The two wanted to show it, so as to reverse the thoughts in the people’s minds, but Zhang Zhong just rushed out a few steps and shouted there: "Master Zhan, Xiao Xiancheng, don't do anything wrong when you come, carry an empty bucket. What did you do in the past? That's what you usually do? Is it so irresponsible
Now is not the time for the Wen county magistrate. This official absolutely does not allow the people in the yamen to do nothing well like before, and don’t want the people to put away your previous practices. When will this come? ? I'm really waiting for you. The house burned down a long time ago. "
Xiao Xiancheng and Zhan’s masters were stunned by what Zhang Zhong said. They couldn’t think of what to say for a while. The words came out as if they were hit in the face, especially the people who came to help, one by one. They all looked at it with disgust, if it weren't for the fire over there, they wouldn't be able to spot it.
"Master Zhang, didn't you just come a little earlier? Didn't the two of us not come here, can't we wake up once in a while?" Xiao Xiancheng retorted dissatisfiedly there.
"Come early? Do you know when I came here? I have been looking at the files that were left behind at night. As the county prime minister, you are helping the county magistrate. The county magistrate has already come first, you The county Cheng hasn't even arrived yet. You sleep, but you don't sleep. Look at these people. They don't sleep? Are you a pig?"
Zhang Zhong was just right at this time to promote his reputation, so he didn't leave any affection, and said all the cruel things.
What he said made people unable to fault. After all, the people saw what was going on. The people didn’t know that the two had just slept at night and drank some wine. They only saw the fire just coming together, the county magistrate. The adult rushed out of the courtyard behind the Jinlai Building and led people to start fighting the fire.
The two people, Xiancheng and the main book, didn't show up until this time. They got up later than they did. I don't know who got up first and shouted there, "Xianling Zhang is a good official."
Others also started shouting, screaming while fighting the fire. The buckets in the hands of the master book and the county Cheng were also taken away and used. The two stood there, trying to say something, but found that everything they said was being used. The surrounding sounds were suppressed, and no one could hear it.
Zhang Zhong was still there holding a simple speaker made of iron sheet, which was large in the front and small in the back, and the people and government officials around him listened to his orders.
I don't know how the fire started. A bucket of water was poured in, which had no effect at all. After the fire became slightly smaller, it suddenly became bigger.
Waiting for the day to dawn, the fire over there is almost burning, this is a little smaller, but standing here, you can still feel a rush of heat.
As the day dawned, Zhang Zhong said directly: “You don’t need to rush back for a while. Go to Jinlailou to eat something. Thank you everyone for getting up at night to help put out the fire. Otherwise, you may crash into the houses. That is the real disaster. ."
The people were tired after working for such a long time. They were about to go back. After hearing the words of the county magistrate, they cheered. Usually they don't dare to go to Jinlailou to eat. The food there is expensive. Got to die, now it's fine, I have a chance to go once, all because of the new magistrate.
"Xiao County Cheng also has Master Zhan. You two stay here to check how the fire started. You can't occupy a place and do nothing at all. The others have left with me."
Zhang Zhong ordered two people with ugly faces to investigate here. Those yamen and people were told to walk to Jin Lailou together. At this time, Jin Lailou had already prepared some gruel, side dishes and Steamed buns.
The people and government officials surrounded Zhang Zhong and left, leaving Xiao Xiancheng and Master Zhan looking at each other. The two of them really didn't understand what was going on tonight. These two hours made them both feel as if they had passed two hours. Months are so hard.
At the beginning, their two buckets were snatched back. They were ready to just take a look, but they couldn’t hold back the contemptuous gaze that the people passing by after receiving the water. I found the big wooden basin again, and waited for others to fill the wooden basin with water.
I didn't notice it when I was working just now. Now I stopped. The two people just felt that there was no place on their bodies that was uncomfortable. They stood there with their upper eyelids hitting their eyelids, and their bodies swayed back and forth. I really want to go back to sleep, but again Don't dare, it's better to be blown by the cold wind in the morning.
"Brother Buyong, what shall we do? Zhang Zhong asked the two of us to find the cause of the fire. Where should we start?" Master Zhan said depressedly there.
Xiao Xiancheng was also puzzled. What he didn't want to understand was not how the fire started, but why the fire had been burning for such a long time. The warehouse was already empty. Wouldn't it be extinguished after a while
Thinking of this, Xiao Xiancheng said to Master Zhan: "Let me go to the granary to see what's going on."
