I'm so hard

Chapter 201 Is there still kingly law in this world? (big chapter)

The county seat of Xingyuan County, next to the county government office, is as lively as a market.

"If you can't be an official by studying, what else can we do? Is the court going to implement a strategy of fooling the people? We and other scholars are not willing to be cattle and horses, and we want to rule the world together with Your Majesty!"

"Now my Great Zhou is enjoying good weather and all industries are thriving. It is a good opportunity for scholars to make contributions to their careers. But now we have to cut off officials on a large scale. Doesn't this make Great Zhou go downhill?"

"Your Majesty must have been deceived by some treacherous officials. These people clearly want to occupy the court, so that we more enthusiastic scholars can only stay at home!"

……

Zhao Yan wore a cloak and walked among the common people and scholars. Hearing the words of the scholars insulting the imperial court for being immoral and trying to drive the scholars to death, he frowned and felt very angry.

What he was angry with was not the actions of the people and scholars, but the bad intentions of the provocateurs.

And this instigator is naturally the Cui family.

Hire a commoner with one hundred coins, and use biased rhetoric to arouse the anger of scholars.

This approach is tantamount to going against the new government policy.

The county magistrate Liu Shiqing stayed in the yamen, unmoved by the resistance of the scholars and the common people, apparently also under the instigation of the Cui family.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhao Yan figured out the reason.

Obviously, the Cui family wanted to use the people and scholars to make a big fuss about the New Deal, and use the public opinion to oppose the imperial court.

This trick can be described as very vicious.

The key point is that Zhao Yan is still unable to obtain evidence. Although the people said that the one hundred Wen money was given by the Cui family, the Cui family asked the people to use the one hundred Wen money as their charity money.

That is to say, it can be said that the troubles between the common people and the scholars have nothing to do with the Cui family.

No one from the Cui family came forward.

Although Zhao Yan is the emperor, it is impossible to send all the Cui family to prison, and the people here will not be willing, let alone a solution to the problem.

Zhao Yan's face was livid, and he thought in his heart: If this matter becomes serious, it may not only affect the Ganping Mansion, but even the entire Luzhou and the surrounding state capitals.

Because the common people have an unbreakable notion that the imperial court is here to exploit them.

Once the public opinion is deflected, the New Deal will really be difficult to carry out, and it is impossible for Zhao Yan to arrest them all in the prison.

Immediately, Zhao Yan walked towards a teahouse in front. He was going to give an order to Zhongshu Sheng, ordering the magistrate of Luzhou to take care of this matter himself.

This time, he was going to play something serious. If Luzhou Zhizhou mishandled it, Zhao Yan would definitely take off his black hat.

After Zhao Yan finished writing the decree, he ran into an acquaintance just as he walked out of the teahouse.

Miss Cui, Cui Yanyan.

Fortunately for Zhao Yan, both he and Heiwa were wearing cloaks, and Cui Yanyan, who was not far away, couldn't see his own appearance.

At this moment, Zhao Yan heard Cui Yanyan anxiously say to the guard at the side: "I limit you to find Mr. Yan Zhao before tonight, because my grandpa will be back tomorrow! If you can't find it, you will Get out of my house, Cui!"

The guards looked helpless, so they had to scatter to search for it.

When Zhao Yan heard that Cui He, the head of the Cui family, was coming back, he couldn't help being overjoyed.

If he can persuade Cui He to let the Cui family support the New Deal, then the situation can be reversed in an instant.

Immediately, Cui Yanyan also ran away angrily.

Zhao Yan took Hei Wa to lunch in the county town, bought some daily necessities, and returned to Yunling Village.

But at this moment, more and more people gathered in the county government office, and there were more and more noises.

Liu Shiqing was lying on a recliner in the backyard of the county government office, with a jug of wine and four side dishes beside him. He was living a happy life.

The master at the side said a little anxiously: "Master, do we really want to ignore it? If the higher-ups blame us, we can't afford it!"

Liu Shiqing opened his eyes, and said angrily, "It's not that I don't care, it's that the time has not come."

The third son of the Cui family had already discussed with Liu Shiqing that the common people and scholars should quarrel in front of the county government office for at least three days. Only in this way, the common people in neighboring counties and passing businessmen could see it, and the news could be spread better.

Three days later, Liu Shiqing only needed to send someone to drive them away, and the people would definitely leave, because Cui Laosan would only give the people money for three days.

At that time, he added more details and wrote the notes, and sent them to Mo Sheng, the prefect of Ganping Prefecture, who then passed them up until it was delivered to the Ministry of Education.

