Seeing the madam being bullied, the thugs behind her were about to take action immediately.
A thug rushed up, holding a long stick high and ready to hit Zhao Yiming on the head.
Zhao Yiming only raised his eyes slightly, then calmly raised his hand to grab the long stick, and used the force to pull the thug towards him.
Then he turned around, raised his long legs, and kicked the thug in the knee, making him fall to the ground.
He glanced at the thug on the ground with contempt, and before he could get up, he stepped on his back, making him unable to move.
"How dare you openly assassinate an imperial official in broad daylight? You are quite courageous!"
"Sir, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding." The madam hurried forward to apologize, covering her fingers that had been numbed by the vibration and had not yet regained consciousness.
Zhao Yiming, as always, used his sword to stop her three feet away. "I'll say this one last time. Just stand there."
"Okay, okay, I'll stand here." The madam stood there obediently. This time she didn't dare to touch Zhao Yiming's sword with her hands, and her voice finally became normal.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Yiming gave a direct order: "I will only requisition the front yard of Chunxiang Tower, and have all your people retreat to the back yard.
Remember, this is public business, which concerns the survival of the entire Mei County. Even if you are a woman, I hope you can take it seriously and contribute to Mei County.
Arrange your people in a quarter of an hour. Once the time is up, I will have people stationed in Chunxiang Building to set up a medical station. Can you do it?"
"Yes, yes." This time the madam agreed readily and sent someone down to make the arrangements in front of Zhao Yiming.
Seeing this, Zhao Yiming released his foot that was stepping on the thug's back.
Soon, a quarter of an hour was up, and the madam walked in front to lead the way. "Sir, please."
Zhao Yiming treated them all equally and asked the soldiers to distribute masks to them, and still strictly required them to maintain a safe distance of more than three feet from each other.
Moreover, he did not enter Chunxiang Tower immediately, but asked the soldiers in protective clothing to disinfect it first, and then arranged for soldiers, imperial doctors, medicinal materials, food and supplies to enter.
Finally, when everything was ready, he went in to take a look around, then hurried out of the Chunxiang Building and headed towards the slums in the west of the city.
This caused the courtesan Hong Mudan, who was arranged by the madam to use her beauty to seduce him at the corner of the stairs, to miss out.
When Zhao Yiming arrived at the slums in the west of the city, the sheds that should have been built were nowhere to be found. The vacant land was still vacant. Not to mention the sheds, even the materials needed to build the sheds were nowhere to be found.
Zhao Yiming frowned. "Jingyu, take your men to the county government office to ask the county magistrate about the situation. Give him another half hour. I want to see this vacant land filled with sheds."
At this time, the county magistrate, who had just returned to the county government office after taking a detour to avoid the people for fear of being infected, had just sat down to drink a sip of water when he saw the legal advisor running in with an anxious look on his face.
"Sir, you're finally back. Lord Zhao, the disaster relief officer from the capital, has told you to set up your tent on the vacant lot in the slums north of the city before noon. Time is running out!"
"What?" The magistrate stood up suddenly, slamming his teacup down on the table. "Why are you saying this now? It's already noon."
"Your subordinate, your subordinate just can't find you!" The lawyer looked aggrieved, and it turned out to be his fault.
Unexpectedly, the county magistrate not only did not understand him, but also scolded him: "When I was away, didn't you know to ask someone to set up a tent in the north of the city first?
Do you know who is coming?
The newly-crowned third place scholar, the nephew of the current emperor, Duke Zhao Yiming.
You're openly opposing him. Do you think my official hat is too secure and want to loosen it up for me?"
The master felt even more aggrieved, "This, I don't know either!"
The county magistrate was so angry that he almost died. "What are you still standing here for? Go and make arrangements!"
"Yes, yes, I'll go right away, right away." The lawyer was so anxious that he turned around in circles like a headless fly before rushing out to make arrangements.
As soon as he left, a sudden rain came. Knowing that he was in the wrong, the county magistrate hurriedly bowed his head and explained, apologized, and promised to set up the shed as soon as possible.
But despite all his big talk, when Jingyu asked him to go to the north of the city to personally supervise the establishment of a medical point, he made all kinds of excuses and said he was unwilling to go.
Not only that, he looked at the masks on Jingyu and the others, and asked all kinds of questions. When he heard that masks had a certain protective effect against viruses, he shamelessly asked Jingyu for a few and put them on on the spot.
The people in the north of the city were waiting anxiously, and Jingyu didn't want to waste time talking to him. After the master was ready, he took the things and rushed to the north of the city.
When they arrived, Zhao Yiming had already ordered people to disinfect all the open spaces and began to send people to disinfect the places where people lived.
Seeing that only the legal advisor came and there was no sign of the county magistrate, he didn't say anything.
After all, he had already learned almost everything about Wu, the magistrate of Mei County, on the way here.
This person is not a very evil person, but of course he is not a good person either. Moreover, his biggest characteristic is that he is afraid of death.
Anything that concerns his life is taken more seriously by him than anything else. Under the current circumstances, it is within his expectations that he would make excuses not to come.
What's more, it was beyond his expectation that he could go to the city wall and organize them to enter the city today.
However, no matter whether he was afraid of death or something else, Zhao Yiming would report truthfully everything he saw and heard in Meixian, and leave it to the court to decide what was right and what was wrong.
After the master explained the matter, he came to Zhao Yiming and said, "Master Zhao, may I have a moment with you?"
Zhao Yiming gave him a cold look and walked away.
The lawyer looked around and then took out a package from his arms stealthily. He looked around with a sly look, and after making sure that everyone around him was doing their job and not paying attention to him, he handed the thing in his hand to Zhao Yiming.
"Sir Zhao, this is a small gift from me and the county magistrate. Please accept it."
Zhao Yiming didn't answer, but looked at him coldly. Then he raised the corner of his lip and asked, "Master, are you trying to bribe me?"
The lawyer choked, glanced around, and then said with a wry smile, "Master Zhao, you're joking. This is just a small personal gift between me and the county magistrate. How can you call it a bribe?"
Zhao Yiming glanced at him and turned around. "In that case, Master, you should take it back! I, Zhao, will not accept rewards without merit."
"This..." The lawyer looked at the thing in his hand, then at Zhao Yiming, and thinking of the instructions given by the county magistrate before leaving, he could only bite the bullet and move forward again.
After he finished talking, Zhao Yiming finally looked him in the eye. "In that case, Jingyu, accept the bribe from the legal advisor, register it, and report it truthfully."
Then, without even using his hands, he picked up the thing in his hand with his scabbard and threw it to Jingyu.
Seeing this, the lawyer was dumbfounded.
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