn't expect was that these people in Luoshi Village didn't want to go back to the village because they had a relative like him. They wanted to live in the government office no matter what. If they couldn't live in it, they would call them Huang Youwan. Build them exactly the same big houses, one for each person in the village..."

"...It was naturally impossible for Huang Youwan to come up with the money at that time, but the local wealthy businessmen took the initiative to dig into their pockets. Huang Youwan refused to accept it, and he couldn't resist the hundreds of good fellow villagers using his name. Come on, we really built a lot of magnificent houses in one year..."

"...And when these honest and honest villagers from Luoshi Village moved in, it became even worse. The men acted like masters, the women acted like wives, the elders were disrespectful, and the little ones were idle and idle in the streets of Yangzhou City every day. Making trouble, using Huang Youwan's name to bully others..."

"...Huang Youwan naturally couldn't bear it, so he severely punished a Luoshi Villager who molested a village girl. As a result, the next day, hundreds of Luoshi Villagers beat gongs and drums at the gate of the Yamen and angrily accused Huang Youwan of being a dog official. , oppressing the people...haha!"

When Lao Deng said this, he even became happy:

"...Don't mention it, these people are really ordinary people in terms of status! They can only show off their power under the banner of Huang Youwan in front of other people, but in front of people like Huang Youwan who are real officials, Each of them is more honest than the other, and they are all targets of oppression..."

"...Although everyone in Yangzhou City knew what was going on at first, they could not stand up to the hundreds of people in Luoshi Village who were clamoring. As time went by, the three of them became tigers, and many things became unclear, especially those who were Unknown outsiders spread the word that Huang Youwan is really a dog official who bullies the people..."

"... In the end, Huang Youwan also thought about it. Since everyone said that he was a dog official, it would be better for him to really be a 'dog official'. In terms of specific performance, for example, when there was a drought in the second year, Huang Youwan Wan deliberately refused to distribute relief food to the people in Luoshi Village, and if the villagers dared to cause trouble, Huang Youwan would directly have people kill him in the street..."

"...This incident can be regarded as a major outbreak of the conflict between Luoshi Village and Huang Youwan. Huang Youwan also heard from this incident that the previous magistrate of Yangzhou was too honest and kind, and as a result suffered a famine in a certain year. At that time, because they really could not bring out food, the victims led by Luoshi Village rushed into their homes and ransacked them..."

"...Although it turns out that the former prefect's family is indeed impoverished, and all personal money has been used to help the victims, but those people who usually claim to be simple and honest don't care about that. No matter if I am having a good time or not, I will make it difficult for you, even if you are a Where’s the official one?…”

"...So, it was pitiful that the former magistrate was so incorruptible and his whole family was killed like this. Later, when he reported it to the court, all the victims said that the magistrate had been in ruins for many years and that the food stored in his house aroused public outrage..."

"...and Huang Youwan has changed since he learned about this incident. How should I put it? Hehe, he has become sober."

……

After Wei Yifeng said this, he didn't say much more, and there was no need to say much else. Looking at the current situation of Luoshijing, Qin Lang could probably guess Huang Youwan's attitude and behavior after that.

The loess, with a livid face tightened, stood in the corner without saying a word.

……

How can we judge whether people are good or bad?

Qin Lang was silent for a long time, and finally remembered a sentence he had seen in his dream.

[It’s not that old people have become bad, it’s that bad people have become old]

This sentence, which seemed to have nothing to do with the situation at hand, actually turned into another sentence in Qin Lang's mind.

[It’s not that bad people become officials, it’s that bad people become officials]

The former magistrate was honest and kind, but because he was an official, he was forced to kill his whole family by Luoshi villagers and other "simple" people.

There is a group of gangsters and scoundrels in Luoshi Village, but because they are civilians, they use Huang Youwan's name to bully the good. On the other hand, when necessary, they hold high the banner of "civilians" and falsely accuse Huang Youwan of bullying.

Although Qin Lang is currently unable to verify the authenticity of these things, he believes that similar things must have happened or are happening in other places at other times in the world.

An old man with a cane can be a bad person.

A young master from a wealthy family can also be a good person.

A person can even be a good person and a bad person at the same time.

In general, the quality of a person has nothing to do with identity.

As for the loess in front of me...

"Qin Lang, do you know the real reason why these two brothers filed a complaint? In fact, they were molesting civilian girls on the street a few days ago. Huang Youwan sentenced them to a life-long ban from falling into the stone well, so these two Just hold a grudge.”

Well, as expected, Huang Tu is not a good person.

As for the reason why Huang Youwan directly sent people to silence him, Qin Lang could easily understand. He was undoubtedly afraid that the report of the imperial complaint would involve other unnecessary things.

After all, although Huang Youwan had suffered a lot of grievances from the Implementation Village, he himself might not be a good person.

Of course, this has nothing to do with his status as prefect.

Swish-!

In the end, the sword rose and fell, silver light and blood light appeared together. Qin Lang completed the "entry test" of Juxian Pavilion. After sleeping peacefully for a night without any disturbance in his heart, he took Huang Youwan's hand early the next morning. A sign was given to officially enter the fourth floor of the Juxian Pavilion by the West Lake.

""Yunji Seven Lots"...could it be on this floor..."

(End of this chapter)