Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1479 Untitled!

December 30th, Yun and Jinzhong

Wang Xishun, looking a little sloppy, walked out of the house. Looking at the sun hanging high in the sky, he felt a little uncomfortable for a moment.

Ever since the last big fight with Liu, Wang Xishun has been completely devastated. For him, the money has not been spent yet, and he has made a lot of noise and quarrels at the government office. It seems that there is no hope of reinstating his official position, so it is better for him to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances.

Maybe someday this storm will pass, and then my sister will make a comeback and I can live a carefree life again!
With this thought in mind, Wang Xishun lay at home for several days in a row without stepping out of the door. If possible, Wang Xishun wanted to continue lying at home, but today Mrs. Liu told him that there was no rice at home. If he didn't go out to buy rice, the nine people in his family would have to starve tonight!
Although Wang Xishun was reluctant about this, he had to go out. When there were servants at home before, Wang Xishun didn't have to do the job of buying rice. He only needed to tell the servants about the matter and then wait for them to buy the rice!

But as Wang Xishun lost his source of income and Liu's investment failed, the family had no source of income. In order to save money, Wang Xishun had to lay off all the servants in the family, so Wang Xishun had to do all these chores by himself!
In fact, Liu and her two concubines could also go out to buy rice, but after a big fight with Liu, Wang Xishun simply gave up and took the family's money back from Liu...
He had long been dissatisfied with Liu's control of the family finances and her failed investments, and wanted to take the money back, but he was a somewhat indecisive person and could not make up his mind, so he had never taken it back.

Now that he has finally regained his manliness for a while and got the silver back, Wang Xishun will naturally not let Liu have any more silver in her hands!
Half an incense stick of time later, Wang Xishun walked out of the house and arrived at the entrance of the vegetable market. What he didn't expect was that the vegetable market was already surrounded by three layers of people inside and outside, especially the entrance was so crowded that no one could get in!
Wang Xishun was surprised when he saw this, and his eyes became expectant. The last time he saw so many people in the vegetable market was a few years ago when Zhangji Grain Store in the market was celebrating its fifth anniversary and had a special sale. For the usual price of one kilogram of rice, one could buy two kilograms of rice. At that time, there were as many people as there are now. No one wanted to miss such a good thing!

Thinking of this, Wang Xishun asked an elderly woman next to him curiously:
"Auntie! Why are there so many people gathered here? Is the grain store having a special sale?"

"What kind of special offer is this? Someone just got beheaded here!" The old woman answered without hesitation;
Hearing the bloody word "beheading", Wang Xishun, who was a bit cowardly by nature, couldn't help but have some fear in his eyes, but he still couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked:
"Who was killed, ma'am?"

"I don't know these people, but they seem to be some gang members. It seems that this group of people were kicked out of the government office, so they were unwilling to cause trouble, and they were all beheaded today!"

“Young man, you have no idea! Just now those people’s heads were chopped off and flew so high. It was so scary. Now their heads are hanging on that flagpole…”

Seeing the old lady's timid and frightened expression, Wang Xishun couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart. Then he followed the old lady's finger and looked towards the flagpole in the distance, only to see more than a dozen bloody heads hanging on it!

Such a horrifying scene immediately made the timid Wang Xishun swallow his saliva nervously, and his legs even felt a little weak.

Although the distance was a bit far, Wang Xishun could not see the faces of the heads clearly, but when he thought of the description just now by the old lady, his intuition told Wang Xishun that among these dozen heads, there were most likely Ma Jinxian, Zeng Mingkai and others.
Ever since he discovered that day that the way Zhang Hai looked at Ma Jinxian was very similar to the way his sister Wang Qianqian wanted to get rid of Liu, Wang Xishun, who was originally a little disappointed about not being selected, felt a lot of comfort in his heart. He felt that although Zhang Hai spoke nicely and said that he would have a good talk with everyone, it was actually useless!

Whether people can go back to work by then or not, things won’t change at all!

