novelaction Chapter 381: Incompetent County Magistrate (Part )
Chapter 381: Incompetent County Magistrate (Part )
"Zhang County Magistrate, I wonder if what I said is wrong?"
As Chen Wanruo talked more and more, Zhang Duangen became more and more afraid.
"So, Magistrate Zhang is planning to fight this general to the end?" Chen Wanruo asked again after a long time.
This time, her tone was no longer slow and leisurely, but became noticeably sharper.
Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Duangen knelt down again in front of Chen Wanruo without saying a word.
"General Chen, please forgive me. Please give me another chance. Tomorrow, I will report the number of people to you."
This time, Zhang Duangen no longer called himself "this official", but "your humble official" instead.
Judging from the name he addressed her, it was obvious that she was already scared.
"According to what you said, it means that you only need one day to count the number of people in Dong'an Town, but you haven't done it yet."
"So, why do you think this general gave you another day to collect the statistics?"
Hearing this, Zhang Duangen was shocked and even sweat broke out on his forehead.
He originally thought that he had already lowered his status to such a low level.
Chen Wanruo is a woman, no matter what, she will give herself some face.
But I never thought that at this time, she could still be so rational.
Looking at the men next to her, no matter which one he is, he must be of extraordinary status.
At this moment, he had no time to think about their identities.
He had no other requests, he just hoped that he could keep his official position.
If I can't keep this, how will I live in the future?
Thinking of this, Zhang Duangen didn't even have time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and kowtowed to Chen Wanruo repeatedly.
Not only Zhang Duangen, but also Yu Cuihua.
If they thought Chen Wanruo was easy to fool at the beginning, they would regret it now.
However, Chen Wanruo acted as if she hadn't noticed their actions and asked the yamen runner beside her:
"In the past, who did all the work in your government office?"
Hearing Chen Wanruo's words, the bailiff subconsciously looked at Zhang Duangen.
But what he heard was Chen Wanruo's sneer.
The voice was very soft, but it made the bailiff panic.
So he quickly said, "Reply to General Chen, it's the county magistrate."
"Where are the others?" Chen Wanruo asked again.
"He...he went home."
"Go home? What do you mean?"
Hearing this, the bailiff looked towards Zhang Duangen again, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Seeing this, Chen Wanruo immediately shouted, "I'll give you half a quarter of an hour. If you still can't explain it clearly, then you might as well quit your job as a yamen runner."
As soon as these words came out, the yamen runner immediately knelt down in front of Chen Wanruo and said repeatedly:
"I said, I said, it was because the county magistrate was not satisfied with Mr. Zhang that he resigned and went home."
Hearing this, Chen Wanruo immediately became interested and continued, "Why are you dissatisfied?"
"Mr. County Magistrate has proposed several times to improve the lives of the people in Dong'an Town, but they were all rejected by Mr. Zhang."
"What is the reason for the rejection?"
"Yes Yes......"
"Tell me!" Murong Chen on the side couldn't help but said in a deep voice.
He either doesn't speak, or when he speaks, he carries an air of authority.
He is different from Chen Wanruo. Chen Wanruo is cold but sharp.
But Murong Chen was a man of natural nobility, and with his majesty, the yamen runners dared not hide anything.
He told everything he knew in one go.
"Mr. Zhang said that Dong'an Town is so poor now, he doesn't want to do useless work, and... he also asked the villagers to find a way to pay him taxes every day, and said that the taxes paid would be enough for him to live for a long time."
"He even said that if General Chen stopped distributing porridge, they would find ways to survive on their own if they didn't have food, and he wouldn't need to worry about them at all."
As soon as these words came out, Chen Wanruo swung the whip towards him.
"what......"
Zhang Duangen fell to the ground in pain...
Chen Wanruo didn't hold back any strength when she whipped him.
In her eyes, such a person is not worthy of her sympathy even if he dies eight or ten times.
"You are simply a beast! This general worked so hard to capture the city, but you ruined it like this."
After saying this, the whip in his hand fell on him again.
"Uh... General Chen, please spare my life, please spare my life..."
Zhang Duangen rolled on the ground in pain and begged Chen Wanruo for mercy.
For the second whip, Chen Wanruo still had some strength left.
Otherwise, Zhang Duangen should not even have the strength to beg for mercy now, right?
"Where is your county magistrate? Call him here and tell him that the general wants to see him about something." Chen Wanruo, who had calmed down, again instructed the yamen runner nearby.
"Yes, General Chen!"
After saying that, he hurried towards the door.
Looking at his steps, besides being anxious, he also seemed a little excited.
It was obvious that the yamen runner also disliked Zhang Duangen's behavior.
I'm just forced to make a living under his thumb.
In just a quarter of an hour, the bailiff came back in a hurry.
At the same time, a man about thirty years old followed behind him.
In addition, there are a large group of villagers...
"So this is General Chen. With General Chen here, she will definitely uphold justice for us..."
I don't know who was the first to speak like this in the crowd.
The people behind them knelt down towards Chen Wanruo.
At this time, Chen Wanruo was already standing in the court.
She never thought that even if she took back the city, these villagers would still live so miserably.
She thought that by taking the city back, she had given most of their villagers a safe home.
It turns out that it is not...
It turns out that all this is an illusion...
It turns out that she still has a lot to work on...
"General Chen, please give us justice."
"General Chen, our life is already very difficult now. We don't even have enough food to eat, but the county magistrate has ordered us to pay taxes on time. Isn't this forcing us to death?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the villagers started to complain to Chen Wanruo.
Some even knelt down directly in front of Chen Wanruo.
Once there was one, there were two. In the blink of an eye, they all knelt down.
"What are you doing? Get up! This general promises to give you justice!"
As soon as these words came out, the crowd exploded.