The guards beside Li You followed closely and reached out to pull Chen Zigeng.

Li You hurriedly reached out to stop the child. He had seen him in the papermaking workshop and was from Chenjia Village.

Chen Zigeng's eyes were red and his arms were tightly closed, as if he was afraid that Li You would run away in a blink of an eye.

Li You whispered: "Child, what's wrong with your sister?"

Li You's low voice was a little affinity, which made the tears that Chen Zigeng had in his eyes suddenly surge out. He opened his mouth but did not make a sound, as if he didn't know how to start.

"Let me go first," Li You comforted, "Let's go into the house and say slowly."

Chen Zigeng then let go of his arm, but his hand was immediately held by Li You as soon as he hangs down.

Li You, wearing an official uniform, pulled a child in coarse cloth clothes and walked into the duty room at the door of the yamen office, one big and one small.

When the civil servant in the room saw that Lord Li You came, he quickly got up to salute and raised his foot to get out.

Li You shouted: "You stay." Today he heard a lot of news, and Chen Zigeng in front of him probably had some speculation in his mind, and he might need to do a clerk next.

Li You sat on the chair, Chen Zigeng hurriedly let go of his hand, took two steps back, then knelt down respectfully, then straightened his back, and couldn't wait to speak: "Sir, I am from Chenjia Village, my name is Chen Zigeng. The one who presented the prescription to the papermaking workshop is my sister. Today, on the way back from delivering medicinal materials to the paper workshop, my sister suddenly disappeared."

When Li You heard this, his eyes were slightly lowered, and he signaled the civil servant next to him to help Chen Zigeng up and speak.

Chen Zigeng stood up and continued, "We searched everywhere but couldn't see any trace of A-sister. There were not many people who knew in Zhenzhou. The person who was most likely to take A-sister away was A-sister's second uncle and the second master of the Xie family, because my sister disappeared from Mr. Xie's mule cart."

Speaking of this, Chen Zigeng wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve: "Then Mr. Xie is a black-hearted man. He used to force my aunt's dowry and uncle's property. This time, when he heard about the sister's offering, he took his people to Chenjia Village with him.

My sister knew that Master Xie Er had bad intentions, but because he was an elder of the Xie family, she could not drive him away.

This soft heart brings disaster."

When Li You heard Chen Zigeng's words convincingly, he couldn't help but say, "Your sister was missing in Mr. Xie Er's mule carriage, so do you doubt Mr. Xie Er? But there is any other evidence?"

Chen Zigeng nodded: "We went to the Xie family to ask for someone. Mr. Xie Er said that he had missed it. He went to our Chenjia Village to eavesdrop on his grandmother and sister. He also said that my sister didn't know the medicinal materials at all, and went to the papermaking workshop after listening to other people's instructions. The people in our Chenjia Village deceived the court and would soon be in a disaster."

Speaking of this, Chen Zigeng clenched his fists: "If my sister is here, I will definitely be able to refute Mr. Xie Er. Now that Mr. Xie Er dares to frame us like this, are you sure that my sister will not come back?"

Chen Zigeng's eyes were covered with fear and panic. He knelt down again and kowtowed on the ground: "Please, Lord Li, please save my sister. As long as my sister is alive, we can stop selling medicinal materials and we don't want anything."

Li You didn't care about ordering the civil servants, so he stood up and helped Chen Zigeng up: "I will ask the yamen to find your sister's whereabouts."

Chen Zigeng's thin body kept shaking, his tears blurred, and he could no longer see clearly everything in front of him. At this moment, he was really scared, and he was worried that something would happen to his sister.

"Sir, my father died on the battlefield. Many uncles and uncles in Chenjia Village were unable to come back. During the famine, many children in the village were lost. I heard that they were taken away and eaten.

No one in the village has died, and no one has ever been killed.

My sister was kidnapped by someone else, and my uncle and aunt died in the sea to find her.

After finally the war was gone, my sister found it. The court also had food for disaster relief and rewarded rice. I... I also ate rice and eggs last night.

My sister said that it will be peaceful in the future and everything will be fine.

My sister also said that when we sell the medicinal materials for money, we have to repair the house in the village so that we will not freeze to death in winter.

I believe what my sister said, we have made a lot of money in the past two days."

Chen Zigeng said as he took out a cloth bag from his arms, which cost more than ten cents to open.

Chen Zigeng's hands were rough, and there were many wounds on his fingers and back, all of which were scratched when collecting herbs.

The two little hands trembled and picked up the silver money and sent it to Li You.

Chen Zigeng said: "Sir, if I had known that selling some medicinal materials would be targeted, I...we would not sell them anymore. Now I don't want these money anymore, I want to go back to my sister. Can you help us? We don't want rice anymore, we won't repair the house anymore, we will live our previous life..."

Chen Zigeng burst into tears.

Li You felt sad and reached out to hold the little Chen Zigeng in his arms.

Chen Zigeng burst into tears, and after a while he said, "Sir, why is it so difficult to survive?"

There were tears in Li You's eyes. He had been an official for many years, and he did not express his emotions without showing his emotions. However, he would not easily let his emotions get out of control. Chen Zigeng's words touched his heart.

Chen Zigeng is not very old, but he is only seven or eight years old. He also doubts whether someone instructs the child to come behind his back. But after hearing what Chen Zigeng said just now, his doubts were gone completely.

He could hear that Chen Zigeng was really scared. If he had not experienced it personally, he would not have been moved from the bottom of his heart.

Li You wiped off the tears from the corners of his eyes and ordered the clerk: "Tell me everything Chen Zigeng said."

After saying that, he used a veil to wipe the tears from Chen Zigeng's face: "Let's go, let's find your sister."

Chen Zigeng nodded and followed Li You to walk out.

At this time, the people from the government office came to report: "Mr. Li, the Xie family came to report to the officials and said that the people from Chenjia Village came to the door to provoke trouble."

Li You returned to his solemn expression: "I saw Chenjia Village offering a table in the paper shop that day. Now something happened, I also want to go and take someone with me to the Xie family."

When Xie Shaoshan received the news, Old Mrs. Chen was still slandering and scolding her.

The manager ran over and said, "Second Master, someone has come from the yamen."

A smile finally appeared on Xie Shaoshan's blue face.

The manager continued: "It's Lord Li You who is here."

Li You traveled north on behalf of the emperor, and you can imagine his weight.

Xie Shaoshan's eyes were shiny, as if the good luck accumulated over the past few decades was released in an instant. His choice was indeed right. Not only did he climb into the Song family, but he could also meet Lord Li You. If Lord Li You appreciated him, he would not be able to take a career in the officialdom. After all, he now has the fame of a scholar.

Xie Shaoshan's anger was swept away and he hurriedly took the manager to greet Li You.

Seeing this, Old Mrs. Chen had to come forward to stop her.
Chapter completed!