Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 119 Collusion between officials and businessmen
"I don't know how the county magistrate should deal with it?"

In the side hall of the yamen, Tang Shijie was sitting beside him, beating on the table, once and for all, as if beating on the county magistrate's heart.

The county magistrate is named Wei Wentong, and he has served as county magistrate in Liangcheng for several years, so he has a clear view of the situation in Liangcheng.

Naturally, the power of this Tang family in Liangcheng cannot be shaken by him. Moreover, the "filial piety" sent by the Tang family every year also makes him overjoyed.

Although the county magistrate was sitting on the main seat, a layer of cold sweat rose up his back in the face of Tang Shijie's questioning.

Don't look at Tang Shijie just asked a question lightly, but in the county magistrate's ears, it sounded a little threatening.

"Young Master Tang, don't worry, I have sent that woman away. If she comes again, I will definitely make her look good."

Tang Shijie didn't take Zhao Min seriously, because after all these years, he had done a lot of things to wipe his younger brother's butt, and now he was no longer surprised.

"Since the county magistrate already has a countermeasure in mind, it is inconvenient for Tang X to disturb you. I will visit you another day."

After speaking, Tang Shijie stood up, bowed to the county magistrate, turned around and was about to leave.

The county magistrate also quickly stood up from his seat and sent him to the gate of the yamen. After watching him walk away, he couldn't help showing a smile of unknown meaning.

"Let the second young master come to our courtyard."

As soon as he entered the house, Tang Shijie gave instructions to the housekeeper.

"Yes." The butler went straight to Tang Shiyuan's yard.

Tang Shiyuan was playing with the birds in the yard at the moment. Seeing the housekeeper coming, he couldn't help saying: "Uncle Liu, this bird doesn't have a good appetite today? Come over and have a look."

"Second Young Master, Eldest Young Master is back, I want you to go there."

After hearing the housekeeper's words, Tang Shijie couldn't help but feel a little guilty, presumably the eldest brother already knew about his smashing of the Future Inn.

However, in these years, Tang Shiyuan has caused many disasters, and every time Tang Shijie just taught him a few words, he would deal with the aftermath.

At that moment, Tang Shijie threw the bird food in his hand aside and clapped his hands: "I'll go right away."

"Big brother."

Seeing Tang Shijie sitting in the main hall, Tang Shiyuan entered with a playful smile and called out.

Tang Shijie didn't pay him a single glance, picked up the tea on the table and blew on it for a couple of sips, then put it in his mouth and took a sip.

Seeing that Tang Shijie ignored him, Tang Shiyuan stood in front of him with his head lowered, trembling, raising his head to glance at him from time to time.

After Tang Shijie finished his cup of tea, he placed the cup heavily on the table.

With a "bang", Tang Shiyuan shivered in fright, and immediately begged for mercy: "Brother, I know I was wrong."

Only then did Tang Shijie speak unhurriedly, raised his head, and glanced at Tang Shiyuan lightly: "What's wrong?"

"I shouldn't have smashed the Future Hotel on the spur of the moment. My brother said that using force is the most stupid way to solve it."

"wrong!"

After listening to Tang Shijie's words, Tang Shiyuan raised his head full of doubts: "Wrong?"

Tang Shijie looked at him with resentment: "You smashed the Future Inn on the spur of the moment, it's impossible for elder brother to scold you for such a trivial matter."

Tang Shiyuan was confused: "What does big brother mean?"

"You are not young anymore, how could you handle things so inattentively? It's just a small Laifu Inn. If you smash it, you can smash it, but now the people at the Laifu Inn have taken this matter to the next level." It was brought to the county magistrate."

Hearing this news, Tang Shiyuan was shocked at first, and then angry: "I think the people in their inn are getting impatient, so I'm going to teach them a lesson!"

After Tang Shiyuan finished speaking, he wanted to rush out angrily.

"Stop!" Tang Shijie stopped him, "Why are you still so reckless? Where did you go wrong? Do you know?"

Tang Shiyuan lowered his head and did not speak, Tang Shijie stood up, walked in front of him, and said to him earnestly: "The method of doing things is not cruel enough, or if you don't make a move, you will kill the enemy one by one. You Do you understand?"

Seeing the ruthlessness in Tang Shijie's eyes, Tang Shiyuan couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and nodded nana: "Understood."

Immediately, Tang Shijie laughed out loud, looking at Tang Shiyuan's ignorant appearance, he didn't know much about it, so he stretched out his right hand and slapped him on the forehead: "Forget it, the future will last forever, and there are opportunities for you to learn from it." .”

After Zhao Min got the promise from the county magistrate, she was in a very good mood along the way, humming a little song, bouncing all the way back to Laifu Inn.

The waiter saw that she was in such a good mood, so he asked, "What's wrong? What happened to you, and you're in such a good mood?"

Zhao Min sat on the stool, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it, and then opened his mouth slowly.

"The county magistrate has promised me to help me make the decision. When the truth of this matter is found out, I will definitely ask that Tang Shiyuan to apologize to me and compensate all the losses of our inn."

Unexpectedly, after the shopkeeper heard her say this, he didn't show any joy on his face. Instead, he looked terrified, and hurriedly ran from the counter to Zhao Min and sat down in front of Zhao Min, his eyes full of disbelief: " What did you say?"

Zhao Min also realized that something was wrong with the shopkeeper's expressions, and immediately asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

The shopkeeper Hou sighed, and patted the table angrily: "What did I think you were doing out early today? It turned out to be for this matter, why didn't you tell me before you went out."

Looking at the distraught expression on Shopkeeper Hou's face, Zhao Min also felt a little emboldened: "Shopkeeper Wait, what's the matter? Tell me clearly!" Zhao Min's tone was a little anxious.

At this time Tao Zhiyi came in from the backyard and sat down beside the two, waiting for the shopkeeper to explain to Zhao Min.

"How could the county magistrate decide for you? You see that the front of the yamen is so deserted, and the common people have been wronged. Who would expect him to help with justice?"

Zhao Min frowned, already had some ideas in his mind, and the shopkeeper Hou continued to speak.

"The county magistrate has long accepted the benefits of several big families in Liangcheng. As long as these big families are involved, he will turn a blind eye and even turn black and white. How can he do it for us? call the shots?"

"How could this happen?" Zhao Min felt a little dark, "This county magistrate is acting like this, isn't there someone above to dismiss him and investigate?"

At this time, the shopkeeper hadn't spoken yet, but Tao Zhiyi had already sighed deeply.

"Hey, master, you don't know, our Liangcheng is so far away from the imperial city, it's impossible to reach heaven."

Tao Zhiyi seldom commented on these things. Zhao Min saw him with a different look, and he seemed to empathize with him, so he couldn't help asking: "Why does it seem like you are very familiar."

It turned out that Tao Zhiyi had suffered from the county magistrate before: "A year ago, our mother and I were bullied. I went to report to the police, but who knew that he beat us ten times and kicked us out."

After hearing what the two of them said, Zhao Min felt a chill in his heart, remembering that when he went to the Yamen today, the county magistrate never asked him in detail, and only said that he would investigate.

(End of this chapter)