Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 104 Corrupt Official Mantou
Liu Zaili's eyes tightened again and again, reciting the Analects of Confucius?The irritable Xia Zhen was actually comforted by a little lady!Interesting!Looking at Ma Erniang, whose head and face were covered in sweat, only she could think of this method, squinting her eyes, and curling her lips into a smile.

Ma Min'er's heart was beating violently. Even in her previous life, the most difficult orders she took over were not so heart beating. She understood, because at that time it was only about money and business, but tonight was about human life and power, not what she could do. touched.

After a while, a guard came in with a thorn, "Sir—"

Mr. Tian reached out to take the Vitex, looked at Ma Min'er, "Please, Er Niang, please recite it for the little general."

"Okay." Ma Min'er bit the bullet and tied the Vitex on Xia Zhen's back, and said to Liu Zaili: "Yancheng County King, General Xia said that he is loyal to the emperor and his subordinates by carrying the Vitex on his back." Taking responsibility is not admitting guilt.”

Liu Zaili squinted at Xia Zhen.

Xia Zhen glanced back at him coldly, "That's right, in the army, in times of war, I am not only the commander of 20 sergeants, I am responsible for the war, and I am also responsible for the lives of the sergeants who serve the country. Military planes, sergeants who are perfunctory and unwilling to contribute to the country, I have no slack in my responsibility."

After finishing speaking, Xia Zhen, who was naked from the upper body, pulled out her long legs and walked out of the camp clangingly.

Well said, I didn't expect the silent Xia Zhen to be quite bureaucratic. Ma Min'er secretly praised him, but she didn't share with him.

Mr. Tian glanced at Ma Erniang and followed Xia Zhen out.

Liu Zaili stood still.

"Prince Yan Jun, are you not going out? You are the representative emperor!" Ma Min'er bit the bullet and urged him to go out, but if he didn't go out, how could Xia Zhen's "responsibility" go down.

Liu Zaili's squinted eyes shot out more than just a cold light, the tight pupils flickered and flickered.Ma Min'er felt that all the thoughts in her heart had been seen through, Wei Wei turned her eyes away, not daring to meet his gaze.

With a smile on his lips, Liu Zaili turned around and walked out.As he left, Ma Min'er felt as if she had moved a hill, and let out a long breath.

"Ma Erniang, next is..." Zhuang Hao wanted to test whether what he thought was on the same line with her.

"Mr. Tian stands in front of people, and you prepare any materials that Mr. Tian needs in front of people."

"for example……"

"Listen to the sound from outside!" Ma Min'er asked Zhuang Hao to listen to the outside, "You will know what you are going to do first."

Zhuang Hao hastily pricked up his ears.

Outside the tent, Xia Zhen was carrying thorns on her back, swinging her long legs, and walked toward the main entrance of the camp naked. The noisy crowd at the gate did not expect the violent Xia Zhen to appear in front of them in such a way. As he walked, the crowd unconsciously spread out to both sides.

Some people were not frightened by the naked Xia Zhen, and moved their eyeballs from side to side. These mud-legged people are actually scared like this. This is not good, and they are looking for opportunities to stir up the crowd.

Xia Zhen walked to the center of the gate without hindrance, and knelt down in the direction of the capital, "The guilty minister Xia Zhen pleads guilty, please the emperor deal with it."

It turns out that carrying the thorns on the back is to bear the thorns to plead guilty. Among the troublemakers, some people have heard of this allusion. They did not expect that Xia Zhen, who is so brutal and arrogant, can plead guilty. Is it because of the emperor's errand?
Everyone couldn't help looking at the imperial envoy who came out of the barracks. They didn't expect him to get Xia Zhen out when he went in. It was really amazing.

"My lord, please be the master of the people!" An old man knelt on the ground.

Everyone who engages in strategy understands long-distance friendship and short-distance attack, and Liu Zaili is no exception. He is gentle and pleasant to the common people at the bottom, "What do you want this county to do for you?"

"My lord, General Xia has killed innocent people indiscriminately and ruined the family of the little people." The old man burst into tears.

