Chapter 34: The Official Who Loves the People Like His Sons

Even if Gan Fanren couldn't read their hearts, he could understand that they, like Gan Tian, ​​wanted to know what was written on it.

He laughed and handed the rough paper to Gan Huaizhong.

"Huaizhong, please read it."

Gan Huaizhong often answered Gan Huaibi's questions and habitually translated the words on it into easy-to-understand content.

"Now the city is in turmoil and the people are living in poverty. I am not as knowledgeable and far-sighted as the adults in the city. I would like to ask you adults, what is the reason why you haven't opened the warehouse to release grain?"

After hearing the content on the paper, everyone was surprised.

"Yes."

Li Zhi patted his thigh: "It has been almost three months since the flood started. The people have been starving for such a long time. Why hasn't the court come to provide disaster relief?"

"Why didn't the government open the warehouse to release grain?"

In this disaster, the people have been trying to survive, and their parents have disappeared.

It's as if.

It's as if there are no parents in Tongmen Pass.

[I remember there was a young genius in Tongmen Pass. It seems that he was arrested because he incited the people and forced the government to open the warehouse to release grain. ] [

He had his patella dug out and tattooed on his face for inciting people. He was humiliated in every way. After being rescued by the male protagonist, he became a great helper to the male protagonist. If it weren't for his father and brother, they would not have been defeated by the male protagonist. ]

Gan Tian was shocked.

She was actually going to witness the genius boy being trampled!

[If only Daddy could save this guy and subdue him! ]

[Without him, the hero can no longer be a threat to us! ]

Gan Fanren originally just wanted to go and see the excitement, but now he had to intervene.

"Let's go to the government office."

Gan Fanren fed Gan Tian, ​​changed her diaper, and took Gan Tian and Li Zhi out of the house.

Because of the large amount of rough paper scattered around, people were restless, and many people ran to the government office to ask the government to open the warehouse and release grain.

Outside the government office, petitioners lined up for several streets, and the protests were almost heard throughout the city.

"Open the warehouse and release the grain!"

"Open the warehouse and release the grain!"

"Please have mercy on us, open the warehouse and release the grain!"

No matter how the people shouted, the gate of the government office remained tightly closed.

The officials in the government office could afford to wait, but the people who had been hungry for a long time could not.

Many people made a fuss for a while, but when they saw that there was no effect, they couldn't stand it and left.

Slowly, fewer and fewer people came, but after a few hours, more than half of them had dispersed.

The remaining half were still cheering.

Gan Fanren held Gan Tian and found a cool place to rest.

A handsome scholar, with a dark-skinned strong man standing next to him, holding a cute little baby, was very eye-catching.

A high-spirited and well-dressed young man walked up to Gan Fanren.

"Big brother, why are you here with a child?"

The young man had high eyebrows, a slightly straight nose, and a pair of thin lips with a smile. When he smiled, there was a slight swirl on his face.

"I was worried that something might happen, so I came to take a look."

The young man opened his fan and raised his eyebrows.

"Something happened? What could happen?"

"I see, you want to see when the granary will open, right?"

[The granary will not be opened. On the contrary, the leading young man had his patella dug out and tattooed, and the other participants had their three clans exterminated. 】

[It's miserable, it's really miserable.

Gan Fanren shook his head: "The granary will not be opened." "

I'm just worried that the hero who spoke for the people will be in danger."

The smile on the boy's face faded and he said coldly.

"I think the granary will be opened."

"With so many people petitioning, no matter how stupid the big bosses in the government office are, they should come out and give an explanation to the people, right?"

The boy's idea was really naive.

Gan Fanren hugged Gan Tian and shook his head.

"No."

"They won't."

"To those in power, petitioning is equivalent to coercion. The people are forcing them and challenging their authority."

"In their view, if they surrender this time, it means they have bowed to the people. The people will do similar things in the future, so they will definitely not surrender. On the contrary, they will find the instigator and kill him as a warning to the rest."

Gan Fanren's words made the boy hold the fan tightly in his hand.

"You mean, the lives of the people are not as important as their face?"

"Yes."

Gan Fanren asked back calmly: "You don't think they really care about the lives of the people, do you?"

How can those in high positions care about the lives of ants?

The boy seemed unable to accept it. He stared at the gate of the government office, expecting the people inside to come out.

"I don't believe the official of Tongmen Pass would be like this!"

"I don't believe it!"

The young man seemed to have convinced himself and said firmly.

"I have met the official. He is a very humble man!"

"He loves the people like his own children. He has a gentle and kind temperament. He must have his own difficulties in not opening the granary to release grain."

"The people have come to petition, he will definitely open the granary."

But the reality is that the door of the government office has never been opened.

From dawn to dusk, just when everyone thought that the people in the government office would not come out, the door suddenly opened.

The young man held the fan in his hand tightly and looked at Gan Fanren with joy.

"Open! Open!"

"This proves that the people's petition is useful."

His smile met Gan Fanren's cold eyes.

Those eyes should have been gentle, but now they were numb and unbearable, as if something tragic was about to happen.

"Get out of the way, whoever dares to stand outside the yamen will be killed without mercy!"

A yamen runner drew the sword at his waist and pointed the tip of the sword at the people gathered at the door.

The people were frightened, and after a brief silence, they screamed like frightened birds.

A cruel smile appeared on the face of the yamen runner, and the bright tip of the sword was pointed at the people closest to him.

The sound of the knife piercing into flesh and blood was so clear that it could be heard in the teahouse half a street away.

The boy stopped waving his fan, and his eyes were fixed on the knife in the yamen runner's hand.

The knife was supposed to be used to stab the most treacherous and evil people, but it stabbed the unarmed people.

"I'll give you half an incense stick of time. If you don't leave, I'll kill you on the spot."

Instantly, the people scattered like birds and beasts.

Even the corpses were taken away.

Gan Fanren grabbed the stunned boy and hid in a corner to avoid the sight of the yamen runners.

Seeing that everyone had left, several yamen runners took buckets and brooms to wash the blood off the ground.

The official who loved the people like his own children in the boy's mouth walked out slowly. He was wearing court clothes and looked uneasy.

When he passed the bloodstain, he covered his mouth and nose and stopped.

"Clean it up, don't leave any traces."

"Yes, sir!"

Several yamen runners nodded respectfully, but the official didn't even look at the yamen runners and walked away with his belly bulging.