Yuchi Xi paused and looked over there, "What's going on?"
It’s lively and exciting!
Go and have a look.
Yuchi Xi lifted her skirt and ran over. Many people were also gathering here. Relying on her small stature, she squeezed in and out of the crowd and soon made her way to the front.
A group of yamen runners stood outside the county magistrate's mansion, knocking on the door. "Open the door!!"
"Don't you dare not open the door!!"
"We all know you're at the house!!"
"Give us back our hard-earned money!!"
"Give us back our monthly salaries for the past few months!!"
…
Yuchi Xi was wondering what was going on when the people nearby started talking about it.
Someone asked, "Good brother, do you know what happened here?"
"You're from out of town, right? This isn't uncommon here."
"Yes, I'm from out of town. I'd like to ask my dear brother for some advice. What on earth is going on?"
"It's the county magistrate who embezzled their monthly salaries and hasn't paid them for several months. These yamen runners have a hard time, too!"
"But just look at it. The county magistrate will definitely not come out. Once they've made enough noise, they'll leave on their own. It's been like this for the past few months. What can we do? He's the county magistrate. If they make such a fuss, he won't get his money back, and he'll lose his job!"
"This job of a yamen runner is not something that everyone can do!"
The people standing by couldn't believe it. "If you don't even get a monthly salary, why do you still want to work here?"
"Is this yamen runner's job really that good?"
"Hey! You don't understand this!" The good brother motioned him to lean closer and lowered his voice, "The girls in our county town will first marry yamen runners. Yamen runners have some official connections, so they are different from ordinary people!"
"Besides, this yamen runner works for the imperial court. How impressive would that be if he told others about it?"
"The county magistrate also knew this, and that's why he embezzled their money."
The people on the side: ...
"Then why don't you help them? Why don't they report it to the court?"
"This is several months of hard-earned money!"
The good brother smiled mysteriously, "Ha! You don't understand this! How dare this county magistrate embezzle their money? Doesn't he have someone above him? All the letters he sent out have fallen into oblivion!"
"How can we get to the imperial court?"
"As for us... the county magistrate has been very kind to us and hasn't embezzled our money, so why should we meddle in his affairs? If we join in the commotion, we'll definitely be the ones in trouble, so let's just watch the fun.
In today's world, who doesn't protect themselves? "
The outsider frowned, "But if you don't help them, will they still protect you with all their heart? You and them are in a relationship of mutual dependence..."
"Why not give them a helping hand?"
The people were silent.
What he said was true, but they had never thought about it in this way before.
Moreover, no one wants to offend the county magistrate. It is better to offend a lower-ranking official than a higher-ranking one.
What if their help doesn't work?
Yuchi Xi: So that’s how it is!
The yamen runners made a fuss for a long time, but the county magistrate did not come out. They looked at each other with anger in their eyes.
The people were ready to leave, "Let's go, let's go, everyone, disperse!"
"They're going back."
It's always like this. After a while of noise, they will disperse.
This time is estimated to be no exception.
Just as they were about to leave, a bailiff suddenly stepped forward, drew his knife, and put it to his own neck. "County Magistrate! If you don't come out and face us, I will commit suicide right here and transform into a ghost to haunt you!"
The people around him paused and looked towards him. The yamen runners beside him were also stunned and urged him, "Don't do that!"
"Think about it, you have parents above you and children below you, why would you do that?!"
"That's right, don't let it get to you!!"
The people murmured, "What's going on? Why did he do this? It seems that the other yamen runners didn't know he was going to do this!"
"He's going to kill himself to force the county magistrate out!"
"Do you think the county magistrate will really come out?"
"I feel it's uncertain. How could the county magistrate possibly come out?"
They were whispering to each other, and none of them thought the county magistrate would really come out, nor did they think he would really kill them.
"You don't know, but this yamen runner's parents, wife, and children are all sick. It's not a serious illness, but he has no money to pay for medical treatment, so he's been carrying them around. And so, he's finally gotten sick. He's desperate, and he can't just watch his parents, wife, and children die, can he?"
"Then why doesn't he borrow money from someone?"
"Who can I borrow it from? If I borrow it from you, will you lend it to me?"
The person who asked this question fell silent after hearing him say this.
This...if I ask him to borrow money, he doesn't have any money to lend me!
The yamen runner waited for a long time, but the county magistrate still didn't come out. He shouted, "Today I will commit suicide here, and I only ask the county magistrate to return my hard-earned money so that my parents, wife and children can get medical treatment!"
After saying that, he was about to slash his neck with his sword, but fortunately, Yuchi Xi acted quickly and the stone in his hand knocked his sword away.
The sword in the yamen runner's hand was knocked away, and his hand was numb. He looked at the people behind him with red eyes, "Who is it? Who wants to save me?! Why save me?!"
Yuchi Xi took a step forward, "It's me."
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