The chief officer looked at the extra-long carts neatly lined up beside the ditch, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice.
No wonder that damn fat overseer said that he could have lunch in just one trip.
By the time they each filled a cart with soil and dragged it back, it was already past noon.
The soil is not moist enough at first glance, so it is not easy to dig.
Before he even started digging, the chief officer already felt a dull pain in his palm.
Damn it, he was here on an inspection tour with the imperial envoy, how could he end up being reduced to being a laborer?
Tiedan looked at the ugly faces of the officers, shrank his neck, bared his teeth and laughed dryly.
"The police officer must be much more powerful than us. Everyone is waiting for him to bring back the mud."
"Grandma Zhang will definitely save some super delicious meat buns for you."
"Grandma Zhang said that you need to eat meat to have the strength to do heavy work."
"The meat buns made by Grandma Zhang are so delicious, big, white and full of meat..."
Tiedan looked at the officers who started drooling when they heard the word "meat buns". They talked about meat buns in every sentence.
The officials had been hungry for several days, and after all the trouble they had last night, they were so hungry that they could eat a cow raw.
They listened to their rumbling stomachs, licked their lips, and looked at their boss.
"Boss, now that we're here, let's hurry up and get a cart back."
"Yeah, now that we're here, we can't go back empty-handed. We'll make those cheap people laugh to death."
"That's right, let's switch gears and fill up the cart with soil in no time."
"They didn't specify how high a cart should be. We can just stack them flat, and it will go very quickly."
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"Alright." The officer's eyes twitched, and he gritted his teeth. "Let's pull it. Three people per cart. We can just get a three-cart."
More than ten people dragged a cart of mud back, feeling a little embarrassed.
It's okay for three people to share a cart. It's not a lot, but it's not too little either. After all, the soil is very hard and difficult to dig.
"Okay, then let's use a three-cart." The officers nodded in agreement.
One person on one cart is really too tiring, but if three people on one cart there is still some hope.
The chief official looked at the people shoveling mud in the ditch, took a deep breath, and took the lead in jumping into the ditch.
"Come down and work."
Tiedan licked the corner of his mouth and raised his eyebrows slightly after watching the officers jump into the ditch.
Three people and a cart of mud won't do.
Each tall and strong officer had to carry a cart of mud.
However, Tiedan rolled his eyes and did not say this immediately.
Let these people dig the mud from the cart first, then he can talk about it.
Otherwise, what if these officers get so angry that they refuse to even dig a cartload of dirt?
Seeing the officers each holding a shovel and shoveling soil onto the cart, Tiedan quietly took a shovel and hid behind the cart.
Whenever the officers threw a shovel of dirt up, he would quietly stretch out his shovel to compact the dirt on the cart.
There is a big difference between a cartload of loose soil and a cartload of compacted soil.
The officers buried their heads and started digging. As they dug, they began to curse, and then continued digging angrily.
Tiedan ignored the officials' chirping and the fragrance of flowers, and just kept compacting the dirt on the cart...
The officials who were looking for food here started to work hard while crying.
The officials who went to the prefectural government office to gather information had already been arrested and thrown into jail.
They were afraid of being recognized by the people in the prefectural yamen, so they all changed out of their official uniforms and hid stealthily near the prefectural yamen in their casual clothes.
Everyone in Qianhuang City is so busy that they don't have time to hang around the prefectural government office.
As soon as these dozen people appeared, they attracted the attention of the gatekeeper of the prefectural yamen.
But these dozen people were unaware of it and, as if they were hiding very well, they sneaked up to the doorman.
"I'm looking for Magistrate Deng!"
Two of the officers pretended to be in conflict, pulling each other, shouting with red faces and thick necks.
"This man stole my money, and I want to report him."
"Stop talking nonsense. When did I steal your silver? This silver belongs to me."
"It's my silver, ten taels in total. I can tell it at a glance."
"Bullshit! Do you think anyone with ten taels of silver will be yours?"
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The doorman almost laughed out loud at the two men's poor acting skills.
There are no such idle people in Qianhuang City right now.
Looking at the pale and frail man, one could tell at a glance that he was the group of officials who came with the imperial envoy.
Now everyone in the prefectural yamen knows that the officials led by the imperial envoy worked all night last night.
Prefect Deng had already reported to King Qianhuang this morning, and they all knew about it.
Just one look at these people and they look like they are exhausted, how could they be wrong?
Also, everyone in the entire Qianhuang City knows that the prefectural office is now headed by King Qianhuang.
Prefect Deng was running around the city all day long, either building a training ground or checking the progress of the construction of the palace. He had no time to stay in the prefectural government office.
I really don't understand what this imperial envoy is trying to do.
Let these people pretend to cause trouble so that we can see the ability of Magistrate Deng to handle cases! ! ?
The doorman sneered,
"Alright, stop arguing! It's unbecoming to make such a fuss right in front of the prefectural government office!"
"Come with me."
The two men who were playing around were stunned, glared at each other, and turned to the doorman with a flattering smile.
"Yes, yes, thank you for your help."
The doorman curled his lips and led a few people into the prefectural government office.
After a while, the doorman returned to the gate again, waiting for the remaining few people to take the bait.
Sure enough, the few people who were secretly observing at the door of the prefectural yamen saw that their companion had not come out after entering. They became a little worried, so after some discussion, they sent a cousin to inquire.
"Sir, my cousin was just falsely accused of stealing money. Has he come to the prefectural yamen to seek justice from the prefect?"
The doorman looked the cousin up and down and said, "Yes, come in and testify."
"Okay, okay, thank you for your help."
After sending in another person, the doorman returned to the gate.
In this way, after noon, the officials who were hanging around the gate of the prefectural yamen all went in one after another to testify as relatives of the two men, and then nothing happened.
At this point, they had all met in the cell.
Everyone looked at each other awkwardly, shaking the cell door in a final struggle.
"Let us out! I want to see the prefect. You're locking us up without asking any questions. Do you still have any law?"
"Yes, if Magistrate Deng knew you were doing this, he would definitely not let you off."
"Someone, please let me out. I didn't complain..."
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