Chapter 47 Chapter 21

The next day, the whole city was boiling. Angry people flocked to the yamen to yell and shout, insulting the officials of the yamen, and the soldiers did not dare to come forward to dissuade them. In the morning, Mr. Di rode his horse to the old school grounds for a few laps. The crowd on the old school grounds loudly insulted "dog officials" and "faint officials", and some even threw stones at Mr. Di.Di Gong had no choice but to return to the yamen in desperation, closed the gate of Zhou Street tightly, and did not go out all day. Tao Gan, Ma Rong, and Qiao Tai accompanied Di Gong and never left each other.It's just that each other is gloomy and silent.

Di Gong began to take care of the aftermath of his resignation.Although Qiao Tai and Ma Rong were not reconciled to Di Gong losing his future, they went out all day to search for clues about Lu Chen's, but the people in the whole state were scolding Di Gong angrily, so they just returned empty-handed.The only thing that comforted Di was that Mrs. Di sent a letter from Taiyuan, reporting that her old mother-in-law had recovered from her illness.At present, the three wives are packing their bags and preparing to leave for Beizhou to take office.The letter also asked Mr. Di what they needed to bring from Taiyuan to Beizhou.After watching it, Di Gong felt sad.He understands that if there is no unexpected breakthrough in the case of Lu Chen's case within a few days, and Lu Chen's case is submitted to the ambassador's office in Hebei Province, he is afraid that he will never see his wife and children again in this life.

In the early morning of the third day, all the soldiers and horses of the Beizhen Army sent an urgent official letter, saying that thousands of mobs from Beizhou had rioted in the front court for the past few days, and that the local law and order was too bad, and they all expressed deep concern about it.He warned Duke Di that if the people's morals were not cleaned up within a few days and the laws and disciplines were strictly enforced, if something unexpected happened in the front court and the Holy One would be furious, Duke Di would have his head fall and bring disaster to the nine clans.After reading the official letter, Di Gong was sweating like rain and worried.

He knew in his heart that if he didn't stand up and announce his resignation to the people of Beizhou at this moment, hand over the seal, and take off the black yarn, the people of Beizhou would never let it go.He ordered Tao Gan to write a notice, planning to announce his resignation from the governor's office in the hall tomorrow morning, and submit it to the Ministry of Officials to stand by for orders. He said to Ma Rong and Qiao Tai again: "Don't disturb my peace at this moment, you can come to Yashe at noon to copy my signed resignation letter and post it in every corner of the city. Once the people know that I, Di, have resigned, order must be maintained. It will settle down, and the outrage will subside in an instant."

Tao Gan, Ma Rong, and Qiao Tai's three loyal followers couldn't help crying.Once Mr. Di resigned from office and returned to his hometown with his bags packed, the three of them would have to go their separate ways and go their separate ways.Thinking of Hong Liang's tragic death, he couldn't help but feel even more sad. Di Gong turned out of the street and returned to the mansion. ——Since the three wives left for Taiyuan, it was the first time that Mr. Di returned to the mansion.Di Gong asked the housekeeper to prepare candles, paper horses, gift boxes of incense, three animal blessings, wine, food and fruits, and went with him to the family temple to worship the ancestors.

Di Gong paid homage to his ancestors and returned to the government house from the solemn family temple, feeling comfortable and calm. "There is no way for misfortune and good fortune, but man brings it on himself." Since he himself caused this unprovoked disaster, he had no choice but to stand by and put his hopes on the Empress Dowager and his ancestor Yinde.At this moment, he only begged to lose his official position and not to lose his life.He thought of a silk letter given to him by the Holy Majesty, which was a eulogy written by the Holy Majesty's imperial pen, praising Duke Di for his outstanding achievements in Penglai County.He hoped that with the protection of this imperial pen and silk book, he could keep his life and a family property that could last until his old age.