Daming talker

chapter 46

It has been two days since Professor Lin of the Iron Fist Golden Whip fought against the Yamen servants of Changzhou County, and the time has entered March, and the heat is still unabated.

In this warm spring month, it is the best season for ladies to travel in spring, and the peak period of gatherings of various celebrities is coming.

The news that Wang Shizhen, the old ally who has been in charge of the literary world for decades, is about to visit Suzhou City has made Suzhou scholars full of expectations for this spring.

But on the first day of March, there was only one thing that could be called the focus of the whole city, and that was the meeting of the two magistrates of Suzhou City to negotiate.

In the middle of the Yinma Bridge, a striking white line was drawn, and the two county magistrates were going to negotiate across this white line.

This is not hypocrisy or too many things, but a last resort.

The degree of freedom of Ming officials is not as high as most people imagine, especially local officials who are responsible for guarding the land.

In Renzhi County, it is strictly forbidden to leave the county without authorization. Once you leave the county, you will be regarded as dereliction of duty immediately.

However, it is impossible for two magistrates who are also in Suzhou City to talk to each other at the top of their voices across the street or river, that would be too unofficial.

So the best choice is to choose a boundary bridge and meet on the bridge to facilitate close conversations.

But in order to clarify the county boundary and prevent the two sides from being too excited and accidentally crossing the boundary, a striking white line was symbolically drawn on the bridge.

The two county magistrates are on each side of the white line, so they can safely communicate face-to-face and friendly.

However, the arched bridge deck has limited space, which made it impossible for the two magistrates to hug each other as they usually do.

Therefore, each county magistrate only brought two people to the bridge, one was responsible for supporting the canopy of Qingluo, which symbolized the official dignity of his parents, and the other was responsible for running errands and delivering messages, and the other followers could only wait under the bridge.

Feng Qu, the magistrate of Wu County, and Deng He, the magistrate of Changzhou County, the two Suzhou city parents, met under such circumstances.

Quite a few people who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal also came here after hearing the news, but they couldn't get close, they could only watch from a distance.

Although I couldn't hear any conversations, it can be seen from the "pointing fingers" of the county magistrates that after the two parents and officials got on the bridge, there was a very passionate exchange immediately.

Feng County Magistrate of Wu County: "Set up a stele of Fan Wenzheng, and your signature on the stele is in front of me, the magistrate of Wu County!"

Dengzhi County, Changzhou: "You wrote the postscript on the stele by yourself. How can you accuse me again?"

County Magistrate Feng: "Fan Wenzheng's cemetery is in Tianping Mountain, Wu County. Isn't it natural for me, the magistrate of Wu County, to inscribe postscripts?"

Deng Zhixian: "Bah! Fan Wen is the Fan Wenzheng of the whole Suzhou City, and Suzhou City doesn't just refer to your Wu County! The postscript should also have my share!"

Feng Zhixian: "I asked you to sign before me, because you are already a senior in the examination room, and you still want to look forward to Shu?"

The entourage on both sides couldn't stand it anymore, coughed a few times, and reminded the two parents and officials to pay attention to today's theme and not to digress.

As an official in the same city, Deng He, the magistrate of Changzhou County, knew the character of Feng Zhixian of Wu County very well. If his own interests were not involved, the magistrate of Feng County was mostly a good person.

So Deng Zhixian took the lead in accusing him aggressively, "Your Wu County clerk, Lin Tailai, injured fifty yamen servants in our Changzhou County. Don't you Wu County plan to give an explanation?"

The magistrate of Feng County in Wu County didn't seem to be interested in this kind of thing, or it might be that the scribe beat the yamen servant, and it was really not as important as leaving his name on the stele of Fan Wenzheng.

Anyway, his term of office was almost up, so Feng Zhixian just yawned and raised his chin at the handyman holding the umbrella.

Then the handyman holding the umbrella in Wu County said: "The Xu family, the bully from Changzhou County, went to Wu County and smashed the entrance of the righteous man who helped the county government to collect taxes. Why didn't Deng Xianzun give an explanation first?"

Deng Zhixian snorted coldly: "That's what the Xu family did, why should the county government be responsible for it?"

The handyman holding the umbrella responded, "The thing that happened in Changzhou County was just a brawl between one thug and fifty government officials. What responsibility does the county government of Wu County have to take?"

Deng Zhixian was furious, you, Feng Zhixian, are too rude, you even let a handyman come forward to talk to you!You can talk like that!
The yamen servant holding the umbrella in Changzhou County suddenly approached his home, Dengzhi County, chattering his teeth, and reported, "My lord, the man who is talking to the other side is an iron fist and a golden whip!"

Fuck!Deng Zhixian was startled suddenly, and immediately turned his eyes to the handyman holding the umbrella cover.

But he saw that this person had big eyes. Although he was wearing a loose long gown, if he looked carefully, he could still see that this person had a strong back and a strong waist, which was really incomparably majestic.

It's just because the deck of the arc-shaped arch bridge is uneven, this person is standing behind with an umbrella cover, a few steps lower than Feng Zhixian, so he doesn't look that high.

After being shocked, Deng Zhixian pointed to Lin Tailai who was holding the umbrella, and asked Feng Zhixian: "You let him appear here, is it a deliberate provocation?"

Feng Zhixian asked in surprise, "You also know that he is the secretary of the county government office. What's the problem with coming to support the umbrella cover?"

Deng Zhixian was puzzled immediately, so he tried again to Feng Zhixian: "This villain surnamed Lin beat up fifty yamen servants in Changzhou County in broad daylight!
Hitting from Yaqian Street all the way to Yinma Bridge is really a lot of evil deeds!

