To solve the problem of eating after Shanggu Village, Zhuang Rou asked the villagers to tell everything they saw last night, including all the robbers. It doesn’t matter if they have a face covering, their figure, voice, and movements can be said.

She considered the words of the little boy just now, but she still had to listen to what others said.

When everyone mentioned this, they started talking nonsense, and it was so messy.

Zhuang Rou asked Li Zheng and the village chief to maintain it, and asked them to say one by one that there is no food, so why should I grab it?

Speaking of last night, the villagers burst into tears. Someone in their family was killed and cried the most. They even knelt down and begged to catch the killer. Other villagers were also angry when they mentioned Qian Yin, and the man scolded the woman for crying, which was very pitiful.

If it weren't for the difficulties this year, Zhuang Rou would have taken some grain from the granary and distributed it to them, but now she can't.

However, compared with previous years, the rice prices have risen this year. Local villagers will definitely buy grain to store their spare money, and they must have surplus grain on their hands.

With tight hands, Zhuang Rou could only pretend to be stupid, only recorded the situation of the robbers and did not say a word about the food.

The villagers of Shanggu Village were very sad. These officials really had no kindness at all. The food was stolen, but there was no food to save. After that, they could only go under the bed to flip the stored food in the clay jar.

Zhuang Rou got a lot of information here, and if it was useful, she had to go back to sort out if it was useful. After she asked, she ran away, leaving the helpless yamen runners to face the villagers' request for help. They had no choice but to speak so hard that they could not speak and push all the things that were not given food to Zhuang Rou.

When she returned to the yamen, she sorted out all the things she got from Shanggu Village in the small dilapidated yard of office work.

Remove the useless things, and there is not much useful information left. All the robbers are prepared and there is basically no evidence to make a decision.

Zhuang Rou copied down all the useful things and muttered at the black words on the paper, "They are strong and tall. Now most of the refugees are hungry and full. How can they be as strong as the villagers say? There are big muscles exposed under the torn clothes. The refugees only have skin and bones, and there are no big pieces of meat."

"This woman's words are really interesting. She actually said that although their clothes are patched and they are like refugees, they must have wives with good needlework..."

She tilted her head and thought, could it be that the guard soldiers from where they came from, and their character was too poor and they wanted to take advantage of the situation, right?

This is very likely. Dahao hasn't fought a war for a long time. The soldiers from various garrisons now make a living by farming. It is normal for some people to gather some bad-minded people to make money.

Zhuang Rou grabbed the paper on the table and went to find Chu Xia. This matter must be discussed with him.

Qingfeng was in the middle, Chu Xia was holding a Tao Po-san, leaning lazily on the Grand Master's chair, and said to the Master: "Sir, as you see, did those people take action on the robbery of the refugees in Shanggu Village, or did the refugees go by themselves?"

"Sir, the time is not yet ripe, and those people should not act so hasty. Judging from the information we have collected, they will have to wait until before the twelfth lunar month." The master said in a deep voice, touching his beard.

But he thought about it and said, "But if the refugees are spontaneous, they should not go to rob Shanggu Village. Although Shanggu Village is rich and has a lot of food, for hungry refugees, they are prone to resistance and cannot beat the villagers."

"It is more reasonable to grab some food or clothing from a small village and is more suitable for trial."

Chu Xia was silent for a moment and said with some doubt: "Or where did the bandits come out?"

The master nodded, "If you have this possibility, take advantage of the situation and robbery. Now our time is not yet here, why not send someone to sweep away the bandits around?"

"Wait first, let's look at this matter. Maybe you can get the chestnut from the fire." Chu Xia said to stop him.

This scared the master. He quickly said, "Sir, don't take risks. Swords are eyeless. This time, it's not the same as before. It's too dangerous."

Chu Xia smiled indifferently, "Don't worry, we won't have any trouble. You don't need to tell Mo Zuo about this matter. You can't alarm the yamen runners out to search everywhere. There are so few people, and we can't stop those bandits if they still want to do it."

"Sir, think twice." The master persuaded him helplessly, but he knew that what Chu Xia decided to do, so it would be impossible to change it.

The matter was agreed, and the two talked about other things. Suddenly, they heard Xiao Ran, who was guarding the window, say, "Sir, someone is here."

Chu Xia tilted his head slightly and saw the black and blue figure swaying over. He smiled and said to the master who was standing up to avoid it, "Sir, don't leave, we have something to talk about later. She should be talking about the case of Shanggu Village, which will not hinder your eyes."

The master sat down awkwardly and muttered in a low voice: "I just don't want to see you guys flirt with me."

"Hahaha, Mr. I'm so serious. I've never done such a thing." Chu Xia laughed loudly and felt the master's deep disgust.

Before Zhuang Rou could enter the door, she heard Chu Xia’s laughter. She quickly entered the house and looked at him and asked, “Sir, why are you laughing so happily?”

Chu Xia smiled and said, "My master saw that I was frowning with my brows because of official business, so he told a joke."

"..." Zhuang Rou looked at him like a fool, and then looked at the old master who was disrespectful. When was it time for him to tell jokes, "You can still tell jokes?"

"The street artists only hear gossip. If the prince consort has something to do with him, I will avoid it first." The master stood up and said.

Zhuang Rou pressed him back, then took out the paper he brought, and said to the two: "Sir, this is the confession I collected from Shanggu Village. After coming back to think about the classification, I think the robbers must not be refugees, but very likely soldiers."

Chu Xia looked at her deeply. This guy seemed to be able to push himself into the fire pit without hesitation.

"Are you so sure, is there any evidence?"

Zhuang Rou shook her head, "There is no evidence, but those people are definitely disguised as refugees. A child said that they also called one person an adult. Even if they were the bandit leader, people would not call themselves an adult."

The master couldn't help but say, "Maybe he wanted to be an official, but he fell into the bandit before he became an official. Now let his subordinates call him a master to realize his wish."

"What the master said is possible, but there are no bandits around Hongzhou. It is impossible to travel thousands of miles to grab a village. Even if Shanggu Village is a wealthy village, there are no particularly powerful families." Zhuang Rou explained.

"It is better to steal a big family than to steal a village. And what they stole was food. If they came from a long distance of villages, the food backrest could not be transported. They had to use a car to pull it, which would be inconvenient."

Chu Xia smiled slightly, "There are soldiers around Hongzhou, and there are only garrisons. Do you suspect they did it?"

"I'm not sure, otherwise I'll go and meet Yang Rong for a while, maybe I can ask something. Last time he was angry, and this time if he was so angry that he could just attack me, he could just grab him for interrogation." Zhuang Rou grinned, as if Yang Rong was already in her hands and could use all kinds of punishments on him.

Seeing that she mentioned the last time she met Yang Rong, Chu Xia asked, "What did you say last time when you saw him, can it make him angry?"

Zhuang Rou said disapprovingly: "It's nothing. Last time he paid Chen Mufeng for his injury, he took a lot of iron ingots out. So I went to ask him if the mine was under his control."

"I told him clearly that it was definitely him who did it, but there was no evidence." She determined that Yang Rong was the mastermind behind the mine.

When Chu Xia and Master heard this, they finally knew why last night happened when the time was not enough. It turned out that she was forced to force others into a hurry.
Chapter completed!