Mr. Tian stood behind Liu Zaili, clasped his hands and said, "His son is Wang Xiaohu, the chief of a hundred villages under the Seventh Battalion. During the war between Xiangyi and the Turks, he did not obey the command of the Seventh Battalion captain and did not do a good job in the settlement. , took people away without authorization, causing hundreds of casualties in the entire Seventh Battalion, and the little general dealt with him with military law."

"You're talking nonsense. I've heard people say that it's not that my son keeps coming back. It's that a school general transferred him to the front to meet the enemy. He is just a small village chief. Two officers transferred him. He didn't know who to listen to. He was hesitant. When I was caught by the little general, he killed my son indiscriminately. My son died very resentfully, and he died very resentfully..." Women and children, old and young, gathered around and cried together with the old man, the voice resounded The main entrance of the camp.

Liu Zaili raised his eyes and looked at Xia Zhen who was kneeling at the main entrance, "General Xia, what the old man said, is there such a thing?"

Xia Zhen knelt on the ground straight, looking towards the direction of the capital, the night was dark and long.

"Why didn't you speak?" Liu Zaili asked again.

"Let the young one answer for my general." Mr. Tian cupped his hands again, "This is not true. In the Yizhou camp, there is no possibility of two school lieutenants commanding a village chief."

"How is it impossible?" the old man roared.

Mr. Tian said unhurriedly: "You also said just now, 'I heard people say it." How could you, a commoner, know casually about battlefield matters and command matters? "I... I just heard..."

"Those who leak military information will be dealt with according to military regulations. Dad, please tell me, who told you about the battlefield?"

"I..." How did the old man dare to name the person who notified him, and he just burst into tears, "My lord, they bully us ignorant people, and ask you to make decisions for us..."

"My lord, please decide for us..."

All the troublemakers at the door knelt in front of Liu Zaili, asking him to call the shots.

Zhang Nianmei was walking in the night with his hidden guards. Three arrows had been blocked by him, and the fourth arrow had been shot, but his men hadn't found the best sniper position yet, so they were sweating anxiously, "Hurry up and turn around behind him." , kill him."

"Yes, General Zhang, but the little one needs cover."

"I'll do it." Zhang Nianmei stepped forward in person.

At the open fire, Xia Zhen was naked, her eyes were motionless, like a statue.

Guo Daping hid in the corner, and saw him at a glance, the little general who liked Erniang, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, tall figure, general air, and more noble air.The yushu is facing the wind, and the utensils are magnificent. Even kneeling there, it still looks like a prosperous age.

He felt extremely inferior, lowered his head sadly, and licked the corner stubbornly, forgetting what he wanted to do.

Inside the tent, Ma Miner stood at the door of the barracks, gently opened a corner, looked outside quietly, and paid attention to every move outside. In the dark night, she seemed to hear the sound of arrows falling, the sound of snakes spitting letters, Chills down her back.

Xia Zhen, Xia Zhen, you must survive this disaster!

His Excellency Huangcha actually stood still, indifferent to their pleas, their hearts of getting what they expected slowly cooled down, and their calm emotions became agitated unconsciously.

"My lord, don't tell me you let Xia Baozi kneel here just to make a show, why didn't you deal with him?"

"Yes, why don't you deal with him, you should give us an explanation if you should kill him."

……

The crowd was furious, and they didn't care whether Liu Zaili was on a mission or not, they pointed at him directly and asked him to deal with Xia Zhen immediately.

Liu Zaili said solemnly: "The state owns the law of the king, and it is not possible to convict General Xia with a single sentence from everyone."

"Isn't it a crime for him to kill innocent people indiscriminately?"

"How to prove that he killed people indiscriminately?"

"I……"

……

"Anyway, he just killed our son, our husband, why didn't he punish him, then why do you need an emperor's messenger?"

"Yes, then why do you need an imperial messenger?"

In the crowd, someone felt that the time had come, and immediately incited: "Since even the emperor is protecting Xia Baozi, why don't we seek justice for ourselves."

"Yes, we seek justice for ourselves, come on, kill him..."

"kill him……"

Seeing the crowd rushing towards the little general, Mr. Tian ran and blocked them with both hands. There was the opponent of the crazy crowd. When he was about to yell, Zhuang Hao had already brought his guards to protect the little general in the encirclement. Unexpected.

