Hope for luck

Chapter 36 The Unlucky Man
"Besides, if you kill a bandit, you can get one tael of silver, if you kill ten bandits, you get one tael of silver, and if you kill a hundred bandits, you get ten taels of silver..."

Seeing that many Xiangyongs looked at each other in blank dismay, Gao Pan continued.

"Hmph, no matter how much you talk, we haven't seen real money..."

"That's right, release our brother and President Yu quickly, otherwise, there will be no end..."

"It's so nice to say, is there a penny that can really get into our hands?"

Many Xiangyongs who reacted began to talk in a hurry.

"In that case... Come here, bring out the food and silver, and I will distribute it to you on the spot!"

Seeing the unbelief of many townspeople, Gao Pan waved his hand and asked people to bring out the grain and money.

After hearing this, a yamen servant in the strong class brought out some grain and silver as he said.

Looking at the dazzling copper coins and bags of grain in front of me, the noisy voices of the many village braves disappeared in an instant!

"Everyone, after re-ascending to the throne here, you can receive three buckets of grain and five hundred copper coins. This official said it will be done!"

Seeing this, Gao Pan shouted loudly, and then warned everyone:
"But the ugly words are up front. After receiving the food and salary, you must abide by the king's law. If there are offenders, don't blame me for being rude!"

Many Xiangyong once again look at me, I look at you, I don't know if I should get it for a while!
However, some people soon became tempted. After all, the money and food they got were what they needed most. Who would refuse?

Slowly, more and more people began to come to Gao Pan, shouting to my lord, saying that they are willing to obey the orders of the magistrate!
Seeing this, Gao Pan smiled softly, with a warm expression on his face, and summoned a scribe to work in public, and re-registered and compiled the books for many village braves.

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"My lord... the matter has come to this point, it's useless to regret it! It's just that the humble job is unknown, why did the lord tell him where the silver is hidden?"

On the same road outside the county government warehouse, Zhou Zhengxin was staring at a certain place in a daze at the moment, and Yin Wei'an, who was behind him, couldn't help but comfort him.

"If you don't tell him, the crime of hiding things in the warehouse alone is hard for me to resist. No matter how much I try to argue, I will end up dismissed from office and ransacked my house. But I can't just watch my wife and children suffer..."

Zhou Zhengxin came back to his senses and said unwillingly.

"Well, since that's the case, all the previous plans of the lord have come to naught, and he has made him a magistrate!"

After hearing this, Yin Weian shook his head lightly and sighed softly.

Zhou Zhengxin said, his expression froze, then he looked at Yin Wei'an suspiciously and said:
"I'm still wondering, how did he know that the things in the warehouse were transferred? Not many people know about this, so tell me, did you tell him?"

After Yin Weian heard this, he was taken aback for an instant, and quickly bowed and replied:

"I am wronged, my lord, even if I have thousands of guts, I would not dare to go against my lord, my lord should know the loyalty of my lord!"

Zhou Zheng said with a cold snort, no longer looking at Yin Wei'an, but somewhere in the front office.

"What's going on?" Zhou Zhengxin asked casually when he heard the noise outside.

After hearing this, Yin Weian hurriedly went out to inquire, and came back after a while, and replied respectfully:

"My lord, the rations are being distributed outside, and Yu Zongqi has been sent down by Gao Pan, and he is standing in the front office in a daze!"

Zhou Zhengxin said, his eyebrows raised:

"How dare he? Yu Zongqi is notoriously unscrupulous. By doing this, Gao Pan is forcing Yu Zongqi to rebel. Besides, besides Yu Zongqi who can practice Xiangyong, who else can lead troops? Isn't this nonsense? When bandits go down the mountain, we are the ones who suffer!"

Yin Weian nodded after hearing this:

"Who says it's not, but my lord, right now, the matter of the warehouse has been solved by him, and Xiangyong is under his control. The entire county government seems to listen to him, and there is nothing we can do about it!"

Zhou Zhengxin said, his eyes flickered instantly, thinking about what Du Xiangjun said before, his heart moved, and he smiled contemptuously:

"It's just a flashback before death. Let's ride a donkey to read the songbook and wait and see. I want to see if this brat can secure the position of magistrate!"

At this moment, Zhou Zhengxin has regained some confidence, and he is still dissatisfied and disdainful of Gao Pan.

Especially thinking of what Du Xiangjun said, Zhou Zhengxin believed it even more. After thinking about it, the corners of Zhou Zhengxin's mouth rose slightly, and he came towards the front office.

"Inspector Yu, this is the end of the matter, and it's useless to regret it. I can only blame him for being immoral. He actually sent you, a conscientious envoy, down. It's really dark!"

Zhou Zhengxin thought that Yu Zongqi must be in the same state of mind as he was before, so he took Yin Wei'an's comforting words and told him again.

Yin Weian followed behind Zhou Zhengxin. Hearing these words, his expression was extremely unnatural, and he felt a crooked feeling in his heart. He just felt a little disgusted.

Yu Zongqi came back to his senses, his eyes gradually focused on Zhou Zhengxin's face, a gloomy expression flashed across his face, and he said bitterly:
"Zhou Zhengxin, in vain you have been the county magistrate for so many years. It turns out that you are an out-and-out hypocrite, and I am blind. I should have come to you to ask for wages, otherwise, I would not have fallen to where I am today. !"

Zhou Zhengxin said that the expression on his face froze instantly, and Yu Zongqi actually pushed the responsibility on him, which made Zhou Zhengxin gradually burn with anger.

With a gloomy face, he said:

"Yu Zongqi, what do you mean? It's my official's fault to comfort you, but the salary was squandered by the former magistrate. How could it have anything to do with this official?"

"Hey, you good-looking hypocrite, then tell me, where does the Maotou county magistrate's current payment come from? I heard that in the county government, you, the county magistrate, are in charge of the money and food in the warehouse. What is the current situation? explain?"

Right now, Yu Zongqi wished he could kill Zhou Zhengxin with his own hands. He would now understand that the food and payment had not been 'disappeared' at all, but had always been in the county government office, and it was very likely that Zhou Zhengxin hid it!
"Don't rant, he... the magistrate found out these rations by himself, so what does it have to do with me!"

Zhou Zhengxin's face was livid, with veins popping out on his forehead, and he looked very annoyed.

Zhou Zhengxin originally thought that Yu Zongqi must hate Gao Pan very much at this moment. As a "difficult brother" who was also "suppressed" by Gao Pan, Zhou Zhengxin felt that Yu Zongqi was someone who could be "wooed".

At least the two of them can also discuss Gao Pan's 'crimes' together.

But it never occurred to him that the person Yu Zongqi hated turned out to be him, not Gao Pan!

This made Zhou Zhengxin's originally sympathetic attitude was replaced by anger in an instant!

Thinking in his heart, he is really a reckless man who doesn't understand anything, with a simple mind, and now he doesn't even know who to resent, so why bother to 'woo' such a person!
(End of this chapter)