Liang Yushi sat on the edge of the fire, stretched out his feet to take off his shoes, an indescribable smell came over, Bai Shan slapped him, turned around, changed his seat and sat down.
As a result, Magistrate Tang also took off his shoes and socks.
Bai Shan looked at them and asked, "Do you still have socks?"
Magistrate Tang sighed, "The ones I wore before were washed and dried in the city."
Bai Shan frowned, for the sake of his nose, he still gave them three pairs of new socks.
Everyone saw it, and immediately took it happily, and said with a smile: "Master Bai is more particular."
Bai Shan took things out of the bag, first put the medicine bag he had been wearing all day and roasted it by the fire, let it slowly emit the smell of medicine, and drive away the mosquitoes that had been buzzing around them all the time.
Then he took out a bottle of ointment and opened it to smell it.
Tang He asked immediately after seeing it: "What is this?"
Bai Shan handed him the ointment, and said, "It's refreshing, I've been smoked quite a lot."
Tang He opened it and sniffed it. He felt quite refreshed. He woke up instantly. He smiled and handed it to Liang Yushi and Ren Yushi who were staring at him, and said, "You still have a lot of good things on you."
The two censors nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, Lord Bai has a good wife."
Bai Shan ignored them, they didn't miss his things these two days, they thought they were really hardworking and simple, but it was troublesome to bring their own things, and they would still be useful if someone brought them.
Master Tang stepped on the grass with bare feet, washed his hands in a puddle, then took the pancakes baked by his entourage, sat casually on the grass and asked, "Do you mean we are still entering the village?"
Liang Yushi said: "This is a big village with one hundred and sixty-seven households. If it weren't for the lack of nearby villages, it could have become a big market. Today, it is very dangerous that the village chiefs stopped, otherwise their hoes might be real. can strike us on the head."
Ren Yushi sneered and said: "Do you think the boss there is really kind? If we hadn't died and they had committed treason together, the matter would have gotten out of hand. Do you think they would stop it?"
He said: "I think the culprits here are those two chiefs. Look, we have walked through many villages in the past few days, and most of them can be calmed down. Although they listened to the rumors and were dissatisfied with the court, But they don’t dare, they don’t want to pull out the young seedlings, but this whole big village, you look around.”
Ren Yushi was heartbroken, "Such a good young seedling has grown so tall, and they are still willing to pull it out. I don't believe it if there is no growth there to add fuel to the flames."
Bai Shan also took a look at the field next to him. Although it was already dark, the moonlight reflected the water in the field and he could still see the situation in the field clearly. Most of the young seedlings in this field were pulled out.
He sighed, pulling out the green seedlings at this time, it was impossible to even replant them.
Master Tang said while gnawing on the pancakes, "So tomorrow we have to find a way to distract the two chiefs of this village, and then enter the village to have a talk with the villagers."
Bai Shan asked: "How to lead?"
Master Tang was about to speak, when a guard of the Imperial Army ran up and said, "My lord, the two li chiefs are here."
Master Tang laughed and said, "Isn't this coming?"
He asked for the two chiefs to be brought up.
They didn't come by themselves, there were some young men behind them, carrying two big baskets.
After smelling it, Bai Shan whispered, "It smells like steamed buns and buns."
The two chiefs trotted up, and as soon as they stepped forward, they knelt down to Tang He and kowtowed repeatedly, "I frightened you today. The little man is guilty, and the young man is guilty."
Tang He didn't wear shoes or socks, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a righteous face, "What is this old man talking about? If it wasn't for the old man who stopped us today, our group would have been beaten to death by the mob." .”
He looked angry, "A group of unscrupulous people dare to attack the officials of the court. When I return to Beijing to report to Ming Sheng, I must send the imperial army to wipe them all out."
The faces of the two village chiefs froze, and they hurriedly said: "My lord, forgive me, they are ignorant. Seeing that the lord brought so many officials into the village, they thought that they were going to take back the land by force, so they became impulsive, and asked the lord to give the little people a piece of paper. Opportunities, if you say they are mobs, you would never dare."
Master Tang frowned.
The chief immediately moved closer to Mr. Tang, and stuffed a purse into Mr. Tang's hands calmly, and said in a low voice, "Please, my lord, Haihan..."
Mr. Tang pinched the money bag, and he could feel that it was silver. Anyway, it must not be copper coins. Such a big one is not a lot.
The village chief is so generous to him, he seems to be very rich.
Master Tang stuffed it directly into his sleeve.
Seeing that he took it away, the village chief was immediately happy, and hurriedly turned around to ask someone to lift up the two big baskets, and opened the lid on them, so that everyone could see the steaming steamed buns and buns inside. Let's eat, the village is shabby and there is nothing to sell, so Xiaomin asked his family to prepare some steamed buns, adults should not be disgusted."
Tang He swallowed, although he really wanted to eat it, but he didn't dare to eat it very much, so he nodded with a smile and said: "This is very good, you can stay."
He said: "Since it is the old man interceding, I will give them another chance. In this way, the two of you will come and follow me back to the Governor's Mansion tomorrow morning to meet people. At that time, some documents need to be signed, so that I will have a good time when I go back." an explanation."
He pointedly said: "I came here from the capital all the way for meritorious service. If the errand cannot be completed, whoever does not make me feel better, I will make anyone sad."
When the two village chiefs heard this, they immediately said: "Yes, yes, Xiaomin knows." They cursed in their hearts, how come it is a long distance from the capital to this place, which is more than a hundred miles away
Master Tang let them leave.
When the people left, a subordinate staff led a dog up, took out two steamed buns and steamed buns from the depths of the two baskets, and gave it to eat. Everyone put the lid back on and swallowed at them.
A secretary of the Governor's Mansion couldn't help but said: "My lord, are we being too cautious? There are so many of us, and we are court officials. Don't they dare to poison us?"
Master Tang took out the money bag from his sleeve, threw it to Ren Yushi, and asked him to record it. Hearing this, he said: "It's not a big mistake to be careful. I have grown up since I was a child, and the human world caused by such carelessness There shouldn't be too many tragedies."
Bai Shan then asked: "Who will enter the village tomorrow?"
Master Tang smiled at him, "What do you think?"
"I can go in," Bai Shan said, "I took a general look today and wrote down the main troublemakers. When I go in again, I will avoid them first, but you have to leave most of them to me."
Master Tang looked at the two censors. They came down to continue investigating Qizhou's affairs, and also stared at the two of them, so one of them must stay behind.
Ren Yushi thought for a while and said, "I'll stay."
Master Tang nodded, "Okay, I will only take two guards and my entourage, and leave the rest to you."