Everyone was kept out of the circle by sharp knives.Zhuang Hao looked at everyone calmly, "Who said that the little general was going to be killed just now?"

Shouting together, everyone is free, but to answer alone, no one dares, and everyone even takes a step back unconsciously.

Zhuang Hao twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled slightly, "Except for the emperor, no one in the general of Zhen Guo's mansion is qualified to kill him."

What a great opportunity, the person with ulterior motives in the center of the crowd was unwilling to give up like this. When others were not consciously stepping back, he didn't move, and even took a step forward, yelling, "God, there are people in this world. In a world of powerful and powerful people, how do we ordinary people live, who will give us justice!"

After finishing speaking, he rushed up to the swords and guns blocking the little general, shouting as he rushed, "Don't you expect any fairness, I ask someone to ask for it..."

The crowd was instigated again and swarmed up, "Yes, we seek justice ourselves..."

"Kill Xia Baozi..."

"kill him……"

The soldiers had been told that they could only block people, not hurt them. When the crowd came up, they didn't dare to point their knives at them, seeing that the crowd was about to squeeze open.

Zhuang Hao raised the paper in his hand and shouted: "Zhang San, there are 36 households in the seven clans of Zhulian, with a population of 210; Freshman..." His voice was loud, and the people surrounding him could hear him clearly.

"Pu...why do you want to kill me...we..."

Even if they don't know a single word, even a mentally handicapped person would know what'zhu' means?The surging crowd was still again.

Zhuang Hao saw that the crowd had calmed down, raised the paper in his hand, and said loudly: "In the battle between Yixiang and the Turks, the little general beheaded 33 people in total, and it was all about the facts, without implicating anyone, but if you kill the third-rank Zhenguo general , according to the law of the court, you will be punished by the seven clans, all men will be beheaded, all women will be used as official prostitutes, and you will never be redeemed."

"..." The crowd all stared at Zhuang Hao.

Zhuang Hao is still calm and calm: "You will be defenseless if you die at the gate of the camp today, but your family for many generations will not be spared. You will become sinners through the ages. Do you still want to kill the little general?"

"I...we..."

Yes, it doesn't matter if they die, but the whole family... they don't dare.Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted: "Killing people, you say it's delaying the battle, we can't say no to you, but our village killed more than a dozen strong men in the battle, and the pension has not been paid to us. This is a fact. Do you still want to resist cunning? "

Immediately, another entourage handed over another stack of papers, and Zhuang Hao held it up again: "This is the album that records the distribution of pensions. All the silver taels were given to the Pingding County Government, and the relevant officials of the county government were asked to If you say you haven't received it, it doesn't matter, I will send someone to call the relevant personnel over to verify it face to face, and I will definitely give you a clear explanation."

When Mo Huaien returned to the inner courtyard, Liu quickly asked the girl to bring him a basin of water and wait for him to rest, but he stopped him, "Let the girl and mother-in-law go out first."

"Master, what's the matter?"

"Ah."

Mrs. Liu kept staring at the man's face. Could it be that something happened to his eldest daughter and the Ma family didn't want to marry her?She was secretly happy.

"Liu's—"

"Ah..." Liu Shi was startled, "Master, why do you call me that?"

Mo Huaien asked coldly: "Did you intervene in the issue of compensation for the war between Xiangyi and the Turks?"

"Old...Master, this is all a matter in the yamen, what does it have to do with me as a woman!" Liu Shi rubbed the handkerchief restlessly.

"Mr. Liu, how many years have I been an official, don't you know how this pension will be wiped away?"

"Master, what are you talking about, then you can talk about it, I am the magistrate of the county, and I am also the owner. How can I get in touch with the silver and the account book?"

Mo Huaien said bitterly: "You know that I'm not talking about the director of the yamen, but about sending money to the yamen. You didn't recommend the yamen to Mr. Ma, the county magistrate Gao?"

"How... how do I do these things!" Liu's eyes dodged.

"Crack!" Mo Huaien patted the corner of the table, "Is there really?"

"Master...Master..." Liu was startled and jumped.

"I'll ask you again, is there any?"

"Master... Master, just... just three or five."

Mo Huaien raised his head to let his breath go, "How much money do you get?"

