Strange Tales from the Northern Qi Dynasty

Chapter 70: Quick Eyes and Quick Hands
When the strange sound of clasps came from outside the door, Yang Yin felt frightened.

He looked sharply toward the door.

A dark-skinned man stood crookedly at the door. He was wearing a women's dress, which was either worn on him or draped over his upper body. The dress was ill-fitting and could not be buttoned at all, leaving his breasts exposed.

The man was just wearing this piece of women's clothing, nothing else on, everything was exposed in front of Yang Yin.

He also had makeup on his face, heavy makeup.

The already ugly face became even more terrifying because of this outfit. The dark body was completely incompatible with the bright women's clothing, as was the thick heart hair.

Yang Yin reacted very quickly and bowed to greet him.

"Your Majesty, your servant Yang Yin pays respects to you!!"

However, Gao Yang still maintained that posture, looking at Yang Yin with a loving expression, and ignored his greeting.

Yang Yin took a deep breath and said quickly, "Your Majesty, this is very nice!"

“Liar!!”

Gao Yang was furious, but in a moment, his face turned sad again. "Princess Xue was so beautiful, so charming, and so beautiful that it's hard to describe it in words. But she's gone."

Gao Yang's face was full of nostalgia. He pushed away Yang Yin who was kneeling in front of him and sat in the upper seat.

A tall soldier wearing a mask stood at the door, staring straight at Yang Yin.

Next to the soldier, there was another person, who was tall and wearing an official robe, and was looking at Yang Yin with a smile.

Gao Yang sat in Yang Yin's seat, casually flipped open the paper in front of him, and then casually threw it aside.

Yang Yin still maintained his posture of greeting and dared not move.

"what is this?"

Gao Yang suddenly picked up the document in front of him. At this moment, his face was solemn and his whole body was filled with the majesty of an emperor.

Yang Yin dared to raise his head, "Your Majesty, this is about Cheng An's transfer."

"Oh, Lu Yao? Lu Zizhang's younger brother?"

“It is his son”

"What's the difference between a son and a brother?!"

Yang Yan's lips trembled, but he didn't say anything.

Gao Yang lowered his head and thought for a moment before he said sadly, "Cheng An, my three knights were left there."

"where are they?"

Hearing this, Yang Yin was confused, "I don't know!"

"Taozhi! Take my whip!"

The soldier immediately handed the whip to Gao Yang, who whipped Yang Yin hard on the back with the whip. "Yang Dadu! Yang Dadu! Don't you know this? What's the point of having such a big belly?!"

After being hit by a few horse whips, Yang Yin's back was already a bloody mess, but he dared not say a word.

"I heard people say that the current situation is: the ruler is incompetent at the top, and the government is clean at the bottom. Can you tell me how it is incompetent? How is it clean?"

"Minister, minister, minister"

"Give Gao Su an order to hand over the murderer who killed my three knights!"

"Ah? Your Majesty, that is the fake Zhou"

Before Yang Yin could finish his words, Gao Yang jumped up and walked out with a smile. When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped and pulled out the dagger from the soldier's waist.

He looked at the dagger in his hand, slowly turned his head, and stared at Yang Yin's big belly.

"I want to cut open your stomach and see what's inside."

Gao Yang walked slowly towards Yang Yin. Yang Yin was so frightened that he couldn't move.

At this moment, the plain-looking minister suddenly stretched out his hand and snatched the dagger from Gao Yang's hand like lightning.

"Hahaha, your majesty is joking with your beloved minister!"

Gao Yang was stunned for a moment, then looked at him and suddenly laughed together.

The two laughed for a long time, and Gao Yang looked at Liu Taozhi, "Prepare a car for me. I want an open-air one, not a covered one. And you don't have to drive the people out of the city anymore. What's wrong with letting the people come and admire my beautiful body?"

As Gao Yang spoke, he slowly disappeared into the distance.

Yang Yin suddenly lost his temper and collapsed to the ground. The minister hurriedly helped him up and took his pulse.

"Mr. Yang, you have been working day and night, and your body is a little exhausted. Don't sit for long periods of time. Go out for a walk every half an hour. Also, eat more lean beef and mutton, and less millet and wheat."

Yang Yan raised his head and looked at the old minister in front of him, "Thank you, Cui Pushe"

Cui Jishu smiled and quickly turned and left.

Yang Yin got up and sorted out the documents in front of him again. He took out the letter from Gao Changgong, took out the pen again, and wanted to write something.

After pondering for a long time, he put down his pen.

Not a word changed.

Chengan.

The county government office was quiet. Since yesterday, the entire government office had become somewhat silent, not as noisy as usual.