After speaking, Xiao Xiancheng walked directly over there, saying that he was going to the granary to take a look. In fact, there is no warehouse anymore here, and it has been pulled down by someone to fight the fire.
Master Zhan followed, and the two of them took a bite in front of each other, and walked to the place where the heat was still emitting. When they walked, there would be a rushing sound under their feet, which shows how much water was poured in just now.
Waiting to get closer, both of them froze at the same time.
"No wonder it has been burning for so long. Who brought this grain? No, it's not grain. It seems to be just straw. Why do you bring so much hungry straw here?"
Xiao Xiancheng finally announced something. The reason why it took such a long time to put out the fire was all because of the straw in the granary.
After walking around the granary, the two people found that the fire in the room hadn't been extinguished. They were thinking about what to do when they were there. When a servant who came back from Jinlailou came over, his mouth was still stuffed. A big steamed bun, what he ate was called a fragrant, which made Xiao County Chenghe Station's host book greedy.
"Two adults, are you still here? The food over there is delicious. If you don’t believe me, look at my steamed bun. It is stuffed with meat. You two have a taste?" The yaman who came here is concerned about both of them. , Sent the steamed stuffed buns with dirty hands to the two of them.
"You eat, we are not hungry, do you know what happened to the straw in these granaries?" Xiao Xian Cheng was really unwilling to eat the stuff with black fingerprints, even if the two of them were really hungry, they would go down. Don't talk.
After hearing this, the man was not polite. He stuffed another bun in his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed half of it. Then he said: "This straw was delivered by the magistrate in the middle of the night. The yamen in the county can't even drink hot water. With these straws, they can cook two meals a day for the yamen in the county.
Sir, now our straws are all burned, what can we do in the future? It's a pity that someone must have done something bad, unwilling to let us servants eat some warm meals and drink some hot water. "
Xiao Xiancheng and Zhan’s master book listened to the yakuza’s words, and felt that the status of the two of them had fallen again. They looked at each other and couldn’t guess how the fire started. These straws are now only under control. After the fire, no one knew what was going on inside.
Master Zhan found a pole that had just been used to top the wall, and pulled it up among the straws. It was okay if he didn't touch it. With this touch, the straw with sparks in it was blown by the wind and burned again.
The fire took advantage of the wind. The fire that was extinguished just now has become bigger again. Two people have no choice but to greet the servant who came to see the excitement. The three began to carry water to extinguish the fire. The servant has already done a lot of work and now eats it again. I was too full, I didn't have much energy when I started to work, and walked back and forth slowly.
Most of the water was poured by the master book and the county government. The two of them were tired enough, but they didn't dare to leave it alone. If a bundle of burned straw fell on other houses, their responsibility would be even greater. When they are big, they let them guard here. Is it just like this
Fortunately, the surrounding areas have long since been dismantled and isolated, and the fire did not spread to other houses. It only burned in that place. After the two people worked for another half an hour, Zhang Zhong was finally with those people who had finished eating. came back.
As soon as he saw the fire igniting again, Zhang Zhong first shouted for everyone to help put out the fire, and then said to Xiao Xiancheng and Zhan masters: "What else can you two do? Watching here can also make the fire start. Do you know how the fire started?"
The master book and Xian Cheng shook their heads gently. Now the two people have no thoughts to say anything to refute. They are tired like two dead dogs. If they don’t just fall here and let the people see that it’s not good, they really I want to sleep, and I don't want to worry about anything.
So far, they have not rested for two days and two nights, and if this continues, they will be exhausted to death.
After Zhang Zhong finished talking about the two of them, he started to command again. After an hour, there were still people over there who would turn up the straw from time to time for watering, so that the fire was completely extinguished.
"Okay, let's start doing things. You can't do nothing all day long. The officer looked at the cases of over 120 people last night and found that some should not be sentenced at all. You two should write a revised sentence. Documents, I will let people go."
Zhang Zhong didn't know where he took out those cases and asked two people to change their sentences.
"My lord, no, this can't be changed easily, you have to read it one by one." Master Zhan said there.
"Well, let's look at them one by one. When will we understand and when will you go back and rest for a while." Zhang Zhong Congshan said smoothly.