That afternoon, Captain Hu came to the village with a young man and went straight to Wang Guangping's house.
"Is Village Chief Wang at home?" Captain Hu shouted as he entered the yard.
Wang Guangping was busy all night yesterday. In the morning, he had to deal with Tiejun's mother and organized the villagers to distribute wild boar meat. He was very tired. After lunch, he was taking a nap in the house.
He was too lazy to get up when he heard the shouting, until Huang came in and called him, "The county police chief is here, and he's bringing people from the capital with him. Hurry and get up."
"Ah?" Wang Guangping was shocked. People coming from the capital were not scary, but if this person was brought here by the head of the police, he should not be an ordinary person.
"Go and make tea for them quickly. I'll get up right away." Wang Guangping quickly put on his clothes and told his wife to go and entertain the guests first.
"Hurry up!" Huang said as she turned around and went out, carrying the freshly boiled water to make tea for the guests.
Huang didn't know who had a higher official rank between the head constable and the young man he brought with him, so she didn't dare to address him casually.
She could only say in general terms, "Have some tea, you two. My master was busy most of the night before and all morning, so he seemed to be sleeping soundly. I didn't wake him up when the time came, thinking I'd let him sleep a little longer. Who knew he'd end up missing out on important matters?"
Hearing this, Captain Hu smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing. I didn't expect you guys in Rongxi Village to be so busy. Did something happen last night?"
Huang said, "Well, a wild boar came down the mountain last night and woke up everyone in the village in the middle of the night..."
Unexpectedly, the head constable and the young man from the capital both changed their expressions when they heard this.
"Has a wild boar come to your village?"
"Ah? Yes, w-what happened?"
Huang was shocked by their reactions and wondered if she had said something wrong.
The captain quickly asked, "Where's the wild boar? Is he alright? Are there any casualties in the village?"
"It's nothing serious, just hunting a wild boar, which took up quite a bit of time in the middle of the night.
"And one family's yard was completely destroyed by wild boars.
"But this morning the whole village shared the wild boar meat, and they gave extra meat to the two families harmed by the wild boars. Everyone was very happy!"
Upon hearing this, the head constable exchanged glances with the young man, both of them showing a look of disbelief.
Just at this moment, Wang Guangping finally put on her clothes and combed her hair and came out of the house.
"I'm so sorry, I overslept today." Wang Guangping apologized repeatedly as soon as he came out.
Unexpectedly, the head constable and the young man both stood up and said, "It's okay, it's okay. You were busy all night yesterday with the wild boar, so you deserve to catch up on some sleep today."
Upon hearing this, Wang Guangping quickly scolded Huang, saying, "Oh, you are really something! You think it's worth telling us such a trivial matter."
"Village Chief Wang, please don't say that. This is no small matter." Upon hearing this, the head constable hurriedly introduced Wang Guangping, "This is Mr. Zhan Changsheng, the Shanglin Commander of the Sinong Temple."
Wang Guangping quickly stood up and saluted, saying, "Master Zhan, I'm sorry for being rude just now."
"Village Chief Wang, there's no need to be so polite. Let's get down to business!"
"Yes, let's get down to business." After Wang Guangping said this, he looked at the two of them, wondering in his heart what the two people came here for.
As the village chief, Wang Guangping had some understanding of the settings of some government offices in the court.
Although he didn't know what the Shanglinling official was, he knew that the Sinong Temple was the government office in charge of the court's grain storage.
But what relationship does such an office have with the common people, apart from the annual grain payment?
Could it be that there was a disaster and poor harvest outside the Great Wall this year, so the villages and towns in the capital area need to pay more grain?
Just as Wang Guangping was lost in thought, he heard Constable Hu say, "Actually, we came here today because of the recent incident of wild boars coming down the mountain to steal food and disturb the people.
"Recently, many villages and towns near the capital have been attacked by wild boars. Not to mention the loss of food and other things, four people have already died.
“Even the royal granary was attacked by wild boars, but fortunately they were killed by the guards, preventing further damage.
"So the capital took this matter very seriously and specially sent officials from the Sino-Agricultural Ministry to inspect it and warn the people to take precautions."
After the head constable explained his purpose, Zhan Changsheng couldn't wait to ask, "How many wild boars came to your village last night? Did you subdue them all? How did you do it?"
When Wang Guangping heard that they were here to ask about wild boars, he wondered why he heard Huang talking to them about hunting wild boars when he came over just now!
"So it's because of this." Wang Guangping's guessing suddenly settled down. "Last night, there were eight wild boars in our village, three big and five small!"
Zhan Changsheng was now even more curious, and he leaned forward slightly to ask, "It's the middle of the night, aren't you prepared?"
"To be honest, a few years ago, a wild boar came down the mountain in the middle of the night and destroyed the crops. It also knocked down an old house in our village. The beams fell and hit the old man there...
"Since that incident, there has been an unwritten rule in our village: if anyone finds a wild boar entering the village, they will immediately ring the gong to inform the neighbors, and the young and strong people in the village will rush over to help immediately, because we are worried that such a tragedy will happen again.
“Last night, Ye Qingchen’s family was the first to discover the wild boar.
“A sow with five piglets came into his house.
"Ye Qingchen was an accurate archer and had many brothers at home. He shot the sow and, with the help of his brothers, caught five piglets.
“After he got rid of the wild boar in his house, he immediately went out to inspect with the gong sounded, and found that wild boars had also entered two other households in the village.
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