Chapter 363: Poor Mountains and Bad Waters Produce Unruly People
"Aying, could you please stop adding fuel to the fire?" County Magistrate Hu grabbed Su Ying.
"Sir, it's impossible for the Wu County government to do nothing, right? Jinfengzhai was ordered to go to Rong County.
As the government, Wu County watched the Li people being wrongly accused and hacked to death and did nothing, allowing Jinfengzhai to go to Rong County. Isn't it just waiting to be accused of being a troublemaker?
"As a parent official, how can you bear this?" Su Ying asked.
"Forget it, forget it. I can't beat you in an argument. What do you say we should do?" County Magistrate Hu was left speechless.
"Immediately send someone to the provincial capital to invite Lord Wang. We will go to Rong County together and ask him why County Magistrate Wang disobeyed orders from his superiors and why he killed the people from Jinfeng Village.
"We demand compensation for Jinfeng Village's losses in Rong County and for the injured! We also want to hold the perpetrators accountable!" Su Ying said succinctly.
"Yes! Aying is right!" Ade nodded repeatedly.
"From now on, we in Jinfeng Village will never open a sugar factory in Rong County again. Let them let the sugarcane fields in Rong County rot! Humph!"
"Brothers and uncles, you're sorry to have been frightened. Go to bed early. We will go to Rong County tomorrow to seek justice!" Su Ying said to the injured men.
After returning to the county government office, County Magistrate Hu arranged for officials to rush to the provincial capital to invite Wang Yannian.
Su Ying picked up her pen and wrote a letter to Lu Zhaoshi, wondering where she would be able to catch up.
The next day, County Magistrate Hu handled government affairs in the county government office.
A group of officials came to the county government office with torture instruments and ferocious looks. They held the so-called official documents and asked County Magistrate Hu to cooperate and send someone to lead the way to capture the bandits in Jinfengzhai.
"Haha!" County Magistrate Hu laughed angrily when he saw Guanwen.
"I, a good citizen of Wu County, was ordered to open a sugar factory in your Rong County. My money was robbed, I was hacked, and my life or death is unknown.
We haven't even gone to ask for an explanation, and you're already here to arrest us! What do you think of my Wu County? You're letting your Rong County run wild here? How dare you!
"Sir! We are ordered by County Magistrate Wang to come to your county to capture the bandits. Please cooperate with us! Do not condone them, otherwise..." Huang San used the tiger skin as a banner.
Capture these bandits, destroy their families, squeeze all the money out of the entire village, and force them to hand over the sugar-making technology and not allow them to make sugar again.
From then on, Rong County became a major sugar-producing county! Didn't the governor expect it to surpass Wu County? Look, it has already surpassed it, and how fast!
"What else?" County Magistrate Hu glanced at Huang San in the hall.
He has shifty eyebrows and a pair of cloudy eyes that harbor ill intentions. You can tell at first glance that he is a bad person. He has sores on his head and pus on his feet. He is bad from head to toe.
"My lord, you are sheltering the bandits. They are like snakes and rats in the same nest. My lord will definitely report you to the provincial government and the imperial court! Then, you will be in big trouble!" Huang San said proudly.
"Hahaha!" County Magistrate Hu laughed.
Niu Er and a group of yamen runners were listening outside the door and found it funny. Is there no one left in Rong County? Why did they send such a crazy person here?
"Someone come here!" County Magistrate Hu shouted.
"Sir!" Niu Erdeng came in.
"Catch him! Give this unruly citizen who pretended to be a Rong County official thirty lashes of the cane and put him in jail pending trial!" Magistrate Hu shouted as he slammed the gavel.
This birdman was the leader who killed the Li people from Jinfeng Village yesterday. If we don’t take revenge now, when will we?
"Yes!" Niu Er and others rushed forward and pressed Huang San to the ground.
"What are you doing? We are officials from Rong County. Do you want to rebel from Wu County? How dare you arrest officials!" Huang San struggled hard and shouted loudly.
