Daming prepares the emperor

Mrs. Xu pushed open the door, and the migrant workers outside were still waiting, looking at the door with hopeful eyes, he turned his body sideways, without giving any hint, just said: "Go in."

Zhao Ershi gave him a few complicated looks, but in the end he didn't thank him, and just walked past him without saying anything.

After everyone had gone in, Mrs. Xu closed the door for them, stood alone for a long time, looked up at the sky, and walked away.

In the room, Zhao Ershi and the others put Zhao Shijiu down, knelt on the ground and said in unison: "I beg Mrs. Ma to show you kindness."

Ma Jian walked over, casually glanced at Zhao Shijiu's back, covered his nose and said, "Is he looking for a doctor?"

"Yes." Zhao Shijiu pressed his forehead to the ground. For the sake of Zhao Shijiu's life, he tried his best to suppress his anger and bowed his knees.

"How did you get hurt? My lord looked at it, it looked like whipping."

"Back to the adults, this is indeed..."

"Enough!" Ma Jian asked the question, but he didn't care about the answer. He turned around and said, "No matter what the reason, being whipped is being whipped. If you make a mistake, you still want to complain? You want to see a doctor, yes, take Come out with papers."

Several people looked at me, I looked at you, and looked at each other. In the end, it was Zhao Ershi who said, "My lord, what document?"

"What documents?" Ma Jian asked back, pretending to be surprised, "Documents to prove identity, you don't even have these?"

"We haven't, and we haven't heard of it."

"Then you said that this person on the ground is a migrant worker, so he is a migrant worker? If it is a troublemaker who sneaked in, who will be responsible? What if it is a rebel?"

Zhao Ershi was just a young boy. He was wandering around and had trouble surviving, and then he was arrested to work. He had never seen such a battle before. He was stupid and didn't understand sophistry. They came in a hurry, and they were not even allowed to bring their luggage, so why would there be paperwork? Brother Zhao worked with us day and night, of course he was a migrant worker, everyone can testify.”

The others nodded quickly.

Ma Jian sneered: "You just say yes? You can all testify, what kind of people? You are the people of my Dayuan, and you don't want the court in your heart, but you have a group yourself. It's ridiculous and shameful. Besides, what about the officers and soldiers on patrol? Don’t hit other people, just hit you? You must have made a mistake! Don’t think about repentance, but blackmail me here, how courageous!”

Zhao Ershi's body began to tremble slightly, Ma Jian thought he was afraid, so he accepted it when he saw it, and said, "However, I am kind-hearted, as long as you show the signatures recommended by hundreds of people, I will approve the note , firstly, so that I can explain to the superior, and secondly, to see your obedience. I am extrajudicial and sympathetic to you, so take this pen and paper."

After speaking, he threw down a roll of paper and a writing brush, like an old dog on the side of a charity road, the paper fell to the ground and scattered, and the pen rolled under Zhao Ershi's nose.

He picked them up silently, gave the horse arrow a heavy knock on the head, and then slowly shuffled out of the room.

Watching Zhao Shishi leave, Ma Jian suddenly trembled, as if he had encountered a wolf while walking at night, the biting cold behind him, he looked around, the windows were closed, he couldn't help but think of what happened just now, he was a little suspicious, after the After a while, he smiled in relief, crossed his legs, and picked up the cup of tea poured by Mrs. Xu and drank it.

How could it be, how dare these untouchables have crooked ideas?

Before leaving, Zhao Er Er, who kept his eyes on the horse and arrow deeply into his mind, held the things in his hand, looked at his companions, and said hoarsely: "Let's go, no matter what the difficulty is, we must save Zhao Er. Brother."

"It must be saved!"

"That's right, don't worry, we are not white-eyed wolves."

"A hundred signatures are easy to handle, even if it is a thousand, who would not sign for Brother Zhao?"

The insults received at Ma Jian's place added fuel to their anger invisibly. When encountering setbacks, instead of reducing their ambitions, they condensed another kind of courage, which is like that of princes and generals. Migrant workers They quickly carried Zhao Shijiu away, rushed back to the river, returned to the "relatives" who were waiting for their news, and returned to the sea that was about to make waves.

