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Chapter 249 Collective crushing
Six days later, Wu Lixin came to Tianchang County with a group of gentry from Hailing County.

As soon as they met, Wu Lixin enthusiastically pulled Cui Pu up to exchange pleasantries.Then, he laughed and said: "I heard that some young gentlemen from our county came to play and accidentally offended you, Cui Xianzun, and now they are directly sent to prison?"

"Wu County respects you. The word 'offended' is really good. Didn't they just offend the county? First, they tried to moles the wife of the county, and then beat the county together. The behavior is extremely bad. Look, the county is now He's still injured!" Cui Pu said, opening his sleeves to show them a bruise the size of a fingernail on his arm.

The corner of Wu Lixin's mouth twitched, and he secretly scolded Cui Pu for not knowing what to do.

Obviously, he had already lowered his posture from the beginning, and had already taken the initiative to greet him. If this guy is a bit smart, he should take a step back and save himself some face.Unexpectedly, he ignored his overtures at all, and began to criticize them when he came up!
Doesn't this make him lose face in front of these squires?

"Cui Xianzun—" He was about to say something, but a squire who was over fifty couldn't wait, and hurried forward to salute Cui Pu, "Cui Xianzun, this matter is indeed my fault. The next time we came here, we also brought some medicinal materials and shock-suppressing gifts to apologize to you and your wife. The child is naughty and doesn’t know the rules. If you make a mistake, you help us punish him. We are very grateful. It’s just that although they are naughty, their nature is It’s not bad, but please save their lives no matter what.”

Several other squires also nodded in agreement.

Wu Lixin was going crazy with anger.

What do these old men mean?On the way here, didn't he warn them again and again, don't talk after coming here, will he help them get their son back safe and sound?As a result, he only said a few words, and they were the first to show weakness!Isn't this stretching out your face and hitting someone?
It's okay for them to be shameless, but now they are a group, representing the face of Hailing County!In this way, wouldn't even his face be pulled over together?
He glared at the group of people angrily, but the squires didn't even look at him, they just stared at Cui Pu eagerly, with an apologetic expression.

Wu Lixin almost vomited blood.

Seeing this, Cui Pu shook his head and sighed in his heart—this Wu Lixin is really a master at killing people!These squires are much smarter and more obedient than those in Tianchang County!If he didn't mess around with all his might, he would have lived peacefully with them from the very beginning, and these people must have some respect for him.But unfortunately, he missed the opportunity at the beginning, and now in the eyes of these people, he is just a joke.

For a dignified county magistrate, he is also amazing if he can do this for him.

However, since these people did not deal with Wu Lixin, they were naturally his allies.

Cui Pu smiled slightly: "There was indeed some misunderstanding in the situation at that time. They beat up the county, and the people of the county also avenged the county on the spot. These two things can be offset. It's just..."

The point is right after the 'just'!
"Just what?" asked the squires.

"It's just that they absolutely shouldn't, and shouldn't have any indiscriminate thoughts on the wife of this county. The reason why this county will do something to them is also because of this."

puff!
Wu Lixin laughed unceremoniously: "Cui Xianzun, your wife should be the one I met before, right? Such a person, are you sure that someone will have unreasonable thoughts about her?"

Cui Pu gave him a cold look, then turned his head away.

But Wu Lixin didn't let him go: "However, it is said that women's colleges have changed in the eighteenth year, and Yangzhou's soil and water support people. You have been here for more than a year, maybe she has really changed a lot. Or, you put Please come out and let us have a look, so that everyone can understand why you and those little gentlemen have a big fight because of her?"

He believed from the bottom of his heart that Cui Pu was deliberately using Mu Jiaojiao as a shield, insisting on finding a reason for that incident.

"My wife is not a prostitute who shows her face outside!" Cui Pu shouted displeased.

Wu Lixin snorted—after all, didn't he feel that he couldn't do anything, so he deliberately shied away?
The squires heard this, but hurriedly bowed to Cui Pu again: "My son is naughty, I didn't expect to offend the county lord's wife this time! It was indeed their fault, and I dare not shirk for them. Now that the county lord has you If they are caught, they will be punished as they want, and we will not intervene! You must enforce the law impartially, and you must not wrong Madam!"

"Hey, look at what you said, the matter is not that serious anymore." Cui Pu smiled and waved his hands, "At that time, they kept staring at them, and the wife of this county only thought they were apprentices from other places, and she hated them, so I The county will teach them a lesson. It turned out that they knew their identities later, and everyone was elegant, so naturally they couldn't do anything vulgar, so Madam forgave them long ago. Now they have lived a hard life in prison for a few days. This crime will be paid off. Today, you came to the door to admit your mistakes in person, and this county has felt this sincerity, so you can take him back today!"

that's all?He actually let go?

Wu Lixin didn't believe it.

These country gentry had also inquired about Cui Pu's temperament before they came, and knew that he was a vengeful man.So when they came to save their son this time, they had already made various preparations.In the end, who knows, after so few words now, he actually let go?