Although this idea contained some thoughts of self-comfort for Wang Xishun, Wang Xishun really did not expect that Zhang Hai was such a cruel person who actually killed everyone directly. Thinking of this, Wang Xishun felt a little panicked!
Although he did not go to meet Zhang Hai with Ma Jinxian and Zeng Mingkai that day, he also attended the party. If Zhang Hai knew about this, would he chop off his own head?

Thinking of this, Wang Xishun didn't care about buying rice anymore. He wanted to flee and hide at home...

However, just when Wang Xishun was about to take action, a pair of soldiers numbering over a hundred people immediately came out. Then, under the escort of two officers, an old man wearing prison clothes, with gray hair and a deathly pale face was brought to the platform.

Wang Xishun, who was about to leave, stopped immediately when he saw the old man. If he remembered correctly, the old man was called Shi Hongfu and was the Tongpan of Jinzhong. Before, when Wang Xishun was working in the Jinzhong government office, he was scolded by this old guy for no reason because he did not show respect to this guy!
Wang Xishun hated this old man in his heart, but he had to bow his head under the eaves. In order to avoid being troubled by Shi Hongfu, Wang Xishun gave Shi Hongfu five small yellow croakers on his 60th birthday, and this put an end to the matter!

Seeing Shi Hongfu in such a miserable state, Wang Xishun couldn't help but feel a little expectant at this moment, and at this moment a familiar figure appeared in front of everyone!
"My fellow men and women in Jinzhong, I am Zhang Hai, a captain of the General Coordination Office sent by His Majesty to Jinzhong!"

When Zhang Hai introduced himself as someone from the Unified Coordination Office, the originally noisy Caishikou immediately became quiet. As the saying goes, a man's name is like the shadow of a tree, and the name of the Unified Coordination Office is known to everyone among the people!
Therefore, the hundreds of ordinary people present at this moment did not dare to murmur, and all looked at Zhang Hai with fear in their eyes...
Zhang Hai seemed to enjoy being stared at by these fearful eyes. He nodded with satisfaction and continued:
"Everyone, I know that a lot of things have happened in Jinzhong and even in the entire Yunbing recently. I believe you all have seen it, and this is why His Majesty sent us here. We are here to solve your problems so that you can all live and work in peace and contentment!"

"Your Majesty's reform of layoffs is to remove those corrupt officials who are doing nothing, cheating, and breaking the law in the government offices, so that the taxes collected by the court can be better collected from the people and used for the people, so that all of you can live a good life!"

"These bastards are all scum in the court. They should all be beheaded as a warning to the public. However, God has mercy on all. Your Majesty is the most benevolent emperor in history. I cannot bear to take your lives. I will just lay you off!"

"Not only do these bastards not reflect on themselves, but they are also turning a blind eye to their kindness and trying to gather a crowd to cause trouble and attack the government office. This behavior is absolutely unforgivable!"

At this point, Zhang Hai changed the subject and pointed to Shi Hongfu who was kneeling on the ground and said:
"Among them, Shi Hongfu is especially unfaithful to the court as the magistrate of Jinzhong. Instead, he secretly instigated Ma Jinxian, Zeng Mingkai and others to cause trouble, hoping to make things bigger and force the court to submit! He is truly a wolf with ambitions and crimes that should not be punished!"

"Today, I will chop this old villain off in front of all of you. I am not only removing the harm to the people, but also using his head to warn those with ulterior motives that your actions will not have a good end and will only harm others and yourself!"

After saying that, Zhang Hai picked up a token and threw it on the ground, shouting:

"Executioner! Execution!"

Following Zhang Hai's order, the executioner at the side did not hesitate at all, and immediately chopped towards Shi Hongfu with the big knife in his hand. With a click, the gray head rolled to the ground...
Wang Xishun was greatly shocked when he saw this scene. Although he saw the bastard who had bullied him die today, he felt a sense of joy of revenge.

