Chapter 80: Punishment and Release
Chu Xian doesn't care about these little things, or in other words, if he cares and deliberately reprimands Zhou Fang, maybe he will be regarded as deliberately targeting a small official, losing his official identity, and may also give people the impression of deliberately looking for trouble. Obviously, Zhou Fang also knows this well, disgusting you, but does not touch the bottom line, let you take him without a rut, just like a fat-headed fly flying around you, hit it, afraid of disgusting, don't fight, and annoy.
In addition, Chu Xian has been very busy in the past few days, and he has no time to take care of these small actions of Zhou Fang, but what he didn't expect is that this Zhou Fang is actually getting more and more intense, and there are more and more small actions of all kinds of disgusting people.
But at this time, Chu Xian realized something, because the courage he put this week was too big, and it was impossible to say that no one was instigating behind his back.
Thinking of this, Chu Xian immediately found an opportunity and an excuse to ask Qi Chengxiang to call Zhou Fang.
Chu Xian is an official, Zhou Fang is just a small official, let him come, he has to come, this is not negotiable.
Zhou Fang walked into Chu Xian's study at this time, but it was a perfunctory salute, so that people should not find faults, as for the kind of respect that his subordinates had for Shangguan, he couldn't see it at all.
"Lord Chu called me over, I don't know what's going on? I also have a lot of things here, just now Lord Zhang ordered a lot of things, and it was delayed, so it's not easy to explain to Lord Zhang. Zhou Fang said coldly, which means that you are wasting my time, and at the same time tell Chu Xian that he has Lord Zhang's support behind him.
Master Zhang, that is the chief scrivener of the inspection department, Chu Xian has seen it in Ancheng before, it is the big-bellied and very unreasonable official, and he is also the direct official of Chu Xian, the penman.
At that moment, Chu Xian understood.
Supporting Zhou Fang is the main secretary of this inspection department, no wonder Zhou Fang is so presumptuous this time.
At this moment, Chu Xian's expression was serious, and he had already made a decision in his heart, and immediately pointed to the many documents on the desk over there and said, "Did you shout at the outer gate just now, disturbing the official's thoughts?"
Zhou Fang immediately stopped doing it, and shouted: "Lord Chu's words are wrong, I also want to instruct my subordinates to do things, since I want to order, of course I have to speak, sometimes my subordinates are disobedient, and their voices are inevitably louder, but it is an unintentional move, how can you say that I deliberately disturb your thoughts?"
"Bold!" Chu Xian scolded, and then without waiting for Zhou Fang to speak, he said to Qi Chengxiang on the side: "Qi Dao Chang, this little official deliberately disturbed the official's thoughts, affected the investigation of the case, dragged it out, punished five canes, and returned to me after the fight." ”
Chu Xian gave an order, and Qi Chengxiang naturally responded immediately.
"It's my lord!"
After speaking, he immediately walked over and grabbed Zhou Fang's collar, the latter was stunned for a moment, and then stared at his eyes and shouted: "Beat someone, Chu Xian Gong Communiqué personal vendetta, beat someone, Chu Xian is narrow-minded, deliberately aimed at me, what is the trouble to add to the crime, Lord Zhang, Lord Cui, help." ”
This week, the shouting was very loud, which immediately attracted the attention of many people outside, and some officials from the Inspection Department and even the Criminal Investigation Department came out to check.
The two divisions now live in the same city government residence, but they are investigating the case separately.
Qi Chengxiang didn't care about anything else, he was ordered to punish Zhou Fang with a cane, so he wouldn't beat him less, and he wouldn't beat him more, so he summoned two soldiers to press the shouting Zhou Fang to the ground, and then picked up the stick and hit it.
At this moment, Zhou Fang's shouting turned into a wail, and his voice changed.
After a few sticks, Zhou Fang directly changed from wailing to humming, but because there were only five sticks, he didn't break him, at most, he was broken and bruised, and he was still far from fainting.
Zhou Fang's face was full of resentment at the moment, but he didn't dare to shout anymore, just now he obviously felt that the louder he shouted, the heavier the force of the stick falling.
At this moment, Zhou Fang also reacted, Chu Xian is an official, he is just a small official, it is okay if people don't clean up themselves, once they clean up, they can justify any excuse, where can they go to reason?
What's more, Zhou Fang didn't pay attention to it at all, during these days, how many problematic things he had done, he himself knew best, not to mention taking five sticks, even fifty sticks were more than enough.
But Zhou Fang didn't know that Chu Xian was already very tolerant of him, at this moment he saw the gazes projected around him, his face was hot and painful, he felt that compared to the physical pain, his loss of face was more serious.
"Chu Xian, you wait, today's humiliation, I will return it a hundred times the day I let him go. Zhou Fang gritted his teeth and muttered quietly at this moment.
Many people only regard this matter as a farce, of course, there are also good people who slowly talk about the grievances between Chu Xian and Zhou Fang, and in the ears of these people who hear it, it has become extremely useful information.
For Chu Xian, this is just a trivial matter, and it is a small game under Chu Xian's subordinates in advance, whether it will come in handy in the end depends on the development of the situation after that.
In Chu Xian's life in his dreams, sometimes he was on guard everywhere, and it could even be said that he was not leaky, but it turned out that sometimes the defense of the water was not the best, and it was best to deliberately expose the flaws and let the enemy attack this flaw, so that he could use this to counter the enemy and become a clever move.
Zhou Fang is a 'weakness' deliberately thrown out by Chu Xian, a bait, depending on whether those who want to deal with him will take the bait.
As for whether it will be discussed behind his back is deliberately aimed at Zhou Fang, revenge, narrow-mindedness, etc., to be honest, Chu Xian doesn't care, since he chooses to be an official, how can there be no gossip, if he cares about everything, then this official can't do it for long.
Also, Chu Xian was sure that this matter would reach Cui Huanzhi's ears as soon as possible, and he thought about whether to explain it to Master Cui, but then he decided not to go, this is a trivial matter, but it is a bit of a fuss to say it, in addition, Chu Xian also wants to see how Lord Cui will deal with this matter.
Or, will Master Cui guess what his real intention was to deliberately punish Zhou Fang in public?
Thinking of this, Chu Xian smiled, sometimes, it is not just Shangguan who comes to test Xiaguan, Xiaguan can also test Shangguan's mind.
Cui Huanzhi knew that Zhou Fang was not in agreement with him, and he also transferred Zhou Fang to the Inspection Division, which shows that Cui Huanzhi is a nostalgic person, Zhou Fang has served him for three years, and he has no merit and hard work, and he gave himself the official position that he originally planned to give Zhou Fang, so Cui Huan must feel indebted to the other party in his heart. But in this way, it is tantamount to burying a hidden danger around him, either Cui Huanzhi is doing this on purpose, wanting to see how he will deal with it, or he is pretending to be stupid, and he will count it as a day, as for the disadvantages of bringing Zhou Fang, Cui Huanzhi can't think of it.
So Chu Xian did this, but he was also telling Cui Huanzhi that the contradiction between himself and Zhou Fang was irreconcilable, not because of his own problem, but because Zhou Fang would never resolve the contradiction with himself.
Of course, there is another possibility for Cui Huanzhi to bring Zhou Fang, and Chu Xian feels that this is the most likely.
That is to give Zhou another chance.