Live as the emperor

Chapter 138 Something

On the pile of straw in the detention room, a man of some age was lying on his side, facing the wall. When Chen Guang came in, he turned over and saw that it was a young beggar. He sighed and turned around again. turned around.

Chen Guang saw that this man's face was thin, with many circles on his face, a gray beard, and a lot of grass clippings. He really didn't expect that a majestic county magistrate would have such a dignified face.

He bowed his hands and said loudly: "Your Excellency is Gong Changlong, the county magistrate of Qing County? I'm Yang Guang, I'm being polite here." He took out the alias he used when he was reciting poems with Zhou Zhiruojin Kebi and the others outside the city. .

Gong Changlong originally thought that Chen Guang was a beggar who had been caught, but he lost interest after taking a look at it. The whole city has been catching beggars these days, and the detention room is almost running out, so he is no longer surprised.But he didn't expect that this young man came for him.

He stood up all of a sudden, with a puzzled expression on his face, and asked, "You are?" Since his accident, no one has come to see him. Those relatives who always want to go to his house to get some oil and water on weekdays are He couldn't see any of them, but he was surprised that someone came to see him suddenly—the most important thing was that he didn't know this young man.

Chen Guang inadvertently revealed the gold medal on his waist, and said, "I came to Mr. Gong to discuss something important."

gold medal!

The waist card is equivalent to an ID card. Ordinary people naturally have no chance to have it, and there is no need to have it. Anyway, the people they know are neighbors and the like. What they want is more guidance.Waist badges are more common among scholars and officials, and there are strict divisions in materials due to different statuses.The golden color represents people from the palace.

Naturally, Gong Changlong didn't dare to be negligent, bowed his hands and said, "The guilty minister..."

"Hush..." Chen Guang made a silence gesture, looked left and right, and saw that no one had noticed the movement on his side, so he held up Gong Changlong's body and said, "It's all like this, so let's not Let’s talk about the etiquette, let’s get straight to the point.”

Gong Changlong also knew this moment and that moment, nodded slightly, and said: "There is no place to sit here..." Before he finished speaking, Chen Guang had already sat down on the hay. "fine."

Since the imperial envoy didn't pay much attention to such vulgar etiquette, Gong Changlong naturally didn't bother with those anymore, and sat down.

"I came from the capital, specifically for this kind of case." Chen Guang said in a low voice.

Gong Changlong couldn't help but widen his eyes?The imperial envoy who investigated the seed case?
Without waiting for Gong Changlong to speak, Chen Guang then asked, "Did you write a memorial to explain why you distributed taxes and rations?"

"That's right." Gong Changlong said: "It goes without saying that there was a heavy snowfall the year before last, and there was a famine for three years. Now that spring has begun, the people have not yet planted food in the fields. If we miss the season, it will be deserted again this year, so I reported it to the county governor. Yamen, first open the warehouse to store grain, let the people plant the land first, and then return this grain to the harvest in the autumn. Unexpectedly, the county governor refused to approve, so the lower official had no choice but to be bold and opened The county granary distributed all the taxed grain to the farmers for sowing. Then the official wrote a memorial and asked someone to submit it to the emperor, but after waiting for a long time there was no response, and then he was arrested. "

Chen Guangdao: "The emperor has received a memorial about you, but you did not write this memorial, but someone else participated in you. It is said that you are fishing for fame and taking taxes and grains as a joke. Fortunately, I received a secret memorial later. , said that you are doing it for the common people, the emperor thought there was something wrong with it, so he secretly sent me down to investigate. In order to deceive people, the emperor also sent an imperial envoy, but this imperial envoy and the county guard are the same, and the two of them got along On that day, I went back to my life."

"These moths suck human blood!" After hearing what Chen Guang said at the end, Gong Changlong's eyes widened, he took a deep breath, and his expression became very ferocious. When he spoke, his teeth creaked, as if he wanted to kill this corrupt official. Swallowed alive.

Chen Guang agrees with his statement very much. In essence, Chen Guang hates corrupt officials, not only corrupt officials, but also liars, thieves and robbers...

"These people will definitely be punished in the future." Chen Guang said in a firm tone.

"Before I came in, I had heard a lot about your deeds in the surrounding counties. You are a good official. I feel lucky that Dagan has such a good official. I came in today mainly to find you same thing."

"What?" Gong Changlong asked.

There was a sound of footsteps from far to near, both Chen Guang and Gong Changlong shut up, Chen Guang turned his head to look, but it turned out that the jailer had returned.Holding a food box in his hand, the jailer came over and took out a jug of wine and some side dishes, and stuffed them into the detention room.Chen Guang saw that there was nothing but a plate of sauerkraut leaves, a plate of broad beans, and a plate of sour radish. He immediately cursed in his heart: "These moths suck human blood!" These things can be bought for a few pennies. Here we go.

But it's all at this point, so don't even think about eating chicken, duck and fish.The jailer said: "Eat it, I'll collect it in half an hour." Then he left.

Chen Guang gave Gong Changlong a pair of chopsticks, and said with a smile, "Come on, let's chat while eating."

Although Gong Changlong is a county magistrate and a serious official of the imperial court, there is a saying in ancient times that a phoenix is ​​not as good as a chicken. Now Gong Changlong has tasted this taste, and even the little jailer outside treats him now. There is no good face, if in the past, this jailer would be a lower role than the county magistrate's servant.

"What did I just say? Oh, yes, I want something from you. Do you know what I want?" Chen Guang took a sip of the wine and found that the wine had only a faint taste of wine, and it tasted like water. frowned.

"I don't know." Gong Changlong was not polite. He drank wine and ate a piece of sour radish. Although this was the most common dish, it was much more delicious than the rancid leftovers in this prison.

Chen Guang said with a smile: "I have obtained the evidence of Peng Cheng's bribery before. With this evidence, I believe that not only can Peng Cheng be taken down, but also a group of hidden corrupt officials can be found out. But that is not enough, I still want to rescue you. I’m here today, and what I want is your certificate.”

"Courtesy?" Gong Changlong didn't understand, and he didn't file a complaint, why did he ask for a complaint?

Chen Guang explained: "Perhaps it is more appropriate to say that the booklet is more appropriate. Didn't you write a copy for the emperor before? The emperor didn't see it. You write another copy now and I give it to the emperor. That's it."

Only then did Gong Changlong understand, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay." Then he asked again: "Now you and I are both locked in this big prison, even if I wrote the certificate, how would you send it out?"

(End of this chapter)