The man in armor raised his hand, and everyone's laughter stopped.
But seeing him take a few steps forward, he raised his hands and said loudly: "You are County Magistrate Lu, right? That's polite. My name is Wang Guangzu, and these brothers came down from the north. Magistrate Lu, we are not incompetent."
Li. We were forced to wander south and settled in Chao County. It is already the twelfth lunar month of winter, and everyone is hungry and cold. Look at these people. They have no food and no clothes, and it is difficult to survive. I heard that the imperial court sent County Magistrate Lu,
I am so happy that the county magistrate must have been sent by the imperial court to provide relief to us people. So, we are all gathered here to wait for the county magistrate to provide relief to us. There is no other meaning."
"Exactly, Magistrate Lu, please help us quickly, otherwise we will all freeze to death and starve to death." Everyone around Wang Guangzu shouted.
Lu Zhan shouted in a deep voice: "You are indeed refugees. Since you have come to this county, you should stay calm and abide by the law and not make any mistakes. As for the relief work, this county will find a way to report it to the court and transport food. You are gathering like this.
What's the point of this? Wang Guangzu, please let these people disperse immediately and stop gathering around here."
Wang Guangzu laughed loudly and said: "It turns out that County Magistrate Lu is not here to provide relief at all. In other words, the court does not care about the life and death of us people. Magistrate Lu, what do you do as a county magistrate? What are you doing here?
Why? Are you just traveling around the mountains and rivers?"
"Exactly. The imperial court doesn't care whether we live or die. We don't recognize any bullshit county magistrate."
"What kind of county magistrate is this guy? Our commander-in-chief should be the county magistrate. Let him hand over the seal and let our commander-in-chief be the county magistrate."
"Yes, hand over the seal and get out of Juchao County. This is our place. If a bullshit county magistrate comes here, we won't recognize it."
A group of people started shouting loudly.
Lu Zhan said sternly: "How outrageous! Wang Guangzu, this county is warning you that if you gather in Juchao County to make noise, you are a bandit. If you gather to make noise again, this county will label you as a bandit, and the court can send troops to come at that time."
Destroy you. This county advises you to disband your subordinates immediately, abide by the law, and stop making trouble. You have sent people to threaten this county before, and if you don't restrain yourself now, this county will never forgive you."
Li Hui listened to Lu Zhan's words and felt that it was inappropriate. How could he say such things under such circumstances? He also wanted to find out the background of these people and see if they could build a good relationship. As a result, Lu Zhan
When Zhan said these words, didn't he completely anger the other party?
The other party didn't say too many cruel words, but mostly made fun and ridicule, but obviously there was still room for it. When Lu Zhan said these words, he directly characterized the other party as thieves. Wouldn't this mean that all of them were ridiculed in one sentence?
The roads are all blocked?
Sure enough, Wang Guangzu's men below were very angry when they heard this. They raised their weapons and pointed threats at the wall, shouting and cursing non-stop.
Wang Guangzu also looked livid, but with a smile on his face, he said loudly: "Magnificent Lu, calm down, we are not thieves. We don't dare to offend the court, nor do we dare to offend Magistrate Lu. Please ask Magistrate Lu to be merciful, but
Don't think of us as thieves. Let's leave now. From now on, we will abide by the law, behave ourselves and be good citizens. Magistrate Lu, I won't bother you today. I'll leave now. Everyone, please listen to me and leave here immediately. Don't disturb me.
The county magistrate is doing his business, and you are not allowed to curse people. We must be good citizens, hahaha."
As soon as Wang Guangzu said this, everyone looked shocked. Even his subordinates were stunned.
Wang Guangzu scolded: "Why don't you leave here and wait to be regarded as a thief? The thief will be beheaded. If you don't do anything, just leave."
Wang Guangzu waved his hand, and his men and the refugees in the square dispersed one after another. After a while, they really disappeared, and not a single person could be seen.
Everyone on the wall was also surprised. Lu Zhan was a little stunned at first, but soon he became proud.
"Li County Cheng, have you seen it? This is called evil not suppressing good. How dare these people make trouble in front of me? I calmed them down with a few words. Fortunately, I didn't listen to you, saying that you should be careful and not offend. These people are said to be ferocious. Have you seen it now? They are just a bunch of gangsters who are powerful from outside. But I, the magistrate, want to look at their eyes? It makes no sense."
Li Hui was speechless for a moment. Although it looked like this on the surface, Li Hui felt in his heart that things were probably going to be bad. What Wang Guangzu just said was not a good thing. Li Hui heard what he said. The implication is a hint of irony and a hint of murderous intent.
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The threat was lifted, and everyone in the Lu family breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Zhan was actually quite frightened yesterday, but now that he found out that this group of refugees was armed but powerful, they retreated with just a few words from him. They felt extremely complacent and began to feel complacent again.
Back in the main hall, Lu Zhan boasted even more, and everyone in the Lu family naturally echoed and praised him. Li Hui was unwilling to listen to his sarcasm with a gun and a stick, and took Dachun and Dazhuang back to the wall to guard. Lu Zhan Zhan felt unhappy, but at this moment he could not bear to let it go.
After sitting in the main hall for a while, his subordinates suggested that he go to the back hall to see if there was a place he could live in. Lu Zhan readily agreed, so he took people to the back hall to check it out, and then decided to clean the back hall. Settle down well. The damage to the house in the back hall is also quite serious, but Lu Zhan also knows that he can't pay too much attention at this moment, it is better than living in the main hall with draft in the front.
