Chapter 91 The assassin is coming
"A small county magistrate actually dares to go against us?"
The boss of Qiantong Escort Agency played with the jade pendant on his waist with a fierce look in his eyes.
"Go find the people around him and see if you can get them to do something. If it's hard to get the people around him, go find his subordinates. Can the Shixi Town County Office still be a solid block?"
"If he can't do it, go find his superiors. I don't believe that no one in the world can deal with him."
"The boss is right. There is no one in the world who can't be moved. If there is, then find a way to deal with him!"
In the next few days, Gan Fanren sent Li Zhi and Gongsun Yue to guard outside the county office.
A few days later, it was a cloudy day.
The wind outside the house was damp, and Gan Fanren's clothes became wet just by standing in front of the window.
"It's going to rain. It's a good day for killing people."
Gan Tian was no longer sleepy after hearing this. She turned over in bed and tried to lift her chest.
[Why are you still sleeping? I want to go to the county government office to see the excitement! ]
It was about to rain that day. Hui Niang was afraid that the little guy would catch a cold, so of course she would not let him go out. Gan Tian was whining and angry, but she could only put all her hopes on her father.
[I hope that when my father comes back, he can tell me what happened. ]
With Gan Tian's great expectations, Gan Fanren went to the county government office.
Sure enough, someone sneaked into the county government office and wanted to attack the county magistrate. The yamen runners in the county government office were no match for them. Just
when the county magistrate thought he was going to die, Li Zhi and Gongsun Yue suddenly fell from the sky.
Gongsun Yue's kung fu was only mediocre, better than the yamen runners but not much, but he could not stand up to Li Zhi's boundless strength.
Li Zhi suppressed those people alone, punching each assassin one by one, and soon defeated them.
The county magistrate Zhen Youcai straightened his clothes and clasped his fists respectfully: "Thank you
, two heroes." "You're welcome. It was my elder brother who asked us to come. He said that the people from Qiantong Escort Agency might do something bad to you, so he asked us to protect you."
Zhen Youcai knew that the people from Qiantong Escort Agency would never let him do whatever he wanted, and they would definitely find a way to resist, but he never thought that the method used by Qiantong Escort Agency would be so bold.
"May I know your name, brother?"
No matter how powerful the background of Qiantong Escort Agency was, there was a price to pay for murdering an official appointed by the court.
He thought that the people of Qiantong Escort Agency would use their backers to make things difficult for him in his official duties, and he also thought that he would encounter threats and temptations, but he never thought that Qiantong Escort Agency would actually come and kill him.
He underestimated human nature.
Although he tried hard to maintain his demeanor, he still couldn't hide his uneasiness.
When Gan Fanren rushed to the county government, the county magistrate was brewing tea with Li Zhi and Gongsun Yue under the moon. The county magistrate's face had returned to normal, not as pale as before. When he saw Gan Fanren, he immediately humbly asked him to sit down.
"Please take a seat, my brother
." "Thank you for your help today."
"Your Excellency is too polite." Gan Fanren was a little curious: "Why are there only a few people patrolling your government office?" Zhen Youcai
was a little embarrassed: "To be honest, it's not that I don't want to hire more people, but I'm really short of money."
"How could it be?" Gan Fanren was a little surprised: "I see that Shixi Town is very prosperous. It is several times better than the county towns in the previous few passes. The town is clean and tidy, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Logically, the tax revenue should be quite a lot."
"Brother Gan only knows one thing, but not the other."
Zhen Youcai skimmed the foam in the teacup and said helplessly: "I heard from Brother Li Zhi that Brother Gan also traveled to many places before arriving in Shixi Town. I believe Brother Gan also understands the current world situation."
"It's been four months since the flood, and our county hasn't seen any cloud or rain. The land is extremely dry, and the seeds planted for summer farming have not sprouted yet. Farmers who have the conditions can go and fetch water to irrigate the fields, but those who don't can only accept their fate."
"The people's food reserves are limited, and now many families have run out of food. The wild animals in the nearby mountains have all been killed, and even the bitter and inedible wild vegetables are gone."
"The relief from the government is the only hope for the people. If I withdraw the relief, at least tens of thousands of people in Shixi Town will starve to death. The difficulty lies in that although Shixi Town is prosperous, it cannot support tens of thousands of people."
Zhen Youcai's shoulders drooped.
"I have no choice but to live frugally and try to reduce the government's expenses and use the extra money to buy food."
"Some money in the government can be saved, but some money cannot be saved. I can only think of ways to reduce expenses in some unimportant areas."
Apparently, this is how the number of people guarding the government was reduced.
It's hard to be an official.
It's even harder to be an honest official!
Gan Fanren's heart moved: "Sir, I'm telling you the truth, we stayed in Shixi Town just because of this matter."
"I'm the messenger of the Goddess. The Goddess has sent down the oracle that your majesty is so licentious that the heaven is furious, so she has sent down the punishment from heaven, and there will be a three-year drought."
"The Goddess couldn't bear to see the people suffer too much, so she sent me to help you."
Zhen Youcai was surprised: "Brother Xian, you can just say this casually, and don't let outsiders hear it. If your majesty hears it, both you and I will lose our heads."
"Your Majesty doesn't believe it?"
Gan Fanren raised his eyebrows: "If you don't believe it, just hang this statue in the room. Tomorrow morning, the Goddess will definitely perform a miracle."
The county magistrate's bedroom has been visited by his daughter Gan Tian, so she should be able to make things appear.
Seeing is believing. No matter how much you say, it is better to let the county magistrate see it with his own eyes.
When Gan Fanren and the other two left, a rain cloud passed by in the night sky, but it disappeared without raining a drop.
Even the air did not feel damp.
Gan Fanren squatted down and reached out to touch the dust under his feet.
"It has dried up and cracked. If there is no more rain, I am afraid that this summer farming will not produce a single grain."
Although Gan Fanren knew that there would be a three-year drought, he was still shocked.
Although they have a system and can take unlimited food, the places they can go are indeed limited. How many people can they help with just a few people?
The clouds dispersed, and the air became hot and humid again. Gongsun Yue looked at the bright moon in the sky and couldn't help sighing.
"If there was no Tian'er, I don't know how many more people would have died."
Although the author didn't have much preference for them, God still gave them a ray of hope.
Tian'er was their hope.
Gan Fanren hung up the portrait after returning, and knelt down in front of Gan Tian to worship the goddess, praying non-stop.
Gan Tian yawned and sent the food to the county magistrate's room.
Because of Gan Fanren's words, the county magistrate Zhen Youcai did not sleep all night. When he saw the food that suddenly appeared with his own eyes, he sat on the ground in shock.
"Is there really a goddess in this world?"
"If so, won't the people of Shixi Town..."
"Will they suffer!"
It has only been four months without rain, and the county government has already been drained of its money. If it lasts another two years, even if he drains himself of money, he won't be able to save the people of Shixi Town!