The boy who asked for directions said that he had hunted a rare bird. He heard that Uncle Qi likes rare wild animals the most, so he wanted to sell it to him to earn more money to support his family. Most of the business of the tycoon's family is transmitted through the post road transportation controlled by Qi Mu, so the residence of the tycoon Qi Mu's family is very familiar.
The tycoon enthusiastically pointed out the way for Hua Yunfei. At this time, Hua Yunfei was just a stranger in his eyes, a very ordinary passer-by in his life. Naturally, he would not think that there would be any intersection between the two in the future.
Ye Xiaotian and Li Yuncong rushed back to the county government. They couldn't help laughing when they talked about the absurdity of the tycoon on the way. Hong Baichuan, such a shrewd and capable businessman, gave birth to such a son. What if the children and grandchildren do not live up to expectations
After two more alleys, we will reach the county government office. Suddenly, two people come running in front of us, wearing police uniforms, they are very eye-catching. Ye Xiaotian took a closer look, and saw that the person in front of him was Ma Hui, and he also vaguely remembered the name of the other person, who seemed to be Xu Haoran, so Ye Xiaotian stopped in his tracks.
As expected, the two came to look for him. When they saw Ye Xiaotian from afar, they quickened their pace. After running to Ye Xiaotian, Ma Hui panted and said, "Lord Dianshi, something happened to Zhou Bantou."
Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a while, and said: "Boss Zhou? Isn't he resting at home? What happened?"
Xu Hui said: "Yesterday when Xu Lin came back, he heard that Bantou Zhou was fighting with his sister, so he went to Bantou Zhou's bad luck and beat Bantou Zhou violently."
Ye Xiaotian's face suddenly changed color, and Xu Haoran continued: "Bantou Zhou's leg was broken, I don't know if I can still..."
Ye Xiaotian interrupted: "Where Bantou Zhou lives, take me there quickly!"
When Ye Xiaotian arrived at Bantou Zhou's house, many police officers had already arrived after hearing the news. Bantou Zhou is very popular. If something happened to him, everyone would naturally come to visit him.
Seeing Ye Xiaotian's appearance, the police officers who were mourning for the death of the rabbit silently made a way for him, and looked at him with some dissatisfaction and condemnation.
Ye Xiaotian ignored them, walked directly among them, walked into the main room, and saw a mess, tables, chairs, benches, vases and hangers were all smashed, and when he entered the stove in the right corner of the room, a big stone was thrown into the broken cauldron .
The Zhou family came out of the back room after hearing the news. There were three other members of the Zhou family besides Bantou Zhou. Holding the hem of his mother's clothes, he followed behind his grandfather.
Old man Zhou heard that the person who came was the master Dianshi from the county government office, he was terrified, and hurried forward to kowtow, Ye Xiaotian hurriedly supported him and said: "You don't have to be polite, take me to see Zhou Ban head."
The old man Zhou answered again and again, probably because there had never been an official from the imperial court at home, the old man Zhou was a little at a loss, and he didn't know whether he should lead the way or follow Ye Xiaotian, so he turned sideways and turned his feet to meet Ye Xiaotian. .
Since Ye Xiaotian made this half-truth and half-fake history of Hu County, it was the first time he received such a courtesy, Ye Xiaotian thought: "It turns out that Bantou Zhou's honest duty comes from his father, and both of them are honest man."
Old man Zhou raised the curtain high, let Ye Xiaotian into the room with a nod and bowed his head, and immediately said to Bantou Zhou who was lying on the couch: "Siyu, get up, Master Dianshi is here to see you."
Zhou Siyu heard his father say that Mr. Dianshi is coming, and he was struggling to sit up, but Ye Xiaotian rushed up and held him down: "Don't move, just lie down." Ye Xiaotian said, seeing Zhou Siyu's appearance, his heart suddenly became angry stand up.
Zhou Ban's head was wrapped with a bandage, his right cheek was bruised, his left cheek was red and swollen, his lips were swollen and cracked, and the bridge of his nose was also swollen. He tried hard to open his eyes, but both eyes were swollen like peaches, tried his best, but only opened a gap.
"Leader Zhou..."
Ye Xiaotian's voice was a little trembling. When he came, he heard that Bantou Zhou had broken his leg, so he expected that his injury was not serious, but he never expected Bantou Zhou to be beaten like this. Bantou Zhou's lips fluttered for a long while, and then he struggled to utter a few vague words: "Dian Shi... my lord... humble job..."
Ye Xiaotian gently shook his hand, and said in a low voice: "You don't need to say, I understand!"
