Chapter 388

Yao county Cheng hehe said: "it's not that I want to take them around, but that Lord Xiao wants me to take them around. I can't help but give face to a noble Lord. His position is higher than me. If I don't obey, he can withdraw me. I've worked here for so many years. If I'm dismissed, where can I go?"

Master Ma asked, "then tell us the truth. Why did he ask you to take him around the land yesterday?"

"Well... I don't know. I suddenly came to me in the morning and asked me to take them around. I took them around. They asked tenant farmers some questions. That's the specific situation. As for what he wanted to do, I really don't know. Why don't I go and ask, and I'll come back and tell you?" Yao county Cheng prevaricated.

Yao Xiancheng has been in Mobei County for so many years. He has long practiced his exquisite skills. He talks to people and ghosts. Otherwise, he would have been taken down by the four squires.

The four squires could not ask anything from Yao county Cheng, so they stopped asking, and only asked Yao county Cheng to go back and continue to inquire.

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Xiaobaoshan went to the barracks for another two days.

Qingbei army probably knew he was coming. These days, he didn't dare to offend. Xiaobaoshan only asked the soldiers to strengthen their defense and guard against the places where Beiqing army might sneak attack, so as to avoid their surprise attack.

When xiaobaoshan goes to the military camp, ye Xiaoxian gives porridge to the beggar at the gate of the city.

Sometimes she sends it herself, sometimes let the people below send it, and she watches.

The two children were also taken over. Dongdong and Xiaoxia sympathized with these beggars and gave them porridge. Ye Xiaoxian explained to them why there are so many beggars here.

Ye Xiaoxian saw no greed but numbness in these beggars. These people probably have no concern in the world, only the last instinct to survive.

This scene reminded her of the bodies she saw all over the way when she fled from famine.

At that time, I saw corpses. Here, I saw walking corpses.

She comes from modern times, where everyone can eat enough, so she can't stand the suffering of the people here. There is land, but not everyone can plant it. Therefore, the livelihood of Mobei needs to be solved urgently.

Ye Xiaoxian will also take Xiaobai around the city and sit in the teahouse between sending porridge.

All kinds of gossip can be heard in the teahouse. Most of the people who come to the teahouse are traffickers and pawns in the city. They can hear a lot of voices, and sometimes they can get small news from the families of the four squires.

For example, the youngest son of the Ji family took a concubine, and the youngest son of the Ma family robbed the civilian daughter. He came back to play for a few days and tortured everyone to death.

Someone asked, "did no one come to the door?"

The man who spread the news said, "what's the use of trouble? It's all over the county magistrate. The county magistrate hovered in the middle and let the Ma family lose a sum of money. That sum of money is enough for their family to raise several daughters. This kind of thing can't be fought. It's safe to take the money. A sum of money can be exchanged for food for several years, and the girl can die well."

After hearing this, ye Xiaoxian suddenly had an idea in her heart.

……

It was night. Ye Xiaoxian was waiting for Xiao Baoshan to come back from the barracks.

As soon as xiaobaoshan came back, she immediately said to xiaobaoshan, "Baoshan, I have found a breakthrough!"

"Breakthrough? What breakthrough?" Xiao Baoshan asked.

Ye Xiaoxian said, "today, I heard that the Ma family of the four squires is careless about human life. I think we can check this matter. If it is true, we will sentence their son to death and take back their land."

Xiao Baoshan looked at Ye Xiaoxian with a worried look: "where did you hear this news? Madam, you are not allowed to act rashly without me. If those people stare at you, I can't protect you."

Ye Xiaoxian talked about the process of taking Xiaobai to the teahouse, and stressed: "how can there be danger? There is no danger at all. Don't worry, there is Xiaobai. Besides, I didn't talk. I just listened to the excitement."

Xiao Baoshan is relieved.

Ye Xiaoxian stressed: "Baoshan, don't worry about me. I'll be careful. What's the suggestion I just made? Is it feasible?"

Xiao Baoshan thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "if the Ma family really committed this kind of thing, it is certainly feasible. This matter must be carefully tried. Now it is just robbing people's women to death. Maybe they committed a lot of things behind their back. If someone decides this matter for them, it will certainly pull out more things. It depends on our strength whether they can pull out their foundation in one fell swoop."

Ye Xiaoxian added, "we must make more efforts to check this matter. You don't know how sad the people here are. Today, I went to the gate to send porridge, but I added some pickled vegetables, but those beggars saw pickled vegetables as if they saw braised meat. It's obvious that they haven't eaten such good food for a long time."