As long as you hand over this person to Changzhou County, everything will be cancelled, and the county may be able to compensate separately. "

The county magistrate Feng was unmoved, and resolutely protected him to the end: "Let him be voluntary. If he is willing to surrender, the county will not stop him."

Deng Zhixian couldn't understand it very much, how much bribes did you Feng Qu accept, or did you take the wrong ecstasy drug, so you sheltered and condoned this thug?

If this person really had so much money to bribe the magistrate, would he still be a gangster?
Besides, I never heard that you, Feng Qu, like male sex, even if you are looking for child prostitution, Lin Zhuangshi's style is not popular.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it for now, Deng He and the magistrate of Deng County questioned from a different angle: "Feng Qu! You are also the ruler of a county sitting in court, you should know what is decent in the government office!

You and I are parents in the same city, and maintaining the dignity of the government is our joint responsibility!

Although the incident happened in Changzhou County, don't you have the slightest empathy and harm in Wu County? "

Feng Zhixian was not very good at responding to these sympathetic words, but a handyman holding the Qingluo umbrella suddenly intervened and replied:

"Deng Xianzun, you think too much, you are just a troublemaker who tried to sue, and the county government guards fought outside, not in the county government!
It's like those servants who were dragged to repair the river. If there was a fight, would Deng Xianzun feel that he had lost the dignity of the government? "

"Bastard!" Deng Zhixian said angrily: "What are you! Do you have the qualifications to show off like a stick here!"

The prestige of the county magistrate cannot be insulted, and Professor Lin did not dare to face the scolding directly, and muttered: "I don't want to just play lip service."

But Deng Zhixian's ears are too sensitive, so he just heard it, and said sharply: "Don't you dare to do anything to this county?"

Standing behind his home magistrate holding an umbrella cover, Professor Lin, who couldn't move casually, was suddenly blessed, as if he said very stiffly: "Don't move! It's out of reach!"

Deng Zhixian has been a county magistrate in various places for seven or eight years. What kind of troublemakers have you never seen?He has personally gone to battle to suppress bandits, and he is still afraid of a mere Lin Tai coming to fight hard?

He took the initiative to take a few steps forward, and said with a sneer to Professor Lin, "Now that you can get there, give it a try if you have the guts? If I don't send you three thousand miles, I won't be an official anymore!"

Lin Tailai suddenly pointed to the ground, and exclaimed in surprise: "Come on! Come on! Master Deng has crossed the line! You have left the country without authorization, and you have seriously neglected your duties. Wait to be impeached by the police!"

Dengzhi County: "."

Damn it!Mongrel!The blood in Deng Zhixian's whole body seemed to rush to his head, his face was flushed with anger, he reached out and grabbed Lin Tailai and beat him!
There is too much difference in class between them, Lin Tailai dare not fight back, he can only dodge left and right holding the umbrella cover.

Fights these days also depend on class. For example, if a good citizen fights a government servant, it might not be a big deal if he wins the fight.

It is a felony for a good citizen to beat an official, but if he is promoted to an official, the mutual beating is not so serious, and even beating a royal family member may not be a big deal.

So in order to make it easier to beat people, you must also work hard to improve your own class.

Although Professor Lin's face was avoided, but he held the umbrella and was on the steps, which greatly affected his dodge, so he still got a few hits on his body, but he didn't feel much.

However, Deng Zhixian only felt that his own fists hurt more and more. This forest thief who was riding a horse was definitely hiding evil intentions, and he was wearing a dark armor under his long gown!

Feng Zhixian hurriedly acted as a good old man, stopped Deng Zhixian, and persuaded: "Forget it, forget it! The adults don't count the faults of the villains!"

The people watching from a distance are bored because they can't hear the conversation at all.

Suddenly, I found that the picture was wonderful, and there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers, and the parents and officials beat people in the street!

"You still want to cover him?" Deng Zhixian took another stride, and shouted at Feng Zhixian after retreating from the white line.

It was a handyman holding an umbrella who replied, "But Mr. Deng, you also protected the Xu family!"

Deng Zhixian didn't want to get entangled in this topic, so what if he took advantage of the Xu family?

Suddenly, I heard the handyman holding the umbrella on the opposite side say: "Master Deng, you don't want to be regarded as the henchman of Shen Shoufu, do you?"

When the onlookers were full of greater expectations, the two sides on the bridge suddenly separated completely, and then turned around and headed back.

As if inadvertently, it was all over.

Lin Tailai held up the umbrella and was about to wait for Feng Zhixian to return to the yamen, when suddenly someone came to the side and grabbed his arm,
Lin Tailai was furious, who was so bold, dared to bump into himself, ah no, bump into the county honor guard?
He turned his head to look, only to find that the person who came was actually Feng Shike, Second Master Feng.

At some point, Feng Shike grabbed a front row and huddled under the bridge with the county government's followers to watch the fun.

The same surname is Feng, but this one is much bigger than the magistrate Feng.You know, before Feng Shike resigned last year, he was already at the fourth rank!
"Second master, you are an elegant person, and you also come to see this vulgar and lively scene?" Lin Tailai asked in surprise.

Feng Shi said angrily, "Lonely! Come with me, and tell me what's going on?"

He really didn't understand why Feng Zhixian desperately shielded Lin Tailai; and what Lin Tailai said, Deng Zhixian suddenly retreated across the street.

Lin Tailai held up the Qingluo umbrella, and replied: "I have a responsibility."

Feng Shike turned his head and said to Feng County Magistrate: "Please find another person in your county, I will use this thug named Lin to talk!"

Lin Tailai reminded, "I'm the scribe."

(End of this chapter)