Bantou Zhou had a wry smile on his face, and he closed his mouth helplessly. In this situation, Ye Xiaotian didn't know what to say, the room was quiet, only the sound of everyone's breathing was so clear. The wife of the Zhou family stood aside, seeing her husband so miserable, she couldn't help wiping away her tears again.
Ye Xiaotian stared fixedly at Bantou Zhou's face, as if he wanted to keep in his heart the face that had been beaten so badly. After a while, Ye Xiaotian withdrew his hand, reached into his bosom, and took out the A large silver ingot weighing fifty taels.
Ye Xiaotian gently placed the silver ingot by the pillow, and said to the old man Zhou: "Master, the boss of Zhou has fallen into such a state, I... can hardly escape the blame. You can keep this silver dollar, and put the broken furniture away. Let's do it again, especially if we want to hire the best doctor for Bantou Zhou, we must keep his legs."
The old man Zhou and the wife of the Zhou family were stunned when they saw the big silver ingot. For fifty taels of silver, Zhou Siyu could only save two years of salary if he didn’t eat or drink. The Zhou family had never seen such a large sum of money.
The old man Zhou muttered: "No, no, my lord, this can't be..."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Old man, don't be polite, I didn't pay for this money, it was the county government that subsidized the medical expenses of Bantou Zhou. If you don't want it, you will save it for the government. In the end, wouldn't everyone eat and drink it?"
Old man Zhou didn't know the tricks of the county government, and hearing what Ye Xiaotian said, he just took it as the truth, and felt more at ease. The police officers around knew the details of the yamen very well. Although they were a little bit annoyed that the new Dian Shi didn't know the importance, but this Dian Shi was able to spend his own money to help the Zhou family, and it was so much money, they couldn't help but feel sorry for Ye Xiaotian. For improvement. Those officials only know how to order them around. When something really happened, who would take them so seriously
Ye Xiaotian got up and said to the old man Zhou and the wife of the Zhou family: "Boss Zhou needs to rest, so I won't bother you any more. I'll visit you another day, and I'm leaving."
The old man Zhou thanked Ye Xiaotian and sent him outside the gate. Seeing the white-haired old man hunched over, he did not offend the government at all because of his son's treatment. An indescribable taste.
Ma Hui, Xu Haoran and other police officers also followed Ye Xiaotian to bid farewell to old man Zhou and left. They followed Ye Xiaotian to the entrance of the alley silently, and Ma Hui finally plucked up the courage to come up. Ma Hui said: "Ai Dianshi, because you are new here, the brothers have treated you so disrespectfully, please forgive me, Mr. Dianshi."
Ye Xiaotian stopped and looked at him, Xu Haoran also came up, lowered his head and said: "Master Dianshi treats Bantou Zhou so kindly, brothers... are very grateful."
Ye Xiaotian was still a little puzzled at first, but after hearing their apologies, he finally understood what they meant, Ye Xiaotian's face suddenly turned cold, and he said in a deep voice, "Are you finished?"
Ma Hui, Xu Haoran and the others looked at each other. They sincerely apologized to Ye Xiaotian, but why did Ye Xiaotian look so unhappy? For a moment, the arresters were a little confused.
Ye Xiaotian said: "Do you think that I feel guilty when I see Bantou Zhou like this, and I feel ashamed, so I took out the money as compensation?"
The arresters looked at him and said nothing, but obviously acquiesced to his statement.
Ye Xiaotian said again: "Do you suddenly feel that I am a good official? Although I have done something wrong, but I can make up for it in this way, which is much better than those officials in the county government who have a vegetarian meal, so you are grateful and feel that I am an official. Worth following, you want to apologize to me, and everyone will be in harmony in the future?"
The policemen still didn't speak, they had faintly realized that they seemed to have misunderstood something.
Ye Xiaotian raised his voice a bit, and said: "Bantou Zhou went to Xu's house to arrest people. It was law enforcement, and it was his job as an arrester. He ate this bowl of rice. Shouldn't he go? I'm the history of the county. I received a report from the sufferer and sent him to arrest people. What did I do wrong? Why should I feel guilty
First he was beaten by Xu's wife, and then he was bullied by the murderer, who destroyed his home and beat him to bed. Why did this happen? Why are the gangsters in Hu County more fierce than the law enforcement arresters? Have you ever wondered why
Your brother was beaten up like this, and you didn't even have the slightest thought of revenge? Of course, I gave Zhou Bantou a sum of money, and your only thought is: Great, now the loss of the Zhou family can be made up, and Zhou Bantou's leg is probably saved, luckily! What a blessing in misfortune!