After Master Xu left, he came to a hillside along the dirt road.There are few people here, and among the weeds and trees, there is a kind of unknown yellow wildflowers blooming. They sway in the wind and change their postures from time to time due to the direction of the wind.

Slowly yellowing sand and rolling river water, the charm of spring is actually here.

With a plop, Mrs. Xu knelt down and waited respectfully.

Before he was made to wait long, a stone man emerged from the ground, with a head full of yellow flowers, and asked solemnly, "How's it going?"

Master Xu raised his head slightly, as if he was afraid of breaking his dream, he said cautiously: "As you ordered, Ma Jian should have believed me."

"No, it won't be that simple." Zhu Biao retorted, "Ma Jian is an old man in the officialdom. You are new here, and you have no interest in dealing with him. If you talk lightly and deeply, he won't take your words to heart easily. "

"Then what to do?"

"Liu Sheng asked you to do the accounting for him, and you make some fake accounts inside, and secretly send the money you get to Ma Jian."

"False accounts? Here, my lord, I have never made false accounts..."

"The migrant workers on the river should be given seven taels of rice per day, which is not enough to eat, right? And you also know that the rice in your hands is only six taels. Greedy ink has long been there, and the missing one Two, it was taken away by Ma Jian and Liu Sheng. They wanted to embezzle, but they were afraid of rebellion, so they were capricious and timid, and only took part of it quietly."

"Yes." Mrs. Xu understood a little bit.

"This part has to be distributed to the officers and soldiers, to the superiors, and they have to distribute it themselves. It is far from enough. One of the contradictions between Liu Sheng and Ma Jian lies in this. Apart from the benefits, there is another one, which is Ma Jian. Liu Sheng has only one daughter, who just got married a few days ago, and his son-in-law is in business, so he lacks an official. If Ma Jian goes down, that position will belong to his own family.”

Xu Fuzi was thoughtful, and gradually he was able to keep up with Zhu Biao's thoughts.

"In addition to people's expenses, the expenses on the river include carts, horses, donkeys and mules for pulling goods, tools for moving stones, shovels for digging pits, and baskets for filling soil. These can be used as false accounts. You first greedy out the food. Don’t give it to anyone, if Ma Jian’s people ask, they will say that Liu Sheng wants it, if Liu Sheng’s people ask, they will say that Ma Jian asked you to do it.”

"Sooner or later, this method will reveal the truth, but it is enough to hide it for a period of time. The less food there is, the more angry the people will be, and the better it will be for our plan. And the allocated food will be used just in case of rebellion."

"The things that are greedy from the rest of the chores are what you have to give. Ma Jian gets a certificate of honor and benefits, and your words will naturally go into his heart. The most important thing is that after becoming a grasshopper on a rope, his connections will also increase." It will be open to you, and it will be convenient for you to get acquainted with those officers and soldiers and do everything."

"Yes, I completely understand." Mrs. Xu's cloudy old eyes shone, and he seemed to be ten years younger all of a sudden.Not only revenge gave him such vitality, since ancient times, manipulating people's hearts and fighting for power seemed to give people a different kind of pleasure.

"Go ahead, remember, provoke them!"

The sun shines all over the world, and at a glance, countless people bow their heads and bend over to work in the loess. From morning to night, sweat, tears, and blood are shed one by one. The donkey carts driving to the mass graves never stop , corpses from exhaustion, illness, and starvation rolled down the ramp, smashing into the soil with muddy water.

When the night falls and the crimes are covered up, it can also rest for a while, working in this kind of place, even the king of Hades would despise himself for being too busy.

Holding the lantern, Master Xu knocked lightly on Liu Sheng's door a few times with his prepared remarks in mind.

"Who?"

"Master Liu, it's me."

"Oh, come in, the door is unlocked."

Liu Sheng is a middle-aged man, very fat, about twice the width of ordinary people.He's not like Ma Jian, Ma Jian's honor is such that the word "bad guy" is written on his face, and every punctuation mark is disgusting.Liu Sheng's facial features are very regular, he speaks in a gentle manner, and he is also quite particular about his actions. Adding the old saying - a broad heart and a fat body, he looks like a good official.

