"What’s this?"
A local official weeping blood and submitting a petition to plead for the people! This was big news—front-page, national-trending-topic news!
Zhao An, possessing a keen nose for both news and politics, immediately stepped out of his sedan chair to see what was happening. He was a Censor representing the Emperor to inspect the canals; which staff member at the Grain Transport Yamen would dare stop him? Besides, the yamen staff were just as bewildered by the actions of this Magistrate of Ganquan County as anyone else; they had no idea what was going on.
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