Everyone happily put up with this bitch, and continued to be bullied by gentry bullies and local ruffians in harmony? If you policemen can be bullied like this, can you expect the people in Hu County who are supposed to be protected by you to not be bullied
Why are the people unwilling to pay taxes to the government, even those with money in their families? Why are you ridiculed and ridiculed by the people every time you go to the countryside? Why do you get laughed at like dogs every time you walk down Cross Street
You are the catchers of Hu County. Your sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons will one day take over from you and continue to be catchers here, and then continue to be bullied and ridiculed!
That's right, the people here are aggressive, but for those aggressive people, is there anyone they fear? They are like wolves and tigers in front of you, but they are more docile than rabbits in front of stronger people than them. What about you, you are not even as good as rabbits!
What do you expect? I hope that one day the imperial court will send more officers and soldiers, hope that one day the imperial court can move more Han people, and then your life or the life of your son, grandson, and great-grandson will be easier? I tell you, impossible!
If you don’t want to take on anything, don’t dare to take on anything, just muddle along like this, even if one day Hu County is truly under the rule of Liuguan, even if 80% of the people living here become Han Chinese, these Han people will learn from those mountains. People treat you like monkeys!
You want to live with dignity, you want to put on the policeman's uniform and go to the county office early in the morning, and the neighbors on the street will not look at you with contempt and mocking eyes, but greet you with respect, it's up to you Go for it instead of waiting for it to fall from the sky, it won't fall! "
Ma Hui said shyly: "Master Dian Shi, Uncle Qi... besides, the gentlemen of the county government..."
Ye Xiaotian said: "What's wrong with Uncle Qi? He can cover the sky with one hand in Guizhou? Not to mention the four heavenly kings of An, Song, Tian, and Yang, they are the Eight Great King Kongs, and even Lord Chieftain who is lower than the Eight King Kongs came to Hu County. Doesn't he have to be as respectful as the third grandson, is there anyone he is afraid of, and why is he afraid
What happened to the gentlemen of the county government? Why are the gentlemen of the county government afraid of the anger of those mountain people, the anger of Uncle Qi, and the anger of the people in the county, but you who are not afraid of being bullied like dogs? Because you have no anger at all, you have no courage, no backbone, a bunch of wimps, who do you bully if you don’t bully? "
All the arresters were scolded so badly that they stood there dumbfounded, unable to utter a word.
Ye Xiaotian turned around and walked away, loudly said: "I'm going to Xu's house now, the person I sent out was bullied, I'm going to seek justice for him! Go back to the kennel of the county government, and continue to lead your family with peace of mind. With a monthly salary of two taels of silver, you can happily accompany your wife to have a child!"
The faces of Ma Hui, Xu Haoran and other arresters were all flushed. When Ye Xiaotian walked nearly a hundred steps, who among them did not know who was the first to catch up, and then all the arresters chased after him: "Dian Shi My lord, I will go with you!"
"Yes! Follow Master Dianshi!"
"I've had enough of this bird breath, let's go with Lord Dianshi!"
Ye Xiaotian laughed loudly: "Okay! This is a man! He's a man! Let's go and seek justice for our brothers!"
Xu Xiaoyu stood in the yard with his hips akimbo, pointing and swearing at people in the next yard. The next yard was the Guo family, and there were bursts of crying faintly. Xu Xiaoyu scolded fiercely, and the courtyard door was kicked open , A group of policemen rushed in.
Xu Xiaoyu was furious, and rushed forward with baring teeth and claws, yelling: "I hate you..."
Before she finished cursing a sentence, she was punched in the face, causing Xu Xiaoyu to stagger, and she took a few steps back and sat on the threshold, causing her buttocks to hurt. Xu Xiaoyu jumped to his feet like an irritated wild cat: "My god you..."
A handsome young man with a ferocious expression rushed forward, grabbed her by the collar, and slapped her loudly: "I call you Ri! I call you Ri, I call you Is he... is he comfortable every day?"
Xu Xiaoyu was slapped so that his head dangled like a rattle drum, and he felt dizzy. Hearing the man's question, Xu Xiaoyu nodded in a daze. The man pushed hard, Xu Xiaoyu took two steps back, and fell again. Sitting on the threshold, the vicious young man asked sharply, "Where's your elder brother?"
Xu Xiaoyu foolishly pointed at the room, and the young man rushed in from her side like a gust of wind...