Liang Yushi sat by the fire, stretched out his feet and took off his shoes. An indescribable smell came over him. Bai Shan fanned himself, turned around, changed his position and sat down.
As a result, Magistrate Tang also took off his shoes and socks.
Bai Shan looked at them and asked, "Do you still have socks?"
Magistrate Tang sighed: "Everything I wore before was washed and hung to dry in the city."
Bai Shan frowned, but for the sake of his nose, he still gave them three pairs of new socks.
When everyone saw it, they immediately took it happily and said with a smile: "Master Bai is still very particular."
Bai Shan took something out of his bag and first put the medicine bag he had been wearing today by the fire to roast it, letting it slowly emit the smell of medicine and drive away the mosquitoes that had been buzzing around them.
Then he took out a bottle of ointment, opened it and smelled it.
Tang He immediately asked, "What is this?"
Bai Shan handed him the ointment and said, "It's refreshing. I'm so sick."
Tang He opened it and smelled it. He felt much refreshed and instantly woke up. He smiled and handed it to Liang Yushi and Ren Yushi who were looking at him. They both said, "You still have a lot of good things."
The two censors nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, Lord Bai has a good wife."
Bai Shan ignored them. They had been using his things a lot in the past two days. They thought they were really hard-working and simple. It was just troublesome to bring things by themselves, but they would still use it if someone took them.
Mr. Tang stepped barefoot on the grass and washed his hands in a puddle. Then he took the pancakes baked by his entourage, sat casually on the grass and asked, "Can you explain why we can still enter the village?"
Liang Yushi said: "This is a big village, with one hundred and sixty-seven households. If it weren't for the few nearby villages, it could have become a big market. Today, it is very dangerous that the village chiefs are blocking it, otherwise their hoes may not be really good."
It can hit us on the head."
However, Ren Yushi sneered and said: "Do you think that Chang is really kind? If we hadn't died and they were complicit in the rebellion, things would have gotten even more out of control. Do you think they would have stopped us?"
He said: "I think the chief culprits here are the two village chiefs. Look, we have walked through many villages in the past few days, and most of them can be comforted. Even though they heard rumors and were dissatisfied with the imperial court,
But I don’t dare and I’m not willing to pull out the green seedlings, but look to the side of this whole big village.”
Ren Yushi was heartbroken, "They are willing to pull out such a good young seedling that has grown so tall. I don't believe it if there is nothing growing there to add fuel to the flames."
Bai Shan also took a look at the field next to him. Although it was already dark, the moonlight reflected the water in the field and he could still see some of the conditions in the field. Most of the green seedlings in this field had to be pulled out.
He sighed, pulling out the green seedlings at this time and not even being able to replant them.
Master Tang said while chewing the pancake: "So tomorrow we have to find a way to lure away the two village chiefs in this village, and then enter the village to talk to the villagers."
Bai Shan asked: "How to lead?"
Just as Mr. Tang was about to speak, a guard from the Forbidden Army ran up and said, "Sir, we are here two miles away."
Mr. Tang then smiled and said: "Isn't this coming?'
He asked the two lieutenants to be brought up.
They didn't come by themselves, there were some young men behind them, carrying two large baskets.
Bai Shan smelled it and whispered: "It smells like steamed buns and steamed buns."
The two village chiefs trotted up. As soon as they stepped forward, they knelt down to Tang He and kowtowed repeatedly, "I frightened the adults today. The common people are guilty. The common people are guilty."
Tang He didn't wear any shoes or socks, so he quickly stepped forward to help the man up, and said with an upright face: "What are you talking about? If I hadn't stopped you today, our group would have been beaten to death by the mob."
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He had an angry look on his face, "A group of unruly people dared to attack the imperial officials. When I return to Beijing to report to the Ming Dynasty, I will send the imperial army to wipe them all out."
The expressions of the two village chiefs froze, and they said quickly: "My lord, please forgive me, but they are ignorant. Seeing that your lord brought so many official servants into the village, they thought they were trying to take back the land by force, so they became impulsive and asked your lord to give the common people a
Chances are, we would never dare to say that they are a mob."
Mr. Tang frowned.
The chief immediately got closer to Mr. Tang, and quietly stuffed a money bag into Mr. Tang's hand. He whispered: "Please let me know..."
Mr. Tang pinched the money bag and could see that it was silver. It was definitely not copper coins anyway. It was a lot for such a big piece.
The mayor was so generous to him, he seemed very rich.
Mr. Tang stuffed it directly into his sleeve.
When the chief saw that he had accepted it, he was immediately happy. He quickly turned around and asked someone to lift up the two large baskets. He opened the top lids and let everyone see the steaming steamed buns and steamed buns inside. He bent down and said, "Adults, haven't you seen it yet?"
Let’s eat. The village is shabby and there’s not much to offer, so I asked my family to prepare some steamed buns. It’s best that the adults don’t dislike it.”
Tang He swallowed. Although he wanted to eat it, he didn't dare to eat it. So he smiled and nodded: "That's good. You can stay."
He said: "Since it is my father-in-law who is interceding, I will give them another chance. In this way, you two can come and follow me back to the Governor's Mansion to meet people tomorrow morning. There will be some documents that need to be signed by then, so it will be easier for me to go back."
An explanation.”
He pointedly said: "I came all the way from the capital to perform meritorious service. If my errand cannot be completed, I will make it difficult for anyone who doesn't make things easier for me."
When the two village chiefs heard this, they immediately said: "Yes, yes, the common people know." They cursed in their hearts, why is it such a long distance from the capital to this place, which is more than a hundred miles away?
Mr. Tang asked them to leave.
After the people left, a subordinate led a dog up, took out two steamed buns and steamed buns from the depths of the two baskets and gave them to the dog to eat. Everyone covered the lids again and gulped at them.
A secretary of the governor's office couldn't help but said: "Sir, are we too cautious? There are so many of us and we are court officials. Do they still dare to poison us?"
Mr. Tang took out the money bag from his sleeve and threw it to Ren Yushi, asking him to record the account. Hearing this, he said: "There is nothing wrong with being careful. Since I was young, this carelessness has caused many consequences in the world."
Don’t let too many tragedies happen.”
Bai Shanze asked: "Who will enter the village tomorrow?"
Master Tang smiled at him, "What do you think, junior?"
"I can go in," Bai Shan said, "I took a general look today and noted down the major troublemakers. I will avoid them first when I go in, but you have to leave most of them to me."
Master Tang looked at the two censors. They came down to continue investigating the affairs of Qizhou and were also keeping an eye on them, so one of them must stay.
Ren Yushi thought for a while and then said: "I'll stay."
Master Tang nodded, "Okay, I will only take two guards and my entourage with me, and leave the rest to you."