The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Inspector Liang and Clerk Xia were so busy that they were yelling at the common people.

As a result, the people were quiet for less than three seconds and continued to make noise.

There were many yamen runners and soldiers to maintain order, but they were all villagers and neighbors, and everyone knew each other. They didn't dare to do anything to the common people.

The Lantern Festival, which was originally a happy occasion, has now caused panic among the people, who wish they could grow wings and fly out of the city.

Patrol Inspector Liang shouted, "Silence, silence, line up one by one, and after inspection, you can leave the city."

If the people were so obedient, there wouldn't be such a chaotic situation.

Everyone rushed forward, pushing and shoving each other, trying to get home a second earlier and half an hour earlier.

Sun Shan hurried over and couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw such a "lively" scene.

Where did all these people come from? How could Yuanlu County be so crowded with so many people?

Sun Shan had always thought that Yuanlu County was a place with many mountains and little plains, and similarly, a place with few people. But now it seemed that there were still many people, just scattered about.

Sun Shan gave Sun Dali a wink, and Sun Dali understood immediately.

He immediately called on a few younger brothers to bring the "fire tank" over, immediately set up two long and high stools, and then simply placed a door panel on it.

Gui Ge'er hurriedly fetched a stool and held on tightly. Sun Shan stepped on the stool and placed his foot on the door panel.

Due to limited conditions and my voice not being loud enough, I had to make a simple loudspeaker.

If possible, I really want to drive the crowd to the stage where there are real loudspeakers.

Sun Shan stood on top and shouted, "Fellow villagers, be quiet, be quiet, and be patient."

These shouts immediately attracted the attention of the crowd.

In less than a few seconds, everyone discovered that their magistrate was standing tall not far away.

Sun Shan couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling.

I was worried that the two benches were unstable and would fall down, which would damage my official authority.

Secondly, it is lonely at high places. The higher you stand, the easier it is to become a target for thieves.

But the situation was urgent and there was no time to think about so many things. I could only bite the bullet and pretend to be calm, standing straight like a thousand-year-old pine tree.

The moment the people of Yuanlu saw Sun Shan, they felt inexplicably relieved and then quieted down.

Inspector Liang and Clerk Xia also breathed a sigh of relief.

With the magistrate around, there is a backbone.

After all, when something happens, the head of a county bears 99% of the responsibility, so their responsibility is much less.

Sun Shan coughed quietly and shouted in a sonorous voice, "Fellow villagers, thieves have entered the city today."

As soon as these words were spoken, the onlookers immediately became excited and couldn't help but talk about it, of course accompanied by fear and tension.

Sun Shan didn't give the onlookers a chance to speak. He continued, "Fellow villagers, the thief has been apprehended by the government. Don't worry, everyone."

When they heard that the thief had been caught, the onlookers became excited again and couldn't help talking about it. Of course, this was also accompanied by inexplicable excitement and excitement.

Sun Shan continued to deny the onlookers a chance to speak.

He then said, "Fellow villagers, if you want to leave the city, quickly follow the yamen runners' instructions and line up. Be inspected one by one. If you cooperate well, you will be able to leave the city soon."

This time, the onlookers seized the opportunity and asked many representative questions.

Onlooker A asked, "Sir, the thief has been caught, why are we still checking? It's getting dark, we have to go back quickly."

Sun Shan looked at the bright moon in the night sky speechlessly.

You can only enter the city after dark, otherwise there will be trouble if you leave the city before dark.

Despite this illogical statement, Sun Shan patiently replied, "Although the thief has been apprehended, we still don't know if he has any accomplices. We must investigate them one by one to prevent them from escaping the city."

When the onlookers heard that there were accomplices, they couldn't help but become frightened.

A spectator asked tremblingly, "Sir, why are there accomplices? What if they draw their knives and attack us while we're waiting in line?"

Sun Shan wanted to stare holes into this person's body.

It's not worth mentioning. It would be better if you knew the answer to such a worrying question. Why would you ask about it?

Sun Shan didn't answer the question, but instead turned to another one: "Fellow villagers, we're having you line up one by one for inspection before leaving the city. More importantly, we're preventing human traffickers from abducting pimps and women and taking advantage of the situation to escape. Quickly check if your pimps and women are all here."

This issue is more worthy of concern than thieves.

The parents subconsciously checked their children and breathed a sigh of relief when they found that they were being held tightly.

Sun Shan continued, “Everyone, a few years ago, there was an incident of kidnapping and selling children in Yuanlu. For the safety of all the children in Yuanlu, they must line up one by one to be inspected.

If I delay you for a quarter of an hour, I might be able to save a child. Folks, many of us are parents, and we must protect our little children and sisters.

Everyone, quickly follow the government's instructions, divide into two teams, and line up. The more you cooperate, the faster we'll get out of the city."

Since Sun Shan said so, the people leaving the city had no choice but to do as he said.

Xia Dianli and Liang Xunjian quickly divided the crowd into two rows, and asked their subordinates to pull a long hemp rope to separate the crowd in the middle so that the team would not be messy.

Sun Shan still stood high on the water tank so that the people could see him first.

After waiting for a long while, Sun Shan said again, "Fellow villagers, if you have relatives in the city, it would be best to stay with them and leave the city tomorrow. It will be safer this way."

When Sun Shan said this, the people in the queue suddenly remembered that they had relatives in the city.

After some discussion, some people actually went to live with their relatives.

Those without relatives panicked and asked nervously, "Sir, what should we do if we have no relatives? Will it be dangerous on the road?"

Sun Shan gave him a reassuring look.

But what the people saw was the ferocious monster with triangular eyes hanging high up in the air, and they were trembling with fear.

Sun Shan smiled charmingly and said, "Fellow villagers, if you have no relatives, just gather as a village and go back."

Although the people in the queue were afraid of the magistrate with a green face and fangs.

But fearing for his life, he mustered up the courage and asked tremblingly: "Sir, we are the only two brothers from our village who want to go to the city. What should we do?"

When I said this, I almost cried out loud.

Sun Shan looked speechlessly at the two brothers who looked 80% alike. He didn't know who gave them the courage to go into the city and then hurried back at night.

I asked the two brothers where they lived. It would have been fine if they didn't tell me, but when they did, I wanted to hit them with a club.

It takes half a day to walk from my hometown to Yuanlu, which means it takes half a day to walk back as well.

These two brothers actually dared to rush back overnight after watching the lantern festival.

It’s one thing to worry about whether there are thieves or not, but aren’t you afraid that a ferocious beast might jump out on the mountain road?

The youngest of the brothers cried out, "My brother and I heard there were lanterns in the city, so we came to join in the fun. We didn't think too much."

Onlookers: ...

Fortunately, it wasn’t one of our own gang members. If it was, he would have been so angry that he would have vomited blood.