"He... they honored me for three... 300 taels."

"Three... 300 taels, you are trying to destroy me." Mo Huaien slapped the table and growled.

"Old... Master, those muddy legs haven't seen the account book, so they know how much compensation money should be paid."

"Hehe..." Mo Huaien sneered, "There is trouble in the camp, do you know?"

"No trouble that year!" Mrs. Liu muttered indifferently.

"But this year, I'm afraid you will die at the 300 taels."

"Master, how is it possible?"

"Why..." Before Mo Huaien finished speaking, the woman outside called the door, "Master, Pingding Daying sent someone to look for you."

Mo Huaien stood up suddenly, blinked his eyes in horror, and asked calmly, "Who is looking for me?"

"Master, it's a group of soldiers. They asked you to pacify the camp." Mo Huaien's legs were weak, and he was really afraid of something.

"Old... old..." Liu put her hands around Mo Huaien's arm, and was thrown away by him, "Our Mo family will be destroyed by your hands one day." After finishing speaking, he left the room angrily.

Ma Min'er found Chef Lei, "Uncle Lei, make porridge and steam buns quickly."

"This is……"

"It's been a day and two nights. Get them something to eat."

"Ah, won't it make more trouble if you eat it for them?"

Ma Min'er smiled lightly, "No, Uncle Lei, hurry up and get as many as possible."

Chef Lei was a little puzzled, but he also knew that Ma Erniang was the little general's favorite, so he thought, cooking some food for him would not trigger any military law.

Zhuang Hao was dealing with the troublemakers outside. Mr. Tian glanced at Liu Zaili and found him staring at the crowd. He quietly turned and entered the tent, "Where is Erniang Ma?"

The guard replied, "She went to find Chef Lei."

Mr. Tian twitched the corners of his mouth. After all this effort, he was still in the mood to have fun. His heart was bigger than that of a man, so he smiled helplessly.

"gentlemen--"

"Oh, I was shocked!" Mr. Tian turned his head and saw Ma Erniang coming in from the outside.

"Sir, fill up your hunger quickly." Ma Min'er carried a basket with food boxes and steamed buns in it, and handed him two as soon as she stretched out her hand.

Forget it, let's eat it, Mr. Tian took a bite, "I've sent someone to call the relevant personnel of the Pingding County Government."

"Sir, the matter has calmed down more than half, and you can properly collect the net."

Mr. Tian looked at Ma Erniang, "Close the net?"

"Yeah." Ma Min'er said, "Wait a minute, you ask the sergeant to deliver steamed buns, and whoever throws it away will be arrested."

"..." Mr. Tian looked at Ma Erniang puzzled.

"Sir, there may be a few wrong arrests, but most of them are definitely troublemakers."

Mr. Tian continued to eat steamed buns, recalling Ma Erniang's words, analyzing why the person who threw the steamed buns was the troublemaker, and suddenly understood, his eyes lit up, "I understand Erniang's meaning."

Ma Miner nodded.

Mr. Tian ate three steamed buns in one go, drank a few sips of water, turned around happily, and quietly stood beside Liu Zaili, whispering, "Jun Wang, it's almost three o'clock, and everyone is hungry. The steamed buns are steamed in the kitchen, look..."

Liu Zaili turned his head and didn't look at the person surnamed Tian, ​​but looked inside the tent. He didn't see the little woman, and turned to look at the person surnamed Tian, ​​"Mr. has a heart!"

Mr. Tian hurriedly arranged for people to deliver steamed buns and porridge to people at the gate of Daying, including the troublemakers.

It's really weird, there was a whole day of trouble yesterday, and no one gave them anything to eat. The troublemaker only ate a few mouthfuls of the black steamed buns he brought over, but he didn't expect there to be big white steamed buns today. It's really...

Everyone was stuffed with two buns by the soldiers who distributed the steamed buns. The fragrant noodles made their stomachs even more hungry, and they gurgled.

The troublemakers looked at each other and asked, do you want to eat?

Yes, do you want to eat?
When Mo Huaien and others were brought here, they saw such a strange scene. What's going on, did they go to the wrong place!
Ma Qizhang and Gao Qiaoshan followed behind the county magistrate Mo Huaien, bending over and shrinking their heads, trembling. Seeing the sharp knife in the sergeant's hand, they were so scared that they almost peed their pants.

