Bai Shiyuan was secretly dissatisfied.
The Bai family is rich and powerful, but they don't dare to hang up and beat those policemen like Zhao Lin did.
A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake.
Besides, he is just a local official, which doesn’t mean he is weak.
Which of the bigwigs in the court today has not served as an official in the local area?
Chi Qiaoyu smiled and said, "It's time to discipline these officers. They say it's easy to see the King of Hell, but hard to deal with the little devils. Isn't that what they're referring to?"
The officers of Guanhe Hall, who were arrogant and domineering in the past, were hung on the bow of the boat and beaten.
As the news spread, the dock was immediately filled with people who came to watch the fun.
Both sides of the river were filled with people.
"well played!"
"He deserves a beating!"
"Is this a hit on the wall?"
"What iron plate? These are just minions. Once the people behind them come out, the people on the boat will be in trouble."
"They dare to hit people, so they are not afraid, right?"
"Even the prefect doesn't dare to control the people in Guanhe Hall. Just imagine how powerful they are..."
People on the shore were talking about it.
The news soon reached Guanhe Hall in Tongzhou Prefecture.
"Sir, something happened."
An officer came running in and startled Lu Fang, the magistrate of Guanhe Hall, who was playing with the beauty.
Lu Fang said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you shouting? Is someone going to die?"
The officer quickly said, "Yes, Yang Si and the others are dying."
Lu Fang frowned and said, "What's going on? Wasn't Yang Si fine this morning?"
The officer said, "Dozens of large ships came up the river. Yang Si went to ask for bribes, but he was hung up and beaten. I heard that each of them would be lashed a thousand times, and they wouldn't let him go until they had beaten him enough."
"court death!"
Lu Fang was furious and shouted, "Who is that person?"
"I don't know. I only know that there were two flags on the boat, one with the word 'Qing' and the other with the word 'Zhao'," said the officer.
"Qing and Zhao? Who are these people?"
Lu Fang thought carefully.
Among the dignitaries he remembered, some had the surname Zhao and some had the surname Qing, but there seemed to be no one who hung both flags at the same time.
This flag cannot be hung casually. You can't just hang whatever flag has your surname.
This is an official banner and requires official approval.
For example, the Qingzhou Army. If it weren't for the special flag granted by Cheng **, Zhao Lin would have been treasonous if he dared to attack the Qingzhou Army.
"I didn't expect it. He must not be a big shot, otherwise he wouldn't be so reckless." Lu Fang said affirmatively.
If he were a big shot, he would naturally ask clearly whose territory Guanhe Hall belonged to. Once he knew who his boss was, he would naturally not dare to act recklessly.
"Call someone and follow me to see who is so bold as to hit our people from Guanhe Hall." Lu Fang said.
The officer immediately went to call for help, and brought over twenty officers from the Guanhe Office, who escorted Lu Fang to the riverside.
When Lu Fangfang arrived, he saw that Yang Si and the others had almost rested, and were being whipped again.
"stop!"
Lu Fang shouted angrily.
"Sir, sir, you are here. If you don't come, we will be beaten to death."
Seeing Lu Fang, Yang Si burst into tears.
Several others followed suit and cried.
Lu Fang shouted, "Shut up. What's going on?"
Yang Si said, "We don't know either. According to custom, we should have boarded the ship to check if it was really transporting grain. But who knew that as soon as we got on board, before we could even say anything, they would hang us up and beat us."
In front of so many people, he naturally couldn't admit that he came here to ask for benefits.
"Hmph, I want to see who is so bold as to hit my people. Call out your master." Lu Fang said angrily.
Shen Yuan said calmly, "My master lets you in."
"What a grand show." Lu Fang said, "Let's go in."
Lu Fang led his men into the cabin and saw several people sitting there drinking tea, none of them looking at him directly.
"Who are you? How dare you hit the imperial officials? This is rebellion, do you know that?" Lu Fang shouted loudly.
Zhao Lin glanced at Lu Fang calmly: "Who are you?"
Lu Fang said proudly, "I am Lu Fang, the magistrate of Guanhe Hall in Tongzhou."
"He's just a mere magistrate. Hang him up and give him a thousand lashes." Zhao Lin said.
"You dare?"
Lu Fang was shocked and angry.
He didn't expect Zhao Lin to be so arrogant and overbearing.
He is an official!
Those people outside are all officials. They can be beaten as long as they are given enough benefits.
But he, Lu Fang, is an official, although only a sixth-rank official, but still an official.
The magistrate is only a seventh-rank official.
It can be imagined that Lu Fang's status is roughly equivalent to the director of the Municipal Water Conservancy Bureau in Zhao Lin's previous life.
But Zhao Lin didn't even say a second word and just hung him up and beat him.
Lu Fang immediately realized that he had offended someone he couldn't afford to offend.
Lu Fang quickly said, "Who are you? Even if you get beaten, let me know who beat you."
"I'm Zhao Lin, the Governor-General of Jiangbei." Zhao Lin said calmly.
"My name is Bai Shiyuan, the Governor of Jiujiang."
"I am Chi Qiaoyu, the Governor of Jiangbei."
"My name is Fu Wenqi, and I am a councilor of the Jiangbei Governor-General's Office."
A governor, two provincial governors, and an official from the Governor's Office scared Lu Fang.
He quickly lowered his posture and said, "So it's Zhao Xiantai and the two governors. I apologize for my disrespect."
Maybe Lu Fang had never heard of Chi Qiaoyu and Bai Shiyuan, but he had definitely heard of Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin's name has become very famous in the past two years.
The newly crowned number one scholar, the youngest prefect, governor-general, or governor-general, which one of them wouldn’t make people jealous?
Lu Fang changed his tone and said, "But even the three adults have no right to meddle in the affairs of our Tongzhou, right?"
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