Chapter 399: Huo Qing's Difficulties.

Ye Xing and the others got closer, and finally realized what was going on.

I saw the two officials begging in the back, saying that this was already the only valuable thing in their county government, how could you snatch it again, and you would not let the county magistrate live.

It turned out that the two people running in front of them were robbers, and they robbed the county government, but the officials of the county government were powerless to arrest them, so they had to beg them to show mercy and not to snatch everything away.

Ye Xing was really angry when he found out about this situation, he had never seen such a county order, let alone such a bold robber.

It's just that now that Ye Xing has encountered this kind of thing, how can he give up, those two thieves were about to run past them, Ye Xing suddenly met them, punched and kicked, and knocked the two people to the ground, those two people have been doing this robbery for so long, and they have never been bullied like this, so after they fell to the ground, they immediately flew up and attacked Ye Xing.

But their martial arts were so bad that Ye Xing didn't have to use force to subdue them at all.

When Ye Xing knocked the two robbers to the ground again, the two officials had already rushed up, and they searched for things from the two robbers, but when Ye Xing and the others saw that thing, they were stunned, all they were looking for was a few inkstones.

Although the inkstones are valuable, some are even hard to find, but after Di Xiaojie saw them, he found that those inkstones were not worth a few taels of silver, but why did they steal these inkstones?

The two officials touched the inkstone in their hands, and then said to Ye Xing and them: "Thank you really for the help of a few righteous people today, otherwise if the county commander's inkstone is really lost, then it will be difficult for the county magistrate to serve with pen and ink in the future." ”

At this time, the two robbers were still lying on the ground, but at this time they couldn't move, Ye Xing asked Xu Ruoxuan and the two officials to tie up the two robbers to the county office, and then he said to the officer: "I want to see your county commander Huo Qing, please!" ”

Ye Xing had an invisible majesty, and when the two officials saw Ye Xing, they naturally didn't dare to resist, so they had to lead them to see Huo Qing.

After they entered the county office, a down-and-out man in his forties who was emaciated hurriedly asked, "Has the inkstone been recovered?" ”

The two officials presented the inkstone, and then told them what had just happened, and after listening to it, the down-and-out man looked at Ye Xing again and again and thanked him: "Thank you for your help, I am Huo Qing, I don't know the name of the righteous man, why do you want to see the old man?" ”

It can be seen from Huo Qing's words that he is an old pedant, no wonder he can't even cure a county, and even falls to the point of being bullied by robbers.

Ye Xing naturally didn't want to hide any identity from this kind of person, so he asked Di Xiaojie to take out the holy decree and announce his identity, when Huo Qing and the two officials learned Ye Xing's true identity, they almost cried, as if they had seen a savior.

At this time, the two robbers were even more frightened, lying on the ground trembling, not even daring to make a sound.

Ye Xing helped Huo Qing and the two officials up, and swept the county government with his residual vision, only to see that although the entire county government was clean, the trees were bare, and the equipment inside was even more dilapidated, as if this was a depressed house.

It doesn't look like a county government at all.

Ye Xing let out a long sigh, and then said, "Why is this like this?" ”

As soon as Ye Xing asked like this, Huo Qing's face was about to cry, but in front of Ye Xing, he naturally didn't dare to really cry, he asked a servant to move a few chairs for Ye Xing to sit down, and then began to narrate: "Lord Ye doesn't know, my county order is abandoned by the imperial court, I have written many letters reflecting the situation here, but the imperial court has not replied at all, the officials in the yamen can't be distributed, they have all gone home to do other business, and now the entire county government is left, just the three of us, His name is Da Long, his name is Xiao Long, and he has always followed me, so he has not left. ”

After Ye Xing listened to Huo Qing's words, he felt that it was absolutely impossible for this matter to be so simple, if the imperial court really received the letter from Huo County's order, the emperor would definitely send someone to investigate, but now that it is not, is this letter not brought to the imperial court?

"But even so, you can collect taxes here, and in this way, you can be self-sufficient here!" Di Xiaojie said a little angrily, because he felt that this Huo Qing was really too wretched, and he couldn't even do this thing, but he felt that this Huo Qing was too pitiful, so in the end, they said a way.

It's just that Huo Qing sighed and said: "I didn't think about this, but you have all seen just now, I don't have anyone here at all, and even two robbers dare to bully me, how dare I collect taxes from those big families, and many of the people here are poor, so I naturally refuse to collect their money, so there are taxes there." ”

After Huo Qing finished speaking, Di Xiaojie was angry, he looked at the two robbers lying on the ground, and said angrily: "These two robbers are so hateful, I think they should be killed to set an example." ”

According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the crime of robbing the government can be beheaded, but after Di Xiaojie said this, the two robbers hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "My lord, spare my life, we have no way to do this, our brothers are forced by life, so we have to come out to do this kind of business, but we dare not rob those rich and powerful, so we have to come to the county office, but the county government has nothing valuable, just those two inkstones are still worth some money, we ......"

The two thieves couldn't go on anymore when they said this, the two thieves who stole the inkstone knew how poor they were, and the result of all this was caused by the incompetence of the county magistrate of this nameless county.

Because of his incompetence, this nameless county has fallen into a vicious circle.

After Huo Qing listened to the words of the two thieves, he let out a long sigh and said, "They are right, it is my incompetence that makes them have to be robbers, and because of this, I have not been too harsh on them." ”

The more Ye Xing heard Huo Qing say this, the more he felt that there was fire in his chest, as a county order, he had to be more vigorous and resolute, although the county order was kind and loved, but in such a place, the county order's mercy would only make the people here feel that the county order was easy to bully, so that the official had a little prestige there.

Now that Ye Xing has come to Nameless County, he can't stand by and watch what happened here, he feels that through his own efforts, he will put the mess here on the right track.