It's a pity that the only difference between him and Ma Jian is that he pretends to be more authentic, he hides his animal heart under the human face, and most people can't see that he is inferior to a pig and a dog.

"Master Liu." Master Xu blew out the candles in the lantern, and walked forward, "You are still reading at such a late hour, you are really eager to learn."

Liu Sheng nestled in the rocking chair, humming twice, he was the best of face, Mrs. Xu scratched his itch, and immediately smiled: "It's ridiculous, it's so late, what are you doing here?"

Master Xu said: "There is something that I don't want to keep from your lord, but I want to tell you about it."

These words sounded a bit serious, Liu Sheng's face immediately turned serious: "Speak."

"Today during the day, when I went to the river to hand over the documents..." Mr. Xu told all the things before meeting Ma Jian, "After all, I knew them, and my heart softened for a while, please forgive me, my lord."

Youdao means that the golden mean can solve all problems. Seeing what he said was so scary, Liu Sheng thought it was something serious. Now he is much more relieved: "When we meet for the first time, you will help me. If you are not here Heshang pointed out that the map was wrong, and the construction period may be delayed a lot, and now he is taking care of things for me, I thank you before it's too late, these small things are up to you, and you don't have to report them to me."

Having said that, his expression changed, and he asked, "What is the reaction of the horse arrow?"

"He was very impatient, and with a few perfunctory words, he drove the migrant workers away."

Liu Sheng nodded: "That's good. Don't let him know about the person from above. As long as he maintains his current appearance, he can use this as an excuse to remove his official position."

You want the horse to run, and you want the horse not to eat grass.Liu Sheng wanted to take the position of Ma Jian, but he didn't want to leave any evidence to prove it. What he wanted was that this matter would happen naturally, and the money flowed into his wallet as naturally as it flowed into the treasury.

"My lord, you are too worried." Mr. Xu smiled, "Ma Jian is cruel and heartless, and the migrant workers regard him as an evil spirit. A person like him will never end well."

Liu Sheng frowned, subconsciously feeling uncomfortable. Mrs. Xu seemed to be pointing fingers at Huai, but he immediately dismissed it. He let others do the dirty work, and he never did it himself. If anyone suffers, it must have nothing to do with him. relation.

Self-confidence is his only outstanding advantage.

"Wait, you were among the migrant workers, and they all hated horses and arrows?"

"Naturally, they want to peel his skin."

"Oh..." Liu Sheng didn't speak for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he found that Mrs. Xu was still there, and waved his hand at him, "You go first, look at the account book these two days, find a way to make up for the deficit, and use some reasons Prevarication."

"Yes." Mrs. Xu bent down to salute, picked up the lantern, lit the candle with a torch, opened the door and left.

Twenty days later.

Ma Jian was circling around in his room, he was so annoyed to death, he listened to Mrs Xu's words, he put up with those untouchables in every possible way, but they were still not discouraged every time, as if the whole world should worry about that Zhao Shijiu's illness, bah!He deserves it too!

It's really strange, after so many days, he didn't die in a daze, panting, hanging on his breath, what a hell.

There are other troublemakers who are getting more and more presumptuous. If they don't work well, they dare to make demands. When will it be their turn to ride on my head.Usually it would stop after killing some, but now I don't know why, it's like a moth wanting to jump into the fire!

When will the people above come and what are they going to do!

If I can't take it anymore, I don't care about those, I have to treat them as fish fillets!

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, several times, Ma Jian wanted to go out to give orders with the machete in the corner, but retreated several times.After all, he still loves his black hat and is not willing to give up the official position, so he has a mind the size of a soybean.

Just when he was about to take a drink to suppress his anger, someone suddenly pushed the door open with a bang and rushed to the table. Ma Jian was about to yell at him, but when he found out that it was Mrs. Xu, he swallowed the swear words back forcefully and asked him what's wrong.

These days of collusion made Ma Jian initially put Xu Fuzi into his own circle of interests, and talking to him was considered pleasant, and the relationship naturally improved a lot.

"Master Ma, it's not a big deal."

After a classic opening remark, Mrs. Xu looked at his blank expression and spit out the following words: "Master Liu will arrange for people to pretend to be migrant workers, and kill you to make room for your son-in-law!"