"Shut up!" Niu Er found it irritating and tore off Huang San's torn socks and stuffed them into his mouth.
"Woo woo!" Huang San was so angry that he glared at Niu Er, wishing he could kill him.
"Pa, pa, pa!" The board fell down hard and Huang San screamed in pain.
The Rong County officials who were waiting outside heard the noise inside and ran in to help. They saw Huang San being pinned to the ground and beaten to a pulp.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the yamen runners wanted to escape, but it was too late! The gate was slammed shut by the Wuxian officials, and they were like beating a dog by closing the door.
Niu Er and the others were not polite at all. They used their water and fire sticks to attack the opponent, and even the knife could not be pulled out.
When Su Ying walked to the door, she saw officers escorting officers. It was a magical scene. All the officers had bruises on their faces and noses, and one of them was half dead.
"Uncle Niu, what's going on?" Su Ying asked Niu Er.
"A group of bandits pretended to be officials from Rong County and came to Wu County to arrest people." Niu Er said seriously.
"?" Su Ying was shocked. Who is being arrogant and who is right now?
Wu County hasn't even come to our door yet, but the people from Rong County are actually coming to Wu County to arrest people! What a world!
If this continues, it won’t be long before Rong County becomes a mess.
"Da da da, whoosh!" Several fast horses rushed to the county government office, and Wang Yannian reined in the horses.
"Sir!" Su Ying bowed.
"What's going on?" Wang Yannian jumped off his horse, looking exhausted.
I was called out of bed in the middle of the night. I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat and rushed over from Wuzhou overnight.
"Look, before we even get to the door, these people are already chasing us!" Su Ying pointed at the officers who were being taken away.
"Sir!" County Magistrate Hu also came out to greet him with a sad expression.
"Sir, please stand up for the people of Wu County! As soon as the governor left, Rong County turned against us, injuring our people and stealing their money! The people of Wu County are suffering!"
Su Ying stared blankly at Magistrate Hu's performance. He was making excuses last night, but here he turned into a caring parent!
"Don't be anxious, Lord Hu. Please tell me slowly!" Wang Yannian took the arm of County Magistrate Hu.
"Come on, sir, I'll take you to see those victims!" County Magistrate Hu wiped away his non-existent tears and pulled Wang Yannian to the clinic.
A dozen men had just finished breakfast. Apo and Adu had high fever last night. They were injured themselves, and they had to take care of two patients with high fever.
At this moment, everyone's face was pale, and they looked sick and tired.
"How are the seriously injured? Have they woken up?" Wang Yannian looked at the two brothers lying on the couch and asked with concern.
"Your Excellency, I had a high fever last night. I took some medicine and the fever subsided at dawn," the men replied.
"Brothers, you have been wronged! I am here to apologize to you all! It is our provincial government's fault for failing to coordinate and control the county government!"
Wang Yannian bowed to the Li people present and said, "Those knife strikes rolled up the flesh and skin, they were fatal!"
Is Rong County crazy? Treating the God of Wealth this way! They openly defy the official documents of the state government and create their own world. What do they want to do?
"Please, sir, do something for us common people!" There were tears in the eyes of the Li man.
"Please stand up, everyone. I will give you an explanation!" Wang Yannian helped everyone up.
Immediately, the group marched to Rong County in a mighty force.
"Sir, sir!" The police officer ran in hurriedly.
"Why are you so panicky? How disgraceful!" Wang Duanfang scolded.
"The bandits from Wu County brought the officials with them..." The police official was trembling and couldn't speak clearly.
"What? Do the bandits dare to cause trouble in court? I want to see who is more powerful, the officials or the bandits!" Wang Duanfang said disdainfully.
He didn't want to stay in this broken county for even a single day. It was dilapidated and ruined, and even after all the plundering, there wasn't much profit to be made.
It is said that poor and bad mountains and rivers produce unruly people, but he doesn't believe it, and he can't deal with these unruly people!
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