Chapter 39 Come Prepared
Zhou Songqing was startled, with a hint of uneasiness in his eyes. He calmed down and bowed to the leading soldier: "My lord, forgive me. Songqing did not mean to obstruct you just now, but just wanted to ask clearly. The sun is rising in the afternoon. I respectfully invite you to have a cup of tea at the entrance of the village." Get rid of the heat.”

The leader on the horse saw that this was a very interesting place, and his sullen expression changed to a look of satisfaction, and he said loudly: "You know what's going on, so hurry up and lead the way."

The sun was like a flaming dragon, which really made him very upset.

……

When officers and soldiers searched, what they feared most was not searching but searching. Everywhere they went, people armed with knives and sticks were stirring things up, leaving a mess behind.

Women, children, and the elderly were all blocked by the head of the household. The whole family remained silent and did not dare to come forward. They allowed the officers and soldiers to come in with knives and search the house. Only when the people were gone did the whole family dare to clean up the mess.

Some villagers encountered innocent officers and soldiers and had no losses, but just turned around to clean up. A few unlucky villagers encountered a plague god, and their grain bags were stabbed with a long knife, and all the grain was instantly scattered on the ground.

Others saw that the meal had been prepared and finished it directly before carrying out the search mission.

If you meet someone who loves wine, you will just walk away, and the villagers will not dare to ask for it back.

Some of them went too far, and they even wanted to tease good-looking women. In such cases, the head of the family did not dare to provoke them, so they could only give each of them a small amount of money.

This kind of thing has happened twice this year, and it was the same the last time. In an era when the people do not fight with the officials, they can only cooperate obediently and endure it without speaking out.

When the officers and soldiers came out of Aunt Su's house and rushed to Wang's house, Wang Shuyan happened to have steamed the rice.

There was a sound of hurried steps. When Wang Shuyan saw the person, she was startled for a moment, then hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Hey, sir, what are you doing?" She didn't look panicked, only confused.

As soon as Mrs. Zhang in the bamboo house heard the commotion, she tried to calm down and watched the two men sitting in front of the young boy's bed, eating like they had nothing to do.

The little boy was shaking a little while eating. Erlang saw this and spooned some wild vegetables for him: "Cousin, let's eat." There was no hint of panic in the crisp words.

Sanlang followed suit and took a spoonful into the little brother's bowl, and said with a tigerish face: "Eat quickly, or I will ask my uncle to beat you."

As soon as the young boy heard the words 'cousin' and 'uncle', he kept thinking in his mind: He is Zhang Zheng, not Yuan Zheng, but Sister Wang's cousin.

Zhang was reminded by Erlang and Sanlang, and told herself: Don't panic, don't panic, it's not a big deal, just get over it and you'll be fine.

The searches today were all normal houses. The officers and soldiers suddenly saw that there was nothing in this house. They couldn't help but be surprised. Is this house so poor?
The leading officer was a tall man with sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. He looked at the small bamboo house clearly in front of him and said to the ugly woman in front of him: "The officers and soldiers are searching for the prisoners. Is your house so big?" He felt deep in his heart: This is too poor. Come on.

Wang Shuyan explained with a smile: "Yes, it rained two days ago and the house leaked so badly that no one can live in it, so it is being rebuilt right now. Sir, you must be thirsty, right? I'll give you all a cup of tea to cool off."

As she spoke, she quickly took out a few tea pots, filled them with water and served them diligently.

Several officials were working under the scorching sun, and they were so thirsty that they wanted to scold their mothers. When they saw her offering them tea, they naturally would not refuse. They reached out to take the tea, drank it all, and said, "You're too troublesome." Madam, please have another drink."

Wang Shuyan nodded and bowed, very respectfully, and greeted the other officers and soldiers: "Master, drink quickly, it's very hot today."

Seeing this, several other officers and soldiers also stepped forward to pick up the tea and drank it all in one gulp, then asked her to continue pouring water.

The leading officer put down the teapot and did not forget his mission. He walked straight into the bamboo house and looked around.

Mrs. Zhang stood up and gave him a blessing. When the two men and three men saw the person coming, they politely called out: "Hello, brother."

The official felt that this house was full of etiquette and felt comfortable. Seeing that there were only women and three children, and there were no hidden boxes in the house, he didn't want to waste time. He turned around and said to Wang Shuyan, "I'm sorry for bothering you, little lady."

Then he gave an order and asked his men to leave.

Mrs. Zhang was already so frightened that her whole body and legs were weak. Wang Shuyan looked at the officials leaving in the distance and felt relieved.

...The leader sitting at the entrance of the village was sitting there with his legs crossed, drinking tea and eating refreshments comfortably. Li Zheng and the village chief stood aside, with respectful expressions.

An hour later, three teams came back one after another, all with the same result: "Report to Supervisor Song, no one was found."

Leader Song was startled when he heard this. He sat up from his seat and couldn't believe it: "No?"

The officer in charge of the team replied seriously: "Indeed not."

Leader Song looked unwilling and continued to wait for the fourth team to come back.

About a quarter of an hour later, the fourth team came back and said: "Report to Supervisor Song, no one found."

When Leader Song heard this, his face turned ugly, he slapped the table and shouted: "Impossible, search again for me."

The leaders of the four teams looked embarrassed and had no choice but to accept the order: "Yes!"

Just when the officers were about to receive orders to search again, a clear voice rose: "Supervisor Song has the leisure time to drink tea, so he might as well search elsewhere."

When all the soldiers came to see him, they all knelt down and said respectfully: "I've seen Governor Zhang."

The man on horseback wore a crown and dark purple silk official uniform. He was dignified and elegant. He waved his hand and said calmly: "Get up."

Leader Song and others stood up. He stepped forward and said flatteringly, "Isn't Governor Zhang in Xiumu? Why did he appear suddenly?"

The man on the horse had extremely cold eyes and asked, "Is Supervisor Song hard of hearing and did not hear clearly what I just said?"

The smile on Leader Song's face froze and he replied: "Yes, I will take the order."

……

The search team came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Just like the last search, they went through a formality and then left.

When Old Lei Gong and others returned to the Wang family to work, Wang Shuyan saw that everyone was fine and said nothing.

A group of people cursed at this search, and then they heard a man curse: "That leader Song has to show off every time he comes. Li Zheng's face can't be seen in the past few days."

The movement of Wang Shuyan's hand stagnated, and he turned around and asked, "What's wrong with Uncle Li Zheng?"

The man was startled, and after looking at Old Lei Gong, he told everything he knew. He and the village chief were both present at the time, so they could see clearly.

After Wang Shuyan heard this, he didn't say anything. He just asked, "Did Leader Song treat Li Zheng like this these two times he came here?"

The more the man thought about it, the angrier he spat: "He is just a small official who supervises the servants. He whips people every time he comes. Last time it was Mr. Li, and this time it is Li Zheng."

Wang Shuyan was stunned: "Daddy Li also received his whip?"

Another man said: "At that time, Mr. Li's little grandson frightened his horse, so Mr. Li was whipped by him. He is really a beast, and even the old man was not spared."

A quarter of an hour later, Mr. Lei wanted to look for Wang Shuyan, but after looking around and finding no one there, he asked Ms. Zhang, "Where is Sister Yan?"

Mrs. Zhang was stunned: "You were clearly still here just now."

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