But seeing that Zhang Hai was standing not far away, Wang Xishun was afraid that he would remember that he was also at the scene that day and then chop off his head. When he thought of this, Wang Xishun's calves felt weak.

Although he was extremely frightened and could hardly stand, Wang Xishun still forced himself to rush home out of his desire to live. At this time, he no longer cared about whether to buy rice or not. He had only one thought in his mind, which was to return home as soon as possible!

Only at home could Wang Xishun feel a little safe! Half an incense stick later, Wang Xishun, who had been jogging and falling several times, finally returned home panting. Before he could sit down to catch his breath and drink some water, he was horrified to find that there were three guards in his house!

At this time, Wang Xishun was in a state of panic, with only four big words in his mind - my life is over!
However, just when Wang Xishun was feeling hopeless, the leading officer came over and asked:
"Are you Wang Xishun, the man who managed the library in the government office before?"

Wang Xishun nodded as if accepting his fate and said:

"it is me!"

However, when Wang Xishun thought that the officer would handcuff and shackle him and take him away in the next second, the officer asked:

"Why didn't you go to the previous skills training class?"

Wang Xishun was a little confused after hearing this. He didn’t know why the officer didn’t arrest him now but said this...

Seeing that Wang Xishun didn't say anything, the officer continued to ask:

"You don't know about this skills training class? Or do you not want to go to class?"

Hearing the officers continue to ask about this matter, Wang Xishun looked a little hesitant. When he was laid off by the government office, someone informed him that the government office had opened a skills training class to train some professional skills. They provided free classes to these laid-off G-level officers and taught them some professional skills so that they could still survive after the layoffs.

However, many people, including Wang Xishun, scoffed at this skill training class. They are masters, and you ask them to be cooks, tailors, or blacksmiths now, isn't that a joke?
Is that the job they are supposed to do?

Moreover, Wang Xishun still had some money in his hands at that time, so Wang Xishun ignored this skill training class at all!

At this time, the leading officer, seeing that Wang Xishun was still not speaking, said impatiently:
"Wang Xishun, I don't care whether you don't know or don't want to go to class! But I'm notifying you now that you must attend this skills training class!"

"The location is the Liu Family Courtyard in the south of the city, and the time is tomorrow at 1:00 pm. If you don't come, I will arrest you. By then, not only will you still have to go to school, but we will not be as polite to you as we are now!"

"Wang Xishun, do you understand?"

Wang Xishun didn’t hear the officer’s words very clearly, but he heard one thing clearly: the officer was not here to arrest him, but to inform him to attend a skills training class...

When Wang Xishun, who had been feeling hopeless, thought that the other party was not here to arrest him, he immediately became more cheerful and said:
"I understand! I understand! I will attend this skill training class on time tomorrow!"

The officer's expression softened when he heard this and said:
"That's right! The government has good intentions. They are afraid that you can't make a living, so they specially hired teachers to teach you skills, and they teach you for free. Why are you unhappy? There are so many people out there who want this opportunity but don't even have it!"

"I think you guys are just living in a blessed situation but don't know how to appreciate it!"

Hearing the officer's words, Wang Xishun smiled bitterly and didn't know how to answer. At this time, the officer continued to ask:

"Okay, let me get to know your basic situation!"

"How old are you this year? Do you have any disability or illness?"

"I'm thirty-three years old and I'm still in good health!"

"Before working in the government office, did you have any other work experience? Can you read or not?"

Although he didn't know why the other party asked these questions, Wang Xishun still told them everything:

"Before I went to work in the government, I worked as a clerk in a cloth shop. I know a few words, but not many!"

After asking a few questions in succession, the officer nodded and said:
"We have understood your basic situation. Tomorrow we will arrange a job skill suitable for you to learn!"

After saying this, the officer looked at Wang Xishun, then looked at Wang Xishun’s big house, and said something meaningful:

“The investigation above is not over yet. If you surrender voluntarily due to any circumstances, we will give you leniency. Otherwise, if we find you…”

(End of this chapter)