svetikya Chapter 228 Seize the handle
Chapter 228 Seize the handle
There was news outside that someone was providing disaster relief, so many victims went there upon hearing the news. Although there were many dangerous places in the town below, they were not far from here, so they still had to go over and take a look in order to survive.
It turned out that their bet was right. There really were people in this town distributing porridge as charity. They went forward as if they had seen hope.
There were many strong men around and none of them could get close.
"We just want to get some food. We won't do anything else."
The victims pointed to the relief food in front of them.
Those were actually guards. They were there to protect the maids’ safety. After all, the victims would not obey orders if they were extremely hungry.
"No, you have to line up. Everyone gets to eat. If you don't line up, you won't get any."
When they heard that there was food available, they immediately lined up. It’s just queuing, that easy.
The victims who went there lined up in an orderly manner. Although they were hungry, they would not do anything else because they had guards with them.
This situation lasted for several days. Many registered disaster victims gathered in the town. The county magistrate of Zhiyu County already knew about this.
He was afraid that it was the emperor and his men who had come here, so he sent people to check it out. He discovered that it was not the emperor, but just some ordinary wealthy businessmen.
The county magistrate went to the town to check out what was going on, and was relieved to see that they were indeed not the ones doing it. In this case, he had nothing to worry about.
He did not stop them from distributing food to the victims. Since they had plenty of food, they could just distribute it. This way, the number of refugees would be reduced. Even if the emperor knew about it, he would not blame him.
He was very happy and started to make great preparations after returning home. It had been a month and there was no sign of the emperor. Maybe he really didn't come here.
Those people were fictitious and had made him frightened for a long time. Today, he did not find any trace of the emperor, and the court had distributed food to them again. He was happy today, so he decided to hold a good banquet at home.
I haven’t had a delicious meal for a long time, so I need to have a good meal.
The news that the county magistrate's mansion was going to hold a banquet had spread. Xia Xuan and his friends were in the yard, and they were indignant when they heard the news.
"The people outside are starving, yet they still want to hold a banquet in their mansion. They are truly corrupt officials."
"Yeah, can we disrupt his party? It's really annoying to see them like this."
Xia Yi said angrily, thinking that people outside were still starving, they were going to hold a grand banquet here, which was really inhumane.
"Don't get excited. We still need to think about this matter carefully. Don't be impulsive. What we can wait for now is to find evidence against him. Then we can bring him down and make him never harm the people again."
Seeing how excited they were, Xia Qingqing quickly persuaded them that the disaster relief grain from the court would soon arrive.
The county magistrate also felt that a large amount of food would go into his pocket, so he would be even happier to hold the banquet.
To be honest, Xia Qingqing guessed right. All they can do now is to endure it and not give them a chance to escape.
Two days later, Xia Qingqing and her friends received news that the relief grain would arrive that afternoon, and the county magistrate and his friends were already outside to greet them.
Now that there are no victims at the city gate, they don't have to transport the food secretly. There are many guards escorting the food.
After delivering the food, the guards were going back and had no intention of taking a break.
Seeing the county magistrate coming out, he said to him.
"The prince said that we should start providing disaster relief immediately after receiving the disaster relief grain. I heard that there are already disaster victims here. We can't let the people go hungry. Do you understand?"
The county magistrate chuckled and nodded at them.
"I know, I know. Go back and tell the prince that we will definitely arrange disaster relief as soon as possible. You have all worked hard. Take these."
The county magistrate handed them several purses with a very flattering look in his eyes. The guard knew what he meant, but he shook them off with one hand.
"No need. This is our duty. If you can, please provide disaster relief to the people as soon as possible."
"Oh, okay, okay!"
The county magistrate chuckled and sent the guards away. Then he put away the expression on his face and spat in their direction.
"What the hell, you dare to order me around? I'm just a guard from the capital, what abilities do I have?"
"Sir, should we provide disaster relief to the people?"
The yamen runner nearby was shocked at the sight of so much food and asked weakly.
As a result, the county magistrate slapped him on the head and said.
"What the hell is this? If you have food, go by yourself. Don't drag me along. I'm not going anyway."
These need to be saved for ourselves to eat. Floods are frequent at this time, and it will be difficult to survive without any food. As for these floods, we just have to wait until they subside on their own.
This isn't the first or second time it's happened. It's been blocked before, but it was useless. It's better to let them go down by themselves.
It would be fine if the emperor sent someone to deal with it, since it’s not his fault anyway.
Zhiyu County is so far away, he didn't believe that the emperor could really come here.
"Bring all this food back to me. If it's gone, you'll all be punished. Do you understand?!"
The yamen runners nodded quickly. They couldn't afford to lose this job. Working in the yamen would still give them food to eat, but if they went somewhere else, they would have no food to eat. This was not acceptable.
People can't even get enough to eat these days. If they don't have a job here, they will probably be the same as the disaster victims, although they feel sorry for them too.
But who wouldn’t feel pity these days? They are also defending this guy to the death.
They moved the grain to the county magistrate's mansion. As usual, there was still a lot of grain in the room at the back, and now there was even more.
Xia Yun was sitting on a tree trunk next to the county magistrate's mansion. When he saw them moving all the food to their backyard, he knew that the opportunity had come.
"Dad, I've seen them move all the food to their backyard."
When Xia Yun returned to the yard, he told Xia Xuan about this matter, and Xia Xuan stood up immediately.
"Are you sure you saw it?"
Xia Yun nodded affirmatively, and everyone else nodded, knowing that it was time to let the arrogant county magistrate see what they had done.
"Then let's go to the county magistrate's house."
Xia Xuan shook his sleeves and walked towards the county magistrate's mansion.
They were followed by several guards. Even if all the people in their yamen were added together, they might not have as many guards as they did. Moreover, all of their guards were very powerful.
They were no match for each other and just walked straight towards the county magistrate's mansion.