Xiao Baoshan smiled and looked at Ye Xiaoxian.

"What do you see me do?" Asked Ye Xiaoxian.

Xiao Baoshan held her in his arms as if holding a rare treasure: "leaf, you are really my little fairy."

"I hate to say such disgusting words at such a time."

"Well... Because my husband is hungry, can I have dinner?" Xiao Baoshan asked again.

"Of course!" Ye Xiaoxian said with a smile: "I've been ready for a long time, but today it's still steamed bread and pickled vegetables. By the way, there's a little meat foam and Xingzi fried potatoes."

"Good, let's have dinner!"

“……”

……

Yamen.

Yao Xiancheng was first moved when he heard Xiao Baoshan's intention, Then he said helplessly, "Lord Xiao, this matter... The case was closed at the beginning. I'm afraid it's wrong to turn it out now. After all, the girl's family has received compensation. Now it's difficult for him to identify it again. Besides, turning the case over requires witnesses and evidence. Now people are afraid of their four townships. I'm afraid no one dares to testify."

Xiao Baoshan asked, "all the previous cases about them were so settled?"

"... yes." Yao Xiancheng trembled.

After that, Yao county Cheng asked shiye to produce a lot of files. These files were all filed by someone against the four rural Kun at the beginning, but in the end, they were all nothing.

"Lord Yao, you see, this one is robbing people's women, this one is killing beggars in the street, this one is occupying other people's horses, and digging other people's ancestral graves..."

Xiao Baoshan turned over one volume after another and became more and more angry. He suddenly slapped on the chopping board: "so many unjust cases, you county magistrate, let it go?"

Yao county Cheng was immediately frightened and knelt down: "Lord Xiao, it's not that I don't want to investigate or file a case for them, but... If I do, the black hat on the officer's head will be lost. Besides, after these people came to report to the official, they were either beaten or someone had an accident at home, and they didn't dare to report the case again."

Xiao Baoshan slowly stood up and said firmly, "these cases must be investigated again. Tomorrow, you'll find someone to post a notice. Anyone who has tangled with the four squires in the past can file a new case, so that they don't have to panic. If they sit down at this time, no one dares to retaliate against them“

Yao county Cheng listened and suddenly burst into tears.

For so long, he finally looked forward to a upright and honest official, a minister who dared to make decisions for the people!

"Yes, sir. Sir, I'll order someone to post a notice now."

……

The news that xiaobaoshan wanted to overturn the case for the people spread all over the streets of Mobei.

The notice was posted everywhere. In addition, Xiao Baoshan ordered people to find the victims and their families according to the information on the case file.

However, on the first day, no one in the Yamen dared to report the case.

The next day, someone came to the Yamen to look around. Yao county recognized that one of them had come to report to the official. He was about to invite someone in. The man ran away like a mouse meets a cat.

On the third day, Xiao Baoshan personally came to the town and sent some guards to explain to the people who came to inquire about the news that this was the order of Lord Xiao. The four squires are domineering in the countryside. Now it's time for revenge and revenge.

However, those people asked, "what else? Since ancient times, officials have protected each other. If officials can make decisions for the people, it's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes."

When the man finished, he slipped away like a mouse.

……

Ye Xiaoxian went to the teahouse for tea again.

She sits in a remote corner, which is not easy to be found, but she can look at the situation of the teahouse.

Since xiaobaoshan issued an order in the city, more people have come to the teahouse to drink tea. Most of their discussions are about xiaobaoshan's need to overturn the case.

Ye Xiaoxian listened to those people and made comments one by one:

"The Yao county magistrate is really a wall grass. He will follow whoever has great power. He used to excuse the four squires. Now, when he heard that a waiting Lord came, he immediately turned around and turned to the waiting Lord."

"I think Lord Xiao may really want to be the master of the people, but he underestimated the strength of the four families here. Now all kinds of motorcycles, shops and nearby fields in the city are theirs. Who can afford to provoke them? Can Lord Xiao be the master for a year and for them for the rest of his life? He will really annoy them at that time. They don't even have any land to grow and go begging in the street Beggar? "

"Is this Lord Xiao from the capital? Alas, everything under the emperor's feet depends on the national law, but where will there be any national law in our place? The four squires are the national law."

“……”

After listening for a long time, ye Xiaoxian heard this kind of argument.

When she got home in the evening, she told xiaobaoshan these words again. After listening, xiaobaoshan frowned in the shape of "Chuan".

Ye Xiaoxian asked, "Baoshan, what should we do now? The people don't believe you."