So the servants of the Lu Family Nursing Home began to clean and tidy up the back house, cut down trees, cut grass and prune branches, carry and clean up garbage, remove cobwebs, and sweep and mop. They were very busy.
I was busy until noon, and the back hall was somewhat tidy up. By demolishing the east wall to repair the west wall, and removing the intact doors and windows from other buildings and installing them in the main back hall, the doors and windows were kept intact. After covering the doors and windows with paper, the problem of air leakage everywhere was solved. The servants simply repaired two desks and a wooden bed, which gave Lu Zhan a place to sit and lie down.
When Lu Zhan brought some pen and ink tablets, incense burner candlesticks, boxes and books, etc., he brought them with him, and the originally dark and messy back hall of the Yamen suddenly became a little livelier.
Of course, this was still far from what Lu Zhan wanted. After lunch, he began to instruct the Lu family to renovate the back hall, patio, front yard and back garden. His idea was to clean up all the weeds and thorns in the front and back yards. , cut down all the unsightly trees, repair some collapsed parapets, and then add some decorations such as flower beds, fish ponds, and rockeries.
According to Lu Zhan's final idea, he would almost redecorate the entire Yamen according to his own ideas. Since he is an official here, the living place must be comfortable and exquisite, just like his home in Wu County.
Li Hui and the others did not participate in the cleaning and repair operations, because Li Hui always felt that it was not the time to relax his vigilance and spend time and effort to do these things. In Li Hui's view, not only was the danger not eliminated, but it made people feel even more
It's time to get urgent.
Moreover, even if that group of people was really repelled by Lu Zhan and did not dare to make a mistake, then Lu Zhan should send someone to find Wang Guangzu at this moment and have a frank talk with them.
Reach a consensus.
We must be prepared to start to understand the situation in the county and find ways to settle these hungry and cold people, instead of starting to get busy organizing their residences.
Now it is useless to renovate this place like a dragon palace. It is not yet clear what the people in the city are thinking, and it is not certain what will happen. There are still bandits entrenched outside the city, and there is always a threat. Maybe at any time
We should be prepared to face the most dangerous moments. Instead of thinking about countermeasures, we should consider personal comfort first. Isn't this an act of completely failing to distinguish the priorities of things?
What made Li Hui feel even more ridiculous was that because Li Hui and the others had been missing and refused to help, in the afternoon, Lu Zhan actually sent someone to the front to tell him that there were not many rooms in the back hall, so he had to settle for the Lu family.
Servants and nursing homes. And he was not used to living with other people, so he asked Li Hui to find a place to live. He also said that there might be two firewood sheds in the back garden, and let Li Hui and the others clean up and move in.
Li Hui didn't know what to say after hearing this. This Lu Zhan was not only stupid, but also a coward. He had scolded him a few times before, so he must have held a grudge and was thinking of ways to retaliate against himself.
Not to mention anything else, we are here to take up the post together, and we will work together in the future, but we don’t have to treat each other so harshly. Li Hui can already imagine how difficult the days ahead will be. Needless to say, this guy will definitely target him at every turn.
Own.
But Li Hui didn't want to argue with him. He didn't plan to live in a good place. A comfortable place was exactly what he needed least at the moment. He had to be prepared to deal with danger anytime and anywhere, even if he was given a dragon bed to sleep on.
When sleeping, I didn't dare to fall asleep peacefully. I still had to lie down with my clothes on, and I had to sleep with one eye open.
For a whole day, the area around the county government office was extremely quiet. Li Hui, Zhao Dachun and Guo Dazhuang kept monitoring the surrounding situation. Except for the occasional sight of people hurriedly passing by on the street, there was no movement.
Logically speaking, this is a good thing, but Li Hui's uneasiness is getting worse and worse. Because this is unreasonable. Since Wang Guangzu and his gang dared to send pig heads to threaten them on the way, they encouraged the refugees to attack them on the day they entered the city. Early this morning
He came to call for formation again. It was obvious that he was definitely not a good person.
Lu Zhan insulted them in public and regarded them as thieves. The other party left in despair without any expression. This is somewhat unbelievable. If Wang Guangzu and others were so timid, why did they make so many outrageous actions before?
?Wouldn’t it be better to simply welcome them in a grand manner?
Moreover, where is this Juchao County? It is a place where more than a hundred bandits are entrenched. It is impossible for Wang Guangzu and others not to know the situation here. Feng Heizi and his gang have occupied the mountain as king in Juchao County, but Wang Guangzu and others have occupied
How can we get along with two tigers in the county seat? If Wang Guangzu dared to settle in Juchao County, wouldn't he pinch his calf?
No matter from which angle you look at it, Wang Guangzu and others are not good friends. They are not afraid of Feng Heizi's group of bandits, nor are they afraid of his own group sent by the imperial court. Lu Zhan's so-called scolding in a few words made Wang Guangzu and others so quiet.
No matter how you think about it, nothing is quite right.
Of course, Li Hui also hoped that, as Lu Zhan said, Wang Guangzu and others would be intimidated by him and not dare to act rashly. However, from a logical and rational analysis, this matter may not be possible.
Li Hui also made a decision in his heart. He could not be fooled by appearances. He must take the initiative tomorrow and contact Wang Guangzu and others. Otherwise, being trapped in the county government was not an option and he would not be able to open up the situation.