Second Master Xue of the Red Chamber has space

Chapter 512
The gang of yamen servants were really startled when they heard the sound of drinking.Good guy, looking at the entire Longyou County, no one dares to talk to grandpas like that!Who doesn't have eyesight and dares to hit the muzzle of the gun?

Why are the yamen servants in these places so arrogant?
In fact, in ancient times, county government offices, including the county magistrate, had a pitiful monthly salary. Besides, in addition to the county magistrate, the yamen also had to support minor officials such as widowers, masters, and postal officers. There is simply no extra money for Kuai, Zhuang, and Zao, the three-shift, six-room government servants.

In other words, the yamen servants themselves cannot receive the salary issued by the court.For such unpaid work, the county government offices in various places find local ruffians, hooligans, bullies and the like to act as government servants.If you want to make a living in this business, the yamen doesn't care about the rates, and the money depends on those who squeeze the people on weekdays.You have enough food and clothing to support your family, but as for whether you are immoral or not, who cares so much about you?Anyway, all the yamen in the world act like this, or how to say that it is easy to practice in the six gates?
Even the minions in the smallest details of the yamen, those handymen who only manage the fire and cook, dare to deduct the vegetable farmers' money, and go up one level, which one doesn't rely on this ability to bully the local people? spicy?

This is the yamen under the environment of feudal society. After all, the imperial court is far away from the capital, and there are only so many civil and military officials and workers in the Manchu dynasty. How can they manage so many?Even the government officials from Shuntian Prefecture in the capital come here like this, why don’t they all have to turn a blind eye?

Therefore, at this time, no matter which province or prefecture they go to, the Xue family's caravan knows that there is such a relationship here, and they would rather spend some money than have any problems with the local yamen.Firstly, some things are agreed upon, so as not to cause trouble, and secondly, not all yamen everywhere are as miserable as this one in Longyou County.There are also many local officials who are working hard to govern. Although they take money from the people, what they have done for the people has long been worth the money.

But the group of scumbags that Xue Hong met right now was really infuriating.

As soon as they entered the city, they saw at the base of the city, three or four young men dressed as yamen servants surrounded an old woman, shouting and drinking, and beat the bamboo board twice. Crying little grandson.

I only heard the old woman say: "Please, gentlemen, please do it! There are only three people left in our family. The child's mother died of dystocia when she gave birth to him. I am old and my eyes are useless. I can't even use a needle and thread." I can’t even afford it. His father fell from a high place when he was working the day before yesterday and was injured all over his body. Our family is waiting for this tael of silver to get medicine for his father’s treatment! If you take this money away It has delayed his father's illness and caused his father to stretch his legs. This is to kill the lives of our family of three! Please let me grab the medicine, it's important to save people!"

The old woman begged bitterly, the padded jacket she was wearing was torn into shape, with holes everywhere, and the blackened and yellowed cotton wadding was exposed outside. I don't know if the cotton fell out, or she should dig it out and give it to her. It was added when the child was making cotton clothes. The cotton clothes and trousers worn by the child in her arms were swollen, but the cotton clothes on her body had long since lacked cotton in some places, but thin fabrics were hanging there.

Such a pair of grandparents and grandchildren, anyone who looks at it will feel pity, but who would have thought that the black-hearted yamen servant kicked the old woman violently, cursed and said a lot of ugly words, and insisted on letting go of her hand? and snatched a piece of silver.Just grab it, turn around and spit on the old woman again, which happened to be seen by Xue Hong.

After the yamen servant came back to his senses, he was furious: "Grandma! What kind of thing are you, dare to talk to me, the boss? Little bastard, do you know who your grandpa is? How dare you talk to grandpa like that , do you want to spend the rest of your life in our prison in Longyou County? Ah?!"

The team leader is shaking his prestige here, and the yamen servant on the side hurriedly took out a portrait: "Squad leader, leader, look at this painting quickly. I said why this kid looks so familiar, isn't this the person in the painting?" ? He is the one who stole the belongings of Master Xue’s house!”

When the team leader heard this, his eyes were red.The above has already explained that no matter who it is, as long as they find the person who painted the painting, they will be rewarded a lot!My good fellow, today it is considered that there is no place to look for, and it takes no effort to get here. This kid actually delivered it to the door by himself!
The squad leader only cared about the generous reward in his heart, so he didn't care about anything else. He drew out his saber and wanted to take down Xue Hong, but how could he be Xue Hong's opponent?Before he could figure out what was going on, he fell to the ground, the knife in his hand was dropped, his arm was twisted out of its socket, and there was a big footprint on his buttocks, which was a mess.

"Ouch! It hurts me to death. What are you all doing? Go up and catch him! The reward for this job is much higher than other jobs, don't hurry up!"

How else can we say that there must be brave men under heavy rewards?Although these yamen servants knew that Xue Hong was powerful, when they thought of so many rewards, they didn't care whether they could beat them or not. They exchanged glances and rushed forward together, thinking that so many people still couldn't beat them. Do you live alone?

Didn't you know that Xue Hong still knocked them down in twos and threes, each of them fell like a dog that fell into a pit.

When Xue Hong was about to say something, a group of people behind him at a distance finally arrived. The leader was a man in his 30s with piercing eyes.

He saw the grunting yamen servants on the ground who were still muttering about taking down Xue Hong in exchange for rewards, and said angrily: "Longyou County is simply ridiculous! How do you blind-eyed villains identify Master Juren as a criminal? Why don't you crawl over here quickly, and kowtow to Master Juren to admit your mistake?!"

The yamen servants lying on the ground kept saying "Ouch". Among the spectators was the street security guard, whose function was similar to that of a modern district police.

This Dibao is a knowledgeable person. Although he doesn't know the speaker, he can see when he has eyes.I saw that this person was wearing an official uniform, with a mandarin duck patch on his chest, a lapis lazuli crown on his head, and a full set of uniforms for a fourth-rank civil official.Dibao said in his heart that it was broken, probably the prefect of Quzhou came in person.If the magistrate knew about this scene just now, wouldn't Longyou County be in bad luck?No, I have to tell the county magistrate to go!
(End of this chapter)