If the new policy is really canceled because of this, then Liu Shiqing will definitely be doing a great job, he is already fantasizing about being the magistrate or magistrate himself.

The sun was warming, and Heiwa drove the carriage on the county road.

Zhao Yanban lay in the half car and began to rest.

At this moment, a very luxurious carriage galloped in the distance at a very fast speed.

"Go away! Go away!" the man driving the carriage yelled at Hei Wa.

How can the emperor drive away from the people, not to mention that Heiwa keeps to the right, and the road on the left is enough for the carriage to pass!
Heiwa drove on the right side normally, neither dodged nor evaded, and ignored the man.

The man came galloping in a carriage, and according to the direction he was driving, he could still pass by.

Appeal!
However, when the carriage was less than five meters away from Hei Wa, the man suddenly pulled the horse rope to stop the carriage.

The man's horse riding skills were quite good, and the carriage stopped steadily in front of Heiwa's carriage.

Hei Wa was caught off guard and pulled the horse rope instantly.

Although the carriage stopped, the two horses still bumped into each other, and Zhao Yan, who was half lying in the carriage, tilted his head and knocked on the wood beside him, his forehead instantly became red and swollen.

Heiwa was furious. In Changdan City, among so many dudes, none of them dared to drive like this.

But before Hei Wa could speak, the middle-aged man yelled at Hei Wa: "Little baby, didn't you hear what I said? Tell you to get out of here, how dare you not move? You know that the person sitting in the carriage is who?"

Hei Wa was also furious, but he didn't talk to the man first, but turned around and asked, "My lord, are you alright?"

Zhao Yan got out of the carriage, rubbed his red and swollen forehead, glanced at the man opposite, frowned and said, "What's going on?"

"I'm asking you something, why don't you go away!" The middle-aged man said harshly again.

Heiwa was also angry immediately, and said with a black face: "I didn't block your way, you can pass from the left, why do you want to hide from you!"

"Cough cough..."

At this moment, a young man dressed in white and dressed in a gentle manner came out of the carriage.

The young man glanced at Zhao Yan, and a look of displeasure flashed across his face.

As long as he sees a man who is more handsome than him, he will be very angry.

"Da Biao, open your mouth!"

The man named Da Biao got off his horse in an instant, and then said: "You two little bastards, do you know who this son is? He is Fan Tianlong, the eldest son of the Fan family in Linmen County, Taijiang Prefecture. You will become the son-in-law of the Cui family, you don’t even avoid the carriage of Mr. Fan of my family, if you don’t get slapped, whoever gets slapped!”

After all, the strong man Da Biao began to roll up his sleeves. According to the usual practice, he was going to reward these two people with ten big ears.

There was a faint smile on Zhao Yan's face, he didn't expect to meet someone from another aristocratic family in Luzhou, the Fan family, in the territory of the Cui family.

And this young master of the Fan family, by looking at his expression, one can tell that he is a playboy.

"Hei Wa, open your mouth!" Zhao Yan also said coldly.

"Huh?" Fan Tianlong was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect that someone would be more arrogant than him after hearing his name.

Hearing this, Da Biao, a strong man, couldn't help being furious. He strode up to Hei Wa, and stretched out his hand to pull Hei Wa from the carriage.

Swish!
Hei Wa dodged it with a dodge, and at the same time made a counter attack.

"Snapped!"

The voice was clear and loud, and it hit Da Biao's cheek hard.

"Damn it, you actually..."

Before Da Biao finished his harsh words, Hei Wa turned back again.

"Snapped!"

This sound is more crisp!
After this slap, Hei Wa grabbed Da Biao's wrist with one hand and turned it around.

click!click!
Only two crisp sounds were heard, and both of Da Biao's arms were broken.

Then, Hei Wa kicked him to the side of the road, what he was least afraid of was this kind of trickery.

Fan Tianlong, who was sitting on the side of the carriage, was stunned for a moment, then turned around and got into the carriage, and even took out a sword.

"My young master is going to kill you two!" Fan Tianlong drew out his long sword and stabbed at the two of them directly, with a murderous look in his eyes, obviously intending to kill Zhao Yan and the two of them.

"Heiwa!" Zhao Yan pointed to Fan Tianlong's long sword, and then shouted.

Hei Wa understood immediately, stepped on the frame of the carriage, and then jumped up.

boom!
Hei Wa kicked Fan Tianlong's arm, and kicked the long sword in his hand flying.

