Chapter 156 Trampling the Seedlings

Author: Spring turns to summer

Chapter 156 Trampling the Seedlings

However, the villagers soon discovered that the strength of the two sides was not equal. On one side were unsuspecting villagers holding farm tools, and on the other side were regular soldiers armed to the teeth!

Needless to say, the result was that after just one encounter, all these villagers were subdued, and some were knocked to the ground, with their lives and deaths uncertain.

"Master Prefect, we are late!"

After subduing the villagers at the scene, the officers of the soldiers bowed slightly to Ma Ningyuan.

"No, you came just in time. Without you, I wouldn't know how to deal with these unruly people!"

Ma Ningyuan was in a good mood at the moment and said loudly.

"These unscrupulous people ignored the imperial ban and planted rice seedlings without authorization! Go and destroy all the rice seedlings planted in the paddy fields."

Ma Ningyuan then glanced at the visitor and then gave instructions.

"Master Prefect, this... this is not appropriate!"

After listening to Ma Ningyuan's request, the officer looked hesitant and then said slowly.

"Hmph, you go if you are told to go! Do you also want to disobey the order?"

"This... subordinates don't dare to do this."

Seeing that Ma Ningyuan had given an ultimatum, the officer gritted his teeth and ordered the soldiers behind him: "Listen to my order, everyone mounts their horses and tramples all the seedlings in the paddy fields!"

"yes!"

These soldiers had no right to refuse the orders of their superiors and had no choice but to respond in unison.

Then the remaining soldiers got on their horses, lined up in a row, controlled the horses under them, and stepped towards the paddy fields.

"drive!"

The horse's hoof was sunk deeply into the paddy field. When the horse pulled out its leg again, the horse's leg was already stained with black mud and smelled unbearable! And where it had been trampled, a large hole was inevitably left behind, and there were still holes in the hole.

Bubbles kept coming out.

As soon as the horse's hoof went down, all the nearby seedlings suffered disaster and were stepped into the soil one after another.

"Oh, my seedlings! Oh my god, why don't you let people live!"

"Without these seedlings, how can we survive this year? Woohoo."

"God, please open your eyes and see! What kind of world is this!"

Seeing that the seedlings they had just planted were destroyed, the villagers became more and more excited and wanted to break through the obstruction of officials and go to the paddy fields to protect the seedlings they had planted earlier.

Finally, a gray-haired old man, taking advantage of the official's negligence, broke through all the obstacles and came to the paddy field.

"Please stop stepping on it!"

The old man looked at the trampled seedlings and cried.

The soldiers ignored the old man's voice and continued to control their horses.

The old man leaned down and carefully straightened the seedlings that had been trampled into the mud.

At this time, the soldiers had trampled all the seedlings in the paddy field once, and now, it was the second time.

"Ah ah ah, if you want to continue trampling on the seedlings, you have to step over the old man!"

The old man looked at the seven or eight horses galloping towards him from a distance, his eyes seemed to be about to spit out fire, and he stopped directly between them.

"Old man, get out of the way! Don't you want to live?"

Seeing the old man blocking their way, the soldiers on horseback panicked and shouted quickly.

The old man ignored the soldiers' shouts and stood motionless! From a distance, it looked like a scarecrow specially placed in the field.

"Ah, get out of the way!" Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, when these soldiers wanted to tighten the reins and stop the horses underneath them, it was already too late.

The old man was knocked two meters away and fell heavily into the paddy field! The horse's hoofs trampled hard on his back. In an instant, there was only a crisp sound, and a large mouthful of blood vomited out of the old man's mouth, and his head tilted.

, and then there was no sound.

It was only then that the horses stopped.

"Ah ah ah, the government killed someone!"

"Folks, come after me!"

This situation completely ignited the anger in the hearts of the villagers at the scene. They broke through the obstruction of the officials one after another and came to the old man, wanting to investigate the situation.

Then I saw the villagers lifting the old man up from the mud and carrying him to the edge of the paddy field.

After a while, the only doctor in the village rushed to the scene. After checking the old man's injuries, he shook his head in a subtle way.

"It's hopeless."

After the doctor left these words, he turned and left.

"Master Prefect, someone is killed! What should we do now?"

Seeing this, the subordinates on the side quickly asked Ma Ningyuan how to deal with it.

"What are you afraid of? It's because this old guy has no eyesight and insists on stopping the government from doing things! He is totally to blame for his fate today!"

Ma Ningyuan glanced at his subordinate and said calmly.

"you!"

Ma Ningyuan's words successfully ignited the anger of the villagers. The villagers ignored the long sword shining in the official's hand and gradually approached Ma Ningyuan's place.

"What do you want to do? Attacking a court official is a serious crime!"

Seeing this, the guard on the side hurriedly pulled out the long knife from his waist and warned the villagers.

"We are not even afraid of death, so are we afraid of the crimes you have imposed on us?"

Some of the villagers said so.

"Yes, folks, let's fight with them!"

"Fight!"

Just as the two sides were at war with each other, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves coming from a distance.

Hai Rui, the magistrate of Chun'an, rushed to the scene with his people. When he saw the old man lying on the ground, he looked around and said in a deep voice: "What on earth is going on?"

"Master Magistrate, please make the decision for us!"

Seeing Hai Rui coming, the villagers in Wangjia Village seemed to have found a backbone, and they all knelt on the ground and cried.

"Tell me the whole story."

Then Hai Rui asked the villagers who were kneeling on the ground to stand up and spoke.

"Master Magistrate, this is what happened..."

Seeing Hai Rui's questioning, the villagers in Wangjiacun quickly told the whole story.

After understanding all the ins and outs of the matter, Hai Rui frowned and turned to Ma Ningyuan, who was standing aside, and asked, "Master Magistrate, when something like this happened, don't you have anything to say?"

Ma Ningyuan glanced at Hai Rui and said coldly: "Of course I have something to say. Look, this is Chun'an County under your rule, Hai Rui! How dare you ignore the national policy of converting rice to mulberry? You are all dishonest.

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"The old guy couldn't think of anything and insisted on stopping the government from doing things. It's all his fault that this happened! It has nothing to do with me."

"Besides, you, a small county magistrate, dare to question me?"

Ma Ningyuan seemed to be irritated by Hai Rui's attitude, and turned to sneer.

"Humph, so what if you are the prefect? ​​If you do something wrong, you should do it according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"

Facing Ma Ningyuan's sarcasm, Hai Rui didn't take it to heart. Instead, he stared into Ma Ningyuan's eyes and spoke word by word.

"Hai Rui, I am waiting for your impeachment memorial!"

After Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, he looked at Hai Rui from top to bottom, as if he wanted to imprint his whole person in his mind.

"Let's go!"

After Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, he waved his hand and gave his subordinates the order to retreat.

"Humph, after doing bad things, you just want to leave after patting your butt? It's too late! Come with me to the Governor's Mansion and meet the Governor."

Hai Rui called out to Ma Ningyuan and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, I will accompany you to the Governor's Mansion! Then let the Governor decide the guilt."

When Ma Ningyuan heard what Hai Rui said, he immediately stopped.

…

Fujian, in the government office where Tan Lun works daily.

"Sir Governor, this is the letter sent to you by Mr. Xu Jie and Xu Ge!"
To be continued...