In the Sanli Courtyard, all the officials were resting.

In the inner room, Zhao Sheng was carefully feeding medicine to Zhang Li.

Zhang Li was still lying on the bed, unable to get up. Zhao Sheng was very careful, but his brows were furrowed. Zhang Li realized something, "What happened in the county government?"

Zhao Sheng was stunned, "How did you know that?"

"Normally when you come to feed me medicine, you always talk nonstop, but today you are silent."

Zhao Chang sighed, "There's news from the county government that the county magistrate might be transferred, and we'll be punished too."

Zhang Li was a little surprised, "What's going on?"

Zhao Sheng then slowly told Zhang Li what he had heard. When Lu Qubing got wind of the news, it was difficult for it to remain secret.

This did deal a certain blow to the morale inside and outside the county government.

Everyone was quite worried.

Zhang Li listened to the other party finish talking about the situation.

"Help me up, I want to go and see Lu and Liu Youjiao!"

Zhao Sheng hurriedly shook his head, "No, Mr. Zhang, you haven't recovered yet, you can't get out of bed."

"Why not? Just help me up!"

"How about I help you call the patrol?"

"Hel me up!"

Zhao Sheng supported Zhang Li, his eyes full of worry, and the two of them slowly walked out of the door. At this moment, the scattered officials were all shocked and stood up one after another.

"Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Li smiled and nodded at them, then signaled Zhao Sheng to move on.

Zhang Li walked very slowly, and the two walked for a long time before finally approaching Youjiao Mansion.

There were intermittent whispers coming from the Youjiao Mansion, but they were not clear.

"Youjiaogong!"

Zhang Li shouted loudly with all his strength.

The door was wide open and a man stuck his head out. He was surprised to see that it was Zhang Li. The man was Yao Xiong.

"Mr. Zhang! Why are you here?!"

Yao Xiong hurried forward, pushed Zhao Sheng away, and supported Zhang Li, leading him into the yard.

Tian Zili also stood up hurriedly. Kou Liu was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Tian Zili stand up, he also stood up hurriedly.

Liu Taozi looked at him and asked, "Why are you here?"

"I have something to tell you."

Yao Xiong helped him to Liu Taozi and asked him to sit down.

"I am not feeling well and cannot come to see you in person. I hope you will forgive me."

"Why are you looking for me?"

Zhang Li then asked, "I heard that the county magistrate might be transferred. Is this true?"

"Maybe so."

"The county magistrate cannot leave."

"Firstly, the county has just been settled, the people are living in peace, and the bandits have disappeared. If the county magistrate leaves, I'm afraid everything in Cheng'an will be ruined."

"Secondly, this is the first time that the county lord has been sent out to serve as an official. It's called a transfer, but in fact it's a dismissal. The county lord is upright and not good at flattery. If he suffers something like this, it will be difficult for him to be reused in the future."

"Third, if the county magistrate leaves, I'm afraid that everyone from the county magistrate down will find it difficult to protect themselves and will be killed by the new order."

Yao Xiong immediately laughed, “What you said is exactly the same as Lu Jun!”

Zhang Li laughed, "Lu Cheng is a true gentleman, and the county magistrate is even more open and upright. They are very wise, but they are still young and lack experience. They can see clearly, but they may not be able to deal with it."

Tian Zili was getting a little impatient, "Could it be that Mr. Zhang has a way to deal with this?"

Zhang Li seemed quite confident. "There are many ways. Lord Youjiao, please inform the county magistrate on my behalf."

"No need."

Liu Taozi stood up and interrupted him, then looked at Yao Xiong, "Xiong, go get a stool, and go with Liu to take Mr. Zhang to the county lord."

Zhang Li's eyes widened, "No, you should tell him on my behalf. I am of humble status, how dare I face the county magistrate directly? This is inappropriate, inappropriate."

"No problem."

Liu Taozi spoke again, and Yao Xiong hurried out. Soon, he brought back a stool. He and Kou Liu moved Zhang Li onto the stool, and the two of them worked together to take Zhang Li out.

"If I have to go, I should go on foot."

The group of people walked towards the backyard where Gao Changgong was.

"When you see the county magistrate later, just tell him directly. Don't be afraid."

"only!!"

ps: He cut his belly with a knife, and Cui Jishu said in a joke: "The old man and the young master are playing a bad trick?" Then he pulled out the knife and left. ———"Northern History·Wenxuan Benji"

Cheng said angrily, "I, I, dog-footed I!" Cheng ordered Cui Jishu to punch the emperor three times, and then he ran out with his clothes on.

(End of this chapter)