"Mr. Zhuang, some adults brought it here."

Zhuang Hao was eating steamed buns, and said to his subordinates, "Give them two as well."

"Yes, sir."

Liu Zaili also got the steamed bun. He took a bite, looked at Xia Zhen who was surrounded and protected by his subordinates, and said to Mr. Tian, ​​"Are you young general?"

"Go back to the king, he is pleading guilty to the emperor!"

"Oh." Liu Zaili frowned, and continued to eat the steamed buns in his hands. Unexpectedly, Pingding's steamed buns were delicious, and the more he chewed, the more flavorful they became. "How do you make them so fluffy and soft?"

"Back to the king, I really don't know how the cook does it."

Liu Zaili smiled meaningfully: "You just came in for a while, and the steamed buns are already cooked?"

"..." Mr. Tian accompanied him with a smile, but didn't speak.

"Ma Erniang asked someone to do it?"

Since the other party already knew about it, Mr. Tian did not deny it, "Yes, Duke."

"Sure enough, women are careful!"

Mr. Tian bent over and smiled.

Fortunately, it's summer, otherwise it would be unbearable to kneel at the gate with bare arms, and the third and fourth watch is when the dew is heaviest, so the net difference must be too much, Ma Min'er thought.

Mr. Tian turned to Liu Zaili and said, "Your Majesty, the villain is going to deal with the matter."

"Go, go." Liu Zaili smiled.

Mr. Tian walked up to the rioting crowd. In the crowd, some were eating steamed buns, some were hesitating, some threw steamed buns, not only that, but also scolded the people around who were eating steamed buns, "You cowards, these people only took two steamed buns , you will be treasures, won't you seek justice for your son?"

"Begging, of course begging, but if you don't eat buns, you're a fool." After finishing speaking, he gnawed on it, as if he had never eaten such a good thing.

"You..." The man stepped forward and was about to grab it.

Civilians have no merits, but guard food is definitely one of them. Even if that person is very skilled, he was still avoided by the man who ate steamed buns. He became angry and saw that a punch was about to be thrown, but the guards who rushed over held his arms .

Not only that, the scattered guard soldiers suddenly attacked the people in the crowd, and more than a dozen people were dragged out of the crowd by them.

The man who ate the steamed buns was so frightened that he backed up again and again, "What...what's going on?"

"what……"

……

Mr. Tian waved his hand: "Everyone, don't panic, continue to eat steamed buns. After eating, we will interrogate corrupt officials."

"Ah..." The steamed buns in the hands of Ma Qizhang and Gao Qiaoshan fell to the ground one after another.

Mo Huaien's hand trembled, and he held it tightly so as not to lose his composure.

"Corrupt officials are here?" Someone asked while holding a steamed bun.

"Yes, all pensions in Pingding Daying are distributed to the prefectures and counties through the county government. How much money should be paid to each casualty in each county, town, and village? The little general has never paid a cent less. , we'll make them spit it out multiple times."

"..."

"..."

Ma Min'er hid in the camp tent, and through the crowd, she saw the trembling Master Ma Er, who dared to covet pension money, really... a headache!
After arresting more than a dozen people, they were tied up in front of Liu Zaili by Mr. Tian, ​​"Your Majesty, the instigator has been arrested."

Liu Zaili raised his eyebrows, "How did you determine that they are the ones who caused trouble?"

"Back to the king of the county, food is the most important thing for the people. Most of these soldiers are native farmers, so their family members are also farmers. Only authentic farmers know the precious food, so they are reluctant to throw away food, even if they are about to die. If you want to go to the guillotine, you will eat the steamed buns in vain."

"You mean, only those with ulterior motives would abandon white steamed buns?"

"Yes, the king of the county." Mr. Tian said, "Please ask the king of the county to interrogate the person, and let our little general assist you."

Liu Zaili raised his head and looked at Xia Zhen, who was carrying the thorns on his back. Okay, okay, kneeling here without moving, and his subordinates helped him with everything. How lucky!
luck?Thinking of these two words, he unconsciously looked behind.

(End of this chapter)