"How are you, Your Majesty? Did you find anything?" Qin Rushuang stood up hurriedly and asked.
Xie Xun nodded, "I will change my clothes and come to talk to you."
After changing clothes, Xie Xun returned to the bedroom and discussed with Qin Rushuang about Xiao's Trading Company.
"The labor contracts of the workers were all locked in Boss Xiao's drawer. I didn't take them back for fear of alerting others. By the way, I specifically looked through the names of the beggars that Xiao Qi gave me. There were no beggars in them.
It seems that Boss Xiao is confident and is not afraid of anything happening to these beggars. He probably thinks that no one will care about them even if they die."
Qin Rushuang nodded, she thought so too.
"But Boss Xiao's omission also gave us an opportunity. Although the beggar has no family, he is a citizen of Daqi after all. He did not sign a selling contract with the beggars. That is blatant human trafficking. When the time comes, it will be enough."
He drank a pot!"
Xie Xun nodded and agreed: "That's true. Then we will go to the mine to rescue the beggars, and then the beggars will identify Boss Xiao. In this way, we can use the government's approach to handle this matter.
Already."
Qin Rushuang said thoughtfully: "We must make this matter as big as possible. It is best to attract His Majesty's attention and make His Majesty pay attention to this law again!"
They did what they said. Early the next morning, Xie Xun and Qin Rushuang inquired about the specific location of the mineral veins and were about to set off.
Before leaving the house, Xiao Qi suddenly followed him out. He glanced at Xie Xun nervously and said to Qin Rushuang, "Can I have a few words with you alone?"
"Of course," Qin Rushuang winked at Xie Xun. Although Xie Xun was a little unhappy, he still took a few steps forward, leaving space for the big and small.
Qin Rushuang even asked her subordinates to retreat very considerately before asking Xiao Qi, "Tell me, what do you want to tell me?"
"Have you found other beggars?" Xiao Qi asked hesitantly.
Qin Rushuang nodded and did not hide anything from Xiao Qi, "We do have some clues. Let's go take a look today. Don't worry, we can always rescue him."
Xiao Qi nodded, "I know you can definitely rescue them. You are the princess, right?"
Qin Rushuang raised her eyebrows. It was not surprising that Xiao Qi guessed his identity. Mr. Du originally had only one daughter, but his daughter gave birth to another daughter. She married Prince Huai and became a princess. The servants in the palace called him Little Miss. This
Not hard to guess.
"Did you guess it because they called me Little Miss?"
Xiao Qi shook her head and said, "No, at first I just thought you were a distant relative of Mr. Du. After all, who would have thought that the princess and the prince would actually care about the lives of beggars..."
Qin Rushuang smiled, "Then why did you think I was the princess later?"
"Because later I felt that if you were just an ordinary woman, you would not dare to care about this matter. Although I don't understand many situations, I know that Boss Xiao has a very good relationship with the government, and this kind of thing is thankless.
Unless you are sure that you will save other people, you will not commit to me and Xiaojiu. I don’t think you are the kind of person who talks big."
Qin Rushuang was a little emotional. It had to be said that children's minds are very sensitive, and he had even thought of this.
Qin Rushuang gently touched Xiao Qi's head and said, "You guessed it right, I am indeed Princess Huai, and the one just now was King Huai. In our eyes, the people of Daqi, regardless of high or low, when high officials are in trouble, we should
Save, when ordinary people encounter injustice, we should also save them. If beggars are in danger, we should also save them, because you are all his people."
Xiao Qi said thoughtfully after hearing this, "If he can be the emperor, he must be a good emperor!"
After saying that, he suddenly froze for a moment, then his face quickly turned pale, and he covered his mouth tightly, "Did I just say the wrong thing?"
Qin Rushuang smiled and patted his shoulder, "It's true that you can't say this kind of thing casually, but if you say it, you just say it. There's nothing to be afraid of."
"Okay, we have to leave. We still have things to do. You two should stay well in Du Mansion. If you get bored, you can go find grandpa. Grandpa likes children very much."
Xiao Qi bit her lip and nodded, "Okay, I understand! You have to come back quickly, and... remember to come back safely!"
Qin Rushuang nodded and said with a smile, "We will be back soon. Just you and Xiaojiu wait for us at home."
After comforting Xiao Qi, Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun set off together.
What they are going to this time is the mine mentioned before.
After Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun arrived at the mine, they first parked the carriage in a hidden place.
Qin Rushuang and Xie Xun got out of the car together and looked at the situation near the mine vein from a distance.
Qin Rushuang thought that a mine like this would be heavily guarded by the imperial army, but to her surprise, there were no people from the imperial court nearby, only a few people who looked like supervisors standing aside with whips.
Qin Rushuang wondered: "Shouldn't a place like this be guarded by heavy troops from the imperial court? Why are they all Boss Xiao's people?"
Xie Xun said: "This place is just an ordinary coal mine, not an important mineral deposit. The local officials probably turned a blind eye, and I guess that Boss Xiao promised some benefits to the county magistrate, and the supervision was relatively loose."
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Qin Rushuang nodded, "That's good, it will make things easier for us."
Xie Xun said: "The situation below the mine is complicated. You and your men should lead the supervisors away first, and I will go down and take a look personally."
Qin Rushuang nodded and called a subordinate.
They only brought four men with them today. She pretended to be a young noble lady traveling and asked one of her men to go find the supervisors and ask for directions.
The subordinate acted very cleverly and went there with a small bag of money. After arriving, he said that he had taken the young lady out to play, but she got lost. It was in the wilderness and they were very worried.
The overseer did not doubt that he was there, collected the money, and showed them the way with a smile. However, the man under him hesitated and said, "That's right, our young lady is timid and she is already frightened now. What if?
If you can guide us the way, my lady can give you more than this."
The supervisor hesitated and said, "We also have things to do."
The subordinates begged again and again, "Let's do this. We will pay twenty taels, no... fifty taels! Let some of the elder brothers escort us back to the center of the city. If you are really worried, just leave one person to watch!"
The supervisors looked at each other and said, fifty taels! This is their annual income!
The man rolled his eyes and said, "A total of fifty taels for the brothers, or fifty taels for each person?"
The subordinates cursed in their hearts that these people were really greedy, but they still said in a good voice: "Of course it's fifty taels per person. To be honest with the elder brothers, the four of us took the young lady out to play, and it was all because of us that we went wrong.
Lu, Miss doesn’t trust us anymore. If these big brothers do a good job, Miss may have other rewards!”
The supervisors finally agreed, leaving only one of them to watch over the veins. Several other people nearby followed the carriage and escorted Qin Rushuang to the city.
After several supervisors left, Xie Xun suddenly appeared behind the remaining supervisor and knocked him unconscious with a knife.
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I promise readers to add more chapters. There will be two chapters later. If you can’t wait, Baozi can go to bed first.
