Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Hey! You really are a genius, you can even infer from one instance!

The crowd imagined the scene Wu Shuo described, and many people's faces gradually turned rosy.

Fang Zheng looked at the expressions of these people and suddenly felt a little sour.

He might be the most miserable transmigrator in the world.

These people are all shrewd, making him feel no sense of superiority as a transmigrator.

All the stuff in his head has been developed and expanded by others, he can't say any more, or he'll be emptied out!

Fang Zheng knocked on the table: "Ahem! Ahem! Alright! Stop talking."

"After the brothel is set up, I, your lord, will personally design a few themes. You can also share your ideas!"

"I'm leaving first if there's nothing else!"

Without waiting for everyone to react, Fang Zheng grabbed the gramophone box and ran off.

"Eh? Why did the lord run away?"

"He must be so excited that he's gone to find someone to release some fire!"

"I see."

............

The next day, when he went to the yamen again, Liu Xun greeted Fang Zheng enthusiastically as soon as he saw him: "Lord Fang, have you had breakfast yet?"

Fang Zheng also responded enthusiastically: "Not yet? Could it be that Lord Liu has something prepared?"

Neither of them mentioned the matter of sending silver last night.

Hearing that Fang Zheng hadn't eaten, Liu Xun smiled: "Coincidentally, this official hasn't eaten either. Come with me."

With that, he led Fang Zheng into a small room.

Inside, all kinds of breakfast dishes were already laid out.

They were all light and expensive seafood.

Fang Zheng didn't stand on ceremony and sat down, taking a bowl of seafood porridge.

He scooped it up with a spoon, and seeing that it only contained small abalones, dried scallops, and the like, his expression showed a slight disdain. Then, he looked at Liu Xun with a smile and took a small sip.

Liu Xun suddenly felt a little unhappy.

These good things aren't something I can eat every day, and you, young man, are being picky!

Even if you're young and good-looking, how long can you stay young? Can the Crown Prince let you stay with him for life?

However, in an instant, Liu Xun adjusted his mindset.

Getting off topic, that's not the point!

"Lord Fang, how is this porridge?"

"Good, very good, just a little bland."

"Ah, that's really this official's oversight. I'll have the cook make something more to your liking later."

Fang Zheng put down the spoon: "This subordinate thanks you. Ah, Lord Liu, eat some too!"

Liu Xun sat beside him, also took a bowl of porridge, and began to drink it.

While drinking, he said: "Today we're going to inspect the granary. After eating, this official will accompany you."

Fang Zheng scooped up the porridge in his bowl, and said casually: "Lord Liu, yesterday you said you had a way to transfer this subordinate back to the capital. I wonder what that method is?"

"Don't rush, don't rush. This matter needs to be discussed slowly," Liu Xun replied casually.

"Ah!" Fang Zheng slammed the bowl on the table, stood up anxiously and said: "I am in a rush! How can this subordinate not be in a rush?"

"Lord Liu doesn't know, but there are already religious sects with thousands of people appearing outside the city? One is called the Freedom Sect, and the other is called the Ironclad Sect!"

"If these people cause trouble and rebel to seize grain, then you and I will be in great trouble!"

"At that time, not to mention returning to the capital, even if I'm not demoted, I'll be lucky!"

Liu Xun looked at his impatient appearance, and despised him even more in his heart.

"Don't worry, this official has his own arrangements. Those troublemakers can't make waves. Sit down and eat first."

Sure enough, Shen Zhaoxuan and the others were taken care of.

Fang Zheng was suddenly glad that he had been demoted to Jianjiang, and that he had arrived in time.

Otherwise, if Shen Zhaoxuan and the others were really dragged into the water by Liu Xun, who knows what the consequences would be.

After the two finished breakfast, they rode their horses to the location of the granary.

Halfway out of the city, they suddenly encountered a bustling crowd of people.

Fang Zheng reined in his horse and stopped, looking at the crowd and asking: "Lord Liu, what are those people doing?"

Liu Xun glanced at them: "They should be people who didn't meet the grain requisition quota last time, being put on public display."

"Oh? This subordinate is curious and wants to take a look."

"Heh, then go ahead."

The two rode their horses near the crowd. When a minor official saw Liu Xun arrive, he immediately ran forward and knelt down.

He said loudly: "Greetings, Prefect!"

Fang Zheng looked into the crowd.

The common people had formed a circle, and in the middle was a wooden frame. Five people were hanging on the wooden frame, their heads drooping motionless, not knowing if they were dead or alive.

Below the wooden frame were also five people, wearing shackles and kneeling on the ground, gritting their teeth as sweat dripped from their heads.

Fang Zheng frowned and turned to the minor official to ask: "What's going on with these people?"

The minor official revealed a smiling face: "Lord Fang! These people are all troublemakers who didn't meet the grain requisition quota last time, and didn't meet it again this time."

"Let them be punished in public, so that no one else will dare to not pay in the future!"

Some common people in the crowd heard that the Prefect had arrived and turned to look at Liu Xun.

A large group of people immediately knelt down, wailing.

"Greetings, Prefect!!"

Liu Xun's face was full of solemnity: "Quick! Quickly, please rise, everyone, there's no need to be so polite!"

"Prefect! This humble one's family really has no more grain!! Please, put my father down!"

A child of about ten years old threw himself at Liu Xun's feet, crying with a hoarse voice.

Liu Xun also had a look of grief on his face, and without fear of getting dirty, he immediately squatted down and helped the child up.

"Which one is your father?"

The child rubbed his red eyes and pointed to the person hanging in the middle of the wooden frame.

Liu Xun looked at the wooden frame and said sternly: "Quick! Quickly, put him down!!"

As he spoke, he trotted into the center of the crowd, tucking his official robe into his pants, revealing the pants underneath which were full of patches. Then, he took the initiative to reach out and release the hanging commoner.

When the crowd saw this, they immediately stepped forward and knelt down, all shouting for justice for their families and villagers.

Liu Xun waved his hands repeatedly, his face full of kindness: "Get up... get up, everyone!"

"This official already knows the situation here! Someone! Release them all!!"

When the crowd saw this, their emotions became even more intense: "An upright official!!"

Fang Zheng looked at this scene speechlessly. As expected, there's always someone better.

He saw Liu Xun standing in the crowd, his face full of pain: "I'm late!"

"I, Liu Xun, as the Prefect of Jianjiang, am responsible for the fact that the common people have no grain in their hands!"

"These conscienceless and tyrannical officials actually hung the common people who had no food to eat on wooden frames! And made them kneel on the ground in shackles!"

"You were already living in hardship, and they are rubbing salt into the wounds of our elders and siblings!!"

"They are worse than animals! Worse than animals!"

"I, Liu Xun, on behalf of these sinners, apologize to all of you elders and siblings!"

As he spoke, he drew the saber of a nearby soldier and cut off a lock of his own hair.

The surrounding common people were all shocked and moved.

This was truly a good official who was working for the people! Today they had finally seen an upright official!

"You cruel officials have hearts of stone, then don't blame this official for also having a heart of stone!"

"Someone! Take these sinners to the prison! Each person will receive ten strokes of the cane!"

The surrounding minor officials immediately looked like they had lost their parents, and knelt down on the ground.

Fang Zheng watched coldly.

Not one of these minor officials cried out for justice. Clearly, they were all old actors.....