At the same time, Zhao Yan also walked up to Fan Tianlong, raised his arm, and slapped him across the face.

"Snapped!"

This sound was much louder than Hei Wa's fan.

"Snapped!"

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yan made another kick, and then kicked Fan Tianlong to the ground.

Fan Tianlong was beaten in a daze, since he could remember, he had never been beaten before!
After slapping his face, Zhao Yan became happier and said to Hei Wa, "Let's go home!"

After all, the two drove the carriage and continued on their way.

And Fan Tianlong covered his blood-stained face, and cried "wow".

Not far away was Da Biao, whose arms were already useless. It was obviously impossible for him to drive the horse anymore. In order to avoid being beaten again by this moody young man, he had to pretend to be unconscious for the time being.

……

Near dusk, Zhao Yan was sitting in the courtyard reading a book, when he saw the people of Yunling Village returning to the village one after another, with bright smiles on their faces.

Most people are like this, always maintaining the simplest happiness and satisfaction.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted: "It's not good, it's not good, old man Li's grandson, Hutou, fell into the pond where the paper mill floated!"

Immediately, the people all rushed towards Cui's paper-making workshop in the south three miles outside the village.

"Hei Wa, let's take a look in the carriage!" Zhao Yan said.

Soon, Zhao Yan came to Cui's paper-making workshop, and at the door of the paper-making workshop, a straw mat was spread on it, and a child had already been rolled up, and a couple was crying bitterly there.

"You guys are really heartless. My son fell into the pond and could have been saved, but you just didn't save him. I want to report to the police, I want to report to the police!" the man in coarse cloth shouted loudly, his eyes full of tears. tears.

At this time, a bald middle-aged man with the appearance of a foreman at the door said coldly: "Li Gui, your son deserved it for falling into the water. It's not good where he fell, but he was going to fall into the floating pond. Thankfully, I stopped you from going down." , otherwise the paper in the pool will be ruined, and our paper mill will never be able to do anything!"

"Is that pool of paper important to someone's life?" An uncle on the side said very dissatisfied.

The bald-headed middle-aged man glanced at him, and said calmly: "Naturally, it is more important than this doll's life. The Cui family has nothing trivial to do, which has delayed the Cui family's business. The lives of ten such dolls are not enough to pay for it. Find a place quickly." Bury him, I will be unlucky to see it!"

"You...you...I'm going to fight you!" The middle-aged man raised his fist and rushed towards the bald middle-aged man.

But how could he be a middle-aged opponent with a bald head.

boom!
With a loud bang, he was kicked out by the bald middle-aged man.

If Zhao Yan hadn't heard the conversation just now, he would never have imagined that there are such words in the world that think that human life is worthless. Just when he was about to make a move, a loud voice suddenly came from behind.

"What are you doing there?"

Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man in a fancy dress came over.

The bald-headed middle-aged man couldn't help but turn pale with shock when he saw it. He immediately knelt down on one knee, cupped his hands and said, "Third Master, why are you here?"

The only one who can call this bald head the third master is Cui Yixiong, the third son of the Cui family.

Zhao Yan looked at Cui Yixiong, ready to see how the third master of the Cui family, who always called himself Zhuge, would handle this matter.

"My paper mill, of course I have to come and see more, what's going on?"

The bald-headed middle-aged man quickly replied: "I would like to report to the third master, it was a child who was playing around in our paper mill, and then fell into the pond where the catkins floated and drowned! And this couple still blames us, they want to ask for an explanation!"

"It's unlucky!" Cui Laosan frowned and said in a low voice, then looked at the two couples again.

He rolled his eyes and said, "Hurry up and bury your sons. I promise to give you three hundred coins. This matter is over. Remember not to let your children come to the paper mill! Otherwise, you will drown again." Yes, my Cui family will not pay!"

The bald young man hurriedly said: "Hurry up and thank Mr. Cui, if it wasn't for him, you wouldn't get a penny today!"

With tears in their eyes, the couple immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Mr. Cui, before leaving with the child in their arms!
In front of Cui Laosan, the couple didn't have any dignity at all, nor could they have any courage to resist.

But Zhao Yan was annoyed,
Isn't a child even worth three hundred coins, not to mention that the child's death was mainly because the people in the paper mill didn't rescue the child in time to prevent the paper from being destroyed!
"Wait!" Zhao Yan shouted and walked out from the crowd.

"Is there still a law in this world? You are killing this child indirectly. Could it be that you sent them away with three hundred coins!" Zhao Yan looked at the third son of the Cui family with a cold expression.

(End of this chapter)