Something is wrong!
The country gentry quickly waved their hands: "How can that be done? They made a big mistake and deserved to be punished. This is absolutely unacceptable! The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, let alone my naughty boy? No matter how bad it is, you will We should let them live in prison for a few more days and beat them hard!"

Hearing this, Wu Lixin's eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets - it was the first time he saw someone crying and begging the magistrate to beat his son!And he still begged the magistrate of another county.But in front of him, why are these people not so dogged?

Why don't the gentry's hearts bleed?

It's just that they have already figured out Cui Pu's temperament.If he lets you go now, it means that he must still have a plan.That's what makes it impossible to guard against.Instead of this, they might as well let him punish him enough in one go. As long as he is all angry, then their son and their family will be really safe!

There is a ready-made example standing in front of them-Wu Lixin, they dare not be careless at all.

Cui Pu declined a few more words, but the gentry's attitude became more determined.In the end, Cui Pu had no choice but to "reluctantly" said: "Since everyone insists on killing relatives righteously, then the county has no choice but to enforce the law impartially. Let them stay in prison for another night, and drag them out in public tomorrow. What do you think of twenty boards?"

"Everything is up to the magistrate!" The squires breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said.

A mouthful of old blood rushed to his throat, Wu Lixin really wanted to die.

Why does he feel so hopeless?These people are obviously his people. He has been in Hailing County for more than a year, and he gets along well with them. He thinks that the magistrate of his county can do a good job now.But now... why do these people give him the feeling that Cui Pu is the magistrate they respect, but he is just a dispensable decoration?

This feeling is too suffocating!

He gritted his teeth secretly: "Brother Cui, I think the [-] boards will be exempted! Everyone is a person with dignity, and I think they have suffered enough in prison these days, why should everyone do things too badly?" ? Stay on the front line in everything, so we can meet in the future!"

"Hey, don't tell me you won't bother with the county anymore after playing these [-] boards?" Cui Pu hurriedly looked at the gentry.

The country gentry hurriedly shook their heads desperately, and poured out good words one by one, emptying their stomachs.Between the words, the importance of these [-] big boards is extremely high, it seems that only if he hits them, it will give them face.If they don't fight, they will be the first to refuse to accept the father!
Every word these people said was like a resounding slap on Wu Lixin's face.By now, his face was swollen.

Why?why!
Wu Lixin yelled in his heart.Why did these people compliment Cui like this when they first met, but I have never been treated like this before!

Obviously he is their serious county magistrate, okay?

He subconsciously wanted to save himself some face.It’s just that when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them again—if he said it again, he was afraid that Cui Pu would refute it again, and then attract this group of people to slap him in the face again, right?Let his own people slap him in the face one after another, the sense of humiliation is overwhelming, he is about to explode!

And this kind of thing can only be done by the surnamed Cui in front of him.

Having been a county magistrate for more than a year, he has not learned anything else, and the edges and corners of his temper have been slightly smoothed.

So now, he stopped in time and forced a smile: "Since everyone thinks so, let's do it this way! Seeing that you are all so law-abiding, the county is also very pleased. There are people like you and this county The county governs Hailing County together, why worry that our Hailing County will not continue to grow and develop?"

When Cui Pu heard this, he snorted generously.

He turned his head and ordered: "Go and invite all the gentry in the county. Tonight, the county will host a banquet for the county lords of Hailing County and the gentry of Hailing County and our Tianchang County."

All the gentry in Hailing County immediately lowered their heads.

No way, shame on it!
Originally, Hailing County was considered a famous place in the entire Yangzhou City, and they all looked good when they went out.But now, Tianchang County, which has been impoverished for hundreds of years, suddenly jumped up and became a good place known throughout the country, and the gentry here still have official positions!Blessed by the saints!
Even if they are richer than the gentry in Tianchang County, so what?An official position is enough to make them bow their heads.

If you compare people, you will die, if you compare goods, you will throw them away.The county magistrate is better than the county magistrate... They really want to throw Wu Lixin into the Yellow Sea now!

If it was Cui Pu who went to Hailing County to be the county magistrate, then they must be the ones who follow Cui Pu and look down upon the country gentry in the entire Yangzhou city, right?
Therefore, they hated Wu Lixin even more.It's nothing for a person to be incompetent, but if he is incompetent, he still insists on showing off, and drags others into the water by doing all kinds of nonsense, then it's his fault!

Sensing the disgusted eyes of everyone, Wu Lixin's stomach began to feel bloated again.He really...why did he fall in love with Cui Pu, his deadly enemy?If he had known that all these things would happen later, he should have beaten this guy to death when he was in Furong's house!
At this time, Cui Pu said loudly: "It's rare for you to come to Tianchang County once, and we don't have anything to entertain you here. How about this, let the kitchen cook a sweet potato feast tonight, so that you can feast on it!"

Hearing him bite the word 'sweet potato' heavily, these people were all startled, their expressions a little unnatural.

Wu Lixin also turned his head abruptly, and saw Cui Pu grinning at him, a palpitating chill immediately reflected on the surface of the white teeth.

(End of this chapter)