Chapter 132 Almost Missed
The inspector who had just returned from the toilet because of a stomachache looked at the large group of villagers leading into the city and asked, "Where did you assign them over there?"
"Inspector, I am following your instructions and assigning them to Huangshan Village under Yuehua Town in Hanshan County."
Upon hearing this, the inspector was very satisfied: "Well, that's good. Although there are few fields over there, there are many mountains! It will be the same if they work harder to open up the wasteland."
Then he sat down and waved to the refugees in front of him: "Hand over your household registration."
The prefect's guard, who was not far away, came over here again. He came here almost every day to check on a woman that the prefect had instructed to pay attention to: Xu Zhiyi.
The guard came to the inspector and asked: "Is there a woman named Xu Zhiyi who fled famine and settled here today?"
Upon hearing this, the inspector who was carefully checking the people's household registration stood up and said, "Uh, there shouldn't be any."
Damn, he forgot to check it himself. He really didn't know if there was a woman named Xu Zhiyi among the officers who were just assigned to the Huangshan Village! But he shouldn't be so unlucky, right? He had been keeping an eye out for more than 20 days, and there were all kinds of names, but no one named Xu Zhiyi.
Most of them are named Daniu, Daya, Erya, Xiaoya, there are Tiedan, Goudan, Huzi, Ergou, Zhaodi, Laidi, and various other names. These are the most common.
The guard frowned when he heard this: "What do you mean by should?"
Then he saw the household registration file on the table, picked it up and flipped through it casually. As a result, he saw three big words "Xu Zhiyi" written on the book, appearing so clearly in front of him.
He slammed the table hard and shouted angrily, "No? Tell me, what names are on this page!!"
The inspector was startled. He picked up the notebook with trembling hands and took a look. He almost fainted. Oh my god, there really was someone named Xu Zhiyi here!
"I...I just went to...go to the bathroom! I really don't know!"
Guard: "Where are the people? Where did they go?"
Upon hearing this, the inspector lowered his head and whispered, "He was assigned to Xiahuangshan Village in Yuehua Town, Hanshan County!"
Upon hearing this, the guard held his forehead in his hands helplessly. Is this a disguised way of driving people to the deserted mountains to work as coolies?
Then he asked carefully: "What are the characteristics of this group of people?"
Upon hearing this, the inspector hurried over and pulled over the officer next to him and asked: "What are the characteristics of the team you just assigned to the Huangshan Village?"
Upon hearing this, the officer quickly told him everything about Xu Zhiyi and everyone with her.
The guard heard all of this and found it was consistent with what the master had said. He then took out a letter from his bosom and said, "Take this letter and catch up with them now. Give it to the yamen runner who is now taking them to Huangshan Village. Tell him that it is Xu Zhiyi's team. Take them to the local yamen and give the letter to their county magistrate. Let him make other arrangements."
Upon hearing this, the Inspector nodded, quickly took the letter, and ran towards the city gate.
As for Xu Zhiyi, she was sitting in the mule cart thinking about her next plan. She had just inquired about the so-called deserted mountain village, which turned out to be a mountain karaoke.
But these people who had just fled famine had not yet settled down in the local area, and had not even planted roots in the city, so they could only be arranged by the government.
If you have a household registration, you will be a real member of the town's population. In the future, if you have the ability, you can buy a house in the town or county, and you don't have to go back to that desolate mountain village.
On the village head's side, the yamen runner who was leading the way was sitting outside the mule cart, pointing the way to the village head: "Go to the front and take the road on the right."
Upon hearing this, the village head gently pulled the rope to control the mule to turn: "Hey, officer!"
The large group from another village were all following quickly behind the three mule carts that were moving slowly in front.
The old lady spat in front of her and said, "Pah, what are you so proud of? It's nothing special to have a few old mule carts!"
The people around her couldn't stand her when they heard her say, "The officials have already followed her and got on the mule cart. Now she's trying to please the officials. What's the point of you being jealous? If you have the guts, why don't you run to the front and stop them?"
The old lady curled her lips when she heard this: "I don't believe that you are not jealous. It's just my straightforward nature that shows it. Unlike you, you only have thoughts in your heart, hum..."
"I don't care what I think. Anyway, we can't do what you do, spitting in someone's direction."
The inspector ran for a long time and finally saw the team going to Huangshan Village. He quickly shouted: "The team going to Huangshan Village, wait a moment!"
When everyone heard the shouting, they stopped and looked back. The yamen runner sitting on the edge of the village chief's carriage jumped off the mule cart and looked at the inspector who was chasing after them, very puzzled.
"Phew, finally...finally caught up!"
The yamen runner looked at the inspector who was panting in front of him and asked in confusion: "Inspector, you caught up with us, but is there any problem in the team?"
After the inspector recovered, he took out the letter from his arms, handed it over, and then whispered in his ear.
After hearing what the inspector said, the yamen runners looked at the three mule carts in shock. They didn't expect that this was related to the prefect, and that the prefect had personally written a letter to inform the county magistrate to personally arrange the settlement location.
The head of the village looked at the yamen runner who had finished talking, and quickly stepped aside to let him get on the mule cart first: "Sir, please..."
"No, no, no, I suddenly realized that my butt hurts so much from sitting in the mule cart. I'd better walk!"
When the head of the village heard this, he realized that the yamen runners were going to walk, so how could they dare to sit in the mule cart? He quickly waved his hand to signal everyone to get off and walk together.
The yamen runner watched as everyone got off the mule carts and waved his hand: "Hey, don't you have mule carts? Hurry up and get on and sit! Hanshan County is still far away, don't tire your legs, I just want to stretch my muscles and walk more, you guys sit down"
When everyone heard this, they exchanged glances with each other. Why did they feel that this bailiff boy became strange all of a sudden? Although he was easy to talk to just now, his attitude was completely different!
"Why are you all looking at me? Hurry up and get on the mule cart. I'll lead the way."
When everyone heard this, they didn't dare to move. No matter how small the official position was, it was still related to the official! How could they dare to be presumptuous? What if the other person was just being polite and joking? Wouldn't that be stupid and offending?
Finally, there was no choice but for the young yamen runner to sit a little further outside the mule cart. However, he kept talking along the way, explaining all the rules and regulations of the yamen in the county town.
The villagers from another village who were following behind felt a little unfair when they saw the yamen runners treating them differently. They were all assigned to the dilapidated village, so why were they different?
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